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Searls (Searl, Searle), John

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  • Name Searls (Searl, Searle), John 
    Birth 6 Aug 1670  Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I2312  Martin-Bloom
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2018 

    Father Searls (Searl, Searle), John 
    Mother Janes, Ruth,   b. 15 Feb 1650, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1672, Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jul 1667  Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • There are serious errors in the description of Ruth's life in The Janes Family. It says that Ruth had four children with John Searle: James b. 12 Feb 1675, Ebenezer, b. 9 Jan 1679, John b. 6 Aug 1690, and Elisha b. 1695. However, I have found only one child (John) born before Ruth's death in 1672. Also, Northampton vital records show that John Searls married Mary North in Northampton in 1675 and with her had sons James b. 12 Feb 1675 and Ebenezer b. 9 Jan 1679. The parentage of John b. 1690 is unclear.
      The Janes Family also says that John Searle died in the Pascomac (Pascommuck) massacre in 1704 and that Ruth subsequently married a widower Nathaniel Alexander. According to New England Marriages Prior to 1700 there was a John Searle (d. 1704) who married Abigail Pomeroy 5 Apr 1694 in Springfield, Massachusetts, and she subsequently married Nathaniel Alexander. John Searles and Abigail had a son Elisha b. 4 Feb 1694 in Northampton. It is possible that this John Searles was Ruth's son b.1670 and Elisha was Ruth's grandson.
      All dates are old style. [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
    Family ID F808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S271] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Northampton births, p. 11, image 598 of 2680.

    2. [S271] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Northampton marriages, p. 101, image 496 of 2680.

    3. [S278] Frederic Janes, The Janes Family, (John H. Dingman, New York, 1868), pp. 78, 83-85, 929.2 J33.

    4. [S271] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Northampton marriages, p. 102, images 497 and 644 of 2680.

    5. [S271] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Northampton births, p. 17, image 601 of 2680.

    6. [S271] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Northampton births, p. 19 image 602 of 2680.

    7. [S217] Clarence A. Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, USA, 2004), p. 659, 929.374 T694 85-27460.

    8. [S271] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Northampton births, p. 31 image 461 of 2680.