Person:John Shatswell (13)

Estate of John Satchwell of Ipswich

"ffebruary 11th 1646 The last will and Testament of me John Satchwell of Ipswich though weake in body yet in pfect sence & memory doe comend my soule to god who gave it & my body to the dust whence it was at first till the resurreccon which I doe expect. And for my estate I give to my sonne Richard all my howses and land w^th their app^rt^en^ancs except that pt of the 25 acre lott from the vper end of the plowd land & soe downward to the sea, & sixteene acres of pasture beyond muddy river pt of the ox pasture towards Rowley which pcells of land. I give to Johan my wife during her naturall life an to her Issue if she have any and for want of such yssue then to returne to Richard my sonne his heires & Assignes: further it is hereby pvided & my will is that Johan my wife shall have the vse of my howses barne Cowhowse orchard halfe of my particular during her naturall life or vntill she can conveniently pvid otherwise for her selfe. And my will is that if Richard shall not marry w^th Rebecca Tuttle which is now intended then my wife shall have her being in the howse as is before mentioned during her life vnlesse she see good to dispose of herselfe otherwise. But in case my sonne Richard should decease w^thout issue lawfully begotten of his body then my will is that all that estate that is not given to his wife by ioynture shall returne to Johan my wife if then living and if both dept this life without issue then my will is that such estate of land as remayne should be equally divided betweene my brother & sisters' children that are here in New England. I doe hereby give to my brother Theophilus Satchwell my best cloth sute and coate. To my brother Curwin my stuff sute. To my sister webster about seaven yards of stuff to make her a sute and alsoe a yonge heiffer thought to be w^th calfe ffurther I doe hereby make my wife sole executrix to receive what is due to me & alsoe to pay if I doe owe any thinge to any that is iustly due. In wittnesse of this my last will & Testament I doe hereto sett my hand the daye & yeare first above written. Those words (of land as remaynes) were interlined before the subscripcon hereof.

John Satchwell

Witness: Jonathan wade, James Howe

Proved Mar 30, 1647, by the witnesses."^[4]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} John Shatswell, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
   3:1656-58.

   ORIGIN:Unknown.
   The undated inventory of the estate of John Satchwell was not totalled, and included £307 in real estate.
   BIRTH: About 1597 [NEHGR 150:181-90 (error for 180-89)].
   DEATH: Ipswich between 11 February 1646/7 (date of will) and 30 March 1647 (probate of will).

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 MacDonald, David A. A New Look at the Corwin and Shatswell Families. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Apr 1996)
   150:185.

   (-----) Shatswell died probably about 1606, leaving a widow Judith (-----) who died probably about 1612/3 … the approximate birthdates of the five children are John, ca. 1597/8; Margaret, ca. 1598/9; m. Matthew/Matthias Curwen; Theophilus, ca. 1699; Sybil, ca. 1601; and Mary, ca. 1605, married John Webster.

3. ↑ 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)
   4:61.

   SHATSWELL, SHOTSWELL, SATCHELL, or SATCHELLS, JOHN, Ipswich 1633, was fined, 3 Sept. by our Gen[eral]. C[our]t. for distemper in drink, but 5 y[ea]rs. aft[er]. half of the fine was remit[ted]. and he was much more correct in deportm[ent]. d[ied]. 1647, and his will was pro[ved]. 30 Mar. It names w[ife]. Joanna, s[on]. Richard, br[other]. Theophilus, br[other]. Curwin, and sis[ter]. Mary Webster, w[ife]. of John. His wid[ow]. m[arried]. John Green of Charlestown, outliv[ed]. him, and d[ied]. 17 Apr. 1673.

4. ↑ Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
   I:60-61.
5. ↑ Hammatt, Abraham. The Hammatt papers ... : the early inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass., 1633-1700. (Ipswich, Mass.: Press Ipswich antiquarian papers, A. Caldwell, A.W. Dow, 1880)
   330.

   John Shatswell. … He was a Deacon of the Church.

6. ↑ Neither Savage nor Anderson call him Deacon; this be an inaccuracy in the Hammatt Papers.