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[Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED]

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ID: I19768
Name: John DRESSER 1 1 2
Sex: M
Title: Sr
Birth: 1607 in Rowley, Yorkshire, England 3 1 2
Death: in Rowley, Essex, MA 4 1 2
Burial: Rowley, Essex, MA 5 1 2
Change Date: 15 JAN 2004 2
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[daveanthes.FTW]
OCCU shoemaker

*First Dresser in America.

Records indicate he moved to Skewsby near Whenby around 1640.  Rev Ezekiel Rogers was a minister in Rowley, Yorkshire, England.  Rowley is located in the East Riding portion of Yorkshire.  His congregation were devote Puritans.  When the Church of England began changing it's doctrine, such as allowing sports on Sunday, Rev Rogers and others refused to comply.  When he lost his position, he decided to move his congregation to the new world for religious freedom.   Rev Ezekiel Rogers and about 20 families of his followers arrived at Salem, MA on 10 Oct 1638, wintered there and in April 1639 settled in a nearby area which they named Rowley, MA.  They sailed on the ship "John" of London from Hull on the Humber.  At Rowley, MA they joined with about 20 other families that had come over on an earlier voyage of the ship "John" of London, which included John Dresser and his wife Mary.  Records indicate many of these families came from Rowley, Holme on Spaulding Moor and Bradford, Yorkshire, England  John was assigned a lot on Bradford St in Rowley, MA.   One source lists his birthdate as 1605 and bornin Skewsby, Yorkshire, England.
      Today, the ancient chapel still stands at Rowley, England.  It is described as a beautilful church in the middle of nowhere.  Roses adorn the small church which stands by an ivied house, both sheltered by great trees.  The walls of the church are of brick and cement, but the tower is older.  The nave arcades are 13th century and the bowl of the front is Norman.  The chancel arch may be medieval.  A bible dated 1717 still sits on the lecturn.  The old vicarage is now the Rowley Manor Hotel. From a booklet that describes Rowley and it's monuments is written; "The Domesday Book Survey of 1085, states there has been a church at Rowley for almost 100 years.  There is a church and a priest here.  Christianity reached this part of England in 627 when Edwin, King of Northumbria, was converted at Goodmanham, 9 miles away.  The church was probably built at Rowley because it is midway between Little Weighton and Riplingham, which excavations have shown to have been a larger village before the black death.  There is no evidence of there ever having been a village at Rowley.  Between 1630 and 1638, there were over 100 entries in the church records from Little Weighton and Riplingham, but none from Rowley.   In 1638, the Rector, the Rev Ezekiel Rogers, was suspended by Archbishop Laud because he was a Puritan and refused to read "that accursed book that allowed sports on God's Holy Sabbath".  With 30 families from this and neighbouring parishes, he sailed from Hull and founded a
colony in Mass called Rowley."
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For those reasearching their ancestors from the Rowley area, there is a mailing list called Rowley-Roots, run by a Ted Rowley.  Homepage at www.discover.net/~rowleytw/
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See my file on David Flack for several more pages of written research on the Dresser family in Yorkshire, England and Rowley, Mass.  Also, several pages on John and Mary.
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I have a copy of John Dresser's Will on file, thanks to Lisa Haupt.

Father: Christopher DRESSER b: ABT 1580 in Yorkshire, England

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Married: 1638 in England 1 2
Children
John DRESSER b: 1640 in Rowley, Essex, Mass

Sources:
1.     Title: daveanthes.FTW
Note: ABBR daveanthes.FTW
Note: Source Media Type: Other
Text: Date of Import: 14 Jan 2004
2.     Title: Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED
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Text: Date of Import: Feb 6, 2004
3.     Title: Francis S. Dresser Jr, Goshen, MA '96
Note: ABBR Francis S. Dresser Jr, Goshen, MA '96
Note: TITL Francis S. Dresser Jr, Goshen, MA '96
"A Bicentennial History of Goshen, MA 1781-1981"
Jim P. Email jp5@@juno.com & Gordon L. Dresser, Earlville, NY '97ABBRFrancis S. Dresser Jr, Goshen, MA '96~~"A Bicentennial History ofGoshen, MA 1781-1981"~~Jim
4.     Title: Jane Dresser, Richmond, VA '96 & Jesse D. Dresser, Bonita, CA '87
Note: ABBR Jane Dresser, Richmond, VA '96 & Jesse D. Dresser, Bonita, CA '87
Note: TITL Jane Dresser, Richmond, VA '96 & Jesse D. Dresser, Bonita, CA '87
Marilyn Stinson's book, Family History of Henry & Blanche Stinson, '97
Passenger & Immigration List Index by William Filby, book 1936, pg 87ABBRJane Dresser, Richmond, VA '96 & Jess
5.     Title: Prof Frederick T. Boyd, Ph.D, Gainesville, FL '88
Note: ABBR Prof Frederick T. Boyd, Ph.D, Gainesville, FL '88
Note: TITL Prof Frederick T. Boyd, Ph.D, Gainesville, FL '88
LDS AFN:HQD7-X2 & LDS IGI
"Rowley, MA 1639-1850" by Amos JewettABBR Prof Frederick T. Boyd, Ph.D,Gainesville, FL '88~~LDS AFN:HQD7-X2 & LDS IGI~~"Rowley, MA 1639-1850"by Amos Jewett

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