Edson, Elizabeth

Elizabeth married Packard, Samuel on 24 May 1705 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Byram, Susannah in 1678. Susannah (daughter of Byram, I Dr Nicholas and Shaw, Susanna) was born in 1648 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1743 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel Edson, Senior
[Plym. Co. Prob. I: 143] "Samuel Edson Senr Inhabitant of the Town of Bridgwater" made his will 15 January, 1688/9.

"Having already Disposed of moste of my Lands and a Great part of my Estate to my Children as By their Deeds Doth appear" I "Bequeath to my Eldest son Samuel Edson my Fowling peece and to my
other two sons Joseph Edson and Josiah Edson my musket Sword and Bandaleers."

"to my three sons Samuel Edson Joseph Edson and Josiah Edson to each of them a Draught chaine and also a Logg chain and all my wearing deaths to be Divided among them." "to my Loving Wife Susanna Edson all the Rest of my Estate Both Personall and Reall housing Lands Chattels and Cash all within Doors and without whatsoever I have not Otherwise Disposed of to be wholy at her Dispose During her naturall Life and what is Left at her decease and mine Either Housing lands Chattels or Cash: all without Doores to be Equally Divided among my three sons Samuel Edson Joseph Edson and Josiah Edson their heires and Asigns And all within Doores all my houshold Goods and Cash to be Equally Divided among my five Daughters Elizabeth Susanna Sarah Mary and Bethiah their heirs and assignes"
"my Loving Wife Susanna Edson to be my Executrix and my son Samuel Edson and my son Josiah Edson to be Joyned with her as Executors" "And I Doe .... desire Mr James Kieth John Kingman Senr and Thomas Snell of Bridgwater to be overseers of this my Last Will" The witnesses were John Field, John Ames and Samuel Kinsley. "John Ames and Samuel Kinsley two of The Witnesses" made oath to the will, at Plymouth, 20 September, 1692.

[p. 144] "The Inventory of Samuel Edson Senr who deceased the 19th Day of July 1692" was taken, 29 July, 1692, by Samuel Allen, Sr., and William Brett, and was sworn to by "Samuel Edson and Josiah Edson the Sons of sd Deceased" on 20 September, 1692. The total was £148, 14s., 8d. The real estate was: "house and Land" *£50, and there was £30 in "Silver money".
[There are no original papers in the files.]
Abstracts of Plymouth County Probate Records
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Mr. Edson built the first corn mill in 1662 and was a Deacon in the Puritan church between 1667 and 1692. In the year 1657 he was made a "freeman" and was a member of the Council of War (King Philip's War) between 1666 and 1676. He was made foreman of a jury to lay out roads 1667 and 1672. He represented the town of Bridgewater in the General Court at Plymouth 1676 and was appointed, with others, to settle the boundry line between Bridgewater and Middleboro and between
Bridgewater and Taunton. "Removed from Salem to Bridgewater, and was one of the first settlers
in that town; built the first mill there; m. Susanna (Orcott-see disclaimer to this), who d. 1699, aged eighty-one; he d. Bridgewater, 1692 aged eighty. They had eight or nine children . . Charles Adams:
Genealogical Register of North Brookfield p. 585, in History of North Brookfield, Mass 1887. Temples Modified Register.

Edson's Early in Bridgewater: " born in England, 1612; came over early to Massachusetts, resided in Salem 1639 (reference to town records and quote) and married Susanna (Orcutt) about 1637, (probably an elder sister of William Orcutt, who came from Scitutate and settled in Bridgewater before 1682) . . ." Other information gives Bridgwater land grants, etc.

Source:Charles Adams: Genealogical Register of North Brookfield p. 585,in History of North Brookfield, Mass 1887. Temples Modified Register.

Source:Lowell. Edsons, Early in Bridgewater. Thos. P. James, 1864. p. 4-14

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"Samuel, son of Thomas10 and Elizabeth (Copson) Edson,baptized in Fillongley, Warwickshire, England on September 5, 1613 married in Warwickshire, in 1638 Susanna Orcutt, born there in 1618."

Source: Jarvis Bonesteel Edson, of the city of New York. Edsons In England And America. Kinckerbocker Press,1903, 27 West 23rd Street, NY,NY. P 2
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Notes from Joel Thomas Orcutt:

Birmingham City Archives: W B Bickley, antiquarian [MS 3069/Acc1904-005 - MS 3069/Acc1922-003]
The contents of this catalogue are the copyright of Birmingham City Archives.
Rights in the Access to Archives database are the property of the Crown, © 2001-2003.
Bickley, W B, fl 1904-1933, of Birmingham
FILE - Marriage settlement. Nicholas Hill of the New-house in the parish of Kingsbury, co. War., husbandman and Thomas Snell the elder of Nether Whitacre, co. War., yeoman, and George Sherocke of Lea Marston, co. War., yeoman. A messuage, land and appurtenances in the parish of Lea Marston. (Please order number 569) - ref. MS 917/2080 - date: 4 October 1650

Marriage recorded Holy Trinity Church, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire
March 1, 1638 "Samuel Edson and Susannah Bickley, both of Whittaker were married In this church by virtue of a license."

Note;
Whittaker (Whitacre) is a small parish adjoining Fillongley to the north east, about 1-2 miles from the birthplace of Samuel Edson.

Francis Cooke, Early Massachusetts & New England Families

Susanna was born In 1618 In Warwickshire, England. Mitchell, according to Savage, says all children of William Orcutt, including Susanna, are mention In his will of 1694. She died on 20 Feb 1699 In Bridgewater Massachusetts. The Second Torrey Supplement says he did marry a Susanna, but not Orcutt! Reference is John Brooks Threlfall, Great Migration Colonists, 1993.

She was married to Samuel (1) EDSON Deacon. Although Threlfall, now says this is incorrect, this small volume has him as born In England, 1612, residing In Salem 1639,( at Salem, Massachusetts, July, 1639) marrying Susanna Orcutt about 1637 (saying she is "probably an elder sister of William Orcutt who came from Scituate and settled In Bridgewater before 1682) and moved to Bridgewater about 1650. He is said to have died In 1692, aged 80 with his will dated jan 15, 1688-9, proved Sept 20 1692.

New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV
EDSON The surname Edson is derived from the personal name Ed, and is a shorter form of Edwardson, Edmondson or Edwinson, possibly of Addison. The first mention of the name of Edson, spelled In this way, is In the early American records relating to this family, and it is believed that the immigrant himself abbreviated his name upon coming to this country.

(I) Deacon Samuel Edson, the pioneer, was an early settler at Salem, Massachusetts, where he
was admitted an inhabitant In 1639, and was granted half an acre of land near Catt Cove, and five
acres of planting ground. In 1642 he was granted twenty-five acres of land at Mackerel Cove, and
two acres of meadow. About 1650 he moved to Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and he was called
an inhabitant of that town In a deed dated December 10, 1652. He died there In 1693, aged eighty
years. He and his wife are buried In the old burying ground, and one of the oldest headstones In the cemetery marks their graves. Deacon Samuel Edson and Rev. James Keith, of Scotland, the first minister of Bridgewater, were given grants after the fifty-four proprietors had taken their shares.
He erected the first corn mill In the town In 1662, on Town river. His will was dated January 15,
1688-89, and proved September 20, 1692. He was admitted a freeman In 1657. His home was on
the south side of the river, near his mill. He deeded the mill to his five daughters, according to a
deed recorded April 19, 1736. He was a good farmer, and possessed much mechanical skill. In
1660 he owned three rights In the town; In 1683 he had one right, having given rights to his sons.
He was well-to-do. He filled a number of town offices. In 1666 he was appointed a member of the
council of war; In 1676 he was representative to the general court, and In the same year served on
a committee to distribute the town share of the contributions for distress In the Indian wars. In November, 1672, he was on a committee which received the deed from Chief Pomonoho of the Titicut purchase "In and for the use of the townsmen of Bridgewater, joint purchasers with them." In December, 1686, he and Ensign John Howard and Deacon John Willis, agents of the town, received a confirmatory deed of the Indian Chief Wampatuck for the purchasers and the town, of all the lands previously conveyed to them by Massasoit. This deed was dated March 3, 1649. In 1667 he was foreman of a committee to lay out roads, and again In 1672. In 1680 he was on the committee to determine the boundary line between Bridgewater and Middleborough, and In the same year on a similar committee which decided the boundary between Bridgewater and Taunton. He was one of the first deacons of the church, from about 1664 to the end of his life. He was associated with very prominent men, and was influential In the town, church and colony. He is said to have been of large, athletic frame, of medium weight and sturdy constitution. He was grave and dignified In manner, keen and discerning In mental powers. Firm In his opinions, he was not obstinate, and would cheerfully admit the soundness of an argument, when convinced. It is said that he was rather inclined to listen and weigh evidence, and was not given to much speaking, but when he was heard In town seting his arguments carried weight and he usually won his point. "The strength and vigor of his intellect, the quickness of his perceptions, the extent and accuracy of his memory and the struggle of mental enterprise, supplied In no inconsiderable degree the deficiency of education. While he was thus respected for these attributes of mind and character, it was to his constant practice of the Christian virtues and the influence of his example that his preeminence was greatly due." He married, about 1637, In England, Susanna Orcutt, probably a sister of William Orcutt, who came to Scituate and settled In Bridgewater before 1682. "Her education and natural abilities were said to be fully equal to his, while In union with an expressive modesty of deportment and unaffected piety, gave to her person an elevated position and to her character a high rank among the matrons of the town," as an old genealogy says. "She exhibited a majestic figure, rather above medium height, an elegant and majestic mein, with a countenance happily combining graceful dignity and cheerful benignity." Children: Susanna, born In England, about 1638; Sarah, at Salem, about 1640; Elizabeth, at Salem, about 1643; Samuel, 1645; Mary, at Bridgewater, about 1647; Joseph, mentioned below; Josiah, at Bridgewater, 1651; Bethiah, about 1653.

Genealogy of the Families who Have Settled In The NORTH PARISH OF BRIDGEWATER & HISTORICAL SKETCH of NORTH BRIDGEWATER.
By Moses Cary.
Boston: Printed by Bannister and Marvin. 1824.
page. 10
"BENJAMIN EDSON, Was a descendant of Samuel Edson, who came from Salem, and was an early settler at Bridgewater. He m. an Orcutt; had six ss. Benjamin, Peter, William, Seth, Ichabod, and Ebenezer; and two ds. Joanna, and Abigail."

Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England
by John Farmer
1829
page 93
“EDSON, SAMUEL, Salem, from thence to Bridgewater, where he was a deacon of the church; representative to Plymouth court 1676, d. 9 July, 1692, ‘. 80. Susanna, his widow, d. 20 Feb. 1699, ‘. 81. Five of the name of Edson, and probably his descendants, have been educated at Harv., Yale, and Dartmouth.”

History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, In Plymouth County, Massachusetts
including an extensive Family Register
By Nahum Mitchell. Boston:
Printed for the author by Kidder and Wright, 32 Congress Street. 1840

page. 153

EDSON
"--Dea. Samuel Edson and his wife, Susanna Orcutt, came from Salem. He was one of the first settlers In the town, and owned the first mill and probably built it; he d. 1692 age 80; she 1699, age 81. He had Samuel, Joseph, Josiah, Susanna, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Bethiah. Susanna m. the Rev. James Keith.--Elizabeth m. Richard Phillilps of Weymouth.--Mary m. Nicholas Byram, Jr. 1676.--Sarah m. John Dean of Taunton 1663.--Bethiah m. Ezra Dean of Taunton 1678.--Benjamin Edson, who m. Sarah Hoskins at Plymouth 1660, was his son perhaps."

A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND,
SHOWING THREE GENERATIONS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE MAY, 1692,
ON THE BASIS OF FARMER'S REGISTER.
BY JAMES SAVAGE, originally pub. 1860

"EDSON, SAMUEL, Salem 1639, rem. to Bridgewater, there was deac. rep. 1676, d. 9 July 111692, aet. 80; and his wid. Susanna d. 20 Feb. 1699, aet. 81. He had Samuel, Joseph, Josiah, Susanna, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, and Bethia. Susanna m. Rev. James Keith; Elizabeth m. Richard Phillips of Weymouth; Mary m. 1676, Nicholas Byram, jr.; Sarah m. 7 Nov. 1663, John Dean of Taunton; Bethia m. 17 Dec. 1678, Ezra Dean.

Samuel married Bickley, Susanna on 22 Mar 1639 in Sutton Coldfield, Holy Trinity, Warwickshire, England. Susanna (daughter of Bickley, Anthony) was born about 20 Feb 1618 in Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1699 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes from Joel Thomas Orcutt:

Marriage record states "Of Whittaker", which is the parish of Whitacre Superior, or Over Whitacre.

Basically, to be able to have right of settlement in a parish, one had to be born there, married there or serving an apprenticeship there.

Notes:

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NICHOLAS BYRAM

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" The witnesses were Samuel Allen, Sr., William Brett and John Whitman.

The executrix presented the will at the court held 13 June, 1688, and it was probated on the testimony of Samuel Allen, Sr., and William Brett.
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NICHOLAS BYRAM'S INVENTORY
"The Inventory of Nicholas Byram of Bridgwater who deseaced the thirteenth day of Aprill 1688" was taken by "his wife Susana byram" who signed by a mark.

It was witnessed by Samuel Allen, Sr., and William Brett. "Susana Byram the wife of Nicholas Byram deceased" made oath to the inventory 16 June, 1688, before John Willis, Sr. "by Dedemus Potestatem Directed to the abovesd John Willice from the Inferiour Court of Comon Pleas held at Plimouth" 13 June, 1688, "the said John Willis was Impowered to adminester the oath abovesd to the above sd Susana Byram"
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Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691

Part Two: Topical Narratives
Chapter 13: Everyday Life and Manners:

As time went on, Plymouth Colony resolved some old problems and acquired new ones. The court could not satisfy all complaints. Though people were frequently punished for slander, in 1677 when Captain
Goulding, David Lake, and Thomas Lake complained that they were meeting with opposition and threatening speeches from neighbors to disturb them in their peaceful enjoyment of lands granted them by the court, the court said it would maintain their title to the lands, "but as for words, they must beare with them when they meet with them." In 1670 the court ordered that profits from fishing with nets at Cape Cod would go to provide a free school for the training of youth in literature for the good and benefit of posterity, and in 1678 it gave £5 from fishing profits to the schoolmaster at Rehoboth, and it
expressed an intention to have a grammar school in each town of the colony. People complained of high taxes, and some towns were using tax methods that the court found odd. In 1668, at the complaint of Mr.
Nicholas Byram that Bridgewater was overtaxing people with dormant lands and undertaking those who used the town's common lands, the court told the town to find some more equitable way. In 1670 the
court, in answer to the complaint of land owners at Rehoboth, ordered the town not to tax them more than thirty shillings for a £40 rating.

Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691
Part Three: Biographical Sketches
Biographical Sketches
Smith, Ralph
... Moses Simonson arrived on the Fortune in 1621. Though not on the 1633 freeman list, he became a freeman no later than 7 March 1636/37 (PCR 1:53). He was in Leiden with the Separatists, and Winslow called him a member of the Dutch Church who could speak English and who took communion with the Separatist Church (Hypocrisie Unmasked, p. 63). He also went by the name Moses Simons, and on 13 December 1660 Moses Simons of Duxbury and his wife Sarah sold his right of lands in Bridgewater to Nicholas Byram (MD 34:85). He dated his will 17 June 1689, calling himself "aged and full of decay," and his inventory was taken 10 September 1691 (MD 31:60). He mentioned his sons Aaron and John; and his daughters Mary, wife of Joseph Alden; Elizabeth, wife of Richard Dwelly; and Sarah, wife of James Nash. He also had a son Moses, Jr. of Scituate, who predeceased him (Ply. Colony PR 3:2:62-63).
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Byrams in America, John Arnold Byram, 1988, pages 1-2

The exact reason or event which brought Nicholas to America will probably never be know. Aaron G. Byram, who documented the first Byram family genealogy, "The Byram Pamphlet" drew upon the writing of the family legend as written by the Honorable Nathan Mitchell in his "History of Bridgewater". Aaron wrote"Nicholas Byram was the son of an English gentleman who removed about the time of the birth of his son to Ireland. At sixteen his father sent him to visit his friends in England, in charge of a man who betrayed his trust, robbed him of his money, and sent him to "West Indies" (probably the island of Barbados) where he was sold to pay his passage. After his time of servitude expired, by the help of a few pieces of gold, said to have been sewd into one of his garments by his mother, he took passage to New England and married Susanna Shaw of Weymouth." Mark Bennett Byron III in his book "THE BYRAM CHRONICLE" writes: "The author does not question Nicholas' going to Weymouth MA or his
marriage to Susanna Shaw but believes that he has uncovered the record of his early arrival in America whether he came directly from England or via Barbados. In either event he landed in Virginia with Thomas Edghill and received 50 acres of land. Possibly the religious climate of Massachusetts Colony was more to his liking than that of Virginia where the established church was firmly entrenched. For this reason Nicholas probably traded his 50 acres of land in Virginia for passage to the MA colony.,"

He also states that the Virginia Colony have a land grant showing that on 23 Oct. 1637 - Thomas Edghill received 100 acres, Isle of Wight County. Upon a creed running SW of maine creek in the Pagan Baye,
adjoining next to John Walker's devdt. Westward toward the head of Vaster's Neck. 50 acres due to his personal adv. and 50 acres of 1 servant called Nicholas Byram."

Then in Northcumberland County Records, on 5 Feb. 1651 - John Hawkin's will gives land to Abraham Byram and a yearling to Abraham's son, Thomas. "From the above, it would seem that a Nicholas and
Abraham were about the same age, possibly brothers and probably the grand children of Nicholas Byrom, the Cheshire Barrister.

Mark also gives a statement that Helen Byrom Griggs said. "Father also said that there was a tradition in the family tha the young son of some early Byrom has been kidnapped by a sailor's press gang and had been taken to Barbados from wence he never returned but suggested his origin his origin in kent might have been mistaken for Kenion where the Byroms were established."

Nicholas may have taken the ketch "Increase" which sailed from Barbados to Boston but was damaged in a storm and arrived in Peqout (New London) Conn. From there he must have gone to MA. Nicholas settled in Weymouth, MA.

He was made a freeman by the Court, May 2, 1638. The term freeman was sort of an Aristocracy in New England. By 1670 there were only 1,100 Freemen out of a population of 25,000. They were voting members of their colony. A Freeman was required to have a certain amount of land of an income equivalent to the income received from that amount of land. He had the title "Mister", and could wear costly garments with ornaments of silver, gold, or lace threads.

In 1662 Nicholas purchased of Moses Simmons, Phillip Delano and of George Soule 3 shares, or the original purchase rights, of a tract of land which became Bridgewater. This amounted to seven square miles. He was the second settler. The purchase of "Duxbury Plantation" (Bridgewater) was made on March 23, 1640 by Miles Standish, Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth acting as commissioners appointed to make this purchase.

It would be interesting to learn where Nicholas acquired the cash for such a purchase. It is possible that the sale of this home in Weymouth, MA provided means to purchase the undeveloped land to the west. This trend, to move west to gain cheaper land continued for many generations and helped distribute the Byram family throughout America. Nicholas took an active part in the government of Bridgewater. He was elected a member of the grand inquest under Thomas Prince in 1664. He was appointed by the Court as one of the selectman of Bridgewater in 1666. He was appointed, with Samuel Edson and John Willis, Councillor of War with the Military Officers of the town in 1667 and he held other civil posititions.
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Nicholas married Shaw, Susanna in 1635 in Massachusetts, USA. Susanna (daughter of Shaw, Abraham and Best, Elizabeth Bridget) was born about 25 May 1617 in Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng; died about 1698 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Will Information: Souce : The Mayflower Descendant: a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history, Volumes 42-43, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992

She left a will in Nov 1700 in Bridgewater; Proved 18 Dec, 1700. The will of Susanna Byam, widow, of the Town of Bridgewater, being aged and weak, was signed by a mark. It left bequests to : "daughter-in-law Mary Byram, my son Nicholas Byram's wife", who received one pair of sheets and my best green say apron; grandson Nicholas Byram, who received my horse and chest belonging to my deceased husband; granddaughter Mehetable Byram, who received one pair of sheets, bolster, smoothing iron and looking glass; daughter Abigail Whitman, who was given one camlet Samar and one fine shift; daughter Deliverance Porter, a red petty coat; daughter Experience Willis, one cow, my best hat, one fine shift, one petty coat, "my Bible and Linnen Wheele"; daughter Susanna Edson, one petty coat; grandson Ebenezer Whitman, one chest with lock and key; greanddaughter Mary Leach, two petty cosats; grand daughter Mary Willis, one chest. Miriam, a negro maid, was given her "freedom" and one "home made hoode." Tom, a Negro man, was given 10 shillings money and his "freedom"..."if he be 30 years of age and if not he shall serve with my son Nicholas Biram till he is 30 years of age and then be free." Son Nicholas Byram received one cow, fire tongs and shovel, a brass skillet, dripping pan, a great spit, Iron hood and Iron kettle. The remainder of the estate, money and other moveables was to be "equally divided amongst" her "four daughters and granddaughter" namely: Abigail Whitman, Deliverance Porter, Experience Willis, Susanna Edson and Mary Leach. Son Nicholas was named as Executor. In a memorandum, Deacon William Brett and Thomas Snell, Sr. were made oath on 18 Dec 1700.

The Inventory of the estate of Susanna Byram, widow, deceased 28 Nov 1700, totaled £96-2-0 in household items, with a cow and a horse "prized by us whose names are underwritten this 12 day December in year above written. Joseph Shaw and John Whitman."

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Sources for Susannah Shaw:
Eunice Byram Roberts, BYRAM-CRAWFORD AND ALLIED FAMILIES GENEALOGY
George Walter Chamberlain, HISTORY OF WEYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS; 1923

Thomas married Copson, Elizabeth on 1 Nov 1596 in Fillongley, Warwick, England. Elizabeth was born about 1570 in Fillongly, Warwickshire, England; died about 1619 in Fillongley, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes from Joel Thomas Orcutt:

Last Will and Testament of John Bickley

"In Yea name of God Amen. Yea fifth day of February in yea year of our Lord God One Thousand
Six Hundred Thirty and Four, and in the ninth year of yea rayne of our Sovereign Lord Charles by
yea grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of yea faith. I John Bickly
of Baxterly in yea County of Warwick, a husbandman, being of good and perfect memory, mind,
and remembrance (thanks be to God) do make and ordayne and declare this my last Will and
Testament in manner and form following. .............. I do give and bequeath unto Anthony Bickly, my son, twelve pound in mony."

1630 Constable for Parish of Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England as recorded in Parish record. Listed as tax payer and constable for various years between 1630 and 1650 in Over Whitacre. Nothing more found of him after 1650, presume he died ca that year, probably at Over Whitacre.

Notes:

He was of Kent, ENG
Source:John Arnold Byram, BYRAMS IN AMERICA: 1988

William married (Byram), Mary. Mary was born in in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Worcester County, Massachusetts Memoirs, Volume I-II

Abraham Shaw (1) the immigrant ancestor of Thomas Asa Shaw, of Worcester, came from Halifax, York County, England and settled in Dedham, MA, before 1636. In that year he signed the famous Dedham Covenant. In the old country he was a clothier and a man of some property. He was a planter at Dedham. When he first came to America he went to Watertown, MA, where he was a proprietor in 1636; his house was burned in October of that year, whereupon he seems to have removed to Dedham, where he was a constable in 1636-37-38, and was admitted a freeman March 9, 1637. He was owner of coal mines in Halifax and November 2, 1637, shortly before his death, he received a grant of half the coal and iron he might find in the common lands. He was given a permit to erect a coal mill February 12, 1637. He died in 1638, and his will, made November of that year, was proved before the end of the year. He mentions Joseph, John, Mary and Martha, his children, and Nicholas Byram, son-in-law. Of the children Joseph removed to Weymouth; Mary was born about 1638; Martha born about ---; Susanna married married Nicholas Byram before 1638.

Abraham married Best, Elizabeth Bridget on 24 Jun 1616 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Best, Henry and Boithes, Grace) was christened on 9 Apr 1592 in Ovenden, Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng; died in 1638 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]