Rev. John Maverick

Bef 1578 - 1636  (> 57 years)

• Name	John Maverick  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	Bef 28 Dec 1578  [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Baptism	28 Dec 1578	Awliscombe, Devon, England   [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Feb 1636	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [6, 7, 8, 10]
  Person ID	I30473	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Peter Mavericke,   b. Abt 1550   d. Bef 3 Feb 1617 (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Tucke
  Marriage	7 Nov 1577	Awliscombe, Devon, England   [7]
  Family ID	F18193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Gye,   b. Abt 1580   d. Aft 9 Oct 1666 (Age ~ 86 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1600	Ilsington, Devon, England   [6, 7, 8, 10, 11]
  Children	+ 1. Elias Maverick,   b. 1604   d. 8 Sep 1684 (Age 80 years) + 2. Moses Maverick,   b. Bef 3 Nov 1611   d. 28 Jan 1686, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 74 years)
  Family ID	F18188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He emigrated on the Mary and John, arriving 30 May 1630. From Wikipedia (accessed 19 Sep 2020): Rev. John Maverick (1578-1636) was the first minister of the First Parish Church of Dorchester in early colonial Dorchester, Massachusetts. John Maverick was born to Rev. Peter Maverick, a vicar in Awliscombe, Devon in 1578. In 1595, Maverick enrolled in University of Oxford. Five years later, in 1600, he married Mary Gye. Two of their sons, Samuel and Moses, are notable people in early Massachusetts history. In 1603, Maverick received his MA from Oxford. He was the curate for his uncle, Rev. Radford Maverick, from 1606 to 1614. Afterwards, he was rector of a church in Beaworthy, Devon until 1629. Maverick became a Puritan before migrating to the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Dorchester, Massachusetts on 30 May 1630, where he served as the first minister of the First Parish Church of Dorchester with Rev. John Warham. He became a freeman in 1631 and helped establish the government in Dorchester. He died February 3, 1636. His eulogy was by John Cotton and Governor John Winthrop.

  
  

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