Ensign John Weston III

• BIRTH 8/9 Mar 1661 Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA [1,3]
• DEATH 1/929 Aug 1719 (aged 58) Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA 1,3]
• BURIAL Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map, MEMORIAL ID 234842021, Photos by Jack Robinson

Biography

John Weston was born 9 March 1661 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to John Weston (1631-1723) and Sarah Fitch (1635-1698) and died 19 August 1719 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Mary Bryant (1666-1725) 26 November 1684 in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

John Weston was born on March 8, 1661 to the parents of Immigrants John Weston and Sarah Fitch Weston in South Reading (Wakefield), Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Weston III was christened on June 29, 1661 in the First Church of Salem. On November 26, 1684 Ensign John Weston III age 22, married Mary Bryant (aka Briant & Briantt) in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. "Reading Marriages, Wesson, John and Mary Briantt, Nov. 26, 1684." Ensign John Weston and Mary Bryant Weston had fourteen children, nine born in South Reading and five in Charlestown.....sadly one son was a stilborn and two son's preceded him in death.

Ensign John Weston entered the Reading service during the King William's War in 1689-1697. Ensign John Weston, Jr. was sworn on April 18, 1691 a Freeman by the General Court of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonies. Ensign John Weston was appointed one of the South Reading Town Selectmen in the years of 1707, 1709-1711.

Ensign John Weston died at the age of 57 intestate on 29 August 1719 in Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts …. leaving his widowed wife Mary Bryant Weston with five children between the ages of 10 through 15 and a large estate to later to be probated by the Court. Ensign John Weston and was interned shortly after his death during 1719 in the 1688 Wakefield Old Burying Ground, where his father and mother, immigrants John Weston and Sarah Fitch Weston were interned. "The first burial place, of Ancient Redding, was on land, at or close to the present location of the band pagoda, in Wakefield's Park, north of Church Street.

Here, for about fifty years, was interred the remains of the early settlers and members of their families, as they "passed on" from year to year*." Ensign John Weston's and his parents, Immigrants John Weston's and Sarah Fitch Weston's and their families graves were interned in the "Weston family plot" in the 1688 "Wakefield Old Burying Ground". Sadly Ensign John Weston's and his parents, Immigrants John Weston's and Sarah Fitch Weston's and their families headstones have been lost with the exception of their son's, Thomas Weston, as historical records document.

Gravesite Details The second burial place, now known as Wakefield "Old Burying Ground" was established in 1688, the year that the Town had decided to abandon the first meeting house, and is now located westerly of the First Parish Church and the Commons.

Genealogy

Parents John Weston 1628/31–1723 [1, 3]
Sarah Fitch Weston 1632/5–1698 [1,3]

Spouse
Mary Bryant (1666-1725) m. 26 November 1684 Reading, Middlesex County, MA [3]

Siblings
Stephen Wesson 1667–1753
Thomas Weston 1670–1745

Children 14x (see there descendants at bottom)
John Weston (1685-1707) -died during the French war in battle at Casco Bay, 11 June 1707. (War of the Spanish Succession: North America - Siege of Port Royal, Acadia June 06-17, 1707).
Abraham Weston (1687-)
Samuel Weston (1689-1745)
Mary Weston (1691-)
Stephen Weston (1693-1789)
Zachariah Weston (1695-)
James Weston (1698-1726)
Jeremiah Weston (1700-)
Timothy Weston (1702-1702) - stillborn.
Jonathan Weston (1705-)
Sarah Weston (1708-)
John Weston (1709-)

Children Offspring
John Weston and Mary Bryant (1666-1725) Name Birth Death Joined with John Weston (1685-1707) 1685 Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 11 June 1707 Casco Bay, Acadia, Canada Abraham Weston (1687-) Samuel Weston (1689-1745) Mary Weston (1691-) Stephen Weston (1693-1789) 1 December 1693 Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 28 December 1789 Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Hannah Flagg (1694-1776)

Zachariah Weston (1695-) James Weston (1698-1726) Jeremiah Weston (1700-) Timothy Weston (1702-1702) Jonathan Weston (1705-) Sarah Weston (1708-) John Weston (1709-) Siblings

Offspring of John Weston and Sarah Fitch (1635-1698) Name Birth Death Joined with John Weston (1655-c1660) Sarah Weston (1657-1685) Mary Weston (1659-) John Weston (1661-1719) 9 March 1661 Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 19 August 1719 Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Mary Bryant (1666-1725)

Elizabeth Weston (1663-) Samuel Weston (1665-) Stephen Weston (1667-1753) Thomas Weston (1669-1745) References Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of ... By Ezra Scollay Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker, Lewis Publishing Company, Lewis publishing company, Chicago, pg. 1279 Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine , pg. 1141 Zachary Fitch 1590 List of Famous Descendants - includes all listings for John Weston.

Sources

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234842021/john-weston Thomas Weston 1670-1745 Find a Grave Memorial # 195259037 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1707)
[3] https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/John_Weston_(1661-1719)
[4] Vital Records of Reading MA through 1850 by Thomas W. Baldwin
[5] Historic Homes & Institutions & Genealogical Personal Memoirs of Worcester Co. MA
[6] Vital Records of Wakefield Massachusetts to the end of the year 1850, by Thomas W. Baldwin
[7] The Records of the First Church of Salem MA 1629-1736, by Rev. John Higginson
[8] Readings Old Burial Ground now in Wakefield, Massachusetts, 1688, by William E. Eaton
[9] Ancient Redding in Massachusetts Bay Colony 1639 to 1652, by Loea Parker Howard
[10] The New England Historical & Genealogical Register Vol. I 1847, by Rev. William Cogswell, D.D.
[12] Historical Sketches of the Town of Ancient Redding MA, Vol's. I & II" 1935 By William E. Eaton
[13] The Old Town of Reading Massachusetts, Early Land Grants and Town Bounds from 1638 to 1802