 Abt 1595 - 1660
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| Name |
Lawrence Southwick |
| Born |
Abt 1595 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will |
10 Jul 1659 |
Shelter Island, New Netherlands [1] |
- Names sons Daniel Southwick and John Burnell; daughters Provided Southwick and Mary, wife of Henry Traske; to Deborah and Josiah Southwick; to Ann Potter; to Henry Traske's children Mary, Sarah and Hannah; Samuel and Sarah, children of John Southwick.
"I, Lawrence Sethick, late of Salem in New England, now being at the house of Nathaniel Silvester, on Shelter Island, being weake in body but of sound mind and memory, do make and ordayne this my last will and testament, tenth day of fifth month, 1659.
I first give and bequeath unto my sonne Daniel Sethick my dwelling house at Salem, with all the houses, orchards, gardens and appurtenances; and Gyle's lot, provided that John Burnell shall have a house lott on the ground at the further end of the orchard newly fenct in."
Items bequethed to sons Josiah, John, and Daniel Sethwick, John Burnell, Samuel Burton, Henry Traske, Mary Traske, Deborah Sethwick, "young" Josiah, Ann Potter, Mary Traske daughter to Henry Traske, Sarah and Anna Traske all suits of clothes; Samuel and Sarah, John Sethick's children.
"Furthermore my will is that Daniel my sonne, and Provided my daughter, shall posess and enjoy all that which remains of my estate after debts and legacies paid, and my will above mentioned fulfilled, equally to be divided between them so that Daniel may have that part which belongs to husbandry.
Lastly my will is that in case my wife survives me shee shall be my exectrix and keep all possessions during her life, and after her decease my will to be performed according as above expressed; and I do ordayne William Robinson and Thomas Gardner to be overseers of this last will and testament, signed and sealed by me the day and year above written with my hand and seal following."
LAWRENCE SETHICK
In presence of Nathaniel Silvester, Thomas Harris, William Durand; this will was allowed by the court 29th day, 9th month 1660.
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| Died |
1660 |
Shelter Island, New Netherlands |
| Probate |
29 Nov 1660 |
Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts [1] |
| Notes |
- There is a tradition in the Southwick family that Lawrence came from Lancashire, England, to America in 1627, and returned to England and brought his wife Cassandra and son John and daughter Mary to Massachusetts in 1630 on the May Flower, in company with William Bradford and others and settled at Salem. We do not find any mention of his name in the public records of Salem until 1639, when he and his family were admitted as members in the First Church of Salem, and two acres of land was given him by the town of Salem to carry on the business of manufacturing glass and earthen ware. there is a tradition that he was one of the first to manufacture glass in America and was associated with the CONKLINS.
This two acres of land was called glass-house field, as there were two others engaged in the same business, and the land is so designated to-day (1881) on the records and maps of said property, although the manufacture has long ceased to be carried on there. Ananias Conklin was one of the other glassmakers.
Lawrence and wife Cassandra and son Josiah and daughter Mary were fined, whipped, imprisoned and finally banished for being Quakers, and their son Daniel and daughter Provided were sentenced by the General Court to be sold into slavery. Lawrence and wife Cassandra went to Shelter Island, Long Island Sound, being banished under pain of death in 1659, and died there in the spring of 1660 from privation and exposure; his wife died three days after him. Their son Josiah went to Rhode Island and established a home for himself and his family. He came back to Salem in 1660 to look after his parents' property and found the property in very poor condition, and was whipped for returning to Massachusetts.
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| Person ID |
I26581 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
1 Mar 2003 |
| Family |
Cassandra Burnell, b. 1598 |
| Married |
25 Jan 1624 |
Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. John Southwick, b. Abt 1620, England , d. 26 Oct 1672, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts |
| | 2. Ananias Southwick, d. Sep 1627, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England |
| | 3. Mary Southwick, b. Abt 1630, probably, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England |
| | 4. Josiah Southwick, b. Abt 1632, probably, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England , d. 1693 |
| | 5. Provided Southwick, b. 1635, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts , d. 1640 |
| | 6. Daniel Southwick, b. Abt 1637 |
| | 7. Provided Southwick, d. 04 Feb 1727/28, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts |
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| Family ID |
F1917 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S32] TAG, The American Genealogist, 71:195.
- [S32] TAG, The American Genealogist, 73:30.
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