1713 antique COLONIAL handwritten ARREST WRIT bristol co ma BRIGGS Capt Willet

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1713 antique COLONIAL handwritten ARREST WRIT bristol co ma BRIGGS Capt Willet
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This listing is for the original 8"x11" handwritten document dated 1713, Bristol County, Massachusetts, where John Cary has written and signed a writ of arrest for Jonathan Briggs who has yet to pay the estate of Captain Andrew Willett of Kingstown, Rhode Island
Signed John Cary as clerk, on back by Samuel Gallop
Internet Research shows info in Cary:  "John Cary, son of John, b. Nov. 4, 1645; m. Abigail, dau. of Samuel Allen and his second wife, Margaret (French) (Lamb), at Bridgewater, Dec. 7, 1670. In 1680 he removed to Bristol, where he resided till his death in 1721. The deed to his land in Bristol was granted Sept. 14, 1680, and confirmed by the General Court, Sept. 29, 1680. The first meeting of the people and the naming of the town was Sept. 1, 1681, and John Cary and his brother David were present. He became a prominent man in the town, and was elected a Deacon of the church at its organization, and held the office till his death.
He was one of the first "raters" of the town, and appointed Nov. 10, 1681; in 1693 was recording officer of the County, and Clerk of the peace; in 1694 was Representative to the General Court. His wife was also of good family; her father, Samuel Allen, came from Bridgewater, Eng., to Braintree in 1630; in 1635 he took the oath of allegiance, and was Town Clerk, Selectman, Surveyor of highways, Constable, and served as Deputy three times.
He and his son Samuel, who settled in Bridgewater in 1660, both fought in King Philip's War. For eight generations this family has been identified with the best political and religious life of New England. He d. July 14, 1721, his estate amounting to 700 pounds; the will of his wife was recorded in 1729.
Samuel Gallop (1656-1717). In 1690, Samuel Gallop was appointed as one of the Lieutenants by Plymouth Court Orders, was promoted to Captain and had command of the Company in which the Soldiers of Taunton, (required as its quota under the preceding Court Orders) served in the Expedition to Canada."
Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera.
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