The Great Allotment: Pullen Point's First Land Owners
Introduction, William Aspinwall, Edward Bates, William Brenton, Thomas Buttolph, Thomas Fayerweather, Edward Gibbons, Valentine Hill, Ralph Hudson, Thomas Matson, Elias Maverick, John Oliver, William Pierce, John Sanford, William Stitson, John Winthrop/Deane Winthrop
Thomas Fayerweather |
Thomas Fayerweather (Fayreweather, Fairweather, Faireweather) came to Boston in 1630 with Winthrop's Fleet. He was admitted to the Boston Church in that same year, member number 101, and married Mary Osborn in 1632. He took the Freeman's Oath in 1634. They had three children, John (1634), Mary (1636), and Thomas (1638). Only John survived infancy.
Thomas' allotment of land on Pullen Point is recorded as:
"Thomas Fayreweather, 30 Acrs of Upland and Marsh together; bounded towards the North and Northwest by the Allottments of the Governor, Mr. John Winthrop, senr., and John Oliver, towards the East and north East by the afforesaid Allottment of Thomas Buttalph, towards the south and southeast by the Allottment of William Peirce, towards the south west by the afforesaid Allottment of William Stidson." 1
Thomas Fayreweather, 4 Acrs of upland at the Eastermost corner of Raph Hudsons: bounded by his said Allottment towards the North and West, towards the East by the said high way, and by the Common shore towards the South. "
Unfortunately, Thomas died in 1638 shortly after receiving the allotment. His widow Mary, married John Evered (also known as Webb) in 1639. They had one daughter, Hannah. John died in a whaling accident in 1668. In 1669, Mary married William Goodhue. She died in 1680.
The Fayerweather land on Pullen Point is recorded as being sold to James Bill by Samuel Burnell in 1674. Samuel had been willed the land in 1660 from his father, who could have purchased it in 1639 when the will of Thomas Fayerweather was probated.
Selected Fayerweather descendants, locations, and objects of note:
- Ruggles-Fayerweather House, Cambridge, Mass. Thomas Fayerweather (b. 1724), a successful merchant, bought the house from British Loyalists George Ruggles before the Revolutionary War. - An Historic Guide to Cambridge, Daughters of the American Revolution, pg 110, Internet Archive
- Hannah (Fayerweather) Winthrop (b. 1727). The connection between Fayerweather and Winthrop was re-established in 1756 when Hannah married John Winthrop, the great-great-grandson of John Winthrop. - Hannah Winthrop, Women in the American Revolution, History of American Women
- Reverend Samuel Fayerweather (b. 1725). Rose to the position of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel \missionary at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in North Kingston, R.I. - Yale University Art Gallery
- George Fayerweather Blacksmith Shop in Kingston, R.I. George Fayerweather III (b. 1802) was a blacksmith and activist for abolitionism. He was of mixed Narragansett and African Ancestry from South Kingstown, R.I. His father, George Fayerweather II (b. 1774, Kingston, Rhode Island) was a freed slave who took the last name of his former owner, Rev. Samuel Fayerweather (b. 1725). - Kingston Improvement Association
| Selected Thomas Fayerweather Descendants |
| Thomas (b. 1610); m. Mary Osborn |
| John (b. 1634); m1. Sara Turner, m2. Elizabeth Allen, m3 Mary Hewes |
| Thomas (b. 1661); m. Hannah Payne |
| Thomas (b. 1692); m. Hannah Waldo |
| Rev. Samuel (b.1725); m Abigail Hazard |
| Hannah (b.1727); m1 Parr Tolman, m2. John Winthrop |
| John (b. 1685); m. Jerusha Grosse |
| Thomas (b. 1724) m. Sarah Hubbard |
Links
- Fayerweather Family Papers - Massachusetts Historical Society
- Fairweather or Fayerweather - A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, James Savage, Vol. 2, pg 138
- 1 A Documentary History of Chelsea: including the Boston Precincts of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullen Point, 1624-1824, Vol. 1, pg. 119 - Mellen Chamberlain, 1908, Internet Archive
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