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William Russell

Male Abt 1605 - 1662  (~ 57 years)


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  • Name William Russell 
    Birth Abt 1605  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Feb 1662  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I37948  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of UKL
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2022 

    Family Martha   d. Abt 1694 
    Children 
    +1. Benjamin Russell   d. 8 Jan 1713, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F22302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2022 

  • Notes 
    • "With his wife Martha and son Joseph, William Russell came from England and settled in Cambridge, Mass., 1645, the year he was a proprietor, or a few years earlier. He was a carpenter, and made his will thirteen days before his death." [The Snow-Estes Ancestry, citation details below]

      His origins are unknown, but in 1968 John G. Hunt (citation details below) pointed out that (1) the William Russell of Cambridge, Massachusetts was a carpenter with a wife named Martha, (2) on 26 May 1636, at St. Stephens Church, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, William Russell, carpenter of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, married Martha Davyes of Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, a surety being Walter Davyes of Bovingdon, and (3) William Russell of Cambridge, Massachusetts had a grandson (through his son Joseph) named Walter.

  • Sources 
    1. [S6412] John G. Hunt, "Origin of William Russell (c. 1605-1662) of Cambridge, Massachusetts." The American Genealogist 44:83, 1968.

    2. [S1431] The Snow-Estes Ancestry by Nora E. Snow and Myrtle M. Jillson. Hillburn, New York: 1939.