Individual Details
John Mighill Sr.
(Abt 1634 - Bef 7 Dec 1702)
John married the next year on July 6 1659 to Sarah Batt. He was one of six men in 1661 allowed to build a pen to catch wolves for three years and receive 50s for each wolf taken. Other town records show John selling property and keeping cows for the town. For some time John lived at "Oyster River" in Dover, N.H. and was constable there in 1674. Three of his children were baptized in Newbury, MA on Aug 13, 1676 were he and his wife were living at the time.
By 1681, John and his sons, John and Thomas were in Suffield, Conn. were they received land grants. They were among the early grants to settlers or proprietors between 1670 and 1682. On March 9, 1681/82 John Mighell, Sr. was listed in Suffield as privileged to vote in town affairs. He was selectman from 1686 to 1690, and in 1697 served on a committee to clear five acres of meadow land for the minister. He died in Suffield in 1702.
Events
Birth | Abt 1634 | ||||
Marriage | 6 Jul 1659 | Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, British America - Sarah Batt | |||
Death | Bef 7 Dec 1702 | (now Connecticut), Suffield, Massachusetts, British America |
Families
Spouse | Sarah Batt (1640 - 1714) |
Child | John Mighill Jr. (1660 - 1743) |
Child | Thomas Mighill (1662 - 1745) |
Child | Sarah Mighill (1664 - ) |
Child | Elizabeth Mighill (1666 - ) |
Child | Mary Mighill (1668 - ) |
Child | Samuel Mighill (1670 - 1736) |
Child | Nathaniel Mighill (1672 - 1709) |
Child | Nicholas Mighill (1674 - ) |
Father | Deacon Thomas Mighill (1606 - 1654) |
Mother | Ellen (1610 - 1640) |
Sibling | Samuel Mighill ( - 1698) |
Sibling | Rev Thomas Mighill (1639 - 1689) |
Notes
Birth
aged "about thirty years" in September 1664.Endnotes
1. Gale Ion Harris, "John Mighill of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 158 (July 2004): 255-279.
2. Swift, Katharine Whitin., The Swift family : historical notes. (Whitinsville, Mass.: E.K. Swift, 1955, 177 pgs.), p. 162.
3. Gale Ion Harris, "John Mighill of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 158 (July 2004): 255-279.
4. Swift, Katharine Whitin., The Swift family : historical notes. (Whitinsville, Mass.: E.K. Swift, 1955, 177 pgs.), p. 162.
5. Gale Ion Harris, "John Mighill of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 158 (July 2004): 255-279.