52 Ancestors #28 - Isaac Buswell

Isaac Buswell, my 11th great-grandfather, was a weaver who emigrated to Salisbury, Massachusetts about 1638 and became a freeman there in October 1640. I found information about him in The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, by David W. Hoyt. Since this book was published in 1897, I decided to see what might have been published more recently and I found an article in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register from 2004, which detailed the English origins of this Buswell family. 




Isaac was born about 1592 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England. According to British History Online, the name comes from the Old English personal name "Bar." The prefix 'Husbands' came into usage in the late 16th and early 17th century, probably to distinguish this village (made up of mostly husbandmen) from Market Bosworth. Isaac was the ninth child of eleven born to Roger & Margaret (___) Buswell and the grandson of John Buswell, yeoman & sheep farmer, & his first wife. Some sources state that Elizabeth Hall was the first wife of John Buswell. Isaac's sister and brother-in-law, Richard & Rebecca (Buswell) Smith settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut. 

Isaac was married three times. His first wife was possibly Elizabeth _____ and she was the mother of four of his six children. She was buried on April 20, 1631 in Husbands Bosworth. Isaac's second wife was Margaret______  and she died in Salisbury on September 29, 1642. It does not appear that they had any children. The third wife of Isaac Buswell was Susanna _____ and they married about 1644. She and Isaac had two children.

Isaac & Elizabeth

1. Phebe was baptized on February 29, 1624, Husbands Bosworth. She married John Bill on May 2, 1645. 
2. William was baptized on February 19, 1626, Husbands Bosworth. He was a weaver and planter. He married Sarah (____) and died on June 21, 1699, Salisbury, MA. 
3. Samuel was baptized on August 17, 1628, Husbands Bosworth and died before July 27, 1704. He married Sarah Keyes in July 1656. He is called planter and husbandman. 
4. Gabriel was baptized on April 3, 1631, Husbands Bosworth and buried there in May 1631. 

Isaac & Susanna

1. Mary was born on August 29, 1645, Salisbury, MA. She married Philip Brown on June 24, 1669. 
2. Isaac was born on July 29, 1650, Salisbury, MA. He married Mary Eastow on October 11, 1671.

Isaac Buswell died in Salisbury, Massachusetts on July 8, 1683. According to Find-A-Grave, he is buried in the Salisbury Colonial Burying Ground but there is no picture of a stone for him.

1.  John Buswell
2.  Roger & Margaret (____) Buswell
3.  Isaac & Elizabeth (____) Buswell
4. John & Phebe (Buswell) Gill
5. Morris & Elizabeth (Gill) Tucker
6. Joseph & Phebe (Page) Tucker
7. Ebenezer & Deborah (Blake) Tucker
8. William & Hannah (Tucker) Rowe
9. William & Susanna (Blaisdell) Rowe
10. Stephen & Elizabeth (Hilton) Rowe
11. Charles & Loann (Churchill) Rowe
12. George & Anna (Rowe) Hayes
13. Estes & Eva (Hayes) Yates
14. Linona Alice Yates - my grandmother

J.M. Lee, R.A. McKinley, "Husbands Bosworth," A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 5: Gartree Hundred, British History Online, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22039

Surname Saturday - Jasper Blake of Hampton, NH

Jasper Blake was a mariner and a fisherman. It is surmised that he came from the family owning land in Wimbotsham, Norfolk, England because there is a line of Jasper Blakes there. He appears in New Hampshire in 1647 when he is a witness to a deed for his relative, Timothy Dalton. It is possible he came with Timothy Dalton in 1637. Quite a few sources list Jasper's wife, Deborah, as the sister of Timothy Dalton but in NEHGR Vol. 154, pp. 259-289, the case is made for her true identity as Deborah Everard, niece of Timothy Dalton, daughter of Richard & Sarah (Dalton) Everard.

This is a very interesting immigrant ancestor for me because it appears that three of my main lines trace back to Jasper.

Children of Jasper Blake & Deborah Everard:

1. Timothy was born October 16, 1649 and married Naomi Sleeper on December 20, 1677. 

2. Deborah was born January 15, 1651/52 and married Eleazer Elkins after October 1671. 

3. Israel was mentioned in his father's will but no other records have been found. 

4. John was born October 31, 1656 and died March 29, 1716. He married Frances _____.

5. Sarah was born February 14, 1658/59 and died September 29, 1660. 

6. Sarah was born June 30, 1661 and married Alexander Magoon. 

7. Jasper was born November 16, 1663 and died December 19, 1678. 

8. Samuel was born June 6, 1666 and died before the coroner's inquest was filed on June 27, 1666.

9. Dorothy was born September 17, 1668 and died September 28, 1737. She married Nathaniel Locke. 

10. Philemon was born May 23, 1671 and married Sarah Dearborn on January 20, 1698. 

11. Maria was born on March 1, 1672/73.

Line 1:

Jasper & Deborah (Everard) Blake

John & Frances ( _ ) Blake

John & Mary (Dearborn) Blake

Benjamin & Molly (Connor) Blake

David & Hannah or Joanna (Messer) Blake

Micajah & Nancy (Ripley) Blake

Galen & Dolly (Moody) Blake

Charles Galen & Isabelle (Brown) Blake

Harriet May Blake

Clayton L. Blake - my grandfather

Line 2: - research on this line needs more sources to confirm 

Jasper & Deborah (Everard) Blake

Timothy & Naomi (Sleeper) Blake

Israel & Leah (Smith) Blake

Ebenezer & Deborah (Blake) Tucker

William & Hannah (Tucker) Rowe

William & Susannah (Blaisdell) Rowe

Stephen & Elizabeth (Hilton) Rowe

Charles & Loann (Churchill) Rowe

George & Anna (Rowe) Hayes

Estes & Eva (Hayes) Yates

Linona Alice Yates - my grandmother

Line 3: - research is very preliminary on this line and more sources are needed 

Jasper & Deborah (Everard) Blake

Timothy & Naomi (Sleeper) Blake

Oliver & Ruth (Blake) Smith

Moses & Mehitable (Smith) Lyford

Oliver Smith & Elizabeth (Johnson) Lyford

David & Nancy (Lyford) Philbrick

Oliver Smith & Mary (Edgecomb) Philbrick

Benjamin & Jane (Matthews) Philbrick

Francis Llewellyn & Lizzie (Philbrick) Cotton

Ray Everett & Annie Florilla (Gibbs) Cotton

Fern Lyndell Cotton - my grandmother