JOHN and PHILLIP (SOLE) SALES and DAUGHTERS

First cousins, John  and Phillip Sales were married on the 11th day of August in 1625 at the St. Lawrence's Parish of Little Waddingfield, Suffolk, England. Their two daughters were born and baptized at this same location:

Our ancestor, Phoebe, was baptized 1 May 1626 
Sarah, was born in 1628

In 1630, this small family boarded a ship in Laversham, Suffolk County, probably the Talbot, of the Winthrop Fleet bound for Boston, Massachusetts. Sadly, John's wife, Phillip and little daughter, Sarah died on the journey. Only John and Phoebe landed at Boston. In 1631, John's name is on the list of members of the First Church in Boston. But soon after, John was accused of stealing some produce and became indentured to a Mr. Coggeshall, and so was Phoebe, for several years. 

Needless to say, John and Phoebe were not happy in Boston. So, they moved to New Amsterdam and enjoyed their time there among the Dutch people. In 1638, John's occupation was as a planter at Manhattan Isle.

John married a widowed woman, Maria Robberts around 1640, when he was about 45 years old.  The land that he had acquired was commonly known as "old Jan's land", marked 37 on the farm map. "Jan" is how the Dutch spelled his first name.

"To Tonis Nyssen [his son-in-law, Phoebe's husband], the half of all the means he leaves behind" is how John worded the main part of his will that he wrote on the 17th of April in 1645. He evidently had been wounded somehow and was sickly at the time that he wrote his will. His widow married a new husband in August 1645 so John died sometime between his will date and her new marriage date.

JOHN SALES
BORN: abt 1598 in Norfolk, England
MARRIED: 11 Aug 1625 in St. Lawrence's Parish, Little Waddingfield, Suffolk, England
DIED: aft 17 Apr 1645 in Brooklyn, New Amsterdam, NY

PHILLIP SOLE
BAPTIZED: 28 Feb 1602 at All Saint's Church, Bury St. Edmonds, Sudbury, Suffolk, England
DIED: 1630 at sea (North Atlantic Ocean)
SOURCES: FamilySearch.org Church Records 1630-1865 Colonial Society of Boston, Massachusetts; Church Records of Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam and New York; Theunis G. Bergen, "Early Settlers of Kings County", pgs 94 and 95.