Deacon John Dexter, II

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Biography

John Dexter was born on 21 Aug 1671 and died on 14 Nov 1722 at age 51 years in Malden, Massachusetts [1][2]. He was a weaver by trade and a deacon in the town church. He also served as a Captain of a company of foot under George I whose commission we annex. He served as selectman of the town in 1709-1710, 1716-1717, and in 1721. The year he died he was a moderator of a town meeting.

John Dexter married Winnefred Sprague, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Crawford) Sprague. [3][4]

Children of John Dexter and Winnefred Sprague all born in Malden, Massachusetts include:

John Dexter
Winnefred Dexter
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Samuel Dexter
John Dexter
Timothy Dexter
Timothy Dexter
John Dexter, b. 19 Dec 1705; d. 17 May 1790 Malden
Richard Dexter, a physician of Topsfield b. 15 June 1713; d. 25 Nov 1783 Topsfield m. 24 March 1741 Mehitable Putnam, b. 12 March 1720; d. 2 Sept 1801 [5]
The Will of John Dexter made on April 8, 1721, mentions his wife Winnefred and three sons, Samuel, John and Richard. He probably had eleven children as his gravestone states that there are buried "by him the bodies of eight of his children," leaving the three surviving sons as his only heirs.

They lost several young children and it is said that they had a day of fasting and prayer before the birth of Reverend Samuel Dexter.

John Dexter Jr. (1671 - 1722)

John Dexter Jr.

Born 21 Aug 1671 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Son of John Dexter and Sarah (UNKNOWN) Dexter

Brother of Sarah (Dexter) Brown and Richard Dexter

Husband of Winnefred (Sprague) Dexter — married 1694 in Malden, Massachusetts

Father of John Dexter, Winifred Dexter, Samuel Dexter, Timothy Dexter, John Dexter Sr and Richard Dexter

Died 14 Dec 1722 at age 51 in Malden, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 20 Feb 2019 | Created 16 Sep 2011

Sources

↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society.
↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
↑ Orlando Perry Dexter, Henry L. Mills, ed, John Haven Dexter, Dexter Genealogy : 1642-1904 : being a history of the descendants of Richard Dexter of Malden, Massachusetts, from the notes of John Haven Dexter and original researches New York, Press of J.J. Little & co. p 31.Archive.org
↑ Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America, Recording the ancestry and descendants of Jo Published: Salem, Mass. 1891. Archive.org