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Facts and Events
Made Freeman 4 Mar 1634/5, 5th in a group of six Watertown men.
His will, dated 25 Jun 1660 and proved 2 October, refers to his wife, who may reside with "his children", his son "John Dikes", his "3 daughters", daughter Abigaell wife to Thomas Parks. His widow Susanna brought suit against his executors John Wincoll and John Dix on 2 April 1661, in an action for dowry, and won 1/3 rents and the court costs.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edward Dix, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).
Birth: By about 1610 based on est date of marriage (1637)
Death: Watertown 9 July 1660 [WaVR 23]
Marriage: 1) Jane by 1637 2) Susanna aft 1642; living 1661.
| Founders of Watertown, MA
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| Located along the Charles River, Watertown was one of the first settlements in Massachusetts Bay Colony. After a brief stay by Roger Clapp and others who then went on to settle Dorchester. In late July 1630, Sir Richard Saltonstall led a group of about 115 households to settle at Watertown, which at the time included parts of present-day Cambridge and much of the surrounding area; the population approached Boston's in the mid 17th century. In 1632 the residents of Watertown protested against being compelled to pay a tax for the erection of a stockade fort at Cambridge; leading to the establishment of representative government in the colony.
Full list of original heads of households
See also: History of Watertown - Wikipedia entry - Richard Saltonstall on Wikipedia
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| Watertown Founders' Monument
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Current Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Parent Towns: None Daughter Towns: Cambridge, Weston, Waltham, Belmont, Lincoln
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