Sgt. John Stainwood

Sgt. John Stanwood was born March 24, 1652/3 at Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts and died there January 25, 1706 (at age 52). He was the second son of Philip Stanwood, the immigrant ancestor, and his wife Jane Whitmarsh.

John Stanwood served under Captain Samuel Brocklebank during King Philip's War.

Family

Lydia Mercer was born about 1655 in Sheepscot,,ME. She died after 1742 in Gloucester, Essex, MA. She was the daughter of Thomas Mercer b abt 1620 in England & Edith, and widow of a Butler or Cutler when she married John Stanwood on 9 Dec 1680 in Gloucester, Essex, MA.

They had the following children:

• M i John Stanwood
• M ii Johnathan Stanwood
• M iii James Stanwood
• F iv Lydia Stanwood
• F v Naomy Stanwood
• M vi James Stanwood
• F vii Miss Stanwood was born on 10 May 1693 in Gloucester,Essex,MA. Her sealing to parents was completed. Her baptism was completed. Her endowment was completed. [Notes]
• F viii Mary Stanwood
• F ix Abigail Stanwood
• F x Hephzibah Stanwood

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stanwood-117

John was the son of Philip & Jane (Whitmarsh) Stanwood[1]. He married as her second husband Lydia (Mercer) Draper, daughter of Thomas & Edith (Unknown) Mercer, and widow of Nathaniel Draper, on 9 Dec 1680 at Gloucester, Essex, MA Bay - their children were John, Jonathan I, Lydia, Naomi, James, Mary, Abigail & Hepzibah

References

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N4-S9Q : 10 February 2018), John Stainwood, 1652; citing GLOUCESTER,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 823,641, 823,642.
• New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 702. AncestryImage Name John Stainwood Gender Male Birth Year 1653 Marriage Date 9 Dec 1680 Marriage Place New England, USA Death Year 1706 Spouse Lydia Mercer [Butler/Cutler]
• Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. AncestryImage Name: Sergeant John Stanwood Event Type: Death. death Date: 25 Jan 1705 Death Place: Gloucester, Massachusetts
• “A history of the Stanwood family in America.” Mrs. Ethel Stanwood Bolton. Rockwell and Churchill press, 1899 - 317 pages. Page 31-36 Archive.Org
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 23 2016, 21:39:15 UTC
• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mainegenie/STANWOOD.htm

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GEDCOM Note

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

GEDCOM Note

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.