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THE URANN FAMILY OF NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING THE DESCENDANTS OF MARGARET(URANN)GAMMELL BY CHARLES COLLYER WHITTIER OF "'BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON PRESS OF DAVID CLAPP & SON 1910 Reprinted, with additions, from the NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER for ,January and April, 1910 TRE lJRANN FAMILY OF NEW ENGLAND* 1. WILLIAM1 URIN, sometimes spelleq Uran, Urann, Uren, Yuran, ·Youring and Yourin, was probably the ancestor 0£ all bearing the name in New England. It has not been learned where he came from, but he was at the Isles 0£ Shoals as early as 1653, £or on 12 Sept. of that year he was granted a lot of land there, "between goodman Jacksone and William Cotton with convenient la[nding ?]." At various times later he was given grants of land. He was one of the petitioners " that a Court might be held at the Isles of Shoals," also "that the inhabitants might be granted th.e privileges 0£ a town." Like most ef the inhabitants 0£ the islands he was a fisherman. He died at the Isles of Shoals, and the inventory 0£ his estate, filed 11 July 1664, amounted to £433. 1~. 8. His widow ELEANOR married secondly, about 1672, Richard Woolcome or Willcomb, who purchased part 0£ the estate of William Urin, deceased, ·-17 July 1672. She died in 1699, and in her will, dated 19 Sept. 1699, she leaves the balance of her estate to her "five children, son-in-law John Muchemore to take care of Joseph Youring to bring him up in the faith of God and to such Larning as is convenient for one of his degrees." Richard Gooss or Goss, her kinsman, was one -0f the overseers of the will. Richard W oolcome and Eleanor had two children : Zacheus, aud Anne who married John Muchemore. In a petition of John Urin, son of Eleanor, to have his brother-in-law John Muchemore administer upon his mother's estate, he states that Jolua Muchemore's wife "was his sister on his moth- * A tradition exists in several branches of the family that the name is of French -0rigin, However this may be it appears in England at an early date. Bardsley in his work on English Surnames, writes that, "Urian, Urion, Uren, Urin, Uran.-Bapt. • The son of Urian.' Both the masculine Uranius and the feminine Urania were in use as personal names. On a Welsh Variant Urien. A surname founded on this name ,seems to have crept into Staffordshire and Cheshire, and thence into Lancashire. John fil. Urian, ·Co. Rants, 1273 (Hundred Rolls). Uryene (without surname) Co. Camb. 1633. Bapt. Henry s. Finsby Vrin St. Jas. Clerkenwell. 1635. John d. Finlye Eurin. 1671. John Uaan of Everton; Wills at Chester. 1680. Alice U rian of Christleton.'' Richard Stephen Charnock in his Ludus Patronymicus, says, "Urine. The same as the Cornish name Euren, from Cornish voren, strange, or a corruption of Uren, from the ancient personal name U1·wyn, for Irvine, from Irvine, a parish of Scotland, co. :Ayr, {formerly written Irwyn and Irwine), on ,the river Irvine. Urann, Urin are found :as United States names.'' er's side." The will of John Muchemore, dated 11 Feb. 1717-8, mentfona;, wife Anne and children John, Richard, Joseph, William, Sarah, Abigail/ Priest, and Rachel Downs. William Wilkins or Willcomb of Ipswich,. grandson of Richard W oolcome of Star Island, was appointed administrator of the estate 11 A1,1g. 1719. Children: · 2. i. JOHN. 2 3. ii. EDWARI>. 4. iii. Ffil.N-OIS, 2, J;OJ;IN2 U:~IN ( William~) was a. cordwainel' or taTI;n,er, and resided at Greenland, N. :a .. ·· f[e was at Po:i;tsnw.uth, N. II." h1 1689, wheJ;11 lie. sign1Jd a. petitie;B, (Mass. Archives, vo:l. 35, p. i2.9). Ori 16 Mar, 16,95-6 he. recel.v:ed land hi Portsmouth. ( e:i,ght acres) m confirmation oi. a gl;'ltnt gi,ven bis fatMr, William Uri.I;\; in 165~. In 1694 his, name appears ali! on the j1;1,Ty list, and he h;eld Vl\11,ous minor offi,ce11, fu t,he town of Portsmouth fron;i \ 700 to 1709. Hfa seat in tb;e meetin,g-hous.e was i:o, the men's side g~ery. f[e was received into, covenantill the South Clrn.rch of Portsm,ou.th 9. Jau. \715, and~ chil<h'eu were baptfa.ed tl;ten; the foUowwg Septe:i;nber. He was; ene 0£ the granteei:, o:£ the towu of E:psorµ, :N. lI., auq. his, grs1nd.,·, children sold their interest in his estate there in- 1771.. He had two wives; his fuat on:e, ABIGAIL, was p,robably daughter of John West1wook of P,ortsmoutb,, who aold his son-in-law, John, Urm of J;:>,ortamonth, lan.d there 21 Mar, 1()9,;,}, (N. H. Deeds, vol. 6,., p. 2M). He :i;narried secondly, 12. Nov. 1686, REBECCA CATE,,. daughter of James and Alice. John Urin, husba,nd to E.ebe.cca. Cate, releas.ed his right and, title to. the estate 0£ her £at~ex aud mother, James a11d Alice Gate, 8 Juue 1702, J0:hu Urin d\ed ab.out, 173.4, and his widow died at Greenla11d No.v. or Dec.1(45. Children, born at Portsmouth : (,. i. RICB'ARD, 3 b. abt. 1686. 6. ii. JAMES, bapt. 25 Sept. 1715. iii. WILLIAlll, bap.t. 25 S,ept. 1715; w,ith his sisters sold' his in,teres.t in llis father's esta,te to Ji,,mes ~rackett by c\eeds of 2 M;ay 1734 and 13 Dec .. 1735. 1Hs. name does not a,ppear on the tax lists. o:r Greenland, N. H. Re was probably that William Urin who. was a. private in the Snow Shoe Company, Capt. Domini Jordan, o:r Falmouth, Me., 14 Apr. 1744. · 1. iv. JOSEPH, bapt. 25 Sept. 1715. v. ELEANOR, bapt. 25 Sept. 1715; was admitted to the church at Green land in 1716; m. (1) DIAMOND CURRIER, son of Richard and Eliza-· beth (Diamond) of the Isles of Shoals, and the inventory of whose, est\l,te was filed 8 Aug.17(12; m., (2) ABRAB;AM CROCKETT of the· Isles of Shoals, who with wife Eleanor &Old h.is intere.st in th~ estate of John Urin, deceased, 8 Aug, 1737. wi. MARY, bapt. 25 Sept. 1715; m. --FROST. On 13 Dec. 1735 she and her brother William, both of Greenland, N. H., and she at that time being a widow, sold their interest in the estate of their father. vii. Jom,, bapt. 25 Sept. 1715: probably d. young, as he is Iiot mentioned in any of the family deeds, 2 1 :l. EDwARD URIN ( William )' had wife JANE. He p11rchased, 4 Mar. 1667-8, of the administrators of William Urin's estate, one-half of a dwelling house, fish house, boats, etc., at Star Island. On 6 Nov. 1668, with his wife, he conveyed the same premises to James Blag don of ,JJi.e IsJ.es of Shoals. He was faxed in Boston, Mass., as early as 1674/and the same year purchased of Daniel Henchman land at the north end of the town, "bounded southwesterly with the street leadin,g to the north buryaH place." On 2 June 1675 he sold the last mentioned estate to Christopher Saise -0f Charlestown, Mass. HJl_1faS part owner of the shallop Phillip, of which George Manning' was skipper. Unfortunately his vessel was one of the several captured by Capt. Samuel ·Moseley in his expedition of 167 4 against the pirates, who were brought into the port of Boston 2 Apr. 1675. Urin's vessel was returned to him, it being shown n;om his testimony (Mass. Archives) that he had taken no part in piracy, and he was discharged. Five of the pirates were convicted ,and condemned to death, others were acquitted, while some were ,:pardoned to serve against the Indians. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow 31 Oct. 1676. Children, born at Boston : t EDWARD, 3 b. 2 June 1669 . .ii. MATTHEW, b. 16 Nov. 1672. iii. BENJAMIN, b. 25 May 1676. 2 1 4. FRANCIS URIN ( William ) was at Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1681, and had wife ALICE, of whom no record has as yet been found. While there is no direct evidence that he was the son of William of the Isles of Shoals, still the names and dates of birth of his children, and his occupation of fisherman, should allow .him a place in that family. He died at Ipswich about 1713, and administration on his estate was granted to his eldest son, William; 9 Apr. 1713. Children, bo;rn at Ipswich : 8. i. WILLrAM, 3 b. 5 Aug. 1681. ii. FRANCIS, b. 16 Aug. 1685 ;. probably d. young. iii. JoHN, b. 29 Sept. 1687; probably d. young. 9. iv. JOSEPH, b. 23 Feb. 1691-2. 10. v. PETER, b. 15 May 1694. 6 1 5. RICHARD8 UmN (John,2 William ). The earliest record found 0£ him is his marriage at Haverhill, Mass. He was one 0£ the fust settlers 0£ Penacook (Concord), N. H., and was admitted 5 Feb. 1725. The records show that he spent the winter of 1726 at Concord. In >the division of land he drew lots Nos. 6, 8, and 42. He sold a por tion of these lots to John Wainwright of Ipswich, Mass., 7 Apr. 1731. He was at Concord as late as 17 42, when he married his second wife, who was of Newbury, Mass., and it may have been this fact that induced him to return to Newbury.