Anne SALTONSTALL

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• Fact: 1658, Date of Will

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Richard Saltonstall, Knt., of Huntwick, co. York, is the son of Mr. Samuel Saltonsall, of Kingston-upon-Hull, co. York, by his first wife, Anne, daughter of John Ramsden, Esq., of Longley near Hothersfield. He was baptized at halifax on 4 Apr 1586. After the death of his first wife he sold his lands and removed with his children to New England. Richard was First Associate, Massachusetts Bay Company, and was appointed First Assistant. He commenced the settlement of Watertown in 1630, and was an original patentee of Connecticut with Lord Saye and Sele, Lord Brooke, and others. He returned to England in 1631.

He was a nephew of the Lord Mayor London Richard Saltonstall (1517-1600) and was admitted pensioner at Clare College, Cambridge in 1603. Richard served as a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire and was Lord of the Manor of Ledsham before he left England for North America. he sailed aboard the Arbella on 26 Aug 1629 with his wife, Elizabeth, and his children, Richard, Jr., Samuel, Robert, Henry, Grace, Rosamund (children of Grace), John and Ann (children of Elizabeth). he was named First Assistant to Governor John Winthrop. He immigrated in 1630 to Boston (returned 1631 to England).

Richard married Elizabeth WEST in 1631 in Wherwell, co. Wilts. Elizabeth (daughter of Gov. Thomas WEST and Cecily SHIRLEY) was born in 1609 in Wherwell, co. Hamps; died in 1639 in Islewort, Ileworth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]