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- The records state that Stickney is a large village on the Boston road, eight and one-half miles north of Boston station, in the soke of Bolingbroke, Union of Spilsby, Lindsley division, and diocese of Lincoln, England. From this came the surname Stickney.
In the parish register of St. Mary's Church, in the parish of Frampton in the Wapentake of Kirton, Lincoln county, England, three and one-half miles south from Boston, are many records of baptisms, marriages and burials of Stickneys from 1558 to 1609. The name does not appear on those records after that date. Tradition and information obtained in England render it probable that the family removedto Hull or its vicinity.
(I) William Stickney, the first settler, was the ancestor of nearly all who have since borne that name in America. It is inferred from records procured in England that he was the William who is mentioned as baptized in St. Mary's Church, Frampton, Lincolnshire, England, April 0, 1592, and the son of William Stickney, of Frampton, who was baptized December 30, 1558, and married, June 16, 1585, Margaret Pcirson, and the grandson of Robert Stickney of Frampton, who made his will October 3, and was buried October 18, 1582.
William Stickney, the settler, seems to have come probably from Hull, in Yorkshire, England, in 1637, and from the records of the First Church in Boston it appears that "The-6t of ye nth moneth 1638 Willyam Stickney a husbandman & Elizabeth his wife" and others were admitted; and "The 24th day of ye gth Moneth 1639, Our brethren Mr. Henry Sandys, William Stickney x x x by ye Churches Silence weredismissed to ye gathering of a Church at Rowley if the Lord so please." William Stickney with his wife and three eldest children were among the original settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. "On the seventh of October 1040 x x x Willi: Stickney were admitted Freemen." In 1639 William Stickney had land allotted to him upon which he erected a house, on the corner of Bradford and Wethcrslield streets. He was a member of an important committee in 1652 to draw up "a covenant and agreement," between the town of Rowley and the first settlers of the Mernmack lands, now Bradford. He was clerk of the market, and on jury of trials in 1653, selectman 1656 and 1661, also in 1661 styled lieutenant. The ancient possession books of Rowley contain frequent records of grants of land to him and from him and his wife. In the town books of Rowley it is recorded that William Stickney was buried January 2S, 1665. Elizabeth Stickney survived her husband several years. The date of her death is not known. On the two hundredth anniversary of the death of William Stickney, a granite obelisk was elected on his grave bearing the following inscription:
WILLIAM STICKNEY
BORN IN
FRAMPTON, ENGLAND.
A. D. 15923
WAS WITH HIS WIFE
ELIZABETH
OF BOSTON. IN N. E. IN 1638.
OF ROWLEY IN 1639.
WHERE HE DIED
A. D. 1665
ERECTED
BY HIS DESCENDANTS
JOSIAH STICKNEY.
OF BOSTON.
MATTHEW ADAMS STICKNEY
OF SALEM.
JOSEPH HENKY STICKNEY.
OF BALTIMORE. MD..
1865
The children of William and Elizabeth Stickney were:
1. Samuel, born in England. 1633; married Julia Swan; Prudence Gage. 2. Amos, born England, 1635; married Sarah Morse, June 24, 1663. 3. Mary, born in England. 1637; married James Borker, Jr. 4. Johnborn imo. 14 da. 1640; married Hannah Brocklebank, June 29. 1680. 5. Faith, born 12 mo. 4 da. 1641; married Samuel Gage. 6. Andrew, born 3 mo. ii da. 1644: married Eduah Lambert; Elizabeth Jevvett. 7. Thomas, born I mo. 3 da. 1646; married Mehitable Kimball. 8. Elizabeth, born I mo. 3 da. 1646; died December 4, 1659, Rowley, Rec., December 7. Court Records. 9. Mercy, born II mo. 4 da. 1648; died January 14. 1676. 10. Adding, born II mo. 4 da. 1648; died September 17, 1660.
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