John Damon (1621 - 1708)

Born 13 Jan 1621 in Faversham, Kent, England

Husband of Abigail (Sherman) Damon — married 1645 (to 8 Apr 1708) in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1708 at age 87 in Reading, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Name

Preferred name: John Damon

Other spellings in primary sources: Doman, Dammant, Damond, Dammin

Birth

Birth: Baptized on 13 January 1620/21 at Faversham, co. Kent, England.^{[1] [2]}

Immigration

Immigration: He arrived on the Elizabeth and Ann in May of 1635. On the passenger list of the Elizabeth and Ann, reconstructed from Certificates of Conformity, are found his mother Abigail Eaton age 35, step-sister Mary Eaton age 4, step-brother Thomas Eaton age 1 and sister Jane Damond age 9.^[3] Missing from this list is John Damon, as well as his step-father John Eaton. However, as the passenger list is reconstructed from Certificates of Conformity required for emigration and is therefore incomplete, it is still likely that he and John Eaton also arrived with the rest of his family on the Elizabeth and Ann in May of 1635.

Civic Service

John was Selectman in Town of Reading in 1672, 1675, 1681, 1686.

Notes

He settled on Cowdrey's Hill, now in Wakefield, Mass. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Reed, Paul C. F.S.A.G. The English Ancestry of John¹ Eaton, of Dover, Kent, and Dedham, Massachusetts. Research report commissioned by Joe Cochoit and the Eaton Family Association (2003). Available on the Eaton Family Association website (paid).
2. ↑ Parish registers for Faversham, 1620-1901. (Family History Library film #1,886,089).
3. ↑ New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 14, no. 4 (October 1860):309. ‘The Founders of New England.’ Passengers on the Elizabeth and Ann.
4. ↑ Wakefield, Homer. "Wakefield memorial, comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield"; Bloomington, IL, Private Printing; 1897

• Eaton, Lilley. List of Early Settlers of Reading and South Reading, Mass., From 1640 to 1700, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1848) Vol. 2, Page 46.