John RUSSELL

ABT Aug 1607 - 13 Feb 1694

  • BIRTH: ABT Aug 1607
  • DEATH: 13 Feb 1694, Dartmouth, Bristol, MA
Family 1 : Dorothy
  1.  John RUSSELL
  2. +Jonathan RUSSELL
  3.  Dorothy RUSSELL
  4.  Joseph RUSSELL


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[3664] There is controversy over whether John was the son of Ralph.
Neither Henry Crapo nor Barrett Russell believe that he was.

"Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850"
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Boston, Mass., 1929
http://www.newenglandancestors.org/
"RUSSELL, John [dup. Russel] Sr., Feb. 13, 1694-5. [Rec. after death of Dorithy.]; Death; Dartmouth"

"The Descendants of John Russell of Dartmouth, Mass."
Barrett Beard Russell
NEHGR v58 p364 (Oct 1904)
"I have been unable to find any proof that [Ralph] was the father of John...
John is thought to have been born in 1608. He married Dorothy --- ,
and died 2: 13: 1694-5. She died 12: 13: 1687."

"Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records 1687-1745"
H.L. Peter Rounds, in:
Massachusetts Town, Probate and Vital Records CD-ROM
Broderbund, 1999, Vol. 1, p. 10
"Inv. of Est. of JOHN RUSSELL of Dart., dtd. 21 Feb. 1694/5.
Apprs: John Shareman & Thomas Taber [1:113]."
"Will of JOHN RUSSELL of Dart, dtd. 1.9 Jan. 1687/8, prob. 2 Apr.
1695. No wife mentioned. Sons John Russell, Jonathan Rus-
sel & Joseph Russell. Grsons; Jonathan son, of son Jonathan
Russell & John son of son Joseph Russell. Witns; Robert Den-
nis, William Woddell & Mary Garchel. On 2 Apr. 1695 Mary
Wodell, formerly Mary Garchel, made oath [1:114]."

"Genealogy of the Cornell Family"
Cornell, John
Press of T.A. Wright, New York, 1902; p394
"Hasadiah, b. 1 mo., 11, 1650; m. Jonathan Russell, 2 mo, 5, 1678, son of
John, (Ralph Russell), all of Dartmouth."

"Certain Comeoverers"
Crapo, Henry Howland
New Bedford, Mass.: E. Anthony & Sons, 1912;
"That Ralph Russell was the father of John Russell, an undoubted
original settler of Dartmouth, is most unlikely."

"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
James Savage
Pub. Boston, 1860-1862; Vol. 3, pp. 592-593
"JOHN, Dartmouth, wh. serv. as rep. 1665-83. exc. 1666 an 73, and was on
the import. Comtee. for distrib. the charita. contrib. from Ireland
1657, could not have been the same as the preced. for he was s. of Ralph
of D. and d. 13 Feb. 1695. His w. Dorothy d. 18 Dec. 1687. by her prob.
he had Joseph, b. 6 May 1650, Perhaps John, for in the list of townsmen
1686, he is call. se."

"Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy"
Frederick A. Virkus, Chicago, IL, 1925
Vol. 1, p. 989, "Immigrant Ancestors"
"Russell, John(1608-95), an original propr. and settler at
Dartmouth, Mass.; freeman, 1670; took oath of fidelity, 1684;
rep. Gen. St., 1665-83, except two yrs.; in expedn. against
Narragansett Indians, 1645; m. Dorothy -- (d. 1687)."


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