John Weaver

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John Weaver

Born about 1650 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Son of Clement Weaver Jr. and Mary (Freeborn) Weaver

Brother of Elizabeth (Weaver) Dungan, Clement Weaver III, William Weaver and Mary Weaver

Father of Thomas Weaver

Died before 11 Feb 1676 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Profile last modified 15 Jan 2018 | Created 22 Sep 2010

JOHN WEAVER was born about 1649, presumably In Newport. He died previous to Feb. 11, 1702-3, but how long before Is uncertain. The date of his marriage, name of his wife and date of her death are likewise lacking. If the New- port records had not been destroyed probably all of these items would be known. In the ledger of Dr. Anthony Wigneron of New- port there is a charge of £1 against Mrs. Martha Weaver, Oct., 1725. Her identity remains unsolved, leaving room for the poss- ibility that she may have been the aged Widowof this John.

He first appears upon record as one of the grantors in the deed of exchange with Gideon Freeborn March 6, 1664, whereby his parents and his brothers, Clement and William, and he received a tract of land in what later became Westerly and gave up a piece of land in Newport which his grandfather, William Freeborn, gave to them. January 5, 1676, he and his brother Clement for £12 gave their uncle, Gideon Freeborn, a second deed of this same land, apparently for no reason except to perfect the title as they could not have been of age when they signed the first one. They called themselves “sonns of Serjant Clement Weavor by Mary his wife, daughter to the deceased William Freeborne of Portsmouth yeo- man, said Weavors being all of Newport.” They describe the land as containing twenty acres, bounded north by the “Comon,” south by WilliamCadman, east by the land ofthe deceased Nathan- iel Browning, west by William Havens and Gideon Freeborn aforesaid, and formerly was given to our mother, Mary Weavor, by her father. John Sanford and WilliamCorrey were the witnesses to this instrument. (Portsmouth Land Evidence 1, 140.)

He was made a freeman of Newport on May 5, 1675. He was one of the soldiers in King Philip’s war as the following shows. The town of East Greenwich, incorporated Oct. 31, 1677, was granted by the General Assembly held at Newport and was to consist of 5,000acres “in the Narragansett Country,” to be divided into fifty equal shares. “And further this Assembly do enact, order and declare, for the services rendered during King Philip’s War, the persons here named . . . . are the persons . . . . who shall. possess the same.” John and Clement Weaver were two of these grantees. There is no evidence that John3 ever lived in East Greenwich. His name is not found in the list of Proprietors in 1700 and he probably sold his grant.

Nov. 3, 1694-,John Weaver of Newport “Talor” sold ten acres in Newport to John Vaughan of Portsmouth, for £74. The names of only two children are known. CHILD: I. Thomas,‘ b. about 1672; m. Mary tioned deed. II.Clement,‘ b. about 1675.

Birth: Date: BET 1650 AND 1651 Place: Newport, Newport Co., RI Source: #S00835 FOOT "Descendants of East Tennessee Pioneers", written by Olga Jones (Wear)Edwards and Ina Wear Roberts. (2nd edition) page 280 Imported only 1650 from Birth Date.

Death: Date: 11 FEB 1676 Place: Newport, Newport Co., RI Source: #S00835 Death: Date: BEF 1702 Place: Another death date provided Source: #S00835 Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 11 FEB 1676Array

While processing relationships in the gedcom some additional information was found which may be relevant.

@F02106@ FAM Husband: @I04868@ Wife: @I08930@ Child: @I03015@ Relationship to Father: Natural Relationship to Mother: Natural Child: @I03016@ Relationship to Father: Natural Relationship to Mother: Natural Child: @I04833@ Relationship to Father: Natural Relationship to Mother: Natural Child: @I08478@ Relationship to Father: Natural Relationship to Mother: Natural Child: @I08812@ Relationship to Father: Natural Relationship to Mother: Natural Child: @I08962@ Relationship to Father: Natural Relationship to Mother: Natural Marriage: Date: ABT 1645 Place: Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI Source: #S00873 FOOT "Descendants of East Tennessee Pioneers", written by Olga Jones (Wear)Edwards and Ina Wear Roberts. (2nd edition) page 280

Sources

Source S00835 Title: WFT Vol. 1 Tree # 0684 dtd May 30, 1995 NOTEWFT Vol. 1 Tree # 0684 dtd May 30, 1995. Source S00873 Title: WFT Vol. 3 Tree # 3880 dtd 18 Aug 1995 NOTEWFT Vol. 3 Tree # 3880 dtd 18 Aug 1995.