John Porter (1596 - 1676)

Biography
Hon. Sgt. John Porter was born in 1596 in Dorchester, Dorset County, England to Samuel Porter (c. 1597 - 1659) and Sarah Unknown (c. 1568 - 1696) and died on 6 Sep 1676 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America. On 1 Nov 1596 he was baptized in Kington, Wiltshire, England. In 1630 he arrived in Massachusetts, North America. He married in about 1636 Mary Unknown (1598 - 1684).

Facts and Occupation
On 13 May 1640 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, North America he was appointed be the General Court of Massachusetts to value horses, mares, cows, oxen, and hogs for Hingham. In 2 Jun 1641 he became a freeman. In 1641 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, North America he was Constable of Hingham. On 20 May 1644 in Massachusetts, North America he was Deputy to the Massachusetts General Court from Hingham. He then moved to Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America. On 10 May 1643 in Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America he purchased Rev. Samuel Sharp's for 100 pounds. On 1 May 1644 he payed thirty pounds. On 1 Mar he payed fifty pounds. He did not pay the last thirty pounds until 20 Jul 1652. On 29 Jan 1648 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America he purchased one-third of Simon Bradstreet farm which had a total of 180 acres. On the same day he purchased from William and Richard Haynes of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America, two-thirds of the Bishop farm. In 1650 he purchased the 500 acre farm of Emmanuel Downing. He purchased other land as well; enough to make him the largest proprietor of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, North America.

Connection
John Porter (1596 - 676)

m. Mary Unknown (1598 - 1684)

Israel Porter (1643 - 1706)

m. Elizabeth Hathorne (1649 - 1706)

Elizabeth Porter (1673 - 1746)

m. Joseph Putnam (1669 - 1725)

Mary Putnam (1691 - )

m. Capt. Bartholmew Putnam (1688 - 1723)

Joseph Putnam (1714 - 1788)

m. Sarah Urann (1716 - 1765)

Hannah Putnam (1758 -1793)

m. Josiah Bradlee I (1754 - 1798)

Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1778 - 1860)

m. Lucy Hall (1782 - 1816)

Frederic Hall Bradlee (1807 - 1886)

m. Lucretia Wainwright (1810 - 1886)

Josiah Bradlee III (1837 - 1902)

m. Alice Crowninshield (1839 - 1926)

Frederick Josiah Bradlee I (1766 - 1951)

m. Elizabeth Whitwell Thomas (1868 - 1952)

Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)

m. Chevlaiere Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)

m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b. 1941)

Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (b. 1982)

Internet
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