John Faunce

Family

Children of Joseph Faunce & Judith Rickard:

John Faunce. Born on 3 Dec 1683 in Plymouth, MA.63 John died in Kingston, MA, on 18 Nov 1751; he was 67.288

On 23 Feb 1710 when John was 26, he first married Lydia Cooke, daughter of Jacob Cooke (26 Mar 1653-24 Apr 1747) & Lydia Miller (18 May 1661-1 Mar 1727/8), in Plymouth, MA.288 Born on 18 May 1685 in Plymouth, MA.63 Lydia died in Kingston, MA, on 7 Jul 1738; she was 53.288

Their children include:

1. Judith Faunce (1 Jan 1711-3 Mar 1752)
2. (infant son) Faunce (Twin, died soon) (5 Mar 1713-)
3. (infant son) Faunce (Twin, died soon) (5 Mar 1713-)
4. Lydia Faunce (10 Jun 1714-3 Apr 1784)
5. John Faunce (13 Apr 1716-30 Nov 1768)
6. Hannah Faunce (30 May 1718-24 Dec 1747)
7. Mary Faunce (25 Apr 1720-aft 27 Apr 1780)
8. Mehitable Faunce (11 Apr 1722-1 Jun 1761)
9. Rebecca Faunce (15 Sep 1724-)

11 Apr 1741 (Int) John second married Lydia Tilden, daughter of Samuel Tilden (12 Sep 1660-10 Jun 1738) & Sarah Curtis (20 Jul 1663-ca 1739), in Kingston, MA.288 Born on 23 Apr 1700 in Marshfield, MA.60 Lydia was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, in 1701.52 Lydia died in Kingston, MA, on 6 Apr 1742; she was 41.288

Child of John and Lydia (Tilden) Faunce:

1. Benjamin, b. 19 Mar 1742 at Kingston, d. there 3 Jul 1777, m. at Marshfield 13 Apr 1764 Lydia Trouant (d. 30 Mar 1808 æ. 64 at Kingston).288

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John Faunce and Lydia Cooke

Source: Faunce, James Freer. The Faunce Family History and Genealogy: The Ancestry and Descendants of John Faunce of Purleigh, Essex, England and Plymouth, Massachusetts. (1973) Page 27. < GoogleBooks >

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References

1. https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr06/rr06_278.html#P7666
   1. 52. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1909, two volumes, http://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsc01newe, http://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsc02newe.
   2. 60. “The Vital Records of Marshfield, Mass.,” edited by George Ernest Bowman, Mayflower Descendant, 2: 3-7, 110-112, 179-183, 249-252; 3: 41-43, 187-189; 4: 125-126, 5: 233-237, 6: 18-21, 67-70; 7: 118-122, 131-134; 8: 42-44, 176-179; 9: 183-187.
   3. 62. “Plymouth Colony vital records,” Mayflower Descendant, Transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, various volumes. Transcribed form marriages appearing in the Court Orders, and from “Marriages, Births and Burials”
   4. 63. Plymouth Vital Records.
   5. 288. James Freer Faunce, “The Faunce Family,” New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., 114 (1960): 115-125, 211-217. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) < AmericanAncestors >