John Porter, 3rd

Family

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Frances was born in Weymouth on 20 Apr 1730 to Ephriam and Frances (Orcutt) Burrell.[1]

She married John Porter who was born at Weymouth, 8 Sept. 1729 and died there 15 Jan. 1769. He was called John Porter, 3d. He married (1) at Weymouth, 20 Mar. 1754, Mary or Martha Bates, daughter of Joshua and Martha (Orcutt) Bates, born at Weymouth, 26 Sept. 1724. The record of her birth calls her Mary, and her intention calls her Martha. Probably Martha was her name. John Porter, 3d, entered his intention (2) at Weymouth, 22 May, 1762, with Frances Burrell, daughter of Ephraim and Frances (Orcutt) Burrell, born at Weymouth, 20 Apr. 1730. JohnPorter was appointed administrator of his father's estate, 23 Oct. 1767. His brothers William Porter and Isaac Porter were appointed administrators de bonis non, 3 Feb. 1769. The Judge of Probate ordered that Frances Porter, widow of JohnPorter, Jr., have her dower set off out of the estate of her late husband in the real estate of his father John Porter, deceased, 31 Aug. 1768. (Suffolk Probate, 68: 365.)[2]

Step child of Francis by first wife of John, born at Weymouth:

1. Martha,6 b. 31 July, 1755; m. 21 Sept. 1777, Timothy Nash of Weymouth.

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Conflicting genealogies

History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Vol. 4. Genealogy of Weymouth families. Page 494. Person 21. < AncestryImage >

A Genealogy of the descendants of Richard Porter, who settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1635 … page 33, person 93. < Archive.Org >

References

1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897M-BSJ4?cc=2061550&w... : 20 May 2014), Norfolk > Weymouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1655-1805 > image 79 of 123; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
2. Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Mass. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Volume 3, Page 134: Published by the Weymouth Historical Society, Howard H. Joy, President. Under Direction of the Town. [Boston: Wright & Potter printing company], 1923. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101067881407;view=1up;...
3. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Vol. 3. Genealogy of Weymouth families. Page 134. < AncestrySharing >
4. A Genealogy of the descendants of Richard Porter, who settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1635 … page 22, person 93. < Archive.Org >; page 33, person 93. < Archive.Org >
5. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Vol. 4. Genealogy of Weymouth families. Person 21. Page 490. < AncestrySharing >; Page 494. < AncestryImage >