John Tarbox

John Tarbox4642, 4643, 4644, 4645 was born Abt. 1612 in Ippolits, co. Herts, England, and died 26 May 1674 in Lynn, Essex, Ma.

Notes for John Tarbox: John Tarbox was one of the first farmers of Lynn. He had seven acres of upland on Water Hill, an orchard, three cows and nine sheep at thetime of his decease. He was a small proprietor in the Iron Wor,s. TheIron Works of Lynn, started in the infancy of the Massachusetts Colony, was a very important branch of industry, and seems to have been regarded as a patriotic and publicspirited enterprise which might or might not be found immediatelyprofitable. Men outside of Lynn bore a part in thedevelopment of this industry. -Gen. Robert Sedgwick, of Charlestown,who afterwards went back to England to help Cromwell in his waragainst the king, was one of the proprietors in these Iron Works. Estate of John Tarbox, Sr. of Lynn "This 25th of 9 mo 1673 The last will and testament of John Tarboxsenior of Lyn in the county of Essex beinge in his right minde andhaving his understandinge Imprimis I bequeath my soule to god as intothe hands of my faithfull creator and my body to the dust from whence it was taken I bequeath my house and housingewith orchard and all my Land and meadow with a green rugg and a greatIron kettle a round Joyne Table to my sonn John Tarbox and his heiresfor ever after mine and my wifes decease I bequeath vnto my sonn Samuell Tarbox and his heires twenty fiuepounds to be apid vnto him or his heires by my sonn John tarbox orotherwise to haue that three acres of Lan yt was my wifes before Imarryed her and tow acres of salt marsh in rumley marsh if my sonn John shall not pay this twenty fiue pounds in oneyeare and a halfes time after mine and my wifes decease and it is tobe vnderstood this twenty fiue pounds given to my sonn Samuell is nottill after one year & halfe after myne and my wifes decease. I bequeath vnto my Grand child Samuell Tarbox oneyounge steere to bee put out for his only use and benefitt. I bequeathunto every one of my sons John Tarbox his children and my sonnSamuells children one ewe sheep a peece. Lastly I bequeath unto my louinge wife all the rest of my estate to be disposedof by her what shall bee of it att her decease left equally to my sonnJohn Tarbox and his heirs and my sonn Samuell and his heirs alsoe Ileaue my wife my only executrix and my louinge friends capt marshall & Thomas Laughton senior my overseers ofthis my will and heareunto I haue sett my hand. John (his N mark) Tarbox senior. Witness: Thomas Laughton, Sr., Robert (his R B mark) Burges Proved 1: 5m: 1674 by the witnesses"

Marriage 2 Rebecca (_?_) TARBOX Married: ABT 1643 Children Rebekah TARBOX Jonathan TARBOX b: BEF 1638 in Ippolits, co. Herts, England John TARBOX b: 1645 in Lynn, Essex Co., MA Samuel TARBOX b: 1647 in England

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John TARBOX born @ 1608 - 1612 possible in Ippolite, Co. Herts Englandmarried. (1) 1 May 1633 Mary OVERALL (d. bef 1638 in Eng) (2) @ 1643 Widow ANDREWS(possibly Rebeckah) in Lynn MA died. 26 May 1674 in Lynn MA

Children (by 1st wife): 1. Thomas bapt. 9 Feb 1633/4 (Ippolite, Eng) d. young- John bapt.28 Apr 1636 (Ippolite, Eng) bur. 17 Sep 1636 (Ippolite Eng) - 3. John bapt. 31 Dec 1637(Ippolite Eng) d. young - 4. Jonathan d. 16 June 1654 (Lynn MA) 5. John b. 1645 (Lynn MA)m. 4 Mar 1667 Mary HAVEN d. aft 8 Jan 1723 - 6. Samuel b. 1647 (Lynn MA) m. 14 Nov1665 Rebekah ARMITAGE (Lynn MA) d. 16 Aug 1715 (Lynn MA)

The following is cited from the work of George TARBOX:

"John Tarbox came to Lynn, Mass. in 1638 after the deaths of hisfirst wife, his young children, and that of his father, all of which had occurred atIppolite between 1633 and the early part of 1638. He had an aunt, Elizabeth Tarbox of Ippolite,who married a man named Burrill, and so in some way h may have had a familyconnection with George Burrill, one of the richest planters among the founders of Lynn. JohnTarbox was a farmer and lived on Water Hill Road at Lynn, where the early recordsindicate that he was a man of good character and a substantial citizen.

"In one of the earliest lawsuits filed in Salem Court, 25 June1639, John Tarbox was plaintiff against Daniel Salmon because of a debt owed him bySalmon. The jury found for the plaintiff and awarded him 27 shillings, damages and costs.(Essex Hist. Coll. 7:192)

"John Tarbox owned land in Lynn and, like most of the early Lynnsettlers, also possessed land in Rumney Marsh. Essex County Deed, dated 1 may 1649, showsthat George Keysar of Lynn sold to John Fuller twenty-seven acres of meadow lying inRumly Marsh between lands of Samuel Bennett and John Tarbox

"The statement has been made and frequently repeated that JohnTarbx had a daughter, Rebecca, involved with one Mathew Stanley in one of the earlycourt trials. This is in error and there is no proof that John had a daughter named Rebecca.What the records of the Court of Quarter Sessions in Salem, 11 Sept. 1649, do show isthat Mathew Stanley was fined five pounds for winning the affections of John Tarbox’sstepdaughter. That she was stepdaughter is proved by the two records which follow, thesecond of which immediately follows the first in Presentments: Salem Court of December, 1649,from the printed Essex County Court Files, 1:180

Mathew Stanley for drawing away the afections of theDaughter of John Tarboxx his wife without Libertie first obtayned of her parents.

Mathew Stanley and Ruth Andrews fined 50 shillings, or to bewhipped, but the fine to be remitted if they marry together.

"The old form of the possessive which was frequently employed atthat time and which appears in the first record as John Tarboxx his wife meant JohnTarbox’s wife. It should be noted here that Mathew Stanley and Ruth Andrews married, removedto Topsfield, Mass., had many children born to them, and died there after lives ofservice to their community.

"John Tarbox was a small proprietor in the iron works at Saugusand was also interested in the development of the iron works at Braintree, Mass. The Saugusworks was the first to produce iron in America and was probably the first industrialinstallation of any kind in the Colonies. The plant, ten miles north of Boston, has been restoredcompletely and in 1954 the Saugus Iron Works Restoration was formally dedicated. Itshistory is well told in Ironworks on the Saugus, by E. N. Hartley, published in 1957

"Suffolk County Deed of 18-11mo-1655, 2:265. To Thomas Savage ofBoston for 583 acres in Braintree being part of the land given by the town ofBoston to the Iron Works and obtained by execution by Robert Burgess, Nicholas Potter andJohn Tarbox, Joseph Mansfield and John Hawthorne, all of Lynn, who now convey toSavage.

"This original deed is endorsed on the back Also wee the wives ofthe within mentioned Robert Burgess, Nicholas Potter, John Tarbox, Joseph Mansfieldand John Hawthorne doe freely yeeld unto this within deed and doe yeeld up all our rightunto the land within mentioned as wittnes our hands. But for some unknown reason, itwas not signed by any of the wives. This is unfortunate as otherwise the given name ofJohn Tarbox’s wife would be known.

"On 27 July 1653 John Tarbox was awarded damaged for clapboardsfor William Tingle’s house (Essex Antiquarian 10:81). He was sworn in as freeman atLynn, 28 June 1659 (Essex Antiquarian 13:90)

"The will of John Tarbox is not on file in the Essex CountyProbate Records at Salem, Mass., but a photostatic copy of the original is in Book 301,page49, and shows the original paper to have been in poor condition. A copy of the will appearsalso in the printed Essex Probate Records, 2:410. Given verbatim except for capitalization,it reads as follows:

This 25th of 9th month 1673 the last will & testament ofJohn Tarbox senior of Lyn in the County of Essex beinge in his right mind and hauinge hisunderstandinge.

Imprimis I bequeath my soule to God as into the hands of myfaithfull creator and my body to the dust from whence it was taken.

I bequeath my house and housings with orchard and all myland and meadow with a green rugg and a great iron kettle & a joyne table to mysonn John Tarbox and his heires forever after mine and my wifes decease.

I bequeath unto my sonn Samuel Tarbox and his heirestwenty-five pounds to be paid unto him by my sonn John or otherwise to have thatthree acres of land yt was my wifes before I marryed her and two acres of salt marsh inRumley Marsh if my sonn John shall not pay this twenty five pounds in one yearand a halfes time after mine & my wifes decease and it is to be understood thistwenty five pounds given to my sonn Samuel is not till after one year & halfe after myneand my wifes decease.

I bequeath unto my grad child Samuel Tarbox one youngesteere to be put out for his only use and benefitt.

I bequeath unto everyone of my sonn John Tarbox his childrenand my sonn Samuels children one ewe sheep a peece.

Lastly I bequeath unto my lovinge wife all the rest of myestate to be dispossed of by her what shall bee of it att her decease left equally to myson John Tarbox and his heirs and my sonn Samuel Tarbox and his heirs. Also I leavemy wife my only executrix and my lovinge friends Capt. Marshall & ThomasLaughton senior my overssers of this my will and hereunto I have sett my hand.

John (his N mark) Tarbox senior

Witness: Thomas Laughton senior, Robert (His RB mark) Burges

Proved by the witnesses 1-5mo-1674

Inventory of the estate of John Tarbox was taken by Laughton andBurges, 29-3mo-1674 (Essex Probate Records, printed, Book 2:411 et seq.)

One dwelling house and one barn with seven acres of uplandand a orchard near adjoining £55 Six acres of salt marsh lying in Rumley Marsh £30 A long list of furnishings, tools, corn, malt, etc. Money 2 sh-6d Owing for two oxen by John and Samuel Tarbox £12 Owing by John £1-7sh Owing by Ezekial Needham 9 sh Total £159-6sh-6d Debts: owing Capt. Marshall 5 sh-8d to George Coale 6sh-3d to Robert Driver, Jr. 2sh-6d to John Tarbox 10 sh

"The above inventory was attested to in Salem Court, 1-5mo-1674,by the relict of the deceased and executric of his will (Essex Quarterly Court Files,Vol. 22)"

Sources: Tarbox, Blyney and Allied Families, compiled by George E.Tarbox, Jr. Denver, Colorado, 1965; LDS Ancestral File; Everitt P. Inman gedcom

John Tarbox , Born in England, came to Lynn, Mass., in 1639, with hiswife Rebekah, and he died May 26, 1674. Samuel Tarbox, his son, bornin 1647, married Rebecca Armitage, and their son, Godfrey, born in1670, married Eleanor, and was a captain in the Indian War. Marriage 1 Mary OVERALL Married: 1 MAY 1633 in Ippolits, co. Herts, England Children Rebekah TARBOX b: ABT 1631 in Ippolits, co. Herts, England Thomas TARBOX b: ABT 1634 John TARBOX b: ABT 1636 John TARBOX b: ABT 1637 Jonathan TARBOX b: BEF 1638 in Ippolits, co. Herts, England

More About John Tarbox: Immigration: 1638, Lynn, Essex, Ma. Misc: 01 May 1633, Ippolits, co. Herts, England.

More About John Tarbox and <Unnamed>: Marriage: 1639

Marriage Notes for John Tarbox and <Unnamed>: John Tarbox , Born in England, came to Lynn, Mass., in 1639, with hiswife Rebekah, and he died May 26, 1674

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Children of John Tarbox are: +Samuel Tarbox, b. 1647, Lynn, Essex, Ma, d. 16 Aug 1715, Lynn, Essex, Ma.

Occupation: Iron Works Proprietor. Will of John Tarbox: "I bequeath my house and housing with orchard and all my land and meadow, with green rugg and a great iron kettell and a round joyned table, to my sonne John Tarbox. I bequeath unto every one of my sonne John Tarbox his children one ewe sheep apeace. I appoint my wife executrix and my friends Capt. Marshall and Thomas Laughton my overseers."

The earliest known ancestor in the Tarbox family was John Tarbox of lynn, Massachusetts, who died there on May 26, 1674. He came to America from England with his wife, Rebekah, and their two children, Rebekah who was about 8 years old and Jonathan who was younger. Their other two children, John who was born in 1645 and Samuel who was born in 1647, were probably born in Massachusetts.

Information on John Tarbox and family was found in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Volume 42, page 27. John Tarbox of Lynn, and His Descendants, By the Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D., of West Newton, Massachusetts.

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 42, page 27 John Tarbox of Lynn, and his Descendants lists John's death as 1674.

His will is on record in the Probate Office at Salem, Massachusetts and the following sentences are copied from it. "I bequeath my house and housing with orchard and all my land and meadow with a greene rugg and a great iron kettle and a round Joyned table to my sonn John Tarbox. I bequeath unto every one of my sonn John Tarbox his children one ewe sheep apeece. I appoint my wife Executrix and my friends Capt. Marshall and Thomas Laughton Sen. my overseers."

DEATH: The will of John Tarbox is on record - Probate office at Salem, MA.

He was of Lynn, Mass., in 1646, where it is recorded of him, in Mass. Hist. Coll., as follows: "Matthew Stanley was fined œ5, with 2s. 6d cost, for winning the affections of John Tarbox his daughter without her parents' consent. The latter were allowed 6s for their attendance in court for 3 days."

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