Thomas METCALF was born in 1629. He died in 1702 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Thomas married ¹ Abigail in BY 1654 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:

CHICKERING, Anna

Mentioned in his father's will "Joseph Metcalf.
Probate Records of Essex Vol. II:18-19

Abigail died on 6 Dec 1688 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Abigail married ¹ Thomas METCALF in BY 1654 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

William SIMONDS was born about 1611 in England. He died ¹ on 7 Jun 1672 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. William married ^{2, 3, 4} Judith PHIPPEN on 18 Mar 1643 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

BIO FROM WIKITREE:
William Simonds was probably born in 1611 based on his stated age as a witness in court in four Middlesex County, Massachusetts court cases. On 28 December 1658, "William Simons aged about 47 yers" testified in the slander case between Edward Johnson plaintiff vs. John Carter defendant; On 29 December 1658, "William Simons aged about 47: years" testified in a case concerning the laying out of a highway between Concord and Woburn; on 15 April 1659, "William Simons aged 47 years or there abouts" testified in a case brought against Ralph Reed of Woburn for threatening to shoot someone; on 2 April 1662, "William Simons aged about 50" testified in a case between William Johnson plaintiff vs. the town of Woburn defendant concerning some land that William Johnson had purchased from Rebecca Trarice. Based on William's stated ages in these court cases, it is likely that he was born sometime between April and December 1611.

Judith PHIPPEN ¹ was christened ² on 25 Sep 1617 in Burnett, Somerset, England. She died ³ on 3 Jan 1689 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Judith married ^{4, 5, 6} William SIMONDS on 18 Mar 1643 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

HAYWARD, James

James HAYWARD ¹ was born ² about 1613 in Stepney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. He died ^{3, 4, 5} on 20 Nov 1642 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. James married ^{6, 7} Judith PHIPPEN in BY 1642 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

James emigrated ⁸ on 22 Mar 1634/1635 from London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

ORIGIN: Stepney, Middlesex.
MIGRATION: 1635 on the Planter (on 22 March 1634/5, "James Haieward," aged 22, servant, with a certificate of conformity from Stepney parish, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Planter [Hotten 43]).
FIRST RESIDENCE: Charlestown.
REMOVES: Woburn.

OCCUPATION: Tailor [ChTR 23].
ESTATE: On 3 January 1636/7, "James Hayward a tailor was admitted & to have such a houseplot as the town can afford & other accommodation where it is to be had" [ChTR 23]. On 30 April 1638, he was granted a haylot at Wilson's Point [ChTR 38].

BIRTH: About 1613 (aged 22 on 22 March 1634/5 [Hotten 43]).
DEATH: Woburn 20 November 1642 [WoVR 2:89].
MARRIAGE: By 1642 JUDITH PHIPPEN. She married (2) Woburn 18 January 1643/4 WILLIAM SIMONS [WoVR 3:127].
CHILD:
i  REBECCA HAYWARD, b. Woburn 4 December 1642 [WoVR 1:117]; no further record.

COMMENTS: In the 1635 passenger list, James Hayward is entered as one of four servants, apparently of NICHOLAS DAVIS  [GM 2:2:304-9]. This association allows us to build a consistent story for James Hayward. Arriving as a servant, he would probably not appear immediately in the records. The grant of land by the town of Charlestown in early 1637 is appropriate for a young man just being released from servitude, and in this case the servitude would appear to be apprenticeship as a tailor, which was the occupation of Nicholas Davis. Another of the servants of Nicholas Davis was JUDITH PHIPPEN , and the reasonable assumption has been that she was the woman who became the wife of James Hayward.

On 29 March 1642, "James Hayward of Salem" appeared twice in Ipswich Court as a plaintiff [EQC 1:41]. Pope has assumed that these two records pertain to the subject of this sketch [Pope 223], but we have no other reason to suppose that the man of Charlestown and Woburn also resided at Salem.

Pope correctly included the passenger list information under his entry for James Hayward, but inexplicably also gave the same information in the following entry for John Hayward of Concord.

Judith PHIPPEN ¹ was christened ² on 25 Sep 1617 in Burnett, Somerset, England. She died ³ on 3 Jan 1689 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Judith married ^{4, 5} James HAYWARD in BY 1642 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Other marriages:

SIMONDS, William

Benjamin SYMONDS was born in 1654. Benjamin married ¹ Rebecca HEYWOOD about 1680 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Rebecca HEYWOOD [Parents] was born ^{1, 2} on 13 May 1660 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Rebecca married ³ Benjamin SYMONDS about 1680 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

John HEYWOOD [Parents] was born ^{1, 2} on 5 Apr 1662 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He died ³ on 2 Jan 1717/1718 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. John married ^{4, 5} Sarah BLODGETT on 7 Jan 1686/1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Sarah BLODGETT was born in 1668 in Massachusetts, United States. She died in 1692 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Sarah married ^{1, 2} John HEYWOOD on 7 Jan 1686/1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Jacob KENDALL was born ¹ on 25 Jan 1661 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Jacob married ² Persis HEYWOOD in BET 2 JAN 1683 AND 1683 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Persis HEYWOOD [Parents] was born ^{1, 2} on 24 Apr 1664 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She died ³ on 19 Oct 1694 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Persis married ⁴ Jacob KENDALL in BET 2 JAN 1683 AND 1683 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Benjamin ROLFE [Parents] was born ¹ in 1638 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died ² on 10 Aug 1710 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Benjamin married ^{3, 4} Apphia HALE on 3 Nov 1659 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Apphia HALE was born ¹ on 3 Nov 1642 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ^{2, 3} on 24 Dec 1708 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She was buried ⁴ in 1708 in First Parish Burying Ground, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Apphia married ^{5, 6} Benjamin ROLFE on 3 Nov 1659 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

John ROLFE [Parents] was born ^{1, 2, 3} on 16 Mar 1634 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. He died ^{4, 5, 6, 7} on 10 Oct 1681 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. John married ^{8, 9, 10, 11} Mary SCULLARD on 4 Dec 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

DEATH: Died at the home of his brother.

Mary SCULLARD was born ^{1, 2} on 9 Jan 1641 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ³ on 10 Apr 1687 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She was buried ⁴ on 11 Apr 1687 in First Parish Burying Ground, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Mary married ^{5, 6, 7, 8} John ROLFE on 4 Dec 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Richard DOLE ^{1, 2} was christened ^{3, 4} on 31 Dec 1622 in Rangeworthy, Gloucestershire, England. He died ⁵ on 30 Jul 1705 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Richard married ^{6, 7} Hannah ROLFE on 3 May 1647 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Hannah ROLFE [Parents] ^{1, 2} was born ^{3, 4} on 10 Aug 1626 in England. She died ^{5, 6, 7} on 16 Nov 1678 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She was buried ^{8, 9} on 16 Nov 1678 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Hannah married ^{10, 11} Richard DOLE on 3 May 1647 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

John AYRES ¹ was born about 1615 in England. He died ^{2, 3} on 2 Aug 1675 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. John married ⁴ Susannah SYMONDS in 1644 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

John Ayres (Ayers, Aires) from The American Magazine of American Geneaology, 1930 Ayres (Aires),  John (b.Eng.  kld. at Brookfield, Mass. by Indians in King Philip's War, Aug. 2, 1675), was at Haverhill, Mass., 1645; removed to Ipswich, 1648; was a petitioner for Quabang (Br ookfield), 1660, wither he removed Nov., 1672; called capt.; his widow prob. returned to Ipswich after the destruction of Brookfield by the Indians; was entitled to grant of land with other original p roprietors of Brookfield, under which right the sons: Samuel, Thomas, Joseph, Edward, Mark, and Nathaniel petitioned the Gen. Ct. and each received 132 acres on condition that they occupy it; none exc ept Joseph and John, the son of  Samuel fullfilled the condition; called sgt.;m. Susanna Symonds (d. Ipswich, Feb. 8, 1682/3, dau. of Mark Symonds of Ipswich;   issue:  1-John  (b. 1649-d. Boston, 171 1);  shipwright of Boston, Mass.;  sold his share of father's rights in Brookfield land grants to Wm. Rooker of Hadley, Mass.; m. Mary___; 2 sons, 3 daus.;   2-Samuel (d. before 1714); settled Newbury ; removed to Rowley, Mass.;  m. Ipswich, Apr. 16, 1677,  Abigail (d. after 1722), dau. of William Fellows; 9 sons, 1 dau.;  3-Thomas, of Ipswich and Newbury, and 1716 of Portsmouth, N.H.;  m. Mar. 21, 1677,  Hannah Errington and prob. m. 2d,  Elizabeth ___, who was dismissed from the Rowley, Mass., to the Portsmouth church, May 5, 1700;  3 sons, 5 daus.;  4-Joseph  (d. Nov. 3, 1740);  received 132 acres at Brookfield; removed from Ipswich to Brookfield,  1717; m. 1st,  June 9, 1684,  Sarah Caldwell;  m. 2d (published Apr. 21, 1714)  widow Hannah Dutch (d. July, 1740); 4 sons, 2 daus.;  5-Edwar d (b. Ipswich, Feb. 12, 1658 -d. 1723), settled at Kittery, by 1686; blacksmith; removed to Portsmouth; grand jury; selectman;  m. 1st. Alice___ (b. abt. 1664 -d. Feb. 9, 1717/8); m. 2d, Oct 2, 1718, Hannah   (d. Jan. 12, 1718/9), dau. of  Richard and Sarah (Tutt le)  Martyn and widow of Richard Jose;  m. 3d, Feb. 23, 1719/20,  Margaret  (1st marriage): 2 sons, 4 daus.;  6-Mark (b. Dec. 14. 1661), settled at Portsmouth, N.H., 1711-1714, and Kittery, Me.; cordwainer; foreman of jury, 1698;  grand jury, 1699;  was of Newington in 1721;  m. Sarah __ (b. abt. 1661 -d. Jan. 12, 1727/8),  she had be en a mem. of church in Ipswich;  2 sons, and perhaps 2 daus.;   7-Nathaniel   (b. July 6, 1664 -d. Boston, Dec. 4, 1731 or 37), settled at Portsmouth, N.H., 1711, and Boston, 1716; blacksmith;  forema n of jury, 1692, 97;  sgt;  justice; joined Portsmouth church, June 22, 1693;  m. Amy,  dau. of Edward and Agnes Caldwell and widow of Jethro Furber;  3 sons, 2 daus.;   8-Susanna,   m. Thomas Day of Gloucester, Mass.,  who (or his son Thomas)  had a grant of 60 acres at Brookfield in 1713.

DEATH: Killed by Indians at Skuakeag.

Susannah SYMONDS [Parents] was born in 1623 in England. She died ^{1, 2} on 8 Feb 1682 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Susannah married ³ John AYRES in 1644 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Mentioned in father's will.

**In a number of family listings our John Ayer was credited with another *wife, Susanna, the daughter of Mark Symonds of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The *name for the husband of Susanna Symonds was usually spelled John Ayres. John *Ayres was listed as a husbandman, tenant of Mr. John Norton. He moved to *Brookfield as one of its first settlers and there he kept the inn. John Ayres *died on 3 August 1675, killed by Indians when they destroyed the village of *Brookfield. The dates of the documents cited above show that two different *men were involved. John Ayres had eight children, some of them lived in *Brookfield after it was rebuilt, they are often credited to our John Ayer. *Susanna, the wife of John Ayres, died in Ipswich 8 February 1683.