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Sylvester Stover

Sylvester Stover[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]

Male Abt 1628 - 1687  (~ 59 years)


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  • Name Sylvester Stover 
    Birth Abt 1628  Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    • Based on probable age when he received a grant of land.
    Gender Male 
    Property 13 Jul 1649  Cape Neddick, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    received a land grant consisting of a neck of land on the south side of the river
    Fidelity Oath 22 Nov 1652  [2
    to the Massachusetts government
    Will 21 Jul 1687  [2, 13, 14


    • This being the last Will and testament of the sd Silvester Stover liueing in Cap nadick belonging to york in the province of Maine in New England, who being bound by the grace of god into old England Doe here Giue and Will vnto my sone John Stover my right and title that I haue in the Cape neck in Whole after the decease of my wife

      And I doe here confirme vnto my sone dependance Stover, Three score and ten acres of land where his house is vp the river lieing in Cape Nadick

      And to my sone Josiah Stover I giue to him the new pasture lieing vppon the right hand of the lane goeing from my house to yorke and so vppon the Southard side of the way to run west south west so farr as my bownes go. and the salt Marsh belonging to it lieing vp the river, after the decease of my wife

      And the houses and the rest of my land that is not Disposed of I will and Giue vnto my sone George Stover and If my sone John Stover please he shall haue that Libertie for to change with my sone George Stover for what land and houses which he haue at the Cape neck for that which my sone George Stover haue here after the decease of my wife.

      And as for the Moueables I leaue to my Wife for to Dispose amongst the rest of my Children as shee see Good at her decease Wher vnto I here haue sett my hand and fixed my seale in the presence of

      Signed Sealed
      delivered in the presence Silvester ℓ₰ Stover Ꝏ
      of Nathaniell Clayce
      Henry Goddard

    Death Between 21 Jul 1687 and 14 Feb 1689/90  Cape Neddick, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8
    Probate 14 Feb 1689/90  [2, 13, 15
    Inventory 17 Feb 1689/90  [16
    totalling £731: 07: 00
    Occupation fisherman/ferryman  [2, 4, 6]
    Person ID I6723  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2020 

    Family Elizabeth Norton,   b. BY Abt 1637, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 7 Dec 1714 and 4 Sep 1722, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)  [1, 10, 11
    Marriage BY Abt 1653  York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 17, 18
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Stover,   b. Abt 1653   d. Aft 1738 (Age ~ 86 years)
    +2. Dependence Stover,   b. Abt 1659   d. 25 Sep 1723, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years)
     3. Deborah Stover,   b. Abt 1667, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1734, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years)
    +4. John Stover,   b. Abt 1653, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 12 Apr 1748, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 95 years)
    +5. George Stover,   b. Abt 1668   d. Between 12 Apr 1748 and 22 Mar 1753 (Age ~ 80 years)
    +6. Sarah Stover,   b. Abt 1656, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Josiah Stafford,   b. Abt 1662, Cape Neddick, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1743, Tiverton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years)
     8. Mary Stover,   b. Abt 1664, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Hannah Stover,   b. Abt 1670, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 14 Oct 1735 and 17 Nov 1735, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years)
    Family ID F2197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1628 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - received a land grant consisting of a neck of land on the south side of the river - 13 Jul 1649 - Cape Neddick, Maine, New England, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - BY Abt 1653 - York, Maine, New England, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 21 Jul 1687 and 14 Feb 1689/90 - Cape Neddick, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
    Stover Coat of Arms
    Stover Coat of Arms

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 85:300, 00390.

    2.  2.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 200, 00539.

    3.  3.  [S662] Mayflower Families, Vol. 18, Pt 1., 110, 00662.

    4.  4.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 667, 00218.

    5.  5.  [S783] History of York, ME, 2:53, 00779.

    6.  6.  [S783] History of York, ME, 2:20, 00779.

    7.  7.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 74:301, 00390.

    8.  8.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 716, 00395.

    9.  9.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 104:227, 00390.

    10.  10.  [S576] TGMSP, Henry Norton, 00516.

    11.  11.  [S204] Richard Warren, 105, 00453.

    12.  12.  [S943] Duane Barton, 00168.

    13.  13.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 85:301, 00390.

    14.  14.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 12-13, 00349.

    15.  15.  [S783] History of York, ME, 2:22, 00779.

    16.  16.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 13, 00349.

    17.  17.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 514, 00218.

    18.  18.  [S783] History of York, ME, 2:21, 00779.