Person:William Witter (3)

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William Witter
b.Cal 1584
d.Bef 15 Nov 1659 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  William WitterCal 1584 - Bef 1659
  • W.  Annis ChurchmanBef 1613 - Aft 1661
m. Bef 1633
  1. Hannah WitterEst 1633 - Bet 1695 & 1697
  2. Josiah WitterEst 1637 - 1690
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Name[1][2] William Witter
Gender Male
Birth[2] Cal 1584
Marriage Bef 1633 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
to Annis Churchman
Residence[1] 1640 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Will[2][3] 5 Aug 1659
Death[3] Bef 15 Nov 1659 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesBefore date of inventory.
Probate[2][3] Jun 1661 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Witter, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    381.

    "Witter, William: [Origin] Unknown; [Emigration] 1640; [Resided] Lynn [EQC 1:29; NEHGR 81:357-88 [81:357-62]; Harold John Witter, The Descendants of William Witter and Hannah Churchman of Lynn, Massachusetts (Baltimore, Maryland, 1991)]."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 William Witter, in 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)
    4:620.

    "William (Witter), Lynn, an early sett. had w. Annis, and ch. Hannah, wh. m. a. 1650, Robert Burden; and Josiah, bef. ment. was troubled as a Bapt. early in 1646 by prosecut. of wh. the substance may be read in Col. Rec. III. 67, but d. 1659, aged 75. His will of 5 Aug. in that yr. mak. w. extrix. nam. s. d. and her h. was not pro. bef. June 1661. It is prob. that Burden stands for Burdett."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Estate of William Witter of Lynn, in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
    1:350-51.

    "'1659 5 6o The last will and testament of william witter being in perfit memory and first I commit my soule to god who gaue it and my body to the earth from whenc it was taken. I giue to my wife Annis halfe my lands, housing and chattels: but in case she chang her name, I bequeath to her but the thirds and to my sonn Josia I giue the other halfe of my lands, housing, and chattels: but in case my wife mary, then I bequeth a duble portion to my sonn Josia and his mother my wife shall haue but the thirds, as aforesaid, prouided that my sonn shall not sell this his inheritanc, but in case hee die wth out isseu: then I will that this inheritanc shall bee instated upon Robert Burdin and my dafter Hanna, for there posteritis I will my dafter Hanna Burdin shall have a ew, and lamb this time twelfe mounts and I will that my wife Annis bee my sole executor in witnes here of I haue caused my hand to bee set.'

    william witter

    Witness: Eobert Driver, william Harker

    Proved in Salem court June __, 1661 by the witnesses. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 6, leaf 142.

    Inventory taken 15 : 9 : 1659 [November 15, 1659], by Eobert Driver, William Harker and Francis (his ? mark) Ingols: … total, 132li. 11s.

    Sworn in Salem court 23: 4 : 1661 by Anis Witter. Essex Co. Quarterly Curt Files, vol. 6, leafll 143."

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