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About Nicholas Byram
- Name: Nicholas Byram 1
- Sex: M
- Death: 13 APR 1688 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Ma
- Note: NICHOLAS BYRAM, a physician, resided in Weymouth from ~:1638 to 1662, and in Bridgewater from 1662 to 1688. Dr. Byram was joint executor of the will of Abraham Shaw in or about Nov. 1638. (Lechford's Note-Book, 329.)
came to Weymouth 1638 stayed 24 years removed to Bridgewater.Family tradition states his father came from Kent moved to Ireland when nicholas was born.Sent his son to England when he was 16 to friend... stole all his money sent him to West Indies was sold into service to pay for his passage..made his way to Weymouth.
Nicholas Byram, according to family tradition, was son of an English gentleman of the county of Kent, who removed to Ireland about the time this son was born. His father sent him at the age of 16 to visit his friends in Eng. in charge of a man who betrayed his trust, robbed him of his money, and sent him to the West Indies, where he was sold to service to pay his passage, and after his term expired he made his way to New England and settled at Weymouth. He m. Susanna, D. of Abraham Shaw of Dedham. In 1660 he bought three proprietary or original purchase rights in Bridgewater viz.: Moses Simmons', Philip Delano's, and George Soule's, and settled here soon after. He d. 1688; she d. a. 1698.
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About 1630 Nicholas relocated from England to MA.
Nicholas(1) BYRAM was born before 1618 in prob England. This is a placekeeper date: If he was “of Weymouth, 1638,” the assumption is that he had at least attained his majority and was perhaps 20 or 21 at least. He was living in 1638 in Weymouth, MA.(487) He was living in 1668 in BRIDGEWATER, BRISTOL, MA.(488) He died in 1688 in Bridgewater Ma.(489) Nicolas Biram Senior left this world for a better The thirteenth of Aprill: 1688 [Bridgewater VR]
[NICHOLAS BYRAM]
[I:16] Nicholas Byram of Bridgewater made his will 13 January, 1687. Bequests were as follows: “I Ratifie unto my brother John Shaw of weymouth my whole Interest in the North adition which was granted by the Court to Bridwater Town & on lot of Meadow in a Place Called Poor meadow Joyning to the Meadow of William Brett . which he hath Possesed severall yeares”
“to Each of my Children what land I formerly Gave unto them.”
“the Rest of my Estate …. I give [p. 17] give unto …. wife Susana”
“I leave my aforesd wife Susana sole Executrix” Mayflower families.
Nicholas's grave is not marked with a headstone. In his book, "Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater," Williams Latham wrote:" The adult persons living and dying in this part of old Bridgewater previous to 1703, and probably buried in this yard, so far as is known, were N. Byram , 1688, and his wife, Robert Latham and wife, 1685-1688; Jonathan Cary, of Beaver, 1695; Experience Mitchell, of Elmwood, 1689; Mercy Harris, wife of Issac Harris, about 1682. No other public place of burial is known to have been used; and we find a very few private burying-grounds in the early settlement of the town, here, or elsewhere, in old Bridgewater."
Nicholas Byram was born about 1610 in England to William H. Byram and Mary of Kent, England.
When he was an infant, his family moved to Ireland due to his father having received a royal land grant in Ireland.
When Nicholas was 16 years old, his father sent him to visit friends in England. However, one of his friends betrayed him of his trust, robbed him of his money, and sent him to the West Indies, possibly Barbados, where Nicholas was sold to pay his passage.
After his term expired, Nicholas made his way to New England in 1634. He settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Nicholas married Susanna Shaw about 1636. They had children, all born in Weymouth:
Nicholas - born about 1640
he married Mary Edson in 1676
Abigail Nicholas - born about 1642
she married Thomas Whitman in 1656
Deliverance - born about 1644
she married John Porter in 1660
Experience - born about 1646
she married John Willis
Susanna - born about 1648
she married Samuel Edson
Mary - born about 1650
she married Samuel Leach
He was admitted as a freeman in 1638, which at that time required him to be a member of the church and attested to be of good life by his minister.
Nicholas bought land in Weymouth. He was also a trader, and he was a principal assistant of a celebrated Indian chief in the sale of a tract of land on the coast of Maine:
In 1660 Nicholas bought three purchase rights in Bridgewater and settled there. He was one of the petitioners of Bridgewater in 1668 to the Plymouth court regarding taxation.
"An order sent unto Bridgewater as followeth :— Gentlemen : Upon the complaint of Mr. Nicholas Birom, in the behalfe of himselfe and others of your towne that apprehend they are oppressed by your way of rateing," etc., advice as to better methods.
Nicholas Byram made his will on January 13, 1687. After he died, an inventory was taken of his possession. That inventory states the date of his death as April 13, 1688.
The will was proved on June 13, 1688. He ratified to his " brother John Shaw, of Weymouth," the title to certain land at Poor meadow, he gave to each of his children the land formerly given to them, and he bequeathed the remainder of his estate to his wife, Susanna. The witnesses of his will were Samuel Allen, William Brett, and John Whitman.
Biography provided by Michael Duffy.
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Nicholas Byram's Timeline
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1610
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Kent, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1637 |
1637
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Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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1638
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Weymouth, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
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September 20, 1640
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Weymouth, Suffolk County (Present Norfolk County), Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
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January 7, 1643
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Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
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1644
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Weymouth, (Present Norfolk County), Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
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1645
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Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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1646
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Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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1648
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Weymouth, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
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