Anthony Needham: Cooley-Miller-Sears-Barnhouse

Generation: 1

Anthony Needham was born on 23 Nov 1696 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts (son of Anthony Needham and Mary Swinerton); died on 2 Jul 1763 in South Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts.

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South Brimfield is now Wales

Anthony married Mary (Molly) Moulton on 10 Jun 1722 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Robert Moulton and Hannah Graves) was born on 30 Sep 1702 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died about 1790 in South Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Anthony and Molly Needham are said to have gone to Brimfield about 1722, and are said to have been in 1726 the first white settlers of South Brimfield...the name of which was changed in 1828 to Wales in honor of James Lawrence Wales. Absalom Gardner's Compendium of Wales, 1873, p 3224 says "Anthony Needham was one of that band of adventurous pioneers who first made lodgment with a view to permanent settlement in this Town about 1726. He fixed his abode upon what we now call the Orcutt Place...There he lived, there he died". - NEHGR

Children:

Mary Needham was born on 21 Jun 1725 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 16 Jun 1799 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; was buried about Jun 1799 in Old Baptist Burying Ground, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont.

Generation: 2

Anthony Needham was born on 11 Apr 1663 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts (son of Anthony Needham and Ann Potter); died about 1757 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

Anthony married Mary Swinerton on 3 Jan 1694/95 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Job Swinerton and Ruth Symonds) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Swinerton (daughter of Job Swinerton and Ruth Symonds); and died.

Children:

1. Anthony Needham was born on 23 Nov 1696 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died on 2 Jul 1763 in South Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts.

Generation: 3

Anthony Needham was born about Dec1628 in Winster, Derbyshire, England (son of Anthony Needham and Jane More); died on 6 Sep 1705 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

Anthony married Ann Potter on 11 Jan 1654/55 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. Ann was born in Antrim Ireland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann Potter was born in Antrim Ireland; and died.

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Her father, Humphrey Potter of Coventry England, was killed in the Irish Massacre in 1641 in Dublin Ireland. Ann came to Salem to live with her father's sister, Rebecca Bacon from whom she received a considerable estate. She became an enthusiastic Quaker. - NEHGR

Children:

2. Anthony Needham was born on 11 Apr 1663 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died about 1757 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.

6. Job Swinerton and died.
Job married Ruth Symonds. Ruth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Ruth Symonds and died.
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3. Mary Swinerton and died.

Generation: 4

Anthony Needham was born about 1602 in Winster, Derbyshire, England; died on 22 Mar 1646/47 in Youlgreave, Derbyshire, England; was buried about 1647 in All Saints Church, Youlgreave, England.

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Winster is a village in the English Derbyshire Dales about 5 miles (8 km) from Matlock and 6 miles (10 km) from Bakewell. Winster was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 when it was owned by Henry de Ferrers.
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Anthony married Jane More. Jane and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jane More and died.
Children:

4. Anthony Needham was born about Dec1628 in Winster, Derbyshire, England; died on 6 Sep 1705 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts.