JEWELL FAMILY June 9, 2018 August 29, 2019 GENERATIONS BIRTH DEATH NEW ENGLAND + FAMILY 1. Richard Jule Jewell 1470- \\ Elyzabeth Unknown (Juell) 1460- \\ 2. Richard Jule 1490-1550 2.a. Alice Bellamy 1495-1561 2.a. Richard Bellamy (no dates) \\ Unknown \\ 3. Richard Jule Jr. 1510-1597 Alicia Heire 1530-1597 \\ 4. Ricus Dermann Gracia Jule 1545-1597 4.a. Johanna Balhatchett 1539- 4.a. Richardi Balhatchet 1515- \\ Mary Unknown 1523- \\ 5.a. George (Gregarios) Jewell 1567-1623 5.a. Joan Harrye 1550-1610 5.a. Thomas Harrye 1530- \\ Joana Followe (no dates) \\ 6. Digory Edward Jewell 1584-1644 6.a. Johanna Shearne 1591-1632 6.a. Edward Shearne 1555-1595 Unknown \\ 6.a. John William Shearne 1535- \\ Mary Forward 1534- \\ 7. Thomas Jewell 1608-1654 NE 1635 age 27 7.a. Grissel “Carye” Fletcher 1618-1699 NE 1630 (SEE FLETCHER) 8. Joseph Jewell 1642-1736 8.a. Isabel Cate 1650-1736 (SEE CATE) 9. Edmund Marble 1684-1758 (SEE MARBLE) 9.a. Mercy Jewell 1697-1789 10. Nathaniel Marble I 1720-1802 Abigail Houghton 1733-1825 11. Nathaniel Marble II 1767-1808 Mary Faunce 1770-1864 12. Nathaniel Marble III 1800-1845 Mary “Polly” King 1802-1881 13. Hyrum Austin Marble 1841-1912 Melinda Andersen 1851-1930 14. Silas Andrew Marble 1883-1961 Mary Evaline Burbank 1881-1970 15. Merlin Junius Romer 1914-1970 Emma Margrette Marble 1918-2004   1. RICHARD JULE (JEWELL) (1470-) \\ 1.a. ELYZABETH UNKNOWN (JUELL) (1460-) \\ RICHARD JULE was born about 1470 of Cornwall, Cornwall, England, to unknown parents. He married Elyzabeth Unknown. Richard Jule died at unknown date in England. ELYZABETH UNKNOWN was born about 1460 of England, to unknown parents. She married Richard Jule. We don’t know about her death. Child of Richard and Elyzabeth Jule: 1. RICHARD JULE (1490-1550) + 2. RICHARD JULE (1490-1550) 2.a. ALICE BELLAMY (1405-1561) RICHARD JULE was born about 1490 of Cornwall, England, to Richard Jewell (1470-) and Elyzabeth Unknown (1460-.) He married Alice Bellamy about 1514 of Berrynarbor, Devon, England. Richard Jule died 20 May 1550, Cornwall, England, age 60. ALICE BELLAMY was born about 1495 of Devonshire, England, to Richard Bellamye (no dates) and Unknown. She married Richard Jule about 1514 of Berrynarbor, Devon, England. Alice Bellamy died about 1561 of Devonshire, England, age 66 Child of Richard Jule and Alice Bellamy: 1. *RICHARD JULE JR (1510-1597) + 2.a. RICHARD BELLAMY (NO DATES) \\ UNKNOWN \\ RICHARD BELLAMY We have no information on him. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bellamy: 1. *ALICE BELLAMY (1405-1561) 2. John Bellamy (no dates) + 3. RICHARD JULE JR. (1510-1597) 3.a. ALICIA HEIRE (1530-1597) \\ RICHARD JULE JR. was born about 1510 of Poughill, Cornwall, England, to Richard Jule (1490-1550) and Alice Bellamy (1495-1561.) He married Alicia Heire. Richard Jule died about 1597 of St. Germans, Cornwall, England, age 87. ALICIA HEIRE was born about 1530 of Cornwall, England, to unknown parents. She married Richard Jule. Alicia Heire passed away about 1597, Cornwall, England, age 67. Child of Richard Jule and Alicia Heire: 1. *RICUS DERMANN GRACIA JULE (1545-1597) + 4. (RICHARD) RICUS DERMANN GRACIA JULE (1545-1597) 4.a. JOHANNA BALHATCHETT (1539-) RICUS DERMANN GRACIA JULE was christened 28 March 1545, Poughill, Cornwall, England. His parents were Richard Jule (1510-1597) and Alicia Heire (1530-1597.) He married Johanna Balhatchett 25 November 1566, Poughill, Cornwall, England. Richard Jule died about 1597 of Devon, England, age 53 JOHANNA BALHATCHETT was born about 1539 of Poughill, Cornwall, England, to Richard Balhatchet (1515-) and Mary Unknown (1523-.) She married Richard Jule 25 November 1566, Poughill, Cornwall, England. Johanna Balhatchett passed away at unknown place and date. Children of Richard Jule and Johanna Balhatchett: 1. *GREGARIOUS “GEORGE” JEWELL (1567-) 2. Anglicana Jule (1571-) 3. Margaret Jewell (1587-) 4. Nicholas Jewell (1588-1685) 5. Jone Jewell (1590-) 6. Humphrey Jewell (1591-) + 4.a. RICHARDI BALHATCHET (1515- ) \\ MARY UNKNOWN (1523-) \\ RICHARDI BALHATCHET was born about 1515 of England, to unknown parents. He married Mary Unknown. Richardi Balhatchet died in England at unknown date. Child of Richardi and Mary Balhatchet: 1. *JOHANNA BALHATCHETT (1539-) + 5. GEORGE JEWELL (GREGARIOS JUELL) (1567-1623) 5.a. JOAN HARRYE (1550-1610) GEORGE JEWELL (GREGARIOS JUELL) was born 24 December 1567, Poughill, Cornwall, England, to Ricus Dermann Gracia Jule (1545-1597) and Johanna Balhatchett (1539-.) He married (1) *Joan Harrye 19 December 1577, Lancashire, England; (2) Prisca Poundstock April 1599, Poughill, Cornwall, England. George Jewell died in England at unknown place and date JOAN HARRYE was born about 1550 of Marhamchurch, Cornwall, England, to Thomas Harrye (1530-) and Joana Followe (no dates.) She married George Jewel 19 December 1577, Lancashire, England. Joan Harrye was buried 1 November 1610, St. Dunstan, Stephney, Middlesex, England, age 60. Children of George Jewell and Joan Harrye: 1. *DIGORY EDWARD JEWELL (1584-1644) 2. Margaret Jewell (1587-) 3. Nicholas Jewell (1588-1685) 4. Jone Jule (1599-) + 5.a. THOMAS HARRYE (1530-) \\ JOANA FOLLOWE (NO DATES) \\ THOMAS HARRYE was born about 1530 of England, to unknown parents. He married Joana Followe 22 September 1556, Blisland, Cornwall, England. Thomas Harrye died in England at unknown date. JOANNA FOLLOWE (no dates.) Child of Thomas Harrye and Joana Followe: 1. *JOAN HARRYE (1550-1610) + 6. DIGORY EDWARD JEWELL (1584-1644) 6.a. JOHANNA (JONE) SHEARNE (1591-1632) EDWARD DIGORY JEWELL was born 13 May 1584, Bideford, Torridge, Devonshire, England, to George Jewell (1567-) and Joan Harrye (1550-1610.) He married (1) Sibyl Vallence 22 Feb 1597, Bideford, Devon, England; (2) *Johanne Shearne in about 1605, Kingston, Cambridgeshire, England. Edward Jewell died was buried 21 July 1644, Bidford, Torridege, Devonshire, England, age 60. Rushing Water Stream JOHANNE or “JONE” SHEARNE was born about 1590 in England, daughter of Edward Shearne. She was the wife of Edward Jewell, married about 1605, Kingston, Cambridgeshire, England. Johannne Shearne passed away in about 1632, Kingston, Surrey, England, at about age 42. Fence and Flowers Children of Edward Jewell and Johanne Shearne: 1. *THOMAS JEWELL (1608-1654) 2. George Jewell (1616-) 3. Mary Jewell (1617-1618) 4. Philipe Jewell (1620-1621) 5. Johanna Jewell (1621-1622) 6. William Jewell (1623-1624) 7. Richard Jewell (1630-1631) 8. Hope Jewell (1632-1633) + 6.a. EDWARD SHEARNE (1555-1595) UNKNOWN \\ EDWARD SHEARNE was born about 1555 of Kingston upon Thames, Kingston, Greater London, England, to John William Shearne (1535-) and Mary Forward (1534-.) He married Unknown. Edward Shearne died about 1595, Kingston upon Thames, Kingston, Greater London, England, age 40. Child of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shearne: 1. *JOHANNA SHEARNE (1591-1632) + 6.a. JOHN WILLIAM SHEARNE (1535-) \\ MARY FORWARD (1534-) \\ JOHN WILLIAM SHEARNE was born about 1535 of England, to unknown parents. He married Mary Forward. John Shearne died at unknown date in England. MARY FORWARD was born about 1534 of England to unknown parents. She married John Shearne. We do not know when or where she died. Child of John Shearne and Mary Forward: 1. *EDWARD SHEARNE (1555-1595) + 7. THOMAS JEWELL (1608-1654) 7.a. GRISSELL CARYE FLETCHER (1618-1699) THOMAS JEWELL was born about 1608 of Kingston, Surrey, England to Edward Jewell (1584-1644) and Johan Shearne (1591-1632.) Thomas Jewell married Grissell Carye Fletcher about 1639, of Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts. It an amazing story of Providence and the skill of English seamen that dozens of Atlantic ocean passages were made in little wooden ships bringing our Puritan ancestors to America almost without mishap in the 1630's; the unhappy exception being the harrowing story of the Angel Gabriel, 1635, which met a terrible storm and cast up on the coast of Maine with only a few survivors. There were perhaps 30,000 emigrants from England to New England before the English Civil War. These folks were mainly from the English middle-class, self-reliant and motivated to find a place where they might live, worship, and raise their families without government harassment. This movement of people is called The Kingston Surrey • Thomas Jewel died 21 July 1654, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, age 46. Thomas Jewell - All Saints Kingston, Surrey Medieval Waverly Abbey, Surrey, England Modern photograph Medieval Waverly Abbey, Surrey, England Early Anglo-Saxon England Birth:1608, EnglandDeath:1654 Braintree Norfolk County Massachusetts, USA Born about 1608 (aged 27 on 8 April 1635). Miller who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Planter." (On 8 April 1635, "a miller, Tho[mas] Jewell," aged 27, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Planter). First settled in Boston MA; later moved to Braintree MA. Died between 10 April 1654 (date of will) and 21 July 1654 (probate of will). Married by 1639 Grissell Fletcher, daughter of ROBERT FLETCHER. She married (2) at Braintree on 1 November 1655 Humphrey Griggs. She married (3) at Dorchester on 8 October 1657 Henry Kidby. She married (4) at Braintree on 12 November 1661 John Gurney (the groom's name published incorrectly as "John Cheny Senior")]. She married (5) at Chelmsford on 3 July 1667 John Burge. She died at Chelmsford on 9 July 1669. Noyes, Libby and Davis state that Grissell Fletcher was second wife of Thomas Jewell. This may be because the Braintree vital records do not contain the birth record for son Thomas Jewell, accompanied by the assumption that only the children with Grissell were recorded in Braintree. The reason that Thomas Jewell was not included in the Braintree vital records would be that he was born before Braintree was separated from Boston, and so, by the rules of collecting records obtaining at the time, would not have been included by the town clerk, regardless of who the mother was. The Boston town clerk would not have included the birth record for Thomas in the Boston records because by 1644 the Jewell family was no longer resident at Boston. Finally, the 24 February 1639/40 grant of land by Boston was for a family of three heads, which would be Thomas Jewel, the immigrant, his wife, and his eldest son, Thomas. If the son Thomas Jewell were born in late 1639 or early 1640, just before the grant of land, there would be a gap of slightly more than two years before the birth of the next child, as one would expect if Grissell were the only wife of the immigrant and the mother of all his children. Presby Ch Quincy – Millstone Millstone Plaque John Adams birth place Thomas Jewell was a neighbor of John Adams Father. It an amazing story of Providence and the skill of English seamen that dozens of Atlantic ocean passages were made in little wooden ships bringing our Puritan ancestors to America almost without mishap in the 1630's; the unhappy exception being the harrowing story of the Angel Gabriel, 1635, which met a terrible storm and cast up on the coast of Maine with only a few survivors. There were perhaps 30,000 emigrants from England to New England before the English Civil War. These folks were mainly from the English middle-class, self-reliant and motivated to find a place where they might live, worship, and raise their families without government harassment. This movement of people is called The Great Migration. Passengers of the Planter 1635 • Master Nicolas Travice, Voyage of 1635 The Planter sailed from London April 2 or 11, 1635, arriving at Boston June 7, 1635. n.b. Hotten has Trarice, Nico for the master. This information was transcribed in the 19th century by James Savage, and later by Michael Tepper from records found in the Public Rolls Office, London. For each common date of record, groupings of persons in consecutive order in the roll often indicate some relation by kinship, household or town origin. Either the persons were present in person before the scribe at that time and queued up in their natural groupings to enroll, or the documents of fealty arrived to the scribe from particular sources and were registered in order as received. Spelling and Abbreviations: The surnames are spelled as Savage, Tepper and their English collaborators could best decipher the old handwritten passenger rolls. Expect a few mistakes in interpretation, as well as errors by the original 16th century scribe. Savage's later corrections have been used. These spellings are antique and often curious, so if you are searching a particular name, try all imaginable variations. Roll order: • Davies, Nicholas 40, tailor of Wapping • Davies, Sarah 48, wife • Davies, Joseph 13, child • Locke, William 6 • Maddox, John 43, sawyer • Stevens, Robert 22, sawyer • Moore, John 24, laborer • Hayward, James 22, servant • Phippen, Judith 16, servant • Tuttle, John 39, merced of St Albans • Tuttle, Joan 42, wife • Lawrence, John 17 • Lawrence, William 12 • Lawrence, Mary 9 • Tuttle, Abigail 6 • Tuttle, Simon 4 • Tuttle, Sarah 2 • Tuttle, John 1 • Antrobus, Mrs. Joan 65 • Wrast, Mary 24 • Greene, Thomas 15 • Haford, Nathan 16, Tuttle servant • Chittwood, Mary 24 • Olney, Thomas 35, shoemaker • Olney Marie 30, wife • Olney Thomas Jr 3 • Olney Epenetus 1 • Giddins, George 25 husbandman • Giddins, Jane 20, wife • Williamson, Michael 30, servant • Carter, Thomas 25, servant • Morrison, Elizabeth 12, servant • Saunders, Martin 40, currier of Sudbury, Suffolk • Saunders, Rachel 40, wife • Saunders Mary 15 • Saunders, Leah 10 • Saunders, Judith 8 • Saunders, Martin 4 • Fuller, Mary 15, servant • Smith, Richard 14, servant • Ridley, Richard 16, servant • Newcom, Francis 30, husbandman • Newcom Rachel 21, wife • Newcom Rachel 2 1/2 • Newcom John 3/4 • Stanion, Anthony 24, glover • Hanbury, Daniel 29 • Dexter, Francis 13 • Dawes, William 15 • Weaver, Edmond 28, husbandman of Aymestrey, Hereord • Weaver, Margaret 30, wife • Tuttle, Richard 32, husbandman of Ringstead, Hereford • Tuttle, Anne 41, wife • Tuttle, Anne 12 • Tuttle, John 10 • Tuttle, Rebecca • Tuttle, Isabel 70 • Weeaver, James 23, statloner of Aymestrey, Herford • Wolhouston, Mary 30 • Tuttle, William 26, husbandman of Ringstead, Northants • Tuttle, Elizabeth 23 • Tuttle, John 3 1/2 • Tuttle, Anne 2 1/4 • Tuttle, Thomas 1/4 • Clark, Cicely 16 • Bill, Mary 11 • Atwood, Philip 12 • Faldoe, Bartholomew 16 • Swayne, Elizabeth 20 • Leach, Margaret 15 • Smith, Hannah 18 • Wells, Anne 15 • Bushnell, Francis 26, carpenter from Berkshire • Bushnell, Mary 26 • Bushnell, Martha 1 • Lea, William 16 • Smith, Mary 18 • Fenn, Richard 27 • Savage, Thomas 27, tailor of Taunton, Somerset • Harvie, Richard 22, tailor • Harvie, Anne 22 • Peabody, Francis 21, husbandman (orig spelled Peboddy) • Wilcockson, William 34, weaver • Wilcockson, Margaret 24 • Wilcockson, John • Beardsley, William 30 (originally spelled Beadsley) • Beardsley, Mary 26 • Beardsley, Mary 4 • Beardsley, John 2 • Beardsley, Joseph 1/2 • Perley, Allen 27, husbandman • Felloe, William 27, shoemaker • Baker, Francis 24, tailor • Tingley, Palmer 21, miller • Butterick, William 54, hostler • Jewell(Jernell), Thomas 27, miller • Haffield, Richard 54, currier • Haffield, Martha 42 • Haffield, Mary 18 • Haffield, Sarah 14 • Haffield, Martha 8 • Haffield, Rachael 6 • Haffield, Ruth 3 • Smith, Alice 40 • Cooper, Elizabeth 24 • Smith, John 13 • Hawkins, Job 15 • Hanford, Mrs. Eylin 46, of Fremington, Devon • Hanford, Margaret 16 • Hanford, Elizabeth 14 • Emes (Elmes), Rodolphus 15, servant of Southwark, Surrey • Stanley (Stansley), Thomas 16, servant • Pitney, Mrs. Sarah 22 • Pitney, Margaret 22 • Pitney, Sarah 7 • Pitney, Samuel 1 1/2 • Deane, Rachael 31 Sources • Coldham pages 128-129 • Hotten P of Q pages 43,45,46,47-49,53,55-56 • Original Lists • "The Planter" • Planter • Planter • Planter 1634 It an amazing story of Providence and the skill of English seamen that dozens of Atlantic ocean passages were made in little wooden ships bringing our Puritan ancestors to America almost without mishap in the 1630's; the unhappy exception being the harrowing story of the Angel Gabriel, 1635, which met a terrible storm and cast up on the coast of Maine with only a few survivors. There were perhaps 30,000 emigrants from England to New England before the English Civil War. These folks were mainly from the English middle-class, self-reliant and motivated to find a place where they might live, worship, and raise their families without government harassment. This movement of people is called The Great Migration. Passengers of the Planter 1635 From Eileen Surette September 2017: In Mendon, Thomas Jewell was fined for not providing the clap boards for the Minister's house and for not being to the church on time. Joseph and another resident of Mendon were charged to dig out the cellar hole for the Minister's house. After the Nipmug Indian's attacked, the families in Mendon moved back into the larger towns for safety. Joseph moved up to Portsmouth and bought land on the waterfront. He made a deed where he turned the land over to Isabel Cate in order to "Wu" her into marriage. On their way back to the Boston area, Joseph and his family stopped in Newbury but they were warned out of town by the local constable who was in fear of the family becoming wards of that town. In Mendon, Grizelle Fletcher, Jewell, Griggs, Kibby, Burge owned a home. She asked the proprietors of Mendon for permission for her son Thomas Jewell to purchase land there. Joseph had a home there and Mercy Jewell and her husband Joseph Spaulding owned homes there. Nathaniel Jewell served in King Philip's War under Capt. Henchman when he was old enough. Grizelle's brother William Fletcher raised the youngest children including Grissies, Nathaniel and Sherebiah. In 1687, Thomas Jewell and his wife, Susannah Guilford Jewell moved with their family up to Western Salisbury, MA. That part of Salisbury became Amesbury and Merrimack, MA. And where his land sat North of Wither's Hill, is now where the line for NH and MA is found. There, Thomas owned 719 acres of land in the Historic District of South Hampton, NH called "Jewell Town." Today, the Jewell Town Winery is located there. Joseph Jewell had kept the ferry between Charlestown and Boston along with his son John. "The Jewell Register" says it was Joseph. The oldest cemetery in Malden MA has a grave that states Elizabeth Wife of John Jewell. And, there was a John Jewell who owned the cargo of a ship that had been docked in Boston quite early. FjosephPosted 13 Dec 2012 by RSchuck62 "'It appears that Joseph first lived in Charlestown, and kept the ferry between that place and Boston; that his son Joseph assisted him; that when about 50 he removed to Stow, and owned a grist mill which went for a long time (up to 1815 at least) by the name of 'Jewell's M i l l ' In a deed dated Nov. 27, 1719, Joseph Jewell conveys his house, bam, mill and land to his son John by which he was to maintain them and pay certain sums to his brothers, Joseph and James. Gravesite Quincy (Braintree) • Joseph Jewell - from Smith-Tilton Genealogy Posted 24 Oct 2016 by cakolberg THOMAS JEWELL came from England to Boston in the ship Planter in 1635, age entered as 27, occupation as miller, certified from Kingston, Surrey. Boston town records show that there was granted to Thomas Jewell of the Mount, February 24, 1639, O.S. for three heads, twelve acres of land. The three heads would be himself, his wife (probably his first wife, whose name is unknown) and their son Thomas, Junior. Mount Wollaston (The Merry Mount) was incorporated as Braintree in May 1640. In or about 1641, Thomas Jewell married Grissell FLETCHER (born in England about 1618, daughter of Robert Fletcher of Concord). Their children are recorded in Braintree. JOSEPH, born April 24, 1642, was later of Mendon, Mass. and of Portsmouth, N. H. Hannah, born 27 (12 mo) 1643, was married to John Parris (Parish) 30 (6 mo) 1664 by Mr. Bellingham. Nathaniel, born April 15, 1648, married, January 9, 1676/7, Mary (Smedley) Shepard, widow of Isaac Shepard of Concord. Grissell, born March 19, 1652, married her cousin Joshua Fletcher, May 4, 1668, in Chelmsford. Mercy was born April 14, 1653. Grisell (Fletcher) Jewell was the widow Gurney for more than four years and it was under that name that she became one of the proprietors of the new town of Nipmugg (Mendon). At a meeting of the committee for ordering the new settlement (held at Dedham in December 1663) Grissell Gurney desired acceptance, and also for her son Thomas Jewell. The name is spelled Juell or Juel throughout. She was granted the 20-acre proprietors' allotment as also were Thomas Jewell and her son-in-law, John Parris (Parish). The town was incorporated May 15, 1667. While she was still the Widow Gurney she willed the land in Mendon to her son Joseph Jewell, who was to pay certain sums to his brother Nathaniel and sister Mercy and half-brother Sherebiah Kibbe. His two married sisters, Hannah (Jewell) Parish and Grissell (Jewell) Fletcher, are not named. A letter, dated at Chelmsford the 5th of June 1675, was sent to the selectmen of Mendon: This is to inform you by us William Fletcher and John Burge, both of us of the Town of Chelmsford,appointed by the court's order to be Guardians of the child of the widow Gurney (that was) and Last of all wife to the above said John Burge ... The provisions of the will were given and the request made that the Mendon land be accredited to Joseph Jewell. The family of the “Jewell” name early settled in New England to escape the religious persecution they were compelled to suffer in England. Many individuals of sterling character traced their descent to the immigrant ancestor Thomas Jewell. Boston Harbor, 1667 Thomas Jewell arrived in America on the Planter of London. She sailed from London 2 April 1635 and arrived at Boston on Sunday, 7 June 1635. He is listed as “Jewell (Jernell), Thomas 27, miller” which would mean he was born in 1608 instead of 1600 as published in many sources. Forty seems old for a first marriage in those days, so we are going with 1608. He married Grissell Fletcher in about 1640 of Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Various circumstances coincide to render it most likely that Thomas was from the same original stock as Bishop John Jewell (Wikipedia, the literary apologist of the Elizabethan Settlement–Elizabeth I’s response to the religious divisions created over the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I.), who was born in the north of Devonshire in 1522, and died in 1571. The name has been written Jule, Joyell, Jewel, then Jewell. The first authentic account of Thomas is in the early part of 1639 and shows that he had then a wife and one child, probably a daughter. The Boston record is as follows: “The 24th day, 2d mo., 1639. Also there is granted to Thomas Jewell, of the Mount, Miller, for three heads, 12 acres, upon the covenant of three shillings per acre.” Thomas Jewell’s will, as witnessed by Wm. Scant and Hannah H. Harbor. “The will of Thomas Jewell of Brantray, while he Is yet in perfect memory. My Soule I commit into the hands of Almighty God in ye mediation of Jesus Christ, and my body to the dust. All ye Estate whch God hath given me I doe give to my wife for to be hers as long as she is a widow, and so remainds ; but if she shall marry, then to divide it into three parts ; and two parts to be divided among my children, and the third to be hers. I doe by this will give power to these two my friends herein mentioned, namely William Neadam and Tho. fibster, to take the care and oversight of all this my estate for my wife and children good, according to your best wisdom to be ordered. (Dated the 10th, 2d month, 1654.”) The Probate records show that administration was granted to Grisell, the widow of Thomas Jewell, July 21, 1654; but on the 5th Oct. 1655, she being about to marry Humphrey Griggs; William Needham and Thomas Foster above named, were appointed executors (probably de bonis non.) Griggs agreed to bring up Jewell’s children, of which there were several, both sons and daughters, and all under age. She was soon left again a widow as administration was granted to Grisell Griggs, on the estate of her late husband Humphrey Griggs, Aug. 18, 1657.” Grissell (Fletcher) Jewell was the widow Gurney for more than four years and it was under that name that she became one of the proprietors of the new town of Nipmugg (Mendon). At a meeting of the committee for ordering the new settlement (held at Dedham in December 1663,) Grissell Gurney desired acceptance, and also for her son Thomas Jewell. The name is spelled Juell or Juel throughout. She was granted the 20-acre proprietors’ allotment as also were Thomas Jewell and her son-in-law, John Parris (Parish). The town was incorporated May 15, 1667. Thomas Jewell died 21 July 1654 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, at about 46 years old. From Eileen Surette September 2017: In Mendon, Thomas Jewell was fined for not providing the clap boards for the Minister's house for for the church on time. Joseph and another resident of Mendon were charged to dig out the cellar hole for the Minister's house. After the Nipmug Indian's attacked, the families in Mendon moved back into the larger towns for safety. Joseph moved up to Portsmouth and bought land on the waterfront. He made a deed where he turned the land over to Isabel Cate in order to "Wu" her into marriage. On their way back to the Boston area, Joseph and his family stopped in Newbury but they were warned out of town by the local constable who was in fear of the family becoming wards of that town. In Mendon, Grizelle Fletcher, Jewell, Griggs, Kibby, Burge owned a home. She asked the proprietors of Mendon for permission for her son Thomas Jewell to purchase land there. Joseph had a home there and Mercy Jewell and her husband Joseph Spaulding owned homes there. Nathaniel Jewell served in King Philip's War under Capt. Henchman when he was old enough. Grizelle's brother William Fletcher raised the youngest children including Grissies, Nathaniel and Sherebiah. In 1687, Thomas Jewell and his wife, Susannah Guilford Jewell moved with their family up to Western Salisbury, MA. That part of Salisbury became Amesbury and Merrimack, MA. And where his land sat North of Wither's Hill, is now where the line for NH and MA is found. There, Thomas owned 719 acres of land in the Historic District of South Hampton, NH called "Jewell Town." Today, the Jewell Town Winery is located there. Joseph Jewell had kept the ferry between Charlestown and Boston along with his son John. "The Jewell Register" says it was Joseph. The oldest cemetery in Malden MA has a grave that states Elizabeth Wife of John Jewell. And, there was a John Jewell who owned the cargo of a ship that had been docked in Boston quite early. Thanks! Eileen (Jewell) Surette-line of Thomas Thomas Jewell was born in 1608 in Kingston, Surrey, England. His parents were Edward JEWELL and Johan SHEARNE. He arrived in American on the Planter of London, Nicholas Trerice, Master. She sailed from London 2 Apr 1635 and arrived at Boston on Sunday, 7 Jun 1635. He is listed as “Jewell (Jernell), Thomas 27, miller” which would mean he was born in 1608 instead of 1600 as published in many sources. Forty seems old for a first marriage in those days, so I’m going with 1608. He married Grissell FLETCHER in 1640 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass. Thomas died 21 Jul 1654 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass. Grissell Fletcher was born in 1618 in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Her parents were Robert FLETCHER and Sarah HARTWELL. After Thomas died, she married Humphrey Griggs on 1 Nov 1655 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass. After Humphrey died, she married Henry Kibbe 8 Oct 1657 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass. After Henry died, she married John Gurney on 12 Nov 1661 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass. Grissell died 9 Jul 1669 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Mass. • HOMAS JEWELL was probably born in England, not far from the year 1600. We have been unable positively to connect him with any European family ; but various circumstances coincide to render it most likely that he was from the same original stock as Bishop JohnJewell, who was born in the north of Devonshire in 1522, and died in 1571. The name has been written Jule, Joyell, Jewel, then Jewell. The first authentic account of Thomas is in the early part of 1639, but little more than 18 years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth ; and shows that he had then a wife and one child, probably a daughter. The Boston record is as follows : " The 24th day, 2d mo., 1639. Also there is granted to Thomas Jewell, of the Mount, Miller, for three heads, 12 acres, upon the covenant of three shillings per acre." This "Mount," was Mt. Wollaston; first settled in 1625, and named from Capt. Wollaston; incorporated as Braintree in 1640; Quincy was set off in 1792, and Kandolph in 1793. The tract was laid to Boston by the General Court or Legislature, in 1634 ; and Dec. llth of that year the inhabitants after a lecture chose seven men who should divide these lands to those that might improve them, at the rate of 4 acres to each person in the family ; gratuitously to citizens of Boston, and for three shillings per acre to others. Thus we find, " 24th day, 12th mo., 1640. Granted to Henry Adams (a progenitor of the President,) for 10 heads, 40 acres, upon the same covenant of three shillings per acre." The following is a copy of his will, as witnessed by Wm. Scant and Hannah H. Harbor. " The will of Thomas Jewell of Brantray, while he Is yet in perfect memory. My Soule I commit into the hands of Almighty God in ye mediation of Jesus Christ, and my body to the dust. All ye Estate whch God hath given me I doe give to my wife for to be hers as long as she is a widow, and so remainds ; but if she shall marry, then to divide it into thiee parts ; and two parts to be divided among my children, and the third to be hers. I doe by this will give power to these two my friends herein mentioned, namely William Neadam and Tho. fibster, to take the care and oversight of all this my estate for my wife and children good, according to your best wisdom to be ordered. dated the 10th, 2d month, 1654." The Probate records show that administration was granted to Grisell, the widow of Thomas Jewell, July 21, 1654 ; but on the 5th Oct. 1655, she being about to marry Humphrey Griggs, William Needham and Thomas Foster above named, were appointed executors (probably de bonis non.) Griggs agreed to bring up Jewell's children, of which there were several, both sons and daughters, and all under age. She was soon left again a widow ; as administration was granted to Grisell Griggs, on the estate of her late husband Humphrey Griggs, Aug. 18, 1657." " Farmer's Genealogical Register," p. 162, says, "Thomas Jewell of Brantry (Braintree) had sons, Joseph, b. 24th April, 1642; Nathaniel, b. 15th April, 1648 ; and several other children." The names of his daughters are unknown, and uncounted here. As one of the sons that lived to rear families received the honored name of his father, we shall place him at the head of the list, although he may have been the younger. By this arrangement the three sons will head three separate lines, and be numbered as follows. *2 Thomas, b. in Hingham, Mass. *3 Joseph, b. Apr. 24, 1642 ; d. Stow, Mass., time not known. *4 Nathaniel, b. Apr. 15, 1648; d. Plainfield, Ct., March, 1712. • Thomas Jewell Family & History Posted 04 Feb 2013 by dbnoyes47 THOMAS JEWELL came from England to Boston in the ship Planter in 1635, age entered as 27, occupation as miller, certifiedfrom Kingston, Surrey. Boston town records show that there was granted to Thomas Jewell of the Mount, February 24, 1639, O.S . for three heads, twelve acresofland. The three heads would be himself, his wife (probably his first wife, whose name is unknown) and their son Thomas, Junior. Mount Wollaston (The MerryMount) was incorporated as Braintree in May 1640. In or about 1641, Thomas Jewell married his second wife, Grissell Fletcher (born in England about 1618, daughter of Robert Fletcher of Concord). Their children are recorded in Braintree. Joseph, born April 24, 1642, was later of Mendon, Mass. and of Portsmouth, N. H., Hannah, born 27 December 1643, was married to John Parris (Parish) age 30 June 1664 by Mr. Bellingham. Nathaniel, born April 15, 1648, married, January 9, 1676/7, Mary (Smedley) Shepard, widow of Isaac Shepard of Concord. Grissell, born March 19, 1652, married her cousin Joshua Fletcher, May 4, 1668, in Chelmsford. Mercy was born April 14, 1653. Thomas Jewell made his will the 10th of April 1654 and it was proved the 21st of July the same year. His estate was left to his widow unless she remarried, in which case she was to have one-third and the other two-thirds to go to the children. Administration was granted to the widow July 21, 1654, but on the 5th of October 1655, she being about to marry Humphrey Griggs, the overseers of the will (William Needham and Thomas Foster) were appointed executors, Humphrey Griggs agreeing to bring up the Jewell children. Grissell (Fletcher) Jewell and Humphrey Griggs were married the 1st of November 1655. He died in 1657, she being appointed on the 18th of August that year to administer his estate. A few months later (October 8, 1657) she married, as his second wife, her third husband, Henry Kibbe of Dorchester. By this marriage, there was one son, Sherebiah, born in Dorchester the 2nd of December 1659 and baptized in the First Church six days later, 8 October 1659. Henry Kibbe died August 10, 1661 and hi s widow married in Braintree the same year, November 12, 1661, her fourth husband, John Gurney, who died before the 16th of March 1662/3,the date of the filing of his inventory. She was the widow Gurney for more than four years and it was under that name that she became one of the proprietors of the new town of Nipmugg (Mendon). By permission of the General Court, a tract of land eight-miles-square had been purchased from the Indians April 22, 1662, the agents being Peter Brackett and Moses Paine. At a meeting of the committee for ordering the new settlement (held at Dedham in December 1663) GrissellGurney desired acceptance, and also for her son (step-son) Thoma s Jewell. The name is spelled Juell or Juel throughout. She was granted the 20-acre proprietors' allotment as also were Thomas Jewell and her son-in-law, John Parris (Parish). The town was incorporated May 15, 1667. In Chelmsford, July 3, 1667, Grissell Gurney married, as his third wife, her fifth husband, John Burge. She died two years later, July 9, 1669. Her age has been given as about fifty-one. While she was still the Widow Gurney she willed the lan d in Mendon to her son Joseph Jewell, who was to pay certain sums to his brother Nathaniel and sister Mercy and half-brother Sherebiah Kibbe. His two married sisters, Hannah (Jewell) Parish and Grissell (Jewell) Fletcher, are not named. A letter, dated at Chelmsford the 5th of June 1675, was sent to the selectmen of Mendon: "This is to inform you by us William Fletcher and John Burge, both of us of the Town of Chelmsford,appointed by the court's order to be Guardians of the child of the widow Gurney (that was) and Last of all wife to the above said John Burge ..." The provisions of the will were given and the request made that the Mendon land be accredited to Joseph Jewell. Thomas Jewell was probably born in England, not far from the year 1600. We have been unable positively to connect him with any European family; but various circumstances coincide to render it most likely that he was from the same original stock as Bishop John Jewell, who was born in the north of Devonshire in 1522, and died in 1571. This 'Mount,' was Mt. Wollaston; first settled in 1525, and named from Capt.Wollaston; incorporated as Braintree in 1640; Quincy was set off in 1792, and Ra ndolph in 1793. The tract was laid to Boston by the General Court or Legislature, in 1634; and Dec. 11th of that year. The inhabitants, after a lecture, chose seven man who should divide these lands to those that might improve them, at the rate of 4 acres to each person in the family; gratuitously to citizens of Boston, and for three shillings per acre to others. Thus we find, '24th day, 12th mo., 1640. Granted to Henry Adams (a progenitor of the President,) for 10 heads, 40 acres, upo n the same covenant of three shillings per acre.'The following is a copy of his will, as witnessed by Wm. Scant and Hannah H. Harbor. 'The will of Thomas Jewell of Brantray,while he is yet in perfect memory. My Soule I commit into the hands of Almighty God in ye meditation of Jesus Christ, and my body to the dust. All ye Estate whch God hath given me I doe give to my wife for to be hers as long as she is a widow, and so remainds; but if she shall marry, then to divide into three parts; and two parts to be divided among my children, and the third to be hers. I do by this will give power to these two my friends herein mentioned, namely William Neadam and Tho. Foster, to take the care and oversight of all this my estate for my wife and children good, according to your best wisdom to be ordered. dated the 10th, 2d month, 1654. Probate records show that administrtion was granted to Grisell, the widow of Thomas Jewell, July 21, 1654; but on the 5th of Oct. 1655, she being about to marry Humphrey Griggs, William Needham and Thomas Foster above named, were appointed executors (probably de bonis non.) Griggs agreed to bring up Jewell's children, of which there were several, both sons and daughters,and all under age. She was soon left again a widow; as administration was granted to Grisell Griggs, on the estate of her late husband Humphrey Griggs, Aug. 18, 1657. 'The name has been written Jule, Joyell, Jewel, then Jewell.The first authentic account of Thomas is in the early part of 1639, but little more than 18 years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth; and shows that he had a wife and one child , probably a daughter. The Boston record is as follows: The 24th day, 2d mo, 1639. Also there is granted to Thomas Jewell, of the Mount, Miller, for three heads, 12 acres, upon the covenant of three shillings per acre.' 'Farmer's Genealogical Register,' p. 162 says, 'Thomas Jewell of Brantry (Braintree ) had sons, Joseph, b. 24th April, 1642; Nathaniel,b. 15th April 1648; aand several other children.' The names of his daughters are unknown, and uncounted here. As one of the sons that lived to rear families received the honored name of his ffathe r, we shall place him at the head of the list, although he may have been the younger. By this arrangement, the three sons will head three separate lines, and be numbered as follows: #2 Thomas b. in Hingham, Massachusetts #3 Joseph b. April 24, 1642; d. Stow, Massachusetts #4 Nathaniel b. April 15, 1648; d. Plainfield, Connecticut, March 1712 Thomas Jewell was a neighbor of John Adams’ Father. THOMAS JEWELL WILL: Millstone Plaque Grave site Braintree GRISSEL CAREY FLETCHER was born about 1618, of Concord, Durham, England. Her parents were Robert Fletcher (1592-1677) and Sarah Hartswell (1593-1677.) She married (1) *Thomas Jewell in about 1640 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts. After Thomas died in 1654 she married (2) Humphrey Griggs on 1 Nov 1655 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass. After Humphrey died, she married (3) Henry Kibbe 8 Oct 1657 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass. After Henry died, she married (4) John Gurney on 12 Nov 1661 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Anglo Saxon Church Remains, Chelmsford, Essex, England From Eileen Surette September 2017: In Mendon, Thomas Jewell was fined for not providing the clap boards for the Minister's house and for not being to the church on time. Joseph and another resident of Mendon were charged to dig out the cellar hole for the Minister's house. After the Nipmug Indian's attacked, the families in Mendon moved back into the larger towns for safety. Joseph moved up to Portsmouth and bought land on the waterfront. He made a deed where he turned the land over to Isabel Cate in order to "Wu" her into marriage. On their way back to the Boston area, Joseph and his family stopped in Newbury but they were warned out of town by the local constable who was in fear of the family becoming wards of that town. In Mendon, Grizelle Fletcher, Jewell, Griggs, Kibby, Burge owned a home. She asked the proprietors of Mendon for permission for her son Thomas Jewell to purchase land there. Joseph had a home there and Mercy Jewell and her husband Joseph Spaulding owned homes there. Nathaniel Jewell served in King Philip's War under Capt. Henchman when he was old enough. Grizelle's brother William Fletcher raised the youngest children including Grissies, Nathaniel and Sherebiah. In 1687, Thomas Jewell and his wife, Susannah Guilford Jewell moved with their family up to Western Salisbury, MA. That part of Salisbury became Amesbury and Merrimack, MA. And where his land sat North of Wither's Hill, is now where the line for NH and MA is found. There, Thomas owned 719 acres of land in the Historic District of South Hampton, NH called "Jewell Town." Today, the Jewell Town Winery is located there. Joseph Jewell had kept the ferry between Charlestown and Boston along with his son John. "The Jewell Register" says it was Joseph. The oldest cemetery in Malden MA has a grave that states Elizabeth Wife of John Jewell. And, there was a John Jewell who owned the cargo of a ship that had been docked in Boston quite early. Cary (Grissell) Fletcher ________________________________________ Salem, Massachusetts House of the Seven Gables Salem, Massachusetts Original highly gabled salt-box colonial actually built when the United States was an English colony. Linked To Grissell Cary Fletcher http://jenningsweb.us/cgi-bin/igmget.cgi/n=Jennings?I8521 • Also Known As: Grissell Fletcher • Sex: F • Born: abt 1633 in Concord, Massachusetts • Notes: From: THE NEW ENGLAND ANCESTRY of DANA CONVERSE BACKUS by MARY E. N. BACKUS, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1949. "GRISSELL FLETCHER, born in England about 1618, is identified as the daughter of Robert through a statement made after her death in which William Fletcher called her his sister. "Motion to court by William Fletcher of Chelmsford his sister Cary on her death bed desired him and her husband to take charge of her children willing to be engaged for the child Shezabia Kebby. "The date of the Motion was 1671.2.28 (28 April 1671). There is proof that the child mentioned was the son of Grissell and her third husband and that the name Cary was a variation or a misreading of the name Gurney. The historian of Weymouth families, recording the marriage of John Gurney, Senior, to the widow Grissell Kibbee, successively the widow of Thomas Jewell, Humphrey Griggs, and Henry Kibbee of Dorchester, notes that the surname Gurney is found spelled Garey, Garry, Gerry and Gurny. To the list may be added Cary. "Grissell Fletcher married, as the first of her five husbands, about 1641, Thomas Jewell of Braintree, Mass." Father: Robert Fletcher, b. abt 1592 in England Mother: _____ _____, b. abt 1597 in England Ancient St Mary's Church, Woodham-Ferrers Village, Chelmsford, Essex, England Modern photograph Ancient St Mary's Church, Woodham-Ferrers Village, Grissell Fletcher was born in 1618 in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Her parents were Robert FLETCHER and Sarah HARTWELL. After Thomas died, she married Humphrey Griggs on 1 Nov 1655 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass. After Humphrey died, she married Henry Kibbe 8 Oct 1657 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass. After Henry died, she married John Gurney on 12 Nov 1661 in Braintree, Norfolk, Mass. Grissell died 9 Jul 1669 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Mass. Cary and Grissell are the same person. In the Fletcher Genealogy, 1881 edition, Grissell Fletcher is listed as Cary. Grissell had a son Sherebiah Kibby, a product of her third marriage to Henry Kibby (TAG, 10:72). In the Fletcher Genealogy, 1881 edition, page 27, her brother William refers to his sister Cary and her child Sherybiah Kebby. Grissell Fletcher died 9 Jul 1669 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at about the age of 51. Mendon, Worchester, Massachusetts Mendon was founded when pioneers from Braintree petitioned to receive a land grant for 8 miles square of land, 15 miles west of Medfield. In September 1662, after the deed was signed with a Native American chief, “Great John,” the pioneers entered this part of what is now southern Worcester County. Earlier, unofficial, settlement occurred here in the 1640s by pioneers from Roxbury. This was the beginning of Mendon. The land for the settlement was 8 miles square of Native American land in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was purchased from the Nipmuc Indians, “for divers good and vallewable considerations them there unto Moovinge and especially for an in consideration of the summe of twenty fower pound Sterling.” In 1662, “Squinshepauke Plantation was started at the Netmocke settlement and plantation,” and was incorporated as the town of Mendon in 1667. The settlers were ambitious and set about clearing the roads that would mark settlement patterns throughout the town’s history. Mendon was first settled in 1660 and was officially incorporated in 1667. The town was originally 64 square miles, including the modern-day towns of Milford, Bellingham, Hopedale, Uxbridge, Upton, Blackstone, Northbridge and Millville. For this reason, the town of Mendon is sometimes referred to as “Mother Mendon.” On July 14, 1675, early violence in King Philip’s War took place in Mendon, with the deaths of multiple residents and the destruction of Albee’s mill. These were the first settlers killed in this war in the Colony of Massachusetts. A man named Richard Post, of Post’s lane, may have been the first settler killed. The town was largely burnt to the ground later that winter in early 1676. The town was resettled and rebuilt in 1680. While she was still the Widow Gurney she willed the land in Mendon to her son Joseph Jewell, who was to pay certain sums to his brother Nathaniel and sister Mercy and half-brother Sherebiah Kibbe. His two married sisters, Hannah (Jewell) Parish and Grissell (Jewell) Fletcher, are not named. A letter, dated at Chelmsford the 5th of June 1675, was sent to the selectmen of Mendon: “This is to inform you by us William Fletcher and John Burge, both of us of the Town of Chelmsford, appointed by the court’s order to be Guardians of the child of the widow Gurney (that was) and Last of all wife to the above said John Burge.” The provisions of the will were given and the request made that the Mendon land be accredited to Joseph Jewell. The New England historical & genealogical register and ..., Volume 22 By New England Historic Genealogical Society " GRISELL GURNEY. [Communicated by JOHN O. METCALF, of Mendon.] AT a meeting of the Committee for ordering1 the Settlement at mugg (Mendon), of which Major Humphry Atherton was chairman, which met at Dedham, 30 . 10 . 63, GRISELL Gurney desired acceptance and also for her son Thomas Juell. At the same time it was ordered that all those who should not, with their families, be removed there (Nipmugg) by the middle of November, 166-4, should forfeit all their grants, &c. Prom this I conclude that all those who had house lots assigned them at Mendon (except Moses Paine and Peter Brackett who were the grantees of the Township from the Indians) were actually resident there. The house lot of GRISELL Gurney was on both sides of the present Upton road, about one fourth of a mile from the Post Office. Adjoining it, on the north, was the house lot of her son, Thomas Juell, and on the south was that of Joseph Juell. Who was GRISELL Gurney ? In page 4 of the Jewell Register, kindly furnished me by Pliny Jewell, of Hartford, Ct., I find that GRISELL was the name of the wife of THOMAS Jewell " of Brantray." The following is a copy of his will. " The will of THOMAS Jewell of Brantray while he is yet in perfect memory. My Soule I commit into the hands of Almighty God in ye mediation of Jesus Christ and my body to the dust. All ye Estate •whch God bath given me I doe give to my wife for to be hers as long as she is a widow ; but if she shall marry, then to divide it into three parts ; and two parts to be divided among my children, and the third to be hers. I doe by this will give power to these two my friends herein mentioned, namely William Neadam and Tho. fibster, to take the care and oversight of all this my estate for my wife and children goody according to yonr best wisdom to be ordered. Dated the 10th, 2d month, 1654." To this will William Scant and Hannah II. Harbor were witnesses. Letter of administration was granted to GRISELL, widow of Thomas Jewell,July 21, 1654. Oct. 5, 1655, she being about to marry Humphrey Griggs, William Neadam and Thomas Poster were appointed executors. Griggs agreed to bring up Jewell's children, of which there were several, both sons and daughters, and all under age. The New England historical & genealogical register and ..., Volume 22 By New England Historic Genealogical Society " GRISELL GURNEY. [Communicated by JOHN O. METCALF, of Mendon.] AT a meeting of the Committee for ordering1 the Settlement at mugg (Mendon), of which Major Humphry Atherton was chairman, which met at Dedham, 30 . 10 . 63, GRISELL Gurney desired acceptance and also for her son Thomas Juell. At the same time it was ordered that all those who should not, with their families, be removed there (Nipmugg) by the middle of November, 166-4, should forfeit all their grants, &c. Prom this I conclude that all those who had house lots assigned them at Mendon (except Moses Paine and Peter Brackett who were the grantees of the Township from the Indians) were actually resident there. The house lot of GRISELL Gurney was on both sides of the present Upton road, about one fourth of a mile from the Post Office. Adjoining it, on the north, was the house lot of her son, Thomas Juell, and on the south was that of Joseph Juell. Who was GRISELL Gurney ? In page 4 of the Jewell Register, kindly furnished me by Pliny Jewell, of Hartford, Ct., I find that GRISELL was the name of the wife of THOMAS Jewell " of Brantray." The following is a copy of his will. " The will of THOMAS Jewell of Brantray while he is yet in perfect memory. My Soule I commit into the hands of Almighty God in ye mediation of Jesus Christ and my body to the dust. All ye Estate •whch God bath given me I doe give to my wife for to be hers as long as she is a widow ; but if she shall marry, then to divide it into three parts ; and two parts to be divided among my children, and the third to be hers. I doe by this will give power to these two my friends herein mentioned, namely William Neadam and Tho. fibster, to take the care and oversight of all this my estate for my wife and children goody according to yonr best wisdom to be ordered. Dated the 10th, 2d month, 1654." To this will William Scant and Hannah II. Harbor were witnesses. Letter of administration was granted to GRISELL, widow of Thomas Jewell,July 21, 1654. Oct. 5, 1655, she being about to marry Humphrey Griggs, William Neadam and Thomas Poster were appointed executors. Griggs agreed to bring up Jewell's children, of which there were several, both sons and daughters, and all under age. Of the family of Thomas Jewell " of Brantray," the Jewell Register gives an account of but three; the rest of the "sons and daughters" being unknown. Thomas, b. in Hingham ; m. Susan Guilford, Oct. 18, 1672. d. . Joseph, b. April 24, 1642 ; m. Martha, about 1670, m. Isabel ; d. in Stow. Nathaniel, b. April 15, 1648 ; m. Baptizo (MARY) Smedley, June 9, 1676 ; d. in Plainfield, Ct., March, 1712. Humphrey Griggs soon died, as GRISELL Griggs administered on the estate of her late husband, by a letter dated Aug. 18, 1657. GRISELL Gurney, who calls Thomas Juell her son, I assume, was married, for the third lime, to a man by the name of Gurney, and again became a widow, during the interval between 1657 and 1664, when she settled at Mendon. GRISELL Gurney, as we shall see, had, for the fourth time, intermarried with John Burge, of Chelmsford, and had died there previous to the 5th of the 4th month, 1675. The following extracts are copied from the Records of the original Proprietors of Mendon, Lib. 1, pp. 29 and 30. " A Coppy of the Will of GRISELL Gurney. " To the Select men of Mendon Thes are to Informe you by us William Flecher and John Burge, both of us of the Towne of Chelmsford, apointed by the Court's order to bee Gardians to the child of the Widdow Gurney (that was), and Last of all wife to the Abousaid John Burge, she being of a sound understanding did will unto her son Joseph Juell, all that Acomodation that was there att the Towne of Mendon, Laid out and given to her y° said Widdow Gurney with all the Apurtenances and Priviledges In anywise apertaining or be longing there unto upon this condition, that the said Joseph Juell doe pay to Nathaniel Juell and MERCY Juell fifteen pounds, and to Sherebiah Kely (Keby ?) seven pounds, our desire and request is unto the Selectmen of the sd. Towne of Mendon that y* would Record the said Acomodation to Joseph Juell for his security. Chelmsford this fifth of the fourth month one thousand six hundred seventy-five. " Witness our hands, William fflecher, John Burge." " This is a true Copy of the Letter sent from William fflecher and John Burge to the Select men of Mendon and Now Recorded by ther order the 21st of the 4th Month 1675." Atestt, SAMUELL READ, Clerk. Grissell Fletcher Jewell Griggs Kidby Gurney Burge Birth: unknown, EnglandDeath: Jul. 9, 1669 Chelmsford Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Thomas Jewell married by 1639 Grissell Fletcher, daughter of ROBERT FLETCHER. They had six children: Thomas, Joseph, Hannah Parris, Nathaniel, Grissell Fletcher, & Mercy Spalding. (Pope claimed that Thomas Jewell, son of the immigrant, was born on the same day as daughter Hannah, but the Braintree vital records contain only the birth of Hannah on that date.) She married (2) at Braintree on 1 November 1655 Humphrey Griggs. She married (3) at Dorchester on 8 October 1657 Henry Kidby. She married (4) at Braintree on 12 November 1661 John Gurney (the groom's name published incorrectly as "John Cheny Senior"). She married (5) at Chelmsford on 3 July 1667 John Burge. She died at Chelmsford on 9 July 1669. Family links: Parents: Robert Fletcher (1593 - 1677) Massachusetts Bay Colony Seal Spouse: Thomas Jewell (1608 - 1654)* Children of Thomas Jewell and Grissell Fletcher: 1. JOSEPH JEWELL was born 24 April 1642, in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, to Thomas Jewell (1608-1654) and Grissell Carey Fletcher (1618-1669.) He married (1) Martha Watertown in about 1663 in Watertown, Massachusetts; (2) *Isabel Cate, 5 June 1681, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He died 2 September 1736 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at 94 years old. 2. Thomas Jewell, II, (twin) b. 27 Feb 1643, Hingham, Plymouth, Mass.; md. Susanna Guilford, 18 Oct 1672, Hingham; d. 24 Oct 1706, Amesbury, Essex, Mass. 3. Hannah Jewell, (twin) b. 27 Feb 1643, Braintree; md. John Parish 30 Jun 1664, Braintree; d. 19 Dec 1685, Preston, New London, Connecticut. 4. Nathaniel Jewell, b. 15 Apr 1648, Braintree; md. Mary Smedley 9 Jun 1676, Concord, Mass.; d. Mar. 1712, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut. 5. Grissell Jewell, b. 19 Mar 1651, Braintree; md. Joshua Fletcher (her cousin) 4 May 1668, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Mass.; d. 16 Jan 1682, Chelmsford. 6. Mercy Jewell, b. 14 Apr 1653, Braintree; md. Joseph Spalding 9 Dec 1670, Chelmsford; d. 17 Aug 1728, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut. 7. Sherebiah Kibby, (son of Henry Kibby and Grissell) b. 2 Dec 1657, Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass., md. Elizabeth Parlin, 17 Dec 1691, Concord, Middlesex, Mass.; d. 31 Dec 1728, Littleton, Mass. (Note: First Church at Dorchester in New England – Sherebiah ye Sonne of Henery Kibby Baptized ye 8 (10) [16]59 on a publique day of thanksgiving & he gave ye reason of his nameing his Sonne by y’t name : w’ch was because he had p’r’vailled with god by prayer for him [Sherebiah means “singing with the Lord.”]) Sources: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/202278/person/-2108051285/story/47f70167-b5d7-46bd-bd3f-aee051bc191a?src=search; http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=30735960&st=1; http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Grissel_Fletcher_%281%29 + 8. JOSEPH JEWELL (1642-1736) 8.a. ISABEL CATE (1650-1736) JOSEPH JEWELL was born 24 April 1642, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, to Thomas Jewell (1608-1654) and Grissell Fletcher (1618-1669.) He married (1) Martha Watertown about 1670 in Watertown, and (2) *Isabel Cate, 5 June 1681, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Joseph Jewell died at about the age of 94, 2 September 1736, at Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts. "'It appears that Joseph first lived in Charlestown, and kept the ferry between that place and Boston; that his son Joseph assisted him; that when about 50 he removed to Stow, and owned a grist mill which went for a long time (up to 1815 at least) by the name of 'Jewell's M i l l ' In a deed dated Nov. 27, 1719, Joseph Jewell conveys his house, bam, mill and land to his son John by which he was to maintain them and pay certain sums to his brothers, Joseph and James. Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire; Ezra S. Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker, Lewis Publishing Company. Joseph, son of Thomas and Grizell Jewell, was born April 24, 1642, probably at Braintree, Massachusetts. He first lived at Charlestown, and kept the ferry between that place and Boston. About 1690 he removed to Stow , Massachusetts, where he owned a grist mill, which as late as 1815 was known as Jewell's Mill. This mill is on the stream which makes the dividing line between Sudbury and Stow. In 1860 the place was occupied as a carpet factory. Joseph was twice married; first, to Martha -----, about 1670. His second wife was Isabel -----, who lived to be over one hundred and three. The Middlesex records show that Joseph died before September 2, 1736 when he would have been ninety-four years of age. .... Joseph first lived in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and conducted the ferry between that place and Boston, and his son Joseph Jr. assisted him. When about 50 years old, he removed to Stow and there owned a grist-mill, which for years (as late as 1815 at least) went by the name of “Jewell’s Mill.” This old mill-site was as late as 1860 occupied by a carpet factory and the stream is the dividing line between Sudbury and Stow. From Eileen Surette September 2017: In Mendon, Thomas Jewell was fined for not providing the clap boards for the Minister's house and for not being to the church on time. Joseph and another resident of Mendon were charged to dig out the cellar hole for the Minister's house. After the Nipmug Indian's attacked, the families in Mendon moved back into the larger towns for safety. Joseph moved up to Portsmouth and bought land on the waterfront. He made a deed where he turned the land over to Isabel Cate in order to "Wu" her into marriage. On their way back to the Boston area, Joseph and his family stopped in Newbury but they were warned out of town by the local constable who was in fear of the family becoming wards of that town. In Mendon, Grizelle Fletcher, Jewell, Griggs, Kibby, Burge owned a home. She asked the proprietors of Mendon for permission for her son Thomas Jewell to purchase land there. Joseph had a home there and Mercy Jewell and her husband Joseph Spaulding owned homes there. Nathaniel Jewell served in King Philip's War under Capt. Henchman when he was old enough. Grizelle's brother William Fletcher raised the youngest children including Grissies, Nathaniel and Sherebiah. In 1687, Thomas Jewell and his wife, Susannah Guilford Jewell moved with their family up to Western Salisbury, MA. That part of Salisbury became Amesbury and Merrimack, MA. And where his land sat North of Wither's Hill, is now where the line for NH and MA is found. There, Thomas owned 719 acres of land in the Historic District of South Hampton, NH called "Jewell Town." Today, the Jewell Town Winery is located there. Joseph Jewell had kept the ferry between Charlestown and Boston along with his son John. "The Jewell Register" says it was Joseph. The oldest cemetery in Malden MA has a grave that states Elizabeth Wife of John Jewell. And, there was a John Jewell who owned the cargo of a ship that had been docked in Boston quite early. ISABEL CATE was born about 1650 of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to James Cate (1634-1677) and Alice Westbrook (1629-1702.) She married Joseph Jewell, 5 June 1681, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Isabel Cate passed away about 1736 at age 86 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Children of Joseph Jewell and Isabel Cate: 1. John Jewell, b. 1682; d. 5 Feb 1682. Child. 2. MERCY JEWELL was born about 1697, of Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, to Joseph Jewell (1642-1736) and Isabell Cate (1650-1736.) She married Edmund Marble, 24 September 1714, in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died 28 April 1789 in Conway, at about age 92. 3. Sarah Jewell, b. about 1699 of Sudbury, Franklin, Massachusetts. 4. Lydia Jewell, b. about 1701 of Sudbury, Franklin, Massachusetts. 5. Mary Jewell, b. 1703; d. 1726. 6. James Jewell, b. 1705. + 9. EDMUND MARBLE (1684-1756) 9.a. MERCY JEWELL (1697-1789) EDMUND MARBLE was born 8 January 1684, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, to Joseph Marble (1650-1728) and Mary Faulkner (1649-1713.) He married Mercy Jewell 24 September 1714, in Concord, Massachusetts. Edmund Marble probably grew up in Andover. In 1725, he purchased land in Sudbury from his father. By 1728 he was of Stow, Massachusetts. Edmund's marriage is recorded in Sudbury as 7 August 1711 and in Concord as 24 September 1714. The 1714 date is probably correct since Mary would have been only age fourteen in 1711 (An American Family, pp. 102-104). From "OUR EWING FAMILY" Page 104. Edmund Marble was born on 8 Jan. 1684, son of Joseph Marble and Mary Faulkner, in Andover, Mass. He probably moved to Marlboro, Mass. with his parents and brothers & sisters after his sister, Alice, was born in 1693. His exact whereabouts during the years before his marriage are not known; however, his sister Mary married in 1713 in Marlboro, and he and his brother, Jonathan, married in Concord, Mass. in 1714 and 1716, respectively. His father (and possibly his mother) still lived in Marlboro at the time of his marriage. Edmund Marble married in Concord on 24 Sept. 1714 to Mercy (Marcy) Jewell, daughter of Joseph Jewell and Isabel Cate. Mercy must have been born about 1697, as her age at her death on 28 April 1789 was given as 92. Edmund and Mercy were living in Sudbury, Mass. from about 1717 until about 1722 as some of their children were born there. Later Children were born in Stow, Mass. Edmund probably died between 1756 and 1760. It would seem that he was deceased when the following event took place: On March 5, 1764, Marcy Marble, widow, and her son Abner, were warned out of town from Deerfield (then in Hampshire County) Mass. (Civic Court Record, Hampshire court House, Book 8, page 4, March 23, 1764). Mercy possibly went with her son, Abner, to Petersham, Mass. after leaving Deerfield, as he was there when he filed intent to marry in 1768. After Abner married, in Conway, Mass., where she died, aged 92, on 28 April 1789. When Joseph Marble was 75 he conveyed land by law to his sons, one of which was EDMUND MARBLE our direct line ancestor. Edmund had been born back in Andover and was now 41 years old. In Sudbury he paid 100 pounds to his father for land. This was 14 years after he had married MERCY JEWEL. When he was 59 years old he deeded land to his son NATHANIEL MARBLE saying that it was in consideration of the great love he bore for his son. Fifteen years later Nathaniel I sold that land and moved to Conway. Conway is about 75 miles west of the coastal area of Boston, Andover, and Sudbury. Conway is in upper Massachusetts and near New York State. Edmund Marble died about 1756, of Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at about age 72. MERCY JEWELL was born about 1697, of Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, to Joseph Jewell (1642-1736) and Isabel Cate (1650-1730.) She married Edmund Marble 24 September 1714, in Concord Massachusetts. The name of Mary Jewell is probably Mercy as shown in her birth record, and her name was spelled Mercy and Marcy in other records (An American Family, p. 103). Mercy Jewell passed away 28 April 1789 in Conway at age 92. Children of Edmund Marble and Mercy Jewell: 1. James Marble, b. 8 July 1717, Sudbury; md. Kezia Buck, 1742; d. 17 Mar 1745. 2. Dorathy Marble, b. 23 Sep 1719; md. Moses Chandler, 28 June 1742; d. 11 Apr 1760 3. Nathaniel Marble l was born in about 1722, of Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, to Edmund Marble (1684-1756) and Mercy Jewell (1697-1789.) He married Abigail Houghton, 21 March 1756, at Harvard. He died 8 January 1802, in Marbletown, Wayne, New York, at about age 80. 4. Isabel Marble, b. 30 May 1728; md. Lemuel Perham, 3 July 1754; d. bef. 1759. 5. Daniel Marble, b. 7 July 1730, Stow; d. 29 Oct 1750. 6. Abner Marble, b. 19 June 1740, Stow; md. Zerviah Rice, 1 Apr 1768; d. 1791. +