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| "The first of whom positive record is now obtained was John Emery, who with his wife Agnes, resided in Romsey, Hants, England, and probably died there. 847Anthony Emery, second son of John and Agnes Emery, was born in Romsey, Hants, England and sailed for America with his elder brother, John, from Southampton, April 3, 1635 in the ship James, of London, William Cooper, master, their wives and one or two children each probably accompanying them. They landed in Boston, Massachusetts, June 3, 1635. Anthony it seems, was in Ipswich, in August following and not long after settled in Newbury, where he lived until about 1640. In the latter year he removed to Dover, New Hampshire, and on October 22 of that year signed the "Dover Combination." For the nine years following he was identified with the interests of the town. His house was at Dover NEce, about a mile from the present railroad station at Dover Point, and three or four miles from Major Richard Waldern's (Waldron's) settlement on the Cocheco river. There he kept an ordinary or inn, which was destroyed by fire. In 1644 and 1648 he was one of the townsmen (selectmen) for the "prudential affairs" of Dover. he bought of John White, November 15, 1648 , a house, a field, and a great barren marsh on Sturgeon creek, in Pischataqua, afterward Kittery, now Eliot, Maine, and two other marshes. He served on the grand jury in 1649, and in the same year removed to Kittery, where he resided until 1660. He was juryman several times, selectman in 1652 and 1659, and constable. He was one of the forty-one inhabitants of Kittery who acknowledged themselves subject to the government of Massachusetts Bay, November 16, 1650, "a little Marsh soe Commonly called above sturgeon Cricke, with a little house and upland yrunto belonging, as also one thousand five hundred foote of boards, for & in Consideration of Two stears Called by ye name of Draggon and Benbow, with a weeks worke of himselfe& other two oxen wch is to be done in Cutcheco." In 1656 he was fined five pounds for mutinouse courage in questioning the authority of the court of Kittery, and in 1660 he was fined a second time for entertaining Quakers, and deprived of the rights and privileges of a freeman in Kittery. On May 12, of this year, he sold to his son James all his property in Kittery, and sought a residence where he could enjoy more liberty. He removed to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and was there received as a free inhabintant, September 29, 1660. He served as juryman from Portsmouth on several occastions, was chosen constable, June 4, 1666, and deputy to the General Court, April 25, 1672. The last evidence of his residence at Portsmouth is that of a deed of land in Portsmouth to Rebecca Sadler, his daughter, dated March 9, 1680. An Anthony Emery was representative from Kittery at York, Maine, March 30, 1680, but it does not seem probable after what had happened to that time that Anthony Emery, the immigrant, is the person referred to. He was a man of good business qualifications, energetic, independent, resolute in purpose, bold in action, severe in speech, jealous of his own rights, and willin to suffer for conscience sake. He was one of those men who did their own thinking and would rather be right than be president. His wife's forename was Frances. His children were: James, a son unknown, and Rebecca." (src: Hatch, Louis. Maine A History Centennial Edition Biographical v.4. The American Historical Socity, NY. 1919. p.346-347) | ||||||||||
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| See Genealogical and Family History of George T. Little Emery, R. p13; Burns, J.; Stackpole, E. (Old Kittery p. 365) | ||||||||||
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