1. THOMAS LOOK, (Thomas1), b. 6 June 1646 in Lynn, Mass. came from Nantucket to T., where he followed the occupation of miller until his death. A sketch of his life will be found in Vol. II, Annals of W. T., pp. 53-4. He m. ELIZABETH BUNKER, dau. of George and Jane (Godfrey) Bunker of Nantucket.
8. EXPERIENCE, b. 22 Nov. 1672; m. STEPHEN COFFIN (23[?]) 21 Sept. 1693.
9. ELIZABETH, b. 28 Nov.1676; m. JAMES COTTLE (10).
10. SARAH, b. 3 Apr. 1678; m. HENRY LUCE (7).
11. JANE, b. 24 Dec. 1680; m. (1) JOHN COTTLE (14) ; (2) ABNER WEST (12) 17 Nov. 1707.
12. PATIENCE, b. (1681); m. BENJAMIN LEWIS 25 Oct. 1703.
13. SAMUEL, b. Mch. 1683.
13. SAMUEL LOOK, (Thomas2-l), b. March 1683; res. T., miller. He m. THANKFUL LEWIS, dau. of George3 and Elizabeth Lewis of Barnstable 19 Oct. 1704, who was b. Apr. 1684 and d. 24 Jan. 1769. He d. 14 Jan. 1772 and his will 13 Aug. 1752 was pro. 17 Mch. 1772. He was ensign of the Mill Co. of T. 1735.
20. THOMAS, b. 18 Nov. 1706.
21. GEORGE, b. 17 Oct. 1708; d. y.
22. SETH, b. 25 Jan. 1709-10.
23. DANIEL, b. 29 Sept. 1711; d. 28 Apr.1728.
24. ELIJAH, b. 17 Nov.1713.
25. THANKFUL, b. 6 Feb. 1715; d. y.
26. SAMUEL, b. 6 Feb. 1715; d. y.
27. STEPHEN, b. 6 Mch.1717.
28. NOAH, b. 27 Nov. 1719.
29. MARY, b. 26 Nov. 1721; m. JOHN MANTER (50).
30. JOB, b. 26 Jan. 1725.
20. THOMAS LOOK, (Samuel,3 Thomas2-1), b. 18 Nov. 1706; res. T., weaver. He m. MERCY LEWIS 27 Oct. 1731, dau. of Benjamin and Margaret (Folland) Lewis of Barnstable, who was b. 3 Mch. 1712 and d. bef. 1782. He d. 4 Mch. 1783 and his will 10 Sept. 1782 was pro. 2 Apr. 1783. Inv. £407-13-0.
32. NATHAN, b. (1732).
33. DANIEL, b. 7 June 1733.
34. JOHN, b.26 Nov.1735.
35. PHEBE, b. (1738); m. WILLIAM GARDINER 23 Sept. 1766.
36. GEORGE, b. Feb. 1740; d. 27 Oct. 1760.
37. EUNICE, b. (1745); m. SILAS HILLMAN (45) 18 Mch. 1779.
38. BENJAMIN, b. (1746); prob. d. bef. 1783.
39. LOIS, b. 1750; d. 15 July 1785.
22. SETH LOOK, (Samuel,3 Thomas2-l), b. 25 Jan. 1709-10; res. T., farmer. He m. SUSANNA ALLEN (82) 5 Sept. 1733, who was b. 28 Apr. 1716 and d. bef. 1777. He d. 2 Jan. 1779 and his will 8 Nov. 1777 was pro. 20 Jan. 1779. Inv. £54-14-10.
40. THANKFUL, b. 1734; m. HEZEKIAH LUCE (143) 21 Sept. 1752.
41. HANNAH, b. 3 Aug. 1736; d. 19 Mch. 1761. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
42. JOSEPH, b. 1739.
43. PETER, b. (1742).
44. SARAH, b. 1744, m. JOSIAH HANCOCK (50).
45. MARY, b. (1746); m. JUDAH BAKER 22 Feb. 1765.
46. JONATHAN, b. (1748).
47. SUSANNA, b. (1750); m. JONATHAN WING 21 June 1770.
48. MERCY, b. 6 July 1755; d. 20 Aug. 1767.
24. ELIJAH LOOK, (Samuel,3 Thomas2-l), b. 17 Nov. 1713; res. T., blacksmith; m. JOANNA LUCE (101) abt. 1733, who was b. 13 June 1714 and d. 28 June 1798. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] His will 30 May 1799 was pro. 20 Feb. 1800. [He is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
50. BETTY, b. (1784); d. unm.
51. JANE, b. (1757); d. unm.
52. ABIGAIL, b. 1740; m. WILLIAM LUCE (128) 11 Mch. 1762. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
53. SAMUEL, b. 14 Jan. 1744.
54. REBECCA, b. (1746); m. WILLIAM PAGE.
55. JONATHAN, b. Aug. 1748; d. 23 Nov. 1773. [He is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
56. ROBERT, b. (1752).
57. HENRY, b. (1755); d. Dec. 1761.
58. ELIJAH, b. 27 Mch. 1759.
27. STEPHEN LOOK, (Samuel,3 Thomas2-l), b. 6 Mch. 1717, res. T., farmer; m. (1) BATHSHEBA ALLEN (83) abt. 1738, who was b. 13 Jan. 1719 and d. 7 Mch. 1747 [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]; (2) RHODA MANTER (61) abt. 1748, who was b. 6 Mch. 1728 and surviving her husband m. (2) STEPHEN LUCE (140) 29 Dec. 1774. Stephen Look d. 2 Feb. 1762 and his est. was adm. by Josiah Tilton 23 Feb. 1762. Inv. £582-3-2.
Children by Second Wife:
60. BATHSHEBA, b. 13 Mch. 1749; m. JOSEPH LOOK (42) 18 Feb. 1772.
61. STEPHEN, b. (1762); m. RHODA BURGESS 20 Feb. 1777 and d. soon after, prob. without issue and wid. m. (2) BARZILLAI CROWELL (42) 10 Oct. 1782.
62. THANKFUL, b. (1755); m. EPHRAIM DUNHAM (506) 7 Apr. 1774.
63. CATHERINE, b. 16 Apr. 1758; m. JOHN CLEVELAND (40) 1 Sept. 1775.
64. LOVEY, b. 1760; d. 1802.
65. RHODA, bapt. 22 Aug. 1762; d. 19 Oct.1781.
28. NOAH LOOK, (Samuel,3 Thomas2-1), b. 27 Nov. 1719; res. T., farmer; rem. to Conway, Mass. abt. 1777, where he d. 16 Aug. 1790; m. (1) DINAH NORTON (112) 9 Jan. 1745, who was b. 3 Sept. 1725 and d. abt. 1751; (2) HANNAH HOLLEY, who was b. 1731 and d. 1 Jan. 1821. His will 7 May 1790 was pro. 7 Sept. 1790. (Hemp. Prob. XVI, 225.) He was called "Captain" perhaps for service in a military organization.
67. CHENEY, b. 17 June 1749.
By Second Wife:
68. JAMES, b. 1753.
69. DINAH, b.9 Jan. 1755; m. JOHN CATLIN 31 Aug. 1783.
70. MARY, b. (1757); m. IVORY LUCE (404).
71. HANNAH, b. (1759); m. DAVID LUCE (—) 9 Jan. 1777.
72. NOAH, b. 1761; m. CATHERINE COTTLE (170) 1786. Rev. soldier 1776, 1780.
73. HENRY, b. (1763).
74. JOHN, b. (1705).
75. PRISCILLA, b. (1767); m. SAMUEL BILLINGS 1787.
76. LUCINDA, b. 1768; m. JOHN FIELD 1789; they were ancestors of the great merchant prince, Marshall Field of Chicago.
77. MATTHEW, b. 15 June 1773; d. 13 Aug. 1825.
78. WILLIAM, b. 1774; d. 4 Dec. 1857.
30. JOB LOOK, (Samuel,3 Thomas2-l), b. 26 Jan. 1725; res. T., miller; m. MARTHA BUTLER (632) abt. 1750, who was b. 14 May 1730 and d. 4 May 1811. He d. 1 Apr. 1803 and his will 5 July 1799 was pro. 9 Aug. 1803. [He is buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
79 ANNA, b. 18 Jan. 1751; m. (1) EDDY MANTER (45) 18 Jan. 1770; (2) JOHN BUTLER (126) 5 Nov. 1775.
80. PRINCE, b. 13 Jan. 1753.
81. LOT, b. 26 Sept. 1756.
81a. REUBEN, b.13 July 1759.
82. JOB, b. 19 Apr. 1763; m. PRUDENCE HANCOCK (60) 25 Nov. 1790.
83. DAVID, b. 6 Dec. 1766; m. HANNAH NICKERSON 29 Sept. 1814.
84. THOMAS, b.6 Nov.1768; d. 31 July 1844, unm.
85. MARTHA, b.24 Aug.1772; m. MOSES ADAMS (52) 24 Mch. 1799.
86. THANKFUL, b.23 June 1774; m. WILLIAM ADAMS (57) 14 June 1795.
32. NATHAN LOOK, (Thomas,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-l), b. abt. 1732; res. T., farmer; rem. to Cambridge, N. Y. where he was living in 1790. Little is known of him or his two wives, the first named ANNA, who d. 10 Mch. 1781, and the second, THANKFUL, the latter prob. mother of the only two recorded children.
90. TRISTRAM, bapt. 7 Aug. 1783.
91. NATHAN, bapt. 24 Sept. 1786.
33. DANIEL LOOK, (Thomas,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-1), b. 7 June 1733; res. T., rem. to Addison, Me., abt. 1770, where he d. Apr. 1825; m. ANN BUTLER (637) abt. 1763, who was b. 29 Jan. 1740.
100. DAMARIS, b 23 Aug. 1764; m. SAMSON HILLMAN (172) 25 Feb. 1783.
101. GEORGE, b. (1766).
102. MOSES, b. (1767).
103. MARY, b. (1770).
104. MERCY, b. (1772).
105. EUNICE, b. 13 Apr. 1774; m. ABRAHAM NORTON (991) 9 Apr. 1795.
106. HANNAH, b. (1776).
107. ANNE, b. (1778).
108. JANE, b. (1780).
109. DANIEL, b. 11 May 1782; m. LOIS HILLMAN (176) 7 Oct. 1804.
34. JOHN LOOK, (Thomas,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-l), b. 26 Nov. 1735; res. prob. T., but nothing further is known of him except that he m. ANNA HOLLEY (43) and had several children as appears by the wills of John Holley (30) and Thomas Look (20).
120. JOHN.
42. JOSEPH LOOK, (Seth,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-l), b. 1739; res. T., cordwainer; m. (1) RUTH TILTON (72) 1 Dec. 1767, who was b. 27 Aug. 1743 and d. 2 Aug. 1770 [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]; (2) BATHSHEBA LOOK (60) 18 Feb. 1772, who was b. 18 Mch. 1749.
130. JOSEPH, b. 6 Nov. 1768; d. 17 July 1790.
By Second Wife:
131. RUTH T. b. 13 July 1773; living 1850, unm. [She died 2 Jan 1863 in Tisbury.]
132. GEORGE, b. 10 June 1775; m. PERSIS ALLEN (343) 27 Nov. 1800.
133. MARY, b. 4 May 1777; living 1850, unm. [She died 1 Jan 1863 in Tisbury.]
134. DEBORAH, b. 2 Oct.1780; m. ELEAZER KELLEY 7 Nov. 1803.
135. STEPHEN, b. 12 Sept.1782; d. Jan. 1810.
136. ALLEN, b. 10 Aug. 1787; d. 17 Aug. 1793. [He is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
137. BATHSHEBA, b. 30 Aug. 1789; m. JOHN LAMBERT (160) 23 Oct.1811.
138. JOSEPH, b. 12 Aug. 1792; m. SYBIL ATHEARN (114) 17 Dec. 1818.
43. PETER LOOK, (Seth,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-l), b. abt. 1742; res. T., rem. to Conway, Mass., abt. 1783, where he was living as late as 1823; m. SARAH JONES (75) abt. 1770, who was b. abt. 1745.
140. SUSANNA, b. (1772); m. _____ TENNEY.
141. HANNAH, b. (1774) ; m. ASA PAYNE 13 Jan. 1799.
142. LYDIA, b. (1776); m. STEPHEN TURNER.
143. BENJAMIN, b. (1778).
144. JEREMIAH, b. (1780).
145. NOAH, b. (1782).
146. PETER, b. 5 Aug. 1785; res. Montague, Mass.; m. SOPHIA HEALY and d. 5 Nov. 1830.
46. JONATHAN LOOK, (Seth,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-1), b. abt. 1748; res. T., farmer; m. DRUSILLA LUCE (169) 28 Dec. 1775. He served in Sea Coast Defence 1776 and d. 6 June 1835.
150. SETH, b. 1776; m. REMEMBER LUCE (970) 1 Dec. 1808.
151. REBECCA, b. (1778); m. JONATHAN WING 20 Jan. 1801.
152. TRISTRAM, b. (1780); rem. to Scotland.
153. SYLVIA, b. (1782); d. unm.
154. LOVE, b. 1784; d. y.
155. AARON b. (1786); m. PRUDENCE MANTER (166) 2 Nov. 1815.
156. MERCY, b. 21 Aug. 1789; m. EDMUND DUNHAM 25 July 1819. [She died 30 May 1854 in West Tisbury.]
157. JOHN FERGUSON, bapt. 1793; d. 1817, unm.
53. SAMUEL LOOK, (Elijah,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-1), b. 14 Jan. 1744; res. T., rem. to New Vineyard, Me. but ret. to T., where he d. 4 Apr. 1825. He m. MARGARET CHASE (60) 11 Apr. 1769, who was b. 21 May 1750 and d. 10 Oct. 1815. [He is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
160. MERCY, b. 3 Sept. 1770; m. MICHAEL DAGGETT (124) 28 Apr. 1813. [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery.]
161. BETSEY, b. 14 July 1772; m. JAMES DAVIS (50). [She is apparently buried in Crossways Cemetery.]
162. JONATHAN, b. 10 June 1774.
163. MARGARET, b. 24 Apr. 1776; m. PETER NORTON (730) 17 Apr. 1805.
164. REBECCA, b. 21 Feb. 1778; d. y.
165. SAMUEL, b. 18 Mch. 1780; m. NANCY HILLMAN (175) 1808. [He died about 1858-9.]
166. REBECCA P., b. 17 Apr. 1782; m. EPHRAIM ALLEN (346) 2 Apr. 1807.
167. WAITSTILL, b. 23 June 1784; d. 8 Nov. 1822, unm. [She is apparently buried in Crossways Cemetery.]
168. VALENTINE, b. 20 Aug. 1786; m. MARY SMITH (144) 15 Feb. 1815.
169. CHARLES, b. 8 July 1788; m. BETSEY SMITH [141] 29 Jan. 1818. [Charles is buried at Crossways cemetery, as is his wife Betsey (Smith).]
170. NANCY, b. 24 Dec. 1790; d. unm.
171. JEREMIAH, b. 16 Nov. 1793. [He died 1863.]
56. ROBERT LOOK, (Elijah,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-1), b. abt. 1752; res. T., miller; m. EUNICE HILLMAN (171) 30 May 1779, who was b. 1758 and d. 30 May 1817. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] He d. 1831 and his will 29 Aug. 1828 was pro. 16 Jan. 1832.
180. DEBORAH, b. (1780); m. _____ BROWN.
181. LUCY, b. 1 Oct. 1782; m. MELATIAH MAYHEW (622) 16 May 1805.
182. MAYHEW, b. 8 Nov. 1784; m. MARY NICKERSON (int.) 4 Aug. 1816. [He died 7 June 1871 in Tisbury.]
183. WILLIAM, b. 17 Feb. 1787; m. REBECCA ADAMS (90) (int.) 6 Sept. 1817. [He died 10 Aug 1858 in Tisbury.]
184. SUSANNA, bapt. 17 May 1789; d. 19 Dec. 1844, unm.
185. EUNICE, b. 17 Mch. 1791; m. SAMUEL NORTON (263) 11 July 1811.
186. JOANNA, bapt. 1 Sept. 1793; m. HEMAN MERRY (98) 12 Sept. 1816. [She died 22 May 1866 in Tisbury.]
187. JOHN, b. 15 Apr. 1798; m. REBECCA NICKERSON 6 Dec. 1821. [He died 17 Oct. 1873 in Tisbury.]
58. ELIJAH LOOK, (Elijah,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-l), b. 27 Mch. 1759; res. W. T., miller; rem. to New York after 1803 and d.27 Aug. 1852 in Stockton, Chatauqua Co. that state. He served in Sea Coast Defence 1776 and m. MARY RUSSELL (30) 9 Mch. 1780, who was b. 24 Dec. 1763.
190. JANE, b. (1781); m. WILLIAM NICHOLS (2).
191. (Child); b. (1784); d. 1802.
192. WILLIAM RUSSELL, b. (1787).
193. ROSALIND, b. (1790)
194. ELIJAH, b. (1793)
195. ELIZABETH, b. (1796).
67. CHENEY LOOK, (Noah,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-l), b. 17 June 1749; res. E., clothier; rem. to Conway, Mass. with his father abt. 1777, later to Peru, Mass. and thence to Utica, N. Y., Schuyler, N. Y. and lastly to Lenox, same state, where he d. 20 Sept. 1843. He m. Mrs. ANNA (Roberts) CHAPMAN (wid. of Joseph) 1 Dec. 1774, a dau. of Samuel Roberts. She was b. 1758 and d. 18 Nov. 1842. He served in Sea Coast Defence 1776.
198. SUSANNA, b. 4 Aug. 1776; d. y.
199. SUSANNA, b. 8 Jam. 1778; m. (l) JEREMIAH NIMS 20 Dec. 1798; (2) EZRA MCEWEN.
200. JANE, b.6 Aug. 1780; m. _____ KEITH.
201. DINAH, b.16 Sept. 1782; m. IRA MANPRAT.
202. JOSEPH CHAPMAN, b.6 June 1785; m. SILENCE BRADFORD.
203. CHENEY, b. 7 July 1787; m. REBECCA BIGELOW.
204. SAMUEL, b. 16 Aug. 1790; m. POLLY LOOMIS.
205. ANNA, b. 16 Sept. 1794; m. JOSIAH KELLEY.
206. LUCY, b. 7 Aug. 1796; m. ELI PARTRIDGE.
68. JAMES LOOK, (Noah,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-l), b. 1753; res. T., rem. to Conway, Mass. abt. 1795 and later to Kirkland, Oneida Co., N. Y. where he was living in 1844. He m. NANCY CATHCART (33) 28 Sept. 1775, who was b. 4 Dec. 1748. He served in the Sea Coast Defence 1776.
207. MARY, b. (1776), m. JOHN HANCOCK (62) 8 Aug. 1792.
208. RELIEF, b. 1782; d. y.
209. FREEBORN, b.1786; m. MARY ATHEARN (162).
210. BENJAMIN, bapt. 23 Nov. 1788.
80. PRINCE LOOK, (Job,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-1), b. 13 Jan. 1753; res. T., rem. to C. (1787), where he d. 16 July 1843; m. SARAH LAMBERT (111) 29 Nov. 1787, who was b. 5 Jan. 1764 and d. 18 Apr. 1800.
216. REUBEN, b. 15 Jan. 1789; d. 20 Jan. 1827.
217. MOSES, b.7 Jan. 1791; unm.
218. SARAH, b.26 July 1794; unm.
219. PRINCE, b. 10 Oct. 1796; d. 15 June 1821.
81. LOT LOOK, (Job,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-1), b. 23 Sept. 1756; res. T., yeoman; m. SUSANNA BAKER of Dennis, Mass. who was b. 25 Sept. 1769 and d. 16 Mch. 1859 [in West Tisbury.] He d. 15 Sept. 1845 and his will 6 Sept. 1824 was pro. 20 Apr. 1846.
220. ANNA, b. 24 Jan. 1786, m. OLIVER CROSBY (52).
221. SARAH, b. 16 May 1789, m. BARZILLAI LUCE (930) 12 Feb. 1807.
222. ALLEN, b.2 Apr. 1791; m. ELIZA MAYHEW (425) (int.) 14 Nov.1811.
223. CLARISSA, b. 31 July 1793; m. IRA DEXTER (45) 13 Jan. 1820.
224. JAMES, b. 30 June 1796; H1. SALLY B. CROSBY 26 Oct. 1826. [He died 10 Oct. 1860.]
225. HANNAH, b. 16 May 1801; m. WILLIAM S. VINCENT (159) 28 Feb. 1820. [She died 14 Sept 1861 in Tisbury.]
162. JONATHAN LOOK, (Samuel,5 Elijah,4 Samuel,3 Thomas2-1), b. 10 June 1774; res. T., rem. to New Vineyard, Me. and later to North Jay, same state, where he d. 4 Apr. 1850. He m. BETSEY TROLLEY (51) 2 June 1799.
258. JOHN H., b. 20 Jan. 1800; m. Mrs. ELIZABETH BRUCE.
259. MARGARET c., b. 16 July 1802; m. ICHABOD BARTLETT.
260. BETSEY H., b. 5 Mch. 1805; d.y.
261. HEPSIBAH M., b. 10 July 1807; d.12 Feb. 1835,unm.
262. WILLIAM H., b. 21 Apr. 1810; d. 21 Dec. 1850,unm.
263. JONATHAN, b.15 July 1812; m. BATHSHEBA PRATT.
264. BETSEY H.,b.20 June 1815; m. ICHABOD BARTLETT.
265. CLEMENTINE, b.l9 Apr. 1819; m. SANFORD P. WAITE.
266. CHARLES C., b.22 Nov.1822; m. LYDIA B. BUTTERFIELD.
267. ALBERT, b.20 Jan. 1824; d.y.
268. SAMUEL, b. 14 July 1827; m. MARTHA D. MACOMBER.
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