John Wyman (bef. 1622 - 1684)

Born before 3 Feb 1622 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Nutt) Fuller — married 5 Nov 1644 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 9 May 1684 after age 62 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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John Wyman migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 387) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Lieut John Wyman, was the first husband of Sarah Nutt. He must have died before or during the year of 1684, in which his widow Sarah, married Thomas Fuller August 25, 1684^[1]

John Wyman was at Woburn, Mass., as early as 1640, according to a book from Yarmouth County Museum about the history of the Trask and Wyman families. He was baptized Feb. 3, 1621 or 1622 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England.

John traveled from England to Massachusettes with his brother, Francis Wyman. They had an older brother, Thomas, who stayed in England and inherited the family farm there.

John is the ancestor of Ruth Anne Wyman, wife of Nathan Churchill. Ruth Anne was the grandmother of Wilfred L. Churchill.

John was the son of Francis Wyman and Elizabeth Richardson Wyman, of West Mill, Hertfordshire, England.

The church John’s father attended in England had the following information:

Francis Wyman was married on May 2, 1617 to Elizabeth Richardson.
Thomas Wyman was baptized April 5, 1618
Francis Wyman was baptized February 26, 1619 [the same Francis who later went to Woburn, Mass.]
John Wyman was baptized February 3, 1621: “John the sonne of Francis Wimant baptized Feb. 3” [the same John who later went to Woburn, Mass.]
Richard Wyman was married March 14, 1623
William Wyman was baptized August 31, 1628.

In 1658, the father back in England wrote out a Will giving small amounts of land to his sons John and Francis if they wished to return to England to claim it.

Elizabeth Wyman, the wife of Francis, was buried May 20, 1630, apparently before her two sons left England for the colony in America.

Lieut. John Wyman, of Woburn, Massachusetts, was married on November 5, 1644 to Sarah Nutt. Sarah was born sometime before Sept. 19, 1624 in Barking, Suffolk, England. She was the daughter of Myles Nutt and Sarah Bronson.

From the Middlesex County court records:

15 July 1656 Sarah Dawes servant to John Wyman aged about 21 yeare: against Daniel MackDonell scott servant with her, for Fornication. Daniell MacDonnell aged about 30 years confessed he was a married man in Scotland he left his wife and two small children there about seaven yeares & half since
29 Sept. 1663 M Bacon Jr vs. Francis and John Wyman, brothers of Woburn for tresspass
29 Mar. 1664/5 M. Bacon vs. John & Francis Wyman for defamation & slander in court
11 Nov. 1672 John Dua Dua, age 15 years, servant to John Wyman Sen who who wounded Bartemons a blind youth. Hue & Cry after the Negro he had on a leathern jacket & pare of white home spun drawers close at the knees and a black hat
7 Dec. 1672 Summons to John Wyman’s Negro for assaulting 2 Indians Blind Bartemons & a young squaw daughter of Bess, both of the town of Wameset "^[2]

John and his brother Francis both worked as tanners in Woburn, Mass. John took part in "the great Narragansett fight of December 19, 1675," where he was wounded. John’s son, John "Jr." also took part in that fight, and was killed. In 1675 Lt. John Wyman petitioned for the release of his son who was recently married (David) and states that himself has been in both the Mt Hope and Narragansett campaigns and at laast place received a wound in the face and that his eldest son was slain at Narragansett and a servant is in the country’s service all the past winter.^[3]

John and his brother Francis were among the largest landholders in Woburn, Massachusetts. A genealogy book about the history of the Wyman and Trask families indicates that John and Francis Wyman "were with one exception the largest landholders in Woburn." Unfortunately John’s probate records are missing from the file at the court house.^[4]

Sources

• Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part III - Marriages (Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1890) (Free e-book. Available at archive.org)
• The Wyman Family- T.B. Wyman Jr., NEHGR- Vol. 3, p.33 (Jan. 1849)- pp. 33-4
• Fuller, J.F. (1896) A brief sketch of Thomas Fuller and his descendants with historical notes. Crescent Printing House, Appleton Wisconsin.
• Manchester Historic Association Collections (J. B. Clarke Co., Manchester, N.H., 1897) Vol. 1, Page 123

1. ↑ Page 11 of a brief sketch of Thomas Fuller and his descendants
2. ↑ Middlesex County court records abstracts: 1643-1674- database at NEHGS
3. ↑ Soldiers in King Philip’s War- NEHGR- Vol. 37, p. 281 (July 1883)
4. ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 25899