John Russell of Woburn

From "Genealogy of that branch of the Russell family which comprised the ..." By John Russell Bartlett p. 15:

"The earliest notice of him appears as a subscriber to the town orders drawn up for it at Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1640. When he came from England, does not appear. He died June 1, 1676. His first wife, Elizabeth, died December 16, 1644. His second wife was Elizabeth Baker, to whom he was married May 13, 1645, who died on the 17th January, 1689-90. He had two children."

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Sweet, Andrew Leonard, "The development of local religious tolerance in Massachusetts Bay Colony/" (1991). Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014. 2019. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2019
PDF by AL Sweet · 1991 —

Two other Woburn men, John Russell, Sr. and his son, John Jr., also contributed significantly to the economic life of their town. John Sr. developed a reputable leather tanning business, and may also have served as the town cobbler. His son certainly filled both roles, as well as that of an active dealer in leather products in the town and surrounding communities. 29 John Jr. assumed a central role in the life of the baptis also moved «o Boston that year, but he died only one year later. wrote a pamphlet, pubiished in London, entitled "A Bnef Nanadve of Some Considerable Passages Concerning the First Gathering and Further Progress of a Church of Christ in Gospel Order in Boston in New England, commonly His pamphlet, prompted a written response from Samuel Willard, pastor of the Old South Church in Boston, entitled Ne Sutor Ultra Crepidam ("Cobbler, stick to your last").

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• Not a known child of William Russell

References

• Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part III - Marriages (Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1890) (Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 244 Archive.Org Elizabeth Baker and John Russell, May 13, 1645
• Sweet, Andrew Leonard, "The development of local religious tolerance in Massachusetts Bay Colony/" (1991). Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014. 2019. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2019 PDF by AL Sweet · 1991 — anabaptists orentertained anabaptist sympathies. John Russell, Sr. of Woburn, soon to become a deacon in the baptist church, and John Pierce of Bilierica, ...