Sir. John II MAYNARD, Knight^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1598 - 1672  (74 years)

• Name	John II MAYNARD  [8, 9]
  Prefix	Sir.
  Suffix	Knight
  Birth	1598	Bassingbourn, Ricamond, St Edwards, England   [3, 8, 9, 10]
  	Birth listed as 1600 by Casimir Stevens.
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	K6L64F5
  Immigration	1634	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [6, 9, 11, 12]
  	Place Cambridge, MA Year Spring 1634 Primary Individual Maynard, John Source Code 9448 "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.'
  Founder	1640	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [6, 9]
  	Sudbury, Middlesex, MA (original proprietor of the town)
  Freeman	1644	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [6, 9]
  Offices Held	1646	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America   [13]
  	Selectman
  Founder	1656	Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   [6, 9]
  	One of the petitioners of grants of Marlborough
  Knighthood	, , Cambridgeshire, England   [5, 6, 9]
  LifeSketch	[13]
  	There were three John Maynards listed in "The Great Migration Directory." This is NOT the John Maynard who went first to Cambridge, Mass and then to Hartford Conn, and who also married Editha Stebbins/Stebbing.
  Will	4 Sep 1672	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America   [13]
  Death	10 Dec 1672	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [8, 9, 10]
  Will Proved	1 Apr 1673	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America   [13]
  Occupation	[13]
  	Husbandman And Brewer
  _UID	87FD29F45A3A4F4F82356406FE4199521EB0
  Person ID	I6359	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	John MAYNARD, Sr.,   b. 1575, Cambridgeshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth ASTON,   b. Abt 1579, Aston Grange, Runcorn, Cheshire, England d. 1633, Cambridgeshire, England (Age ~ 54 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1597	, , Cambridgeshire, England   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F3775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Judith STARR,   b. 11 Jan 1617, Ashford, Kent, England d. 25 Aug 1642, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1629	Cambridgeshire, England   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Children	1. Joseph MAYNARD,   b. Abt 1635, Cambridgeshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   2. John III MAYNARD,   b. 15 Oct 1636, Hingham, Norfolk, England d. 22 Dec 1711, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F3231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Mary (Axtell) STARR,   b. 16 Apr 1620, Ashford, Kent, England d. 22 Apr 1659, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	16 May 1646	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Children	1. Zachary MAYNARD,   b. 7 Jun 1647, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 11 Feb 1723, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 75 years)   2. Elizabeth MAYNARD,   b. 26 May 1649, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 5 Jun 1676, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 27 years)   3. Lydia MAYNARD,   b. 22 Nov 1650, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 23 Nov 1717, Boston, Massachusetts (Age 67 years)   4. Hannah MAYNARD,   b. 30 Sep 1653, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 10 Oct 1705, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 52 years)   5. Mary MAYNARD,   b. 3 Aug 1656, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 4 Nov 1677, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F3232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  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. John II's first wife was Judith Starr. When she died in 1642, John later remarried her sister, Mary in 1645. 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. John Maynard died in Sudbury on December 10, 1672. His will was dated September 4, 1672 and proved April 1, 1673. In it are mentioned his eldest son John Maynard, son Zachery, wife Mary, daughter Elisabeth wife of Joseph Graves, daughter Lydia wife to Joseph Moore, and youngest daughter Mary, not yet married. His wife Mary and son Zachery were named joint executors. "My trusty friends Deacon John Haines, and Joseph Noys both of Sudbury" were to be supervisors to assist the executors. The will was witnessed by Henry Locker and John Toll.[5] The inventory of the estate was taken December 30, 1672 by Edmund Goodenow, John Haines, and Joseph Noyes and came to 263 pounds. REFERENCES [1]Frederick C. Warner, The Warner-Harrington Ancestry (1949), p. 444. [2]Carson Axtell, The Axtell Genealogy (1945), p. 42. [3]Alfred S. Hudson, Annals of Sudbury, Wayland, and Maynard (1891), p. 65. [4]Warner, The Warner-Harrington Ancestry, p. 444. [5]Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 14851), 4:24, research by Mike Roman. [6]Ibid., 4:27. [7]Charles Hudson, The History of Marlborough (1862), p. 83. [8]Neil Thompson, F.A.S.G., "Lydia Maynard, Wife of Joseph Moore of Sudbury Massachusetts", The American Genealogist, Vol. 60 (Jan 1984), p. 55. Savage - MAYNARD, John (d. 1672), from England to Massachusetts; an original propr. of Sudbury, 1640; freeman, 1644; a petitioner for grant of Marlbrough; m. Mary Axtell (or Axtel)

  
  

• Sources

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