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About John Faunce, of the Plymouth Colony
John Faunce
- Birth: 1610 - Purleigh, Essex, England
- Death: Nov 29 1653 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Wife: Patience Morton
John Faunce arrived in Mass. Bay on 10 July 1623 on the Pilgrim Ship the "Anne" to Plymouth, New Plymouth Colony. He married Patience Morton in 1633 in Plymouth, New Plymouth Colony. She survived him and married Thomas Whitney 2nd.
Children of John and Patience Faunce who were born in Plymouth:
- Priscilla Faunce, b. about 1633; d. 15 May 1707 in Plymouth. She married Joseph WARREN (son of Richard and Elizabeth WARREN and sister of Mary WARREN) about 1651 in Plymouth.
- Mary Faunce, b. about 1638; d. 4 October 1664 in Plymouth. She married William HARLOW 15 July 1658 in Plymouth. They had children Mary, Repentence, John and Nathaniel.
- Patience Faunce, b. about 1641.
- Sarah Faunce, b. 1645; d. 27 June 1695 in Scituate, Massachusetts. She married (1) Edward DOTY 26 February 1662/1663 in Plymouth. She married (2) John BUCK 2 March 1693 in Plymouth.
- Thomas Faunce, b. 1647; d. Plymouth 27 February 1745/1746. He married Jane NELSON 23 December 1672 in Plymouth. They had children Patience, John, Martha, Priscilla, Thomas, Joannah and Jane.
- Elizabeth Faunce, b. 23 March 1647/1648; d. Plymouth 3 March 1648/1649.
- Mercy Faunce, b. 10 April 1651; d. Plymouth 11 February 1731/1732. She married Nathaniel HOLMES (son of John and Sarah HOLMES and brother of John HOLMES) 29 July 1667 in Plymouth. They had children Elisha, Mercy, Nathaniel, Sarah, John, Elizabeth and Eleazer.
- Joseph Faunce, b. 14 May 1653; d. Plymouth 18 January 1728. He married Judith RICKARD 3 January 1677/1678 in Plymouth. They had children Hannah, Mary, John, Mercy, Mehitable, Joseph, Eleazer, Thomas and Benjamin.
John Faunce died 29 November 1653, at Plymouth.
Notes:
According to the Falmouth book's account of the multiple Mercy Faunce's... This John Faunce is presumably the son of the older John Faunce. This would make him the brother of the older Mercy Faunce.
IGI: John (the son) b. 1645/1654 Joseph b. 4/14 May 1653
Deacon, Town Clerk, Mayflower passenger
• resource p.726 and elsewhere in Strangers and Pilgrims, Travelers and Sojourners (Bangs c.2009)
isbn 0-930270-45-2
Came to Plymouth Bay Colony in 1623 aboard the "Anne."
Arrived at Plymouth Colony on the ship "ANNE" in July 1623
http://massandmoregenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/11/john-faunce-ca-160...
His last name is sometimes seen as Fance or Phance in records. He was born in England circa 1608 (based on estimated age at marriage). His origins in England are unknown, but there has been some speculation he was from Purleigh, Essex. He married Patience Morton in Plymouth about 1633. Patience was born in Leiden, Holland, about 1614, the daughter of George Morton and Juliana Carpenter.
Patience came to Plymouth with her family on board the Anne in 1623. They were members of the Separatists in Leiden. John Faunce was on board the same vessel.
John and Patience had eight children: Priscilla, Mary, Patience, Sarah, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mercy, and Joseph.
John was literate as his estate inventory includes a Bible, but did not serve on many committees or offices. He is listed as being on a petit jury in Plymouth. James Freer Faunce wrote that that John was “stranger,” coming to Plymouth for business, recruited by the merchant adventurers who financed the colony, rather than religious reasons. This doesn’t make sense given his young age. Perhaps he came as an indentured servant? He was said to have been close with the Francis Cooke family.
He received a land grant as a passenger of the Anne and purchased additional land during his lifetime. John Faunce died in Plymouth on 29 November 1653. An inventory of his estate was taken 16 December 1653 by Lt. Thomas Southworth and Nathaniel Morton. His estate totaled over 27 pounds, but did not include property, so perhaps he had already gifted it to his sons. The inventory did list two cows, five swine and a weaver’s loom. Patience was named to administer the estate.
Patience married, second, Thomas Whitney. She died on 16 August 1691, “being entered into the 77 year of her age."
The burial locations of John and Patience are not known, but their son Thomas told Deacon Ephraim Spooner that his parents’ graves were leveled and sown over to conceal them from the Indians.
References
- Pilgrim Village Sketch: John Faunce. By Robert Charles Anderson
- Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, 3:1715-8 < AmericanAncestors >
- 1995 James Freer Faunce, “The Faunce Family,” NEHGR, Volume 114, April 1960
- Passengers of the Ships Anne and Little James 1623 Wikipedia Link
- Barclay, Rachel E., "The Faunce Family: Addenda and Corrections" The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Reference Volume 116 (1962), Pages 188-189. $Subscription
- New Englanders in Nova Scotia (subscription) Page 140
- Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts : With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1884.
- James Freer Faunce, Faunce Family History and Genealogy, Ohio, 1967.
- Wikipedia contributors, "The Ships Anne and Little James," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_ships_Anne_and_Littl... (accessed October 31, 2020).
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 April 2021), memorial page for John Faunce (1608–29 Nov 1653), Find a Grave Memorial no. 34794260, ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Unknown. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34794260/john-faunce NOTE: No sources, No headstone, burial details unknown
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John Faunce, of the Plymouth Colony's Timeline
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1608
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Purleigh, Essex, England
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1623
Age 15
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Plymouth, MA
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1623
Age 15
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Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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1623
Age 15
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Plymouth, Massachusetts
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January 1, 1634
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Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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July 25, 1638
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Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, American Colonies
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November 20, 1640
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Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
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February 26, 1645
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Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
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September 5, 1647
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Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
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