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About William James, Sr.
Not the son of Philip James & Jane Russell.
Perhaps the son of Thomas James & Anna James
Biography
https://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I4642&tree=Schirado
“William James was in Scituate 1673. he came probably from Marshfield, where there was a widow Anna James and family as early as 1650. William settled at Scituate harbour 1673. His house lot was ‘north of Job Otis’s ware-hourse,’ a part of which he sold to Capt. Stephen Otis, for the place for ‘a new house,’ 1697, (now [1831] Young’s Tavern). He conducted ship-building, and dug a dock for launching his vessels, which now bears the naem of ‘Will James’s dock.’ He was also engaged in a coasting trade and fishery. He succeeded to a share in Conihassett lands in the right of John Woodfield.”
Family
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/James-5581
'William James was born probably around 1641[1][2]
William married Mehitable _____, probably around 1672, since on 4 July 1673 they were fined "for committing carnal copullation with each other before marriage or contract."[1]
Children:[3]
- Elizabeth b. circa July, 1673 at Scituate m. John Hyland 3 January 1694/5 d. after 8 December 1748
- (possibly) Mary b. 25 April 1676 at Boston
- Mehitable b. circa 1679 m. Samuel Tuell/Tewel on 24 October 1700 at Scituate d. 19 February 1748/9 at Newport
- William b. circa 1682 m. (1) Rebecca Easton and (2) Amy Gibbs d. circa December, 1741 at Newport
- John b. circa 1684 m. Mary (Webster) Sanders 23 April 1713 at Boston d. circa September, 1757 at Newport
- Samuel b. circa 1686 m. Hope Chamberlain 10 October 1711 at Scituate
- Content b. circa 1692 m. (1) Benjamin Bull in December, 1710 at Newport and (2) Rev. Samuel Woodbridge circa 1731 d. 28 July 1758 at East Hartford
William passed away after 11 May 1722, when he acknowledged a deed in Newport, and probably before July, 1723, when his son William was no longer called "Junior" in Newport records.[1]
References
- Myers, Marya C., William¹ James of Scituate and Boston, Shipwright and Quaker, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2001) Vol. 155, Page 68. < AmericanAncestors >
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/James-5581
- https://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I4642&tree=Schirado cites
- 1. [S98] William James of Scituate and Boston, shipwright and Quaker, Marya C. Meyers and Donald W. James.
- 2. [S6] Samuel Deane, (Loring, Boston, 1831).
- 3. [S51] John James of Scituate, Massachusetts, shipwright, Marya C. Myers & Donald W. James, Jr.
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William James, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1641 |
May 11, 1641
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Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
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| 1673 |
June 1673
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Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
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| 1676 |
April 25, 1676
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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| 1679 |
1679
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Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
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| 1682 |
1682
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Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
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| 1684 |
1684
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Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
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| 1686 |
1686
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Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
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| 1692 |
1692
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| 1722 |
May 11, 1722
Age 81
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Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
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