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Greenlaw, William Prescott, "John1 Maverick and Some of His Descendants," NEHGR, vol. XCVI (1942), pp. 358-366.
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- 7. PETER3 MAVERICK (Elias2, John1) ... married MARTHA BRADFORD, ...
- Children:
- JAMES4, of Winnisimett, ferryman, mariner, d. about 1695; m. HESTER -----, who m.(2) 7 Aug 1705 Benjamin Whitney of Boston.
- James Maverick received 15 acres of land by will of his grandfather Elias Maverick, dated 13 Sept. 1681.
- On 16 July 1703 Hester Maverick of Lynn, widow of James Maverick late of Boston, petitioned the Governor and Council for permission to sell a part of her husband's estate on Wing Lane in Boston. She state that her "husband did about Eight years Since go out of this Port in a Voyage bound for London, & was then taken by the ffrench, & Since not heard of by any of his Relations, he Left me two Children a boy & a girl, with very Small matters to Support & maintain them". (Chamberlain's "History of Chelsea", pp. 43-45.)
- On 18 June 1718 Hester, wife of Benjamin Whitney, certified to the birth of her two children by her former husband James Maverick, at Winnisimett, Martha, born 17 Apr. 1693, and James, born 2 Oct. 1699. [Footnote: This is error of the recorder, as on 16 July 1703 Hester Maverick testified that her husband had been missing for about eight years.] This was corroborated by Phebe Brentnal, aged 45, and Sarah Eustace, aged 52. (REGISTER, vol. 11 (1857), p. 225; Suffolk Deeds, vol. 33, p. 15.)
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