MOSES SCALES

(b. 1709) - Boxford and Andover, Essex co., MA

(Fifth Generation - Scales Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
JAMES SCALES
SARAH CURTIS



BIRTH Moses was born on 3 May 1709 in Boxford, Essex co., MA as "s. James and Sarey"[26].
MARRIAGE On 20 January 1735/6 when Moses was 25, he married Rebecca BARNARD, daughter of Stephen BARNARD & Hannah BIXBY, in Andover, Essex co., MA as "Scales, Moses [Scales C.R. 1; resident Andover, int.] and Rebecca Barnard"[29]. Hannah was born on 17 December 1718 in Andover, Essex co., MA as "Barnerd, Rebecka"[30].

CHILDREN 23. i. Hannah1 SCALES Hannah1 was born on 4 February 1737 in Andover, Essex co., MA as "Scals, Hannah"[36].
24. ii. Hannah2 SCALES Please see her own page.
25. iii. Sarah SCALES Sarah was born on 11 September 1743 in Andover, Essex co., MA as "Scals, Sarah"[36]. On 27 September 1765 when Sarah was 22, she married Jesse ABBOT, in Andover, Essex co., MA[40].
26. iv. Rebecca SCALES Rebecca was born in 1748 in Andover, Essex co., MA and baptized in Andover, Essex co., MA on 28 February 1748[41].
27. v. Lydia SCALES Lydia was born in 1751 in Andover, Essex co., MA and baptized in Andover, Essex co., MA on 21 July 1751[41]. On 1 June 1782 when Lydia was 31, she married Samuel HOLT Jr., in Andover, Essex co., MA[29].
28. vi. Mary SCALES Mary was born in 1754 in Andover, Essex co., MA and baptized in Andover, Essex co., MA on 14 March 1754[41].
29. vii. Susanna SCALES Susannah was born in 1757 in Andover, Essex co., MA and baptized in Andover, Essex co., MA on 18 September 1757[41].
30. viii. Moses SCALES Moses was born in 1760 in Andover, Essex co., MA and baptized in Andover, Essex co., MA on 20 July 1760[41].






GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great (G6) Grandfather
FAMILY NUMBER 510
SOURCES 1. Scales, John, Colonial Era History of Dover, NH, [ScalesDover], 468

2. Ibid. 466-7.

3. Ibid. 470.

4. Rowley, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [RowleyVR], I:517 [CT.R.].

5. [ScalesDover], 469

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

7. Blodgette, George Brainard, Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, (Rowley, Mass., 1933), [RowleyMAFam], 327.

8. Perley, Sidney, The History of Boxford, Essex County, Mass., from the Earliest Settlement known to the Present Time: a Period of about Two Hundred and Thirty Years, (Boxford, Mass.: privately printed, 1880), [BoxfordHist], 36.

9. Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Lieut. Amos Towne, 1737-1793, of Arundel (Kennebunkport), Maine, (Portland, Me.: The Southworth Press, 1927), [TowneAnc], 55.

10. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 66:42-3.

11. [RowleyMAFam], 329.

12. Holman, Mary Lovering, The Scott Genealogy, (Boston, MA: 1919), [Scott (1919)], 326.

13. [NEHGR], 66:43.

14. Ibid. 44:355.

15. The Probate Records of Essex County, [EssexProb or EPR], II:150.

16. [RowleyVR], I:392.

17. Perley, Sidney, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, 3 vols., (Salem: Sidney Perley, 1924), [Salem], 2:146.

18. Salem, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [SalemVR], I:223 [Ct. R.].

19. Ipswich, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [IpswichVR], II:671.

20. [RowleyVR], I:189.

21. Boxford, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [BoxfordVR], 129 and 197.

22. [RowleyVR], I:189 [CT.R.].

23. [IpswichVR], II:385.

24. [RowleyVR], I:190 [CT.R.].

25. Ibid. I:189 [C.R.1].

26. Boxford, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [BoxfordVR], 84.

27. Ibid. 84.

28. Topsfield, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [TopsfieldVR], 185.

29. Andover, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [AndoverVR], II:296.

30. Ibid. I:61.

31. Boxford, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [BoxfordVR], 262.

32. [AndoverVR], I:327 [C.R. 2].

33. [IpswichVR], I:329.

34. Ibid. II:329.

35. [AndoverVR], I:328 [C.R.2].

36. Ibid. I:328.

37. Newburyport, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [NewburyportVR], II:522; II:425 [C.R. 1].

38. Newbury, Essex co., MA Vital Records. [NewburyVR], I:554.

39. [NewburyportVR], II:838.

40. [AndoverVR], II:296 [C.R. 2].

41. Ibid. I:327 [C.R.2].

42. Bradford, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [BradfordVR], 270.

43. Schultz, Eric B. & Michael J. Tougias, King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict. (Woodstock, VT: The Countryman Press, 1999), [Schultz], 161-163.




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