Mark Haskell

1709 - 1785  (76 years)

• Name	Mark Haskell  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	28 Mar 1709	Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Aug 1785	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2]
  Burial	Haskell Cemetery, Lakeville, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I33642	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Deacon Roger Haskell,   b. 17 Oct 1680, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts d. Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Mother	Joanna Swift,   b. 7 Jul 1683, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Marriage	25 Jan 1708	Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 6]
  Family ID	F18082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Spooner,   b. 8 Jan 1714, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts d. Bef 18 Jun 1740 (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1730	Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 7]
  Children	1. Nathaniel Haskell,   b. 26 Feb 1732, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 16 Jul 1821, Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 89 years)   2. Deacon Samuel B. Haskell,   b. 17 Feb 1734, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 15 Nov 1820, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 86 years)   3. Micah Haskell,   b. 20 Nov 1735, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 2 Aug 1807, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 71 years)   4. Joanna Haskell,   b. 11 Dec 1737, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Abiah Leonard,   b. 30 Apr 1707, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 2 Dec 1791, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 84 years)
  Intentions	1 May 1740	Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Marriage	18 Jun 1740	Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [8]
  Children	1. Maria Haskell,   b. 27 Mar 1741, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   2. Roger Haskell,   b. 31 May 1742, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 14 Nov 1813, Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 71 years)   3. Elisha Haskell,   b. 22 Feb 1743, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 24 Feb 1829, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 86 years)   4. Hannah Haskell,   b. 5 Jan 1745, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   5. Nehemiah Haskell,   b. 5 Jan 1745, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   6. Zebulon Haskell,   b. 4 Aug 1747, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 28 Oct 1820, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  "Elder" Mark lived in the "lily patch" place. Shortly after his wife, Mary Spooner, died he married Abiah (Leonard) Nelson, who owned a large estate in Middleboro near Quittacus Pond, known locally as "Hay Hall," to which they moved. He died here and was buried at Lakeville. His gravestone, which was broken in two pieces in 1932, besides stating that he was the first person to be buried in this cemetery carried this interesting inscription: "All you that chance to read these lines, let it be fixed upon your minds that the straight way to God above, is faith that works to purest love." This sentiment must have emanated from his second wife, for the same theme is found upon her stone, and reads: "While into visions faith shall turn, Oh how will love increase and burn, then work awhile in faith and love, and you'll soon join the saints above." His will locates his property very well as follows: "To Micah, land and buildings where Rev. Thomas West lives and the cedar swamp in Rochester; To Roger, land in region of Quittacus lake and long pond; To Elisha, same; To Zebulon, land between Roger and Elisha, also part of the homestead that is north of the lane that leads to the causeway, also land west of brook that runs thru causeway." Reference Chronicles of the Haskell Family Ira J. Haskell Ellis Printing Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1943 Page 96

  
  

• Sources

  [S43723] Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S42770] Kenneth Linwood Shaw, III, RootsWeb.com, John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress, (extracted 2012). [S27387] Haskell family tombstone inscriptions, Haskell Family Cemetery, Route 105, Lakeville, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [S9568] Cemetery index, Haskell Cemetery, Lakeville, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Find-a-Grave). [S27353] Genealogy of Roger Haskell of Salem, Massachusetts to November 1925, (Compiled by George L. Randall for the Haskell Family Association. 1926.). [S43647] Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. [S43691] Vital Records of Middleborough, Massachusetts, (compiled by George Bowman, in The Mayflower Descendant, vol 1, 1899).