Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Hugh Floyd 1663-1730 Elinor abt 1663

Hughs Footstone to his grave
Inscription on stone reads: 
Here Lyes Buried
ye Body of
Mr. Hugh Floyd
Who Departed this Life
Nov'br 17th
Anno Domini 1730.
Aged 67 Years.


Hugh Floyd

Parents Captain John Floyd and Sarah Doolittle
Born 10 Jul 1663 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupation: Constable (1688 and 1709) Surveyor (1694)
Tithingman (1705 and 1712)
Hugh Floyd birth record

Life Note: He went with his father to Rumney Marsh, where he held several local offices. By inheritance and purchase, he became co-owner with his brother John, of the farm in Rumney Marsh formerly belonging to John Cogan. In 1730, prior to his death, he transferred to son Hugh, Jr., a part of what was known as Sanford's Lot. 

Hugh was a member of the Malden church to 5 Apr 1724, when, with his wife, he joined the church of his own district. He died 17 Nov. 1730. He owned at least one slave (Richard) who was to serve each of his sons for one year after his death and then he would be freed.
Married Elinor (unknown surname)
Died 17 Nov 1730 Rumney Marsh, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Will signed 28 August 1730 and probated 31 Dec 1730. It mentions wife Elinor (she would receive 25 pounds yearly, sons Samuel, Benjamin, and Hugh, and daughters Sarah Leath and Elinor Leath, and the children of deceased daughter Joanna Tuttle.
Buried: Rumney Marsh Burial Ground, Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Book: A Documentary History of Chelsea, 1909. by Mellen Chamberlain, published by committee; there are 2 Volumes, the information I gathered was from Vol 1 pages 70, 180,
Birth Record: Massachusetts Town Clerk and Vital Records (see above)
Family Search

Elinor (unknown surname)
Unknown Parents
Born abt 1663 - probably Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com

CHILDREN

Joanna's Headstone


Hannah (Joanna) Floyd

Born 5 Nov 1686 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Hannah's birth record


Married Edward Tuttle 11 Jun 1706 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America Note: by Reverend Cotton Mather

Joanna and Edward's family information.


Children: Edward, Joanna, William, Joseph, Sarah, Samuel, Joseph, Mary, Benjamin, Elijah, Damaris, Ebenezer, Eunice
Died 19 Oct 1728 Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Note: Edward remarried 13 August 1733 to Martha Burbeck
Buried October 1728 Rumney Marsh Burial Ground, Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Book: A Documentary History of Chelsea, 1909. by Mellen Chamberlain, published by committee, there are 2 Volumes, the information I gathered was from Vol 1 pages 
Birth: Massachusetts Town Clerk and Vital Records
Family Search
ancestry.com
Birth: IGI Film 0397042 Batch C502201 dated 1630-1699
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19087072/joanna-tuttle
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7th Great grandparents
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Sarah (Sally) Floyd

Born 28 Jan 1688 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Married Francis Lathe Jr. 25 Mar 1713 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America by Reverend Thomas Cheever
Sarah and Francis's marriage record
Her brothers is on the line just above hers.


Children: Robert, Ebenezer, Benjamin, Mary
Died
Buried
Sources
Marriage: Index of Marriages in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America (see above)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Birth: IGI Film 0397042 Batch C502201 dated 1630-1699
Ebenezer Floyd
Born 21 Feb 1690 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Died 30 Jul 1692 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Birth in Boston: IGI Film 0397042 Batch C502201 dated 1630-1699
Birth and Death in Malden: IGI Film 0599728 IT 2 Batch C501011 dated 1850
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110668151/ebenezer-floyd
Elinor Floyd
Born 12 Feb 1692 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Elinor's birth record


Married (Deacon) John Leath 30 May 1717 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Elinor and John's marriage record

Children: John, Samuel, Elijah, Elinor, Sarah, Frances, Jedediah, Mary, Elizabeth
Died 1771 Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried
Sources
Birth Record from Massachusetts Town Clerk, Town and Vital Records (see above)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Birth: IGI Film 0397042 Batch C502201 dated 1630-1699
Samuel Floyd
Born abt 1695 Rumney Marsh, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Joanna Floyd (cousin?) 8 Feb 1727 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Samuel's marriage to Joanna 


Children: Tabitha, Joanna, Samuel, Noah, Joseph, Edward, Rachel, Nathaniel, David, Nathan, Benjamin
Died 4 Mar 1870 Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried: 
Sources
Marriage: Index of Marriages in Boston (see above)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Mary Floyd
Born 22 Jul 1698 Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died 10 Mar 1699
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Birth and Death: IGI Film 0599728 IT 2 Batch C501011 dated 1850
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110668244/mary-floyd
Ben's headstone
Benjamin 
Floyd

Born abt 1701 Rumney Marsh, Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupation: Innholder (1741)
Married Sarah Eustice 28 Nov 1726 Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Ben and Sarah's marriage record 

Children: Mary, Sarah, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Abigail, Elizabeth 

Benjamin and Sarah's children and land matters.
The Hugh it first mentions is the father of Ben who deeded land to Ben. The second Hugh and Sam are likely brothers to Ben since their father died in 1730 and it mentions their mother is a widow and living in Medford.

Died 24 Apr 1741 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried: Salem Street Burying Ground, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources
Marriage: Massachusetts Marriages and Massachusetts Town Clerk and Vital Records (see above)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Hugh Floyd (Jr.)
Born 13 May 1704 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Mary Baker 29 Apr 1729 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Hugh Floyd and Mary Baker marriage record

Children: Mary, Eleanor, Hugh, Peter, Hannah, Susannah, William, Stephen, Andrew
Died 28 Sep 1789
Buried
Sources
Marriage Record: Massachusetts Marriage Record
Family Search
ancestry.com

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