Henry Glover, of Dedham

Henry Glover died on July 21, 1655 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America, leaving a widow called Abigail, and no children.

Was admitted townsman of Dedham 1/2/1642

Disambiguation

• Parents unknown
• Not the same as Henry Glover, of New Haven
• not the son of Thomas Glover, Esq. according to Anderson, The Great Migration Project who estimates his birth date as 1622
• not the same as Henry Glover, of Rainhill
• married Abigail Glover, her parents unknown, who survived him
• no known children according to Anderson so not the father of Henry Glover, of Milton or John Glover, of Boston

Notes

"Henry Glover .... came over about 1640, and settled in Medfield - had grants of land in Dedham as early as 1640, died in Medfield in 1655."

Was he this Henry Glover?

"He arrived April 30, 1634 on the Elizabeth of Ipswich"
from Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634 to 1635 Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999-2011, Vol III, G-H, pages 70-71.
Henry was born about 1610. On April 30, 1634, "Henery Glover," age 24, enrolled at Ipswich as a passenger for New England on the Elizabeth.

Anderson states that it is unlikely that this Henry Glover is the Henry Glover who settled in New Haven

Sources

• link to Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, "Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003, Vol III G-H, page 70
• link to Henry Glover article in Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, page 71

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