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Joseph Taintor

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Joseph Taintor

Birth
England
Death
20 Feb 1690 (aged 76–77)
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
168
Memorial ID
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Taintor/Tainter/Tayntor/Taynter: All observed spelling variations of the name.

The book "The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-35, Volumes 1-6," by Robert Charles Anderson and published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Society in 2011 indicates Joseph Taintor's wife is Mary Eyre, daughter of Simon Eyre and Dorothy Paine. Anderson further references "The American Genealogist 65: 19-21" and their evidence.

Children of Joseph Taintor and Mary Eyre include, but are not limited to, Mary, Ann, Joseph, Rebecca, Benjamin, Jonathan, Sarah, Simon, and Dorothy.
Taintor/Tainter/Tayntor/Taynter: All observed spelling variations of the name.

The book "The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-35, Volumes 1-6," by Robert Charles Anderson and published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Society in 2011 indicates Joseph Taintor's wife is Mary Eyre, daughter of Simon Eyre and Dorothy Paine. Anderson further references "The American Genealogist 65: 19-21" and their evidence.

Children of Joseph Taintor and Mary Eyre include, but are not limited to, Mary, Ann, Joseph, Rebecca, Benjamin, Jonathan, Sarah, Simon, and Dorothy.

Inscription

In memory of
Mr. JOSEPH
TAINTER, an early
settler of Watertown
who sailed from
England June 1638,
departed this life
February 20, 1689-90
Æ 77 Years
"Each in his narrow cell forever laid
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep."


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  • Maintained by: Dabombmom
  • Originally Created by: Cary
  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14649432/joseph-taintor: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph Taintor (1613–20 Feb 1690), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14649432, citing Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Dabombmom (contributor 47055635).