WESTON Edmund^[1]

1605 - 1686  (~ 81 years)

• Name	WESTON Edmund
  Birth	CA 1605  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1635	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 3]
  Emigration	8 May 1635	London, City of London, Greater London, England   [4]
  	(came on the "Elizabeth & Ann" (on 8 May 1635, "Edmond Weston," aged 30, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the "Elizabeth & Ann" [Hotten 76]).
  Death	1686	Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 2]
  Will	18 Feb 1686  [1]
  	("Edmond Weston" bequeathed to "my son Edmond all my lands lying on the north side of Greens Harbor Brook"; to "my son John one red heifer now with calf & one yearling heifer & my old mare"; to "my daughter Mary now the wife of John Delano my biggest pot & a tract of land where the said Delano's house doth stand according to the bounds formerly agreed on & the land that I had of him to return to him again"; "my son Elnathan to be executor"; to "my son Elnathan my house & all lands lying in Duxborough and all the remaining part of my estate he paying debts & legacies" [PPR 8:17-18; MD 15:187].)
  Will (proved)	3 Jun 1686  [1]
  _UID	1068CB3CA35AF348B1230C9D0D35909BA12A
  Notes	There is a tradition that, in the old country, his trade was a thresher of grain. Soon after coming to Duxbury he entered himself as an apprentice unto John Winslow and Nathaniel Thomas, and in 1639 formed a co-partnership with John Carver for planting and farming. In 1640 he had a grant from the colony of four acres at Stony Brook, Duxbury, and a tract of land near Green Harbor. In 1643 he was one of the men who were enrolled to bear arms. In 1652 was a surveyor of highways, and from this time his name frequently appears in connection with town affairs and in various public matters. Winsor, in his "History of Duxbury", speaks of him as "the enterprising ancestor of an enterprising family whose descendants have been numerous, and most of them have resided in town." He married late in life, probably a De La Noye (afterwards called Delano).
  Person ID	I65083	Noyes Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2013

  
  

  Marriage	CA 1658  [5]
  	Savage reported that Edmund Weston "married a daughter of John Soule of the same [Duxbury], as Winsor supposed" [Savage 4:489]. Thomas Weston stated that Edmond Weston married late in life, probably a De La Noye (afterwards called Delano)" [NEHGR 41:285]. There is no evidence for either of these identifications, or even for the given name of the immigrant's wife. In both cases these unsubstianted claims apparently arose from the circumstance that two sons of the immigrant married women from those two families.
  Children	1. WESTON Mary,   b. CA 1658, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   2. WESTON Edmond, Jr.,   b. CA 1660, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. WESTON Elnathan,   b. CA 1662, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   4. WESTON John,   b. CA 1664, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. 1736, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 72 years)
  Family ID	F25533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2024

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1237] Periodical-NEHGR, 41:285 "Descendants of Edmund Weston". [S175] Book-Torrey; NE Marriages Prior to 1700, p.797. [S260] Book-The Great Migration Begins, Vol. I 1620-33, 1:520. [S6100] Book-The Great Migration Begins, Vol. VII 1634-35, p.309. [S6100] Book-The Great Migration Begins, Vol. VII 1634-35, p.311.