Family of Richard SINGLETARY and Virginia DARE ?

Husband:	Richard SINGLETARY (aft1585-1687)
Wife:	Virginia DARE ? (1587-1639)

Husband: Richard SINGLETARY


	Richard SINGLETARY, "1606_UnionFlag"

Name:	Richard SINGLETARY ^1,2,3,4,5,6
Sex:	Male
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	btw 24 Mar 1585 and 25 Oct 1590	(?) Dunham Hall, Cheshire, England ^2,7,8
Residence		Essex, Massachusetts ⁸
Emigration	1587 (app) (age -4-2 (!))
Immigration	Jun 1587 (age -4-2 (!))	to Roanoke, Virginia from Plymouth, England with the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
Civil	1663 (age 72-78) ⁸
Civil	1664 (age 73-79)	age about 72 - Sworn, 24:1:1662 [March 24, 1662], before Simon ⁸
Marriage Count		2
Death	25 Oct 1687 (age 97-102)	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ²

Wife: Virginia DARE ?

Name:	Virginia DARE ?
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1587	Roanoke, Virginia
Caution		Identified on her grave stone only as "Goodwife Singletary", this is possibly the Virginia Dare. if the family tradition of Richard's origins is true.
Death	1639 (age 51-52)	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Note on Husband: Richard SINGLETARY - shared note

from First Settlers of New England, Farmer

SINGLETARY, RICHARD, Salem 1637, Newbury 1638, removed to Haverhill, and d. 25 oct. 1687, ae. 102. Nathaniel Singletary was killed at Haverhill by the Indians 13 Aug. 1689, and Richard Singletary was killed at Lancaster in 1707.

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from Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers, Savage

SINGLETARY, or SINGLETERY, ...

RICHARD, Salem 1637, rem. bef. join. the ch. to Newbury, there was freem. 7 Sept. 1638, may have had sev. ch. b. there bef. rem. to Salisbury in 1645 or aft. but there are rec. by w. Susanna, Jonathan, b. 17 Jan. 1640; Eunice, 7 Jan. 1642; Nathaniel, 28 Oct. 1644; Lydia, 30 Apr. 1648; and Amos, Apr. 1651. He was a selectman in 1650, tax. decently for the supp. of min. yet gone in 1652 to Haverhill, there, by w. Susanna Cooke, says Barry, had Benjamin, k. 4 Apr. 1656. Coffin says, he had John, that is perhaps the same as Jonathan. Eunice m. at Andover, 6 Jan. 1659, Thomas Eaton. His w. d. 11 Apr. 1682, and he d. 25 Oct. 1687, in the 102d yr. if the repts. may be accept.

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from Pioneers of Massachusetts, p.416

SINGLETARY,

Richard, Salem, propr. 1637. Rem. to Newbury; propr. 1638. Rem. to Salisbury; propr. 1639. Rem. to Haverhill; propr. 1651. Town officer. He deposed 22 Nov. 1662, ae. about 67 years; again, 24 (1) 1662-3, ae. about 70. Goodwife Singletary d. at Newbury about 1639. He m. Susanna Cooke, who deposed in 1662, ae. about 46 years. Ch. Jonathan b. Jan 17, 1639, Eunice b. Jan. 7, 1641, (m. Thomas Eaton,) Nathaniel b. Oct.28,1644, Lydia b. April 30, 1648, (m. Daniel Ladd, Jr.,)

Amos b. April, 1651, Benjamin b. April 11, 1682.

He d. Oct. 25, 1687, ["ae. 102," says Hav. record.]

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from History of Framingham, p. 392

SINGELTARY, or SINGLETARY, RICHARD, of Salem, 1637, took the freeman's oath, Sep.7, 1638. he was after (1638) of Newbury, and later of Salisbury, and had a son John, and prob. others. (Hist. of Newb.) RICHARD received a division of land in Haverhill, Jan. 20, 1653, and was selectman, 1655. Richard, f. or son, had by w. Susanna Cooke, in Hav., BENJAMIN, b. Ap. 4, 1656, who m. Mary Stockbridge, Ap. 4, 1678, and had Susanna, b. Jan. 27, '78; Richard, mar. 16, '80-1; Jonathan, Aug. 28, '83; Joihn, July 6, '86; Brawten, Mar. 25, '89; Joseph, Feb. 9, '92-3; and Mary, July 14, '95. Richard, the f. d. in hav., Oct. 25, 1687, ae. 102. Susanna, w. of Richard, d. Ap. 11, 1682.

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The Genealogy of the Singletary-Curtis Family provides the following version ostensibly from a Singletary descendant among those that migrated early from New England to the southeatern United States.

In the last quarter of the sixteenth century, there was living in England a family of title and large estates by the name of Dunham (so the tradition has it, but the Massachusetts records have it Donham). Of this family there were two branches. In case of the death of the last male of the elder branch, the title and estate would pass to the nearest male relative of younger branch. It so happened that every male of the elder branch died except one small boy. One morning it was discovered that he was missing--and that his nurse was missing also. Although a thorough search was made and bloodhounds were used in the search, neither he nor his nurse could be found.

As the years passed, nothing further was heard of him. The heir of the younger branch of the family instituted a law suit to obtain the property; whether or not he obtained the property in the absence of the real heir is not clear. Many years after this happened, the child's nurse lay on her death bed and made an affidavit that she had been employed to destroy the child. She had found that she could not do this and had decided to seek a home in the new world. She had hidden herself and the child in a dense hazel thicket and had been terrified when she heard the dogs. Fortunately, the scent was cold, and the dogs were called off. For a day and a night she lay hidden; then she made her way to a ship, in which she embarked with the child to America. On reaching America, she deserted the child, leaving him in the care of the captain of the ship, who adopted him. Before she left, she gave the child the name of Singletarry because he was alone in the world and because he would remain (or tarry) in the new world. She shortly returned to England.

The above written and sworn confession of the nurse was believed to be true; and detectives were sent to America to investigate the matter. A young man was found bearing the name Singletary, whose age corresponded with that of the lost heir of the Dunham estates and who could give no account of his forebears. The captain of the ship on which the child was deserted had adopted him under the name that the nurse had given him, having no idea of his real name or lineage. And the captain was now dead. Indeed, such care had been taken to destroy all trace of his name or ancestry that no one could say positively that he was the person sought. While he was believed to be the heir, the evidence was not sufficient to satisfy the English court and put him in possession of the property.

Sources

¹	Yates Publishing, "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004;).
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²	Ancestry.com, "One World Tree (sm)" (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d.;). Text From Source: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
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Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, comp, "Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1636-86" (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000;). v.3, p.7 & p.27 & p.214.
Text From Source: Name: Singletary, Richard
Age: 63
Year: 1662
Vol:page: 3:7

Name: Singletary, Richard
Age: 70
Year: 1663
Vol:page: 3:27

Name: Singletary, Richard
Age: 72
Year: 1664
Vol:page: 3:214
Same volume and poage numbers for same references in "Records of the Quarterly Court of Essex County, Massachusetts"

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David Hoyt, "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, MA". p. 317.
Text From Source: Richard' Stngletaey [or Singleteere], of Salisbury and Haverhill, "planter," b. ab. 1599 ;* oath free. 1638 ; m. as early as 1639, Susanna Cook,** who was b. ab. 1616 and d. April 11, 1682[Hv]. He was in Salem in 1637, of Nb. the same year; reed, land in Salis. in the "first division" and in 1640; commoner and taxed in 1650, selectman that year ; rem. to Hv. ab. 1653, became a proprietor there ; d. Oct. 25, 1687[Hv].

* Hv. rec. gives d. " at 102," which would make him born ab. 1585, and 71 when his son Benj. was born. Another statement of his age makes his birth as above.
** " Goodwife Singletary" d. ab. 1638 or '9[Nb]. She may have been wife of Richard. 1 CNb. gives John'' son of Richard.^ Richard of New London, 1686, d. 1711 and left 9 chil.[Sv], may have been a son or grandson of Richard.1

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James Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Setllers of New England" (Name: 1860;). v. IV, p. 102.
Text From Source: RICHARD, Salem 1637, rem. bef. join. the ch. to Newbury, there was freem. 7 Sept. 1638, may have had sev. ch. b. there bef. rem. to Salisbury in 1645 or aft. but there are rec. by w. Susanna, Jonathan, b. 17 Jan. 1640; Eunice, 7 Jan. 1642; Nathaniel, 28 Oct. 1644; Lydia, 30 Apr. 1648; and Amos, Apr. 1651. He was a selectman in 1650, tax. decently for the supp. of min. yet gone in 1652 to Haverhill, there, by w. Susanna Cooke, says Barry, had Benjamin, b. 4 Apr. 1656. Coffin says, he had John, that is perhaps the same as Jonathan. Eunice m. at Andover, 6 Jan. 1659, Thomas Eaton. His w. d. 11 Apr. 1682, and he d. 25 Oct 1687, in the 102d yr. if the repts. may be accept.

Vol 3.

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William Barry, "History of Framingham" (James Munroe & Company, Boston, 1847). pp. 392-393.
Text From Source: SINGELTARY, or SINGLETARY, RICHARD, of Salem, 1637, took the freeman's oath, Sep. 7, 1638. He was after (1638) of Newbury, and later of Safisbury, and had a son John, and prob. others. (Hist. of Newh.) RICHARD received a division of land in Haverhill, Jan. 20, 1653, and was selectman, 1655. Richard, f. or son, had by w. Susanna· Cooke, in Hav., BENJAMIN, b. Ap. 4, 1656, who m. Mary Stockbridge, Ap. 4, 1678, and had Susanna, b. Jan. 27, '78; Richard, Mar. 16, '80-1; Jonathan, Aug. 28, '83; John, JuIy 6, '86; Brawten, Mar. 25, '89; Joseph, Feb. 9, '92-3; and Mary, July 14, '95. Richard, the f. d. in Hav., Oct. 25, 1687, æ. 102. Susanna, w. of Richard, d. Ap. 11, 1682.

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Yates Publishing, "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004;). Text From Source: Online publication - Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

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Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, comp, "Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1636-86" (Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000;). Text From Source: Online publication - Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, comp.. Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1636-86 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Index to the Deponent Records of the County of Essex, Massachusetts. Columbia Point, MA, USA: Massachusetts Archives, 1988.

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