CHRISTOPHER [CHRISTIAN] LINDSEY

(ca. 1617-1669) - England; Lynn and Nahant, Essex co., MA

(First Generation - Lindsey Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN


BIRTH & DEATH Christopher was born circa 1617 in Stepney, Middlesex, England and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 10 April 1669 as "Linsy, Christopher"; he was 52[1,2].
MIGRATION, RESIDENCE & OCCUPATIONS We are currently unsure of his emigration information. Once here, he settled in Lynn, Essex co., MA, most likely from following his master, Thomas Dexter, to the area. After obtaining his freedom from servitude to Dexter, Lindsey became a carpenter and settled on the northeastern part of Nahant, Essex co., MA known as "Lindsey's Hill" -- which was named for him.
MILITARY Christopher served in the Pequot War. He was wounded and disabled from service for 20 weeks, for which he was awarded a pension on 23 May 1655.
LEGAL MENTION In 1658, Christopher testified for Thomas Dexter in his suit over the ownership of Nahant. Dexter was a wheeler-dealer and quite a character and claimed that he owned the peninsula of Nahant, having bought it from one of the natives for a suit of clothes. He thankfully lost both suits (pun quite intended).
ESTATE "Estate of Christopher Lyndsey of Lynn.

The Last will, & testimony of christipher Lynsye of Lynn in the Countye of Essex being weake of bodye but of good memorye & vnderstanding: April:9th:1669 Impr: I bequeath my bodye to the earth, & my "Spiritt to him yt gave it mee: 2ly I bequeath to my Son Eliezer my Eldest horse: & 3 gotes & 2 swine: 1 begger & one Lesser: 3ly I bequeath to my Son John my mare & 3 gotes: & 1 biger swine 4lye I bequeath to my daughter Nahomie, my yonger horse, & my Heifer, & 3 sheep: & seaven gotes: & ye other 2 swine: It : I bequeath all my tooles equally to bee devided betwixt my two sons It: I bequeath to my daughter Nahomie all my bedding & Lining & all my potts & kettles & puter & my house, & Land: It: I bequeath to my 3: children all yt is oweing mee onelye my daughter shall haue a quarter more then ether of my sonns: It: I bequeath to my daughter all my pvisions & all the rest of my goods:"

Christopher (his J Mark) Lynsye.
Witness: Joseph Reddknap, Andrew Mansfeild.

"This 10th:April:1669 Memorandum: this is my minde & will that the charge of my burial shall be discharged equallye out of the Legasyes aboue said: Alsoe I make my sonn Eliezer my executor: & hee is to bee paid for all his trouble, & expenses, out of the Legasyes of his brother John & his sister Nahomie pportionablye & one pound more Alsoe I desyre William Bassitt, & Andrew Mansfeild to bee overseers of this my will."

Christopher (his J Mark) Lynsye.
Witness: Joseph Reddknap, Andrew Mansfeild, William Bassett
Proved in Salem court 29:4:1669 by the witnesses.

Will of Christopher Linsy was proved and an agreement in writing by the three children about the division of the estate among themselves was allowed and ordered to be recorded. An inventory of the estate presented by his son Eleazer, was also allowed.

Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, leaf 23.

Inventory of the estate of Christopher Lynsye of Lynn, deceased April 10, 1669, taken April 12, 1669, by Joseph Redknap, Andrew Mansfeild and William Bassett:

The houseing & one acre of land, £22
4 acres Lying nigh the dwelling house, £16
Bedding £4 10s
one Rugg for a bedd, £1
Puter, £1
Tinn ware, 4s.
foure Horses yong & ould, £13
5 swine £3 10s
2 ewe sheep & 3 Lambs, £1 16s.
14 gotes & 14 kidds, £7
1 Heiffer 2 yeares ould, £3
1 warming pan & 1 Litle posnit, 11s
earthen ware 4s
1 Table, 3 chests & 1 oulde trunke, £1
Barrills & Tubs, 12s
sivs, 3s
pales, bowls, dishes & wooden ware, 13s.
1 Muskett, £1
two Iron potts, 1 kettle, frying pan, gridiron & pott hangers & tonges & hookes, £2
carpenter's Tooles, £1 17s
1 pare of Bellows & 1 broad hoe, 4s 6d
one Cubboard & 1 houre glasse, 7s
wearing apparrill, £3
A table Cloath, napkins & other Lining, £1 5s
flax & woollen yarne, 11s
corne & meale, 18s
1 bedd Corde & 1 third pte of a Cable rope, 7s. 6d.
lunber, 8s.

Presented 29:4:1669 by Eleazer Linsy

Agreement, dated 19:2:1669 among the children John, Eleazer and Nahomy Lynsey that the whole estate of their father should be divided equally. Witness Joseph Armitage and Sarah Lynsey.

Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 14, leaves 123, 124."3

MARRIAGE Circa 1644 when Christopher was 27, he married Margaret [surname not known], in Lynn, Essex co., MA[4,5,6]. Margaret died as "Linsey, Margrett, w. Christopher". on 30d:10m:1668 in Lynn, Essex co., MA[1].

CHILDREN 2. i. Eleazer LINDSEY Please see his own page.
3. ii. John LINDSEY Further information on all of John's children can be found in the Lindsey Register Report.

John was born circa 1645.

On 6 June 1667 when John was 22, he first married Mary ALLEY, daughter of Hugh ALLEY & Mary GRAVES, in Lynn, Essex co., MA[4,11,14,19].

They had the following children:
i. John
ii. Samuell
iii. Eliezur
iv. Sarah
v. Mary
vi. Margaret
vii. Bennony

In "beginning of" July 1682 when John was 37, he second married Amy GRAVES, in Lynn, Essex co., MA[4,11,22].

They had the following children:
i. Christopher
ii. Naomi
4. iIi. Naomi LINDSEY Naomi was born circa 1647. Nothing more is known.




GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G9) Grandfather
&
Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G8) Grandfather twice
FAMILY NUMBER 3868 and 1796 and 1820
SOURCES 1. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:527 [Ct. R.].

2. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 volumes, (Salem 1911-1975), [EQC], IV:158.

3. The Probate Records of Essex County, [EssexProb or EPR], II:160-162.

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

5. The Annual Report of the Lindsay Family Association of America, 1-10, ([Boston, 1904-1914]), [Lindsay], 209.

6. Lewis, Alonzo, & James Newhall, History of Lynn, Essex County, Mass., including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant, 16219-[1893], (Lynn: George C. Herbert, [1890]), [Lynn Hist.], 125.

7. [LynnVR], II:527 [G.S. 1].

8. Waters, Henry F., The Newhall Family, (Salem: Essex Institute, 1882; repr., Rutland, VT: Tuttle Antiquarian Books), [Newhall(1882)], 27.

9. Paige, Lucius R., List of Freemen of MA, 1630-1691., [Page-Freemen], III:10-12.

10. Anderson, Robert Charles, George F. Sanborn, Jr. and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635., (New England Historic Genealogical Society), [GreatMig1634-1635], I:41.

11. [LynnVR], II:233.

12. [Lindsay], 211.

13. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 3:49; 7:120.

14. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 1:39.

15. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 18:27; 29:153.

16. The Genealogical Magazine, (Salem, Mass.: Salem Press, 1890+), [GenMag or Putnam's Mag.], 6:183.

17. [LynnVR], I:24 [Ct. R.].

18. Ibid. II:530 [P.R. 5].

19. [Lindsay], 210.

20. [LynnVR], I:22 [Ct. R.].

21. Ibid. II:527.

22. [Lindsay], 215.

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

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

25. Newbury, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [NewburyVR], I:244.

26. 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].

27. [LynnVR], I:245 [Ct. R.].

28. Ibid. I:245.

29. [Newhall(1882)], #29, pp. 27-28.

30. Ibid. #29, v. 18, pp. 27-28.

31. [LynnVR], II:237.

32. [EIHC], 18:2,13.

33. DeForest, Louis Effingham, Our Colonial and Continental Ancestors: The Ancestry of Mr. and Mrs. Louis William Dommerich, (New York, N.Y.: The DeForest Publ. Co., 1930), [DommerichChart], 46.

34. [Lindsay].



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