Simon Maynard (1695 - 1786)

Born 4 Mar 1695 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Church) Maynard — married 18 Nov 1718 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1786 at about age 90 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Sergeant Simon Maynard was born on Mar. 4, 1695 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts to Simon Maynard and Hannah Newton^{[1] [2]}

Simon married Sarah Church on Nov. 18, 1718 in Marlborough, Massachusetts.^{[3] [4] [2]}, and their children included:

1. Mary, born September 1, 1719 in Marlborough^[5], who married William Parker in 1739 in Shrewsbury^[6][2]
2. Benjamin, born Sept. 15, 1721 in Shrewsbury^[7][2]
3. Simon, born Jan. 26, 1723^{[7] [2]}
4. Abner, born Aug. 25, 1726^{[7] [2]}
5. Seth, born April 21, 1731
6. Sarah, bap. Sept. 25, 1733^[2]

In 1729, the family lived on house lot #14 ^[2], He was one of the founders of the church in Marlborough, and his wife was admitted to the same church in 1724^[2]. Simon was a selectman, and so his name appears in the administration of several probate files, including his son-in-law, William Parker. In July, 1747, Simon was given guardianship of William Parker, son of William Parker of Sutton, a minor below the age of 8^[8]

Sarah (Church) Maynard died in 1781, aged 91^[2]

Simon Maynard passed away in 1786, aged 90^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Marlborough Volume 1, page 125, which states MAINORD (Mainard, Mainerd, Mayard, Maynard, Mayner, Maynerd) Simon, s. Simon and Hannah, Mar. 4, 1695-96
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} "The History of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts" (1847) by Andrew Ward pgs 358-359:
3. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute; Marriage Record of Simon Maynard and Sarah Church Marlborough VItal Records, Volume 1, page 235, which states CHURCH Sarah and Simon Mainard, Nov. 18, 1718
4. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Marlborough Volume 1, page 282, which states MAINARD (Mainerd, Mainord, Maynard, Maynerd) Simon and Sarah Church, Nov. 18, 1718.
5. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Marlborough, Volume 1, page 124, which states MAINARD (Mainerd, Mainord, Mayard, Maynard, Mayner, Maynerd) Mary, d. Simon [Jr. CR] and Sarah, Sept. 1, 1719
6. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Shrewsbury Volume 1, page 185, which states MAINARD (Maynard) Mary and William Parker, Oct. 23, 1739
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Massachusetts Vital Records Shrewsbury Volume 1, page 68, which states MAINNARD (Maynard)
   • Abner, s. Simon and Sarah, Aug. 25, 1726.
   • Benjemen, s. Simon and Sarah, Sept. 15, 1721.
   • Simon, s. Simon and Sarah, Jan. 26, 1723.
8. ↑ Volume 50, page 160 of the Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)

See also:

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elisha_Maynard_%281%29