Robert is mentioned occasionally in the Beverly town records. He was a surveyor of highways in 1720. On the province tax list for 1735 he is called an ensign. In 1742 he was elected a selectman, and he served in various town offices in the following years. By then he had been promoted to a captain. In 1746 he was a selectman, tax assessor, an overseer of the poor and a surveyor of highways for the second district. When his son Benjamin died about 1746, it appears that Benjamin's three sons came under Robert's guardianship. He was abated 20 shillings, 5 pence of his 1759 poll tax, part of which apparently was for Benjamin's son Nathaniel, who had moved from Beverly to Manchester within the previous year. For further explanation see Nathaniel's biography. On the town tax list for 1760 he has listed as having 1 horse, 2 oxen, 6 cows, 16 sheep, 3 swine and £35 cash. On 15 October 1765 he was chosen to be in the grand jury pool for the following month.
The will of Robert Haskell:
In the name of God amen, I Robert Haskell of Beverly in the County of Essex in New England, gentleman, being in health of body, and of sound disposing mind, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following
Imprimis, and first of all I give and bequeath my soul into the hands of almighty God thro Jesus Christ in hopes of a glorious rseurrection at the last day, and my body to the earth to be buried in such decent Christian manner as my executor hereafter named shall see meet.
Item, my will is that all my just debts and funeral charge be first of all paid out of my estate by my executor
Item, I give all my wearing apparel to my two sons William and Paul in equal shares
Item, I give to my son William one fifth part of all the residue of my estate real and personal for quantity and quality to be to him his heirs and assigns forever
Item, I give to my son Paul two fifths parts of all the residue of my estate both real and personal for quantity and quality to be to him his heirs and assigns forever
Item, I give to the children of my son Benjamin decd one fifth part of the residue of my estate both real and personal for quantity and quality to be to them in equal shares their heirs and assigns forever.
Item, I give my daughter Ruth ten shillings to be paid in one year after my decease, my will also is, that in case my said daughter Ruth shall by the providence of God be brot to such difficulties as she may have no house to dwell in, then in such case she shall have a room in my home to improve during her natural life only for her own use.
Item, I give to my daughter Eliza. one fifth part of the residue of my estate both real and personal; for quantity and quality to be to her, her heirs and assigns forever, she paying my son William ten pounds in one year after my decease. And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said son Paul sole executor of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third day of March Anno Domini 1765
Robert Haskell
signed, sealed and declaried to be the last will and testament of Robert Haskell in presence
Isc Woodberry
Joseph Wood
Saml GoodridgeThe above is provided courtesy of Doug Sinclair
Reference to the website:Doug Sincair's Archive
http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/index.htm
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Thomas West gave his grandson Robert Haskell fifty acres which "I formerly gave to William Haskell and his wife Ruth... one half of which was afterwards claimed by Samuel Smith and he conveyed to me by deed." In 1736 Samuel and Stephen Smith of Hampton, N.H. (sons of Samuel and Ruth) sold to their brother Robert Haskoll of Beverly in consideration of sixty-seven pounds current money, a tract or parcel of land in Beverly containing forty-eight acres which was "formerly our mother Ruth Smith alias Ruth Haskoll's deceased."Reference
Haskell Journal, Issue 42, Winter 1996
Descendants of Mark Haskell
Pages 765-766
Robert Haskell died by drowning in Virginia 3 February 1737/38.
Reference
Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America
The American Historical Company Inc., New York, 1941
Ambrose Haskell was a fisherman.
On December 21, 1725, Ambroese bought the Pitman house on Main St., where his father lived.
Reference
Chronicles of the Haskell Family
Ira J. Haskell
Ellis Printing Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1943
Page 286
Mark Haskell was a fisherman.
Reference
Chronicles of the Haskell Family
Ira J. Haskell
Ellis Printing Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1943
Page 286
Marriage Notes for Elizabeth Haskell and John Dodd
MARRIAGE: Two dates for the marriage of Elizabeth Haskell to John Dodd are given in the Vital Records of Marblehead.