Staggs Family History

BIRTH: 15 SEP 1670, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH: 12 JUN 1747, Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
FATHER: Jonathan Bosworth (1636-1717)
MOTHER: Hannah Howland (1637-1705)
SPOUSE: Mary Sturtevant (1676-1707)

When David Bosworth was born on September 15, 1669, in Swansea, Massachusetts, his father, Jonathan, was 33 and his mother, Hannah, was 32. He married Mary Sturtevant on August 18, 1698, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. They had four children during their marriage. After Mary’s death he married Patience Damon. He died on June 12, 1747, in Halifax, Massachusetts, having lived a long life of 77 years, and was buried there.

His story

The following is an excerpt from the book, A History of the Descendants of EDWARD BOSWORTH Who arrived in America in the year 1634, PART III, FIFTH GENERATION, Compiled by Mrs. Mary Bosworth Clarke.

David Bosworth, son of Jonathan Jr. and Hannah (Howland), and grandson of John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, both passengers in the Mayflower; born at Swansea, Mass., Sept. 15, 1669; died at Halifax, Mass., June 12, 1747; married first at Plymouth, Aug. 18, 1698, Mercy (Mary in marriage record) Sturtevant, daughter of Deacon Samuel and first wife, Mercy Sturtevant, born 1676; died Apr. 23, 1707, and is buried beside her mother in the Plympton Burying Ground. David married second, Patience (—).

As seen above David was born at Swansea, and probably spent his boyhood and young manhood there, but in 1698 we find him in Plymouth, where in August he was married to Mercy. In May 1699, following his marriage, David bought land at a place called Monponsett in the township of Plymouth, and in August 1701, bought more land on the west side of Monponsett pond “on the way going to Bridgewater.” As this location is about six miles to the northwest of Colchester, in what is now the township of Plympton, the place where David’s father lived in the early years of his married life, near to the Howlands, David’s grandfather and uncles, it is easy to see what led him to go to this section. It does not appear that David ever removed from the place where he first settled, but at first being the “West Precinct” of Plymouth, it afterward became Plympton, and later Halifax.

Continue reading the section regarding David Bosworth in A History of the Descendants of EDWARD BOSWORTH Who arrived in America in the year 1634, PART III, FIFTH GENERATION

Legacy of David Bosworth

Parents

Father: Jonathan Bosworth (1636-1717)

Mother: Hannah Howland (1637-1705)

Married

Married first: Mary Sturtevant (1676-1707) on August 18, 1698, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Married second: Patience Damon (c1668-1758)

Children

• David Bosworth Jr (1699-1747)
• Jonathan Bosworth (1701-1742)
• Nehemiah Bosworth (1702-1762)
• Hannah Bosworth (1705-1781)

Documents

• Birth Records
  • History and genealogy of the Mayflower planters and first comers to ye olde colonie > Vol. II. Five sister ships of the Mayflower 1620 > Bosworth
  • Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 > Volume 2 > Howland > Children of Jonathan Bosworth and Hanna Howland
• Death records
  • Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 > Volume 2 > Howland > Children of Jonathan Bosworth and Hanna Howland
  • Find a Grave
  • Burial: Row 3, Plot 5, Stone 5, Sturtevant Cemetery, Halifax, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Marriage Records
  • 1st Marriage to Mary Sturtevant
    • U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 > Name: David Bosworth; Gender: Male; Birth Year: About 1670; Marriage Date: 18 Aug 1698; Marriage Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; Death Year: 1747; Spouse: Mercy Sturtevant
    • Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 > Name: David Bosworth; Record Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 18 Aug 1698; Marriage Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; Spouse: Mary Sturtevant
    • Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 > Name: David Bozworth; Gender: Male; Marriage Date: 18 Aug 1698; Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Spouse: Marcy Stirivant
    • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 > Name: David Bosworth; Gender: Male; Birth Place: MA; Birth Year: 1669; Spouse Name: Mercy Sturtevant; Spouse Birth Year: 1676; Marriage Year: 1698; Marriage State: RI; Number Pages: 1
  • 2nd Marriage to Patience Damon (c1668-1758)
    • Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 > Patience (—) Bosworth, b. c1668, d. 10 Sept. 1758, 90th yr, Halifax (2nd wf of David Bosworth)
• Other
  • The section regarding David Bosworth in A History of the Descendants of EDWARD BOSWORTH Who arrived in America in the year 1634, PART III, FIFTH GENERATION
  • Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850 for David Bosworth
  • Register of the Society of Mayflower descendants in the District of Columbia, 1970 : in commemoration of the 350th anniversary
  • American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) > Name: David Bosworth; Birth Date: 1669; Volume: 16; Page number: 203; Reference: Gen. Column of the “Boston Transcript”. 1906-1941.

Relation of David Bosworth to Steven Barry Staggs: 7th great-grandfather

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