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| Name |
James Noyes |
| Prefix |
Reverend |
| Birth |
22 Oct 1608 |
Cholderton, Wiltshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
22 Oct 1656 |
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Burial |
24 Oct 1656 |
First Parish Burying Ground, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
4 Jun 1896 |
MANTI |
| FamilySearch ID |
MNQV-FGL |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I1056 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Reverend William Noyes, b. 1568, Cholderton, Wiltshire, England d. 30 Apr 1622, Cholderton, Wiltshire, England (Age 54 years) |
| Mother |
Anne Parker, b. Jun 1575, Cholderton, Wiltshire, England d. 7 Mar 1657, Cholderton, Wiltshire, England (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
31 May 1592 |
Choulderton, Wiltshire, England |
| Family ID |
F881 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah Browne, b. 1610, Southampton, Hampshire, England d. 13 Sep 1691, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Mar 1633 |
Romsey, Hampshire, England |
| Children |
| + | 1. Joseph Noyes, b. 15 Oct 1637, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 16 Nov 1717, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 80 years) |
| + | 2. Reverend James Noyes, b. 11 Mar 1640, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 30 Dec 1719, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 79 years) |
| + | 3. Reverend Moses Noyes, b. 23 Sep 1648, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 25 Oct 1734, Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 86 years) |
| + | 4. John Noyes, b. 4 Jun 1649, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 9 Nov 1678, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 29 years) |
| + | 5. Thomas Noyes, b. 10 Aug 1648, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 24 Apr 1730, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 81 years) |
| + | 6. Rebecca Noyes, b. 1 Apr 1651, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 15 Oct 1719, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 68 years) |
| + | 7. William Noyes, b. 22 Sep 1653, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 10 Mar 1744, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 90 years) |
| + | 8. Sarah Noyes, b. 21 Mar 1655, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 20 May 1697, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 42 years) |
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| Family ID |
F879 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 22 Oct 1608 - Cholderton, Wiltshire, England |
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 | Marriage - 21 Mar 1633 - Romsey, Hampshire, England |
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 | Death - 22 Oct 1656 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
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 | Burial - 24 Oct 1656 - First Parish Burying Ground, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 4 Jun 1896 - MANTI |
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| Notes |
- Rev. James Noyes was born in 1608. He entered Oxford (Brasenose Colleg e ) in 1627 but did not complete a degree: he was invited by his cousin a n d former teacher, Rev. Thomas Parker, to teach with him at the Free Sch oo l in Newbury, England [a town in Berkshire on the river Kennet, abou t 5 6 miles west from London], which they did together before coming to N ew E ngland. (James Noyes was reported to be especially masterful in Gree k an d later wrote several learned treatises concerning religious subject s. )
He married (in 1633) Sarah Brown of Southampton, England. James Noyes, w i th his wife Sarah, his younger brother Nicholas, and his cousin Thoma s Pa rker left for Massachusetts on March, 1633 .
He preached in the Boston area at Medford, MA (then, Mystic, MA), was ma d e freeman on 3 Sept., 1634, and was (with Nicholas and Thomas Parker) a mo ng the first settlers of Newbury, MA. The settlement in Newbury, whic h pr ovided free land, continued a policy by the Governors of Massachuset ts t o extend the northern frontiers rapidly, in part because of apprehen sio n concerning potential French expansion into unsettled territory .
The settlement was named for their earlier place of residence in Englan d , and the Parker River was named in honor of Rev. Parker. Rev. Thomas P ar ker and Rev. James Noyes, and other early settlers, formed the First P ari sh Church of Newbury, with Rev. Parker the senior pastor and Rev. Noy es h is assistant ("Teacher") shortly after their arrival .
The current Church building, built in the mid-19th century, stands on t h e left of Route 1A, traveling north from Boston, just past the Upper Gr ee n, and about 3 miles beyond the bridge across the Parker River and th e Lo wer Green. The first settlers were enthusiastic about the New Worl d and s ent word back to England; eventually more than 100 friends and ne ighbor s from their region of England came to the Newbury area. The settl ement g rew rapidly and, after about ten years, the Upper Green was clear ed to be come the center of Newbury.
Reverend James Noyes built a house for his family nearby, at 5 Parker St . , which still stands; it was the home, also, of Rev. Thomas Parker wh o ne ver married. Of early historical interest is the role that Rev. Jame s Noy es of Stonington CT, the native-born second son of the first Rev. J ames N oyes, played in the founding of Yale College. He was one of the se ven fou nding ministers (and the name Noyes is inscribed, today, on Woodb ridge Ha ll, the Administration Building, above and to the right of the f ront door .) This Rev. Noyes also was the first Senior Fellow (Chair) o f the Boar d of Trustees, and his younger brother Moses also served a s a member of t he Trustees.
Rev. James Noyes and his wife had eight children :
Joseph (1637), (Rev.)
James (1640), Sarah (1641),
Moses (1643),
John (1645),
Thomas (1648),
Rebecca (1651),
William (1653), and
Sarah (1656). (Also of early historical interest is that the youngest da u ghter, Sarah, married John Hale; among their descendants was Nathan Hal e , the "hero spy.")
Rev. James Noyes died on 22 October 1656; he is buried in the First Buri a l Ground of the Church he helped to establish .
Two brothers, Rev. James Noyes and Nicholas Noyes, came to Massachuset t s aboard the ship Mary and John in March 1633, and were part of the fir s t group of about forty settlers of Newbury, MA in 1635. Their father w a s Rev. William Noyes, rector of Cholderton (county Wilts), England [abo u t 11 miles from Salisbury], a graduate of University College, Oxford i n 1 592.
Their mother was Anne Parker (sister of the scholar, Robert Parker); the i r cousin Rev. Thomas Parker accompanied them. James and Nicholas had t w o older brothers, Ephraim (1596 - 1659); and Nathan (1597 - 1651) who s uc ceeded their father as rector of Cholderton. A younger sister and brot he r remained in England.
REFERENCES: The basic reference for the Noyes family genealogy is the re m arkable work by Col. Henry E. Noyes and Miss Harriette E. Noyes in tw o vo lumes, Geneological Record of Some of the Noyes Descendants of James , Nic holas, and Peter Noyes, published in Boston, MA in 1904. [Volum e 1 cover s descendants of Nicholas Noyes; vol. 2 the descendants of Rev . James Noy es and of Peter Noyes, who arrived later.] A copy is availabl e in the sec ond floor geneological library of the Historical Society o f Old Newbury , located on 98 High St. (Route 1A) in Newburyport.
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