John Darling (2) was probably, by the best accounts, the son baptized by Sister Dolling in Salem, a babe in 1681. He married Lois Gowing of Lynnfield in 1722, lived in Westford, a carpenter in 1740 and in 1741 removed to Lunenburg, Mass., where he died about 1769, aged 88. Concerning his whereabouts between 1699 and 1709 there is only speculation. Perhaps he was with his father on the island as a trader and fisherman and it has been suggested that he may have taken over the fisherman's share of old Dolling 's venture, leaving Thomas the farm in Danvers.
