Reverend
John
Stoughton
Born about in Naughton, Suffolk, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Thomas Stoughton
and Katherine (Unknown) Stoughton
Brother of
Thomas Stoughton [half], Ann (Stoughton) Chamberlain, Thomas Stoughton II, Judith (Stoughton) Smead, Elizabeth (Stoughton) Chamberlain and Israel Stoughton
Husband of
Mary (Machell) Stoughton
— married
1624 [location unknown]
Husband of
Jane (Browne) Stoughton
— married
about 1636 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [location unknown]
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Biography
Life
1593 -- He was baptized at Naughton, Suffolk, England.
He was one of three sons of the clergyman Thomas Stoughton (c.1557 - c.1622) and Katherine Evelyn Stoghton (c.1560 - c.1603). [1]
1606 -- John's father, Thomas, lost his living of Coggeshall, Essex, England because he was a nonconformist.
John's brothers were Thomas and Israel Stoughton. [2]
1607 - 1626 -- John was a student at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating with a B.A. in 1611, an M.A. in 1614, a B.D. in 1621, and a D.D. in 1626.
1616 -- John became a Fellow at Aller in Somersetshire, England.
1624 - 1632 -- John became Rector at Aller in Somersetshire, England. [3]
1632 on -- John preached at St. Mary, Aldermanbury, in London.
Family
1624 -- Stoughton's predecessor at Aller, Ralph Cudworth (the elder), died. [4]
1624 -- John married Mary Machell Cudworth, widow of Ralph Cudworth. Mary Machell had formerly been the nurse of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales. [5] [6] John became the stepfather of Ralph Cudworth (the younger) and James Cudworth. John educated Ralph. James emigrated to New England.
1636 -- he married Jane Browne, widow of Walter Newburgh, and daughter of John Browne. [12]
His brother Israel Stoughton was a co-worker with John Endicott in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Their correspondence is available at [7] John's nephew and Israel's son, "William Stoughton, [was] chief magistrate of the Salem witch trials." [8]
Acknowledgement
- Created by Laura Scott, Saturday, April 12, 2014.
Sources
- ↑ John Stoughton (priest(
- ↑ John Stoughton (priest)
- ↑ John Stoughton (priest)
- ↑ Ralph Cudworth
- ↑ John Stoughton (priest)
- ↑ Ralph Cudworth
- ↑ need reference
- ↑ John Stoughton (priest)
- John Stoughton (1593? - 1639) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stoughton_(priest). Accessed September 14, 2015 by Michael Boynton
- Aller, Somerset https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aller,_Somerset. Accessed September 14, 2015 by Michael Boynton
- Ralph Cudworth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Cudworth. Accessed September 14, 2015 by Michael Boynton
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Jillaine Smith
Jillaine Smith
Does anyone have access to his will? Would be good to extract at least the names of people/relations to whom he made bequests. Thanks.
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John is 16 degrees from John James Audubon, 19 degrees from Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 29 degrees from Gerald Durrell, 14 degrees from Dian Fossey, 19 degrees from Steve Irwin, 28 degrees from Ernest Just, 21 degrees from Ian Player, 16 degrees from Peter Scott, 27 degrees from Antoon van Hooff and 17 degrees from Marta Johnson on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.