Person:Henry Trask (1)

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Henry Trask
b.Jun 1625 England
d.Bet 1683 and 1694
  • HHenry Trask1625 - Bet 1683 & 1694
  • WMary SouthwickEst 1630 - 1696
m. 1650
  1. Mary Trask1652 - Bef 1683
Facts and Events
Name[2][3] Henry Trask
Gender Male
Birth[1] Jun 1625 England
Alt Birth[2] Est 1630
Marriage 1650 to Mary Southwick
Death? Bet 1683 and 1694

MEACHAM FAMILY BOOK

CD101: d abt 1689 [used] b 1625/26 [not used]


see ESSEX INST COLL II:277. SOUTHWICK: p 10 from 'Felt's': Henry punished for attending a Quaker meeting; [various other ref's].

NYGBR 69:37 CORRECT MEACHAM ANCESTRY H Trask's will and the later articles of agreement. GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS: Henry NOT listed as a son of Wm Trask & Sarah ______

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ALLIED FAMILIES: p 245Will dated 1683. 1694 - Mary appointed administratrix of his estate worldconnect db = vmeachum, Updated: Mon Oct 21 21:01:24 2002 Contact: Virginia Meachum Henry's wife, Mary Southwick, was the daughter of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick of Salem. Lawrence and his wife, son Josiah and daughter Mary (Traske) were fined, whipped, imprisoned ten months and finally banished from Massachusetts for being Quakers. His son Daniel and daughter Provided, their fines not being paid, were sentenced by court to be sold into slavery to any English planter in Virginia, or the Barbadoes, but no ship owner would carry them so they were released. Lawrence and his wife, being banished under pain of death, went to Shelter Island where they both died the following spring, 1660, from exposure and privation, Cassandra surviving her husband only three days. Josiah, who had established a home in Rhode Island, returned to Salem to attend to settling his father's estate, and was flogged for returning. Note; The sect of Quakers arose in England about 1650. Laws were passed to prevent Quakers from settling in Massachusetts; fines were laid on those who entertained them or attended their meetings. They were banished from the colony, imprisoned and a few were executed. It was claimed they interrupted public worship; showed disrespect to rulers, were intemperate in language to judges, and insulting to officials.

References
  1. John O. Austin. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families. (published 1893; reprint Genealogocal Publishing Co , 1982)
    p 245.

    QUAY 2

  2. 2.0 2.1 Cyrus H. Brown. Harding, John & Lu. (Published in 1909).
  3. Henry Trask, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
    VII:87.

    COMMENTS: No records for this passenger have been found in New England. The passenger of 1634 would have been at least sixteen years old, and quite likely older, to have appeared in this passenger list, which included only adult males. The earliest record for a Henry Trask in New England was on 14 August 1652, when Mary Trask, daughter of Henry Trask and his wife Mary, was born at Salem. This Henry Trask had married Mary Southwick, daughter of LAWRENCE SOUTHWICK {1639, Salem} [EPR 1:318-19; Essex Ant 8:166-67, NYGBR 69:36-41]. This gap of eighteen years without a record argues strongly against the identification of the 1634 passenger with the 1652 Salem man. No Connection has been found between this passenger and either WILLIAM TRASK {1628, Salem} [GMB 3:1837] or Osmund Trask of Salem and Beverly.