Married Mary Palmer 16 Jan 1701 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts
4. Benjamin Stickney, son of Amos Stickney and Sarah Morse was born on 04 Apr 1673 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 05 Mar 1756 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married Mary Palmer, daughter of Samuel Palmer and Mary Pearson on 16 Jan 1701 in Rowley, Massachusetts.
5. Mary Palmer, daughter of Samuel Palmer and Mary Pearson was born on 06 Apr 1674 in Rowley, Massachusetts. She died in 1747 in Massachusetts.
Notes for Benjamin Stickney:
Benjamin Stickney was born in Newbury, April 4, 1673, married in Rowley, Jan. 16-700-1, Mary Palmer. She died 1747, aged 74, and was buried in Byfield. He married 2d, Wid., Mary Morrison, Oct. 2, 1750, who survived him, and m. Nov. 15, 21757, Samuel Duty of Rowley.
Dec. 26, 1699. Francis Palmer of Rowley and Ann his wife, for £31 paid to their brother
Jonathan Herriman, convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, 20 acres of land and meadow in Rowley, part on N.W. end of Long Hill and part at meadow end, which was land laid out to their father, Palmer. [Essex Deeds, 81: 214.]
March 12, 1699-1700. Caleb Burbank of Rowley, and Hannah his wife, for £3 convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, "ye privilege of a freehold in Rowley which was the right of s'd Hannah Burbank's by ye decease of her father, John Acy." [Ibid, 27: 248.]
March 13, 1701-2. John Todd, Merchant of Rowley, and Elizabeth his wife, for £6 convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, husbandman, 5 acres of land in Rowley on Long Hill, formerly laid out to Capt. Brocklebank, and was part of his wife Elizabeth Todd's portion of his estate. [Ibid, 81: 210.]
July 4, 1710. Jeremiah Pearson of Newbury, Miller, and wife Priscilla, for £7, 10 shillings, convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, husbandman, 5 acres of land on Long Hill, Rowley. [Ibid, 81: 209.]
July 7, 1710. Dr. David Bennet of Rowley, for £13 conveys to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of same town, 4 acres of land in Rowley, bounded E. upon Simons Brook, N. on land laid out to Sam'l Mighell, dec'd, W. by land of Ezekiel and Stephen Mighell. [Ibid, 27: 249.]
In 1713 there was laid out a highway, "From Simons Bridge four Rods wide upon the Elder plain, the rode the same to Thos. Gage, thence to F. Nelson farm, and John Dresser as the old way goeth until we come to BENJAMIN STICKNEY's land, thro' BENJ. STICKNEY's land four rods wide until we come up against his house which Stickney doth engage to make convenient to pass along in for Carting, by John Palmer and Sam'l Platts, and so down the hill to the old way on land of Sam'l Johnson, Dan'l Jewet; and Dan'l Jewett and BENJ. STICKNEY to have Carting and Sleading thro' the land two rods wide when it is needful thro' Sam'l Platts, S. Johnson, and Mrs. Phillips and Dorothy Woodman land to the County Road." [Rowley Rec.]
May 10, 1714. "BENJAMIN STICKNEE" was appointed Tythingman.
June 25, 1717. "Petition for a Highway, By the house that was Andrew Stickney's along as the road is improved by Dan'l Tenney's land, thence to BENJ. STICKNEY's house leaving it on the left hand, over the hill, partly through s'd Stickney's land and partly through Sam'l Kilburn's as s'd Stickney's fence now stands and as ye trees are marked xx in s'd Kilburn's land to ye end of Stickney's land." Allowing Widow Stickney 5 pounds, 8 shillings, damage, &c. [Essex Co. Rec.]
Sept. 27, 1720. He was one of the Jury at the Superior Court.
Feb. 4, 1722. Tim'y Harris of Rowley, for £84 conveys to BENJ. STICKNEY of Rowley, 14 acres of land on Long Hill, "and was the right due to my father John Harris," a highway to be through the land. [Ibid, 43: 105.]
May 1724. Two rights of John Acy were set off to BENJAMIN STICKNEY, also the rights of Wm. Boynton and John Pearson. [Rowley Rec.]
July 1, 1725. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, "for divers good causes, .... but especially for and in consideration of that Parental Love and Affecton which I bear to my son Benjamin Stickney, do here by these presents give, grant, ....unto my son a certain parcel of land lying in Rowley, 4 acres bounded E. by Simonds Brook, N. by land laid out to Sam'l Mighill dec'd, W. by land laid out to Ezekiel and Stephen Mighill.....Also a lot of land lying in Rowley below Pen Brook, 5th Lott on Range of Letter S." &c. [Ibid, 81: 213.]
March 29, 1726. Joseph Eaton of reading, blacksmith, for 15 pounds conveys to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, one-fourth part of a freehold or common right in Rowley which was originally Dea. John Pearson's. [Ibid, 81: 213.]
March 20, 1728-9. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, "for parental love, ....that I do bear towards my son Jonathan Stickney, and to enable my said son to be helpfull to me and my wife in our old age, together with a bond that my said son hath given me for payment of £150, as also a bond to render to me and my wife such part of income of what I have by these presents given to my son, I do, give grant, .....to him one-half of all my lands, namely, plow-land, fresh meadow, mowing-land marsh ground and Comon Rights, with Westerly half of my now Dwelling House and Westerly half of barn.....scituate in Rowley, except 10 acres of land in field orchard by my house, which I preserve for my own use." [Ibid, 81: 70.]
March 20, 1728-9. BENJAMIN STICKNEY and Benj. Stickney, Jr., both of Rowley, "upon consideration of a settlement of an estate, and to make my son Jonathan equal in portion to son Ben., and my son Benj. having received deed of Gift of about 13 acres of land.....He does by these sell to said Jonathan, three lots on range T, all in Rowley and below Pen Brook." [Ibid, 89: 72.]
May 27, 1732. Forty-two persons petitioned to General Court to be set off as a distinct and separate parish in Rowley. BENJAMIN STICKNEY and his son Jonathan were among the petitioners. They were incorporated as the Second Parish in Rowley, Oct. 1, 1731, in the West part of the Town, and were long called New Rowley, but were incorporated as Georgetown, April
1838.
July 14, 1735. The Town of Rowley chose a com'te to report how the property left them by Rev. Ezekiel Rogers should be divided, between First, Second and Third parishes of Rowley. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, among others, dissented from the acceptance of their Report.
March 25, 1732, March 27, 1733, and March 25, 1735, he was on the Grand Jury at Ipswich; also Sept. 26, 1732, at Newbury.
June 6, 1733. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, "for parental love, goodwill and affection toward my son Benj. Stickney, Jr., of Rowley, yeoman, give, grant, .....to him the several parcels of upland and meadow lying in Rowley. First and principal piece being that whereon my house stands, lying on S.E. side of the road, that goes by my house.....The Westerly end of both my house and barn,.....A piece of meadow lying in Hawk meadow, 5-1/2 acres of Common rights, lying in Rowley in a place called Mill Swamps. One lott in Middle Comon also one-fourth of a lot lying in a tract of land called 3,000 acres, 9th Lott on range F." [Ibid, 81: 215.]
BENJAMIN STICKNEY died in Rowley, March 5, 1756. he left a Will of which the following is a copy:-
"In the name of God, Amen. The twenty-eighth day of September in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and fifty, I, BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, in the county of Essex in the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England, yeoman, being of perfect mind and memory, calling to mind the mortality of my body, do make and ordain this my last Will and testament, that is to say: - Principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it; and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in decent christian burial, at the discretion of my exec-r, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of in the following manner and form.
Imp's. I give and bequeath to my children, viz., Joseph, Samuel, Amos, Mary, Sarah and Martha, all my stock of creatures, after my funeral charges are paid out of them, to be equally divided among them: - and all my household goods not above disposed of I give to my daughters, viz., Mary, Sarah and Martha, to be equally divided among them. And it is my will, that my sons, viz., Benjamin, Joseph, Samuel and Amos shall have all my wearing apparel.
Item. I give to my children, viz., Joseph, Samuel, Amos, Mary, and Sarah and Martha, all the money that is due to me by bonds or notes, or that I have in my house, to be equally divided among them.
Item. I give to the children of my son Jonathan Deceased two acres and a half of land which I excepted in his deed.
And I do hereby constitute, make and ordain my son Benjamin Stickney to be the sole executor of this my last will and testament, who is to pay and discharge all my legal debts in convenient time after my decease.
And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies and bequests and executors, by me in any ways named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said BENJAMIN STICKNEY as his
last will and testament, in presence of us the subscribers. John Bailey, Joseph Russel, Mary Johnson. BENJAMIN STICKNEY [Seal.]
Essex, ss., Ipswich, April 5, 1756. Before the honorable Thomas Berry esquire, judge of probate of wills.....in and for said county of Essex, John Bailey and Mary Johnson personally appeared and made oath, that they were present and saw BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, sign, seal, and heard him publish and declare this instrument to be his last will and testament, and when he so did he was of a sound disposing mind and memory to the best of their hands at the same time in his presence, as witnesses.
Sworn, Att'd, DAN'L APPLETON, reg.
Upon which this will is proved, approved and allowed, the executor therein named being deceased, administration with the will annexed is granted to Samuel Stickney. DAN'L APPLETON, reg. THO. BERRY, J. prob.
A true copy of record. Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Essex Prob., 33: 217.]
"Essex, ss. Administration cum testamento annexo of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, was granted to his son Samuel Stickney, who gave bond to exhibit an inventory by the first Monday in June next and to render an account by the first Monday in December, 1756. This fifth of April, A.D., 1756.
DAN'L APPLETON, reg. THO. BERRY, J. prob
A true copy of record, Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Ibid, 33:224.]
"An inventory of the estate of Mr. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, dec'd, viz:
Two acres and an half of land £15 -0 -0
In lawful money £34, 6s, 7d., 2 feather beds and bedding £10 44 6 7
Two chests and a box 10s., brass kettle and warming pan 10s, 8d. 1 0 8
Pewter 20s., an iron pot and sundry other iron things 15s. 1 15 0
Milk vessels 4s, 1 table and 5 chairs 12s, 3 glass bottles 1s, 9d. 17 9
2 cows 70s, 8 sheep 45s, 4d., 2 swine 34s. 8d., 1 barrel pork 66s 10 16 8
8 d.
Wearing apparel £7, 6s, 8d, a saddle 16s. 8 2 8
______
£81 19 4
April the 5th, 1756. We the subscribers being then apointed by the honorable judge of probates to appraise the estate of Mr. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, and have done according to order.
SAMUEL STICKNEY, JONATHAN BURPEE, JOHN BAILEY, JOHN DRESSER, Committee sworn. Pr. T. BERRY, J.P.
Essex ss., Ipswich, June 21, 1756. Then Samuel Stickney made oath to the foregoing inventory; and to add what shall further appear. Before, THOMAS BERRY, J. prob.
A true copy of record, Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Ibid, 34: 23.]
BENJAMIN STICKNEY, a grandson of the first emigrant, was but five years old when his father died. He left Newbury, his birth-place, previous to 1694, and was living with a Mr. Daniel Tenney, who had m. his cousin Elizabeth Stickney [11], near Mill River in Rowley, on the estate now owned by one of his descendants, Chief Justice John Searle Tenney.
The portion which he received of his father was but £10, three years after his coming of age, and he could not, without great industry and perseverance, have acquired sufficient property to make the purchases which he commenced in 1699, and continued afterwards, on the sides and summit of Long Hill. On this wild uncultivated tract of land (called in old deeds, "a wilderness,") he erected a log house, but soon after, in 1700, built a good framed house on the westerly end of this Hill, which was the highest table land in Rowley, 233 feet above the level of the ocean. From this lofty eminence he could command an extensive view of the surrounding country, the place of his birth in Newbury, beyond it Plum island, washed by the waves of the Atlantic, and in clear weather the top of the Grand Monadnock, in N.H., under whose brow at Jaffrey, his grandson settled, and his great-grandson was the first child born.
The fear of the Indians probably prompted him to select such a spot for his future home, as only a few years after his settlement there, on the 4th of July, 1706, the Indians made an assault on the town of Amesbury, and among its principal sufferers were his sister Sarah [25], the wife of Nath'l Weed, and her three children, who were slain by the Indians. It was not till the year 1713, that any road was laid out to his house.
The house erected by BENJAMIN STICKNEY, in 1700, descended to his son Benjamin, Jr. [71]. By the settlement of his estate, Benjamin, 3d, [227], became the owner of it, but in 1792, he sold it to Jedediah Stickney [257], his brother-in-law, who sold it to Amos [231], a brother of Benjamin,3d, who left it to his only son Spofford [586], whose only son, Major Ira Stickney [1408], is now the owner and occupant. The house faces the south, two stories in front with a lean-to on the rear. It has undergone but little alteration since its erection, and the oak timbers are in a good state of preservation.
After his marriage, he with his wife Mary, were admitted members of the First Church in Rowley, Sept. 2, 1701. After his settlement on Long Hill, he was of the second parish, but usually attended meeting at Byfield, it being nearer; there his children were baptized, and his death recorded. He brought up a large family of enterprising children and divided among them a good estate.
As remembered by his grand-children, "he was a stout healthy man; he Denver experienced sickness till he was about 80 years old; he was a man of great courage and unbounded generosity, sincere and unaffected in his manner, even to bluntness. A bear took a pig from his pen in the night, he chased him with a whip-pole and rescued it. In the time of the great snow, Feb. 1717, he kept a path open by drawing a log every day. He had no near neighbor within half a mile before his fourth son settled at the foot of the hill. He was of a middling complexion, dark hair, and blue eyes. He died of the Typhus Fever, and was buried in Byfield burying ground (near the tomb of the Parsons family). His wife Mary, was a person of real piety and worth; she never enjoyed good health, had the palsy for a number of years before she died."
Several articles of their furniture have come down to the writer (their great-great-grandson {Matthew Adams Stickney, author of the Stickney genealogy], among which are two elaborately carved oaken chests marked with her initials, before marriage, M.P. (Mary Palmer), which from their superior workmanship, may have been brought from England; her wedding gown, and two very ancient wine-glasses.
Benjamin and Mary had eleven children.
[biography source: The Stickney Family, p. 42-50].
4. Benjamin Stickney, son of Amos Stickney and Sarah Morse was born on 04 Apr 1673 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 05 Mar 1756 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married Mary Palmer, daughter of Samuel Palmer and Mary Pearson on 16 Jan 1701 in Rowley, Massachusetts.
5. Mary Palmer, daughter of Samuel Palmer and Mary Pearson was born on 06 Apr 1674 in Rowley, Massachusetts. She died in 1747 in Massachusetts.
Notes for Benjamin Stickney:
Benjamin Stickney was born in Newbury, April 4, 1673, married in Rowley, Jan. 16-700-1, Mary Palmer. She died 1747, aged 74, and was buried in Byfield. He married 2d, Wid., Mary Morrison, Oct. 2, 1750, who survived him, and m. Nov. 15, 21757, Samuel Duty of Rowley.
Dec. 26, 1699. Francis Palmer of Rowley and Ann his wife, for £31 paid to their brother
Jonathan Herriman, convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, 20 acres of land and meadow in Rowley, part on N.W. end of Long Hill and part at meadow end, which was land laid out to their father, Palmer. [Essex Deeds, 81: 214.]
March 12, 1699-1700. Caleb Burbank of Rowley, and Hannah his wife, for £3 convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, "ye privilege of a freehold in Rowley which was the right of s'd Hannah Burbank's by ye decease of her father, John Acy." [Ibid, 27: 248.]
March 13, 1701-2. John Todd, Merchant of Rowley, and Elizabeth his wife, for £6 convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, husbandman, 5 acres of land in Rowley on Long Hill, formerly laid out to Capt. Brocklebank, and was part of his wife Elizabeth Todd's portion of his estate. [Ibid, 81: 210.]
July 4, 1710. Jeremiah Pearson of Newbury, Miller, and wife Priscilla, for £7, 10 shillings, convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, husbandman, 5 acres of land on Long Hill, Rowley. [Ibid, 81: 209.]
July 7, 1710. Dr. David Bennet of Rowley, for £13 conveys to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of same town, 4 acres of land in Rowley, bounded E. upon Simons Brook, N. on land laid out to Sam'l Mighell, dec'd, W. by land of Ezekiel and Stephen Mighell. [Ibid, 27: 249.]
In 1713 there was laid out a highway, "From Simons Bridge four Rods wide upon the Elder plain, the rode the same to Thos. Gage, thence to F. Nelson farm, and John Dresser as the old way goeth until we come to BENJAMIN STICKNEY's land, thro' BENJ. STICKNEY's land four rods wide until we come up against his house which Stickney doth engage to make convenient to pass along in for Carting, by John Palmer and Sam'l Platts, and so down the hill to the old way on land of Sam'l Johnson, Dan'l Jewet; and Dan'l Jewett and BENJ. STICKNEY to have Carting and Sleading thro' the land two rods wide when it is needful thro' Sam'l Platts, S. Johnson, and Mrs. Phillips and Dorothy Woodman land to the County Road." [Rowley Rec.]
May 10, 1714. "BENJAMIN STICKNEE" was appointed Tythingman.
June 25, 1717. "Petition for a Highway, By the house that was Andrew Stickney's along as the road is improved by Dan'l Tenney's land, thence to BENJ. STICKNEY's house leaving it on the left hand, over the hill, partly through s'd Stickney's land and partly through Sam'l Kilburn's as s'd Stickney's fence now stands and as ye trees are marked xx in s'd Kilburn's land to ye end of Stickney's land." Allowing Widow Stickney 5 pounds, 8 shillings, damage, &c. [Essex Co. Rec.]
Sept. 27, 1720. He was one of the Jury at the Superior Court.
Feb. 4, 1722. Tim'y Harris of Rowley, for £84 conveys to BENJ. STICKNEY of Rowley, 14 acres of land on Long Hill, "and was the right due to my father John Harris," a highway to be through the land. [Ibid, 43: 105.]
May 1724. Two rights of John Acy were set off to BENJAMIN STICKNEY, also the rights of Wm. Boynton and John Pearson. [Rowley Rec.]
July 1, 1725. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, "for divers good causes, .... but especially for and in consideration of that Parental Love and Affecton which I bear to my son Benjamin Stickney, do here by these presents give, grant, ....unto my son a certain parcel of land lying in Rowley, 4 acres bounded E. by Simonds Brook, N. by land laid out to Sam'l Mighill dec'd, W. by land laid out to Ezekiel and Stephen Mighill.....Also a lot of land lying in Rowley below Pen Brook, 5th Lott on Range of Letter S." &c. [Ibid, 81: 213.]
March 29, 1726. Joseph Eaton of reading, blacksmith, for 15 pounds conveys to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, one-fourth part of a freehold or common right in Rowley which was originally Dea. John Pearson's. [Ibid, 81: 213.]
March 20, 1728-9. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, "for parental love, ....that I do bear towards my son Jonathan Stickney, and to enable my said son to be helpfull to me and my wife in our old age, together with a bond that my said son hath given me for payment of £150, as also a bond to render to me and my wife such part of income of what I have by these presents given to my son, I do, give grant, .....to him one-half of all my lands, namely, plow-land, fresh meadow, mowing-land marsh ground and Comon Rights, with Westerly half of my now Dwelling House and Westerly half of barn.....scituate in Rowley, except 10 acres of land in field orchard by my house, which I preserve for my own use." [Ibid, 81: 70.]
March 20, 1728-9. BENJAMIN STICKNEY and Benj. Stickney, Jr., both of Rowley, "upon consideration of a settlement of an estate, and to make my son Jonathan equal in portion to son Ben., and my son Benj. having received deed of Gift of about 13 acres of land.....He does by these sell to said Jonathan, three lots on range T, all in Rowley and below Pen Brook." [Ibid, 89: 72.]
May 27, 1732. Forty-two persons petitioned to General Court to be set off as a distinct and separate parish in Rowley. BENJAMIN STICKNEY and his son Jonathan were among the petitioners. They were incorporated as the Second Parish in Rowley, Oct. 1, 1731, in the West part of the Town, and were long called New Rowley, but were incorporated as Georgetown, April
1838.
July 14, 1735. The Town of Rowley chose a com'te to report how the property left them by Rev. Ezekiel Rogers should be divided, between First, Second and Third parishes of Rowley. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, among others, dissented from the acceptance of their Report.
March 25, 1732, March 27, 1733, and March 25, 1735, he was on the Grand Jury at Ipswich; also Sept. 26, 1732, at Newbury.
June 6, 1733. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, "for parental love, goodwill and affection toward my son Benj. Stickney, Jr., of Rowley, yeoman, give, grant, .....to him the several parcels of upland and meadow lying in Rowley. First and principal piece being that whereon my house stands, lying on S.E. side of the road, that goes by my house.....The Westerly end of both my house and barn,.....A piece of meadow lying in Hawk meadow, 5-1/2 acres of Common rights, lying in Rowley in a place called Mill Swamps. One lott in Middle Comon also one-fourth of a lot lying in a tract of land called 3,000 acres, 9th Lott on range F." [Ibid, 81: 215.]
BENJAMIN STICKNEY died in Rowley, March 5, 1756. he left a Will of which the following is a copy:-
"In the name of God, Amen. The twenty-eighth day of September in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and fifty, I, BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, in the county of Essex in the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England, yeoman, being of perfect mind and memory, calling to mind the mortality of my body, do make and ordain this my last Will and testament, that is to say: - Principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it; and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in decent christian burial, at the discretion of my exec-r, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of in the following manner and form.
Imp's. I give and bequeath to my children, viz., Joseph, Samuel, Amos, Mary, Sarah and Martha, all my stock of creatures, after my funeral charges are paid out of them, to be equally divided among them: - and all my household goods not above disposed of I give to my daughters, viz., Mary, Sarah and Martha, to be equally divided among them. And it is my will, that my sons, viz., Benjamin, Joseph, Samuel and Amos shall have all my wearing apparel.
Item. I give to my children, viz., Joseph, Samuel, Amos, Mary, and Sarah and Martha, all the money that is due to me by bonds or notes, or that I have in my house, to be equally divided among them.
Item. I give to the children of my son Jonathan Deceased two acres and a half of land which I excepted in his deed.
And I do hereby constitute, make and ordain my son Benjamin Stickney to be the sole executor of this my last will and testament, who is to pay and discharge all my legal debts in convenient time after my decease.
And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies and bequests and executors, by me in any ways named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said BENJAMIN STICKNEY as his
last will and testament, in presence of us the subscribers. John Bailey, Joseph Russel, Mary Johnson. BENJAMIN STICKNEY [Seal.]
Essex, ss., Ipswich, April 5, 1756. Before the honorable Thomas Berry esquire, judge of probate of wills.....in and for said county of Essex, John Bailey and Mary Johnson personally appeared and made oath, that they were present and saw BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, sign, seal, and heard him publish and declare this instrument to be his last will and testament, and when he so did he was of a sound disposing mind and memory to the best of their hands at the same time in his presence, as witnesses.
Sworn, Att'd, DAN'L APPLETON, reg.
Upon which this will is proved, approved and allowed, the executor therein named being deceased, administration with the will annexed is granted to Samuel Stickney. DAN'L APPLETON, reg. THO. BERRY, J. prob.
A true copy of record. Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Essex Prob., 33: 217.]
"Essex, ss. Administration cum testamento annexo of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, was granted to his son Samuel Stickney, who gave bond to exhibit an inventory by the first Monday in June next and to render an account by the first Monday in December, 1756. This fifth of April, A.D., 1756.
DAN'L APPLETON, reg. THO. BERRY, J. prob
A true copy of record, Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Ibid, 33:224.]
"An inventory of the estate of Mr. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, dec'd, viz:
Two acres and an half of land £15 -0 -0
In lawful money £34, 6s, 7d., 2 feather beds and bedding £10 44 6 7
Two chests and a box 10s., brass kettle and warming pan 10s, 8d. 1 0 8
Pewter 20s., an iron pot and sundry other iron things 15s. 1 15 0
Milk vessels 4s, 1 table and 5 chairs 12s, 3 glass bottles 1s, 9d. 17 9
2 cows 70s, 8 sheep 45s, 4d., 2 swine 34s. 8d., 1 barrel pork 66s 10 16 8
8 d.
Wearing apparel £7, 6s, 8d, a saddle 16s. 8 2 8
______
£81 19 4
April the 5th, 1756. We the subscribers being then apointed by the honorable judge of probates to appraise the estate of Mr. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, and have done according to order.
SAMUEL STICKNEY, JONATHAN BURPEE, JOHN BAILEY, JOHN DRESSER, Committee sworn. Pr. T. BERRY, J.P.
Essex ss., Ipswich, June 21, 1756. Then Samuel Stickney made oath to the foregoing inventory; and to add what shall further appear. Before, THOMAS BERRY, J. prob.
A true copy of record, Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Ibid, 34: 23.]
BENJAMIN STICKNEY, a grandson of the first emigrant, was but five years old when his father died. He left Newbury, his birth-place, previous to 1694, and was living with a Mr. Daniel Tenney, who had m. his cousin Elizabeth Stickney [11], near Mill River in Rowley, on the estate now owned by one of his descendants, Chief Justice John Searle Tenney.
The portion which he received of his father was but £10, three years after his coming of age, and he could not, without great industry and perseverance, have acquired sufficient property to make the purchases which he commenced in 1699, and continued afterwards, on the sides and summit of Long Hill. On this wild uncultivated tract of land (called in old deeds, "a wilderness,") he erected a log house, but soon after, in 1700, built a good framed house on the westerly end of this Hill, which was the highest table land in Rowley, 233 feet above the level of the ocean. From this lofty eminence he could command an extensive view of the surrounding country, the place of his birth in Newbury, beyond it Plum island, washed by the waves of the Atlantic, and in clear weather the top of the Grand Monadnock, in N.H., under whose brow at Jaffrey, his grandson settled, and his great-grandson was the first child born.
The fear of the Indians probably prompted him to select such a spot for his future home, as only a few years after his settlement there, on the 4th of July, 1706, the Indians made an assault on the town of Amesbury, and among its principal sufferers were his sister Sarah [25], the wife of Nath'l Weed, and her three children, who were slain by the Indians. It was not till the year 1713, that any road was laid out to his house.
The house erected by BENJAMIN STICKNEY, in 1700, descended to his son Benjamin, Jr. [71]. By the settlement of his estate, Benjamin, 3d, [227], became the owner of it, but in 1792, he sold it to Jedediah Stickney [257], his brother-in-law, who sold it to Amos [231], a brother of Benjamin,3d, who left it to his only son Spofford [586], whose only son, Major Ira Stickney [1408], is now the owner and occupant. The house faces the south, two stories in front with a lean-to on the rear. It has undergone but little alteration since its erection, and the oak timbers are in a good state of preservation.
After his marriage, he with his wife Mary, were admitted members of the First Church in Rowley, Sept. 2, 1701. After his settlement on Long Hill, he was of the second parish, but usually attended meeting at Byfield, it being nearer; there his children were baptized, and his death recorded. He brought up a large family of enterprising children and divided among them a good estate.
As remembered by his grand-children, "he was a stout healthy man; he Denver experienced sickness till he was about 80 years old; he was a man of great courage and unbounded generosity, sincere and unaffected in his manner, even to bluntness. A bear took a pig from his pen in the night, he chased him with a whip-pole and rescued it. In the time of the great snow, Feb. 1717, he kept a path open by drawing a log every day. He had no near neighbor within half a mile before his fourth son settled at the foot of the hill. He was of a middling complexion, dark hair, and blue eyes. He died of the Typhus Fever, and was buried in Byfield burying ground (near the tomb of the Parsons family). His wife Mary, was a person of real piety and worth; she never enjoyed good health, had the palsy for a number of years before she died."
Several articles of their furniture have come down to the writer (their great-great-grandson {Matthew Adams Stickney, author of the Stickney genealogy], among which are two elaborately carved oaken chests marked with her initials, before marriage, M.P. (Mary Palmer), which from their superior workmanship, may have been brought from England; her wedding gown, and two very ancient wine-glasses.
Benjamin and Mary had eleven children.
[biography source: The Stickney Family, p. 42-50].
Married Mary Palmer 16 Jan 1701 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts
4. Benjamin Stickney, son of Amos Stickney and Sarah Morse was born on 04 Apr 1673 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 05 Mar 1756 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married Mary Palmer, daughter of Samuel Palmer and Mary Pearson on 16 Jan 1701 in Rowley, Massachusetts.
5. Mary Palmer, daughter of Samuel Palmer and Mary Pearson was born on 06 Apr 1674 in Rowley, Massachusetts. She died in 1747 in Massachusetts.
Notes for Benjamin Stickney:
Benjamin Stickney was born in Newbury, April 4, 1673, married in Rowley, Jan. 16-700-1, Mary Palmer. She died 1747, aged 74, and was buried in Byfield. He married 2d, Wid., Mary Morrison, Oct. 2, 1750, who survived him, and m. Nov. 15, 21757, Samuel Duty of Rowley.
Dec. 26, 1699. Francis Palmer of Rowley and Ann his wife, for £31 paid to their brother
Jonathan Herriman, convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, 20 acres of land and meadow in Rowley, part on N.W. end of Long Hill and part at meadow end, which was land laid out to their father, Palmer. [Essex Deeds, 81: 214.]
March 12, 1699-1700. Caleb Burbank of Rowley, and Hannah his wife, for £3 convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, "ye privilege of a freehold in Rowley which was the right of s'd Hannah Burbank's by ye decease of her father, John Acy." [Ibid, 27: 248.]
March 13, 1701-2. John Todd, Merchant of Rowley, and Elizabeth his wife, for £6 convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, husbandman, 5 acres of land in Rowley on Long Hill, formerly laid out to Capt. Brocklebank, and was part of his wife Elizabeth Todd's portion of his estate. [Ibid, 81: 210.]
July 4, 1710. Jeremiah Pearson of Newbury, Miller, and wife Priscilla, for £7, 10 shillings, convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, husbandman, 5 acres of land on Long Hill, Rowley. [Ibid, 81: 209.]
July 7, 1710. Dr. David Bennet of Rowley, for £13 conveys to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of same town, 4 acres of land in Rowley, bounded E. upon Simons Brook, N. on land laid out to Sam'l Mighell, dec'd, W. by land of Ezekiel and Stephen Mighell. [Ibid, 27: 249.]
In 1713 there was laid out a highway, "From Simons Bridge four Rods wide upon the Elder plain, the rode the same to Thos. Gage, thence to F. Nelson farm, and John Dresser as the old way goeth until we come to BENJAMIN STICKNEY's land, thro' BENJ. STICKNEY's land four rods wide until we come up against his house which Stickney doth engage to make convenient to pass along in for Carting, by John Palmer and Sam'l Platts, and so down the hill to the old way on land of Sam'l Johnson, Dan'l Jewet; and Dan'l Jewett and BENJ. STICKNEY to have Carting and Sleading thro' the land two rods wide when it is needful thro' Sam'l Platts, S. Johnson, and Mrs. Phillips and Dorothy Woodman land to the County Road." [Rowley Rec.]
May 10, 1714. "BENJAMIN STICKNEE" was appointed Tythingman.
June 25, 1717. "Petition for a Highway, By the house that was Andrew Stickney's along as the road is improved by Dan'l Tenney's land, thence to BENJ. STICKNEY's house leaving it on the left hand, over the hill, partly through s'd Stickney's land and partly through Sam'l Kilburn's as s'd Stickney's fence now stands and as ye trees are marked xx in s'd Kilburn's land to ye end of Stickney's land." Allowing Widow Stickney 5 pounds, 8 shillings, damage, &c. [Essex Co. Rec.]
Sept. 27, 1720. He was one of the Jury at the Superior Court.
Feb. 4, 1722. Tim'y Harris of Rowley, for £84 conveys to BENJ. STICKNEY of Rowley, 14 acres of land on Long Hill, "and was the right due to my father John Harris," a highway to be through the land. [Ibid, 43: 105.]
May 1724. Two rights of John Acy were set off to BENJAMIN STICKNEY, also the rights of Wm. Boynton and John Pearson. [Rowley Rec.]
July 1, 1725. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, "for divers good causes, .... but especially for and in consideration of that Parental Love and Affecton which I bear to my son Benjamin Stickney, do here by these presents give, grant, ....unto my son a certain parcel of land lying in Rowley, 4 acres bounded E. by Simonds Brook, N. by land laid out to Sam'l Mighill dec'd, W. by land laid out to Ezekiel and Stephen Mighill.....Also a lot of land lying in Rowley below Pen Brook, 5th Lott on Range of Letter S." &c. [Ibid, 81: 213.]
March 29, 1726. Joseph Eaton of reading, blacksmith, for 15 pounds conveys to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, one-fourth part of a freehold or common right in Rowley which was originally Dea. John Pearson's. [Ibid, 81: 213.]
March 20, 1728-9. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, "for parental love, ....that I do bear towards my son Jonathan Stickney, and to enable my said son to be helpfull to me and my wife in our old age, together with a bond that my said son hath given me for payment of £150, as also a bond to render to me and my wife such part of income of what I have by these presents given to my son, I do, give grant, .....to him one-half of all my lands, namely, plow-land, fresh meadow, mowing-land marsh ground and Comon Rights, with Westerly half of my now Dwelling House and Westerly half of barn.....scituate in Rowley, except 10 acres of land in field orchard by my house, which I preserve for my own use." [Ibid, 81: 70.]
March 20, 1728-9. BENJAMIN STICKNEY and Benj. Stickney, Jr., both of Rowley, "upon consideration of a settlement of an estate, and to make my son Jonathan equal in portion to son Ben., and my son Benj. having received deed of Gift of about 13 acres of land.....He does by these sell to said Jonathan, three lots on range T, all in Rowley and below Pen Brook." [Ibid, 89: 72.]
May 27, 1732. Forty-two persons petitioned to General Court to be set off as a distinct and separate parish in Rowley. BENJAMIN STICKNEY and his son Jonathan were among the petitioners. They were incorporated as the Second Parish in Rowley, Oct. 1, 1731, in the West part of the Town, and were long called New Rowley, but were incorporated as Georgetown, April
1838.
July 14, 1735. The Town of Rowley chose a com'te to report how the property left them by Rev. Ezekiel Rogers should be divided, between First, Second and Third parishes of Rowley. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, among others, dissented from the acceptance of their Report.
March 25, 1732, March 27, 1733, and March 25, 1735, he was on the Grand Jury at Ipswich; also Sept. 26, 1732, at Newbury.
June 6, 1733. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, "for parental love, goodwill and affection toward my son Benj. Stickney, Jr., of Rowley, yeoman, give, grant, .....to him the several parcels of upland and meadow lying in Rowley. First and principal piece being that whereon my house stands, lying on S.E. side of the road, that goes by my house.....The Westerly end of both my house and barn,.....A piece of meadow lying in Hawk meadow, 5-1/2 acres of Common rights, lying in Rowley in a place called Mill Swamps. One lott in Middle Comon also one-fourth of a lot lying in a tract of land called 3,000 acres, 9th Lott on range F." [Ibid, 81: 215.]
BENJAMIN STICKNEY died in Rowley, March 5, 1756. he left a Will of which the following is a copy:-
"In the name of God, Amen. The twenty-eighth day of September in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and fifty, I, BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, in the county of Essex in the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England, yeoman, being of perfect mind and memory, calling to mind the mortality of my body, do make and ordain this my last Will and testament, that is to say: - Principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it; and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in decent christian burial, at the discretion of my exec-r, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of in the following manner and form.
Imp's. I give and bequeath to my children, viz., Joseph, Samuel, Amos, Mary, Sarah and Martha, all my stock of creatures, after my funeral charges are paid out of them, to be equally divided among them: - and all my household goods not above disposed of I give to my daughters, viz., Mary, Sarah and Martha, to be equally divided among them. And it is my will, that my sons, viz., Benjamin, Joseph, Samuel and Amos shall have all my wearing apparel.
Item. I give to my children, viz., Joseph, Samuel, Amos, Mary, and Sarah and Martha, all the money that is due to me by bonds or notes, or that I have in my house, to be equally divided among them.
Item. I give to the children of my son Jonathan Deceased two acres and a half of land which I excepted in his deed.
And I do hereby constitute, make and ordain my son Benjamin Stickney to be the sole executor of this my last will and testament, who is to pay and discharge all my legal debts in convenient time after my decease.
And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies and bequests and executors, by me in any ways named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said BENJAMIN STICKNEY as his
last will and testament, in presence of us the subscribers. John Bailey, Joseph Russel, Mary Johnson. BENJAMIN STICKNEY [Seal.]
Essex, ss., Ipswich, April 5, 1756. Before the honorable Thomas Berry esquire, judge of probate of wills.....in and for said county of Essex, John Bailey and Mary Johnson personally appeared and made oath, that they were present and saw BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, sign, seal, and heard him publish and declare this instrument to be his last will and testament, and when he so did he was of a sound disposing mind and memory to the best of their hands at the same time in his presence, as witnesses.
Sworn, Att'd, DAN'L APPLETON, reg.
Upon which this will is proved, approved and allowed, the executor therein named being deceased, administration with the will annexed is granted to Samuel Stickney. DAN'L APPLETON, reg. THO. BERRY, J. prob.
A true copy of record. Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Essex Prob., 33: 217.]
"Essex, ss. Administration cum testamento annexo of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, was granted to his son Samuel Stickney, who gave bond to exhibit an inventory by the first Monday in June next and to render an account by the first Monday in December, 1756. This fifth of April, A.D., 1756.
DAN'L APPLETON, reg. THO. BERRY, J. prob
A true copy of record, Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Ibid, 33:224.]
"An inventory of the estate of Mr. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, dec'd, viz:
Two acres and an half of land £15 -0 -0
In lawful money £34, 6s, 7d., 2 feather beds and bedding £10 44 6 7
Two chests and a box 10s., brass kettle and warming pan 10s, 8d. 1 0 8
Pewter 20s., an iron pot and sundry other iron things 15s. 1 15 0
Milk vessels 4s, 1 table and 5 chairs 12s, 3 glass bottles 1s, 9d. 17 9
2 cows 70s, 8 sheep 45s, 4d., 2 swine 34s. 8d., 1 barrel pork 66s 10 16 8
8 d.
Wearing apparel £7, 6s, 8d, a saddle 16s. 8 2 8
______
£81 19 4
April the 5th, 1756. We the subscribers being then apointed by the honorable judge of probates to appraise the estate of Mr. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, and have done according to order.
SAMUEL STICKNEY, JONATHAN BURPEE, JOHN BAILEY, JOHN DRESSER, Committee sworn. Pr. T. BERRY, J.P.
Essex ss., Ipswich, June 21, 1756. Then Samuel Stickney made oath to the foregoing inventory; and to add what shall further appear. Before, THOMAS BERRY, J. prob.
A true copy of record, Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Ibid, 34: 23.]
BENJAMIN STICKNEY, a grandson of the first emigrant, was but five years old when his father died. He left Newbury, his birth-place, previous to 1694, and was living with a Mr. Daniel Tenney, who had m. his cousin Elizabeth Stickney [11], near Mill River in Rowley, on the estate now owned by one of his descendants, Chief Justice John Searle Tenney.
The portion which he received of his father was but £10, three years after his coming of age, and he could not, without great industry and perseverance, have acquired sufficient property to make the purchases which he commenced in 1699, and continued afterwards, on the sides and summit of Long Hill. On this wild uncultivated tract of land (called in old deeds, "a wilderness,") he erected a log house, but soon after, in 1700, built a good framed house on the westerly end of this Hill, which was the highest table land in Rowley, 233 feet above the level of the ocean. From this lofty eminence he could command an extensive view of the surrounding country, the place of his birth in Newbury, beyond it Plum island, washed by the waves of the Atlantic, and in clear weather the top of the Grand Monadnock, in N.H., under whose brow at Jaffrey, his grandson settled, and his great-grandson was the first child born.
The fear of the Indians probably prompted him to select such a spot for his future home, as only a few years after his settlement there, on the 4th of July, 1706, the Indians made an assault on the town of Amesbury, and among its principal sufferers were his sister Sarah [25], the wife of Nath'l Weed, and her three children, who were slain by the Indians. It was not till the year 1713, that any road was laid out to his house.
The house erected by BENJAMIN STICKNEY, in 1700, descended to his son Benjamin, Jr. [71]. By the settlement of his estate, Benjamin, 3d, [227], became the owner of it, but in 1792, he sold it to Jedediah Stickney [257], his brother-in-law, who sold it to Amos [231], a brother of Benjamin,3d, who left it to his only son Spofford [586], whose only son, Major Ira Stickney [1408], is now the owner and occupant. The house faces the south, two stories in front with a lean-to on the rear. It has undergone but little alteration since its erection, and the oak timbers are in a good state of preservation.
After his marriage, he with his wife Mary, were admitted members of the First Church in Rowley, Sept. 2, 1701. After his settlement on Long Hill, he was of the second parish, but usually attended meeting at Byfield, it being nearer; there his children were baptized, and his death recorded. He brought up a large family of enterprising children and divided among them a good estate.
As remembered by his grand-children, "he was a stout healthy man; he Denver experienced sickness till he was about 80 years old; he was a man of great courage and unbounded generosity, sincere and unaffected in his manner, even to bluntness. A bear took a pig from his pen in the night, he chased him with a whip-pole and rescued it. In the time of the great snow, Feb. 1717, he kept a path open by drawing a log every day. He had no near neighbor within half a mile before his fourth son settled at the foot of the hill. He was of a middling complexion, dark hair, and blue eyes. He died of the Typhus Fever, and was buried in Byfield burying ground (near the tomb of the Parsons family). His wife Mary, was a person of real piety and worth; she never enjoyed good health, had the palsy for a number of years before she died."
Several articles of their furniture have come down to the writer (their great-great-grandson {Matthew Adams Stickney, author of the Stickney genealogy], among which are two elaborately carved oaken chests marked with her initials, before marriage, M.P. (Mary Palmer), which from their superior workmanship, may have been brought from England; her wedding gown, and two very ancient wine-glasses.
Benjamin and Mary had eleven children.
[biography source: The Stickney Family, p. 42-50].
4. Benjamin Stickney, son of Amos Stickney and Sarah Morse was born on 04 Apr 1673 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on 05 Mar 1756 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married Mary Palmer, daughter of Samuel Palmer and Mary Pearson on 16 Jan 1701 in Rowley, Massachusetts.
5. Mary Palmer, daughter of Samuel Palmer and Mary Pearson was born on 06 Apr 1674 in Rowley, Massachusetts. She died in 1747 in Massachusetts.
Notes for Benjamin Stickney:
Benjamin Stickney was born in Newbury, April 4, 1673, married in Rowley, Jan. 16-700-1, Mary Palmer. She died 1747, aged 74, and was buried in Byfield. He married 2d, Wid., Mary Morrison, Oct. 2, 1750, who survived him, and m. Nov. 15, 21757, Samuel Duty of Rowley.
Dec. 26, 1699. Francis Palmer of Rowley and Ann his wife, for £31 paid to their brother
Jonathan Herriman, convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, 20 acres of land and meadow in Rowley, part on N.W. end of Long Hill and part at meadow end, which was land laid out to their father, Palmer. [Essex Deeds, 81: 214.]
March 12, 1699-1700. Caleb Burbank of Rowley, and Hannah his wife, for £3 convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, "ye privilege of a freehold in Rowley which was the right of s'd Hannah Burbank's by ye decease of her father, John Acy." [Ibid, 27: 248.]
March 13, 1701-2. John Todd, Merchant of Rowley, and Elizabeth his wife, for £6 convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, husbandman, 5 acres of land in Rowley on Long Hill, formerly laid out to Capt. Brocklebank, and was part of his wife Elizabeth Todd's portion of his estate. [Ibid, 81: 210.]
July 4, 1710. Jeremiah Pearson of Newbury, Miller, and wife Priscilla, for £7, 10 shillings, convey to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, husbandman, 5 acres of land on Long Hill, Rowley. [Ibid, 81: 209.]
July 7, 1710. Dr. David Bennet of Rowley, for £13 conveys to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of same town, 4 acres of land in Rowley, bounded E. upon Simons Brook, N. on land laid out to Sam'l Mighell, dec'd, W. by land of Ezekiel and Stephen Mighell. [Ibid, 27: 249.]
In 1713 there was laid out a highway, "From Simons Bridge four Rods wide upon the Elder plain, the rode the same to Thos. Gage, thence to F. Nelson farm, and John Dresser as the old way goeth until we come to BENJAMIN STICKNEY's land, thro' BENJ. STICKNEY's land four rods wide until we come up against his house which Stickney doth engage to make convenient to pass along in for Carting, by John Palmer and Sam'l Platts, and so down the hill to the old way on land of Sam'l Johnson, Dan'l Jewet; and Dan'l Jewett and BENJ. STICKNEY to have Carting and Sleading thro' the land two rods wide when it is needful thro' Sam'l Platts, S. Johnson, and Mrs. Phillips and Dorothy Woodman land to the County Road." [Rowley Rec.]
May 10, 1714. "BENJAMIN STICKNEE" was appointed Tythingman.
June 25, 1717. "Petition for a Highway, By the house that was Andrew Stickney's along as the road is improved by Dan'l Tenney's land, thence to BENJ. STICKNEY's house leaving it on the left hand, over the hill, partly through s'd Stickney's land and partly through Sam'l Kilburn's as s'd Stickney's fence now stands and as ye trees are marked xx in s'd Kilburn's land to ye end of Stickney's land." Allowing Widow Stickney 5 pounds, 8 shillings, damage, &c. [Essex Co. Rec.]
Sept. 27, 1720. He was one of the Jury at the Superior Court.
Feb. 4, 1722. Tim'y Harris of Rowley, for £84 conveys to BENJ. STICKNEY of Rowley, 14 acres of land on Long Hill, "and was the right due to my father John Harris," a highway to be through the land. [Ibid, 43: 105.]
May 1724. Two rights of John Acy were set off to BENJAMIN STICKNEY, also the rights of Wm. Boynton and John Pearson. [Rowley Rec.]
July 1, 1725. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, "for divers good causes, .... but especially for and in consideration of that Parental Love and Affecton which I bear to my son Benjamin Stickney, do here by these presents give, grant, ....unto my son a certain parcel of land lying in Rowley, 4 acres bounded E. by Simonds Brook, N. by land laid out to Sam'l Mighill dec'd, W. by land laid out to Ezekiel and Stephen Mighill.....Also a lot of land lying in Rowley below Pen Brook, 5th Lott on Range of Letter S." &c. [Ibid, 81: 213.]
March 29, 1726. Joseph Eaton of reading, blacksmith, for 15 pounds conveys to BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, one-fourth part of a freehold or common right in Rowley which was originally Dea. John Pearson's. [Ibid, 81: 213.]
March 20, 1728-9. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, "for parental love, ....that I do bear towards my son Jonathan Stickney, and to enable my said son to be helpfull to me and my wife in our old age, together with a bond that my said son hath given me for payment of £150, as also a bond to render to me and my wife such part of income of what I have by these presents given to my son, I do, give grant, .....to him one-half of all my lands, namely, plow-land, fresh meadow, mowing-land marsh ground and Comon Rights, with Westerly half of my now Dwelling House and Westerly half of barn.....scituate in Rowley, except 10 acres of land in field orchard by my house, which I preserve for my own use." [Ibid, 81: 70.]
March 20, 1728-9. BENJAMIN STICKNEY and Benj. Stickney, Jr., both of Rowley, "upon consideration of a settlement of an estate, and to make my son Jonathan equal in portion to son Ben., and my son Benj. having received deed of Gift of about 13 acres of land.....He does by these sell to said Jonathan, three lots on range T, all in Rowley and below Pen Brook." [Ibid, 89: 72.]
May 27, 1732. Forty-two persons petitioned to General Court to be set off as a distinct and separate parish in Rowley. BENJAMIN STICKNEY and his son Jonathan were among the petitioners. They were incorporated as the Second Parish in Rowley, Oct. 1, 1731, in the West part of the Town, and were long called New Rowley, but were incorporated as Georgetown, April
1838.
July 14, 1735. The Town of Rowley chose a com'te to report how the property left them by Rev. Ezekiel Rogers should be divided, between First, Second and Third parishes of Rowley. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, among others, dissented from the acceptance of their Report.
March 25, 1732, March 27, 1733, and March 25, 1735, he was on the Grand Jury at Ipswich; also Sept. 26, 1732, at Newbury.
June 6, 1733. BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, yeoman, "for parental love, goodwill and affection toward my son Benj. Stickney, Jr., of Rowley, yeoman, give, grant, .....to him the several parcels of upland and meadow lying in Rowley. First and principal piece being that whereon my house stands, lying on S.E. side of the road, that goes by my house.....The Westerly end of both my house and barn,.....A piece of meadow lying in Hawk meadow, 5-1/2 acres of Common rights, lying in Rowley in a place called Mill Swamps. One lott in Middle Comon also one-fourth of a lot lying in a tract of land called 3,000 acres, 9th Lott on range F." [Ibid, 81: 215.]
BENJAMIN STICKNEY died in Rowley, March 5, 1756. he left a Will of which the following is a copy:-
"In the name of God, Amen. The twenty-eighth day of September in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and fifty, I, BENJAMIN STICKNEY of Rowley, in the county of Essex in the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England, yeoman, being of perfect mind and memory, calling to mind the mortality of my body, do make and ordain this my last Will and testament, that is to say: - Principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it; and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in decent christian burial, at the discretion of my exec-r, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of in the following manner and form.
Imp's. I give and bequeath to my children, viz., Joseph, Samuel, Amos, Mary, Sarah and Martha, all my stock of creatures, after my funeral charges are paid out of them, to be equally divided among them: - and all my household goods not above disposed of I give to my daughters, viz., Mary, Sarah and Martha, to be equally divided among them. And it is my will, that my sons, viz., Benjamin, Joseph, Samuel and Amos shall have all my wearing apparel.
Item. I give to my children, viz., Joseph, Samuel, Amos, Mary, and Sarah and Martha, all the money that is due to me by bonds or notes, or that I have in my house, to be equally divided among them.
Item. I give to the children of my son Jonathan Deceased two acres and a half of land which I excepted in his deed.
And I do hereby constitute, make and ordain my son Benjamin Stickney to be the sole executor of this my last will and testament, who is to pay and discharge all my legal debts in convenient time after my decease.
And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies and bequests and executors, by me in any ways named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said BENJAMIN STICKNEY as his
last will and testament, in presence of us the subscribers. John Bailey, Joseph Russel, Mary Johnson. BENJAMIN STICKNEY [Seal.]
Essex, ss., Ipswich, April 5, 1756. Before the honorable Thomas Berry esquire, judge of probate of wills.....in and for said county of Essex, John Bailey and Mary Johnson personally appeared and made oath, that they were present and saw BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, sign, seal, and heard him publish and declare this instrument to be his last will and testament, and when he so did he was of a sound disposing mind and memory to the best of their hands at the same time in his presence, as witnesses.
Sworn, Att'd, DAN'L APPLETON, reg.
Upon which this will is proved, approved and allowed, the executor therein named being deceased, administration with the will annexed is granted to Samuel Stickney. DAN'L APPLETON, reg. THO. BERRY, J. prob.
A true copy of record. Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Essex Prob., 33: 217.]
"Essex, ss. Administration cum testamento annexo of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, was granted to his son Samuel Stickney, who gave bond to exhibit an inventory by the first Monday in June next and to render an account by the first Monday in December, 1756. This fifth of April, A.D., 1756.
DAN'L APPLETON, reg. THO. BERRY, J. prob
A true copy of record, Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Ibid, 33:224.]
"An inventory of the estate of Mr. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, dec'd, viz:
Two acres and an half of land £15 -0 -0
In lawful money £34, 6s, 7d., 2 feather beds and bedding £10 44 6 7
Two chests and a box 10s., brass kettle and warming pan 10s, 8d. 1 0 8
Pewter 20s., an iron pot and sundry other iron things 15s. 1 15 0
Milk vessels 4s, 1 table and 5 chairs 12s, 3 glass bottles 1s, 9d. 17 9
2 cows 70s, 8 sheep 45s, 4d., 2 swine 34s. 8d., 1 barrel pork 66s 10 16 8
8 d.
Wearing apparel £7, 6s, 8d, a saddle 16s. 8 2 8
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£81 19 4
April the 5th, 1756. We the subscribers being then apointed by the honorable judge of probates to appraise the estate of Mr. BENJAMIN STICKNEY, late of Rowley, deceased, and have done according to order.
SAMUEL STICKNEY, JONATHAN BURPEE, JOHN BAILEY, JOHN DRESSER, Committee sworn. Pr. T. BERRY, J.P.
Essex ss., Ipswich, June 21, 1756. Then Samuel Stickney made oath to the foregoing inventory; and to add what shall further appear. Before, THOMAS BERRY, J. prob.
A true copy of record, Attest, NATH'L LORD, jr., register." [Ibid, 34: 23.]
BENJAMIN STICKNEY, a grandson of the first emigrant, was but five years old when his father died. He left Newbury, his birth-place, previous to 1694, and was living with a Mr. Daniel Tenney, who had m. his cousin Elizabeth Stickney [11], near Mill River in Rowley, on the estate now owned by one of his descendants, Chief Justice John Searle Tenney.
The portion which he received of his father was but £10, three years after his coming of age, and he could not, without great industry and perseverance, have acquired sufficient property to make the purchases which he commenced in 1699, and continued afterwards, on the sides and summit of Long Hill. On this wild uncultivated tract of land (called in old deeds, "a wilderness,") he erected a log house, but soon after, in 1700, built a good framed house on the westerly end of this Hill, which was the highest table land in Rowley, 233 feet above the level of the ocean. From this lofty eminence he could command an extensive view of the surrounding country, the place of his birth in Newbury, beyond it Plum island, washed by the waves of the Atlantic, and in clear weather the top of the Grand Monadnock, in N.H., under whose brow at Jaffrey, his grandson settled, and his great-grandson was the first child born.
The fear of the Indians probably prompted him to select such a spot for his future home, as only a few years after his settlement there, on the 4th of July, 1706, the Indians made an assault on the town of Amesbury, and among its principal sufferers were his sister Sarah [25], the wife of Nath'l Weed, and her three children, who were slain by the Indians. It was not till the year 1713, that any road was laid out to his house.
The house erected by BENJAMIN STICKNEY, in 1700, descended to his son Benjamin, Jr. [71]. By the settlement of his estate, Benjamin, 3d, [227], became the owner of it, but in 1792, he sold it to Jedediah Stickney [257], his brother-in-law, who sold it to Amos [231], a brother of Benjamin,3d, who left it to his only son Spofford [586], whose only son, Major Ira Stickney [1408], is now the owner and occupant. The house faces the south, two stories in front with a lean-to on the rear. It has undergone but little alteration since its erection, and the oak timbers are in a good state of preservation.
After his marriage, he with his wife Mary, were admitted members of the First Church in Rowley, Sept. 2, 1701. After his settlement on Long Hill, he was of the second parish, but usually attended meeting at Byfield, it being nearer; there his children were baptized, and his death recorded. He brought up a large family of enterprising children and divided among them a good estate.
As remembered by his grand-children, "he was a stout healthy man; he Denver experienced sickness till he was about 80 years old; he was a man of great courage and unbounded generosity, sincere and unaffected in his manner, even to bluntness. A bear took a pig from his pen in the night, he chased him with a whip-pole and rescued it. In the time of the great snow, Feb. 1717, he kept a path open by drawing a log every day. He had no near neighbor within half a mile before his fourth son settled at the foot of the hill. He was of a middling complexion, dark hair, and blue eyes. He died of the Typhus Fever, and was buried in Byfield burying ground (near the tomb of the Parsons family). His wife Mary, was a person of real piety and worth; she never enjoyed good health, had the palsy for a number of years before she died."
Several articles of their furniture have come down to the writer (their great-great-grandson {Matthew Adams Stickney, author of the Stickney genealogy], among which are two elaborately carved oaken chests marked with her initials, before marriage, M.P. (Mary Palmer), which from their superior workmanship, may have been brought from England; her wedding gown, and two very ancient wine-glasses.
Benjamin and Mary had eleven children.
[biography source: The Stickney Family, p. 42-50].
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