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Mary Mansfield

Female 1701 - Bef 1739  (37 years)


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  1. 1.  Mary Mansfield was born on 27 Mar 1701 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts (daughter of Joseph* Mansfield, Jr. and Elizabeth* Williams); died before 1739 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph* Mansfield, Jr. was born on 20 Mar 1661 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts (son of Joseph* Mansfield, (immigrant) and Elizabeth* Needham); died on 2 Jun 1739 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Other-Begin: 20 Apr 1667, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts
    • Will: 18 May 1731, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; written

    Notes:

    "Mansfield Genealogy - Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and Sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn 1639-1640" compiled by Geneva A. Daland & James S. Mansfield, M.D., 1980 (p.10).
    . Pages 13-14: "Joseph inherited, by his father's will, the old homestead on Boston Street, where he no doubt lived and died. He was constable of Lynn, 10 JUN 1700, as appears from an item of that date in the "Lynn Town Account Book of Debts."
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    From the "Wall Family Tree" database on Ancestry.com:
    . JOSEPH MANSFIELD (second of the name) son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Needham) Mansfield, was born about 1655 or 1656. He deposed on the 25th of March 1682 that he was then about 26 years of age. According to the Lynn record he was born 20: 1 m, 1660 (20 March 1660/1) eleven months before his mother's death. That he was older than his brother John (whose birth is not recorded) is shown from the order of listing in their father's will and in that of their grandfather Needham, and the grandfather (in or about 1676) called John the grandson "which I have brought up since his childhood till now he is about 15 years old." It would seem that the Lynn record applied to John, not to Joseph.
    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jstevens1&id=I2442

    Other-Begin:
    mentioned in grandmother Elizabeth Mansfield's will.

    Will:
    The will of Joseph (Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., VI, 246; VII,8), dated 18 MAY 1731, probated 11 JUN 1739, provided that his wife Elizabeth should have his household moveables. Son Robert was to provide for her "in as good a manner as she has had," as long as she remains his widow. Son Joseph was to have three acres in Rumney Marsh, "as I have before given him his full share." To son Isaac, 50 pounds in money. To daughter Anna, 30 pounds. Daughter Martha had her part before. "To each of the children of my deceased daughter Elizabeth, five shillings. To each of the children of my deceased daughter Sarah, one pound, thirteen shillings, four pence. To each of the children of my deceased son Jonathan, five shillings, and the rest of the estate to Robert."
    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jstevens1&id=I2442

    Joseph* married Elizabeth* Williams on 1 Apr 1678 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts. Elizabeth* (daughter of Isaac* Williams and Margery* Collins, (immigrant)) was born on 23 May 1660 in Essex Co, Virginia; died on 15 Jun 1730 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts (prob). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth* Williams was born on 23 May 1660 in Essex Co, Virginia (daughter of Isaac* Williams and Margery* Collins, (immigrant)); died on 15 Jun 1730 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts (prob).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Property: 9 Nov 1696, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    "Mansfield Genealogy - Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and Sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn 1639-1640" compiled by Geneva A. Daland & James S. Mansfield, M.D., 1980 (p.10 & pp.13-14).
    found at rootsweb: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jstevens1&id=I4700

    Property:
    mentioned in father's codicil to receive a shilling each to daughters Sarah, Deborah and Elizabeth, and sons Issac and Ebenezer.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Mansfield was born on 6 Feb 1679 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died before 1739 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    2. (twin1) Mansfield was born on 25 Oct 1680 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died on 25 Oct 1680 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    3. (twin2) Mansfield was born on 25 Oct 1680 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died in May 1772.
    4. General Joseph Mansfield was born on 18 Aug 1681 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died on 12 May 1772 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    5. Sarah Mansfield was born on 22 Jan 1682 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died before 1739 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    6. Deborah Mansfield was born on 21 Apr 1686 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1710 in of, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    7. John Mansfield was born on 15 Oct 1688 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1700 in (died young).
    8. Jonathan* Mansfield was born on 26 Feb 1690 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died on 1 Mar 1728 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    9. Anna Mansfield was born on 16 Jul 1693 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1716 in of, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    10. Isaac Mansfield was born on 22 Jan 1695 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died on 20 Dec 1760 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    11. Robert Mansfield was born in 1698 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died on 7 Dec 1755 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    12. 1. Mary Mansfield was born on 27 Mar 1701 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died before 1739 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    13. Martha Mansfield was born on 1 Feb 1704 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1725 in of, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joseph* Mansfield, (immigrant) was born before 1628 in England (son of Robert* Mansfield, (immigrant) and Elizabeth* Townsend(?), (immigrant)); died on 22 Apr 1694 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Will: 4 Apr 1694, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    "Mansfield Genealogy - Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and Sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn 1639-1640" compiled by Geneva A. Daland & James S. Mansfield, M.D., 1980 (p.5).
    . Pagse 9-10: JOSEPH MANSFIELD (Robert1) was born in or before 1628 (de Forest, 1930), died 22 April 1694 at Lynn (Lynn V.R.). He Married before June, 1652, ELIZABETH NEEDHAM, who died 25 Feb. 1662 at Lynn (Lynn V.R.), daughter of Edmund and Jone Needham of Lynn.

    Jospeh was sworn as a freeman at a court held in Salem, 27: 4: 1649.

    He was a soldier in the Narragansett War in 1675 (Mass. Colonial Records 5: 70).

    He was listed as in Capt. Samuel Appleton's company, 10 Dec. 1675 (N.E. Hist. Gen. Reg. 38: 441).

    In 1685 he was one of 25 Lynn residents who signed a petition to the Massachusetts General Court for remuneration for their service in the 1675 war (Lynn Town Records 27 May 1685).

    On 8 Jan. 1691 a Lynn Town Meeting voted "yt Matthew Farington, senr., Henry Silsbee, and Joseph Mansfield, senr., should sit in ye Decons seats." (Records of Town Meetings of Lynn, 1691-1701, published by Lynn Historical Soc., 1949).

    At a meeting of Lynn selectmen, 29 Feb. 1692, Joseph Mansfield was chosen one of five surveyors of the highways, and

    at a meeting 7 March 1693/4 he was chosen one of three Tithing Men (pp.10,22).

    The will of Edmund Needham, Joseph's father-in-law, dated 26: 4th mo.: 1677, and proved 29: 4th mo.: 1677 (Quarterly Courts of Essex County, VI: 303) makes bequests to Joseph's four children: "First, (to) his son Joseph Mansfield, one yo (young) sheep, and to his next son, John Mansfield, whom I have brot up ever since his childhood till now he is about 15 years old, to him, the said John Mansfield I give one cow and on you sheep not exceeding 4 years old, and to his daughter, Elizabeth Wheat, on yo sheep, and to Deborah Mansfield on yo sheep."


    The will of Joseph Mansfield, dated 4 Apr. 1694 and proven 2 July 1694 (Probate Records Essex Co. 3:166) gave to his son Joseph "my now dwelling house and my lot with my housing upon it, and the orchard." These were the premise Joseph had received by gift from his father, Robert, 16 Jun 1652; also several parcels of salt and fresh marsh. To son John "that piece of land I bought of Mr. Ruck, adjoining to the land that was Andrew Townsend's:" also upland in Ramsdell's Neck, and salt marsh. He mentions that John had been gone to sea about five years, and "I knoe not whether he be dead or alive; if he is dead or never comes home to new England, then son Joseph is to have all (that was) bequeathed to John. If John have occasion to sell, then Joseph is to have refusal, giving as much as another would give. To daughter Elizabeth 20 pounds in corn, cattle or goods; or if she claims land, then to have three acres of fresh meadow in the great meadow in the country, in lieu of the 20." Elizabeth's husband Joshua Wheat, died in 1692, in his 94th year. Essex Court records give his name as Joshua Witt, and in Lewis and Newhall's History of Lynn it is "J. Wait." Their children were Moses, b. 30 May 1676, d. 15 June1676, and Mary.

    . A deed dated 16 JUN 1652, by Robert, gave to his son, Joseph the homestead first referred to, on condition that he should provide for his father and mother during their lives. (Quarterly Courts of Essex County, VIII, pp.254-256). These pemises were bounded, east, by John Witt; west, by Francis Burrill; south, by the County Road; and north, by "The Rocks", and consisted of nine acres, with buildings and orchard. Robert and his wife doubtless lived and died on these premises, which remained in the possession of their descendants for several generations. The old house, whch stood on Boston Street at thhe sorner of Moulton Street, entil about the 1890's is said by tradition to hhave been built in 1666. Joseph Moulton, a descendant, repaired and remodelled it in 1844. His widow, Anna Mansfield, lived in it until shhe died, in 1895. The deed of 1652 to his son, Joseph, also included eight other parcels of land in Lynn, totalling 34 acres.

    From the "Wall Family Tree" database on Ancestry.com:
    . JOSEPH MANSFIELD, born in England, youngest son of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield, married Elizabeth Needham, daughter of Edmund Needham of Lynn, who in his will bequeathed to son-in-law Joseph Mansfield's children, naming each of the four. He had outlived his daughter, their mother. Joseph's wife died the 25th of the 12th month (Feb.) 1661/2. During King Philip's war he was a trooper in Captain Appleton's company and was in the Great Swamp Fight December 19, 1675. In 1685, citizens of several Massachusetts towns, men who had been in active service in the war, petitioned the General Court for a grant of land in the Nipmugg country, and his name is on the Lynn list. The petition was granted; but the Andros administration came into power, and probably the Indian outbreaks at intervals thereafter also contributed to delay, so that it was nearly fifty years before new settlements were opened up, and but few of the original grantees were then living.
    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jstevens1&id=I4839


    Will:
    "Mansfield Genealogy - Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and Sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn 1639-1640" compiled by Geneva A. Daland & James S. Mansfield, M.D., 1980 (p.5).

    The will of Joseph Mansfield, dated 4 Apr. 1694 and proven 2 July 1694 (Probate Records Essex Co. 3:166) gave to his son Joseph "my now dwelling house and my lot with my housing upon it, and the orchard." These were the premise Joseph had received by gift from his father, Robert, 16 Jun 1652; also several parcels of salt and fresh marsh. To son John "that piece of land I bought of Mr. Ruck, adjoining to the land that was Andrew Townsend's:" also upland in Ramsdell's Neck, and salt marsh. He mentions that John had been gone to sea about five years, and "I knoe not whether he be dead or alive; if he is dead or never comes home to new England, then son Joseph is to have all (that was) bequeathed to John. If John have occasion to sell, then Joseph is to have refusal, giving as much as another would give. To daughter Elizabeth 20 pounds in corn, cattle or goods; or if she claims land, then to have three acres of fresh meadow in the great meadow in the country, in lieu of the 20." Elizabeth's husband Joshua Wheat, died in 1692, in his 94th year. Essex Court records give his name as Joshua Witt, and in Lewis and Newhall's History of Lynn it is "J. Wait." Their children were Moses, b. 30 May 1676, d. 15 June 1676, and Mary.
    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jstevens1&id=I4839

    Joseph* married Elizabeth* Needham before Jun 1652 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts. Elizabeth* (daughter of Edmund* Needham, (immigrant) and Joan* Leasing (or Leazing), (immigrant)) was born about 1632 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died on 25 Feb 1662 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth* Needham was born about 1632 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts (daughter of Edmund* Needham, (immigrant) and Joan* Leasing (or Leazing), (immigrant)); died on 25 Feb 1662 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    "Mansfield Genealogy - Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and Sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn 1639-1640" compiled by Geneva A. Daland & James S. Mansfield, M.D., 1980 (p.5 & pp.9-10).

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Mansfield was born in Jun 1659 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1694 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    2. 2. Joseph* Mansfield, Jr. was born on 20 Mar 1661 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died on 2 Jun 1739 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    3. (child) Mansfield was born in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1667 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    4. (child) Mansfield was born in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 20 Apr 1667 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

  3. 6.  Isaac* Williams was born in 1629 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died before 9 Nov 1696 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 7 Jul 1659, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts
    • Other-Begin: 15 Oct 1664, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; constable
    • Will: 9 Nov 1696, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    He was a cordwainer and constable.
    A cordwainer (or cordwinder) made shoes from fine, soft leather. There was a distinction between a cordwainer, who made shoes, and a cobbler who repaired them.


    from The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus,
    p. 187
    The first mention of Isaac Williams in Salem town records is dated July 7, 1659. At a meeting of the selectmen he and Henry Skerry were chosen to seal the weights. He would then be about thirty years old since according to the list of Early settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk he was aged 36 in 1665. That he belonged to the second generation of a Williams family of New England seems probable. The name was not an uncommon one in the Massachusetts Bay region in the early years. He is called Constable October 15, 1664, in a Quarterly Court record.

    His wife's name was Margery and in all probability she was the daughter of Henry and Ann Collins, aged two when brought to New England in 1635 with her brothers, Henry aged 5 and John aged 3.

    The birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Williams, August 23, 1660, is the earliest of their family records in Salem, followed by the birth of Isaac, December 20, 1662. Sarah and Deborah were both baptized the 5th of June 1664, but that they were older than Elizabeth is shown not only from the order of their listing in their father's will but from the date of the marriage of Deborah to Joseph Gray, August 10, 1675, eleven years after her baptism. It would appear that these two daughters had been born before the family settled in Salem. Five children (Benjamin, two Jonathans, John and one unnamed) all older than Ebenezer (who was baptized in December 1674) doubtless died young since their names do not appear in their father's will.


    Residence:
    The first mention of Isaac Williams in Salem town records is dated July 7, 1659. At a meeting of the selectmen he and Henry Skerry were chosen to seal the weights. He would then be about thirty years old since according to the list of Early settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk he was aged 36 in 1665.
    http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Collins%20Family/CollinsMargeryWilliams.html

    Other-Begin:
    He is called Constable October 15, 1664, in a Quarterly Court record.

    Will:
    The will of Isaac Williams, cordwainer, was dated January 21, 1695, O.S. and was probated the following November the 9th 1696.

    To beloved wife Margerie Williams all my estate to be given as she pleaseth to any or all of my children.

    He appointed her sole executrix, and as overseers my Brother Henry Collins and Mr. Samuel Phillips. A codicil, dated two days later, confirms the will and gives a token payment of a shilling each to daughters Sarah, Deborah and Elizabeth, to sons Isaac and Ebenezer.

    http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Collins%20Family/CollinsMargeryWilliams.html

    Isaac* married Margery* Collins, (immigrant) before 1658 in Essex Co, Massachusetts. Margery* (daughter of Henry* Collins, (immigrant) and Mrs. Ann (..)* Collins, (immigrant)) was born on 6 Nov 1633 in Stepney Parish, London, Middlesex, England; died before 12 Oct 1702 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Margery* Collins, (immigrant) was born on 6 Nov 1633 in Stepney Parish, London, Middlesex, England (daughter of Henry* Collins, (immigrant) and Mrs. Ann (..)* Collins, (immigrant)); died before 12 Oct 1702 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration: 1635, London, Middlesex, England; ship Abigail with parents
    • Will: 12 Oct 1702, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Margery and in all probability she was the daughter of Henry and Ann Collins, aged two when brought to New England in 1635 with her brothers, Henry aged 5 and John aged 3.
    Margery Collins Williams was born on November 6, 1633 in Stepney Parish, London, Middlesex County, England. Her parents were Henry and Ann Collins. She immigrated to America with her parents on the Abigail in 1635.

    When she about 27, she married Isaac Williams about 1660 in Salem, Massachusetts. Isaac was born in 1621. He was a cordwainer and constable.

    The Williams family settled in Salem.
    http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Collins%20Family/CollinsMargeryWilliams.html



    Will:
    His widow, Margery, died about six years later. Her will was dated the 1st and probated the 12th of October 1702. She bequeathed to sons Isaac and Ebenezer, to Ebenezer's wife, and to daughters Sarah Lander (whose husband had died in the midwinter of 1698/9) and Elizabeth Mansfield. Her daughter, Deborah (Williams) Gray, had been married to her second husband, Dr. James Holgrave, June 14, 1690. Isaac had married, August 2, 1685, Mary Endicott, daughter of Dr. Zerubbabel, son of Governor John Endicott. Ebenezer married Elizabeth Trott December 26, 1698, about two years after his father's death.
    http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Collins%20Family/CollinsMargeryWilliams.html

    Children:
    1. Sarah Williams was born before 1658 in Essex Co, Massachusetts; was christened on 5 Jun 1664 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1702 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    2. Deborah Williams was born about 1658 in Massachusetts; was christened on 20 Dec 1662 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1696 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    3. 3. Elizabeth* Williams was born on 23 May 1660 in Essex Co, Virginia; died on 15 Jun 1730 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts (prob).
    4. Isaac Williams was born on 20 Dec 1662 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1702 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    5. Benjamin Williams was born between 1663 and 1673 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died before 1696 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    6. Jonathan Williams was born between 1663 and 1673 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died before 1695 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    7. Jonathan Williams was born between 1663 and 1673 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died before 1695 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    8. John Williams was born between 1663 and 1673 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died before 1696 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    9. Ebenezer Williams was born before Dec 1674 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was christened in Dec 1674 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1702 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert* Mansfield, (immigrant) was born about 1594 in England; died on 16 Dec 1666 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration: Abt 1640, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts
    • Will: 26 Mar 1667, Ipswich Court, Essex Co, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    "Mansfield Genealogy - Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and Sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn 1639-1640" compiled by Geneva A. Daland & James S. Mansfield, M.D., 1980 (pp.1-3):

    ROBERT MANSFIELD was born in England about 1594 (1797 Mr. and Mrs. Warner) and died at Lynn, Mass., 16 Dec, 1666 (Lynn V,R.) and married ELIZABETH in England.

    Robert, with his wife Elizabeth. their son Joseph and daughter Elizabeth came from England to Lynn, Massachusetts about 1640. Their sons Andrew and John had preceded them in Lynn, as shown by two recorded depositions made by Andrew. At a court held in Ipswich 26 March 1661 Andrew Mansfield, aged about 38 years, made affidavit that he had been an inhabitant of Lynn "aboute two or three and twenty yeares." (Lewis and Newhall, History of Lynn, 1865 ed., p,17E).

    On 30 Nov. 1062, before the court at lpswich, in the case of Brown vs. Laughton, Andrew stated (Quarterly Courts of Essex Co., Vol. VIII' pp.25e-257)that "about 43 years since (1639), he and his brother John bought of Mr. Manton, so called, a little house and house-lot and planting lot belonging to it in Lynn, and that the next summer their father, Robert. came into the country and they surrendered it up to him." It seems probable that Andrew and John came to Boston as early as 1636.

    . Where the Robert Mansfield family came from in England is not clear. They are said to have come from Exeter, Devonshire (Ms. Genealogy # 166, The Mansfield Family, in the Lynn Historical Society library.- Lewis and Newhall, p.187; Dr. Joseph Mansfield genealogy Ms, and manuscript of Charles F. Mansfield and Charles E. Lord, The Ancestors and Descendants of Lt. Tobias Lord, 1913, p. 191).

    Other Sources say that they probably came from Norfolk County. Moulton says "investigations In England by C, H, Townsend Esq. of New Haven tend to show they came from Norfolk County whence came many of the early settlers of Lynn" also in manuscripts by Helen Mansfield, and Helen Lawton and Chandler's History of New Ipswich, N.H. It has not been possible to find any documentary evidence for either Exeter or Norfolk County.

    . Robert Mansfield's name appears in many court and town records. His mark is found in Suffolk Deeds, Vol.II, p.266, dated 8 JAN 1665.

    On 9 JUL 1644 he was suued by one John Poole, :for taking away his arms" (Quarterly Courts of Essex County, I:64).

    On 5 JUL 1646, Robert was freed from paying a fine for not training, because of age (Quarterly Courts of Essex County, I:192).

    On 31 AUG 1647 Robert was sworn constable of Lynn (Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., VII, p.18).

    On 20 MAY 1650 (Essex Deeds, Vol.I, pp. 17 & 31) he bought four acres of salt marsh in Lynn from Samuel Bennett.

    . By deed dated 10 JUN 1650 Robert, with the consent of his wife, Elizabeth, "in consideration of their son Andrew living with them until the time of his marriage as a faithful and obedient child, "gave him, as a child's portion, a house and house-lot, six acres, more or less, with the enclosure adjoining to the north end of it, the whole being bounded, easterly, by land of Hugh Burt and the Rocky Hill of Andrew Mansfield; westerly, by the house lot Thomas Townsend and the street; north by the County Highway (now Boston Street); and south, by the town highway; besides other property in various parts of Lynn.

    . Robert did grand jury duty at Salem Court in June, 1654 (Quarterly Courts of Essex County III: 402-403)

    . On 20 JAN 1659 Robert and his son John bought of John Dekin a house, barn, orchard and one-half acre of land, which property Robert and Elizabeth, and John and his wife Mary sold to Benjamin Brisco of Boston, on 6 MAR 1659/60. (Essex Deeds Vol.2, pp.62,76).

    By the deed of 20 JAN 1659 Robert also bought three acres of land in Ramsdell's Neck, and ten acres which had been given to Dekin by the town of Lynn.

    . Robert's will (Probate Records of Essex Co., Mass., Vol II, pp.78-79), was dated 3 AUG 1664 and was proved in Ipswich Court, 26 MAR 1667. The inventory of his estate was attested in the same court, 30 APR 1667, by his son, John.


    Immigration:
    came after his sons Andrew and John.


    Will:
    . Robert's will (Probate Records of Essex Co., Mass., Vol II, pp.78-79), was dated 3 AUG 1664 and was proved in Ipswich Court, 26 MAR 1667. The inventory of his estate was attested in the same court, 30 APR 1667, by his son, John.
    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jstevens1&id=I4841
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    Robert wrote his will on August 3, 1664 and died in Lynn on December 16, 1666. He mentions wife Elizabeth and sons Andrew, Joseph & John. The will was proved on April 30, 1667.
    findagrave

    Robert* married Elizabeth* Townsend(?), (immigrant) about 1617 in England. Elizabeth* was born in 1586 in England; died before 26 Nov 1673 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts (at age 87); was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth* Townsend(?), (immigrant)Elizabeth* Townsend(?), (immigrant) was born in 1586 in England; died before 26 Nov 1673 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts (at age 87); was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Will: 20 Apr 1667, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    According to Essex County vital records, Elizabeth Mansfield died in 1673 at 87 years, hence she was born in 1586. In NEHGR 29:97, an article on the Townshend family, it is stated that the parents of Elizabeth Townshend were married around 1589 or 90, so Elizabeth Townshend couldn't fit into their family. On the other hand, if she was really born in 1586, she would have been 8 years older than her husband, not impossible, but unlikely. It is possible there was an overstatement of her age at death, which was fairly common in those days, especially for older people. Then she could have been around age 77 at her death, two years younger than her husband, and she would fit perfectly in the Townshend family. One more thing, if she was actually born in 1586, she would have been 42 at the birth of her youngest child, again not impossible, but very unlikely. The article in NEHGR only says that there was a Townshend daughter named Elizabeth, probably born in 1596, it gives no biographical information about her. If she was of the Townsend family of Bracon Ash, Norfolk, there is a good explanation of how she came to Lynn. Her older brother, Thomas came from London to Lynn in 1635. That Thomas Townsend, when he died in Lynn in 1677, was 83 years old, matching the birth record of Thomas Townsend in Bracon Ash.
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    further notes on her parentage:
    Robert married in England, about 1620, Elizabeth, possibly Elizabeth Townsend, the daughter of Henry Townsend and Margaret Forthe. Because the marriage record of Robert and Elizabeth has never been found, her maiden name is not known for certain, but it is thought to have been Townsend. The Townsend family came to Lynn in the same period as the Mansfields. Thomas Townsend (1595-1677) owned land next to the Mansfields, and it is known that he had a sister named Elizabeth.
    (findagrave)

    Will:
    The will of Elizabeth Mansfield was written on April 20, 1667. She mentions her sons Joseph & Andrew, but not John. She calls her daughter Elizabeth Tomsone. She also mentions all four of son Joseph's children. The will was proved on November 26, 1673. The inventory says that Elizabeth died about September 6, 1673, and was "aged about eighty-seven years". The Old Western Burying Ground was the only cemetery in use by the whole town from its founding in 1635 until about 1720. No other place of burial, public or private, is know to have been used until the church in Lynnfield was established in 1720. Her marker would be unreadable by now.
    findagrave

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Mansfield, (immigrant) was born in 1618 in England; died after 1667 in of, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    2. Andrew Mansfield, (immigrant) was born about 1620 in Norfolk, England; died between 19 Nov 1683 and 28 Nov 1683 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    3. John Mansfield, (immigrant) was born about 1622 in England; died on 16 Oct 1671 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    4. 4. Joseph* Mansfield, (immigrant) was born before 1628 in England; died on 22 Apr 1694 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

  3. 10.  Edmund* Needham, (immigrant) was born in 1606 in England; died on 16 May 1677 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration: Bef 1639, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts
    • Will: 26 Apr 1677, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Edmund was in Lynn in 1639, and was a grantee of Southampton, L.I. in 1640, but Savage thinks that he never went there to live. A servant of Edmund was called to court in Lynn in 1647.
    (findagrave)

    Will:
    His will was written on April 26th 1677 and proved April 29, 1677. He mentioned the children of Joseph Mansfield (husband of his daughter, Elizabeth).
    (findagrave)

    "Mansfield Genealogy - Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and Sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn 1639-1640" compiled by Geneva A. Daland & James S. Mansfield, M.D., 1980 (p.5).

    The will of Edmund Needham, Joseph's father-in-law, dated 26: 4th mo.: 1677, and proved 29: 4th mo.: 1677 (Quarterly Courts of Essex County, VI: 303) makes bequests to Joseph's four children: "First, (to) his son Joseph Mansfield, one yo (young) sheep, and to his next son, John Mansfield, whom I have brot up ever since his childhood till now he is about 15 years old, to him, the said John Mansfield I give one cow and on you sheep not exceeding 4 years old, and to his daughter, Elizabeth Wheat, on yo sheep, and to Deborah Mansfield on yo sheep."
    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jstevens1&id=I4839

    Edmund* married Joan* Leasing (or Leazing), (immigrant) on 7 Apr 1629 in St. Gregory, by St. Paul Perish, City of London, England. Joan* was born in 1610 in Hampstead, England; died on 24 Oct 1674 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Joan* Leasing (or Leazing), (immigrant) was born in 1610 in Hampstead, England; died on 24 Oct 1674 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Married:
    From hand-written register of marriages at St. Gregory by St. Paul Perish, City of London: Edmund Needham married Joan Leazing on April 7, 1629
    findagrave

    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth* Needham was born about 1632 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died on 25 Feb 1662 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    2. Daniel Needham was born on 11 Nov 1638 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died on 5 Nov 1717 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

  5. 14.  Henry* Collins, (immigrant) was born about 1580 in England; died on 20 Feb 1687 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigration: 1635, London, Middlesex, England; ship Abigail

    Henry* married Mrs. Ann (..)* Collins, (immigrant) about 1610 in England. Ann was born in 1605 in England; died after 1635 in of, Essex Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Mrs. Ann (..)* Collins, (immigrant) was born in 1605 in England; died after 1635 in of, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Anne Collins was born in England.
    2. Henry Collins, (immigrant) was born in 1630 in England; died after 1695 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    3. John Collins, (immigrant) was born in 1632 in England; died after 1636 in of, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    4. 7. Margery* Collins, (immigrant) was born on 6 Nov 1633 in Stepney Parish, London, Middlesex, England; died before 12 Oct 1702 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    5. Hannah Collins was born in 1636 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    6. Joseph Collins was born in 1640 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died before 4 Feb 1734 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; was buried on 4 Feb 1734 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    7. Mary Collins was born in 1642 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died on 9 Feb 1682 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.
    8. Benjamin Collins was born in 1644 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died after 1695 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts.