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Deacon Edward Converse

Deacon Edward Converse[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

Male Abt 1589 - 1663  (~ 74 years)


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  • Name Edward Converse 
    Prefix Deacon 
    Birth Abt 1588/9  Navestock, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 16] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 23 Mar 1588/9  Navestock, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9, 14, 17, 18] 
    Migration 8 Apr 1630  Yarmouth, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 12, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60] 

    the Winthrop Fleet
    Arbella
    William & Francis
    Hopewell
    Mayflower
    Ambrose

    Talbot
    Charles
    Whale
    Success
    Trial
    • Role: Family8
    • Banks gives him additional sons named Phineas and John of which I have no record.
    Freeman 18 May 1631  [6, 7] 
    Property 1635  [6] 
    relinquished five acres of his grant on Mystic side
    Property 10 Jan 1634/5  Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    was granted two acres of planting ground
    Property 22 Jun 1635  [6] 
    two acres with an old house
    • As a result, he was granted two acres at "Wenotomies River".
    Property 6 Mar 1636/7  [6] 
    was granted five acres on Mystic side
    Property 1638  Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    held thirteen parcels of land
    • According to the Charlestown Book of Possessions, they were: one rood of ground in the middle row "with a dwelling house, store house and other appurtenances"; five acres arable land in East Field; one acre and a half arable land in East Field; three acres meadow in South Meadows; one acre meadow in South Mead; five and a quarter milch cow commons; two acres meadow in Line Field, with a parcel of upland adjoining; eight acres arable land in Line Field; three acres meadow "lying on the north of Mount Prospect"; five acres woodland in Mystic Field; thirty-five acres woodland in Mystic Field; eighty acres of land in Water Field; and five acres woodland in Mystic Field.
    Property 23 Apr 1638  [6] 
    was granted parcels of thirty-five and eighty acres on Mystic side
    Will Aug 1659  [4, 18] 


    • In the name of god Amen: I Edward Convers, of Wobourne in the County of Middle∫ex in Matatu∫ets Collony in New England: being in perfect memory tho weake of body: doe make this my La∫te will and te∫tamente: to di∫po∫e my Lands: goods, and chatells that the Lord hath lente unto me dureinge my naturall life: which my Will is shall be di∫po∫ed of in maner as followeth,
      Impr: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sara Convers tenn pounds pr a year. to be payed unto her from yeare to yeare duringe her life: that is to Say five poundes a year out of my sonn Jo∫iah Convers his hou∫e, and the other five poundes pr a year out of the mill, Al∫o my will is that my wife Shall have ∫uch roomes to Live in dureinge her Life in the hou∫e that I now Live in: as She shall make choice of for her u∫e. and one of the gardens before the hou∫e which she shall make choice of for her u∫e; and ten of the Aple trees in the old orchard during her Life which she shall make choice of. Al∫o my will is that my wife Shall have a fourth prt of all my moveable goods, and and (sic) chattels, when my debts and Legaces and my funerall: be di∫charged, Al∫o I give unto my Sonn Jo∫iah Convers, the hou∫e wherein he now Liveth and the barnes and outhou∫es: and the orchard before the house with the yards and other aprtenances to the ∫ame belongeinge:, and the Land the Lyeth in the greate field: and all that meddow that Lyeth on the west side of the brooke in bucke meddow: my will is that my sonn Jo∫iah shall injoy all the∫e hou∫es and Lands: with the other aprtenances above Specified: for him and his heires Lawfully begotten of his body, and for want there of, to my son James Converse his sonn Edward Convers:, and to his heires. Lawfully begotten of his body and for want thereof: my will is it shall be divided between the rest of my sonn James his children equally: or to the next heire according to Law, and for the feild called the Sheep pa∫ture, I give to my sonns Jo∫iah and Samuell together with my mill and mill hou∫e and the apertenances to them belongeinge: to be po∫esed: by the Longest Liver: and his heires, Al∫o I give to my sonn Samuell: Convers my hou∫e wherein I now dwell and all the Land Lying behind the hou∫e. to the brow of the hill northward: and all the Land that is plowable Lying on the north ∫ide of the blind Bridge: together with all the meddow yt Lyeth adjoyninge to the Said Land, and all that prcell of Land yt Lyeth: on the East ∫ide of the rode, next to the mill pond betweene the Afore∫aid blinde Bridge, and my dwellinge hou∫e. Al∫o I give to my Sonn Samuell all the meadow yt Lyeth on the East ∫ide of the river in Bucke meddow:, and my English pa∫ture that is fenced in on the other side of the mill river: and my will is that for all the rest of the Land that is not plowable Lying on the north ∫ide of blind Bridge together with all the rest of my pa∫tour Lands, Shall be equally divided betwixt my three sonns, Jo∫iah, James and Samuel, only re∫erveing the timber that is upon the Said pa∫tour Lands from my sonn James who shall have no part therein: but it shall be injoyed by my other to sonns Jo∫iah and Samuel and their heires, Al∫o my will is that my sonn Samuel shall dy without heires Lawfully begotten of his body, that the e∫tate that I have given to him Shall be divided betweene the Children of my daughter mary τhompson, al∫o I give to my sonn James Convers the sume of thirty pounds, and I give to my Daughter Mary Sheldon the sume of twenty marks, and I give to my kin∫man Alin Convers the sume of τen pounds, and I give to my kin∫woman Sara Smith the sum of five pounds: al∫o I give to my kin∫man John Parker the sum of forty shillings: and for the∫e Legacies my will is they shall be payed within three years After my decea∫e, as my executors shall so meet and are Able to pay the ∫ame, and for all that Land yt Lyeth comon between the hou∫es my will is it shall Ly comon for prpetuety, and for all my movealble goods and chatells that remaineth of what is given to my wife I give to thirds of the Same to my Sonne Jo∫iah, and the other third to my sonne Samuell: and for the Llegacies that I have given, my will is that they shall be payed in Corne and Cattel or either of them, al∫o my will is that my sonn Jo∫iah and my Sonn Samuell shall be my sole executors. al∫o my will is that my Sonn James Convers. and my kin∫man Alin Convers, and my kin∫man John Parker shall be the over∫eers. of this my will: my will al∫o is that all my moveable goods shall be aprized di∫tinctly:
      Signed & Subscribed: the ---- day of August, 1659:
      In the pre∫ence of vs, Edward Convers
      Allin Convers, Jno. Parker

      My Will is that my son Jo∫iah shall have the meadow that is fenced in on the other side of the mill brook, lying next unto my son James his meadow: for him and his heires, as the rest of the land: within expressed.

      Cambridge, 7th, 8m, 63. At yr Court, yn sitting at Cambridge, Allin Convers & Jno. Parker appearing in Court, do on their oath given them say, that Edward Convers deced, being of a dispo∫ing mind, they saw him signe, seale, and publish this insturmt as his la∫t will & te∫tamt. and that they know of no other.

      Entered and Recorded, 7, 8th, 1663
      Thomas Danforth, Recorder  
    Death 10 Aug 1663  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 18, 61] 
    Probate 7 Oct 1663  [4, 14, 15, 18] 
    President From 2 Aug 1923 to 4 Mar 1929  United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70] 
    30th
    Calvin Coolidge
    • Role: Ancestor
    Alternate Name Edward Convers  [13]
    Alternate Name Edward Conyers  [12]
    Occupation miller and husbandman  [16]
    Burial Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Cemetery:
    First Burial Ground
    Person ID I16667  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2020 

    Father Allen Conyers,   b. Bef 1560, Navestock, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1639 (Age > 79 years) 
    Mother Joanna ________   bur. 22 Jun 1602, Navestock, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1585  [5, 17] 
    Family ID F5746  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Parker,   b. Abt 1596, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1661/2, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years)  [8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 71, 72, 73] 
    Marriage 29 Jun 1614  Great Burstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 14, 61] 
    Children 
     1. Deacon Josiah Converse,   b. Oct 1618, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1689/90, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years)
     2. Lt. James Converse,   b. Abt 1620, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1715, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 95 years)
     3. Sara Converse,   b. Abt 1623, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 30 Dec 1623, South Weald, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    +4. Mary Converse,   b. Abt 1625, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1674 (Age ~ 49 years)
     5. Sgt. Samuel Converse,   b. Abt 1636/7, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1668/9, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 32 years)
    Family ID F5745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Joanna Warren   d. 24 Feb 1680/1, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 9 Sep 1662  [4, 18, 61] 
    Family ID F6318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1588/9 - Navestock, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 23 Mar 1588/9 - Navestock, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Jun 1614 - Great Burstead, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration -

    the Winthrop Fleet
    Arbella
    William & Francis
    Hopewell
    Mayflower
    Ambrose
    		 Talbot
    Charles
    Whale
    Success
    Trial
    - 8 Apr 1630 - Yarmouth, Hampshire, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted two acres of planting ground - 10 Jan 1634/5 - Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - held thirteen parcels of land - 1638 - Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Aug 1663 - Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPresident - 30th,Calvin Coolidge - From 2 Aug 1923 to 4 Mar 1929 - United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    First Burial Ground - - Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
    coa_converse.jpg    		coa_converse.jpg
    Conyers Coat of Arms    		Conyers Coat of Arms

  • Notes 
    • There may have also been children John and Sarah.

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