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[716] Said to have been a sister of the King of Franks.
_Richard Gawkroger (PLATTS) _+
_James Gawkroger (PLATTS) _|
| |_Isabella _____ _____________
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|--Samuel Gawkroger (PLATTS)
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|_Jenet (Joan) FAIRBANK ____|
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_George BIXBEE ______
_Joseph BIXBY ______|
| |_Ann COLE ___________
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|--Jonathan BIXBY
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| _Edward RIDDLESDALE _+
|_Sarah RIDDLESDALE _|
|_Mary _______________
[185] JOSEPH BIXBY of Ipswitch and Boxford
[186]
Joseph Bixby in 1674 in a deposition stated his age as 54 years. The earliest mention of Joseph Bixby in New England occurs at the time of his marriage to Sarah Heard. He was a member of the Topsfield church as well as his wife, in a list made by Rev.
Joseph Capen in 1684. He owned a farm in Ipswitch and numerous other lots including Rowley and Boxford.
[187]
He was chosen Sergeant of the Soldiery of Topsfield and the villages adjoining thereto, 21 April 1666. Later Sergeant of the Rowley company. An undated petition containing the signatures of 77 foot soldiers and 10 troopers of the Train Band of Rowley,
prays that Philip Nelson be commissioned "Commander-in-Chief, " an John Johnson, Lieutenant. Among the names appended, which are not autographs, is the name of Joseph Biggsby, Sergeant. He was commonly called Sergeant even after his training days had
passed.
[188] Rev. Joseph Capen was ordained at Topsfield in 1684 and upon taking charge made a list of members which include Joseph Bixby and his wife.
[189] In 1690 Joseph was on a committee to send a deputy to the General Court. In 1687 was moderator of the third annual town meeting in Boxford.
[190] He was a carpenter. The first highway authorized by the new town of Boxford went by his house in 1686. A small iron works was begun in Boxford of which he was part owner. In a tax list of 1687, Joseph Bixby is described as a decrepit old man.
[191] There was no distribution of his estate until after the death of his widow who survived him by three years. She died June 3, 1703, presumably aged 84 years. His will is dated 11 Nov. 1699.
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_Thomas CHAMBERLAIN _
_Thomas CHAMBERLAIN _|
| |_Mary PARKER ________
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|--Elizabeth CHAMBERLAIN
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| _Robert PROCTOR _____
|_Sarah PROCTOR ______|
|_Jane HILDRETH ______+
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_William CHILD _|
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|--Joseph CHILD
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[890]
Married: (1) Margaret Hailston
(2) Hannah Foster
(3) Mary (Stowe) Cotton
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| _John PROCTOR __
|_Mary PROCTOR __|
|_Martha HARPER _
_Nathaniel HAZELTON _+
_Samuel HAZELTON _|
| |_Ruth _____ JACQUES _
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|--David HAZELTON
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| _John JOHNSON _______+
|_Mary JOHNSON ____|
|_Lydia CLEMENT ______
_Samuel KIMBALL ___+
_Josiah KIMBALL __|
| |_Elizabeth FOWLER _+
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|--Elizabeth KIMBALL
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| _Timothy BRAGG ____
|_Elizabeth BRAGG _|
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_Henry, Earl of HUNTINGDON _+
_William the Lion, King of SCOTS _|
| |_Ada DE WARENNE ____________+
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|--Isabel, daughter of William the LION
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| _Robert AVENAL _____________
|_Isabel AVENAL ___________________|
|____________________________
[666]
Isabel was an illegitimate daughter of William the Lion, King of Scots. She
was formally acknowledged by William.
[996]
European Ancestry of the Prescott Family in America, by Doris Cline Ward
Ward Publishing Company, 1977
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_William SQUIRE _
_Henry SQUIRE _______|
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|--Ann SQUIRE
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|--Joseph WHEELER
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[286] Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable, p.17
[287]
Seaborne Cromwell, conveyed the land and buildings to John Hull of Boston, January 22, 1662-3. Mr. Hull sold the premises to Lieut. Joseph Wheeler, January 29, 1676-7. At this house the proprietors held their first meetings in
Dunstable. To amend some defect in the title in 1702, John Cromwell of Andover and Benjamin Cromwell of Woodbridge, East Jersey, sons of John Cromwell, late of the trading house, merchant, and Robert Cumbey of Boston and Rebecca, his wife, daughter of
said John Cromwell give a quitclaim to Peter Bulkeley, Esq., of Concord. Later Col. Ebenezer Bancroft owned and occupied a part of the premises many years.