Michael Emerson

- Aft 1709

• Name	Michael Emerson  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1656	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [2]
  	"This year [1656] Michael Emerson moved into town, and settled near the White house, on Mill Street. The grantees offered that if he would 'go back into the woods,' they would give him a tract of land. He accepted the offer, and settled not far from the corner of Primrose and Winter Streets. The 'Emerson Estate,' on the south side of the latter street, is a part of the original tract granted to Michael Emerson."
  Residence	1674	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [3]
  	"'Michael Emerson was fined 5s for his cruel and excessive beating of his daughter [Elizabeth] with a flayle swingel, and kicking of her.' We think Michael had reason to congratulate himself on getting off so easily for his brutal conduct."
  Residence	24 Oct 1699	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [4]
  	Participated in a vote regarding the town's new meeting house
  Occupation	1675 - 1702	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [5]
  	Leather sealer
  Will	18 Jul 1709	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [6]
  	To wife Hannah Emerson: rooms in the family home, furnishings, two cows, "a soutabel and comfortabel conveniant maintainanc soutabel for my widow out of my eastat acording to ye Quantity thear of to be found her by me two Excutor of this my will" (sic.!); to eldest son John Emerson: clothing, lands already given by deed; to son Samuel Emerson: £20, land in Haverhill; to son Joshua Emerson [NOTE: this bequest was probably intended for Jonathan not Josuah!]: my "Dowling house" and land; to son Joshua: [this line of the will is illegible]; to two youngest sons Jonathan and Joshua Emerson: equal division of land and buildings not already disposed of, and they are to support their mother; to daughter Hannah Duston: £20; to daughter Abagail (sic.) Smith: £16; to son-in-law Mathew J[illegible]: 40s; to How Mathews's children, John Mathews and his daughter Johannah Mathews, 30s each; to granddaughter Mary Mathews: £15; executors: Jonathan and Joshua Emerson
  	No probate is recorded for this will.
  Died	Aft 18 Jul 1709
  Person ID	I3472	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2017

  
  

  Family	Hannah Webster
  Married	1 Apr 1657	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   [7]
  Children	1. Hannah Emerson,   b. 23 Dec 1657, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1736  (Age 78 years)   2. John Emerson,   b. 30 Jul 1659, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Aug 1659, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   3. Mary Emerson,   b. 5 Oct 1660, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 3 May 1734  (Age 73 years)   4. John Emerson,   b. 8 Mar 1662, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 18 Jul 1709  (Age 47 years)   5. Samuel Emerson,   b. 2 Feb 1663, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 18 Jul 1709  (Age 46 years)   6. Elizabeth Emerson,   b. 26 Jan 1665, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Jun 1693, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 28 years)   7. Abigail Emerson,   b. 17 Dec 1667, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 31 Dec 1667, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   8. Jonathan Emerson,   b. 9 Mar 1670, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 May 1736 - 12 Sep 1736  (Age 66 years) + 9. Abigail Emerson,   b. 20 Nov 1671, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 18 Jul 1709  (Age 37 years)   10. Judith Emerson,   d. 8 Sep 1673, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts   11. Judith Emerson,   b. 29 Sep 1674, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 7 Nov 1677, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 3 years)   12. Joshua Emerson,   b. 2 Mar 1676, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Mar 1676, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   13. Ruth Emerson,   b. 8 May 1677, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 28 Aug 1677, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   14. Joshua Emerson,   b. 17 Nov 1678, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 30 May 1742 - 18 Jul 1742  (Age 63 years)   15. Susanna Emerson,   b. 30 Apr 1680, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 May 1680, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	5 May 2014
  Family ID	F1550	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Vital Records of Haverhill, MA, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project (http://ma-vitalrecords.org)), Births, p. 122 (Reliability: 2), 5 May 2014. [S29] History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, George Wingate Chase, (Haverhill: G W Chase, 1861), 86 (Reliability: 2), 8 May 2014. [S29] History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, George Wingate Chase, (Haverhill: G W Chase, 1861), 122, 145 (Reliability: 2), 8 May 2014. [S29] History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, George Wingate Chase, (Haverhill: G W Chase, 1861), 174 (Reliability: 2), 8 May 2014. [S29] History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, George Wingate Chase, (Haverhill: G W Chase, 1861), 164, 208 (Reliability: 2), 8 May 2014. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex Co., Probate estate files, Emerson, J - Emerson, M 1538-1880, imgs. 122, 144 (Reliability: 3), 21 Nov 2017. [S11] Vital Records of Haverhill, MA, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project (http://ma-vitalrecords.org)), Marriages, p. 111 (Reliability: 2), 5 May 2014.