John Chadwick (abt. 1645 - 1711)

Born about 1645 in England

Husband of Sarah (Manning) Chadwick — married 1672 in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1711 at about age 66 in Watertown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

John Chadwick of Watertown, Massachusetts, most likely brother or cousin of Thomas, was born most likely in England about the same time as Thomas. John died at Watertown on 5 February 1710/11.^[1] In 1671 he was accused of fathering an illegitimate child, but found not guilty. ^[2] He married before 1672, most likely Plymouth, Massachusetts, Sarah Manning.^[3] He was an inn-keeper.^[4]

He is buried at the Old Burying Place in Watertown. His stone has the inscription:^[5]

HERE LYES ye

BODY OF JOHN

CHADWICK WHO

DECD FEBRY ye 5th

1710[/11] IN ye 65

YEAR OF HIS AGE

Research Notes

There is a lot of misinformation about this John Chadwick. His gravestone says that he died in Feb. 1711(n.s.) at 65, which would put his birth between Feb. 1645 and Jan. 1646. He is frequently confused with John Chadwick who was born in Malden, Massachusetts in 1651. This John Chadwick was apparently born in England, probably Rochdale, and came to America before 1673 when his first daughter, Elizabeth, was born.^[6]

The only thing we really know about his marriage is that his wife's name was Sarah (Sary). Many family trees state that he and Sarah were married in Plymouth, Mass.^[7], but it seems odd that he would have married in Plymouth when both he and Sarah lived in Watertown.

Chadwick-1021 16:42, 6 September 2016 (EDT)

His will and inventory can be found here: Middlesex County Probate Records, Will, Vol. 12:163, probate & inventory 12:164

Madison-125 20:27, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Sources

^{[1] [3] [4] [2] [5] [6] [7]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Watertown Records Comprising ... The First Book and Supplement of Watertown Births Deaths and Marriages", Watertown, Mass., Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society, 1894, page 42, {http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Weston/Images/Weston_031.shtml Watertown Records]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Chadwicks of Early Massachusetts Bay Colony.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Chadwick, Brent, Thomas and John Chadwick, The Immigrants of Newbury and Watertown, Massachusetts, and Some of Their Descendants, copyright Brent Chadwick 2014 (used with permission), page 1.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Chadwick, Edith Clark, Chadwick Genealogy Album
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Find A Grave Memorial# 27163152 Other than the gravestone image, most of the information in this FAG record is incorrect.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-4VK : 13 July 2016), John Chadwick in entry for Elizabeth Chadwick, 08 May 1673; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3MRN-F5Z : accessed 2016-09-06), entry for John /Chadwick/.

See also:

• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Janice Boyd, "The Brothers Thomas and John Chadwick of Watertown" Vol. 31:65-8 (Link by $ubscription)