HEARD, John

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant; signed the Dover Combination
• Great Migration: Yes, arrived in Dover by 1635
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Heard-49
• Residence: Maine, USA
• Residence: Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Arrival: 1639, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Public Service: 1647; Fined for calling Godfrey an old knave abd criticizing Capt. Champernowne
• Residence: 1650, Kittery, York, Maine, USA; Living on Champernowne's island
• Court Case: 1 Mar 1651, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; John Heard successfully sued Anthony Emery for slander
• Residence: 1654, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; Permanently settled here by this date
• Will: 2 Apr 1687, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; signed on this date

Notes:

He was called "Capt. Heard" because he was commander of ships in the foreign trade of Dover while in business connection with Capt. Richard Walderne. While he was in the shipping business he lived on Dover Neck, where he lived for 20 years before moving to the house he built on the hill where National Block now stands. He appears to have come to the Dover area in 1655. About 1675 when the Indians became dangerous, he had a stockade placed around his house and it became known as "Heard's Garrison." The next garrison below was that of Richard Otis. Of the five garrisons near the falls, that of Capt. Heard was the only one saved in the massacre of 28 Jun 1689. By some incredible folly two squaws were allowed to sleep before the kitchen fire in each garrison that night,even though fears of Indian troubles had sent many persons into the garrisons each night for safety. Early in the morning the squaws opened the gates to the stockades and let the Indians in, while the families were fast asleep. Elder Wentworthand his family were at Heard's garrison. Just as the Indians were about to enter a dog barked and awakened Elder Wentworth; he arose and closed the gate just as the Indians were about to enter. He fell upon his back and held the gate closed till other members of the household came to his aid. The Indians fired several bullets through the door, but no one was hit.
Stackpole notes there were two John Heards - one who was in Kittery in 1640 on Champernowne's Island. He cautions that the other was of Dover and lived at Cocheco. He died 17 Jan 1688 leaving a large family, and it may have been he who owned land and lived in Gorgeana in 1648. John signed the Dover Combination in 1640. In March 1648/49 he had lot No. 8 in Cocheco Fresh Marsh assigned him. He did not appear on the tax lists of 1648, but does appear on that of 1657 and years following.
An interesting point to the second John Heard (of Kittery) is that he had a son James who had a son John who had a daughter Dorcas who married a Hugh Tucker in the early 1700s. Could this be a tie to the Kittery John Heard?
Pike's Journal notes John died after a short sickness before the massacre.

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Ernest Shorey Tucker Jr.

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Died:
may have been 1688

John married HULL, Elizabeth in 1643 in York, York, Maine, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of HULL, Reverend Rev. Joseph and UNKNOWN, Joanne) was born in 1628 in Northleigh, Devon, England; died on 30 Nov 1706 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. HEARD, Samuel was born on 4 Aug 1663 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 2 Oct 1697 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
2. HEARD, Benjamin was born on 20 Feb 1643 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in Feb 1710 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
3. HEARD, Dorcas was born in 1665 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died about 1707 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
4. HEARD, Catherine was born in 1646 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1647 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
5. HEARD, Abigail was born on 2 Aug 1651 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 7 Dec 1706 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
6. HEARD, Hannah was born on 25 Nov 1655 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 7 Oct 1687 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
7. HEARD, Nathaniel was born on 20 Sep 1668 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 3 Apr 1700 in Strafford, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
8. HEARD, Mary was born on 26 Jan 1649 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 9 Dec 1706 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
9. HEARD, Joseph was born on 4 Jan 1660 in New Hampshire, USA; died before 1687 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
10. HEARD, John was born on 24 Feb 1658 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1733 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
11. HEARD, Elizabeth was born on 15 Sep 1653 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 11 Nov 1705 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
12. HEARD, Tristram was born on 1 Mar 1666 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 18 Apr 1734 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
13. (UNPROVEN), Tristram Heard was born on 4 Mar 1666 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 8 May 1734 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.

Thomas married CUTLER, Elizabeth on 28 May 1609 in Chichester, Sussex, England. Elizabeth was born in 1590 in Chichester, Sussex, England; died on 14 Apr 1625 in Chichester, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]