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Susannah Matchett
b.Abt 1623
Facts and Events
| Name[5][6] |
Susannah Matchett |
| Alt Name[1][6] |
Susan Ring |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[2] |
Abt 1623 |
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| Alt Birth[1] |
1624 |
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| Occupation[5] |
11 Sep 1649 |
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesfuture husband Anthony Day took William Vinson of Gloucester to court for saying that Susannah Matchett, Vinson's servant, was not virtuous |
| Marriage |
Aft 11 Sep 1649 |
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Anthony Day |
| Property[3] |
20 Feb 1692/93 |
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Stateswith husband Anthony, bequethed property to son Nathanial |
| Property[4] |
5 Apr 1693 |
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Stateswith husand Anthony, bequethed property to son John |
| Death[1][2] |
10 Dec 1717 |
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesa. abt 94 y. |
Susannah Matchett
Susannah Matchett was born about 1623, based on her stated age at her time of death. That age may have been exaggerated, as death ages often were, so needs to be treated with some caution. There are also questions about her last name, as some early genealogies give her last name as Ring.
In 1694 Susannah, as Susannah Matchett, was living in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts as the servant of William Vinson. Vinson accused Susannah with being unvirtuous. Susannah's future husband, Anthony Day, counter-sued, taking Vinson to court. Anthony effectively won, as Vinson did not pursue his case against Susannah.
Susannah and Anthony Day were married after the court case and moved to Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, where it is likely their first two sons, Thomas and Timothy, were born. By 1657, Anthony and Susanna were back in Gloucester, where Anthony bought a house and land near the Poles (site of the old town of Gloucester), and where their third son John was born.
Susannah and Anthony lived the remainder of their lives in Gloucester, adding another six children to their family, socializing with neighbours, and enjoying a reasonable reputation, at least judging by Anthony's activities. In their later years they began to distribute some of their property to their children, with Susannah signing at least two deeds with her husband. One, in 1692/3 was for land for their son Nathaniel; the other, in 1693, was to their son John.
Susannah outlived Anthony by ten years, dying on 10 December, 1717, in Gloucester. Her date and place of burial are unknown, although it is likely that she was buried in Gloucester, not too long after her death
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963)
p. 210.
DAY, Anthony (1616, 1614?, ?1624/27-1707) & Susannah RING?/[probably MATCHETT?] (1624-1717); b[efore] 1650, aft 11 Sep 1649; Gloucester
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Day, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts.: Essex Institute, 1917)
Deaths p. 114.
"Susanna, wid., Dec. 10, 1717, a. abt. 94 y."
- ↑ Essex County (Massachusetts). Register of Deeds. Deeds, 1639-1866; index to deeds, 1640-1879 (Essex County, Massachusetts). (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
Vol 14, p. 40; FHL #0866021, 1700-1703.
Vol 14, p. 40
Anthony Day to Nathanial Day, recorded 15 Oct 1700
To all Christian people to whom this writing shall come I Anthony Day of Glosster in New England . . . with Susannah Day my wife doe give and bequeath unto our sonne Nathaniel that [ ] six acre Lott down at ye Cape which is ye fifth Lott in Number
Signed 20 Feb 1692/3
Anthony A ye mark of Day
Witnesses Thomas Miller, E the mark of Elizabeth Day
- ↑ Essex County (Massachusetts). Register of Deeds. Deeds, 1639-1866; index to deeds, 1640-1879 (Essex County, Massachusetts). (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
Vol. 20, p. 34; FHL #0866023.
Anthony Day to John Day recorded 15 Jul 1707
To all Christian people to whome this writing Shall come Anthony Day of Glosster in the County of Essex in New England Shipwright Sendeth greeting
Know ye that I Anthony Day and my wife Susannah Day devise and bequeath unto our Son John Day to him & his heirs for Ever that parcel of land on which his house now Standeth & Lyeth within his owne fence as follows that small parcel of ground which lyeth below ye highway over against his house & is also with his own fence both said parcels of land I the said Anthony Day Doe give grant & confirm to my Son John . . .with this provisall or Caution which is that if my son John shall have a mind to sell of above sd Land then he Shall give his brother Either of them ye refusal of said Land which if they will give a sufficient price for his housing & Said ground then he Shall Sell it to one of them & if not then Shall he be free from this Ingagement . . . .
Signed 5 April 1693 Anthony A [his mark] Day
Witnesses Thomas Millet Senr, Samuel Day
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Massachusetts (Colony). Quarterly Courts (Essex County). Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911-1925, 1975)
Vol 1, p. 174.
1649 Sep 11, Salem - Anthony Day accused William Vinson of Gloucester, that Vinson reproached his servant Susan Matchett, to whom Day was contracted, saying she was not virtuous, etc., [Vinson] confessed and was discharged
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Susannah's surname as given in court documents prior to her marriage is Matchett. Earlier (unsourced) accounts, however, often give her surname as Ring, or either Ring or Matchett. Did Susannah have a marriage previous to her marriage to Anthony?
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