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WILLIAM RUSSELL (d. 1662)

MARTHA UNKNOWN (d. 1694)

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William Russell died on 14 February 1661/2 in Cambridge. [1][2][3] He married Martha Unknown in England. [1]

Martha Unknown died in 1694. [3] She married second Humphrey Bradshaw on 24 March 1665 in Cambridge. [1] He died on 9 May 1682, age 68, in Cambridge. [1] Martha married third Thomas Hall on 24 May 1683 in Cambridge. [1] Thomas may be the Thomas who married [previously] Elizabeth Unknown in Cambridge. [1]

Hunt argues that William and Martha might be the William Russell, carpenter and bachelor of Abbotts Langley, Hertfordshire, and Martha Davyes, spinster of the same parish, who married on 26 May 1636 in St. Stephens church in St. Albans. A surey for the couple was Walter Davyes, wheelwright of Bovingdon, Hertsfordshire. [4]

William was a carpenter. [5]

Jonathan Mitchell, minister at Cambridge, wrote in his register that Martha, wife of William was a member in full communion and brought her son Joseph, about ten years of age and baptized in England. Unfortunately, he does not say when Martha arrived and joined the church. [4]

Children of William and Martha Russell:

i. Joseph Russell was born in England. [1][3] He married Mary Belcher on 23 June 1662 in Cambridge. [1] Mary was the daughter of Jeremiah Belcher. [5] She died on 23 June 1691 in Cambridge. [1][2]

Joseph was a carpenter. [5]

ii. Benjamin Russell was born before 1645. [2] He was baptized in Cambridge before 1658. [1][2] He married Rebecca ___. [5]

Benjamin was a soldier in King Philip's War, credited under Captain Joseph Syll on 29 February 1675/6. [7]

iii. Phebe Russell died on 8 July 1642 in Cambridge. [1][2]

iv. John Russell was born on 11 January 1645 in Cambridge. [1][3, should be 1648] He was baptized before 1658. [2] He died on 6 March 1733 in Lexington. [2][3] He married Elizabeth, probably the daughter of David and Elizabeth (Reed) Fiske. [3] She died after 12 December 1731. [5]

John moved to Lexington. [3] He was a housewright. [5]

v. Martha Russell was probably born in 1647 in Cambridge. She was baptized before 1658. [2] She died on 2 March 1683/4 in Sudbury. She married Sergeant Joseph Gleason.

i. Philip Russell was born between 1645 and 1655. [2] He was baptized before 1658. [2] He died on 7 February 1730. [2] He married Johannah Cutter on 19 June 1680 in Cambridge. [1][6] Joanna, the daughter of of James and Phebe (Page) Cutler, was born in 1660/1. [6] She died on 26 November 1703. [2][6] Philip married second Sarah Brooks of Medford on 18 October 1705. [5]

Philip was a carpenter. [5]

i. William Russell was born on 28 April 1655 in Cambridge. [1] He was baptized before 1658. [2] He married Abigail Winship on 18 March 1682/3 in Cambridge. [1] Abigail, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Winship, was born on 13 February 1656 in Cambridge. [1] Abigail, the wife of William, died on 31 July 1727 in Cambridge. [1][2]

i. Jason Russell was born on 14 November 1658 in Cambridge. [1] He was baptized before 1658. [2] He died about 1736. [5] He married Mary Hubbard on 27 May 1684 in Cambridge. [1] She died on 13 May 1738. [5]

Jason was a soldier in King Philip's War, credited under Captain Joseph Syll on 25 January 1625/6. [7]

i. Joyce Russell was born on 31 March 1660 in Cambridge. [1] She might be the Joyce who married Edmund Rice on 13 October 1680 in Sudbury. [8] Deacon Edmund Rice died on 25 Septeber 1719 in Sudbury. [8]

Endnotes:

1. Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1915), vol. 1, vol. 2.

2. Lexington, Mass.: Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths to January 1, 1898 (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1898), 67.

p. 198: RUSSELL

3. Records of Littleton, Massachusetts: Births and Deaths (Littleton: Littleton, 1900).

4. John G. Hunt, "Origin of William Russell (c. 1605–1662) of Cambridge, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist 44 (1968): 83–84.

5. Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630–1877 (Boston: H. O. Houghton, 1877), 646–7.

6. Kerry William Bate, "The Mother of Joanna (Cutler) Russell and Jemima (Cutler) Snow," The American Genealogist 53 (1977): 58.

7. George M. Bodge, "Soldiers in King Philip's War," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 41 (1887): 408.

8. Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England History Genealogical Society, 1903).

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