My 7th-great-grandfather, Capt. William Shurtleff, son of William & Elizabeth (Lettice) Shurtleff, was born c. 1657, and died 4 February 1730 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He married 20 October 1683 in Plymouth, Susanna Lothrop, who was born 28 February 1664 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, and died 10 August 1726 in Plymouth, daughter of Barnabas & Susanna (Clark) Lothrop.
Susanna lies buried in Lakenham Cemetery in Carver, Massachusetts.
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HERE LYES YE BODY
OF MRS SUSANNAH
SHURTLEFF WIFE TO
CAPT. WILLIAM SHURTLEFF
WHO DECD AUG YE
10th 1726
IN YE 63rd YEAR
OF HER AGE
William lies buried at Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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HERE LYES YE BODY
OF CAPtn WILLIAM
SHURTLEF WHO DECd
FEBry THE 4th
[illegible] IN
THE 72nd YEAR
OF HIS AGE
The following is from Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts, Vol I, by Benjamin Shurtleff:
Capt. William was the first native born Shurtleff; was commonly spoken of by his kinsmen as ‘William the Surveyor,’ and was the ‘eldest son and heir apparent,’ as he was styled in ancient documents. He passed the chief part of his life in Plymouth, where he held substantial offices of honor, as well as of labor and trust, within the gift of his fellow townsmen. He was for many years one of the selectmen of the town (1662, 1693, 1694, 1698, 1699, 1700, 1701 and 1705), captain of a military company, delegate to the Provincial Assembly in 1694 and town treasurer from 1695 to 1704. On June 4, 1707, a portion of the town of Plymouth was set off and incorporated by the name of Plympton, and William Shurtleff was chosen, on March 1, 1707/08, for their first town clerk and served till March 2, 1710/11. It is to him we are indebted for the early records of that town kept in a most faithful manner. He was the first captain of their military company at Plympton. Tradition says that he was a very wealthy man for the time in which he lived, was a distinguished surveyor, owned land all over the colony, built the first wharf in Plymouth, erected the first warehouse and settled the dispute between Sandwich and Plymouth. During the latter part of his life he lived in that part of Plympton which was afterwards set off and incorporated on June 9, 1790, as the town of Carver. … William died while visiting Plymouth and was buried there with the Pilgrim Forefathers on Burial Hill, where a memorial stone is still to be seen.
Susanna & William were the parents of thirteen children:
1. Capt. Jabez Shurtleff, born 22 April 1684 in Plymouth, and died there 22 January 1761. He married 19 February 1713 in Plymouth, Mary Waite, who was born 24 December 1687 in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Return & Martha (March) Waite.
2. Thomas Shurtleff, born 16 March 1687 in Plymouth, and died in May 1730 in Plympton, Massachusetts. He married 29 July 1708 in Plympton, Phebe Shaw, who was born 10 May 1690 in Plymouth, and died in May 1730 in Plympton, daughter of Jonathan & Mehitable (Pratt) Shaw.
3. Rev. William Shurtleff, born 4 April 1689 in Plymouth, and died 9 May 1747 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He married 11 June 1718, Mary Atkinson, who was born c. 1691.
4. Susanna Shurtleff, born in March 1691 in Plymouth, and died there 27 July 1763. She married 29 December 1709 in Plympton, Massachusetts, Lt. Josiah Cushman, born 21 March 1688 in Plymouth, and died 13 April 1750 in Plympton, son of Elkanah & Martha (Cook) Cushman.
5. John Shurtleff, born 15 June 1693 in Plymouth, died before 26 March 1757. He married (as her second husband) 23 March 1727 in Plympton, Sarah (Lucas) Carver, who was born 14 December 1692 in Plymouth, and died there 14 December 1692, daughter of Benoni & Repentance (Harlow) Lucas, and widow of John Carver.
6. Capt. Barnabas Shurtleff (my 6th-great-grandfather), born 17 March 1696 in Plymouth, died 18 May 1759 in Carver, Massachusetts. He married 16 March 1726 in Plymouth, Jemima Adams, who was born there 12 January 1707, and died 26 November 1773 in Plympton, daughter of Francis & Mary (Buck) Adams.
7. Ichabod Shurtleff, born 8 November 1697 in Plymouth, died c. 1782. He married 21 September 1721 in Plympton, Hannah Carver, who was born 8 March 1700 in Plymouth, and died c. 1795, daughter of John & Mary (Barnes) Carver.
8. Elizabeth Shurtleff, born 28 May 1699 in Plymouth.
9. Mary Shurtleff, born 22 December 1700 in Plymouth.
10. Sarah Shurtleff, born 8 June 1702 in Plymouth, died 30 May 1746 in Plympton. She married 11 June 1724 in Plympton, Lt. Ignatius Loring, who was born 27 December 1699 in Plymouth, and died 26 April 1742 in Plympton, son of Caleb & Lydia (Gray) Loring.
11. Samuel Shurtleff, baptized 3 September 1704, died before 4 April 1757. He married c. 1735, Abigail Adams, who was born 15 September 1709 in Marshfield, Massachusetts, daughter of Joseph & Alice (Dingley) Adams.
12. Abigail Shurtleff, born c. 1705, died after 26 June 1774. She married (as his second wife) 6 October 1733 in Plymouth, Lazarus Sampson, who was born c. 1703, and died before 17 October 1753, widower of Jemima (Holmes) Sampson.
13. Nathaniel Shurtleff, born 2 December 1707 in Plympton, died 5 September 1785. He married 1 January 1739 in Plymouth, Lydia Branch, who was born there 26 August 1721, daughter of Thomas & Lydia (Barrows) Branch.
Last Revised: 15 October 2024