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Onion, Hannah

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Onion, Hannah was born on 27 May 1696 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA (daughter of Onion, Benjamin and Woodcock, Deborah); died on 11 Aug 1696 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Robert Brand Hanson, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3 vols. (Bowie, MD, 1989), 1:235 (FHL #974.47/D2 V2hr).
    DEATH: Ibid, 2:149.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Onion, Benjamin was born on 24 Dec 1659 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA (son of Onion, Robert and Metcalf, Sarah); died on 24 Mar 1717/1718 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Robert Brand Hanson, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3 vols. (Bowie, MD, 1989), 1:234 (FHL #974.47/D2 V2hr).
    MAR: James N. Arnold, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF REHOBOTH, 1692-1896 (Providence, 1897), 271 (FHL #974.485/R1 V2a). The mar is also recorded in VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3:137.
    DEATH: Hanson, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 2:146. Also see the will of Benjamin Onion of Dedham, 23 Mar 1717, proved 9 Jun 1718, Suffolk Co. Probate, #4049, (o.s.) 21:12-15 (FHL #584135).
    OCC: Husbandman

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    BEPS: IGI

    Benjamin married Woodcock, Deborah on 24 May 1683 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA. Deborah (daughter of Woodcock, John and Sarah) was born about 1662 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA; died after 23 Mar 1717/1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Woodcock, Deborah was born about 1662 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA (daughter of Woodcock, John and Sarah); died after 23 Mar 1717/1718.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: No birth rec found. Benjamin Onion, husband of Deborah was one of the legatees in the articles of agreement of the heirs of John Woodcock, 4 Dec 1701, Bristol Co. Probate, 2:37 (FHL #461882). Date and place of birth are approximations.
    MAR #1: No marriage. Child by Richard Bennett was born at Rehoboth, 11 Mar 1681 (Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, eds, RECORDS OF THE COLONY OF NEW PLYMOUTH, 12 vols. [Boston, 1855-61], 6:63-64; 8:77 [FHL #974.4 N2n]). Deborah was charged with fornication with Bennett, 7 Jun 1681, which resulted in the birth of a daughter Jane.
    MAR #2: James N. Arnold, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF REHOBOTH, 1692-1896 (Providence, 1897), 271 (FHL #974.485/R1 V2a). Mar is also recorded in Robert Brand Hanson, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3 vols. (Bowie, MD, 1989), 3:137 (FHL #974.47/D2 V2hr).
    DEATH: No death rec found. Deborah was living on date of the will of her husband, Benjamin Onion of Dedham, 23 Mar 1717, proved 9 Jun 1718, Suffolk Co. Probate, #4049, (o.s.) 21:12-15 (FHL #584135).

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    BEPS: IGI

    Children:
    1. Onion, Sarah was born on 23 Apr 1684 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; died on 14 Jul 1755 in Walpole,Norfolk,MA.
    2. Onion, Jonathan was born on 7 Mar 1686/1687 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; died on 3 Aug 1758 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    3. Onion, Mary was born on 29 Dec 1690 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    4. Onion, Deborah was born on 13 Jan 1692/1693 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; died on 17 Feb 1778 in Walpole,Norfolk,MA.
    5. 1. Onion, Hannah was born on 27 May 1696 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; died on 11 Aug 1696 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    6. Onion, Hannah was born on 21 Jan 1697/1698 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; died on 6 Aug 1776 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; was buried in Old Village Cemetery,Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    7. Onion, Abigail was born on 12 Dec 1702 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; died on 25 Dec 1702 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Onion, Robert was born about 1609 in England; died on 21 Nov 1673 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Date of birth is calculated from age 26 on passenger list of the ship "Blessing" from London, 1635 (Peter Wilson Coldham, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EMIGRANTS, 1607-1660 [Baltimore, 1987], 149 [FHL #973 W2col]).
    MAR #1: No mar rec found. "Mary wife of Robert Onion" was buried at Roxbury, 4 Apr 1643 (VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2 vols. [Salem, MA, 1925-26], 2:604 [FHL #974.46/R2 V2r]). Another account of her death is found in John Winthrop, THE HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND, 1630 TO 1649, ed James Savage, 2 vols. (Boston, 1826), 2:95 (FHL #974 H2w).
    MAR #2: Robert Brand Hanson, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3 vols. (Bowie, MD, 1989), 3:137 (FHL #974.47/D2 V2hr).
    MAR #3: No mar rec found. Children were born to Robert Onion and wife Sarah in Dedham, 1649-65. Sarah Onion is identified in the will of her father, Michael Metcalf of Dedham, 15 Nov 1664, proved 1 Feb 1664/5, Suffolk Co. Probate, misc docket, (o.s.) 1:440-41 (FHL #584127).
    DEATH: Hanson, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 2:149. Also see the adm of estate of Robert Onion of Dedham, n.d., inv 23 Dec 1673, Suffolk Co. Probate, #675, (o.s.) 7:336-37 (FHL #584128).

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    SEAL S2,3: IGI

    Robert married Metcalf, Sarah about 1648. Sarah (daughter of Metcalf, Michael and Elwyn, Sarah) was born on 10 Sep 1624 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 10 Mar 1624/1625 in St. Benedict,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; died on 25 Feb 1671/1672 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Metcalf, Sarah was born on 10 Sep 1624 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 10 Mar 1624/1625 in St. Benedict,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng (daughter of Metcalf, Michael and Elwyn, Sarah); died on 25 Feb 1671/1672 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Dr. Luther Metcalf Harris, "Metcalf Family," NEHGR, 6(1852):173 (FHL #974 B2ne). The source of the birth date in not stated. It probably came from an early family record. The date coincides well with the chr date, below.
    CHR: St. Benedict Norwich par reg (FHL #1517746 item 24).
    MAR: No mar rec found. Children were born to Robert Onion and wife Sarah in Dedham, 1649-65 (Robert Brand Hanson, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3vols. [Bowie, MD, 1989], 1:234-36 [FHL #974.47/D2 V2hr]). Sarah Onion is identified in the will of her father, Michael Metcalf of Dedham, 15 Nov 1664, proved 1 Feb 1664/5, Suffolk Co. Probate, misc docket, (o.s.) 1:440-41 (FHL #584127).
    DEATH: Hanson, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 2:149.

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    BEPS: IGI

    Children:
    1. Onion, Sarah was born on 23 May 1649 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; was christened on 27 May 1649 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; died on 22 May 1676 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    2. Onion, Mary was born on 12 Feb 1650/1651 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; was christened on 16 Feb 1650/1651 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    3. Onion, Hannah was born on 29 Jul 1656 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; was christened on 6 Jul 1656 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    4. 2. Onion, Benjamin was born on 24 Dec 1659 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; died on 24 Mar 1717/1718 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    5. Onion, Joseph was born on 10 Mar 1662 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; was christened on 22 Mar 1662/1663 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    6. Onion, Grace was born on 22 Mar 1665/1666 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; was christened on 25 Mar 1665/1666 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.

  3. 6.  Woodcock, John was born about 1615 in England; died on 20 Oct 1701 in Attleborough,Bristol,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. John was apparently a single man when he was living in Springfield, Mass. in 1636.
    MAR #1: No mar rec found. Two records show that John Woodcock's wife was Sarah. On 1 Jan 1660 John Woodcock and wife Sarah of Rehoboth sold land to Joseph Carpenter (Plymouth Colony Deeds, 3:5 [FHL #567789]). Sarah, "wife of John Woodcocke," died at Rehoboth, 10 May 1676 (Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, eds, RECORDS OF THE COLONY OF NEW PLYMOUTH, 12 vols. [Boston, 1855-61], 8:63 [FHL #974.4 N2n]).
    MAR #2: No mar rec found. A wife Joanna is identified in "articles of agreement" of the heirs of John Woodcock, late of Attleborough, 4 Dec 1701, Bristol Co. Probate, 2:37 (FHL #461882).
    DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF ATTLEBOROUGH (Salem, MA, 1934), 744 (FHL #974.485/A2 C28v). Also see the estate recs of John Woodcock of Attleborough: inv, 29 Oct 1701; agreement of heirs, 4 Dec 1701 and 6 Mar 1703; account, 2 Nov 1704 (Bristol Co. Probate, 2:36-37, 106-107 [FHL #461882]).
    OCC: Merchant, tavern keeper.

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    SEAL S1: FGRA

    John married Sarah about 1646. Sarah was born about 1625 in England; died on 10 May 1676 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Sarah was born about 1625 in England; died on 10 May 1676 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
    MAR: No mar rec found. Two records show that John Woodcock's wife was Sarah. On 1 Jan 1660 John Woodcock of Rehoboth and wife Sarah sold land to Joseph Carpenter (Plymouth Colony Deeds, 3:5 [FHL #567789]). Death rec, below, also shows that John Woodcock had a wife Sarah.
    DEATH: Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, eds, RECORDS OF THE COLONY OF NEW PLYMOUTH, 12 vols. (Boston, 1855-61), 8:63 (FHL #974.4 N2n). This could be Sarah, wife of John Woodcock, Jr, but as no "Jr" was indicated, it seems likely that she was wife of the elder John Woodcock.

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    BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1267054-R).
    SEAL S: FGRA

    Children:
    1. Woodcock, Sarah was born about 1647 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA.
    2. Woodcock, John was born about 1649 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA; died on 10 Jul 1718 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; was buried in Old Village Cemetery,Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    3. Woodcock, Mary was born about 1653 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA.
    4. Woodcock, Nathaniel was born about 1657 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA; died on 28 Apr 1676 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA.
    5. Woodcock, Israel was born about 1660 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA; died in (wp) 12 May 1719 in Attleborough,Bristol,MA.
    6. 3. Woodcock, Deborah was born about 1662 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA; died after 23 Mar 1717/1718.
    7. Woodcock, Thomas was born about 1665 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA.
    8. Woodcock, Jonathan was born about 1668 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA; died in Dec 1736 in Attleborough,Bristol,MA.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Metcalf, Michael was born in 1590 in Tatterford,Norfolk,Eng (son of Metcalf, Leonard and Amy); died on 24 Dec 1664 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Michael deposed in 1635 that he was 45 years old and born in Tatterford, Norfolk. The deposition is found in Consistorial Deposition Books in the Diocesan Registry at Norwich (cited in Charles Edward Banks, "Genealogical Research in England - Metcalf," NEHGR, 80[1926]:312 [FHL #974 B2ne]). Tatterford parish registers are defective during this period with no entries for 1590. However, Rev. Leonard Metcalf was the only Metcalf having children in Tatterford at this time.
    MAR #1: Heigham par reg (FHL #993968 item 2).
    MAR #2: Robert Brand Hanson, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3 vols. (Bowie, MD, 1989), 3:127 (FHL #974/47/D2 V2hr). The wife is called Mary Pigge on mar entry, but Mary was apparently a widow when she married Michael Metcalf. Michael's will, below, mentions a pre-nuptial agreement wherein Mary reserved her own estate to herself. Mary's previous husband remains unidentified.
    DEATH: Hanson, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 2:139. Also see the will of Michael Metcalf of Dedham, 15 Nov 1664, proved 1 Feb 1664/5, inv 1 Feb 1664/5, Suffolk Co. Probate, misc docket, (o.s.) 1:440-41 (FHL #584127).
    OCC: Dornick weaver

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    BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1267711-R).
    SEAL P: IGI
    SEAL S1: IGI

    Michael married Elwyn, Sarah on 13 Oct 1616 in Heigham,Norfolk,Eng. Sarah (daughter of Elwyn, Thomas and Benslye, Elizabeth) was born on 17 Jun 1593 in Heigham,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 17 Jun 1593 in Heigham,Norfolk,Eng; died on 30 Nov 1644 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Elwyn, Sarah was born on 17 Jun 1593 in Heigham,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 17 Jun 1593 in Heigham,Norfolk,Eng (daughter of Elwyn, Thomas and Benslye, Elizabeth); died on 30 Nov 1644 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Birth information is given in death rec, below.
    CHR: Heigham par reg (FHL #993968 item 2).
    MAR: Ibid. The entry is very difficult to read. For transcript of Elwynen tries in this parish, see G. Andrews Moriarty, "The Elwyns of Norfolk,"MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA ET HERALDICA, 5th ser, 6(1926-28):27-28 (FHL #942B2m).
    DEATH: Robert Brand Hanson, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3 vols. (Bowie, MD, 1989), 2:140 (FHL #974/47/D2 V2hr). This entry was transcribed from the Dedham First Church registers: "Sarah Metcalf wife of our brother Michael Metcalf, Senr died comfortably Novr 30. 1644 aged 51 yrs 5 mo. 13 days. She was born at Wagnham [Heigham] near Norwich [England] June 17, 1593 - married October 13, 1616."

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    BEPS: IGI

    Children:
    1. Metcalf, Michael was born on 13 Nov 1617 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 30 Nov 1617 in St. Benedict,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was buried on 20 Jan 1617/1618 in St. Benedict,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng.
    2. Metcalf, Mary was born on 14 Feb 1618 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 17 Feb 1618/1619 in St. Benedict,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; died on 5 May 1676 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    3. Metcalf, Michael was born on 29 Aug 1620 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; died on 25 Mar 1654 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    4. Metcalf, John was born on 5 Sep 1622 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; died on 27 Nov 1675 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    5. 5. Metcalf, Sarah was born on 10 Sep 1624 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 10 Mar 1624/1625 in St. Benedict,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; died on 25 Feb 1671/1672 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    6. Metcalf, Elizabeth was christened on 20 Sep 1626 in St. Benedict,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; died on 1 May 1711 in Lynn,Essex,MA.
    7. Metcalf, Martha was born on 27 Mar 1628 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 27 Mar 1628 in St. Benedict,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; died on 26 Dec 1717 in Concord,Middlesex,MA.
    8. Metcalf, Thomas was born on 27 Dec 1629 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 1 Jan 1629/1630 in St. Edmund,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; died on 16 Nov 1702 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA; was buried in Old Village Cemetery,Dedham,Norfolk,MA.
    9. Metcalf, Ann was born on 1 Mar 1631 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 4 Mar 1631/1632 in St. Edmund,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was buried on 13 May 1632 in St. Edmund,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng.
    10. Metcalf, Jane was born on 24 Mar 1632 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 29 Mar 1633 in St. Edmund,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; died on 24 Oct 1701 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA.
    11. Metcalf, Rebecca was born on 5 Apr 1635 in Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; was christened on 12 Apr 1635 in St. Edmund,Norwich,Norfolk,Eng; died on 8 Dec 1667 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA.