John Searle Jr. (1641 - 1718)

Born 30 May 1641 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Janes) Searle — married 3 Jul 1667 in Northampton, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (North) Searle — married 30 May 1675 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1718 at age 77 in Pascommuck, East Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay (1691-1775)

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Biography

John was first married to Ruth Jeanes . With her he had three children, John, born March 11, 1669, d. March 3, 1669; John, born August 6, 1670 who was killed by Indians in the Pascommuck Massacre of 1704, and another child who died at birth.

Then he married Mary North and they had, at least, 4 children, Ebenezer, May, James, and Ruth.

Buried in Pascommuck country, Easthampton, Penobscot, Maine

Sources

• Burt, Henry. The First Century of the History of Springfield (Henry M. Burt, Springfield, Mass., 1898)
• The Janes Family by Frederic Janes. New York: John H. Dingman, 1868.
• North, Dexter. John North of Farmington, Connecticut and His Descendants (Washington D.C., 1921) Page 6
• "The Baldwin Genealogy" page 991, online at Ancestry.com.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMV-DWT : 10 February 2018), John North in entry for John Searls and Mary North, 10 May 1675; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 186,162.