Some Descendants of John
Proctor (Robert) and Miriam Unknown of
Chelmsford
- John Proctor was
born on 6 Oct 1694 in Chelmsford. [Ref] He
died on 17 Apr 1783 [Ref, p. 13] in Westford.
[Ref] He married Mary Unknown. [Ref,
p. 13] She died on 9 Aug 1781 [Ref, p. 13],
age 80 years, three months and 20 days in Westford. [Ref]
John was a "snow shoe" man in Capt. Robert Richardson's company
in 1725. [Ref, p. 13]
- Mary Proctor
was born on 27 Mar 1719 in Chelmsford [Ref]
or Westford. [Ref] She died on 22 Nov 1857
[Ref, p. 24][Ref]
in Westford. [Ref] She married first
Jonathan Robbins on 4 May 1743 in Westford. He probably died at the siege
of Louisburg as a corporal in Capt. Hunt's company. [Ref,
p. 24] She married second Samuel Parker
of Westford on 12 May 1748.
Robert Robbins of Concord had a son George who settled in Chelmsford.
[Ref, p. 475] George married Alice
Unknown and had a son Benjamin. [Ref,
p. 475] Benjamin had a son Jonathan born 5 Apr 1717 [Ref,
p. 475] in Chelmsford. [Ref] Jonathan
married first Mary Proctor on 4 May 1743[Ref,
p. 24] in Westford. [Ref] He died before
12 May 1748 when Mary married second Samuel Parker on 12 May 1748 in Westford.
[Ref][Ref,
p. 24] Jonathan and Mary do not seem to have any recorded children but
the Proctor book says that they had a son Jonathan who died in Plymouth,
New Hampshire in 1818. [Ref, p. 24] This
Jonathan, possibly born as early as 1743/4 is barely old enough to possibly
be the Jonathan who married Mary Fletcher on 13 Nov 1764 in Westford.
[Ref] A Jonathan Robbins is buried in the
Union Cemetery in Bridgewater, Grafton, New Hampshire. The inscription
on his gravestone says "In memory of | Lieut. | Jonathan Rollins
| who died Dec. 8, | 1819 in the 76th | year of his age", making
him born about 1742. [Ref]
Also buried in the Union Cemetery are a Mary and a Susanna Robbins. Mary's
gravestone says "In memory of | Mrs. Mary Robbins. | who died Nov.
28, | 1809. In the 64th. | year of her age. | wife of Lieut | Jonathan
Robbins. Footstone: M. R.", making her born about 1745. [Ref]
Susanna's gravestone says "In memory of | Susanna Robbins. | died
Dec, 11, 1819 | aged 76 years. | wife of Lieut. | Jonathan Robbins,"
making her born about 1743. Two of the four children of Jonathan and Mary
Fletcher whose births are recorded in Westford are also buried in the
Union Cemetery. Children of Mary and Jonathan:
- Lieut. Jonathan
Robbins was born about 1743/4. He died on 8 Dec 1819 and
is buried in the Union Cemetery in Bridgewater, Grafton, New Hampshire.
He married first Mary
Fletcher on 13 Nov 1764 [Ref,
pp. 33-36] in Westford. [Ref] He married
second Susanna
Fletcher. [Ref, pp. 33-36]
- James Proctor
was born on 14 Nov 1720 in Chelmsford [Ref]
or Westford. [Ref] He married Hannah Nutting
on 19 May 1747 [Ref, p. 24] in Westford.
[Ref]
- Hannah Proctor
was born on 18 Mar 1748 [Ref, p. 25]
in Westford. [Ref] She (or a younger
sister) was baptisesd on 23 Jun 1771 in Westford. [Ref]
- Josiah Proctor
was born on 31 May 1749 [Ref, p. 25]
in Westford. [Ref] He died on 10 Aug
1753 [Ref, p. 25] in Westford. [Ref]
- Lieut. Silas
Proctor was born on 6 Sep 1750 [Ref,
p. 25] in Westford. [Ref] He married
Olive Read on 26 Jun 1784 in Westford. [Ref]
Silas served in the Revolutionary War with his cousin Leonard
Proctor. [Ref,
#18631]
- Stephen
Proctor was born on 9 Jul 1752 in Westford. [Ref]
He died on 8 Aug 1753 [Ref, p. 25] in
Westford. [Ref]
- Martha Proctor
was born on 5 Dec 1754 [Ref, p. 25,
says 1753] in Westford. [Ref]
- Lydia Proctor
was born on 14 Oct 1756 [Ref, p. 25]
in Westford. [Ref] She married Simon
Hunt on 16 Jun 1785. [Ref, p. 25]
- Mary Proctor
was born on 8 May 1758. [Ref, p. 25]
- Olive Proctor
was born on 12 Apr 1760 [Ref, p. 25]
in Westford. [Ref] She married Thomas
Scott on 27 Nov 1780 [Ref, p. 14] in
Westford. [Ref]
Thomas Scott of Cavendish, Windsor, Vermont began receiving a Revolutionary
War pension of $8/month on 21 May 1818. He said that he was 57 and
that he had enlisted from Westford on 19 July 1780 in Lieut. Joseph
Brown's company in Col. Timothy Bigelow's regiment. In 1822 he asked
for additional assistance, saying that he was a shoemaker in poor
health and unable to support himself and his wife. He referred to
his wife Olive, age 62. It is said, in a 1934 letter with his original
official records, that Thomas moved to Saint Lawrence county, New
York in 1833, where he had a son living, and that he died on 2 Mar
1855. [Ref, #S.42,268]
- Sarah Proctor
was born on 24 Feb 1762 [Ref, p. 25,
says 21 Feb] in Westford. [Ref] She
died on 5 Oct 1830. [Ref, p. 46] She
married Job Spaulding on 3 Mar 1785 [Ref,
p. 46] in Westford. [Ref]
- James
Proctor was born on 5 Dec 1764 [Ref,
p. 25] in Westford. [Ref] He was baptised
on 11 Dec 1763 [!] in Westford. [Ref]
He married Esther Wright in 1785 [Ref,
p. 25] on 25 Dec 1783 in Townsend. [Ref]
James served on the state sloop Winthrop in the Revolutionary
War with his cousin Leonard
Proctor. [Ref,
#18631]
- James
Proctor was baptised on 16 Sep 1787 in Westford. [Ref]
- Phinehas
Proctor was baptised on 10 Feb 1788 in Westford. [Ref]
He died on 6 Oct 1790, age two years, 10 months, in Westford.
[Ref]
- Phinehas
Proctor was baptised in 1794 in Westford. [Ref]
- Betsey
Proctor was baptised in 1797 in Westford. [Ref]
- Hosea
Proctor was baptised on 14 Jun 1801 in Westford. [Ref]
- Elizabeth
Proctor was born on 14 Oct 1766 [Ref,
p. 25] in Westford. [Ref]
- Joanna Proctor
was baptised on 29 Jan 1769 in Westford. [Ref]
- Phineas Proctor
was born on 10 Nov 1722 [Ref, p. 13] in
Westford. [Ref]
- Elizabeth Proctor
was born on 18 Oct 1724 [Ref, p. 13] in
Westford. [Ref] She married Zaccariah Robbins
on 4 Apr 1744. [Ref, p. 13]
- Sarah Proctor
was born on 30 Sep 1726 [Ref, p. 13] in
Westford. [Ref] Sarah, the wife of Thomas Fletcher died on 2 Apr 1813 and is buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Westford. [Ref][Ref] Click here to see a photo of her gravestone. Sarah married Samuel
Hildreth on 14 Mar 1753. [Ref, p. 13] She might be the widow Sarah Hildreth who married Thomas Fletcher after 15 Jan 1763 when their intention was published in Westford.
[Ref]
Sarah's gravestone says that she died at age 76 years and five months. Either this is an error or the Sarah who married Samuel Hildreth and Thomas Fletcher might be Sarah (b. 1736) or Sarah (b. 1737). But, if Sarah was born in 1736 then she was young to be married in 1753.
- Oliver Proctor
was born on 25 Feb 1729 [Ref, p. 13] in
Westford. [Ref] Olive, the daughter [!]
of John and Mary, was baptised on 2 Mar 1729 in Westford. [Ref]
He married Eliza Proctor on 12 Jan 1756. [Ref,
p. 25]
- Thomas Proctor
was baptised on in Westford. [Ref]
- John Proctor
was born 14 Oct 1733 [Ref, p. 13] in Westford.
[Ref] He died on 3 Oct 1785. [Ref,
p. 25] He married first Mary "Molly" Nutting on 17 Jun 1762
[Ref, p. 25] in Westford. [Ref]
He married second Sarah Wright on 24 Dec 1771 [Ref,
p. 25] in Westford. [Ref] She died on 28
Aug 1826. [Ref, p. 25]
- Josiah
Proctor was born on 5 Nov 1762 [Ref,
p. 47] in Westford. [Ref] He died on
12 Jul 1848. He married Deborah Tuttle. [Ref,
p. 25]
Josiah served on the state sloop Winthrop in the Revolutionary War
with his cousin Leonard
Proctor. [Ref,
#18631] Josiah lived in Waterford, Maine. [Ref,
p. 47]
On 6 Aug 1832, Josiah Proctor of Waterford, Maine, testified about
his long service in the Revolutionary War. He mentioned serving with
Abel Proctor, Philip
Proctor and [his first cousin Sarah Proctor's husband] Job Spaulding.
[Ref, #30047]
- Isaiah Proctor
was born on 29 Apr 1764 in Westford. [Ref]
- John Proctor
was born on 4 Sep 1765 in Westford. [Ref]
- Amos Proctor
was baptised on 3 May 1767 in Westford. [Ref]
- Sybil Proctor
was baptised on 14 Aug 1768 in Westford. [Ref]
- Jesse Proctor
was born on 21 Jul 1773 in Westford. [Ref]
- Polly Proctor
was born on 24 Apr 1775 in Westford. [Ref]
- Hosea Proctor
was born on 11 Apr 1777 in Westford. [Ref]
He died on 6 Mar 1796 in Westford. [Ref]
- Joseph Proctor
was born on 7 Nov 1779 in Westford. [Ref]
- Sally Proctor
was born on 10 Aug 1782 in Westford. [Ref]
- Hannah Proctor
was born on 27 Sep 1784 in Westford. [Ref]
- Josiah Proctor
was baptised on 21 Dec 1735 in Westford. [Ref]
- Miriam Proctor
was born on 30 Jun 1696 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
- Edward Proctor
was born on 15 Feb 1698/9 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
- Hannah Proctor
was born on 9 May 1701 in Chelmsford. [Ref,
p. 7]
- Benjamin Proctor
was born on 20 Oct 1704 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
He died on 3 Aug 1794. [Ref, p. 13] He married
Lydia Chamberlain after 4 Feb 1727/8, when they published their intention
in Chelmsford. [Ref]
- Lydia Proctor
was born on 28 May 1729 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
- Betty Proctor
was born on 7 Mar 1730/1 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
She probably married Isaac Chandler on 1 Nov 1759. [Ref,
p. 13]
- Benjamin Proctor
was born on 5 Jun 1733 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
He died about 1817 in Reading, Vermont. [Ref,
p. 26] He married Rachel Pierce on 15 Nov 1757. [Ref,
p. 26] She died in 1823 in Reading, Vermont. [Ref,
p. 26]
- Benjamin
Proctor was baptised on 13 Jul 1760 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
- Lieut. Elijah
Proctor was born on 6 Jul 1736 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
He married Esther Adams on 31 Dec 1766 in Charlestown. [Ref,
p. 26] Esther, the wife of Elijah, 'drowned herself in a well in a deranged
state of mind' on 6 Apr 1808, at age 59, in Chelmsford. [Ref]
- Benjamin
Proctor was born on 14 Jan 1768 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
He died on 10 Dec 1840. [Ref, p. 50]
He married Anna Lambert. [Ref, p. 50]
Benjamin was a physician in Rowley. [Ref,
p. 50]
- Esther
Proctor was born on 27 Dec 1769 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
She died in 1848, unmarried. [Ref, p.
26]
- Lydia
Proctor was born on 10 Sep 1771 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
She married Henry Spaulding of Chelmsford on 22 Dec 1791. [Ref,
p. 26]
- Sarah
Proctor was born in 1774. [Ref,
p. 26] She married Unknown Woods. [Ref,
p. 26]
- Molly
Proctor was born on 22 Sep 1776 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
She died young. [Ref, p. 26]
- John Proctor
was born on 18 Jul 1781 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
He died in 1837 in Epson, New Hampshire. [Ref,
p. 50] He married Mehitable Lambert, the sister of his brother Benjamin's
wife. [Ref, p. 50]
John was a physician. [Ref, p. 50]
- Miriam Proctor
was born on 22 Jul 1741 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
- Mary Proctor
was born on 10 Aug 1744 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
- John Proctor
was born on 20 Apr 1750 in Chelmsford. [Ref]
- Moses Proctor was
born on 19 Nov 1706 in Chelmsford. [Ref] He
died on 21 Aug 1780. [Ref, p. 13] He married
Mary Byam of Chemsford. [Ref, p. 13]
Moses lived in Dunstable. [Ref, p. 13]