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Henry Ambrose (c. 1613–1658)
Susanna Unknown
Henry Ambrose was born about 1613. He died in 1658. [1] He married Susanna Unknown,
Susanna married second John Severance. He died on 9 April 1682. [2] John married first Abigail Unknown. [2] She died on 17: 4m: 1658. [2]
Henry was from Kersey, co. Suffolk. [3]
Henry was in Hampton in 1640 and on 30 October 1640, the town granted him a houselot. [4] He was a freeman on 18 May 1642. [5] He lived in Hampton until 1649 and then moved to Salisbury. [6] He moved to Charlestown about 1652. [6] He moved to Boston in 1653 or 1654 and then returned to Salisbury. [6]
Henry was a carpenter. [1]
On 10: 5m: 1644 Samuel Greenfield of Exeter sued Henry Ambrose of Hampton for detaining and entertaining Jonathan Thinge, a boy, contrary to the order of the court. [7]
Henry was on the grand jury twice in 1649 and on the jury of trials in 1650. [8]
Henry deposed that he was 40 years old on 22: 4m: 1653. [9] He deposed that he was about 42 on 16: 9m. 1655. [10]
John Severance, husband of she that was the wife of Henry Ambrose, and administrator of his estate, sued Edward Colcord for alienating a parcel of upland formerly granted to Henry Ambrose. The case was withdrawn. [11]
The inventory of Henry Ambrose amounted to £337.09. His widow Susanna deposed on 19 November 1658. [12]
In the settlement of Henry's estate, on 4: 12m: 1664, Ebenezer Ambrose said that he was about 22 and referred to his father John Severance. [13]
Children of Henry Ambrose and Susanna Unknown:
i. Samuel Ambrose was baptized on 25 July 1641 in Hampton. [4] He married Hope Unknown. [6] She petitioned for divorce in 1675/8. [6]
Samuel was a mariner. [6]
ii. Ebenezer Ambrose was born in 1643. [6] He married Abigail, the daughter of John Severance of Salisbury, in 1665. [14]
Ebenezer deposed that he was 27 in 1667. [14]
iii. Henry Ambrose was born in June 1649 in Salisbury. He married Susanna Unknown.
iv. Abigail Ambrose was born in on 28 December 1654 in Boston. [6] She married William Osgood, Jr. [6]
Abigail received a bequest from Ruth (Leete) Dalton in her will of 8 December 1665. [3]
References:
1. "Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1822," database with images, AmericanAncestors, p. 1654.
2. "Early Settlers of Salisbury, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 8 (1854):162.
3. George F. Sanborn and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, "The Dalton Cluster: Timothy Dalton, Philomon Dalton, Richard Everard, and Deborah (Everard) Blake," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 154 (2000): 259–89, specifically 273.
4. "Great Migration Newsletter," digitized newsletter, AmericanAncestors, vol. 19: 14.
5. Lucius Paige, "List of Freemen," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 3 (1849): 189.
6. "Ambrose Family," Essex Antiquarian 3 (1899): 74.
7. George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, digitized volumes (Salem Witch Project: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project : http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/index.html),1:64.
8. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex, 1:164, 176, 201.
9. "Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675," database with images, AmericanAncestors, vol. 1: 22.
10. Edward Holden, "Depositions from the Files of Suffolk," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 22 (1866): 142.
11. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex, 2:379.
12. William B. Trask, "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass., New England Historical and Genealogical Register 9 (1855): 346.
13. "Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635–1681," digitized book, AmericanAncestors, vol. 2, p.1.
14. "Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6 (1852): 206.
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