Nathaniel Healy (abt. 1658 - abt. 1734)

Born about 4 Feb 1658 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Hagar) Healy — married 14 Jul 1681 in Watertown/Newton

Descendants

Died about 2 Jun 1734 at about age 76 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Nathaniel Healy was christened 6 Feb 1658 at First Congregational Unitarian Church at Cambridge, Massachusetts. His parents were William Healey and Grace Butterice.

February 29 1676 served in King Philips war the battle of Great Swamp Massacre. Nathaniel Healy served under Captain Nathaniel Davenport & Captain Ting and is listed as wounded. Mass. Archives, vol. 68, p. 104. Info on battle^[1]

He married Rebeckah Hager 14 Jul 1681 in Watertown, Massachusetts. They moved to Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts about 1688.

He was a Wheelwright.

He made a will 4 May 1731 Newton, Massachusetts. He left estate to wife Rebecca; sons Ebenezer, John and Joshua; daughter Rebecca Thwing, Abigail Brackett, Mary Mayo, Martha Babcock, Lydia Avery, Hannah Young, and the children of his deceased son Samuel. He appointed his sons Ebenezer and John Executors. His estate was inventoried at 1233# 4s 9d.

Nathaniel died 2 Jun 1734 in Newton, Massachusetts and was buried at Westerly Burying Ground, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

CHRISTENING

6 Feb 1658 at First Congregational Unitarian Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts-Source is at Ancestry.com under Massachusetts, Town, and Vitals Records, 1620-1988-Cambridge-Vital Record Transcripts-image 343 under name Nathaniel Heily

MARRIAGE

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-D4HP?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DZ-DPV%3A353350601%2C353885401%2C1006224301 : 20 May 2014), Middlesex > Watertown > Births, marriages, deaths 1630-1823 > image 100 of 237; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

DEATH

(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-D3N4?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DZ-ZNR%3A353350601%2C353368801%2C353600701 : 20 May 2014), Middlesex > Newton > Births, marriages, deaths 1674-1812 > image 68 of 102; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Swamp_Fight

• Sharples, Stephen Paschall. Records of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in New England, 1632-1830 (Eben Putnam, Boston, 1906) Page 12.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #12096749
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXN-S2T : accessed 5 February 2016), Nathaniel Heily, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 496,864.
• "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC97-CVQ : accessed 5 February 2016), Nathaniel Healy, 02 Jun 1734; citing Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, reference 323; FHL microfilm 745,868.