Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog
Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog
CUDWORTH. GEN. JAMES CUDWOETH. Little is known of the early history of this most excellent man. It is probable that he came to Boston in 1632, with his friend, Mr. Hatherly, in the ship Charles, from London. In September 1634, he was a householder in Scituate, and a freeman of the colony of New Plymouth. His house was one of the nine first built in that town, and is described as a "small, plaine, palizadoe house." This he sold to Goodman Ensign, and in 1636 built on his lot near the bridge at the harbor. Mr. Cudworth and his wife joined Mr. Lothrop's church Jan. 18, 1634-5, and till the meeting-house was completed, in November 1636, the congregation frequently met on the Sabbath, and on other special occasions, to worship in his "small, plaine, palizadoe house." In 1636 he was a member of the Committee appointed by the Court, to revise the Colonial laws ; in 1637 he was constable of Scituate; and .Jan. 22, 1638-9, one of the grantees of the lands in Sippican, where Mr. Lothrop and a portion of his church then proposed to remove. In 1640* he removed to Barnstable, and was elected that year a deputy to the Colony Court. In the list of Deputies at the June term his name is underscored, and that of jMr. Thomas Dimmock written against it. In a subsequent entry in the same record it is stated that Mr. Cudworth was then an inhabitant of Scituate, and if so, was not eligible as a member from Barnstable, and therefore Mr. Dimmock was elected in his place. It is probable that Mr. Cudworth came to Barubtable in the Spring of 1640 ; but did not become a permanent resident *Mr. Freeman says he came to Barnstable in 1639 ; Mr. Deane says in 1642. The latter is certainly wrong, and after a careful examination of the records, I find no positive evidence that Mr. Freeman is in the right. He certainly did not come in May, 1639, with Messrs. Hull and Dimmock, and I find no evidence tliat he came in the following October with Mr. Lothrop. Some difference ^ about this time, had arisen between him and his friend Hatherly, and in the entry on the court orders, June 2, 1640, it is distinctly stated that he was then of Scituate, therefore could not have been of Barnstable at that date, though he was considered one of the proprietors.
I Barnstable, GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 253 ^ till the autumn of that year. Mr. Cudworth's name appears only once on the records of the town of Barnstable now preserved. It occurs on the list of townsmen and proprietors dated Jan. 1643-4, and its position thereon, indicates that he resided in the vicinity of Coggin's Pond. In the church records he is named as of Barnstable April 18, 1641, March 28, 1642, and June 24, 1644. He conveyed, by deed, his second house and lot in Scituate, to Thomas Ensign, June 8, 1642. In that deed he is styled "gentleman of Barnstable," Jan. 4, 1641-2, he is called an inhabitant of though at that date he was absent from town. In 1642, Mr. Cudworth was again elected a deputy to the June court from Barnstable, and his name was again underscored, and Mr. Thomas Dimmocli's written against it. The fact that Barnstable was entitled to only two deputies at thfe June terms in 1640 and in 1642, and that Anthony Annable and Mr. Dimmock served at those terms, seems to make it certain that Mr. Cudworth was sick, or absent from the town at the terms named. In Aug. 1643, a return was made of all in the colony "able to bear arms." JMr. Cudworth's name appears on the return that from Scituate. On the former it is on the latter. from Barnstable, and on crossed out, and retained These few isolated facts are all that the records furnish relative to Mr Cudworth's residence in Barnstable. The records of the laying out of the lands at the time of the settlement, being lost, nothing is known respecting his lands in Barnstable. By a municipal regulation, an inhabitant removing from town, was obliged to offer his lands to the other inhabitants, before he could legally sell to a stranger. In such cases a memorandum of the transfer was made on the proprietor's records now lost.t Mr. Hathway, in his deed to the Conihasset Partners, Dec. 1, 1646, styles him a"salter," that is, one who makes or sells salt, and this fact, perhaps, explains the uncertainty of his place of residence from 1639 to 1646. He had a salt work at Scituate, which it does not appear that he sold on his removal to Barn- stable. This required his attention at certain seasons of the j'ear, and explains why he was so often absent from Barnstable. A salt work was erected in Barnstable very early, on the point of land on the west of the entrance of Rendevous Creek, still known t Thomas Bird, Byrd, or Bourd, was at this time a resident in Barnstable, and a servant of Mr. Cudworth. His father, also named Thomas, was one of the earliest settlers in Scituate, and a freeman in 1633. There was a man of the same name at Hartford, and another iit Dorchester, one of whom was perhaps the same who was at Barnstable. As Thomas Bird resided only a short time in Barnstable, I have not taken the trouble to investigate his history. In a notice of the criminal calendar of Barnstable, nnder the title of Casely, I 'perhaps ought to have mentioned the crime of Bird. In Jan. 1641-2, for running away irom his master and breaking into one or more houses in Barnstable, and stealing therefrom "apparel and victuals," he was sentenced to be whipt, once in Barnstable and once in Plymouth. His father settled with iv^r Cudworth for the tijne Thomas had to serve, and the young man was released from the messenger's hands, though not absolved from the punishment of his crimes. He afterwards resided in Scituate.
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CUDWORTH.<br />
GEN. JAMES CUDWOETH.<br />
Little is known <strong>of</strong> the early history <strong>of</strong> this most excellent<br />
man. It is probable that he came to Boston in 1632, with his<br />
friend, Mr. Hatherly, in the ship Charles, from London. In<br />
September 1634, he was a householder in Scituate, and a freeman<br />
<strong>of</strong> the colony <strong>of</strong> New Plymouth. His house was one <strong>of</strong> the nine<br />
first built in that town, and is described as a "small, plaine,<br />
palizadoe house." This he sold to Goodman Ensign, and in 1636<br />
built on his lot near the bridge at the harbor.<br />
Mr. Cudworth and his wife joined Mr. Lothrop's church Jan.<br />
18, 1634-5, and till the meeting-house was completed, in November<br />
1636, the congregation frequently met on the Sabbath, and on<br />
other special occasions, to worship in his "small, plaine, palizadoe<br />
house."<br />
In 1636 he was a member <strong>of</strong> the Committee appointed by the<br />
Court, to revise the Colonial laws ; in 1637 he was constable <strong>of</strong><br />
Scituate; and .Jan. 22, 1638-9, one <strong>of</strong> the grantees <strong>of</strong> the lands<br />
in Sippican, where Mr. Lothrop and a portion <strong>of</strong> his church then<br />
proposed to remove. In 1640* he removed to <strong>Barnstable</strong>, and<br />
was elected that year a deputy to the Colony Court. In the list<br />
<strong>of</strong> Deputies at the June term his name is underscored, and that<br />
<strong>of</strong> jMr. Thomas Dimmock written against it. In a subsequent<br />
entry in the same record it is stated that Mr. Cudworth was then<br />
an inhabitant <strong>of</strong> Scituate, and if so, was not eligible as a member<br />
from <strong>Barnstable</strong>, and therefore Mr. Dimmock was elected in his<br />
place. It is probable that Mr. Cudworth came to Barubtable<br />
in the Spring <strong>of</strong> 1640 ; but did not become a permanent resident<br />
*Mr. Freeman says he came to <strong>Barnstable</strong> in 1639 ; Mr. Deane says in 1642. The latter<br />
is certainly wrong, and after a careful examination <strong>of</strong> the records, I find no positive evidence<br />
that Mr. Freeman is in the right. He certainly did not come in May, 1639, with<br />
Messrs. Hull and Dimmock, and I find no evidence tliat he came in the following October<br />
with Mr. Lothrop. Some difference ^ about this time, had arisen between him and his<br />
friend Hatherly, and in the entry on the court orders, June 2, 1640, it is distinctly stated<br />
that he was then <strong>of</strong> Scituate, therefore could not have been <strong>of</strong> <strong>Barnstable</strong> at that date,<br />
though he was considered one <strong>of</strong> the proprietors.