Person:Richard Sylvester (1)

Bibliography

An extensive article on "Richard Silvester of Weymouth, Mass., and Some of His Descendants" by Albert Henry Silvester appears in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 85: 247-265 (Jul 1931), 357-371 (Oct 1931) & Vol 86: 84-93 (Jan 1932), 120-132 (Apr 1932), 286-299 (July 1932). Additional notes Vol 87 p. 84.

An additional correction/comment on this genealogy from Margaret A Zobel appears in the Register, Vol 128 p. 202.

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

   ORIGIN: Unknown
   MIGRATION:1630
   FIRST RESIDENCE:Weymouth
   REMOVES: Marshfield by 1648
   BIRTH: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage.
   DEATH: Marshfield between 16 June 1663 (date of will) and [27?] September 1663 (date of inventory).
   MARRIAGE: By 1633 Naomi _____ (assuming she was the mother of all his children). She died before 26 November 1668 (date of inventory). (Albert Henry Silvester argued that Naomi was Richard's only wife, but he did take note of one record of 1651 in which Richard's wife was called "Emline" [NEHGR 85:250-52]. Silvester thought that this record gaves her name erroneously, and pointed out that nearly a year before this record Richard named a child Naomi, making it likely that his wife at that time was Naomi, conclusions with which we agree.)