Person:John Russell (231)

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John Russell
b.Abt 1640 possibly Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.22 Dec 1680 probably Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1640
  1. Mary RussellAbt 1638 - 1680
  2. John RussellAbt 1640 - 1680
Spouse and Children
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m. 31 Oct 1661
  1. John Russell1662 - 1717
  2. Joseph Russell1663/64 - 1713/14
  3. Samuel Russell1667/68 -
  4. Sarah Russell1670/71 -
  5. Elizabeth Russell1672/73 -
  6. Jonathan Russell1675 -
  7. Thomas Russell1677/78 -
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Facts and Events
Name[5] John Russell
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1640 possibly Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 31 Oct 1661 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Champney
Death[1][2][3] 22 Dec 1680 probably Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[1] King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 King's Chapel Burying Ground, in Dunkle, Robert J., and Ann S. (Ann Smith) Lainhart. Inscriptions and Records of the Old Cemeteries of Boston. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c2000)
    p. 780.

    Here LYeth Buried
    Ye Body of
    John Russell
    Aged 40 Years
    Departed This Life
    Ye 21 Day of
    December
    1680

  2. ↑ "First Baptist Church", in Dunkle, Robert J., and Ann S. Lainhart. Records of the Churches of Boston and the First Church, Second Parish, and Third Parish of Roxbury: including baptisms, marriages, deaths, admissions, and dismissals: (1600s-1800s). (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001)
    p. 36.

    Russell, John jun. adm. 1665
    Russell, John Sen. adm. 1669 d. Dec. 21 1680
    [See Sewall cited below, discussion p. 153-159, about church membership and including various confusing references in church records to junior as senior after the father died. Senior d. 1676 so 1680 death appears to apply to Junior, as suggested by age at death.]

  3. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
    Case 19644: John Russell Jr 1681.

    31 Mar 1680/81: Inventory of John Russell Jun'r Deceased, includes "half of the whomstall y't s'd Russell was posest of before his fathers death & bulding added to it": £275-14-09, debts: £58-6-05, by Matthew Johnson, James Ffowl.
    "4. 2. 1681" [4 Apr 1681]: adm granted to widow of ye above named Jno. Russell in ye behalf of herself & children

  4.   Middlesex County (Massachusetts). Register of Deeds. Record books of the registry of deeds, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1649-1900: indexes: grantee (1639-1905) and grantor (1639-1950). (Cambridge [Massachusetts]: [s.n.], 1965-1966)
    Vol. 7, p 339.

    20 8 [Oct] 1680: Elizabeth Russel aged 66, testifies that her husband John Russel deceased gave to her son John Russel upon his Mariage one half of his hous[e] and land [Half of house, half of adjoining land, half of garden, two acres separated by highway and three aces in Maple Meadow and three acres in [settle?] meadow and 11 acres in a place called the treasury.

  5. ↑ Sewall, Samuel. The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. : from the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the Year 1860; with a Memorial Sketch of the Author. (Boston: Wiggin and Lunt Publishers, 1868)
    p. 159, 636.

    John Russell jun., s/o John Russell sen. and first wife Elizabeth ---, "born either in England, before his father came to this country, or at Charlestown, where his father resided before Woburn was settled", m. 31 Oct 1661 Sarah Champney of Cambridge.
    [Note: page 157 says of the father, "being a subscriber to the Town Orders drawn up for it at Charlestown, in 1640.", which combined with the age at death suggests birthplace probably Charlestown.]

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