Caleb Lamb

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name
Caleb Lamb
sex
male
access
public
summary
Of Roxbury, Massachusetts, a son of Thomas Lamb, probably by his second wife Dorothy Harbottle, and probably born there on 9 Apr 1641. He married Mary Wise at Roxbury in 1669 and had children recorded there from 1671 to 1687; he was probably the father of Mary Lamb, who married David Low.
born
date
9 Apr 1641
place
Roxbury, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
note
Recorded as son of Thomas and Dorothy (1:208). A second entry, in different ink, gives a Caleb, son of Thomas, born 27 Nov 1639.
father
id
thomas-lamb-d1646
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
mother
id
dorothy-harbottle-fl1640
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
note
The 1641 entry names Dorothy. If the 1639 entry is right, his mother was Thomas's first wife Elizabeth, buried 28 Nov 1639 after "child birth."
spouses
id
mary-wise-1650
married
date
30 June 1669
place
Roxbury, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]
note
"Marie Wise" (2:240). Mollie's Wise page has 9 Apr 1669.
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[vital-records-roxbury]

Mariner, of Roxbury. On 3.2m.1670 (3 Apr 1670) "Mary, wife to Caleb Lamb solemnly owned the Covenant" at Roxbury; Caleb himself, with Joshua Lamb and Richard Davis, was later "received to take hold on the covenant" (Roxbury church records).

Children recorded at Roxbury: Caleb 1671; Joseph 1673; Mary 1678 (d. 1679); Jeremiah 1679; John 1683/4; Eunice, bp. 1685; Huldah 1687. Mollie (pp. 92-94) says his father outlived him, which is impossible: Thomas died in 1646, when Caleb was not quite five.

He was dead by the 1690s. In a division of Roxbury lots entered "by order of the selectmen" on 26 Feb 169- (the last digit is damaged in the print), lot no. 129 is assigned to "Caleb Lamb's heires" (Roxbury land records).

John Eliot's Roxbury church record supports the 9 Apr 1641 birth. After his first wife's death, Thomas Lamb "afterwards married Dorothy Harbitle ...: Caleb his first borne by her, & his 7th child was borne about the midle of the 2d month 1641." The conflicting 27 Nov 1639 entry falls at the birth of Benjamin, Thomas's 6th child, born about the 8th month 1639, whose mother died of it.

Open questions

  • His death and estate (Suffolk Probate). Pane-Joyce's "30 Jun 1690" looks like a confusion with his marriage date.
  • Born 9 Apr 1641 or 27 Nov 1639? The answer decides whether his mother was Dorothy or Elizabeth. Eliot's church record (above), which the colonial tree adds, names him Dorothy's first-born and Thomas's 7th child, born in the 2nd month 1641, and puts the 6th child, Benjamin, in the 8th month 1639; that favours 1641 and Dorothy.
  1. ---
  2. name: Caleb Lamb
  3. sex: male
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. Of Roxbury, Massachusetts, a son of Thomas Lamb, probably by his second wife Dorothy Harbottle,
  7. and probably born there on 9 Apr 1641. He married Mary Wise at Roxbury in 1669 and had children
  8. recorded there from 1671 to 1687; he was probably the father of Mary Lamb, who married David
  9. Low.
  10. born:
  11. date: 9 Apr 1641
  12. place: Roxbury, Massachusetts
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  16. note: Recorded as son of Thomas and Dorothy (1:208). A second entry, in different ink, gives a Caleb, son of Thomas, born 27 Nov 1639.
  17. father:
  18. id: thomas-lamb-d1646
  19. basis: documented
  20. confidence: proven
  21. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  22. mother:
  23. id: dorothy-harbottle-fl1640
  24. basis: documented
  25. confidence: probable
  26. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  27. note: The 1641 entry names Dorothy. If the 1639 entry is right, his mother was Thomas's first wife Elizabeth, buried 28 Nov 1639 after "child birth."
  28. spouses:
  29. - id: mary-wise-1650
  30. married:
  31. date: 30 June 1669
  32. place: Roxbury, Massachusetts
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: proven
  35. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  36. note: "\"Marie Wise\" (2:240). Mollie's Wise page has 9 Apr 1669."
  37. basis: documented
  38. confidence: proven
  39. sources: [vital-records-roxbury]
  40. ---
  42. Mariner, of Roxbury. On 3.2m.1670 (3 Apr 1670) "Mary, wife to Caleb Lamb solemnly owned
  43. the Covenant" at Roxbury; Caleb himself, with Joshua Lamb and Richard Davis, was later
  44. "received to take hold on the covenant" (Roxbury church records).
  46. Children recorded at Roxbury: Caleb 1671; Joseph 1673; Mary 1678 (d. 1679); Jeremiah
  47. 1679; John 1683/4; Eunice, bp. 1685; Huldah 1687. Mollie (pp. 92-94) says his father
  48. outlived him, which is impossible: Thomas died in 1646, when Caleb was not quite five.
  50. He was dead by the 1690s. In a division of Roxbury lots entered "by order of the
  51. selectmen" on 26 Feb 169- (the last digit is damaged in the print), lot no. 129 is
  52. assigned to "Caleb Lamb's heires" (Roxbury land records).
  54. John Eliot's Roxbury church record supports the 9 Apr 1641 birth. After his first wife's
  55. death, Thomas Lamb "afterwards married Dorothy Harbitle ...: Caleb his first borne by
  56. her, & his 7th child was borne about the midle of the 2d month 1641." The conflicting
  57. 27 Nov 1639 entry falls at the birth of Benjamin, Thomas's 6th child, born about the 8th
  58. month 1639, whose mother died of it.
  60. ## Open questions
  62. - His death and estate (Suffolk Probate). Pane-Joyce's "30 Jun 1690" looks like a
  63. confusion with his marriage date.
  64. - Born 9 Apr 1641 or 27 Nov 1639? The answer decides whether his mother was Dorothy or
  65. Elizabeth. Eliot's church record (above), which the colonial tree adds, names him
  66. Dorothy's first-born and Thomas's 7th child, born in the 2nd month 1641, and puts the
  67. 6th child, Benjamin, in the 8th month 1639; that favours 1641 and Dorothy.
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