Henry Messenger

Abt 1618 - 1681  (59 years)

• Name	Henry Messenger  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1618  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 29 Sep 1677 and 30 Apr 1681	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I43865	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	Sarah   d. Between 18 Sep 1694 and 24 Jun 1697
  Marriage	Bef 1641  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Messenger,   b. Abt 1650, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. Between 1705 and 1706, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F25623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  According to Anderson (citation details below), he first appears in New England in 1639. He settled at Boston. He was a joiner.

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S8695] The Descendants of Henry Messenger of Boston, 1637 by Richard Taft Messenger, Harley Bryce Messenger, and Glenn A. Messenger. Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, 1994.