John Child, of Watertown

John Child

From "American Ancestors of Mary Abbie Childs"

• M, #93, b. 1636, d. 15 October 1676
• Birth*: 1636; St. Ethelburga parish (probably), London, England; 1636 (supposedly)2
• Immigration*: 1648; Ephraim child traveled from New England to England in 1647, returning in 1648. It is thought that on his return he brought with him his nephews Richard, John and Joseph Child (age about 12), children of his brother Joshua who died in 1638.3,2
• Marriage*: circa 1662; Principal=Mary (?)2
• Marriage*: 29 May 1668; Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; Watertown record: "John Child & Mary warrin Joyned in Marryage the 29th 3mo [1668]"; Principal=Mary Warren4
• Death*: 15 October 1676; Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; Watertown records: "John Child the husband of Mary Child deceased the 15 day of october [1676]"5
• Note*: Parentage of John Child: It is fairly well proven that John Child was a nephew of Ephram Child of Watertown, and so a grandson of Wolstone Child (d. 1600/1) and his wife Ellen Empson (d. 1616). (TAG 63).

family

Family 1:
Mary (?) b. c 1637, d. bt 1663 - 1668 Marriage*: circa 1662; Principal=Mary (?)2

Child:

1. Mary Child13 b. 8 Jan 1663

Family 2: Mary Warren b. 29 Dec 1651 Marriage*: 29 May 1668; Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; Watertown record: "John Child & Mary warrin Joyned in Marryage the 29th 3mo [1668]"; Principal=Mary Warren4

Children:

1. John Child+ 14,15 b. 25 Apr 1669, d. bt 6 Apr 1742 - 14 Dec 1747
2. Elizabeth Child16 b. 24 Jul 1670
3. Daniel Child12 b. 5 Jun 1677

origins

Parentage of John Child: It is fairly well proven that John Child was a nephew of Ephram Child of Watertown, and so a grandson of Wolstone Child (d. 1600/1) and his wife Ellen Empson (d. 1616). (TAG 63).

Author Paul Child, who did extensive research on this Child family in London, further asserts that John Child of Watertown was the son of Joshua Child and his wife Mary Sadler, and that Joshua was the son of Wolstone Childe and his wife Ellen Empson. Joshua Child died in England in 1638. Paul Child asserts that uncle Ephraim Child brought John Child and his brothers Richard and Joseph to Watertown in 1648 (as well as four other of his nephews). Baptism records are unavailable for this period in the London parish, St. Ethelburga, where Joshua Child lived. (Childe of England)

Author Elias Child in his "Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families..." asserted that John and Richard Childs were the sons of a William Child who was in Watertown in 1634. This assertion has been disproved by TAG editor Robert Charles Anderson, who wrote: "William Child...of Watertown...did not exist. He was apparently conjured up out of whole cloth by Elias Child in his 'Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families...' ... There is...no record of a freeman named William Child in 1634 or at any other time. ... Very few births are on record for Watertown in the early 1630s, and certainly none for members of the Child family. And finally, the will of Elizabeth Child, does not mention a sister-in-law...Richard and John Child did exist and...were mentioned in the will of Ephraim Child, but there is nothing to suggest that their father was ever in New England or that his name was William." (Tag 62).6,2,7,8

John CHILD was born 1636 in St Ethelburga,,London,Eng, and died 15 Oct 1676 in Watertown,Suffolk,Mass. He was buried in Watertown,Suffolk,Mass. He was the son of Joshua CHILDE and Mary SADLER.

He married

1. Mary (first) 1662. She was born ABT 1637 in of Watertown,Suffolk,Mass, and died 1663/1668 in Watertown,Suffolk,Mass. She was buried in Watertown,Suffolk,Mass.
2. Mary WARREN (sec) 29 May 1668. She was born 29 Nov 1651, and died 12 May 1734.

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• StMary Whitechurch,Stephany, Middlesex,Eng.Parish Reg.;
• Will of John Bradshawe ofWestminister pro.6 Mar 1606-7 P.C.C.;
• Watertown Vital Rec. Vol.1,2 Joseph,Richard and John are listed in Vol 2 not #1emigrated in 1648 with uncle Ephraim Child after his return to England;
• Will of Ephraim Child of Watertown,Mass.dated 10 Nov 1662;
• Will of John Child of Watertown,Suffolk Mass.Pro.10 Oct.1676

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Citations

1. [S23] Watertown records : comprising the first and second books of town proceedings, with the lands, grants and possessions, also the proprietors' book, and the first book and supplement of births, deaths and marriages. by Historical Society. publ. Watertown 1894. [viewed on https://archive.org/details/watertownrecords00hist and viewed on AmericanAncestors Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 "Watertown - V1"], Vol. 1, p. 25, 41.
2. [S74] "Childe of England" by Paul L. Child. monograph, 1988. FHL microfilm #1598468, Item 5, #47-48 John Child.
3. [S14] The Great Migration Begins : Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Robert Charles Anderson, Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995., p. 349, Ephraim Child.
4. [S23] Watertown records : comprising the first and second books of town proceedings, with the lands, grants and possessions, also the proprietors' book, and the first book and supplement of births, deaths and marriages. by Historical Society. publ. Watertown 1894. [viewed on https://archive.org/details/watertownrecords00hist and viewed on AmericanAncestors Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 "Watertown - V1"], Vol. 1, p. 30.
5. [S23] Watertown records : comprising the first and second books of town proceedings, with the lands, grants and possessions, also the proprietors' book, and the first book and supplement of births, deaths and marriages. by Historical Society. publ. Watertown 1894. [viewed on https://archive.org/details/watertownrecords00hist and viewed on AmericanAncestors Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 "Watertown - V1"], Vol. 1, p. 41.
6. [S75] "Child-Foote-Goddard Connections" by Myrtle Stevens Hyde and Paul L. Child, in The American Genealogist, Vol. 63 (Jan 1988) p. 17-28. Viewed on AmericanAncestors.org.
7. [S73] "The Non-Existent William Child of Watertown" note by Robert Charles Anderson, Assoc. Editor, in The American Genealogist Vol. 62 No. 1 (Jan 1987) p. 29.
8. [S8] Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881. by Elias Child. Published for the author by Curtiss & Childs, Printers, Utica, N.Y. 1881. Viewed at https://archive.org/details/genealogyofchild00chil [Sutro Lib., call number G3G1178], p. 506, John Child, no. 4544.
9. [S3] Family memorials. Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston; to which is appended the early history of the town. by Henry Bond. Published 1855 by Little, Brown & Co. in Boston. [viewed on archive.org url https://archive.org/stream/familymemorialsg00bond#page/n3/…], p. 153.
10. [S14] The Great Migration Begins : Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Robert Charles Anderson, Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995., p. 351-2, Ephraim Child.
11. [S74] "Childe of England" by Paul L. Child. monograph, 1988. FHL microfilm #1598468, Item 5, p. 25.
12. [S36] Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. url:www.americanancestors.org, #4407, 4 pages; John Child, 1676.
13. [S23] Watertown records : comprising the first and second books of town proceedings, with the lands, grants and possessions, also the proprietors' book, and the first book and supplement of births, deaths and marriages. by Historical Society. publ. Watertown 1894. [viewed on https://archive.org/details/watertownrecords00hist and viewed on AmericanAncestors Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 "Watertown - V1"], Vol. 1, p. 25.
14. [S23] Watertown records : comprising the first and second books of town proceedings, with the lands, grants and possessions, also the proprietors' book, and the first book and supplement of births, deaths and marriages. by Historical Society. publ. Watertown 1894. [viewed on https://archive.org/details/watertownrecords00hist and viewed on AmericanAncestors Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 "Watertown - V1"], Vol. 1, p. 31.
15. [S74] "Childe of England" by Paul L. Child. monograph, 1988. FHL microfilm #1598468, Item 5, #25, #47-48 John Child.
16. [S23] Watertown records : comprising the first and second books of town proceedings, with the lands, grants and possessions, also the proprietors' book, and the first book and supplement of births, deaths and marriages. by Historical Society. publ. Watertown 1894. [viewed on https://archive.org/details/watertownrecords00hist and viewed on AmericanAncestors Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 "Watertown - V1"], Vol. 1, p. 32.

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