William Makepeace, b. say 1636; m. Boston 23 May 1661 Ann Johnson [BVR 82]. (On 2 June 1653, in "answer to the petition of Mr. Thomas Makepeace & William, his son, the Court, on perusal of the indenture, attachment, and the judgment of the Commissioners' Court, and the law, title Masters & Servants, do declare, that the proceedings of Mr. Hutchingson in reference to William Makepeace, the apprentice, to be without and against law; and farther, that no apprentice or servant is any way liable to answer his master's debts, or become servant to any other than his master, but by assignment, according to law, and that the said apprentice, being deserted by his master, is thereby released from his apprenticeship" [MBCR 4:1:150].)
