William Pabodie SR

Personal and Family Information

William was born in 1620 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, the son of unknown parents.

He died on 13 DEC 1707 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.

His wife was Elizabeth Alden, who he married on 26 DEC 1644 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. Their thirteen known children were John (1645-1669), Elizabeth (1647-1677), Mary (1648-?), Mercy (1649-1728), Martha (1650-1712), Priscilla (1652-1653), Priscilla (1653-1724), Sarah (1656-1740), Ruth (1658-1725), Rebekah (1660-1702), Hannah (1662-1723), Deacon William (1664-1744) and Lydia (1667-1748).

Events

Notes

Note 1

William Pabodie Sr

William Pabodie (1620-1707) & Elizabeth Alden (1625-1716)

immigrant , deacon , planter

William came out of England & settled first at Plymouth; afterwards removed & was among the first Settlers of Saconet or Little Compton perhaps about 1680. For many years he kept up the Lords day Worship in his house where most of the settlers attended -- by praying Reading & singing: till about 1700 when they got a preacher. He was a very pious and exemplary Man: became Deacon of the Church. He always sat with the Minister in the pulpit (tho' not as Elder). He was with his son Wm in the Foundation of the Church in Saconet at its Gathering in 1704. Of which Church he himself & afterwards his son William Pabodie — & afterwards his Grandson Wm Pabodie (& I think another Grandson, viz. Joseph Pabodie) were Deacons. They are all dead. But another of his Grandsons, viz. Benjamin Pabodie, born 1717 is now living an exemplary Deacon of the first congregational Churh in Newport Rhode Island: from whom I [Ezra Stiles] have this Account"

William Pabodie was listed at Duxbury as a male "able to bear arms" (between the age of 16 and 60 in August 1643 ). He was an original proprietor of Bridgewater in 1645 and was admitted a Freeman of the colony on 5 June 1651

In 1648 he purchased for £70 the 80-acre homestead in Duxbury which had formerly belonged to Jonathan Brewster from John Holland and Hopestill Foster of Dorchester (Plymouth Col in MD,

In 1669 William was one of the first proprietors of Freetown, purchasing the fourteenth lot (Plymouth Col ) but exchanging it for land elsewhere (Freetown Hist, 6). He was a proprietor of Saconett (Little Compton) in 1675, but he remained in Duxbury where he was a selectman and town clerk for 18 years and where he recorded the births of all of his children . He called himself of Duxbury, "planter," when be sold 30 acres in Duxbury "lying near Namasakisit" in 1672 William Pabody of Duxbury is included on a list of the early land owners in Little Compton on 29 April 1675

On 6 September and 18 November 1686 William bought land in the 3/4 Mile Square [which had been laid out to 32 different purchasers and which was formerly the reservation of Awashonks, Queen of the Sogonates -bounded on the east by the great main road and on the west by the Sakonet River (Little Compton Farns, from Capt. Benjamin Church and Daniel Greenel, and on 3 October 1686 he exchanged land with Daniel Wilcock for another lot in 3/4 Mile Square (Bristol Co . On 13 March 1688/9 William sold Lot 52 in the second division of house lots in Little Compton to Anthony Colomer, and a reproduction of this deed with William's autograph signature is printed in MD, .

William Pabodie served on the grand jury in June 1648 and was receiver of excise in June 1650. In March 1655 he served on a jury that found John Walker guilty of manslaughter "by chance medley." In 1657, 1660, and 1662 he served on committees laying out land and roads. In October 1665 his committee attended to rebuilding the bridge over Jones River. On 27 June 1667 William was granted "the remainder of that land he paid for, being a parcel of poor hilly barren land." To satisfy a debt of £7 from William and Moses Numaker, William Pabodie received lands on 1 July 1672. He was on the coroners jury in June 1673 and was on committees hearing complaints from persons to whom the Colony was indebted in July 1677 and to apportion tax rates in 1681.

In his will of 13 May 1707, William Pabodie of Little Compton, "for the settling & Continuing peace in my family and amongst my Children after my Decease do order my estate in the world as follow: to his wife (not named);son, William,

Grandsons Stephen Southworth, son of daughter Rebecah deceased, and William and John Pabodie, Sons of William,

to sons-in-law Edward Southworth and William Fobes,;to Edward Southworth.;To biological daughter Mary, Mercey, Martha, Priscilla, Ruth, Sarah, Hannah, Lidia,;the heirs of daughter Elizabeth, ;and the heirs of daughter Rebecah.

The widow and son were named executors and the will was witnessed by John Woodman, Peter Taylor, and Samuel Willbore. Witnesses were sworn on 27 February 1707(18] and on that day bond was given by "m" Elizabeth Pabodie and her son William Pabodie." The inventory of William's estate, taken on 30 December 1707, was valued at £407.14.00, Ezra Stiles Diary 1771 "Memories of the \family of Padodie as I received it from Deacon Pabodie of Newport."

Note 2

Tombstone clearly gives death date, and says he was in the 88th year of life, meaning he had passed his 87th birthday

Note 3

MY 8TH GREAT-GRANDFATHER