Person:John Moses (4)

link ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1631
FIRST RESIDENCE: Casco
REMOVES: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, by 1639
FREEMAN: Oath of fidelity, 2 October 1666 [NHPP 40:220].
EDUCATION: He made his mark to his deeds.
OFFICES: Grand jury, 1 October 1651, 28 June 1654, 30 June 1657, 28 June 1659, 2 February 1663/4, 28 June 1664, 30 June 1674, 7 June 1681, 6 December 1681 [NHPP 40:80, 108, 125, 136, 189, 192, 303, 374, 379]. Petit jury, 25 June 1656, 24 June 1662, 29 June 1669, 24 June 1673 [NHPP 40:118, 168, 244, 288].
Sergeant, by 1672 [Waterhouse Anc 74; NHGR 3:173].

He married first by 1648 (and by 1642 if she was the mother of his children) Alice _____; she died by 1667.

He m2 by 17 Sep 1667 Anne (____) Jones, widow of John Johnes; she d aft 6 Jan 1679/80.

He died after 1693/4.

Children (by first wife):

1 Elizabeth, b abt 1622; m by 1662 Joseph Walker
2 Daughter, b abt 1644; m by 25 May 1665 Thomas Creber
3 Mary b abt 1645; m by 1 Mar 1664/5 Ferdinando Huff.
4 Joanna, b abt 1649; m by 1 Mar 1664/5 Timothy Davis
5 Aaron, b abt 1651; m1 1 Jun 1676 Ruth Sherborne; m2 Mary ____ who survived him and m 20 Oct 1720 John Sherburne.
6 Sarah, b abt 1653; unm in 1679; nfr

BIRTH: About 1616 (deposed aged seventy on 5 October 1686 [Waterhouse Anc 75, citing New Hampshire Court Papers (1686-1697), 9:237]).
DEATH: Living 1693/4 when he was seated "under the pulpit" in the meetinghouse [NHGR 3:173].

Moses, John, 1616.—According to a deposition of his he was born about 1616; date of his death is not known, but he was living in 1694. It is the tradition in the family that he was of Scotch descent, emigrating from the southwestern part of England, where there were many who called themselves Scotch. Probably he was first in this country at Portland, Maine, an employee of Cleeves and Tucker, in the early settlement around there. From there he came to Portsmouth, where he had been long enough to become so well acquainted with the rulers of the town, that 6 April, 1646, they gave him a grant of land. When he left Portland the proprietors gave him the deed of one hundred acres of land, as a reward for his seven years' service as an apprentice.

In 1648 he was living at Sagamore Creek. He received more land grants in 1652 and 1653; in 1660 the town allotted him eighty-three acres. He is on record as subscribing one pound for the minister in 1658, and after that he was a regular and liberal supporter of the Church. He was much engaged in real estate transactions buying and selling, as opportunity was given him to make a good bargain. His signature, or mark, was a five or six-pointed star. He served often as juryman. He served in the military company of the town and acquired the title of Sergeant as early as 12 March, 1671-2.

He had a wife Alice, 3 Oct., 1648; she died and he married (2) 1667, Ann, widow of John Jones; she was living 6 Jan., 1679. The first wife was mother of his children, except, perhaps, Sarah.

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John was an apprentice to George Cleeve and Richard Tucker who granted him 100 acres at Casco Bay in 1646:

"Witness these present that We Geo. Cleeve and Richard Tucker of Cascoe Bay in New England gentlem for and in consideration of Seaven yeares Service as an apprentice pformed unto us by John Moses now of Puchatag River we have granted & confirmed unto him the Sd John Moses his heyres and assigns one handred acres of land In Cascoe bay lying & next Adjoyneing unto the land formerly granted unto Geo Lewis by us wch sd hundred acres of land is to beginn at the side of the Lott of the sd Geo Lewis & soe to runne westwardly by the side of the bay one hundred pooles in length and eighty seaven pooles in breadth unto the main land untill the sayd hundred acres be ended togeather with soe much marsh ground as belongeth to every hundred acres of land in the grant or deed granted to the sd Geo Cleeve and Richd Tucker in consideration of the yearly rent of 2S and 2 days work to be payd unto the longest liver of them or their assigns & during the term of nineteen hundred yeares to be fully compleated and ended... In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seales the sixth day of Aprill in the yeare 1646...
Geo Cleeve
Richard Tucker
In the presence of
John Davis
Dav. J M Easter"

From this we can assume that he probably came over with them at least by 1639 and probably earlier as Cleeve and Tucker were here in 1630

On 6 Jan. 1678/9 John deeded half his property and some live stock to his son Aaron who was to pay his sister Sarah £5 upon her marriage and to pay his father one-half the profits or increase of the land and cattle:

"This Indenture made ye 6th of January and in ye yeare of our Lord God One Thousand and six hundred Seventy-nine: Witnesseth yt John Moses of Saggamore Creek commonly so called & in ye county of Dover and Portsmouth & of ye one parte & Ann ye now other partie: unanimously have agreed & by these presents doe fully agree as followeth, Vis: ye Sd John Moses with ye consent of his wife Ann as aforesaid as well severally as joyntly hath sett or made over unto their sonn Aaron so supposed as aforesaid ye one half of his ye said John Moses. his plantation farm or tenement as houses, outhouses, wood and woods belonging, meadows, marshes, with all and every convenient privilege or priveleges, yt. is, may or shall belong or appropriation to ye said premises: with his stock as followeth: Two oxen, two steers, thre years old apiece, three cows, Three heifers two yearlings and three calfs: to be managed as followeth. Vis. ye sd Aaron is to manage, prove and improve ye whole of ye said plantation or farm: Receiving for ye same ye one half of ye profits, or increase of ye said land, or chattell, as of corn, hay, wood, for fireing or building, or anything else, shall or may be improved of ye sd John Moses farm, as aforesaid, it as aforesaid whether growing above or under ground. with half of ye Butter & cheese. ye Sd John Moses & his wife Ann as aforesaid to have ye other half. they and every of them to make use of their several parts to their own behoof & benefit. them and every of them, by these presents binding themselves not to sell or dispose of any of ye fore-mentioned commoditie*s, but to acquaint one ye other thereof & likewise, ye parties aforesaid for themselfs severally & jointly consent & by these presents agree to pay equally all rates, taxes, other or any other publick charges ye one ye one half, & ye other ye other half. according to ye honest intent & meaning of this present instrument or writing: Further ye sd John Mosses with the consent of his wife Ann, they severally & joyntly have consented, & by these presents agreed yt after ye decease of ye sd John Mosses ye sd Aaron ye sd John Mosses supposed sonn is to have and injoy ye said farm or tenement wholly to his owne propperty ys behoof & benefitt. To have and to hold to him his heirs, executors, Administrators or assigns for ever & ye Sd John Mosses with Ann his wife doe ingage for themselfs & either of them, their heirs or either of their heirs, Executors Administrators or assigns: to consolidatt conferm & make good ye aforesaid premises, to ye sd Aaron to have and to hold, to him his heirs or assigns for ever...
John X Mosses his seal O
and mark
Ann A Mosses her seal O
& mark
Aaron Moses
Signed sealed & delivered
in yt presence of
John Sherburn
Francis Huckins
Thomas Beck
Polly Walker

It is to be understood yt ye Stock within spoken is to be parted once in three years. It is here to be noted yt through forgetfullness in yt. within premises the urs forgotten this as all here agree upon by themselfs that in this place it shall stand as firm in Law as if it was in the inclusive place yt is as followeth yt Sd Aaron within mentioned is out of his own part as within written to pay unto Sarrah his sister to ye value of five pounds in Currant pay of New England to be paid in or upon ye marriage of ye said Sarrah as witness our hand ye 7th of January & in yt year One thousand six hundred Seventie nine, as within written.
John Mosses
his X mark
Aaron Moses
Witness, polly Walker
Francis Huckins
Thomas Beck...

Agreement between Sergt John Moses and his Son Aron Recorded in the Records of Dou Portsmouth 2d of Sept. 1681- Book ye 3d folio 163 per me Elias Hillman Recorder."

JOHN, Portsm., 70 in 1686 (not 1696), an apprent. of Geo. Cleeve and Richard Tucker who gr. him 100 a. at Casco Bay in 1646, and prob. came over with them in 1630. The first settler at Sagamore Creek, he had a deed from Ambrose Lane in 1651 and grants in 1652 and 1660. Sued John Lewis for unjust seizure of land and lost, in 1662. O. A. 2 Oct. 1666; sergt. by 1672; j. 1651; gr.j. 1651, 1655, 1657, 1659, 1664, 1674, 1681. Deeded prop, to s. Aaron, who was to pay his sis. Sarah, in 1679. Deposed about Richard Tucker’s tenure of his house in 1686. Seated in the seat ‘under the pulpit’ in meeting-ho. in 1693-4, the last record. His w. Alice was slandered in 1648 by Elizabeth Roe whom he sued, winning the case. One Anne Crunther, poss. a relative, testif. with him. His 2d w. was Anne, wid. of John Jones (23). Lists 49, 312c, 313a, 323, 326ac, 330b, 356L, 52, 331b, 335a, 322, 330c, 337. Ch. by 1st w: Aaron. Joanna, m. Timothy Davis (61). A Dau., m. Thomas Creber (2) by 1668 when her fa. deeded to them. Mary, m. Ferdinando Huff (1). Elizabeth, m. Joseph Walker by 1664 when her fa. deeded to them. Sarah, liv. in 1679.