CHADBOURNE

?1.THOMAS-

?m. KATHERINE ______ (will 1561 Elswick)
will 7 July ?1560 Elswick, Lancashire

There are virtually no Lancashire wills prior to 1550, and although many were indexed in the 19th century, some have gone missing since that date. Many were transported to Richmond in open carts in 1748 and more than 10,000 were lost, large numbers disappearing when at least one cart overturned in Wensleydale. Almost all from the deanery of Amounderness were lost. Eight wills and administrations for Chadbournes between 1550-1650 were indexed, and those extant have been examined. The most promising was that of Thomas Chatburne of Elswick in the parish of St Michael on Wyre. Not only was it near Preston and in the Deanery of Amounderness, it also named a son Robert. No further supporting information has been found and it has been impossible to reliably connect this Thomas with our Robert from existing records.

St. Michaels on Wyre

This will is badly damaged and a large part of the right side of the sheet has been torn away. It is dated 7 July (possibly 1560), but the year is missing (presumably torn away); it was proved that year, but the probate clause is absent. A short abstract of the names found in the surviving fragment of this will was made by Dr. Alan G. Crosby of Preston, Lancashire, as follows:

1560 Thomas Chatburne of Elswick, parish of St Michael on Wyre, Deanery of Amounderness, Lancashire

Rowland...
Henry...
...Brown
Robert Ballard
son Robert Chatburne to be sole executor
witnesses: ...Kyrkby, Robert Ballard, Thomas Brown
a list of debts owed to the deceased names the following:
Edward Turner of Crossbrake (?)
William Swartbrecke of Risicar
Robert Horneby
Robert Ballard
Richard Bond
Thomas Browne
Henry Kyrkebye
John Cotton

The will of Katherine Chatburne of Elswick, probated in 1561, might be that of Thomas' widow, but this will has been missing for many years and not even an abstract survives. There are no manorial court records for Elswick at the Lancashire Record Office.

Some of the papers of the Earls of Derby are deposited there, but no mention of Chadbournes is to be found among them.

The absence of Preston parish registers for the 16th century made it impossible to follow the family of Robert Chadbourne there. The registers of St John, Preston, the only church there in the 16th century, do not begin until 1611, and the Bishop's Transcripts only date from 1616. The parish registers of St Michael on Wyre do not start until 1659. Parishes adjacent to the latter were checked for Chadbournes, and although a few were found, none seemed relevant. (1)

Issue-

·  2I. ROBERT- b.c. 1530 Preston, Lancashire, m. 28 Jan. 1576/7 Tamworth, Staffordshire, MARGERY DOOLEY (bur. 23 Sept. 1626 Tamworth), bur. 16 Dec. 1622 Tamworth

·  II. ?Thomas- a contemporary of Robert in Tamworth, children named Thomas and Robert.

·  III. ?Walter- bur. 17 Mar. 1586/7 Tamworth, son of Robert's son Randall was named Walter.

Ref:

(1) The English Ancestry of William Chadbourne of Kittery, Maine- Chadbourne Family Association

2I. ROBERT (?THOMAS 1)

b.c.1530 Preston, Lancashire
m. 28 Jan. 1576/7 Tamworth, MARGERY DOOLEY (bur. 23 Sept. 1626 Tamworth)
bur. 16 Dec. 1622 Tamworth, Staffordshire

Tamworth Castle

In The Book of John Fisher we find the deposition of Robert Chadbourne. This rare manuscript shows the range of cases seen by the justices of the peace, everything from horse stealing and complaints about beggars to the imposition of sanctions against Catholic recusants. By the Act of Uniformity, Elizabeth I decreed that all persons were to attend church on Sundays and Holy Days or pay 12d per offense. Persons over 16 who defied this Act were fined £20 for every month of absence.

"primo die novembris Anno xxiiijo of Rne Elizabethe [1582] coram humfrid Crane Johni Fisher et Thome Powell

Robart Chadborne borne in Lancashire in Preston in Andens a Sawer being examyned when he was at the church to heare dyvyne servise saiith, That he was in the church at Tonworth within this half yere or there about in the company of one Richard dolphyn & many more only to goo through the church But he saith that he was not in any church to hear dyvyn servyce the space of foure or fyve yeres or there about as he remembreth.

And being askid whie he wold not come to the church he saith yt was bycause his father and mother brought him up in the tyme of King henry the eight and then there was other order And he myndith to observe that order and to serve the lord god above all things.

Being askid what is in the church that he mislikith, or thinkith is not wth the service of god he answreth that he praith the hearers to pardon him for he will say no more.

Being demaundid whither he thinks that the Quenes maty Q. Elizabeth is supreme governor over all causes as well ecclesiasticall or tmpall within this Realme of England he answeereth that he thinkiith so.

Being damaundid whither the quenes mats ought to be obeyed in those lawes that she makith and that those lawes which be made by her ought to be obsved and kept as well in matters ecclesiasticall as tempall, he aunswereth That first he is afrayd to displease god above all things. And then afraide to displease his mighty prynce.

Being demaundid whither the order set downe and agreed uppon & comaundid by the quenes maty to be & that is now comonly used in the Church of Englond is acording to gods institutyon or as it ought to be. he aunswerith that it is against his conscyens.

Being offred to be set at libtye upon condycion that he will this night goo to the church and resort to the church in the tyme of dyvyne sruice & sermons uppon Saboath and holy dayes he utterly refusith it & will not doo yt (1)

Despite being married in the Anglican church and allowing his children to be baptized there, it is clear that Robert Chadbourne was a Roman Catholic. He clearly states that he was raised in the time of Henry VIII when there was a "different order" (officially-sanctioned Roman Catholicism). Henry reigned from 1509 to 1547 and declared the new order in 1537. There was considerable religious confusion at this time, and the subsequent reigns of Edward VI and his sister Mary did little to settle the matter. It was not until Elizabeth I succeeded to the throne in 1558 that things began to stabilize and the "new order" was identifiable. Robert Chadbourne may well have been referring to the "time of Henry VIII" in a very broad sense since, if he was truly brought up in that reign, he was unusually old at the time of his marriage.

We get few clues about the status of Robert's family. From his deposition we know that he was a sawyer. The Preston Guild Merchant kept reliable records, updated every twenty years. These records were published and edited by W.A. Abram in 1882, but neither Robert nor anyone of the surname Chadbourne appears on the rolls. (2)

The burial on 15 August 1589 of William Bawdwyn, "Chadbornes servant," indicates that the household was at least of a size to support one servant.

St. Editha's Church- Tamworth

"In the name of God Amen In the yeare of or Lord god 1622 in the xxth yeare of the Raigne of or Sovraigne Lord king James the xiiijth day of December &c. I Robert Chadburne of Tamworth in the County of Warwicke Carpenter beinge sicke in bodie yet thanks be to god in good and parfit Remembrance remembringe the uncrtayne hower of Death Doe ordayne and make this to be my Last will & Testamt in manner and forme Followinge First I give & bequeath my soule to Almightie god and my bodie to be buried in Tamworth church yarde Item I give & bequeath unto Margret my wyfe all my worldlie goods wch I possesse moveable & unmoveable payinge unto evry one of my chilldren xijd apeece And alsoe that my sonne Randulphe and his wife shall have hold & quietlie enioye the one halfe of the house and Backeside Wt my aforesaid wife duringe the tearme of my Lease wthout any let or molestation And yf it happen that my wiffe duringe this tyme wch I have in my house shoulde be so mynded to sett or assigne over hir tyme wch is yet to come that then it shall be Lawfull for my Sonne Randulphe to have the refuse of the same givinge as another should give Alsoe I do ordayne & make to be my overseers of this my will to be Pformed Christopher Wilcox & my sonne William Chadburne Wittnesse unto the same

/s/ Christopher Wilcox
/s/ William Rutter

fuit administrato scdum tenorum testamenti suprascripti Margarete Chadborne Relici & c.

Commissio mro Johanni Oldacre Clico Currato de Tamworth. Ob: dca Margareta Chadborne de Tamworth in Com Warw vide et Ranulphus Chadborne de ead Carpenter.

Ro. Master."

"Apud 31 dei decembris Ao Dni 1622. Comissa fuit administraco bonorum Robti Chadburni dum vixit paroch Tamworth defuncti Margarete eius Relict iurat curam mro Johanne Oldacres Jurat ibm &c Ad administrand ead iuxa tenorem testamti dci def lris administrator annex &c.

The Imventtory of the goods and Cattaile of Roberte Chadburne of Tamworth Latte decessed preseid by Thomas Righte Copper Thomas Egginton day laborer as Followithe

First his parrell...................................................................... 0 -10s-0
Itm his linnene.................................................................... 2£ -3s-4d
Itm his beadinge................................................................... 1£ -0 -0
Itm all hiss wooden Stuffe.................................................... 1£ -3s-4d
Itm his Tulls and all yorne [iron] stuffe.................................. 0 -16s-8d
Itm peutter & brasse........................................................... 1£ -10s-0
Itm a smalle lease of a house................................................ 1£ -10s-0
Itm Cowe............................................................................ 1£ -10s-0
Itm part of a pigge.................................................................. 0 -4s-0
Some................................................................................10£ -7s-4d

Thomas Right
his marke
Thomas Egginton
his marke"(3)

Issue-

·  I. Robert- bpt. 9 Apr. 1578, ? d.s.p.

·  II. Margery- bpt. 15 Feb. 1579/0, m. 9 Oct. 1604 Tamworth, Richard Hewer

·  2III. WILLIAM- bpt. 30 Mar. 1582 Tamworth, Staffordshire, m. 8 Oct. 1609 Tamworth, ELIZABETH SPARRY

·  iv. John- bpt. 3 June 1584, m. 21 Jan. 1618/9 Tamworth Jone Owres, bur. 28 Oct. 1667 Tamworth

·  v. Randall/Randulphe- bpt. 9 Apr. 1587, m. Mary _____ (bur. 31 Aug. 1652 Tamworth), bur. 23 Aug. 1653 Tamworth

·  vi. Thomas- bpt. 11 May 1590, m.1. 10 Nov. 1618 Tamworth, Ann Mare (bur. 10 June 1632 Tamworth), m.2. 1 Oct. 1632 Anne Bull (bur. 19 Sept. 1649 Tamworth)

Ref:

(1) The Book of John Fisher, Town Clerk and Deputy Recorder of Warwick 1580-1588- Thomas Kemp, Deputy Mayor of Warwick ed., 1900- pp. 114-5
(2) The English Ancestry of William Chadbourne of Kittery, Maine- Chadbourne Family Association
(3) Consistory Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 14 Dec 1622

"The Chadbourne Family"- Elaine Chadbourne Bacon, Chadbourne Family Assoc., 1989 Draft Edition

3III. WILLIAM- (THOMAS 1, ROBERT 2)

bpt. 30 March 1582 Tamworth, Warwick(1)
m. 8 Oct. 1609 Tamworth ELIZABETH SPARRY (b.c.1590, d. after 1 June 1623) (2)

William arrived at Cow Cove, Kittery on the"Pied Cow" 8 July 1634 with James Wall and John Goddard having left England on 5 May. The articles brought on the ship which were taken from the company's store were: one great iron kettle, for which Thomas Spencer was responsible; Irish blankets; one Kilkenny rug; one pair of sheets; one pentado coverlet; one brass kettle; and seven spoons. They were carpenters who came over to build a saw mill for the patentee Capt. John Mason under a contract to work for five years, after which they were to have 50 acres of land on lease for a term of three generations paying an annual rent of three bushels of corn. It is not clear when other members of William's family arrived. His daughter Patience may have preceeded him as her husband Thomas Spencer came four years earlier and the couple may have had children between 1630 and 1634. Mason's list of stewards and workmen sent contains the names "William Chadborn, William Chadborn, jun., and Humphry Chadborn", but also indicates 22 women who are un-named. The Pied Cow made at least one crossing in 1631 and that the bark Warwick made several crossings.

"Articles of agreement indented had made concluded and filled agreed upon the ffourteenth day of Marche ano Dom 1633 and in the Ninthe yeare of the Reigne of our Sovaryne lord Charles by the grace of god kinge of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland defendr of the faithe betweene James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard carpenters of _____ and John Mason of london _____ of thother ptie, as followeth, viz.

Whereas the said John Mason being nowe resident in England and being possessed and witenessed of and in certon lands in Newe England neere unto a plantation there wherein he hath estate and _____ called Newichewannick lying upon and neere to the River there called Pascataware beinge the division assigned unto the said John Mason for his pte and porton as it lyeth on the north side of the said river hath an intention by gods pmission by the first and next convenyent Shipping to Send to his said lands and there to place and settell servaintts and others wch shalbe appoynted b y him whereby to further and mind so his plantation there alreadie begunn and there to make & build houses and mills & such other frames and things as the said John Mason his agents or assignes shall from tyme to tyme geve order for and appoynt to and for _____ intent and purpose the said John Mason hath agreed with the said James Wall William Chadbourne & John Goddard for them three to goe over unto the said lands of the said John Mason with in the said plantaton in and by such shipp as the said John Mason shall withall convenyencie prepare and have _____ to send thither where the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard have all of them agreed withe the said John Mason to remayne and ______ said lands of the John Masons for and during the full tyme and terme of ffyve yeares to be reckoned and accounted from the tyme of there arryvall there and coming thither _____ to be compleat and ended and _____ and _____ and make and build such houses mills and other things and _____ and pforme such other worke and buisynes for and in the behalf of the John Mason his heyres associates and assynes as shalbe from tyme to tyme appoynted by him or them or his or theire agents and assynes to be made and done for his & theire use and benefit at and for such allowances and under such covenints conditons and agreemts as are here after _____ according to the fyne meaninge of theis pnts, And whereas the said John Mason for the better furnishing of his said lands in the said plantaton with victuell and other provisions and nesessaries fittings for the same & oth purpose and intend god willinge to provide and send over to his said lands certen cowes goates swyne and other things as he shall think fittinge and necessarie in that behalfe. It is nowe thereupon covennted grannted concluded and agreed by and between the said pties to theis pnts in mannor and forme following and ffirst the said John Mason both for himselfe his heyres _____ associats and assiynes covennt promise grannt and agree by their pnts that the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard and only of them shall have theire passage freely and without paying or allowinge anythinge for the same from hence by shipping unto the said plantaton aswell for themselves as for all such necessarie ymplemente and things as theye shall carry with them fitt for theire use in the said plantation _____ is ______ and _____ at ffyve pounds starlinge p head, And that the said John Mason his agents associats and assynes shall _____ deliver or cause to be delivered unto the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard at the lands of the said John Mason in the said plantaton as they shall have use of them the some or value of ffortie pounds sterlinge in victuells if such a quantitie of victuell shalbe found necessarie for them & shalbe desired by them at such and the same rats & prics (Bona Fide) according as the same shall cost and stand the said John Mason in with the freight and other chargs of and concerning the same after the arryvall and cominge of the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard at and upon the said lands in the plantaton aforesaid, And only one of them the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard doe for themselves and only of them and for the heyres _____ and assiynes of them and only of them covenant promise grant and agree to and with the said John Mason his heyres _____ associats and asseynes by theis pnts well and _____ to make give and allowe or cause to be made geven and allowed unto him the said John Mason his heyres associats and assiynes for the said ffortie pounds worth of victuells wch shalbe delivered as aforesaid full payment and _____ out of and by the worke of the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard _____ and coming by _____ of deales or otherwise accordinge to the rats and _____ as for the tyme being the same will give and yeild there in the countrie in such sort and manner as that the said John Mason his heyres associats or assiynes shalbe _____ thereby;

Item it is agreed by and betweene the said pties to theis pnts and the said James Wall William Chadbourne & John Goddard doe for themselves and only of them theire and only of theire heyres _____ and _____ covennt promise and grannt to and with the said John Mason his heyres _____ associats and assiynes by theis pnts that they the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard and only of them shall in and by the said ffirst and next covenyent shipping wch the said John Mason shall send unto & for his said plantaton goe only from hence thither and shall there remayne and contynewe and in and upon his said lands within the said plantaton for and duringe the said time and _____ of ffyve yeares and shall there make and build such howses ____ mills and other _____ and things and doe and pforme such worke and businesses for and in the behalf of the said John Mason his heyres associats and assiynes as shalbe from tyme to tyme appoynted by him or them or his or theire agents and assiynes to be made and done for his and theire use and benefitt according to the fyne meaninge of theis pnts _____ of wch mills to be made shalbe a sawe mill wch shalbe made and _____ good sufficient and workmanlike sort and manner to wch the said John Mason or his assiynes shall at his or theire owne costs and charges provide and allowe all _____ worke that shalbe fittinge thereto and thother of the said Mills shalbe a water torne Mill wch shalbe likewise made and builded in good sufficient and workmanlike sort and Manner; And that they the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard shall at theire owne prop costs and chargs after the said twoe mills shalbe so made and build _____ sufficiently repaired mainteynd keepd amend the same twoe mills and either of them in and by all things and in and by all manner of reparons & amenden whatsoevr from tyme to tyme and at all tymes when and as often as neede shalbe or require during the said terme of ffyve years _____ shall use and doe all theire and only of theire best meanes _____ and _____ that theye only of them possiblie cann or maie for to sett and keepe the said twoe Mills and either of them to bee fed and ymployed in and with worke to and for the most benefitt comoditie and advantage of the said John Mason his heyres associats & assiynes And that they the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard or any of them shall _____ at any tyme after theire cominge into the plantaton afore said leave depte from or give _____ the worke and buisynesses of the said John Mason wherein they shalbe ymployed and sett to doe by the said John Mason his agents or assiynes by or according to the fine meanninge of theis pnts unle it shalbe by and with the consent and agreemt of him the said John Mason his agents or assiynes in that behalfe first had and defeyned; In consideraton whereof the said John Mason doth for himselfe his heyres _____ associats and assines covennt promise grante & agree to and with the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard and only of them and they heyres _____ and _____ of them and only of them by theis pnts That it shall and may be lawfull unto and for them the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard theire _____ & assiynes to have take and receyve betweene and amongest them equallie pte & _____ a like moytie or halfe pte not onlie of all such some & somes of money benefit and advantage wch shall from tyme to tyme during the said terme of ffyve yeares come arise _____ or be made gotten or gayned of or by the said Twoe mills and either of them _____ Three ffourth pts in ffoure pts to be devided of all such howses and fraymes that shalbe made and wrought and likewise Three ffourth pts in ffoure pts to be devided of all such tymber that shalbe felled in and upon the said lands of the said John Mason within the said plantaton and prepared & used by them or any of them to and for making & buildinge of the said howses and ffraymes or Three ffourth pts of the money or comoditie in liewe of money that the said howses fraymes or tymber shalbe sould for whereof _____ shalbe from tyme to tyme _____ and made to the said John Mason his agents or assignes and that with out any manor of _____ trouble _____ or contradiccon of or by the said John Mason his heyres assciats or assiynes or any of them, And it is further concluded and agreed by and betweene all the said pties to theis pnts And the said John Mason doth for him selfe his heyres associats and assiyes covennt promise & grannt by theis pnts That _____ in Thirteen dayes _____ after that the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard shall aryve and come to the lands of the said John Mason with in the plantaton aforesaid _____ the said John Mason his heyres associats assiynes shall allowe and delivr unto them the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard Three cowes ffoure goats and ffoure sowes to and for theire use at and for the yearly rent and benefit to be paid & allowed for the same as hereafter is _____; And only one of them the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard doth for himselfe and for his ____ heyres _____ and _____ covennt promise grannt and agree to and with the said John Mason his heyres _____ associats and assiynes by theis pnts well and trulie to ____ and delivr yearly and only yeare for and duringe the said terme of ffyve yeares for the _____ benefitt of the said Three cowes ffoure goats and ffoure Sowes wch shalbe delivred unto them the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard as aforesaid not _____ the some of sixe pounds thirteen shillings and ffoure pence of currant money of England _____ moytie or halfe pts of the _____ of all calves kidds and piggs wch shall yearely during the terme aforesaid come arise & breed of or by only of the same cowes goats and sowes aforesaid; And that the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard theire heyres _____ or assiynes shall & will _____ of the said terme of ffyve yeares make good and delivr unto the said John Mason his heyres associats & assiynes in & upon his said lands within the plantaton aforesaid Three cowes ffoure goats & ffoure Sowes of such & the like goodness & value as those cowes goats & Sowes wch shalbe delivered unto the said pties aforenamed by or according to the fyne meaning of theis pnts; And moreovr it is concluded & agreed by & betweene all the said pties to theis pnts And the said John Mason doth for himselfe his heyres associats & assignes covennt promise and grannt to ^ with only of them the said James Wall William Chadbourne and John Goddard theire & only of theire powr all & respective heyres _____ & assiynes by theis pnts That with in ffourtie dayes after theire arryvall at the plantaton aforesaid ech of them shall have allotted to him tenne acres of land for theire ____ use for plantinge of corne & graysinge of cattell & building of howses theire upon for only of wch Tenne acres they shall pay yearly at ______ one bushell of corne; And that _____ of the said terme of ffyve yeares there shalbe allotted & allowed fortie acres of land more within the plantaton aforesaid unto and for only one of them the said James wall William Chadbourne & JOhn Goddard to and for only of theire sevrall & respective use wch shalbe grannted & _____ by Indenture of lease to be made by & from the said John Mason his heyres associats or assiynes in due forme of lawe unto only one of the said Three sevrall pties respectively for sevrall estats and termes of Three lyves at for and under the yearely rent of Three bushells of corne for only sevrall quantitie & portion of ffourtie acres of land to be paid and delivred yearely from and after such as only of the said sevrall quantitie or portion of ffourtie acres of land shalbe respectively allotted and allowed unto only one of the said Three pties aforesaid respectively so as only one of them doe and shall by theire sevrall & respective leases be made covennt & bind himself hi _____ & assiynes to make build & sett upp at this & theire sevrall & respective prop costs and charges and convenyent howse for habitation upon only of the said three sevrall quantities & portion of land to be allotted as aforesaid respectively only & above such howses as they shall build in the meane tyme upon the tenne acres of land grannted sevrallie to others aforesaid & for keeping and mainteyning of ech sevrall howse so be made & builded as aforesaid in good and sufficient _____ during the sevrall contynewance of ech sevrall Lease respectively. And to & for the fyne pformance of all and only the sevrall covennts grannts & agreemts aforesaid on ech and only of the sevrall & respective pts & behalfe of them the said James Wall William Chadbourne & John Goddard to be pforme & keept as above said accordinge to the fyne meaning of theis pnts ech & only one of them the said Three pties doe sevrally and respectively bynd himselfe & his sevrall & respective heyres _____ & _____ unto the said John Mason his heyres _____ associats and assiynes in the some of One hundred Pounds of lawfull money of England to be paid and recovred by theis pnts In Witness hereof the said pties to theis pnts Articles of agreement Indented Enter _____ have sett theire hands and seales dated the daie and Yeares ffirst above written."(3)

Mason, hovever, died the following year. The work they accomplished is described in the deposition of James Wall 21 May 1652:

"This Deponent saythe, that aboute the yeare 1634, he, with his partners, William Chadbourne and John Goddarde, came over to new England upon the accompte of Captaine John mason of London, and also for themselves, and were landed at Newichawannock, upon certaine lands there which mr. Joieslenn, Captaine Mason's Agente, brought them unto, with the ladinge of some goodes, and there they did build upp at the fall there (called by the Indian name of Ashbenbedick) for the use of Captaine Mason & our selves, one sawe mill and one stampinge mill for Corne, wch we did keep the space of three or foure yeares next after; and further this Deponent sayth, he builte one house upon the same lands, and soe did William Chadbourne another & gave it to his sonne in Law, Thomas Spencer, who now lives in it.

And this Deponent also sayth that we had peaceable and quite possession of that lands for the use of Captaine Mason afforesaide, and tht the saide Agente did buye some planted ground of some of the Indiands, wch they had planted upon the sade land, and that Captaine Masons agentes servants did breake up & cleered certaine lands there, and planted Corne upon it, and all this is to his beste remembrance."(4)

The dwelling built by William along with the 10 acres given to him by Mason stood in the northwesterly angle of Brattle St. and the highway which leads from the mouth of the Great Works River to Eliot. When William left Berwick about 1638 and went to live in Portsmouth, RI he gave his house and land to his daughter Patience. The house was the largest in the settlement and was used as a public tavern. More than one hundred years after the Chadbourne house was built the tract upon which it had stood was described in a Spencer conveyance as the "Old House Field". Today the parish cemetery at Old Fields encloses a part of the ten acres that were assigned to Chadbourne by Jocelyn, as agent for Mason, transferred to Patience and sold by a lineal decsendant of hers to members of the First Congregational Society of the South Parish of Berwick. The nucleus of the present cemetery was originally the private burial lot of Thomas Spencer and his family.(5) The Ashbenbedick Great Works was called Chadbourne's River by many due to the Chadbourne dam and mill erected in the late 1630's downstream from the Leader brother's mill built in the 1650's.

As a master carpenter William may have been contracted to build the Great House at Strawbery Banke used to house the stores for the Laconia Company and serve as a dwelling for the workmen (the site for this building has recently been found near the present Strawbery Banke village). Claims have been made that the Great House was built by William's son Humphrey c.1631 and Humphrey is said to have come on the Warwick, however, Humphrey was bpt. in 1615 and he would have been only 16 when the Great House was built to it seems much more likely that William was given the contract for the building.

In June 1643 at Boston William and others were up for drinking too much.(6)

On 3 Mar. 1650/1 William and his sons along with others were accused by Mrs. Ann (Green) Mason, widow of Capt. John Mason, of embezzling her husband's estate. The claim was based on a contract which was not honored by either party because of the death of Capt. Mason and also based on the first recorded Indian deed in Maine in 1643. The Chadbourne claim was upheld by the selectmen of Kittery and the General Court of Massachusetts Bay.

William took oath of allegiance to Massachusetts at Kittery 20 Nov. 1652.(7) On 4 May 1652 William was one of the men chosen to pick a lot and build a meeting house. Both William Sr. and Jr. may have returned to England as there is no record of them after 1652.(8)

"By this Courte & Authoritee Theroff: Holden ye ffourth daye of Maye, 1652, Att a place called Franks Forte, For ye chusing off ye fittest men for ye selection a Lott, & Building thereon a Meeting House.

Itt is ordered- that Charles Frost, James Neal, James Emery, Wm Chadbourne, Icho; Plaisted, John Heard, Have ye athoritee to selecte a Lott yett undisposed & Build thereone a Meeting House as they shalle judge meete for ye goode of ye Inhabitants... "(9)

The only mention of Elizabeth in is the marriage record. She may have come to the New World as no burial record is found for her in Tamworth No record of William's death has been found in England or Maine.

Issue- All children bpt. Tamworth

·  I. William- bpt. 30 Sept.1610, bur. 18 Apr. 1616 Tamworth

·  2I. PATIENCE- bpt. 8 Nov. 1612, m. THOMAS (1) SPENCER , d.c. 1683

·  3III. HUMPHREY- bpt. 23 Apr. 1615, m. LUCY TREWORGY (m.2. 1699 Thomas Wills, 3.Hon. Elias Stileman, d. between 1700 & 1708) will 25 May-13 Sept. 1667.

·  IV. Susanna- bpt. 22 Feb. 1617/8, bur. 26 Apr. 1618 Tamworth

·  4V. WILLIAM- bpt. 15 Oct. 1620, m. MARY _____

·  VI. Robert- bpt. 1 June 1623, bur. 19 Jan. 1627/8 Tamworth

Ref:

(1) "The Pied Cow"- Vol.1, No.3, p.3
(2) Ibid
(3) Mass. Archives- Vol.3 p.437
(4) Ibid- Vol.3 p.444
(5) "Poineers on Maine Rivers"- Wilbur D. Spencer, 1930
(6) "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire"-p.134
(7) Mass. Archives- Vol.3 p.189a,202
(8) "The Pied Cow"- Vol.1 No.3, p.3 (winter 1984)
(9) Ibid- Vol. 1, No. 2, p.4 (fall 1983)

Tamworth Parish Registers
"Old Kittery and Her Families"- Stackpole, 1903
"Chadbourne- Chadbourn Genealogy"- William Morrill Emery, Fall River, MA, 1906, pp.1-3
"The Chadbourne Family"- Elaine Chadbourne Bacon, Chadbourne Family Assoc., 1989 Draft Edition
"Poineers of Maine & New Hampshire"- Pope, p.34
"Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"- Savage, Vol.I, p.350

Also, see the wonderful web site by the Chadbourne Family Association

3III. HUMPHREY (ROBERT 1, WILLIAM 2)

bpt. 23 Apr. 1615 Tamworth, Staffordshire
m. LUCY TREWORGY (b.c.1632, m.2. after 1 Apr. 1699 Thomas Wills, 3. after 14 mar. 1687/8 Hon. Elias Stileman (d. 19 Dec. 1695 Isles of Shoals), will 8 Jan. 1699/00- 13 Apr. 1708 Newcastle, NH)
will 25 May- 13 Sept. 1667

Humphrey Chadbourne's Seal

Supposedly Humphrey came over in the bark "Warwick", landing 9 Sept. 1631 as chief carpenter for David Thompson, patentee and built the Great House at Strawberry Bank where he lived for several years. If this were so, he would have had to have come with his brother-in-law Thomas Spencer in 1630 or have been the "factor" who came on the Warwick in 1631. If he was baptized in the year of his birth, he would have been only 16 in 1631, so it would be unlikely that he was the chief carpenter. The first record we have found indicating his presence in America is the 1640 list of Residents of NH, and in the same year he was named among the Kittery men who did not attend the court held at Saco.

He bought his first land in South Bewick from the Indian Sagamore Rowles on 10 May 1643 just north of the mill grant: "half a mile of ground which lieth betwixt the Little River & the Great River to begin at the Norther Side of ye old Ground... Mr Roles doth except a Parcel of Ground called by the Name of Comphegan wch he doth keep for himself." Three years late Sagamore Rowles confirmed the sale of his fish weir at Little John's Falls reserving for himself the right to as many small alewives as he wanted and "half ye great Alewives that shall be taken at that Ware from Time to Time for ever". These falls are the succession of rapids in the Newichawannock River opposite the land bought by Humphrey. (1)

Although buying a house and 20 acres of land in Dover on 18 May 1645 from Christopher Lawson of Boston (2) he settled at Sturgeon Creek, Kittery on 150 acres of land purchased from Nicholas Shapleigh. This property is shown on the 1701 Kittery tax map as the "Plott of Mr. Humphrey Chadburns Farm at Sturgeon Creek". His house in South Berwick was later enlarged by his great-grandson Judge Benjamin Chadbourne and is still standing.

Key found at the Chadbourne dig

"I Humphry Chadbourn of Francisborough in the County of York Esqr testify & say that about sixty years agone that I have heard my Father & Uncle Humphry Chadbourn often speaking of their Grand father's Logg house or Loging house & that said house stood about half a mile Southerly of Quampeging Landing in Berwick near Little River now called great works river and further saith not." George Dod discharged Humphrey Chadbourne of his share of "The third part" of victualling and wages of Dod's man in the French voyage, apparently a shipping/trading venture in which Dod, Chadbourne and Henry Parkes were partners together until Dod bought out Chadbourne (3)

He was town clerk for several years after 1650, a selectman in 1651, a commissioner to settle the Wells/York bounds in 1657, deputy to the General Court in 1657, 1659, 1660, and an associate judge in 1662-3. In The Tory Lover, Sarah Orne Jewett called him "the law-giver of Kittery." He had grants of 300 acres in 1651 and 1652.

In Nov 1652 Humphrey was fourth among the men signing the Kittery Act of Submission, by which Kittery agreed to be governed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The signers may have thought this would strengthen their land claims in the face of claims by heirs of Capt John Mason. Capt Mason and Fernando Gorges had been granted by King James I 10 Aug 1622 all the land between the Merrimac and Kennebec Rivers. This was further divided in 1629, with Mason receiving all the land between the Merrimac and the Piscataqua. On 3 Nov 1631 Mason and Gorges made a grant to the Council of Plymouth, encompassing both sides of Piscataqua harbor and river. After his death in 1635, his heirs or agents apparently did not continue to fulfill Mason's part of the contract with the colonists; so by 1643 Humphrey 2 Chadbourne initiated the secure title to South Berwick land with his deed from Mr Rowles, the Indian. In Nov 1652 this was further strengthened by the Kittery Act of Submission. Richard Leader was noticeably absent from the signers of this document. Humphrey Chadbourne was among the signers of a petition against Richard Leader in Dec 1652, accusing him of the desire of purpose to get the upper hand in government over them. (4)

Map of Berwick- from Stackpole's Old Kittery And Her Families

" In the name of god Amen the twenty fifth day of May In the nineteenth yeare of the Reign of our soveraign Ld Charles the secund, now King of England Scottland &c: & in the yeare of our Ld 1667, I Humfrey Chadborne of the Town of Kittery & parish of Unity, In the County of Yorke or Province of Mayn in New England being deseased in body, yet haveing the right uss of my sences & memory, do ordaine this my last Will & Testament, hereby revoakeing renounceing, & makeing voyd all other former Wills by mee made & for these outward things that god hath given mee, I hereby dispose of them as followeth

Inpris I do hereby give & bequeath unto my three daughters, Namely Lucey Aylce & Kattherne Chadborne, to each of them one hundred pounds, respectively to bee payd them in manner & forme following vidzt: If yt estate of Lands houses & Mills with their appurtenances which I do now possesse, do remaine & continew to my executrix (hereafter in these Presents to bee named) quiettly & peaceably as now It is in mine owne possession, shee being not defrauded nor dispossessed of it nor any of itt before the tyme that these my aforesd Legacys become due & payable by these Presents, then my will is that ye aforesd Three hundred pounds shall be payd them & to each of them respectivly at or before the full end of five yeares, after my decease in good Mrchandable goods, wch Legacys I ordayn to bee raysed out of, & pd with the produce & profett of the Saw Mills, which are now in my possesion, by my executrix, & that Prson whom I shall hereafter in these Presents Impoure to take any part of the profetts or produce of the sd saw Mills, togeather with my executrix after my decease, which Legacy or portion respectively my will is should be putt into the hands of some sufficient Prson or Prsons to bee Improved for ye best advantage of my aforesd daughters aequally & respectively untill such tyme as they shall attayne unto Marriage, or unto the age of one & Twenty yeares, by my executrix & overseers but if in case that ye sd saw Mills doe not produce that benefitt & profett yt heretofore they have by reason of the troublesomnes of the tymes or otherwise; Then my will is that the sd Legacys shall be pd them at their marrage days to each one as they shall come to Marriage respectively or else as they shall come to the age of one & twenty yeares, respectively as aforesd to bee pade by my executrix, & that Prson that shall injoy the profetts of the sd Mills as aforesd with her provided always that If my wife doe happen to Marry, my will is that yt Prson with whom shee shall marry, shall give in good security to see these aforesd Legacys fully satisfyd, & payd, If then unpayd to any or either of them, before hee or shee shall Injoy any benefitt or profett or have any thing to doe with the sd Mills, unto my overseers, for the true payment of the sd Legacys unto my aforesd daughters as aforesd And if In case yt any or either of my three daughters shall happen to dy before their Marrage, or the aforesd days of payment, then my will is, that ye surviver or survivers of my daughter or daughters shall injoy that portion hereby given unto the deceased aequally & if it do appeare hereafter that my wife bee now at this Present tyme conceaved with child, then my will is that if that Child live to ye age of one & twenty yeares or marrage wither sunn or daughter, shall Injoy & have all such portion & legacys as is hereby given unto my aforesd daughters, now Liveing if in case that any or either of them shall happen to dy before their sd portions become due, & payable as aforesd, any thing here in contayned to the contrary, in any wise notwithstanding

Item I do give & bequeath unto my Two youngest sunns James & William Chadborne all that Land & Meddow now in my possession, with ye appurtenances liing & being at a place Called Sturgeon Cricke Which land & Meddow I lately purchased of my Ounkle Nicho: Shapleigh which appeareth by his act & deede of sayle to mee made beareing date in the yeare of our Lord 1663: togeather with the sayd deede & writeings, & all other the appurtenances thereunto belonging, or In any wise apprtayneing. Equally to bee devided betwixt them by yr mother, & my overseers to this my will & testament to have & to hould the sayd Land & Meddow with the appurtenances to them & to their or either of their heyres for ever, from & immediately after the deaths & deceases of my selfe & wife their mother, & not before And my will is that if my sun James dy, liveing, my sun William, or my sun William dy Liveing my sun James, & either diing, without lawfull heyres or unmaried, then the other that shall soe survive, shall Injoy all the aforesd Lands & Meddow, but if one or both of my aforesd suns shall happen to dy in a married estate, & hee or they or either of them dy in a married condition with out Issew, or heyres, my will is that his or their Widdow or Widdows shall each of them respectively quietly possess & Injoy that part of the sd Land & Meddow which did belong to there or her former husband or husbands for tearme of her or their naturall life, or lifes, if any such Widdow or widdows bee left soe, & after the decease of both my suns & their wife or wives diing with out Issew aforesd, my will is, that all the aforesd Land & Meddow shall returne backe unto my daughters, & to bee devided amongst them, & their heyres lawfully begotten, or to bee begotten And if after the death of my aforesd two sunns soe diing with out Issew as aforesd, there bee none nor neither of my daughters, nor not any Legitimate Issew by them at that tyme, then the sayd Land to returne backe & to bee possest & Injoyed by my next heyre at Law either male or female

Item I doe hereby give grant devise convay & bequeath unto my Sunn Humfrey Chadborne wch is my Elldest son & heyre by Law all my Lands & meddows fenced or not fenced, with all my houses buildings structures & Edifices togeather with my saw Mills, togeather with the appurtenances there unto belonging, all wch Lands Mills & houses are now liing & being in Newgewanacke, with in the Parish of Unity, now in my possession, & now or heretofore demed reputed & known to bee my proper Lands & estate, to have & to hould the sd prmisses unto him, & his lawfull & Legitimat heyres for ever, from & immediately after the deaths & deceases of my selfe & my now wife & not before: provided always & It is my true Intent & meaneing in these & by these Presents, that ye sd Humfrey Chadborne my son & heyre shall have noe pouer, directly or indirectly to sell give or grant the sd Lands houses or Mills or any part or Prcell thereof unto any Prson or Prsons wtsoever (except it bee to Confirme Joynter or Dowry unto his heyres wife) Neither to lease sett or lett the same unto any Prson or Prsons for any Tearme exceeding Twenty & one yeares, & that from seaven years to seaven yeares And further my will is, that If either my sun Humfrey aforesd, or any of his heyres or successors hereafter at any tyme shall make any grant gyft bargaine or sayle otherwise then aforesd, wrby to frustrate my will & to divert my aforesd Land & prmisses, from runneing directly hereditary to mine & their heyres for ever, I doe hereby declare all such or any such barganes gyft grant or sayle to bee voyd & of none aeffect any thing herein to ye Contrary, in any wise Notwithstanding And if it soe happen hee die with out Issue, either In a married estate or otherwise, then my will is after the decease of him & his wife, If hee leave his wife a Widdow after him, then all the aforesd Premisses in this article specifyd, shall then returne & bee my sun James his estate, if then Liveing, & his heyres for ever And for want of James Chadborne aforesd, or such Isue by him, If my sun William Chadborne bee then Liveing, unto him & his heyres as aforesd, & for want of such Isue by William, unto yt child my wife is now conceaved with if a male & his heyres And for want of such Issew, unto my Elldest daughter then Liveing, & to her heyres for ever & for want of such Isue to the next daughter, & to her heyres, & soe to the longest liver, or my daughters & her heyres And if they all dy without Issue, unto my next kinesman that is my right heyre in Law & to his heyres, pvided always that they nor Neither of them shall have any power to defrade nor disinheritt mine or their heyres otherwise but to Injoy it for tearme of life upon the same conditions & provisoes that my sd sun Humfrey Chadborne is hereby to inheritt & hould my sd Lands & prmisses

Item And further my will is that If my sun Humfrey Chadborne doe enter into a Marrage Condition before the death & decease of his Mother, that then hee shall hereby have free Lyberty to fence in a quantity of the aforesd Lands, at Newgewanacke either tenn Acers more or lesse for planting Land, & alsoe free Lyberty to Erect & build him a Mansion house & other houses to his pleasure & for his owne uss, upon the same Land soe fenced in to bee layd out to him, & delivered into his hands by my overseers at their discretion, & by the Consent & advise of my Loveing wife his Mother Moreover my will is that if my sun Humfrey doe happen to Marry, yt then hee shall have & Injoy the one halfe deale of my saw Mill, & the halfe deale of ye profitts for & towards the payment of his sisters Legacys aforesd, if any bee unpayd at the Marrage day of the sd Humfrey, & for noe other uss untill ye sd Legacys are fully payd, & satisfyd: And in the meane tyme after my decease & before his Marrage especially to bee aydeing & with the best of his skill & ability assisting to his sayd Mother, in the carriing of the worke about ye sd saw Mill, as long as his mother shall continew unmarried for the best advantage not onely his owne part, but alsoe his mothers part by her direction & after all the burthen & Legacys which are layd on the profetts & produce of the sd Mills are payd, hee the sd Humfrey my sonn shall have hould & Injoy the halfe of the sd Mills, or one saw, & halfe of the Teame, & halfe ye Marsh now belonging unto, or now occupied with & for the sd Mills usse, unto his own proper usse benefitt & behoofe, dureing the naturall life of his mother, paying the halfe deale of the Charges concerneing the same & after her decease to Injoy all the aforesd Lands & other the prmisses as aforesd; but dureing his mothers life, to hould but soe much of the Marsh, or hay as may serve to mantayne halfe the Teame, bee it eight or t enn oxen, but not above the residue, for his mothers halfe Teame, & for her other usses;

All the residue of my goods & Chattles moveable & unmovable not heretofore nor hereby given, granted, conveighed or bequeathed, I doe give & bequeath to my wife Luce Chadborne, whom I ordayne & make my whoole & soole executrix for to see my debts payd, & not onely such Legacys Prformed as are heretofore in this my Present Will & testament formerly given, but alsoe all such Legacys & bequeaths, as I shall hereafter give it being small Legacys, & annexed to this as part of my whoole Will, soe it bee Attested signed & witnessed under mine & Witnesses hands

And I doe desire my Ouncle Nicholas Shapleigh, & my Cosson John Shapleigh & my Cosson William Spencer, to bee my overseers unto this my last will & testament, to the utmost of their pouer to see my Will observed, & Prformed according to the Tenour thereof, & I doe hereby give unto my Ouncle Shapleigh one very good beaver hatt, & to my cosson John Shapleigh & William Spencer each of them a good Castor hatt as good as can bee gotten, for their paynes to oversee & see my will executed

Item I do upon due & serious considerations of the prmisses aforesd, order & ordayne that my suns James & William Chadborne, In consideration to that Donation I gave them at Sturgeon Cricke, that both of them shall to their utmost pouer & assistance, always to bee aydeing & assistant to their mother, & to bee at her Command untill the tyme of their marrage if there mother see cause soe to have it, & if they shall bee stubborne & disobedient to there mother, that then It shall bee lawfull for my executrix with the Consent of my overseers to dispossess them or either of them & to give the aforesd Lands & Meddow of Sturgeon Cricke to any other of my children & to none else, any thing herein Contayned to the Contrary notwithstanding

It is my will that my beloved wife being my Lawfull executrix take spetiall Care of my sister Spencer, & If it should soe happen yt my sister should fall to decay, & bee in want that then my wife Lucy Chadborn shall to her uttmost power & ability supply her & bee helpefull to her at all tymes hereafter

Item I doe bequeath unto my Cosson Mary Fosse five pounds to bee payd her with in one yeare after my decease

Item I give & bequeath unto my sun Humfrey Chadborne my now rideing horse with all the furniture to him belonging, & my intent is that the sd horse with ye furniture bee at his owne dispose, imediately after my decease

Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Aylce Chadborne my great silver beaker, & my true intent is it shall bee quietly delivered unto her at the day of her Marrage

In witness wrof, both unto that former writeing here in expressed, & heretofore in this sedule of my will & testament at large expressed before I did ordayne & make my executrix & appoynted hereby my overseers, as alsoe to those bequeaths Lecacys injunctions & desirs of mine I have hereunto sett my hand & seale thereby Confirmeing it to bee my last Will & testament In the Presence of these Witnesses, hereafter underwritten & subscribed

Humfrey Chadburne
Sealeld Signed & acknowledged
by mee Humfrey Chadburne Senior
to beee my Last will & testament in the Presence of us

Humphrey (his mark) Spencer
Moses (his mark) Spencer
Andrew Searle

And further I doe declare unto all men that I Humfrey Chadburne Testator, haveing maturely & seriously considered my owne fraylty in pticular, & every Prsons mortality in generall, & haveing not yet formerly in this my last will & testament made any provission for the bringing up of my 3 little daughters Luce Aylce & Katthrine, Chadborne, & that Child with which my wife is conceaved with, yet unborne, how to bee brought up according to my mind & Will at Schoole & Learneing, not spending upon that stocke or portion or Legacys which I have formerly given them, untill they should every one of them respecitvely, bee of the age of Twelve yeares, or capable to gett their liveing, intending thereby & my will is that yr portions shall remaine whoole & unimbezelled unto them at that age, & tyme respecitvely, for that end & purpose my intent & Will is, that my aforesayd daughters & youngest Children shall be mantayned & brought up by my suns Humfrey James & William Chadborne, respecitvely & proportionably & my will is that my Sun Humfrey shall bee at the greatest Charge towards their bringing up, & James & William some small part according to yr abilitys & the discretion of my overseers, & I doe hereby bind my Land for the Prformance here of, that my suns possessing my aforesd Lands & Mills, shall bee to the Charges of the bringing up of my sayd youngest children, soe as that their aforesd portions may not bee spent nor in the least Imbeazelled untill they shall accomplish the age aforesd, respectively, & I doe hereby declare that this here under written is as really a branch & a part of my last will & testament as any thing either gyft devise or Legacy heretofore given or bequeathed

In witness hereof I have here unto sett my hand the day & yeareaforesd, in the Presence of the same Witnesses abovesd, whose names are here againe subscribed

Humfrey Chadburne

Witnesse
Andrew Searle
Humphrey (his mark) Spencer
Witness
Moses (his mark) Spencer"(5)

"An inventory of the estate vidzt of the Lands goods & Chattles of Mr Humfrey Chadburne deceased, taken & apprized by us this 13th day of September 1667 :
whose names are here underwritten/

Inprs his weareing Cloaths 10ldIn moneys & beaver & other fnrrs 108ld.............................. 118 0 0
It one saw Mill with utinsills & Tymber.............................................................................. 300 0 0
It one home stall contayneing a dwelling house a barne & other out houses
with 400 Acers of Land by estimation................................................................................. 350 0 0
It Thyrty Acers of Meddow & 200 Acers of vpland at Bonnibiss pond.................................. 120 0 0
& fourty acers of swamp land in Tomtynkers swamp: 10ld................................................... 130 0 0
It A farme at 5turgeon Cricke contayneing by estimation In vplaud &
Meddow 230 Acers........................................................................................................... 260 0 0
In Plate 16ld....................................................................................................................... 16 0 0
It Tenn oxen at per oxe & eight Cows at.............................................................................. 118 0 0
It 4 5teares & one Heifer att................................................................................................ 23 0 0
It Two stears 2 years ould 2 yearelings foure Calfes at........................................................... 14 0 0
It one horse & a Mare at..................................................................................................... 16 0 0
It fourteen swine at 8ld.......................................................................................................... 8 0 0
It boards & Loggs at............................................................................................................ 70 0 0
It one Cart 3 peyr of Wheeles five 5 yoakes & chaynes.......................................................... 16 0 0
It All English & Indean Graine at........................................................................................... 25 0 0
It five servant men & mades att............................................................................................. 40 0 0
It Two Conows & a plow at.................................................................................................. 2 10 0
It All manner of Toules for husbandry..................................................................................... 5 0 0
In ye Parlour one bed furnished, one long table two Chests Eleven chayres & other furniture att.. 30 0 0
In ye Kittchen : Pewter potts & Kettles & other utensills at...................................................... 23 0 0
In ye Leane two : One bed furnished a Table & chayres att...................................................... 10 0 0
In ye Leane to Chamber : In goods & small necessarys............................................................ 30 0 0
In the Chambers foure bedds & furniture & some Cotton Woll................................................. 18 0 0
aboue stares fine Musketts two fowling peeces att..................................................................... 7 0 0
In debts due to the estate....................................................................................................... 82 4 0

...................................................................................................................................... 1713 14 0

John Wincoll Nicholas Shapleigh William Spencer
Mis Luce Chadburne doth Attest upon her oath that this is a true Inventory of those goods & Lands above written belonging to ye estate of Mr Humfrcy Chadburne her husband lately deceased, to the best of her knowledge/

Taken before mee this 13th of September 1667 : Edw RishworthJus: pe: "

"In the name of god Amen The Eighth Day of January In The Eleventh year of The Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord William The Third by The Grace of god of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the faith &c Anno: Dom: one Thousand Six hundred ninety & nine. I Lucy Stileman of New Castle being In Perfect health both In Body and mind....

That Is To Say first. I Give and bequeath To my grandson James Chadborn Son of My late Son James Chadborn one half part of all my land and Meddow which Is lying and being Att or ny Sturgeon Creek In the Province of main which was granted me by A Deed of gift or Joynter from My former Husband Humphry Chadborn Duering My Natural Life and Then Att my disposeal Among our Children And The Sd James Chadborn Is To Pay his sister Lucy Chadborn twenty Pounds out of The Incoms or Rent of The Sd Land And If the sd James Shuld Dy without Issue Then The Sd Land Is to goe tro his Sd Sister Lucy _____ I Give and bequeath To my Daughter Elizabeth Alcock The other half of my Sd land and Meaddow Aforsd To be Equally divided betwext her and my grandson Aforsd Shee Paying To her Sister Katharine Wamouth Twenty Pounds out of the Rent or Income. and If my Daughter Elizabeth Alcock Shuld Dy without Issue and Leave A husband then sd Land and Mash Shall remain to her husband Dureing his Natural life and then Decend To my Daughter Katharine Waymouth or her heirs: or If She Dy without husband or Issue Imediately to goe As Aforesd To my Daughter Waymouth or her heirs she or they Paying To my other Two Daughters Viz Lucy Lewis & Alice Dunnel Each Ten Pounds being the mony Recd of her Sister Alcock or If Not Recd by Reason of The Shortness of The Time being In My daughters Alcocks hands &c Then Nevertheless To Pay Them The Ten Pounds Each ___ And That whereas my l ast husband Mr Elias Stileman Did give me forty Pounds To be Disposed by me out of his Estate I give and Bequeth That Equally between my five Daughters Viz: Eight pounds To Each Lucy Lewis Alice Dunnel Kattharine Waymouth Eliza Alcock & Joana Cutt Each Eight Pounds Whereas I Now have An obligation from Rich: Stileman for Ten Pounds If I Receve That Ten Pounds Then I give my Grand son Thomas Landel Ten Pounds mony If I dy before I Recover That Then my Sd Grand son Shall have that Bill I heereby Assigning It over to him I Give to my Grandaughter Lucy Chadborn Daughter to my Son James Chadborn A Cow Whearas There Is A Dt Due from my late Son Humpry Chadborn I Give that To my four grandchildren My Son Humprys Children Viz Mary Wm Eliza & Joseph Chadborn And what Ever Estate I Leave Else Not heer mentioned I order It to be Equally Divided between my Sd five Daughters Viz: Lucy Lewis Kath: Waymouth Eliza Alcock Alice Dunell & Joanah Cutt And I Doe heereby Appoint My Two Daughters Kath: Wamouth & Eliza Alcock To be my Executrixes of this my last will and Testament I Desire My good frends John Hincks & Robt Eliot Esqrs To be Overseours heer of to See this My Will fulfiled In wittness whereof I have heerunto Sett my hand And Seal the Day and year Above writen

1699 In Presents of
Samuel Smith
mary tetherly
Theodore Atkinson
signum
Lucy X Stileman Alis
Wells Alis Chadborn (seal) (6)

Humphrey and Lucy's homestead has been the site of an archaeological excavation by Salem State College along with the Old Berwick Historical Society and the Chadbourne Family Association and directed by Tad Baker, professor of history at Salem State College. Since being discovered in 1995 Tad and his team of archaeologists and volunteers have returned to work the area and have discovered over 30,000 artifacts. The home was probably built shortly after the land was purchased from the Indians in 1643 and was destroyed in 1690 during King William's War. Due to the nature of its sudden destruction in war time and the fact that the Chadbourne family was well-to-do, the site has yielded numerous interesting objects for the achaeologist to find: nails, pottery, window glass, bones, pipe stems, buttons, a spur, ax blade, hammer head, saw blade, chisel as well as the now famous seal and Humphrey and Lucy's spoons. Many of the objects found are on display at the Counting House Museum in South Berwick.

HL C engraved spoon from Humphrey and Lucy's home

To discover more about the dig go to the Chadbourne dig web site at Salem State.

Issue-

·  I. Humphrey- b.c.1653, m. before Sept. 1678, Sarah Bowles (b.Jan. 1657 Wells, m.2. after May 1700, Benjamin Nason (m.1. 30 June 1689 Martha Canney (b. 5 Feb. 1669, d. before 1708), d. 1714), 3. 27 Dec. 1708 Portsmouth Elizabeth (Martyn, Kennard) Furber, d. after 10 Nov. 1707), adm. 16 May 1695

·  II. Alice- b.c.1661, m.1. 5 Nov. 1677 Barnstable, MA, Samuel Donnell of York (b.c.1645 York, d. 9 Mar. 1718 York), 2. Sept. 1723 Jeremiah Moulton of York (b.c.1650 Hampton, NH, d. 26 Sept. 1731)

·  III. Catherine-b.c.1665, m.1. Edward Litten (Adm. 18 Mar. 1691/2), 2. James Weymouth of New Castle, d. after 1727 New Castle

·  IV. James- b.c.1655, m. Elizabeth Heard (m.2. Samuel Small), adm. 30 May 1685

·  V. William- b.c.1657, d.s.p. before 8 Jan. 1699, adm. 22 Sept. 1701(7). William was captured by the Indians in 1676 and released at Pemaquid later that year to Major Waldron's company. He and others were ransomed for twelve skins each.

·  5VI. LUCY- b.c.1659, m.1. _____ Landall, 2. Michael Hicks of Barbados (will 19 May 1688, inv. 12 June 1688), 3. after1688 PETER LEWIS (b.c.1670, m.2. Elizabeth _____, will 17 May-21 June 1739)

·  VII. Elizabeth- b. after 25 May 1667, m. Capt. Samuel Alcock (b.c.1665, d. 13 Oct. 1708), will 4 July 1743-28 Mar. 1744

Ref:

(1) York Deeds- Vol. I, pp6-7 quoted by Stackpole in "Old Kittery" p. 130
(2) Suffolk County Deeds- Vol. I, p. 68
(3) York Deeds- Vol. I, p. 24; Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Docket No. 138094- c. 1790
(4) Chadbourne Family Association Web Site
(5) York County Deeds- Book II, pp. 27-30
(6) NHSP- Vol. 31, pp. 452-3
(7) York County Probate- docket no. 2707

4V. WILLIAM (ROBERT 1, WILLIAM 2)

bpt. 15 Oct. 1620 Tamworth, Staffordshire
m. MARY ______

William probably died, returned to England or left the colony before 25 May 1667 when he was not mentioned in his brother Humphrey's will who gave a small sum of money to William's only child Mary. William was living with his brother Humphrey at Old Fields in 1640. William and his father were in Boston in 1643. It is also possible that the William Chadbourne who had a land grant in Portsmouth, RI in 1642/3 was this William. There is also speculation that he may be the William Chadbourne who settled in Cecil County, MD c.1669.

Issue-

·  6I. MARY- b. Dec. 1644 Boston, MA, m. JOHN FOST (m.2. 25 Jan. 1686/7 Elizabeth Crawford (m.1. James Goffe, m.3. James Emery Jr.), will 17 Dec. 1699 Dover, NH)

Ref:

"Chadbourne- Chadbourn Genealogy"- William Morrill Emery, Fall River, MA, 1906, pp.1-3
"The Chadbourne Family"- Elaine Chadbourne Bacon, Chadbourne Family Assoc., 1989 Draft Edition

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