Roger Amidon

Wikitree: Roger Amadowne (abt. 1612–1673):— "Roger Amidon [aka Amadowne Ammidowne] was a French Protestant, or Huguenot, said to have been a part of the siege of La Rochelle in France ca 1628. If so, [a] birth in England of Annidowne is not correct. His birth in France or otherwise has not been ascertained. "Amidon" is a common word in French, meaning starch. The spelling "Amidowne" approximates the pronunciation it may have been given by native French speakers...."

The following source (image unavailable) tempts some to think it belongs to this Roger. The Shire might generally indicate where this Roger was born, but there's no certainty the source belongs to him.
Name: Roger Anidowne
Baptism: 21 Feb 1607 Ringwood, Hampshire, England
Father: Phillip Anidowne
FamiilytSearch: "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975". FHL Film Number: 0994051 IT 3-5.

BOOK: Colket, Meredith Bright. 2002. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. 2nd ed. Cleveland, Ohio, USA: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America. Available in Libraries. See WorldCat.org:— Colket states in this book "Roger Ammidown" arrived in 1637 in Salem, Massachusetts,

Roger Amidon in the U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current.

Ancestry.com: The Amidon Family: a Record of the Descendants of Roger Amadowne of Rehoboth, Mass.

Roger Ammidon in the New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635:— " "On 4 May 1647, "William Piggott" wrote to Gov. John Winthrop, complaining of mistreatment of his son who had been apprenticed to Roger Ammidon, including attempts "to sell him underhand without the consent of the magistrate, once to a Scot bound to Barbados and now to one Mr. Gross, a brewer" [WP 5:155]."

Source: http://georgesawyer.tripod.com/amidon.htm
1. Roger Amadowne married 27-Dec-1668, Joanna Harwood, died 1-Jul-1711. Roger died 10-Nov-1673. The name of Roger Amadowne first appears at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1637. He is next found at Weymouth, Mass, in 1640; next at Boston, Mass, in 1643; and next at Rehoboth, Mass in 1648. The Town of Rehoboth was later divided and the older portion became Seekonk. Nothing is known of his first wife except her name was Sarah and she died at Rehoboth 20-Jun-1668. He married his 2nd wife, on 27-Dec-1668, Joanna, daughter of George and Jane Harwood. She survived him and died 1-Jul-1711. Records do not give the date of his death but state he was buried 13-Nov-1673. By his first wife, Sarah______ he had four children. By his second wife, Joanna Harwood, he had three children. The oldest was Philip.
Children:
2. i Philip Amidown born 26-Jan-1670.

Roger Amidon

Ancestry.com: Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut
SAMUEL EXPERIENCE AMIDON. In tracing the old and honorable New England family of Amidon, the biographer finds it necessary to go back to the early days in Colonial settlement. The first of this name found recorded in America, was Roger Amidown (as the name was then written), who lived at Salem, Mass., in 1637, and later re¬moved to Rehoboth, where his sons were born.
(II) Roger Amidon (2), son of Roger, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., in 1640.
(III) Philip Amidon, son of Roger (2), was born Jan. 26, 1669, in Rehoboth.

Ancestry.com: The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650: AMMIDOWN, AMMIDON, AMMADOWnE, AMMEDOWNE, HANNADOWN — Roger, Salem, 1640, rem. to Weymouth, then to Boston, 1643; later to Rehoboth. Wife, Sarah; ch. Sarah b. at Wey. 10 (6) 1640, Lydia b. 27 (2) 1643, bapt. at Bo. as from the chh. of Wey. He was bur. Nov. 13, 1673. Division of the est. made 4 March folg.; widow Joannah; son Ebenezer, by his representative John Coblech of Swansey; dau. Hannah, wife of Jeremiah Wheaton; John Harrod of
Patucksett, bro. of the widow, gave advice."

from the "The Amidon family : a record of the descendants of Roger Amadowne of Rehoboth, Mass." By Frank Best 1904

Tradition has it that Roger Amadowne was a French Huguenot, who, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, was compelled to flee from France; that he went to England, where he remained for several years and then emigrated to America. No information has been obtained concerning the date and place of his birth or of his parentage. On the records of Plymouth Colony and at Rehoboth his name is generally spelled Amadowne. The majority of his descendants spell the name Amidon, while various branches of the family use the spellings Amadon, Amedon, Amidown, Ammidon and Ammidown.

An asterisk (') preceding the number signifies that farther on under that number appears an account of the family of that individual. Copyright, 1904, By FRANK E. BEST. ROGER AMADOWNE.

The name of Roger Amadowne first appears at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1637. "Att a meeting the 25th. of the 10th. moneth, 1637 being present Mr. Endicot, Mr. Connant, John Woodbury, John balch, Peeter Palfry, Jefry Massie, William Hathorne. It is agreed that the marsh & meadow Land that haue formerly layed in comon to this Towne shall now be appropriated to the Inhabitants of Salem, proportioned out vnto them according to heads of their families - To those that haue the greatest number an acre thereof & to those that haue least not aboue have an acre & to those that are betweene both 3 qrters of an acre, alwais provided & it is agreed that none shall sell away thier proportions of meadow, more or lesse, nor lease them onto any aboue 3 yeares, vnless they sell or lease out their bowses wth their meadow.

Then follows a list of 224 names, in which list Roger Amadowne is the ninety-eighth and receives half an acre. He is next found at Weymouth in 1640 as shown by the following from the town record: "Sara daughter of Roger Amadowne born 10 (6) 1640."

The next mention is at Boston, in the list of births: "Lida dau. Roger and Sara Amadowne 27, Feb. 1643." During his residence at Weymouth, the Rev. Samuel Newman was pastor of the church. In 1643 Rev. Newman, with a part of his congregation, formed the settlement at Rehoboth, near the Rhode Island line. In 1648 Roger Amadowne appears at Rehoboth, being the forty-third on the list of proprietors. The town of Rehoboth was afterwards divided and the older portion took the name of Seekonk.

The history of Rehoboth, by Bliss, says: The town was built in a semi-circular form around what is now Seekonk common, with the meeting house and parsonage in the center. The semi-circle opened toward the Seekonk or Pawtucket river. This circle was afterward called the ring of the town.

Roger Amadowne's house was at the northeastern end of the semicircle as shown by the following extract from the Rehoboth records: "Oct. 18, 1660. William Sabine at a town meeting lawfully warned did agree with ye town to make ye mill bridge across Palmer's river and ye highway as far as ye foot of ye hill by Goodman Amadowne's, and to maintain it for forty a year, for twenty years and to have 4th. of his pay ready down."

This location is about one mile north east of the church in the present town of Seekonk. On July 18, 1648, the records of Rehoboth show there was granted: "Roger Ammidowne a house lot between Walter Palmer's house lot and the mill." By order of the Plymouth Court he was granted a tract of laud June 3, 1662, and under date of June 7, 1665, the following: Fifty acrees of land is granted vnto Roger Amadowne, lying att a place called the Ten mile river, being a prte of that land which captaine Willett bought, lying on the bounds of Rehoboth; the said fifty acrees of land, with all and singulare the appurtenances belong therevnto, to appertaine to him, the said Roger Annadowne, to him and his heires assignes forever."

In 1658 he was granted more land and in 1671 had a grant of one hundred acres.

In 1657 his name appears in the list of freemen and in 1658 he first served on the coroner's jury, in which capacity he served several times.

Nothing is known of his first wife except that her name was Sarah and that she died at Rehoboth, June 20, 1668. He married for his second wife, December 27, 1668, Joanna, daughter of George and Jane Harwood. She survived him and died July 1, 1711.

The records do not give the date of his death but state that he was buried November 13, 1673. He probably died November 11, 1673, as the records show the following report of the coroner's jury: "Wee, whose names are vnderwritten, being impannelled vpon a corrowner's inquest by the honored Mr. James Browne, Assistant, to sitt vpon the corpps of Roger Annadowne, deceased, occationed by some late striffe between his wife and him, hearing all euidences, pondering all cercumstances, and viewing the corpes, wee find noe wound nor bruise that might hasten his death.
"STEUEN PAINE, senr. "THOMAS COOPER. "WILLIAM SABIN. "NICHOLAS PECKE. "THOMAS COOPER, junr. "ANTHONY PERREY. "SAMUELL CARPENTER, "JOHN PECKE. "JONAH PALMER. "JOHN MILLER, senr. "BENJAMIN SABIN. "HENERY SMITH.

"11th nouember, 1673, this verdict aboue written was giuen in vpon oath before mee. James Browne, Assistant. The following is found showing the settlement of his estate: "Wheras, Roger Amnadowne, of Rehoboth, late deceased, died intestate, for the more equall disposing of his estate, it is mutually concluded by and between Joanna Annadowne and John Coblech of Swansey, in the behalfe of Ebinezer, the eldest son of the said Anna-downe and with the advise and consent of John Harrod of Patucksett, in the jurisdiction of Prouidence Plantations, brother vnto the said widdow Annadowne, and with the consent and approbation of the Court, that what remaines of the estate shalbe disposed of and settled as followeth: - Viz: Impr, that twenty-four acrees of vpland and a peece of salt marsh belonging therevnto, lying att Wachamaucutt Necke, and fifty pounds commonage within the township of Rehoboth, and one acree of fresh meddow, lying att a place called the 40 acree meddow, shalbe and is settied and confirmed vnto and vpon the said Ebenezer Annadowne, to him and his heires and assigns for euer. Alsoe, it is agreed and concluded by and between the pties aboue named, that one other acree of fresh meddow, lying att the aforesaid 40 acree meddow, be settied vnto and vpon Hannah Wheaton, the daughter of the said Roger Annadowne, wife vnto Jeremiah Wheaton, and likewise ten acres of vpland lying at Wachamaucutt Necke. Furthermore, that John Johnson shall haue a coate of the said Roger Annadownes, vallued att two and twenty shillings, and a horse, harnis and cart vallued att eighteen shillings. Finally, that the remainder of the whole estate, be it more or lesse, shall belong and appertaine vnto the said widdow Annadowne, prouide that att her decease, that the house, and land lying about the house, being twelve acrees, more or lesse, and fifty pounds commonage, and three or four acrees of vpland lying att Deare Hill, shall appertain vnto Phillip and Henery Annadowne, her children, in equall and like proportions, and prouided, that shee pay all such debts as are due and owing to any out of said estate.

CHILDREN. (By first wife.)
2 - Ebenezer. The date of his birth or death has not been found. He is not given, in the list of inhabitants of Rehoboth in 1689. In the History of Rehoboth, by Bliss, in a list of those who advanced money during King Philip's war appears the name of Eben Amidown as having advanced one shilling, six pence.
3 - Sarah, born December 6. 1640, at Weymonth ; no other record of her.
4 - Lydia, born February 27, 1643, at Boston ; no other record of her.
5 - Hannah, born at Rehoboth, September 20, 1652. She married Jeremiah Wheaton, of Rehoboth, and had - i - Hannah, born July 3, 1666. ii - Jeremiah, born March 18, 1669. iii - John, born September 2, 1671. iv - Sarah, born September 29, 1673. v - Ebenezer, born March 7. 1677. vi - Nathaniel, born March 6, 1679. vii -Mehitable, born April 4, 1681. viii - Nathaniel, born March 6, 1683. Mrs. Hannah Wheaton died at Rehoboth, September 13, 1719. (Second wife.)
6 - Philip, born at Rehoboth, January 26, 1670.
7 - Henry, born at Rehoboth. January 24, 1671. He is given in the list of inhabitants of Rehoboth in 1689. No other record of him has been found. 8 - Mehitable, born at Rehoboth. August 27, 1672. She married December 23, 1709, John Thompson, of Rehoboth.