James Weston

1723 - 1786  (62 years)

• Name	James Weston  [1]
  Birth	31 Oct 1723	Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts   [5]
  Death	26 Oct 1786	New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts   [4]
  Burial	Southwest Cemetery, New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts   [4]
  Person ID	I42389	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Zachariah Weston,   b. 16 Dec 1690, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Between 27 Sep 1763 and 24 Apr 1764, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mehitable Shaw,   b. 12 Jan 1695, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Aft 27 Sep 1763 (Age > 68 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1717	Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2, 6]
  Family ID	F24797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Dunham,   b. 23 Nov 1720, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 6 Mar 1798, New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1748	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Abner Weston,   b. 26 Nov 1764, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F24796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S5287] The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower by Gary Boyd Roberts. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020. [S4432] Mayflower Families in Progress: George Soule of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations, originally compiled by John E. Soule and Milton E. Terry, revised by Louise Walsh Throop. Seventh edition. General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2015. [S8201] A Family of Millers and Stewarts by Robert F. Miller. St. Louis, Missouri, 1909., date only. [S8202] Find a Grave page for James Weston Sr.. [S8195] The American Roots of Ezra Pound by J. J. Wilhelm. New York: Garland, 1985. [S2604] Jonathan A. Shaw, "John Shaw of Plymouth Colony: Purchaser and Canal Builder." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 151:259, 1997; 151:417, 1997. [S3431] Massachusetts, town clerk and town records, 1626-2001, on familysearch.org. [S8203] Find a Grave page for Abigail Dunham Weston.