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John Heald, (or Hale) as the name was often spelled in th e early records, was one of the first settlers of Concord , Massachusetts. Some say 1635, but it may be 1641, as sug gested by the birth of his first three children.
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He was admitted a freeman, June 2, 1641, and lived for som e time at Roxbury and Cambridge, before settling in Concord
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His will, written by his own hand, was dated the 19th of Ap ril the same year. In it he named his three eldest children , John, Timothy and Hannah, who had received their portion s of his estate, and "my five youngest children," whose nam es he
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Note: One additional child, Dorcas, died at age 5. This co nfirms that he had nine children.
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It is interesting that among records of the earliest New En gland settlers one finds some autograph wills and few mark s in place of signatures. In many cases this cannot be sai d of the next generation or two, no matter how prosperous t heir
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Some genealogy files have John's parents as Thomas Heald (H ail) b. 1588 and Mary Turner b.1583. Most of these also ha ve John coming from Berwick upon Tweed. It may be that a n early genealogist had this wrong and it has been copied w ithout
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On Samuel.
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One theory is that Samuel Heald (1668) was a nephew of John . As they came from neighboring areas of England, it is po ssible that they are related.
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John HEALD-HALE
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ABT 1611 - 24 May 1662
Father: James HEALD-HALE
Mother: Elizabeth HILL
Family 1
: Dorothy ROYLE
_Johannes HEALD-HALE _
| (1547 - ....)
_James HEALD-HALE ___|
| (1565 - 1627) |
| |______________________
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|--John HEALD-HALE
| (1611 - 1662)
| ______________________
| |
|_Elizabeth HILL _____|
(1572 - ....) |
|______________________
does not list. Beloved wife Dorothy was to be sole ex ecutrix.
condition may have become. It is true of all pioneer c ommunities at any period and is entirely understandable. Ye t many a will that is signed by mark or initials means onl y physical weakness, since the signature of the testator ap pears on
earlier papers.
verification. No one is certain.
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Susannah KINGSBURY
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18 Apr 1685 - ____
Father: James KINGSBURY
Mother: Sarah BUTTON
_Henry KINGSBURY ____+
| (1615 - 1687) m 1642
_James KINGSBURY ____|
| (1646 - 1730) m 1673|
| |_Susanna (UNKNOWN) __
| (1617 - 1677) m 1642
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|--Susannah KINGSBURY
| (1685 - ....)
| _Matthias BUTTON ____+
| | (1607 - 1672) m 1632
|_Sarah BUTTON _______|
(1652 - 1690) m 1673|
|_Lettyce TEAGLE _____
(1612 - 1664) m 1632
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