Person Sheet


Name John Severence9
Birth 1609, Ipswich, Northampton, England58,59
Death 8/9 Apr 1682, Salisbury, Mass.60,9,17
Occupation Planter23
Father John Severns (1559-1660)
Mother Mary Langley (ca1589-1675)
Spouses
1 Abigail Kimball61,62
Birth 5 Nov 1617, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England62,59
Death 17 Jun 1658, Salisbury, Mass.62,63
Father Richard Kimball (ca1595-1675)
Mother Ursula Scott (ca1597-ca1660)
Marriage 1635, Ipswich, England61
Children Samuel (1637-)
Ebenezer (1639-)
Abigail (1642-1642)
Abigail (1643-)
Mary (1645-1720)
John (1647->1717)
Joseph (1650-)
Elizabeth (1652-)
Benjamin (1654-)
Ephraim (1656-)
Elizabeth (Twin) (1658-1663)
baby dau. (Twin) (1658-1658)
Notes for John Severence
Surname may be Severns or Severans in England. After marriage in 1635 he came to New England and lived in Boston, where he was made a freeman 17 May 1637. Was in Salisbury, Mass., in 1639, and later was surveyor and town moderator there.61 Sheldon says he came over in the Elizabeth in 1634.9 On 7 Nov 1644 John Severans [sic] sold 20 acres "of upland in Salisbury on the west side of Powwos River" to a William Sargent.23
Notes for Abigail (Spouse 1)
Sheldon gives John's wife as Ursula, probably dau. of Richard & Ursula Kimball of Watertown.9 Another source has birth as 1617 in Hitcham, Suffolk.58
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