He came over in 1637 and became an apprentice of Robert Page. He settled in Hampton, near the Page farm, on the place now known [in 1908] as the De Lancy farm, Hampton. William married Margaret Page, the daughter of his employers, Robert and Lucy Page.
Most of the older publications noted that there were 3 men of the name of Moulton in Hampton, but most of them acknowledged any relationship between them was UNKNOWN. One article, however, “The English Background of Some Early Settlers of Hampton, New Hampshire from Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk, England” by William Haslet Jones placed William as the son of Robert WITHOUT ANY CONVINCING EVIDENCE. This has caused great confusion on many trees.
In a recent article in the NEHGS Register by Myrtle S. Hyde she states, ”there has been an INCREDIBLE FIND by a friend “who found a reference that ‘colonial powers of attorney can sometimes be traced in English records’, citing as an example that ‘William Moulton of Hampton in New England’ sent one to England and in it stated that he had inherited lands in Ormesby, Norfolk, after the death of his father. A request to the Norfolk Record Office in Norwich, England resulted in the acquisition of the mentioned power of attorney, and it is genealogically exciting.
Know all men by these p’sents that I WILLIAM MOULTON of HAMPTON IN NEW ENGLAND have made & constituted Thomas Larrod of Ormsbee in the County of Norfolk in ould England My lawfull aturney: for me & in my name to sell those severall p’sells of ground in ormsby wh’ch is by estimation three akers & one roodd; two akers & a Roodd or ther abought lyeth in the south fild; & the rest in the north fild; & to take for payment therof what he himself shall please ore to exchang it with Symont Maston of ormsbee aforesaid for some grownd he have solne to him here in New England aforesayd by the death of his brother Robert Maston: And I doe hereby give this my lawfull aturny Thomas Larrod full power & athoritie to give deed & state of the aforesaid three akers & a Rood of grownd for me & in my name & allso to receive deed & state in case he should exchang with the sayd Symont Maston; ore by any of him for me; & I shall authorize it as doe by my selfe;n & shall allsoe deliver over my ould deed made unto MY FATHER BENJAMIN MOULTON BY MY GRANDFATHER JOHN MOULTON in case it shall be desired by my sayd aturney; I(n) witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the 13th desemb 1643. (Signed) Willian Moulton” (NEGHS Register, Myrtle S. Hyde, Fellow, Society of American Genealogists)
William died at and was buried near the home he built in New Hampshire. His remains are believed to have been moved to Pine Grove Cemetery at Hampton, New Hampshire. There is no legible stone to mark his or his wife's grave.
Children:
1. Joseph, m. Bethias Swaine.
2. Benjamin, b. circa 1648, m. Hannah Wall, d. 28 Mar 1728
3. Hannah, b. at Hampton, 15 Feb 1652, m. Josiah Sanborn; d. 6 Nov 1687
4. Mary, born 27 Jul 1654
5. Sarah, born 17 Dec 1656, m. 30 Dec 1674, Jonathan Haines of Newbury, Massachusetts
6. Ruth, b. May, 1659, Married Richard Sanborn; she died 3 May 1685.
7. Robert, b. 8 Nov 1661, m. 27 May 1685..
8. William, b. 25 May 1664. He married (1) 27 May 1685 to Abigail Webster, daughter of John Webster, Jr. of Ipswich, Massachusetts. She died 24 Jul 1723. He married (2) Sarah. He owned land in Amesbury and Salisbury. He is called in various records, Weaver, inn holder, trader, merchant. He had a shop near Moulton Hill in Newbury where he made silver buckles and ornaments. His will was dated 12 Oct 1732, and was proved on 30 Oct 1732.
Some of this bio information is from "Some Descendants of John Moulton and William Moulton of Hampton, N. H., 1592-1892", compiled by Augustus F. Moulton. Reprinted by Higginson Book Company.
Additional information was provided by member #47644196, citing "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts” by William Richard Cutter, published in 1908.
Most of the older publications noted that there were 3 men of the name of Moulton in Hampton, but most of them acknowledged any relationship between them was UNKNOWN. One article, however, “The English Background of Some Early Settlers of Hampton, New Hampshire from Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk, England” by William Haslet Jones placed William as the son of Robert WITHOUT ANY CONVINCING EVIDENCE. This has caused great confusion on many trees.
In a recent article in the NEHGS Register by Myrtle S. Hyde she states, ”there has been an INCREDIBLE FIND by a friend “who found a reference that ‘colonial powers of attorney can sometimes be traced in English records’, citing as an example that ‘William Moulton of Hampton in New England’ sent one to England and in it stated that he had inherited lands in Ormesby, Norfolk, after the death of his father. A request to the Norfolk Record Office in Norwich, England resulted in the acquisition of the mentioned power of attorney, and it is genealogically exciting.
Know all men by these p’sents that I WILLIAM MOULTON of HAMPTON IN NEW ENGLAND have made & constituted Thomas Larrod of Ormsbee in the County of Norfolk in ould England My lawfull aturney: for me & in my name to sell those severall p’sells of ground in ormsby wh’ch is by estimation three akers & one roodd; two akers & a Roodd or ther abought lyeth in the south fild; & the rest in the north fild; & to take for payment therof what he himself shall please ore to exchang it with Symont Maston of ormsbee aforesaid for some grownd he have solne to him here in New England aforesayd by the death of his brother Robert Maston: And I doe hereby give this my lawfull aturny Thomas Larrod full power & athoritie to give deed & state of the aforesaid three akers & a Rood of grownd for me & in my name & allso to receive deed & state in case he should exchang with the sayd Symont Maston; ore by any of him for me; & I shall authorize it as doe by my selfe;n & shall allsoe deliver over my ould deed made unto MY FATHER BENJAMIN MOULTON BY MY GRANDFATHER JOHN MOULTON in case it shall be desired by my sayd aturney; I(n) witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the 13th desemb 1643. (Signed) Willian Moulton” (NEGHS Register, Myrtle S. Hyde, Fellow, Society of American Genealogists)
William died at and was buried near the home he built in New Hampshire. His remains are believed to have been moved to Pine Grove Cemetery at Hampton, New Hampshire. There is no legible stone to mark his or his wife's grave.
Children:
1. Joseph, m. Bethias Swaine.
2. Benjamin, b. circa 1648, m. Hannah Wall, d. 28 Mar 1728
3. Hannah, b. at Hampton, 15 Feb 1652, m. Josiah Sanborn; d. 6 Nov 1687
4. Mary, born 27 Jul 1654
5. Sarah, born 17 Dec 1656, m. 30 Dec 1674, Jonathan Haines of Newbury, Massachusetts
6. Ruth, b. May, 1659, Married Richard Sanborn; she died 3 May 1685.
7. Robert, b. 8 Nov 1661, m. 27 May 1685..
8. William, b. 25 May 1664. He married (1) 27 May 1685 to Abigail Webster, daughter of John Webster, Jr. of Ipswich, Massachusetts. She died 24 Jul 1723. He married (2) Sarah. He owned land in Amesbury and Salisbury. He is called in various records, Weaver, inn holder, trader, merchant. He had a shop near Moulton Hill in Newbury where he made silver buckles and ornaments. His will was dated 12 Oct 1732, and was proved on 30 Oct 1732.
Some of this bio information is from "Some Descendants of John Moulton and William Moulton of Hampton, N. H., 1592-1892", compiled by Augustus F. Moulton. Reprinted by Higginson Book Company.
Additional information was provided by member #47644196, citing "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts” by William Richard Cutter, published in 1908.
He came over in 1637 and became an apprentice of Robert Page. He settled in Hampton, near the Page farm, on the place now known [in 1908] as the De Lancy farm, Hampton. William married Margaret Page, the daughter of his employers, Robert and Lucy Page.
Most of the older publications noted that there were 3 men of the name of Moulton in Hampton, but most of them acknowledged any relationship between them was UNKNOWN. One article, however, “The English Background of Some Early Settlers of Hampton, New Hampshire from Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk, England” by William Haslet Jones placed William as the son of Robert WITHOUT ANY CONVINCING EVIDENCE. This has caused great confusion on many trees.
In a recent article in the NEHGS Register by Myrtle S. Hyde she states, ”there has been an INCREDIBLE FIND by a friend “who found a reference that ‘colonial powers of attorney can sometimes be traced in English records’, citing as an example that ‘William Moulton of Hampton in New England’ sent one to England and in it stated that he had inherited lands in Ormesby, Norfolk, after the death of his father. A request to the Norfolk Record Office in Norwich, England resulted in the acquisition of the mentioned power of attorney, and it is genealogically exciting.
Know all men by these p’sents that I WILLIAM MOULTON of HAMPTON IN NEW ENGLAND have made & constituted Thomas Larrod of Ormsbee in the County of Norfolk in ould England My lawfull aturney: for me & in my name to sell those severall p’sells of ground in ormsby wh’ch is by estimation three akers & one roodd; two akers & a Roodd or ther abought lyeth in the south fild; & the rest in the north fild; & to take for payment therof what he himself shall please ore to exchang it with Symont Maston of ormsbee aforesaid for some grownd he have solne to him here in New England aforesayd by the death of his brother Robert Maston: And I doe hereby give this my lawfull aturny Thomas Larrod full power & athoritie to give deed & state of the aforesaid three akers & a Rood of grownd for me & in my name & allso to receive deed & state in case he should exchang with the sayd Symont Maston; ore by any of him for me; & I shall authorize it as doe by my selfe;n & shall allsoe deliver over my ould deed made unto MY FATHER BENJAMIN MOULTON BY MY GRANDFATHER JOHN MOULTON in case it shall be desired by my sayd aturney; I(n) witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the 13th desemb 1643. (Signed) Willian Moulton” (NEGHS Register, Myrtle S. Hyde, Fellow, Society of American Genealogists)
William died at and was buried near the home he built in New Hampshire. His remains are believed to have been moved to Pine Grove Cemetery at Hampton, New Hampshire. There is no legible stone to mark his or his wife's grave.
Children:
1. Joseph, m. Bethias Swaine.
2. Benjamin, b. circa 1648, m. Hannah Wall, d. 28 Mar 1728
3. Hannah, b. at Hampton, 15 Feb 1652, m. Josiah Sanborn; d. 6 Nov 1687
4. Mary, born 27 Jul 1654
5. Sarah, born 17 Dec 1656, m. 30 Dec 1674, Jonathan Haines of Newbury, Massachusetts
6. Ruth, b. May, 1659, Married Richard Sanborn; she died 3 May 1685.
7. Robert, b. 8 Nov 1661, m. 27 May 1685..
8. William, b. 25 May 1664. He married (1) 27 May 1685 to Abigail Webster, daughter of John Webster, Jr. of Ipswich, Massachusetts. She died 24 Jul 1723. He married (2) Sarah. He owned land in Amesbury and Salisbury. He is called in various records, Weaver, inn holder, trader, merchant. He had a shop near Moulton Hill in Newbury where he made silver buckles and ornaments. His will was dated 12 Oct 1732, and was proved on 30 Oct 1732.
Some of this bio information is from "Some Descendants of John Moulton and William Moulton of Hampton, N. H., 1592-1892", compiled by Augustus F. Moulton. Reprinted by Higginson Book Company.
Additional information was provided by member #47644196, citing "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts” by William Richard Cutter, published in 1908.
Most of the older publications noted that there were 3 men of the name of Moulton in Hampton, but most of them acknowledged any relationship between them was UNKNOWN. One article, however, “The English Background of Some Early Settlers of Hampton, New Hampshire from Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk, England” by William Haslet Jones placed William as the son of Robert WITHOUT ANY CONVINCING EVIDENCE. This has caused great confusion on many trees.
In a recent article in the NEHGS Register by Myrtle S. Hyde she states, ”there has been an INCREDIBLE FIND by a friend “who found a reference that ‘colonial powers of attorney can sometimes be traced in English records’, citing as an example that ‘William Moulton of Hampton in New England’ sent one to England and in it stated that he had inherited lands in Ormesby, Norfolk, after the death of his father. A request to the Norfolk Record Office in Norwich, England resulted in the acquisition of the mentioned power of attorney, and it is genealogically exciting.
Know all men by these p’sents that I WILLIAM MOULTON of HAMPTON IN NEW ENGLAND have made & constituted Thomas Larrod of Ormsbee in the County of Norfolk in ould England My lawfull aturney: for me & in my name to sell those severall p’sells of ground in ormsby wh’ch is by estimation three akers & one roodd; two akers & a Roodd or ther abought lyeth in the south fild; & the rest in the north fild; & to take for payment therof what he himself shall please ore to exchang it with Symont Maston of ormsbee aforesaid for some grownd he have solne to him here in New England aforesayd by the death of his brother Robert Maston: And I doe hereby give this my lawfull aturny Thomas Larrod full power & athoritie to give deed & state of the aforesaid three akers & a Rood of grownd for me & in my name & allso to receive deed & state in case he should exchang with the sayd Symont Maston; ore by any of him for me; & I shall authorize it as doe by my selfe;n & shall allsoe deliver over my ould deed made unto MY FATHER BENJAMIN MOULTON BY MY GRANDFATHER JOHN MOULTON in case it shall be desired by my sayd aturney; I(n) witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the 13th desemb 1643. (Signed) Willian Moulton” (NEGHS Register, Myrtle S. Hyde, Fellow, Society of American Genealogists)
William died at and was buried near the home he built in New Hampshire. His remains are believed to have been moved to Pine Grove Cemetery at Hampton, New Hampshire. There is no legible stone to mark his or his wife's grave.
Children:
1. Joseph, m. Bethias Swaine.
2. Benjamin, b. circa 1648, m. Hannah Wall, d. 28 Mar 1728
3. Hannah, b. at Hampton, 15 Feb 1652, m. Josiah Sanborn; d. 6 Nov 1687
4. Mary, born 27 Jul 1654
5. Sarah, born 17 Dec 1656, m. 30 Dec 1674, Jonathan Haines of Newbury, Massachusetts
6. Ruth, b. May, 1659, Married Richard Sanborn; she died 3 May 1685.
7. Robert, b. 8 Nov 1661, m. 27 May 1685..
8. William, b. 25 May 1664. He married (1) 27 May 1685 to Abigail Webster, daughter of John Webster, Jr. of Ipswich, Massachusetts. She died 24 Jul 1723. He married (2) Sarah. He owned land in Amesbury and Salisbury. He is called in various records, Weaver, inn holder, trader, merchant. He had a shop near Moulton Hill in Newbury where he made silver buckles and ornaments. His will was dated 12 Oct 1732, and was proved on 30 Oct 1732.
Some of this bio information is from "Some Descendants of John Moulton and William Moulton of Hampton, N. H., 1592-1892", compiled by Augustus F. Moulton. Reprinted by Higginson Book Company.
Additional information was provided by member #47644196, citing "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts” by William Richard Cutter, published in 1908.
