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William Symonds (d. 1672)
Judith's English Family
William Phippen de Wedmore was buried on 5 October 1647. His wife, Judith, was buried on 10 December 1637. [10]
The will of William Phipping of Wedmore, Somerset was proved on 22 September 1647 by his daughter Elizabeth, the wife of John Adams. The testator had a brother Joseph in Ireland and a daughter Judah in New England. [10]
William Symonds died on 7 June 1672 in Woburn. [1][2] William married Judith Hayward on 18 January 1644 or 18 March 1643 in Woburn. [1][2]
Judith, the daughter of William Phippen, was born about 1618. The widow Judith died on 3 January 1689 in Woburn. [1] She married first James Hayward. [3] James was born about 1613. He died on 20 November 1642 in Woburn. [2]
James Hayward, age 22, and Judith Phippen, age 16, both indentured servants of Nicholas Davies, are on a 22 March 1634[/5?] list of those to be transported to New England on the Planter. [4] James was from Stepney in Middlesex and Judith was from Wedmore in Somerset. [5][6] Nicholas Davies was a tailor and James was an apprentice learning the trade. [5]
James and Judith lived with the Davies family in Charlestown. When James completed his apprenticeship he was granted a house lot in Charlestown on 3 January 1636/7 and a hay lot on 30 April 1638. [5] They moved to Woburn, where they were married. [5]
The Suffolk artillery company sued Michael Bacon and William Symonds of Woburn for trespass. The 8 October 1662 court found for the defendants. [7]
The 12 June 1672 inventory papers for William included a statement that he left five sons and seven daughters and that the seventh daughter was a grandchild that he took as his own. [2] The probate records for William include a division of his real estate, dated 14 May 1674, among his widow and surviving sons. The portion of the eldest son, Caleb, included the portions of his sisters Sarah and Abigail [Judith?]. The portion of the second son, Joseph, included the portion of his sister Mary. The portion of the third son, Benjamin, included Bethiah’s portion and half of Huldah’s. The portion of the fourth son, James, included Rebecca’s portion and half of Huldah’s. Rebecca must have be the granddaughter. [2]
Children of James Hayward and Judith Phippen:
i. Rebecca Hayward was born on 4 December 1642 in Woburn. [2] West [2] argues that Rebecca probably married Tobiah Coles and had a daughter Rebecca Coles who was raised as William’s child.
Children of William Symonds and Judith Phippen: Births recorded in Woburn as the children of William [1]
i. Sarah Symonds was born on 28 July 1644.
ii. Judith Symonds was born on 3 March 1646.
iii. Mary Symonds was born on 9 December 1647.
iv. Caleb Symonds was born on 16 August 1649. He died on 4 November 1712. He died on 7 June 1672 in Woburn. [1] He married Sarah Bacon on 25 September 1677 in Woburn. [1] She died on 11 April 1727 in Woburn. [1]
v. William Symonds was born on 15 April 1651. He died on 4 December 1672. [2] His estate was divided among ten brothers and sisters, a grandchild of Judith Symonds, and the widow Judith. [2]
vi. Sergeant Joseph Symonds was born on 18 October 1652. He married Mary, the daughter of John Tidd. [8]
vii. Lieutenant Benjamin Symonds died on 21 September 1726 in Woburn. [1] He was born on 18 March 1654. He married Rebecca Haywood, the daughter of John and Rebecca (Atkinson) Haywood of Concord. [8] She died in April 1713 in Woburn. [1]
viii. Tabitha Symonds was born on 20 August 1655. She died on 20 August 1655 in Woburn. [1]
ix. Joshua Symonds died on 16 July 1657 in Woburn. [1]
x. James Symonds was born on 1 November 1658. He died on 15 September 1717 in Woburn. [1] He married Susanna Blodgett on 29 December 1685 in Woburn. [1] She died on 9 February 1715 in Woburn. [1]
xi. Bethiah Symonds was born on 9 May 1659. She married as his second wife John Walker on 13 August 1696 in Woburn. [1]
xii. Huldah Symonds was born on 20 November 1660. She married Samuel Blodgett.
xiii. Samuel Symonds was born on 30 June 1678. He apparently died young.
References
1. Edward Francis Johnson, Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Woburn: Andrew Cutlery & Co., 1890), Part 1 (births), 236; Part 2, (deaths), 176; Part 3 (marriages), 252.
2. Randy A. West, “Rebecca Hayward …,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 170 (2016): 5–7.
3. "New England Marriages to 1700," digitized books, AmericanAncestors, originally published as Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 2: 730.
4. John Camden Hotten, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality ... who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600–1700, reprinted (New York: Empire State Book Co., n.d.).
5. "Great Migration, 1634–1635, G–H," digitized book, originally published as Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration to New England, 1634–1635, Volume III, G–H (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), 286–7.
6. "Great Migration 1634–1635, M–P," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, Volume V, M–P (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), 456–7.
7. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, vol. 1, 1628–1641, vol. 2, 1642–1649, vol. 3, 1644–1657, vol. 4 , 1650–1660, vol. 5, 1661–1674, vol. 6, 1674–1686 (Boston: William White, 1853, 1854), 5: 66.
8. Roberta Stokes Smith, “Rebecca Hayward, First Wife of Benjamin Symonds of Woburn,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 148 (1994): 239.
9. Arthur G. Loring and William R. Cutter, “Samuel Walker of Woburn, Mass., and Some of His Descendants,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 57 (1903): 350–6.
10. “Miscellaneous Notes,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 66 (1912): 87.
06-Nov-2023