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William Alford
b.Abt 1605
Facts and Events
| Name |
William Alford |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Abt 1605 |
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| Marriage |
10 Jun 1630 |
Hackney, Middlesex, EnglandSt. John's
to Mary Draper |
| Will[1] |
13 Apr 1676 |
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Burial[1] |
13 Jan 1676/77 |
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Probate[1] |
23 Jan 1676/77 |
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
"Mr Alford" received 200 acres at Salem in 1636, in a part of the list indicating he was not a member of the church at that time. In the 25 Dec 1637 division of marsh and meadow, he had a household of 10 persons.
On June 30 1664, he purchased, from John and Mary Evered alias Webb, the wharf and warehouses they owned. In 1673, he was one of the largest subscribers to build a new wharf at Boston.[1]
Legacy
His will, dated 13 Apr 1676 and proved 23 Jan 1676/7, names daughter Mary Usher, grandchildren Peter, Hannah (not yet 18), Samuel (not yet 21), and Mary (not yet 18) Butler; daughter Hudson, granddaughter Elisabeth Hudson (not yet 18), daughter Bethiah, "son Nathaniel's child", "wife of my son Elisha", and son-in-law Hezekiah Usher (executor).
In a codicil dated 9 Jun 1676, he replaces Hezekiah Usher as his executor because he has passed away.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011).
Origin: St. Lawrence Pountney, London (where his daughter Mary was baptized)
Migration: 1634 First Residence: Salem, removes Boston by 1647.
Occupation: Skinner, merchant.
Marriage allegation described him as "William Alford of the parish of St. Stephen Walbrooke, London, skinner & a bachelor, aged about 25 years." [Bishop of London Marriage Allegations, volume 13, 1629-1631, folio 49v]
- 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)
1:27.
WILLIAM, Salem, 1635, came the yr. bef: from London,
a mem. of the Skinners' comp. there, a merch. here; and his w.
Mary in 1636 join. to the ch. had Nathaniel, bapt. 19 Mar. 1637; Samuel,
17 Feb. 1639; Bethia, 26 June 1642; beside Elisha, Mary, and
Elizabeth but his w. brot. to Boston ch. for bapt. 5 Dec. 1647, s. Jonathan, a. six days old,
wh. d. under 16 yrs. See a valu. letter of 13 Apr. 1634 brot. by him from Francis
Kirbey. to his fr. John Winthrop, s. of the Gov. print. in 3 Mass. Hist.
Coll. IX. 267. He had favor. the party of Wheelwright, and under the
name of Mr. Alfoot on the rec. in 1637, was disarm. by the Gen. Ct. and
thereupon rem. for a season to New Haven, and there had, prob. two or
more of his ch. b bef. 1654. See Haz. II. 247. Yet he came back to
Mass. but liv. at Boston; and by ano. w. Ann had John, b. 29 Nov. 1658,
wh. d. at 2 mos. He d. Jan. 1677, was bur. 13th of that mo. being Saturday.
The will of 13 Apr. with codic. 9 July 1676, names no s. as then
liv. but he gives £.50 to ch. of his s. Nathaniel, if now alive, and £10 to
wid. of s. Elisha, and made Extrix. his d. Mary, that had been w. of Peter
Butler, and next of Hezekiah Usher, and had four ch. and ment. ds. Bethia,
and Elizabeth wh. had m. 1 Dec 1659, Nathaniel Hudson. The whole
of the debt of Hudson Leverett, and half of those of other poor debtors
are remit. by it; and the codic. was made, because his d. Mary had bec.
w. of Hezekiah Usher, wh. was then d. She took third h. Samuel
Nowell, outliv. him, and d. 14 Aug. 1693.
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