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Capt. Christopher Hussey

Capt. Christopher Hussey[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]

Male 1599 - 1686  (87 years)


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  • Name Christopher Hussey 
    Prefix Capt. 
    Birth 1598/9  Dorking, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 18, 19
    • Hampton vital records state he was 90 when he died. I've moved the year closer to when he was baptized.
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 18 Feb 1598/9  Dorking, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 20, 21
    Burial Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Cemetery:
    Founders Burial Ground
    Migration 9 Mar 1631/2  From London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
    To New England
    aboard William & Francis 
    • The ship arrived in Boston on 5 Jun 1632.
    • Role: Family3
    Freeman 14 May 1634  [1, 3, 7
    Removed to Bef 1638  Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    From: Lynn
    Office 1639  Winnacunnet Plantation, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [44
    justice of the peace
    Removed to 1639  Winnacunnet Plantation, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    From: Newbury
    Property Abt 1639  Winnacunnet Plantation, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    granted one hundred and fifty acres of upland, meadow and marsh, for a farm
    • This was discovered in a book of abatements for Hampton that was brought to court in November 1679.
    Occupation 31 Oct 1639  Winnacunnet Plantation, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    lot layer
    Property 2 Jul 1659  Nantucket, Nieuw Nederland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 45, 46, 47
    a deed was given by Thomas Mayhew confirming the sale of the island to nine purchasers.
    the purchase of Nantucket

    • Copy of Deed of Nantucket to Nine Purchasers
      (dated July 2, 1659).

      Recorded for Mr Coffin and Mr Macy aforesd ye Day and Year aforesd.
      Be it known unto all Men by these Presents that I, Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, Merchant, doe hereby acknowledge that I have sould unto Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swayne, Thomas Bernard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleafe, John Swayne and William Pike that Right and Interest I have in ye Land of Nantuckett by Patent; ye wch Right I bought of James Fforrett, Gent. and Steward to ye Lord Sterling and of Richard Vines, sometimes of Sacho, Gent., Steward-Genrll unto Sir Georges Knight as by Conveyances under their Hands and Seales doe appeare, ffor them ye aforesaid to Injoy, and their Heyres and Assignes forever wth all the Privileges thereunto belonging, for in consideration of ye Sume of Thirty Pounds of Current Pay unto whomsoever I ye said Thomas Mayhew, mine Heyres or Assignes shall appoint.
      And also two Beaver Hatts one for myself and one for my wife.
      And further this is to declare that I the said Thomas Mayhew have received to myself that Neck upon Nantucket called Masquetuck or that Neck of Land called Nashayte the Neck (but one) northerly of Masquetuck, ye aforesaid Sayle in anywise notwithstanding. And further, I ye said Thomas Mayhew am to beare my Part of the Charge of ye said Purchase above named, and to hold one twentieth Part of all Lands purchased already, or shall be hereafter purchased, upon ye said Island by ye aforesd Purchasrs or Heyres and Assignes forever.
      Briefly: It is thus: That I really sold all my Patent to ye aforesaid nine Men and they are to pay mee or whomsoever I shall appoint them, ye sume of Thirty Pounds in good Marchantable Pay in ye Massachusetts, under wch Governmt they now Inhabit, and 2 Beaver Hatts, and I am to beare a 20th Part of ye Charge of ye Purchase, and to have a 20th Part of all Lands and Priviledges; and to have wch of ye Necks aforsd that I will myselfe, paying for it; only ye Purchasers are to pay what ye Sachem is to have for Masquetuck, although I have ye other Neck.
      And in witness hereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Scale this second Day of July sixteen hundred and fifty-nine(1659).
      Per me
      Tho. Mayhew.
      Witness John Smith
      Edwaed Seaele
    • Role: Buyer
    Property 23 Oct 1671  Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    his land
    Stephen Hussey, buyer
    John Hussey, buyer
    Property 2 Apr 1681  Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    "one half acre of land of my farm"
    John Hussey, grantee
    Will 28 Feb 1684/5  [1, 7


    • I, Christopher Husy, being through the mercy of God in health of body and of a sound memory and disposing capacity for wch (which) I bles the Lord and God being strickn in years, not knowing the time of my departure desiring according to rulle to set my house in order before I dy, revoke alll former Wills by me made, to make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in wch I do first resigns my soule unto the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ my blessed Savior and Redeemer and my body to the dust from whence it was taken in hope of a blessed resurrection among the just when my soule and body being again reunited and clothed over with the righteonsness of Christ to remaine with the Lord forever and as for my outward estate that God hath graciously lent me my just debts being payd and funeral charges discharged, I dispose of as followeth.

      Imprimis: I give my two sons Steeven Husy and John Husy my farm with all the privileges thereof namely the one hundred and fifty ackers of meadows upland as granted taken also fifty ackers more of marsh which I bought adjacent to it I say I give it by equal parts that is to say one full half to my son Steeven his heirs and assigns forever in fee simple and the other half to my son John in like manner only that paying to my dafter Mary as hereafter in my Will is expressed.

      Item: I give to my dafter Mary Husy now wife of Thomas Page my 7 acres of medow lying near Bejamin Shaws and that peec of medow through which the highway lyeth and also 2 shares in the ox common and also too shars of cows common and also I do order that my son John Smith shall pay her thirty pounds and my two sons John and Steeven shall pay her forty pounds apiece in good pay.

      Item: I give and bequeath to my dafter Huldah the like manner all the rest of my lands and housing and comon rights in the town of Hampton and all the houshold stuff and goods and stck then remaining that is to say my house with all in it or with it with all the land adjacent and the planting lots and 3 ackers medow lot toward the sprint, 2 shars in the ox coman and 2 shars in the cow coman and do order and appoint that he shall pay to my dafter Mary thirty pounds toward her porsion.

      Item: My will is that the legases that I have bequethed to my dafter Mary that part of it wch is in land that shee shall enjoy it imediately after my deasease and the thirty pounds that shee shall have of my son John Smith the husband of my dafter Huldah i do will it to be payd her in two years after my desease that it to say the one half the first year and the other half the second year as good pay of country.

      Item: My will is also that the forty pounds apeece that I have willed my two sons Steeven Husy and John Husy to pay her that it be payd her allso within or by the end of two years next after my desease in som good pay of the country.

      Item: My will is also that the forty pounds and in case of fayler shee my sd. dafter shall have in low thereof thirty ackers of the farm part whereof shall be the old field lying on the other side of the way on end whearof buts upon my old house and the other end toward the mill River by the bridge the rest to be made up of the farms wch ad. lands shall be ingadged hearby and shall be responsible for the payment of the aforesayd som ten or twelve ackers whearof shall be medow.

      Item: My will is that the sd. (said) som being payd my sayd sons Steven and John shall have the farm first bequeathed by evene and equal porsion (portion) only my son John shall not be molested or hindered of what he have built on nor his building ncrompltd(?) in the valving of the farm because they are his owne the land on wch. that stan be rakend or valued.

      I do upon further consideration will and declare that it shall be in my sd dafter Mary 's choifc whether shee will bave the land foremensioned in the farme or the 80 pounds of my 2 sons Steeven and John Husy.

      Lastly, I make and ordaine my son John Husy and my son John Smith to be joint Executors of this my will and in case they should both dy before as above sd. then I do appoint my dafter Mary and in case shee should also in like manor fayle then I apoint my son Steephen to be my Executor in their stead and my trusty friends Mr. Richard Waldron and Mr. Robert Pike to be overseers of this my will. In witness of all wch I have hearunto sett my hand and seal the day and year aforemensioned.

      Christopher Hussey (SEAL) Signed, sealed
      and declared to be his last Will and Testament before us:

      Moses Pike
      Robert Pike
      His
      Steeven Tong
      Mark
    Will 28 Oct 1685  Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7


    • Salisbry October ye 28 - 1685 upon a considering of som dubiausness in the expression of some things in this my Will respecting coman rights or privaleges I do by these present for the avoyding of any contraversy or mistakes about it in time to come declare that by the privileges mensioned belonging to my farm by it I do plainly intent whatsoever woods, woodland or feeding rights or coman lands to be divided that do belong to ye sd. farm it shall remaine and be to ye sd. farme and so ---- porsionably to be divided to my two sons that have the farm and lands adjacent or lands not yet pofost (possessed) that ly in coman and in like manner the coman rights that do belong to the lands that is given to my two dafters Mary and Huldah in the Towne it shall belong to each of them attending to thayr severall portions of land I meane any coman rights thereto belonging devided or undevided and this I do declare to by my plane intent and meaning in that case as wwitness my hand and seale, day and year above written.

      Christopher Hussey (SEAL)

      Signed, sealed and declared in ye presence of us

      Steeven Tong (his mark)
      Robert Pike
      Martha Pike
    Death 6 Mar 1685/6  Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 7, 18, 44, 48
    Burial 8 Mar 1685/6  [44, 48
    Inventory 25 Mar 1686  [7
    • It totalled £651 13s., including £589 in real estate: "house, orchard & land adjoining," £42; "12 acres of pasture land," £20; "planting land," £28; "Spring Meadows," £30; "7 acres of meadow," £14; "meadow towards Boulter's," £6; "4 shares at the ox commons," £24; "4 shares cow pasture," £30; "land at the new plantation," £15; "land in the north division," £6; "the upland in the farm," £200; "50 acres of meadow belonging to the farm," £100; "a lot of marsh, 40 acres," £60; and "a lot of marsh, 15 acres," £24
    Probate 7 Oct 1686  [7, 48
    President From 20 Jan 1969 to 9 Aug 1974  United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [49, 50
    37th
    Richard Nixon
    • Role: Ancestor
    Occupation yeoman  [3]
    Person ID I13089  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2020 

    Father John Hussey,   b. 1570, Dorking, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 24 Jul 1632, Dorking, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 62 years) 
    Mother Mary Wood   d. 16 Jun 1660, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 5 Dec 1593  Dorking, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 21
    Family ID F4636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anne Capen   d. 24 Jun 1680, Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Marriage 9 Dec 1658  Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6, 7, 48, 51, 52
    Family ID F4641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Theodate Batchelder,   b. Abt 1596, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1649, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years)  [10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 43, 53
    Marriage 1629  [1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
    Children 
     1. Stephen Hussey,   b. Abt 1630   d. 2 Apr 1718 (Age ~ 88 years)
    +2. John Hussey,   b. Abt 1635/6   d. 1707, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years)
    +3. Mary Hussey,   b. 2 Apr 1638, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1732/3, Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     4. Theodate Hussey,   b. 23 Aug 1640, Hampton, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1649, Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 9 years)
    +5. Huldah Hussey,   b. Abt 1643   d. 1740 (Age ~ 97 years)
    Family ID F4635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1598/9 - Dorking, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 18 Feb 1598/9 - Dorking, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Founders Burial Ground - - Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To New England,aboard William & Francis  - 9 Mar 1631/2 - London, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Lynn - Bef 1638 - Newbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - justice of the peace - 1639 - Winnacunnet Plantation, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Newbury - 1639 - Winnacunnet Plantation, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - granted one hundred and fifty acres of upland, meadow and marsh, for a farm - Abt 1639 - Winnacunnet Plantation, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - lot layer - 31 Oct 1639 - Winnacunnet Plantation, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Dec 1658 - Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - a deed was given by Thomas Mayhew confirming the sale of the island to nine purchasers.,the purchase of Nantucket - 2 Jul 1659 - Nantucket, Nieuw Nederland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - his land,Stephen Hussey, buyer
    John Hussey, buyer - 23 Oct 1671 - Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "one half acre of land of my farm",John Hussey, grantee - 2 Apr 1681 - Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 28 Oct 1685 - Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Mar 1685/6 - Hampton, New Hampshire, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPresident - 37th,Richard Nixon - From 20 Jan 1969 to 9 Aug 1974 - United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Coats of Arms
    Hussey Coat of Arms
    Hussey Coat of Arms

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