Daniel HIGTON [Parents] was born about 1683 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. He died before 21 May 1746 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. He was buried on 21 May 1746 in St. Mary The Virgin, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. Daniel married Elizabeth MARSH "Eliza" on 8 May 1717 in St. Mary The Virgin, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.

Elizabeth "Eliza" MARSH died before 17 Mar 1753 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. She was buried on 17 Mar 1753 in St. Mary The Virgin, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. Eliza married Daniel HIGTON on 8 May 1717 in St. Mary The Virgin, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.

Ebenezer PERRY was born ^{1, 2} on 8 May 1706 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died ³ in 1780 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Ebenezer married ⁴ Abigail PRESBURY ⁵ about 1728 in of Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

HAMMOND, Abigail

Abigail PRESBURY [Parents] ¹ was born ² in 1708 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ^{3, 4} on 25 Jun 1749 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Abigail married ⁵ Ebenezer PERRY about 1728 in of Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Samuel BAKER was born in 1605 in Benenden, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Samuel married ¹ Patience BARSTOW on 21 Feb 1677 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

WINSLOW, Ellen

Patience BARSTOW. Patience married ¹ Samuel BAKER on 21 Feb 1677 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

John KEMP was born about 1636 in of Laxfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. John married Anne.

John's will was probated on 22 Jul 1709 in Laxfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

John Kemp, of Laxfield, Suffolk, England, was by occupation a joiner. He and his wife Anne had five children christened at the parish church from 1662 to 1673. Two of the five died as young children.
In his will, dated 7 February 1699/1700, John names his wife Anne (who was to have their house), son Thomas (who was to have another house), son John, and daugh­ter Anne the wife of John Hayward. The will was probated in July of 1709. Anne died ten years later.

Anne was born about 1640 in of Laxfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. She was buried on 5 Aug 1719 in Laxfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. Anne married John KEMP.

Richard BRIGHAM [Parents] was born ¹ in 1557 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. He died ² about 1600 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. Richard married ³ Alison BURLEY on 28 May 1581 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Other marriages:

WRIGHT, Elizabeth
WILSH, Margaret

Alison BURLEY was buried on 21 May 1586/1587. Alison married ¹ Richard BRIGHAM on 28 May 1581 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Source: "The History of the Brigham Family" 2nd Vol. by Emma Elisabeth Brigham

Thomas JENKINS was born ¹ on 15 Jul 1666 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. He died ² in Jan 1745/1746 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Thomas married ³ Experience HAMBLEN on 24 Aug 1687 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

WINSLOW, Mercy

THE WILLS OF THOMAS JENKINS AND HIS SON JOSIAH

BY THE EDITOR

THOMAS JENKINS of Barnstable, Mass., married, first, 24 August, 1687, Experience Hamlin, by whom he had eight children. * He married, second, between 18 December, 1712, and 22 December, 1715, Mercy (Winslow) White, widow of Malatiah4 White (Samuel3, Resolved2, William 1), of Rochester, Mass. No children by the second marriage are mentioned in the will, made 9 March, 1737, and probated 25 February, 1745.

Ebenezer Jenkins, the oldest son, married, for his first wife, his step-sister, Judith5 White (Malatiah4,
Samuel3 Resolved2, William 1).

Mercy Jenkins, the third daughter, married John5 white (John4, Samuel3, Resolved2, William1) and Hope Jenkins, the fourth daughter, married Thomas5 White, brother of John5 White.

* Mayflower Descendant, 6:236.
The Wills of Thomas Jenkins and His Son Josiah 157

Josiah Jenkins, of Barnstable, the third son, married Mercy Ellis, in 1738, but apparently had no
children, as his will gives all his estate to his widow, to his brothers and sisters, and to three cousins, as nephews were then called.

We here print exhaustive abstracts of the wills and of all other records, in the Bamstable County, Mass., Registry of Probate, relating to the estates of Thomas and Josiah Jenkins. There are no original papers in the files.

[THE WILL OF THOMAS JENKINS]

[8: 114] On 9 March, 1737, Thomas Jenkins of Barustable made his will. Bequests were as follows:

To "Wife Mercy her thirds as the Law directs and I Give her over and above the best bed in my house and furniture to it and fourty pound in money"

To "my Son Ebenezer the Eastermost end of my house Which he now Improves and Liberty of egress & Regress to and from it so long as it Shall Stand where it doth and Conveniency for Laying of Wood and Improvement of the well and if he Sees Cause to Remove it his Brother Josiah Shall help him build a new Chimney to it. I also give him four Acres of Land in the old field at the Lower End so as to have Conveniency of water att the Spring and half my fresh meadow and Liberty of a way to it and the Land that he now Improves above."

To "my Son Samuell my Land at Skonkenet which he now Improves bounded from Dexters Lot as the River runs Norwest till it Comes to Nathaniel Crockers Lot."

To "my Son Josiah the rest of my homestead With my houses and Barn (reserving Liberty for Ebenezer to put Six Creatures in the Barn so long as his house stands where it doth and hay for them & also to Lay his Corn) and I Give him viz Josiah half my fresh meadow & Liberty of a way to it."

"my son Josiah Shall have One half of my Wood lott & the Other half to be divided Equally between Ebenezer & Samuell."

"my Will is that my Other Land at Skonkenet viz the Last Division be Equally divided between Ebenezer and Josiah."

To "my Grandson Thomas son of Ebenezer my Other half Lott at Skonkenet if he Lives to Come of age and if not I Give it to my Son Samuel"

"My Will is that my Salt meadow be Equally divided between my three Sons Ebenezer Samuell & Josiah & also my Right at Sandy Neck."

158 The Wills of Thomas Jenkins and His Son Josiah

To "my son Josiah the bed he lyes upon and bedding belonging to it.... also all my husbandry tools & Utensells Excepting a Ring Yoak and a Chain Which I Give to Ebenezer."

"I Give my farming tools to Ebenezer and Josiah Equally."

To "my Daughter Thankful" £10.

To "my Daughter Mercy" £10.

To "my Daughter Hope" £10.

To "my Daughters Experience & Sarah Each of them" £20.

To "my Son Josiah all my Quick stock and all the Rest of my personal Estate he paying my Debts and
the Legacies above mentioned only Reserving to my Wife the Improvement of my Negro woman so Long as
she Dwels where she now doth"

"my Loving Wife Mercy & two sons Ebenezer & Samuell To be Joynt Executors"

The will was signed by a mark. The witnesses were Jonathan Russell, Joseph Jenkins, Jr., and Lewis Hamblin.

[8: 115] The wlll was probated 25 February, 1745, all three witnesses being present, and administration was granted to "Samuell Jenkins one of the Executors".

On the same date David Crocker, Esq., Benjamin Mastin and Joseph Blish, Jr., all of Bamstable, were appointed appraisers, and were sworn. They took the inventory, 27 February, 1745. "His Negro Woman with her beding" were valued at £100; "his buildings" £404; "his Lands" £2212; "part of a stable near Ye Meeting house" was not valued. The inventory was sworn to by the executor, 14 June, 1746.

[8:401] On 6 March, 1749, Samuel Jenkins, executor, presented an account, which was approved by the court. Among the items are: "Received of Josiah Jenkins ye Residuary Leagatee To pay the Debts and Leagacies with" £166, 12s., 6d.; "Due to the heirs of Experience a Legatee" £6, 13s., 4d. No other persons are named.

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Experience HAMBLEN ¹. Experience married ² Thomas JENKINS on 24 Aug 1687 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Samuel BENT. Samuel married Naomi HARRIS.

Naomi HARRIS [Parents] was born ¹ on 5 May 1795 in Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States. She died ² on 29 Mar 1884 in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. She was buried ³ in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. Naomi married Samuel BENT.

Other marriages:

KELLOGG, Ezekiel
DUEL, Benjamin

John LAPHAM [Parents] was born ¹ on 13 Dec 1677 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. He died ² after 1758 in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. John married ^{3, 4} Mary RUSSELL on 3 Apr 1700 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

John2 and Mary (Russell) Lapham were probably married in the Apponegsnsett Meeting House in Dartmouth. Austin states (Gen. Dict, of Rhode Island, p. .1.20) that John2 Lapham was of Dartmouth and Smithfield, R. I.,. and that he was freeman in Smithfield in 1734. Although the land records of Smithfield show that he owned considerable land in Smithfield, much of which he sold to his sons when they settled there, it is doubtful if he himself went there until the latter part of his life. All of his fourteen children were born in Dartmouth and most of them were married there. When his daughter, Hannah, married Joseph Brown, 27 June 1751, he was still calied "John of Dartmouth."
The Lapham Account mentions no second marriage of John2 Lapham, but there is strong probability that after the death of his wife, Mary (Russell) Lapham, he went to Smithfield and that he married there a second time. On 25 March 1754., Thomas Lapbam, "of Smithfield in the county of Providence, Colony of Rhode Island," sold land in Smithfield to John Lapham, "of the same Town, County and Colony." (Smithfield Deeds, 3:369.) John Lapham and Elizabeth Buxton, "both of Smithfield," were married 4d 3m 1756 (Smithfield Friends  Recs.). Only John2 or his son, John3, could have been the John Lapham of these records, and John3 Lapham and his wife, Desire (Howland) Lapham, were both living at this time at Nine Partners, N.Y., where they had removed from Smithfield.
Elizabeth Buxton was the widow of Samuel Buxton of Smithfield who died there in June 1753. On 25 March 1758, John Lapham of Smithfield sold to Joshua Lapham a tract of land in Smithfield, his wife, Elizabeth, consenting and signing the deed with a mark (Smithfield Deeds, 4:425). In the will of Samuel Buxton, Jr., made 22 Sept. 1774., he made provision for the maintenance of "my honored mother, Elizabeth Lapham" (Smithfield Probate, 1769-1797, p. 132). This would indicate that John Laphnm died in Smithfield after 1758 and before 1774.

Mary RUSSELL [Parents] was born ¹ on 10 Jul 1683 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. She died ² in May 1752 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Mary married ^{3, 4} John LAPHAM on 3 Apr 1700 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

Thomas ALDOUS Jr [Parents] was born in 1535 in of Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. He died in 1595 in of Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. He was buried on 5 Sep 1601 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. Thomas married Gelyon FISKE.

Other marriages:

MYCHELL, Frances Mrs
FISKE, Gillian

Gelyon FISKE. Gelyon married Thomas ALDOUS Jr.

John GAINES was born about 1788 in East Molesey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. John married ¹ Elizabeth DAVIS on 14 Sep 1814 in St. Clement Danes, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

Elizabeth DAVIS [Parents] was born ^{1, 2} on 7 Nov 1792 in East Molesey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. She was christened ^{3, 4} on 27 Dec 1792 in East Molesey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. She was buried ⁵ on 29 Mar 1848 in Nunhead, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Elizabeth married ⁶ John GAINES on 14 Sep 1814 in St. Clement Danes, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.