William Weeks

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Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Patricia Jane Loomis ← Edward Byron Loomis ← Isaac Hayes Loomis ← Juliette Cordelia Hayes ← Nelson Hayes ← Rhoda Slaughter ← Lois Carpenter ← Benjamin Carpenter ← Edward Carpenter ← Renew Weeks ← William Weeks

In brief

Born about 1628 in England. He died December 13, 1677.

Family

Father

George Weeks

Mother

Jane Clap

Spouse

Elizabeth ____

Children

John Weekes
b. February 1651
m. Sarah Hammond, November 4, 1674
Elizabeth Weekes
b. September 16, 1653
m. Terrence Henley, April 2, 1694, in Boston, Massachusetts
Mary Weekes
b. November 10, 1656
m. Henry White
George Weekes
b. November 26, 1658
d. October 27, 1659
Renew Weeks · in this line
b. August 12, 1660, in Dorchester, Massachusetts
m. Benjamin Carpenter
d. July 29, 1703, in Swansea, Massachusetts
Jane Weekes
b. September 30, 1662
m. John Blackman, March 26, 1685
d. August 8, 1735
Sarah Weekes
b. Abt. August 1666
m. John Macomb
Hannah Weekes
b. Abt. September 1668
Samuel Weekes
b. January 1669
Submit Weekes
b. February 1671
m. Robert Cook Jr, October 26, 1693
William Weekes

Siblings

Jane Weeks
m. Benjamin Bates
m. ____ Paine
Ammiel/Amiel Weeks
b. 1632, in England
m. Elizabeth ____
d. April 20, 1679
Joseph Weeks
b. Dorchester, Massachusetts
m. Mary Atherton, April 6, 1667
d. October 31, 1690

Life story

Restoring the Old Names

William Weeks was born around 1628 in England, the son of George Weeks, and served his town for decades as clerk of writs and registrar of births, marriages, and deaths beginning in 1674 — in that role he restored the older practice of naming months rather than numbering them, a small act of resistance to the Puritan custom of avoiding “heathen” month names. He served as fence-viewer, took the freeman's oath in 1665, and in 1664 joined his brothers in petitioning the General Court to confirm the colony's traditional rights and privileges. William wrote his will in December 1677 and died that same month; his estate, including silver spoons, pewter, books, and livestock, was appraised at nearly 209 pounds.

Sources (1)

Robert D. Weeks, Genealogy of the Family of George Weekes of Dorchester, Mass. (Newark, New Jersey: L.J. Hardham, 1885).