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- Nathaniel Briscoe1595 - Aft 1652
Facts and Events
Nathaniel Briscoe or Biscoe was born in England and probably died in England.
He came to America with his family in 1639. By 1642 the family was living in Watertown, MA. He was called the "rich tanner". He was Selectman in 1648 and 1650. He was a tanner by trade.
In 1642 he wrote and circulated privately a pamphet "against the way of supporting ministers" which was by taxation. That gave great offense and for which he was fined ten pounds. In that year, his barn with leather and corn amounting to 100 pounds was destroyed by fire. He became so dissatisfied with the prevalent ecclesiastical intolerance that he returned to England about the end of 1651, leaving four children by his late wife Elizabeth in Massachusetts.
References
- Cutter, William Richard, and William Frederick Adams. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 BISCOE (BRISCOE), in Bond, Henry, M.D. Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (1855): To Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, 1855)
Vol 1, p 42.
NATHANIEL, the progenitor of this Watertown family, wrote his name Briscoe, which is, undoubtedly, the true orthography; but it became an early usage in the records to write it Biscoe and Bisco, which usage has continued to this time.
- ↑ BRISCOE, in J.H. Beers & Company. Commemorative biographical record of Fairfield County, Connecticut: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families. (Chicago [Illinois]: J.H. Beers, 1899)
p 297.
- 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)
vol.1, p. 256.
NATHANIEL. Watertown, had w. Elizabeth bur. 20 Nov. 1642, and ch. Nathaniel; Mary, wh. m. Thomas Broughton, and d. early, prob. in 1644; John, bef. ment.; and Sarah, wh. m. 7 Feb. 1650, William Bond. He was a rich tanner, selectman 1648, and 50,
involv. in controversy, by wh we may presume, he was led to go home, where more freedom of opin. was allow. to be express. A characterist. letter of 1652 to Broughton, wh. is in print, 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. I. 32, was made a subject of investiga. See, also, Winthrop I. 392, and II. 93.
| Founders of Watertown, MA
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| Located along the Charles River, Watertown was one of the first settlements in Massachusetts Bay Colony. After a brief stay by Roger Clapp and others who then went on to settle Dorchester. In late July 1630, Sir Richard Saltonstall led a group of about 115 households to settle at Watertown, which at the time included parts of present-day Cambridge and much of the surrounding area; the population approached Boston's in the mid 17th century. In 1632 the residents of Watertown protested against being compelled to pay a tax for the erection of a stockade fort at Cambridge; leading to the establishment of representative government in the colony.
Full list of original heads of households
See also: History of Watertown - Wikipedia entry - Richard Saltonstall on Wikipedia
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Current Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Parent Towns: None Daughter Towns: Cambridge, Weston, Waltham, Belmont, Lincoln
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