Sarah Hart (Endicott) - Sarah Endicott and William Browne and Samuel Hart

Take a look at the exact wording here for will extract of Samuel Smith

https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/423/mode/1up

It's been bothering me, and had me thinking that Sarah (Smith) Browne might indeed have been sister in law to Zerubbabel and not daughter. I was thinking that developing the Browne side might make it clearer.

Also something to keep in mind. A woman could have "acquired" a name by being raised in a relative's household. So Sarah (Smith) Browne could have been younger than Mary (Smith) Endicott and raised in the Endicott house, therefore becoming known as ... The governor's niece.

We would describe the relationship today as "daughter in law's sister.". But that's not the terminology in use in the 17th century.

I am sorry that most of you do not yet have my Spring 2015 edition of Out of the Mist of Times Past.. I can send you electronic copies on request. In it, I have added a footnote that might be of assistance. Sarah Endecott (b. 1673) who married William Browne had a younger sister, Hannah Endecott (b. 1676). Under her entry I added footnote 132 at the bottom of page 38 that states in part the following, " Here is the information on the marriage of Zerubbable Endecott (1664-1706) to Grace Simonds (b. 14 October 1667) along with the children of that marriage. One of the children of this marriage was Methetable Endecott (b. 14 August 1699). She married John Hart (b. 25 March 1703; d.1777). His father, Captain Samuel Hart (b. 9 February 1656; d. 30 December 1703) had also married an Endecott. She was Sarah Endecott who was reputed to be a niece of Governor John Endecott. I am still trying to determine her heritage. The family can be found on page 628, Volume III, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts."

The provenance of Dr. Zerubbabel's chair is also of assistance:

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/leather-great-chair-40900

In keeping with its status as a luxury product, the chair was owned originally by Dr. Zerubbabel Endicott of Salem, Massachusetts, a well-known surgeon and son of John Endicott, who served as deputy governor and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony at various times in the 1640s, 1650s, and 1660s. It is probably one of a set of two great chairs and six side chairs listed in Zerubbabel’s estate inventory. Although the chair has been attributed to a Boston shop for many years, recent research suggests that it was probably made in Salem.

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Provenance

Probably Dr. Zerubabbel Endicott I (1635?-1683)
to his daughter Sarah Endicott (b. 1673?), married Samuel Hart (1656-1730)
to their son, Jonathan Hart (1710-1768?),
to Abigail Hart (1743-1828), married Amos Smith (1724-1798),
to their daughter, Nabby Smith (1765-1849), married Ebenezer Parsons I (1762-1843),
To their son, Ebenezer Parsons II, married Mary Hart (1792-1864),
to their son, Ebenezer Parsons III,
to Starr Parsons (1869-1948),
to Eben Parsons (1896-1969).

Sold to Helen W. Jacques in the 1940's. Museum purchase, Sale, Chester Twiss Auctioneer, Estate of Helen W. Jaques, Wenham, Massachusetts, 26-28 July, 1977.

Just a little more on the Endecott family. Zerubbable Endecott (1664-1706) who married Grace Simonds (1667) was the third son of Dr. Zerubbable Endecott (1635-1684), the second son of Governor John Endecott (1588-1665). The grandson of the Governor, Zerubbable (1664), along with his older brother, Samuel (1659), gave testimony against Mary Bradbury (1615-1700) at the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Zerubbable testified that they saw "Mrs. Bradbury go into her gate and turn the corner just before a blue boar darted out and made one of the horses stumble. They all concluded that it was Mrs. Bradbury that so appeared as a blue boar." Although she was convicted and sentenced to death, the sentence was never carried out. (Essex County Archives for Salem. WITCHCRAFT. Volume 2, 38). If you like reading about the trials, catch the new book by Stacy Schiff, :The Witches, Salem, 1692." This story is briefly mentioned on page 17 and again on pages 293-294. Her sentencing is described on page 335. She was never executed.

The exact text from Pope's Pioneers of Massachusetts about Samuel Smith:

https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/423/mode/1up

Samuel, ae. 32, with wife Elizabeth, ae.
32. and children Samuel, ae. 9, Elizabe1;h, ae.
7, Mary. ae. 4, and Philip, ae. 1, came in the
Elizabeth of Ipswich April 30, 1634. Set-
tled at Salem; frm. Sept. 3, 1G34; propr. 1638.
Rem. to Enon, (Wenham.)

Will dated 5 Oct., prob. 27 (10) 1642. Wife
Sarah; refers to promise made to her at mar-
riage; son William Browne with his sous
William and John; son Thomas Smith, dau.
Mary.

I am thinking the info on Samuel Smith (d 1642) can be interpreted as:

1) before about 1634, Samuel Smith married Elizabeth

2) in 1634, he emigrated with her and their 4 children: Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Philip

3) after 1634 emigration he had at least one more child: Thomas

4) between 1634 and 1642, his wife Elizabeth died, and he re married to Sarah, who survived him

5) Sarah had been previously married to a Mr. Browne, their son William Browne. This is what's referred to here: [Will dated 5 Oct., prob. 27 (10) 1642. Wife Sarah; refers to promise made to her at marriage; son William Browne with his sons William and John; ...]

6) Before 1642 Samuel's children Samuel, Elizabeth & Philip are likely deceased, as they are not referred to in the will

7) my first thought had been that perhaps daughter Elizabeth was the wife of Mr Browne; but she was born about 1627, not really old enough to even have been married in 1642.

8) But Sarah Browne, widow Smith, with a step daughter in law marrying Endicott, could explain some of the confusion of Sarah's.

Thoughts?

Correction

1) before about 1634, Samuel Smith married Elizabeth

Should read:

1) before about 1624 ...

Based on son Samuel, aged 9 in 1634.

Elizabeth would have been 22 in 1634. I thought about a daughter "Sarah Smith" marrying Mr. Browne, but again, the timeline doesn't support a married deceased daughter in 1642.

Here's the actual will:

https://books.google.com/books?id=2yIFAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA3&ots=...

I notice his sons Thomas Smith & William Browne are co executors.

Therefore

- Thomas was born least 1621 to be of age. This suggests a first wife before Elizabeth, and a separate migration for Thomas Smith.

- Is "son Browne" referring to

- - son in law or
- - step son

this William Browne must have been born prior to 1621 also.

https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/424/mode/1up

... There is a Thomas Smith of Wenham, arriving before 1633, wife Grace.

... The Thomas Smith of Wenham arriving 1633 (therefore born before about 1612) could not have been the son of Samuel Smith arriving 1634 at age 32 (therefore born about 1602).

These are two different Samuel's. There is no record in Pope of the arrival of Samuel died 1642 in Wenham, widow Sarah, son Thomas, will supervisor (could be the Thomas arriving 1633); daughter Mary likely unmarried in 1642, therefore not the same mother as Thomas?

Sarah Smith was a widow Browne with at least one grown son in 1642.