The DRESSER Family of Rowley, Essex, MA
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JOHN DRESSER (about
1607 - 1672) of Rowley m. Mary Unknown
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MARY DRESSER (1667 -
1735) m. Daniel Thurston
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JOHN DRESSER (abt 1607 - 1672)
of Rowley
Parents: Unknown
John Dresser was born about 1607. [Ref] He was buried on 29 Apr 1672 in Rowley. [Ref] He married Mary Unknown. [Ref]
John was a shoemaker. [Ref] He had an acre and a half house lot in Rowley in 1643. [Ref] He is on a 1660/4 tax list in Rowley. [Ref]
John's will is dated 5 Mar 1671/2. He names his eldest son John, his son Samuel, his daughter Elizabeth, his son John's eldest son John and his daughters Mary and Martha. [Ref]
Children of John Dresser and Mary Unknown:
Generation 2
LIEUT. JOHN DRESSER (abt 1639 - 1724) of Rowley
Parents: John Dresser and Mary Unknown
Lieut. John Dresser was born about 1639. He died on 14 Mar 1724. [Ref] His grandson Richard Thurston wrote, "March 14, 1724, my venerable grandfather Dresser d. in his 85th year." [Ref] John married first Martha Thorley on 27 Nov 1662 in Rowley. [Ref][Ref] She died on 29 Jun 1700 in Rowley. [Ref] John married second Rebecca, the widow of James Dickenson, on 7 Jan 1701/2. [Ref] She died on 2 Apr 1718 in Rowley. [Ref]
John Dresser of Rowley was a freeman on 7 May 1684. [Ref] John was Representative to the General Court in 1691, 1692, 1700, 1704 and 1706. [Ref]
Children of John Dresser and Martha Thorley:
MARY DRESSER (1667 - 1735)
Parents: Lieut. John Dresser and Martha Thorley [Ref, p. 122]
Mary Dresser was born on 14 Jul 1667 in Rowley. [Ref][Ref, p. 122, says 24 Dec] She died on 7 Dec 1735 in Newbury. [Ref, p. 122] She married Daniel Thurston. [Ref, p. 122]
Mary's son Richard wrote, "Dec. 7, 1735, my honored mother Thurston d. in her 70th year. My mother's death was very sudden, for, standing up, she dropped down and was not perceived to breath after." [Ref]
Mary's grandfather John Dresser left her a calf in his will. [Ref]
References
Editors, "Richard Thurston's Memorandum, Kept at Rowley of the Deaths of his Near Relations," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 16, 1862, 170.
Paige, Lucius, R., "List of Freemen, " New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 3, 1849, 89-96, 187-194, 239-246, 345-352.
Snow, Nora Emma, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, Hillburn, NY, Snow, 1939.
Stickney, Matthew A., "Ancient Tax List of the Town of Rowley," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 15, 1861, 253.