North (east and central) Essex County

As we look at Henry, Ann, and the family, we will need to include the northern area of Essex County (note the dragon -- ca 1812). The sister blog centers itself on the southern end of the county.

The original settlement point for Henry and Anna was Newbury. Two daughters married into families in adjoining towns, Elizabeth in Amesbury and Mary in Rowley.

Over hundred years later, in 1764, Newburyport was split out of Newbury. The author, Thomas S. Lunt, says that he descended from seven generations of Lunts who lived in Newburyport.

The eastern boundary of this area is Plum Island which is shared by Newbury, Rowley, and Ipswich. Captain John Smith was there in 1616.

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The following is a list of web-accessible information about northern Essex County.

• Newbury, MA -- see earlier post.
• Amesbury -- split out of Salisbury in 1668. One Salisbury resident was a victim of the 1692 mischief, Susannah Martin (ancestors, descendants). A history of Amesbury is available via Google books.
• Rowley -- proud owner of 1/5 of Plum Island, this little town was founded by Rev. Ezekiel Rogers.
• Newburyport -- this town, carved out of Newbury, was populated by many offspring of Newbury families, such as Jacob Perkins, Francis Cabot Lowell, Adolphus Greely, and more.
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Remarks:

05/09/2011 -- According to Henry's Will, his wife was Anna.

01/18/2011 -- 2/5ths of Plum Island is owned by Ipswich, MA which we'll look at, with its central Essex County mates, as many related families settled there.

Modified: 09/20/2011

Two generations

Henry and Ann arrived early (1634), in the Newbury area. The descendant tree from these two will be large and contain relations to many families. Fortunately, a lot of these families have researched their history both here and before the movement across the waters.

Like the Mayflower group, with their list for three generations, we can start with Henry's and Ann's kids and carry this forward a couple of notches as a means to identify gaps.

In the below list, we'll start first with information from Thomas S. Lunt's book about spouses and children. There may be pointers to work done already, for some, but only as an example (meaning, of course, to be verified). Also, the pointer may be only to partial information. At some point, the goal is to pull this data together, hopefully with a full tree that includes both genders' offspring. That is, for each generation, fill in the information for all siblings, to the extent possible, of course.

• Sarah -- m 1st John Bachelor (Rebecca, John, Sarah, Samuel, Nathaniel) ... Dowling tree, as an example ...
• Daniel -- m 1st Hannah Coker (Hannah, Daniel, Henry, John, Sara, Mary, Joseph, Anne, Benjamin) m 2nd Mrs Mary Moody ()
• John -- m 1st Mary Skerry (John, Elizabeth, Henry Tertius, Judith)
• Priscilla -- m 1st Henry Skerry (Frances, Ann, Priscilla)
• Mary -- m 1st Thomas Nelson (Ephraim)
• Elizabeth -- m 1st Israel Webster (Elizabeth, Anne, _son_, Joseph, Mary, Lydia)
• Henry -- m 1st Jane Skipper (Henry, Skipper, Mary, Abraham, John, William, Daniel, Jane, Samuel, James)

Remarks:

01/14/2012 -- Sarah's husband, John, (descendants - Larson) was a grandson of Rev. Stephen Bachiler. One of her offspring is Alan Bartlett Shepard.

08/30/2011 -- Update on Henry (2nd gen) son of Daniel (1st gen).

08/10/2011 -- More info about Mary Lunt.

06/08/2011 -- More info on Priscilla Lunt.

05/09/2011 -- According to Henry's Will, his wife was Anna.

03/22/2011 -- George C. Lunt and Lunt Silversmiths.

02/22/2011 -- Added information about Sarah, from the Great Migrations project (several volumes).

01/18/2011 -- Changed descendants for Skipper (Henry, Henry). Had used his grandson, Samuel. Added descendants for Samuel (Henry, Henry).

Modified: 01/14/2012