Captain John Waldron, II

John Waldron was born about 1675. He passed away in 1740. [1]

“Twenty five years ago, a great grand daughter of John Waldon told us that he was picked up in the streets of and English sea port while a boy in an “unfair manner” by one “Master Heard” hustled off to America, brought to Dover, and kept by said Heard as a chore-boy; that the boy was portly clad and had a hard time of it, but excited the sympatbies of one Mrs. Horne, past whose door he used to drive the cows, which Mrs. Horne did the forlorn boy many kindnesses, and becoming a widow married him. and further, that said Mrs. Horne lived on Horne’s Hill. Waldron did marry widow Horne. she was granddaughter to that same Master Heard, being Mary, daughter of John Ham by wife Mary, daughter of Master Heard. She was born 2 Oct 1668; marrried 1st 30 June 1686 John Horne, son of the original William Horne, he being born 25 Oct 1663, lived on Horne’s Hill and died Mar 1697/8 leaving divers children. Widow Mary married 2d, 29 Aug 1698 John Waldron.”

Clarke’s kindred genealogies by Augustus Peck Clark 1896

https://amoena.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/descendants-of-john-walderne/

Will

John Waldron wrote his will on 12 May 1740. [2] He mentions the following:

• wife Mary
• son Richard Waldron - executor
• son John Waldron
• daughter Elizabeth Kimball, wife of Ezra Kimball
• daughter Anna Roberts, wife of Tomothy Roberts
• daughter Mehitable Chesley, wife of James Chesley
• Sarah Libby, wife of Isaac Libby
• grandson John Waldron
• grandson Richard Kimball
• grandson Ebenezer Chesley
• grandson John Roberts
• grandson Paul Libby

Sources

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Waldron-1678 cites
• Quint, Alonzo Hall.. John Waldron, of Dover, N.H. and his descendants. Dover: unknown, 1879. https://archive.org/details/johnwaldronofdov00slsn/page/n8/mode/1up
• Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts. Probate Records, Vol 15, 1731-1746 Page 40 AncestryImage
• Book Title: The Kimballs of Dover, N H Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.