Steward Southgate (1703 - 1764)

Born 8 Sep 1703 in Combs, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Scott — married 28 Mar 1735 in England

Descendants

Died 18 Dec 1764 at age 61 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Steward Southgate was born on "W'ens Sept. 8. 1703 11, before Noon Combs"^[1]

Little is known about the Steward's early life in Combs. However, it is known that in 1717 Steward's father, Richard, his wife, two sons and three daughters, set sail for New England alongside Richard's brother James, Daniel and Deborah Denny, and Thomas Prince, the preacher, who had been lodging with Richard Southgate for two years. This fact has been determined from the detailed and fascinating journal that Prince kept on his transatlantic journey from England to Boston.^[2]

Richard had already travelled to New England two years prior to this familial voyage, and had purchased land rights in Leicester, Massachusetts.

Steward Southgate is listed in the History of the town of Palmer, Massachusetts as Harvard educated, and was clearly a man of some expertise, as many records exist concerning his surveying and land purchases. He was first clerk of Palmer, MA^[3] and lived there for a time with his first wife, Elizabeth Scott.

Elizabeth and Steward had seven children, during which time the family relocated to Leicester, MA, but Elizabeth died in 1748.

Before the death of his first wife, Steward had separated from the First Congregationalist Church in Leicester, and become a Quaker. It was in this setting that he met his second wife, Elizabeth Potter, daughter of one of the founding members of the Leicester Friends meeting.

Steward married Elizabeth on 26 Oct 1749^[4]

Steward Southgate died at Leicester, Massachusetts on December 18, 1764 at the age of 61 years.^[5]. He left a will, which has been transcribed <a href="https://southgate.one-name.net/index.php/2021/10/09/the-will-inventory-and-accounts-of-steward-southgate-d-1765-leicester-massachusetts/">here</a>. He is buried at the Quaker Cemetery in Leicester, Massachusetts.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Southgate Bible Records. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847- (online database: [1] New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013) v.90(1936):374-5
2. ↑ https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:477304220$19i
3. ↑ Temple, Josiah Howard. History of the Town of Palmer, Massachusetts: Early Known as the Elbow Tract: Including Records of the Plantation, District and Town, 1716-1889. With a Genealogical Register. Town of Palmer, 1889 (online, [2] : accessed 27 Oct 2021)
4. ↑ Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014), Originally Published as: Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, by James N. Arnold. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company. Vol. Friends & Ministers - V7, p. 171.subscribers$
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Vol. Leicester - V1, p. 275.subscribers$
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180767049/steward-southgate

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Southgate-16 created through the import of Travis Family Tree.ged on Jun 22, 2011 by Roger Travis. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Roger and others.