| BIRTH, DEATH & BURIAL | Samuel was born on 1 August 1673 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[2] and died in Malden, Middlesex co., MA on 18 July 1757; he was 83[17,18]. He was buried on 21 July 1757 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA[18]. |
| RESIDENCE & REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS | In 1699, Samuel bought 1-1/2 acres of land in Charlestown from John Sprague. In 1707 (deed recorded 1715/16), he bought a house-plot from Stower Sprague. In 1718/19, he bought 4 acres of land from the Dyer heirs. He mortgaged 8 acres to Bill Com. In 1721. Finally, he sold 3-3/4 acres of land, one-third of which was woodlot #63, to Samuel Tufts in 1736[8]. |
| ESTATE | Samuel's will was written on 28 September 1752 and proved on 29 August 1757. According to Wyman, it was "...devised to sons John, Jacob, Michael, and Joseph; to Stephen, land his house stands of, land behind garden; to daus. Elizabeth Mansfield and Abigail Sweetser; to gr.-dau. Lydia Merritt..."[1,18]. |
| MARRIAGE | Circa 1697 when Samuel was 23, he married Elizabeth SPRAGUE, daughter of John SPRAGUE, Jr. & Elizabeth STOWER, in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[3,18,19,20,21,22,23]. |
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i. | Elizabeth SWEETSER | Elizabeth was born on 15 March 1697/8 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA[18]. She married Samuel TUFTS. |
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ii. | Abigail SWEETSER | Abigail was born on 16 January 1699/1700 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA[18] and died in Malden, Middlesex co., MA on 5 September 1758; she was 59[18]. She was admitted to the church at Charlestown on 16 June 1723[8]. She apparently never married. | |
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iii. | Samuel SWEETSER | Samuel was born on 3 April 1701 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA[18,25]. | |
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iv. | John SWEETSER | John was born on 12 February 1702/3 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA[18,26]. Wyman said that he was "Of Boston"[18]. | |
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v. | Jacob SWEETSER | Jacob was born on 6 April 1705 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA[18,27]. | |
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vi. | Michael SWEETSER | Please see his own page. | |
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vii. | Joseph SWEETSER | Nothing more is known of him. | |
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viii. | Lydia SWEETSER | Lydia was born on 19 March 1710/11 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA[18]. Lydia married Daniel MERRITT. | |
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ix. | Stephen SWEETSER | Stephen was born on 16 December 1714 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA[18]. | |
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x. | Mary SWEETSER | Mary was born on 25 June 1721 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA[18] and died on 16 December 1721 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA[18]. She was buried on 29 December 1721 in Malden, Middlesex co., MA[18]. |
| GENERATION | G6 (Great-great-great-great-great-great) Grandfather |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 464 |
| SOURCES |
1. Sweetser, Phillip Starr,
Seth Sweetser and his Descendants,
(Philadelphia: Integrity Press),
[Sweetser]. 2. Wyman, Thomas Bellows, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, 2 vols., (Boston: D. Clapp and Son, 1879), [Charlestown], 921. 3. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey]. 4. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 55:290. 5. Cleveland, Edmund James, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. An Attempt to Trace, in both the Male and Female Lines the Posterity of Moses Cleveland . . . , 3 vols., (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1899), [Cleveland], 59. 6. Shurtliff, Benjamin, Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Mass., (Revere, Mass.: 1912), [Shurtleff], 1:672. 7. Cushing, Gertrude W., Genealogy of the Wells Family, (Milwaukee: S.E. Tate & Co., 1903?), [Wells (#5)], 147. 8. [Charlestown], 713, 921. 9. Oak (ms). 10. Fish Frances Webster, Ancestry of Frances Webster Fish, (Oakland, CA: 1923), typescript, [FishAnc], 134. 11. [Charlestown], 921, 1029. 12. [Shurtleff], 1:672,674. 13. [Cleveland], 59,60. 14. [NEHGR or Reg.], 18:290; 59:246. 15. Malden, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [MaldenVR], p. 308, #c.c. 16. Ibid. 380. 17. Ibid. p. 381, #202. 18. [Charlestown], 925. 19. Chamberlain, George Walter, The Spragues of Malden, Mass., (Boston, Mass.: privately printed, 1923), [Sprague (#1)], 110. 20. Sprague, Edward George, The Ralph Sprague Genealogy, (Montpelier, Vt.: The Capital City Press, [1913]), [Sprague (#3)], 47. 21. [Shurtleff], 1:673. 22. Tufts, Larkin T., et al., Tufts Genealogy, (n.p. [1897]), [Tufts], 3. 23. [NEHGR or Reg.], 18:181. 24. [MaldenVR], p. 381, #197. 25. Ibid. p. 85, #82. 26. Ibid. p. 85, #83. 27. Ibid. p. 85, #86. 28. Ibid. p. 85, #88. 29. Wakefield, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [WakefieldVR], 327 [C.R. - Congregational Church of Wakefield]. 30. [MaldenVR], p. 302, #12. 31. Reading, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, 210. 32. Ibid. 221. 33. [WakefieldVR], 327. 34. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:175. 35. Smith, Ethel Farrington, comp., Adam Hawkes of Saugus, Mass. 1605-1672., (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1980), [Hawkes (1980)], 82. 36. [LynnVR], II:176 [Intention and P.R. 6-Commonplace Book]. 37. Ibid. p. I:183. 38. Reading, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, 222. 39. [WakefieldVR], 325. 40. Ibid. 41. Reading, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, 220. 42. Commonwealth of MA Vital Records, [MAVR], Death Records 1894, Volume 319, Page 230, #5, Lynn [Maria A. Sweetser]. 43. [LynnVR], I:388. 44. Ibid. II:363. 45. Ibid. II:599. 46. [MaldenVR], p. 85, #173. 47. [LynnVR], 1:389. 48. [MAVR], Death Records 1894, Volume 319, Page 230, #5, Lynn [Maria A. Sweetser]. 49. Ibid. Birth Records 1857, Volume 105, Page 275, #114, Lynn [Henry Ernest Newhall]. 50. Ibid. Death Records 1931, Page 112, #723 [Henry E. Newhall]. 51. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], Waters Newhall Listings. Oliver is mention in his father's (#728) listings. Oliver is #1353, v. 48, p. 320. 52. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], Court Record. 53. [MAVR], Death Records 1894, Volume 445, Page 506, #773 [Oliver Nelson Newhall]. 54. Ibid. 55. Original Document in posession of Kristin C. Hall. 56. "Arthur Blake Maddison & Marian Louise Newhall Marriage Record," 1 June 1922, Lynn, Essex co., MA, 1922, v. 455, A436015 - Registered Number 347, Intention Number 360, Commonwealth of MA Vital Records.
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