General Notes

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REFN: P60
He bought property in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts., 1665.(21) At 39
years of age Samuel became the father of Ebenezer BELKNAP in Haverhill,
Essex, Massachusetts., December 16, 1667. At 44 years of age Samuel
became t he father of Joseph BELKNAP in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts.,
March 25, 16 72. At 47 years of age Samuel became the father of Patience
BELKNAP in Haverh ill, Essex, Massachusetts., September 17, 1675. Samuel's
occupation: CARPENTE R,FREEMAN in Massachusetts., 1677. Samuel took an
oath of allegiance in Haver hill, Essex, Massachusetts., November 28,
1677.(22) Samuel Belknap lived a li fetime of at least seventy-three [73]
years and spent most of his life in the Salem, Malden, and Haverhill
areas of Massachusetts. It is possible that he lived for a time in
Hampton, Long Island. He was a "joiner", that is a crafts man who built
"fixed" furnishings for a house, such as settees, cupboards, sh elves,
etc; that are made by "cabinet-makers" today. Samuel is listed as owni ng
several different parcels of land at times in his life from, two [2]
sma ll lots at Hampton, Long Island, in 1653, a large property in Salem,
Massachu setts, of which he sold parcels of in deeds dated 1665 and 1666.
In a "deed" dated April 14, 1671, Samuel of Maulden, "joiner", Joseph of
Boston, "glover" and their sister Hannah, sold "theire thirds" [ie;
hereditary rights] of thr ee-fourths of an acre in Lynn, part of the house
lott belonging to their fath er Abraham. In 1673 he bought a two and one
half acre lot in Haverhill, which he sold in 1685. On October 13, 1696,
he deeded his "homestead" at Haverhill . {twenty-seven acres with
buildings] to his son Ebenezer. Samuel and his wif e both died in
Haverhill, Essex Co, MAssachusetts, she on April 18, 1689 and he sometime
after November 11, 1701.