John Launce

Abt 1597 - Bef 1635  (~ 38 years)

• Name	John Launce  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1597	of Penair in St. Clement, Cornwall, England   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 25 Jun 1635  [3]
  Burial	25 Jun 1635	St. Clement, Cornwall, England   [3]
  Person ID	I27525	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Robert Launce,   b. of Penair in St. Clement, Cornwall, England d. Bef 5 Sep 1623
  Mother	Susan Tubb
  Family ID	F12225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabella Darcy,   b. Abt 1600   d. Between 29 May 1668 and 4 Aug 1669 (Age ~ 68 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1619  [5]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Launce,   b. Abt 1625   d. 9 Mar 1710, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 85 years)
  Family ID	F16438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2020

  
  

• Notes

  John Launce was described by Cotton Mather in Magnalia Christi Americana as "a Puritan gentleman [...] whose lands in Cornwall yielded him fourteen hundred pounds a year. He was a Parliament man, a Man learned and pious, and a notable Disputant; but once disputing against the English Episcopacy [...] he was worsted by such a way of maintaining the Argument, as was thought agreeable; that is, by a Wound in the Side, from his furious Antagonist; of which Wound at last he died."

  
  

• Sources

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