Person:Anthony Somerby (1)
Anthony Somerby
chr.16 Aug 1610 Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, England
d.31 Jul 1686 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1610
  1. Anthony Somerby1610 - 1686
  2. Henry Somerby1612 - 1652
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1641
  1. Abiel Somersby1641 - 1671
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Anthony Somerby
Gender Male
Christening[1][2] 16 Aug 1610 Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, England
Degree[2] 1635 Clare Hall, Cambridge
Emigration[1][2] 1639 On the Jonathan.
Marriage Bef 1641 Estimate based on date of birth of only known child.
to Abigail Unknown
Other[2] 18 May 1642 Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Death[1][2][3] 31 Jul 1686 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Anthony Somerby, in Savage, James. 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. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:140.

    Anthony (Somerby), Newbury, s. of Richard, gr. s. of Henry of Little Bytham, 8 ms. from Stamford, in Co. Linc. where he was bapt. 16 Aug. 1610, came in the Jonathan, 1639, was freem. 18 May 1642, the first sch. master, town clk. from 1648 to his d. at the end of July 1686, aged 76. By w. Abigail, wh. d. 3 June 1673, he had Abiel only, b. 8 Sept. 1641.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Appleton, William S. Early Wills Illustrating the Ancestry of Harriot Coffin: with Genealogical and Biographical Notes. (Boston: Press of D. Clapp & Son, 1893)
    57.

    Anthony (Somerby), bapt. at Little Bytham 16 August 1610. … Anthony Somerby, elder son of Richard, born at Little Bytham in 1610; graduated at Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1635; came to New England in 1639, and settled at Newbury; m. Abigail _____; was Freeman of the Colony of Massachusetts 18 May, 1642; was for some time schoolmaster at Newbury, and in 1647 was appointed Clerk of the Writs as well as Town-clerk; was a signer of the petition of 1666; he died 31 July, 1686; she died 3 Jane, 1673.

  3. ↑ Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911)
    2:725.

    Somerby, Anthony "clark for ye Towne of Newbury & Keeper of this booke thirty eight years," [died] July "last," 1686.

  4.   Anthony Somerby, in New England Historic Genealogical Society. Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. (AmericanAncestors.org: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Case #25839, 20 Oct 1686.

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  5.   Davis, Walter Goodwin. The ancestry of Sarah Hildreth, 1773-1857: wife of Annis Spear of Litchfield, Maine. (Portland, Maine: Anthoensen Press, 1958)
    71.

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  6.   New England Historic Genealogical Society. Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. (AmericanAncestors.org: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    32:411.

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