John Challis

Abt 1677 - 1742  (65 years)

• Name	John Challis
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Abt 1677	Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Married	26 Jan 1699 (Age 22)	Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 4]
  Sarah Frame, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Rowell) Freme. She was born about 1678 in Amesbury, Massachusetts. She was living in 1751. Issue: 1. Mary Challis (1699-____) 2. Jacob Challis (1702-____) 3. Hannah Challis (1704-____) 4. Susanna Challis (1705-____) 5. John Challis (1707-____) 6. Jacob Challis (1709-____) 7. Sarah Challis (1710-____) 8. Eleanor Challis (1712-____) 9. Lydia Challis (1714-____) 10. Gideon Challis (1716-____) 11. Philip Challis (1718-____) 12. Thomas Challis (1720-____)
  Brown (1854) incorrectly gives their marriage place as Salisbury, Massachusetts. [4]
  Military	1708 (Age 31)  [3]
  He was listed as a snowshoe man.
  Will	23 Mar 1741 (Age 64)  [1, 3]
  He mentions his children: Mary, Hannah, Susanna, John, Jacob, Eleanor, Lydia, Gideon, Philip, Thomas, and Sarah.
  Death	1742  [1, 3]
  Siblings	11 Siblings
  1. John Challis,   b. 9 Jul 1653, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. young, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   2. John Challis,   b. 26 Jun 1655, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. Before 1677  (Age 21 years)   3. William Challis,   b. 19 Dec 1657, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 19 Dec 1657, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   4. Philip Watson Challis,   b. 19 Dec 1657, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. young, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   5. Elizabeth Challis,   b. —, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts ▻ John Hoyt,  m. Abt 1685 ;   John Blaisdell,  m. 6 Jan 1692/93   6. William Challis,   b. 18 May 1663, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. Abt 1726, Newton, Rockingham County. New Hampshire  (Age 62 years)   7. Lydia Challis,   b. 31 May 1665, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   8. Mary Challis,   b. 27 Aug 1668, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 25 May 1687, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 18 years)   9. Philip Watson Challis,   b. Abt 1670, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 1681 to 1693, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 11 years) + 10. Thomas Challis,   b. 22 Jun 1673, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts ▻ Mary Colby,  m. Before 3 Sep 1696 ;   Sarah Weed,  m. 22 Sep 1727   11. Hannah Challis,   b. 20 Sep 1675, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts   12. John Challis,   b. Abt 1677, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 1742  (Age 65 years)
  Person ID	I18580
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Lt. Philip Watson Challis,   b. Abt 1617, England
  Mother	Mary Sargent   d. 27 Sep 1716, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Marriage	1652	Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 35 years - She : ??.
  Family ID	F688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1677 - Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Married - 26 Jan 1699 - Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S878] Hildebrand, Herbert W. Thomas Rowell 400 Years & 8461 Descendants Later, (Kettering, Ohio: by the author, c 1994). [S227] Burrell, Alyce Adams. A Genealogy of Sherwin-Shedd and Allied Families in America , (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1990). [S621] Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897). [S845] Brown, Asa W. "Early Settlers of Salisbury, Mass., Arranged into Families" 1854, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VIII, 1854).