Sen. John EMERY

1598 - 1683  (85 years)

• Name	John EMERY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	Sen.
  Birth	29 Sep 1598	England   [2, 3, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1635	Removed to Newbury, Mass.   [3]
  Occupation	1661
  	Selectman
  Occupation	1666
  	Fence Viewer
  Residence	1678	Oath of Allegiance   [3]
  Will	May 1680  [3]
  Death	03 Nov 1683	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [2, 5, 6]
  Will Proved	27 Nov 1683  [3]
  Notes	John sailed from Southampton April 3, 1635,with his brother Anthony in the ship James of London, William Cooper, Captain, their wives and one or two children each probably with them; he landed in Boston June 3, 1635, and came soon after to Newbury where Jon, sen., had a town grant of half an acre for a house lot. John Emery was fined December 22, 1637, by the town, twenty shillings for inclosing ground not laid out or owned by the town, contrary to a town order, and on February 1, 1638, the town granted him that part of ground which was already inclosed. He was made freeman June 2, 1641, and recorded as one of the ninety-one freeholders of the town December 2, 1642; in the same year he was appointed with tree others to make a valuation of all the property in the town, for the purpose of proportioning each man's share in the new division. On March 16, 1663, John Emery was presented to the Court at Ipswich by Henry Jaques, Constable of Newbury, for entertain of travelers and quakers. May 5, 1663, his presentment for entertaining quakers was referred unto next Court. The next Court fined him four pounds, costs and fees for entertaining strangers. The evidence given in the case was 'yt two men quakers wr entertained very kindly to bed and table & John Emmerie shok ym by ye hand and bid ym welcome." Also "that the witness heard John Emery and his wife say that he had entertained quakers and that he would not put them from his house and used argument for the lawfulness of it.: John Emery in May, 1663, petitioned the General Court for the remission of his fine. His petition was signed by the selectment of the town and fifty of the citizens. The fine was not remitted. He was also prominent in the case of Lieut. Robert Pike, refusing to recognize the authority of the Court to deprive him and his neighbors of the right of petition. In the famous ecclesiastical difficulties John Emery was a member of the Woodman party. April 10, 1644, he had a grand from the town of twenty-two acres and five rods being his own and Henry Palmer's portion of Divident land in the great field beyond the new town. He was selectman, 1661; fence viewer, 1666; grand juryman in the same year; jury of tryals in 1672; appointed to carry votes to Salem in 1676. He made his will May 1, 1680, proved November 27, 1683, in which he mentions his age as eighty-three years. The inventory of his estate was taken the same day, amounting to 263 pounds, 11 shillings.
  Person ID	I21111	Main Tree

  
  

  Father	John EMERY,   b. 1572, England d. 25 Jun 1627, Romsey, Hants, Hampshire, England (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Agnes NORTHEND,   b. 1575   d. Romsey, Hants, Hampshire, England
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	1597  [7]
  Family ID	F01762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary SHATSWELL,   b. 1606, Ipswich, England d. 28 Apr 1694, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1650	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [4, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Jonathan EMERY,   b. 13 May 1652, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Sep 1723, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F01759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	MARY   d. Apr 1649, Newbury, Mass.
  Children	1. Eleanor EMERY   d. 1700  [Natural]   2. Ebenezer EMERY,   b. 16 Sep 1648, Newbury, Essex, Mass d. 28 Apr 1694, Newbury, Essex, Mass (Age 45 years)  [Natural]   3. John EMERY,   b. Abt 1628, Romsey, England d. 03 Aug 1693, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)  [Birth]   4. Anne EMERY,   b. Abt 1631, Romsey, Co., Hants, England d. 31 Mar 1687, Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 56 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F01761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Sep 1598 - England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02249] Emery, Four Generations of the Descendants of John Emery, Sen., of Newbury, Mass, pg 3. [S02356] Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery 1590-1890. [S02871] Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts, Vol. 1. [S02872] Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts, Vol. II. [S03356] John C. Webster, M.D. Chicago, 1912, Some of the Descendants of John Webster of Ipswich Massachusetts 1634. [S02661] McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families. [S04348] Yates Publishing, Ancestry.com: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).