Captain John Weld

B: 28 Oct 1623 Sudbury, Suffolk, England D: 20 Sep 1691 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts M: 24 Dec 1647 Oxwich, , Glamorgan, Wales

Captain John Weld, son of Captain Joseph Weld, inherited his estate and served as an officer in King Philip's War of 1675. He built his home, Weld Hall, on what came to be called Weld Hill in Forest Hills (still marked by the presence of Weld Hill Street across the street from Forest Hills MBTA station). (in Massachusetts).

The descendants of John Weld created Weld Farm towards the Brookline border around what is now Hancock Village but was formerly Weld Golf Course.

Other descendants of John Weld moved on to develop the valley of Sawmill Brook near Dedham as the Williams Farm. Part of the Weld properties in this area were sold in 1854 for the construction of what is now the VFW Parkway in West Roxbury, Mass.

While the Weld's Brookline and Dedham properties were developed in the 17th and 18th centuries as agricultural lands, in the 19th and 20th centuries these became Weld-owned estates of great luxury.

This first Weld Hall in Jamaica Plain was home to many generations of Welds, the last of which was John Weld's great grandson, Colonel Eleazer Weld, one of seven Weld family members who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Weld Hill was selected by George Washington as a rallying point for the patriot army to fall back upon in case of disaster.

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• Descendants of Edmund Weld of Sudbury, England
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  • FIRST GENERATION
• No. 1. EDMUND [1] WELD, b in Sudbury, Suffolk County England in 1559; made his will in Sudbury 5 Dec. 1605, which was probated 5 May 1608; m before 1585 AMY BREWSTER (some say DERESLEYE). He was evidently a very prosperous cloth merchant in Sudbury, into which town weavers had been introduced by Edward III. The town was on its way to becoming the center of the cloth industry in Suffolk County, a prominence it attained completely after the Restoration. Edmund Weld invested the savings from his business in lands, as his will shows. He was prominent in the councils of the Borough, of which we find him "Bailiff" 5 Sept. 1597, (Calendar of the Muniments of the Borough of Sudbury, printed in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archeology, Vol. 13, Town Book). He was a son of Thomas Weld, a draper in Sudbury.
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  • SECOND GENERATION (Continued)
• No. 5. CAPT. JOSEPH {2} WELD (Edmund [1]) b in Sudbury Suffolk County, England about 1598; d 7 Oct. 1646; buried in Eustice Street Burial Ground, Roxbury, Mass., m (1) at All Saints Church in Sudbury, ELIZABETH WYSE; she was buried in Oct. 1638 in Roxbury. Joseph m (2) BARBARA CLAPP 20 Apr. 1639 in Roxbury, niece of Edward and Prudence Clappe of Dorchester, Mass. and probably dau. of Nicholas; she was b in England and d 15 Aug. 1655 in Boston; she m (2) Anthony Stoddard of Boston about or soon after 24 Aug. 1647.
• Capt. Joseph arrived in America in 1635 accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth, and children: his oldest son John [3] did not come until 1638.
• Capt. Joseph settled at Roxbury upon arrival and became householder and proprietor of the town; he was a man of high reputation, very conspicuous in the early history of the colony and reputed to have been the wealthiest merchant of his day in New England. He kept a store on Roxbury Street and lived opposite his brother, Rev. Thomas. Capt Joseph Weld was freeman 3 Mar. 1636.
• He was deputy to the General Court, 1636-44; Selectman of Roxbury prior to 1641, and Representative, 1635-45; he was very prominent in military affairs. He became a member and was chosen first Ensign of the Artillery Company of Boston at it organization in 1633, the first Monday in June, his name stands third on the roll. He was the first Captain of the Rosbury Military Company in 1636; it was included in the regiment of which John Winthrop was Colonel. Capt Joseph was a valuable aid to Gov. Winthrop and served in numerous fights with the Indians, as well as being one of the Commissioners to make a treaty of peace with the Pequot.
• Capt. Joseph made many trips to England on business and prospered. He was one of the first donors to Harvard College.
• Joseph Weld and his brother, Rev. Thomas, were in sympathy with the opponents of the celebrated Mrs. Ann Hutchinson, the first mentioned was ordered by the Court to keep her in custody previous to her exile. It is said that she remarked, that she could not have been treated with more respect and kindness had she been a guest in his home. The Apostle Eliot, his particular friend says that the Captain died of cancer of the throat and jaws.
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  • + 9 i. JOHN [3] b 28 Oct. 1623. (See No. 9).
  • ii. ELIZABETH, b about 1625 in England; d 5 Feb. 1716 in Roxbury, aged 91; m 30 Mar. 1641 in Roxbury, EDWARD DENISON, son of William and Margaret (Chandler) (Monck) Denison of Stratford, Co. Herts, Eng. and Roxbury, Mass.; bp. 3 Nov. 1616 in Stratford; d 26 Apr. 1668 in Roxbury.
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  • iii. MARY, b about 1627 in England; d 5 Sept. 1711 in Middletown, CT; m DANIEL HARRIS of Rowley, Mass, in about 1646, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Harris of Charlestown, Mass.; b about 1619 in England; d 30 Nov. 1701 in Middletown, CT.
  • iv. HANNAH, b about 1629 in England; living 2 June 1646 by her father's will; probably a member of the Rev. Thomas Hooker's household in Cambridge, Mass. He d 7 July 1647, aged 61, leaving a widow, Susannah (his 2nd wife) by his will. The names of Hannah and Susannah have been often interchanged in the old records, therefore as the widow, Susannah Hooker has not been identified she might well have been Hannah Weld.
  • v. THOMAS [3] b about 1632 in England; d 9 Sept. 1649 in Roxbury "aged about 17 years" (First Church Records, Roxbury).
  • vi. EDMUND [3] b 14 July 1636 in Roxbury; d after 1657, probably unmarried when he sold his share of his father's estate to William Lyon and John Polley.
  • vii. SARAH bp. 21 Dec. 1640 in Roxbury; d in 1694 in Boston; m 23 July 1663 in Roxbury JOHN FRANK.
  • + 10 viii. DANIEL [3] b 18 Sept. 1642 in Roxbury. (See No. 10)
  • ix. JOSEPH [3] b 8 Feb. 1644/5 in Roxbury; d 7 Dec. 1645 in Roxbury.
  • x. MARAH, b 2 Sug. 1645 in Roxbury; d in 1688 in Middletown, CT; m COMFORT STARR b about 1644 in Scituate, Mass.; d 18 Oct. 1693 at Middletown, CT. Children (surname Starr) .... etc.
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• Joseph, Roxbury, captain, householder, propr., town officer, deputy. Wife Elizabeth d. Oct. 1638. He m. April 30, 1639, Barbara, dau. of Nicholas Clap of Venn Ottery, Eng. Ch. Edmund b. July 14, 1636, Sarah bapt. Dec. 21 1640, Daniel b. Sept. 18, 1642, Joseph bapt. 9 (12) 1644, d. 7 (10) 1645, Marah b. Aug. 2, 1646.
• He was bur. Oct. 7, 1646. See accounts in A. Will dated at Ipsqich, 2 (4) 1646, prob. 10 (8) 1646, beq. to wife Barbara and her children Daniel, Sarah and Mara: to his ch. by first wife, John, Thomas, Edmund, Mary and Hannah; to dau. Dennison; to the college at Cambridge; annuity to Mr. Cuddington; to the poor of the church; referes to Mr. Hooker. [Reb. VII, 33.] Mary m. Daniel Harris; Sarah m. John Franck; Marah m. Comfort Starr. Mortg. discharged 4 July, 1666. The widow m. 2. Anthony Stoddard.
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• Joseph Welde, storekeeper, brother to our first pastor, came to Roxbury in 1635 with wife Eliza. m. (2) Barbara Clap. Freeman March 3, 1635/6. Deputy, 1637. Capt. of Roxbury Militia. An original donor of the Free Schoole. Buried Oct. 7, 1646.
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• John Weld, b. Oct. 28, 1623, in England, came to Roxbury in 1638, married Margaret Bowen. Freeman May 22, 1650. Served in King Phillip's War. Died Sept. 20, 1691.
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John Weld, son of Joseph Weld & Elizabeth Wise Weld, married Margaret Bowen. Margaret's brother Henry Bowen, married Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Capt. Isaac Johnson. Capt. Isaac Johnson, in his will, called John Weld his cozen and made him an executor of his will around 1675.