EDMUND JAMES

At first blush, it would seem likely that he was the son of Edmund JAMES & Reana [surname not known], who married in Watertown, Middlesex co., MA by 1640, according to Torrey. However, there was also a William JAMES & Elizabeth [surname not known], who were married by 27 September 1636 in Salem, Essex co., MA. Given Edmund's North Shore residences, William seems a likely father. But, I have as yet been unable to find birth records of their children, so this claim is sheer speculation and without solid proof. (i.e. DON'T CITE IT WITHOUT THE CAVEAT THAT IT IS AS YET UNPROVEN!!!)

Edmund is not the child of Erasmus JAMES & Jane [surname not known], who were married in Marblehead, Essex co., MA by 1640. According to Erasmus' estate settlement, the couple only had one son, Erasmus, and one daughter, Hester, at the time of the settlement on 26 June 1660^[2]. However, there is some connection with the Erasmus James family, since Edmund's son, Benjamin, named his first son Erasmus.

Administration on the estate of Edmond James, intestate, granted Jan. 23, 1673 to John Pickard and Thomas Kimball, by Mr. Samuell Symonds and Major Genrll. Denison, and they were ordered to bring in an inventory to the next Ipswich Court. [Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol., 5, page 190.]

Inventory of the estate of Edmund James taken Jan. 8, 1672:
a mare, £4;
10 swine, £5;
1 cow, £3;
Calf, 10s.;
gune, sword and some other smal thinges, £1, 2s.;
sadel, 8s.;
sickel, hamer and pincers, 4s.;
1 sitle, 3s.;
1 chest and box, 6s.;
other smal things, 5s.;
1 foulin peis, £2 15s.;
bead and beadin, £1, 10s.;
aparel, £1;
in meat, £1;
corn, £3;
on bil, 15s.;
total, £23, 18s.

Debts due from the estate:
to thomas Kimball, £1, 12s. 6d.;
goodman sumerbe, £1;
John nights, £1, 6s.;
Dockter benit, 13s.;
Phillip Fouler, £1 8s.;
total £8 17s. 6d.

Attested in Ipswich court Mar 25, 1673 by Thomas Kimball, one of the administrators; John Pickard the other administrator dissenting and so further order to be taken the estate remains in the widow's hands. [Essex County Probate Files, Docket 14,739]^[3]

2. The Probate Records of Essex County, [EssexProb or EPR], I:315.

3. Ibid. II:317.

4. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

5. Bradford, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [BradfordVR], p. 230 CT. R.

6. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:233.

7. The Annual Report of the Lindsay Family Association of America, 1-10, ([Boston, 1904-1914]), [Lindsay], 215.

8. [LynnVR], I:246 [Ct. R.].

9. Marblehead, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [MarbleheadVR].

10. Ibid. p. 237.

11. Alexander, Winthrop, Dr. John Henry Burchsted of Lynn, Mass.,/u>, (n.p., 1924), typescript, [Burchsted (ms)], 5.

12. The Genealogical Magazine, (Salem, Mass.: Salem Press, 1890+), [GenMag or Putnam's Mag.], 3:228.

13. [MarbleheadVR], I:293 [C.R. I].

14. Thwing, Annie Haven, Inhabitants & Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630-1822., (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society CD-ROM), [Thwing].

15. [LynnVR], II:444 [G.R. 1].

16. Waters, Henry F., The Newhall Family, (Salem: Essex Institute, 1882; repr., Rutland, VT: Tuttle Antiquarian Books), [Newhall(1882)], 61.

17. ??????, "First Book of Intentions of Marriage in the City of Lynn", Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, [EIHC-LynnInt], 16:71ff.

18. [LynnVR], II:82 also II:75 [P.R. 17].

19. Ibid. I:93.

20. Ibid. II:444 [G.R. 1].

0. [MarbleheadVR], III:592.

22. Ibid. II:237 [C.R. I].