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256 Deacon Nicholas1Noyes 1614-1701
Nicholas Noyes, Rev. William A. and Anne (Stephens) Noyes, was born at Cholderton, Wiltshire, about 1614 (about 60 in 1674), died at Newbury MA 23 Nov. 1701, aged about 86; married about 1640 Mary Cutting, born in England say 1620, died at Newbury before Nicholas, daughter of Capt. John and Mary Cutting.
Nicholas and his brother James came to Ipswich MA on the Mary and John in 1634. On board also were John Woodbridge, George Brown, Richard Brown and Thomas Parker, perhaps relatives. All passengers signed the oath of allegiance to the king and the church 24 Mar. 1633-4, before they were allowed to sail from London. The brothers settled briefly at Medford.
In 1635 they joined the 23 men and their families who formed a cattle-breeding company and settled at Newbury in 1635. Newbury's first minister was Thomas Parker, a cousin. A monument marks the spot where the settlers disembarked in May or June, 1635. Tradition states that young Nicholas was the first person to leap ashore when their boat anchored in the Quascacumquen (now the Parker) River.
Nicholas returned to England on business, and returned in 1639 on the Jonathan, accompanied by Anthony Somerby of Newbury and Peter Noyes of Sudbury.
Nicholas took the freeman's oath 17 May 1637, when he and eight others walked from Newbury to Cambridge to vote for Gov. Winthrop. He served Newbury on the school committee in 1652, and was deputy to the general court in 1660, 1679, 1680 and 1681. He was named deacon in 1683/4, supporting the Rev. Parker in a long bitter church vs state dispute. His will made 4 July 1700 was proved 29 Dec. 1701. He left an estate of 2700 pounds.
In 1653 Mary was charged with violating the sumptuary laws by wearing a silk hood and scarf, but won release by proving her husband was worth over 200 pounds.
Children (Noyes), born at Newbury:
i. Mary2, b. 15 Oct. 1641, d. Newbury 5 Sept. 1721; m. 23 Mar. 1659 John French of Salisbury, d. 4 May 1706, son of Edward and Ann (Goodale) French: 10 French ch.
ii. Hannah, b. 30 Oct. 1643, d. Newbury 5 Jan. 1705; m. 1st there 14 May 1663 Peter Cheney, b. in 1639, d. Newbury in Jan. 1694, son of John and Martha Cheney: 11 Cheney ch.; m. 2nd Newbury 3 June 1700 John Atkinson, b. Boston in 1636, will proved 29 Sept. 1715: no ch. Atkinson had m. 1st 27 Apr. 1664 Sarah Mirick: 10 Atkinson ch.
130 John, b. 20 Jan. 1645/6; m. Mary Poor.
iv. Rev. Nicholas, b. 22 Dec. 1647, d. Salem MA 13 Dec. 1717; unmarried. Graduate of Harvard, BA in 1667, MA in 1716, pastor at Haddam CT 13 years, chaplain to the CT regiment in 1675 during the Great Swamp Fight. He was ordained at Salem 14 Nov. 1683, serving with the aging Rev. John Higginson. He was a leader in persecuting the accused witches in 1692, and officated at their excommunications and executions (Sibley, Harvard Graduates, 2:239-246).
128 Cutting, b. 23 Sept. 1649.
vi. Sarah, b. 13 Sept. 1651, d. Newbury 21 Feb. 1651/2.
vii. Sarah, b. 22 Aug. 1653, d. a widow; m. Newbury 13 Apr. 1674 Matthew Pettingill, b. Wenham MA c1648, d. Newbury in July 1714, son of Richard and Joanna (Ingersoll) Pettingill: 11 Pettingill ch.
viii. Timothy, b. 23 June 1655, d. Newbury 21 Aug. 1718; m. there 13 Jan. 1681 Mary Knight, b. there 8 Sept. 1657, dau. of John and Bathsheba (Ingersoll) Knight: 11 ch.
ix. Col. James, b. 16 May 1657, d. there in Apr. 1725; m. there 31 Mar. 1684 Hannah Knight, b. there 30 Aug. 1664, d. there 25 Sept. 1745, sister of Mary: 11 ch.
x. Abigail, b. 11 Apr. 1659, d. Salisbury MA 27 Jan. 1747; m. 8 May 1707 Simeon French, b. Salisbury 24 Oct. 1657, d. there 19 Apr. 1732, son of Joseph and Susanna (Stacy) French: no ch. He had m. 1st in 1685 Joanna Jackson, who d. 15 May 1704, 47y: 7 ch.
xi. Rachel, b. 20 Mar. 1660/1; d. Newbury 24 May 1720; m. there in 1682 Capt. James Jackman, b. there 2 June 1655, d. there 16 Sept. 1723, son of James and Joanna Jackman: 6 Jackman ch.
xii. Thomas, b. 20 June 1663, d. Haverhill MA in Dec. 1695; m. Newbury 16 Nov. 1686 Sarah Knight, b. there 13 Apr. 1660, d. there 10 Mar. 1707/08, sister of Mary and Hannah: 3 ch.
xiii. Rebecca, b. 18 May 1665, d. Newbury 21 Dec. 1683; unmarried.
Reprinted with permission from an unpublished Noyes compilation by Perley Leighton.
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