Family of Daniel1 Poor 1674-1724

Daniel Poor was born in Wiltshire about 1624, died at Andover MA 8 June 1689, 65y; married there 20 Oct. 1650 Mary Farnum, bp. St Nicholas, Rochester, Kent, England, 13 July 1628, died at Andover 2 Feb. 1713/4, c85y, daughter of Ralph and Alice Farnum (see FARNUM Family).

Daniel came to Massachusetts as a boy, arriving on the Bevis from Southampton in 1638 as servant to Richard Dummer. His sister Alice, 20, and brother Samuel, 18, were on the same ship. Their name is often spelled Poore.

Daniel settled at Andover, organized in 1646 by a group of families from Cambridge MA, led by their first minister John Woodbridge. He lived in the section which later became North Andover.

Children of Daniel and Mary (Farnum) Poor, born at Andover:

  1. Mary2, b. in 1651; m. John2 Noyes.
  2. Sarah, b. 28 Dec. 1652; m. Newbury 16 Feb. 1674 Samuel Pettingill, bp. Salem 9 Feb. 1644/5, d. 1711, son of Richard and Joanna (Ingersoll) Pettingill: 8 Pettingill ch.
  3. Martha, b. 4 Nov. 1654, d. Andover 4 Dec. 1723; m. Chelmsford MA 9 Feb. 1679 John Granger, b. Newbury 4 Nov. 1654, d. Andover 5 Apr. 1725, son of Lancelot and Joanna (Adams) Granger: 8 Granger ch.
  4. Daniel, b. 5 Sept. 1656, d. Andover 30 July 1735; m. 1st ---- ; m. 2nd 25 Apr. 1688 Mehitable Osgood, b. 4 Mar. 1671, d. 28 Oct. 1752, dau. of John and Mary (Clements) Osgood: 6 ch.
  5. John, b. 5 Sept. 1658, d. Andover 24 Dec. 1690; prob. married.
  6. Hannah, b. 6 May 1660, d. Andover 17 Feb. 1745-6, 85y; m. there 16 Nov. 1681 Francis3 Dane or Deane, b. there 8 Dec. 1656, d. there 8 Nov. 1738, son of Rev. Francis and Elizabeth (Ingalls) Deane: 6 Dane ch. (See BALLARD Family, Dane section.)
  7. Elizabeth, b. 15 Apr. 1661; m. 7 Apr. 1686 Jacob Marston, b. Hampton NH 27 Dec. 1658, d. 24 Nov. 1727, son of John and Martha Marston: 9 Marston ch. (GDMNH 461).
  8. Deborah, b. 18 Apr. 1664, d. 29 Nov. 1724; m. 29 May 1689 Timothy Osgood, b. 10 Aug. 1659, d. 16 Sept. 1748, son of John and Mary (Clements) Osgood: 7 Osgood ch.
  9. Ruth, b. in Feb. 1665, d. 19 Feb. 1739; m. 20 Dec. 1689 Sgt. John Stevens, b. 30 Aug. 1663, d. 7 Nov. 1728, son of John and Hannah (Barnard) Stevens: 7 Stevens ch.
  10. Priscilla, b. 22 June 1667; m. 1st 14 Dec. 1687 Abraham Moore, who d. 12 Apr. 1706: 5 Moore ch.; m. 2nd Andover int. 12 Mar. 1709 Solomon Reies of Chelmsford.
  11. Lucy, b. 28 Sept. 1670, d. 25 June 1759; m. 11 Oct. 1691 Samuel Austin, b. c1669, d. 28 Sept. 1753, 84y: 5 ch.

    12. Reprinted with permission from an unpublished Noyes compilation by Perley Leighton.

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    ©Copyright G. Robert. Anderson 1996, 1997

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