Please contact me and I'll put you in touch with the author. It is up to you to determine the accuracy of this report. Descendants of Edmund Needham Generation No. 1 1. EDMUND2 NEEDHAM (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1606 in pos. London, England, and died May 16, 1677 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. He married JOAN LEAZING April 07, 1629 in St. Gregory by St. Paul Church, London, England, daughter of THOMAS LEAZING and JOAN. She was born Abt. 1609 in England, and died October 24, 1674 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. Notes for EDMUND NEEDHAM: Edmund NEEDHAM came to Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts in 1639. He was one of the grantees in South Hampton, Long Island settlement in 1641, but does not appear to have gone there. "Forasmuch as wee Edward Howell, Edmond Farrington, Edmond Needham, Daniell How, Josias Stamborough, Thomas Saires, Job Saires, George Webbe and Henry Walton & Thomas Halsey, Allen Breade, William Harker have disbursed fourscore pounds for the setting forward a plantacon in regard wee have taken upon us to transporte at our own prop' costs and charges all such p'sons as shall goe at the first voyage..." (G.R. Howell, "Long Island early Affairs," in NEHG Register, XV:129-132; Alonzo Lewis and James Newhall, History of Lynn [Lynn, 1890], 188). Edmund NEEDHAM lived on the western part of Lynn near the Saugus River. Early maps show a "Needham Landing" on the Lynn side of the River. He was a juryman in 1649, 1655 and 1676. (Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts [Salem, Mass., 1911-1975]; I:181, 270, 390). By trade, he was probably a clothier as suggested by the quanty of cloth found in the inventory of his estate. His estate was valued at 1117 pounds indicating he was a wealthy man for the times. His will was written on April 26, 1677 and proved April 29, 1677. The entire will publised in "The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts [III:151-154] is given here with updates for current language and spelling. "The Will and Last Testament of Edmund Needham of Lynn in New England, being blessed by God in his perfect knowledge, memory and understanding, though otherwise ill in body, made and written by my own hand and according to my own mind, to my childern and grand children as follows; first I humbly desire my only true God, maker and creator, of "Exodus 20:11. Psalm 95:3, 4, 5 and 146.5.6. Jonah. 1. 9. heaven and earth, the sea and all that is therein and me his most poor and unworthy creature amongst the rest, and to reserve my poor and unworthy soul of his mircy and only free grace and love for the sake of his only well-beloved Son, Jesus Christ's sake alone excluding all things of my part to my Justification, but to Jesus Christ alone my only mediator, advocate and intercessor at the throne of Grace and alone propitiation for all my sinns, 1st John, 2.2. Next I desire and impower my son, Ezekiell Needham my true and lawful executor to this my Last will and testament to see my body decently and Christianly buried as neer my old wife, being his own mother as may be. Next I give to my son, Daniel Needham, besides all the housing, dwelling house he now dwells in, Barn and all, the out-housing, all the land that was laind out to him, planting land, upland and salt marsh, meadow, conditionally as is in a deed (to him) expressed towards my maintenance while I live in this world; and also the bedstrad that stands in my last built new room with the bed, I leave him and two blankets and the curtains and valence belonging to it, and to his five children, five ewe sheep, that is to say, John Needham, one, and Exekiel Needham one, and Judah Needham one, and Mary Needham one, and Elizabeth Needham one. Next I give to my son, Ezekiell Needham all the upland and the fresh and salt meadow on both sides of the river and all the rest of my movables on the conditions mentioned in a deed to me that he should provide for me and my wife when then she was living and all things necessary convenient that we stood in need of for our confortable livelyhood in health and sickness while we lived here in the world, every way suitable to our old age and several conditions, and all my movables I give to him besides where as he my son Ezekiell Needham, ny lawful Executor, hath discharge to doctors and all other if any due debts or demands whatsoever that any can justly demand of me; also my children's and grand children's legacies in this my will expressed and then to his two children, two ewe sheep and the rest to be as his own proper good; that is to say, my son Exekiell Needham's proper goods as proper to him as ever they were proper to me. Next I give to my daughter, Hanah Diven and her two children, twenty five pounds to be paid them half in cattle and the rest in good and honest sufficient pay that is to say, fifteen pounds to herself present, if living, or elve to her husband if he be living after her, and five pounds to her daughter, Hanah Armitage, and five pounds to her last born son, John Diven, when they come to age, but if any one of them shall die before they come to age, the longest liver of them to have the whole ten pounds. if they both die, then their mother to have the whole ten pounds at the time that if they had lived should have come to age, but if the mother and her son and daughter should all three die, then my son Ezekiel Needham is to have the whol ten pounds, only giving one half of it, that is to say, five pounds of it, to his brother, my son, Daniell Needham. Next, I give unto my son-in-law Samuel Hart's children, first to his daughter-in-law, born of her first husband, Elizabeth How, but now by marriage, Elizabeth Chadwell, one ewe sheep, next to his eldest son, Samuel Hart, one cow and one ewe sheep, not exceding four years old, next to Joseph Hart, one cow and one ewe sheep, next to Abigail Hart, one ewe sheep and thirty shillings more in good and lawfull pay for her great care of me in my sickness, besides the wages that I shall give her for the time she stays with me, and to his daughter Rebecca Hart, one ewe sheep, all the sheep not exceding four years old. Next, I give to my son-in-law Joseph Mansfield's children first, his son, Joseph Mansfield, one ewe sheep, and to his next son, John Mansfiedl, I give one xow and one ewe sheep not exceding four years old, and to his daughter, Elizabeth Wheat, one ewe sheep and to Deborah Mansfield, one ewe sheep. And further, this i add as a Codacil or brief inventory to this my last will and testament, that my son , Exekiell Needham, my lawful executor, shall not be put to any oath or oaths at any court of any man ----n whatsoever then here i have set my own valuation of my whole estate, and if this will not save him from any oath about --- it he shall safely swear that (that is) all my whole estate, I havinf firmly given him as his own proper own as if it had never been mine so soon as ever the breath is out of my body, and I quite dead and I rest, I well knowing tht he cannot give any just oath without wronging his conscience as I only best know how my estate lies and this my own valuation or inventory follows: First, all my housing, barn and out housing and all my lands with all hte charges of stone wall, fencing, etc.... 400 pounds. Two whole peoces of baies (?), one red and the other the color of a Chestnut, one or two and forty yards apiece at the least, 12 pounds. One whole piecs of red penistom (?), on or two and forty yards long at the least, 6 poulds; three parcels of canvas, near about one hundred yards, and other parcels of linen cloth and calico, 10 pounds; my silver watch and silver box and other silver cups and spoons and other plate, 15 pounds, my clock that strikes and another watch and alarm that does not strike, 5 pounds, some pewter, some old and some new, 2 pounds, some parcels of carsies (?) and some parcels of serge, and my wearing clothes,, 26 pound, some pots and kettles and trunks and chests and bedstead, 7 pounds, beds and bedding, 7 pounds, debts in old England in sufficient bonds and most in able men's hands as the Company of the Merchant Adventurors and another looked at us a great rich citizen fit for an Alderman of London, though they do what they can to deserve ws, that is to say, my brothers and sisters, to whom they owe us about three thousand pounds, 600 pounds, total, 1,090 pounds,a nd one horse that was forgot, 3 pounds; and 4 cows and two young bulls forgot also, 17 pounds; also 20 sheep forgot, 7 pounds. Total 1,117 pounds. But as for this debt in old England that is something uncertain what my two attorneys in England, being my two brothers may get for me and themselves with something more that may be coming both to themselves and me, I desire to leave it to my children in the best order as i can amongst them. Thus first, I institute my son Ezekeill Needham my lawful executor and lawful attorney in thisbusinees as in my own stead and in my own name as in my own person, to look the best after it as possibly he can, and whatever shall come over of it with the charges about it discharged them forever twenty pounds that shall come thus safe into his hands, he shall pay unto his brother, Daniel Needham, if he be living, six pounds, and to his sister Hanah Diven, fout pounds if living, or els the four pounds to her childern, hannah Armitage and John Diven, if they be living and their mother, dead, or els to either one of them if one should be living and the other dead. And further, if this willnot satisfy and court or courts, man or men, whasoever, without my son Ezekiell Needham, my lawful executor's oath to my whole estate, then my will is that my son, Ezekiell Needham, my lawful executor, desposes of all the rest in my life as if it had never been mine for otherwise I can not see how he should make oath without wronging his conscience, my estate lying as it does which is only best know to myself" Edmund Needham (seal). Witness: Richard Walker, Ralph King. Proved in Salem court 29:4"1677. (Essex Quarterly Court Files, 26:118) Children of EDMUND NEEDHAM and JOAN LEAZING are: 2. i. MARY3 NEEDHAM, b. Bef. January 21, 1628/29, St. Martin's Ludgate, Co. Middlesex, England; d. December 24, 1671, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. ii. JOHN NEEDHAM, b. Bef. July 31, 1631, St. Martin's Ludgate, Co. Middlesex, England. iii. ELIZABETH NEEDHAM, b. Bef. July 22, 1632, St. Martin's Ludgate, Co. Middlesex, England; d. Abt. June 06, 1635, St. Martin's Ludgate, Co. Middlesex, England. iv. ABIGAIL NEEDHAM, b. Bef. November 30, 1634, St. Martin's Ludgate, Co. Middlesex, England; d. Abt. September 18, 1637, St. Martin's Ludgate, Co. Middlesex, England. 3. v. ELIZABETH NEEDHAM, b. Bef. December 11, 1636, St. Martin's Ludgate, Co. Middlesex, England; d. February 25, 1661/62, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. 4. vi. DANIEL NEEDHAM, b. 1638, St. Gregory by St. Paul Church, London, England; d. November 05, 1717, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. 5. vii. EZEKIEL NEEDHAM, b. July 31, 1644, Probably Lynn, Essex, Massachusett; d. Aft. August 10, 1697, Dover, Delaware. 6. viii. HANNAH NEEDHAM, b. Abt. 1649. Generation No. 2 2. MARY3 NEEDHAM (EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born Bef. January 21, 1628/29 in St. Martin's Ludgate, Co. Middlesex, England, and died December 24, 1671 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. She married (1) JOSEPH HOW in Probably England. He died Bef. 1653. She married (2) SAMUEL HART Abt. 1653 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. He died June 25, 1683. Child of MARY NEEDHAM and JOSEPH HOW is: i. ELIZABETH4 HOW, m. (1) BENJAMIN CHADWELL, December 20, 1666, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts; b. 1642; d. April 1679; m. (2) JOHN JEWITT, Bef. 1716, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; m. (3) EZEKIEL HEWETT, October 23, 1716, Probably Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; m. (4) ANDREW STICKNEY, December 02, 1723, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Children of MARY NEEDHAM and SAMUEL HART are: ii. MARY4 HART, d. September 20, 1657, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. 7. iii. SAMUEL HART, b. 1656, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. iv. HANNAH HART, b. April 02, 1657, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. 8. v. JOSEPH HART, b. April 10, 1659, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. January 22, 1736/37, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. vi. ABIGAIL HART, b. November 15, 1660, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Aft. 1677. vii. JOHN HART, b. April 03, 1666, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. October 08, 1667, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. viii. REBEKAH HART, b. January 27, 1667/68, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Aft. 1677. ix. EXEKIEL HART, b. February 28, 1668/69, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. March 10, 1668/69, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. 3. ELIZABETH3 NEEDHAM (EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born Bef. December 11, 1636 in St. Martin's Ludgate, Co. Middlesex, England, and died February 25, 1661/62 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. She married JOSEPH MANSFIELD Bef. June 1652 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, son of ROBERT MANSFIELD and ELIZABETH TOWNSEND. He was born Abt. 1628 in England, and died April 22, 1694 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. Children of ELIZABETH NEEDHAM and JOSEPH MANSFIELD are: i. DEBORAH4 MANSFIELD, d. February 14, 1676/77, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. ii. ELIZABETH MANSFIELD, b. June 1659, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; m. JOSHUA WHEAT, January 10, 1674/75, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. iii. JOSEPH MANSFIELD, b. March 20, 1659/60, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, April 01, 1678, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. iv. JOHN MANSFIELD, b. 1662, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. probably at sea. 4. DANIEL3 NEEDHAM (EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born 1638 in St. Gregory by St. Paul Church, London, England, and died November 05, 1717 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. He married RUTH CHADWELL February 24, 1658/59 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, daughter of THOMAS CHADWELL and MARGARET. She was born 1640 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died July 20, 1719 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. Notes for DANIEL NEEDHAM: Daniel NEEDHAM was christened at the Church of St. Gregory by St. Paul (now St. Martin's Ludgate), county Middlesex, England, November 11, 1638. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Lynn, Massachusetts (Essex Institute Historical Collection, [XXXII:38]) His will was dated July 2, 1717 and probated January 2, 1718. The Will of Daniel Needham "to my beloved wife Ruth, the improvement of all my housing and land...during her natural life and then to be as hereafter given, and all moveable effects...to be wholly at her own disposal; to my son Ezekill Needham, one-half of all my upland and salt marsh lying in Needham's Neck where I formerly lived with six acres of land laid out to me on Lynn Town commons; viz; that lot laid out to me in the 1st Division, 2 acres laid out to me in the 3rd division, that in the 4th Division, the lot in the 5th Division, and my Nahant lot, all of which I give to my son Ezekiell Needham during his life and after his decease, then to be to his son Ezekiel Needham, provided my son Ezekiel Needham or his son do pay all the legacies hereafter given in my will immediately after mine and my wife's decease, and if not paid within 3 months after mine and my wife's decease, then the said lands to be (used) for the payment of said legacies. I give to my son Edmund Needham, his heirs, etc., one-half of all my upland and salt marsh lying in Needham's Neck and the one acre of land where he now lives, which I have already given him by deed of gift the which is his full portion of my estate with all the common lots laid out to my son Edmund Needham. I give to Susannah, the daughter of my son John Needham. deceased, the sum of 10 pounds to be paid by my son Ezekiel. I give to the three children of my daughter, Judith Curtice, deceased, twenty shillings each to be paid as above; the reason I give (them) monies is because they had the greatest part of their portion before she died. I give to my daughter, Mary Needham, and to her heirs, etc., all that piece of land where i now live (excepting only the one acre before given to my son Edmond, which piece of land contains about 3 acres, with the houses and barn thereon, with two lots of land laid out to me on the Common; to wit, the two lots laid out to me in the 1st and 2nd drafts in the 2 Division of Lynn Town Commons. I give to my daughter Elizabeth Sears the sum of 20 pounds to be paid as above said. I appoint my son Ezekiel Needham to be my sole Executor, and I affix my hand and seal this first day of January 1717." Witnesses were John Burrill and John Breed (Essex Probate, 19197) Notes for RUTH CHADWELL: The Will of Ruth (Chadwell) Needham "Know all men by these presents that I Ruth Needham of Lynn...do by these presents give grant and Convey...unto my Two Daughters Mary Needham of Lyn and Elizabeth Sears of Boston in Equal parts betwixt them all my Movable Estate of what kind soever...to give to any of my relations as the Shall see Cause...and my said Daughters...not to be Accountable to any person any time after my Decease...but all my Sons to be forever excluded and debarred by these presents. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and Seal this Thirtieth Day of July 1718." Witnesses: John Burrill, Daniel Needham and John, Mary and Hepsibah Breed Children of DANIEL NEEDHAM and RUTH CHADWELL are: 9. i. JOHN4 NEEDHAM, b. 1663, Probably Lynn, Essex, Massachusett; d. January 04, 1708/09, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. ii. DANIEL NEEDHAM, b. February 09, 1663/64, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Bef. 1677, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. 10. iii. JUDITH NEEDHAM, b. June 24, 1667, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Bef. 1699, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. 11. iv. EZEKIEL NEEDHAM, b. May 13, 1670, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Aft. 1735, Probably Norfolk ( Wrentham), Massachusetts. v. MARY NEEDHAM, b. November 28, 1672, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. March 01, 1741/42, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. vi. ELIZABETH NEEDHAM, b. February 01, 1673/74, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. February 10, 1725/26, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; m. ANTHONY GAZEAU-AKA-SEARS, November 13, 1712, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; b. France. 12. vii. EDMUND NEEDHAM, b. September 17, 1677, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Aft. 1726. 13. viii. DANIEL NEEDHAM, b. February 23, 1679/80, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Bef. February 07, 1716/17, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. ix. RUTH NEEDHAM, b. February 23, 1679/80, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. April 26, 1680, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. x. RUTH NEEDHAM, b. August 22, 1682, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Bef. 1717, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. 5. EZEKIEL3 NEEDHAM (EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born July 31, 1644 in Probably Lynn, Essex, Massachusett, and died Aft. August 10, 1697 in Dover, Delaware. He married SARAH KING October 27, 1669 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. Notes for EZEKIEL NEEDHAM: In the Lynn Vital Records Ezekiel and his family go by the name Neadom. In 1661 Ezekiel Needham was an apprentice as a shoemaker and was living with Benjamin Briscoe (Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, III:32). He was, however, a man of various occupations. In the Essex County Registry of Deeds, he discribes himself as a "gentleman" in 1667/8, a "tanner" in 1678, a "yoeman" in 1685 and a cordwainer or shoemaker in 1686. He also owned several vessels and was a trader. By 1686, Ezekiel Neeham had moved to that part of Pennsylvania that was soon know as Delaware. Children of EZEKIEL NEEDHAM and SARAH KING are: 14. i. EDMUND4 NEEDHAM, b. August 02, 1670, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Aft. November 15, 1705, Probably Kent Count, Delaware. ii. CHILD NEEDHAM, b. April 1673, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. April 1673, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. iii. SARAH NEEDHAM, b. May 27, 1674, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. iv. EZEKIEL NEEDHAM, b. December 1676, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. December 1676, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. v. EZEKIEL NEEDHAM, b. November 15, 1677, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. vi. DANIEL NEEDHAM, b. March 15, 1679/80, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. 15. vii. RALPH NEEDHAM, b. August 26, 1682, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Bef. March 16, 1751/52, Duck Creek, Kent County, Delaware. 6. HANNAH3 NEEDHAM (EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1649. She married (1) ELEAZER ARMITAGE October 18, 1669 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. She married (2) JOHN DIVAN 1674, son of JOHN DIVAN and HESTER. Child of HANNAH NEEDHAM and ELEAZER ARMITAGE is: i. HANNAH4 ARMITAGE, b. Abt. 1671. Children of HANNAH NEEDHAM and JOHN DIVAN are: ii. JOHN4 DIVAN, b. Abt. 1676; d. Bef. May 1678. iii. JOHN DIVAN, b. May 16, 1678. iv. ELEAZER DIVAN, b. August 01, 1680, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Bef. August 1680, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. v. EZEKELL DIVAN, d. January 10, 1680/81, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. vi. EZEKELL DIVAN, b. December 25, 1681; d. October 01, 1683, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. Generation No. 3 7. SAMUEL4 HART (MARY3 NEEDHAM, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born 1656 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. He married (1) ELIZABETH INGOLS January 04, 1679/80 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. She died November 02, 1681 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. He married (2) ABIGAIL LOMBARD June 09, 1684 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. Child of SAMUEL HART and ELIZABETH INGOLS is: i. ELIZABETH5 HART, b. October 22, 1681. 8. JOSEPH4 HART (MARY3 NEEDHAM, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born April 10, 1659 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died January 22, 1736/37 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. He married RUTH CHADWELL June 24, 1685 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, daughter of MOSES CHADWELL and SARAH IVORY. She was born Abt. 1665. Children of JOSEPH HART and RUTH CHADWELL are: i. RUTH5 HART, b. July 04, 1687. ii. JOSEPH HART, b. September 12, 1689. iii. MOSSES HART, b. December 25, 1691. iv. ELYAS HART, b. July 30, 1695. v. RUTH HART, b. April 03, 1697. vi. EDMOND HART, b. October 18, 1702. vii. BENJAMIN HART, b. April 21, 1705. 9. JOHN4 NEEDHAM (DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born 1663 in Probably Lynn, Essex, Massachusett, and died January 04, 1708/09 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He married (1) KEZIAH Bef. 1692 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died January 17, 1703/04 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He married (2) ANN LAWSON May 22, 1705 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, daughter of JOHN LAWON. She died January 21, 1706/07 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He married (3) MARY ( ) EARL June 08, 1708 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Marriage Notes for JOHN NEEDHAM and MARY EARL: Married by the Rev. Cotton Mather. Child of JOHN NEEDHAM and KEZIAH is: i. JOHN5 NEEDHAM, b. December 22, 1692. Child of JOHN NEEDHAM and ANN LAWSON is: ii. JANE5 NEEDHAM, b. January 06, 1706/07, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. October 27, 1708, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Child of JOHN NEEDHAM and MARY EARL is: 16. iii. SUSANNA5 NEEDHAM, b. March 16, 1708/09, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. December 16, 1761, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. 10. JUDITH4 NEEDHAM (DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born June 24, 1667 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died Bef. 1699 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. She married WILLIAM CURTICE March 22, 1686/87 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, son of WILLIAM CURTICE and ALICE RUMBLE. He was born December 26, 1662 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Children of JUDITH NEEDHAM and WILLIAM CURTICE are: i. WILLIAM5 CURTICE, b. January 13, 1686/87, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; d. September 22, 1730, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH SCADLOCK. ii. RUTH CURTICE, b. July 05, 1690, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; m. (1) GEORGE ONTHANK, February 18, 1723/24, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; m. (2) SAMUEL BAXTER, November 04, 1734. iii. JOHN CURTICE, b. August 15, 1693, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; m. (1) HANNAH MILLETT, October 22, 1716, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; m. (2) JANE BRADY, November 06, 1733, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. 11. EZEKIEL4 NEEDHAM (DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born May 13, 1670 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died Aft. 1735 in Probably Norfolk ( Wrentham), Massachusetts. He married PRISCILLA HALSEY October 10, 1696 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She was born 1666, and died December 06, 1755 in Norfolk, Massachusetts. Notes for EZEKIEL NEEDHAM: Ezekiel NEEDAM joined the Second Church of Boston in 1697. He resided for a time in Boston and was a blacksmith. He removed his family to Wrentham in 1770. Children of EZEKIEL NEEDHAM and PRISCILLA HALSEY are: i. PRISCILLA5 NEEDHAM, b. July 02, 1698, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. ii. EZEKIEL NEEDHAM, b. March 05, 1699/00, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. Bef. 1707. iii. MARY NEEDHAM, b. April 08, 1701, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. iv. JOHN NEEDHAM, b. January 01, 1704/05, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. September 16, 1705, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. 17. v. EZEKIEL NEEDHAM, b. September 24, 1707, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. May 14, 1794, Norfolk, Massachusetts. 12. EDMUND4 NEEDHAM (DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born September 17, 1677 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died Aft. 1726. He married HANNAH BERRY March 15, 1701/02 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, daughter of THADDEUS BERRY and HANNAH FARRAR. She was born August 12, 1668 in Rumney Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and died September 28, 1740. Children of EDMUND NEEDHAM and HANNAH BERRY are: 18. i. DANIEL5 NEEDHAM, b. December 05, 1703, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. October 07, 1788. 19. ii. BATHSHEBA NEEDHAM, b. April 30, 1705, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Bef. 1731, Probably Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts. 13. DANIEL4 NEEDHAM (DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born February 23, 1679/80 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died Bef. February 07, 1716/17 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. He married MARY PARKMAN March 03, 1701/02 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She was born February 25, 1680/81 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and died September 09, 1730 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Notes for DANIEL NEEDHAM: Married by the Rev Cotton Mather Marriage Notes for DANIEL NEEDHAM and MARY PARKMAN: They were married by the Rev. Cotton Mather. Children of DANIEL NEEDHAM and MARY PARKMAN are: i. DANIEL5 NEEDHAM, b. January 17, 1702/03; d. March 1702/03. ii. MARY NEEDHAM, b. April 06, 1705, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. June 04, 1705, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. 20. iii. DANIEL NEEDHAM, b. January 25, 1705/06, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. 14. EDMUND4 NEEDHAM (EZEKIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born August 02, 1670 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died Aft. November 15, 1705 in Probably Kent Count, Delaware. He married (1) ANNA WALKER. He married (2) ANNA HEWTHAT Abt. 1690 in Probably Delaware, daughter of THOMAS HEWTHAT. She died Bef. 1694. Child of EDMUND NEEDHAM and ANNA HEWTHAT is: i. ANN5 NEEDHAM, b. Bef. 1690; m. MOSES WHITACRE, Abt. March 1712/13, Duck Creek, Kent County, Delaware. 15. RALPH4 NEEDHAM (EZEKIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born August 26, 1682 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died Bef. March 16, 1751/52 in Duck Creek, Kent County, Delaware. He married PHEBE BUNTING June 22, 1720 in Duck Creek, Kent County, Delaware. Children of RALPH NEEDHAM and PHEBE BUNTING are: i. EZEKIEL5 NEEDHAM. ii. CHRISTINE NEEDHAM. 21. iii. DANIEL NEEDHAM, b. August 17, 1722, Duck Creek, Kent County, Delaware; d. Bef. December 27, 1756. iv. JOSHUA NEEDHAM, b. February 12, 1724/25. v. RACHEL NEEDHAM, b. September 14, 1727; d. May 11, 1780, East Nottingham, Delaware (?); m. THOMAS BROWN, February 21, 1748/49. vi. BENJAMIN NEEDHAM, b. June 06, 1731; m. AGATHY. vii. SARAH NEEDHAM, b. August 08, 1738, Duck Creek, Kent County, Delaware; m. THOMAS PERRY, March 08, 1764. viii. LYDIA NEEDHAM, b. August 08, 1738; m. JOSEPH PRICE. Generation No. 4 16. SUSANNA5 NEEDHAM (JOHN4, DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born March 16, 1708/09 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and died December 16, 1761 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She married BENJAMIN GLOVER April 06, 1727 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, son of JONATHAN GLOVER and ABIGAIL HENDERSON. He was born September 07, 1704 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Children of SUSANNA NEEDHAM and BENJAMIN GLOVER are: i. BENJAMIN6 GLOVER, b. Bef. April 27, 1729, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. ii. SUSANNA GLOVER, b. Bef. January 25, 1729/30, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. iii. ABIGAIL GLOVER, b. Bef. January 02, 1731/32, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; m. JOHN OLIVER, July 15, 1755, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. iv. WILLIAM GLOVER, b. Bef. August 18, 1734, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; d. Bef. 1739, Probably Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. v. JOHN GLOVER, b. Bef. October 03, 1736, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; d. July 31, 1758, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. vi. WILLIAM GLOVER, b. Bef. May 13, 1739, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. vii. MARY GLOVER, b. Bef. March 01, 1739/40, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. viii. PETER GLOVER, b. Bef. March 27, 1743, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; d. September 25, 1826, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; m. ANNA OBER, October 06, 1764, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; b. Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. ix. JONATHAN GLOVER, b. Abt. 1745, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; d. 1788. x. ICHABOD GLOVER, b. Bef. March 13, 1747/48, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. xi. PRISCILLA GLOVER, b. Bef. November 18, 1750; d. July 07, 1790, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. 17. EZEKIEL5 NEEDHAM (EZEKIEL4, DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born September 24, 1707 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and died May 14, 1794 in Norfolk, Massachusetts. He married DOROTHY STEVENS May 04, 1738 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, daughter of SAMUAL STEVENS and MARY CALFE. She was born February 1713/14 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and died April 19, 1791 in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Marriage Notes for EZEKIEL NEEDHAM and DOROTHY STEVENS: Married by Mr. Nehemiah Walter. Children of EZEKIEL NEEDHAM and DOROTHY STEVENS are: i. ELIZABETH6 NEEDHAM. ii. JOHN NEEDHAM, b. Bef. March 11, 1738/39, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. March 09, 1814, Wrentham, Massachusetts; m. MILLEY GREGORY, September 06, 1801, Walpole, Massachusetts; b. February 24, 1768, Walpole, Massachusetts. iii. SAMUEL NEEDHAM, b. 1744; d. February 01, 1826, Wrentham, Massachusetts. iv. EZEKIEL NEEDHAM, b. 1752; d. May 27, 1758, Wrentham, Massachusetts. 18. DANIEL5 NEEDHAM (EDMUND4, DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born December 05, 1703 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died October 07, 1788. He married SARAH BUFFUM November 02, 1727 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, daughter of ROBERT BUFFUM and SARAH BLANEY. She was born Abt. October 04, 1706 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Children of DANIEL NEEDHAM and SARAH BUFFUM are: i. MARY6 NEEDHAM, m. EZIKIEL ALLEN, December 14, 1751. ii. EDMUND NEEDHAM, b. January 11, 1736/37; d. September 08, 1819. 22. iii. DANIEL NEEDHAM, b. March 11, 1740/41, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; d. May 15, 1815, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. iv. JAMES NEEDHAM, b. January 01, 1745/46; m. ALICE BLANEY, October 11, 1770. 19. BATHSHEBA5 NEEDHAM (EDMUND4, DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born April 30, 1705 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died Bef. 1731 in Probably Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts. She married THOMAS HOLDER February 11, 1721/22 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts. He died Bef. 1746 in Probably Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts. Children of BATHSHEBA NEEDHAM and THOMAS HOLDER are: i. SARAH6 HOLDER, b. Abt. 1723; m. JOSEPH GASKILL, October 29, 1746, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. ii. DANIEL HOLDER, b. Abt. 1725, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts; m. HANNAH HOOD, September 19, 1750, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; b. Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts. 20. DANIEL5 NEEDHAM (DANIEL4, DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born January 25, 1705/06 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He married ISABELLA ARMSTRONG January 16, 1727/28 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She was born December 25, 1707 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Marriage Notes for DANIEL NEEDHAM and ISABELLA ARMSTRONG: Married by Rev. John Webb, Presbyterian Children of DANIEL NEEDHAM and ISABELLA ARMSTRONG are: i. DANIEL6 NEEDHAM, b. November 18, 1729, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. ii. MARY NEEDHAM, b. April 24, 1731, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; m. WILLIAM CURTIS. iii. JOHN NEEDHAM, b. June 13, 1733, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; d. June 1733. iv. THOMAS NEEDHAM, b. July 15, 1734, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. v. JOHN NEEDHAM, b. January 22, 1736/37, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; m. ESTHER WILEY. vi. JANE NEEDHAM, b. April 28, 1739, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; d. November 11, 1739, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. vii. WILLIAM NEEDHAM, b. October 07, 1740, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; d. October 06, 1741. viii. MARGARET NEEDHAM, b. October 08, 1742, Norwich, Conn. ix. ISABELLA NEEDHAM, b. March 02, 1744/45, Norwich, Conn. x. ELIAS NEEDHAM, b. October 04, 1747, Norwich, Conn; d. September 15, 1834, Elizabethtown, KY; m. MERCY STOCKING. 21. DANIEL5 NEEDHAM (RALPH4, EZEKIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born August 17, 1722 in Duck Creek, Kent County, Delaware, and died Bef. December 27, 1756. He married SUSANNA MANLOVE August 21, 1740 in Probably Duck Creek, Kent County, Delaware. Children of DANIEL NEEDHAM and SUSANNA MANLOVE are: i. EZEKIEL6 NEEDHAM. ii. SARAH NEEDHAM. Generation No. 5 22. DANIEL6 NEEDHAM (DANIEL5, EDMUND4, DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born March 11, 1740/41 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, and died May 15, 1815 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He met HANNAH BOYCE June 15, 1770 in Quaker Public Meeting at Lynn, Massachusetts, daughter of JONATHAN BOYCE and DINAH BAKER. She was born March 21, 1744/45 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, and died June 26, 1798 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Children of DANIEL NEEDHAM and HANNAH BOYCE are: i. HANNAH7 NEEDHAM, b. August 10, 1772. ii. BATHSHEBA NEEDHAM, b. December 22, 1774. iii. DANIEL NEEDHAM, b. October 06, 1779. iv. SARAH NEEDHAM, b. March 04, 1782. 23. v. EDMUND NEEDHAM, b. February 12, 1786, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; d. February 23, 1860, Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. vi. JAMES NEEDHAM, b. January 01, 1789. Generation No. 6 23. EDMUND7 NEEDHAM (DANIEL6, DANIEL5, EDMUND4, DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born February 12, 1786 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, and died February 23, 1860 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married MARGARET WINN October 16, 1807 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, daughter of JOSHUA WINN and HANNAH WILSON. She was born May 07, 1784 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, and died October 04, 1876 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children of EDMUND NEEDHAM and MARGARET WINN are: i. BATHSEBA8 NEEDHAM, b. February 03, 1809, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. ii. HANNAH NEEDHAM, b. December 13, 1810, Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. 24. iii. MARGARET R. NEEDHAM, b. November 28, 1813, Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts; d. March 24, 1889, Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. iv. SARAH NEEDHAM, b. December 14, 1817, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts. v. EDMUND NEEDHAM, b. July 22, 1820, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; d. January 02, 1827, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts. vi. WILLIAM NEEDHAM, b. June 30, 1822, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts. Generation No. 7 24. MARGARET R.8 NEEDHAM (EDMUND7, DANIEL6, DANIEL5, EDMUND4, DANIEL3, EDMUND2, JOHN1) was born November 28, 1813 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, and died March 24, 1889 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. She married BENJAMIN RUSSELL March 24, 1838 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, son of BENJAMIN RUSSELL and EUNICE WARREN. He was born September 11, 1814 in Shapliegh, York County, Maine, and died October 02, 1890 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. Children of MARGARET NEEDHAM and BENJAMIN RUSSELL are: i. SARAH JANE9 RUSSELL, b. February 16, 1839, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts; d. January 20, 1908; m. GEORGE A. WILSON; d. June 25, 1882. ii. GEORGE WARREN RUSSELL, b. July 30, 1840, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; d. January 23, 1880; m. MARY ANN RAYMOND, May 11, 1862, First Baptist Church, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; b. June 06, 1838, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. iii. ALBERT WILLIAM RUSSELL, b. February 23, 1843, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; m. MARY JANE ???; d. July 12, 1892. iv. JAMES NEEDHAM RUSSELL, b. September 24, 1844, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; d. January 05, 1880, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; m. AUGUSTA TIBBETTS, 1866; b. Abt. 1850, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts. v. CHARLES WARREN RUSSELL, b. September 03, 1846; d. March 06, 1904. vi. EDMUND NEEDHAM RUSSELL, b. June 08, 1849, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; d. August 29, 1849, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts. vii. EDWARD NEEDHAM RUSSELL, b. June 08, 1849, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; d. September 08, 1849, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts. viii. BENJAMIN F. RUSSELL, b. January 16, 1851, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; d. November 23, 1923, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; m. CLARA ANNA WHITHEY, February 21, 1877; b. October 31, 1860; d. April 11, 1938, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts. ix. BABY RUSSELL, b. December 10, 1854.