Boston Harbor
John Seabury is the 6th great-grandfather of Belle Champlin (John Seabury, Samuel Seabury, John Seabury, Patience Seabury, Elizabeth Latham, John Champlin, Erastus Champlin, Henry Charles Champlin, Birdie Belle Champlin).
John Seabury was born before 1622 in England. He died before 1662. He married Grace Lane. They had 2 sons and some daughters.
-Duxbury History by Winsor, pg 305
It appears he first landed in Boston, as son Samuel was born there in 1640. He purchased land in Boston in 1640 from Walter Merry. On Nov 25, 1639, the Boston selectmen gave leave for John Seaberry to buy "our brother Water Merrye's house, and half an acre under it in the Mylne field". In 1641, "John Seberry" sued Walter Merry for 15 pounds, saying that the original purchase price for the house, 170 pounds, was an overvaluation.
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It appears he first landed in Boston, as son Samuel was born there in 1640. He purchased land in Boston in 1640 from Walter Merry. On Nov 25, 1639, the Boston selectmen gave leave for John Seaberry to buy "our brother Water Merrye's house, and half an acre under it in the Mylne field". In 1641, "John Seberry" sued Walter Merry for 15 pounds, saying that the original purchase price for the house, 170 pounds, was an overvaluation.
-The Great Migration Begins, Anderson, 1995
He appears to have moved on to Duxbury later as evidenced by land ownership that son Samuel sued over. John Seabury went to Barbadoes after son John was born, and returned to have more children. -Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England, Farmer-Drake, 1989
