Naomi //

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Richard SILVESTER

(1) Silvester, Albert Henry, "Richard Silvester of Weymouth, Mass., and Some of his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume LXXXV (Boston, MA: 1931), p. 247-265, 357-371.

  1. Lydia SILVESTER
  2. John SILVESTER
  3. Peter SILVESTER
  4. Joseph SILVESTER
  5. Dinah SILVESTER
  6. Elizabeth SILVESTER
  7. Israel SILVESTER
  8. Charity SILVESTER
  9. Naomi SILVESTER
  10. Richard SILVESTER
  11. Hester SILVESTER
  12. Benjamin SILVESTER
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Notes

Updated January 10, 2023. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Naomi SILVESTER [Emmeline SILVESTER]
- Gender: Female
- Marriage Date: 1633
- Marriage Place: New England, USA
- Death Year: 1668
- Spouse: Richard SILVESTER

(2) Silvester, Albert Henry, "Richard Silvester of Weymouth, Mass., and Some of his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume LXXXV (Boston, MA: 1931), p. 247, 250-252.

- This source states that "thus far no evidence has been discovered to establish the truth..." that Richard SILVESTER's wife was Naomi TORREY
- This source also discounts the possibility of a second wife, Emline, as a typographical error
- On October 31, 1666, Edward and Lydia (SILVESTER) WRIGHT filed a complaint against Naomi for unjustly carrying out her duties as executrix of Richard's estate. Constable FORD of Marshfield arrested Naomi. Her children John, Naomi and Dinah attempted to free her, upon which all were arrested. They were fined 40 shillings in damages plus the cost of the suit.

(3) Deetz, James & Patricia Scott Deetz, "The Times of their Lives; Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony" (W. H. Freeman and Company: New York, NY, 2000), pages 92-95.

- References the 1666 arrest in the context of general SILVESTER family dysfunction, both internally and with the community at large. (p. 93) - After Richard SILVESTER's death, Naomi litigated the will because she believed she deserved a greater portion. The court agreed with her. (p. 94)