A Haskell Family History

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Birth: March 1, 1860 in Bangor, Maine
Death: January 10, 1952 in Hampden, Maine

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NAME:
Susanna /HASKELL/
BIRTH DATE: 9 MAR 1768, PLACE Gloucester, Ma
DEATH DATE: 29 MAY 1810, PLACE Gloucester, Ma

NAME:
William /BROWNE/
BIRTH DATE: ABT. 1609, PLACE: England
DEATH DATE: 3 MAY 1662, PLACE: Gloucester, Ma, OCCUPATION: Fisherman
Selectman, 1644/1647/1667
Emmigration DATE: 1635, SHIP: LOVE
NOTE: Immigrates with wife Mary at age 26 in the ship "Love" sailing for New England in July, 1635. Admitted to Salem Church Dec 27, 1641. In 1641 with Abraham Robinson and Thomas Ashley he hires a shallop of 3 tons from Joseph Armitage of Lynn. One of the original settlers of Gloucester. Elected Gloucester Selectman 1644, 1647. Though elected to the General Court in 1644 he was refused his seat by the General Court since he had been elected as a replacement for John Stevens over a church doctrine dispute. The General Court indicated that only they could replace members.
NOTE: Jan 1657: Due to a civil dispute with Margaret Prince in which he called her names allegedly causing her such distress as to lose the child she was carrying he is sentenced to prison for a week, fined 20 marks, and ordered to pay cost of suit. Mrs Prince had lost a child due to emotional distress from Brown having called her names. The initial allegation was that Browne was a witch meaning that matters could have been much worse in terms of the sentence.
Serves as Constable, 1653 and 1662.
Leaves an estate of 223 pounds.

NAME:
Mary /______/
BIRTH DATE: ABT. 1623, PLACE: England
DEATH DATE: 17 APR 1690, PLACE: Gloucester, Ma
NOTE: She is the only daughter of Isabel Babson. Thus one-half of all descendents from Isabel Babson are those of Mary Babson and her children James Robinson, and Mary Browne Walker who marries William Haskell (William).

NAME: Walter /TYBBOT/
BIRTH DATE: 1584, PLACE: Wales
DEATH DATE: 14 AUG 1651, PLACE: Gloucester, Ma
Selectman, 1642-46; 50-52
NOTE: Emigrates to Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1640 with Rev. Richard Blinman.
1642: Moves to Cape Ann with Rev Blinman and helps found Gloucester as a result of religious dispute in Marshfield.
19 May 1642: Becomes freeman
1643: Constable
1643-45: Selectman
1646: On grand jury
1647: Granted a license to sell wine. The license costs him 20 shillings per annum. Shortly before his death he purchased a house and barn on the west side of Walker's Creek. One 10-acre parcel was salt marsh abutting land of Richard Window. In his will he left to his second grandson, Joseph Haskell, his farm at Chebaco. Joseph is 5 years old at the time. The other three grandsons receive 20 shillings each. His land on Walker's Creek is now part of River- view and Wheeler's Point Neck. He also bequeathed a clock to his step-son William Haskell, an expensive item given that no clocks were manufactured in Massachusetts until after 1680.

NAME: Mary /______/
BIRTH DATE: ABT. 1580, PLACE: Wales

NAME: Mary /MILLETT/
BIRTH DATE: 21 AUG 1635, PLACE: Dorchester, Ma
DEATH DATE: 5 JUN 1682, PLACE: Gloucester, Ma

NAME: Thomas /RIGGS/
BIRTH DATE: 1631, PLACE: England
DEATH DATE: 26 FEB 1721/22, PLACE: Gloucester, Ma
OCCUPATION: Public Official
RELIGION: Puritan
NOTE:
Dec 23 1658: receives a grant of 6 acres near Little River
Oct 7 1666: Buys house and land on west side of Goose Cove.
Serves as town clerk for 51 years.
Serves as selectman for 20 years.

NAME: Mary /GREENWAY/
BIRTH DATE ABT. 1606, PLACE: Stains, Worcestershire
DEATH DATE 5 JUN 1682, PLACE: Gloucester, Ma

NAME: George /GIDDINGS/
BIRTH DATE: ABT. 1608, PLACE: St Albans, Hertfordshire
DEATH DATE: 1 JUN 1676, PLACE: Ipswich, Ma
NOTE: Comes to Ipswich, Ma aboard the ship PLANTER with his wife and three servants in 1635 accompanied by Sir Henry Vane, fourth Governor of the Bay Colony. Serves as deputy to the Massachusetts General Court- 1641, 1654-55, 1659, 1661, 1663-64, 1668, 1672, 1675. Serves as Selectman of Ipswich 1661-75. Estate consisted of 152 acres of land, 6 acres of marsh at Plumb Island, valued at over 1000 pounds. He is plaintiff in a case over a number of years involving his charge of trespass against the town tax collector. Giddings maintained and eventually was sustained by the general court that no citizen could be compelled to support a minister by mandatory taxation.

NAME: Richard /HUBBARD/, TITLE: Coronet
BIRTH DATE: ABT. 1631, PLACE: England
DEATH DATE: 26 JUN 1719, PLACE: Salisbury, Ma
NOTE:
1690: Made freeman
1694-95: Rep from Salisbury to the General Court
1697: Has home on Fort Hill, Boston, Ma

NAME Ann /GOODALE/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1618 PLAC Yarmouth, England DEAT DATE ABT. 31 MAY 1678 PLAC Salisbury, Ma

NAME Dorothy /______/ SEX F BIRT DATE ABT. 1600 PLAC England DEAT DATE 27 JAN 1664/65 PLAC Salisbury, Ma

NAME William /ALLEN/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1615 PLAC England DATE 18 JUN 1686 PLAC Salisbury, Ma NOTE In Salisbury by 1639.

NAME Richard /GOODALE/ BIRT DATE BEF. 29 JUL 1594 PLAC Downham Market, Norfolk DEAT DATE 16 SEP 1666 PLAC Salisbury, Ma NOTE In Newbury in 1638. Moves to Salisbury in 1639 or 1640.

NAME Martha /ALLEN/ BIRT DATE 1646 PLAC Salisbury, Ma DEAT DATE 4 OCT 1718 PLAC Salisbury, Ma

NAME Jacob /HASKELL/ BIRT DATE 15 JAN 1690/91 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE ABT. AUG 1757 PLAC Gloucester, Ma Will Made DATE 6 APR 1657 PLAC Gloucester, Ma Will Probabte DATE 5 SEP 1657 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME Abigail /MAXEY/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1694 DEAT DATE 10 APR 1778 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME Benjamin /HASKELL/ BIRT DATE 13 MAR 1682/83 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 9 FEB 1764 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME Thomas /CHOATE/ TITL Lt BIRT DATE 7 JUN 1693 PLAC Chebacco, Ipswich, Ma DEAT PLAC Ipswich, Ma

NAME Elizabeth /BURNHAM/ 1 SEX F 1 BIRT 2 DATE ABT. 1694 2 PLAC Ipswich, Ma 1 DEAT 2 DATE 23 JAN 1736/37 2 PLAC Ipswich Ma

1 NAME John /GIDDINGS/ 1 SEX M 1 TITL Lieutenant 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1639 2 PLAC Ipswich, Ma 1 DEAT 2 DATE 3 MAR 1690/91 2 PLAC Ipswich, Ma NOTE Lieutenant in the militia. Inventory of estate shows value of approximately 270 pounds.

NAME Elizabeth /GIDDINGS/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1665 PLAC Ipswich, Ma DEAT DATE 15 SEP 1725 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME Sarah /ALCOCK/ SEX F BIRT DATE 29 DEC 1639 PLAC Dedham, Ma DEAT PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME Marke /HASKELL/ BIRT DATE 8 APR 1658 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 8 SEP 1691 PLAC Gloucester, Ma NOTE It has not been determined why Marke Haskell died at such a young age. At the time of his death he is an owner of a sawmill on Walker's Creek along with his brother William. Elizabeth Giddings' family is a leading family of Ipswich. Her grandfather, George Giddings comes to Massachusetts from Herfordshire on the ship Planter in 1635. His wife, Jane Lawrence accompanies him, along with her mother Joan Antrobus Lawrence Tuttle, her stepfather John Tuttle, and Elizabeth's sixty-five year old grandmother Joan Arnold Antrobus. Thus, there are four generations of one family on board the ship. Mrs. Joan Antrobus died in Beverly about 1637. The Tuttles become leading merchants of the colony. John Tuttle becomes involved in the triangle trade between England, Jamaica, and Massachusetts, primarily importing cloth and other sundries. He also serves on a commission with Walter Tybott to lay out the boundary line between Ipswich and Gloucester. In the 1670's John Tuttle leaves for Ireland. For the next several years his wife operates the import/export business, a rare action by a woman in 17th century Massachusetts. She soon also moves to Ireland where the Tuttles spend the rest of their lives. George Giddings serves as a deputy to the Massachusetts General Court from Ipswich in the following years: 1641; 1654-55; 1659; 1661; 1663-64; 1668; 1672; 1675. He is a selectman in Ipswich from 1661-1675. In 1657 he is involved in a major civil case over the right of Ipswich to tax Giddings and other citizens for the upkeep of the Puritan minister, of whom they disapprove. The case ends before the Massachusetts General Court, which served as the court of last appeal in the 1600's. They rule in Giddings' favor that the minority of the citizens who are opposed to a minister need not pay taxes for his upkeep. At the time of Giddings death his estate is valued at more than a thousand pounds. After Marke Haskell's death Elizabeth Giddings remarries and raises her children with her second husband, John Dennison. Through the ancestry of Elizabeth Giddings her descendants are cousins to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rutherford B. Hayes, William Howard Taft, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

NAME Moses /HASKELL/ BIRT DATE 23 MAR 1761 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE NOV 1822 PLAC Bangor, Me OCCU Shoemaker

1 NAME Zebulun /HASKELL/ BIRT DATE 17 OCT 1734 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 8 JUN 1819 PLAC Gloucester, Ma NOTE Gloucester Town Records Gloucester, Ma 2nd Parish West Parish West Gloucester, Ma Zebulon Haskell and Elizabeth Choate were distant relatives through the Haskell line. Zebulon (Wm, Wm, Jacob) Elizabeth (Wm, Benjamin, Patience, Patience) Elizabeth's grandmother and Zebulon's father were first cousins. Elizabeth Choate's brother Ephraim married Jemima Haskell (Wm, Benjamin, William), his mother's first cousin.

NAME Moses /HASKELL/ BIRT DATE 8 OCT 1787 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 6 APR 1811 PLAC Newburyport, Ma NOTE Died of consumption.

NAME John /BURNHAM/ BIRT DATE 1648 PLAC Ipswich, Ma DEAT DATE 12 JAN 1703/042 PLAC Ipswich, Ma NOTE Settled in Chebaco near the head of Whittredge Creek. Later removed to the Falls. Becomes proprietor of gristmill in 1689.

NAME Elizabeth /WELLS/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1648 PLAC Ipswich, Ma DEATDATE 1717 PLAC Ipswich, Ma

1 NAME Thomas /BURNHAM/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1617 PLAC Norwich, Norfolk DEATDATE 19 MAY 1694 PLAC Ipswich, Ma NOTE John, Thomas, and Robert Burnham, sons of Robert and Mary Andrews Burnham of Norwich, Norfolk, England came to America in early 1635 aboard the ship ANGEL GABRIEL under command of their uncle, CAPT Andrews. The ship wrecked off the coast of Maine however the brothers and uncle survived and came as a group to settle in Ipswich, Ma. John and Thomas served in the Pequout Expedition in 1637. John and Thomas lived their lives in Ipswich. Robert moved to Boston and from there to Dover, NH as one of the founders, erecting the garrison house at Oyster River. John eventually came to own a tract of land along the east side of Haskell Creek. Thomas was made lieutenant of the militia, served as Deputy to the General Court (1683-85) and as Selectman of Ipswich in 1647 and 1663. In 1667 he was granted the right to establish a sawmill on the Chebaco River. Selectman in 1647; 1653 1783-85: Deputy to the General Court.

NAME Mary /LAWRENCE/ BIRT DATE 1625 PLAC England DEAT DATE 27 MAR 1715 PLAC Ipswich, Ma

NAME John /ROBERTS/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1650 PLAC Ipswich, Ma DEAT DATE 10 JAN 1713/14 PLAC Gloucester, MaI

NAME Robert /ROBERTS/ BIRT DATE 1617 PLAC England DEATDATE 1663 PLAC Ipswich, Ma

NAME Hannah /BRAY/ BIRTDATE 21 MAR 1661/62 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEATDATE 23 MAR 1716/17 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME Elizabeth /HIBBERT/ BIRTDATE 21 JUN 1692 PLAC Beverly, Ma DEAT DATE 3 DEC 1744 PLAC Gloucester, Ma NOTE Her daughter Jerusha marries William Haskell the 17 years old younger brother of Elizabeth Hibbert's second husband Benjamin, making her and her daughter sisters-in-law. Her son Anthony Bennett marries Susannah Haskell (William, Joseph, Joseph) daughter of Benjamin Haskell's cousin. Her daughter marries William Haskell the first of the fifth generation (William, William, William, William, William) the grandson of Benjamin Haskell's cousin William.

NAME Jane /LAWRENCE/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1615 PLAC St Albans, Hertfordshire DEAT DATE MAR 1679/80 PLAC Ipswich, Ma

NAME Thomas /MILLETT/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1605 PLAC Marazion, Cornwall or Chetsey, Surry DEAT DATE BEF. 26 SEP 1676 PLAC Gloucester, Ma NOTE Comes from London on the ELIZABETH in 1635.

NAME Mary /VARNEY/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1668 PLAC Ipswich, Ma DEAT DATE 19 NOV 1733 PLAC Hogg Island, Ipswich, Ma

NAME Thomas /BRAY/ BIRT DATE 1604 PLAC England DEAT DATE 30 NOV 1691 PLAC Gloucester, Ma OCCU Ship Carpenter NOTE Comes to Gloucester unmarried as a member of the Blinman company. He initially owns land adjacent to the original meeting house between Thomas Jones and Rev. Blinman. He acquires 3 acres of marsh in 1647. He was a ship carpenter probably coming from the area around Plymouth, England.

NAME Mary /WILSON/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1626 PLAC England DEAT DATE 27 MAR 1707 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME William /HASKELL/ BIRTDATE 1578 PLAC Cranborne Chase, Berwick DEAT DATE ABT. MAY 1630 PLAC Charlton-Musgrave, Somerset OCCUGame-Keeper BURI DATE 11 MAY 1630 PLAC Parish Graveyard Charlton Musgrave NOTE Served as Warden of Parish Church in Charlton-Musgrave in 1627. His family came from Motcombe, Dorset near Gillingham. He worked probably with his brother Mark as an underkeeper of game at separate locations around Motcombe (Cranborne Chase). He and his brother are listed as joint tenants during the manor surveys between 1600 to 1610. They owned forges meaning they were blacksmiths. Gillingham was deforested in the reign of James I and turned into pasture. William moved to Charlton Musgrove with Mark following in 1618. In the mid 1620s both brothers served as overseers of the poor for the parish. William also served as church warden NOTE Charlton Musgrove is today a small out of the way grouping of a few houses at a more or less dead end road some 10 miles from the motorway running across Somerset toward the northern portion of Cornwall. The ancient church is still there and generally open for anyone stopping by.

NAME Elinor /FROUDE\FOWLE/ BIRT DATE ABT. 1588 PLAC Cranborne Chase, Berwick DEAT DATE AFT. 1640 PLAC Beverly, Ma NOTE Family tradition holds that the Haskells leave from Bristol for the Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1635, settling first in Salem, Ma, then moving across the North River to what will become Beverly, though in 1635 is known as the Bass River section of Salem. Part of the move was no doubt to live with fellow West England countrymen as opposed to the East Anglians living in Salem. John Stone is granted 10 acres along the Bass River in 1636. By Boxing Day, 1636 John Stone had a home at Massey's Cove and kept the ferry.

NAME Elizabeth /CHOATE/ BIRT DATE 20 SEP 1740 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 6 MAR 1829 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME John /ROBERTS/ BIRT DATE 12 DEC 1680 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

1 NAME Patience /HASKELL/ BIRT DATE 1 JUN 1681 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 13 OCT 1749 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME Thomas /CHOATE/ TITL CPT BIRTDATE 1671 PLAC Chebacco, Ipswich, Ma DEAT DATE 31 MAR 1745 PLAC Hogg Island, Ipswich, Ma NOTE He and his wife settle on Hogg Island. Serves as representative to the General Court 1723-25 and 1727. He is recorded in this period as speaking out against inflating currency as a method of offsetting a depressed economy. He is one of the principle defenders of John Procter during Procter's trial for witchcraft. Choate writes out Procter's will in the jail three days prior to the man's execution. In 1725 he moves back to the mainland. He and his adult children own slaves however the slaves were manumated and chose to live with the family for the rest of their lives. Hogg Island, now Choate Island, consists of 300 acres. Through the latter end of the 19th century only Choates or their wives lived on the island.

NAME John /CHOATE/ TITL SGT BIRT DATE BEF. 6 JUN 1624 PLAC Groton, Boxford, Colchester DEAT DATE 4 DEC 1695 PLAC Ipswich, Ma Baptised DATE 6 JUN 1624 PLAC Groton, Boxford, Colchester, England NOTE Comes to MBC in 1643 NOTE Throughout much of his early adulthood Choate slowly purchased the property of Hogg Island. By 1690 he owned the island. He held the rank of sergeant in the militia. NOTE He was tried for stealing apples in 1651, but acquitted. He was arraigned for lying in 1657 but the charge was disproved. He was acquitted by the court in 1659 for refusing to assist the marshal in making an arrest.

NAME Jemima /HUBBARD/ BIRT DATE 11 NOV 1684 PLAC Salisbury, Ma DEAT DATE 1 JUN 1761 PLAC Gloucester, Ma
NOTE:
Her brother Eliezar marries William Haskell's first cousin, Dorcas Haskell (William, Joseph). For further information on the Hubbard lineage see p. 186 (Gen 1-3)
NAME William /HASKELL/ BIRT DATE 27 JAN 1725/26 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 27 APR 1806 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME William /HASKELL/ BIRT DATE 1 JAN 1689/90 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 10 FEB 1766 PLAC Gloucester, Ma
NOTE:
Martha Hubbard's brother Eliezar was married to Dorcas Haskell, first cousin of William Haskell (see #27). Richard Hubbard, Martha's father, had considerable wealth. He owned a home both in Salisbury and Boston Ma. He served in the General Court as Salisbury's representative
NAME: Elizabeth /HASKELL/ BIRT DATE 8 NOV 1727 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 20 FEB 1801 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME William /HASKELL/ BIRT DATE 26 AUG 1644 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 5 JUN 1708 PLAC Gloucester, Ma OCCU Saw-miller; Farmer RELI Puritan NOTE 31 Oct 1684: Becomes a freeman 1685 and 1687: Selectman May 1690: Receives permission to erect a saw mill on Walker's Creek, West Gloucester; it becomes a large grist and saw-mill. Leaves an estate of 666 pounds. Circumstantial evidence indicates he was somewhat to completely illiterate.

NAME Mary /BROWN/ BIRT DATE 28 JUL 1649 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEATDATE 12 NOV 1715 PLAC Gloucester, Ma NOTE Used her stepfather's name of Walker.

NAME Josiah /CHOATE/ BIRT DATE 16 SEP 1715 PLAC Ipswich, Ma DEAT DATE 26 AUG 1798 PLAC West Gloucester, MaI

NAME Patience /ROBERTS/ BIRT DATE 2 DEC 1715 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 23 OCT 1813 PLAC West Gloucester, Ma

NAME Benjamin /HASKELL/ TITL Deacon BIRT DATE 1648 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEATH, ABT. APR 1741, Gloucester, Ma Housewright, Puritan Will Made, 24 FEB 1730/31, Gloucester, Ma Will Probabte, 25 MAY 1741, Gloucester, Ma NOTE Served as Selectman and Deacon of First Parish Church. Representative to the General Court in 1707.

NAME Mary /RIGGS/ BIRT DATE 6 MAR 1658/59 PLAC Gloucester, Ma DEAT DATE 29 JAN 1697/98 PLAC Gloucester, Ma

NAME William /HASKELL/ TITL CPT BIRT DATE ABT. NOV 1618 PLAC Charlton-Musgrave, Somerset DEAT DATE 20 AUG 1693 PLAC Gloucester, Ma OCCU Farmer; Fisherman; Lumberman RELI Puritan NOTE William Haskell emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with his mother, step-father, and siblings. By 1645 records show he owned much of the land at Squam Point. Despite Ira Haskell's supposition there is no evidence that William Haskell lived anywhere but in Gloucester after his marriage. Current research seems to indicate that failure on the part of the Gloucester town clerk to record births caused IJH to presume a move to Beverly. By 1656 William Haskell had settled on the west side of the Annisquam River by purchasing a 10 acre tract with house and barn from Richard Window on the west side of Walker's Creek adjacent to his mother-in-law's land and a 1/2 mile from the Chebaco tract left to his son. He engaged in farming lumbering and fishing. Over the next 7 years he purchased 12 additional and seperate pieces of property totalling 36 acres in all. All of the parcels were on Walker Creek as it runs north to the Chebacco (Ipswich) line. Every piece was salt marsh. Salt marsh had many uses but the major one was an annual harvest of hay which required no planting or cultivating. In 1656 the town of Gloucester also laid out a highway to Ipswich which crossed Haskell's property on the south and west and relatively near his home. 1648: Fined for insufficient fences next to the corn field. 13 Nov 1649: He and brother Roger are presented to the court for putting calves and oxen into the general corn field. 31 Mar 1663: Becomes a freeman In the late 1660s he becomes involved in a dispute over a meadow jointly claimed by James Stevens and Edward Harraden. William Haskell is called as a witness and the suit is jointly settled. Haskell had become involved when Stevens with a constable had ordered Haskell to go with them and take hay from the meadow which had been harvested and was sitting on Harraden's dock. The court case also implies by inference that Haskell was a slave owner at that time. 1679: Appointed gaurdian of his nephew Samuel, son of Roger. He served as Gloucester's representative to the General Court between 1672 to 1685. Also served as selectman four times between 1672-1686. Mar, 1681 appointed Lieutenant of militia; later he becomes Captain. Feb 1682 signs petition to King requesting claims of New England land by Robert Mason be set aside. 1688: fined as Selectman for refusing to pay colonial taxes levied against Gloucester by Gov. Andros; 40 shillings plus 3 pounds as fees. His estate amounted to 548 pounds. William Haskell's father dies when William is approximately twelve years old. Family tradition holds that about 1635 William's mother, her new husband John Stone, and some of the Haskell children leave from Bristol, England for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. William is about seventeen at this point. The family settles in Salem, Massachusetts, but soon moves across the North River to what is today Beverly, then known as the Bass River section of Salem. One reason for the move may have been for the Stone family to live with fellow West Englanders as opposed to the larger group of East Anglian immigrants living in Salem. As a generalization the West Englanders were less puritanical than the East Anglians. In 1636 the citizens of Beverly grant John Stone ten acres along the Bass River. By 26 December of that year Stone and his family are inhabiting a home at Massey's Cove where he runs the ferry between Salem and what is now Beverly. Sometime before 1640 William Haskell probably moves on his own to the Gloucester settlement on Cape Ann, northeast of Salem and Beverly. He is in his early twenties. Gloucester sits on the outer point of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Initially it was an area governed by fishermen more concerned with making a living than with practicing a strict religion. The original colony did not succeed, its residents moving off the cape to what would become the town of Salem. The second settlement begun in the early 1630's was similarly mercantile in nature. Mary Tybbot, William Haskell's wife, comes to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with her father Walter as part of a group of immigrants under the leadership of Rev. Richard Blynman. She is a teenager. Rev. Blynman is one of the stricter Puritans. By 1642 part of this group, including Blynman, settles in Gloucester. There is a limited response to Blynman's stern religious message. Within a year or two of his arrival, along with some of his followers, he moves to an area near New London, Connecticut. Eventually Blynman returns to England where he dies. Blynman is one of several Puritan ministers who end up leaving Massachusetts. Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and Edward Wheelock (Hutchinson's brother-in-law) are the three generally discussed in the general history of the Bay Colony. The normally accepted teaching of American history has them being forced from Massachusetts, due to the liberality of their religious views. Such was not so.. Williams, Wheelock, and Hutchinson, as Blynman, were, if anything, too severe in their reli-gious views, if not their social views, for the Puritans. Hutchinson saw individual religion as based purely on divine revelation and God's personal grace, rather than the salvation by good works which was an important element of Puritanism. Williams came to believe that no one, excepting possibly himself, was good enough and faithful enough, to receive God's grace and redemption. Most Puritans held to a more millenialist view of the world, and thus seeing the coming millennium fast approaching they believed that all people, even the native Americans, were capable of salvation. It is the differing manner in which Williams and the Puritans translated their religion into social action that is odd. Williams, and to an extent Hutchinson, simply gave up on the rest of the world (which they considered inherently removed from God) and accepted the rest of the world as a necessary part of their day to day travail. The Puritans, obsessed with universal salvation, believed it was their inherent duty both by personal action and by social interaction to change the 'ungodly'. Due to Williams' theory of survival in an "ungodly" society the Quakers, whom the Puritans chased from Massachusetts, could live in Rhode Island along with all sorts of other non-Puritanical folk from Episcopalians to Jews. William Haskell and Mary Tybbot marry in late 1643. She is about twenty. He is about twenty-five, the normal age difference for marriage in early Puritan Massachusetts. Ira Haskell, in writing his genealogy of the Haskells believed that they might have lived with the Tybbots for a short while after their marriage. Within two years of his marriage Haskell owns much of the land at Squam Point (See Gloucester map in Appendix II). William Haskell and his wife live in Gloucester for the rest of their lives. Current research seems to show that the Gloucester town clerk failed to record births in the latter part of the 1640's and early 1650's. This fact, unknown to Ira Haskell, caused him to speculate that William Haskell and his family moved back to Beverly during that time. This seems to be an incorrect supposition. In 1648 Haskell is fined for insufficient fences next to his corn field. On 13 November 1649 William and his brother Roger are brought to court for putting calves and oxen into the community's general corn field. For the first three decades of the Massachusetts Bay Colony the citizens had a hard scrabble existence. To that end the individual communities rapidly developed communal laws which protected the agriculture and the livestock. The system was acutely socialistic in nature, but absolutely necessary for the overall society's survival.

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