Wallingford/Jarlov Family Trees

Nicholas Wallingford was born in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts 12 March 1680/1.(286) Nicholas died before 2 July 1727, probably in Bradford, Mass..
He married Sarah Elithorpe, 19 September 1703, in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.(287) Sarah was "of Ipswich", Mass. at the time of her marriage intention.

Sarah was born before 28 August 1681, probably in Newbury, Mass..(288) According to The Early Settlers of Rowley by Blodgette she was baptized in Newbury on that date, but the article on the Elithorpe family by respected genealogist John Insley Coddington makes no mention of this and no such record can be found in the published Newbury or Rowley vital records under any name resembling Elithorpe or Alithorpe. Sarah was the daughter of John Elithorpe and Mary.

Sarah died 21 April 1763, in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, at 81 years of age.(289) Records of the Bradford Second Congregational Church at East Bradford, now Groveland, record the death of the "ancient" widow Platts. There is no other likely death record for Sarah in Bradford so this is probably her.

He was baptized 22 May 1681 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts.(290) Nicholas served in the British army for five weeks in 1698 during the short five year hiatus between the end of King William's War in 1697 and the beginning of Queen Anne's War in 1702. On 30 July 1701 his mother petitioned the court because she hadn't received the past wages owed to her for her sons earlier service. He was "impressed for his majesty's service" on 13 June 1698, and served with his own arms for one week under Lt. Francis Perkins. From 20 June to 13 July he servied under the command of Capt. James Fry. On 4 September 1701 the Massachusetts House granted his mother's petition and paid her 30 shillings.(291) Guardianship of David Wallingford, "a minor of about fourteen years of age son of Nicho Wallingford Late of Bradford decd" was awarded to Caleb Hopkinson on 2 July 1727.(292) Caleb was likely Nicholas' first cousin. There being no other 14-year-old David son of Nicholas in Bradford at this point it would seem fairly definitive that we are talking about the same family here. Thus Nicholas must have died before 2 July 1727. The earliest other probate record for the estate of Nicholas, however, is on 13 May 1736 when his widow Sarah refused to take on the administration so that it might be granted to her son Jonathan. He did take it on, and a week later brought in an inventory done by Richard Bailey, Joseph Carleton and John Hopkinson. The inventory detailed about 18 acres of land in Bradford worth about £180 and a list of personal belongings, the value of which wasn't totaled but came to about £27. In the distribution of the estate on 4 July 1737 the widow Sarah received her thirds in real estate, it being 6 1/2 acres of land worth £65 in Bradford. Some of the other 2/3 of the real estate in Bradford, about 11 3/4 acres worth £112 10s, bordered the land of Jonas Platts, whom Sarah soon married. Another 1 3/4 acres of land in Bradford worth £17 10s bordered land of John Hopkinson formerly belonging to Caleb Hopkinson. A note at the end of the division of the estate reads, "Buildings on the farme not belonging to the Estate as being built by the widow since the death of her husband are not apprised." This is another indication that Nicholas died long before the estate was probated. The total real estate that was divided was worth £130.(293)

286. Bradford, MA, VR, Published, p.163 (from town records).
287. The American Genealogist, Jan 1955, 31:23 "~The Elithorpe Family of Yorkshire, England, and New England"~ by John Insley Coddington (hereafter cited as American Genealogist); and Rowley, MA, VR, Published, p.422 (from town records).
288. American Genealogist, Jan 1955, 31:23 "~The Elithorpe Family of Yorkshire, England, and New England"~ by John Insley Coddington; and Rowley, MA, Early Settlers, p.112-3.
289. Bradford, MA, VR, Published, p.364.
290. Rowley, MA, VR, Published, p.228 (First Congregational Church record).
291. Mass. Archives Coll., 70:539-42.
292. Essex County, MA, Probate, File 28806.
293. Essex County, MA, Deeds, File 28817.

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