WHITTIER, Joseph

Joseph married PEASLEE, Mary 24 May 1694, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary was born 14 Jul 1672, Amesbury, Massachusetts; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. WHITTIER, Elizabeth was born 19 Sep 1695; died Yes, date unknown.
2. WHITTIER, Green was born 13/13 Mar 1696/1697.
3. WHITTIER, Joseph was born 2 Apr 1699; died Yes, date unknown.
4. WHITTIER, Ruth was born 31 Jul 1701; died Yes, date unknown.
5. WHITTIER, Richard was born 20 Sep 1703; died Yes, date unknown.
6. WHITTIER, Ebeneezer was born 29 Dec 1704; died Yes, date unknown.
7. WHITTIER, Hannah was born 2 Jun 1707; died Yes, date unknown.
8. WHITTIER, Susanna was born 25 Jul 1709; died Yes, date unknown.
9. WHITTIER, Joseph was born 21/21 Mar 1716/1717.

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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]

Richard married ROLFE, Mary 23/23 Jan 1608/1609, Whiteparish, Wiltshire., England. Mary (daughter of ROLFE, John and Honour) was born 16 Jul 1582, Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England; died , Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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The following is from a list of passengers aboard The Confidence.
On April 24, 1638 The Confidence of London, departed Southampton, England, for Salisbury, Massachusetts, (New England).
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Rolfe, John (or Roaffe) . . 50 husbandman of Melchitt (Melchet) Park, Wiltshire. Rolfe, Mrs. Ann(e) (or Roaffe), Roaffe, Hester (dau.) . . . (not listed in "Planters") Whittle, Thomas . . . . . . 18 (Rolfe servant).

John married COLES, Joane Ann 2 Nov 1612, Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. Joane (daughter of COLES, John and MARSHE, Jane Jone) was born 1591, England; died 1638, Newbury, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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John's recorded occupation was yeoman. His will was dated October 8, 1624. John Rolfe's Will, 1625:
The Will of [John Rolfe of Whiteparish] in the county of Wilts, yeoman, [}ary, 1624/5. To th e church of [Whiteparish] 6d., to be used toward thereparation of the church by the churchwar dens of Whiteparish. Concerningmy right and interest in certain leases of which I now stan d possessed,after my decease my son [ ] Rolphe shall have that messuage ortenement a nd close adjoining, and that close called long [ ]adjoining to Bushy lease, and that clos e called breach meade, and aparcel [ ] sometimes parcel of bushy lease and lying upon th e lanecalled Rumsey [ ] containing fourteen "lugge'" all being inWhiteparish, and also fo ur [?pieces of] arable land containing ten acres called Webb [?close] with a messuage whic h I hold of the right [ ]William Stockman of Bereford, county Wilts., Esq., by virtue o f a[?lease] dated 20 March 8 James I, to hold the said lease and premises until the full term of ninety nine years be ended, if myself, Henry Rolfe, my son, and John Rolfe the younger, my son, or any of us, live so long. Said closes of arable land and pasture containing ten acres sometime called Webb close, which I now hold of William Stockman by lease dated 10 Januar y 8 James I for ninety nine years if my sons Henry and John or either of them live so long , I give to my son Henry for his life,and after his death my will is that Honor Rolfe, wife to the said Henry my son, if she survive her husband, shall hold the said premises during the time she remain a widow, and when my daughter-in-law Honor be married to any other husband or die, then my son John shall enjoy the residue of the time unexpired. My son John shall have the three acres of ground sometimes waste ground parcel of the Earldome lying between Langley wood and the round coppice,* demised to me and my assigns by William Stockman Esq., during the term of [th]ree years, as appears by indenture dated 20 March 8 James I. To John, my younger son, the new chest, my best coffer ,my iron bound cart, and 3 pounds. To Joane, the eldest daughter, and Hester, the youngest daughter of my son john, a brass pan, pewter platter, a hive of bees and 20s. each. To Joane, my grandchild, daughter of William Holloway, a hive of bees a nd 20s. at [ ] twenty-oneyears my will is that [ ] son John or the longer [ ] two kine and a mare which [ ] Item I give to my daughter [ ]coverlid and 26s. 8d. to [ ] ease. Itm I give to Richard Whiteer [ ] of money which money my executor [ ] taine to the age of twenty and six yeares [ ]ty shillings. And farther my will is that [ ]abovenamed shall have their twenty shillings apiece [ ] my decease: for which my above named grand [?children shall give my] executor an acquittance and he shall accept of [ ] sonne John a coverlid which lyeth in my press [ ] piece if they shall require it within one year after [ ] aged men and women of Whiteparish the sum of [ ] a t thediscretion of my executor and the minister. [ ] the rest of my goodsand chattels un bequeathed, my [?debts and legacies paid and funeral expenses disch]arged, I give and bequeath to my son Henry Rolfe and[?make him my] sole executor; and I give to Mr. Parks, minister of Whiteparish, [ ] My neighbors John Coles of Mortfarme and William Morris of Newton [ ]field to be my overseers, and to each of them I give 10s. [ ] to see my will faithfully performed. [Signed] John Rolfe his marke. [Witnesses' names torn off.]
Codicil dated 29 May 1625. I give to be delivered by my life time which is no part of [ ] nor touching my last will, as witnesses John [Willi]am Morris. Mary my daughter shall have 13s. [ ] of the 17pounds. I give to my son John 30 [ ]nn pounds . I give to Mary my daughter a little barrell, etc., [ ] a stall of bees for Thomas her son, and unto Mary my daughter a gown. To Henry my son the silt and the powdering tub. To John my son my [ ]ake and the newest jerkin and hose. All the rest of my household stuff to be equally divided between Henry, my son and executor, and John, [?my you]ngest son.[Signed] the m'ke of John Rolfe the elder. Proved 8 October 1625, by the executor named. Inventor y taken 6 October 1625, by John Coles, William Morris, and Thomas Rolfe, 113 pounds 1s.4d., exhibited by the executor 8October 1625. (Archdeaconry of Sarum, 1625, Original Will andInvent ory.) [Brackets indicate the places where the foregoing will is mutilated or illegible.] *Miss French notes in 1912 that the woodlands still bore these names.

John married Honour Abt 1580, Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. Honour (daughter of Richard) was born Abt 1552, Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England; died 8 Jul 1617, Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England; was buried 8 Jul 1619. [Group Sheet]

John married MARSHE, Jane Jone 24 May 1585, Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. Jane was born Abt 1569; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]