John George (abt. 1624 - 1666)

Born about 1624 in Wrentham, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1666 at about age 42 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John George immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Married Elizabeth (--?--).

He was disfranchised, fined, and imprisoned in Charlestown for being a persistent Baptist. He became one of the founders of what is now the First Baptist Church of Boston.

From A History of the Baptists: "The result was that a church was organized in Charleston [MA], May 28,1665, Thomas Gould, Thomas Osborne, Edward Drinker and John George were baptized, and these joined with Richard Goodall, William Turner, Robert Lambert, Mary Goodall, and Mary Newel "in a solemn covenant, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to walk in fellowship and communion together, in the practice of all the holy appointments of Christ, which he had, or should further make known to them."^[1]

Estate of John George: (Case 9017) In an attempt to decipher the names of the family members in this will: daughters Elizabeth Glazier and Martha Row(?), son John, daughter(?) Ruth George, Hannah George, daughter(?) Mary George appear represented. The remainder of the estate was to go to his wife, who named executrix, but appears not to be named specifically. Jan. 13, 2020. ^[2]

New England Marriages

GEORGE, John ( -1666) & Elizabeth ___; m/2 Henry HEBERT 1668; b 1648 Charlestown. (p. 298) {Charlestown 404; Fish Anc.; Dows-Dowse 7 ; *George 109; NYGBR 71:169; Warner-Harrington 229}^[3]

Charlestown Deaths

John George [of Charlestowne, Co. Rec. 3:127], d. Sept. 12, 1666. ^[4]

Death

Death:

Date: 12 SEP 1666

Place: Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[5]

Marriage

This John George did not marry Elizabeth Menegar in Cornwall on 21 Jan 1641. John and Elizabeth of Corwall continued having children in Cornwall in 1647.

John George married Elizabeth ______.

Children^[6]

• Elizabeth m John Glazier, m2 Pope
• Martha m. William Munroe
• John,
• Ruth, m1. 1668, Samuel Frothingham m2 Abraham Bryant
• Hannah, m. 25 Nov. 1673, James Miller
• Mary. m. 11 July 1678, Joseph Dowse

Research Notes

JOHN, Charlestown 1657, had been in Mar. 1641 apprent. for 8 yrs. to Gov. Winthrop with his own consent, so that he may have been of full age, and a differ. person from him wh. was one of the found. of the first Bapt. ch. in Boston 1665, d. 12 Sept. 1666. Hutch. Coll. 399, shows the sad proceed. just bef. by the Court against him. His nuncup. will names wid. Elizabeth ch. Elizabeth Glazier, Martha Roe, or Row, John, Ruth, Hannah, and Mary. His wid. m. a. Harbour, and she had her ch. bapt. Mary George, 15 Apr. 1677; and John George, call. young man, 5 Aug. 1677. Mary m. 11 July 1678, Joseph Dowse; Hannah m. 25 Nov. 1673, James Miller; and Ruth m. 1668, Samuel Frothingham..

JOHN, Charlestown, perhaps s. of John of the same, had, in 1690, w. Mary, d. of John Lowden, m. 11 Sept. 1688.

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Sources

1. ↑ Christian, John T. (John Tyler), 1854-1925. A History of the Baptists, Together With Some Account of Their Principles And Practices. Nashville, Tenn.: Broadman Press, 1922. Page 72
2. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
3. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700, By Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985. https://books.google.com/books?id=mOgK8dM9qqUC&pg=PA298.
4. ↑ (V.1: p. 50) Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/13924/50/250963745
6. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862).

• The History of the First Baptist Church of Boston (1665-1899), by Nathan Eusebius Wood, American Baptist publication society, Boston, MA, 1899.
• William Phillimore, Watts Phillimore, ed. Cornwall Parish Registers: Marriages, Volume 5. "John George & Elizabeth Menegar... 21 Jan. [1641]".