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- TORREY SPELLS HIS LAST NAME AS WICKIN (ERROR)
Four sons; Five daughters
DOCUMENTATION
MARRIAGE: Source - Torrey, Clarence Almon, "New England Marriages Prior to
1700, page 813. Difficult to tell if date is 3 or 8.
Andrew owned a large estate on the east side of Great Bay , and was one of
the "big men" of Exeter
He received, as a wedding gift from his parents, all the land known as Squamscot, being about three square miles. This is now the town of Stratham, NH.
! ! MARRIAGE: 974 D2s Vol.1 Genealogical Dictionary of 1st Settlers of New England by Savage ! SEALED TO SPOUSE: {Hannah Bradstreet} IGi 1994 Edition, Film # 184779. ! RELATIONSHIP: Patron, H. Reed Black, is 7th G G Nephew-in-Law.
New Hampshire Genealogical and Historical Register pg 1621
In 1633 Andrew received as a wedding present from his paren ts all the lands known of "Squamscott", about 3 square mile s, a town now known as Stratham, NH. Upon the death of hi s father-in-law, Simon Bradstreet, Jr., Andrew received "al l that debt which is owes me, 50 pounds.
!BIRTH: NEHGSR, Oct 1854, DESCENDANTS OF GOV. BRADSTREET, p 324. Kinship Chronicle, vol iv, #3, Sep: WIGGIN...FAMILIES: LINCOLN, Alexander: p 58. !CHRISTENING: Hampton, NH-VR, p 4. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF HAMPTON, NH: DOW, Joseph: p 1042. THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS, vol iii: ANDERSON, Robert Charles: 1996, p 1983. !DEATH: Kinship Chronicle, vol iv, #3, Sep: WIGGIN...FAMILIES: LINCOLN, Alexander: p 57. !MARRRIAGE: Hampton, NH-VR, p 73. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF HAMPTON, NH: DOW, Joseph: p 1042. Kinship Chronicle, vol iv, #3, Sep: WIGGIN...FAMILIES: LINCOLN, Alexander: p 57. This reference records their marriage 3 Jun 1659, in Andover, MA. THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS, vol iii: ANDERSON, Robert Charles: 1996, p 1943. Married BRADSTREET, Ann (Hannah), 11 Jun 1659, Hampton, Rockingham, NH. They had 9 children, most born in Squamscott and most recorded in Hampton, NH, vital records. He was a useful and highly esteemed citizen, though not much engaged in public life. They settled in Squamscott (Stratham). Ann (Hannah) was the daughter of Gov. Simon BRADSTREET of Massachusetts. Andrew received by deed from his father, Thomas, "in consideration of his late marriage with Hannah, daughter of Simon BRADSTREET, of Andover, Esquire," all their land in Quamscot, being about three miles square. By deed dated 10 Jul 1707, he gave land to his son Simon in consideration of an annuity. He sold land to his brother, Thomas. By will he gave the homestead to his son Jonathan and other land to his sons Simon, Andrew and Bradford, his daughter, Abigail FRENCH, and to his grandson, Samuel Wentworth. In the Greenwood Cemetery in Stratham there ia a prominent shaft in the center of the lot erected in honor of Andrew by a namesake in 1886.
Father Gov. Thomas Wiggin of Dover, NH; Mother, Catharine ? Massachusetts Bay Colony. Great Migration notes give marriage date 11Jun 1659 Father Gov. Thomas Wiggin of Dover, NH; Mother, Catharine ? Massachusetts Bay Colony. Great Migration notes give marriage date 11Jun 1659
! Information from the book The Gilman Family found in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Ut # 929.273 G42g page 233
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1641 - 1708 (66 years)