Walter Deane, of Taunton

Walter Deane, of Taunton

• Gender: Male
• Birth: before May 13, 1612 South Chard, Somerset, England
• Death: August 20, 1693 Taunton, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America (Married at 18)
• Place of Burial: Taunton, Massachusetts, United States
• Son of William Deane of Chard, Somerset and Wife of William Deane
• Husband of Eleanor (Strong) Deane

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Vital Statistics

• The names of his wife and children are not well documented (see below).
• His wife may have been Eleanor, daughter of Richard Strong of Taunton who had come with her brother John.
• The same source says that Walter and Eleanor had six children:

1. Ezra
2. William
3. James
4. Mary
5. Benjamin
6. Joseph

Sources and Notes

[http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/cooke/d10.htm]

Walter DEANE was christened on 13 May 1612 in CHARD, SOMERSET, ENG. He was living in 1636 in Dorchester MA.(730) He resided at Taunton, MA in 1640.(731) (732) He died in 1693 in Taunton, Bristol, MA. He died after 1693 in Taunton, Bristol, MA?. UA Record #:46-709

Source: Automated Archives, Inc. CD #100Walter is said by Savage to have been younger brother of John. Lucius Paige, History of Hardwick says he was a Dorchester 1636 and at Taunton by 1640, and supports the marriage to Eleanor Strong. He mentions that there are three additional children, whose names do not appear. Was a tanner, said to be of Chard, England.

He was married to Eleanor STRONG.(733) Mentions 3 other children, however names do not appear

Savage menitions that he is married, it is thought, to Eleanor, dau of Richard Strong of Taunton who had come with her brother John. He says six children. Children were: Ezra DEANE, William DEANE, JAMES DEANE, MARY DEANE, Benjamine DEANE, Joseph DEANE.

From the Ministry of Taunton:

Walter, the younger brother of John Deane, was born, according to Rev. S. Deane, " in Chard, England, between 1615 and 1620. Chard is about ten miles from Taunton, Somersetshire, England, the birth place of Elizabeth Pool, and others of the original settlers of Taunton, in New England. Both towns are situated on an extensive and fertile valley, called Taunton Dean, on the river Tone. This 'dean' or valley comprehends a region about Taunton very pleasant and populous, of some thirty miles in extent, and has been represented as exceedingly productive. The following proverb, which according to Fuller's Worthies, is current with the inhabitants, implies, and is intended by them to express a pride in their birth, namely:

  "Where should I be born else than in Taunton Dean"<br/>

In Campbell's Survey of Great Britain, is the following description: "The vale of Taunton Dean in respect to its amazing fertility is only surpassed by the industry of its inhabitants, which is a point that we may affirm to be extremely worthy of notice, since it very rarely happens in this kingdom, or in any other, that when from the natural fecundity of the soil, a plentiful subsistence may be had with very little labor, the people should nevertheless apply themselves vigorously and steadily to the manual arts."

Walter Deane was a tanner by trade. He was a man of influence, and highly esteemed in the settlement. This appears from the fact he was deputy from Taunton the Plymouth Court in 1640 and selectman also of Taunton from 1679 to 1686 inclusive. He married Eleanor, daughter of Richard Strong of Taunton, England, and sister of John Strong, one of the original settlers in Taunton, New England. The names of but three of his children are known, although it is supposed he had others who died early or removed from Taunton.

Walter DEANE was christened on 13 May 1612 in CHARD, SOMERSET, ENG. He was living in 1636 in Dorchester MA. He resided at Taunton, MA in 1640. He died in 1693 in Taunton, Bristol, MA. He died after 1693 in Taunton, Bristol, MA. History of Hardwick, Massachusetts, By Lucuis R. Paige, Houghton Miffin and Co., Boston, 1883. p 360. Lowell. Edsons, Early in Bridgewater. Thos. P. James, 1864. p. 22: "(son of Walter, an original proprietor and one of the first settlers of Taunton) . . .".

UA Record #:46-709

Automated Archives, Inc. CD #100

Walter is said by Savage to have been younger brother of John.

Lucius Paige, History of Hardwick says he was at Dorchester 1636 and at Taunton by 1640, and supports the marriage to Eleanor Strong. He was a tanner, said to be of Chard, England.

Savage menitions that he is married, it is thought, to Eleanor, dau of Richard Strong of Taunton who had come with her brother, John Strong. Savage says Eleanor and Walter had six children.

Children were:

Ezra DEANE,

William DEANE,

JAMES DEANE,

MARY DEANE,

Benjamine DEANE,

Joseph DEANE.

Other Sources:

http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/cooke/fowsrc.html

Records of the colony of New Plymouth in New England printed by order of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Published 1968 by AMS Press in New York . Written in English. Table of Contents [1]-[3] Court orders: [1633-1691] [4] Judicial acts, 1636-1692. Miscellaneous records, 1633-1689 [5] Acts of the Commissioners, 1643-1679 [6] Laws, 1623-1682. Deeds, &c., 1620-1651. Edition Notes Reprint. Originally published: Boston : W. White, 1855-1861. Vols. [1]-[4] edited by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff ; [5]-[6] edited by David Pulsifer. Includes indexes.

This is an excellent source of records regarding Walter and his brother John from their settling in (founding) Cohannet, commencing with 1637, March 7, when they were listed as freemen of the New Plymouth Colony, specifically from Cohannet. Conannet was later named Taunton, and the Dean Street of those early days remains as a reminder of these two leaders who served their community. Also, this compilation contains records of many of the men whose progeny married into the Deane families over the years - Strong, Hill, Hinckley, Merrick, Hopkins, Freeman, Thomas, Bourne, Cobb, Browne, Clarke, and more. Added by Lois Dean Courtney, 03/25/2012.

For ancestry of Walter Dean, records exist for several generations. For one clear source/collection, see: http://strongfamilyofamerica.org/sfaapage/marg.html Note, this version gives Eleanor Coggan as Walter's wife; this is likely the surname of Eleanor Strong's stepfather. LDC, 03/27/2012.

More regarding the wife of Walter Deane:

• http://strongfamilyofamerica.org/sfaapage/marg.html

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Walter_Deane_%2817%29

https://ancestorsbeta.familysearch.org/en/9WW1-Q4Y/walter-dean-1612...

GEDCOM Note

BIOGRAPHY
Walter came to Boston in 1637 from Chard in Somerset Co., England with his older brother John. They settled first in Dorchester, later moving to Taunton. Walter was a man of influence and highly esteemed in the settlement. He became a "freeman" of the colony December 1638.

Walter was a deputy from Taunton to the Plymouth Court in 1640 and selectman for many terms, active during the King Philip's War, and in 1652 was a founder and stockholder in the first permanent and successful iron works in America in Taunton.

John and Walter received grants of 40 acres each for their charges in attending courts, laying out of lands and other jobs for the town. They "took up" their farms on the west bank of the river about one mile from the center of the village of Taunton, in what from that day to the present has been called "Dean Street".
BIOGRAPHY
Walter came to Boston in 1637 from Chard in Somerset Co., England with his older brother John. They settled first in Dorchester, later moving to Taunton. Walter was a man of influence and highly esteemed in the settlement. He became a "freeman" of the colony December 1638.

Walter was a deputy from Taunton to the Plymouth Court in 1640 and selectman for many terms, active during the King Philip's War, and in 1652 was a founder and stockholder in the first permanent and successful iron works in America in Taunton.

John and Walter received grants of 40 acres each for their charges in attending courts, laying out of lands and other jobs for the town. They "took up" their farms on the west bank of the river about one mile from the center of the village of Taunton, in what from that day to the present has been called "Dean Street".