Moses Symonson

M, #24616, (say 1600 - )
Last Edited24 Mar 2007
       Moses Symonson was born in Leyden, Holland.1 He sailed on the Fortune, Thomas Barton, master, from London in about August 1621, arriving at Cape Cod on 9 Nov, and settled at Plymouth, as did the entire company of passengers.2,1 Duxbury freeman lists include Moyses Symonson (1646) and Moses Simons (1670), although the latter may be a son of the former.3 Deane's Hist. Scituate includes one Moses Simons in a list of allowed and approved inhabitants granted land in 1673, though this may be a son or even grandson of the emigrant.4

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Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S431] Beran, citing Savage, 4:100; Torrey, 102.
  2. [S97] Banks, Planters, 50–51, Fortune passenger list.
  3. [S1024] Winsor, Hist. Duxbury, unpaginated transcription of Duxbury freemen lists, 1646 and 1670.
  4. [S430] Deane, Hist. Scituate, 155–57.

William/1 Carpenter

M, #24618, (say 1600 - 7 February 1658/59)
Last Edited9 Feb 2010
       William/1 Carpenter took the oath of office as constable of Weymouth, MA, for the year ensuing, 28 Jan 1640/41.1 Deputy to the colony's General Court of June, 1641.2 He was a freeman of Rehoboth, MA, 1643.3 His name is found on a list dating from about 1643 of the town's first purchasers, his allotment valued at £254-10-0.4 One of 58 men drawing lots for a division of the woodland between the plain and the town, 30 Jun 1644.5 Listed in the 1645 register of Rehoboth landowners.6 There he died 7 Feb 1658/59.7

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Abigail (–?–) b. s 1605, d. s 1648
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Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S1590] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Recs. of the Massachusetts Bay, 1:313.
  2. [S1590] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Recs. of the Massachusetts Bay, 1:319.
  3. [S575] Arnold, Rehoboth VR, 917, List of freemen.
  4. [S575] Arnold, Rehoboth VR, 910, List of the first purchasers.
  5. [S575] Arnold, Rehoboth VR, 911, Division of the woodland.
  6. [S575] Arnold, Rehoboth VR, 912, 1645 register of landowners.
  7. [S575] Arnold, Rehoboth VR, 808, William Carpenter Sr. d.
  8. [S575] Arnold, Rehoboth VR, 571, William Carpenter's children.
  9. [S431] Beran, citing Savage, 4:522.
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