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Facts and Events
Came in Bevis in 1638 age 14; settled Andover.
Legacy
The will of "Daniel Poor senr. of Andover
in the County of Essex ", dated June 1, 1689, indicates he is "very sick of body, &
considering y* dangerousness of my disease & not knowing how
soone my great change may be", and names "my dear wife Mary" (who received the house, household goods, and half of his land on the Shawshin River), "my daughter Ruth & my daughter
Lucy", yet unmarried (70 pounds, and "confiding in my sd wife that she will deal
by them as well as she hath by her other daughters"), "my eldest son Daniell" (wife's estate after her decease, and the other half of the land on the Shawshin river), "my son John" (all my upland); "my daughters Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Deborah, they have
already received their full portions"; "my daughter Martha twenty acres of land"; "my daughter Elizabeth all the meadow I have in
Wade's meadow"; "my daughter Priscilla my meadow on the west side
of Shawshin River commonly called the Pond meadow"; "my brother in law Jno ffarnum a Parcell of meadow —
two acres .... on furthest side of Woodchuck meadow." Executors to be sons Daniell & John Poor
Founders of Andover, Massachusetts
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References
- ↑ Pope, Charles Henry. Pioneers of Massachusetts (1620-1650): A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches. (Boston: The Author, 1900).
Will dated 7 Jun 1689; pvd 24 Jun 1690; wife Mary; sons Daniel & John; daughters: Ruth, Lucy, Martha, Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Deborah, Elizabeth & Priscilla; brother-in-law John Farnum.
- 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)
3:456.
DANIEL, Andover, is that youth, I suppose, aged 14, whose name on the list of passeng. in the Bevis from Southampton, 1638, is Dayell, coming with Alce or Alice P. aged 20, prob. his sis. and Samuel P. 18, perhaps their br. and others, under the designat. of serv. of Richard Dummer, m. 20 Oct. 1650, Mary Farnum, perhaps d. of Ralph; and d. 1713, it is said, aged 85, wh. is one of the very few instances of under estimate. Only s. Daniel. and John, are nam.; and of John the d. is so early as 24 Dec. 1690, that perhaps he was never m. But seven fem. Poors are as early found to m. and all may have been his ds. viz. Martha, with Jon Granger, 9 Feb. 1680; Hannah, with Francis Dane, jr. 16 Nov. 1681; Eliz, with Jacob Marston, 7 Apr. 1686; Priscilla, with Abraham Moore, 14 Dec. 1687; Deborah, with Timothy Osgood, 29 May 1689; Ruth, with John Stevens, 20 Dec. 1689; and Lucy, with Samuel Austin, 11 Oct. 1691.
- ↑ Abbott, Lemuel Abijah. Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass., of his joint descendants with George Abbot, Sr., of Andover, Mass: of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R.I.; of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass.; of George Abbott, of Norwalk, Ct.; of Robert Abbott, of Branford, Ct.; with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States. (Boston: T. R. Marvin & Sons, 1906)
1:18.
"iv. Mary Faulkner, b. May 2, 1693; d. ----; m. Feb. 14, 1715/16, John, b. Oct. 30, 1691, son of Daniel (b. Sept. 5, 1656) and Mehitable, of Andover, and gr.-son of Daniel and Mary (Farnum) Poor, of Andover, m. in Boston by Mr. Wiggins, Oct. 20, 1650."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 will and probate records of Daniel Poor Sr., in Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991: Original data: Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts. (Ancestry.com (database online)).
The last page of the fair copy of the will (in the probate records) has the date as "7th of June".
The estate inventory follows. Its introduction reads "An Inventorie of the estate of Daniel Poor sen. of Andover, who deceased the 8th of June A D 1689 taken by us, the subscribers 23d day of September 1689 by the request of the executors of said estate"
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