WALDRON, John

1665 - 1740  (75 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	WALDRON, John  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1665	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA   [1, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Probate	12 May 1740	New Hampshire, USA   [4, 5]
  Residence	12 May 1740	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA   [4]
  Death	12 May 1740	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Probate Date	30 Jul 1740  [4]
  Name	//
  Residence	Maine, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I3062	My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	WALDRON, John,   b. 1641, Alcester, Warwickshire, England d. 1684, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	SANDERS, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1637, Wells, York, Maine, USA d. Abt 1728, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Jun 1666	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F1228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HAM, Mary,   b. 2 Oct 1668, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA d. 1 Aug 1742, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	29 Aug 1698	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA   [1, 6]
  Married	29 Aug 1698	Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA   [7]
  Children	+ 1. WALDRON, Anne,   b. 27 Aug 1698, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA d. 1783, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. WALDRON, Bridget,   b. 1707, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA d. 1712, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. WALDRON, Richard,   b. 1715, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA d. 3 Dec 1771, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. WALDRON, Sarah,   b. 1703, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA d. Jul 1712, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 9 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. WALDRON, Mehitable,   b. 1708, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA d. 21 Aug 1776, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. WALDRON, Elizabeth,   b. 1700, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA d. 1773 (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. WALDRON, John,   b. 1699, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA d. 4 Jul 1778, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1665 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Marriage - 29 Aug 1698 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Married - 29 Aug 1698 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Probate - 12 May 1740 - New Hampshire, USA Residence - 12 May 1740 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Death - 12 May 1740 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Residence - - Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Documents		dover massacres in the 1600s-1700s
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  Histories		John Waldron by Alonzo H. Quint
  		John Waldron by Alonzo H. Quint

  
  

• Notes

  khmiller856 I think there may be a few John Waldron's confused. "A" John Waldron married Mary Ham Horne a widow. He was not a Captain as he supposedly had been take off the streets of London as a very young man and became an indentured apprentice. In John Heard's Will of Jan. 1688 "...I give to my prentice John Walldron, iff he doe faithfully serve his time according to his indenture: one cow to be delivered to him.." In John Waldron's his Will of 1740 he does not refer to himself as a Captain. He received a lot of wealth through his marriage & his own fortitude. Mary Ham Horne is also the gr.daughter of John Heard whom held his original indenture. I am not sure it has been discovered who his parents were as he was pressed into "Indentured Servitude" at a very young age & brought to New Hampshire. John Heard was a Master Carpenter & John Waldron learned a trade from him that is why he is referred to as an a prentice.. I know the story says "Chore Boy", but he was more likely learning the trade of a carpenter, which I think makes the story more remarkable. 3 years ago khmiller856 There are three different John Heards that have been confused also. The one who has John Waldron in his Will was John Heard who married Elizabeth Hull but he was not a captain & did not have a ship. It is difficult to be sure because the three different John's have been muddled together for so long & each one is said be a ship master but not all were or any. John Heard may have bought John Waldron as a "Indentured Servant" when he arrived in New England. He refers to him as a prentice in his Will which could mean he taught him the trade of carpentry as he was a Master Carpenter. "Indentured servant" was a labor system where young people paid for passage by working for someone for a number of years sadly sometimes people were also kidnapped. John Heard did not necessarily kidnap Waldron as he was living in NH not England & he had 12 children between 1644 -1667. It would be tough to get to England & kidnap a child then return. He could however have bought out his passage when he arrived in New England. John Heard gave John Waldron a cow in his will when his indenture was finished. That was a very expensive gift to give to someone & John would later marry his gr. daughter. 3 years ago khmiller856 The only one of the three John Heards that seems to be a Captain was John b. 1667 d. 1751. Capt. Heard was the same age as John Waldron so could not have kidnapped him in England. 3 years ago embear624 I totally understand about the several "John Waldron" stories floating around. Have you seen https://amoena.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/descendants-of-john-walderne/ 3 years ago khmiller856 Thanks so much difficult to keep straight.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1706] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;). [S2221] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: The Kimballs of Dover, N H. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [S1540] Ancestry.com, Maine Court Records, 1696-1854, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;). [S1705] Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Author: New Hampshire (Colony); Probate Place: New Hampshire. New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 [S1705] Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Author: Henry Harrison Metcalf; Probate Place: New Hampshire. John Waldron's Will New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 [S1317] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1665; Birth city: Dover; Birth state: NH. [S2280] Ancestry.com, American Marriages Before 1699, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;). Record for John Waldron http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2081&h=9093&indiv=try . dvm_LocHist008961-00144-0.jpg