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John Hastings, a Puritain, first settled in Braintree where he was a tanner. He was admitted a freeman on May 10, 1643, and was admitted to the church in Cambridge on Feb. 1656 (Johnson 293).

Hastings, John, freeman 1643, res. a few years at Braintree, and removed here [Cambridge] about 1654. His first wife d. at Braintree , and he m. Ann, the wid. of John Meane of Cambridge. His children, all by first wife, were Walter and Samuel, bap. in England, and John and Elizabeth, bap. in Braintree. To the name John, Mitchell adds, "Seaborne," indicating perhaps that he was born during the passage of his parents across the ocean; but it does not appear that he ever used it as a part of his proper name. Elizabeth is supposed to have m. William Buttrick before 1657, and ___ Billings before 1666. John the f. was a tanner, and res. on the easterly corner of Brattle and Ash streets, the former homestead of Thomas Brigham, which he bought 5 Mar. 1654. He d. 2 Dec. 1657, his w. Ann d. 25 Mar. 1666, a. about 60, ae stated upon inventory of her estate (Paige 575).

JOHN, a Puritan, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, and there baptized in the parish church of Little Eversden, March 11, 1603, the son of JOHN HASTINGS. He was married in England and in 1637 brought to Braintree Ma. his wife and five children including an infant son thought to have been born aboard ship. John was a tanner and one of the first freemen May 10, 1643. By 1645 there was a marked shortage of land in Braintree, and 32 inhabitants including John petitioned to make a plantation at Shawamet; 1,000 acres were granted, but the plan failed due to conflicting land claims. His first wife died in Braintree, and he moved to Cambridge where he was granted 80 acres, Lot #81, along the Shawshim River, June 9, 1652. He was a constable in 1653, and March 5, 1654, bought a homestead from Thomas Brigham, situated at the east corner of Brattle and Ash streets. He was admitted to the Cambridge church in February 1656 and is referred to as "Deacon John" in Jackson's History of Newton. He died December 2, 1657, and his will of July 26 mentioned his second wife Anne who by a former husband, John MEANE, had daughters Sarah and Mary who married two sons of her last husband. Anne died March 25, 1666, age 60, her inventory submitted April 3, 1666. Fourteen of this name had graduated by 1834 from New England colleges, thirteen of these from Harvard. [Carol Clark Johnson, "A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families and Other Puritan Settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony" (1970, privately published), pp. 291-92]

JOHN HASTINGS was a freeman in 1643 residing at Braintree. About 1654 he removed to Cambridge where he bought the residence of Thomas Brigham March 5, 1654, on the corner of Brattle and Ash Streets. He was a tanner. His wife died at Braintree and he married Ann, the widow of John MEANE of Cambridge. His two sons married her two daughters. He died December 2, 1657, leaving four children by his first wife and his widow Ann who died March 25, 1666. [Lyman May Paine, "My Ancestors: A Memorial of John Paine and Mary Ann May of East Woodstock, Connecticut" (1914, privately published), p. 61]

JOHN HASTINGS, Braintree, freeman 1645, removed to Cambridge in 1656, and was a deacon of the church. His children were Walter and Samuel, born in England, and John, Seaborn, and Elizabeth, baptized at Braintree. He is the ancestor of the graduates of this name at Harvard College. [John Farmer, "A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England", p. 137]

Birth	Bef 11 Mar 1603	Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Baptism	11 Mar 1603	St. Mary's, Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Marriage	Bef 1631	England, United Kingdom - Elizabeth
Immigration	1637
Marriage	Aft 1652	Anne
Will	26 Jul 1657	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British America
Death	2 Dec 1657	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British America

Spouse	Elizabeth ( - 1654)
Child	Deacon Walter Hastings (1630 - 1705)
Child	UNK Hastings ( - 1657)
Child	UNK Hastings ( - 1657)
Child	Samuel Hastings (1635 - 1705)
Child	John "Seaborne" Hastings (1637 - )
Child	Elizabeth Hastings (1643 - )

Spouse	Anne (1606 - 1666)
Child	Robert Hastings (1654 - 1721)

Father	John Hastings ( - )
Sibling	William Hastings (1598 - 1679)
Sibling	Alice Hastings (1601 - )
Sibling	Ann Hastings (1608 - )

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