General Notes

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Hugh LASKIN was born about 1590 in Childhay, Broadwinsor, Dorset, Englan
d. He emigrated on 6 Sep 1628 to Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hugh LAS
KIN and his wife Alice/Alis and their daughter Edith came to America on t
he "Abigail." They left Weymouth, Dorset, England on 20 Jun 1628 and arriv
ed 2 months 16 days later. He Granted "about 10 pole on the water sid
e" in 1635 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He became a member in 16
36 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He took the oath of a freem
an on 22 May 1639 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He Slave or indentur
ed servant owner Owned a boy servant for whom he was fined for mistreati
ng in 1644 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. In that year, the LASKINs w
ere fined 40 shillings for "hard usage of his late servant." Witnesses sa
id the boy was fed only coarse bread and whey, was growing thin, and th
at his bedding was inadequate. It is not clear if he died from neglec
t. He appeared in court on 9 Jul 1644 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colon
y. Hugh LASKIN and his wife were charged in court with hard usage of the
ir servant. Jacob Barney testified that he had heard that the greater pa
rt of the servant's diet was course bread and whey, but LASKIN denied i
t. Barney and other s further charged that the boy's bed and clothes we
re lacking and that he was growing thin. The LASKINs were changed 40 shill
ings. He May have visted England in 1647. He died in Mar 1659 in Salem, Es
sex, MA. He left, according to his inventory, £58 on 21 Mar 1659 in Sale
m, Essex, MA.
In June 1638 Edmund Grover sued Thomas Scruggs and William Alford and w
on a verdict of seventeen bushels of corn at harvest[. He was also among t
he neighbors who witnessed against Hugh Laskin and his wife at court in Ju
ly 1644 for "hard usage" of their young servant, Edmund Grover "said he h
ad come to their house and...[the servant boy] had eaten nothing that day"
].
Hugh Laskin was born say 1585. He married Alice (--?--) before 1612. Hu
gh and Alice arrived aboard the Abigail on 16 September 1628 in Naumkeg (n
ow Salem), Essex County, Massachusetts.3 Hugh Laskin was admitted as Freem
an on 22 May 1639 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died in Mar
ch 1659 in Salem.
More About Hugh Laskin:
Freeman: May 12, 1639, Elected Freeman of the Bay Corporation.
Immigration: September 06, 1628, Salem, Essex, MA arriving on the "Abigail
".
Property: 1636, Granted 60 acres next to John Woodbury's..
Residence: 1635, Proprietor of Salem.
Laskin, Hugh, Salem 1636, freem. 22 May 1639, d. Mar. 1659.
Herrick, HENRY, Salem 1629, came in the fleet with Higginson, prob. an
d, 19 Oct. 1630, req. adm. and 18 May foll. was sw. freem.; m. Edit
h, d. of Hugh Laskin of S. had, besiDe other s. and d. not named in his wi
ll, who prob. d. young, Thomas; Zechary, bapt. 25 Dec. 1636; Ephraim, 11 F
eb. 1638; Henry, 16 Jan. 1640; Joseph, 6 Aug. 1645; Eliz. 4 July 1647; Joh
n, 26 May 1650
Hugh, (Laskin,) Salem, propr. 1635, memb. chh. 1636. Servant boy named Eli
ot in court in 1641. His dau. Edith m. Henry Herrick, q. v.
lnv. of his est. March 21, 1658-9.
William, Reading, propr. 1647; town officer. Rem. to Groton. He receipt
ed June 10, 1646, for a legacy from his father William L., late of Readin
g, Eng., paid to him by his father-in-law, (step-father,) William Marti
n. Similar legacy was paid Aug. 5, 1673, to his bro. John L., of Groton. [
Wife] Lydia memb. chh. 1648; ch. Mary b. 7 (9), d. 3 (11) 1649, [Mdx. D
e. I.] William b. May 6, 1655, John b. Jan. 3, 1657, Jonathan b. June 2
8, 1661, Mary b. Feb. 16, 1662.