Henry Feake
One of the Ten Men of Saugus



Not much information is available about Henry Feake. We do know that John Dillingham, brother to Oseah Dillingham and Elizabeth Dillingham, married Elizabeth Feake, Henry Feake's daughter.

Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England

FEAKE, HENRY, Lynn, was admitted freeman in 1634, and removed, according to Mr. Lewis, to Sandwich in 1637. *ROBERT, came to N. E. as early as 1630, was admitted freeman in 1631, settled at Watertown, and was one of the first deputies of the general court in 1634, and again elected in 1635 and 1636. He was also a lieutenant in 1635. Worthington [Hist. Dedham, 122] makes him an inhabitant of Dedham before 1647, under the name of Robert Feashe, and Trumbull [Hist. Conn. i. 118] gives his name as one of the purchasers of Greenwich in 1640.

Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston

FEAKE.--Robert Feake, of Wat., m. a "daughter-in-law" of Gov. John Winthrop. He sold his homestall in Wat., a house and 10 acres, to Thomas Bright, who, for œ60, sold it, Dec. 17, 1640, to Col. William Rainborow. Sept. 4, 1632, Robert Feake was chosen Lieutenant under Capt. Patrick. He was one of the committee that reported Dorchester bounds, Mar. 28, 1636. He was appointed, May 25, 1636, one of those "deputed to keep the Courts" for those towns, which afterwards became the Co. of  Middlesex. Henry Feake (whether a relative of Lieut. Robert not ascertained) was adm. freeman May 14, 1634, and magistrate of Newtown, L. I., 1656 and 57.