Francis WYMAN [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 on 02 MAY 1617 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. He died 4 on 28 NOV 1699 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA and was buried 5, 6 on 30 NOV 1699 in Old Burial Grounds, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Francis WYMAN married 7, 8, 9 Abigail Justus REED on 02 OCT 1650 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Francis was employed as 10 30 DEC 1644 in Tanner. He was baptized 11, 12 on 24 FEB 1618/1619 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England.
Other marriages:PIERCE, Judith
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DEATH: 'MEMENTO MORI' 'FUGIT HORA' 'Here lyes ye body of
Francis Wyman aged about 82 years, died November 28th, 1699 [an
error of 1 or 2 years] 'The memory of ye just is blessed'Proof of the lineage of Francis and John Wyman of Woburn is
from Water's 'Genealogical Gleanings in England' and from
Threlfall's 'Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England &
Their Origins'. The English Wymans are well covered in 'The
Wymans/Whymans of Hertfordshire' by Christine E. Jackson of
Amberly, Herts, England.The two Wyman brothers Francis and John were seventeen and
fourteen in 1636 and so probably came over with their older
uncles, Samuel and Thomas Richardson. The first definite record
that we find of the Wyman brothers in New England is when the
town order of Charlestown Village (Woburn) were signed in 1640;
which the Richardsons and Wymans all signed. By that date the
Wymans were 21 and 18. John Wyman the brother of Francis was
made a freeman 26 May 1647 at age 25, and Francis a freeman
1657. Later in 1658 Francis Wyman Sr. in his will said '.. do
give and bequeth unto my two sons Francis Wyman and John Wyman
which are beyound sea ten pounds a piece of Lawful English
money to be paid unto them by mine executor if they be in want
and come over to demand the same.' The Wymans built on what
became Wyman St. in Woburn, and by 1666 they had also built
country farms in what is now Burlington, a few miles north, on
what became the Billerica boundry.
He settled with each son at majority and in his will left his
remaining estate to his youngest son Benjamin. (William had
already inherited land and the homestead). Abigail is also
mentioned in his willOverlooked by many is the fact that a grant of land was made in
Woburn on 25 Feb 1679 to a John Wyman, a wheelwright. This was
not Lt. John Wyman the brother of Francis, but rather the son
of Thomas and Ann (Godfrey) Wyman and hence the nephew of the
Wyman brothers. This John was know and Sergant John Wyman.Their is also found in Boston a tailor named Thomas Wyman or
Wayman who was in the 1675 war against the Narragansett
Indians. He is believed by some to be the son of the brother
Richard Wyman, hence another nephew of Francis and John Wyman.He settled with each son at majority and in his will left his
remaining estate to his youngest son Benjamin. (William had
already inherited land and the homestead). Abigail is also
mentioned in his willFrancis1 and John1 Wyman became tanners in Woburn, perhaps
having learned the craft in England (Buntingford, two miles
north of Westmill, was a tanning center in Hertfordshire) By
1641 they were granted lots for 6d per acre near the center of
Woburn at the present Main and Wyman Streets near Central
Square. Francis' house has not been recorded, but John's house
was a two story frame house 34 by 26 feet with 13 windows
having 40 rods of land adjoining. Nearby on Wymans' Lane were
the tanning vats, a barn, tan house, currying shop and sheds.
Their tanning business carried on until 1768 when it was sold
to David Cummings. The water needed for tanning was diverted
from a brook which was done away with when the nearby Middlesex
Canal was built about 1800. Woburn became the tanning center of
the country.
A grant of 500 acres in what became the town of Billerica was
made in 1648 to the Rev. Henry Dunster the first president of
Harvard College. This he sold in 1655 to Francis and John Wyman
for 100 sterling. Because of Dunster's Baptist leanings, he
was removed as the president of Harvard College and apparently
needed some cash. After some political maneuvering the pending
town of Billerica was persuaded to lay out the grant which was
entirely within the new town. The grant was on the border of
Woburn, adjacent to where the Wymans already had land.
In 1657 The Woburn selectmen agreed to exchange 94 acres of
land the Wymans already possessed in the town for an equal
amount '_adjoining to their land at Billerica_.' Again, in 1661
Francis exchanged with the town of Woburn '_a parcel of land
lying in the treasury_(for land at)_his farm next Billerica.'
The same year Billerica granted 70 acres in the same general
area to the Wyman brothers which was laid out and the return
made in 1663.
In 1665 the Wymans purchased for the sum of 50 the Coytmore
grant of 500 acres which was to be laid out in Woburn. The
Woburn selectmen attempted to have the grant laid out
elsewhere, but the General Court in 1666 had it laid out at
this time when the Woburn-Billerica boundary was being settled.
It was stated that the grant was to be laid out '_in Woobourne
bounds, next adjoining to the land and houses of the said
Waymens, apprehending it to be most convenient and profitable
for them so to lye.' Interestingly, the deed of sale is
witnessed by Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, a Martha's Vineyard Indian
who was the solitary Indian to have graduated from Harvard
College at this time.
In 1667 Francis, John and eleven other citizens of Woburn were
hauled before the County Court for publicly manifesting
contempt for the ordinance of baptism and for attending illegal
assemblies of the Anabaptists. Nothing much happened and both
were later active in the local church, although Francis in his
will left small bequests to two elders of the Baptist Church in
Boston.
The country house of Francis built sometime before 1666 still
stands in Burlington and is now owned by the Francis Wyman
Association. It is an eight room, two story, center chimney
house with attic and half-cellar.
Nearby in Billerica is the Amos Wyman cellar hole, the site of
John Wyman's original farm house, a house to which Samuel Adams
and John Hancock retreated on 17 April 1775 when they fled
Lexington. Elizabeth (Pierce) Wyman, the wife of Amos is said
to have fed her visitors boiled potatoes, pork and bread
instead of the salmon which her guests had planned to eat at
the Lexington parsonage. Hancock is reported to have sent a cow
to his hostess at a later date in appreciation of her
hospitality.In 1640 500 acres of land in Woburn (now Burlington) was
granted to Mr. Thomas Coytmore and was subsequently sold by
Joseph Rock to Francis and John for 50 in Oct. 1667. They also
owned a large farm in West Woburn extending into Billerica
adjoining the Coytmore grant.(2)
'Billerica, 19.9m.1661. At a Towne Meeting, The towne do grant
to ffrances Wyman & John Wyman that parcell of land that lyeth
betweene Woburne line & the former that they purchased of Mr.
Dunster, which is by estimation four score acres, more or less
and is bounded on the South or South East with Captaine Gookins
farme line.''Whereas John Wright, Isaac Cole, ffrancis Wiman, John Wiman,
ffrancis Kendall, Robert Peirce, Matthew Smith & Joseph Wright,
members in full communion with the Church of Christ at Woburne,
were presented by the Grand Jury of the County of Middlesex in
New England at the Court in October last (1671) for refuseing
communion with the Church of Woburne in the Lord's Supper, and
rejecting the counsell of neighboring churches, and all other
measures for healing the disorder and scandall thereby
occasioned: This Court having heard their severall answers,
wherein they pretend and alledge that the grounds of their
withdrawing are sundry scruples in poynt of conscience, not
daring to partake with the church for fear of defilement by
sin, giving some reasons of their dissatisfaction, which not
being satisfactory to the Court, who are sensible of the
scandall thereby redounding to our profession, and considering
the directions given by the word of God and laws of this
Colony, requiring the attendance of all due meanes for
preserving the peace and order of the churches in the wayes of
godliness and honesty, that so all God's ordinances may have
passage unto edification, according to the rules of Christ.
This Court do therfore, upon serious consideration of the whole
case, order that the respective churches of Charlestown,
Cambridge, Watertown, Redding & Billerica be moved and
requested from the Court, according to God's ordinance of
communion of churches, to send their elders and messengers unto
the church of Woburn the ( ) day of March next, where the
brethren that were presented as above said are ordered and
required to give a meeting together with the church there, and
shall have liberty humbly and inoffensively to declare their
grievances, and the church also to declare the whole case for
the hearing of their proceedings: And after the case is fully
heard by the said councill, they are to endeavor the healing of
their spirits, and making of peace among them, for the issuing
of matters according to the word of God, and to make returne of
what they shall do herein to the next county Court to be held
at Cambridge: And the Recorder of this Court is ordered
seasonably to signify the Court's mind herein to the several
churches above named. It is ordered that the Court's final
determination in the above named case be respited, untill they
receive the councill's return, and the above named persons that
were presented by the Grand Jury are ordered to attend at the
next court at Cambridge.'(3)
These people of Woburn were prosecuted before the Middlesex
County Court Dec. 1671 for contempt for the ordinance of Infant
Baptism as administered in the church of Woburn and for
withdrawing from that church and attending the assemblies of
the Anabaptists which was not allowed by law. John Wyman seemed
to have been convinced of the 'error' of his ways and was
admitted back to the church in Woburn and took an active part
in the settlement of Rev. Jabez Fox as a colleague of Rev.
Thomas Carter in 1697. In his will 10 March 1683/4 he gave them
40/ each calling them his 'Reverend Pastors'. Francis however
always retained his partiality for the Baptists for in his will
5 Sept. 1698 he gave to two elders of the Baptist Church in
Boston, Mr. Isaac Hull and Mr. John Emblen 20/ each. Francis
did however remain in communion with the church in Woburn.
Abigail Justus REED 1, 2 was born 3 in FEB 1633/1634 in England and was christened 4 on 30 DEC 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. She died 5 on 30 NOV 1699 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail Justus REED married 6, 7, 8 Francis WYMAN on 02 OCT 1650 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail resided 9 1639 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. She resided 10 1646 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She immigrated 11, 12 on 08 OCT 1635 to 'Defence', Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
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of London, Edward Bostock Master. Sailed from London about the
last week of July. About 100 passengers.her parents first named her 'Justice' and later changed to
Abigail.
They had the following children:
F i Judith WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 29 SEP 1652 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She died 5, 6 on 22 DEC 1652 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. M ii Francis WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3 about 1654 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died 4, 5, 6 on 26 APR 1676 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
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Died as a result of wounds suffered in 'Swamp Fight'M iii William WYMAN F iv Abigail Reed WYMAN M v Timothy WYMAN M vi Joseph WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 09 NOV 1663 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died 5, 6 on 24 JUL 1714 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. M vii Nathaniel WYMAN M viii Samuel WYMAN M ix Thomas WYMAN M x Benjamin WYMAN M xi Stephen WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 02 JUN 1676 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died 5, 6 on 19 AUG 1676 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. F xii Judith WYMAN
She had the following children:
F i Abigail Justus REED F ii Bethiah REED
Jonathan WYMAN [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4, 5 on 13 JUL 1661 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died 6, 7 on 15 DEC 1736 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Jonathan WYMAN married 8, 9, 10, 11 Hannah FOWLE on 31 JUL 1690 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Other marriages:FOWLE, Abigail
Hannah FOWLE 1, 2 was born 3 on 14 JUL 1671 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. She died 4, 5 on 17 AUG 1743 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah FOWLE married 6, 7, 8, 9 Jonathan WYMAN on 31 JUL 1690 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
F i Abigail WYMAN F ii Hannah WYMAN F iii Mary WYMAN F iv Elizabeth WYMAN M v Jonathan WYMAN F vi Sarah WYMAN M vii Zachariah WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3 on 26 JUN 1709 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA and was christened 4, 5 on 19 JUL 1709 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died 6 in 1748. M viii Nathan WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3 on 06 NOV 1727 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
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Vital Records don't show this childM ix Isaac WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3 on 31 JUL 1729 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
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Vital Records don't show this childM x Jonathan WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3 on 26 AUG 1731 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died 4 about 1731.
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Vital Records don't show this childM xi John WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3 on 06 MAY 1733 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
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Josiah WYMAN [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 18 MAR 1699/1700 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died 5 before 26 MAY 1740. Josiah WYMAN married 6 Love WYMAN before 1726 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Love WYMAN [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 14 FEB 1701/1702 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She married 5 Josiah WYMAN before 1726 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
F i Susanna WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 05 AUG 1726 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. M ii Josiah WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 23 JUN 1729 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
David CLARKE 1, 2 married 3, 4 Lydia WYMAN on 26 FEB 1804 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Lydia WYMAN [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 on 07 FEB 1784 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA and was christened 4, 5 on 15 FEB 1784 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She married 6, 7 David CLARKE on 26 FEB 1804 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
Seth WYMAN [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 05 NOV 1715 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died 5, 6 on 19 NOV 1749 in Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Seth WYMAN married 7, 8, 9 Ruth WRIGHT on 04 JUN 1744 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
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Ruth WRIGHT 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 03 SEP 1717 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She married 5, 6, 7 Seth WYMAN on 04 JUN 1744 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
M i Seth WYMAN F ii Ruth WYMAN
Seth WYMAN [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 13 SEP 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died 5, 6 on 05 SEP 1725 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Seth WYMAN married 7, 8 Sarah ROSS on 26 JAN 1714/1715 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
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The following record regarding Seth Wyman was copied from the
Massachusetts State records
ARCHIVES STATE HOUSE MBS. No. 222-1775 Copy from Council
Records 1725-27 Page 202., May 20, 1725.
VOTED, That a good silver hilted sword be presented to Lieut.
Seth Wyman, as an acknowledgement of his bravery and good
conduct in the fight at Pigwocket - and a sword was presented
to him accordingly.
Page 347. Sheriff Winslow's Ac't, An account presented by
Edward Winslow, Sheriff, of the charge of a sword and belt
presented to Capt, Sgth Wymn by the Lieut, Governor and Council
amounting to the sum of L 11 - 18s - 6d.
Court Records 1723-25 Capt. Seth Wyman was renowned in
Lovewell's Camp. Died in Woburn, Sept. 5 1725. His wife was
daughter of Thomas Ross of Billerica. Died November 5th, 1727,
aged 33,
Sarah ROSS [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 07 OCT 1694 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She died 5, 6 on 05 NOV 1727 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah ROSS married 7, 8 Seth WYMAN on 26 JAN 1714/1715 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
They had the following children:
M i Seth WYMAN M ii Ross WYMAN M iii Matthew WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3 in 1718 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
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captive of Indians per petition of 1748M iv Peleg WYMAN 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on 20 AUG 1719 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died 5, 6 on 15 SEP 1719 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. M v Hezekiah WYMAN F vi Sarah WYMAN F vii Esther WYMAN
Samuel PIERCE 1, 2 was born 3 on 25 NOV 1681. He died 4 on 26 JAN 1774. Samuel PIERCE married 5 Abigail JOHNSON on 14 JUN 1705.
Abigail JOHNSON [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 on 04 OCT 1674. She died 4 on 16 MAR 1787. Abigail JOHNSON married 5 Samuel PIERCE on 14 JUN 1705.
They had the following children:
F i Abigail PIERCE
Francis WYMAN [Parents] 1, 2 died 3, 4 in 1739 in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England and was buried 5 in 1739 in Braughing, Hertfordshire, England. He married 6, 7 Ann MERETON on 20 JUL 1682 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. Francis was baptized 8 on 21 NOV 1660 in Braughing, Hertfordshire, England. He signed a will 9, 10 on 08 SEP 1736 in England. He resided 11, 12 1677 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England.
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Inherited property in Westmill from his father
Ann MERETON 1, 2 was born 3 on 05 APR 1659 in England. She married 4, 5 Francis WYMAN on 20 JUL 1682 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England.
She had the following children:
F i Ann MERETON F ii Dorothy MERETON