Haskell Family:Gen.. 1-2

I have finally wrapped up my Haskell updates. Here are the results.

 FIRST GENERATION

1.  William Haskell¹ was born circa 1544 in Wincanton, Somerset, England.¹ Sources give the death dates of William and his wife as 1575, without documentation. It is possible that both survived beyond that year. Mrs. Haskell may have died about this time, as it  was close to the time of her youngest son's birth.

There is some conflict over the identity of William's father. William Haskell is given in some cases, Edward Haskell in others. Find A Grave gives Edward and has both father and son buried in St. Peter and Paul Churchyard in Wincanton, Somerset. Both have a birth year of 1514.

This entry does not give a spouse for Edward and gives Ann as William's spouse.

If William [b. 1514] was the father of William [b. 1544], then some sources carry the line back another generation to a William Haskell born c1490 in Fontmell Magna, Dorset and dying in 1542.

Elizabeth Rake¹ was born circa 1540 in England.¹ She was also known as Ann / Hannah Childress.¹ Some sources give Ann/Hannah Childress as William's wife, others give Elizabeth Rake. Some sources give Ann/Hannah Childress as William's wife, rather than Elizabeth Rake. The Haskell Family Association gives Elizabeth as the wife.

William Haskell and Elizabeth Rake had the following child:

              2              i.   William Haskell, born 1573, Wincanton, Somerset, England; married Elinor Foule, ca 1610, probably Charlton-Musgrove, Somerset, England; died 11 May 1630, Charlton-Musgrove, Somerset, England.

Second Generation

2.  William Haskell^1–4 (William-1) was born in 1573 in Wincanton, Somerset, England.^1,4 He died on 11 May 1630 at the age of 57 in Charlton-Musgrove, Somerset, England.^1,3–4 He was buried on 11 May 1630 in St. Stephen's, Charlton-Musgrove, Somerst, England.^1,3–4 William Haskell was a blacksmith by trade and served as a church warden in 1627. He was buried in the St. Stephen's churchyard at Charlton-Musgrove, Somerset, England in 1630. He had a brother, Mark, about ten years his senior.

Haskell Family Association research suggests that William and Mark may have been from Motcombe, a sub-parish Gillingham in the northernmost part of Dorsetshire. Motcombe had a nearby forest and manor. Both brothers worked as underkeepers of game and were joint tenants at Motcombe from 1600 to 1610. William and Mark paid extra property taxes for forges, indicating they both worked as blacksmith. Following the death of Elizabeth I and the accession of James I, Gillingham was deforested and turned into pasture land. The brothers moved about 30 miles to Charlton-Musgrove.

William married Elinor Foule in 1610. They had one child baptized at East Stour, Somerset, Edward [11 March 1611/2] and seven children baptized at St. Stephen's in Charlton-Musgrove: Roger [6 March 1613/4], Cecille [5 June 1616], William [8 November 1618], Mark [8 April 1621], Dorothy [16 November 1623], Elizabeth [19 April 1626] and Joan [1 March 1626/9].

Following William's death in 1630, Elinor married John Stone [c 1632] and headed for New England. Roger, William and Joan accompanied their mother. Cecille stayed behind and resided with her Uncle Mark. Mark was apprenticed to a board weaver from 1635 until 1644 and then followed his family to Massachusetts. Edward died in 1629.  It is not known what happened to Dorothy and Elizabeth; they may have died young.

William Haskell and Elinor Foule were married circa 1610 in probably Charlton-Musgrove, Somerset, England.^1–2 12 Oct 1610 Berwick St. John, Wiltshire is given as the marriage date in multiple sources. As neither William or Elinor were natives of Wiltshire, this is doubtful.. Elinor Foule² was born circa 1587 in Wincanton, Somerset, England.² She died between 1662 and 1667 at the age of 75 in Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts.² Conflicting marriage dates muddle the story of William Haskell and Elinor Foule [Frowde, Cook]. The most common is 27 June 1600, but with estimated births of 1577 and 1587 for the couple, William would have been about 23 and Elinor about 13. The alternate, 12 October 1610 makes more sense and is much closer to the birth of the eldest child.

William Haskell and Elinor Foule had the following child:

              3              i.   William Haskell, born Nov 1618, Charlton-Musgrove, Somerset, England; married Mary/Marie Tybbot, 6 Nov 1643, Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died 20 Aug 1693, Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts.