Needham Anthony b. 1628 England, U.K. d. AFT 06 SEP 1705 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

1628 - 1705

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Birth 1628 England, U.K. [1]

Gender Male

_UPD 16 AUG 2009 08:55:40 GMT-5

Died Aft 06 Sep 1705 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA [1]

Person ID I5223 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Family Potter Ann, d. Aft 16 Jul 1695

Married 10 Jan 1655 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2]

Children

1. Needham Rachel, b. 17 Mar 1677, d. 15 Apr 1768

Family ID F2208 Group Sheet

Notes	The surname Needham is English in origin. Needham was a market town in county Suffolk, England, and a parish in the county of Norfolk, England, and it is probable that the families of that name took it, after the Norman fashion, from these towns. The family of the Earl of Kilmorey, to take one instance, took their name from Needham in the county of Derby, England, where they are supposed to have resided during the reign of Edward III., and possibly even earlier. Other derivations of the name are from the Saxon, neat; Danish, nad, a herd, and ham, a village. In another sense it may denote a clean, fair town. The Needham families of the United States are the descendants of several early immigrants. Chief among them were John Need- ham, of Boston; Edmund Needham, of Lynn, and Anthony Needham, of Salem, Massachusetts. John Needham, of Boston, was born in 1674, died February 24, 1742, having married Mary Jefts, February 26, 1702, the next generation finding them at Billerica, Massachusetts, and Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Edmund Needham came from London about 1639 and died at Lynn, Massachusetts, May 16, 1677, having married a lady of the baptismal name of Joan. There were several other settlers of a somewhat later date whose descendants are scattered throughout America. The Needhams, descendants of Anthony, were among the first settlers of Salem and the towns in its vicinity and in Hampden county, Massachusetts. (I) Anthony Needham, first immigrant ancestor of the American branch of the Needham family here dealt with, was born in England in 1628, died after September 6, 1705, at Salem, Massachusetts. He was among the number of municipal officers organized under an act of incorporation by the people of the town, and he was also lieutenant in the troop of horse raised by the Salem authorities. He was in religion a Quaker Puritan, and when in England, which he is supposed to have left about 1650, he took with his family, according to tradition, an active part in the reformation work under Cromwell. He married, January 10, 1655, at Salem, Massachusetts, Ann Potter, who died after July 16, 1695, and by whom he had twelve children, namely: i. Rebecca, born December 21, 1656; married Michael Chaple- man, in January, 1675. 2. Hannah, born June 30, 1658. 3. Elizabeth, born October i, 1659. 4. Provided, born February 12, 1661, died unmarried. 5. Anthony, mentioned below. 6. Mary, born February 3, 1665,died unmarried in 1742. 7. George, born March 26, 1667, died unmarried. 8. Isaac, born April 15, 1669, died in May, 1750. 9. Abigail, born May 31, 1671; married Thomas Gould in 1691. 10. Thomas, bornJuly 25, 1673, died in 1752. n. Dorothy, born August 25, 1675 ; married William Brown, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. 12. Rachel, born March 17, 1677; married William Small, February 21, 1712.

Sources

[S68] New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, William Richard Cutter, (Name: 1913-1915;), 10 (Reliability: 3).
[S68] New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, William Richard Cutter, (Name: 1913-1915;), 580 (Reliability: 3).