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Sgt. Theophilus Witherell

Sgt. Theophilus Witherell

Male Abt 1637 - Bef 1702  (65 years)


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  • Name Theophilus Witherell 
    Prefix Sgt. 
    Birth Abt 1637  Scituate, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 6 Jan 1702  Scituate, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20569  Cecilie Family
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2002 

    Father William Witherell,   b. 1600   d. 9 Apr 1685, Scituate, Mass. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Mary Fisher,   b. 17 Apr 1604, Boughton, Monchelsea, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1684 (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 26 Mar 1627  Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5894  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 



    • married Mary Parker in 1675, then had 6 children. His place of residence was on the west of Dead Swamp, and he build the first house there. He was a "Serjeant" in the "Narragansett Fight"

       
      His name appears on the "list of the freeman of the Jurisdiction of New Plymouth, Anno Dom 1675" from Plymouth. With Thomas Clapp, Thomas King (two of his neighbors living near the north river in Scituate), Ephraim Little, and John Rogers of Marshfield, MA. he was engaged in trade with the West Indies, using Clapp's 40 ton bark, The Adventure, and this gave impetus to the shipbuilding trade which later developed on that estuary. Theophilus served as sergeant under Capt. Michael Peirce during the storming of the fort in the Narraganset Swamp fight in Rhode Island, Dec 19, 1675, and was severely wounded, and remained crippled for the rest of his life. For this he was Later allowed 60 pounds silver money on Oct 30, 1678. He later resided on the west side of Dead Swamp in Middleborough, MA where he built the first house on the property that was in 1831 owned by Lot Litchfield. He was admitted freeman of Scituate, June 1, 1689. In his will, dated Jan 2, 1702/3, he names his wife Lydia as executrix, and leaves his house and land to her and his daughters. His will was probated Jan 6, 1702/3.
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