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The Shattuck husband of Great Migration-era migrant Damaris Shattuck was born about 1600.[citation needed] Various "sources" say that his name was Samuel and others say it was William. As his origins and given name are unknown, he is shown without parents or first name.
"Nothing was found by Lemuel Shattuck to show a proved connection between the main family of his Memorials and the Salem family, nor was he able to state the name of the male progenitor of the Salem family, and it is probable that he never came to America and that his widow Damaris crossed the Atlantic with her children. The name Shattuck has been found in the marriage register of the church at Dorchester, Dorset, and the Pope family probably also came from that county."[citation needed]
Samuel the original immigrant to Massachusetts, thought by some to refer to himself in his will as Samuel Shattocke Son, suggesting the "unknown" father of Samuel Shattock was also named Samuel is incorrect. Samuel the immigrant's will has been misread.
Samuel Shattuck Senr not Son |
Compare the word in the opening sentence with the same word used later in the will where it is clearly Samuel Gardner Senr and Junr.
The following is a tentative list, order unknown, of the children of Damaris the elder:"[1]
References to a death in 1698 at age 69 or 103 are for his son Samuel the Feltmaker. His wife Damaris (Unknown) Shattuck was a widow in 1641.
Shattuck-1265 was disconnected as his father as no source was added proving the connection
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<ref> Chapter XI. Samuel Shattuck: "Early settlers of Nantucket : their associates and descendants, 2nd ed."
Chapter XI. Samuel Shattuck
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<ref> North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000: "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000"
N > Not Stated > No title page, just an index of names
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Samuel Shattuck Sr. b Apr 1594 in Dorset, England.
See also: https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1954-07_30_3/page/168/mode/2up?view=theater
edited by Cindy (Brown) Croxton
Thanks for the comment and links. I'll replace the TAG link in the bio with the one you provided (as yours doesn't require a subscription).
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to view the ancestry links without a subscription (they won't work with the library edition I use). Can you provide a sharing link? You can either use the WikiTree Sourcer app, or without the app following these instructions: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/792811/creating-a-free-to-view-image-link-from-ancestry-com
A wide-ranging, two-generation search of online-accessible variations of the name Shattuck/Shattock[e] – via FamilySearch, Ancestry, NEHGS, and FreeReg UK – yields no entries among the currently-transcribed baptismal records from 1560-1620 in Dorset, from which it has long been believed this family emerged. There are however quite a number of records to be found in neighboring _Somerset_, showing Shattock[e] families – the largest number in Taunton, to its northwest at Stogumber, or to its northeast at North Petherton.
None of the entries in this time period, however, is for a Samuel (nor is there one for any Daniel, another given name that has been proposed for the Shattock paterfamilias). A "Damarius" is shown as the wife of a Thomas Shattock at Wells, Somerset, where she is listed as the mother of a daughter Mary in 1636 (see https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D9K-7MR5); however, she is likely the Damaris Shattock buried at Wells in 1638 (see https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D93-W4M7). There are a few Somerset Shattock marriage records for Williams – "William" being noted above as yet another proposed given name for the Shattuck progenitor – in the appropriate time period, but none of the brides are named Damaris, or anything close to it.
If any primary record exists that justifies the identification of the father of Samuel Shattuck of Salem as a senior Samuel, it has evidently not yet been transcribed and made available via the 'net. All known references to the paterfamilias as "Samuel" appear to be secondary or tertiary, and must be classified as speculative.
edited by Christopher Childs
Almost the entire family was Quaker, and they suffered for their beliefs.
Supposedly Samuel-1 died abt 1639. Damaris did not marry Gardner until after 1659, when his first wife died. 20 years was a long time to be a widow with a horde of kids in the wilds of Colonial America.
I am looking for the primary sources, but I can’t post them until tomorrow afternoon. The Shattucks are part of the weekly challenge.
edited by Cindy (Brown) Croxton
Thank you for bringing that up. I'd say those relationships need to be checked. I've added a category so it will be added to our to-do list.
Thanks!
His given name is not known for sure, as it says in the first paragraph. We'd add it only if it was proven.
I did some cleanup but there is still, under "Notes" data that needs moving to their pertinent profiles.
The link cited at the start of the Second (?) Biography is no longer active. That biography needs to be broken up to be readable and have verifiable sources within turned into inline citations. There also appears to be an entire section on subsequent generations that should be placed in the appropriate profiles.
In reference to profile Sibley-70, it has Damaris as daughter of Henry Sibley.
His name sounded familiar to me, so I dug out some of my old notes. They showed that I concluded long ago that Damaris Sibley (who married our Samuel or William Shattuck) could very well be a Damaris Sibley (bp. 22 February 1595, St. Pauls, Walden, Hertfordshire, England), apparently a daughter of Henry Sibley (bp. 19 January 1559/60, Cheveley, Cambridgeshire). I'm not sure if researchers have considered this possibility or not.
The husband of Damaris does not have a known first name. He died before 1641 when she (widow) showed up in Salem out of nowhere and joined the church.
Didn't marry in 1619 in Boston.
The death date of 6 Jun 1698 is a typo for the death date of Damaris's son, Samuel Shattuck shown 6 Jun 1689. headstone: http://tinyurl.com/SamuellShattockStone1620-1689
In 1678 Samuel Shattuck was Administrator of Estate of Edward Wharton and stated that he was about 58 years old (backing up the death age of 69 in 1689). He's the one who went to see the King. He is not the witch trial accuser. That was his son.
See what we know about Samuel (1620-1689) and Damaris UNK starting page 361: http://tinyurl.com/ShattuckBook
Died at age 104?