Francis Upton

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Francis married Edith Herrick between 1740 and 1741. Edith was born in 1717. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6446

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Notes for William Upton from the Essex Genealogist:
William inherited his father's Salem Village farm along with his brother, Samuel, which they held and enjoyed until 1708, when the farm was divided by running a straight line through it. This division of property seems not to have been on the account of any disagreement for, although each married and there were ten children born to each, most of them survived their parents, they lived in one house all their days, at least fifty years. They bought and sold land together, were taxed together, and sat together in the meeting-house. They held a black servant together, and freed him in 1717. (NEHGR, Jan 1875 P.2) The numerous Upton family of Salem Village managed to steer clear of the witchcradt hysteria.

William married Mary Maber on 27 May 1701 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of Richard Maber and Mary Allen) was born about 1681 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6444

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Notes for Mary Maber from the Essex Genealogist:
Since Richard and Mary Maber form the only Maber family in Massachusetts Bay, it seems highly likely that Mary Maber is their daughter. The year of her birth is an estimated based on the year of her marriage.

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• Reference Number: 6449

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First appears in New England in the employ of Edward Winslow of Salisbury, Massachusetts 1639??; resided at "Hammersmith" (Lynn, now Saugus); Settled in Salem (now Peabody), at Wood Hill (now Upton Hill), about 1658; removed to Reading (now North Reading) about 1676; died there 11 July 1699; will date 16 Nov 1697, proved 31 July 1699.
(from Upton Family Records being Genealogical Collections for an Upton Family History by William Henry Upton published 1893)

Notes for John Upton from The Essex Genealogist:
Family tradition relates the John was a Scottish prison of war, taken by Cromwell at either the battle of Dunbar in 1650, or the battle of Worcester in 1651. There is nothing to document this heritage, however, the circumstantial evidence is strong: the timing of his arrival in the colonies; his marriage to a woman named Stuart; a son named James, lack of membership in a Congregational church; and as a final touch, the seal of a fleur-de-lis on his will. John, a blacksmith, came to Hammersnith (Lynn) about 1652, but removed to Salem where he bought land in 1658. John and Ellenor had at least thirteen children, of whom six sons and two daughters were living at his decease. By is will he apportioned his landed estate to his sons, and it appears, desired it should always remain in the family, as he notes that they "nor their children shall not sell or give or in any way dispose of the same without it be to and among them." (NEHGR, Jan 1875 P2)

This website, "https://www.geni.com/projects/Scots-Prisoners-and-their-Relocation-to-the-Colonies-1650-1654/3465" , lists John Rupton as one of the indentured servants at the Saugus Iron Works. Very possibly this is a misspelling on John Upton's name. The indentured servants arrived in Saugus in Nov 1650 to begin their 7 years of servitude. Thus Nov 1757 as the completion date. Then Isaac Upton first appears in Lynn records in 1658.

A document from the R Stanton Avery Special Collections Dept at the New England Historic Genealogical Society has a listing of 35 Indentured Servants at the Saugus Iron Works who were captured 3 Sept 1650 at the Battle of Dunbar. The name John Rubton appears on the list. I assume that the parenthesis around the name indicate that the handwriting in the original document was difficult to read. The John Rupton name may have come from this same document. I have not seen the original document.

John married Ellenor Stuart. Ellenor was born about 1634 in Scotland; died after 1697. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 6411

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Died:
named as living in husb. will

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• Reference Number: 7387

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Birth:
18 years old in 1664

Richard married Mary Allen on 21 Sep 1670 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born about 1648. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7386