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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2] |
John Heald |
| Alt Name |
John Held |
| Alt Name |
John Hale |
| Gender |
Male |
| Christening[2] |
Jun 1611 |
Mobberley, Cheshire, England |
| Marriage |
1631 |
Sandall Magna, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandto Eunice Blackburn |
| Emigration[1] |
Est 1637 |
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| Residence[1] |
Est 1637 |
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Other[4] |
2 Jun 1641 |
Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay. |
| Marriage |
Bef 1645 |
Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Dorcas)
to Dorothy _____ |
| Will[1][5] |
19 Apr 1662 |
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Occupation? |
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Farmer |
| Death[1][3][6] |
24 May 1662 |
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Probate[1][5] |
16 Jun 1662 |
Will proved. |
John Heald, or Held as the name was often spelled in the early records, was one of the first settlers of Concord, Massachusetts. Some say 1635, but it may be 1641, as suggested by the birth of his first three children.
He was admitted a freeman, June 2, 1641, and lived for some time at Roxbury and Cambridge, before settling in Concord
His will, written by his own hand, was dated the 19th of April the same year. In it he named his three eldest children, John, Timothy and Hannah, who had received their portions of his estate, and "my five youngest children," whose names he does not list. Beloved wife Dorothy was to be sole executrix.
Note: One additional child, Dorcas, died at age 5. This confirms that he had nine children.
It is interesting that among records of the earliest New England settlers one finds some autograph wills and few marks in place of signatures. In many cases this cannot be said of the next generation or two, no matter how prosperous their condition may have become. It is true of all pioneer communities at any period and is entirely understandable. Yet many a will that is signed by mark or initials means only physical weakness, since the signature of the testator appears on earlier papers.
Origins
On Parents: Some genealogy files have John's parents as Thomas Heald (Hail) b. 1588 and Mary Turner b.1583. Most of these also have John coming from Berwick upon Tweed. It may be that an early genealogist had this wrong and it has been copied without verification. No one is certain.
On Samuel.
One theory is that Samuel Heald (1668) was a nephew of John. As they came from neighboring areas of England, it is possible that they are related.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 John Heald, in Threlfall, John B. Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1990)
199-201. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Parents of John Heald of Concord, Massachusetts, in Threlfall, John B. (Brooks). Twenty-Six Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1993)
133.
John (Heald), bapt. (Mobberley) in June 1611; … went to N.E.; he d. 24 May 1662.
[A John Heald, son of James Heald bp Jun 1611 in Mobberly, Cheshire, England 9 June 1611 from the Bishop's transcripts. However, that child must have died young for a second John Heald, son of James, was bp Feb 1615 in Mobberly. If we are going to speculate based on little evidence except bp records this second one is far closer to the point of marriage. James Heald and Elizabeth Hill were married 31 Dec 1636 in Alderly, Chesire, England which is also plausible.]
- ↑ John Heald, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1952)
262.
John Heald, b. England, d. Concord 24 May 1662, m. Alderley, Cheshire, England 3 Dec 1636 Dorothy Royle. Left sons John, Timothy, Gershom, Isaac and Israel.
- ↑ Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
3:189.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Film 397091 Files 11036-11125, in Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
File 11053: John Heald 1662.
Will of "John Heald of Concord", "being sick in body butt of perfect mind and memory", dated 19 Apr 1662, proved 18 Jun 1662, names my three Eldest children that is to say John my eldest son and Timothy and my daughter Hanah having receaved their portions of my estate"; "my five younger children" [under 21], wife Dorotea[?] sole executrix.
16 Jun 1662: "Ephraim fflint & Tho Brown took their oath ye: 16th of ye :4: mo: 1662 before me. Simon Willard"
18 Jun 1662: "18:(4) 1662, p'r'sented in Court & allowed. Tho: Danforth"
31 May 1662: Inventory of "Estat[e] of John helld sen. lat[e] deceased".
- ↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
p. 10.
John held husband to Dority his wife died 24 may 1662.
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