RICHARD HOOD, SR.

(ca. 1625-1695) - Lynn Regis, Norfolk, England & Lynn, Essex co., MA

(First Generation - Hood Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN


BIRTH Richard was born circa 1625
ORIGIN Supposedly, Richard is from Lynn Regis, Norfolk, England[3]. "In B.I.P. 58, Registry of Deeds for Essex County, Mass., appears record of conveyance by John Hood of Lynn for 30£ to Wm. Crofts of 'three dwelling howses or tenements wth all thereto belonging in Halsted in the County of Essex in old England wth a covenant for further assurance, And the said Willm is to pay 40s a peice to the sisters of the said John according to his father's will the wch areth in the bargain and sale by deed dated the 10th day of December 1652.[3]"
DEATH & BURIAL Richard died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 12 September 1695; he was 70[1].
MIGRATION Here by 1652.
CITIZENSHIP He took the Oath of Freeman on 18 April 1691[8].
RESIDENCE & REAL ESTATE Richard & Mary lived on Nahant Street in Lynn, Essex co., MA. Waters maintains that they built their homestead on the larger parcel of land left to them by Mary's father Anthony (and later sold to Mathew Farrington, Jr.) instead of the smaller lot north of the brook which Anthony stipulated in his will that they were to build[7].

On 7 July 1682, Richard & Mary deeded over to Matthew Farrington, Jr. "...a dwelling house and all that parcell of land sometime in the posession of Anthony Newhall deceased, viz., four acres more or less, or two-thirds of a six acre lot where the house stood, bounded Westerly with land of John Gillow, Easterly with land of John Hawthorne, Northerly with land of Robert Potter, Senr, Southerly with the country highway that lyeth in the mill street..." This four acre lot was bequeathed to Mary in her father, Anthony's will[2].

LEGAL MENTION "The deposshion of Georg Kezer that saith that littell before Mr Geforde went away from the Iorn worckes that I went to Richard hode diueres times to gett the saide Richarde hode to doe som saueing worcke for me & I couelld not gett hime to hellpe me by noe menes and I asked hime what ones the placke was for and he sayd thay was to doe something about the forge worckes and furder that I saw Richard hod sometimes a sauing of slitt worcke and some times cellowe bordes -- and the place were Richard hode saued was in the pitt before [the] Iorn Workes ware houese neare to the Smith Shope and furder I say not. Sworne in Court 27d:4m:1656"[3].

Richard swore to the inventory of his father-in-law Anthony Newhall's estate on 31 March 1656[5]. He was also granted administration on the estate on 31 March 1657 in order to "settle it according to the will"[6].

ESTATE Richard died intestate. Administration on his estate was granted to his son Richard, Jr. on 9 December 1695. Richard died before this administration was finished and administration was then granted to Richard, Sr.'s son John on 7 September 1696. The estate was divided and an account of trust rendered on 14 December 1696. "...'The children of the eldest son, he being dec'd,' two shares, and John, Samuel, Nathaniel, Joseph, Benjamin, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Ruth, Rebeckah, Hannah and Anna Hood each one share..."[4]
MARRIAGE Circa 1652 when Richard was 27, he married Mary NEWHALL, daughter of Anthony NEWHALL & Mary WHITE, in Lynn, Essex co., MA[9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17].

CHILDREN 2. i. Mary HOOD Mary was born circa 1654[18].
3. ii. Richard HOOD, JR. Richard was born in 18d:9m(November):1655 in Lynn, Essex co., MA as "Hud, Richard, s. Richard"[18,19] and died before 7 September 1696; he was 41[18]. Richard, Jr. took the Oath of Freeman on 18 April 1691[8].

Circa 1688 when Richard was 33, he married Hannah BERRY, daughter of Thaddeus BERRY & Hanna FARRAR.

4. iii. Sarah HOOD Please see her own page.
5. iv. Elizabeth HOOD Elizabeth was born ca. 1658-1659[18].
6. v. Ruth HOOD Ruth was born ca. 1660-1661[18].
7. vi. Rebecca HOOD Rebecca was born on 7 February 1662/3[18].
8. vii. John HOOD John was born on 7d:3m(May):1664 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[18,38].
9. viii. Hannah HOOD Hannah was born on 21d:8m(October):1665 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[18,38].
10. ix. Samuel HOOD Samuel was born on 12 May 1667 in Lynn, Essex co., MA as "Hud, Samuell, s. Richard"[18,39].
11. x. Nathaniel HOOD Nathaniel was born on 9 June 1669 in Lynn, Essex co., MA as "Hud, Nathaniell, s. Richard"[18,40].
12. xi. Anna HOOD Please see her own page.
13. xii. Joseph HOOD Joseph was born on 8 July 1674 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[18,55].
14. xiii. Benjamin HOOD Benjamin was born on 3 January 1677 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[18,41].




GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G9) Grandfather (via Sarah) & Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G8) Grandfather (via Anna)
FAMILY NUMBER 4058 & 2024
SOURCES 1. Edward Carroll Death Record, 19 October 1899, Lynn, Essex co., MA, 1866, 192, p. 186, #337.


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