Jacob FRENCH was born ¹ on 16 May 1696 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died ^{1, 2} on 7 Mar 1775 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Jacob married Mary KITTREDGE on 19 Nov 1766 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

DAVIS, Elizabeth
BROWN, Sarah

Mary KITTREDGE was born on 1 Dec 1695 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 19 Sep 1769 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She was buried in 1769 in Old South Burying Ground, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Mary married Jacob FRENCH on 19 Nov 1766 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Capt. Henry LOTT [Parents] ¹ was born ² in 1707 in of Newton, L.I., New York, United States. He died ² on 21 Dec 1784 in Moreland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. Henry married Mercy on 3 Apr 1730 in Pennsylvania, United States.

Other marriages:

KROESON, Catherine

It is believed that Henry Lott, married a second time, a Catharine (Kroesen) Jones, widow, through the courtesy of Mr. Orville Corson, Middletown, Ohio, we give the following letter to him, from Mr. Frank K. Swain, Fonthill, Doylestown, Pa. : -

"you ask would it have been possible that Henry Lott's first wife was a Kroesen? I cannot answer this - Mercy is not a Krewson name. Ac­cording to your book Mercy died Nov. 25, 1747, and I found Benjamin Jones died Dec. ?, 1748.

“This left Henry Lott, widower and Catharine Kroeson Jones, widow, free to marry, which they did, because in a petition of the Jones heirs, in Feb. 26, 1785, speaking of their father's estate, say: 'And whereas the said Catherine Jones, widow of the Testator having again intermarried with a certain Henry Lott, afterwards died without making any last will and testament. ' etc.

“They were asking to have the farm disposed of and the money divided among the Jones children. This could not have been done before the death of Catharine Krewson Jones Lott. Several of her Jones children were already dead and I feel sure the petition was made directly after her death say about Jan. 1785, so as to settle this long drawn out estate (77 years) which she had the use of as long as she lived.

“If she married again she had the right to choose one of Benjamin Jones' farms as her own. As no mention is made of the 250 acres she received from her father Derrick, she must have chosen that tract and disposed of it soon after her marriage with Henry Lott, as her niece Elizabeth Kroeson and husband John Vanartsdalen owned it as early as 1756. Henry Lott was a witness to several Kroeson wills and deeds. If Catharine Jones Lott died say 1785, and Henry Lott died Dec. 21, 1784, the whole thing knits together. Why he did not mention her in his will I cannot see. She was rich herself and that may be the reason, or she could have died first of course.”

(Signed) Frank K. Swain

Capt. Henry Lott, was a Captain of “Associated Companies, Bucks County, 1756,” also served as Captain of the Fourth Associated Company, Northampton twp., Bucks county, Pa., in the Revolutionary War. His will reads as follows:- 1784. Dec. 1. (Just 20 days before his death, he made his will, proved Jan. 10, 1785, and recorded in the Will Book I:16, Norristown, Montgomery county, Pa.) His residence is given as Moorland (meaning Moreland). Five shillings were conveyed to each of the children of his son Peter and his daughter Mary. The remainder was divided equally among his other children: Stephen, Henry, Zepheniah, Leonard, and Letitia Carter. Daughter Letitia's share was to be held in trust, she to receive the interest and after her death her share was to be given to her daughter Prudy, wife of Daniel Courson. The Executors were: Zephaniah Lott, Stephen Lott, and Daniel Corsen.

Wit: John Hogeland John Hogeland Jr
Derrick Hogeland

Res:- Bedminster, Northampton and Moreland, Bucks county, Pa.

Mercy was born about 1711 in Pennsylvania, United States. She died ¹ on 25 Nov 1747 in Pennsylvania, United States. Mercy married Capt. Henry LOTT on 3 Apr 1730 in Pennsylvania, United States.

Zephaniah LOTT Capt [Parents] [scrapbook] was born ¹ on 14 Mar 1742 in Northampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. He died ^{2, 3} on 26 Feb 1829 in Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, United States. He was buried ¹ in Stark Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio, United States. Zephaniah married ⁴ Eltje VAN PELT on 18 Jan 1773 in Churchville, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.

Zephaniah was also known as Zephaniah LOTT Sr. He resided ⁵ in 1790 in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. He resided ⁶ in 1800 in Braintrim Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States. He resided ⁷ in 1810 in Braintrim Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States.

Zephania was spelled Sephenia in old Dutch records. Current Dutch spelling is with a C. Zephenia was a Capt in the Revolutionary War.

Zephaniah, Inn-keeper, Southampton, Bucks county, Pa., 1779. Wrights­town, 1781, 1782; Southampton, 1783, 1784, 1785, and 1786. Tax list 1784 gives “7 white inhabitants” in his family. He enlisted as an Ensign in the Bucks county Militia in 1775, and 18 months later re­enlisted as Capt. of the 5th company 1st Battalion, Bucks county, Militia.

Info per Find A Grave contributor Utah Quilter:
Zephaniah received a grant of land in 181[6] from the federal government for his services during the Revolution. He left for Delaware County, Ohio, leaving behind in Pennsylvania his sons Isaac and Stephen, who were by this time married and living in nearby communities.

Zephaniah died on 26 February 1829 and was buried in the Stark Cemetery, Porter Township, Delaware, Ohio. Else passed away 4 December 1836 and is buried next to her husband.

Eltje VAN PELT [scrapbook] was born ^{1, 2} on 11 Sep 1750 in New York, United States. She died ^{2, 3} on 7 Dec 1836 in Delaware, Ohio, United States. She was buried in Dec 1836 in Stark Cemetery, Stark Corners, Delaware, Ohio, United States. Eltje married ⁴ Zephaniah LOTT Capt on 18 Jan 1773 in Churchville, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.

Eltje was also known as Eles or Alice VAN PELT.

Given name may be Else.

James ALDOUS [Parents] was born about 1566 in of Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. He was buried on 1 Apr 1641 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. James married Ann ALDOUS Mrs about 1593 in of Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

Ann ALDOUS Mrs. Ann married James ALDOUS about 1593 in of Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

Israel ARNOLD [Parents] was born in 1708 in Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Israel married Waite MOWRY on 18 Mar 1731 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Waite MOWRY. Waite married Israel ARNOLD on 18 Mar 1731 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Thomas ALDOUS [Parents] was born about 1562 in of Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. He was buried on 27 Oct 1637 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. Thomas married Marie COREY on 4 Nov 1591 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

Marie COREY. Marie married Thomas ALDOUS on 4 Nov 1591 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.

James THOMPSON was born on 20 Mar 1649 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He died ¹ on 4 Sep 1693 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. James married ^{2, 3} Abigail GARDNER on 13 Apr 1687 in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

DEATH: "Here lyes y' body of Lieu't Iames Thomson aged 44 years died September y' 4 1693."
Lieut. James Thompson, son of Simon and Mary (Converse) Thompson, and grandson of James Thompson, family ancestor, was born in Woburn, March 20, 1649; married (first) Hannah Walker, Jan. 27,1673-4: died Feb. 4, 1685-6; and (second) Abigail Gardner, of Charlestown; married, April 13, 1687. His widow married Deacon Edward Johnson. ( Vide Thompson Genealogy.)

Abigail GARDNER [Parents] was born ¹ in 1665 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Abigail married ^{2, 3} James THOMPSON on 13 Apr 1687 in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

JOHNSON, Edward

John JACKSON Jr was born in 1644 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 26 Sep 1709 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He was buried in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. John married Deborah FIFIELD about 1701 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Deborah FIFIELD was born ^{1, 2} on 4 Jul 1673 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ³ on 5 Feb 1723 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Deborah married John JACKSON Jr about 1701 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

JOHNSON, Josiah

James ALDOUS [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 22 Jun 1777 in of Kelsale, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. He was christened on 22 Jun 1777 in Laxfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. He died on 14 Jun 1862 in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom. James married Lydia BURTON on 14 Mar 1847 in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom.

Other marriages:

PAGE, Mary Ann

James Aldous was born in the village of Laxfield, Suffolk, England, and christened in the parish church on 22 June 1777. Within a few years after this his parents, Samuel and Margaret, moved their family to the nearby town of Cratfield. James grew up in this vicinity, and in the process learned the carpenters trade from his father.

At Kelsale, a village about seven miles from Cratfield and Laxfield, on an early summer day (4 June) in the year 1805, James and his sweetheart, Mary Page, a Kelsale girl, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth, were married. James was twenty-eight years of age and Mary was twenty-four.

This marriage was blessed with fourteen children: eight boys and six girls. Seven of these children died before they were five months old. Four others passed away at the ages of eight, thirteen, twenty, and fifteen, leaving three of the fourteen children. Only these three Robert, Angelina, and George, lived to marry, both of the Sons learning the carpenter's trade from their father.

James had received no formal education (at least we may assume this, as he signed his name with a mark), but was able to send his sons to school, and they received all the education that the common schools of the vicinity offered.

James and Mary Aldous were in good financial circumstances, James occupying, as a carpenter, the position of chief steward to the Reverend L. R. Brown, this being the responsibility for the church owned lands, the products of which provided for the poor of the parish. (O. F. Whitney, in his “History of Utah,” Vol. 4, p. 433, says that James held this position after his move to Huntingdonshire, but the Vicar at Kelsale while the Aldous family was there was “L. Brown,” so James probably did this at Kelsale.)

James was an excellent craftsman, a “Carpenter Master,” and an even better position than the one he held beckoned him to Fenstanton, in Huntingdonshire, approximately eighty-five miles distant from Kelsale, and the family moved in about 1828 or 29. Here Robert and George continued to work with their father, even after their marriages, Robert's in 1835 and George's in 1845.

In 1841 Mary died, and was taken back to Kelsale for burial. James remained a widower until 14 March 1847, when he married again at the age of sixty, this new wife being a local widow and fifty years of age.

James continued to be active as a carpenter for several more years, but in about 1855 became increasingly troubled by an “asthma” condition, and after seven more years, died at the age of 85, and is buried at Kelsale.

(References: Laxfield, Cratfield, and Kelsale, Suffolk, Parish Registers; Death and Marriage certificates; 1851 census Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire; “History of Utah,” by Orson F. Whitney, Vol. 4, p.433.)

Lydia BURTON. Lydia married James ALDOUS on 14 Mar 1847 in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom.

Samuel TOWNSEND Jr. was born on 12 Jul 1661 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 18 Nov 1723 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He was buried in 1723 in Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Samuel married Elizabeth MELLINS on 15 Mar 1693 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

BUCKNAM, Elizabeth

Elizabeth MELLINS was born ¹ on 4 Sep 1659 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 20 Nov 1699 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She was buried in Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Elizabeth married Samuel TOWNSEND Jr. on 15 Mar 1693 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Elizabeth was also known as Elizabeth Buckman.

Other marriages:

BARLOW, Thomas

When her father died, she requested to be raised by her uncle Buckman

Inscription
Elizabeth Mellins, born Charlestown 4 September 1659 (Charlestown VR, pg. 29), daughter of James and Elizabeth Mellin, married (1) Charlestown 20 October 1681 Thomas Barlow; and (2) Charlestown 15 March 1693 Samuel Townsend. Elizabeth (Mellins) Barlow Townsend died Charlestown 20 November 1699 (Charlestown VR 1:182).

Samuel married (2) Charlestown 7 April 1701 Elizabeth (Bucknam or Buckman) Mellins, daughter of Joses Bucknam and widow of John Mellins. She is named Elizabeth Mellins in her father's 1694 Last Will. Her daughter, Elizabeth Mellins, age 16 on 13 October 1712, names herself the only child of John Mellins, and requests her uncle Joses Bucknam of Charlestown be her guardian. Elizabeth (Bucknam) Mellins Townsend is alive on 30 December 1723 when she and their son John Townsend (b. 1701/2) accept administration of the estate of Samuel Townsend, who died Malden 18 November 1723, age 61 (Malden VR 1:283).

Elizabeth
Townsend
wife to
Samuel Townsend
Aged 40 Years
Died Nouember
20 1699