THE READING OF THE WILL. In rest so sweet and hardly earned They, though the solemn rites forbore, To learn from out the goodman's store And some were glad, and others stirred WILL OF JOHN FAIRFIELD. The will of John Fairfield of Wenham was made Dec. 11, 1646, and proved in the Salem quarterly court 8: 5 mo: 1647. The following copy is taken from the original instrument on file in the office of clerk of courts at Salem, book 1, leaf 77. The 11th day of the 10mo December 1646: To god be the prayfe, I John ffayrefeild beinge in perfect memory. though weake in Boddy doe make this my last will and Teftament in manner & forme as followeth, ffirst I Committ my foule into the hands of my faythful redeemer, through a liuely hope that when this frayle body of mine shall be laid in the duft I shall be p'ferued fafe through his merrits and worthynes alone unto the great day of the Refurrection at what time my foule and Boddy beinge reunited togither by the power of his grace and the efficacy of that his Alfufficyent mediation, I fhall be Glorifyed togither with him in his eternall kingdome: And as touchinge the outward goods of this life which, God of his goodnes haue giuen me my will and Pleasure is that they be difpofed in fuch forte as here followeth : Imprimis I doe Giue and Bequeath to Elizabeth my beloued wife my pte of house & ground which I haue in Coptnershipe with Jofeph Batchelder to her & to her Heires foreuer Item: I doe giue vnto my wife all my moueables within dores and without as namely my Cowes Cattle Swine Corne Houfall Implyments and vtenfels Bed bedinge Lininge Woollinge Brafs Peuter mony Debts and whatfoeuer is mine eyther in Pofsefion or accruinge or ty Acres of vpland lyinge within my fearme had from Salem wth two acres of middow to be laid out moft indifferently by my supvifors to inioy it at one and twenty yeeres of Age. Item I Constitute And ordayne Elizabeth my wife fole Executrix And my Louinge and well approued freinds m Henery Bartholomew of Salem and Robertt Hawes of Salem these two Supvifars to this my laft will and Testament In witnes where of I haue fet to my hand And Seale: In p❜fents of the marke of VS: Jo: ffiske William ffifke Robert hawes 300-III. 301-IV. 302-V. 303-VI. PATTY", b. June 8, 1765; m. John LYDIA, b. Oct. 20, 1769: m. Thomas 304-VII. RICHARD, b. April 8, 1774 (baptized in Ipswich as Israel). See below (304). 305-VIII. JOHN, b. Jan. 1, 1776. See below (305). John Fairefild [SEAL] 306-IX. ISAAC, b. Nov. 17, 1777; d. at sea ALLEN GENEALOGY. JONATHAN ALLEN5, born in Manchester March 16, 1742. He lived in Manchester, and married Sarah Dodge of Beverly May 29, 1764. He was a housewright by Jan. 5, 1803. trade. Children: 309-III. AARON, b. Aug. 28, 1765. See below (309); 310-IV. 289-11. JONATHAN, b. Oct. 23, 1766. See below (289). 311-V. 290-III. DANIEL, b. July 16, 1768. See be low (290). 291-IV. ELISHA, b. March 28, 1770. 294-VII. MARK", b. Feb. 9, 1777. 175 AZARIAH ALLEN5, baptized in Manchester May 24, 1741, lived there. He married Sarah Leach of Manchester (published Dec. 27, 1760); and was lost at sea in 1777. She died April 18, 1831, aged ninety-four. Children, born in Manchester :— 298-1. SARAH, b. Dec. 26, 1761; m. Samuel 299-II. AZARIAH, b. May 12, 1763. WILLIAMR, b. Dec. 4, 1766. See below (310). RUTH, b. Aug. 26, 1769; m. Thomas Lee of Manchester April 21, 1791; and was living in 1819. 312-VI. PRISCILLA, b. Oct. 5, 1772; m. David Crafts of Manchester Nov. 29, 1792. 313-VII. ANNA, b. May 4, 1775; m. Joseph Day, jr., of Manchester Aug. 12, 1798; and was living in 1819. 314-VIII. LUCY", bapt. Nov. 5, 1776; d. Sept. ISAAC ALLENS, born in Manchester Feb. 6, 1758. He was a mariner; and lived in Manchester. He married, first, Rebecca Tewksbury of Manchester March 30, 1779. She died Sept. 10, 1807; and he married, second, Mary Foster, widow of Thomas Wells, Jan. 12, 1808. He served in the Revolution, for seventeen months as a private in the Massachusetts troops, and for eight months as a seaman on the transport schooner Endeavor. Mr. Allen died Sept. 26, 1841, aged eightyfour; and she died Feb. 1, 1843, aged eighty-two. Children, born in Manchester :324-I. 325-II. -- REBECCA, b. Feb. 24, 1780; m. William Tuck April 28, 1805; and d. in Lynn. SARAH, b. Oct. 16, 1781: m. John Woodbury of Lynn Sept. 14, 1802; and d. in Lynn May 6, 1835. He d. at Roxbury, 1876. 326-III. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 14, 1783; m. Seth Dodge of Beverly Sept. 10, 1810; and d. Oct. 16, 1862. He d. May 4, 1873. 327-IV. ANNIS, b. Dec. 25, 1785; m. Isaac 328-v. Galloup of Beverly Oct. 4, 1807; 329-VI. JAcor®, b. Aug. 20, 1789; m. Lucy Galloup of Wenham Jan. 29, 1809; had fourteen children; clergyman; lived in Beverly, Wenham and Lynn, Mass., in Cavendish, Vt., and in Ticonderoga and Elizabethtown, N. Y. He d. Aug. 2, 1852; and she d. April 9, 1871, aged eighty. 330-VII. AMOS, b. Aug. 18, 1792; d. Aug. 19, 1795. 331-VIII. Lucy, b. April 28, 1795; d. June 1, 1797. 332-IX. LUCY", b. June 27, 1797; m. James Austin of Salem Nov. 6, 1829; and d. at Lynn. 191 DEA. NATHAN ALLENS, born in Manchester July 25, 1768. He was a housewright; and lived in Manchester, on the farm of his father, which he gave to Nathan. He was deacon of the church for about thirty years. He married Elizabeth Perry of Manchester July 5, 1792; and died July 21, 1837. She died Feb. 26, 1856, aged seventy-seven. Children, born in Manchester ::333-I. NATHAN, b. Jan. 13, 1794; m. Lucy Story Allen (425) Feb. 8, 1817; and had five children. He d. Nov. 9, 1826; and she m., secondly, Capt. Benjamin Leach Jan. 7, 1830. 334-II. JOHN PERRY, b. April 12, 1795; lived in Manchester; m. Ruth Allen (421) Nov. 28, 1816; and d. Jan. 30, 1875, aged seventy-nine. She d. June 13, 1875. They had five children. 335-III. ENOCH, b. May 24, 1797; deacon; lived in Manchester; m., first, Susan Marsten June 10, 1824. She d. Nov. 4, 1826; and he m., second, Eliza Peabody of Bradford. She d. July 16, 1833; and he m., third, Abigail W. Rogers of Maine June 17, 1834. He had three children; and d. July 8, 1842. MEHITABLE®, b. May 30, 1799; m., first, Daniel Allen Dec. 23, 1824; and, second, Joseph Allen July 4, 1832. 336-IV. 337-V. ELIZABETH", b. Feb. 25, 1801; m. John Peabody of Bradford Jan. 14, 1840; and d. March 25, 1876. and d. Nov. 23, 1844. He d. Oct. 338-vi. FOSTER, b. April 26, 1803; m. Sally 4, 1862. ISAAC, b. Feb. 28, 1788; d. March 9, 1790. Dodge Dec. 2, 1824; and had no children. She d. May 24, 1838; and he d. March 21, 1839. 339-VII. MARY, b. Oct. 6, 1806; m. Obed Carter, 2d, Nov. 17, 1825; and d. Aug. 7, 1876, having had no children. 340-VIII. Jacob, b. Sept. 11, 1808; m. Hannah Marsten Nov. 17, 1831; and d., childless, March 1, 1835. She d. Feb. 19, 1851. 341-IX. NAOMI, b. Nov. 10, 1810; d. Nov. 18, 1810. 342-X. ISRAEL, b. Aug. 14, 1812; m. Maria Driver Sept. 25, 1834; and died in California July 29, 1850. She d. Oct. 2, 1858. They had six children. 192 JOHN ALLEN5, born in Manchester Aug. 27, 1746. He was a mariner; and lived in Manchester. He married Ruth Lee of Manchester April 19, 1768. Children, born in Manchester :343-I. JOHN, b. Sept. 13, 1769; d. Dec. 16, 1769. 344-II. JOHN, b. Jan. 5, 1771; d. Dec. 23, 1771. 345-III. RUTH", b. June 18, 1772. ETHAN, b. Aug. 30, 1777. 346-IV. DAVID, b. Aug. 30, 1774. 347-V. 348-VI. LYDIA®, b. Jan. 7, 1780. 349-VII. ELIZABETH", b. Feb. 21, 1782. 361-111. 362-IV. NATHANIEL', b. May 14, 1795; d. Sept. 7, 1814. SAMUEL', b. Feb. 7, 1799; m. Nabby Smith of Beverly; and d. May 24, 1874, aged seventy-five. They had ten children. LYDIA', b. Dec. 18, 1801; d. April - 1818. BENJAMIN, b. April 8, 1803 (?); m. Esther W. Caldwell of Ipswich; and had seven children. She d. April 14, 1869; and he died March 12, 1872. 209 AMBROSE ALLEN, born in Manchester March 17, 1746-7. He lived in Manchester; and married Hannah Lee of Manchester Dec. 24, 1767. : Children, born in Manchester :AMBROSE', b. Oct. 25, 1767. 365-1. 366-II. HANNAH', b. Aug. 17, 1770; proba-bly m. Capt. Ezekiel Leach of Manchester (pub. June 9, 1793). 214 WILLIAM ALLEN, born in Manchester Dec. 3, 1752. He was a mariner, and lived in Manchester. He married, first, Anne Lee of Gloucester Oct. 3, 1776; and, second, Sally Edwards of Manches |