ID: I019463
Name: Nicholas WALLINGFORD
Sex: M
Birth: 2 JAN 1657 in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1 2 3 4
Death: 10 MAY 1682 in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1 2
Reference Number: 19463
Note:
From Wallingfords of New England: A manuscript Wallingford genealogystates that his wife's name was Elizabeth Jewett rather than Palmer, and that she was born 8 August 1652 and died 21 January 1740. A Jewett genealogy also has some confusing information by recording the marriage of an unclassified Elizabeth Jewett with Nicholas Wallingford, Jr. of Bradford on 12 March 1680. This is clearly in error, as John Palmer, in his will dated 23 August 1693, mentions his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Anthony Bennet, as well as a grandchild Nicholas Wallingford, a minor. The published Bradford VRs also record a marriage between Nicholas Jr. and Elizabeth ------- on 12 March 1680, the day their son Nicholas was born. Both this date and the date in 1678 are from records of the Essex Co. Quarterly Court. There is no other known Nicholas that this can be so it is probably just confused with the birth date of Nicholas III. The original court records should be checked to determine the truth here.

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

BIOGRAPHY: From Wallingfords of New England: On 4 April 1682 Nicholas Wallingford, Caleb Hopkinson and others were called to testify as witnesses in a case against Nathan Webster for "killing a tame deer, for lies and for breach of the peace". Caleb, aged about 32, and Nicholas, aged about 26, "deposed that the night following the day that Webster shot the deer near where Thomas Stickney dwells, they asked Webster why he would shoot a deer with a red list around its neck. They said it was probably David Wheeler's."(

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




Father: Nicholas WALLINGFORD b: 1629 in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England
Mother: Sarah TRAVERS b: 1636 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Marriage 1 Elizabeth PALMER b: 1 AUG 1652 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Married: 4 DEC 1678 in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1 2 3 5

Marriage 2 Elizabeth JEWETT
Married: 12 MAR 1680 in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts 6 5
Children
Nicholas WALLINGFORD b: BET 12 MAR 1680 AND 1681 in Bradford, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Sources:
Title: Wallingford Genealogy
Note: ABBR Wallingford Genealogy
Note: http://www.hicom.net/~econstud/gene/
Title: Wallingfords of New England
Note: ABBR Wallingfords of New England
Note: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~teschek/wallingford/
Title: A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England Before1692
Author: James Savage
Title: Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury,Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Author: Daniels, Nathan Hagar
Publication: Boston, Mass.: N.H. Daniels, 1903
Note: ABBR Descendants of Henry Travers
Note: Heritage Quest online book
Title: Massachusetts Vital Records 1600-1849
Repository:
Note: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/
Media: Internet
Title: Wallingford family website
Note: ABBR Wallingford family website
Note: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1115/