Eleazer FLAGG, Sr ^{1 2}

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Retailer, Innkeeper- Boston MA.

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FAMILY RECORDS of the Descendants of GERSHOM FLAGG [Born 1730] of Lancaster Massahusettes (sic) with Other Genealogical Records of THE FLAGG FAMILY Descended from THOMAS FLEGG OF WATERTOWN MASS and Including THE FLEGG LINEAGE IN ENGLAND Compiled and Published by Norman Gersom Flagg and Lucius C S Flagg 1907
Chapter III The Flagg Lineage from Thomas Flegg of Watertown Mass to Gershom Flagg (Born 1730) of Lancaster Mass 1637-1758
pg 21: The Second Generation in America
Lieut Gershom Flagg
The eldest son of Thomas Flegg was Gershom Flagg, born in Watertown MA 16 Apr 1641. He settled in Woburn MA and there married 15 Apr 1668 Hannah Leppingwell who was born 6 Jan 1647-48 in Woburn, the daughter of Mitchell Leppingwell. To this union ten children were born, of whom the third child John Flagg is the ancestor of the families included within this Record...
pg 21: The Third Generation in America
John Flagg
Of Lieut Gershom Flagg's ten children, the third child and third son was John, who was born 25 May 1673, probably in Woburn MA; he moved to Boston about 1700, and died there about 1732, his will being proved 19 Dec that year. He married previous to 1700 Abiah Kornic, a native of England. He and his wife sold land in Woburn in 1699, and in 1717 he purchased estate on Hanover Street in Boston, of Samuel Vickers, where the American House now stands (1906). According to Dr Bond, Watertown, John Flagg was a tanner...
John and Abiah Flagg were the parents of nine children, whose names are given in Chapter VII. Their third child was Eleazer Flagg, who we shall see later on was the grandfather of the two soldier boys of '76, Ebenezer and Gershom...
pg 23: The Fourth Generation in America
Eleazer Flagg
Of Eleazer Flagg little is known; he was born in Boston 2 Feb 1703, and was at one time an inn-keeper there. In a deed of date 1740, we find Eleazer Flagg mentioned as a 'Retailer" of Boston.
He purchased from Daniel Johnson and other heirs of Samuel Johnson deceased of Lancaster, 24 Nov 1740, the famous slate quarry property, situated four miles NE of Lancaster Center, in the extreme north end of the town, not far from the Shirley line. In the words of Rev. Peter Whitney in his History of Worcester Co, published in 1793, 'this slate pit is fine and valuable and perhaps inexhaustible, furnishing slate and tiles for the roofs of houses, and most excellent stones for graves. This was first discovered by a Mr Flagg. The slates have been in use about forty years. The quarry is now (1793) owned by Joseph Wales. No slates equal to these have yet been discovered on the Continent.' AP Marvin says of the slate-quarry (1878): It was sometimes called the Shaker quarry, perhaps because the Shakers (of the community of Shirley) were employed to take the slate to Boston with great ox-teams. Facilities of transportation enabled other quarrymen to undersell the owners, and the work ceased more than fifty years ago. The mine filled with water and so remained till 1877, when a Welshman re-opened it, and found it to be one of the best slate-quarries in the world.' To these notes Mr JCL Clark, Town clerk of Lancaster (1904) adds: 'The Welshman's experiment must have been unsuccessful, for some fifteen years ago, when I visited the quarry, it was deserted and full of water, just as Willard describes it in 1826. By courtesy of Mr Clark a recent photograph of this slate-quarry is placed in this Record. Partly as a matter of curiosity on account of the quaint wording of the instument, one of the five or six deeds (all of equal length) by which Eleazer Flagg became owner of the quarry, is here copied:
Copy of Warranty Deed, Daniel Johnson et al to Eleazer Flagg (father of Gershom Flagg, b 1730) to site of old slate quarry near Lancaster, Mass, Worcester Co Deeds, Vol I, pp 309-311:
'To all people unto whome this present deed of sale shall come Daniel Johnson of Lancaster in the County of Worcester and province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Taylor one of the sons and heirs of Saml Johns late of Lancaster aforesaid husbandman decd intestate sendeth greetings. Know ye that I the said Daniel Johnson for and in consideration of the sum of fifty pounds in good publick bills of credit of the province aforesaid to me in hand at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents well and truly paid by Eleazer Flagg of Boston in the county of Suffolk and province aforesaid retailer the receipt whereof I the said Danl Johnson do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained sold aliened enfeoffed released conveyed and confirmed and by these presents do fully and absolutely grant bargain sell aliene enfelffe release convey and confirm unto him the sd Eleaser Flagg his heirs and passing forever all the right title interest inheritance use possion property claim and demand whatsoever that I now have as one of ye children & heirs of the said Saml Johnson decd or by any other ways or means hereafter may have of in and unto all ye real estate whereof my said father dyed siezed and possessed being one full sixth part in comon and undivided of and in one hundred and ten acres of land lying and being in the town of Lancaster aforesaid bounded on Whites Brook so called near unto Lunenburg also three or four acres of land lying and being in Woburn in said County of Middlesex with all the buildings and improvements in the said lands erected and all rights and divisions or any part thereof with all and singular the privileges and appurces thereunto belonging. To have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises with the appruces unto the said Eleazer Flagg his heirs and assigns to his and their only proper use benefit and behoofe forever and I the said Danl Johnson for myself my heirs execrs and admrs do covenant grant and agree to and with the said Eleazer Flagg his heirs and assigns by these presents in the manner following that is to say that at and until the ensealing and delivery of these presents I am the true sole and lawful owner of the said granted one-sixth part in common and undivided of and in the said lands and premises with the appurces as one of ye heirs of the said Saml Johnson decd as aforesaid and have full poweer good right and lawful authority to grant sell and dispose thereof in manner as aforesaid and that ye said granted and bargained premises with the appurces are free and clear and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of and from all manner of former and other grants bargains sales leases releases mortgages joyntures dowries judgments executions entails fines forfitures and of and from all other titles troubles charges and incumbrances whatsoever (saving the thirds of the said Saml Johnson's widow in the whole of the said lands and premises during her life and further that I the said Danl Johnson my heirs execrs and admrs shall and will warrant and defend the said granted and bargained one sixth part in common and undivided of and in ye said lands and premises with ye appurces unto the said Eleazer Flagg his heirs and assignes forever against the lawful claims and demands of al and every person and persons whatsoever in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 24th day of Nov AD 1740 and in ye fourteenth year of the reign of our soveereign Lord George II by ye grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King defende4r of ye faith and ct Danl Johnson and a seal signed sealed and delivered in presence of us W Burroughs Caleb Lyman...'
As there has been some discussion among the Flagg descendants as to which of the Flaggs owned this 'slate-rocks' Mr Clark has examined all records very carefully. While Gershom Flagg of Lancaster, with whom this record especially deals never was owner of the property, his father certainly was, of which the foregoing deeds are sufficient evidence. At the death of Eleazer Flagg in 1749, to avoid a forced sale of the Lancaster property, the Court settled this 'slate rocks' together with other real estate upon Eleazer's daughter Mary, wife of Garven (Gawen) Brown. Upon Mary's death soon after, Eleazer's brother Gershom Flagg (b1705) purchased the Lancaster real estate from G Brown, and he in turn bequeathed it to his son Gershom (b 1743) who moved from Lancaster to Clinton ME in 1789 selling the quarry to Joseph Wales.
The poetess, Hannah Flagg Goould, a grand daughter of Gershom Flagg (b 1705) mentions the slate-rocks in her prose volume 'Gathered Leaves'.
Eleazer Flagg married mary Buck, of Scituate, presumably in the Spring of 1724 for their intentions of marriage were declared 17 Feb 1724 (Boston Marriages 1700-1751). He probably passed his entire life in boston, and his son William lived in the Boston home after his father's death in 1749; the son Gersom lived on the Lancaster farm, as is shown by memoranda of the estate. At Eleazer Flagg's death, his brother Gershom (b 1705) administered the estate, according to the Suffolk Co Mass Registry of Probate case 9832: '15 Oct 1749 Gershom Flagg of Boston housewright and glazier appointed administrator of the estate of his brother Eleazer Flagg, late of Boston innholder. Bondsmen, Joseph Callender and Joseph Callender Jr bakers.'
A complete list of the real and personal property of Eleazer Flagg has been furnished, through the kindness of Mr JCL Clark of Lancaster, and is as follows:
'An inventory of the estate of Mr Eleazr Flagg in houlder late of Boston deceased as apprized by us the subscribers being appointed by Edwd Hutchinson Esq and is as follows viz in his late dwelling house:
1 case of draw & table & steps L16, 1 walnut desk L14 = L30.0.0, 1 round table 70s, 8 maple chairs horse feet @30s = L15.10.0, 1 large looking glass with a gould edg L30 & one ditto plane walnut frame L25 = L55, 1 small ditto with lackerd frame L8 & 3 bedsteads 40s = 10L, 2 old oval tables at 20s @ & 6 chairs & 1 elbo ditto L6 = L8, sundry suits of old apparel & 2 pair hose all L51, 1 prospective glass 60 & 8 pictures at 12d @ = L3.8, 1 deer skin 40s & 4 calf skins at 20s @ = L6, 1 large Bible 40 halfpennys plan book & the Roman history 40 = L4, 1 silver spoon 80 & 13 old books 52s = 6.12, 1 suit of old curtains & for 2 windows 70s & 4 pr of old sheets @ 60s = 15.10.10, 2 pillow cases at 4s & 2 old table cloths 10s for both = 0.18, 5 rugs at 40s @ and 5 blankets 80 all = L14, 1 large copper frying pan L10 & 28 old chairs L10 = L20, 1 broken gun 40s, 2 crosscut saws at 40s & 1 chaphen dish 15s = L6.15, 2 pick axes, 1 shod shovel & beatle 60s, 1 standing candle stick 60 = L6, 6 3/4 of lead at 12d & 2 cutlasses, 1 shave & cartoos box 20 = L1.6.9, 1 pr of woolcards 15s a pair flatt irons & stand 40s = L2.15, 1 old sqr table 20s a warming pan 20s, a small chest 25s = L3.5, 2 brass kettles, 2 skillets & 1 cover wt 44 1/2 at 10s = L22.5, 93 pound old puter at 9s @ & 1 brass ladle 6s = L42.3, 1 tea kettle 50s & 3 iron pots 70s, a disk kettle 25s = L7.5, 1 jack with weights &c L10, spitt & dripping pan 50s = L12.10, 2 trammels, 1 gridiron & pair kitchen doggs 60S = L3, 2 old tables 15s, a pair large bellows 40s, 1 mortar & pestle 10s = L3.5, sundry meat tubs, pickle pots & old cask in cellar 60s = L3, 2 old pots with sundrys, old iron 300 wt @ 12d = L15, 4 feather beds, boulsters & pillows as follows viz No.1 1 bed 2 boulsters & 1 pillow all wd 53 pounds at 10s per =L26.1, No. 2 1 ditto & 1 boulster wd 55 ounds at 10s = L27.1, No. 3 1 ditto, 1 boulster & 2 pillows wd 52 pounds @ 10s per = L26, No. 4 1 Ditto 1 Boulster wd 50 pound @ 10 per = L25, a negro man named Prince = L200, to the house and land in Hawkins St at N Boston = L500
This in old tenr money = L1173.7
Lawful mo = L156.2
Appraisers Increase Blake, Benja Salisbur, Saml Edwards 7 Nov 1749
Note- Evidently the 'negro man' was of greater commercial value than the appraisers supposed, as the administrator account shows that he was sold for L125 new or 'lawful' tendr.'
'An inventory of the estate of Mr Eleazr Flagg of Boston inhoulder deceased now laying in the town of Lancaster and in the county of Worcester viz
one dwelling house & barn with 140 acres of land with the improvements &c = L2000.0, 6 acres of slate, 11 acres of swamp, and 9 acres of pine [NB the word 'pine' is crossed out in the original] plain at L5 per acre = L135 [this result is obviously wrong], one horse L5, two oxen L55 and three cows L55 = L155, 5 young calves L33 & 5 sheep @ 30s, 3 pigs @ L5 = L55 [this result is obviously wrong], 1 cart & new wheels L20, one grindstone L6 & one large log chain 78 wt at 3 per L11.14 = L37.14, 2 water pots 60s, 2 guns 80s, a pick hoe & 3 fish gigs 50s = L9.10, 75 bushels Indian corn @ 20s & 9 bushels beans @ 30s = L88.10, 1 saddle L12, three shovels 40s two spades at 30s = L18.10, 1 old iron kettle 20s, 1 small ditto 15s, and iron pot & hook 50s = L4.5, 1 tramell 30s, 1 small chain 30s, a pair flat irons 60s = L6, 1 pair large hand irons of 50 wt at 4s, apn tongs & slice 20s = L11, 1 chaphin dish 5s = 0.5, 2 feather bed & boulsters 117 wt at 10s, 1 ditto 65 lb at 8s per = 84.10, 6 blankets at 30s & 2 coverlids at 25s, a pair sheets 20s, undr bed 20s = L13.10, 1 bedstead and cord 40s, 1 ditto 20s & 6 chairs at 12s, a case draws 80s = 10.12, 6 rolls of paper L15, one copper porrage pot L5 = L20, 3 dishes, 12 plates 35 1b at 12 s per with 1 bason, 1 quart & 6 spoons = L21, 1 dozn & half best new plates at L12, and iron bason 20s = L19 [this result is obviously wrong], 2 copper stew pans, 21 lb & 1 copr kettle 6 1/2 lb at 10s per = 13.15, 1 large brass kettle 26 1/2 wt price L12, 1 large grid iron 40s = L14, 1 coffee pot & 3 candle sticks 20s, 9 knives 6 forks 25s = L2.5, 1 draft chain 70s, one pair sheep sheers 5s & 4 iron hoes 60s = L6.15, 1 large mill saw L5, 1 froe & chisel 50s = L7.10, 195 lb of iron rings & crows & mill gear at 3s @ = L29.5, 272 lb of iron crank and hinge &c at 2s @ = L27.4, 1 pick ax 25s, 1 cow bell 40s, yoke ring &c 10s = L3.15
Total = L2753.15.0 old tenr
Lancaster Januar 3d 1749 50. This above as aprized by us being appointed & sworn by Peter Atherton Esq, Joshua Phelps, John White, Daniel Willard'
To Eleazer Flagg and Mary (Buck) Flagg were born six children:
I. Eleazer b 6 Nov 1725, m Arabethiah, d in London Abt 1751-2 probably without issue.
II. Mary b 18 Mar 1728, m Garven (Gawen) Brown prior to Jul 1760.
III. Gershom of Lancaster b 10 Jun 1730 (see next record).
IV. William b 10 Jul 1732, m 22 Apr 1756 Sally Mecom, niece of Benjamin Franklin; his eldest child was Josiah Flagg b 1760, Town Clerk of Lancaster MA for 34 years.
V. Sarah b 18 Jul 1733, m John Newman of Boston.
VI. Aviah b 2 Jan 173-, m Jacob Homer of Boston.
While Lancaster was, at one time, the home of a number of Flagg families, there is now (1906) no one of that name living there; two children of the avobe named Josiah Flagg (b 1766) being grandchildren of Eleazer's son William (b 1732) namely Sally Flagg (b 19 Nov 1791) and Samuel Ward Flagg (b 2 Apr 1853) were the last Flaggs to live in Lancaster. In Feb 1853, Willard Flagg Bliss visited them in South Lancasteer and obtained much valuable genealogical history from them which has been of assistance in compiling this book. Samual Ward Flagg died in 1871 and Sally Flagg died in 1881, aged 90 years, the last of the Lancaster Flaggs.

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Database: Full Context of Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809
Intentions Filed, Marriages Not Recorded In Boston, 1721-30
Spouse1: Eleazer Flagg
Location: Boston
Spouse2: Mary Buck
Location: Scituate
Date: 17 Feb 1724

Database: Full Context of Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809
Scituate
Spouse1: Eleazer Flagg
Location: Boston
Spouse2: Mary Buck
Location: Scituate
Married By: Shearjashub Bourn, Min.
Date: 11 Mar 1724

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   Marriage Information:

Eleazer married Mary BUCK, daughter of Thomas BUCK, Sr and Mary TURNER, about 17 Feb 1723/24 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA ¹. (Mary BUCK was born on 16 Jan 1683/84 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ¹ and died on 1 May 1769 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ¹.)