AKA Glanville

Peter Glanfield (abt. 1620 - 1696)
Born about 1620 [uncertain] in Cornwall, England
Died 30 May 1696 at about age 76 in Portsmouth, Maine

Family Tree of Peter Glanfield

PETER

Peter Glanfield

Son of John Glanville and Grace (Hallamore) Glanville

Brother of Mary Glanville

Husband of Margaret (Palmer) Glanfield — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Ruth Glanfield, Peter Glanfield, Robert Glanfield and Abigail Glanfield

PARENTS

Glanville-433.jpg
John Glanville

28 Nov 1599 -
Launstone, Cornwall, England
Grace Hallamore

abt 1597 -
Penryn, Cornwall, England
GRANDPARENTS

Glanville-433.jpg
John Glanville

31 Jul 1562 - May 1612
Tavistock, Devon, England
Mary Skerrett
abt 1575 -
Whitchurch, Devon, England
Hallamore-13.jpg
Peter Hallamore
abt 1571 - 1641
Penryn, Cornwall, England
Ann Trewolla
abt 1568 -
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

Thomas Glanville

bef 1550 -
Tavistock, Devon
Joan Cornish
bef 1547 -
Tavistock, Devon, England
John Skerrett
abt 1550 -
[Skerrett great-grandmother?]
Walter Hallamore
abt 1545 - Mar 1614
England
Elynor Bragdon
abt 1545 - abt 1575
Rye, Sussex, England
John Trewolla
abt 1550 -
Cornwall, England
Lettice Rashleigh
08 Jul 1548 -
Cornwall, England
2ND-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

John Glanville
abt 1515 - 1579
Thomazine Browne
abt 1530 -
John Cornish
abt 1510 -
[Cornish g-g-grandmother?]
[Skerrett g-g-grandfather?]
[Skerrett g-g-grandmother?]
John Hallamore
abt 1520 - abt 1580
[Hallamore g-g-grandmother?]
[Bragdon g-g-grandfather?]
[Bragdon g-g-grandmother?]
John Trewolla
abt 1525 -
Unknown Joyce
abt 1528 -
Robert Rashleigh
1518 - 1578
[Rashleigh g-g-grandmother?]

Biography

Peter Glanfield sailed from England to the Maine Colony in 1642. Like many other early Maine settlers, he hailed from southwest England, specifically Cornwall. The Visitations of Cornwall note that the Glanville family of that county was sometimes styled Glanfield in the sixteenth century. Based on naming conventions, he is the second son of John Glanfield, and named after his mother's father Peter Hallamore. [1]

Peter was a second son of a second son, and given the primogeniture laws in England, his prospects were few. Fortunately for him, he had an opportunity to sail for the New World.

His exact whereabouts for the first few years after his arrival are not known. He is listed as a land owner in Dover tax rolls for 1663, however, he was listed as being öf Isles of Shoals".[2]
Later he lived at Old Kittery and finally at Portsmouth.

Peter may have spent his time on the Isles of Shoals working at the fish salt works. This is where the catches were brought and prepared for shipment to England and elsewhere across the Atlantic.
He was a tailor by trade. Where he learned this trade is not known. He most likely had the skills when he arrived. Besides this profession, he also had some time for other pursuits. He served as constable in 1666 and was fined in the Maine court for forcibly evicting William Pitts but, he sustained in jailing him. Also in 1666 Peter was an appraiser for the Rev. Joseph Hull's estate.

The next year he bought two acres of land near the Portsmouth meeting house where he apparently lived until going to Salem to live with his son. He sued a Mr. John Moor in 1668 for stealing some cloth, calling him out in court as " an old cheating rogue" . The court ruled for the plaintiff and Peter to be paid 2 shillings for damages.[3]

He appears to have been very outspoken in his opinion of the rulers of the province, so much so that he was fined for what he said against Gov. Cranfield.

On April 21, 1670, his neighbor William Palmer granted Peter 12 acres and entrusted his three year old daughter Rachel into his care to be brought up:

This Indenture made the one & twentieth day of Aprill… one thousand six hundred & seaventy between William Palmer of Kittery husbandman… & Peter Glanefeild of Portsmouth taylour… the sd William hath putt his daughter Rachell Palmer a child of three years & 3 quarters ould an Apprentise unto the sayd Peter Glanefeild & his wife… to dwell until the sayd Rachell Palmer shall accomplish sixteen yeares & one quarter… the sd apprentice her sd Maister & dame faithfully shall serve, their secreats shall keepe Closse, there Comnds lawfull shall Willingly do, hurt to her sd Maister & Dame shall not doe nor suffer to bee done… to find… sd apprentice sufficient of meate drinke & apparell washing lodging… & to bring her up to reade sew & knit with a reasonable measure of Chatichisemt & at the end of her tyme to give her double apparell, one suite for Lords days & the other for working days & the sd William Palmer in recompence of the care & bringing up of his daughter by the sd Glanefeild doth… give… unto the sd Peter Glanefeild… a peece of Land contayneing twelve Acers… in a Cricke… between the Land of Tho : Spinny & the sd Palmer… by… Christopher Joyse & Edward Clarke…
William Palmer
In ye psence of
William Hutchinson
ElyasStylema. [4][5]

This Instrument made the Twenty first of May… one thousand six hundred seaventy foure between William Palmer of Kittery… planter… and Peter Glanefeild of Portsmoth… Taylor… in Consideration of six pounds… do… sell… a peece of Land… in Kittery and bounded… by the Land of sayd Glanfeild formerly bought of the sayd Palmer… to the River… to a little Poynt of Land… called Bass Rocke… Containeing foure Acres…
William Palmer
In the Prsence of
Elyas Sylemen
John Pickerine [6]

He was one of the administrators in the 1675 estate settlement of Caleb Stevens.[7]

His daughter Ruth had married Stevens, and later married Henry Kirke.[8] Also in 1670 Peter sold his house at the Shoals. He also bought 70 acres from Samuel Knight on Great Cove selling it to Jeremy Sheres shortly thereafter.

On 3 June 1678 it was voted by the selectmen: "In pursuance of an additional law of the General Court, made on the 23d of May, 1677, touching the prevention of the profanation of the Lord's day, enjoyning the selectmen to appoint Tythingmen to inspect ten or twelve of their neighbor's families, the selectmen do nominate and appoynt the persons here undernamed to perform that service:... Jno Light for... Peter Glanfield."

This Instrument made the ninth day of March…. One thousand six hundred Eighty foure, between Peter Glanfeild of ye Town of Portsmouth… taylour… and Christopher Addams of… Kittery… in Consideration of the sume of sixty pounds… do… sell… unto the sayd Christopher Addams… Land lying… in the Town of Kittery… containeing Twenty six Acers… which sayd Land I… bought of William Palmer, Sixteene Acres… by two Deeds of sale… And tenn Acres… I… bought of Samuell Knight…
The marke
of Peter X Glanfeild
In Prsence of us
Humphrey Axell
William Addams
John Dyemont. [9]

He purchased another lot in 1682 from Samuel Knight; whereon he later maintained his residence:

I Samuell Knight, dwelling in Kittery… & Amie my wife… in Consideration of the sume of Eighteen pounds… payd by Peter Glanefeild of Portsmouth… do… sell… Twelve Acres… upon Kittery side in the River of Pischataqua bounded with the Land of Thomas Spinney… and ye Land of William Palmer formerly, now in possession of Peter Glanefeild… upon a Cricke… which Land is the halfe of about twenty foure acres which was sould by Joseph Alcocke formerly to Christopher Joyse & Edw: Clarke deceased… & settled upon ye relict of the sd Edw : Clarke deceased, now Mary Smyth, the wife of John Smyth… Wee… sd Samuell… & Amie… have… set our hands… the eight of July one thousand six hundred eighty and too…
Samll Knight
Ammie Knight
her X Marke
In Presence of us
Joseph Jewell his
Marke I
John Barsham
John Diament
Humfrey Axell [10]

He took the oath of allegience to Massachusetts 28 Aug. 1685 and sold land in Kittery in the same year. The last mention of him was in Salem 30 May 1696.

Sources

↑ Visitation of Cornwall
↑ Piscataqua Pioneers pp 21
↑ The Descendants of Ensign John Moor of Canterbury, N. H. Born 1696-died 1786 By Howard Parker Moore p.21
↑ York Deeds- Vol. II, fol. 123
↑ Old Kittery and Her Families by Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole http://tinyurl.com/Olid-Kittery-and-Her-Families
↑ York Deeds- Vol. III, fol. 117
↑ 'Provincial Papers. Documents and Records Relating to the Province..Vol 31 http://tinyurl.com/Provincial-Papers-Maine
↑ Piscataqua Pioneers pp 21,32,119 https://archive.org/stream/piscataquapionee00pisc#page/118/mode/2up...
↑ York Deeds- Vol. IV, fol. 32
↑ York Deeds- Vol. III, fol. 118
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- pp. 265-6

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glanfield-21

Peter Glanfield
Peter Glanfield (abt. 1620 - 1696)
Born about 1620 [uncertain] in Cornwall, England
Died 30 May 1696 at about age 76 in Portsmouth, Maine

Family Tree of Peter Glanfield

PETER

Peter Glanfield

Son of John Glanville and Grace (Hallamore) Glanville

Brother of Mary Glanville

Husband of Margaret (Palmer) Glanfield — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Ruth Glanfield, Peter Glanfield, Robert Glanfield and Abigail Glanfield

PARENTS

Glanville-433.jpg
John Glanville

28 Nov 1599 -
Launstone, Cornwall, England
Grace Hallamore

abt 1597 -
Penryn, Cornwall, England
GRANDPARENTS

Glanville-433.jpg
John Glanville

31 Jul 1562 - May 1612
Tavistock, Devon, England
Mary Skerrett
abt 1575 -
Whitchurch, Devon, England
Hallamore-13.jpg
Peter Hallamore
abt 1571 - 1641
Penryn, Cornwall, England
Ann Trewolla
abt 1568 -
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

Thomas Glanville

bef 1550 -
Tavistock, Devon
Joan Cornish
bef 1547 -
Tavistock, Devon, England
John Skerrett
abt 1550 -
[Skerrett great-grandmother?]
Walter Hallamore
abt 1545 - Mar 1614
England
Elynor Bragdon
abt 1545 - abt 1575
Rye, Sussex, England
John Trewolla
abt 1550 -
Cornwall, England
Lettice Rashleigh
08 Jul 1548 -
Cornwall, England
2ND-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

John Glanville
abt 1515 - 1579
Thomazine Browne
abt 1530 -
John Cornish
abt 1510 -
[Cornish g-g-grandmother?]
[Skerrett g-g-grandfather?]
[Skerrett g-g-grandmother?]
John Hallamore
abt 1520 - abt 1580
[Hallamore g-g-grandmother?]
[Bragdon g-g-grandfather?]
[Bragdon g-g-grandmother?]
John Trewolla
abt 1525 -
Unknown Joyce
abt 1528 -
Robert Rashleigh
1518 - 1578
[Rashleigh g-g-grandmother?]

Biography

Peter Glanfield sailed from England to the Maine Colony in 1642. Like many other early Maine settlers, he hailed from southwest England, specifically Cornwall. The Visitations of Cornwall note that the Glanville family of that county was sometimes styled Glanfield in the sixteenth century. Based on naming conventions, he is the second son of John Glanfield, and named after his mother's father Peter Hallamore. [1]

Peter was a second son of a second son, and given the primogeniture laws in England, his prospects were few. Fortunately for him, he had an opportunity to sail for the New World.

His exact whereabouts for the first few years after his arrival are not known. He is listed as a land owner in Dover tax rolls for 1663, however, he was listed as being öf Isles of Shoals".[2]
Later he lived at Old Kittery and finally at Portsmouth.

Peter may have spent his time on the Isles of Shoals working at the fish salt works. This is where the catches were brought and prepared for shipment to England and elsewhere across the Atlantic.
He was a tailor by trade. Where he learned this trade is not known. He most likely had the skills when he arrived. Besides this profession, he also had some time for other pursuits. He served as constable in 1666 and was fined in the Maine court for forcibly evicting William Pitts but, he sustained in jailing him. Also in 1666 Peter was an appraiser for the Rev. Joseph Hull's estate.

The next year he bought two acres of land near the Portsmouth meeting house where he apparently lived until going to Salem to live with his son. He sued a Mr. John Moor in 1668 for stealing some cloth, calling him out in court as " an old cheating rogue" . The court ruled for the plaintiff and Peter to be paid 2 shillings for damages.[3]

He appears to have been very outspoken in his opinion of the rulers of the province, so much so that he was fined for what he said against Gov. Cranfield.

On April 21, 1670, his neighbor William Palmer granted Peter 12 acres and entrusted his three year old daughter Rachel into his care to be brought up:

This Indenture made the one & twentieth day of Aprill… one thousand six hundred & seaventy between William Palmer of Kittery husbandman… & Peter Glanefeild of Portsmouth taylour… the sd William hath putt his daughter Rachell Palmer a child of three years & 3 quarters ould an Apprentise unto the sayd Peter Glanefeild & his wife… to dwell until the sayd Rachell Palmer shall accomplish sixteen yeares & one quarter… the sd apprentice her sd Maister & dame faithfully shall serve, their secreats shall keepe Closse, there Comnds lawfull shall Willingly do, hurt to her sd Maister & Dame shall not doe nor suffer to bee done… to find… sd apprentice sufficient of meate drinke & apparell washing lodging… & to bring her up to reade sew & knit with a reasonable measure of Chatichisemt & at the end of her tyme to give her double apparell, one suite for Lords days & the other for working days & the sd William Palmer in recompence of the care & bringing up of his daughter by the sd Glanefeild doth… give… unto the sd Peter Glanefeild… a peece of Land contayneing twelve Acers… in a Cricke… between the Land of Tho : Spinny & the sd Palmer… by… Christopher Joyse & Edward Clarke…
William Palmer
In ye psence of
William Hutchinson
ElyasStylema. [4][5]

This Instrument made the Twenty first of May… one thousand six hundred seaventy foure between William Palmer of Kittery… planter… and Peter Glanefeild of Portsmoth… Taylor… in Consideration of six pounds… do… sell… a peece of Land… in Kittery and bounded… by the Land of sayd Glanfeild formerly bought of the sayd Palmer… to the River… to a little Poynt of Land… called Bass Rocke… Containeing foure Acres…
William Palmer
In the Prsence of
Elyas Sylemen
John Pickerine [6]

He was one of the administrators in the 1675 estate settlement of Caleb Stevens.[7]

His daughter Ruth had married Stevens, and later married Henry Kirke.[8] Also in 1670 Peter sold his house at the Shoals. He also bought 70 acres from Samuel Knight on Great Cove selling it to Jeremy Sheres shortly thereafter.

On 3 June 1678 it was voted by the selectmen: "In pursuance of an additional law of the General Court, made on the 23d of May, 1677, touching the prevention of the profanation of the Lord's day, enjoyning the selectmen to appoint Tythingmen to inspect ten or twelve of their neighbor's families, the selectmen do nominate and appoynt the persons here undernamed to perform that service:... Jno Light for... Peter Glanfield."

This Instrument made the ninth day of March…. One thousand six hundred Eighty foure, between Peter Glanfeild of ye Town of Portsmouth… taylour… and Christopher Addams of… Kittery… in Consideration of the sume of sixty pounds… do… sell… unto the sayd Christopher Addams… Land lying… in the Town of Kittery… containeing Twenty six Acers… which sayd Land I… bought of William Palmer, Sixteene Acres… by two Deeds of sale… And tenn Acres… I… bought of Samuell Knight…
The marke
of Peter X Glanfeild
In Prsence of us
Humphrey Axell
William Addams
John Dyemont. [9]

He purchased another lot in 1682 from Samuel Knight; whereon he later maintained his residence:

I Samuell Knight, dwelling in Kittery… & Amie my wife… in Consideration of the sume of Eighteen pounds… payd by Peter Glanefeild of Portsmouth… do… sell… Twelve Acres… upon Kittery side in the River of Pischataqua bounded with the Land of Thomas Spinney… and ye Land of William Palmer formerly, now in possession of Peter Glanefeild… upon a Cricke… which Land is the halfe of about twenty foure acres which was sould by Joseph Alcocke formerly to Christopher Joyse & Edw: Clarke deceased… & settled upon ye relict of the sd Edw : Clarke deceased, now Mary Smyth, the wife of John Smyth… Wee… sd Samuell… & Amie… have… set our hands… the eight of July one thousand six hundred eighty and too…
Samll Knight
Ammie Knight
her X Marke
In Presence of us
Joseph Jewell his
Marke I
John Barsham
John Diament
Humfrey Axell [10]

He took the oath of allegience to Massachusetts 28 Aug. 1685 and sold land in Kittery in the same year. The last mention of him was in Salem 30 May 1696.

Sources

↑ Visitation of Cornwall
↑ Piscataqua Pioneers pp 21
↑ The Descendants of Ensign John Moor of Canterbury, N. H. Born 1696-died 1786 By Howard Parker Moore p.21
↑ York Deeds- Vol. II, fol. 123
↑ Old Kittery and Her Families by Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole http://tinyurl.com/Olid-Kittery-and-Her-Families
↑ York Deeds- Vol. III, fol. 117
↑ 'Provincial Papers. Documents and Records Relating to the Province..Vol 31 http://tinyurl.com/Provincial-Papers-Maine
↑ Piscataqua Pioneers pp 21,32,119 https://archive.org/stream/piscataquapionee00pisc#page/118/mode/2up...
↑ York Deeds- Vol. IV, fol. 32
↑ York Deeds- Vol. III, fol. 118
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- pp. 265-6