Friday, October 12, 2012


Page 5 is the first page of the 1922 Supplement with genealogical information.  The supplement was hand-written, and dashes were often substituted for commas.  I will use commas for clarity's sake.  As in the paragraph below, persons in the genealogy were numbered sequentially and referred to by "#".  However, in the text, the numbers were enclosed by parentheses, which I will transform into the "#" symbol, followed by a period.  John Cogswell Badger used the plus mark, "+" at the end of a child's entry to indicate that there was more information in a later entry under the sequential number.

BADGER GENEALOGY

In 1635 or 1644 (2 records) there were three persons by the name of Badger that were landholders in Newbury, Ms., viz., Giles, Nathaniel, and Richard, the two latter, it is supposed returned to England after a time, as many did at that period, as nothing more seems to be known of them, except that Nathaniel is said to have had a wife named Hannah (_____).  Also Old Norfolk Co., Ms., records give the birth at Hampton of Hester, 12th month, 22nd day, 1664, dau. of Nathaniel & Deborah (_____) Badger.

Although Harry S. Badger, # 1459, p. 248, of Nashville, Tenn., in a letter dated Feb. 1909, stated that he had heard his father, Gen. Algernon S. Badger, # 935-1, say many times, that of these three brothers, one settled in Mass., and one in the Carolinas, from which many in the southeastern part of the West Indies [sic] trace their descent, and the other returned to England, but the following is known of Giles Badger.

FIRST GENERATION IN AMERICA

# 1. GILES BADGER,

b. prob. in Eng., settled in Newbury, Ms., ab. 1635, m. 1642 or earlier Elizabeth Greenleaf, bapt. at Ipswich, Eng., Jan. 16, 1622, d. of Capt. Edmund & Sarah (Dole) G. of Newbury, Ms., and later of Boston, Ms.

Giles Badger d. Newbury, Ms., July 17, 1647, and his will was proved 1647, the 7th month (i.e., Oct., Old Style).

(His wid. m. Feb. 16, 1648, 2nd, Richard Browne and had Elizabeth, Richard Jr., Edmund, Sarah, and Mary.)

Only child recorded

# 2.  John Badger, b. Newbury, Ms., June 30, 1643 +

Blogger's notes:

(1) "The History of Newbury Massachusetts" first lists Giles Badger in March 1642 on "The Stint of the Ox & Cow Common," a list of every man (not just freemen) authorized to graze a certain number of cattle (2 for Giles Badger) in the ox, and heifer, and yearling stints of the commons of Newbury.  It contains only four other mentions of him, as he died in 1647 and several mentions of Richard and Nathaniel.  John J. Currier, "The History of Newbury Massachusetts," Damrell & Upham, Boston, 1902; and reprinted by Peter E. Randall, Portsmouth, NH, 1984.

(2) "The History of Newbury Massachusetts" also contains information about Richard and Nathaniel BadgerIt lists early settlers of Newbury who arrived in Boston in May, 1634, but Giles Badger is not included.  

(3) The will of Giles Badger and an inventory of his estate was posted online by my brother at this site:  http://essexcountyma.net/Wills/badgerg.htm.

No comments:

Post a Comment