Steven Flanders

1595 - 1684  (89 years)

• Name	Steven Flanders
  Birth	About 1595	Netherlands (Holland)   [1]
  Immigration	About 1638 (43 years)	Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  According to Flanders (2000), "He may have been a passenger on the HMS Confidence, from Southampton, England. According to an account given by William Bradford, Governor of the Massachusetts Colony, a ship arriving from England at the time Steven allegedly arrived, encountered a violent storm off the coast of New England and was nearly lost in a shipwreck, and had to put in at Portsmouth, N.H. in stead of Plymouth. The story matches the one given by Steven Flanders, I. It describes his voyage over in every detail. Having lost everything on his voyage over, including valuable documents which would have resulted in his attaining money and land, Steven Flanders, I, had to start from nothing in the New World but his name, when he was already middle aged for his times."
  Residence	Oct 1649 (54 years)	Gorgeana (now York), York County, Maine, U.S.A.   [2]
  Proprietor	1650 to 1677 (55 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  Residence	3 Feb 1650 (55 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 4, 5]
  He was called a townsman.
  Offices Held	18 Feb 1650 (55 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 5]
  He was the Town Herdsman at the fee of one pound of butter per cow being credited as six pence in value.
  History	8 Feb 1651 (56 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 5]
  He took the Oath of Fidelity to Cromwell's Puritan Commonwealth.
  History	29 May 1658 (63 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 5]
  He signed a petition to the General Court dated 29 (3) 1658, stating that the religious differences at Salisbury were not sufficient to warrant the appointment of a council, particularly as the townspeople did not care to pay for the board of the council.
  Will	4 Feb 1683/84 (89 years)	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  He mentions his children: Steven, Mary, Philip, Sarah, Naomi, and John.
  Inventory	19 Jun 1684 (89 years)  [2]
  Steven's estate was inventoried and valued at £300 14/.
  Why was his estate inventoried before his death?
  Death	27 Jun 1684	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Probate/Proved	30 Sep 1684 (89 years)	Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 5, 6, 8]
  Person ID, Branch	I230	Roy Line
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2019

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Jane Sandusky,   b. About 1624   d. 19 Nov 1683, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	About 1644	Maine or Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 49 years - She : ~ 20 years.
  Children	3 sons and 4 daughters
  +   1. Steven Flanders,   b. 8 Mar 1646, Gorgeana (now York), York County, Maine, U.S.A. d. Apr 1689, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 43 years) ▻ Abigail Carter  m. 28 Dec 1670     2. Mary Flanders,   b. About 1648, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 May 1650, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 2 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Mary Flanders,   b. 7 May 1650, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 11 Nov 1719, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 69 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] >   4. Philip Flanders,   b. 14 Jul 1652, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 27 Aug 1712, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 60 years) ▻ Martha Eaton  m. 4 Nov 1686 >   5. Sarah Flanders,   b. 5 Nov 1654, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Jan 1717, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 62 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ John Newhall  m. 17 Jul 1679     6. Naomi Flanders,   b. 15 Dec 1656, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 24 Jun 1718, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 61 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. Corporal John Flanders,   b. 11 Feb 1658/59, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 24 Dec 1716, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 57 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2019

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - About 1595 - Netherlands (Holland) Immigration - About 1638 - Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Marriage - About 1644 - Maine or Massachusetts, U.S.A. Residence - Oct 1649 - Gorgeana (now York), York County, Maine, U.S.A. Proprietor - 1650 to 1677 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Residence - 3 Feb 1650 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 18 Feb 1650 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - 8 Feb 1651 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - 29 May 1658 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 4 Feb 1683/84 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 27 Jun 1684 - Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 30 Sep 1684 - Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S427] Flanders, Charles M. The Flanders Family: From Europe To America, 2nd ed Volume I, ( n.p.: Privately Published, 2000). [S422] Dunbar, Edith Flanders. The Flanders Family from Europe to America, (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1935). [S796] Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1909). [S420] Prescott, William. The Flanders Family, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XXVII, 1873). [S421] Taylor, Ellery Kirke, Descendants of Stephen Flanders of Salisbury, Mass., 1646 being a Genealogy of the Flanders Family, (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company, 1932). [S621] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897). [S845] Brown, Asa W., "Early Settlers of Salisbury, Mass., Arranged into Families" 1854, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VIII, 1854). [S72] Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [S846] Topsfield Historical Society. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 , (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Publishing Co., 1915).