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John Squire (say 1640–1713)
Sarah Francis (1646–living 1713), daughter of Richard Francis and Alice Unknown
John Squire was born say 1640. He died on 26 June 1713, aged about 83. [1] His reported age at death is probably an exaggeration. He married Sarah Francis. [1]
Sarah, the daughter of Richard and Alice Francis, was born on 2 December 1646 in Cambridge. [2] She died after 13 July 1713.
John may be the John Squire who was a solder in Captain William Syll's company on 25 January 1675/6 in King Philip's War. [3]
Richard Francis, Steven Francis, and John Squire were on a coroner's enquest on 1 June 1668. [4]
John is on an undated list of freeemen in Cambridge. [5]
John Squire of Cambridge made his will on 6 April 1708. He left the use of his estate to his wife Sarah during her widowhood. If she remarried, she was to get five pounds a year. He left his son Daniel Squire a double portion of his estate. He left his grandson John Squire land where his mother Rebecca Squire lived; he was to make payments to his sisters Rebecca and Sarah Squire and his uncles Samuel Square and Daniel Squire. He left the rest of his estate to the rest of his children. He listed them as Stephen Squire, Richard Squire, and Daniel Squire. He said that if his son Thomas did not come home, then his wife Deborah, who had married William Brown was to have five shillings and no more. He left his grandchild Sarah Squire, the daughter of Sarah [illegible], the former wife of his son Jonathan Squire, ten pounds. He gave his daughter Sarah Fessenden what she already had. He gave his daughter Mary Haskell twenty pounds besides what she already had. He named his loving brothers Stephen Francis and John Francis of Medford his executors. His will was witnessed by Samuel Brooks, John Francis, Jr., and Hannah Francis. [6]
Inventory of John's estate was taken on 26 June 1713. It was untotaled, but included over 400 pounds worth of real estate. Probate was on 13 July [1713?]. Stephen Francis and John Francis, the executors, and Samuel Brooks, John Francis, Jr. and Hannah Francis testified. At the request of John's widow, administration was granted to John's sons Samuel and Daniel. Samuel and Daniel, along with John Wincester of Brookline and John Oldham of Cambridge posted bond on John's estate. The administrators never paid the legacies, but died leaving no estate, and John Wincester and John Oldham liable. On 27 November 1747 John Oldham's widow was ordered to appear. [6]
Children of John Squire and Sarah Unknown: Births recorded in Cambridge as the children of John and Sarah [2]
i. John Squire died by 6 April 1708. He married Rebecca Patten? (Tappen?) on 16 April 1694 in Cambridge. [7]
John had a son John baptized on 31 January 1696/7 in Cambridge and a daughter Sarah, baptized on 25 July 1672 in Cambridge. John and Rebecca had a daughter Rebecca born on 11 March 1700/1 in Cambridge. [2]
ii. Thomas Squire was born on 25 July 1672. He was apparently believed to be dead by 11 November 1703. He married Deborah, the daughter of Nathaniel Robbins. [7][8] She married [second] William Brown on 11 November 1703 in Cambridge. [2] William died in 1768. [8] He married second Mary Bayley after 13 October 1744 (when published). [8] His widow married ___ Bray. [8]
iii. Samuel Squire died between 6 April 1708 and 27 November 1747.
iv. Stephen Squire died after 6 April 1708.
iii. Sarah Squire was born on 23 May 1677. She married John Fessenden by 1703. [9] She was alive and married on 6 April 1708.
iv. Jonathan Squire was born on 24 July 1679. He died by 6 April 1708. He married Sarah Unknown.
v. Mary Squire was born on 18 October 1681. She married John Haskell on 2 March 1698/9 in Cambridge. [2] John was the son of John and Patience (Soule) Haskell and the grandson of Roger and Elizabeth (Hardy) Haskell and George Soule of the Mayflower and his wife Mary Becket. [10] He was born on 11 June 1670 in Middleboro, Massachusetts and probably died in early 1728 in Killingly, Connecticut. [10] John and Mary had twelve children. [10]
John was baptized privately in his own house on 17 February 1728 "being dangerously sick." [10]
Mary was dismissed from the church in Middleboro to the church in Killingly on 31 December 1727. [10]
vi. Richard Squire was born on 2 November 1683 He was alive on 6 April 1708.
vii. Daniel Squire was born on 3 August 1686. He married Deliverance Wilson.
References:
1. Lottie Squier Corbin, "The Squires of Early New England," The American Genealogist 35 (1959): 115–8, specifically 118.
2. Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1915), vol. 1 (births): 266 (Francis), 661, (Squire), vol. 2 (marriages): 366.
3. "Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620–1775," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org > Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts, p. 221.
4. "Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Records, 1643–1674," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, 2: 63.
5. Lucius R. Paige, "List of Freemen," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 3 (1849): 349.
6. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648–1871," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, 21152. Images of original documents.
7. "New England Marriages to 1700," digitized books, AmericanAncestors, originally published as Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), vol. 2: 1427–8.
8. Mary Isabella Gozzaldi, Supplement and Index to History of Cambridge, Massachusetts by Lucius R. Paige (Cambridge: Cambridge Historical Society), 193.
9. "Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1822 (Thwing Collection)," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, image 8036.
10. Mrs. William Clark, "Corrections and Additions to the Haskell Family of Dudley, Mass. and Woodstock and the Haskell Family of Killingly and Thompson, CT.," The American Genealogist 28 (1952): 62–77, specifically 71–72.
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