Person:William Trask (12)

Captain William Trask
d.Bet 15 May 1666 and 18 May 1666 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
m. Bef 1579
  1. Agnes Trask1579 -
  2. Joan Trask1581 - 1582
  3. Joan Trask1583 -
  4. Captain William Trask1585 - 1666
  • HCaptain William Trask1585 - 1666
  • WSarah UnknownEst 1614 - Aft 1666
m. Bef 1634
  1. Sarah TraskEst 1634 -
  2. Mary Trask1636/37 -
  3. Susannah Trask1638 -
  4. William Trask1640 - 1691
  5. John Trask1642 -
  6. Elizabeth Trask1645 -
Facts and Events
Name Captain William Trask
Gender Male
Christening[1] 14 Dec 1585 East Coker, Somerset, England
Marriage Bef 1634 to Sarah Unknown
Occupation[1] Soldier
Death[1] Bet 15 May 1666 and 18 May 1666 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Other[1][2] Anecdote

SEARCH FOR THE PASSENGERS OF THE "MARY AND JOHN", VOL. 18, PART 2, PAGE 139 "THIS IS A SPECULATIVE BUT PROBABLY CORRECT ASSIGNMENT" -- Great Migration on the other hand, relies on a passage from William Hubbard, A General History of New England from the Discovery to MDCLXXX (Cambridge 1815) that indicates that Trask was in the colonies by 1628. Moreover, he settled in Salem, rather than Dorchester as did most passengers of the Mary and John. He is not listed on Banks, Kuhns, or other Mary and John lists.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 William Trask entry, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

    ORIGIN: East Coker, Somersetshire
    MIGRATION: 1628
    FIRST RESIDENCE: Salem

    BIRTH: Baptized East Coker, Somersetshire, 14 December 1585, son of Nicholas Trask [NEHGR 54:279] (deposed aged seventy-seven years on 29 November 1664 [EQC 3:207]).
    DEATH: Salem between 15 May 1666 (date of will) and 18 May 1666 (when Salem selectmen ordered that "the soldiers that attend Capt. Trask to his grave shall have some allowance to make them drink" [STR 2:68]). (William Trask's date of death is given in some sources as 15 May 1666, but this does not appear in any record. Although the codicil to his will is not dated, it need not have been made on 15 May 1666.)

    ASSOCIATIONS:
    Osmund Trask, born about 1627, appeared in Salem by 1649. Since the given name Osmund appears frequently in the Trask family of East Coker, Somersetshire, the home of William Trask, the two men were very likely closely related, but the exact degree of kinship has not been determined.

  2. [PF] held several offices in Salem including: Deputy, 1637. Captain of the militia. 1634, Salem lot layer, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1643, 1648. Overseer for bridgework, 1645