| 8. | George*^ Aldrich was born in 1605 in Derbyshire, England; died on 1 Mar 1683 in Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts; was buried in George Aldrich Cem, No. 16, Uxbridge, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Emigration: 6 Nov 1631, Derbyshire, England
Notes:
From the publication "George Aldrich Genealogy", the following is transcribed from page twenty seven.
George Aldrich. From the notes of Marcus M. Aldrich and other sources we derive the following: In the words of the printed record. George Aldrich said - "God brought me to America from Derbyshire, England, 6 November in the year 1631." Thesedoubtedly are the words of George Aldrich the reputed progenitor of the Aldriches living in America, formed in his own mind, inscribed with his own hand, verified in his own experience.
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God brought me to America from Derbyshire, England, November 6, 1631. These are the words of George Aldrich, the progenitor of the American Aldrich race, and in which his unqualified faith In the over-ruling power of God In all things is clearly expressed.
"As stated above, George Aldrich was a tailor, and it is concluded that it was by this trade he gained subsistence, for with but one acre of land at Dorchester and only eight at Braintree, it would appear that he was paying but little attention to agriculture. It is also found that of sons, John and. Peter, thus leaving him with but thirteen and one-third acres in his home lot. As he was about 60 years of age when coming to Mendon it is doubtful about his ever engaging much in farming here. The authorities who had the matter in charge, fixed for the rule of settling the new township of Mendon, that those who had been accepted as worthy to become members of the seemingly select company should reach the new territory before the seventh month, 1665, and, as stated above, Ferdinando Thayer and George Aldrich were among the first to comply with this requirement."
"At Mendon George Aldrich had a houselot set off to him a little southerly of the present Mendon village, which lot today comprises the southerly portion of the Gilbert Gaskill farm; and the house where George Aldrich lived, and some three or four generations after him, must have stood, in the vicinity of the Gilbert Gaskill vegetable garden, opposite the Gaskill house."
"Until 1786 the homestead of George Aldrich was in the hands of his descendants. At this time Rev. Caleb Alexander, the sixth settled minister of Mendon, bought the ancient Aldrich homestead, together with the John Harber houselot, (which sometime previous had come Into possession of Stephen Aldrich, a great grandson of the first George) the above-mentioned Gaskill house being situated on the John Harber houselot."
"George Aldrich had eleven children, all of whom were born before his coming to Mendon, his youngest, son, Jacob, being seven years old at that time. George died In Mendon March 1, 1682 and his wife Katherine Jan. 11, 1692. His first child., Abel, was probably born In England, and. as I find no trace of him or his birth date, it is concluded that he died there. Joseph, his second child, married Patience Osborne and came to Mendon with his father, he also becoming a proprietor. Joseph's houselot of 20 acres comprised the northerly portion of the N. R. George farm, extending across the road and taking in the southerly portion of the present home place of Julius A. George. The house of Joseph Aldrich stood in the vicinity of where our former village blacksmith, the late John Barry, lived and died. Joseph Aldrich stayed in Mendon until about the time of his father's death in 1682 when he removed to what is now Smithfield, Rhode Island, in which state many of his descendants are still found, including the Hon. Nelson W. Aldrich, the financial leader of the United States Senate, whose daughter married John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Joseph Aldrich was of the Quaker faith and tradition has It that on this account his house was spared at the burning of the town in 1676 by King Philip's warriors. The next three of George Aldrich's children all died young. John, the sixth child, married Sarah Thompson, daughter of John and Sarah Thompson of Mendon. He had a third part of his father's houselot and may properly be termed a proprietor. His lot of 15 1/3 acres comprised the southerly portion of the said N. R. George farm and his house is supposed to have been In the vicinity of where the Nathan George "yellow house" so called, formerly stood, In front of the town's burying ground. John Aldrich removed from Mendon to Bridgewater about the time of the King Philip war, where he is supposed to have lived until his death. "
"Peter, the eighth child, has not been positively traced but he is believed to have removed to Long Island and become the progenitor of the Aldrich branch who for many generations have existed there. Mercy, the ninth child, married John Randall, a son of Robert Randall of Weymouth, and as the births of some of their children are recorded in Mendon, it is evident that they lived here for a while at least. It is found, however, that they subsequently removed to Weymouth and spent their days on his father Robert's farm. Martha, the eleventh child of George Aldrich, married John Dunbar, and while they had a son born in Mendon, I have gained no further knowledge of them worthy of mention."
"I will now go back to the tenth child, Jacob, who married Ferdinando Thayer's daughter Huldah, and from here on the title of my paper, "The Thayer-Aldrich Tribe" applies. Jacob Aldrich and Huldah Thayer were married November 5, 1675 and in the main it will be upon their descendants that the remainder of this paper will treat. Jacob settled in Mendon on the Aldrich homestead which was bequeathed to him by his father, and while I do not wish to speak disparagingly of my own side of the house, I feel forced to admit that of the innumerable descendants of Jacob Aldrich and Huldah Thayer the Thayer blood has predominated. They had a family of twelve children, the most of whom grew to adult age. To six of their sons sixty-five children were born, and with eighteen children born to their daughters, eighty-three grand children are credited to Jacob Aldrich and Huldah Thayer."
Marcus M. Aldrich, Mendon, MA, 1908
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Boston Evening Transcript, Query No. 2480, 1932
George Aldrich, born in Derbyshire, England was the son of George Aldrich of London, Eng. tableted in Cheam Church "Descendant of William Aldrich of Norfolk who married Mary, daughter of Isabella of France and Edward II of England."
(Isabella was a daughter of Philip IV of France and sister of Charles IV. George Aldrich came to New England in 1631, 1644 lived in Braintree. His will dated at Mendon, Mass., 2 Nov., 1682 and proved 26 Apr., 1638.)
The location of the entire publication is not known at this time. However, the pages concerning George and his decendants have been photocopied and are in the collection of papers held by Malcolm Clever Sr.
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George Aldrich of Derbyshire m. Katherine Seald Sep. 3 1629. On Nov 6, 1631 he came to America and first settled in Dorchester, Ma, then in Braintree, and in 1633 before the seventh month came to the territory which in 1667 was incorporated as a town and called Mendon. He, with six other men being the first pioneers of the town.
Dec. 7, 1636 George Aldrich was made a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in Dorchester, MA. At that time church membership was a requisite for becoming a freeman. Only freemen could vote and hold office; so it was carefully arranget only "orthodox" persons should have any part in the government. As it was, they emigrated to America for this reason and for many other factors.
On Feb. 24 1640 Land was granted by the general Court of Massachusetts Colony to George Aldrich, John French, George Shepard, Thomas Thayer, Daniel Lovett and others.
On June 9 1663 George Aldridge, tailor, and Katherine his wife sold to Richard Thayer for 30 pounds sterling one dwelling house at Montreol in Braintree 2 orchards, 8 acres bounded east and west on Richard Thayer north and Joseph Crosky Son Montreol River. After the sale he bought 240 acres of land, called Aldridges farm, situated near Great Pond on Braintree, which was sold later to a man called Deafie in 1677, the time at which George and his family moved back to Mendon after King Philip War ended.
The tablet at Founder's Park in Mendon, in memory of the founders of Mendon, "The Old Mother Town", settled 1663, incorporated 1667, lists at the first three meeting houses, in 1668: Ferdinando Thayer, George Aldrich, Daniel Lovett, John , John Woodland, John Harbor, Mathias Puffer, Joseph White, John Thompson, Walter Cook, Abraham Staples, John Gurney and John Rockwood. In 1680 it lists Samuel Hayward, William Holbrook, Angel Torrey, and in 1690 it lists Robert Taft, Benjamin Wheelock, Josiah Chapin, James Keith, Eleazer Daniels.
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WHERE IS GEORGE BURIED?
Written for " Pickering Pitchforks" May-1994 by Alice Pickering Palladini
"There is a huge unmarked boulder, in The Old Cemetery in Mendon, Ma. and many throughout the years have written George1 is buried under this boulder.. The reasoning being that George's land abutted the Old Cemetery and it was the natural location to inter his remains. Also other Aldrich's are buried near that site. However, in Uxbridge, Ma., (once part of Mendon, ) on the corner of Glendale Rd. & Aldrich St. is an old Cook/Aldrich Historic Cemetery."
"At the entrance of this cemetery stands a Memorial stone & large plaque that was erected by descendants of the first George and Jacob2, and this plaque reads, " Buried Here ----------" George Aldrich, Jacob Aldrich, Seth Aldrich, Samuel Aldrich, lyman Aldrich, Sylvanus Bucklin Aldrich, Edward Irving Aldrich and that this Burying Ground was restored by Richard Stoddard Aldrich 1955; 8th in direct line of George Aldrich."
"The question is, did the family of George drive 10 miles in 1683 to bury George in Uxbridge (then also Mendon) or did they go less than a half mile and inter his remains in the Old Cemetery, that abutted his land????"
"This question will probably never be answered in our life time nor any other... I believe the Uxbridge Memorial plaque to be just that; a Memorial Plaque to George1 & Jacob2 erected by his descendant and his remains are probably under the boulder in the Old Cemetery in Mendon.. "
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From: dsam@wasatch.com (W. David Samuelsen)
Reply-to: dsam@wasatch.com
To: ALDRICH-L@rootsweb.com
Decided to take a check on what's available in the Family History
Library, SLC on the Aldrich records (there are 70 references) yesterday.
Here is what I found:
Alice Cady's Bowen Family Records, filed in Vermont Library contained some very interesting information about George and Katherine. This was 1944. The information contained within are pre-1944.
The references led to New England Genealogical and Historical Register. Seems one of descendants has the exact date of marriage! and exact date of arrival in Boston! Plus other info as well.
George Aldrich died 1 March 1682/3 (Register vol 75, p. 321) will dated 2 Nov 1682.
Married 5 Nov 1629 Catherine Seald (Raymond Meyers Tingley in Register)
Catherine born 1610, died Mendon 11 Jan 1691.
was in Swansea 1669-1670 before returning to Mendon.
Sailed 6 Nov 1631. (Raymond Meyers Tingley mentioned this in Register)
Was at Suffolk, MA 1635
There was a mention in Register that Raymond Meyers Tingley was researching/collecting the genealogies of the descendants of George Aldrich. Mention said he lived at Herrick Centre, PA. That would be before 1944. Wondering what became of him and his records?
In Bowen genealogy, Abel, the oldest child/son DIED 1683!
Vol 49 p. 350 of Register....
George was made freeman at Dorchester 7 Dec 1636. Was at Braintree
1640-1663. Mendon 1663-1683
W. David Samuelsen
dsam@wasatch.com
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Re: Royalty: There is no HARD evidence to support the connection to William Aldrich of Co. Norfolk, England either - Norfolk is another way away from Essex._____________
Subj: [ALDRICH-L] Q & A page on George???
Date: 8/15/98 1:19:07 AM Central Daylight Time
From: dsam@wasatch.com (W. David Samuelsen)
Reply-to: dsam@wasatch.com
To: ALDRICH-L@rootsweb.com
Yesterday I was a bit flabbergasted to see some manufactured information about George Aldrich.
This is in addition to some falsehoods last week on the list about him too.
It is quite clear that we need to have a page set up at NAA to set record straight concerning George's facts and fictions.
Like the claim about him coming over in Nov 1631 which is disproved because the writers of "Great Migrations" couldn't find anything about him before 1635.
Also another fixed claim on his birth place, Derbyshire, England - again - another fiction - and nothing to support it.
3rd one is his exact marriage - another fiction. We have only two dates (Sep or Nov 1629) and nothing hard to back up either one.
4. father George of Canfield, - good grief - couldn't anyone realize it is impossible for him to be father of our George. Him dead 1599 or is that 1601 and our George born 1605.
5. Abel - the oldest one - what hard evidence to show him ever existed?
Etc, etc.
W. David Samuelsen
George*^ married Katherine*^ Seald on 5 Nov 1629 in Derbyshire, England. Katherine*^ was born in 1610 in Derbyshire, England; died on 1 Jan 1691 in Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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