Edward Converse

Bef 1589 - 1663  (> 74 years)

• Name	Edward Converse
  Birth	Bef 23 Mar 1589	Navestock, Essex, England   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Baptism	23 Mar 1589	Navestock, Essex, England   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Aug 1663	Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 4]
  Person ID	I15013	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Allen Convers,   b. of Navestock, Essex, England d. Between 3 Jan 1636 and 28 Jun 1639, Southweald, Essex, England
  Mother	Joanna   d. Bef 22 Jun 1602, Navestock, Essex, England
  Family ID	F12855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Parker,   b. Abt 1596   d. 14 Jan 1662, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 66 years)
  Marriage	29 Jun 1614	Great Burstead, Essex, England   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Deacon Josiah Convers,   b. Bef 30 Oct 1618, South Weald, Essex, England d. 3 Feb 1690, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age > 71 years)
  Family ID	F9440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2018

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia: Deacon Edward Convers was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and was one of the founders of Woburn, MA. He built the first house and first mill in Woburn. Convers was very active in town affairs, serving as one of its first selectmen. He served on "every committee and had a part in every movement that had this new settlement in view." He also helped establish Charlestown. He was one of the colony's wealthy landowners, and was a farmer, miller and surveyor. [...] He also founded the First Church of Charlestown, and established the first ferry from Charlestown to Boston. The ferry operated where the Charles River Bridge is now located, and was referred to as the "Great Ferry" (to distinguish it from a smaller ferry operating between Charlestown and Winnisimmet). Convers died on August 10, 1663, in Woburn, Massachusetts.

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S1603] Douglas Richardson, "The English Origin and Ancestry of the Parker Brothers of Massachusetts and of their Probable Aunt, Sarah Parker, Wife of Edward Converse." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 153:81, January 1999. [S1602] Arnold P.G. and Carolyn Bryant Peterson, "Edward Converse of Woburn, Massachusetts: Notes on His Birthplace and Ancestry." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 146:130, 1992. [S2306] The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630 by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.