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DANFORTH, Captain Jonathan

DANFORTH, Captain Jonathan

Male 1628 - 1712  (84 years)

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  • Name DANFORTH, Jonathan  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Title Captain 
    Birth 20 Feb 1628  Framlingham, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Web Address https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Danforth-29 
    Death 7 Sep 1712  Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Burial Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    DANFORTH, Nicholas,   b. 1 Mar 1589   d. 8 Apr 1638, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)  (Father) 
    BARBER, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1596, Framlingham, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1628, Framlingham, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I2660  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024 

    Father DANFORTH, Nicholas,   b. 1 Mar 1589   d. 8 Apr 1638, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother BARBER, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1596, Framlingham, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1628, Framlingham, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 11 Feb 1618  Framlingham, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 POULTER, Elizabeth,   b. 1 Sep 1633, Rochford, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1689, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 22 Nov 1654  Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. DANFORTH, Sarah,   b. 13 Dec 1676, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1751, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. DANFORTH, Nicolas,   b. 1 Jul 1671, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1694, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. DANFORTH, Jonathan,   b. 18 Feb 1659, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1711, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. DANFORTH, Anna,   b. 8 Mar 1668, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1737, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. DANFORTH, Lydia,   b. 1 Jun 1664, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1758, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. DANFORTH, Elizabeth,   b. 27 May 1657, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1696, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. DANFORTH (D. AS INFANT), John,   b. 7 Feb 1661, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1661, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. DANFORTH, Mary,   b. 29 Jan 1655, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1699 (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. DANFORTH, Jonathan,   b. 22 Mar 1689, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1762, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. DANFORTH, Abiel,   b. Abt 1674, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. DANFORTH, Samuel,   b. 1665, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1742, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     12. DANFORTH (D. AS INFANT), Thomas,   b. 29 Apr 1670, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1670, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     13. DANFORTH, John,   b. 23 Jan 1660, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1660, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F757  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024 

    Marriage 1654  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F763  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Feb 1628 - Framlingham, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1654 - USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Nov 1654 - Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Sep 1712 - Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    Danforth homestead memorial
    Danforth Jonathan b 1628 gravestone
    danforth Jonathan house
    Danforth Jonathan signature
    Capt. Jonathan Danforth homestead
    house of Capt    		house of Capt

    Histories
    Obituary - Jonathan Danforth Sr Capt (1628 - 1712)    		Obituary - Jonathan Danforth Sr Capt (1628 - 1712)
    Much about Jonathan Danforth    		Much about Jonathan Danforth
    Find A Grave Information (Pictures to Come)    		Find A Grave Information (Pictures to Come)
    story of JD by Surveyer's Hist Soc    		story of JD by Surveyer's Hist Soc
    danforth jonathan bio    		danforth jonathan bio

  • Notes 
    • He built a house in Billerica which stood there until 1878. He was a leading citizen of Billerica, selectman, town clerk and representative to the general court, captain of the military company. He became a land surveyor and laid out farms, highways and in the book of land grants at Billerica alone his descriptions fill out 200 pages.

  • Sources 
    1. [S70] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    2. [S43] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).

    3. [S16] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988      		 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988


    4. [S60] Ancestry.com, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).


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