Edward Yeomans, of Haverhill

Edward Yeomans

• Born say 1630
• Died 16 April 1706
• Ancestral File # LHJF-QF3

Family

Seen as the son of Edmund Yeomans and Susannah (---). [Is this proven ?]

Vital Records (Mass) for Haverhill has Edward Yeomans marrying Mary Button on 12/6/1652. She was the daughter of Matthias Button, of Haverhill and Lettyce.

Their children born at Haverhill (VR)

• Mary (Mary Yeomans) 1/4/1653-4;
• Samuel (Samuel Yeomans) 9/1/1655;
• Thomas (Thomas Yeomans) 11/6/1657;
• Elizabeth (Elizabeth Marsh) Jan or Jun/10/1659;
• Mehetabel (Mehitabel Yeomans) 10/11/1661;
• Edward (Edward Yeomans) 2/6/1663-4.

Vital Records has a death of an unnamed daughter of Edward Yeomans in April 1667.

Children born at Stonington were John, Marie and probably Hannah.

Notes

From Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, A descriptive List, drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. (Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 65-22478), pg 518.

Yeomans, Edward, Charlestown, petitioned Gen. Court 16 Oct 1650. He m. in Boston June 12, 1652, Elizabeth, dau. Of Thomas Joslin, of Hingham. He deposed in 1662, ae, about 32 years. He m. in Haverhill Dec. 2, 1652, Mary Button; ch. Mary b. Jan. 4, 1653, Samuel b. Sept. 1, 1655, Thomas b. Dec. 6, 1657, Elizabeth b. Jan. 10, 1659, Mehetabel b. Oct. 11, 1661, Edward b. Feb. 6, 1663.

Comments

From https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHJF-QF3?icid=amp_...

"There is no proof that Edward of Haverhill was the son of Edward and Susannah who sold beer in Charlestown or that he was born in England although both are possible. Edward of Haverhill was born about 1632; he deposed his age as being about 30 in several court appearances in 1662. (Essex County Quarterly Courts, Vol. 3, pp. 6 and 7). He was not a sea captain, nor apparently even a sailor. In Haverhill he lived on a leased farm and helped out as a laborer on other farms. This information in in Essex County Court Records. The "three brothers" story is a myth that shows up every now and then in genealogy. Mathias Button, his father-in-law, was a coastal trader.
He married Mary Button, bpt. 23 Feb 1633/4, Boston ( published Records of the First Church in Boston) dau. of Mathias and Letice BUTTON. (The French marriage may have come from a dau of John Button of Boston, unrelated to Matthias.) The first six children Mary, Samuel, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mehitabel and Edward) of Edward and Mary are recorded in Haverhill and the death of a daughter in April 1667 is also recorded there. This is probably Mehitabel. Other children were recorded in Stonington; There is no Henry; the microfilm of the town record shows plainly "Marie, dau of Edward" for the date given for Henry. (Stonington Births, Marriages and Deaths, Vol. 1, p. 190, microfilm, CT, State Library) Edward, jr. did not die in Plainfield. He bought property there, sold it and continued real estate transactions in Stonington and Groton, CT. All can be found in land records of these towns. His death date is unknown. There is no record of Hannah's birth but I am sure she is the dau of Edward; a niece witnessed the will of Hannah's husband, John Meatch (Meech). (New London Probate Records, FHL film.)
Samuel's wife, Mary, was probably the daughter of Susannah Chapman Ellis who was the sister of Hope Chapman of Westerly, RI. He left to his "sister Ellis of Stonington" certain property and the upbringing of his son. (I have done a long analysis of this Ellis family...)

Supporting Data

• A modern history of New Haven and eastern New Haven County, Volume 2 Pg.589
• .... On the 6th of December, 1652, Captain Edward Yeomans wedded Mary Button at Haverhill, Massachusetts, and his family numbered three sons and three daughters. Of these Samuel Yeomans was born September 1, 1655, at Haverhill and about 1665 his father, Captain Edward Yeomans, removed with the family to Stonington, Connecticut, .... Samuel Yeomans was married October 19, 1684, to Mary Ellis and they had four sons and five daughter, including Edward Yeomans II, who was born March 28, 1690, and was married September 5, 1716, to Thankful Bidwell, of Middletown Connecticut, .... etc. _____________________
• YEOMANS, Edward
• b. ABT 1630
• Family:
• Marriage: 6 DEC 1652 Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
• Spouse: BUTTON, Mary
• b. ABT FEB 1633/4 Boston, Suffolk, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: BUTTON, Matthias
• Mother: , Lettice
• Children:
  • YEOMANS, Mary b. 4 JAN 1652/3 Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
  • YEOMANS, Samuel
  • YEOMANS, Thomas b. 6 DEC 1657 Haverhill, Essex, Mass.
  • YEOMANS, Elizabeth
  • YEOMANS, Mehitable b. 11 OCT 1661 Haverhill, Essex, Mass. d. APR 1667
  • YEOMANS, Edward b. 6 FEB 1662/3 Haverhill, Essex, Mass. d. APR 1667
  • YEOMANS, Henry b. 15 JAN 1668/9 Stonington, New London, CT.
  • YEOMANS, John
  • YEOMANS, Hannah
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_43f.htm#35 __________________

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