BIRTH: Wallingfords of New England has birth in Fareham possibly by 30 March 1630.

Some sources erronously have his birth in Newbury, Massachusetts.

DEATH: Wallingfords of New England has death in captivity overseas, about 1680 or 1681, in "Argone". Nicholas was a seaman and his last voyage to sea apparently led to his being captured on his way to England and his death in captivity. The first word yet found of his disappearance is in a letter dated October 24, 1680 from Samuel Sewall of Boston to his brother Stephen Sewall of Bishop-Stoke, Hampshire, England. At one point in this letter Samuel writes, "Mr. Lidget is well & brisk in London: enquire if he can tell any thing of Nic Wallingford". Samuel Sewall was a rich merchant who later became a judge, but in these early years he had recently come of age in the town of Newbury where his father and grandfather were early settlers. It seems reasonable to imagine that the Wallingford family appealed to Sewall, having known his family and knowing that they had contacts in a wider world who might have word of Nicholas. Sewall later was a judge at the Salem witch trails, and eventually Chief Justice of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The Mr. Lidget mentioned in the letter may be either Peter or his son Charles, both merchants from Boston and London. More research should be done into these individuals to see if they left any more letters with information on Nicholas. Samuel Sewall left an extensive diary covering most of his life but, unfortunately, the years which might reveal more information about Wallingford's disappearance were lost long ago.

Certification of his death by Mr. Thomas Kellon, a merchant, was made to the court at Ipswich, Mass. on September 27, 1681, and an inventory of his estate had been made on the 22d. Nicholas had been captured at sea while on a voyage to England and died in captivity, so likely died long before the news reached home. Evidence for this fact is contained in his probate files in a 1683 petition from his wife where she states that he "being going for England was taken Captive and there ended his Days". Some secondary sources state that he was captured by Barbary pirates, but this is likely only oral tradition, although perfectly plausible. The inventory of his estate begins "An Inventory of ye Estate of Nicholaus Wallingford who Deceased in Argone." This would seem to indicate that the name of the place where he died is called "Argone". Three possible locations for this would be "Aragon", a part of Spain, "Argonne", a part of France, and "Arguin", a fortified trading station dominating a section of the West African coast, now in Mauritania. Arguin was under contention between the Dutch and the French about that time and was also being visited by some adventurous English traders.

At a court held in Ipswich on September 27, 1681, administration of the estate of Nicholas Wallingford was granted to Sarah Wallingford, relict of said Nicholas, and Caleb Hopkinson, and they were ordered to bring in an inventory to the next March court. This action was performed "upon a certificate received from Mr. Tho. Kellon, merchant, on the death of Nicholas Walingford".
Nicholas' probate file includes a number of papers, some of which are extracted or abstracted below:

An inventory that was taken on September 22, 1681 by Ezekiel Northen, [Shu?] Walker, and John Palmer was presented to the court on March 28, 1682: "An Inventory of ye Estate of Nicholaus Wallingford who Deceased in Argone. in apparill ------------------------------------------ 05-05-0
to books --------------------------------------------- 01-10-0
to Amunition ----------------------------------------- 03-00-0
to beding -------------------------------------------- 14-00-0
to [Sak--?] ------------------------------------------ 01-01-0
to Lumber and fla[x?] ----------------------------- 04-10-0
to Linin -------------------------------------------- 01-00-0
to pewtter brass and Iron in ye house ---------- 03-00-0
to stock in cattel horses and swine ---------------- [55?]--17-0
to utencils for husbandry --------------------------- 04-06-0
to one hundred four----? and two acres of Land and Meadow with housing ------ 300-00-0
This Inventory taken ye 22: September 1681 by Ezek Northe and [Shu?] Walker and John Palmer
Debts Due from ye Estate John Wattson --------------------------------- 0-12-0
John Griffing --------------------------------- 0-10-0
Anthony Somersby: Newbury: -------------- 1-12-9
Ensigne Greinleafe: Newbury: ------------- 0-15-7
John Wicom: Rowley: ----------------------- 3-10-0
Mr. H----? Wainwright ---------------------- 14-10-0
Mr. Jon Wainwright -------------------- 1-01-0
Tristram Coffin: Newbury: --------------- 8-8-0
George Kilborne: Rowley ---------------- 0-8-0
Caleb Boynton ----------------------------- 0-4-9
Mistis Wi[ston?]: Bradford: ------------- 0-18-0
Rich Bartlet[?]: Newbury: --------------- 0-06-0
John [F---?]: Rowley ---------------------- 0-05-0
Mr Looke ----------------------------------- 2-0-0
David Merrill Newbury ------------------- 0-4-0
Abraham Merrill: Newbury -------------- 0-5-0
Mr. {illeg.] and Mr. ----eth? in silver ---- 12-0-0
Caleb Hopkinson --------------------------- 9-0-0
more to John Atkinson ----------------------10[s?]
[Total] ------------------------------------------- 56-10-1
Debts due to ye estate Abraham Be[lnapper?] --------------------- 2-0-6
Rich Hall ------------------------------------ 0-4-0
Will Hardy ----------------------------------- 0-7-0
Joseph [C?]onnor ---------------------------- 2-0-0
Mathew Petingell ---------------------------- 2-0-0
[Ni?]cho Wallingford ----------------------- 0-[17?]-0
David [Bevison?] ---------------------------- 0-09-0
[Total] ------------------------------------------- 7-19-6
This inventory of the estate of Nicholas Wallingford the Administrators upon oath delivered to be a true Inventory to the best of their knowledge & if more appears [illeg.] ye court [illeg.] at Ipswich the 28 of March 1682. Attest Robert Ford clerk for ordering of the estate the court orders the estate to be left in the widdows hand for the bringing up the young child and the lame child but the land to be responsable to be ordered by the court."

His widow petitioned the court:

"To the Honored Generall Court sitting at Boston the 16th of May 1683. The Humble petition of Sarah Wallingford to this Honored Court is as followeth. Whereas by Gods Providence my Late Deare husband being going for England was taken Captive and there ended his Days, hath left your poore handmaid with her children sivirall of whom Small & not Capable to doe anything towards a livily hood; the Court at Ipswich having Granted Administration to myself of the estate which is most of it is wilderness land; not above two acres of said land in Improvement. I [cannot tell?] which was to make any releise of it for our subsistance; the rest of the moveable estate being so little not sufficient to pay Debts which can be spared; and for our support I am still [illeg.] running into Debt: The Humble request of your petitioner is, that this Court would Impower your petitioner or some other [meet?] person to make sale of some part of the Land for releife of the family and to pay what Debts are yet unpaid; for it is [conceived?] that it will be more advantageous [yet land it?] sold to pay Debts than to have it taken away by the Creditors and that [land?] it be disposed of for releife then to be under-- [illeg.] all want the estate is vallued at a very high rate and some think it will not be valued at about half so much [as?] it is [appraised?] at, if it be taken by Execution; If some speedy Course be not taken, I know not which way to subsist, but must fall into the hands of others for releife, therefore in trust that God may [illeg.] to that wch may be best for our pro-- [illeg.] & future benefitt for which yor humble Petitioner shall pray. Sarah Wallingford
There [or then?] was my son in law named put into the letter of Administration but he will not undertake nor be engatged unless there be [illeg.] given, to sell some land to pay Debts & relieve us."
The court granted Caleb Hopkinson & Sarah Wallingford administrators "liberty to make sale of part of the Land belonging to sd estate to the valew of forty pounds according to Inventory already Given in."

On 28 March 1682 the probate court ordered that Nicholas' personal estate be left in the widow Sarah's hands "for the bringing up of the young child and the lame child". The young child is likely Abigail, who would have been less than two years old at the time. But the "lame" child is unidentified. If one assumes that a "lame" or handicapped child would not have married (perhaps a false assumption) that leaves either William or Joseph, who died unmarried, or Hannah, about whom it is not known whether or not she ever married.

On 22 April 1691 the Essex Co. Quarterly Court at Ipswich ratified an agreement between the widow Sarah, her sons James and John Wallingford and her son-in-law Caleb Hopkinson to set out the remainder of the estate of Nicholas to the widow and children. Sarah had renounced her rights to the widow's thirds for some reason, so a committee consisting of Samuel Hazeltine, David Hazeltine and Richard Kimball was created to redistribute the remainder of the estate.(42) On 3 November 1709, a few months after Sarah died, "the Children of Nicholas Wallingford, late of Bradford, Deceasd" petitioned the government to affirm the division of the estate that was done back in 1691. This was signed by Caleb Hopkinson (husband to Sarah), Nathaniel Caldwell (husband to Abigail), Jonathan Look (husband to Elizabeth), James Wallingford, Benjamin Wallingford, Nathaniel Ayers (husband to Esther) and Joseph Poore (husband to Mary). James Wallingford was the only one to make a mark rather than sign. Apparently their brother and brother-in-law John Wallingford, who had agreed to the earlier 1691 division, was now attempting to void his mother's title to certain lands that she had at some point sold, claiming that the land was only hers during her lifetime, which, the petitioners claimed, "could not bee so Intended or understood". The Massachusetts Legislature granted their petition.(43) The legal papers that must have been generated by John haven't been seen yet.

BIRTH: Wallingfords of New England has birth in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.

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DEATH: From Wallingfords of New England: At a court held at Salem, Mass. on 27 June 1682 the inventory of his estate was settled. Nicholas Wallingford died intestate and administration of his estate was granted to Elizabeth, the widow, who presented the inventory. Elizabeth, "having one child: viz: Nicholas, the child of the deceased: the court do order that the whole estate shalbe & remaine in the widdows hands for her use and bringing up of the child: & when he comes of age the estate as in the Inventory (after debts are paid) to be divided equally between the mother & child: ... & the house & land in the Inventory, is to stand bound for security for the paying the childs portion."

The inventory was taken on 2 June 1682 by Shuball Walker and Ezekiell Northen. [The inventory published in the Essex Quarterly Court Records says Ezekiel Clenton but is incorrect, and it makes other mistakes as well. Nicholas' wife Elizabeth's mother was Margaret Northend, brother to this Ezekiel.] In addition to various items of wearing apparel, furniture, wooden ware, "utincils for husbandry", "Provisions in the house", looms and livestock was the "house land & medow" worth Ð130. Total value of the estate was set at Ð195. A listing of debts due to and from the estate is included

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BIRTH: Ancestry of George W. Bush and Wallingfords of New England have birth in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.

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BIRTH: Birth may have been on August 15 and may have been in Rowley, Massachusetts.

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One source has death after 1748 in Prince Georges County,Maryland.
From Wallingfords of New England: On 27 September 1701, John Wallingford gave bond for the estate of his brother Joseph, he did the same on the estate of his brother Benjamin, apparently on a false report of his death. An inventory was taken on 22 October 1701 by the same Richard Kimball and Jonas Platts which included "about sixten acres of land and Medow".(78) But Benjamin was alive and well and living in Maryland, and he was back in Massachusetts in 1709, evidently to rectify the situation.

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