Person:Edmund Weston (1)

Died intestate, but probate documents name his wife and all children, as well as identify his daughter's husbnad. He resided in Plympton and was the owner of a gristmill at Dunham's Point. [NGS Quarterly, vol 71, 1983. p44]

Notes for Edmund Weston 2nd: an Edmund Weston, b. England, 1605, settled Boston, MA, 1635, grantedland Duxbury, MA, 1640. --DIR ANC HEADS

Notes from Yarmouth Nova Scotia Genealogies, Transcribed from theYarmouth Herald by George S. Brown 1901 says: resided at Plympton, owned and operated a grist mill there, and "was aman of great influence in the town. The land he owned there has alwaysbeen in the possession of his descendants."

1.   History of the town of Duxbury.
2.   Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1908)
   396.

   "Edmund Weston, immigrant ancestor, came to Boston in the ship "Elizabeth and Ann," and settled in Duxbury in 1635. His age at the time of coming was given as thirty years. It is said that in England his trade was a thresher of grain. He was apprenticed to John Winslow, and transferred November 2, 1636, to William Thomas. In 1639 he formed a partnership with John Carver for planting and farming, and in 1640 had a grant of four acres at Stony Brook, Duxbury, and a tract of land at Green Harbor. He was on the list of those able to bear arms in 1643. In 1652 he was a surveyor of highways, and took an active part in town affairs. His will was dated February 18, 1686, and proved June 3, 1686. He died in Duxbury in 1686, aged eighty. He married late in life, ____ De La Noye (Delano). Children: 1. Elnathan, mentioned below. 2. Mary, married John Delano; lived in Duxbury. 3. Edmund, born 1660, died September 23, 1723. 4. John, born 1662, died 1736."

3.   Vitla Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts.
4.   By William T. Davis. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore 1975)
   280.
5.   George S. Brown. Yarmouth Nova Scotia Genelaogies Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald. (1901).
6.   Dave Sharp, dasharp@sharpenv.com, Roots Web's WorldConnect Project. RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, Cushing/Sharp. (updated Jan. 5, 2001).
7.   Warner, Russell L. and Robert S. Wakefield, FASG. Myles Standish of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Five Generations. (plymouth Ma: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996).