William
Makepeace
I
Born about in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Makepeace
and Alice (Brasier) Makepeace
Brother of
Thomas Makepeace, Hannah (Makepeace) Hoppin, Esther (Makepeace) Browne, Mary (Makepeace) Willis and Waitawhile (Makepeace) Cooper [half]
Husband of
Ann (Johnson) Makepeace
— married
23 May 1661 in Boston, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died
at about age 57
in Assonet, Plymouth Colony
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Biography
William Makepeace I immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Birth
- 27 FEB 1641/2
- Fact: Christening (27 February 1642) Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England
- Fact: Residence Freetown
- Fact: Residence Boston, MA
- Fact: Occupation Lecturer
Death
He drowned in the Taunton River (Freetown now Assonet).
A deposition of August 19 1681 tells the story of his drowning. "... being bound from Mattapoisett to Assonet, where William Makepeace dwelt, as wee were going over, the canoe proueing very leaky, and the wind riseing caused a great sea, in soe much that the canoe began to fill, soe that William Makepeace jumpt out of the canoe, with an intent to swim ashore; and wee, with God's mercye, hanged on both ends of the canoe, and escaped, and gott to the shore, where wee gott some refreshment att Hugh Coles's house; and we were a little refreshed, we went to look along the shore to see whether we could find our hatts, or any other of our things, but wee, seeing William Makepeace gloteing dead on the slates, thought it a point of humanity for to get the said Makepeace to the shore, whereunto we did him, and above high water marke, and soe left him;..."[1]
Death: Aug. 19, 1681 Assonet Bristol County Massachusetts,
His inventory was taken on 30 October (1680) (year is torn off).[2]
Burial
- Fact: Burial (1681) Massachusetts, United States
- Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch William Makepeace Sr
Family links: Parents: Thomas Makepeace (1595 - 1666) Alice Brasier Makepeace
Sources
- ↑ Makepeace, William. The genealogy of the Makepeace families in the United States : from 1637 to 1857. (Boston : Printed by D. Clapp, 1859) p. 31
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-V36P : 14 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 528 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 October 2019, 00:56), entry for William Makepeace, Sr.(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KNCH-QWN); contributed by various users.
- Makepeace, William. Makepeace Families in The United States (D. Clapp ., 1859) Page 24-34 & Page 83
- Peirce, Ebenezer Weaver. Indian History, Biography and Genealogy: Pertaining to the Good Sachem Massasoit of the Wampanoag Tribe (Z.G. Mitchell, North Abington, Mass., 1878) Page 101
- A History of The Town of Freetown, Massachusetts (J.H. Franklin & Co., Fall River, Mass., 1902) Page 6
- Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. page 6
- Find A Grave Memorial# 81422638
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