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| 165SAMUEL STICKNEY, eldest son of William and Elizabeth, was born in England in 1633 [See Dep. of Elizabeth Stickney and Samuel following the Inventory of William Stickney at the end of the First Generation Section.]; m. 1st in Rowley, 2, 18, 1653, Julian Swan, who died in Bradford between the years 1670 and 1673. He m. 2d in Bradford, April 6, 1674, Prudence (Leaver) Gage. SAMUEL STICKNEY came with his father first to Boston, thence to Rowley, and lived with him till he was twenty-one years of age; he then received his portion of his father’s estate, and married Julian Swan. He soon after purchased of William Acie, a freehold, consisting of "land, dwelling-house and barn" originally laid out in 1643 to Thomas Leaver, on Holmes street, near his father-in-law, Richard Swan’s. It was bounded "on the south side by the common and the east end by the streete." Feb. 25, 1661-2. He rented with his father the half of several parcels of land, Shatswell’s meadow and upland, of which, by the Will and on the decease of the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, Jan. 23, 1660, the Town had just come in possession. On a Tax List made between the years 1660 and 1664, of an amount of £46, 8s. 2d., his quota was 4s. 6d. He was Poundkeeper 1662-67. A lot was laid out to him in the division of Hog Island Marsh in 1667. April 23, 1668, "Richard Swanne of Rowley" sells him also of Rowley for "three score and ten pounds" "all of two acre lott laid out unto me in tract of land yt. was granted to be divided by Town of Rowley, comonly called Merrimack land, 100 acres as it lyeth undivided together with 100 acres yt. was laid out to Robert Swann of Haverhill my son, his part lying north of mine, bounded south by land laid out unto John Shales now in possession of Thos. Hardy, Jr., one end butting on Merrimack River the other on land laid out to Mrs. Mary Rogers as right of Thomas Barker’s Merrimack land, as also a little parcell of land in a neck of land by my Crane Meadow, together with meadow laid out and belonging unto me on west side of Crane meadow Brooke, bounded by land of Ezekiel Northend, by meadow formerly layd out unto Francis Parrott now in ye possession of s’d Ezekiel or his son-in-law Joseph Bayley" Wit. Sam’l Brocklebank and Benj. Scott. [Essex Deeds, 30, 189.] March 11, 1669-70. He with wife Julian, of Rowley, "for 40 pounds sell to Joseph Housley of the same Towne Batcheler, one acre and a half be it more or less of areable land in the towne of Rowley, together with one dwelling house, barne, and orchard and fruit trees with easments of gardens, well or whatever profitts and comodityes is thereon, bounded on the East by the town streete, on the South on land and houshol of Edward Hazen and on the West by a swamp of the said Edw. Hazen, and upon the north syde by a house lott once belonging to John Trumble deceased, and it was first layd out to Thomas Leaver but sould by William Acie to SAMUELL STICKNEY, the whole lot as it is now bounded and described." Wit. Thomas Leaver and William Browne. Ack. May 9, 1682, by SAMUEL STICKNEY. [Ibid 4: 450.] In 1670 a lot was laid out to him in the Merrimack lands. At the expiration of his lease of seven years of the Rogers land, and the sale of his house in 1669-70, he with his wife Julian removed to the Merrimack lands, where his wife probably died between the years 1670 and 1673; for on the 25th day of the 12th month of the year 1673 [See Essex Deeds, 4: 228] he enters into a marriage contract with Prudence (Leaver) Gage, whom he married April 6, 1674. The settlement of the Merrimack lands, a part of Rowley, was commenced by Rowley people in 1649. At a meeting held by them Feb. 20, 1668-9, the place was called Merrimack. Jan. 7, 1672-3, it was voted to call the town Bradford, and it was incorporated about 1675. The part where he settled was set off from Bradford in 1850, and called Groveland. March, 1671. He purchased of Rowley two gates, he being then of Bradford. He was Selectman of Bradford 1671, ‘81, ‘82, ‘89, ‘91, ‘93, ‘94 and ‘95. He gave surety Sept., 1674, to pay the portion of John Gage, the son of his wife Prudence by her former marriage. He was a Constable in 1676. Took the "Oath of Fidelity" in Bradford, Dec. 16, 1678, before Capt. Saltonstall, and Dec. 10, 1678, the "Oath of Allegiance before Major Gen’ll Denison Esq.," at Ipswich. Oct. 11, 1682. He took the "Freeman’s Oath" and was also this year one of a committee at the ordination of the "Rev. Mr. Sims." Dec. 27, 1682, a church was organized in Bradford, by the signature of eighteen males to a Covenant, of which he was one. His wife Prudence was dismissed from the church in Haverhill, and admitted to this First Church in Bradford 7th of the 11th month, 1682-3. (His children were baptized before, in Rowley.) He was Surveyor of Highways and Fences, 1684, 1692, 1707-8. Nov. 29, 1686. He with Samuel Dresser convey to Matthew Perry 67 acres of land lying in Boxford, and Oct. 13, 1693, SAMUEL STICKNEY and Prudence his wife ack. it to be their act. [Essex Deeds, 9: 160.] May 8, 1689 and Feb. 12, 1689-90. He was a Representative from Bradford. A sudden revolution had terminated Governor Andros administration, and in its stead there was established "A council for the safety of the people, and conservation of the peace." They chose Mr. Bradstreet their President, and on the 2d of May they sent an order to the town of Bradford "to convene the inhabitants and choose an able man as a delegate" to meet them at Boston, on the 9th of May. Sixty-six persons, one of whom was SAMUEL STICKNEY, met, it appears, by the Colonial Records, and confirmed the new Government. He is styled Lieutenant, on the Bradford records in 1691. He was grand Juryman April 13, 1697, and on Jury of Trials, 1701-8. Appointed Tythingman 1704. On file in the Essex Probate Office, enclosed in the Will of Jane Grant, is the following "Deposition of SAMUEL STICKNEY, Senior. "I, SAM’LL STICKNEY S’r of Bradford do testifie & say that I came over from England to New-England in the same ship w’th Thomas Grant & Jane Grant his wife, who brought over w’th them, Four children by name: John, Hannah, Frances, & Ann, whome I was well acquainted with, & next or near neighbor unto in Rowley. And ye said John being deceased, I do affirm that the Sisters of John Grant above named, now by marriage known by ye names of Hannah Browne, Frances Keyes, & Ann Emerson, and y’e same y’t came over w’th their Father & Mother & by them owned w’th said John for their children. Taken upon Oath y’e 20th, 1698 before me Nath. Saltonstall Justice of ye Peace." Jan. 28, 1703-4. "SAMUELL STICKNEY, S’r, of Bradford, yeoman, for & in Consideration of ye love I bear to my eldest Sonne SAMUEL STICKNEY, Jun’r, for his dutifullness to me I doe for his encouragement hereby give, grant, and freely bequeath unto my said Sonne Sixscore acers of land in ye Towne of Bradford abovesaid near my now dwelling house, part of ye Tract of Land I dwell on ye North Side next to Wosters land & so throughout ye length of ye land, so broad as will amount to Sixscore acres & also one halfe of ye Mowing ground on ye other side of my Land to have halfe [word illegible] for quantity and quality lying next Tho. Hardyes Land and also all my right of Lands in Rowley." Wit. William Worcester, Martha Worcester and Andrew Stickney. "Lieut. SAMUEL STICKNEY, Sr. personally appeared In Bradford this 7th of February 1703, & owned this above written Instrument to be his act & deed before me. Thomas Noyes, Justice of Peace." [Essex Deeds, 16: 110, 111.] May 4, 1704. "SAMUEL STICKNEY, Sen’r, of Bradford, yeoman for & in consideration of love, goodwill & affection, which I have & doe bear to my Son William Stickney of ye Towne & County aforesaid. Have given & granted & doe by these present freely, clearly, absolutely, given, granted unto my said Son Fourscore acres of Land or Thereabouts, in Bradford on the Southwest side of my farm lying next to Thomas Harddys land which is part of ye Tract of land I now dwell on, with halfe the Meadow & Mowing ground that lyeth within the Same & also give unto my above s’d son all my now dwelling house, and my barn the one halfe of my house to be possest on at present with ye abovesd. Land, the other halfe of my house, halfe of my [word illegible] after my decease only my wife to have the Improvement of halfe sd. house during her Natural life. I also give unto my abovesd. Son halfe my upland & Meadow, which lyes in ye Bounds of Rowley commonly called Crane Meadow," &c. Wit. Nathanial Walker, Mary Wood, Rebekah Walker. "Bradford May ye 15, 1704, then Lieut. SAM’L STICKNEY & prudence his wife appeared before me Nath’l Saltonstall, One of Her Maj’ties Justices of ye peace for Co. of Essex & owned & ack. ye instrument on ye other side to be their voluntary act & deed, prudence his wife at same time manifesting her free consent thereto & according to ye custome of law resigning up unto Grantee mentioned her right of Dower therein, as Attest Nath’l Saltonstall." [Ibid, 21: 22, 90.] Lieut. SAMUEL STICKNEY died in Bradford in the year 1709. His Homestead was bounded on the Merrimack River and ran back to Rowley line, or what is at present Georgetown, and was situated between the lots of Thomas Hardy on the Westerly side and Samuel Worster’s on the Easterly side. He gave as will be seen by Deeds of Gift in 1703 and 1704, to his sons Samuel [12] and William [13] the homestead, William to have the house. William’s son Jeremiah [49] sold, in 1724, his father’s half to Thomas [39], son of Samuel, and to John Pemberton, whose part included the old Stickney house. John Pemberton sold his land and house in 1743, to Samuel Stickney, [42] a brother of Thomas and son of Samuel, Jr. Samuel Stickney, Jr. [12], tradition says, built a house on the land his father gave him by Deed of Gift in 1703, which by inheritance and purchase was owned by his son Thomas [39], about 1730, who left it on his decease to his son, Capt. Thomas, Jr. [113], who made an addition to the old house when he married, in 1761. He lived and died there, and after his widow’s death, in 1815, Deacon Daniel [333] his son bought it, and immediately sold it to Philip Tenney who did not conclude to live there but sold it to Aaron Atwood in 1820, who owned and occupied it till 1830. It had other occupants until the spring of 1854 when it was taken down; it was built of plank, with one end of brick, and was probably the second house on the Stickney lot. A portion of SAMUEL STICKNEY Senior’s land is still owned by his descendants in the seventh generation, Moses and Abel Stickney of Groveland. Prudence Stickney after the death of her husband, administered on the estate of her son Jonathan Stickney, Sept. 6, 1714. She died in Bradford, Oct. 26, 1716, Æ 72 as appears by her gravestone, erected at the time and still standing in Bradford graveyard (1868). She left a Will dated August 30, 1716. "Being through the infirmities of old age, and other tokens of mortality very weak but of perfect mind &c.," "I give and bequeath to my well-beloved son John Gage of Bradford, whom I make my only executor, all I now possess as Goods, household stuffs, Cloathing, also a tract of land commonly called and known by the name of the Chestnutt Country alias Nutfield, which falleth to me by the death of my Son Jonathan Stickney deceased." Wit. David Kimball, Thomas Wood, John Boynton. Proved Nov. 19, 1716. [Essex Deeds, 11: 222.] | ||||||||||
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| 323Gary Green has abt 1630 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England as Samuel's birth. | ||||||||||
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