3. _a._ MAVERICK—There is no absolute proof that Moses Maverick was son
of Rev. John and brother of Samuel, but the editor of this department (a
descendant of Moses) is satisfied that Rev. John Maverick was father of
Moses, Samuel, Antipas and Silas, notwithstanding what Palfrey and
Savage wrote to the contrary.
A thorough examination of the whole matter has brought to light no
evidence which contradicts the statement of John Josselyn, who was a
guest of Samuel Maverick several days in July, 1638, that Mr.
Maverick, the minister, was father of Samuel, the commissioner
(Josselyn’s Two Voyages, 1865 edition, pages 13, 20 and 190); nor of
the statement of Col. Cartwright in 1665 that Mr. Samuel Maverick had
mother, wife, children and brothers living in Massachusetts at that
date. (N. E. H. and G. Register, vol. 48, p. 207).
There is no record of the death of the widow of Rev. John Maverick,
and I have no doubt that she was the mother of Samuel Maverick and
lived with him during her widowhood. A point worth noticing in this
connection is that Samuel Maverick in writing to a man who lived near
where Rev. John Maverick had lived after his marriage in England, says
that his mother “presents her humble service.”
The direct evidence of Josselyn and Cartwright both of whom had ample
opportunity by association with Samuel Maverick to learn about the
family, is not disqualified by the unsupported opinion of these two
eminent historical scholars.—EDITOR.