HEMMENWAY Ralph^[1]

Abt 1609 - 1678  (~ 69 years)

• Name	HEMMENWAY Ralph
  Birth	Abt 1609  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Church Member	1633	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  	Roxbury Church "Ralph Hiningway a man servant" member #96
  	(RChR 79)
  Immigration	1633	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  Will	4 May 1677  [4]
  	("Ralph Hemenway ... being aged ... and having bodily weaknesses and infirmities increasing upon me" bequeathed to "Elizabeth my wife" my whole estate during her natural life in the hand of "my son John Hemenway" to improve for her comfort; after her decease, to "my son Samuel Hemenway" 20s. paid by my son John Hemenway "and the reason why I do give him no more is because I look upon my self indebted and engaged unto my son John Hemenway who hath taken care of me and my wife in our age and knowing that God hath dealt bountifully with my son Samuel I desire him to accept my love in this legacy"; to "my son Joseway Hemenway" my piece of land in the upper Calf Pasture, also a piece of salt marsh in Black Neck; to "my son John Hemenway" all my other lands and housing and cattle and moveables after my wife's death; to "my daughter Elizabeth Holbrook" £8 in four year's time, 40s. [a year]; to "my daughter Ruth" £12 in six years, 40s. a year; son John Hemenway and "my loving friend Samuel Williams" executors [SPR 6:239]. The inventory of the estate of "Ralph Hemenway of Roxbury who deceased the month of June 1678" was taken 16 June 1678 and totalled £170 19s. 6d., of which £150 was real estate: house and orchard & homelot," £50; "one acre and a quarter of land in the upper calves pasture," £15; "three acres of land in the Black Neck," £18; "two acres of salt marsh," £20; "eight acres of woodland at the Eight Acre Lots," £8; "eight woodlands lying between Hollesen and the place commonly called Clapboard Hill," £12; "three acres of fresh meadows," £5; and "sixteen acres of land in the Thousand Acres," £2 [SPR 12:213-14].)
  Death	1 Jun 1678	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States   [3, 5]
  Will (proved)	11 Jul 1678  [3]
  _UID	0EB0023BA8D21644B7F04B7FBDD08981D7ED
  Notes	Unlike many families of English origin all Hemenways and Hemingways in this country have a common ancestor in Ralph of Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was admitted freeman 3 September 1634 "as Ralfe Hiningway". [MBCR 1:369] In the Roxbury land inventory of about 1652, "Ralph Hemmingway" held eight parcels of land, all of which were granted by the town: two and a half acres with house, barn and garden; three and a half acres in Black Neck; one acre in the Calve's Pasture; one acre and a half of salt marsh; eight acres of land; two acres of fresh meadow; twenty four and a half acres "exchanged with John Roberts for so much of his lot lying in the Second Allotment in the Last Division being the second lot there"; and sixteen acres in the Thousand Acres near Dedham [RBOP 28].
  Person ID	I63007	Noyes Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2006

  
  

  Family	HEWES Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1602   d. 2 Jan 1684/5, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 83 years)
  Marriage	5 Jul 1634	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 6]
  	(VR spells Henngway.)
  Children	1. HEMMENWAY Mary,   b. 24 Apr 1635, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 14 May 1635, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 0 years)   2. HEMMENWAY Samuel,   b. Jun 1636, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. HEMMENWAY Ruth,   b. 21 Sep 1638, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 45 years)   4. HEMMENWAY John,   b. 27 Apr 1641, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 4 Oct 1724, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 83 years)   5. HEMENWAY Joshua, Sr.,   b. 9 Apr 1643, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 29 Oct 1726 (Age 83 years)   6. HEMMENWAY Elizabeth,   b. 31 May 1645, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown   7. HEMMENWAY Mary,   b. 7 Apr 1647, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 6 years)
  Family ID	F24782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2024

  
  

• Photos		Signature
  		Ralph Hemmenway signature

  
  

• Sources

  [S2784] Book-The Massachusetts Hemenway Family Vol. 1, 1:3. [S261] Book-The Great Migration Begins, Vol. II 1620-33, p.909. [S261] Book-The Great Migration Begins, Vol. II 1620-33, p.908. [S261] Book-The Great Migration Begins, Vol. II 1620-33, pp.908-909. [S2784] Book-The Massachusetts Hemenway Family Vol. 1, 1:2. [S780] Book-VR Roxbury, MA, 2:202.