Sources for Deacon Edward Convers
& other Family members of the lst Convers family in America
Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629 - 1818
Vol I, A-J
by Thomas Bellows Wyman 1879
Reprint published 1991 by Heritage Books, Inc.
1540 Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, MD 20716- Page 234:
CONVERSE, Edward 1. Inhabitant 1629, the 4th of the list of thirteen; church member 1632; m. (1) Sarah......., of church in 1632; (2) Joanna Sprague, who d Feb. 24, 167_; his age 73 in 1661-62; removed early to Woburn, whre he d Aug 10, 1663. Issue: i. JAMES; ii. SAMUEL, bapt. 12 (1) 1637. Besides others at Woburn.
ESTATE -- Granted 2 acres at Newton line, 1634. Brigden to buy his old house and 2 acres; 1635. Had grant 10 acres (5 to be given up) No. 27 (1637).
POSSESSIONS, 1638. 13 lots:
(1) House, store and 1 rood ground in Middle row-N.E., Capt.
Sedgwick; S E, Marsh towards harbor; N W & S W, market place.
(2) 5 acres Eastfield; N E , Will Bates; N W, G. Buner; S W, Longway; S E, Mr. Simmes, Capt. Sedgwick, Rice Cole.
(3) 1 1/2 acres Eastfield--N E, W. Johnson; S E, W. Dade; N W, S. Carter; S W Back st.
(4) 3 acres South Meadows--N W, street-way; S E, creek; S W, Mr. Simmes; N E, Ralph Sprague.
(5) 1 acre South Meade. (
6) 5¼ cow commons.
(7) 2 acres Linefield, with parcel of upland on W side--bd. W, highway; E, Winotamies river; S, Mr. Simmes;N, G. Bunker.
(8) 8 acres Linefield - E, highway; W, R. Long; S, Mr. Simmes; N, W.Brackenbury, D. Shepherson.
(9) 3 acres N of Moutn Prospect - W, river; E, Common; S, E. Richardson; N, T. Lynde.
(10) 5 acres Mystic field - W, river; E., landway; N, G. Hutchinson.
(11) 35 acres M. field - S W, reserved land; N E, W. Brackenbury; J. Pemberton, P.Garland; N W, T. Moulton; S E, John Martin.
(12) 80 acres Waterfield -E. river; N W, E. Richardson, R. Rand, T. Moulton, John Crow; N W, T. Moulton, John Martin, Mr. Simmes.
(13) 5 acres woods Mystic filed - S W, G. Bunker; N E, Edward Mellows; N W, G. Whitehand; S E, J. Tedd.
ARBITRATION decreed him to pay R. Hale 7 lbs for meadow flowed by mill; 1649-50; rec.. 1662.
JAMES (Lieut.) 2. Son of Edward 1.; m Ann Long, 24 (8) 1643, at Woburn, who d. Aug. 10, 1691, age 69 (Savage). Issue.--v. Rebecca, m Enoch More. vii. Mary, m Nathaniel Davis (3). ix. Abigail, m.Jonathan Kettell (21) 1676. Others at Woburn. ESTATE.--Buys of Anna Palgrave, 566 and 22 acres in Woburn, 1665, rec. 1686.
SAMUEL 3. Brol of James 2.; m. Judith Carter, 8 (4) 1660, who m. (2) Giles Fifield, 1672.
JAMES 4. ESTATE - Taxed 1794.
HANNAH 5.Mar. Henry Somer, 1708
ABIGAIL 6. Widow of John of Woburn, and dau. of Joshua Sawyer; m John Vinton, 1720.
SARAH 7. Single woman, from Concord, at E. Buckman's, 1721.
LYDIA 8. Medford; pub. to Benjamin Francis, Jr., 1757.
PATIENCE 9. Woburn; m.Edward Gardner (8) 1817.
General Register fo the Society of the Colonial Wars 1899-1901
Abridged Compendium, Frederick Virkus
"Colonial Families of America"
Allen, Salem, propr. 1639; rem. to Woburn. Frm. May 29, 1644. Taxed in 1645. Wife Elizabeth; ch.: Zechariah b. Oct. 11, 1642, Elizabeth b March 7, 1645, d Aug 2, 1661; Sarah b Jul 11, 1647; Joseph b May 31, 1649; Mary b and d 1651, Theophilus b and d 1652; Samuel b Sept 20, 1653; Mary b Nov 26, 1655, Hannah b March 13, 1660 (Nathaniel Pierce). The wife Elizabeth deposed 7 (8) 1668, ae. about 50 years. (Mdx. Files). He d April 19, 1679. Will dated 14 April, prob.17 (4) 1679, beq. to wife Elizabeth; to the 2 children od dec. Zechariah; to the ch. of dau Hannah Pierce; to son samuel and daus. Sarah and Mary. The widow d Aug 9, 1691. (See Genealogy in Regl. L, 346).
Edward, Charlestown, memb. chh. with wife Sarah, 1630, and of the re-organized chh. of cahr., 1632. Frm. 18 May 1631. Set up a ferry between Boston and Char., June 14, 1631. Juryman. Rem. to Woburn; propr. 1640. Deacon, town officer. He deposed 24 (1) 1661-62, ae. about 73 years. (Mdx. De. 11, 197.) Wife Sarah d 14 Jan 1662, and he m 2, Joanna, widow of Ralph Sprague, who d Feb. 24, 1670; (beq. to dau Mary Edmunds and her dau. Mary; to sons Phineas, John, Richard and samuel S., and to P.'s dau. Mary) Ch. Samuel bapt. 12 (1) 1637; Josiah, (deposed 4 (2) 1660, ae. 41 years); James, (depos. same time, ae.39); Mary, (m Simon Thompson). He d Aug. 10, 1663.
The Ancestors and Descendants of Major James Convers
by Charles Allen Converse, Vol I
DAR PATRIOT INDEX - CENTENNIAL EDITION
CONVERSE: CONVERS
Alpheus: bpt 8-23-1752 CT d 3-5-1817 MA m. Jerusha Elliot Pvt CT
Amasa : b 6-8-1750 CT d 3-9-1826 MA m (1) Olive------(2) Mrs. Sarah Cleveland Sgt MA
Barnard : b 1-15-1764 CT d 3-17- 1806 VT m. Hannah Alton Pvt CT
Benjamin: b 8-28-1751 CT d 1838 CT m X Pvt CT
Chester: b 12-7-1755 CT d 10-24-1815 MA m Esther Green Pvt MA
Damon Reed : b 3-18- 1764 MA d 7-3-1834 CT m Sarah Lee Pvt CT
Edward Sr: b 11- -1720CT d 12 -9-1800 MA m Mary Davis CS MA
Edward Jr: b 6-61747 CT d 4-9-1816 MA m Phebe Perrin Pvt Drm MA
Elijah: b 6-20-1745 CT d 6-14-1820 CT m Experience Hibbard Pvt MA
Elisha: b 3-13-1758 CT D 2-15-1843 ct M (1) Mary Bishop (2) Hannah Walbridge Capt CT
James: b.1757 CT d 4-26-1817 NY m (1)---Whitman (2) Sally Larrabee Wheeler
Pvt CT
James: b 9-2-1725 MA d 7-16-1811 MA m Dorothy Carter Col MA
Jeremiah: b 8-4-1761 NH d 6-26-1837 OH m Rhoda ( Converse) Pvt MA
Jesse: b 9-1-1745 CT d 7-8-1805 CT m Mary Moulton Pvt CT
Joel: b 9-12-1750 CT d 6-29-1822 NH m (1) Demaris Wilson (2) Elizabeth Bixby Sol CT
Jonathan; b 1-27-1760 CT d 10-25-1845 CT m Esther Whipple Pvt CT
Joseph; b 11-13-1739 NH d 2-16-1828 NH m Elizabeth DAvis Sgt MA
Joshua: b 1760-2 CT d c 1810 VT m Mary Trask Pvt CT
Josiah Sr: b 3-2-1710 MA d 9-11-1775 CT m Eleanor Reed Richardson PS CT
Josiah Jr: b 6-4-1737 CT d 10-25-1814 CT m Elizabeth Lewis Capt CT
Josiah SR : b 1-27-1733 MA d 1810 m Hepzibah Brooks Pvt MA
Josiah Jr: b 3-14-1759 d ------m Martha Tidd Pvt MA
Jude: b 6-11-1750 CT d 10-23-1816 VT m Abigail Alden Pvt Drm CT
Pain Dr; b 11-25-1706 MA d 9-10-1781 CT m Mary Halford PS CT
Pain Jr; b 10-28-1739 CT d 3-29-1800 VT m Mary Lee Capt CT
Robert: b 3-20-1737 MAd p 1800 NH m Sarah Newton Pvt NH
Samuel Davis: b 2-1-1741 CT d c 1820 MA m Elizabeth Harris Pvt NH
Solvin: b 4- -1758 CT d 5-3-1813 CT m Sarah Holmes Pvt. CT WPNS
Stephen" b 8-16-1745 CT d 10-2-1823 CT m (1) Zurviah Sanger (2) Sarah Kimbal Ordl Sgt MA WPNS
Thomas: d 11-5-1738 CT d 1809 NY m (1) Mary Morse (2) Abigail Colton (3) Sabrina Smedley ( 4) Mary Colton Capt CT
Zebulon: b 3-21-1744 NH d 11-10-1805 NH m Sarah Merriam PS NH
Convis:
James: b c 1735 RI d a 1810 RI m Lucy _____ Pvt RI
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