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- BIRTH: Parish 1f S. Petherton in Somersetshire near Burlescomb,
England. DEATH: Day of month from New Eng, Hist. Gen. Reg. v 111. Ron
Patch has d. bef 16 Nov 1673. Alt. d. date given in another rec. as
26 Nov 1673. Still another record gives b. 1595 and this has been used
rather than the c. date. Came to America on the ship Mary & John in
1636. Doris Amsbury's book gives the emmigrtion as May 1622 aboard
the Sparrow, which was part of Ketch's fleet of which 1/8 was owned by
the Norcross family. Death location and burial may have been in
Beverly, Salem, MA. Amsbury book also has info. from the Beverly
Historical Society. Some of the many hardships and Indian troubles
experienced by these early settlers are described in Charles Bolton's
Real Founders of New England. His account indicates that Edmund and
Nicholas were part of a group that in 1622 settled at Wessagusset
(Weymouth). Not long after, it seems they joined the Roger Conant
group in the Cape Ann area; then by 1626 they had moved on to Naumkeag
(Salem). (Bolton pp. 43-53; 158-177).
Because Nicholas and Edmund were among the first to settle in Salem,
they were of the group referred to as the "Old Planters." Their names,
with those of Richard Dodge, John and Benjamin Balch, and Roger Conant
appear frequently on early land transactions recorded in the Essex
County Book of Deeds, Book 1. Nicholas's sister Elizabeth and her
husband William Woodbury had also settled in Salem by 1637. Nicholas
was granted 40 acres of land near Mackerel Cove in the Beverly part of
Salem, on the south side. of Bald Hill (History of Salem, Vol. 2, p.
416-418, by Sidney Perley.)
Exhibit A reference has the following: Nicholas, Salem, had gr. of
ld. 1639, says Felt, was one of the founders of ch. at Beverly 1667,
with Eliz. prob. his w. who was says a wid tradit. the first girl of
Eng. parents, b. in the Col. of Mass. and d. 14 Jan. 1715, aged 86.
He d. Nov. 1673, leav. s. John, and Thomas. Hutch. II 216 and 3 Mass.
Hist. Coll. VII.256. Dwlr, in note on Ann. I. 175, informs us, "a
Patch fam. was in Salem as early as 1629;" but it is thot. by many
that is ten yrs. too soon.
Exhibit B gives a conflicting story on the who was the first girl.
More on this later.
Eliz. is no doubt Elizabet OWLEY. The dates and sons check; however,
the son we have as James is not listed. James died in 1658. Thus he
died before his father and in 1673, James had already died. Thus, the
record is probably correct.
The following may be from the official records office in Taunton,
Somerset. Emigrated to Salem, MA Colony with his sister Elizabeth
Patch Woodbury and his cousin Edmund in 1636. Lived in Mackerel Cove
in the Beverly part of Salem. He was a farmer who had a grant of ten
acres in 1638 and another four acres in 1639. Became a freeman in
1639. At a court held in Salem on 7/6/1647 he and William Woodbury
petitioned to be exempted from watching. At a court in Salem 1/2/1650
he was freed from training because of age. He was admitted to the
Church on 7/6/1650 (alt. date 14 Apr 1650) and became one of the 74
members of the First Church of Salem to start the First Church in
Beverly in 1668. Inventory of the estate of Nicholas Patch mentions
his sons John Patch and Thomas Patch. to John Patch 4 acres of meadow
by the Dodges farm, 2 acres by Longham. To Thomas Patch 14 acres of
upland. John and Thomas exors.
This added note is from another source: Lived at Mackerel Cove, in the
Beverly part of Salem, at the south side of Bald Hill, in a small
house on the westerly side of Standley Street. JP # 543.
Inventory of the estate of Nicholas Patch mentions his sons John Patch
To Thomas Patch 14 acres of upland.
Bapt 6/26/1597 not birth. Came to Salem, Mass. in 1636.
He had a grant of ten acres of land in Salem, Mass. in 1638 and
another of forthy acres in 1639. He was a farmer and prominent in town
and church, to which he made a bequest in his will. He was a member of
the First Church of Salem, and with his wife was among the founders of
the church at Beverly, where he died.
At a court held at Salem July 6, 1647, Nicholas Patch, sr and William
Woodbury & Company, inhabitants of Makerell Cove, petition to be
exempt from watching. and their petition was referred to the General
Court(Records and Fils of the quarterly Courts of Essex County, vol 1,
p 118.;
Nicholas Patch was freed from training, on account of his age (ib vol
1, p 205). "Widow Anis Woodbury, Nicholas Patch, her brother and his
wife, John Hill and his wife, Abigail Hill, Rachel Rayment, Hanah
Woodbury and John Grover testified in a case concerning an illegal
will of Agnis Baulch (Agnes Balch) of Salem, deceased present nov 24,
1657 (Probate Records of Essex County, vol 1 pp 263-264).
At a court at Salem nov 26, 1673 administration on the estate of
Nicholas Patch of Beverly, deceased intestate, was granted to John and
Thomas Patch, sons of the deceased and the sons presented an
agreement for a division of the estate between them, which was
allowed(Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, vol
5, p 255. He was a proprietor and freeman in 1639.
Ann. I. 175 a patch family was in Salem as early as 1629 but it is
thot. by many that is ten years to soon.
From CW notes that he had a daughter Mary. Possible more children
number unknown, from NEHGR.
He came from England with his wife Elizabeth and two sons John and
James and settledin Salem, Mass in 1636.
Admitted to the church at Salem 14 Apr 1650 and was one of founders of
church in Beverly in 1657.
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