Person:John Wiswall (2)
Elder John Wiswall
chr.20 Sep 1601 Warrington, Lancashire, England
d.16 Aug 1687 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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  1. Hannah WiswallEst 1636 - Bef 1694
  2. Rebecca Wiswall1639 - 1709
  3. Deborah Wiswall1641 -
  4. Lydia Wiswall1645 - 1678
  5. Benjamin Wiswall1649 -
  6. Mary Wiswall1649 -
  7. Martha Wiswall1651/52 -
  8. Hester Wiswall1654 - Bef 1711
  9. Ruth Wiswall1656 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Elder John Wiswall
Alt Name Deacon John Wiswall
Gender Male
Christening[2] 20 Sep 1601 Warrington, Lancashire, England
Marriage to Margaret Smith
Emigration[1] 1636
Residence[1] 1636 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Residence[1] Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Other[3] 14 Mar 1638/39 Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Death[2][4] 16 Aug 1687 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Death[3] 17 Aug 1687 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[3] Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 John Wiswall, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    381.

    "Wiswall, John: [Origin] Winwick, Lancashire; [Emigration] 1636; [Resided] Dorchester, Boston [DChR 3; DTR 37; MBCR 1:318 & 375; Letters from NE 2; TAG 58:110-15; Parker-Ruggles 396-99; NEHGR 8:20, 18:71, 40:58-59]."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Threlfall, John Brooks. The English Origin of John & Thomas Wiswall. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Apr 1982)
    58:111.

    "John (Wiswell), 'son of Ralph,' bapt. 20 Sept. 1601, d. 16 Aug. 1687 aet. 85 or 86 per Savage."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Linzee, John William. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants. (Boston, Mass.: Samuel Usher, 1913)
    396-99.

    "John (Wiswall), b. about 1601 England; (Suff. Deed III:193) John Wisewall of fiffty sixe yeares of age and Wm Holloway of seventy two yeares of age came before me this 10th of Jan. 1658 & did testify.; d. 17 Aug. 1687 Boston, Mass., as Elder John Wiswall aged 86 y. by his gravestone in the Granary Burial Ground; … John Wisewall was freeman 14 Pmo.1638."

  4. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County). Probate records, 1636-1899. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969-1971)
    Vol. 10, p. 98.

    [Note: the will is missing from Probate file 1617.]
    Will of John Wiswall of Boston Late ruling Elder of the first Church", dated 9 Jul 1687, proved 1 Sep 1687, names sonne John Wiswall; daughter Hannah Overman; daughter Deborah; daughter Fisher and her children; sonne and daughter Cutler [could be either Cutter or Cutler]; sonne and Daughter Johnson and their children; daughter Lydia Ballards [sic, should be Ballatt] Children [eight pounds I had from their Grandfather Smith in London]; daughter Mary Emands; son and daughter Manntfort. Son Hiniry Mountfort and Ruth his wife and sonn Matthew Johnson to be executors.

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