John III MAYNARD^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1636 - 1711  (75 years)

• Name	John III MAYNARD  [8, 9]
  Immigration	1634	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [9, 10]
  	Spring 1634 "HERCULES". John Witherley, Master, sailed in the spring of this year, and is probably the "Hercules" `of Dover' mentioned by Winthrop as being here in the summer.'
  Birth	15 Oct 1636	Hingham, Norfolk, England   [3, 8, 9, 11]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	LZVP-JG2
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZVP-JG2
  _UID	E026AAE1CF4E48BE8DD374425722659139CB
  Death	22 Dec 1711	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America   [3, 8, 9, 11]
  Person ID	I6356	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Sir. John II MAYNARD, Knight,   b. 1598, Bassingbourn, Ricamond, St Edwards, England d. 10 Dec 1672, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Judith STARR,   b. 11 Jan 1617, Ashford, Kent, England d. 25 Aug 1642, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1629	Cambridgeshire, England   [6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F3231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah,   b. Abt 1634, Ashford, Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Y  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F3230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Mary GATES,   b. 15 Oct 1636, Hingham, Norfolkshire, England d. 1682, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1658	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11]
  Children	1. Mary MAYNARD,   b. Abt 1659   d. 3 Feb 1689, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age ~ 30 years)   2. John Ensign MAYNARD, IV,   b. 7 Jan 1661, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 15 Mar 1731, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 70 years)   3. Hannah MAYNARD,   b. Abt 1662   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elizabeth MAYNARD,   b. 2 Apr 1664, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. Abt 1692 (Age 27 years)   5. Simon MAYNARD, Sr.,   b. 15 Jun 1666, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 19 Jan 1747, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 80 years)   6. Zachery MAYNARD,   b. 29 Sep 1668, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. Aft 1668, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 0 years)   7. David MAYNARD,   b. 21 Dec 1669, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 19 Jan 1748, Westboro, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)   8. Zachariah MAYNARD,   b. 27 Oct 1672, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 15 Mar 1738, Groton, New London, Connecticut (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F3228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 3	Sarah Blandford KEYES,   b. 27 Jan 1643, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 16 Mar 1724, Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1679	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14]
  Children	1. Sarah MAYNARD,   b. 15 May 1680, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 4 Feb 1757, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 76 years)   2. Lydia MAYNARD,   b. 29 Aug 1682, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   3. Joseph MAYNARD,   b. 27 Aug 1685, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. Abt 1721 (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F3229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  John Maynard III Imigrated with his parents at 3 years of age to the Colonies. John Maynard II, the first immigrant ancestor, settled in Sudbury (now Wayland) and was one of the forty-seven who shared the meadow along the Sudbury River. His house lot of four acres was near those of Edmond and Henry Rice on North Street. At first, he built a low loghouse probably with a thatched roof and later a frame house. John was evidently desirous to locate in a fertile spot where cattle could be fed and a home maintained. John was admitted a freeman on May 20,1644 and was select man of Sudbury in 1646. In early records and histories, there are several conflicting accounts of John Maynard. There are claims of two men of the same name in the area and one account of them being married to the same Mary Starr. Most account have the familes of John II and John III confused. I believe that John of Sudbury can be proven and that the account of another event settles the John II/ John III confusion. In 1660, the inhabitants of Sudbury petitioned the General Court, stating that as the Lord had blessed them with very large families and had also greatly prospered them by increasing their flocks and herds, they found themselves much hampered for room for their cattle to feed. On May 31, 1660, a grant of six square miles was set off for their needs and this country was known as Whippin and afterwards in corporated as Marlborough. In this grant, John Maynard II was assigned a good area in the central part of the present city of Marlborough. John III went to this grant and settled, and married Mary Gates. In his father's will, he stated that he had already deeded this property to John III. Thus all the descentants by the name of Maynard in Marlborough, Southboro, Westborough and Shewsbury come from John III, while most of the families in Framingham and various parts of Sudbury and Wayland come from John, the II.

  
  

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