John Waldron

• Name	John Waldron  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I12438	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  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

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• 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.