John Upham (abt. 1599 - 1681)

Born about 1599 in Bicton, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Slade) Upham — married 1 Nov 1626 in Bicton, Devon, England

Husband of Katherine (Richards) Upham — married after 14 Aug 1671 in Malden, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1681 at about age 82 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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John Upham migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 7, p. 149) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

John Upham, son of Richard Upham of Bicton, Devon, England, was born about 1599. In a deposition given on November 6, 1679, he stated his age as 79 Years. ^[1]

John's father, Richard Upham of Bicton, Devon, left small bequests to his children in New England, including son John "if he come for it."^[1]

He married Elizabeth Slade at Bicton, Devon on November 1, 1626.^[2][1]

John aged 35, his wife Elizabeth aged 32, sons John Jr. aged 7 and Nathaniel aged 5, daughter Elizabeth aged 3 and his sister Sarah Upham aged 26, were passengers for New England on the ship Marygould out of Weymouth, Dorset, England on March 20, 1635. ^{[3] [4] [1]} His family was part of a group of twenty one families, followers of by Reverend Joseph Hull, previously rector at Northleigh in Devon, who assembled the group to set sail for New England. ^[5]

• 1635: Arrived in New England and settled at Weymouth. ^[1]
• 1635: July 8: Governor Winthrop granted Mr. Hull, minister, and the 21 families with him, the plantation at Wessaguscus (renamed Weymouth). ^[5]
• 1635: Admission to the church at Weymouth by September.^[1]
• 1635: September 2: Named on the list of Weymouth Freemen. ^{[1] [5]}
• 1636: June 12: John was granted a 30 acre 'great lot' at Weymouth. ^[5]
• 1636 (May): 1637 (May): 1637 (September); 1638: (May): 1638/9: (March): 1639 (September): Deputy to the Massachusetts Bay General Court, representing Weymouth. ^[1]
• 1639: November 5: Chosen Commissioner to end small causes. ^[1]
• 1642: April 26: The Indians who claimed possession of Wessaguscus sold the land by deed to the town of Weymouth, freeing the land for the planters, including John Upham's land. ^[5]
• 1643: His land holdings at Weymouth including his 30 acre great lot, 4 acres in the 'King Okehill', 2 acres in 'Harrises Range' and 2 acres of salt marsh. ^{[1] [5]}
• 1643: 45: 46: 47: Chosen Selectman. ^{[1] [5]}
• 1650/1: Removed to Malden, Massachusetts. ^{[1] [5]}
• 1651: 53: 55: 57: 59: Selectman at Malden. ^{[1] [5]}
• 1657 (April): 1662 (April): 1662 (October): Served on the Middlesex Grand Jury. ^{[1] [5]}
• 1657 (April): 1659 (April): 1662 (June): 1665/6 (March): 1666/7 (February): Chosen Commissioner to end small causes at Malden. ^{[1] [5]}
• 1658: June: Deacon of the church at Malden. ^[1]
• 1662: July 2: John deeded the 'mansion where I dwell' with barns, outhouse, and several parcels of land to his daughter-in-law Elizabeth, wife of son Nathaniel deceased, reserving the right of myself and my wife Elizabeth until our decease. ^{[1] [5]}
• 1664: October 13: He deeded his son Phineas his 12 acre homelot, with house, outhouse, yard, gardens and fruit orchard, reserving one half the fruit, and reserving his and his wife Elizabeth's rights until death. In addition, Phineas was deeded two 4 acres lots of salt marsh, one being in Charlestown. ^{[1] [5]}
• 1664: November 20: John Upham of Malden purchased 3 acres of Seth Switsher of Charlestown. ^[1]
• 1670/1: February 2: John deeded the 'mansion in which I now dwell' with 11 acres, and 3 other lots to son Phineas, reserving his and his wife Elizabeth's rights, and the right's of Elizabeth Thomson, widow of son Nathaniel, until their deaths. ^{[1] [5]}

His wife Elizabeth died soon after February 2, 1670/1. ^{[1] [5]}

John married second Katherine (Richards) Hollard, widow of Angell Hollard. ^[6] The marriage took place soon after August 14, 1671, when John Upham Sr. of Malden declared his intention to marry the widow and proclaimed he would not take any goods, estates etc. belonging to Katherine or her former husband Angell Hollard. The Hollard's had been passengers on the ship Marygould with the Upham family. ^{[1] [5]}

John died at Malden on February 25, 1681/2. ^{[6] [1]} His gravestone is in the Old Burying Ground at Malden, where his inscription reads:

Here Lyes the Body of John Upham, Aged 84, died February 25, 1681. ^[5][7]

Children

by wife Elizabeth

1. John Jr. born about 1628 ^[3]; buried at Weymouth on June 5, 1640. ^{[8] [1] [5]}
2. Nathaniel born about 1630 ^[3]; married Elizabeth Stedman at Cambridge on March 5, 1661; died fifteen days after his marriage on March 20, 1661. ^{[1] [5] [9]}
3. Elizabeth born about 1632 ^[3]; died at Charlestown in January, 1705/6; married Thomas Welch c 1653. ^[1]
4. Phineas born about 1635; married Ruth Wood on April 14, 1658 ^[6] ; his nuncupative will was dated on April 3, 1677. ^[1]
5. Mary born c 1640; married John Whittemore by 1662 ^[1]; died on June 27, 1677. ^[5]
6. Priscilla born about 1642; married Thomas Crosswell by 1663; died on December 8, 1717. ^{[1] [5]}

adopted son

1. John Upham Jr., born about 1648, came 'fatherless and friendless' from Barbados c1652; died of small pox aged 30 on November 25, 1677; married Elizabeth Mousall. ^[5]

Research notes

Malden Marriages

Upham, John, and ––––– Hollir [error for Catharine Hollard.], ––: 6m: 1671. CC (p. 309)

Upham, Phineas, and Ruth Wood, 14: 2m: 1658. CC (p. 309)

Malden Deaths

Upham, John, 84 y., Feb. 25, 1681. GR (p. 384) ^[6]

Weymouth Deaths

Upham, John son of John burried June 5, 1640. (p. 358) ^[8]

Cambridge Marriages

Upham, Nathaniel and Elizabeth Stedman, Mar. 5, 1661-2. (p. 399)

Cambridge Deaths

Upham, Nathaniel, Mar. 20, 1661-2. (p. 771) ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28} Robert C. Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 149-158 (John Upham); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Devon Marriages And Banns"
   Archive: South West Heritage Trust; Reference: 1181A/PR/1/1
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (subscription required, accessed 8 February 2024)
   John Uppam marriage to Elizabeth Slade on 1 Nov 1626 in Bicton, Devon, England.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Hotten: James C. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874, p. 283-6; the Upham family are listed on page 286
4. ↑ Chapter XV, The Coming of the Hull Company, Vol. I, History of Weymouth Massachusetts in four volumes, Weymouth Historical Society, Wright and Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1923 p. 72
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21} Upham, Frank Kidder, Upham genealogy; the descendants of John Upham, of Massachusetts, who came from England in 1635, and lived in Weymouth and Malden, Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, New York, 1892, p.19: 21: 33-4: 39: 41-8; digital images, Hathi Trust.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Corey, Deloraine Pendre, compiler. Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Malden Massachusetts 1649-1850, University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1903
7. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #36215381 (accessed 9 February 2024)
   Memorial page for John Upham (1596-25 Feb 1681), citing Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (plot: Range 3 Row 11); Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Vital Records of Weymouth Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume II Marriages and Deaths, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1910
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Baldwin, Thomas, compiler. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume II Marriages and Deaths, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1915

See also:

• Nash, Gilbert, compiler. Historical Sketch of the Town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, from 1622-1884, Alfred Mudge & Son, printers, Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1885
• Corey, Deloraine Pendre. The History of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785, published by the author, Malden, Massachusetts, 1899
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36215381
• https://archive.org/details/ancientmelroseso00goss
• Notes - Brooking, Thornton, Ballantine, Hollard, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1909) Vol. 63, Page 383.

• "The marriage contract between the widow and "John Upham Senr. of Maulden," in which he did "utterly refuse to receive any goods or estate either of said Catherine of her former husband," was dated Aug. 14, 1671, and witnessed by Hannah Long and John Ballantine."

• Fleming, George T. History of Pittsburgh and Environs (The American Historical Society, New York and Chicago, 1922, Vol. 4, p. 160)