She married to John WOODBURY about 1608 in England. I assumed that they were married about one year befor ethe birth of their first child. Her full name may have been "Agnes NAPPER," according to the IGI. On 18 May 1631, John was made freeman (231).

Roger Conant became a well-represented and liked Governor of Cape and. He was instrumental in establishing the first permanent settlement and plantation in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He engaged John WOODBURY, John Balch and Peter Palfrey to help him establish a plantation in Naumkeag. John and the other men were known to be "honest and prudent men" (231).

Genealogist Perley Derby notes the gap in ages between John's youngest child (Humphrey born 1609/1610) and the baptism of his third child (Hannah baptized 1636) and speculates that there may well be more children (374).

Some less reliable sources mention other wives (Elizabeth TENNEY and Joannah HUMPHREY) but not Derby (374) that seems the more reliable.

In 1635, William Woodbury, Roger Conant and John Batch, received grants of land totaling 1000 acres between the Bass River and Wenham Lake where they soon settled. These three are referred to as "the old planters" and "the fathers of Beverly" and John as "Father Woodbury" (231, 234).

He held several different offices in Salem and twice represented it in the General Court (231). Children were: Deacon Humphrey WOODBURY , John WOODBURY, Hannah WOODBURY , Abigail WOODBURY, Peter WOODBURY, Peter WOODBURY.

She married to Hugh LASKIN in Apr 1630/31 in England.⁽³⁾ Children were: Timothy LASKIN, Editha LASKIN, Timothy LARKIN.

She married to Henry DEIGHTON. ⁽⁵⁾ Children were: Robert DEIGHTON.

She married to Roger TYLER. On 12 May 1638, the General Court in Hartford empowered Peter and Francis TYLER to make sale of the house, barn, and half acre lot belonging to their father Charles "who had been for a considerable time and still remains in a distracted man" for the payment of his debts. Charles apparently suffered from mental illness for the remaining 30 years of his life. Children were: Charles TYLER, Peter TYLER, Francis TYLER, George TYLER.

She married to John WAKEFIELD.⁽⁷⁾ Children were: Hannah WAKEFIELD, Mary WAKEFIELD , Martha WAKEFIELD.

She married to James CLARK on 17 Oct 1661.⁽⁸⁾

She married to Francis HOLMES. Children were: Stephen HOLMES.

She married to Isaac WILLEY in 1671.⁽¹⁰⁾

She married to Edmund HOBART after 1633.⁽¹²⁾

She married to MULLOWNEY. Children were: Richard P MULLOWNEY.

She married to Francis SPRAGUE about 1620 in England. ⁽¹³⁾ This date is a guess based opon knowing that he had children born both before and after 1623. Children were: Mercy SPRAGUE, Ann SPRAGUE, John SPRAGUE, Mary SPRAGUE.

She married to Christopher GODFREY in 1685/86 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT. Children were: Mary GODFREY.

She married to Richard EMERSON. Children were: Margaret EMERSON.

She married to John LINSLEY about 1622. ⁽¹⁴⁾ Children were: Richard LINSLEY, Francis LINSLEY, Anne LINSLEY.

She married to James BLOOD. ⁽¹⁵⁾ Children were: James BLOOD.

She married to John Peter MAGNUSON in 1882. ⁽¹⁶⁾ 1880 according to 1910 census (393). According to the Gustuf Adolf Church records (132), they emigrated in 1883. This cannot be right because Carl was born in ME in 1882. They must have come by 1882 as cited by the 1900 and 1910 Census records. It was 1873 and according to the 1920 census.

John and Kristina joined the Gustaf Adof Church in New Sweden, the records from which are a prime reference source (132). They may have been married in that church or back in Sweden. John owned his home outright in 1900 (392). By 1910, when John and Chritine were 64 and 54, they had moved in with their daughter Annie and her husband _oulof Muttsin or Germany. By 1910, one of the children (not Annie) had died (393). The 1901 Census said that John was born in Sweden and his native language was English. Assume that that is an error.

They settled in the town of New Sweden, Aroostook, Maine in the far northern area of the state. The neighboring towns of New Sweden and Stockholm had very large Swedish populations and actively tried to entice Swedes to immigrate and settle the area. Encouragement also came from relatives who had already settled the area. Looking through the 1900 and 1910 census records gives the impression that half of the town was born in Sweden. The immigrants lived in their own neighborhoods as well. Children were: Carl Oskar MAGNUSON, Aura Mathilda MAGNUSON, Wilhemine (Annie) MAGNUSON , Andus Wilhelm MAGNUSON, Maria Elizabeth MAGNUSON, George Herman MAGNUSON .

She married to John MAUDESLEY before 1635 in England.^{(24) (25) (26)} Richardson (448) claims that John married first Elizabeth, then Cicely, but provides unlike birth dates for the children to support such a marriage order. Savage thinks that they are the same person. A Genealogical Sketch says Cicely, siting her will which is signed Sisily Modsly. John is among signatures on a document establishing the first free school in Dorchester (448). Children were: Thomas MOSELEY, John MOSELEY, Elizabeth MOSELEY.

She married to John MAUDESLEY in England. ⁽²⁷⁾

She married to John ATCHISON before 1673 in Hadley, Hampshire, MA.⁽²⁸⁾ A possible point of confusion is that the Ancestral File has his son John married to Dorcas BURT. Children were: Elizabeth ATCHISON, Mercy or Mary ATCHISON, John ATCHISON, Benomi ATCHISON.

She married to William TUBBS in 1672 in Duxbury, Plymouth, MA. ⁽³¹⁾ Judson mistakingly states that the couple were married on 23 Mar 1672 when that is the day she later says that they signed a prenuptial agreement. Children were: Benjamin TUBBS, Joseph TUBBS.

She married to William SOANES before 1668.⁽³²⁾ Children were: Mary SOANES.

She married to Richard DODGE between 1629 and 1631 in England. I assume that Richard and Edith met after arrival in the Colony and were married before the birth of their eldest child. After arriving in America, John stayed a short time with his brother William in Salem, then settled in what is now North Beverly in a locality called "Dodge Row" near Wenham Lake. The DODGEs for at least four generations rarely engaged at anything besides farming. The wanted to posses and improve the soil. They were hard workers and seldom irreligious; rarely office seekers, and were a temperate set of people. He was a contributor to Harvard College. Children were: John DODGE, Mary DODGE, Richard DODGE, Sarah DODGE, Samuel DODGE, Edward DODGE, Edward DODGE, Joseph DODGE.

She married to John Lawrence WHITBREAD. ⁽³⁷⁾ Children were: Elizabeth WHITBREAD , Alice WHITBREAD.

She married to John WHITNEY before 1619 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England. ^(46)(42) All of the WHITNEYs in America are descended from John who settled in Watertown, MA or another WHITNEYs who settled in CT. Savage says John was a man of property and religious character. Children were: Mary WHITNEY, John WHITNEY, Richard WHITNEY, Nathaniel WHITNEY, Thomas WHITNEY, Mary WHITNEY, Jonathan WHITNEY, Deacon Joshua WHITNEY, Caleb WHITNEY, Benjamin WHITNEY.

She married to Samuel STORY before 1685. ⁽⁴⁸⁾ Children were: STORY, Anna STORY, Ephraim STORY, John STORY, Solomon STORY, Stephen STORY.

She married to John HOLLY.

She married to Edward PORTER before 1633. ⁽⁵⁰⁾ Children were: Elizabeth PORTER.

She married to Captain Nathaniel THOMAS on 3 Nov 1696 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. ⁽⁵²⁾ Elizabeth was the widow of Captain William Cody but the marriage certificate says Eliz. Dolberry. They were married by Cotton Mather. A person by the same name was a witness on the will of David HAMILTON Sr. in Sharon, CT.

She married to Stephen KINGSLEY before 1635 in England.⁽⁵⁵⁾ Children were: Samuel KINSLEY.

She married to George DYER about 1624. I assumed that they were married 1 year before the birth of their eldest child. Children were: Elizabeth DYER, Mary DYER.

Children were: Yeoman Eli BRAY Jr..

She married to Rev. Peter HOBART in 1627 in England. ^(57)(58) Of Margaret, the famous Rev Cotton Mather once said, "Yet by the blessing of God on [Peter's] diligence and by the frugality of his virtuous consort, he lived comfortably." Children were: Joshua HOBART, Jerimiah HOBART, Josiah HOBART, Elizabeth HOBART, Ichabod HOBART, Hannah HOBART, Hannah HOBART, Bathsheba HOBART, Israel HOBART, Jael HOBART, Rev. Gershom HOBART.

She married to Robert FULLER after 1584. ⁽⁵⁹⁾

She married to Captain Matthew FULLER about 1629 in England.⁽⁶³⁾ I assumed that they were married one year before the birth of their eldest child. MacGunnigle (478) say that he was fined for taking a stand in support of Quakers. Children were: Samuel FULLER, Mary FULLER , Elizabeth FULLER, Anne FULLER, John FULLER.

She married to Robert DEEBLE about 1606 in England. I assumed that they were married a year before the birth of their oldest child. Robert DEEBLE was born around 1585 somewhere in the western counties of England (Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset). Robert was the first of the surname in America from which most DIBBLEs descend. Deeble is the old English spelling for "dibble" which was a device used to set beans in the ground. Three deebles appear on the DIBBLE coat of arms. This coat of arms is also found on the tombstone of Reverend Samuel DIBBLE who died in 1750 in Plymouth, England (202).
Children were: Robert DIBBLE, Oliver DEEBLE, Francis DIBBLE, Thomas DEBLE, John DIBBLE, Abraham DIBBLE.

She married to John JOHNSON after 1655. ⁽⁶⁴⁾

She married to Andrew J. JOHNSON between 1890 and 1900.⁽⁶⁵⁾ They were marred in 1875 accoring to the 1900 census. Assuming thathtey had no older children than the 8 and 6 year old listed in the census, that would imply tha thtey waited 17 years to have children. Doesn' seem likely. Also, that date conflicts with a marriage to Carry MAGNUSON, which had to occure before 1890 according to their son's DR. Children were: Mabel A. JOHNSON, Albert W. JOHNSON.

She married to Ebenezer SPEAR before 1712.⁽⁶⁸⁾ Children were: Hannah SPEAR, Mary SPEAR, Ebenezer SPEAR.

She married to Ensign Gerard SPENCER before 1636. ⁽⁷⁰⁾ Children were: John SPENCER, Mehitabel SPENCER, Hannah SPENCER, Marah SPENCER, Sarah SPENCER, Elizabeth SPENCER, Thomas SPENCER, Samuel SPENCER, Timothy SPENCER, Ruth SPENCER, Nathaniel SPENCER, William SPENCER, Rebecca SPENCER.

Children were: Ann FULLER.

She married to Isaiah WOOD on 23 Dec 1684. ⁽⁷¹⁾

She married to Goodman Edward FRISBYE in 1649 in Branford, New Haven, CT.^{(72) (73)} Reported to have married first Hannah Rose, second Abigail Culpepper, and third Francis England. Torry thinks he married Hannah CULPEPPER? Edward FRISBYE was born in 1621 probably in Virginia Colony or possibly abroad ship during the voyage. He was probably the son of Richard FRISBIE and Margaret EMERSON. There is no further mention of Richard and Margaret in any New England records but there is good reason to believe that they died either during the voyage or soon after arriving in America (189, 251).

If his parents died as genealogists believe, Edward would have arrived in a foreign county as an orphan at 14. There were no provisions to care for orphans at that time and children as young as 6 were expected to earn their keep. Edward may have been hired as a servant for a certain number of years or taken on as an apprentice. He may have been taken in by a family from Whethersfield who later moved to Branford (189).

He was one of the first settlers of New Haven Colony. Edward was very active in his church and Branford village affairs. He was inclined to mind his own business as he appeared in few of the town's many legal disputes. He was thrifty and thought ahead regarding the needs of coming winters. He never learned to write and signed legal papers with his mark, yet he was a shrewd businessman. Edward accumulated considerable land around Branford, doing so parcel by parcel over many years, and died very well off. Nora Frisbie imagines that he probably believed, like other men in his day, that the sun went around the earth, and that witchcraft was a threat to Christians. There were several women in Hartford were hung as witches during his day. See Appendix ___ for more information on witchcraft and my ancestors (189).

Edward acquired land in Branford early because his original home is in the center of the village on Town Street, near the King's Highway, facing the Green. He probably lived in this home with his wife and his children while they were young. In 1646, Edward acquired two lots from Thomas Fenner upon which he built his home. In Dec 1646, the 25 year old Edward FRISBIE was designated by the townspeople to build a "five mile fence" around the village of Totokett, which became Branford, New Haven Colony. By 1648, the town voted to provide its inhabitants with an allotment of land between the neck and the mill river, but that Edward and a few other men elected instead to receive a piece of land located between Sigesmon RICHALL's lot and Frances LINLIE's marsh. See Appendix I for a description of common homes of mid-1600 Connecticut settlers and Branford history (189).

By 1655, Branford was a well established and growing down. There was a shoemaker, blacksmith, tide mill (the mill wheel was operated by the estuarial tides), and a "bloomery" (iron smelting furnace) at Great Pond (thereafter called Furnace Pond) which operated until 1679 and was of great economic importance to the village (189).

In 1659, Edward was elected "pounder," one of the jobs men were expected to accept on a rotating basis. For the next year, Edward pounded stray pigs and cows found within the village fence and was reimbursed 6 cents per head for his trouble (189).

In 1663, Edward acquired land at Indian Neck. Since the appraised value of his property doubled from 10 to 20£, he probably enlarged his house to accommodate his growing family (189).

In 1665, Edward FRISBIE sued Edward Ball for damages resulting from one of Ball's pigs which broke through a fence and drowned in FRISBIE's well. The court decreed that the event was an accident but Ball had to pay FRISBIE 8 shillings and bear the court costs (189).

In 1667, Reverend Pierson and one third of the residents of Branford left the village due to a disagreement with Connecticut Colony regarding the regulation of churches (see Appendix __). Pierson was replaced with Harvard educated George Bowers, who was both a preacher and former New Haven Schoolmaster (the Bowers and FRISBIE families would eventually intermarry). In 1668, the remaining residents drew up a "New Plantation and Church Covenant of Branford" which was signed by Edward FRISBIE and his oldest son John, who was 17 (189).

In 1669, Edward registered the brands of three horses. H4 purchased several horses over the years. Also in this year, Edward, along with several other residents of the village, was admitted a freeman of the Colony. Genealogist Nora Frisbie calls this occurrence "odd" because, as Branford church members, these men were already freemen of New Haven and automatically became freemen of Connecticut Colony in 1664 when it subsumed New Haven Colony (see Appendix I). It is curious that, even if the admittance was merely a formal acknowledgment, that it took five years to conduct the service (189).

Edward acquired several more parcels of land on the outskirts of Branford during the 1670s including extensive holdings formerly owned by Pierson follower Francis Linsley. During this time, Edward's economic status improved such that he was accorded the title of "Goodman Frisbie", as he was a yeoman and a step above a laborer but below a "gentleman." His wife wood have been known a "Goodwife" or "Goody Frisbie." The appraised value of his lands had increased 10-fold to 122£ in less than 10 years (189).

Edward's wife probably died sometime shortly after 1675 when the twins were just three years old. In the same year, the King Philip's War began as Indians attacked white colonialists whose settlements were quickly expanding (see Appendix ___). Edward' son Samuel joined the army of setters which eventually defeated Philip after a long and bloody year (189).

In 1681, Edward was appointed fence viewer (a rotating town job) with Jonathan Rose (189).

Edward was granted some swampland in 1679, some plow land in 1680, and in 1682 some pastureland and the "cannow Brook quarter." In 1685, Edward built his new house, "Hearthstone," on the outskirts of the village. It was still standing in 1984, located east of Branford on the Old Boston-Post Road (189).

Branford received its own charter in 1685, which still exists and bears the signature of Edward's oldest son John (189).

In 1686, the 22-year-old Harvard educated Reverend Samuel Russell of Hadley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, was invited to preach. The town extended a call. He would pastor in Branford for the next 40 years. He was a well liked and intelligent man who became a colorful and influential figure in the town and colony's history. Reverend Bowers had left Branford in 1678. Town residents increased the salary from 40 to 60£, but it would take 10 years for the small and remote village to attract another minister. In his will, Edward named Reverend Russel as guardian of his youngest son Ebenezer. In 1688, the town received permission to formally organize into a church society. Signers of the covenant included Edward's daughter Hannah, his son John and John's wife Ruth. Edward may have been too old and frail to sign himself (189).

Edward FRISBIE signed his will in October 1689 and died in Branford on 10 may 1690. His estate at the time of death included three houses and was assessed at 317£, a considerable sum then, which did not include prior gifts of land and money that he made to his children (189).
Children were: John FRISBIE, Edward FRISBIE, Samuel FRISBIE, Benoni FRISBIE, Abigail FRISBIE, Jonathan FRISBIE, Josiah FRISBIE, Caleb FRISBIE, Hannah FRISBIE, Ebenezer FRISBIE, Silence FRISBIE.

He married to Maria SWART on 24 Dec 1826 in Westerlo, Albany, NY.⁽⁷⁴⁾

She married to Andrew J. JOHNSON before 1920. ⁽⁷⁵⁾

She married to Henry PROCTOR. Children were: John PROCTOR.

She married to Daniel CAREY. ⁽⁷⁶⁾ Children were: Nettie R CAREY.

She married to William SPENCER before 1723. ⁽⁷⁷⁾ Children were: Matthias SPENCER, Jeremiah SPENCER, Margaret SPENCER, Mary SPENCER.

She married to Deacon Joshua WHITNEY before 1666. ⁽⁷⁸⁾ Children were: Hannah WHITNEY, Sarah WHITNEY.

She married to Ezekial POWERS. ⁽⁷⁹⁾ Children were: Josiah POWERS.

She married to William LANGLANDS. ⁽⁸⁰⁾ Children were: William LANGLANDS.

She married to Yeoman John OTIS about 1603 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.⁽⁸³⁾ John OTIS house sat atop Otis Hill, but it burn to the ground 15 Mar 1646, only to be rebuilt. Another unfortunate incident took place some time later when Tabitha LYON scaled herself so badly on a kettle of water that she died within hours. John attended church ministered by Reverend Peter HOBART, another ancestor of mine (387). Children were: Alicia OTIS, Joan OTIS , Joan (Ann) OTIS, Elizabeth OTIS, Richard OTIS, Hannah OTIS, John OTIS, Margaret OTIS, Anne OTIS.

Children were: Margaret IBROOK , Rebecca IBROOK, Helen IBROOK .

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