John Priest, "of Woburn"

John Priest was born 1648 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died 9 Dec 1704 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Parents: John Priest (1617-?) and Sarah (1627-?)

Married: 10

1. Rachel Garfield (1656-1737). She was the daughter of Mary Benfield (1635-1709) and Samuel Garfield (1613-1684) 7 children

Children:

1. Elizabeth Priest was born 12 Sep 1679 and died 3 Dec 1754.
2. John Priest was born 1 Nov 1681 and died 29 Sep 1756.
3. Daniel Priest was born 19 Jul 1686 and died 9 Oct 1723.
4. Hannah Priest 1, 2 was born 19 Jul 1686 in Bare Hill, Lancaster, Massachusetts. She died after 29 Sep 1738.
5. Gabriel Priest was born 28 Jan 1690 and died 27 Mar 1755.
6. Joseph Priest was born 1692 and died 30 Nov 1781.
7. Mary Priest was born 1695 and died 1773.

Links

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Citations

1. Foster, George Everett, The Priest Family: A Collection of Data, Contributed and Selected, Concerning Various Branches of the Priest Family (Ithaca, N.Y.: West Hill Press, 1900. 1 v. in 2 (Film #1,036,820 Items 1-2)), pp. 20-26, Family History Library.
2. Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1855.), p. 232, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974.42 W32Bo.
3. Kneeland, Stillman Foster, Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family (New York, 1897.), p. 161, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.2 K68.
4. "Memoirs: Alice Lucinda Priest," NEHGR 109:1 (Jan 1955) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 65, Los Angeles Public Library.
5. Houghton, William Addison, History of the Town of Berlin, Worcester County, Mass. (Worcester, Massachusetts: F. S. Blanchard & Co., 1895.), p. 457, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974.42 B515Ho.
6. Wakefield, Robert S. (editor), et al, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Family of Degory Priest (Volume Eight) (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-), p. 67, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.3614 S678-3 v. 8.
7. Sewall, Samuel, The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. (Boston: Wiggin and Lunt, 1868.), p. 113, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974.42 W87Se.
8. Rugg, Ellen Rebecca Foster, The Descendants of John Rugg (New York: F.H. Hitchcock. 1986. FHL US/CAN Film #1,321,346 Item 6.), p. 69, Family History Library.
9. Nourse, Henry Stedman, The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850 (Lancster, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890.), p. 20, Family History Library, 974.43/L3 V2b.
10. Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985.), p. 603, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 T694.

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Known as John of Woburn. He was killed in Indian massacre in 1704. He and Rachel had 6 children between 1679 and 1692. In 1692, John Priest and three other families and two soldiers formed the 8th Lancaster Garrison at the Still River farm of Maj. Simon Willard. As an inducement, the Lancaster proprietors granted John Priest 30 acres on the east side of Bear Hill.

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