Nicholas  SALISBURY

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Nicholas SALISBURY was born abt. 1637 in England

Nicholas SALISBURY was the child of ?   and   ?

Nicholas was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1685.

Nicholas SALISBURY died abt. 1687 in Massachusetts, Dominion of New England.





"Nicholas Salisbury, the first of the family in this country, left few traces of his residence here. He was in Sudbury, Massachusetts, as early as 1685;, then aged forty-eight years, indicating that he was born in 1637. His wife Elizabeth died February 17, 1687-88, aged
fifty-three years, fixing her date of birth as 1635. (See Whitmore's "Copps Hill Epitaphs," Myman's "Charlestown," Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary," and many other authorities which prove that no Salisbury came to New England at the time stated in the traditional account).
Children:
1. Nicholas, married, in Boston, November 29, 1709, or 1710, Ann Farrise, or Ferris.
2. John, born about 1665, tax- payer of Boston in 1689; his wife Annabel died September 7, 1694, and he married (second) (intention dated September 25, 1695)Bridget Williams, who married (second), July
6, 1708, Nathaniel Goodwin, Rev. Cotton Mather officiating ; John was a mariner and died in 1702, his widow administering his estate; chil- dren of first wife: i. John, born January 5, 1690, died December 15, 1704; ii. Nicholas, August 20. 1694; iii. James (twin), August 20, 1694: children of second wife: iv. Nicholas, October 28. 1697, ancestor of Hon. Stephen Salisbury, late of Worcester. Massachusetts, and many leading Boston families, and his descendants are given in great detail in the "Salisbury Genealogies and Memorials." a work of many volumes, by Edward E. Salisbury, and his sister; v. Benjamin, November 7, 1699,died March 15, 1770; vi. Humphrey, married, in Boston, Mary Alillborn. Possibly other children."

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