General Notes

Grew up in Holland; one of 15 young men who landed in Plymouth in 1636, in- dentured to Isaac Allerton, richest man in Plymouth Colony to pay for pass- age; granted land ts Powder Point; tailor by trade; an original proprietor of Bridgewater, MA; made a Freeman with voting rights in 1645; a man of standing and local influence; Constable in 1651 and juror in 1659.