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3. ISAAC EVELETH, the second surviving son, was born in Ipswich on 11 Oct. 1676. He was probably the Isaac who was one of the "Adventurers" from Ipswich " who intend to Remove themselves and ffamilies into South Carolina" in 1697 (see the New England Historic & Genealogical Register 30:64-7 for the "Instructions" given these adventurers), following which the South Carolina Land Warrants show "Isack Evileth had a warrant out of the Secritaries office for 200 acres of land in Colliton County. Dated the 12th of ffebrewary 1697/8."However, the expedition seems to have fallen through as many of the proposed settlers can be shown to have continued to reside in Essex County. (This record has often been interpreted to refer to the other contemporaneous Isaac Eveleth, son of Joseph’s brother Isaac. However, that Isaac, born in 1680, would not have been old enough to purchase land in 1697; further, the expedition was organized from Chebacco, not Gloucester, where the latter resided.) The title to the South Carolina land seems to have lapsed and the proposed migration to have been abandoned. We can be sure that this Isaac Eveleth was back in Massachusetts on 8 April 1700, when his father granted to him Silvester’s Little River homestead in Gloucester, with other lands, totaling 71 acres: …I Joseph Eveleth of Chebacco in Ipswich… Yeoman for + in Consideration of the Naturall Love + affection which I have for my son Isaac… Do… grant… unto my Son Isaac All ye part + percell of upland… in ye North Side of a place Called Little River in Gloucester… with ye meadow + marsh adjoyning… Isaac married at this time Sarah (?), who was born about 1679 according to her death record, but whose surname is unknown. A descendant, Rev. Charles H. Eveleth, proposed that she was Sarah, daughter of Deliverance and Sarah (Verin) Parkman, born in Salem 29 July, 1678, and a granddaughter of Silvester’s second wife by her first marriage. However, he was unable to offer solid proof for this contention, and I have been unable to prove or disprove it. Inherent in the land grants from his father, Isaac received two rights in the commonage of Gloucester, one for Silvester’s lands, and one in right of the land Joseph had purchased of Thomas Pinney, thus becoming the possessor of all the family interests in Gloucester, as shown by the town’s commonage list of 1708/9. He quickly set about improving his estate, purchasing various parcels of land in the Little River area, as well as buying a quarter share in the Little River sawmill from his cousin, William Stevens. He then built a new house, which was still standing, though in ruins, in 1950. In the years around 1725, Isaac acquired a further half a common right from Elias Elwell, a half from William Davis, a half from Aaron Davis, a quarter from Nathaniel Bray, and a half right from Anthony Day, and is described as a "threble comoner", one of the few in the town records. For these rights he received between 1707 and 1726 free grants of 65 1/2 acres of common land, as well as an undescribed woodlot. Isaac’s large landholdings soon led to power in local politics. He served often on the committee responsible for dividing the common land, an important patronage position, and was Selectman in 1710, 1717 and 1719. He must also have been active in the militia, as he is described as Sergt. In 1710, and Captain in 1729. Sarah Parkman Eveleth died in Gloucester 26 Dec., 1721. Isaac married secondly, in Gloucester 20 Dec., 1722, Mrs. Abigail (Haskell) Parsons, the widow of Nathaniel Parsons (1675-1722), who was born in Gloucester 2 March, 1675, daughter of William Jr. and Mary (Walker or Brown) Haskell. Her father was one of the other Carolina "adventurers" of 1697, and she had many well-connected relatives in the area. Her daughter by her first marriage, Elizabeth Parsons, married her step-brother, Isaac Eveleth Jr. Isaac’s name appears frequently in the Essex County Deeds. To his only surviving son, Isaac Jr., he granted on 1 Dec., 1732, a year after the latter’s marriage, a house and 24 acres of land. According to Babson, he died in Gloucester 23 March, 1755, and lists his heirs as Isaac Eveleth, Mary Denning, Hannah Byles, Aligail Herrick,, and Ruth Goodrich, deceased. The inventory, made 5 Aug., 1755, valued his property at £1308/4/7, a substantial amount for the times. His widow Elizabeth died 5 May, 1762. The children of Isaac and Sarah Parkman Eveleth were: 1. Sarah, b Gloucester 22 March, 1700/1; d Gloucester 22 Feb., 1720/1; m. Gloucester 10 Dec., 1719 John Tyler 2. Mary, b. Gloucester 16 Dec., 1702; died in infancy. 3. Isaac, b. Gloucester 24 Aug., 1704, d. Gloucester 7 Sept., 1704 4. Isaac, b. Gloucester 22 March, 1705/6 (see below)5. Mary b. Gloucester 23 Oct., 1708; d. Gloucester 21 Nov., 1798 6. Hannah, b. Gloucester 4 Jan., 1709/10; d. Gloucester 9 March, 1785; m. Gloucester 17 Jan., 1727/8 Charles Boyles 7. Abigail, b. Gloucester 26 Nov., 1711; d. about 1742; m. Gloucester 1 Feb., 1731/2 Thomas Herrick of Beverly 8. Ruth, b. Gloucester 21 Jan., 1713/4; d. 1750/5; m. Gloucester 25 Oct., 1733 William Goodridge. 9. Susanna, b. Gloucester 21 Feb., 1715/6; d. Gloucester 3 Dec. 1737 10. Mary. b. Gloucester 7 June, 1718; d. Gloucester June, 1795; m. Gloucester 21 Nov., 1738 George Denning |
