George Partridge
Abt 1615 - 1695 (~ 80 years)-
Name George Partridge Birth Abt 1615 England Gender Male Death 1695 Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA Notes - GEORGE PARTRIDGE, the first of the family in America, arrived at Duxbury, Mass., in or sometime prior to 1636. It is stated in Winsor's "History of Duxbury" that he came from the County of Kent in England. The first mention of his name upon the records of Plymouth County was in that year (1636), when he was granted five acres of land at Powder Point, with permission from the court to settle thereon. In the next two years and also in 1666, he received additional grants of land about Duxbury, amounting in all to about two hundred acres. Winsor styles him "one of the most respectable yeomanry of the colony." In 1643 his name appears in a list of those able to bear arms. In 1646 he was constable. Of this office Winsor says: "This was an office of high trust and responsibility and none were elected to it but men of good standing." Later he was a "Surveyor of Highways" and a grand-jury man. He was either a private or a non-commissioned officer in Capt. Miles Standish's Company. He was one of the original purchasers of Middleborough.
Person ID I39368 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 29 Aug 2011
Family Sarah Tracy, b. 1622, Leiden, Holland d. 1708, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 86 years) Children + 1. Lydia Partridge d. 2 Feb 1743, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA Family ID F13977 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- GEORGE PARTRIDGE, the first of the family in America, arrived at Duxbury, Mass., in or sometime prior to 1636. It is stated in Winsor's "History of Duxbury" that he came from the County of Kent in England. The first mention of his name upon the records of Plymouth County was in that year (1636), when he was granted five acres of land at Powder Point, with permission from the court to settle thereon. In the next two years and also in 1666, he received additional grants of land about Duxbury, amounting in all to about two hundred acres. Winsor styles him "one of the most respectable yeomanry of the colony." In 1643 his name appears in a list of those able to bear arms. In 1646 he was constable. Of this office Winsor says: "This was an office of high trust and responsibility and none were elected to it but men of good standing." Later he was a "Surveyor of Highways" and a grand-jury man. He was either a private or a non-commissioned officer in Capt. Miles Standish's Company. He was one of the original purchasers of Middleborough.
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