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Nicholas (La) Groves (d. 1685/1704)
Hannah Sallows (1654–aft. 1704), daughter of Robert Sallows and Freeborn Wolfe
Bass River in Salem became a town on 3 November 1668, called Beverly.
Nicholas (La) Groves died between 1 July 1685 and 7 February 1703/4. He married Hannah Sallows, by 1672.
Nicholas's origins are unknown. He might have been of French protestant origin. The "La" before his name was discarded by the second generation.
Hannah, the daughter of Robert and Freeborn Sallows was born on 9 September 1654 in Salem. [1] She was baptized with her siblings, as the child of Sister Sallo's, on 4: 5 (July) 1664 in the First Church of Salem. [2] She died after 7 February 1703/4.
Hannah is referred to as Hannah Groves, the sister of Robert Sallows and daughter of Robert Sallows in a 22 June 1698 deed. [3]
Nicholas was a seaman. [3] He was on a committee that appraised a sail and rope on 8: 8 [October] 1677. [4, 6: 349]
Nicholas was a signer of a 1668 petition against imports to the general court. [3]
On 23 (4) [June] 1667, Peter Wolfe, Martha Wolfe, and Hannah Sallows were among those who petitioned for a church at Bass River. On 20 September 1667 they signed the church's covenant. [5]
Testifying in the case of Hannah Gray—presented to the court for lascivious carriages—on 12: 11: 1673 [January 1673/4], Hannah Grove said that she was about 19 and that she had seen Hannah Gray riding astride her master's mare, and also that she had lived with her one winter. [4, 5, 291]
On 1 July 1685 John Black, acting as executor of the will of "my father Wolfe," sold land to Nicholas. [3]
Hannah is probably the Hannah Grover, daughter of Sister Black, who owned the covenant on 29 7 [September] 1672 in the church in Beverly. [5]
On 7 February 1703/4, Peter Groves, Freeborn Groves, Benjamin and Susanna Patch of Beverly, and Robert and Hannah Moulton of Salem, children of Nicholas Groves, deceased, sold their interest in Nicholas's land to their brother John Groves of Beverly. That day, John granted his mother Hannah a life interest in his interest in this land. [3]
Children of Nicholas (La) Groves and Hannah Sallows: All births and baptisms in Beverly
i. Susanna Groves was born on 8 May 1672. [3] She was baptized on 29 September 1672. [3] She died on 2 November 1733. [6] She married Benjamin Patch on 16 July 1694. [3] He died in 1730. [6]
i. Nicholas Groves was baptized on 19 April 1674. [7] He died between 11 September 1726 and 22 January 1728, leaving no family. [6]
ii. Hannah Groves was baptized on 10 September 1676. She died after 22 January 1755. She married Robert Moulton.
iii. Peter Groves was baptized on 14 September 1679. [7] He died on 14 March 1755, age 75, in Beverly. [7] He married first Hannah Winter. [3] Hannah was the daughter of Edward and Deborah (Golt) Winter of Salem. [6] Hannah, the wife of Peter, died on 20 November 1707 in Beverly. [7] He married second Abigail ___. [3] He married third Hannah (Woodbury) Stone on 7 January 1718/9 in Beverly. [3][7] Hannah, the daughter of William and Hannah (Haskell) Woodbury and widow of David or Daniel Stone, was born on 28 March 1680. [6] The wife of Peter died in 1747, age about 65 in Beverly. [7] He married fourth the widow Mary Maxwell on 8 October 1747 in Beverly. [3][7] She died between April and December 1764. [6]
Peter was a mariner. [6]
iv. John Groves was born on 24 September 1681. [7] He was baptized on 4 December 1681. [3] He died in 1706. [6] He married Rebecca Wallis on 23 February 1703/4 in Beverly. [7][8] Rebecca was the daughter of John and Mary (Phippen) Wallis and the granddaughter of Joseph and Dorcas (Woods) Phippen. [8] She was probably born in Maine about 1683. [8] She married second John Foster on 4 September 1708 in Beverly. [8] Joseph, the son of Samuel and Sarah (Steward) Foster, was born on 14 March 1687 in Salem and died on 28 January 1750 in Beverly. [8]
John was a mariner. [6]
v. Freeborn Groves was born on 11 February 1683. [7] He or she was baptized on 20 April 1684. [3] He or she was living on 7 February 1703/4, but there is no further record.
References:
1. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem: Essex Institute, 1916, 1918, 1924, 1925), vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, vol. 5, vol. 6: 2: 264.
2. Richard D. Pierce, The Records of the First Church in Salem, Massachusetts, 1629-1736 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1974).
3. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Sallows-Solas-Sollis-Sollace Family," The American Genealogist 72 (1997): 1–14.
4. George Francis Dow, ed., and Harriet S. Tapley, trans., Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, 9 vols., digitized books, Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project (http://salem.lib.virginia.edu).
5. William P. Upham, Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts, 1667–1772 (Salem, Essex Institute, 1905).
6. William Taylor Groves, A History and Genealogy of the Groves Family in America Descendants of Nicholas La Groves of Beverly, Mass. (Ann Arbor, MI: the author, 1915).
7. Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1906, 1907), vol. 1: 159–60, 168; vol. 2: 139, 142–4, 458–9.
8. John Bradley Arthaud, "The John Wallis Family of Cape Ann, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 152 (1998): 286–310.
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