General Notes

b. ca 1592 at Derby, Derbyshire. bap. 14 Jul 1592 at All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire.4

John came to Plymouth in the Anne in 1623 with his wife and sister, Lucretia who married Jonathan Brewster in 1624. John and his associate Lyford were tried and banished in 1625 criticism of the church and Plantation. Later he travelled to Virginia and to England, and returned to New England in 1630. John was a partner with Richard Vines, formerly of London, in the Patent of Saco, Maine in 1629; they engaged in trade along the coast of Maine with Isaac Allerton. John was a resident of Watertown, Massachusetts. On Apr. 1, 1634 he was granted 500 acres of land on the Charles River [Mass. Rec., 1:114]. He was a deputy to the first General Court (1634-5) and a member of the church in Watertown. He was propounded a freeman May 18, 1631. In July, 1636 John embarked on a voyage to Block Island where he planned to engage in some trade with the resident Indians. While on this trip, his vessel was attacked by Pequot Indians and, on July 20, 1636, John was murdered. Two young boys who had accompanied John on his trip were rescued and, although there was no proof, were assumed to be his sons. His brutal death sparked the beginning of the Pequot War and brought about the extinction of that tribe by the following year. The Massachusetts Court appointed a committee to oversee the settlement of his estate on Sept. 6, 1636