Weymouth, Edward

Birth Name Weymouth, Edward
Gender male
Age at Death 80 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1639 England  
 
Death 1719 near Eliot, ME  
 

Families

    Family of Weymouth, Edward and Hodsdon, Esther
Married Wife Hodsdon, Esther ( * before 1640-09-20 + 1723-03-11 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1663-12-25 Dover, Strafford, NH  
 
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Weymouth, Ichabod
Weymouth, Benjamin
Weymouth, Nicholas
Weymouth, Bridget16641730
Weymouth, Mehitable16691753-01-13
Weymouth, Timothy16751731-10-04

Narrative

Notes by Marcia Coleman Weymouth: Marriage performed by Capt. Waldron.
Edward Weymouth - Was a tailor by trade and they were both living in 1710. Was taxed in Dover, NH1662.
Had grant of land in Kittery, ME in 1671. Bought land in what is now the northern part of Eliot, 1671. His house was burned by the Indians in 1677.
Was active in persecuting the Quakers. The following was taken from Sewel's History of the Quakers; I, 566. "then one Edward Weymouth took Mary [Tomkins] by her arm and dragged her on her back over the stumps of trees down a very steep hill, by which she was much bruised and often died away. "In 1669 Edward Weymouth was called into court "for cursing and swearing and wicked wishes to his wife. "References: History of Wells and Kennebunk, p. 159. New England History of Genealogy Reg. Vol. 9, p. 57 also Vol. 7, p. 129 Savage's Gen. Dictionary Old Kittery and her Families, Stackpole. Weymouth, Edward, Dover 1662, perhaps s. of Robert, was b. [p.493] 1639, and aft. at Kittery, m. 25 Dec. 1663, Esther Hodsden, perhaps d. of Jeremiah.

Pedigree

    1. Weymouth, Edward
      1. Hodsdon, Esther
        1. Weymouth, Ichabod
        2. Weymouth, Benjamin
        3. Weymouth, Nicholas
        4. Weymouth, Bridget
        5. Weymouth, Mehitable
        6. Weymouth, Timothy