My Ancestors from Various Towns in Norfolk County, Mass.

This post is part of an ongoing project of organizing my direct ancestors by the towns in New England where they lived. I love learning about the towns in which they lived. Please add a comment about your family from these towns or your favorite resources for this area. Much of the genealogical information is a work in progress! I have blogged about many of the ancestors listed, but some I don't know enough about yet to write a sketch of their lives.

Some Norfolk County, Mass. towns where my ancestors lived:

 Braintree, Norfolk Co., Mass.

John Marchant, he was an early resident of Martha’s Vineyard, also in Newport RI in 1638, Braintree in 1638, Watertown in 1642, Yarmouth 1648. He married Sarah ____, prob. died before 1670. I descend through son John who married ____, died before 1693 prob at Edgartown. Then through his son Abishai who was born 1651 at Yarmouth/Dennis, m. Mary Taylor, died before Feb 1718 prob at Yarmouth. Then through their daughter Hannah Marchant b about 1677 at Yarmouth/Dennis and married Matthew Pease who was born Edgartown. 

Dedham, Norfolk Co., Mass.

Gabriel Whelden, b. about 1590, possibly Basford, Nottinghamshire, m. 1^st Jane ___ before 1611, 2^nd  Margaret ____. He died Malden, Mass., 1654. He migrated 1638, settling first at Dedham, moving to Yarmouth 1639 (in an area that became Dennis), finally to Malden in 1648. I descend through Gabriel and Jane’s daughter Mary b. 1621 Basford, Nottinghamshire, m. Richard Taylor of Yarmouth/Dennis.

Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Mass.

Luke Perkins b. about 1640 prob in Hampton NH, m. Hannah Long in 1663 probably at Charlestown in 1663 (she was b. 1637 at Charlestown, daughter of Richard Long), d. Charlestown 1710. I descend through their son Luke b. 1667 at Charlestown, m. Martha Conant 1688 at Salem (she was born 1664 at Beverly, dau of Lot Conant and Elizabeth Walton), lived for a time in Ipswich, Marblehead, Beverly, Wenham, died 1748 at Plympton. I descend through their son Luke Perkins who was born 1695 at Beverly or Wenham, m. Ruth Cushman in 1717 (she was b. 1700 at Plymouth, dau of Robert Cushman and Persis Lewis), they lived in Wrentham at one point, no death records found. I then descend through Ignatious Perkins, b. Plympton 1720, m. Keziah Davis in 1743 (she was born 1725 Freetown dau of Wm Davis and Keziah Cudworth), no death record yet found.  Some children were born at Freetown and later moved to Wrentham, eventually back to Freetown. I then descend through Ruth Perkins b. 1752 at Wrentham, m. Jesse Pierce 1772 in Middleborough, d. bef Jan 1799 probably in Plymouth.