John Upton (1625 - 1699)

Born 6 May 1625 in Puslinch House, Newton Ferrers, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor Stuart — married 1655 in Danvers, Essex, MA

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1699 at age 74 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Alana Garber [send private message]

Biography

"The children of John and Eleanor Upton all of them it would seem born in Danvers were":^[1]

• John, b. ca. 1654; m. Sarah Thompson
• Eleanor, b. ca. 1656; d. 20 April 1663
• William, b. ca. 1658; d. April 1663
• James, b. Sept 1660; never married
• Mary, b. ca. 1661; d. 15 April 1663
• William, b. 10 June 1663; m. Mary Maber
• Samuel, b. Oct 1664; m. Abigail Frost
• Ann, m. as 2nd wife, Samuel Fraile of Salem (the part now Danvers) 4 April 1684
• Isabel, b. 3 Jan 1666/67; d. unmarried 6 Dec 1689
• Ezekiel, b. Sept 1668; m1. Rebecca Preston; m2. Ruth (Marsh) Hardy
• Joseph, b. 9 April 1670; m. Abigail --
• Francis, b. 1 July 1671; d. unmarried 9 Dec 1694
• Mary, living unmarried 1697

• Two hundred and seventy of these Scottish prisoners sent to Boston where descendants of some of them still dwell They were cared for in their poverty by some countrymen of already established in that place Palfrey's Hist of NE vol ii p 280 note A list of the 270 Scottish prisoners sent over in 1052 or in 1651 may be seen in the Genealogical Register i 378 379 in Mr SG Drake's valuable work entitled The Founders of England Boston 1860 pp 74 76 It is copied from a list in Suffolk Registry of Deeds vol 1 fol 5 6 lt is headed A list of the passengers aboard the John fe Sarah of London John Greene master bound for New England iravesend 8 Nov 1651 Sent by order of Parliament dated Oct 20 1651 To the list is added Entered and recorded at the request ol Mr Thomas Kemble 14 May 1652 Edward Rawson Recorder The vessel was on signed with her passengers to Thomas Kemble of Charlestown by John Becx Robert Rich and William Greene of London The names are for the most part unquestionably Scotch but John Upton is not among them From a letter to Cromwell written by Rev John Cotton of Boston July 28 1651 it appears that a consignment of Scottish prisoners bad arrived at that place previously to the date of this letter See Felt's Eccl Hist of NE ii 47

John was born in 1625. John Upton ... He passed away in 1699.

Do you have information about John Upton? Please contribute to his biography. Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work-in-progress.

John was born about 1625. John Upton ... He passed away in 1699.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ John Adams Vinton The Upton memorial printed for private use at the office of E. Upton & son Bath, ME. 1874. Image copy accessed 20 Sept 2016 at Open Library Image Pages 24-25
2. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• The Upton Memorial: A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John Upton by John Adams Vinton. Page 29
• John Upton & the Upton Tavern-

http://northreadinghistoricalcommission.blogspot.com/2016/10/john-upton-upton-tavern.html

• https://spows.org/battle-of-dunbar/battle-of-dunbar-prisoners-of-war/battle-of-dunbar-prisoner-profiles/john-upton/

• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMW-6Q5 : 17 January 2020), John Upton, 1699.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108873251/john-upton

Notes

Most references to this John Upton indicate he was Scottish as well as his wife. His birth location and parents are therefore suspect, since Newton Ferrers, Devon, England is located in far SW England, not close to Scotland at all. A birth source for John lists his last name as Uppeton, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWXB-D3J. I believe this source is incorrect. Birth date, birth location and parents should be reviewed.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to David McAvity for starting this profile.