Essex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643 by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when it ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires."
Damaris Shattuck was born in England.
Her maiden name and her husband's name are not known.
Damaris' children included:
Samuel Shattuck (1620),
Damaris Shattuck (married Samuel Page or Pope),
Mary Shattuck (married Hams),
Hannah Shattuck (married George Gardner), and
Sarah Shattuck (married Richard Gardner).
She was admitted to the church in Salem in 1641.
On May 27, 1659 John Gardner, mariner, bought property from Hannah Shattuck. The property included a house with a shop and a quarter acre, bounded
with ye broad streete ye comes from ye meeting house on ye north, with ye dwelling of Richard Prince on ye east, & som ground of Nathanyell Pitman on ye south & adjoining to the dwelling of Richard Gardner on ye west, to have & to hold.
Samuel Shattuck was born in England about 1620. He was a felt-maker or hatter, in Salem.
His wife was named Hannah.
Samuel Shattuck (1649, married Sarah Bucknam)
Hannah Shattuck (1651, married John Soames),
Damaris Shattuck (1653, married Benjamin Pope),
Mary Shattuck (1655, married Benjamin Trask),
Priscilla Shattuck (1658, married Hugh Nichols),
Return Shattuck (1662, married John Saunders),
Retire Shattuck (1664)and
Patience Shattuck (1666, married John Smith).
In 1642, Samuel was admitted to the church in Salem.
He died in Salem. His tombstone reads:
Here lyeth buried ye body of Samuel Shattuck, aged 69 years, who departed this life ye 6th day of June, 1689.
Salem is in Essex County, Massachusetts and was a significant seaport in early America. John Endicott obtained a patent from England and arrived there in 1628. Salem originally included much of the North Shore, including Marblehead. Salem Village also included Peabody and parts of Beverly, Middleton, Topsfield, Wenham and Manchester-by-the-Sea.
