Gilbert Endicott (sometimes spelled Indicott) was the first person buried in Canton Cemetery (originally the cemetery in the churchyard of the First Parish Church of Stoughton). Canton broke off from Stoughton in 1797. His is the oldest gravestone from the original settlement of Stoughton.
Source: Canton Historical Society, Stoughton Historical Society, Chris Brindley's looking back column, "History of the Town of Canton" by Daniel Huntoon.
Source of the following information:
"Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts" William Richard Cutter Published in 1908
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Gilbert Endicott, Immigrant ancestor, born in England, son of John Endicott, of Marldon, (Devon) Devonshire, England is believed to have been related to Governor John Endicott of Massachusetts.
He was baptized October 22, 1648 and died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, October 18, 1716, aged sixty-eight years.
His brother, John Endicott, or Indicott, as it was commonly spelled, resided in Boston and was warden of King's Chapel in 1691.
Another brother, William, lived in Canton, Massachusetts.
All three brothers were inn keepers.
In 1681, Gilbert Endicott was at Kennebunk, Maine, living on land granted him in 1677 on condition that he build a house there and settled within a year. In 1682 he had a mill at Cape Porpoise. He was back in Dorchester in 1690; in Reading in 1696, when his son, James was born. He probably left Maine on account of Indian alarms.
He was living in Canton and built a house there in 1700. He leased from the town February 27, 1704-05, a hundred acres of land, agreeing to pay there-for a yearly rental of four pounds in pepper corn, the lease running for two hundred years. He also had land in Sharon, Massachusetts, bounded by the Massapoag Brook and the road leading to Billing's Tavern.
His son erected a house on land that Gilbert Endicott supposed to be his, but was discovered to belong to Rev Mr Morse in 1710. He seems to have retained the land and the minister got a new grant in compensation in 1726.
Gilbert Endicott was a soldier in King Phillip's war under Captain John Jacobs, of Hingham, enlisting August 24, 1676.
He was the first person buried in Canton Graveyard and his gravestone is the most ancient. The inscription is: "Here lies the Body of Gilburt Indicott, aged 58 years, Died October ye 18th 1716"
The cellar hole of his house is now or was lately to be seen, though in 1727 it was called "ye old cellar hole." He had a tavern at Canton from 1702 to 1707, when he was succeeded by Daniel Morey.
He kept an inn on Orange street from June 1709 to 1711. He was back on Stoughton, now Canton, in 1713, when he entertained Judge Sewell, who relates a visit to the inn in his diary under date of September 5, 1716, only a month before the landlord died.
He married, April 28, 1686, Hannah Gooch of York, Maine. She married, second, November 4, or 17, 1717, John Minot.
Children: John and James
Source: Canton Historical Society, Stoughton Historical Society, Chris Brindley's looking back column, "History of the Town of Canton" by Daniel Huntoon.
Source of the following information:
"Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts" William Richard Cutter Published in 1908
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Gilbert Endicott, Immigrant ancestor, born in England, son of John Endicott, of Marldon, (Devon) Devonshire, England is believed to have been related to Governor John Endicott of Massachusetts.
He was baptized October 22, 1648 and died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, October 18, 1716, aged sixty-eight years.
His brother, John Endicott, or Indicott, as it was commonly spelled, resided in Boston and was warden of King's Chapel in 1691.
Another brother, William, lived in Canton, Massachusetts.
All three brothers were inn keepers.
In 1681, Gilbert Endicott was at Kennebunk, Maine, living on land granted him in 1677 on condition that he build a house there and settled within a year. In 1682 he had a mill at Cape Porpoise. He was back in Dorchester in 1690; in Reading in 1696, when his son, James was born. He probably left Maine on account of Indian alarms.
He was living in Canton and built a house there in 1700. He leased from the town February 27, 1704-05, a hundred acres of land, agreeing to pay there-for a yearly rental of four pounds in pepper corn, the lease running for two hundred years. He also had land in Sharon, Massachusetts, bounded by the Massapoag Brook and the road leading to Billing's Tavern.
His son erected a house on land that Gilbert Endicott supposed to be his, but was discovered to belong to Rev Mr Morse in 1710. He seems to have retained the land and the minister got a new grant in compensation in 1726.
Gilbert Endicott was a soldier in King Phillip's war under Captain John Jacobs, of Hingham, enlisting August 24, 1676.
He was the first person buried in Canton Graveyard and his gravestone is the most ancient. The inscription is: "Here lies the Body of Gilburt Indicott, aged 58 years, Died October ye 18th 1716"
The cellar hole of his house is now or was lately to be seen, though in 1727 it was called "ye old cellar hole." He had a tavern at Canton from 1702 to 1707, when he was succeeded by Daniel Morey.
He kept an inn on Orange street from June 1709 to 1711. He was back on Stoughton, now Canton, in 1713, when he entertained Judge Sewell, who relates a visit to the inn in his diary under date of September 5, 1716, only a month before the landlord died.
He married, April 28, 1686, Hannah Gooch of York, Maine. She married, second, November 4, or 17, 1717, John Minot.
Children: John and James
Gilbert Endicott (sometimes spelled Indicott) was the first person buried in Canton Cemetery (originally the cemetery in the churchyard of the First Parish Church of Stoughton). Canton broke off from Stoughton in 1797. His is the oldest gravestone from the original settlement of Stoughton.
Source: Canton Historical Society, Stoughton Historical Society, Chris Brindley's looking back column, "History of the Town of Canton" by Daniel Huntoon.
Source of the following information:
"Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts" William Richard Cutter Published in 1908
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Gilbert Endicott, Immigrant ancestor, born in England, son of John Endicott, of Marldon, (Devon) Devonshire, England is believed to have been related to Governor John Endicott of Massachusetts.
He was baptized October 22, 1648 and died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, October 18, 1716, aged sixty-eight years.
His brother, John Endicott, or Indicott, as it was commonly spelled, resided in Boston and was warden of King's Chapel in 1691.
Another brother, William, lived in Canton, Massachusetts.
All three brothers were inn keepers.
In 1681, Gilbert Endicott was at Kennebunk, Maine, living on land granted him in 1677 on condition that he build a house there and settled within a year. In 1682 he had a mill at Cape Porpoise. He was back in Dorchester in 1690; in Reading in 1696, when his son, James was born. He probably left Maine on account of Indian alarms.
He was living in Canton and built a house there in 1700. He leased from the town February 27, 1704-05, a hundred acres of land, agreeing to pay there-for a yearly rental of four pounds in pepper corn, the lease running for two hundred years. He also had land in Sharon, Massachusetts, bounded by the Massapoag Brook and the road leading to Billing's Tavern.
His son erected a house on land that Gilbert Endicott supposed to be his, but was discovered to belong to Rev Mr Morse in 1710. He seems to have retained the land and the minister got a new grant in compensation in 1726.
Gilbert Endicott was a soldier in King Phillip's war under Captain John Jacobs, of Hingham, enlisting August 24, 1676.
He was the first person buried in Canton Graveyard and his gravestone is the most ancient. The inscription is: "Here lies the Body of Gilburt Indicott, aged 58 years, Died October ye 18th 1716"
The cellar hole of his house is now or was lately to be seen, though in 1727 it was called "ye old cellar hole." He had a tavern at Canton from 1702 to 1707, when he was succeeded by Daniel Morey.
He kept an inn on Orange street from June 1709 to 1711. He was back on Stoughton, now Canton, in 1713, when he entertained Judge Sewell, who relates a visit to the inn in his diary under date of September 5, 1716, only a month before the landlord died.
He married, April 28, 1686, Hannah Gooch of York, Maine. She married, second, November 4, or 17, 1717, John Minot.
Children: John and James
Source: Canton Historical Society, Stoughton Historical Society, Chris Brindley's looking back column, "History of the Town of Canton" by Daniel Huntoon.
Source of the following information:
"Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts" William Richard Cutter Published in 1908
________________________________
Gilbert Endicott, Immigrant ancestor, born in England, son of John Endicott, of Marldon, (Devon) Devonshire, England is believed to have been related to Governor John Endicott of Massachusetts.
He was baptized October 22, 1648 and died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, October 18, 1716, aged sixty-eight years.
His brother, John Endicott, or Indicott, as it was commonly spelled, resided in Boston and was warden of King's Chapel in 1691.
Another brother, William, lived in Canton, Massachusetts.
All three brothers were inn keepers.
In 1681, Gilbert Endicott was at Kennebunk, Maine, living on land granted him in 1677 on condition that he build a house there and settled within a year. In 1682 he had a mill at Cape Porpoise. He was back in Dorchester in 1690; in Reading in 1696, when his son, James was born. He probably left Maine on account of Indian alarms.
He was living in Canton and built a house there in 1700. He leased from the town February 27, 1704-05, a hundred acres of land, agreeing to pay there-for a yearly rental of four pounds in pepper corn, the lease running for two hundred years. He also had land in Sharon, Massachusetts, bounded by the Massapoag Brook and the road leading to Billing's Tavern.
His son erected a house on land that Gilbert Endicott supposed to be his, but was discovered to belong to Rev Mr Morse in 1710. He seems to have retained the land and the minister got a new grant in compensation in 1726.
Gilbert Endicott was a soldier in King Phillip's war under Captain John Jacobs, of Hingham, enlisting August 24, 1676.
He was the first person buried in Canton Graveyard and his gravestone is the most ancient. The inscription is: "Here lies the Body of Gilburt Indicott, aged 58 years, Died October ye 18th 1716"
The cellar hole of his house is now or was lately to be seen, though in 1727 it was called "ye old cellar hole." He had a tavern at Canton from 1702 to 1707, when he was succeeded by Daniel Morey.
He kept an inn on Orange street from June 1709 to 1711. He was back on Stoughton, now Canton, in 1713, when he entertained Judge Sewell, who relates a visit to the inn in his diary under date of September 5, 1716, only a month before the landlord died.
He married, April 28, 1686, Hannah Gooch of York, Maine. She married, second, November 4, or 17, 1717, John Minot.
Children: John and James
Inscription
HERE LYES THE/BODY OF/GILBURT INDICOTT/AGE 58 YEARS/DYED OCTOBR Ye/18th 1716.
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