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]
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)
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Sarah Manning, daughter of William and Dorothy Manning, married Joseph Bull. The best evidence supporting their marriage is in her father's estate, of which Sarah Bull, daughter of William, and her husband Joseph Bull shared in the distribution of William's estate. See Sarah (Manning) Bull for the source (from "The genealogical and biographical history of the Manning families of New England and descendants")
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(See: Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Sherman, Robert Moody (original compilers). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Thirteen Family of William White. Third Edition. (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006) pp. 28-29.)