ADAMS, Hannah

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 8 GGF
• Residence: Biographical review
• _DNA: Match (paternal)
• Education: 1710, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Harvard graduate
• _DEG: 1710, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Degree from Harvard
• Occupation: 16 Nov 1715, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Ordained as a minister. He served for the next 65 years.
• Residence: 1727, Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA; Granted Barnstead charter along with 105 others (never lived there)
• Published: 1757; Sermon on the death of John Fabyan
• Published: 1760; Sernon on the importance of rulers asserting themselves against the growth of impiety
• Residence: 1776, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

IN 1727, Lieutenant Governor Wentowrth granted the charter for the Town of Barnstead to Rev. Joseph Adams and others. At the time it was a complete wilderness with hostile Indians living there, and so no attempt to settle the land was made until 1765.

The Reverand's son Ebenezer was the first person, who with his family, settled in Barnstead (date unknown) on a lot located near the north line of Barrington (now Strafford). The homes of the first settlers were just crude log homes. The cost of the first road built was passed to the charter owners through taxes, and due to the unusually high burden of this, many gave up their rights to the land at that time and had it sold at auction.

In the original charter the settlers were bound to build a meeting house for worship within three years of the Indian hostilities ending, so Rev Adams, who was living in Newington came to the town and selected land for the church. The site was described as "in a valley, near a stream of water, about a mile north of the Strafford line." Rev. Adams gave the first service at the church, and the workmen who had built the log structure attended.

Previously, in 1758 while in Newington, he was one of 8 clergyman selected bu the Congregational Convention to apply to Givernor Wentworth for a charter for a college. This was granted in 1769.

President John Adams, the Reverend's nephew described him "That in conversation he was vain, locquacious, though somewhat learned and entertaining; his sermons were delivered in a beautiful and musical voice, quoting scripture, and preaching without notes.

When Rev. Adams died in 1783, he was the oldest living minister in New England. It was reported in a letter written to President John Adams regarding his uncle's death that the last sermon he had preached was on the topic of peace and he had spoken about how proud he was that his own blood relative had played such a big part in achieving that.

For life details See. Pg 185 Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1 (Google eBook)

http://books.google.com/books?id=H89DXKVm4qcC&pg=PA2167&lpg=PA2167&dq=reverend+joseph+bass+adams&source=bl&ots=4UhEG4Jcu6&sig=N1EUKGR7sdHEkivAb8JAyc8UAto&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sg_yU__rJoOBygS4l4CQBg&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=reverend joseph bass adams&f=false

While it was not nearly as common as in the south, according to an article written by Doughas Harper, a historian, entitled SLAVERY in NEW HAMPSHIRE, there were about 674 slaves in New Hampshire in 1773 (in a population of about 87,000).

Joseph married KNIGHT, Elizabeth on 13 Oct 1720 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of KNIGHT, John and SLOPER, Bridget Sherburne) was born on 8 Jul 1687 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 10 Feb 1757 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 8 GGM
• Name: Elizabeth Janvin Knight
• Name: Elizabeth Knight
• Name: Elizabeth Sloper KNIGHT Janvrin
• Residence: USA
• _DNA: Match (paternal)
• Death: 10 Feb 1757, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 16 Jul 1736, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

http://books.google.com/books?id=rKdN8t3Y9kkC&pg=PA5&dq=reverend+joseph+bass+adams&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MxHyU6iLG5SmyATxy4BI&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=reverend joseph bass adams&f=false

Served in King Philip's War and a Selectman for the Town of Braintree in 1699, 1716, 1717.
This qualifies me for membership in the General Society of Colonial Wars

Joseph married BASS, Hannah on 20 Feb 1688 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of BASS, John and ALDEN, Ruth) was born on 28 Jan 1662 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Oct 1705 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Chevalier
• Arrival: 1684, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Probate: 29 Nov 1720, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

Ref: Genealogical Dictionary of Settlers in Maine & New Hampshire, pg 97

-- John (Chevalier) Knight, Jerseyman, b. 30 Aug 1659 (gr. st.), married 29 Mar 1684, in Portsmouth, Bridget Sloper (dau of Richard Sloper & Mary Sherburne). (It is worth noting that a John Chevalier from the Island of Jersey, a mariner of the Isles of Shoals and Boston, d. in Boston bef. 12 June 1686, when Abraham Gourdon, mariner, was named adm.) Taxed in Portsm. 1681; Gr. j. 1684. Lists 52, 57, 62, 329, 332a. Merchant and owner of much property in Portsm., he bought land in Newington, incl. owner of the Hilton Point-Kittery ferry, from Bickford, Downing and Trickey from 1702 to 1707, and there died 11 May 1721. Will 29 Nov. 1720--proved 7 June 1721. Their son Capt. John K. was app. adm. of Bridget K.'s est. 30 July 1740.

Children: John, b. 29 Jan. 1684-5. Elizabeth, b. 8 July 1687, m. 1st 12 Sept. 1706, John Janvrin of the Isle of Jersey, whose est. she adm. in 1720; 2d 10 Oct. 1720, Rev. Joseph Adams of Newington; d. bef. Dec. 1760. Her ch. John and Mary Janvrin were ment. in their gr. fa.'s will. William, sole exec. of his fa.'s will, m. 29 Nov. 1722, in North Church, Deborah Penhallow, who adm. his est. on his death, 16 Nov. 1730, ag. 37. In 1737 his heirs were sons William and Temple and dau. Deborah (m. Henry Carter, merchant, of Gosport). Mary, given [p.404] a house formerly Edward Polley's by her fa., m. Capt. John Cox, Boston merchant and vestryman of King's Chapel, whose est. she adm. in 1733. 2 daus. Temple, mariner, taxed in Portsm. 1722 and 1724, d. s. p., adm. being gr. 29 Apr. 1741 to his bro. Capt. John Knight.

Ref: Stackpole's Durham, Vol. II, pg 244

John Knight (alias Chevalier), of Portsmouth, merchant, b. 30 Aug. 1659, d. 11 May 1721, m. 29 Mar. 1684, Bridget SLOPER, dau. of Richard and Mary (Sherburn) Sloper, b. 1659 at Portsmouth. His Will dated 29 Nov. 1720, proved 7 June 1721, mentions his wife, Bridget;sons John, William and Temple; daughters Elizabeth Adams and Mary Knight; and grandchildren John, Nicolas and Mary Knight (children of his son, John) and John and Mary Janvrin (children of his daughter, Mary (Knight) Janvrin) (NH State pop., vol 3, Index 125.) Administration on the estate of Bridget Knight was granted 30 July 1740 to her son, Capt. John Knight. Children born at Portsmouth: Elizabeth, b 8 July 1685; John; William, b. about 1700; Temple, d. unm. (admin. on his estate granted 27 Apr. 1741 to brother, John Knight) (Supporting refr: New Hampshire Families in the Eighteenth Century, by Mary Newington, website)

Ref: The Quiet Adventurers in North America, Ch: 1659, by Les Guille, Summerduck, VA

John KNIGHT, formerly John CHEVALIER, born 1659 in Jersey, married Bridget Sloper, daughter of Richard Sloper, in Portsmouth, NH in 1684. John may have been the same person as John CHEVALIER of Martinique, West Indies. He was taxed in Portsmouth, NH as a merchant in 1681, owning much property in Portsmouth and Newington, NH. He died in Newington in 1721. Bridget died about 1740. John and Bridget Sloper Knight had 5 children: John (b 1684), Elizabeth (b 1687), William (b 1693), Mary (b 1733), and Temple, who was entered on Portsmouth, NH tax rolls in 1722 and 1724--had no issue. John and Bridget's oldest son John married in 1743, Elizabeth Shapleigh. Capt. John lived in Portsmouth, where he served as Moderator and Selectman. John and Elizabeth had 13 children: 4 sons and 9 daughters. Capt. John and Elizabeth ShapleighKnight's oldest son John (also a Capt.) married Patience Smith of Durham, NH in 1743, and Temperance Pickering, who died about 1770.

[Note: John and Bridget Knight's second-oldest son, William, married Deborah Penhallow in 1722, and had 2 sons, William and Temple (about whom, no further info is found)]

[Supporting ref: Knight family history in The History of Windham, NH, by Leonard Morrison]

John married SLOPER, Bridget Sherburne on 29 Mar 1685 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Bridget (daughter of SLOPER, Richard I and SHERBURNE, Mary Gibbons) was born on 30 Aug 1659 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 30 Jul 1740 in Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Bridget Sloper

Notes:

Ref: Genealogical Dictionary of Settlers in Maine & New Hampshire, pg 97

-- John (Chevalier) Knight, Jerseyman, b. 30 Aug 1659 (gr. st.), married 29 Mar 1684, in Portsmouth, Bridget Sloper (dau of Richard Sloper & Mary Sherburne). (It is worth noting that a John Chevalier from the Island of Jersey, a mariner of the Isles of Shoals and Boston, d. in Boston bef. 12 June 1686, when Abraham Gourdon, mariner, was named adm.) Taxed in Portsm. 1681; Gr. j. 1684. Lists 52, 57, 62, 329, 332a. Merchant and owner of much property in Portsm., he bought land in Newington, incl. owner of the Hilton Point-Kittery ferry, from Bickford, Downing and Trickey from 1702 to 1707, and there died 11 May 1721. Will 29 Nov. 1720--proved 7 June 1721. Their son Capt. John K. was app. adm. of Bridget K.'s est. 30 July 1740.

Children: John, b. 29 Jan. 1684-5. Elizabeth, b. 8 July 1687, m. 1st 12 Sept. 1706, John Janvrin of the Isle of Jersey, whose est. she adm. in 1720; 2d 10 Oct. 1720, Rev. Joseph Adams of Newington; d. bef. Dec. 1760. Her ch. John and Mary Janvrin were ment. in their gr. fa.'s will. William, sole exec. of his fa.'s will, m. 29 Nov. 1722, in North Church, Deborah Penhallow, who adm. his est. on his death, 16 Nov. 1730, ag. 37. In 1737 his heirs were sons William and Temple and dau. Deborah (m. Henry Carter, merchant, of Gosport). Mary, given [p.404] a house formerly Edward Polley's by her fa., m. Capt. John Cox, Boston merchant and vestryman of King's Chapel, whose est. she adm. in 1733. 2 daus. Temple, mariner, taxed in Portsm. 1722 and 1724, d. s. p., adm. being gr. 29 Apr. 1741 to his bro. Capt. John Knight.

Ref: Stackpole's Durham, Vol. II, pg 244

John Knight (alias Chevalier), of Portsmouth, merchant, b. 30 Aug. 1659, d. 11 May 1721, m. 29 Mar. 1684, Bridget SLOPER, dau. of Richard and Mary (Sherburn) Sloper, b. 1659 at Portsmouth. His Will dated 29 Nov. 1720, proved 7 June 1721, mentions his wife, Bridget;sons John, William and Temple; daughters Elizabeth Adams and Mary Knight; and grandchildren John, Nicolas and Mary Knight (children of his son, John) and John and Mary Janvrin (children of his daughter, Mary (Knight) Janvrin) (NH State pop., vol 3, Index 125.) Administration on the estate of Bridget Knight was granted 30 July 1740 to her son, Capt. John Knight. Children born at Portsmouth: Elizabeth, b 8 July 1685; John; William, b. about 1700; Temple, d. unm. (admin. on his estate granted 27 Apr. 1741 to brother, John Knight) (Supporting refr: New Hampshire Families in the Eighteenth Century, by Mary Newington, website)

Ref: The Quiet Adventurers in North America, Ch: 1659, by Les Guille, Summerduck, VA

John KNIGHT, formerly John CHEVALIER, born 1659 in Jersey, married Bridget Sloper, daughter of Richard Sloper, in Portsmouth, NH in 1684. John may have been the same person as John CHEVALIER of Martinique, West Indies. He was taxed in Portsmouth, NH as a merchant in 1681, owning much property in Portsmouth and Newington, NH. He died in Newington in 1721. Bridget died about 1740. John and Bridget Sloper Knight had 5 children: John (b 1684), Elizabeth (b 1687), William (b 1693), Mary (b 1733), and Temple, who was entered on Portsmouth, NH tax rolls in 1722 and 1724--had no issue. John and Bridget's oldest son John married in 1743, Elizabeth Shapleigh. Capt. John lived in Portsmouth, where he served as Moderator and Selectman. John and Elizabeth had 13 children: 4 sons and 9 daughters. Capt. John and Elizabeth ShapleighKnight's oldest son John (also a Capt.) married Patience Smith of Durham, NH in 1743, and Temperance Pickering, who died about 1770.

[Note: John and Bridget Knight's second-oldest son, William, married Deborah Penhallow in 1722, and had 2 sons, William and Temple (about whom, no further info is found)]

[Supporting ref: Knight family history in The History of Windham, NH, by Leonard Morrison]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
• Web Address: Wikitree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Adams-39
• Occupation: Malster (maker of malt)
• Immigration: 1638, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; Arrived with his parents and siblings
• Public Service: 1673, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; Selectman

Notes:

Birth:
King Weston, Somerset, England

Joseph married BAXTER, Abigail on 2 Nov 1650 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail (daughter of BAXTER, Gregory and PADDY, Margaret) was born on 28 Mar 1634 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Aug 1692 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married ALDEN, Ruth on 13 Feb 1657 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of ALDEN, John and MULLINS, Priscilla Sarah) was born about 1637 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Oct 1674 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married UNKNOWN in 1646. was born in 1630 in Jersey, Channel Islands; died in 1662. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: //
• Name: //
• Residence: Maine, USA
• Residence: Between 1635 and 1717, New Hampshire, USA
• Birth: 20 Nov 1640, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1648, England
• Arrival: 1649, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Fr pg 212 - Ancestral Record & Portraits

In 1632, Henry Sherburne (bapt. 21 Mar 1611-Odiham Hampshire, England - died Portsmouth, NH 1680), came to Portsmouth, NH in the ship James. He was Associate Judge of the Court at Strawberry Bank, 1651-52; Town Clerk & Treasurer 1656; Commissioner 1658; and Deputy to the Massachsetts General Court in 1660. He married on Nov 13, 1637, one Rebecca, the only daughter of Ambrose Gibbons who came to Portsmouth in 1630; was Deputy Governor of NH in 1640; Selectman, Magistrate Commissioner 1641-46; Capt of Portsmouth Alarm 1643, and a factor of the Laconia Company, Piscataqua, 1657.

The son of Henry & Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne, Capt. John Sherburne, born April 3 1647, and died 1702, was King's Councillor 1699 and signer of test and association papers. He married Mary, daughter of Edward Cowell. Their son, Capt. John Sherburne II, was born Jan 19, 1676, and died in Newcastle, NH 1747. He married Hannah, daughter of Thomas & Hannah (Johnson) Jackson and grand-daughter of James Johnson and their daughter Catherine, married Capt. Ebenezer Odiorne.

Fr pg 22 - Maine Biographies

Mr Fred Sherburne was eighth in direct descent from the founder family of this name in America.... The first immigrand founder was Henry S. Sherburn, who with his wife Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne came from England and settled at Strawberry Banks (now Portsmouth), NH as early as 1638. The line was continued through their son, Capt. Samuel Sherburne, born at Portsmouth in 1638 and settled at Hampton, NH, where he kept the ordinary. He married Love Hutchins, at Haverhill, MA, and among their children was John, so named after an older brother who died young. John Sherburne born Feb 2 1688 at Portsmouth remove to Epping New Hampshire where he married Nov 12 1713, Jane, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Hobbs) Drake...

Fr pg 31 - Genealogical Outline of Cram

Capt. Samuel Sherburne, b. 4 Aug 1638, (twin of Elizabeth Sherburne who married Jun 1656, Tobias Langdon), of Little Harbor, Portsmouth, and Hampton, was sole heir of his grandfather, Ambrose Gibbons. Portsmouth granted him sixty acres in 1650. His father deeded him a dwelling and large tract of land in Little Harbor in 1674. He removed to Hampton in 1675, and there bought the inn in 1678. He was killed at the head of his command fighting Indians, on Aug 4, 1691 (his 53rd birthday), at Maquoit, Casco Bay, Maine. He married, 15 Dec 1668, Love Hutchings of Haverhill, daughter of John and Frances. Among their eleven children: Elizabeth, married Capt Jonathan Sanborn of Kingston - Henry, Chief Justice of NH 1732-42 - Mary, b. 15 Feb 1678; d. 1717; m. 6 Dec 1698, Capt Joseph Tilton of Hampton - Sarah, m Joseph Fifield of Kingston - John, b 2 Feb 1688, Portsmouth

Fr: The Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers Before May 1692 (Orig Data: J Savage, 1862, Boston, Mass.)

SHERBURNE

GEORGE, Portsmouth 1650.

*HENRY, Portsmouth 1632, came in the James, arr. 12 June in 8 wks. from London, m. 13 Nov. 1637, as fam. rec. tells, Rebecca, only d. of Ambrose Gibbons, had Samuel and. Eliz. tw. b. 4 Aug. 1638; Mary, 20 Nov. 1640 (and fam. tradit. says these two ds. were bapt. by Rev. Mr. Gibson); Henry, 11 [p.78] Jan. 1642; John, 3 Apr. 1647; Ambrose, 3 Aug. 1649; Sarah, 10 Jan. 1652; Rebecca, 21 Apr. 1654; Rachel, 4 Apr. 1656, wh. d. Dec. foll.; Martha, 4 Dec. 1657, d. Nov. fll.; and Ruth, 3 June 1660; was rep. 1660, and his w. d. 3 June 1667. For sec. w. he had Sarah, wid. of Walter Abbot, and d. 1680. No account of any of the ch. exc. Samuel, John, Mary, and Eliz. can be obtain. Eliz. m. 10 June 1656, Tobias Langdon, and next, 11 Apr. 1667, Tobias Lear, had Eliz. b. 11 Feb. 1669; Mary m. 21 Oct. 1658 Richard Sloper. ‡HENRY, a counsell. of N. H. appoint. 1728, wh. d. 1757, aged 83, may have been neph. or more prob. gr.s. of the preced. JOHN, Portsmouth 1643, perhaps a bro. of the first Henry, of the gr. jury 1650, m. Eliz. d. of Robert Tuck of Hampton, had Henry, John, Mary, and Eliz. pray. for jurisdict. of Mass. 1653, and sw. alleg. 1656. JOHN, Portsmouth 1683, perhaps s. of the first Henry, sign. addr. to the k. against his Gov. Cranfield. SAMUEL, Hampton, prob. s. of the first Henry, m. 15 Dec. 1668, Love, d. of John Hutchins of Haverhill, had John, and, perhaps, other ch. beside d. Love; sw. alleg. 1678, and join. the petitn. against Cranfield in 1683; rem. to Portsmouth, and in 1691 was a capt. and k. 4 Aug. that yr. by the Ind. at Maquoit, near Brunswick. His wid. Love d. at Kingston 1739, aged 94. WILLIAM, Portsmouth 1644.

Fr: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, Vol 1-3, pg 881-Original data: Robert Charles Anderson

Henry Sherburne successfully sued Thomas Wedge at court 8 October 1649 for slandering his wife, Rebecca, but we are not told what Wedge said [NHPP 40:57]. On 26 June 1660 "Mr. Henry Sherburne" sued Stephen Ford and Peter Wallis for keeping his boat on Sherburne's mooring and staving in Sherburne's boat [NHPP 40:148]. "Hen: Sherb" of Portsmouth was ordered to lay out a way and mend it before next court 27 June 1661 [NHPP 40:158, 164].
At court 28 June 1664 Henry Sherburne sued the town of Portsmouth over several grants of land and arbiters were appointed [NHPP 40:195, 204].
On 30 June 1668 Henry Sherburne was presented for beating his wife "several times" to which he confessed and was fined. At the same court "the wife of Henry Sherburne" (Rebecca) was presented for "beating her husband & breaking his head". She also confessed and was fined and both were ordered to post bonds [NHPP 40:242]. At court 29 March 1670 "Mr. Henry Shurband" and John Kenniston were presented for fighting, and "Mr. Henry Shurband & his wife (2nd w. Sarah)" were presented for "disorderly living and fighting" [NHPP 40:253]. Aaron Ferris was presented for abusing "Mr. Henry Sherburne & his wife" at the same court and was fined [NHPP 40:258]. At court 28 June 1671 "Mr. Hen: Sherburne" and John Keneston were presented for fighting, and were admonished. The same court, "Mr. Henry Sherburne & his wife" were presented for disorderly living and fighting. He confessed that they lived "disorderly" and they were both to be fined 50s. or whipped ten stripes. They paid their fees [NHPP 40:271].
At court 27 June 1673 "Mr. Henry Sherburne and John Sherburne his son" were tried for opposing the whipping of David Cambell which had like to have made an insurrection among the people." The Sherburnes were fined and after humbly admitting their fault, the fines were partially remitted [NHPP 40:299].
At court 7 December 1680 "Henry Sherburne" sued Edward Bickford for damage done by Bickford's hogs, cattle and horses, but the court found for Bickford [NHPP 40:370]. At the same court, "Mr. Hen: Sherburne" complained against Edward Bickford's children "stealing of pears" & being legally called & not appearing to prosecute, said Bickford" was discharged [NHPP 40:370]. Edward Bickford with his wife and children were summoned to appear before the court and "answer sundry objections about Mr. Sherburne's death" but no evidence of foul play was found and they were set at liberty 9 June 1681 [NHPP 40:378].

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1949 Walter Goodwin Davis produced an excellent account of Henry Sherborn, including information on his parents and two of his brothers [Waterhouse Anc 93-103].

Richard married SHERBURNE, Mary Gibbons on 21 Oct 1658 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Mary (daughter of SHERBURNE, Henry and GIBBONS, Rebecca) was born on 20 Nov 1640 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 22 Sep 1718 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 20 Nov 1640, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

Fr pg 212 - Ancestral Record & Portraits

In 1632, Henry Sherburne (bapt. 21 Mar 1611-Odiham Hampshire, England - died Portsmouth, NH 1680), came to Portsmouth, NH in the ship James. He was Associate Judge of the Court at Strawberry Bank, 1651-52; Town Clerk & Treasurer 1656; Commissioner 1658; and Deputy to the Massachsetts General Court in 1660. He married on Nov 13, 1637, one Rebecca, the only daughter of Ambrose Gibbons who came to Portsmouth in 1630; was Deputy Governor of NH in 1640; Selectman, Magistrate Commissioner 1641-46; Capt of Portsmouth Alarm 1643, and a factor of the Laconia Company, Piscataqua, 1657.

The son of Henry & Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne, Capt. John Sherburne, born April 3 1647, and died 1702, was King's Councillor 1699 and signer of test and association papers. He married Mary, daughter of Edward Cowell. Their son, Capt. John Sherburne II, was born Jan 19, 1676, and died in Newcastle, NH 1747. He married Hannah, daughter of Thomas & Hannah (Johnson) Jackson and grand-daughter of James Johnson and their daughter Catherine, married Capt. Ebenezer Odiorne.

Fr pg 22 - Maine Biographies

Mr Fred Sherburne was eighth in direct descent from the founder family of this name in America.... The first immigrand founder was Henry S. Sherburn, who with his wife Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne came from England and settled at Strawberry Banks (now Portsmouth), NH as early as 1638. The line was continued through their son, Capt. Samuel Sherburne, born at Portsmouth in 1638 and settled at Hampton, NH, where he kept the ordinary. He married Love Hutchins, at Haverhill, MA, and among their children was John, so named after an older brother who died young. John Sherburne born Feb 2 1688 at Portsmouth remove to Epping New Hampshire where he married Nov 12 1713, Jane, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Hobbs) Drake...

Fr pg 31 - Genealogical Outline of Cram

Capt. Samuel Sherburne, b. 4 Aug 1638, (twin of Elizabeth Sherburne who married Jun 1656, Tobias Langdon), of Little Harbor, Portsmouth, and Hampton, was sole heir of his grandfather, Ambrose Gibbons. Portsmouth granted him sixty acres in 1650. His father deeded him a dwelling and large tract of land in Little Harbor in 1674. He removed to Hampton in 1675, and there bought the inn in 1678. He was killed at the head of his command fighting Indians, on Aug 4, 1691 (his 53rd birthday), at Maquoit, Casco Bay, Maine. He married, 15 Dec 1668, Love Hutchings of Haverhill, daughter of John and Frances. Among their eleven children: Elizabeth, married Capt Jonathan Sanborn of Kingston - Henry, Chief Justice of NH 1732-42 - Mary, b. 15 Feb 1678; d. 1717; m. 6 Dec 1698, Capt Joseph Tilton of Hampton - Sarah, m Joseph Fifield of Kingston - John, b 2 Feb 1688, Portsmouth

Fr: The Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers Before May 1692 (Orig Data: J Savage, 1862, Boston, Mass.)

SHERBURNE

GEORGE, Portsmouth 1650.

*HENRY, Portsmouth 1632, came in the James, arr. 12 June in 8 wks. from London, m. 13 Nov. 1637, as fam. rec. tells, Rebecca, only d. of Ambrose Gibbons, had Samuel and. Eliz. tw. b. 4 Aug. 1638; Mary, 20 Nov. 1640 (and fam. tradit. says these two ds. were bapt. by Rev. Mr. Gibson); Henry, 11 [p.78] Jan. 1642; John, 3 Apr. 1647; Ambrose, 3 Aug. 1649; Sarah, 10 Jan. 1652; Rebecca, 21 Apr. 1654; Rachel, 4 Apr. 1656, wh. d. Dec. foll.; Martha, 4 Dec. 1657, d. Nov. fll.; and Ruth, 3 June 1660; was rep. 1660, and his w. d. 3 June 1667. For sec. w. he had Sarah, wid. of Walter Abbot, and d. 1680. No account of any of the ch. exc. Samuel, John, Mary, and Eliz. can be obtain. Eliz. m. 10 June 1656, Tobias Langdon, and next, 11 Apr. 1667, Tobias Lear, had Eliz. b. 11 Feb. 1669; Mary m. 21 Oct. 1658 Richard Sloper. ‡HENRY, a counsell. of N. H. appoint. 1728, wh. d. 1757, aged 83, may have been neph. or more prob. gr.s. of the preced. JOHN, Portsmouth 1643, perhaps a bro. of the first Henry, of the gr. jury 1650, m. Eliz. d. of Robert Tuck of Hampton, had Henry, John, Mary, and Eliz. pray. for jurisdict. of Mass. 1653, and sw. alleg. 1656. JOHN, Portsmouth 1683, perhaps s. of the first Henry, sign. addr. to the k. against his Gov. Cranfield. SAMUEL, Hampton, prob. s. of the first Henry, m. 15 Dec. 1668, Love, d. of John Hutchins of Haverhill, had John, and, perhaps, other ch. beside d. Love; sw. alleg. 1678, and join. the petitn. against Cranfield in 1683; rem. to Portsmouth, and in 1691 was a capt. and k. 4 Aug. that yr. by the Ind. at Maquoit, near Brunswick. His wid. Love d. at Kingston 1739, aged 94. WILLIAM, Portsmouth 1644.

Fr: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, Vol 1-3, pg 881-Original data: Robert Charles Anderson

Henry Sherburne successfully sued Thomas Wedge at court 8 October 1649 for slandering his wife, Rebecca, but we are not told what Wedge said [NHPP 40:57]. On 26 June 1660 "Mr. Henry Sherburne" sued Stephen Ford and Peter Wallis for keeping his boat on Sherburne's mooring and staving in Sherburne's boat [NHPP 40:148]. "Hen: Sherb" of Portsmouth was ordered to lay out a way and mend it before next court 27 June 1661 [NHPP 40:158, 164].
At court 28 June 1664 Henry Sherburne sued the town of Portsmouth over several grants of land and arbiters were appointed [NHPP 40:195, 204].
On 30 June 1668 Henry Sherburne was presented for beating his wife "several times" to which he confessed and was fined. At the same court "the wife of Henry Sherburne" (Rebecca) was presented for "beating her husband & breaking his head". She also confessed and was fined and both were ordered to post bonds [NHPP 40:242]. At court 29 March 1670 "Mr. Henry Shurband" and John Kenniston were presented for fighting, and "Mr. Henry Shurband & his wife (2nd w. Sarah)" were presented for "disorderly living and fighting" [NHPP 40:253]. Aaron Ferris was presented for abusing "Mr. Henry Sherburne & his wife" at the same court and was fined [NHPP 40:258]. At court 28 June 1671 "Mr. Hen: Sherburne" and John Keneston were presented for fighting, and were admonished. The same court, "Mr. Henry Sherburne & his wife" were presented for disorderly living and fighting. He confessed that they lived "disorderly" and they were both to be fined 50s. or whipped ten stripes. They paid their fees [NHPP 40:271].
At court 27 June 1673 "Mr. Henry Sherburne and John Sherburne his son" were tried for opposing the whipping of David Cambell which had like to have made an insurrection among the people." The Sherburnes were fined and after humbly admitting their fault, the fines were partially remitted [NHPP 40:299].
At court 7 December 1680 "Henry Sherburne" sued Edward Bickford for damage done by Bickford's hogs, cattle and horses, but the court found for Bickford [NHPP 40:370]. At the same court, "Mr. Hen: Sherburne" complained against Edward Bickford's children "stealing of pears" & being legally called & not appearing to prosecute, said Bickford" was discharged [NHPP 40:370]. Edward Bickford with his wife and children were summoned to appear before the court and "answer sundry objections about Mr. Sherburne's death" but no evidence of foul play was found and they were set at liberty 9 June 1681 [NHPP 40:378].

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1949 Walter Goodwin Davis produced an excellent account of Henry Sherborn, including information on his parents and two of his brothers [Waterhouse Anc 93-103].