Notes for Josiah Stanborough: (Source: The Early History of Southampton, L.I., New York, With Genealogies, by George Rogers Howell, M.A., published by Weed, Parsons and Company in 1887.)
Josiah Stansborough was an inhabitant of Lynn, MA in 1637, in Southampton in 1644, as his name is on the whaling list of March 7 of that year, and was made freeman in this town Sept. 7, 1647, having had the apparently customary trial of three years' residence before attaining the right to vote and hold office. In 1658 he had a residence in Sagg. The title of Mr. is attached to his name on the records.
Josiah d. in Sagg 1661, m. a 2nd w. Alice, widow of Thomas Wheeler, and had ch. 2 Peregrine b. 1640, 3 Mary, 4 Sarah, 5 Josiah and four other young ch. in 1661, when he made his will - these four may have been the ch. of Mrs. Stansborough by her first husband.
RECORDS: From, Refugees Long Island to Connecticut - Soper - Starr, comes the following: "Stanborough-The first to Southampton, in 1644, was Josiah, who was at Lynn, Mass., in 1736. He married Alice, Wid. of Thomas Wheeler; d. at Sagg, in 1661. "
A historical accounting of Josiah Stanborough, son of William S. Stanborowe of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire,England. Josiah, planter, Lynn (Massachusetts)propr. 1735 Rem. To Southampton, L.I. (Wife, Frances, Dau. of Henry Cransden or Gransden, of Tun-bridge, Eng., sued his widow for her patrimony 27 (7) 163. {L.} He gave letter of attorney 15 (9) 1647 to Hez. (Hezekiah) Usher of Boston regarding a house at Banbury, Eng. Beq. To him by his father William Stanbrough, late of Cannons Ashbie, Northamptonshire. {A.} Josiah Stanborough of ynn in N.E. and wife Frances, one of seven daughters of Henry Gransden of Tunridge, co. Kent, appoint Richard Young of London their attorney to obtain ther part of his lands. Copy of the distribution of the land in Lynn, in 1638, pper addressed "For William Langlye": To ye right honr. Lord Josias Stanboughro, 100 acres. Essex County (Massachusetts) Court Records: communicated by A.. Goodell, Anno 1639, "Thomas Couldham of Lynn pl ag Thomas Seire of Lynn defin an aco of trepas. test. Josias Stanborough & Boniface Burton Jury find for def 4s (shillings) damages of ye 2 witnesses. & 4s csts of Court." Long Island Early Affairs, ps. 129-131, (communicated by G. R. Howell, of Southampton, .I.)
Excerpts from 'The disposal of the Vessell',(ed.note: agreement) March 10, 1639 "In Consideraion that Edward Howell hath disbursed 15lb and Edmond Farrington 10 lb, Josia Stanborough 5lb,, George Webbe 10lb, Job Sayre 5lb, Edmond Needham 5lb, Henr Walton 10lb, Thomas Sayre 5lb, Itt is Agreede upon that wee the forenamed unertakers haue disposed of our seuerall pts of our vessell to Haniell How." "And that the vessell shall be reddy at the Towne of Lynne to Transport such goods as the Afforesaid undertakers shall Appoint. That is to say, three tymes i the yeare." "Forasmuch as wee Edward Howell, Edmond Farrington, Edmond Needam Daniell How, Josias Stanborough, Thomas Sairs, Job Sairs, George Webbe and Henry Walton & Thomas Halsey, Allen Breade, William Harker haue disbursed fourscore pounds ffor the settinge fforeward A Plantacon and in regard 2ee haue taken upon us to transporte at our own prop' costs and chares all such p'sons as shall goe at the first voyage whenn those of or Company that are chosen there unto shall go upon Discovery and search and to beginne and settle a Plantacon, and furthermore in regarde all such p'sons soe goeing upon or accompt haue in or vessell the ffreedome of halfe a Tunne of goods a person, it is thought mete that wee the forenamed undertakers should not at any tyme nor tymes hereafter be lyable to any rates taxes or Impositions nor be putt upon any fenceings building sof meetinge house, erecting fortifications, causes or reasons whatoever dureing the tyme of or discontinuance in or Intended Plantacon except y in the fencein gin of planting Lotts euery man shall (with his neighbore) fence or cause to be fenced by the first day of Aprill weh shall 1741." "Lastly wee the said undertakers testify by these presents in or admittinge of Inhabitants to our Intended Plantacon that wee without any kinde of reservation leave euery man ffree to choose and Determine all causes and controverseys arbitrar among themselves, and that whensoever it shall please teh Lord & he shall see it good to adde to us such men as shall be fitt matter for a church that the wee will in that time lay ourselves downe befoe ye Constitutes thereof either to bee or not to be receaved as members thereof accordinge as they shall Discerne the worke of God to be in our hearts." Edward Howell Ye marke of Edmund Needham Edmond Farrington John Josiah Stanborough Daniell How Cooper Henr Walton Job Sayre Allen Bread George Webbe William Harker Thomas Halsey The marke of Phillip ...... Thomas + Newe l Nathaniel ...... John Farrington Thomas Padington Ye mark of Thom Terry Richard (.) (.) Yatt Note: T NOTE: The above was the 'vessell' or agreement signed by the above 8 undertakers, or founders of Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. The 'Plantacon' they referred to in their agreement, was the soon to be new village of Southampton.
RECORDS: From, Refugees Long Island to Connecticut - Soper - Starr, comes the following: "Stanborough-The first to Southampton, in 1644, was Josiah, who was at Lynn, Mass., in 1736. He married Alice, Wid. of Thomas Wheeler; d. at Sagg, in 1661. "
RECORDS: From, History of The Town of Southampton, comes the following excerpts: "The names of those who did much for the development of the colony, of Capt. Topping, of Josias Stanborough, who founded Sagg, of John Ogden, who founded North Sea, and of others will appear in the next chapter, but the brief sketches of the three given above suffice to show what manner of men they wee who landed on these shores in 1640 and bore the burden of those first hard years. As has already been stated, New England was settled by groups, frequently bound together by ties of blood, of friendship, of neighborhood before emigration, or of other sorts, but to all such bonds as may thus have united them, there was always added here the futher one of common ownership of the soil." "How closely Southampton followed the general New England model may be sen by reference to the agreement made between the original undertakers (the vessell) in which are found strict provisions ocncerning the size and disposition of house lots, planting lots, meadow and commonage." "Each settlement in the earliest days was to a marked degree self sustaining, but that very fact would cause an inconveniently large increase in its population to become a seriously disturbng economic factor, and, through various reasons have been assigned for the departure from Lynn, Mass. in 1640 of the little band who came here and settled the Town of Southampton, I do no think that we need look beyond the economic conditions of the time. The land within the bounds of Lynn was limited, and so far from expansion being possible, other villages wee approaching its boundaries." "The first important offshoot of the original community was the planting of North Sea in 1650, two years after the permanent location of Southampton village on its present site and ten years after its first founding. During that decade there had been numerous additions to the number of settlers, Josias Stanborough and others having followed the first comers from Lynn and an important group having come from Hempstead, probably following the Rev. Robert Fordham upon his removal hither form that place of which he had been one of the founders." Undeterred, however, by the constant danger of savage foes, the little settlement continued to push on and extend its limits, and in January 1653 {1654 N.S.} there was made the 'Division of lande called Sagaponack', the land so laid out extending from Flyin gPoint to the East Hampton boundary line and lying mainly between Mecox Road, Fairfield and Bridge Lanes on the north and the ocean on the south. On this large tract, undoubtedly the first settlement was made at Sagg, and while the exact dae is open to some question I believe it to have been in May 1656, and that Josias Stanborough, who had purchased large amounts of land there in addition to his original allotment, was the first settler. The facts are these. After having bought much land (T.R., I, 133 et seq) he sold his home in Southampton, May, 1656 (Ibid, p.135). The entry (East Hampton boundary dispute, Ibid, p.116) proves his living in Sagg Mar., 1658 {1659}. An entry in E.H. T. R., I, 127, Feb. 18, 1657 {1658} quotes Barnes who 'Declareth yt he beinge at Saggaponack at Mr. Stanbarows in the Spring time; at yt did Mr. Stanbarow did speak unto my mother-in-law,' &c. This was the spring of 1657, N.S. All this clearly points to 1656 as the date of settlement. His house stood at the south end of Sagg Main St., on what is still known to-day as the 'STANBOROUGH LOT'. The old burying ground is probably nearly as old as the settlement, for in his will dated July 6, 1661 (proved Sept. 3) Stanborough gave his 'body to bee buried at Sagaponack by my former wife' which indicates a burial prior to that date although the oldest stone now decipherable is that of John Topping, 1686. As the earliest houses were on the three sides of the lower end of the Main Street, the burying ground was right in the middle of them, which was frequently the case in that day from fear that the Indians might disinter and desecrate the dead unless proteced by proximity to the living."
RECORDS: From, Records: Town of Southampton, page 55, comes the following: "Page 63. A List of the perfect freemen inhabiting this Towne of Southampton March 8 1649", includes the name of "Iosiah (Josiah) Stanborough." And also, "A list of all the townsmen May 10 1649", includes the name of "Iosiah Stanborough".
RECORDS: The following is the Will of Josiah Stanborough:
RECORDS: "In the name of God, amen, I josiah Stanborough being sick in body but in perfect memory Doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament this 6th of July 1661. First I give my soul to Almighty God, and my body to be burried at Sagaponack by my former wife. I appoint my son Peregrine sole executor. I give my wife Alce 1-3 of my land at Sagaponack within the fence, provided she maintain 1-3 of the fence, and after her Death the land and the fence to return to my son Peregrine. I bequeath to my wife Alce 12 head of Cow cattell proportionably old and young, and 20 sheep. I bequeath to my Dawter Sarah 12 head of cow cattle (those which she caluclates her own to be part of them) also 20 sheep. I bequeath to my Dawter Mary 10 cattle and 20 sheep. I give my son Josiah 10 head of cattle, and 20 sheep. I give my wife Alce my horse on which I used to ride. I give my Daughter Sarah my old mare. And to my Daghter Mary a filly about 3 years old. I give my son Josiah my young horse lately gelt. I give to my son Josiah all my land at Sagaponack with out the fence. I give my children Sarah Mary and Josiah 18 parcels of pot ware. I give my wife Alce 6 parcels of pot ware, now in use in the House. I give my Daughter Sarah one feather bed and bowlster and a pair of blankets that are to come from the waevers, and 50lbs. of wool. I give my Daughter Mary a feather bed, boulster, and pair of blankets. I give my Daughter Mary a piece of stuff greene grogram to make her a gowne. I give my wife Alce 3 yards of broad cloth. I give my Daughter Sarah 12 yards of black grogram to make her a gowne. I give to my Daughter Mary two pieces of red peniston to make her a petty coat. I give to Josiah soe much yellow cotton as will make his two waist coats. I give him half my wearing lclothes. I give my 4 youngest children each a bar of iron. I give the poor of Southampton 5l. I give my wife Alce at her request a bed made of hemp with boulster. I give my 2 Daughters each 2 pais of sheets, and my wife is to yield up her right to the land of Goodman Jessup hee bought of mee. I Doe appoint my wife and children to live together and to be supplied with corn for provisions, and seed out of the stock. Unto the truth of the premises wee are eye and ear witnesses"
RECORDS: THO. Topping John Copper Jr
RECORDS: From Records: Town of Southampton, page10-11, comes the following: 'At the quarter Court Sept. 3 1661 the aforesaid Will being produced, it was proved by the above said Iohn Cooper Jr who did depose to the truth of every particular bequest expressed in the said Will, and by Capt. Thomas Topping who deposed alsoe as before except only the beequest of the yellow cotton to Mr Stansborouh his son Iosiah, and halfe his wearing clothes; and 4 barres of iron. At the said Cort Peregrine Stanborough who is executor of the afore said Will had oath administered to him to birng in a true inventory of the estate. An inventory of the estae of the late deceased Mr. Iosiah Stanborough as folloueth
RECORDS: lbs s d 16 cowes 64 00 00 2 old oxen 16 00 00 4 young oxen 21 00 00 8 steers come 4 years old 44 00 00 7 steers & 2 heifer cows 3 years old 38 10 00 3 steers & 2 heifers come 2 years old 15 10 00 13 calves 13 00 00 150 sheep 70 00 00 12 hogs 10 00 00 A goat 00 06 08 a mare and horse 21 00 00 a bay mare & filly 20 00 00 the old horse 10 00 00 the young horse 09 00 00 the hay and wheat 22 00 00 3 acres of Indian corne 05 00 00 6 little iron pots 02 08 00 4 pots 02 12 00 5 iron kettles 01 10 00 6 skillets 01 10 00 4 mortars 14 s 4 pots 4 lbs is 04 14 00 2 iron kettles 02 10 00 5 barres of iron 03 10 00 wheels and old iron and other lumber 05 00 00 4 iron pots 02 15 00 iron ware sold to East hampton 11 10 05 broad ax Iack and other tools 01 15 00 hookes 02 10 00 92 lbs of wool 06 00 00 6 pair of sheets 06 00 00 a bed & 2 rugs 03 00 00 bed tick and pair of blankets 03 06 00 a fether bed and bolster and } some other old bedding { 03 10 00 wearing clothes 08 00 00 2 hats broad cloth kersey and stuff 08 00 00 2 peeces of stuff 07 14 00 a piece of broad cloth 03 00 00 a gun sword & pistol 03 00 00 2 chests and boxes 01 00 00 a table & 10 barrels 01 10 00 (Page 15.) pewter and some other things 01 10 00 a grind stone & pails 00 10 80 a firkin of butter 01 08 00 the howse land and accommodations 150 00 00 4 brass kettles, a fring pan a tramell} and 2 pair of pot hooks { 06 00 00 buttons silke cardes. a remnant} of cotton and other lumber { 02 10 00 a fether bed, 2 bolsters and a } blanket and 2 pillows { 05 00 00 a winnow sheet, and woolen yarn } and some other things 01 10 00
More About Josiah Stanborough: Burial: Unknown, Sagaponack, L.I., NY.1098 Residence 1: 1644, Southampton, L.I. NY.1099 Residence 2: 1657, Sagg, LI, NY.1100 Will: 1661, Named 8 children.1101
More About Josiah Stanborough and Frances Gransden: Marriage 1: 1636, St. Giles in the field, London England.1102, 1103, 1104 Marriage 2: 1637, St. Giles.1105, 1106, 1107
Children of Josiah Stanborough and Frances Gransden are:
Josiah Stanborough (b. 1600, d. 1661)
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