Descendants of John/Robert Noyes (1269) - Gulbangi.com

Brown (336), daughter of Joseph Browne (1263) and Sarah (--?--) (1264), in 1633 at Cholderton, Wiltshire, England. 2 He
and Sarah Brown (336) immigrated on the Mary & John, departing from London, England March 24, 1633/4, arriving circa
May 1634 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony. 7 He became a freeman on 3 September 1634 at Medford,
Massachusetts Bay Colony, now Middlesex County. 3 He lived at Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, now Essex County,
in May 1635 where he was one of the first settlers. 3 He left a will on 17 October 1656 at Newbury, Massachusetts Bay
Colony. His will leaves disposal of all his posessions to his wife as long as she remains single. See
www.rootsweb.com/~maessex/wills/noyesj.htm.
(The will of Rev. James Noyes, teacher of the church in Newbury, was proved in the Salem court Nov. 26, 1656. The
following copy is transcribed from the original on file in the office of the clerk of courts, at Salem, volume III, leaf 56:
The Last will and Teastament of James Noies.
my will is that my wife shall have the rule and ordering with the difsposing of all my substance I haue; while she keepeth hir
selfe in an unmaryed Condition, And That she will Take counsayle of my Loving ffriends Cozen Thomas Parker my brother
Nicholas Noys + Wm Gerrish; But if she difsposeth hir selfe in way of marryage then my will is; That my ffriends A[b]ove
mentioned shall have the difsposing of all for the portions of my wife And Children as they shall see meete; in witness
hearof I have put my hand this 17th ocktob : 1656.
James Noies
Witnes Wm Gerrish Richard Browne Robert Long. 2 He died on 22 October 1656 at Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony,
at age 48. 10 He was buried in Bard Essex Cemetery, Massachusetts Bay Colony. 11 His will was proved/probated on 26
November 1656 at Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1
Joan Noyes wrote: "Noyes comes from des Noyers. William des Noyers was a military commander of William the
Conquerer. He was called one of the Barons of the Conquerer and is mentioned in the Doomsday book."
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Savage, Vol 3: "JAMES, Newbury, one of the two first min. b. 1608, at Choulderton, in Wilts, near the edge of Hants, betw.
Amesbury in W. and Andover in H. s. of Rev. William, who was instit. I find by the registry of that diocese, in 1602 as
rector, but in 1621, resign. in favor of Nathan Noyes. His mo. was sis. of Robert Parker a very learned Puritan, driv. to
Holland for his heterodoxy a. forms; and he was bred at Brazen Nose, Oxford, as his nephew, Rev. Nicholas in his acco.
for Magn. III. cap. 25, Append. writes, and was call. away by his cous. Thomas Parker to assist him at the sch. of Newbury,
in Berksh. He m. 1634, Sarah, eldest d. of Mr. Joseph Brown of Southampton, and in Mar. of that yr. emb. for N. E. in co.
with his br. Nicholas and cous. Thomas Parker, in the Mary and John of London, preach. some short time at Medford, was
freem. 3 Sept. 1634, and invit. to Watertown ch. but in 1635 went to Newbury, and tho younger than his collea. cous. d.
first, 22 Oct. 1656. His will, made five days bef. ment. w. Sarah and ch. br. Rev. Nicholas N. and cous. Rev. Thomas
Parker; the inv. show. good est. We owe gratitude to Mather for rare modesty in being content with the faithful and judic.
contrib. of the Salem kinsman, of wh. in our day Eliot's Biogr. Dict. has well abbrev. the charact."
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Paul Noyes wrote: "Descendants of Reverend William Noyes: James Noyes Rev. Born, 1608, in Cholderton, Wilts,
England. Died, 22 Oct 1656, in Newbury, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Brown, daughter of Joseph Brown, 1633.
Matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford University, 22 Aug 1627, but was not graduated. In Mar 1633, he and his wife
Sarah, brother Nicholas, and cousin Thomas Parker, with others, took the oath of "Supremacy and Allegiance", to pass for
New England, in the "Mary and John", of London, Robert Sayres, master.
In 1633-34 he preached in Mystic, now Medford, Massachusetts and was made freeman 3 Sep 1634, was invited to
Watertown but declined and with his brother Nicholas and cousin Thomas Parker, was among the first settlers of Newbury,
Massachusetts in May 1634 or 35. Rev. Mr. Parker and Rev. Mr. Noyes began, almost immediately, to form a church. The
first meeting was on the Sabbath and held in the open air, under a tree. Rev. Mr. Parker was chosen pastor "in the waye of
church discipline which he then preached for, the congregational waye" (Newbury, p.17). Mr. James Noyes was, at the
same time, chosen teacher of the church and remained so for more than 20 years. Will made 17 Oct 1656, five days
before his death, and proved 26 Nov 1656. In it he mentions wife Sara and children, brother Deacon Nicholas Noyes and
cousin Rev. Thomas Parker. Inventory of estate amounted to £657, 11 shillings, 4 penney.
On IGI as parents, but no marriage is recorded here James is listed as being born of "Godly parents". His own father was
a minister of "the same town". One of James' sons was one of the founders of Yale University. James married Sarah
Brown not long before coming to New England in 1634. He was married to Sarah BROWN before 1634 in England.
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