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• Will: 16 Jun 1658
• Probate: 5 Mar 1660/1661

Notes:

John Dwight emigrated from Dedham, England, to New England around late
1634 or early 1635, as followers of John Rogers, the celebrated
preacher. He settled in Watertown for a short time. John Dwight was
one of the original proprietors of Dedham, and he was present at their
first town meeting on 1 Sep 1635. As a proprietor, he was included
among the signers of the Dedham Covenant. He was a freeman on March 13
1639.

He brought with him his wife Hannah, whose family name is unknown, two
sons and a daughter Hannah. He was a wealthy farmer in Dedham and known as an effective peace maker. He was elected selectman for 16 years
(1639-1655). John was a founder of the Church of Christ, when it had
its first meeting in Dedham in 1638. He was also one of five trustees of the first free school in America supported by a town tax, in 1644.

John Dwight was second in line on the tax assessment roles.

Savage, vol. 2
John of Watertown, removed with the first settlers to Dedham about 1635, he was a Freeman 13 Mar 1639, had brought wife, Hanna (who died 5 Sep 1656) and some children from England, as his eldest son, perhaps named John, was lost in the woods between Dedham and Boston 24 Mar 1633, aged 7 years; Hannah and Timothy. He had Mary, b. 25 July 1633, called the first female child of Dedham; and Sarah, 17 June 1638; and died 24 Jan 1661. In his will of 16 June 1758, probayted 5 Mar 1661, he names wife Eliz. (m. 20 Jan 1658, who was a widow of William Ripley, and had been widow of Thomas Thaxter, and died July 1660, shortly before the testator; only son Timothy; daughters, Hannah, wife of Nathaniel Whiting, m. 4 Nov. 1643, Mary, third wife of Henry Philips; and Sarah, wife of Nathaniel Reynolds, m. 7 Jan 1658.

From: Gravestone inscriptions: Springfield,Mass., Ancestors and descendants of early settlers of the Connecticut River Valley in Conn, Mass, Vt., and NH

page 130:
" John Dwyt or Dwite supposed to be the root of all of that name in
America, came to this country in 1636, He was a son of a wool comber. He
settled in Dedham [Mass]. His eldest son Richard, was lost in the
wilderness, when about 7 years old. Timothy his only remaining son, married
Reua Flint, by whom he had ten children. Henry the fourth surviving son of
Timothy, married and settled in Hatfield, died 1732. Henry's son Edmund,
moved to Halifax, and died 1755. Josiah was the father of Thomas Dwight,
and Edmund was the father of Jonathan Dwight of this town"

John married Close, Hannah Abt 1624. Hannah was born 1604; died 5 Jul 1656, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

Hannah survived her husband by over thirty years. She managed his
business interests and raised the family in an exceptional manner
without the assistance of her husband.

Hannah married Whiting, Nathaniel 4 Sep 1643, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA. Nathaniel (son of Whiting, John and Smith, Sarah) was born 1 Aug 1609, England; died 15 Jan 1682, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

Timothy was a captain in the "King Phillip's War." He married 6 times and had fourteen children.

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Notes:

John (or Richard) was lost in the woods between Dedham and Boston, Massachusetts.

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• _UID: EE10A91A91EB45448CBE9522B34F83EC38C0
• Baptism: 5 May 1639, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA

Notes:

http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/o/u/Marlo-A-Moura/GENE1-0013.html
Ancestors of Marlo Ann Moura, no address, email or other information available.

Mary Dwight, born May 25, 1635 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died February 03, 1685/86 in Boston, Massachusetts; married Henry Phillips 1657 in Boston, Massachusetts.

According to Bacon and Allied Families by J. Dean Bacon, Mary was the first white child born in Dedham, Massachusetts

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• _UID: F583147DD3BBA44BA58F746EE4CCE6043619
• Baptism: 5 May 1639, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA

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• _UID: F5A63DE51F915043BE900118652C2365804C
• Baptism: 29 Sep 1644

Notes:

Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 4, p. 519 and 520

NATHANIEL, Medfield,  was freeman in 1672 and was driven by Indian hostilites to Roxbury.

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• _UID: B002C226ACAF6A4E9909A39EDCCCCA9EA014
• Baptism: 11 Oct 1646

Notes:

Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 4, p. 519 and 520

 JOHN of Wrentham, son probably of Nathaniel the first, m. 24 Dec.  
1688, Mary Billings, had Nathaniel, b. 2 Feb. 1691; Mary, 14 Oct.  
1692; and John, 16 Jan. 1695.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 29 Sep 1646

DEATH: Also shown as Died 26 Nov 1646

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• Baptism: 22 Feb 1651/1652

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• Occupation: Fuller
• _UID: 49E07EDB123F26419E8CD7C5D2671746969D
• Will: 18 Dec 1728
• Probate: 9 Jan 1728/1729

Notes:

From William Richard Cutter, New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Vol. IV

Timothy Whiting, son of Nathaniel Whiting or Whitin, was born January 5, 1653, died at Dedham, December 26, 1728, and his gravestone is in the First Parish cemetery in Dedham. He received ten shillings from the constable of Dorchester in 1679 for killing a wolf. On May 13, 1700, the town of Dedham voted to assist him with the loan of the school money because his corn mill had burned down. He was selectman in 1707. His will was dated December 18, 1728, proved January 9, 1728-29. In it he calls himself a "fuller". His widow's will was dated June 15, 1732, proved September 1, 1732. He married Sarah, born in Dedham, January 7, 1658, died in 1732, daughter of Isaac and Ann (Burnap-Wight) Bullard.

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• _UID: BE3F81C1B460354CB746D52E343B643CE3C5
• _UID: CD0E51DEB5E7A14C9F75DF1CC76D732B741A
• Baptism: 23 Jul 1665

Notes:

JOHN WHITING, of Wrentham, Mass., was married to Mary Billings, of Wrentham, December 24, 1688.

Mrs. Mary Whiting died January 4, 1728.

Mr. John Whiting died in 1732.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 19 Jul 1665

DEATH: Also shown as Died 1732

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• _UID: 8E0D74E446E5234E83CA5FB46B04AFC5D201
• _UID: EEB0742C3BD4694EA6DB8877B826362BC315
• Baptism: 24 Oct 1657

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BIRTH: Also shown as Born 08 Jul 1656

DEATH: Also shown as Died 29 Oct 1756

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Notes:

First Parish Cemetery, Dedham, MA, epitaph:

2 Samuel 1: 23. They were lovely & pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided.

"The stroke of death, hath laid my head
Down in this dark & silant bed,
The Trump shall sound, I hope to rise,
And meet my Saviour in the Skies."

Abigail married Draper, James 18 Feb 1680, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, USA. James (son of Draper, James and Stansfield, Miriam) was born 1654, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England; died 30 Apr 1698, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England; was buried , First Parish Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, New England. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 8EFFA5441F54524A87338A0C0D3321FB3148
• Baptism: 20 Oct 1677

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Notes:

1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 JAN 1671/72
2 PLAC Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts
2 SOUR S2437
3 PAGE Vol. IV

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Notes:

From Drapers in America, p. 22 and 23
The following are official records relative to the settlement of Nathanial Draper's estate, etc.

Lib. 27, Fol. 159.

I, Eunice Draper (24) a minor, aged about 15 years, dau. of Nathl. late of Rox. husbandman, etc. do nominate and appoint &c. Ebenezer Draper (19) of Stoughton, County of Suffolk, husbandman, to be my guardian.

E. D. her mark.
Witness:
Mary Clarke.
Approved, Oct. 6, 1729.


Lib. 27, Fol. 270. Settlement of Nathl Draper's estate (real) appraized by John Cobburn, John Weld, Ben. Smith.

Nathanial Draper (20), eldest son of sd. deceased, takes the estate, paying to his brothers & sisters or their heirs, &c. viz: to the heirs of William Draper , deceased, Eunice Draper ), Benjamin Draper), Jemima Draper , each the sum of 251 13 4.

House and all land on west side of road leading to Dedham, 387.
Other buildings, with all the orchard, meadow and land on the east side of sd. road at, 540.
Meadow land lying in Dedham, 50.
4 3/4 acres of salt marsh lying in Roxbury, 33.
Upland and meadow land lying at Green Lodge, commonly so called, in Stoughton, 400.
Pasture lands lying at Woodstock, 75 acres, both high and low land, 100.

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Notes:

Died young. -- GENEALOGICAL & PERSONAL MEMOIRS RELATING TO THE FAMILIES OF BOSTON & EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, p. 2286.

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Eunice married Aldis, Nathan 24 Jun 1708, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massaschusetts. Nathan (son of Aldis, John and Winchester, Mary) was born 11 May 1685, Wrentham, Norfolk Co., MA, New England; died 10 Feb 1749/1750, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 510973E625A50D409D0014A8A3630679A806

Notes:

From Drapers in America, p. 33

James Draper, 5th child, 3d s. of James Draper and Abigail Whiting. m. 1st: May 2, 1716, Rachel, dau. of John and Mary Aldis. She was b. Mar. 15, 1690. d. May 16, 1717. He m. 2dly: Nov. 12, 1719, Abigail, dau. of Joshua Child and Elizabeth Morris, of Brookline, Mass. She was b. 1698. d. Nov. 23, 1767. She was a sister of Dorothy, who m. Ebenezer Draper.

"Nov. 14, 1734, Church West Roxbury voted the dismission of Eb. Draper, James Draper, and Abigail, his wife, to ye church in Dedham."

The reason James and Ebenezer left the house and ordinary at Baker Street, Roxbury, for Dedham, was want of room; the granite rocks on the one side, and the wet lands of Charles River on the other, limited their farming operations. They found in Green Lodge more room. Here they, with their cousin Jeremiah Whiting, who was a carpenter, removed and built each a house in style and character fully up to the time. They soon had their farms under way; in accordance, carrying on all branches of manufacture within themselves, each lending the other assistance, and, with their children, forming quite a flourishing village. Although some 13 miles from Boston, they sent to its market wood and charcoal and, in the summer, vegetables. The brothers kept four or five horses apiece, and carried the vegetables on horseback in panniers. The marketing was done by females, who often let themselves for the season. String and shell beans were an important article; it was not uncommon for them each to plant four or five acres. There were generally two persons at each place going on alternate days, it being considered too much for either person or animal to go on successive days without rest. Potatoes were considered too bulky to carry, except a few that were produced very early. Wood and charcoal were carried in ox carts, there being no wagons; they generally preferred to go in winter, and use sleds for coal and wood.

The records of Dedham show that on Dec. 19, 1733, a highway was authorized to be laid out from the country road, beginning at the former line between Dedham and Dorchester, and running by the house of Jeremiah Whiting, at Green Lodge, and the houses of James and Ebenezer Draper, towards Dedham Meeting House, Green Lodge was an outlying settlement, about 2 miles E. from Dedham, on the present Green Lodge Road, on the Neponset River. It was much nearer to Dedham than to Dorchester; and, consequently, in the annals of Dedham, under date of Nov. 29, 1732, James Draper, Henry Crane, Robert Swan, Ebenezer Draper, Jeremiah Whiting and Thomas Witherby, of Stoughton (in Dorchester), petitioned the General Court, setting forth the great difficulties in attending upon the public worship of God, as well as civil and military duties, by reason of the great distance to Dorchester, and prayed that they might be, with their families and estates, set off from Stoughton and annexed to Dedham.

This petition was granted, although Stoughton fought against it strongly.

Captain James Draper had a negro servant, named Sharper Gulder, who was m. July 31, 1760, by the Rev. M. Tyler to Rozella Allen, a negro servant of Esther Fisher.

James Draper was a Captain of the Trained Bands; was elected a Selectman in 1746, to serve one year, and again in 1756, to serve two years. He was a prosperous man, a large land owner, prominent in the affairs of the town of Dedham, and highly respected.


CHILD, BY 1ST WIFE:
I. John, b. Jan. 29, 1716. Bap. Mar. 10, 1717. d. Mar. 10, 1717.



CHILDREN, BY 2D WIFE:
II. James, b. Stoughton, Sep. 22, 1720. d. Spencer, Mar. 2, 1781.
III. Abigail, b. Stoughton, Dec. 12, 1721. d. Spencer, Nov. 3, 1817.
IV. John 2d, b. Stoughton, June 16, 1723. d. Dedham, Nov. 8, 1745.
He went to Spencer in 1744, but his health was so bad that he
returned to Dedham, where he died. (Unmarried.)
V. Joshua, b. Stoughton; Dec. 25, 1724. d. Spencer, Oct. 27, 1792.
VI. Josiah, b. Stoughton, Apr. 3, 1726. d. Aug. 18, 1726.
VII. Josiah 2d, b. Stoughton, Sep. 12, 1727.
VIII. Rebecca, b. Stoughton, June 30, 1729. d. Spencer, Jan. 30, 1820.
IX. Mary, b. Stoughton, Sep. 24, 1731.
X. Abijah, b. Dedham, July 13, 1734. d. Nov. 18, 1734.
XI. Abijah 2d, b. Dedham, July 11, 1735. d. Feb. 13, 1737.
137. XII. Abijah 3d, b. Dedham, May 10, 1737. d. Dedham, May 1, 1780.
138. XIII. Samuel, b. Dedham, Dec. 5, 1740. d. Nov. 29, 1750.

James married Aldis, Rachel 2 May 1715. Rachel (daughter of Aldis, John and Winchester, Mary) was born 15 Mar 1689/1690, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, New England; died 16 May 1717. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

There is this footnote to Gideon in Drapers to America

"In reference to the descendants of Gideon Draper, the author desires to say, that they have become so widely scattered, and the majority are so indifferent to genealogical matters, that it has been with the utmost difficulty that any connecting lines could be established. The use so generally, in this branch, of the name of Gideon, has also tended to greatly confuse and delay the work, and it may be said that at least three times as much labor has been done to collect the following date as that devoted to any other branch of the family, and if there are errors, the reader will please blame those whose duty it was to supply the information, and who neglected to do so, although repeatedly urged."


Posted by Elwyn D. Draper on December 11, 1998 at 23:05:34 to Draper GenForum

Several children of Gideon Draper [18.] and Abigail Aldis ventured to VT. James [1294.]d. in Shaftsbury, VT in 1806. Nathan [1299.]and much of his family moved from Killingly CT to Shaftsbury as well. Gideon [1297.] had a son, William [1303.], who dabbled in real estate in Rupert VT in the 1770's. William's brother, David [1322.], had 2 sons who eventually moved from Erie Co., NY to Dunham, Lower Canada (Quebec), which is just across the border from VT.

Gideon married Aldis, Abigail 22 Apr 1713, Roxbury (now Boston) Suffolk, MA, New England. Abigail (daughter of Aldis, John and Winchester, Mary) was born 1692, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, New England; died Sep 1750, Killingly, Windham Co., CT, New England. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

This William probably also died young.

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Notes:

From, Drapers in America

EBENEZER. (7. James, 2. James, 1. Thomas.) 5th s., youngest child of James Draper and Abigail Whiting. m. 1st: Dorothy, dau. of Joshua Child and Elizabeth
Morris, of Brookline, Mass., May 2, 1723. She was a sister of Abigail, who m. James Draper, 17, and was b. May 25, 1701. d. Aug. 2, 1748. He m. 2dly: Sibyl, dau. of William and Esther Avery, of Dedham, Mass., Nov. 16, 1749, by Rev. Sam. Small. She was b. Jan. 3, 1720. d. Feb. 16, 1816.

Mr. Draper and his 1st wife were admitted to full communion at the First Church of Roxbury, Jan. 26, 1724. He was dismissed to the church in Dedham, Nov. 14, 1734. He was a farmer by occupation, and after leaving his father's home at Roxbury, passed his subsequent life at the family place, Green Lodge, near Dedham.