!MARRIAGES:American Marriage Records Before 1699, p.103, HASKELL, William and Mary Tybott, 6 November 1643, Gloucester, Mass. HASKELL, William and Mary Browne, 3 July 1667, Gloucester, Mass.
!HISTORY: New England, page 441-442 - He was born in 1617 in Enland, and first settled in that part of Salem known as Beverly, then called "Cape Ann side," and soon became a permanent resident of Gloucester, where he died August 20, 1693, leaving anestate valued at five hundred forty-eight pounds, two shillings. He was in Gloucester in 1643, and probably resided at Planters' Neck two years later, thought he appears to have been absent from the town later. He was there in 1656, however, and settled on the westerly side of Annisquam, where he had several parcels of land, including a lot of ten acres with house and barn, on the westerly side of Walker's creek. His sons had land on both sides of this creek still held by descendants. He was a mariner, engaged in fishing, but found time to attend to much of the town's business, serving as selectman several years. In 1661, he was appointed lieutenant of the "trayned band" and was later captain. He was oneof the officers who refused in 1688 to assess the taxes levied by Sir Edmund Andros, and was fined by the superior court at Salem. The repudiated governor, Andros, was finally driven out of New England by the indignant victims of his tyranny. In 1681 William Haskell joined with others in a petition to the king praying for the interposition of the crown to prevent the disturbance of title to Gloucester lands by Robert Mason, who made claim thereto. He was one of the first two known deacons of the first church at Gloucester. He married, November 16, 1643, Mary, daughter of Walter Tybbot. She died four days before her husband. Children: William, Joseph, Benjamin, John, Ruth, Mark, Sarah, Elinor and Mary. |