INFORMATION NOT VERIFIED BY CURRENT MANAGER OF MEMORIAL.
He was one of the earliest inhabitants of Woburn, being a subscriber to the town orders drawn up for it at Charlestown, in 1640.
He was one of the Select men several years in succession, and in 1644 was appointed on a highly respectable and important committee of seven for making distribution among the proprietors of the town 'of plow lands and swamps, and a particular division of the remote timber, according to justice and equity'.
He was an Orthodox Congregationalist, both in practice and profession.
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two wives
Elizabeth Rankstraw 1619-1644 married 1641
mother of John Russell II Rev 1640-1680
Elizabeth Baker 1620-1689 married 1645
mother of Mary Russell 1645-1680, wife of Timothy Brooks 1634-1711
He was one of the earliest inhabitants of Woburn, being a subscriber to the town orders drawn up for it at Charlestown, in 1640.
He was one of the Select men several years in succession, and in 1644 was appointed on a highly respectable and important committee of seven for making distribution among the proprietors of the town 'of plow lands and swamps, and a particular division of the remote timber, according to justice and equity'.
He was an Orthodox Congregationalist, both in practice and profession.
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two wives
Elizabeth Rankstraw 1619-1644 married 1641
mother of John Russell II Rev 1640-1680
Elizabeth Baker 1620-1689 married 1645
mother of Mary Russell 1645-1680, wife of Timothy Brooks 1634-1711
INFORMATION NOT VERIFIED BY CURRENT MANAGER OF MEMORIAL.
He was one of the earliest inhabitants of Woburn, being a subscriber to the town orders drawn up for it at Charlestown, in 1640.
He was one of the Select men several years in succession, and in 1644 was appointed on a highly respectable and important committee of seven for making distribution among the proprietors of the town 'of plow lands and swamps, and a particular division of the remote timber, according to justice and equity'.
He was an Orthodox Congregationalist, both in practice and profession.
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two wives
Elizabeth Rankstraw 1619-1644 married 1641
mother of John Russell II Rev 1640-1680
Elizabeth Baker 1620-1689 married 1645
mother of Mary Russell 1645-1680, wife of Timothy Brooks 1634-1711
He was one of the earliest inhabitants of Woburn, being a subscriber to the town orders drawn up for it at Charlestown, in 1640.
He was one of the Select men several years in succession, and in 1644 was appointed on a highly respectable and important committee of seven for making distribution among the proprietors of the town 'of plow lands and swamps, and a particular division of the remote timber, according to justice and equity'.
He was an Orthodox Congregationalist, both in practice and profession.
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two wives
Elizabeth Rankstraw 1619-1644 married 1641
mother of John Russell II Rev 1640-1680
Elizabeth Baker 1620-1689 married 1645
mother of Mary Russell 1645-1680, wife of Timothy Brooks 1634-1711
