JAMES, Newbury, one of the two first min. b. 1608, atChoulderton, in Wilts, near the edge of Hants, betw. Amesbury inW. and Andover in H. s. of Rev. William, who was instit. I findby the registry of that diocese, in 1602 as rector, but in 1621,resign. in favor of Nathan Noyes. His mo. was sis. of RobertParker a very learned Puritan, driv. to Holland for hisheterodoxy a. forms; and he was bred at Brazen Nose, Oxford, ashis nephew, Rev. Nicholas in his acco. for Magn. III. cap. 25,Append. writes, and was call. away by his cous. Thomas Parker toassist him at the sch. of Newbury, in Berksh. He m. 1634, Sarah,eldest d. of Mr. Joseph Brown of Southampton, and in Mar. ofthat yr. emb. for N. E. in co. with his br. Nicholas and cous.Thomas Parker, in the Mary and John of London, preach. someshort time at Medford, was freem. 3 Sept. 1634, and invit. toWatertown ch. but in 1635 went to Newbury, and tho younger thanhis collea. cous. d. first, 22 Oct. 1656. His will, made fivedays bef. ment. w. Sarah and ch. br. Rev. Nicholas N. and cous.Rev. Thomas Parker; the inv. show. good est. We owe gratitude toMather for rare modesty in being content with the faithful andjudic. contrib. of the Salem kinsman, of wh. in our day Eliot'sBiogr. Dict. has well abbrev. the charact.James Noyes Rev. Born, 1608, in Cholderton, Wilts, England.Died, 22 Oct 1656, in Newbury, Massachusetts. He married SarahBrown, daughter of Joseph Brown, 1633. Matriculated at BrasenoseCollege, Oxford University, 22 Aug 1627, but was not graduated.In Mar 1633, he and his wife Sarah, brother Nicholas, and cousinThomas Parker, with others, took the oath of "Supremacy andAllegiance", to pass for New England, in the "Mary and John", ofLondon, Robert Sayres, master. In 1633-34 he preached in Mystic,now Medford, Massachusetts and was made freeman 3 Sep 1634, wasinvited to Watertown but declined and with his brother Nicholasand cousin Thomas Parker, was among the first settlers ofNewbury, Massachusetts in May 1634 or 35. Rev. Mr. Parker andRev. Mr. Noyes began, almost immediately, to form a church. Thefirst meeting was on the Sabbath and held in the open air, undera tree. Rev. Mr. Parker was chosen pastor "in the waye of churchdiscipline which he then preached for, the congregational waye"(Newbury, p.17). Mr. James Noyes was, at the same time, chosenteacher of the church and remained so for more than 20 years.Will made 17 Oct 1656, five days before his death, and proved 26Nov 1656. In it he mentions wife Sara and children, brotherDeacon Nicholas Noyes and cousin Rev. Thomas Parker. Inventoryof estate amounted to £657, 11 shillings, 4 penney.