Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Waldron
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Name John Waldron [1, 2] Gender Male Person ID I12438 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH Last Modified 30 Oct 2018
Father George Waldron, b. Bef 26 Apr 1603 d. Aft 1680 (Age > 78 years) Mother Bridget Rice d. 1661 Marriage 31 May 1635 Alcester, Warwickshire, England [2, 3, 4] Family ID F136 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Children + 1. John Waldron, b. Abt 1675 d. Between 12 May 1740 and 30 Jul 1740, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire (Age ~ 65 years) Family ID F7187 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Dec 2016
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Notes - He was a hornbreaker. "In June 1678 Jonathan Watson and Joseph Beard saw him overtaken in drink, a habit which brought distress to his family. In 1680 the court took drastic steps, ordering him confined with one leg chained to a post, and supplied with materials for his trade, the proceeds to go for his and his children's maintenance. His letter to his wife 29 Jan 1682 mentions only his child. [...] In Boston drunk and abusing the constable 1684." [Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, citation details below.]
After 1684, he is not seen again unless he is the John Waldron from Wells recorded as playing cards in a Boston tavern in Feb 1690, who paid a fine in court saying "There is something for you to make merry with" and was as a result sent to jail. This John Waldron was also sued in Suffolk court, Aug 1690.
- He was a hornbreaker. "In June 1678 Jonathan Watson and Joseph Beard saw him overtaken in drink, a habit which brought distress to his family. In 1680 the court took drastic steps, ordering him confined with one leg chained to a post, and supplied with materials for his trade, the proceeds to go for his and his children's maintenance. His letter to his wife 29 Jan 1682 mentions only his child. [...] In Boston drunk and abusing the constable 1684." [Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, citation details below.]
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Sources - [S212] The Slovak Yankee, by Martin Hollick.
- [S660] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939.
- [S2345] H. G. Somerby, "Pedigree of Waldron." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 8:78, 1854.
- [S2203] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence A. Torrey. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015., says 21 May 1635.
- [S212] The Slovak Yankee, by Martin Hollick.