John, born at Menotomy, at Cambridge, 01 May 1655, and baptized before 1659; served as a trooper under Captain Thomas Prentice in King Philips'w War in 1675 and 1676. (Bodge's "Soldiers in King Philip's War," pages 81-83.)

In 1683 he bought a two hundred acres farm in Framingham where he settled and afterwards acquired a farm in Sudbury where he passed his later years.

By his father's will in 1705 he was given the the latter's 110 acre farm in Lexington, originally granted by the Town of Cambridge to Golden Moore.

He was residing in Sudbury as late as 1733 when he appears on the list of living claimants for a right in Narragansett Grant No. 2 [Westminster, Mass.] on account of his service in King Philip's War nearly sixty years previously. [Bodge's "Soldiers in King Philip's War," page 419.]

He married in Sudbury, 26 February 1680/1, Hannah Bent, born there 6 May 1661, daughter of John and Hannah (Stone) Bent and granddaughter of John and Martha (      ) Bent and of Deacon John Stone.

Children recorded in Sudbury:

1. John, born 12 March 1683/4.

2. Daniel, born 21 November 1685.

3. Hannah, born 14 February 1687/8.

4. Charles, born 20 June 1660.

From: Henry of Somerset and Braintree, Massachusetts-Page 89