America's FIRST SETTLERS
and all are Direct Ancestors
of Sarah Elizabeth Rose
10th Great Grandfather of Sarah
Elizabeth Rose
A First Settler of Woburn and Billerica, MA
1. ) American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
about William CHAMBERLAIN
Birth Date: 1620 Birthplace: Eng, Massachusetts
Volume: 26 Page Number: 480
Reference: Directory of the anc. heads of New England
families.
Comp. By Frank R. Holmes. NewYork, 1923. (274p.):44
2. ) Source:W.C.Gen.Soc.
William Chamberlain was one of three sons
of Francis Chamberlain, the others being Thomas
and Edmund.
They first arrived in the new world at Elizabethtown,
Virginia in 1635.
Because of Indian massacres, the brothers fled
by ship to New England.
William was first in Woburn in 1648.
By 1651, he had sold his land and moved to Billerica,
a small settlement in the wilderness on a plot of land
called the Dudly Farm.
Here he lived out his life in relative prosperity.
He served as constable.
3. ) He married Rebecca Addington/Shelly
(which is her maiden name remains unclear).
In her last years, Rebecca suffered under the hysteria
of the New England Witch Trials.
She was imprisoned at Cambridge on a charge of mischief.
The prisons, being in poor condition and ill-equipped
to handle the volume of suspected witches,
undoubtedly contributed to her demise.
She died awaiting trial
11th Great Grandfather of Sarah
Elizabeth Rose
A First Settler of Concord and Billerica, MA
1) Family Data Collection about William Hartwell
2) Parents: Francis Hartwell , Mary Mrs Hartwell
3) Birth Place: Middlesex, Concord, Massachusetts
4) Birth Date: 21 Dec 1613
5) Marriage Place: Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts
6) Marriage Date: 1639
7) Death Place: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
8) Death Date: 12 Mar 1690
9) Source: Founders of Early American Families
Author: Colket Repository: Call Number: Media:
Book Page: Page 147
10) Source: Genealogical and Family History
of Northern New York:
a record of the achievements of her people in the making
of a commonwealth and the founding of
Author: Anonymous Publication: New York:
Lewis Historical Pub. Co. 1910, 1417 pgs. Repository:
Note: Heritage Quest Online Call Number: Media:
Book Page: 80, Page 645
11) He was probably twenty-three years old
at the time of his settlement in Concord
12) 1635: William Hartwell, with serveral other
intelligent, Englishmen,
who were desirous of worshipping unmolested
according to the dictates of their conscience,
settled in Concord in September, 1635.
Receiving an allotment of land amounting to
about nine acres,
he erected his dwelling house on the
Lexington or old "Bay" road, about one mile east
of the public square
13) 1636: As the settlement of Concord advanced
in growth and prosperity, his possessions increased,
and in 1666, when the board of selectmen found it
necessary to make clear the titles and boundaries of
each proprietor, he was one of the largest real estate
holders in the town, owning nineteen separate
tracts, the whole comprising some two hundred
and forty-serven acres. Though not conspicuous
for his prominence in the town government, he
nevertheless fulfilled with marked ability his share
of public service, both civil and military and
possessed the confidence of his fellow townsmen.
He was one of a committee of nine, formulated
in 1672, for the purpose of framing rules for
the guidance of the selectmen.
14) Military:
14a) A Corporal in 1671
14b) quartermaster in 1673
14c) Was chosen cornet of the Second Troop
of Horse, Middlesex Co. militia.
15) 1690: His death occured Mar 12, 1690,
in the seventy-seventh year of his age.
16) WILL: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index,
1648-1870 about William Hartwell
Surname: Hartwell Location: Concord
Date: 1690 Subject: Will Number: 10598
17) Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Name: William HARTWELL Birth Date: 1613
Birthplace: Eng, Massachusetts Volume: 74
Page Number: 109 Reference: Directory of the anc. heads
of New England fams. Comp. By Frank R. Holmes.
NewYork, 1923. (274p.):110
Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.
( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data
for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800.
Completely indexed in the Index.): 1 May 1907, 8970;
7 Sep 1909, 644; 20 Dec 1909, 1029; 2 Feb 1910, 1078
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