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Margaret Green¹

#1401, (1727-1804)

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Margaret Green Draper Hamilton
1727-1804

Parents

Father: Thomas Green (b. 27 July 1704)
Mother: Ann Calef (b. 7 July 1708, d. before 1740)

Biography

Margaret Green was born on 3 May 1727 in Boston, Massachusetts.²
She married Richard Draper, son of John Draper and Deborah Green, on 30 May 1750.³
Margaret Green was a publisher.
Margaret and Richard had no children.⁴
After her husband died in 1774 she continued publication of the New Letter until the British Evacuation, 29 Apr 1776.
When the British evacuated Boston she went to Halifax and then to London. The British Government gave her about 200 guineas a year because she was a loyalist. Margaret married James Hamilton in London.
She died in 1804 in London, England, at age ~77.⁵

Story

LOYALIST

****

Upon the death of Richard Draper in June, 1774, the newspaper was left to his widow, Margaret Draper. John Howe continued to work for Margaret Draper, a Loyalist, and was given the assignment to cover and write the article on the Battle of Bunker Hill. John Howe became a partner of Margaret Draper and was listed as the publisher of the paper from October 13, 1775 until the final issue on February 22, 1776. Margaret Draper returned to England & died. John Howe's Partner & Employer, Margaret Draper died in England and received compensation from the English Crown because of her Loyalist activities in Boston, Mass before & during the American Revolution. Her husband, Richard Draper died in Boston. Her burial site unknown.

POSSIBLE ID:

Margaret Green

Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915

birth: 3 May 1727 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

residence: 1727 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

father: Thomas Green

mother: Ann Green

Margaret Green

Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915

birth: 8 October 1738 Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

residence: 1738 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

father: Benjamin

mother: Margaret

MARRIAGE:

Margaret Green

Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910

marriage: 22 March 1749 Boston,Suffolk,Massachusetts

spouse: Richard Draper

Margaret Green

Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910

marriage: 30 May 1750 Boston,Suffolk,Massachusetts

spouse: Richard Draper.

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Other Information

Relationship: 6th great-grandaunt of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6735] Find A Grave: Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, Mrs Margaret Green Draper, created by Mayflower Pilgrim 332, added Aug 2014, memorial number 135057908.
[S317] Wikipedia, On-line database of general knowledge contributed by the public, www.en.wikipedia.org, article: Margaret Green Draper, viewed Mar 2023.
[S687] Duggan, Gail, compiler, family tree titled "Dennis Duggan", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID:3186885, updated Feb 2007, viewed Nov 2007 , .
[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, p 7126.
[S2195] Find A Grave: Unknown burial location, Mrs Margaret Green Draper, created by Mayflower Pilgrim 332, added Aug 2014, memorial number 135057908.

Edward Goddard¹

#1402, (1698-1777)

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Parents

Father: Edward Goddard (b. 24 May 1675, d. 9 February 1754)
Mother: Susanna Stone (b. 6 November 1675, d. 4 February 1754)

Child with Hepzibah Hapgood (b. 27 January 1704)

David Goddard+ (b. 26 September 1730, d. 7 October 1777)

Biography

Edward Goddard was born on 4 May 1698 in Watertown, Massachusetts.¹
He married Hepzibah Hapgood in 1722.¹
Edward and Hepzibah had 2 children.¹
He died on 13 October 1777 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, at age 79.¹

Other Information

Relationship: 1st cousin 8 times removed of Linda Sargent
3rd cousin 7 times removed of Julianne Stoughton
Charts/Lists: Sargent Ancestors
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S1610] Flint, Peter, compiler, family tree titled "Flint Family and Allied Lines", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID ryder10, updated Nov 2007, viewed Nov 2007 , .

Richard Draper

#1403, (1727-1774)

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Parents

Father: John Draper (b. 1702, d. 29 November 1762)
Mother: Deborah Green (b. about 1706, d. 1736)

Biography

Richard Draper was born on 24 February 1727.¹
He married Margaret Green, daughter of Thomas Green and Ann Calef, on 30 May 1750.¹
Richard lived in Boston, Massachusetts.
Richard was a printer. He published the Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Weekly News Letter, the oldest English newspaper in the Americas.²
John Howe was a loyalist (Tory) printer during the American Revolution. The following is from Wikipedia:

In about 1769, John Howe began his apprenticeship as a printer to Richard Draper, the King's printer in Massachusetts and the publisher of the Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Weekly News Letter. As Richard Draper was known to be a frail and sickly man, John Howe probably witnessed and wrote the article about the Boston Tea Party that appeared in the December 23, 1773, issue. Less than six months after the report on the Boston Tea Party, Richard Draper died on June 5 or 6, 1774, leaving the paper in the hands of his widow, Margaret Draper. Richard Draper may have anticipated his demise, as he formed a partnership with John Boyle in May, the month before his death, but Margaret Draper soon ended this partnership (between August 4 and 11, 1774) as Boyle did not share her loyalist (Tory) sympathies. Margaret Draper published the paper by herself from August 11, 1774 until the British evacuated Boston on 17 Mar 1776, taking John Howe and Margaret Draper with them. She left for Halifax, Nova Scotia.³
Margaret and Richard had no children....⁴
He died on 5 June 1774 in Massachusetts at age 47.^5,6
He was buried in Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts.

Inscription: Here lies

Interr d, the Body of Richard Draper

Son of Mr. John Draper Deceas.d

who Departed this Life,

in hopes of a Glorious

Resurrection

to Immortality

June 5th 1774. Aged 47

Years.

.⁶
Gravestone

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Relationship: 3rd cousin 5 times removed of Linda Sargent
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S687] Duggan, Gail, compiler, family tree titled "Dennis Duggan", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID:3186885, updated Feb 2007, viewed Nov 2007 , .
[S317] Wikipedia, On-line database of general knowledge contributed by the public, www.en.wikipedia.org, article: Richard Draper, viewed Nov 2007.
[S317] Wikipedia, On-line database of general knowledge contributed by the public, www.en.wikipedia.org, article: Richard Draper, viewed Nov 2007; article The Boston News-Letter, viewed Mar 2023; article: Margaret Green Draper, viewed Mar 2023.
[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, p 7126.
[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, p 7125.
[S6735] Find A Grave: Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, Richard Draper, created by Find A Grave, The Guardian, added Aug 2007, memorial number 20754917.

Lucy Ware

#1404, (1831-1889)

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Biography

Lucy Ware was born on 28 August 1831 in Chillicothe, Ohio.
She married Rutherford Birchard Hayes, son of Rutherford Hayes and Sophie Birchard, on 30 December 1852 in Cincinnati, Ohio.^1,2
Rutherford Hayes and Lucy Ware
1852
Lucy Ware died on 25 June 1889 in Fremont, Ohio, at age 57.

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Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S317] Wikipedia, On-line database of general knowledge contributed by the public, www.en.wikipedia.org, viewed Aug 2007.
[S599] Charles, compiler, family tree titled "The King-McCormick Family", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID corvettekeyes, updated Nov 2006, viewed Dec 2007 , .

Huldah Bradley

#1405, (1770-1829)

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Parents

Father: Gurdon Bradley (b. about 1738, d. 16 November 1821)
Mother: Mary Woodward (b. 23 January 1745, d. 7 May 1819)

Children with Jehiel Forbes (b. 9 August 1768, d. 17 July 1858)

William Jehiel Forbes+ (b. 14 December 1794, d. 20 December 1839)
Julia Caroline Forbes (b. 24 April 1800, d. 1 September 1820)
Adaline Louisa Forbes (b. 13 February 1802, d. 2 September 1820)
Mary Anne Forbes (b. 7 January 1804, d. 30 July 1820)
George Forbes (b. 24 August 1806, d. 24 September 1806)
Jane Bradley Forbes (b. 24 August 1807, d. 10 February 1830)

Biography

Huldah Bradley was born on 16 June 1770 in East Haven, Connecticut+.¹
She married Jehiel Forbes, son of Jehiel Forbes and Mabel Morris, on 20 February 1794 in East Haven, Connecticut+.¹
Huldah Bradley died on 19 May 1829 in East Haven, Connecticut+, at age 58.²
She was buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut. Plot: Maple Ave West.^2,3

Other Information

Relationship: 4th great-grandmother of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Alice Bessie Forbes, Charles Ives and Linda, Descendant Chart for Thomas Trowbridge, Forbes Family, President Rutherford B Hayes and the Forbes
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S459] Sheffler, Margaret, compiler, family tree titled "BANFILL-BUCK-HAWKINS-PIKE-PERRINE", published by Ancestry.com, wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, from database ID mscheffler, updated May 2008, viewed Jun 2008 , .
[S336] Bradley, Susan Rockwood, compiler, family tree titled "GenCircles: Sue Bradley FamilyTree", www.gencircles.com, Jan 2009 , , Not Available as of bought by MyHeritage.
[S5349] Find A Grave: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, Huldah Bradley Forbes, created by L Evans, added Jun 2014, memorial number 131311093.

Timothy Higgins

#1406, (1733/34-)

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Parents

Father: John Higgins (b. 3 August 1710)
Mother: Mary Augur (b. 28 August 1711)

Biography

Timothy Higgins was born on 30 January 1733/34.

Other Information

Relationship: 1st cousin 7 times removed of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

John Higgins

#1407, (1742/43-)

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Parents

Father: John Higgins (b. 3 August 1710)
Mother: Mary Augur (b. 28 August 1711)

Biography

John Higgins was born on 10 March 1742/43.

Other Information

Relationship: 1st cousin 7 times removed of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Isaac Higgins

#1408, (1745-)

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Parents

Father: John Higgins (b. 3 August 1710)
Mother: Mary Augur (b. 28 August 1711)

Biography

Isaac Higgins was born on 5 October 1745.

Other Information

Relationship: 1st cousin 7 times removed of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Elizabeth Higgins

#1409, (1746-)

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Parents

Father: John Higgins (b. 3 August 1710)
Mother: Mary Augur (b. 28 August 1711)

Biography

Elizabeth Higgins was born on 13 May 1746.

Other Information

Relationship: 1st cousin 7 times removed of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Abraham Higgins

#1410, (1747/48-)

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Parents

Father: John Higgins (b. 3 August 1710)
Mother: Mary Augur (b. 28 August 1711)

Biography

Abraham Higgins was born on 26 February 1747/48.

Other Information

Relationship: 1st cousin 7 times removed of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Thomas Green

#1411, (1704-)

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Parents

Father: John Green (b. estimated 1667)
Mother: Bethia Messinger (b. 24 May 1668)

Children with Ann Calef (b. 7 July 1708, d. before 1740)

Thomas Green (b. 19 October 1725)
Margaret Green (b. 3 May 1727, d. 1804)
Anne Green (b. 27 February 1728)
Bethia Green (b. 1730)
Robert Green (b. 1734)
John Green (b. 7 May 1735)
Mary Green+ (b. 6 November 1736)

Biography

Thomas Green was born on 27 July 1704 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹
He married Ann Calef, daughter of Robert Calef and Margaret Barton, on 11 January 1725/26 in Newbury, Massachusetts.^2,3

Other Information

Relationship: 7th great-grandfather of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Elizabeth Collier Lewis, Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, p 9541.
[S1486] The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, 1911), v 2, p 77.
[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2529.

Ann Calef¹

#1412, (1708-before 1740)

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Parents

Father: Robert Calef (b. about 1674, d. 4 December 1722)
Mother: Margaret Barton (b. estimated 1679, d. 1744)

Children with Thomas Green (b. 27 July 1704)

Thomas Green (b. 19 October 1725)
Margaret Green (b. 3 May 1727, d. 1804)
Anne Green (b. 27 February 1728)
Bethia Green (b. 1730)
Robert Green (b. 1734)
John Green (b. 7 May 1735)
Mary Green+ (b. 6 November 1736)

Biography

Ann Calef was born on 7 July 1708.¹
She married Thomas Green, son of John Green and Bethia Messinger, on 11 January 1725/26 in Newbury, Massachusetts.^2,1
Ann Calef died before 1740.^3,4

Other Information

Relationship: 7th great-grandmother of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Elizabeth Collier Lewis, Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2529.
[S1486] The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, 1911), v 2, p 77.
[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Ann Calef #25078, p 4521.
[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton #10837, p 2529.

Robert Calef¹

#1413, (about 1674-1722)

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Parents

Father: Robert Calif (d. 13 April 1719)
Mother: Mary (née unknown) Calif (b. estimated 1649, d. 12 November 1719)

Children with Margaret Barton (b. estimated 1679, d. 1744)

James Calef (b. 21 December 1702)
Elizabeth Calef (b. 7 May 1704)
Ann Calef+ (b. 7 July 1708, d. before 1740)
Margaret Calef (b. 1710)
James Calef (b. 24 February 1710/11)
Mary Calef (b. 25 January 1711/12)
James Calif (b. 7 November 1714)
Robert Calef (b. 24 February 1715/16, d. before 1720)

Biography

Robert Calef was born about 1674 in England.
He married Margaret Barton, daughter of James Barton and Margaret (née unknown) Barton, on 23 December 1699 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Robert Calef was a clothmaker and shopkeeper.
He died on 4 December 1722 in Chatham, Massachusetts, at age ~48.
Robert was found drowned, and a jury called it suicide.

Other Information

Relationship: 8th great-grandfather of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Elizabeth Collier Lewis, Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2528, 2529.

Margaret Barton

#1414, (estimated 1679-1744)

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Parents

Father: James Barton (b. estimated 1652)
Mother: Margaret (née unknown) Barton (b. estimated 1657)

Children with Robert Calef (b. about 1674, d. 4 December 1722)

James Calef (b. 21 December 1702)
Elizabeth Calef (b. 7 May 1704)
Ann Calef+ (b. 7 July 1708, d. before 1740)
Margaret Calef (b. 1710)
James Calef (b. 24 February 1710/11)
Mary Calef (b. 25 January 1711/12)
James Calif (b. 7 November 1714)
Robert Calef (b. 24 February 1715/16, d. before 1720)

Biography

Margaret Barton was born estimated 1679.¹
She married Robert Calef, son of Robert Calif and Mary (née unknown) Calif, on 23 December 1699 in Boston, Massachusetts.
On 8 April 1729 Margaret Calef with Margery Simpkins buys house & land of James Barton (her father-in-law) North St, between Mill Creek and Union St.²
Margaret Barton died in 1744 at age ~65.

Will

Margaret Barton left a will dated on 17 September 1740 James Calef, son, was the executor. The Legatees were 7 children of daughter Ann Green deceased and 4 children of daughter Margaret. Thomas, Margaret, Ann, Bethiah, John, Mary & Rebecca Green. Jasper, Robert, Mary & Benjamin Starr. The inventory was £1124.19.²

Other Information

Relationship: 8th great-grandmother of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Elizabeth Collier Lewis, Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.
[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2529.

James Calef¹

#1415, (1702-)

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Parents

Father: Robert Calef (b. about 1674, d. 4 December 1722)
Mother: Margaret Barton (b. estimated 1679, d. 1744)

Biography

James Calef was born on 21 December 1702.²
He died young.²

Other Information

Relationship: 7th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2528, 2529.
[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2529.

Elizabeth Calef¹

#1416, (1704-)

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Parents

Father: Robert Calef (b. about 1674, d. 4 December 1722)
Mother: Margaret Barton (b. estimated 1679, d. 1744)

Biography

Elizabeth Calef was born on 7 May 1704.¹

Other Information

Relationship: 7th great-grandaunt of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2529.

Margaret Calef¹

#1417, (1710-)

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Parents

Father: Robert Calef (b. about 1674, d. 4 December 1722)
Mother: Margaret Barton (b. estimated 1679, d. 1744)

Biography

Margaret Calef was born in 1710.¹
She married John Briggs in 1727.¹
Margaret married 'Stars'.¹

Other Information

Relationship: 7th great-grandaunt of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2529.

James Calef¹

#1418, (1710/11-)

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Parents

Father: Robert Calef (b. about 1674, d. 4 December 1722)
Mother: Margaret Barton (b. estimated 1679, d. 1744)

Biography

James Calef was born on 24 February 1710/11.¹
He died young.¹

Other Information

Relationship: 7th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2529.

Mary Calef¹

#1419, (1711/12-)

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Parents

Father: Robert Calef (b. about 1674, d. 4 December 1722)
Mother: Margaret Barton (b. estimated 1679, d. 1744)

Biography

Mary Calef was born on 25 January 1711/12.¹
She died young.

Other Information

Relationship: 7th great-grandaunt of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2529.

James Calif

#1420, (1714-)

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Parents

Father: Robert Calef (b. about 1674, d. 4 December 1722)
Mother: Margaret Barton (b. estimated 1679, d. 1744)

Biography

James Calif was born on 7 November 1714.¹
In 1753 James lived in Bath, North Carolina.

Other Information

Relationship: 7th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2529.

Robert Calef¹

#1421, (1715/16-before 1720)

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Parents

Father: Robert Calef (b. about 1674, d. 4 December 1722)
Mother: Margaret Barton (b. estimated 1679, d. 1744)

Biography

Robert Calef was born on 24 February 1715/16.¹
He died before 1720.

Other Information

Relationship: 7th great-granduncle of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2529.

Robert Calif

#1422, (-1719)

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Parents

Father: Joseph Calif (d. before 31 December 1658)

Children with Mary (née unknown) Calif (b. estimated 1649, d. 12 November 1719)

Joseph Calif (b. about 1671, d. 28 December 1707)
Robert Calef+ (b. about 1674, d. 4 December 1722)
John Calif (b. about 1675, d. 1748)
Jeremiah Calif (b. about 1683, d. 6 March 1762)
Martha Calif (b. estimated 1685)
Mary Calif+ (b. 1686, d. November 1764)
Edward Calif (b. 30 January 1687/88)
Daniel Calif (b. 27 December 1691, d. 13 April 1712)

Biography

Robert Calif was baptized on 2 November 1648 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England.
The family was known as Calfe or Calef.¹
He married Mary (née unknown) Calif estimated 1669.²
Robert Calif was a merchant and clothmaker.
He died on 13 April 1719 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
He was buried in Eustis Street Burial Ground, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Story

Robert wrote 'More Wonders of the Invisible World' - a book which denounced the recent Salem witch trials of 1692-1693 and particulary examing the influential role played by Cotton Mather. Cotton had written & published 'w\Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches, Lately Executed in New-England'. Robert objected to proceedings that lead to 'a biggotted Zeal, stirring up a Blind and most Bloody range, not against Enemeies, or Irreligious Proffligate Persons, But (in Judgment of Charity, and to view) against as Vertuous and Religious as any they have left behind them in this Country, which have suffered as Evil doers with the utmost extent of rigour'.

Calef had his book printed in London. William Stoughton was the former chief justice of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, and one of the staunchest supporters of the witch trials and executions, ... controlled the printing press in Boston.

It seems that Calef's book was influential - after William Stoughton died, within a year after the publication of the book, Increase Mather lost the Presidency of Harvard and neither he nor his son Cotton Mather were able to regain the position despite numerous tries.

^3,4

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Relationship: 9th great-grandfather of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Elizabeth Collier Lewis, Authors, Story List of People
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S4427] Moriarty, G Andrews, "The Calfe or Calif Family", NEHGR, (NEHGR: Boston, MA, Jul 1959) , Journal Article, vol 113, p 184.
[S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.
[S317] Wikipedia, On-line database of general knowledge contributed by the public, www.en.wikipedia.org, afticle: Robert Calef, viewed Sep 2022.
[S4427] Moriarty, G Andrews, "The Calfe or Calif Family", NEHGR, (NEHGR: Boston, MA, Jul 1959) , Journal Article, vol 113, p 188.

Mary (née unknown) Calif

#1423, (estimated 1649-1719)

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Children with Robert Calif (d. 13 April 1719)

Joseph Calif (b. about 1671, d. 28 December 1707)
Robert Calef+ (b. about 1674, d. 4 December 1722)
John Calif (b. about 1675, d. 1748)
Jeremiah Calif (b. about 1683, d. 6 March 1762)
Martha Calif (b. estimated 1685)
Mary Calif+ (b. 1686, d. November 1764)
Edward Calif (b. 30 January 1687/88)
Daniel Calif (b. 27 December 1691, d. 13 April 1712)

Biography

Mary (née unknown) Calif was born estimated 1649.¹
She married Robert Calif, son of Joseph Calif, estimated 1669.¹
She died on 12 November 1719 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, at age ~70.

Other Information

Relationship: 9th great-grandmother of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Elizabeth Collier Lewis, Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.

James Barton

#1424, (estimated 1652-)

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Child with Margaret (née unknown) Barton (b. estimated 1657)

Margaret Barton+ (b. estimated 1679, d. 1744)

Biography

James Barton was born estimated 1652.¹
James lived in Boston, Massachusetts.
He married Margaret (née unknown) Barton estimated 1677.¹
James and Margaret moved to Newton, Massachusetts.

Other Information

Relationship: 9th great-grandfather of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Elizabeth Collier Lewis, Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.

Margaret (née unknown) Barton¹

#1425, (estimated 1657-)

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Child with James Barton (b. estimated 1652)

Margaret Barton+ (b. estimated 1679, d. 1744)

Biography

Margaret (née unknown) Barton was born estimated 1657.²
She married James Barton estimated 1677.²
Margaret and James moved to Newton, Massachusetts.

Other Information

Relationship: 9th great-grandmother of Linda Sargent
Charts/Lists: Ancestors of Elizabeth Collier Lewis, Lewis Family
Last Edited: 19 September 2024 16:46:29

Citations

[S6734] Thwing, Anie Haven, Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection), Boston MA: NEHGS, 1920, Margaret Barton p 2528, 2529.
[S204] Assumption of Researcher LSR.