From Wayne Olsen:
Not enough proof to absolutely make this connection, but family appears to have 3 generations in same town, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. LDS IGI source for birth is Ba: C502601 So: 185469, Pr: 0883790 (Submitted by Ogden temple).Extensive discussion of SAXTON or SEXTON families in volume 4 of Savage's Dictionary of First Settlers in New England, also available on CD-ROM produced by United Ancestries. Confusing entries about George, perhaps James' father, for it lists Benjamin as George's son as the first white child born in Westfield (1667)... but James is listed as born there in 1660! As alternative, James may be son of Richard Saxton. Richard has 6 children between 1648 and 1662, but does not list James, although there is a big enough gap in 1660 to have had James between others.
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: 8GV4-TR
From Saxton Family History in America, compiled by Charles M. Williams,1928 (updated by Ruth E. Papka 1959):
On page 20, James Saxton is listed as son of James 1660, and Anna (Bancroft) Saxton. Also lists that he was born Nov 9, 1702.
On page 15, following info provided: He married first Hannah Fowler of Westfield, born Dec 20, 1654, died Mar 20, 1700, and he married for a second wife, Anne Bancroft, then the widow of Gilbert, and daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Wright) Bancroft. She died March 10, 1733, and he married third Mary McCranny, banns published Jan 19, 1734; she died Dec 1740. 5 children by Hannah Fowler (John or James, Hannah, Phebe, Elizabeth, and Mercy. James by Anne Bancroft; no children by Mary McCranny.From "Early Saxton Roots of America", author states James born in 1658, probably in Ireland. His children were all born in MA, the first 5 by his first wife Hannah Fowler, the last two by his second wife Anna Bancroft.
James Saxton listed in Berkshire County Land records as transferring Sheffield land 29 Dec 1762 to Jasper Saxton and land west of Sheffield on Aug 21 1766, also to Jasper.
From Wayne Olsen:
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: 3RBW-MP
From Saxton Family History in America, compiled by Charles M. Williams,1928 (updated by Ruth E. Papka 1959): Parents of Abalena Gilbert "perhaps" Thomas and Abalena (Marshfield) Gilbert.
Ancestral chart of Catherine B. Moore (Mrs. F. B. Moore), 5155 N. High St. Columbus, Ohio 43214, submitted to CT. Soc. of Genealogists, Inc on Mar 16, 1970, gives birth location as probably Hartford
From "The Descendants of Andrew Warner":
Buried in Gilead.
He probably resided early at Colchester; Dec 11, 1718, he made his first purchase of land in Hebron. His will, made Sep 20, 1754, probated June 16, 1760, mentions 5 sons and 5 daughters. The first children were probably born at Colchester, others were recorded at Lebanon, and the last 5 in Hebron. Records of this family are found in "One of the Gilberts in New England", and the Carter Genealogy.
From "The Gilbert Family, Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582-1659", by H. W. Brainerd, H. S. Gilbert, and C.A. Torrey; New Haven, 1953:
Samuel Gilbert probably resided in Hartford until 1707 and removed with his father to Colchester in that year. There is a possibility that he went northward to Northfield or Deerfield, for there he met his wife, Mercy Warner. After his marriage he located not in Colchester, but in the town of Lebanon. His children were baptized by the pastor at Lebanon until 1717. About this time he removed and settled in Gilead parish of Hebron and continued there until the end of his days. He was appointed Ensign of the North Company or Trainband in the town of Hebron in 1745 and Captain of the Trainband in Gilead parish in 1749. His will (Colchester Probate Records, vol 3, p. 56) dated Sep 20, 1754, mentions 5 sons and 5 daughters. His estate, personal only was 161 pounds. He was a large landowner.
His family record begins before that of his father ends. Some have assigned to him Lydia. b. Sep 4, 1707, and Mercy, b. Oct 4, 1708. But in his will he mentioned not a daughter Lydia or her heirs. Hence we conclude that Abilena was his oldest child. There are other indications that this is the correct assignment.
Jun 22, 1712, Mercy, wife of Samuel Gilbert, publicly owned the covenant at Lebanon.
From: The Sprague Project
Wyllys C. Ransom. First, the w. of Robert RANSOM of Plymouth was Abigail, not Susanna or Hannab. The "widdow Susannah RANSOM" who died in Halifax, Mass., 6 Feb. 1735 ("Halfax, Mass., Vital Records," excerpt from Vol. I, in The Mayflower Descendant 3 (January 1901):30 was the wid, of Roberts son Joshua. Abigail, wid. of Robert Ransom, was made administrator of his estate shortly after his death 14 Dec. 1697 (Plymouth Co. probate file #16475). Robert Ransom appears frequently in Plymouth court records. Re Matthew RANSOM of Saybrook, Conn., an extensive search of Plymouth court, land, and probate records and Saybrook records has failed to turn up any evidence linking him with Robert of Plymouth. It is unlikely that Matthew's son Joseph was killed on the Plains of Abraham in 1759, although he may have participated, as his 1769 probate records (New London district file 4281) suggest that his death was local.
Oscar Fricke, 25271 Anon Way, Mission Viejo, CA 92691MORE INFO ON ROBERT RANSOM: Source: New England families, genealogies and memorial- , Vol 2, page 694 edited by William Richard Cutter (from Harvard University)
Robert Ransom, the American progenitor, was born in England, where the family was prominent from early times, especially in Ipswich, in Kent, Sussex, and other eastern counties. He came to this country before 1654 and settled in Plymouth. He was a member of the church, and was admitted a freeman in 1657, but he rebelled against the bigotry and intolerance of the Puritan government and was often in court in his younger days. He resided at Sandwich for a time and was there in 1654 and apprentice of Thomas Dexter Jr, who treated him harshly and whom he had before the court. Afterward he bought his time of his employer. He was in court in 1665 charged with fencing a piece of common land, evidently a charge based on some land title dispute, and also for calling William Hawkins a rogue, which perhaps was the truth. In 1669-70 he was in court for striking John Tilson, and there is nothing to prove that Tilson did not deserve the thrashing. In the same year he was arrested for airing his unfavorable opinion of the governor. One could not criticize public officers and ministers with impunity in those days. In 1673, John Andrews was arrested for assaulting him, and he was again in court for using abusive language. He was once arrested for selling rum without a license (innkeeper's) and he was in the same company as many of the most prominent men of the colonies. In 1691, he had trouble with John Doty. All these cases, which the genealogist has hunted up, merely show that Ransom was somewhat turbulent and independant, had a good old English temper and flow of language. He probably had an unhappy childhood, for he came here apprentice without relatives, as far as we can learn. His master was cruel. In later life he was quiet and respected, an officer of the town and a man of property. His children intermarried with some of the most prominent families. In later years he lived at Lakeville, Middleborough, Plymouth county, now the town of Plympton. In 1686 he deeded land to his son Robert Jr. He was a highway surveyor in 1675 . He married Susanna-----. Children: Matthew, born at Sandwich abt 1661, Joshua, abt 1663, Robert (see Robert), Hannah m. Eliezer Jackson; Mercy m. Samuel Waterman, Samuel m. Mercy Dunham Mary .Four Ohio RANSOM lines from Robert RANSOM (c1636-1697), by Mervin & Alberta RANSOM [Decorah IA: Anunsen Publ, 1990]. This 150-page book indexes 422 RANSOM names, and 840 in all. The 4 lines emphasized are: Matthew RANSOM [1711-1761] and his brother Joseph RANSOM [1719-1797] [sons of Joseph(2), Matthew(1)], and Amasa RANSOM [1741-1818] and his brother Asahel RANSOM [1746-1835], sons of James(4), Robert, Joshua, Robert(1). Much of the information came from WCR (qv). There are 51 pages of narrative, covering 13 generations. There are 7 appendices, including Notes from Colchester CT, Judah Welles RANSOM; John Coult RANSOM autobiography & trip; Justin RANSOMs letter to son Albert RANSOM; Orlando RANSOM; Related Family Lines; and Mervin(10) RANSOMs prisoner-of-war diary and comments. Also, a section of documents and index. The book is out-of-print, but pages can be copied by the authors [612 Tanager Rd, Venice FL 34293] or at these libraries: Norwalk OH; Toledo OH; Ohio Historical Society, Columbus OH; CT Historical Society, Hartford CT; Library of Congress.
MORE INFO ON ROBERT RANSOM as previously suggestd:
14 Dec 1697 WILL of Robert Ransom, Sr., "included horses and saddle and arms he gave to his grandson Nehemiah Bessey before he died", [1]
Per Wayne Olsen:
From "Passengers on the Lion 1632", by Sandra Sutphim Olney, Heritage Books, Inc. 1992:
Robert Shelley and his wife Anne (last name unknown) came to New England and settled in Boston. They apparently brought three children, though they are not named on Bank's list, but were apparently three of the "50 children" on board the Lion. Robert died in Boston prior to 25 Nov 1637 as on that date his wife Anne is referred to as "the Widow Shelley" in reference to her land and her house. Their oldest child was Anne, who was a maid servant to John Coggeshall's family in Roxbury and she later married Richard Foxwell of Scituate. Their marriage is of record in the First Church of Roxbury and Richard Foxwell is referred to as "a Godly Brother of the Church of Scituate." Robert and Anne's youngest child was Margaret, who was a maid servant to the William Coddington family of Boston, where she was admitted to the Church of Boston as a member 19 Jun 1636.
The only son of Robert and Anne Shelley was Robert Jr. who was admitted to the Church in Scituate 14 May 1637. He had moved there in 1636 and married Judith Garnet on Sep 26, 1636. Judith came to New England in 1634, at the age of 26, in the Francis. She was admitted to the Boston Church in Sep of 1634 as "our brother John Coggeshall's maidservant". It seems quite likely that Robert met Judith because she worked with his sister Anne in the home of John Coggeshall. Coggeshall lived for a short time in Roxbury, moved to Boston, and then later moved to RI, John Coggeshall was also a passenger on the 1632 voyage of the Lion.
Robert and Judith had 3 children: Hannah, Mary, and John. Robert Jr. was known as an honest man, a good neighbor,and a Christian, but cared little how the world moved about him. His wife, Judith, was said to be a Boston woman, proud, tenacious, of her own opinions and had no control of her tongue. In 1648, some of the women of the church had a private meeting to which Judith was not invited, so she began to tell lies on many of the church members. For 6 months they tried to get her to stop and acknowledge her fault, but she refused. She was excommunicated on Jun 4,1649. Judith apparently died before 1663, as Robert married Susana Dimmock, daughter of Thomas and Anne Dimmock. Robert Jr. and Susanna had five children: Susanna (1664), Joseph (1668), Shuble (1674), Timothy(date unknown) and Benjamin (1679/80). Robert Jr. died 6 Sep 1692 and his will was proved in Barnstable 19 Oct 1692. In his will, he left everything to his wife Susanna for the support of herself and "them that I leave with her". The only child mentioned by name in the will is his son John from his first marriage.
The Lyon Sailed from London June 22, 1632, arriving in Boston September 16,1632. The master, William Pierce, brought 123 passengers.
Shelley, Robert and wife Anne, Roxbury .
This person is dead.
Notes per Wayne Olsen:
From "The Dimick Family":
Thomas Demick, wife and family, embarked on the vessel Hopewell, at Weymouth, England, 8 May 1635. His father, Edward, had been found to be of Linchbeck (Lincolnshire), England (Lucius B. Barbour, Family Record of Dimmock-Manley, typescript, Hartford CT State Library). By his early acceptance as a freeman and town official, and with an accompanying family, Thomas Dimick must have been a mature adult in 1635. His year of birth is estimated as about 1600.
Ref. contains discussion about his church membership and history of the congregation which was a continuation of one which met secretly in London.
Thomas Dimock was among the settlers in Hingham, MA in 1637. From Hingham, he removed to Scituate in 1638 or 1639. Little is known of his stay there.
He is believed to have built at Barnstable in Mar 1639; the congregation of Rev. Lothrop also moved. Nearly all the town offices were confereed upon Thomas and Rev. Joseph Hull.
Dimick was admitted a freeman in Plymouth Colony 3 Dec 1639. The Plymouth Colony Court then asked Barnstable to send 2 deputies - Hull and Dimick were sent. Dimick was deputy to the General Court in 1640, 1641,1642, 1648, 1649, and 1650. In Jun 1644, Dimick was reappointed a magistrate or assistant to Mr. Freeman, the Chief Justice of the inferior court and assistant associate of the higher court.
He was ordained Elder of the Church of Barnstable on 7 Aug 1650. The records do not show that Elder Thomas Dimmock held any public office after 1650. He had leased his farm in 1654, and from then until his death in 1658, probably was in poor health.
He had a specific ground for fear of religious persecution and his own freedom (in England) . He had been in London prior to 1632 a member of the First Congregational Church in that city. Rev. John Lothrop became the second pastor of that church in 1624. That church held its meeting privately in efforts to escape persecution. On 28 April 1632, however, the prosecutors discovered the church holding religious worship at the house of Humphrey Barnet. 42 members were apprehended, and only 18 escaped. Rev. Lothrop remained imprisoned until April 1634, and was then set at liberty on the condition that he depart from England.
From "Thomas Dimock and His Descendants", by Denise M. Milke, published in the Connecticut Nutmegger (3 parts):Thomas Dimock, immigrant ancestor of the Dimock (and variant spelling) families of America, was undoubtedly born in England. However, the date and place of his birth, along with his parentage and ancestry, is undertermined. Several different accounts of his ancestry have been presented in various sources, and I will bring them forth for the record and for comment. However, it should be noted that their inclusion in this report does not mean that the lineages are authentic.
According to Stiles in his "History of Ancient Wethersfield," he says that the origin of the Dimock family is as follows:
"This family ranks among the oldest in Great Britain, Burke's "Landed Gentry" gives the origin of the name thus: "Owen Ap. Bleden Ap.Tudor, 7th in desc. from Tudor Trevor, Lord of Hereford and Wittington, in Salop, founder of the "Tribe of the Marches" and had two sons, viz: 1.Thomas Ap. Owen; 2. Owen Vychan, whose great grandson, Madoc Ap. Ririd married Margaret (dau. of Ithel Anwyl, a chieftan of Tenegel (as most of Flintshire was then caled by the Welsh) and had a son, David Ap Madoc (called, according to the Welsh custom) "Dai Madoc" - "Dai" being the diminutive of David Ap. Madoc. He married Margaret (Dau. and heiress of Tudor Ap. Ririd, of Penly, by whom he acquired the estate of Penley, and in turn, had a son and heir, David Ap Dai Madoc, whose name, by mutation, became David Dai Madoc - (that is, David the son of Dai Madoc) - and graduallly became David Damoc, or Dymock as it is interchangeably written in ancient MSS. - hence, Damoc, or Dymock became the surname of the family."An article which appeared in the Connecticut Magazine, vol 9, pp 927-930, written by Joel N. Eno, gives in more detail the line given above. It takes the lineage from Rhys Sais, who lived in Shropshire,England in A.D. 1070, down through 15 generations to Edward Dymoke. Of this Edward, who was the Gloucestershire and the son of Randle and Elizabeth(Henmer) Dymoke, he says:
"Edward married four times. 1st wife had five daughters and two sons who died without issue. 2nd had William, born about 1603. 3rd had no children. 4th left Anne and Thomas, who is reckoned to be that of American Generations."Stiles, in his "History of Ancient Wethersfield," also makes mention that it was a family tradition that Thomas was descended from the Dymokes of Scrivelsby. This ancestry is entirely different than the one mentioned above, and is presented in numerous sources - primarily a family bible on file at the CT State Library; Your Family Tree by Kimball and Jordan; and is made mention of in a 1938 publication of the Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede. These sources made Edward Dymoke, the said father of Thomas the "son of Arthur and grandson of Edward, 16th of Scrivelsby- Chamption at the Caronations of Edward VI, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth."
If either of these ancestries were accepted as true, then Thomas would be among those classified as "Americans of Royal Descent". In contacting an organization which specializes in such lineages, I was informed that not one of their sources listed Thomas Dimock as such, indicating that neither of the above lineages have been accepted.Having covered two past-published ancestries of Thomas Dimock, neither of which I have seen verified with documented proof as yet, we now turn to another problem which has plagued Dimock descendants, and which has been repeated over and over again in numerous sources. It is stated that Ann, the wife of Thomas, was a Hammond. I have yet to find any evidence that this is so - in fact, all evidence seems to point to the contrary.
The problem seems to have originated from "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families" by Amos Otis, where it is stated that the "ElderThomas Dimock married Ann (Hammond?) before his removal to Barnstable."To this, he adds a note: "Samuel House, Robert Linnell, and Thomas Dimmock, it appears by the records of Mr. Lothrop, were his brothers-in-law. Rev. Mr. Lothrop married for his second wife, Anne, daughter of William Hammond of Watertown; Samuel House married her sister Elizabeth; Mr. Lothrop's son Thomas married Sarah, daughter of Robert Linnel; William Hammond had two daughters of the name Anne, and this would not be a case without a parallel, if both were living at the same time, and that one married Mr. Lothrop and the other Mr. Dimmock." This comment was made in the Dimmock genealogy of the publication, yet when reviewing the Lothrp genealogy in the same publication, it stated that the Ann Hammond who married John Lothrop as his second wife was a WIDOW Ann Hammond. . . .Needlesss to say, Thomas Dimock was said to have married Anne "before his removal to Barnstable". Some recent evidence, which may disprove the entire array of confusion, has been published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol 71, No 3 (sep 1983), on pp173-4. There is listed a group of passengers who embarked from Weymouth, England on 8 May 1635, on the ship "Hopewell", John Driver, Master; destination "Mahachuselest Bay in New England". Among those passengers listed is Thomas Demick, wife, and family.
It is the year 1635 that Thomas Dimock arrived in Dorchester, MA. In 1638, he removed to Hingham, and from there journeyed to Scituate, Plymouth and Barnstable, where he finally settled in 1639. He remained in Barnstable for the remainder of his life, and died in 1658/9, being in poor health during the latter part of his life. His wife, Ann, was alive in 1683, but died before Oct 1686.
The author had found records of 8 children: Susanna, Elizabeth, John, Timothy, twin son, twin dau, Mehitable, and Shubael.
From "Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Wethersfield," by Henry Stiles:
...He was a member of the Dorchester church which was organized in England at the time of its setting sail with Winthrop's flet; and at Dorchester he remained until 1636, when he removed to Scituate, whence, after a short residence, he removed to Hingham; and in 1639 he, then "Elder" Thomas Dimmock, together with the Rev. Joseph Hull, was interested in a grant of lands in Barnstable MA with which town his whole subsequent life was clearly identified. He and Mr. Hull seem to have divided all the town offices and committees between them - and evidently were THE trusted ones of the community in all public matters required the exercise of sound judgment, executive abilities and responsibility....
Also listed in "Pioneers of MA" by Pope
Substantial bio and info contained in "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Counties," by Amos Otis,Genealogical Publ. Co, Inc, Baltimore, 1979 (reprint of 1888 book):
...The history of Mr. Dimmock is identified with the early history of the town and cannot be separated. He was the leading man and was in some way connected with all the acts of the first settlers. Was a deputy to the Plymouth Colony Court in 1640, 1, 2,8, 9, and 1650. Admitted freeman of the Colony Dec 3, 1639. 1642 was appointed by the Colony Court to be one of the council of war. 1642 was elected LT of the company of militia in Barnstable, plus elected again in 1646. In 1650 he was one of the commissioners of the Plymouth Colony. On Aug 7 1650 he was ordained Elder of the Church of Barnstable.
After 1650 he does not appear to have held any public offices, and in 1654 he had leased his farm, though he continued to reside in Barnstable. He died in 1658 or 1659. ...
From "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630", vol 22:
Banks (1937) says Thomas Dimmock came from Chesterblades, Somerset (18 m. N of Yeovill). NGSQ 71:174 says he came on the "Hopewell" which sailed from Weymouth, Dorset in 1635. In the 1992 Dorset IGI there are only a few Dimmocks and none early. In the 1992 Somerset IGI there are about 150 Dimmock entries, including a Thomas Dimmock, bpt. 25 May 1613, Crewkerne, sone of William. Savage (2:51) says he was in Dorchester, MA in 1635. Many families came from Crewkerne and most of them settled first in Dorchester.
Torrey (p.221) says Thomas Dimock m. Ann (?Hammond) (1616- ).This is questioned in "The Granberry Family", (p. 210), and Waterman & Jacobus states Rev. John Lathrop's second wife may have been a sister of Thomas Dimock. Torrey (p. 274) states John Lathrop m. (1) Hannah House, 10 Oct 1610, England and he m. (2) Ann Hammond?, a. 1635. Lothrop preferred to Thomas Dimmock and Samuel House were his brothers-in-law. It has been suggested that Lathrop's second wife, Ann Hammond dau. of William Hammond, but there is no evidence that the latter had two daughters, and it was rare for sisters to have the same name. So the most likely solution that Lathrop's second wife was a sister of Thomas Dimmock. There are no early entries in the 1992 Somerset IGI records for a baptism of an Ann Dimmock. Thomas Dimmock had 8 children and at least 23 grandchildren.
Per wayne Olsen:
From "The Dimick Family - England":
Edward Dymoke, born about 1580, of the Parish of Pinchbeck, Lincoln Co., England (IGI, LDS Microfiche 1984, source engry form submitted by Kelly M. Morgan, 50 Whitney Street, Auburn ME, probably in 1978, listing Edward Dimock born Lincoln Eng in 1580 son of Arthur Dimock, source Family records in possession of Natalie Hobbs. Also Lucius Barbour ,Family record of Dimock-Manley, CT State DAR, VOl 10, p. 168). The "Bishops Transcripts", St. Peter'son Estgate, Lincoln, ENgland, contain a marriage record of Ser Edward Dimocke and Mistres Anne Moonson on 21 Jan1594", and the records of the parish of Thornton, by Horncastle, Lincoln Co., England show the marriage of one Edward Dymocke to Margerie Popple 2Apr 1597. Whether either or both of these marriage records relate to our lineal Edward Dymoke has not been determined. He was the father of Thomas Dymoke who emigrated to MA and was a founder of Barnstable, MA