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Samuel Nowell

Birth
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
Sep 1688 (aged 53)
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Burial
London Borough of Islington, Greater London, England Add to Map
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‡ Samuel, Charlestown, eldest surv s. of Increase, a preach. but never a sett. min. was chaplain in Philip's war, both on Conn. riv. and in the gr. Narraganset fight, where his bravery is much applaud. in Magn. VII. cap. 6, sec. 10, and Mather wishes us to suppose, that he used other than spiritual weapons; freem. 1677, Assist. 1680, and in Oct. 1685, chos. Treasr. of the Col. from wh. the royal commiss. to Dudley next yr. reliev. him; went to Eng. to act with Mather at Court, in favor of the country, but d. at London, in Sept. 1688. His wid. Mary, by wh. he had no ch. d. 14 Aug. 1693. She was d. of William Alford, and was first w. of Peter Butler, third w. of Hezekiah Usher, and first of N.

- A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New Enland, Vol. III

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Samuel Nowell, M. A., born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, 12 November, 1634, was son of Increase Nowell,1 whose wife, Parnell, was daughter of _____ Gray and his wife Catharine Myles, subsequently wife and widow of Rowland Coytemore. ...

December 7, 1687, Nowell sailed for England, where he joined Increase Mather in a remonstrance against the encroachments on New England rights.

He died in London between 30 August and 29 September, 1688. The invitation to Increase Mather to attend the funeral is in these words: "Reuerend Sr, - You are desired to accompany the Corps of Mr. Samuell Nowell, minister of the Gospell, of Eminent Note in New England, deceased, from Mr. Quicks meating place in Barthlomew Close, on Thursday next, at Two of the Clock in the afternoon p'cisely, to the new burying place by the Artillery ground."

Nowell had no children. His wife, Mary, was daughter of William Alford. After the decease of Peter Butler, her first husband, she became the third wife of Hezekiah Usher, who dying May, 1676, she married Nowell, died at Charlestown 14 August, 1693, and was laid in Usher's tomb.

- Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, Vol. I

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By Mr. John Phillips's Letr to Mr. I. Mather,* it seems as if Mr. Nowell died befo 7br 29, 1688, & by sd Nowell's Bond to Mr. Stephen Mason it appears that Mr. Nowell was alive on Aug. 30, 1688. - [Prince.]

- The Mather Papers (Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. VIII, Fourth Series)SAMUEL, 4th known child of Increase Nowell, was born at Charlestown 12 November 1634; baptized at Charlestown 22 November 1634; Harvard 1653. He married after 1676 Mary (Alford) (Butler) Usher, daughter of William Alford and widow of Peter Butler and Hezekiah Usher.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
‡ Samuel, Charlestown, eldest surv s. of Increase, a preach. but never a sett. min. was chaplain in Philip's war, both on Conn. riv. and in the gr. Narraganset fight, where his bravery is much applaud. in Magn. VII. cap. 6, sec. 10, and Mather wishes us to suppose, that he used other than spiritual weapons; freem. 1677, Assist. 1680, and in Oct. 1685, chos. Treasr. of the Col. from wh. the royal commiss. to Dudley next yr. reliev. him; went to Eng. to act with Mather at Court, in favor of the country, but d. at London, in Sept. 1688. His wid. Mary, by wh. he had no ch. d. 14 Aug. 1693. She was d. of William Alford, and was first w. of Peter Butler, third w. of Hezekiah Usher, and first of N.

- A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New Enland, Vol. III

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Samuel Nowell, M. A., born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, 12 November, 1634, was son of Increase Nowell,1 whose wife, Parnell, was daughter of _____ Gray and his wife Catharine Myles, subsequently wife and widow of Rowland Coytemore. ...

December 7, 1687, Nowell sailed for England, where he joined Increase Mather in a remonstrance against the encroachments on New England rights.

He died in London between 30 August and 29 September, 1688. The invitation to Increase Mather to attend the funeral is in these words: "Reuerend Sr, - You are desired to accompany the Corps of Mr. Samuell Nowell, minister of the Gospell, of Eminent Note in New England, deceased, from Mr. Quicks meating place in Barthlomew Close, on Thursday next, at Two of the Clock in the afternoon p'cisely, to the new burying place by the Artillery ground."

Nowell had no children. His wife, Mary, was daughter of William Alford. After the decease of Peter Butler, her first husband, she became the third wife of Hezekiah Usher, who dying May, 1676, she married Nowell, died at Charlestown 14 August, 1693, and was laid in Usher's tomb.

- Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, Vol. I

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By Mr. John Phillips's Letr to Mr. I. Mather,* it seems as if Mr. Nowell died befo 7br 29, 1688, & by sd Nowell's Bond to Mr. Stephen Mason it appears that Mr. Nowell was alive on Aug. 30, 1688. - [Prince.]

- The Mather Papers (Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. VIII, Fourth Series)SAMUEL, 4th known child of Increase Nowell, was born at Charlestown 12 November 1634; baptized at Charlestown 22 November 1634; Harvard 1653. He married after 1676 Mary (Alford) (Butler) Usher, daughter of William Alford and widow of Peter Butler and Hezekiah Usher.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.


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