Richard Holbrook

Birth:  1617  Glastonbury, Somerset, EnglandOccupation:  Freeman, landowner, weaverNote:  1635Details:  Richard Holbrook was one of the original proprietors of Dorchester in 1635, which town was renamed Rehoboth in 1644 and is known today as Milton.Birth of Son:  ABT...

Robert Hawkins

Birth: 1610  in Plymouth, Devon, EnglandChurch:  The pastor of his church certified that Robert was not a non-conformist, which was a term used at the time to label those individuals who did not conform to the established Church of England.  So he was a member of the...

Joseph Hawkins

Birth: BEF 03 APR 1642  probably in Charlestown, MassachusettsBaptism:  03 APR 1642  First Church of Charlestown, MassachusettsMoved:  BY 1665Note:  Joseph came to Stratford, Connecticut by 1665 when he bought land in the region which became Derby, of which he was an...

John Richmond

Birth: 1597  Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, EnglandDetails:  The old Richmond Manor House is still standing.Note:  John was apparently in the shipping and trade business and made many trips between Bristol in England and Saco, Maine before choosing to settle in Tauton, MA...

Giles Slocum

Baptism: 28 SEP 1623  Old Cleeve, Somersetshire, England- Parish Registers of Old Cleeve, co. Somerset, EnglandMarriage:  ABT 1640 Birth of Daughter:  16 MAY 1642Name:  Johanna SlocumNote:  21 Nov 1642Details:  Giles was named at 20 years old, executor in the will of...

Giles Slocum

Birth: 25 JAN 1647  Portsmouth, Newport Co, Rhode Island Moved to:  BEF 1669 Place:  Dartmouth Twp, New Plymouth 1st Marriage:  26 MAR 1669  to Anne Lawton in Portsmouth, Newport Co, Rhode Island Probate:  07 MAR 1670 Note:  Nathaniel Soule complained against Gyles...

Ralph Earl

Baptized:   22 Apr 1632   Bishop’s Stortford, Hersford, EnglandMarriage: Note: 19 JAN 1651Details: In the record of a town meeting in Portsmouth, his father is mentioned as Ralph Earle, Senior.Note: 24 NOV 1656Details: Witnessed one of his father’s deeds...

Richard Maxson

Birth:  1602  Manchester, EnglandMarriage:  02 JAN 1627/28 to Rebecca Marbury in London, EnglandBirth of Daughter:  1631Name:  Rebecca MaxsonImmigration:  1634Details:  Richard came to America on the ship, “Griffen.”  Included in the ship`s manifest list...

Hugh Mosher

Birth: 06 JUN 1632  Cucklington, South Somerset District, Somerset, EnglandNote: According to his testimony on 04 MAR 1662/63 when he said that he was “aged thirty or thereabouts.”Land Rec:  29 JUN 1660Details: Hugh first appears in the Rhode Island...

Richard Kirby

Birth: 1631/32  Cape Cod Bay, Sandwich, Barnstable, MAReligion: 1658 Details:  Imprisoned as a Quaker.1st Marriage: 19 OCT 1665  Sandwich, Barnstable, MAReligion:  He was in constant difficulty on account of his Quakerism. He was fined twenty shillings for refusing to...