PAGE, Ezekiel

Ezekiel — JEWETT, Ann. Ann was born 6 Oct 1725, Rowley, Massachusetts.; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Abraham requested 8 acres in Haverhill next to Joseph Whittier (Mary's brother) in about 1723.
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On December 10, 1741 Abraham paid taxes in Haverhill, per, "History of Haverhill, Since Settlement, in 1640", Chapter XIX 1729-1741, Page 312.
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An Abraham was a selectman for the town of Haverhill in 1748.
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Abraham, a (yeoman) farmer lived in Haverhill, Massachusetts most of his life. He later removed to Nottingham West (now Hudson), New Hampshire in about 1748. In Hudson he had a farm opposite Elmhurst, at the top of the hill, and near the junction of the old road with the present Lowell road. A cellar could still be seen on the east side of the road where Abraham's home stood, his barn was on the west side of the road.
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In the probate records of the province of New Hampshire (P. 317-319) we find that Abraham Page (yeoman) has granted his son Reuben Page to be the administrator of his will.
The will was granted for administration on January 31, 1753.
Along with Reuben Page (yeoman) of Haverhill the will also cites two other sons; Abraham Page (Housewright) of Nottingham West, New Hampshire and Samuel Page (yeoman) of Nottingham West, New Hampshire (our ancestor). The will had claims on it and was finally settled on February 9, 1761.
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Abraham and Judith are buried in Blodgett Cemetery in Hudson, New Hampshire where their small quaint headstones can still be found. They were among the first burials there.

Abraham married WORTHEN, Judith 19/19 Feb 1706/1707, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Judith (daughter of WORTHEN, Ezekiel and MARTIN, Hannah) was born Abt 1684, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.; died 23 Jul 1759, Nottingham West (Now Hudson), Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet]

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Benjamin moved from Hingham, Massachusetts. to Haverhill, Massachusetts with his family when he was about eight years old.
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He took his oath of allegiance in 1677.
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In 1688 Benjamin Page appears on a list of names of those who had built houses upon the Common of Haverhill, or their own land, since March 1660. These houses had no rights to the town's common lands.
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In a 1711 vote regarding schools, Benjamin Sr. is cited as living in the Central or North-easterly part of Haverhill, Mass.
Per, "History of Haverhill, Since Settlement, in 1640", Chapter XV 1710-1722, Page 238
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The exact date of Benjamin's death could not be located.

Benjamin married WHITTIER, Mary 21 Sep 1666, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.. Mary (daughter of WHITTIER, Thomas and ROLFE, Ruth) was born 9 Oct 1647, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.; died 29 Jul 1698, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.. [Group Sheet]

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Mary was a twin. She came to Haverhill with her father in 1649. She died tragically from scalding as did her son Benjamin #1. She is buried in the "Old Pentucket" burial ground.
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Note: Some have speculated that the term scalding may refer to scarlet fever, not literal scalding from hot water.

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Ezekiel was born in 1636 and baptized at St. Nicholas Parish in Bristol on April 15, 1636. Ezekiel was apprenticed to Thomas Abree at the age of eight. He and his family lived in Amesbury and had eleven children. In some records he was later known as "Worthen".
He married Hannah Martin, the step-daughter of Susanna Martin who was tried, convicted and hung as a witch in the Salem Witch Trials. He was in Salem in 1662, but removed to Amesbury, Massachusetts, about 1663. He received land in Amesbury that year and had a seat in the meeting house in 1667. He took the oath of allegiance at Amesbury in 1677, and signed the petition of 1680. He went from Salem with Samuel Foote. Both married daughters of men who became commoners at Amesbury. Ezekiel Worthen married, December 4, 1661, Hannah Martin, who died at the house of her son-in-law, Samuel Fowler, June 29, 1730. She was born Februar y 21, 1633-34, daughter of George Martin, of Salem and Amesbury, blacksmith, commoner, settling west of the Powow river as early as 1649, and an original commoner of Salisbury in 1654-55 . Ezekiel Worthen died in 1715 or 1716. His will was dated May 5, 1715, and proved August 6, 1716.
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Conclusions:
(1) Birth about 1636, s/o George WATHEN and Margery of Salem, MA. Name WATHEN or WATHIN in oldest record s. Age about 8 1/2 years on 27 Aug 1644 (b. Dec1635). Age 20 in Jun 1656 (b. 1636).
(2) s/o George WATHEN/Margery HAYWARD. Called WORTHEN in later records.
(3) Baptism: 15 Apr 1636, St. Nicholas, Bristol, England.
(4) Marriage to Hannah MARTIN: 4 Dec 1661, Salisbury, MA.
(5) Death: Will dated 5 May 1715, proved 6 Aug 1716. (2) 15 Jun 1716, Amesbury, MA.
(6) 1644, Jun: Ezekiel WATHEN was put by the court to Thomas AVERY till the former should be of age.
(7) 1644, 27 Aug: Inventory of the estate of widow Margery WATHEN, taken 20 Jul 1644, was presented. At the same court, Ezekiel WATHEN, aboy about 8 1/2 years, was committed to Thomas ABREE (AVERY) as an apprentice until he is 20 years old, if his master live so long.
(8) The two Deacons of Salem (MA) were appointed executors.
(9) The "master" of Ezekiel Wathen received one quarter of the real estate for him, indicating that George and Margaret Wathen had 4 children.
(10) 1656, Jun: Discharged from his apprenticeship, being 20 years old.
(11) Ezekiel WATHEN appointed administor of the estate of Thomas WATHEN(WATHIN), son of Edman WATHEN, who went with Robart GRAY in Capt. ..... and d. with Prince Rupert. William SARGENT of Gloucester, his "cousingerman," and being his father's sister's son, had been appointed administrator 28 Sep 1652, there being "none nearer of kin in this country." Deborah (WATHEN ) JOY, age 27, wife of Walter, "being alike related," deposed that she desired his appointment , 17 Sep 1652.
(12) He administered the estate of his "kinsman" (cousin) Thomas WATHEN, late of Gloucester.
(13) 1658, 30 Jun: The inventory of the estate of Thomas WATHEN of Gloucester was sworn by Ezekiel WATHEN, his kinsman.
(14) 1662: Ezekiel WATHIN was of Salem, MA.
(15) Resided in Amesbury.
(16) 1663: Received land in Amesbury, MA.
(17) 1667: Had a seat in the meeting house, Amesbury, MA.
(18) 1677: Took oath of allegiance.
(19) 1680: Signed petition.

Ezekiel married MARTIN, Hannah 4 Dec 1661, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of MARTYN, George and HANNAH) was born 1/01 Feb 1643/1644, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died 29 Jun 1730, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts.. [Group Sheet]

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Speculation about the birthplace and ancestry of John Page has been the subject of extensive research. One Page family researcher (Charles Edward Page of Oneida, New York) believes John is the son of Thomas Page and Cicely (surname unknown) who were wed October 4, 1607 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. John their presumed son was born in Worlingham, Norfolk, England.
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One possible immigration theory states that John, age 21, may have arrived on a ship with the family of George & Elizabeth Marsh, natives of Ipswich, England. It is believed they debarked at Charlestown, Massachusetts on June 4, 1635. At that time the Rev. Peter Hobart was leading a group of Puritan families from the Hingham, Norfolk County area of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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By 1640 the group settled southeast of Boston harbor at a place they later named Hingham, after their hometown in England. The church in Hingham, over which Peter Hobart presided, is known as the "Old Ship Church", now an ancient edifice, famous for it's unique construction. The interior beams resembling ship construction.
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There is a Page bridge, presumed built by John, and a Page meadows in Hingham. It seems probable that John was a skilled carpenter and may have been indentured to George Marsh, Mary's father, for a few years until he was admitted as a freeman on October 8, 1640 at the age of 26.
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John signed Petitions to General Court on November 11, 1645 and November 4, 1646. John may also have been involved in the controversy over the Hingham militia company commander (Lt Eames vs Lt Allen), as he was fined 15s 5d for insubordination, but relieved of the fine after a plea of poverty. Pastor Hobart and nearly one hundred "rebels" were called before the Massachusetts General Court and found at fault after a protracted session. The pastor refused to pay his fine whereupon his fine was increased and he was suspected of having encouraged a 1646 Petition to the Court for the "abolition of the distinctions which were maintained here, both in civil and church estate". These "distinctions" concerned the authority of the magistrates and the liberty of the people. The quarrel was harmful to the town of Hingham and some people moved away. The "feeling of unity was destroyed but in general the people defended their pastor".
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John along with others including his brother-in-law Onesiphorus Marsh later removed from Hingham to Haverhill, north of Boston, in about 1646, near the border of what later became the Province of New Hampshire.
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Haverhill was a frontier settlement full of dangers at the time John moved there. The settlement was established, in 1640, by Rev. John Ward and others from Newbury, Massachusetts. The land was purchased from the Indians November 15, 1642. The lands later extended to include a large area. The new town was incorporated in 1645, had 32 landholders, and was named in memory of Haverhill, England, John Ward's birthplace.
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John's wife Mary stayed in Hingham with her widowed mother until her mother married Richard Bowen.
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John's lot in Haverhill consisted of about 16 acres and fronted the Merrimac River, on Water St., east of Main Street.
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John took the oath of allegiance at Haverhill May 9, 1669. It is probable he was the John Page, Senior, listed among voters in 1683 concerning the site of a new meeting house at Haverhill. John had voted to build the meeting house on the same site as the existing one, as noted in Chase's History of Haverhill, Massachusetts and in "History of Haverhill, Since Settlement, in 1640", Chapter XI 1675-1688, Pages 137-138.
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John and Mary are buried at the "Old Pentucket" burial ground in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Administration of John's estate was granted to his grandson, Thomas Page, March 12, 1722, and the estate was finally divided in November, 1723. In this latter year most, if not all, the children of John Page were dead. He had been dead 36 years when his estate was finally settled.

John married MARSH, Mary Abt 1640, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.. Mary (daughter of MARSH, George and KEY, Elizabeth) was born Abt 1618, England; died 15/15 Feb 1696/1697, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.. [Group Sheet]

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Thomas Whittier, who came in the "Confidence" to the colonies in 1638, from Southampton, England at age 18. Records indicate he was an indentured servant to John Rolfe, his uncle. He married Ruth Green and settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts in 1647/48. He was given liberty to make three barrells of tar in Salisbury. After a short residence there he moved to Newbury. In May 1651 The General Court appointed him a commission to lay out the bounds of Haverhill. Their report was approved the following Oct. 1652. On June 7, 1652 he received 7 1/2 acres in a division of "plough-land," in Haverhill. In May 1653 he signed a petition to the General Court to revoke the sentence of Robert Pike, invoked for preaching on the Sabbath in the absence of a minister. In 1659 Thomas had meadow land at Hawkes meadow in Haverhill, bounded by Daniel Ladd on the south. In February 1663/4, the will of John Rolfe of Newbury, MA, proved 29 Mar 1664, gave items to Thomas Whittier's children. On May 23, 1666 he was admitted a freeman at Haverhill, bringing with him a swarm of bees which were willed to him by Henry Rolfe of Newbury. His property in Haverhill was valued at 80 pounds. In 1668 Thomas Whittier appears on a list of those that built houses upon the common of Haverhill, or their own land, since 15 Mar 1660. Such houses were to have no right to the town's common lands. Thomas Built "the famous Whittier homestead in Haverhill, where his illustrious descendant, the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892, was born." In the spring of 1669 the town of Haverhill, having chosen Thomas constable, voted that he should be excused, provided he presented some one to take his place whom the Selectmen should declare satisfactory. On February 19, 1675 Thomas Whittier, Daniel Ladd, and Peter Ayer were appointed by the Haverhill town meeting to designate which houses should be garrisoned, since the town was anticipating trouble with the Indians. On December 22, 1680 the town meeting of Haverhill appointed Tho. Whittier, Nathl. Saltonstall, Lieut. Browne, Wh. White, and Danl. Ela to a committee to obtain aminister to assist Rev. Ward, whose wife had died and who was getting old. They were also to arrange for the new minister a place to live. On June 24, 1681 The committee reported that they had not been able to get a new minister, and a new committee was chosen. In June 1683 Thomas voted with his son John to build a new meeting house on the site of the old. The motion was defeated. In 1686 he was chosen "lot-layer" when Lt. George Browne resigned. He died there 28 Nov. 1696. Thomas' Estate was administered on February 1, 1696/7, and divided in May 1699. His wife died in 1710. They had ten children.

Thomas married ROLFE, Ruth Mar 1645/6, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of ROLFE, John and COLES, Joane Ann) was born 1626, England; died Jul 1710, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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George Wathen was apprenticed at the age of 14 or 15 to John Browne of Bristol, to learn the trade of joiner. This term of Apprenticeship wasto last for 8 years. George and his family were in Massachusetts. as early as 1640 when he was in possession of a house and a lot. On April 4, 1640 he was appointed as "Surveyor of Fences" in Salem, Massachusetts. On March 31, 1640/1 he was involved in a land dispute with William Pester. On May 23, 164 0/1 he was admitted to the Salem church. On June 29, 1642 he was cited for trespass against Joseph Robinson and William Browne. He died before July 20, 1644 when the inventory of his estate took place. He may have died before December 27, 1642 which is when his wife took action in another trespass case. This is based on the fact that if he was still alive he would have taken a more active role, as it is he played no role in the will. Savage's Genealogical Dictionary states that George was a blacksmith.

George married HAYWARD, Margery Mrs. 14 Apr 1624, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. Margery (daughter of HAYWARD, Hugh and SISSELL, Joan) was born Abt 1593, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England; died 1644, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.. [Group Sheet]

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The inventory of her property was dated July 20, 1644, and it was presented to the court August 27 1644.

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George Martin, of Salem and Amesbury. He came to New England in 1639. He was a blacksmith who settled west of the Powow river as early as 1649, and an original commoner of Salisbury in 1654-55. George served in King Philips War.
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George married a second time to Susanna North who was later accused and executed during the Salem witch trials in 1692.

George married HANNAH 1642, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts.. was born 1624, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts.; died Between 1643 and 1644, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts.. [Group Sheet]