John Terry (1708 - bef. 1776)

Born 26 May 1708 in Freetown, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Williams) Terry — married 10 Feb 1732 in Freetown, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 2 Sep 1776 before age 68 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

John Terry was born at Freetown, Massachusetts, on 26 May 1708, the son of John Terry and Remember (Farrow) Terry. John Terry received a share in the estate of his mother, Remember (Farrow) (Terry) Gage in 1749.^[1]

Marriage

John Terry and Lydiah Williams published at Freetown, Massachusetts, their intention to marry on 10 Feb 1731/32, and they married there on 20 Feb 1731/32..^[2][3] On 23 Mar 1735, John Terry of Freetown, blacksmith, and Lydia his wife, sold 39 acres of land in Taunton which had come to them as Lydia's share of the estate of the estate of Immanuel Williams.^[1]

Will

John Terry of Freetown, Massachusetts, made his will on 18 Feb 1774. He names his wife, Lydia; his sons, Zephaniah Terry, Ebenezer Terry, Silas Terry, and Job Terry; his daughters Rachel (Terr) Crane the wife of John Crane, Hannah (Terry) Paine the wife of Job Paine, Welthea (Terry) Jones the wife of Thomas Jones, and Lydia Terry, who was then unmarried.^[1]

Death

John Terry died between 18 Feb 1774, when he made his will, and 2 Sep 1776, when witnesses to the will were sworn.^[1]

Research Note

The Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 database has an entry for a John Terry born at Freetown on 28 May 1708 but says that he died at Freetown on 1 Dec 1710.^[4] The entries for Freetown in that database are taken from a transcribed volume of Freetown records, and the death date conflicts with the conclusion of the author of the Mayflower Families Five Generations volume on the Thomas Rogers family, who identifies the John Terry born on that date at Freetown with the John Terry who married Lydia Rogers and made his will in 1774 and cites the probate file of his mother for the fact that he was living in 1749.^[1] (Bloom-1124 17:43, 3 January 2020 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015), volume 19, Thomas Rogers, pages 396-397 (subscription required), citing Bristol County PR 13:554-555 for the estate of Remember Gag, Bristol County LR 26:71 for the Taunton land sale, and Bristol County PR 233-34 for John's will.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961, database with images, FamilySearch, : 3 November 2017), John Terry and Lydia Williams, 10 Feb 1732; citing Marriage, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, various town clerks and local churches, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 004934236
3. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database, FamilySearch, John Terry and Lydiah Williams, 10 Feb 1731; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 904,379, 904,380, 904,38
4. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch, John Terry, 1708