John Greenaway

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name
John Greenaway
aka
[John Greeneaway]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Millwright, of Dorchester, whose family is supposed to have come on the Mary and John in 1630. Father of Mary Greenaway, who married Thomas Millett, and of Ursula, whom his deed of gift of 1650 calls "obedient, loving, dutifull and faithfull" to her aged father and mother.
residences
date
Jan 1636/7
place
Dorchester, Massachusetts
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[records-dorchester-town-records]
note
One of twenty men Dorchester chose to arrange the plantation's affairs; granted the upland on Pine Neck.
events
what
Landed at Nantasket
date
30 May 1630
place
Hull, Massachusetts
sources
[typescript-mollie-pfeiffer-holbrook-low]
note
Mollie p. 172: he and his wife came in the Mary and John, which reached Nantasket (now Hull) on 30 May 1630; he was in Dorchester for the freemen's list that October.
spouses
id
mary-greenaway-d1659
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[deed-john-greenaway-1650]

Millwright, of Dorchester. He was among the 108 who asked to be made freemen on 19 Oct 1630, and took the oath on 18 May 1631 (NEHGR 32:55). On 2 Jan 1636/7 he was one of twenty men Dorchester chose "to arrange the affairs of the plantation". The same meeting ordered that "Good. Greenway shall haue all the vpland one the pine necke for his great lott" (town records, quoted in NEHGR 32:55). His wife Mary and four of their daughters (Ann Pierce, Mary Millett, Katharine Daniel and Susanna Wales) signed Dorchester petitions of about 1648 in favour of "a noted midwife, Alice Tilley" (NEHGR 32:55).

His deed of gift of 1650 names "Thomas & mary Millett my sonne in Lawe & daughter," and says his daughter Ursula "hath alwayes ben an obedient, loving, dutifull and faithfull daughter and servant vnto her aged father & mother" (NEHGR 32:55-56). It gave Ursula "all my said dwelling howse out howse Barne garden & orchards, conteynning five acres", lying between George Weekes and Richard Leeds, with meadow in the Calves Pasture and near the creek called the Old Harbor.

His wife Mary died 23 Jan 1658/9. His own death is not recorded; NEHGR thinks he "did not long survive" the 1650 deeds.

Daughters per NEHGR: Ann (Pierce), Ursula (Batten), Mary (Millett), Katharine (Daniel), Elizabeth Allen ("probably the wife of John Allen") and Susanna Wales.

NEHGR says only that "it is supposed" the family came on the Mary and John in 1630. Mollie Pfeiffer's "of Stains" has not been found; online trees say Mildenhall, Wiltshire (unverified).

Open questions

  • His English origin and arrival: check the Great Migration sketch.
  1. ---
  2. name: John Greenaway
  3. aka: [John Greeneaway]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Millwright, of Dorchester, whose family is supposed to have come on the Mary and John in 1630.
  8. Father of Mary Greenaway, who married Thomas Millett, and of Ursula, whom his deed of gift of
  9. 1650 calls "obedient, loving, dutifull and faithfull" to her aged father and mother.
  10. residences:
  11. - date: "Jan 1636/7"
  12. place: Dorchester, Massachusetts
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: proven
  15. sources: [records-dorchester-town-records]
  16. note: "One of twenty men Dorchester chose to arrange the plantation's affairs; granted the upland on Pine Neck."
  17. events:
  18. - what: Landed at Nantasket
  19. date: "30 May 1630"
  20. place: Hull, Massachusetts
  21. sources: [typescript-mollie-pfeiffer-holbrook-low]
  22. note: "Mollie p. 172: he and his wife came in the Mary and John, which reached Nantasket (now Hull) on 30 May 1630; he was in Dorchester for the freemen's list that October."
  23. spouses:
  24. - id: mary-greenaway-d1659
  25. basis: compiled
  26. confidence: probable
  27. sources: [deed-john-greenaway-1650]
  28. ---
  30. Millwright, of Dorchester. He was among the 108 who asked to be made freemen on
  31. 19 Oct 1630, and took the oath on 18 May 1631 (NEHGR 32:55). On 2 Jan 1636/7 he was one of
  32. twenty men Dorchester chose "to arrange the affairs of the plantation". The same meeting
  33. ordered that "Good. Greenway shall haue all the vpland one the pine necke for his great
  34. lott" (town records, quoted in NEHGR 32:55). His wife Mary and four of their daughters
  35. (Ann Pierce, Mary Millett, Katharine Daniel and Susanna Wales) signed Dorchester petitions
  36. of about 1648 in favour of "a noted midwife, Alice Tilley" (NEHGR 32:55).
  38. His deed of gift of 1650 names "Thomas & mary Millett my sonne in Lawe & daughter," and
  39. says his daughter Ursula "hath alwayes ben an obedient, loving, dutifull and faithfull
  40. daughter and servant vnto her aged father & mother" (NEHGR 32:55-56). It gave Ursula "all
  41. my said dwelling howse out howse Barne garden & orchards, conteynning five acres", lying
  42. between George Weekes and Richard Leeds, with meadow in the Calves Pasture and near the
  43. creek called the Old Harbor.
  45. His wife Mary died 23 Jan 1658/9. His own death is not recorded; NEHGR thinks he "did not
  46. long survive" the 1650 deeds.
  48. Daughters per NEHGR: Ann (Pierce), Ursula (Batten), Mary (Millett), Katharine (Daniel),
  49. Elizabeth Allen ("probably the wife of John Allen") and Susanna Wales.
  51. NEHGR says only that "it is supposed" the family came on the *Mary and John* in 1630.
  52. Mollie Pfeiffer's "of Stains" has not been found; online trees say Mildenhall, Wiltshire
  53. (unverified).
  55. ## Open questions
  57. - His English origin and arrival: check the Great Migration sketch.
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