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Captain David Atkins

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Father	Benjamin East Atkins b. 22 Apr 1769, d. 29 Nov 1823
Mother	Elizabeth Young b. 11 Jul 1770, d. 2 May 1806

Last Edited

3 Apr 2021

Birth*	Captain David Atkins was born on 4 September 1803 in Provincetown, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Susan Hichborn, daughter of Philip Hichborn and Eliza Hopkins, on 15 January 1825 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.
Death*	David drowned on 7 March 1828 in Quincy harbor in Quincy, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG.2
Burial*	He was buried in Winthrop Street Cemetery in Provincetown. Called "an affectionate husband and tender parent" on his gravestone.2,3

Children of Captain David Atkins and Susan Hichborn

Elizabeth Young Atkins Sarah Jane Atkins

Polly Baker

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Last Edited

3 Apr 2021

Birth*	Polly Baker was born circa 1779.1
Marriage*	She married second Benjamin East Atkins, son of Silas Atkins and Lydia Hatch, on 21 March 1807 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG. He was said to be of Provincetown at the time of their marriage.2,3
Death*	Polly Baker died on 30 May 1816.4
Burial*	She was buried in Winthrop Street Cemetery in Provincetown, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.4,5

Children of Polly Baker and Benjamin East Atkins

Henry Atkins+ b. 26 Feb 1808, d. 5 Aug 1887 Benjamin East Atkins+ b. 8 Aug 1810, d. 25 Aug 1846 Elisha Baker Atkins+ b. 6 Nov 1812 John West Atkins b. 30 Nov 1814, d. 26 Jan 1836

Henry Atkins

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Father	Benjamin East Atkins b. 22 Apr 1769, d. 29 Nov 1823
Mother	Polly Baker b. c 1779, d. 30 May 1816

Last Edited

10 Apr 2021

Birth*	Henry Atkins was born on 26 February 1808 in Provincetown, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Esther Atwood on 9 December 1830 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Henry Atkins died of 'cholera morbus' on 5 August 1887 in Provincetown. This was an old term that is no longer used and referred to acute gastroenteritis occurring in summer or autumn, characterized by severe cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting.3
	He was a mariner and fisherman.

Children of Henry Atkins and Esther Atwood

David H. Atkins b. 9 Oct 1834 Clarissa T. Atkins b. 6 Aug 1837 Joshua R. Atkins b. 11 Sep 1839 Aurilla E. Atkins b. 7 Dec 1841 Albert W. Atkins b. 31 Dec 1843, d. 11 May 1846 Augusta W. Atkins b. 15 Nov 1847

Benjamin East Atkins

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Father	Benjamin East Atkins b. 22 Apr 1769, d. 29 Nov 1823
Mother	Polly Baker b. c 1779, d. 30 May 1816

Last Edited

16 Apr 2021

Birth*	Benjamin East Atkins was born on 8 August 1810 in Provincetown, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Lydia Swift, daughter of John Swift and Lydia Snow, on 1 February 1832 in Provincetown.2
Death*	Benjamin East Atkins died of lung fever on 25 August 1846 in Provincetown.3
	His death certificate said he was a mariner.

Children of Benjamin East Atkins and Lydia Swift

Harriet S. Atkins b. 20 Dec 1833 Mary E. Atkins b. 28 Aug 1835 Ira B. Atkins b. 16 Aug 1839, d. 20 Mar 1904 Asa S. Atkins b. 23 Mar 1844 Benjamin East Atkins b. 23 Mar 1844

Elisha Baker Atkins

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Father	Benjamin East Atkins b. 22 Apr 1769, d. 29 Nov 1823
Mother	Polly Baker b. c 1779, d. 30 May 1816

Last Edited

3 Apr 2021

Birth*	Elisha Baker Atkins was born on 6 November 1812 in Provincetown, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1
	According to his daughter Mary's 1852 birth record Elisha was a mariner.

Children of Elisha Baker Atkins and Mary Dyer

Alzina Esther Atkins b. 1 Nov 1837 Elizabeth Dyer Atkins b. 8 Jul 1840 Mary Sophia Atkins b. 6 Nov 1852

John West Atkins

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Father	Benjamin East Atkins b. 22 Apr 1769, d. 29 Nov 1823
Mother	Polly Baker b. c 1779, d. 30 May 1816

Last Edited

3 Apr 2021

Birth*	John West Atkins was born on 30 November 1814 in Provincetown, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	John died on 26 January 1836 in Provincetown.1

Susan Hichborn

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Father	Philip Hichborn
Mother	Eliza Hopkins

Last Edited

27 Nov 1999

Birth*	Susan Hichborn was born on 24 September 1807.
Marriage*	She married Captain David Atkins, son of Benjamin East Atkins and Elizabeth Young, on 15 January 1825 in Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.
Death*	Susan died on 6 June 1894 in Randolph, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG.
	She resided in Provincetown until 1828.

Children of Susan Hichborn and Captain David Atkins

Elizabeth Young Atkins Sarah Jane Atkins

Philip Hichborn

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Last Edited

27 Nov 1999

Birth*	Philip Hichborn was born.
Marriage*	He married Eliza Hopkins.

Child of Philip Hichborn and Eliza Hopkins

Susan Hichborn+ b. 24 Sep 1807, d. 6 Jun 1894

Eliza Hopkins

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Last Edited

27 Nov 1999

Birth*	Eliza Hopkins was born.
Marriage*	She married Philip Hichborn.

Child of Eliza Hopkins and Philip Hichborn

Susan Hichborn+ b. 24 Sep 1807, d. 6 Jun 1894

Elizabeth Young Atkins

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Father	Captain David Atkins b. 4 Sep 1803, d. 7 Mar 1828
Mother	Susan Hichborn b. 24 Sep 1807, d. 6 Jun 1894

Last Edited

15 Nov 2009

Birth*	Elizabeth Young Atkins was born.
Marriage*	She married Matthew Clark, son of Josiah Clark and Rebecca Haslett, on 27 June 1843 in Randolph, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG.

Sarah Jane Atkins

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Father	Captain David Atkins b. 4 Sep 1803, d. 7 Mar 1828
Mother	Susan Hichborn b. 24 Sep 1807, d. 6 Jun 1894

Last Edited

27 Nov 1999

Birth*

Sarah Jane Atkins was born.

Matthew Clark

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Father	Josiah Clark
Mother	Rebecca Haslett

Last Edited

15 Nov 2009

Birth*	Matthew Clark was born on 29 January 1805 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New HampshireG.
Marriage*	He married Elizabeth Young Atkins, daughter of Captain David Atkins and Susan Hichborn, on 27 June 1843 in Randolph, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG.

Sarah (?)

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Last Edited

7 Mar 2021

Birth*	Sarah (?) was born circa 1734.1
Marriage*	She married second Joseph Atkins, son of Capt. Joshua Atkins and Rebecca Atwood, circa 1758 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Sarah (?) died on 13 June 1806 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.3,4

Children of Sarah (?) and Joseph Atkins

Joseph Atkins+ b. 17 Apr 1759, d. 1799 Mary Atkins b. 16 Jun 1761, d. 20 Mar 1843 Jane Atkins b. 19 Dec 1763 William Pitt Atkins b. 26 Jul 1766, d. 1794 Sarah Atkins b. 12 Dec 1768 Rebecca Atwood Atkins b. 4 Aug 1772, d. 4 Aug 1853 Freeman Atkins+ b. 17 Sep 1776, d. 1 Nov 1855

Joseph Atkins

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Father	Joseph Atkins b. 27 Apr 1727, d. 18 Aug 1798
Mother	Sarah (?) b. c 1734, d. 13 Jun 1806

Last Edited

21 Mar 2021

Birth*	Joseph Atkins was born on 17 April 1759 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married Apphia Lewis on 16 October 1788 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Joseph Atkins died in 1799 in the West IndiesG.3

Children of Joseph Atkins and Apphia Lewis

Olive Atkins b. 21 Jul 1789 Joseph Atkins b. 23 Oct 1792, d. 2 May 1793 Apphia Atkins b. 14 Jan 1795 Joseph Atkins b. 23 Dec 1797, d. 27 Dec 1821 Josiah Damon Atkins b. 10 Mar 1800, d. 27 Sep 1825

Mary Atkins

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Father	Joseph Atkins b. 27 Apr 1727, d. 18 Aug 1798
Mother	Sarah (?) b. c 1734, d. 13 Jun 1806

Last Edited

22 Mar 2021

Birth*	Mary Atkins was born on 16 June 1761 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	She died on 20 March 1843 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.2

Jane Atkins

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Father	Joseph Atkins b. 27 Apr 1727, d. 18 Aug 1798
Mother	Sarah (?) b. c 1734, d. 13 Jun 1806

Last Edited

16 Mar 2021

Birth*	Jane Atkins was born on 19 December 1763 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Heman Smith Rich, son of Richard Rich and Betty Smith, on 24 June 1788 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.2,3

William Pitt Atkins

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Father	Joseph Atkins b. 27 Apr 1727, d. 18 Aug 1798
Mother	Sarah (?) b. c 1734, d. 13 Jun 1806

Last Edited

21 Mar 2021

Birth*	William Pitt Atkins was born on 26 July 1766 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	He died in 1794 in South CarolinaG. The death record gave no month and day but said he was age 29 which, if correct, means that he died later in the year because his 29th birthday was 26 July.2

Rebecca Atwood Atkins¹

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Father	Joseph Atkins b. 27 Apr 1727, d. 18 Aug 1798
Mother	Sarah (?) b. c 1734, d. 13 Jun 1806

Last Edited

12 Mar 2021

Birth*	Rebecca Atwood Atkins was born on 4 August 1772 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Rebecca died of consumption on 4 August 1853 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.3
	Her death record said she was single when she died at the age of 81.

Sarah Atkins

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Father	Joseph Atkins b. 27 Apr 1727, d. 18 Aug 1798
Mother	Sarah (?) b. c 1734, d. 13 Jun 1806

Last Edited

16 Mar 2021

Birth*

Sarah Atkins was born on 12 December 1768 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1

Joshua Snow¹

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Father	Ambrose Snow
Mother	Hannah Ryder

Last Edited

16 Mar 2021

Birth*	Joshua Snow was born on 15 July 1766 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.
Marriage*	He married Sarah Atkins, daughter of Joseph Atkins and Sarah (?), on 2 December 1790 in Truro, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Joshua died on 18 March 1853.

Ambrose Snow

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Last Edited

30 Mar 2001

Birth*	Ambrose Snow was born.
Marriage*	He married Hannah Ryder.

Child of Ambrose Snow and Hannah Ryder

Joshua Snow b. 15 Jul 1766, d. 18 Mar 1853

Hannah Ryder

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Last Edited

30 Mar 2001

Birth*	Hannah Ryder was born.
Marriage*	She married Ambrose Snow.

Child of Hannah Ryder and Ambrose Snow

Joshua Snow b. 15 Jul 1766, d. 18 Mar 1853

Caroline Belle Ricker

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Father	Stephen Ricker b. 13 May 1812, d. 21 Nov 1879
Mother	Sarah Ann Clement b. 8 Jan 1818, d. 14 May 1873

Last Edited

19 Dec 2022

Birth*	Caroline Belle Ricker was born on 2 July 1858.1
Marriage*	She married Everett Fremont Fox, son of Elbridge Wood Fox and Sarah Elizabeth Buck, on 1 January 1879 in Milton, Strafford County, New HampshireG.2
Death*	Caroline died of a cerebral apoplexy due to arteriosclerosis and myocarditis on 2 August 1941 in Milton Mills, Strafford County, New HampshireG.3

Child of Caroline Belle Ricker and Everett Fremont Fox

Helen Gertrude Fox b. 12 Sep 1881, d. 3 Nov 1971

Everett Fremont Fox

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Father	Elbridge Wood Fox b. 3 Dec 1834
Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Buck b. 26 Jun 1824

Last Edited

19 Dec 2022

Birth*	Everett Fremont Fox was born on 17 August 1856 in Acton, York County, MaineG.1
Marriage*	He married Caroline Belle Ricker, daughter of Stephen Ricker and Sarah Ann Clement, on 1 January 1879 in Milton, Strafford County, New HampshireG.2
Death*	Everett died on 7 March 1927 in Milton, Strafford County, New HampshireG.3
Burial*	He was buried on 9 March 1927 in Milton Mills, Strafford County, New HampshireG.4

Child of Everett Fremont Fox and Caroline Belle Ricker

Helen Gertrude Fox b. 12 Sep 1881, d. 3 Nov 1971

Jane Randall Townsend

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Father	John Townsend b. Oct 1807, d. 21 May 1891
Mother	Jane Matilda Townsend b. 18 Sep 1815, d. 24 Dec 1843

Last Edited

15 Feb 2024

Birth*	Jane Randall Townsend was born on 18 September 1835 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married second Sullivan Holman Atkins, son of Thomas Atkins and Lucinda Fairbanks, on 25 December 1865 in Brookline, Norfolk County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	Jane died on 23 June 1869 of consumption in Holyoke, Hampden County, MassachusettsG.3
	There is some question as to the maiden name of Jane's mother. In her parents' 1834 Dorchester, Mass. marrige record her surname is stated as Matilda. But in her 1815 birth record in Wilton, England, her full name is Jane Matilda Townsend with parents Thomas and Jane Townsend. The Dorchester marriage register might have been confused by the fact that the bride and groom had the same last name so it was entered incorrectly.

Child of Jane Randall Townsend and Sullivan Holman Atkins

Gertrude L.M. Atkins b. 1 Jan 1869, d. 1869 or 1870

John Townsend

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Last Edited

15 Feb 2024

Birth*	John Townsend was born in October 1807 in EnglandG.
Marriage*	He married Jane Matilda Townsend, daughter of Thomas Townsend, on 14 January 1834 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	John Townsend died on 21 May 1891 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.

Child of John Townsend and Jane Matilda Townsend

Jane Randall Townsend+ b. 18 Sep 1835, d. 23 Jun 1869

Jane Matilda Townsend

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Father

Thomas Townsend

Last Edited

15 Feb 2024

Birth*	Jane Matilda Townsend was born on 18 September 1815 in Wilton, Wiltshire, EnglandG.
Marriage*	She married John Townsend on 14 January 1834 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Jane Matilda Townsend died on 24 December 1843 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.

Child of Jane Matilda Townsend and John Townsend

Jane Randall Townsend+ b. 18 Sep 1835, d. 23 Jun 1869

Dorothy Dennis Cross

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Father	John Cross b. 1 Oct 1871, d. 14 Jan 1929
Mother	Winnifred A. Atkins b. 26 Aug 1862, d. 22 Jan 1945

Last Edited

17 Mar 2024

Birth*	Dorothy Dennis Cross was born in September 1898 in MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Ralph Voorhis Bischoff, son of Peter F. Bischoff and Mamie F. Gerhard, circa 1928.2
Death*	Dorothy Dennis Cross died on 24 April 1977 in Hyannis, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.3
	When the 1930 census was taken she and Ralph were living at 173 Christie Street in Ridgefield, NJ with their young daughter Janice and Ralph's sister Ruthrine. They owned a home worth $12000. Ralph worked as a salesman for drug sundries. By 1935 they were living at 129 Second Street in neighboring Ridgefield Park as that is where the 1940 census found them with their three daughters, and that census states where they were five years earlier. They were renting at this point and Ralph had the same occupation he did ten years earlier. They were still at that address in Dec 1940 when Ralph filled out his World War II draft registration card. He was described as being 5'2" tall weighing 135 pounds with blue eyes, blonde hair and a light complexion. Ralph worked for the John M. Maris Co. of New York City at the time. In May 1960 she and Ralph were living at 201 Park Avenue in Dumont, N.J. when they announced the engagement of her sister Winnifred to Robert Miller. Winnifred was apparently living with them at the time.
	Her obituary appeared in the 26 April 1977 Record of Hackensack, NJ and read as follows: SOUTH WELLFLEET, Mass. - Dorothy Bischoff, 78, died Sunday in Hyannis. Born in Brooklyn, she had lived in Dumont for many years before moving to South Wellfleet in 1968. She was a former office employee of Parents Magazine, Bergenfield. She was a member of the AARP 586, Lower Cape Unit, the Wellfleet Senior Citizens Club, and the United Church Congregational, Wellfleet. Surviving are three daughters, Janice Vogler of Old Tappan, Betty R. Kopf of Toms River, and Margaret A. Cawthra of Mahwah; a sister, Winnifred Cross Miller of South Wellfleet, and seven grandchildren. Her husband, Ralph V., predeceased her. Private graveside services will be held in George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus. Arrangements were by the Carlson-Roth Funeral Home, Wellfleet, Mass.3

Children of Dorothy Dennis Cross and Ralph Voorhis Bischoff

Janice M. Bischoff+ b. 26 Sep 1928, d. 14 Jan 2015 Elizabeth Ruth Bischoff+ b. 19 Nov 1930, d. 14 Aug 2015 Margaret Anne Bischoff+

Winnifred Ramsdell Cross

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Father	John Cross b. 1 Oct 1871, d. 14 Jan 1929
Mother	Winnifred A. Atkins b. 26 Aug 1862, d. 22 Jan 1945

Last Edited

17 Mar 2024

Birth*	Winnifred Ramsdell Cross was born on 14 April 1907 in New JerseyG.1,2,3
Marriage*	She married Robert Walter Miller, son of John A. Miller and Jane Howe, on 2 July 1960 in Westwood, Bergen County, New JerseyG.4,5,6
Death*	Winnifred Ramsdell Cross died in April 1995.1
	In Mar 1950 she was living at at 21 Prospect Avenue in Westwood, N.J. when she filled out an application to get a headstone put on her brother Robert's grave. When they got engaged she was a teacher in Teaneck, N.J. and Robert was employed by the New York Herald Tribune. He was living in Fort Lee at the time and she was likely living with her sister Dorothy and her husband Ralph Bischoff, who announced the engagement, at 201 Park Avenue in Dumont, N.J. Robert had been married before to a woman named Amalia Poppensiek and they had two children, Jane and Robert. When Robert died in 1976 they were living in Wellfleet, Mass. and he was a retired printer. She was living in South Wellfleet, Mass. when her sister Dorothy's death notice was published in Apr 1977. Dorothy also lived in the same town. Winnifred apparently had no children of her own.
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	Her obituary appeared in the 25 April 1995 Tyler Morning Telegraph and read as follows: MINEOLA Memorial services for Winnifred Cross Miller, 88, Mineola, are pending in Cape Cod, Mass., with local arrangements under the direction of English Funeral Home of Mineola. Mrs. Miller died Monday. She was born April 14, 1907, in New Jersey. Mrs. Miller was preceded in death by her husband, Robert W. Miller. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Peggy Miller, Mineola; one daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Lloyd Conkling, Eastham, Mass; four grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.7

Nicholas Wallingford

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Father	Andrew Wallington
Mother	Unknown Gore

Last Edited

26 Nov 2024

Birth*	Nicholas Wallingford may have been born before 30 March 1630, possibly in Fareham, Southampton, EnglandG. He may be the Nycholas Wallington son of Andrew Wallington baptised in Fareham on that date. More discussion of this follows below.
Marriage*	He married Sarah Travers, daughter of Henry Travers and Bridget Fitts?, on 30 August 1654 in Newbury, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1,2
Death*	Nicholas Wallingford died about 1680 or 1681 in captivity in AlgiersG.
	Nicholas' last name was usually spelled Wallington in the early records, but by the second generation most of the family was using the spelling 'Wallingford'. It was spelled Wallingford in his uncle William Gore's will of 1656. Nicholas Wallingford came from England in the ship Confidence from London in 1638, landing in Boston. Customs House records published in the NEHGR are prefaced with the following note: "The List of the Names of the Passengrs Intended for New England in the good shipp the Confidence of London of CC [200] tonnes, John Jobson, M[aste]r And thus by vertue of the Lord Treasrs warr[an]t of the xjth [11th] of Aprill, 1638. Southampton, 24 Aprill, 1638". Among the passengers were Stephen and Margery Kent, husband and wife aged 17 and 16 respectively, whose origins in England were not stated on the passenger list as were most of the other passengers. [One source states the Stephen was from Salisbury, England and his wife Margery (Norris) was from Wallopp, co. South.3] With them were four young people aged 9 through 20 described as servants, as well as "Nicholas Wallington, a poore boy", whose age was not given.4 The fact that he was listed among the servants yet not described as one probably means that he was not a servant. In any case from this we can guess that he was probably aged in the range of 5 to 15 years old at the time, give or take. A manuscript Wallingford genealogy by Charles Wallingford5 states that the ship's log gives his age as 19, and one by Samuel Shackford6 gives his age as 9, but no age appears in the published records in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register so this is suspect. Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts" also gives him a fictitious age of 9. If he was 19 at the time he would have been born about 1619, married at age 35 to a woman about 18 years his junior, had his last child at age 61, and disappeared at sea aged in his early 60s. It would seem more likely that he was about nine years old and born closer to 1630 than to 1620, which makes the 1630 baptism in Fareham right on target. One other possible clue to his origins is in the way they referred to him as "a poore boy". Rather than referring to his socioeconomic status, this may have been meant to infer a relationship to the Poore family. Based on his uncle Gore's will we know that he had Poore cousins, one of his children married a Poore, and the Poores were resident in Newbury at the same time as the Wallingford family. No Poores were on the ship manifest, and no other children were referred to as "poore". His whereabouts between his arrival in 1638 and his first appearance in the records in 1654 is unknown. He was likely a minor until the late 1640s, and may have been living with another family as a servant or perhaps, given his later occupation as seaman, he may have been at sea as a cabin boy or apprentice seaman. He may very well have stayed with the Kent family with whom he traveled to America. The Kents lived in Newbury. By 1654 Nicholas was living in Newbury, Mass., as he was married there in August. Also that year "Nicholas Wallington" was one of many Newbury residents to sign a petition to the Massachusetts General Court protesting an action against Lt. Robert Pike of Salisbury. In May of 1653 the General Court had passed a law making it illegal for anyone to preach in any town in the colony without the consent of the elders of four neighboring churches or with the approval of the county court. Lt. Robert Pike protested this as an infringement on personal rights of freemen and was censured by the General Court for seditious speech. He was fined, disenfranchised and prohibited from holding public office. This angered many residents of the towns of Newbury, Haverhill, Andover, Salisbury and Hampton and petitions were circulated in all those towns asking for the penalties to be rescinded. Most of the freemen in these towns signed the petition, which angered the General Court further. Rather than grant the petitioners' request they considered the petitions to be highly censurable. The Court did "deeply resent that so many persons of several towns, conditions and relations, should combine together to present such an unjust and unreasonable request." They appointed a commission to meet with the petitioners in each town and "require a reason of their unjust request, and how they came to be induced to sign the said petition." In October 1654 Capt. William Gerrish and Nicholas Noyes reported back regarding the Newbury petitioners. The Court ordered the petitioners whose answers to the commission they deemed unsatisfactory to appear in court and give bonds to answer for their offences. Only eight Newbury men were so ordered, and Nicholas Wallingford was not one of them, so he must have been one of the many who apologized in some way to the commission for signing the petition. Joshua Coffin, in his history of Newbury, remarks: "The whole case is a very instructive one. It exhibits, on the one hand, the watchful jealousy of the people in consequence of any supposed, or real, encroachment on their civil or ecclesiastical rights; and, on the other hand, the determination of the magistrates not to have their authority lightly called in question."7,8,9 On 1 October 1659 Richard Window of Gloucester and his wife Bridget, widow of Henry Travers, conveyed to Nicholas Wallington of Newbury four acres and a house formerly belonging to said Travers. The land was bordered on the east by the street going to Merrimack, on the south by the South Street, on the west by Richard Brown's land, and on the north by the land of Tristram Coffin. On 26 October 1659 Nicholas turned right around and sold the land to John Browne of Newbury.10 Henry Travers was of course his father-in-law. Nicholas Wallington witnessed the will of John Cutting of Newbury 22 October 165911. On 18 June 1662 he owned land in the town of Rowley, as shown by a lease of that date in which Phillip Nelson of Rowley let to Robert Savery and William Bolton of Newbury a farm in Rowley of 300 acres, bounded on the east by the Newbury town line, on the west by land of "Nicolas Walington", on the north by the Merrimack River, and on the south by Crane Meadow.12 Nicholas Wallington served as surveyor of Highways, fences and chimneys in Bradford in 1667 with John Hardy.13 In a Court held at Salem, Mass., 25 June 1667: "Copy of deed, dated Oct. 16, 1661, John (his mark) Willcot of Newbury and Mary, his wife, to Nicolas Wallington of Newbury, the half farm he purchased of Philip Nellson of Rowley, etc. Wit: Joseph Muzzey, Trustram Coffin, Robert Lange, John Pike, and Hugh Marsh. Acknowledged Mar. 25 1662, by John Wolcott. Copy made, June 24, 1667, by Robert Lord"14. At a later Court held in Ipswich on 24 September 1667, Nicholas sued John Wolcott for not making good on this parcel of land. The verdict was for the defendant.15 In February 1670 Nicholas "Wallinghton" was mentioned in court records as someone who "frequently communed with" members of Mr. Edward Woodman's church despite not being a member16. He took an oath as a freeman in Newbury on 11 October 1670.17 In November 1672 he owed 3 pounds to the estate of Abraham Toppan of Newbury.18 On 24 February 1672 town orders regarding fences, swine, cattle, and horses were signed by five people, including Nicolas Wallingford.19 No town was stated in this record, but since Bradford came into existence in 1675 it was most likely Newbury. "Nicolas Walington" was a member of a grand jury in Ipswich, 25 September 1677.20 By a deed acknowledged on 29 January 1677[/8?] he gave one acre of meadow in the Crane Meadow, bounded on Crane Brook, "to have an able & faithful ministry settle amongst the inhabitants of the s[ai]d Towne of Bradford" (Essex Deeds, 4 Ips.: 130)21 He settled in Newbury, Mass. and, judging by the birth records of his children, was apparently living in Bradford by 1672, which is when that town was first named. He may have lived a short time in Rowley, Mass., about 1662-3, as evidenced by the fact that he owned land there in 1662 and one of his childen's birth's was recorded in the Rowley town records (although also in the Newbury town records at the same time). Of course, Bradford was originally part of Rowley, known as "Merrimack" or "The Merrimac Lands"22, so these lands may have been in what later became Bradford. On 24 Nov 1679 Nicholas deeded land to his son Nicholas and the deed begins: "To all Christian people whom it may concern greetings these may certifie all whom it concerns that I Nicholas Walinford Senr of the towne of Bradford in the county of Essex in New England husbandman upon serious consideration and on the contract of marriage between my eldest son now surviving Nicholas Walinford Junr and Elizabeth Palmer now my daughter in law to give unto my above said son Nicholas Walinford to him and his heirs forever fifty acres of upland and a house that he now lives in and six acres of meadow - the land is bounded and lyeth as followeth. Ten acres at the upper end of my home field the whole breadth of the field where he hath already broken up and two acres adjoyning to that ten but without the fence and runing the whole breadth of my lott as ye other ten doth and twelve acres more to head against the twelve acres above mentioned and so run downe by Mr Nelsons line till it come over the swamp below the house abovementioned that I gave my son to a swamp and twenty six acres more beyond the home meadow to ly next Mr Nelsons line up towards Crane pond and six acres of meadow in a meadow of mine near to Crane pond of Rowley side." Nicholas and his wife Sarah made their marks and he acknowledged the deed on 28 Nov. Andrew Grele was the witness. FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986 Essex Deeds 1708-1712 vol 22-24, p.19, image 25 of 896, Nicholas was a seaman and his last voyage to sea apparently led to his being captured on his way to England and his death in captivity. The first word yet found of his disappearance is in a letter dated 24 October 1680 from Samuel Sewall of Boston to his brother Stephen Sewall of Bishop-Stoke, Hampshire, England. At one [point in this letter Samuel writes, "Mr. Lidget is well & brisk in London: enquire if he can tell any thing of Nic Wallingford"23. Samuel Sewall was a rich merchant who later became a judge, but in these early years he had recently come of age in the town of Newbury where his father and grandfather were early settlers. It seems reasonable to imagine that the Wallingford family appealed to Sewall, having known his family and knowing that they had contacts in a wider world who might have word of Nicholas. Sewall later was a judge at the Salem witch trails, and eventually Chief Justice of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The Mr. Lidget mentioned in the letter may be either Peter or his son Charles, both merchants from Boston and London. More research should be done into these individuals to see if they left any more letters with information on Nicholas. Samuel Sewall left an extensive diary covering most of his life but, unfortunately, the years which might reveal more information about Wallingford's disappearance were lost long ago. Certification of his death by Mr. Thomas Kellon, a merchant, was made to the court at Ipswich, Mass. on 27 September 1681, and an inventory of his estate had been made on the 22d.24 Nicholas had been captured at sea while on a voyage to England and died in captivity, so likely died long before the news reached home. Evidence for this fact is contained in his probate files in a 1683 petition from his wife where she states that he "being going for England was taken Captive and there ended his Days". Some secondary sources state outright that he was captured by Barbary pirates, but as likely as this is, no written evidence for this fact has yet been found. The inventory of his estate begins "An Inventory of ye Estate of Nicholaus Wallingford who Deceased in [Algiers?] 25 At a court held in Ipswich on 27 September 1681, administration of the estate of Nicholas Wallingford was granted to Sarah Wallingford, relict of said Nicholas, and Caleb Hopkinson, and they were ordered to bring in an inventory to the next March court. This action was performed "upon a certificate received from Mr. Tho. Kellon, merchant, on the death of Nicholas Walingford".24 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas' probate file25 includes a number of papers, some of which are extracted or abstracted below:      An inventory that was taken on 22 September 1681 by Ezekiel Northen, [Shu?] Walker, and John Palmer was presented to the court on 28 March 1682:      "An Inventory of ye Estate of Nicholaus Wallingford who Deceased in [Algiers?].      in apparill ------------------------------------------ 05-05-0      to books --------------------------------------------- 01-10-0      to Amunition ----------------------------------------- 03-00-0      to beding -------------------------------------------- 14-00-0      to [Sak--?] ------------------------------------------ 01-01-0      to Lumber and fla[x?] ----------------------------- 04-10-0      to Linin -------------------------------------------- 01-00-0      to pewtter brass and Iron in ye house ---------- 03-00-0      to stock in cattel horses and swine ---------------- [55?]--17-0      to utencils for husbandry --------------------------- 04-06-0      to one hundred four----? and two acres of Land and Meadow with housing ------ 300-00-0 This Inventory taken ye 22: September 1681 by Ezek Northe and [Shu?] Walker and John Palmer      Debts Due from ye Estate      John Wattson --------------------------------- 0-12-0      John Griffing --------------------------------- 0-10-0      Anthony Somersby: Newbury: -------------- 1-12-9      Ensigne Greinleafe: Newbury: ------------- 0-15-7      John Wicom: Rowley: ----------------------- 3-10-0      Mr. H----? Wainwright ---------------------- 14-10-0      Mr. Jon Wainwright -------------------- 1-01-0      Tristram Coffin: Newbury: --------------- 8-8-0      George Kilborne: Rowley ---------------- 0-8-0      Caleb Boynton ----------------------------- 0-4-9      Mistis Wi[ston?]: Bradford: ------------- 0-18-0      Rich Bartlet[?]: Newbury: --------------- 0-06-0      John [F---?]: Rowley ---------------------- 0-05-0      Mr Looke ----------------------------------- 2-0-0      David Merrill Newbury ------------------- 0-4-0      Abraham Merrill: Newbury -------------- 0-5-0      Mr.
	NICHOLAS WALLINGTON/WALLINGFORD      The English ancestry of Nicholas Wallingford is somehow tied to the Gore family of the village of Nether Wallop in Southampton (Hampshire) England. The will of William Gore of Nether Wallop in 1656 proves the connection, as can be seen in the following abstract:      "William Gore of Nether Wallop in the county of Southampton, gentleman, 22 January 1655, proved 29 March 1656. Wife Elizabeth to be sole Executrix. To the poor of Nether Wallop three pounds to be distributed in one month after my decease. To my wife a portion of my now dwelling house at Garleggs in the parish of Nether Wallop and part of the orchard. To my cousin Richard Hamon. To Amy Singer, daughter of my late sister Margaret, and Jane Singer, another daughter, and Roger Singer, a son. To my cousin Mary Poore the now wife of John Power thirty pounds. To Nicholas & Margaret, son and daughter of my late sister Wallingford, twenty pounds apiece in one year after my decease. To my cousin Nicholas Gore, son of Nicholas Gore late of Farley deceased, ten pounds in one year. To Nicholas Hatchet of Nether Wallop five pounds in one year. My brother in law Mr. Robert Sadler, my cousin John Poore and my cousin Richard Miller of Broughton. To the now five children of Richard Hamon forty pounds apiece and to William Poore and Elizabeth Poore, son & daughter of my late cousin William Poore deceased, forty pounds, and to the now children of my late cousin Thomas Singer deceased, forty pounds. To my godson Richard Sherfield, son of my late brother Roger Sherfield, gentleman, deceased. If my cousin Nicholas Wallingford shall have issue of his body or Margaret Wallingford have issue of her body then, &c. To John Gore, son of my late uncle Richard Gore. To my uncle Hugh Mundy."26      This abstract leaves us with more questions than it does answers, as few of the relationships mentioned are clear. Some help can be found in the will of another William Gore, apparently this William's father, as seen in this abstract:      "William Goore of Nether Wallop in the county of Southampton gentleman, 9 November 1587. To wife Joane, eldest son William, all my land called Garlacks. To my four youngest sons Richard, John, Nicholas and William Goore the younger all my land in Newington, in the county of Wilts, and in Basingstoke, in the county of Southampton, and two hundred pounds apiece. To my four daughters Agnes, Elizabeth, Barbara and Margery Goore two hundred pounds apiece. The executors to be my eldest son William Gore and Margaret Reade, the supervisors to be John Pittman of Quarley, Thomas Elie, Clerk vicar of Nether Wallop and Leonard Elie of Wonston."27 Included with this abstract are a few lines of Latin beginning with the date 10 May 1588, which may refer to the date the will was proved. Amongst the Latin is "Willmi et Margarete Reade als Gore alterius executorum", which may mean "William and Margaret Reade alias Gore alternate as executors", or something to that effect, but it may indicate that Margaret Reade's maiden name was Gore.      Included with these abstracts, originally done by Henry F. Waters, is an analytic note by a John Coffin Jones Brown as follows:      "In these Goore wills Mr. Waters is evidently probing the connections of the ancestors of our Merrimac Valley settlers. The villages of Wallop, like those of Choulderton, lie upon the edges of the Counties of Wilts and Southampton, and when Dummer, Saltonstall and Rawson, with their English associates, had arranged for developing a stock-raising town in New England, they arranged also to secure from co. Wilts and its vicinity the transfer of a colony of practical men not only accustomed to the care of livestock, but to the trades which interlaced in the products of a stock-raising community. The matter of first importance was to secure ministers with whom the community would feel at home. Rev. Thomas Parker and his relatives the Noyes family, natives of Choulderton, were secured, and with them the Wiltshire men were glad to join."      "In the will, proved 28 March 1657 [sic], the names of many of the Poore family are mentioned as cousins of the testator, and so is Nicholas Wallingford, who came in the Confidence from Southampton in 1638, with others--Stephen Kent, John Rolfe, John Saunders, John and William Ilsley, and more recruits to join their relatives who established the town of Newbury. Joseph Poore, of Newbury, married, 6 August, 1680, Mary Wallingford, daughter of Nicholas, born 20 [sic] August 1663. Anthony Sadler was a passenger in the same vessel. In the Visitation of co. Wilts in 1623 are pedigrees of the Sadler family on p. 63. The son and heir of the family given there is Robert Sadler, born in 1608, who may have been the person mentioned as "brother-in-law" in the will given above."      "The will proved in 1588 contains an instance, not uncommon at that period, but a terrible annoyance to genealogists, or two sons having the same baptismal name--eldest son William, and four youngest sons, among whom is William the younger. The name of Margaret Read recalls the fact that the Read and Noyes family intermarried in the locality of these testators."      From these two wills it seems likely that the mother of Nicholas Wallingford was a Gore, sister to William who died in 1656 and daughter of the William who died in 1587 or 1588. Of course she could also be a relation to his wife, and thus a sister-in-law, but given that William had four sisters, namely Agnes, Elizabeth, Barbara and Margery, it would seem reasonable to believe that he was referring at the time to his own sister. Nevertheless we shouldn't jump to the conclusion that Nicholas's mother was a Gore, and his grandparents were William and Joane Gore of Nether Wallop.      Of the four Gore sisters it appears that Margery/Margaret married a man named Singer, but who the other three married isn't specifically stated. William Gore in 1656 mentions several "cousins", including Nicholas Wallingford, so these all may be nieces and nephews. The term 'cousin' was most often used to mean niece or nephew in those days, but was also used to refer to cousins in the modern sense, or even some other kind of blood relation. The surnames of Singer, Wallingford, Poore, Miller and Hamon are all mentioned as 'cousin'. He mentions his brother Roger Sherfield, which may indicate the maiden name of his wife, as well as his uncle Hugh Mundy, which may indicate the maiden name of his mother. Other scenarios are possible here as well.      Some Internet sources, including the Mormon's International Genealogical Index, give the name of Nicholas' mother as Sara G. Poore. This seems likely to be someone's confused fabrication. First of all, it is extremely unlikely that a woman would have a middle initial in those days. The Poore connection may come from all the Poores mentioned in the will of William Gore. Another possibility is that the G. stands for Gore and this Sarah Gore married a Poore before she married a Wallington/Wallingford. In either case, I have found no evidence for suggesting any name for the mother of Nicholas. Where the original IGI submitter came across his or her information is unknown.      At the end of the abstract of William Gore (the younger's) will it adds that "If my cousin Nicholas Wallingford shall have issue of his body or Margaret Wallingford have issue of her body then, &c." Apparently this clause, which isn't fully spelled out by Waters, intends to give an inheritance to any children that Nicholas or Margaret may have. This evidently came to pass as we have from the N.H. Probate records the following: "Know all men by these pnts that whereas wee John Wallingford, James Wallingford and Joseph Poore in right of Mary my wife Children of Nicholas Wallingford late of Newbury decd have sold unto William Longfellow of the same Newbury the Sume of Forty pounds a peice given unto either of us a legacy from our late great Uncle William Goore of Hampshire in and by his last will and Testamt bearing date 22nd January 1655 and have by our letter of Attourny of even date with these pnts Impoured the said William Longffellow in our name to demand require and receive the same; which is to be to his own proper use: And wee do hereby each of us respectively for our Selves promise and engage, that if the said letter of Attourny should miscarry, or be found in any respect too short for the obteining and recovery of the sd Legacies, wee will at any time or times hereafter upon demand and at the cost & charges in the law of the sd William Longfellow or his heirs give unto him or them under oE hands and Seales (and the hand and Seale also of Mary Poore if thought needfull) such further and other letter or letters of Attourny containing all power strength and Authority that wee can be capable of giveing unto him or them in the law for recovery of the [promises?]. Witness our hands hereunto Set this Sixteenth day of November, Anno Dom 1686. Signed John Wallingford, James Wallingford, Joseph Poore. Signed and Delivd in the presence of us.-- Joseph Ba[ily?], Isa Addington28. [Joseph Bailey and Isaac Addington acc. to NH State Papers abstract]      Searching the Mormon's International Genealogical Index we find an interesting family group not far from Nether Wallop. A Nycholas Wallington was christened on 30 March 1630 in Fareham, Hampshire, son of Andrew Wallington. This Andrew also had a daughter Margaret christened in Fareham on 21 May 1633. Fareham is on the coast of Hampshire southeast of Southhampton, 20 to 30 miles from Nether Wallop. Checking the original parish registers we find these two entries for Wallingtons but no others in the 1620's or 1630's in Fareham amongst the baptisms, marriages, or burials. The first entry on 30 March 1630 reads, "Nycholas filius Andrei Wallington" and the second, on 21 May 1633 reads, "Margaret filia Andrei Wallington".29 The name Andrei is the Latin possessive form of Andrew.      Through the will of his uncle William Gore we know that Nicholas had a sister Margaret. No other siblings are mentioned by the Gore will, and no other siblings are found in the Fareham records. These facts and the proximity of Fareham to the Nether Wallop area would suggest a strong possibility that these records pertain to the correct family. One might wonder why Nicholas wouldn't have named any of his children after his father, but looking at the list of his twelve children we also see that he didn't name any of them for his known sister Margaret, or for their maternal grandparents Henry and Bridget, so it is not surprising that he didn't name any of them after their paternal grandfather either. Fareham records for the period show no other Wallington entries, and the IGI shows no further records pertaining to this family, so it is unknown what happened after the two children were born. The IGI also has no other Wallington or Wallingford families in the correct time and place to be ours. If there were a marriage record between Andrew and a Gore female we would have had a lock, but no such marriage exists in the Fareham records, and none anywhere else in the IGI. An interesting sidenote: there is a hamlet in the parish of Fareham called Wallington, about a half mile north of the town, as well as a Wallington creek.30      The IGI also has an Andrew Wallington christened on 30 Nov 1604 in Cheshunt, Hertford, England, son of another Andrew. This person is the correct age to be our Andrei/Andrew, although geographically Cheshunt is on the other side of London away from Fareham. Fareham is on the coast, however, so perhaps Andrew moved there briefly from his inland birth place to get married and have two children. Perhaps he too was a sailor like his son(?) Nicholas, and was away at sea a lot.

Children of Nicholas Wallingford and Sarah Travers

John Wallingford b. 6 Sep 1655, d. 6 Jan 1655/56 Nicholas Wallingford+ b. 2 Jan 1656/57, d. 10 May 1682 John Wallingford+ b. 7 Apr 1659, d. a 12 Sep 1709 Sarah Wallingford+ b. 20 or 29 May 1661, d. 9 Feb 1682 Mary Wallingford+ b. 15 or 22 August 1663, d. a 18 Nov 1732 James Wallingford+ b. 6 Oct 1665, d. a Jul 1739 Hannah Wallingford+ b. 27 Nov 1667, d. a Sep 1709 William Wallingford b. 26 or 27 February 1669/70, d. 1 or 5 March 1685 Joseph Wallingford b. 20 Apr 1672, d. by 27 September 1701 Elizabeth Wallingford+ b. 23 Jun 1674, d. 17 Oct 1736 Esther Wallingford+ b. 8 Jun 1676, d. 12 Aug 1743 Benjamin Wallingford b. 27 Jun 1678, d. by 11 apr 1741 Abigail Wallingford+ b. 24 Jun 1680