John Nye

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ^82,503
John Nye's date of birth is not given on town records. In 1678, took the oath of fidelity and served on the Grand-jury. 1689, with his brother, he purchased 100 acres of land in the town of Falmouth and in 1689 they were granted 200 acres more.

In 1694, he was appointed at a town meeting to "Erect two cottages on the plain remote about the town most convenient for shepherds to dwell in."

19 Sep 1695, he and William Bassett were appointed a committee "to provide a suitable person to keep school in our town for one year, for the sum of ten pounds, for his encouragement or recompense, either master or mistress."

He married Esther Shed. Some of the descendants have the name as "Dasther." He died in 1722.

Genealogy of the American Nye Family, Vol. 1, pp. 33-38

• Will. ⁵⁰³
I, John Nye, Senr. of the Town of Sandwich In the County of Barnstable In the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England being now grown Into years and under Decays of Body yet Thro' Mercy and goodness of Almighty God of Disposing mind and memory. But Calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory Life. I am Desirous according to my duty to sett things in order before God shall call me hence by death, do therefore make this my Last Will & Testament in manner and forms following. Viz.:-my desier is to commit my soule to God who gave it hoping for the free pardon and Remission of all my sins Thro' ye sufferings and merits of Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour, and my body I comend unto the Earth after death, to be Decently buryed at the Discretion of my Executor In this my will hereafter named, and Touching my Worldly Estate wch it hath pleased God to bless me with, I give devise and Dispose of the same In ye following matter.

Imp. My will is that all my Just debts to any person or persons due together with my funeral charges shall be first paid out of my personal Estate by my sd Executor In convenient time after my Decease.

Item, I give and bequeath unto Esther my Loving wife the use and improvement of the southeast end of my dwelling house In which we now dwell both Lower & upper Rooms of it with free Egress and Regress to and from the same and that during the Time and Term that she contiunes my widow and I also give unto her said wife all my household goods and utensils of all sorts and kinds whatsoever (only Excepting on bed bedding and furniture to it) wch said Household goods and utensils my said wife shall have and hold to her own use and disposing of the same as she shall see cause.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my Eldest son Benjamin Nye of Falmouth all ye Land where he now dwells and all my Lands and meadow ground wch I have lying in the Town of Falmouth aforesd (only Excepting and Reserving my Right and Interest In said Town in that called ye new Purchase) that being Excepted and Rserved I give and bequeath all the rest and Remaining part of my Lands meadow ground and other real Estate which I now have in said Town of Falmouth to him said Benjamin Nye my son his heirs and assigns forever, upon Condition that he his heirs Executors or administrators, do pay or cause to be paid out unto my son Nathan Nye the sum of fifty pounds and to my son Joseph Nye fifty pounds In such money as shall pass currant at Time of payments In common Dealing and to pay one half of that to pay one half of that to Nathan att or before the Expiration of three years next coming after my decease, and the other half at or before the Expiration of five years next coming after my decease and to pay that fifty pounds to be paid to my son Joseph Nye in Like money att or before the expiration of seven years next coming after my decease.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my son John Nye and to his heirs and assigns forever my sheep pasture Lott so called lying at or near Specticle pond so called according to the Know Boundaries thereof as they are Expressed upon record.

Item, I Give and bequeath unto my Two sons Ebenezer Nye and Peleg Nye and to their heirs and assigns forever my Lands lying within that ye Pasture on the Southerly side of the Country road, as well that lying above the lands of the Giffords as that adjoing to the Springs which was laid out for my Twenty acre Lott according to the known boundaries of each parcell to be equally divided between them.

Item, I give and bequeath unto then the said John Nye and Peleg Nye my son my now Dwelling house and my barn, only my said wife to have the use of one end of it during the Time she continues my widow as aforesaid, and my will is that my daughter Hannah shall also dwell in that end of sd l Dwelling house during the Time that she contune a single woman and unmarryed.

Item, I also give and bequeath unto thme the said John Nye, Ebenezer Nye & Peleg Nye my three sons and to their heirs and assigns forever all the Rest of my Land marsh meadow ground and Real Estate of all sorts and kinds which I have lying and being in said town of Sandwich to be Equally Divided between them, Provided allways and upon conditions that they my sd sons do Equall proportion of their heirs Executors or administers. provide for the sd Esther my sd wife in the following manner That is to say yt they shall keep her two good cows both summer and winter and do also keep a gentle horse for her to ride to meetin upon and do also yearly provide for sufficient and convient fire wood both winter and summer and do also provide for her bread corn and meat for her own eating and do allow her thirty shillings pr year if she demands it to supply her with some necessarys that she shall stand in need of all which payments and supplys to be made to her during the time that she continue my widow, and if they shall Allso pay out other Legacies as I shall in this my will order.

Item, I give and bequeath unto Cornelius Nye my son the sum of fourty pounds besides what I bestowed and Laid out upon him in Learning.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Abigail Dillingham and my daughter Esperience Swift Thirty pounds each.

Item, I give and bequeath to my said Daughter Hannah Nye one feather bed and bedding and furniture to it which is before excepted out of the Household goods and also thirty pounds more, and I also give unto my Grand daugther Esther Nye who now dwells with me five pounds, and if it should so happen that my stock money and other personal Estate will not amount to the like sums for payment of said Legacies to the said Cornelius, my three Daughters and my grand Daughter then my will is and I hereby order the said John Nye, Ebenezer Nye and Peleg Nye my sd three sons to make up and pay the remainder out of their own Estates, which Legacies are to be paid att on or before the Expiration of four years next coming after my decease, and to my son John I give my best Gun and caine, and if there be any Left of my personal Estate after the said Legacies are paid, I do give and bequeath the same to them the said John Nye Ebenezer Nye and Peleg Nye the better to enable them to provide for their mother, and I also give and bequeath unto them the said John Ebenezer and Peleg my three sons to to said Benjamin Nye to their heirs and assigns forever all the rest of my Lands lying in the town of Falmouth In that called the new Purchase they to be Equally therein Interested, and finally I do ordaine Constitute and appoint the said John Nye my son to be sole Executor this my Last Will and Testament to administer my Estate and to see yt this my Will is performed.

In Testimony that this is my Last will and Testament I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this nineteenth day of July in the sixth year of his Majestics Reign Annoqu Domini one thousand seven hundred & twenty.
John Nye Senr.
Signed sealed and declared to be his Last will and Testament in presence of us.
Wm Bassett
John Chipman
Wm. Bassett, Jnr.
Mathia Ellis Jr.
Proved 27 Nov 1722

Genealogy of the American Nye Family, Vol. 1, pp. 33-38

• Grave Stone.

John Nye - Old Town Cemetery, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

John married Esther Shedd, daughter of Daniel Shedd and Mary Gurney, before 1673 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.⁵⁰³ (Esther Shedd was born in 1650 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts and died Shortly after 29 Sep 1726 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts ⁸⁷.)