Putting Our New England Dialect To Rest

There has been so much debate on the Yankee accent, both about the origin, geographic cut-offs and the 'why's', that I feel the need to finally give it a rest and give you the truth. 

The reason I find myself addressing New England so much lately is because of a certain television show, new this year, that has me thinking if us Yankee's are truly that despised throughout the country, as well as the South. I sure hope not because we certainly don't harbor resentment for any reason toward anyone, honestly! So let's begin by taking some truly ludicrous, too drawn out, too complicated and overly studied opinions, and studies, and give you the correct answer as to why we talk the way we do and everything in between. 

Let's begin by, who I believe to be, a great American(and Yankee)  lexicographer, Noah Webster and his American Dictionary. Many historians have mentioned that Noah's Dictionary was not American at all, but a New England dictionary. I think many scholars preconceived this before they even started reading it, just because of the preface. Noah stated "New Englanders spoke and spelled the purest and best form of English of any people in the world". Bravo Noah! There is also a book that was printed in Boston in 1892, by Francis Underwood, called The Story of a Small Town. In this book, he offers observations regarding our dialect and accent in very unflattering terms, which I assume was the general perception of us Yankees at the time, if you have read my two previous posts::

"The Yankee Twang-

   The nasal tone in New England, it is said, was caused by the severe climate and the         prevalent catarrh; but those were not the sole causes. Catarrh debases speech, both in quality of tone and in distinctiveness of articulation; but the disease is more prevalent now than formerly, while the general speech is probably less nasal. Australians are said to have nasal voices, and they are not afflicted with catarrh. The New England drawl and the nasal tone were probably derived originally from the meeting-house and the prayer meetings; both defects became fixed by habit, and, of course, have been greatly heightened by climatic conditions.

   The virtue constantly insisted upon in the old times by parents and religious teachers was humility, self-abnegation. In repeating passages of Scripture, or of the Catechism the one was subdued. The religious spirit was manifested in awe and reverence, seldom in cheerfulness, and never in exaltation-except in such exaltation as was accompanied with moistened eyes and "tears in the voice". It was "a dying world" in which our fathers lived; the expression of their ideas and feelings would not require the expansive lungs, nor heave the deep chest, of a vigorous and well-developed man. The noise, no less than the manner, of a burly fox-hunter and athlete, would be abhorrent to one whose soul was melted in penitence, and who in his daily devotions intoned in dragging minor intervals the prayers that he dare not address to the Dread Majesty of Heaven with steady eyes and many voice......

   Let such usages of speech go on for generations, and the infection will pervade the community. The child will be soothed by a nasal lullaby, and will drawl from the time he leaves his cradle. He will drawl at his lessons, and make catarrhal yells in the playground. As a lover he will drawl to his mistress, and repeat loves litany through the nose. when his duet with her is finished, and his snuffy voice extinct, he will be drawn(slowly) to his grave, to drawl no more.

   It appears to be certain that the nasal and drawling tone is in a large measure the result of two and a half centuries of Puritan training; just as the peculiarities of language, including local and obsolete terms, half-articulated contractions, and clipping or words, are the result of the fusion of many illiterate British dialects. The bucolic speech is dying out, for school-teachers are uprooting it, as farmers do thistles, but the tone hangs on, lie the scent of musk in Hosea Biglow's "draw"."

Here is another example of what others have said about our Yankee accent. A well known scholar from South Carolina:

"By Yankee I do not mean everybody from north of the Potomac and Ohio. Lots of them have always been good folks. The firemen who died in the World Trade Center on September 11 were Americans. The politicians and TV personalities who stood around telling us what we are to think about it are Yankees. I am using the term historically to designate that peculiar ethnic group descended from New Englanders, who can be easily recognized by their arrogance, hypocrisy, greed, lack of congeniality, and penchant for ordering other people around. Puritans long ago abandoned anything that might be good in their religion but have never given up the notion that they are the chosen saints whose mission is to make America, and the world, into the perfection of their own image."

Linguists and historians alike have stated various points, geographically, where our accent is most prevalent and where it starts to fade. Many agree that the Connecticut River forms the boundary where people start speaking "normally". See map with the pink line denoting the rough(very rough) passage of the Connecticut River.

These same "scholars" give the following distinctions, using the Connecticut River and the boundary for East New England(ENE) and West New England(WNE)

" 1. R-dropping. ENE speakers tend to show higher rates of r-dropping, as in pahk the cah in Hahvid yahd or New Hampshah, whereas in WNE these r’s are almost always pronounced. 

2. The "broad a." Another highly recessive feature of ENE, this so-called "broad a" is often heard in words like aunt, father, laugh, half, can’t, etc. It’s also typically heard in "ar" words like car. For most older speakers, father and bother do not rhyme (the only area in North America where this is still true). For WNE speakers, father rhymes with bother and can’t rhymes with rant.

3. The horse-hoarse distinction in ENE. This characteristic is the most recessive of all, appearing only in the speech of older speakers, and is most prevalent in coastal areas (particularly in Maine). For these speakers, horse is pronounced like "hoss." Similarly, morning and mourning are not pronounced the same ("Good monnin’" is a common greeting in the area). Speakers also show this pattern in words like orange and Florida, whose first syllables do not sound like oar or floor, but rather use the vowel in fog."

Other linguists, studies and professionals declare something that just plain doesn't make any sense at all, such as Noreen Swanson in her The Influence of Settlement Patterns on the Dialects of New England. In this, she says that the port cities of New England would have been acquainted with various European emigrants and traders, therefore Yankee speech patterns "would not have been so prevalent". What???

 

Yet in Farewell to the Founders: Major Dialect Changes Along the East-West New England Border, states that three professional linguists say the that line  separating people who drop their R's from those who don't is at the Vermont-New Hampshire border. The study’s authors — James N. Stanford, Thomas A. Leddy-Cecere and Kenneth P. Baclawski Jr. — also discovered an erosion of several other distinctive features of eastern New England speech, "including the different vowels for "father" and "bother" and for "Mary," "merry," and "marry." (The distinction between "horse" and "hoarse," however, seems to be hanging on.)"

 

Let's wrap this up, once and for all! Look at where we came from during the early colonization of New England. See map. The areas contained within the shapes are the places in New England where our speech pattern is most predominant.(read on).

I do agree with one study done in the 50s. the Survey of English Dialects ascertains that the non-rhoticity(the non-pronunciation of the "r" and the use of the 'schwa' sound in words such as bath  is very predominant(even to this day) "throughout a huge band of Sothern England", which is exactly who most of the present day Yankee's are descended from. It has also been proven that these are the same counties in England that gave us New Englanders our dialect and accent. this area is called the NEME Triangle(New England-Mother England Triangle)

Over time, these ancestors children, and their children, moved inland and upward. A full 90 percent of these families were poor farmers and fishermen and chose to live on farms in the back country in order to raise their own crops and find land either free or cheap in which to farm. More often than not, land was granted to families who could clear a certain portion fit for crop, and could talk other families into following them. Many simply moved up the coast(which, of course, was the easiest route to travel) and fish for a living.

Because of their solitude, their speech patterns remained the same for many generations, only slightly varying or diminishing. Just visit any Downeast community to hear for yourself. As for the coastal communities one most often hears of our unique dialect. If there is one group of Yankees that is more stubborn than either a Yankee seaman or fisherman, I have never heard. So with stubbornness in mind, should I really tell you that there is no-one on the face of the earth that they will emulate? And although this sounds cartoonish, profiling, flippant and rhetorical, it is absolutely true!

 

I must cover one more quick item. I have read over and over again that New Englanders take out the 'R' in places and put it back in places where it doesn’t belong. As a new England Historian, I have never NEVER once come across that as being distinctively Yankee. Historians and linguists alike have said that we say 'warsh' instead of 'wash'. Where to *$^# did that come from?

We, as full blooded Yankees have a dry sense of humor(for example-it is said we don't like ghosts in our homes because they don't pay rent) and hold true to the adage "As stubborn as a Yankee". I think some generational hatred for us comes from the fact that we are also known for being very shrewd in our business dealings. Now mind you there is a different meaning between shrewd and unfair. We have always been fair, but we watch every penny. Shrewdness and cheapness go hand in hand. Many colonial fathers didn't take kindly to us Yankees simply because of our "shrewdness".

It is only a matter of geography, in the simplest form, that our dialect and accent fades at certain points in and out of New England. The further away you go from either the back-country or shore line, the less our way of speaking has been heard. That is because other people of differing nationalities and monetary classes took root. These people, of course, didn't talk Yankee. And as with anything in life, the less you hear it, the less you will say it. For example, if you were from Maine and called that fizzy beverage a 'Soda' growing up, and then spent the last 50 years of your life down South(for example), you will find yourself not only losing your accent, but referring to 'Soda' as 'Pop'. It really is that simple.

Sometimes you only need to find the simple solutions to difficult questions, and this is one of those times. One other reason why we don't pronounce our 'R's is because of laziness. Now don't be sending me a bunch of emails, because this is true! Sure, we DO know that we should be pronouncing the R, but why take that little bit of effort in something that just plain doesn't make a bit of difference? To make ourselves sound a little more genteel or aristocratic? Like I mentioned before, we just don't care. We don't care what people think of us most of the time. I know many families(including mine) that simply don't have anything to prove to anybody.

 

And there you have it. Where we get our speech pattern, where the cutoff points are, why we talk the way we do and why we are slow to change. I would love to give you a more exciting and scientific reason behind all that I have said, but sometimes, there isn't one, and this is one of those times. I must add one more item to this article however. And just to let you know. My family is so Yankee that I have tried many times to pronounce my r's but I simply cannot do it. I have tried many times, and told my producers, publicist, marketing agents, booking agents and anyone that is involved with my Yankee Chef persona that I want to pronounce it, but I just can't. It sounds quite foolish to even try. 

Why on earth do people fail to say Scallop correctly. How do you say 'ALL'? Well, take that same phonetic sound and apply it to sc-ALL-op. It ain't sc-AL-op!!

'Nuff said!

New England Colonists 1600-1700 Ibrook-Jewett

 Ibrook

Richard was at Hingham, Mass. in 1643.

Ide

Nicholas, son of Nicholas, came with his mother, who married Thomas Bliss, to New England in 1636 and settled at Rehoboth, Mass. in 1643.

Iggleden, Eggleden

Richard was the son of Stephen and came to N.E. in 1638 and is found to have married at Boston in 1660.

Ilsley

John was a barber at Salisbury, Mass. in 1639.

William was a shoemaker and brother of the preceding. He was born at England in 1612 at Wiltshire, England, settling at Newbury, Mass. by 1638.

A shoemaker was someone who made new shoes out of any material. A cordwainer made leather shoes from new leather and a cobbler simply repaired shoes. This is from an instruction folio from 1777 Boston. 

Ince

Jonathan was at Hartford, Conn, and Boston pre-1640.

Indicutt, Indicut

John was a resident of Boston in 1670.

John was a cooper and warden of the King's Chapel of Boston in 1698.

Ines, Innes

Matthew, or Matthias, was an employee of William Colburn in Boston in 1634.

Ingall, Ingalls

Benjamin was married at Portsmouth, R.I. in 1682.

Edmund was the son of Robert and grandson of Henry and born at Lincolnshire, England in 1598. He came with Endicott to Salem in 1628, then settled at Lynn by 1629 and drowned in the Saugus River in 1648.

Francis was a tanner and brother of Edmund who is seen at Salem and Lynn, Mass..

Ingersoll

Richard came with the Rev. Francis Higginson from Bedfordshire, England to Salem in 1629. He died in 1644.

Ingham

John or Joseph was married at Saybrook, Conn. in 1655.

Thomas was a weaver at Scituate, Mass. in 1640.

Ingles, Inglish, Inglis

Mauditt or Maudett was a fuller who came from Marlborough, Wiltshire, England to Boston in 1635.

William was a cordwainer at Boston in 1652.

Ingoldsby

John was at Boston in 1642.

Ingram, Ingraham

Edward was born at England in 1617 when arriving at Salem in 1635.

Henry was a resident of Boston in 1672.

Jared is found married at Boston in 1662 and is found at Swansea, Mass. by 1673.

John was born in England in 1642 and is seen at Boston and Hadley, Mass. by 1661.

Richard came to N.E. between 1638-1642 before being seen at Rehoboth, Mass. in 1645. He then removed to Northampton, Mass. in 1668.

William was a cooper at Boston in 1653 and moved to Stonington, Conn. later.

Puritan woodcut of a carpenter, British Museum

Inman

Edward was a glover at Providence, R.I. in 1646.

Ireland

John was a sea captain at Boston in 1693.

Philip was an inhabitant at Ipswich when he died there in 1693.

Samuel was a carpenter at Boston in 1635, who was born in 1603. He later settled at Wethersfield, Conn..

William was at Dorchester, Mass. in 1648, then went to Chelsea in 1654.

Ireson

Edward was born in England in 1603 and is found at Lynn, Mass. in 1635.

Irish

John came from Clisdon, Somerset, England to Plymouth in 1629, they to Duxbury in 1637, Bridgewater, Mass and Little Compton, R.I. after.

Isbell

Robert was living in New London, Conn. in 1650.

Islin

Thomas was at Sudbury, Mass. in 1640.

Issam, Isham

John was married at Barnstable, Mass. in 1677.

Ives

John lived in New Haven, Conn. in 1669.

Joseph was an inhabitant of New Haven in 1685.

Miles or Michael was of Watertown, Mass. in 1639 before removing to Boston two years later.

Thomas was at Salem in 1668.

Capt. William was born in 1607 England and came to N.E. in 1635. He was at New Haven, Conn. in 1639.

Ivey

James is found to have died at Braintree, Mass. in 1654 leaving no issue.

John was the brother of James and lived at Newbury in 1643.

William was a carpenter and brother of John who was born in 1607 England. He is found at Lynn, Mass.  in 1635 and Boston in 1652, the year of his death.

Ivory

Thomas was at Lynn in 1638.

Jacklin, Jacking

Edmund was a glazier at Boston in 1635.

Jackman

James came from Exeter, Devonshire, England to Newbury pre-1648.

Jackson

Abraham was an apprentice to Morton and married at Plymouth in 1657.

Edmund was a shoemaker who came from Boston, England to Boston, Mass. in 1635.

Edward was a nailer, born at Stepney, Whitechapel parish, London, England in 1604. he went to Cambridge in 1643, Newton in 1646 and Billerica, Mass. after.

Edward, brother of Abraham, lived at Cambridge until he was killed in 1676 during King Philip's War.

Henry was born at England in 1606 and went to Watertown, Mass. in 1635 and in 1669, is found at Fairfield, Conn..

John was a fisherman who was at Salem in 1635.

John was teh brother of Edward and born in 1602. He is seen at Cambridge in 1639.

John was also the brother of Abraham and born in 1608. He settled at Boston in 1635.

John inhabited Ipswich in 1641.

John was married at Boston in 1657.

John was living at Scarborough, Maine in 1663.

John resided at new Haven, Conn. pre-1655.

Nicholas is at Rowley in 1643.

Richard lived at Cambridge in 1637 and died in 1727 leaving no issue.

Samuel was at Plymouth and Scituate pre-1638.Walter resided at Dover, N.H. in 1658.

William lived in Rowley in 1639 and built the first house in Bradford, Mass. after.

William resided in Saybrook, Conn. in 1648.

Jacob, Jacobes

Bartholomew was living in New Haven, Conn. in 1668.

George is seen at Danvers, Mass. in 1658 and was executed for witchcraft in 1692.

Nicholas was born in Hanover, Suffolk, England and came to Watertown, Mass. in 1633. He was living in Hingham, Mass. three years later.

Peter was a resident of Harford, Conn. in 1647.

Richard came to Ipswich in 1634.

Jaffrey

George was married at Newbury in 1665, went to Boston and ends up at Newcastle, N.H. by 1677.

A 1799 woodcut of a Newbury, MA Tornado...NEHS https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-1799-tornado-in-newbury-panic-and-renewal/

Jagger

Jeremy was a seafarer at Wethersfield, Conn and then at Stamford, Conn. by 1637.

James

Charles was married at Gloucester, Mass. in 1673.

Edmund was an inhabitant of Newbury pre-1670.

Erasmus is at Salem in 1637, Marblehead, Mass. by 1648 and died there in 1660, leaving no issue.

Francis came from Hingham, England to Hingham, Mass. in 1638.

Gawdy resided at Charlestown in 1639 and at Boston in 1657, leaving no male issue.

Hugh came to Portsmouth, Mass. in 1630.

Joseph was at Fairfield,Conn.in 1674 but left no male issue.

Philip, brother of Francis, went to Hingham, Mass. in 1638 but died pre-1640.

Thomas was a clergyman who was born at Lincolnshire, England before coming to Charlestown in 1632. He then went to New Haven, Conn. in 1639 before returning to England pre-1648.

Thomas was a physician at Providence, R.I. in 1637.

Thomas came from Marlborough, Wiltshire, England in 1635 to Dedham, then to Salem in 1638.

Jameson

Andrew was at Boston in 1657.

Robert was a resident of Watertown, Mass. in 1642.

William lived in Casco, Maine in 1685.

Janes, Jeanes

William was a preacher who was born in Essex, England in 1610 and is found at New Haven, Conn. by 1643. He removed to Northampton, Mass. in 1657, Northfield, Mass. and back to Northampton by 1690, when he died.

Jaques

Henry was a carpenter at Newbury in 1646.

Jaquith

Abraham was of Charlestown in 1643.

Jarratt

John was living in Rowley in 1640, where he died without leaving any male issue.

Jarvis

John was a merchant at Boston in 1648, dying the same year.

John was a shipwright who is found to have married at Boston in 1661.

William was a resident of Norwalk, Conn. early and removed to Huntington, L.I., N.Y..

Jecockes, Jecoxe

Francis lived at Stratford, Conn. in 1646.

Jefford

John lived at Lynn in 1675.

Jeffrey, Jeffers

David was a merchant and married in Boston in 1686.

Digory was a constable at Kittery, Maine in 1664.

Francis was living in Falmouth, Maine in 1685. 

George was inhabiting Windsor, Conn. in 1669 before going to Suffield, Conn. and Westerly, R.I. by 1709.

George, merchant, came from Scotland to Boston in 1676 and went to Portsmouth, N.H. in 1684.

Gregory resided in Wells, Maine in 1653.

Robert was a physician who was born in England in 1605. He went to Charlestown, Mass. in 1635, Rhode Island in 1638 and Newport, R.I. in 1640.

Thomas was a freeman at Dorchester, Mass. in 1634 and removed to New Haven in 1638.

William came from Sussex, England to Mass. Bay "before Endicott and Winthrop". He is seen at Weymouth in 1630 and then to Newport, R.I. pre-1655.

Jeffts, Jeffs

Henry was born in 1606 at England and settled at Woburn, Mass. in 1640 before removing to Billerica, Mass. by 1654.

Jeggles

Daniel was a resident of Salem in 1639.

Thomas was the brother of Daniel and was married at Salem in 1647.

William was a shipwright and brother of previous two at Salem in 1637.

Jellicoe

Thomas lived in Middletown, Conn. in 1684.

Jempson, Jemson

James was inhabiting Middletown, Conn. in 1684.

Patrick was living in Dover, N.H. in 1659.

Jenkins

Edward came to Scituate in 1643.

Henry was living in N.H.pre-1670.

Joel lived in Braintree in 1646 before going to Malden, Mass. later.

John was at Plymouth in 1643 and is seen as being married at Barnstable in 1653.

Lemuel was married at Malden, Mass. in 1671.

Obadiah was a resident of Malden in 1677.

Reginald was killed by Indian in 1632 at Dorchester.

Robert was living at Dover, N.H. in 1657 and York, Maine by 1674.

Samuel was an inhabitant of Greenwich, Conn. in 1672.

Jenks, Jenckes

Joseph was a blacksmith in New England who was born at Hammersmith, Middlesex, England in 1602 before going to Saugus, Mass. by 1645.

Jenner, Jenne, Jenness, Jenny

David settled at Charlestown, Mass and Boston by 1685.

Francis was born in Hampton, England in 1634 and came to Hampton, N.H. in 1671 as a baker. He died at Newcastle, N.H> in 1716.

John was a brewer who came from Norwich, England, then to Rotterdam, Holland before being sen at Plymouth in 1623.

Thomas was a clergyman at Roxbury in 1634, Weymouth by 1636, Saco, Maine in 1640 and returned to England soon after.

Thomas was an inhabitant of Charlestown in 1658.

Jennings

John was living at Hartford, Conn. in 1639 but removed to Southampton, L.I. in 1641.

John resided at Sandwich, Mass. in 1667.

Jonathan lived at Norwich, Conn. in 1684.

Joshua was born in 1620 at England and lived at Hartford, Conn. by 1647. He went to Fairfield, Conn. in 1650.

Nicholas was born in 1612 at Ipswich, England and went to Hartford, Conn. in 1635/1636, afterwards being seen at Saybrook, Conn..

Richard was a clergyman at Ipswich in 1636 who was born at Ipswich, Suffolk, Englnad. He returned to England two years later.

Richard was a resident of Bridgewater, Mass. in 1666.

Richard came from Barbados, West Indies before residing at New London, Con. in 1676.

Samuel is seen at Portsmouth, R.I. in 1655.

Stephen was married at Hatfield, Mass. in 1677 and immediately removed to Brookfield, Mass..

Thomas was a freeman at Portsmouth, R.I. from 1643 to at least 1655.

Jepson

Christopher was an inhabitant of Dorchester, Mass. in 1646.

John was born between 1618-1620 in England and is found at Boston in 1639.

Roger lived at Saybrook, Conn. and Middleton, Conn. pre-1689, when he died.

Thomas was living in Boston in 1692.

Jessop, Jessup

Edward lived in Stamford, Conn. in 1650 and then Newtown, L.I. by 1656.

John resided at Wethersfield, Conn. in 1637, Stamford, Conn. in 1640, Greenwich, Conn and lastly Southampton, L.I. after.

Jewell

Samuel was a resident of Boston in 1655.

Thomas was born around 1600 at England and came to New England in 1635, where he was granted land at Braintree in 1639.

Jewett

John is at Ipswich in 1676.

Joseph, son of Edward, came to new England in 1638 and located at Dorchester, Mass. that year. A year later, he moved to Rowley.

Maximillian, brother of preceding, was born in 1604 at Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. He is found at New England in 1638 and is seen at Rowley a year later.

Nathaniel was a freeman at Concord in 1681.

Thomas lived at Hingham in 1672.

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New England Colonists 1600-1700 Hoyle-Hyland

 Hoyle

John was in Marblehead, MA in 1674.

Hoyt

John was born in England around 1612 and is found at Salisbury, MA in 1639 before removing to Amesbury in 1668.

John lived in Fairfield, Conn. in 1650.

Simon was living in Salem in 1629, went to Dorchester in 1633, Scituate in 1635, Windsor, Conn. by 1639 and Stamford, Conn. in 1659.

William was an inhabitant of Amesbury, MA in 1677.

Huatt

Daniel was living in Guilford, Conn. by 1669.

Hubbard

Anthony is found in Dedham, Mass. in 1648.

Benjamin came from England with his mother Elizabeth to Charlestown in 1633, but both returned in 1644.

George was born at Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England in 1600 and came to Watertown, Mass. in 1633. He then removed to Wethersfield, Conn. in 1636, Milford, Conn. in 1639 and is lastly found in Guilford, Conn. in 1648.

George was born in England in 1601 and was an Indian trader at Dorchester and Charlestown, Mass. pre-1639, when he is found at Hartford, Conn.. He is lastly seen at Middletown, Conn. in 1654.

Hugh was from Derbyshire, England and lived at New London, Conn. in 1670.

James resided at Lynn, Mass. in 1637 and Long Island, N.Y. in 1641.

John was at Boston pre-1670 and is seen at Roxbury, Mass. pre-1685, when he was an original proprietor of Woodstock, Conn..

Richard was a mariner at Boston in 1690.

Robert is found to have married in Boston in 1654.

Samuel inhabited Salem in 1633 and went to Watertown, Conn. "in his youth". He then went to Wethersfield, Conn., Springfield, Mass. and Newbury, R.I., leaving only one male heir(Samuel)who died without issue.

Thomas died at Billerica, Mass. in 1656.

William was an historian, born in 1595 England and was at Ipswich, Mass. in 1635.

Hubbell

Richard was the son of Francis and was born at Plymouth, England in 1627 before being seen in Mass. by 1645. He is seen at New Haven, Conn. in 1647 and Fairfield, Conn. in 1664.

Hubbs, Hubs

Robert was a freeman at Newport, R.I. in 1655.

Huckins

Robert is at Dover, N.H. in 1640.

Thomas was born in England in 1617 and is found at Boston in 1637. He then removed to Barnstable, Mass. at a later date.

Huckley

Thomas is in Mass. in 1660.

Huddlestone

Valentine was living in Newport, R.I. in 1673.

Hudson

Daniel came to Watertown, Mass. in 1640 before removing to Lancaster, Mass. in 1664.

Francis was the son of William of Chatham, Kent, England. He came with Winthrop's Fleet in 1630.

James settled at Boston pre-1641.

John lived in New Haven, Conn. in 1654.

John, of Duxbury, Mass pre-1683 left no male issue.

Jonathan married at Lyme, Conn. in 1686.

Nicholas was a freeman at Hingham, Mass. in 1637.

Ralph was a woolen draper in Boston in 1635, being born in London in 1593.

Thomas inhabited Lynn, Mass. in 1637.

William came with Winthrop's Fleet to Boston as a baker. He returned to England in 1656.

Huested, Husted

Robert was at Mount Wollaston(Braintree), Mass. in 1640 and removed to Stamford, Conn. a few years later.

Huet, Hewitt

Ephraim was a clergyman from Wraxall, England and came to Boston in 1639. He then went to Windsor, Conn, the following year and died in 1642, leaving no male issue.

Nicholas lived at Boston in 1643.

Robert is found in New England as early as 1632 and at Hartford, Conn. in 1646.

Thomas, brother of Ephraim, was living in Hingham, Mass. in 1647 and is found to have been one of the founders of Oxbridge, Mass..

Thomas was a mariner at Stonington, Conn. in 1651 but was lost at sea shortly after.

William resided at Marblehead, Mass. in 1668.

Huggins

John was a resident of Hampton, N.H. in 1642.

Hughes

James resided at Gloucester, Mass. in 1670.

Richard was living in Guilford, Conn. in 1640.

Hulbert, Hulburd

William came to New England in 1630 and is first found in Dorchester in 1632. He is then seen at Windsor, Conn. in 1636 and Northampton, Mass. in 1655.

Huling

James was born in 1635 at England and died in Newport, R.I. in 1697.

Two pine tree shillings from John Hull

Hull

Andrew was born at England in 1610 and is first found at New Haven, Conn.  in 1639.

Benjamin was a clergyman at Weymouth, Mass. in 1635, then Bass River, Mass. in 1643, York, Maine in 1659 and lastly Dover, N.H. in 1661 before returning home to England.

George, son of Thomas, was born at Krewkerne, Somersetshire, England in 1590. He went to Plymouth in 1629, Boston and Dorchester by 1630, Windsor, Conn, in 1636, Killingworth, Conn. in 1640 and is lastly seen in 1646 at Fairfield, Conn..

Joh was a blacksmith at Dorchester in 1632 and is found at Boston in 1638.

John was a mint-master and son of Robert. He was born at Market Harborough, Leicester, England in 1624 and moved to Boston in 1649, leaving no male issue.

John was a merchant at Boston by 1673, when he died.

John is seen at Stratford, Conn between 1661 and 1670.

Joseph was a freeman at Hingham in 1635.

Joseph was born at Somersetshire, England in 1594 and came to Boston as a clergyman in 1635. He then went to Weymouth and York, Maine by 1642, He is then found at Barnstable and Yarmouth before returning to England in 1652, but he is found to have gone to Dover, N.H. by 1665, when he died there.

Richard was born at Derbyshire, England and came to Mass. by 1634. He is found at New Haven, Conn. in 1640.

Robert was a blacksmith from Bristol, England is first resided at Boston in 1635.

Tristan is at Yarmouth, Mass. in 1643.

William was living in R.I. by 1654.

Hulton

Richard was at Salisbury, Mass. in 1673.

Humber

Edward was a freeman at Salem in 1665.

Hummerstan(Henry) resided at New Haven, Conn. in 1644.

Humphrey is at Hampton, N.H. in 1645.

Humphrey, Humfrey

Jeremiah is living in Saco, Maine in 1653.

John is at Boston in 1634 as a major-general of the Mass. Bay Colony. He is found back in Sandwich, Kent, England in 1641.

Jonas was a tanner who came from Wendover, Bucks, England to Dorchester, Mass. pre-1657, when he is found to be a freeman of Conn..

Michael was at Dedham, Mass. then a freeman of Conn. by 1657.

Nathaniel is living at Ipswich in 1680.

Thomas is found to have married at Dover, N.H. in 1660.

Hungerford

Thomas was a mariner and proprietor of Hartford, Conn. in 1639 the went to New London, Conn. shortly after.

Hunkin, Hunkins

John was of Portsmouth, N.H. in 1669.

Mark, brother of John, died at Portsmouth, N.H. in 1667.

Hunlock, Hunloke

Edward was an attorney from Derbyshire, England before coming to Boston pre-1682, when he is seen at Burlington, N.J..

Hunn

George was a tanner at Boston in 1637, although owning estates in Braintree, Mass. and Long Island, N.Y...

Hunniwell

John was a surveyor of roads in Wethersfield, Conn. in 1682.

Roger is found to have died at Saco, Maine in 1654.

Colonial woodcut of a colonial malster

Hunt

Bartholomew is seen at Dover, N.H. in 1640 and Newport, R.I. in 1655.

Edmund resided at Cambridge in 1634 and Duxbury, Mass. in 1637.

Edward is found to have died at Duxbury in 1665.

Enoch was a blacksmith at Titenden, Lee, Bucks, England before coming to Newport, R.I. in 1638 and Weymouth in 1640.

Jonathan was a malster who was born at Sudburrow, Thrapstone, Northamptonshire, England in 1637. He is found at Hartford, Conn. by 1658 and Northampton, Mass. shortly after.

Peter lived in Rehoboth, Mass. in 1644.

Richard was a resident of Boston in 1676.

Robert is at Charlestown in 1638 and later at Sudbury as an original proprietor.

Samuel was residing at Duxbury between 1663-1690.

Thomas is at Boston in 1654.

Thomas resided in Boston in 1677.

Thomas was aa freeman at Northampton, Mass. in 1684.

William was born at Halifax, Yorkshire, England in 1605 and one of the founders of Concord, Mass. in 1641 before removing to Marlboro, Mass.. in 1664.

William was at Boston in 1682.

William is seen at Weymouth in 1688.

Zaccheus resided at Hull, Mass. in 1680.

Hunting

John was born  in 1597 at England and one of the founders of the Church at Dedham, Mass. in 1638.

Huntington, Huntingdon

Christopher came with his parents Simon and Margaret in 1633, but Simon died en route of small pox. They settled at Roxbury in 1636 and married Thomas Stoughton. This family, which included husband and wife along with four children went to Windsor, Conn, with Christopher settling at Norwich, Conn. as an adult.

Simon, Jr., brother of preceding, was a freeman at Branford, Conn. in 1657 and newark, N.J. later.

William is found in New England in 1640 and Hampton, N.H. in 1643. He is last seen at Salisbury in 1650.

William was at Amesbury, Mass. in 1677.

Huntley

John resided at Boston in 1652, Roxbury in 1659 and Lyme, Conn. in 1661.

Hunton

William lived at Hampton, N.H. in 1644.

Huntress

George was a resident of Portsmouth, N.H. in 1688.

Hurd

Adam was living in Stratford, Conn. between 1650-1670.

John, bro. to Adam, was at Windsor, Conn. pre-1639, when he is found at Stratford, Conn..

John was a tailor at Boston in 1639.

John was a weaver at Lynn, Mass. in 1652.

John lived at Stratford in 1669.

John inhabited Dover, N.H. in 1648 and Marblehead, Mass. in 1669.

Hurlburt, Hulbert

Thomas was born in Scotland in 1610 and is found to be a blacksmith at Saybrook, Conn, a soldier of the Pequot war in 1638 and settled at Wethersfield, Conn. after.

Thomas is found at Woodbury, Conn. in 1680.

William is fond at Dorchester in 1635 and Windsor, Conn. by 1640.

Hurry

William resided at Charlestown in 1664.

Hurst

James was a tanner at Plymouth in 1640 and later bought land at Dartmouth, Mass..

Joh was a resident of Boston in 1653.

Thomas was at Hadley, Mass. in 1678 and Deerfield in 1684.

William was married at Sandwich, Mass. in 1640.

Huse

Abel was a Welshman from London and came to Newbury in 1635.

Edward was at Gloucester, Mass. in 1690.

Hussey, Huzzey

Christopher was the son of John of Dorking, Suffolk, England and born in 1598. He settled at Charlestown in 1630, Lynn and Newbury by 1635, Hampton, N.H. and Hampton Falls, N.H. in 1650. In 1659, he was at Nantucket Island, Mass..

Joseph was the brother of the preceding and at Hampden, N.H. as "Captain" in 1672.

Robert was residing at Duxbury from 1643 to 1655.

Robert was a resident of Dover, N.H. in 1657.

Robert was a freeman at Boston in 1690.

Husting

John was of Manchester, Mass. in 1649.

Hutchins, Hutchings

Enoch was found to have married in N.H. in 1667.

George resided at Cambridge in 1638.

John was an inhabitant of Newbury in 1640.

John died at Wethersfield, Conn. in 1681.

Joseph was married at Boston in 1657.

Nicholas was living in Lynn in 1666.

Said to have been the most famous, or infamous, woman in New England, Anne Hutchinson.

Hutchinson

Edward, son of Susanna, came to Boston from Alford, Lincolnshire, England in 1633. He then went to Rhode Island in 1637 but then returned to England.

Francis died at Concord in 1661.

Francis was born in 1630 at England and married at Lynn in 1661.

George came with Winthrop in 1630 and is at Boston later.

John was living at Salem in 1643.

Ralph was married at Boston in 1656 and moved to Northampton, mass. by 1662.

Richard, son of Thomas and tenth generation of Bernard, was born at England in 1602. He settled at Danvers in 1634.

Samuel was a bachelor and brother of William, who is at Boston when he was granted land in R.I. in 1638.

Samuel was a resident of Reading, Mass. in 1670.

Samuel was married at Andover in 1686.

Thomas was at Lynn in 1637, Long Island, N.Y. and Conn. pre-1664.

William(brother of the famed Anne)came from Alford, Lincolnshire, England and settled at Boston in 1634. He was at R.I. by 1638 and died there in 1642.

Hutton

John was of Wenham in 1675.

Richard, brother of preceding, was born in 1621 at England and a freeman at Wenham in 1672.

Huxly, Huxley

Thomas was married at Hartford, Conn. in 1668 and moved to Suffield, Conn. by 1680.

Hyatt, Hyett

Thomas resided at Dorchester in 1633 and moved to Stamford, Conn. in 1641.

Hyde

George was a ships carpenter at Boston in 1642.

Isaac was found to have married at Salem in 1665.

John lived at Stratford, Conn. in 1668.

Jonathan was born in London in 1626 and settled at newton, Mass. in 1647. He then moved to Cambridge the next year.

Richard was living at Salem in 1642.

Samuel was the older brother of Jonathan and born in 1610 at England. He settled at Cambridge in 1640 and is found at Billerica, Mss. in 1652.

William came to Newton, Mass. in 1633 and went to Conn. in 1636 with Hooker's colony. He lived at Hartford, Conn, Saybrook, Conn. and Norwich, Conn. between 1652 and 1660.

Hookers company reaches Connecticut

Hyland

George was a resident of Guilford, Conn. in 1662 but left no make issue.

Tomas was from Tenterden, Kent, England and moved to Scituate, Mass. in 1637.

New England Colonists 1600-1700 Holgave/Halgave-Howlett

 

A 1760 engraving of a fire "engine" at work

Holgave, Halgrave

John was a freeman at Salem, MA in 1633 and by 1640 is found to be living in Gloucester, MA in 1640.

Joshua also lived in Salem in 1636.

Holland

Christopher was in Boston in 1652.

John was an inhabitant of Dorchester, MA in 1636.

Thomas was a resident of Yarmouth, MA in 1641.

Hollard

Angel was a shoemaker at Boston in 1636 before removing to Weymouth soon after.

George was a mariner at Boston in 1664.

Holley, Holly

John was born in 1618 at England and lived at Stamford, Conn. in 1642.

Joseph was in Dorchester, Mass. in 1634, Weymouth in 1639 and Sandwich, MA by 1643.

Samuel resided at Cambridge, MA in 1636.

Holliday

Walter is found in Springfield, Ma in 1673.

Hollidge

Richard was at Boston in 1639.

Hollingshead

Richard was a fisherman in Boston in 1674.

Hollingsworth

Richard was born in England in 1595 and is found in Salem as a shipwright in 1635.

Hollis

John was born in England  in 1612 at Weymouth, England before settling at Weymouth, Ma by 1642. He is then found at Wethersfield, Conn. in 1644.

Holloway, Holway

Henry was at Dover, N.H. in 1662.

John was born in England in 1614 and came from London to Boston by 1636. He left no issue.

Joseph was in Lynn, MA in 1636 and Sandwich, MA by years end.

Malachi was a resident of Taunton, MA in 1668.

Samuel was living at Taunton, MA in 1666.

Timothy was at Taunton also from 1643-1659.

William was another  Holloway at Taunton in 1650.

Battle of Lexington engraving

Holman, Homan, Hollman

Edward is found at Plymouth in 1623 the went back to England 4 years later. He shows up in New England om 1632 and is found at Dartmouth, MA twenty years later.

Edward was an inhabitant of Marblehead in 1674.

Ezekiel is first found at Dedham and Salem by 1637, Providence, R.I. a year later and Warwick, R.I. later.

Gabriel was the bother of the second Edward and resided in Marblehead in 1674.

John is at Dorchester in 1634.

Solomon was living at Newbury in 1694.

William was born at England in 1595 and came to Cambridge in 1635.

Holmes, Holme

David was at Dorchester in 1666.

Francis was a resident of Stamford, Conn. in 1648.

George came from Essex County, England to Roxbury, MA between 1635-1639.

John was at Plymouth in 1632.

John was born at England in 1644 before settling at Dorchester and Woodstock, Conn..

John was an inhabitant of Northampton, Mass. in 1678.

John is at Duxbury in 1661.

John resided at Roxbury in 1690.

Joseph was also living at Roxbury in 1651.

Joseph was a tailor at Boston in 1677.

Joshua was living at Westerly, R.I. in 1678.

Josiah is seen at Duxbury in 1666.

Nathaniel was married at Plymouth in 1667.

Obadiah was of the clergy who came from Preston, Lancashire, England to Salem in 1639.He then went to Rehoboth, MA, Newport, R.I. and New Jersey by 1664.

Richard was born at England in 1610 before settling at Rowley by 1643.

Richard was at Norwalk, Conn. in 1654.

Robert was a freeman at Cambridge in 1636.

Robert was at Newbury in 1669.

Robert was a resident of Stonington, Conn. in 1670.

Samuel was living at Rehoboth pre-1674.

Thomas was born in London in 1625. He first went to Virginia, then New York by 1665 before settling at New London, Conn. later.

William was born near Holme, East Riding, Yorkshire, England in 1592 before coming to New England by 1636. He is found at Scituate the same year and Conihasset ten years later before removing to Marshfield, Mass. later.

William was at Plymouth in 1632, went back to England and returned, dying in 1649 but leaving no issue.

Holt

Nicholas was a tanner from Romsey, Hants, England. He is seen at Boston in 1635, Newbury within a year and Andover by 1644.

William was at New Haven in 1643.

Holton, Holten

John was a freeman at Dedham in 1671.

Nathaniel was at Salem in 1668.

Thomas was of Northampton and was killed there on March 14, 1676 during the great Indian War.

Robert was a slater at Boston in 1634.

William was born at Ipswich, England in 1611 and settled at Cambridge with Thomas Hooker's group. He then went to Hartford, Conn, and returned to England for 3 years before being seen at Northampton, MA pre-1663.

Early woodcut of a colonial post rider

Holyoke

Edward was a clergyman who was born at Tamworth, Stafford, England and is seen at Lynn in 1639. He is then seen at Rumney Marsh, Chelsea, MA later.

Homan, Homans

Edward was at Marblehead in 1674.

John lived at Salem in 1668.

Homer

Michael was the son of Edward and lived at Ettingshall, Bilston, Stafford, England before living at Boston in 1676.

Hood

John was a weaver who was born in England in 1600 to John, of Halstead, Essex, England. He settled at Cambridge in 1638, Lynn and Kittery, Maine by 1652.

Richard came from Lynn, Regis, Norfolk, England to Lynn, MA in 1650.

Hooke

Francis was the son of Humphrey of Bristol, England and is found at Boston in 1660 before removing to Kittery, Maine by 1666.

John was a Mayflower passenger but died without issue shortly after arriving.

William was a clergyman who was born at Hants, England. He is found at Taunton in 1639, new Haven by 1644 but returned to England, leaving no issue in New England. He is thought to have had children in England.

William was the brother of Francis who lived at York, Maine in 1633.

Hooker

Nicholas lived at Charlestown in 1678.

Thomas was a clergyman, son of Thomas of Devonshire, England and grandson of John. He was born at Marshfield, Leicestershire, England in 1586 and came to Boston in 1633. He settled at Cambridge in 1636 and Hartford, Conn. later.

Hooper

George was a mariner at Boston in 1674.

John, brother of George, was at Marblehead in 1674.

John resided at Marblehead in 1691.

Richard was a surgeon at Hampton, N.H. and Watertown, Mass. pre-1684.

Robert was teh brother of the second John who was born in 1607 at England. He is seen at Marblehead in 1663.

Samuel was at Marblehead in 1694.

William was born in 1617 at London and came in 1635, residing at Reading, MA by 1660.

Hopewill

Thomas was at Fairfield, Conn. in 1670.

An advertisement from the Boston Evening Post, May 9, 1774

Hopkins

Edward was a merchant at Boston and Hartford, Conn. in 1637 He then returned to England by 1652 but left no issue here in N.E..

John was at Cambridge in 1634 and Hartford, Conn. in 1636.

Samuel lived at Milford, Conn. in 1658 and New Haven by 1667.

Stephen was a Mayflower passenger.

Thomas was  the son of William and born at Chelseibourne, England in 1616.He is found at Providence, R.I. by 1640 and Oyster Boy, Long Island by 1677.

William was at Stratford, Conn. in 1640.

William was an inhabitant of Roxbury in 1660.

Hopkinson

Michael was born at England in 1610 before removing to Boston in 1635 and Rowley five years later.

Hopper

Daniel was a freeman at New Haven, Conn. in 1654.

Hoppin

Stephen lived in Dorchester in 1653 and later at Roxbury.

Horn, Horne

John was born at England in 1603 and came with Winthrop's Fleet in 1630. He is found at Salem in 1631 and Dover, N.H. in 1659.

William was at Dover,N.H.in 1659.

Horner

Ephraim was an inhabitant of Rehoboth pre-1684.

Horsely, Horsly

James was a resident of Newton, MA.

Horton

Barnabas resided at Hampton, N.H.in 1640 and in 1662, is seen at Southold, Long Island in 1662.

Benjamin was the brother of Barnabas and is seen at Hampton, N.H> in 1640.

Caleb, brother of  the p[receding, is seen at Hampton, N.H. in 1640.

John was a freeman at Guilford, Conn. in 1669.

Joseph was also a brother of Barnabas and is at Southhold, L.I. in 1662, then at Conn. later.

Thomas was born in 1620 and moved to Charlestown in 1655, Milton, MA pre-1669 and Charlestown later.

Thomas resided at Windsor, Conn. and moved to Springfield, MA by 1638. He died in 1641.

Hosford, Horsford

William was a clergyman and was born in England before settling at Dorchester in 1630. He then went to Windsor, Conn. in 1636, Springfield, MA by 1652 and returned to England in 1656.He returned to new England with a son named John.

Hosier

Samuel went to Watertown in 1639 and died without issue in 1656.

Hosmer

James was born at England in 1607 and came to Cambridge in 1635.He then is seen at Concord and Hartford, Conn. a year later.

Thomas was a brother to James and was at Cambridge in 1635 before going to Hartford, Conn and Northampton, MA later.

Hotchkiss

Daniel resided at new Haven in 1688.

Joshua is at New Haven in 1677.

Samuel was born at Essex, England and is seen at New Haven by 1641.

Houchin, Houtchin

Jeremy was a tanner at Dorchester, MA and Boston by 1640.

Robert was living at Newport, R.I. in 1666.

Hough

Atherton was the mayor of Boston, Lincoln, England in 1628 before coming to Boston, MA in 1634, where he died in 1646.

William was a housewright and son of Edward. He was born at Cheshire, England and came to Gloucester, MA in 1640. He moved to Saybrook, Conn and died at New London in 1670.

Houghton

John was born at Eaton Bray, Lancashire, England in 1620, the son of John. He came to N.E. between 1646-1650 and lied at Dedham pre-1652, where is is found at Lancaster, MA..

John lived at Woburn pre-1676.

Ralph was a cousin to the first John and lived at Lancaster in 1654.

William was a butcher who was born near London in 1613 before residing at Connecticut.

Hounslow

Edward was at Scarborough, Maine in 1676.

House

Samuel was at Scituate in 1635 and Cambridge later.

Walter lived at new London and died there in 1670.

Housing

Peter resided at Casco,  Maine between 1666-1673.

Housley

Joseph was at Rowley in 1691.

Hovey

Daniel was born in 1618 England and came to Ipswich, MA in 1635. He then moved to Brookfield, MA in 1668, Hadley, MA and back to Ipswich, where he died in 1692.

Thomas inhabited Hadley in 1677.

Howard

Edward was at Boston in 1661.

Henry was at Hartford and Wethersfield, Conn. by 1648.

James came to Charlestown in 1634.

John resided at Dedham in 1636.

John was a carpenter who came with Capt. Standish from England. He lived at Plymouth in 1635 at the age of 15 years and is later found at Bridgewater, Conn..

Jonathan was the brother of the preceding and is also at Bridgewater.

Nathaniel was from Suffolk, England and came to Dorchester, MA in 1643.

Nathaniel lived at Charlestown in 1666.

Robert was of Dorchester in 1639 but moved to Boston by 1668.

Samuel was at Malden in 1666.

Thomas was found at Lynn in 1667.

Thomas was an inhabitant of Norwich, Conn. in 1660.

Thomas was born at England in 1643 and is found at Lynn, MA and Enfield, Conn. later.

William was at Topsfield, MA in 1650.

William resided at Swanzey, MA in 1671.

William was at Malden in 1686.

William was the brother of Robert and born at England in 1609. He is found at Braintree in 1635, Salem and Boston by 1666.

Howd

Anthony was at Branford, Conn. in 1676, when he died.

Howe, How, Howes

Abraham was a freeman at Dorchester in 1636 and Roxbury two years later.

Abraham was at Watertown in 1658, Charlestown and Marlboro, MA by 1660.

Daniel lived at Lynn in 1630 and Southampton, L.I. ten years later.

Edward was a freeman at Watertown in 1634.

Edward was born at England before coming to Lynn. by 1660.

James, brother of the first Abraham, was born in 1606 at England and is seen at Roxbury in 1637 before moving to Ipswich in 1648.

John was the son of John of Warwickshire, England the the brother of the second Abraham. He is seen at Watertown, MA in 1638, Sudbury a year later and Marlboro, MA in 1657.

John was a resident of Yarmouth, MA in 1689.

Joseph was a cooper at Boston in 1657.

Nathaniel was at new Haven in 1660.

Samuel was a freeman at Yarmouth, MA in 1635.

Thomas was of Yarmouth in 1638.

William was living at Concord pre-1657.

Zechariah is seen at new Haven in 1660.

Howell

Edward was a freeman at Lyme in 1639 and a year later is at Southampton, L.I..

Morgan is at Cape Porpoise, Maine in 1636.

Howen, Howing, Howyn

Israel was a tailor at Cambridge early.

John was a shoemaker at Boston in the first half of the 1600s.

Robert was a cutler at Boston in 1639.

Howland

Arthur was at Marshfield pre-1643.

Henry was an inhabitant of Duxbury in 1633.

Jabez is seen at Duxbury pre-1669.

John was a Mayflower passenger.

Zoar was living at Newport, R.I.in 1656.

Howlett

John was a mariner at Boston and died there pre-1676.

Thomas came with Winthrop in 1630 and is at Ipswich in 1633.

New England Colonists 1600-1700 Higgens-Holdsworth

 Higgins

Alexander was living in Salem, Mass. in 1637.

John was a resident of Boston in 1656.

Jonathan was the brother of John and is found married in Eastham, Mass. in 1661.

Richard was a tailor who came from Ireland to Plymouth, Mass. iby 1633. He is also found in Eastham, Mass. in 1661.

Robert is also at Eastham in 1654.

Higginson

Francis was of the clergy and the son of the Rev. John, wo was a descendant of John Higginson of Berkswell, England. He was born in England in 1588 before being found in Salem by 1629.

William was of Farmington, Conn. in 1673.

Higley

John came from Frimley, Surrey, England to Farmington, Conn. in 1671.

William Merchant house in Ipswich, Mass., built in 1670 from Historic Ipswich

Hildreth

Richard was born in 1615 at England and lived at Cambridge, Mass. by 1643. He then went to Woburn, Mass. and Chelmsford, Mass, before 1653.

Hill, Hills

Abraham was born in England in 1615 and settled at Charlestown, Mass. in 1636.

Charles was the son of George and was born at Barlow, Derbyshire, England. He was a merchant in Maryland before moving to New London, Conn. in 1665.

Ebenezer was of Newbury, Mass. in 1678.

Eliphalet was a resident of Boston in 1670.

Francis was at Boston in 1664.

Hercules was a soldier at Scituate, Mass. in 1636. He left for Rochester, Kent, England by 1666.

Ignatius was an inhabitant of Boston in 1658.

James is found married at Boston in 1662.

John is seen in Plymouth in 1630, then to Boston and lastly at Dover, N.H. by 1649.

John was a blacksmith at Boston in 1641.

John was also a blacksmith who came from Chard, Somersetshire, England to Dorchester, Mass. in 1633.

John was living at new Haven, Conn. in 1643, leaving no issue.

John was a resident of Boston in 1668.

Jonathan came to Warwick and Portsmouth, R.I. before 1660.

Joseph was a woolen draper and the son of George. He was baptized at Great Barsted  Billerica, Essex, England in 1602 before settling at Charlestown in 1638. He was also a founder of Malden, Mass. before moving to Newbury, Mass. in 1664.

Luke was seen at Windsor, Conn. in 1651.

Peter was a sailor who was born in England before coming to Biddeford, Maine, near the mouth of the Saco river.

Ralph was born in Billericay, England and went to Plymouth in 1638. He then went to Woburn, Mass. in 1643 and then to Billerica, Mass., where is listed as one of the founders in 1652.

Richard was a cooper and brother of Abraham. he lived at Charlestown in 1638, where he died unmarried the following year.

Robert is seen at Boston in 1635 and was a signer of the original compact of New Haven, Conn. in 1639.

Thomas was at Middletown, Conn. in 1678 before moving to Hartford in 1692.

Valentine was a mercer who came from London to Boston in 1636.

William was at Dorchester, Mass. in 1633, then is found at Windsor, Conn. in 1636 and lastly in Fairfield, Conn. by 1645.

William came from Essex county, England to Roxbury, Mass. in 1632. He is then seen at Hartford, Conn. with the Rev. Thomas Hooker's group before removing to Hadley, Mass. later.

Zebulon came from Bristol, England to Gloucester, Mass. in 1652. He removed to Salem in 1662.

William Hill may possible be in the famous painting of the Rev. Hooker and his group as they reach Connecticut. 

Hilliard

Anthony was at Hingham in 1638.

Edward was a resident of Salem in 1658.

Emanuel was born at England in 1620 and resided at Hampton, N.H. in 1649. He drowned in 1657.

Hugh was living at Salem in 1634.

William was a carpenter who was born in England in 1614 before moving to Boston in 1635.

William was born in England  in 1642 and lived at Little Compton, R.I..

Hillier, Helyer, Hiller

Hugh was living in Yarmouth, Mass. and Braintree before dying in 1647.

John was an inhabitant of Windsor, Conn. in 1637.

Roger is found married at Charlestown, Mass. in 1691.

William was a carpenter at Duxbury, Mass. in 1639.

Hillman

John was a  worsted comber who  settled at Martha's Vineyard in 1670.

Hilton

Edward was a fishmonger at Dover Neck, N.H. in 1623 and then lived at Exeter, N.H. in 1643.

William was also a fishmonger and brother of Edward. He came from London to Plymouth in 1621 and lived at Dover Neck pre-1627.

He is then found at Newbury in 1643, but later moved back to Dover Neck.

Hinckes, Hincks

John came from Chester, England to Portsmouth, N.H. in 1670.

Hinckley, Hinkley

Samuel was born at Tenterden, Kent, England in 1595. He settled at Plymouth in 1634, Scituate in 1635 and Barnstable in 1639.

Hinckson, Hinksman

John was living at Charlestown in 1683.

Peter was at Scarborough, Maine in 1671.

Philip was a resident of Saco, Maine in 1653.

Simon was the brother of Peter and a resident of Scarborough in 1671.

Hinds

James was a cooper at Salem in 1637 and later is seen at Southold, L.I..

Richard was the brother of James and settled at Salem in 1644.

William was the brother of Richard and also at Salem in 1644, but later removed to Marblehead.

Hine

Thomas lived at Milford, Conn. in 1646 as the first Hine in N.E..

Hinman, Hindman

Edward settled at Stamford, Conn. pre-1650 and then to Windsor, Conn. and then he died at Stratford, Conn. in 1681.

Hinsdale

Robert came from Dedham, Essex, England to Dedham, Mass. in 1651, then to Hadley, Mass. by 1667.

Hinton

Benjamin was a resident of Springfield, Mass. in 1678.

Hirst

William is found married at Salem in 1674.

Hitchcock, Hiscock

Edward was an inhabitant of New Haven, Conn. in 1643.

Luke was born at Fennuy Compton, Warwickshire, England before settling at New Haven, Conn. in 1644.. He then is seen at Wethersfield, Conn. in 1646 and Hartford a year later.

Matthew, or Mathias, was born in 1610 at England and came to Boston in 1635. He then removed to New Haven, Conn. in 1639.

Richard was born in England in 1608 and lived at Saco, Maine in 1636.

Samuel was an inhabitant of Hartford, Conn. in 1669.

Hitchens, Hitchings

Daniel was at Lynn, Mass. in 1691.

Edward was a freeman at Boston in 1634.

Joseph was a resident of Lynn, Mass. in 1662.

Hoadley, Hodley

William was a merchant at Saybrook, Conn. in 1663, born in England in 1630. he is also seen at Branford, Conn. in 1667.

Hoag

John was a weaver who was born in England in 1643 and is found at Newbury when he married in 1669.

Hoar

Charles died Gloucestershire, England in 1642 and a year later, his widow, Joanna, came to Scituate with their sons: John, Hezehiah, Daniel and Lawrence. She died at Braintree in 1661.

Richard was a resident of Yarmouth, Mass. in 1641.

Samuel was a freeman at Concord, Mass. and Boston by 1669.

William was a baker at Salem and Boston by 1669.

Hobart

Edmund was born in 1574 at Hingham, Norfolk, England and came to Charlestown in 1633 before moving to Hingham two years later.

Hobbs

Christopher was at Saco, Maine in 1653.

Henry is found married at Dover, N.H. in 1657. Josiah came from London to Woburn in 1671 and then is seen at Lexington in 1690.

Maurice or Morris was born in 1615 in England and moved to Newbury, Mass., Hampton, N.H. and then Rollinsford, N.H.by 1645.

Thomas settled at Salem in 1649, Topsfield, Mass. in 1671 and he died at Boston in 1690.

Hobby

John was an inhabitant of Greenwich, Conn. in 1666.

William was a merchant of Boston in 1669.

Hobson, Hopson

John was in New England by 1635 before living at Guilford, Conn. in 1664.

William, son of Henry of Usflete, Yorkshire, England, came to Rowley, Mass. in 1652.

Dramatized rendition of fishing at the Isle of Shoals

Hockaday

Nathaniel died at the Isle of Shoals as a fisherman in 1664.

Hoddy

John was living in New Hampshire in 1675.

Hodgdon, Hodgson, Hodsdon

Benoni was a resident of Kittery, Maine in 1675.

George went to Cambridge, Mass. pre-1645.

Jeremiah lived at Dover, N.H. in 1666.

John was a merchant who is seen as married at new Haven, Conn. in 1651.

Joseph was the brother of Benoni and is at Casco, Maine and York, Maine by 1686.

Nicholas was a resident of Hingham in 1635 before moving to Newton, Mass. by 1650. He then went to Kittery, Maine by 1656.

Robert is at Warwick, R.I. in 1656.

William was born in 1600 at England and is at Plymouth and Salisbury, Mass. by 1641.

Hodge, Hodges

Andrew is at Ipswich in 1639.

George is at Salem in 1663.

Humphrey was a Quaker at Boson in 1671.

John was at Salisbury up until 1647, when he returned back to London, England.

John resided at Charlestown in 1633.

John was married at Killingworth, Conn. in 1664.

Nicholas was an inhabitant of Plymouth in 1643.

Nicholas was a resident of Little Harbor, N.H. in 1684.

Thomas is at Charlestown in 1663.

William was born in England and came to Salem in 1638, removed to Taunton in 1643.

Hodgkin, Hodgkins

John was living at Guilford, Conn. in 1665.

Samuel, brother of John was  a resident of New Haven, Conn. in 1651.

William was born in 1590 at England and came to Plymouth in 1634 and then is seen at one of the original proprietors of Middleboro, Mass. afterward.

William was living at Ipswich in 1665.

Hodgman

Thomas was a resident of Reading, Mass. in 1663.

Hogg, Hoag

Richard was a tailor of Boston in 1637.

Thomas was a resident of New Haven in 1646.

Hoggridge, Hoggeridge

Abel was at Pemaquid, Maine in 1674.

Hoit, Hoitt

John was born in 1610 at England and lived at Charlestown around 1630.

Simon was born in 1595 at England and is seen at Salem in 1628. He is one of the first settlers of Charlestown in 1633 before moving to Dorchester in 1635. He then went to Scituate, Mass., Windsor, Conn, and Stamford, Conn.  by 1657.

Holbeech, Holbridge

Arthur was at Boston in 1635 and by 1638, is in New Haven by 1638.

Holbrook

John was at Dorchester in 1640, Rehoboth and Weymouth by 1643.

Richard was at Dorchester in 1648, Milford, Conn. in 1658, Huntington, L.I. in 1670, when he died.

Thomas was of Weymouth, England and Weymouth, Mass. pre-1643.

Holcomb,  Holcombe 

Tomas was a t Dorchester in 1634 and left for Windsor, Conn. two years later.

Holden

Justinian was born in England in 1611 and came from Ipswich, England to Watertown, Mass. in 1634.

Randall came from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England to Portsmouth, R.I. by 1638. He then  went to Warwick, R.I. pre-1643.

Richard was the brother of Justinian and was born in 1609 at England. He resided at Cambridge, Groton and Woburn.

Holder

Christopher was a Quaker and clergyman who was born at Winterburne,  Alverton, Gloucestershire, England in 1631. He is seen at Boston in 1656 but was banished from the Mass. Colony in 1659. He retuned to new England as a freeman at Newport, R.I. in 1673.

Nathaniel was a resident of Dorchester in 1634.

Holdridge, Holdred

John was at Roxbury in 1665.

William was a tanner who was born at St. Alphage, Cripplegate, London, England. He is found in New England as early as 1635. He settled at Salisbury and Haverhill by 1646.

Holdsworth

Joshua was a mariner at Boston in 1669.

Holgave, Halgrave

John was at Salem in 1633 and Gloucester seven years later.

Joshua was a resident o of Salem in 1636.