John
Priest
Born before in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of James Priest Sr.
[uncertain]
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Elizabeth (Priest) Hollis [half], James Priest [half], Deliverance (Priest) Thayer [half], Joseph Priest Sr [half], Mary (Priest) Turbifield [half] and Lidda Priest [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Gray) Priest
— married
25 Feb 1672 in Salem, Mass
Husband of
Hannah (Meacham) Priest
— married
15 Mar 1700 in Salem, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Father of
Elizabeth (Priest) Ashby
Died before
at about age 59
in Salem, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
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Biography
John was born in 1649. John Priest ... He passed away in 1700. John married first Elizabeth Gray & married 2nd Hannah (Meacham) Gill, widow of William Gill
Sources
See also:
- Harriet Ruth (Waters) Cooke, The Driver family: a genealogical memoir of the descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver, of Lynn, Mass. With an appendix, containing twenty-three allied families. 1592-1887 (1889), 90-91 for sketch of Capt. Michael Driver, mentioning ancestor and immigrant, "Robert Gray"; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
- "Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1840," for John Priest, case 22748, 7 pp. (1708); database and digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013). Includes his will dated 19 March 1705, proved 30 December 1708, in which he calls out wife Hanah, mentions son-in Law Benjamin Ashby and Elizabeth his wife ("my only child ..."); names "Benjamin Ashby and Elizabeth his wife" as executors.
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According to Torrey's NE Marriages, John Priest of salem (-1708) married twice. First to Elizabeth Gray, 2nd to Hannah (Meacham) Gill widow of William. John's estate in 1708 refers to widow Hannah. I've proposed a merge. John who was born in Woburn is from a different family entirely.
Thank you. Susan