[Ancestor] Trask

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Husband [Ancestor] Trask

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1 M Rufus Trask ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - Salem, Essex Co, MA
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         Buried:  - Waterford, Erie Co, PA

         Spouse: Hannah Tracy (      -      ) 2
           Marr: Salem, Essex Co, MA

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Trask

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CAPTAIN WILLIAM TRASK, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1587-8. He was a very early settler of Salem, Massachusetts, probably coming in 1626 before Governor Endicott. He was a member of the Salem Church August 6, 1629, and made his application to become a freeman October 19, 1630. He was appointed commissioner of the general court in 1632 and was captain of his militia company that year in the East Regiment and was muster master.
He commanded a company under Endicott in the expedition against the Pequot Indians in 1637 and was deputy to the general court in 1635-36-37-39.
After the Pequot war he was granted two large tracts of land for his services, one of four hundred acres, the other of two hundred and fifty acres.
Before 1640 he had set up a water mill for grinding corn and also a fulling mill. His date of birth is fixed from two statements on the court records, one giving his age April 22, 1657, as about sixty-nine, another November 29, 1664, giving his age as seventy-seven. When about to Delft, Holland, he made an affidavit in London, England, January 15, 1623, that he was thirty-four years old. He died May 15, 1666.
His will, dated May 15, 1666, was proved June 24, 1666. He bequeathed to his wife Sarah, providing for the remainder of her life; sons William and John; daughters Sarah, Susan, and Mary, and to his grandchildren.
Children:
SARAH Trask; m. Elias Parkman.
MARY Trask; bpt. Jan. 1, 1637, died young.
SUSAN Trask; b. June 10, 1638; m. Feb. 19, 1664, Samuel Ebborne.
WILLIAM Trask; b. Sept. 19, 1640; m. Ann Putnam.
JOHN Trask; bpt. Sept 18, 1642; m. Feb. 19, 1662, Abigail Parkman.
ELIZA Trask; b. Sept. 21, 1645, died young.
MARY Trask, a twin of Ann.
ANN Trask; b. August 14, 1652.

William Trask was a brother of Osman Trask, of Salem and Beverley, Massachusetts. ⁴

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1041.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1523.

3 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 246.

4 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 245.