John Symonds

1594 - 1671  (~ 76 years)

• Name	John Symonds
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Christening	9 Oct 1594	North Walsham, Norfolk, England   [10, 12, 16]
  Moved To	1625	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   [3, 7, 12]
  John and Ruth moved to Great Yarmouth after their marriage.
  Immigration	Abt 1635  [7, 12]
  About 1635 John and Ruth came to America.
  Proprietor	1636	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 8, 13]
  In 1636 he was a proprietor of Salem, Massachusetts.
  Land/House	1636	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12, 15]
  He was granted 20 acres of land near North River in 1636.
  Freeman	Mar 1637/38	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 13, 14]
  In March of 1637/38 he was admitted as a freeman.
  Occupation	say 1640  [1, 3, 9, 12]
  John Simonds was a joiner and a cooper. [A joiner is an artisan and tradesperson who builds things by joining pieces of wood, particularly lighter and more ornamental work than that done by a carpenter, including furniture and the "fittings" of a house, ship, etc]
  Legal	1644	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [3, 12]
  He was in court for allowing his cattle to go at large before the fruits were gathered in 1644.
  Land/House	8 Jan 1644	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [12, 15]
  In the Salem, Massachusetts records on 8 (11) 1643: Granted to John Simonds all the Waste land betweene the Lots of Hughe Laskine & Stukly Wesket & the Watter side, excepting the high Way, [wth it notwthstanding he may vse any man havein libertie to goe through at all tims]
  Military	1648	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [3, 9, 12]
  He was freed from training in 1648 because he was lame on the condition that he would attend ordinary training if he sufficiently recovered.
  Miscellaneous	27 Apr 1654	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [12]
  On 27 April 1654 the selectmen of Salem granted him liberty to fence his ground 11 provided that he made two sufficient stiles for a foot way through the lot.
  Legal	1657	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 12, 15]
  He served on a grand jury in 1657.
  Legal	29 Mar 1669/70	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [10]
  On 29:1:1669, aged about 74 years, he deposed in the case of Ingersol vs. Barney in Salem, Massachusetts.
  Death	1671	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [3, 12]
  Will	16 Aug 1671	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13]
  On 16(7) 1671, he made his will: "I John Symonds do make this my last Will and Testament Impr I giue my Soule to the Lord Jesus my Redeemer, and my body to my ffriends decently to be inter'd ffor my Estate which the Lord hath given mee I dispose of as ffolloweth It I Give to my loving Wife Elizabeth Symonds my house Orchard and out houseing and all my Land & my Bed & beding and such vessels and houshold stuffe as shee shall have ocasion to use dureing her naturall life and also Twenty pound to be paid her five pound a year by my Son James Symonds begining the date from the day of my death It I giue my Sonne James Symonds at my wiues decease my dwelling house out houseing Orchard together with all my Laud and I do assigne my servant John Pease to him dureing the term of time expressed in the Indenture paying forty pound in four year ten pound p anum, five p anam to my wife for four year as aforesd, and fine pound p anam for four years unto my son Saml and my Daughter Kathren fifty shillings p anam to each of them pvided he soe longe liue if not soe long as he shall line to serue him and noe longer I give the Children of my Deceased Daughter Ruth Swinnerton Twenty pound equally to be divided amongst them and to be paide in part of my movable estate in convenient time after my decease. I giue al the rest of my Estate to my Sonne Samuel Symonds & my daughter, Kathren Town equally to be divided between them in convenient time after my decease except my bed & houshold stufEe giuen my wife during her natural life as aforesd which at her decease my will is shall equally be divided between them two also I giue my son Samuell one oxx now in his hands I giue to Jon. Swinerton one sad cullerd Cloth Cote That this my will be faithfully pformed according to my intent therein I do make my two Sonns before named James Symonds and Samuell Symonds my Executors and doe intreat my Esteemed ffriends Major Hathren and mr. Bartholmew to be Guerseers to see that this my will be truly pformed, and in Special do humbly intreat them to take care of my wife whoe is in an ill condition Further I giue all my workinge tooles belonginge to my trade to my son James Simons : and to this my last will and testament I haue set my hande the 16th of the '6th m». 1671. John Symonds Witness: Henry Bartholmew, John Swinnerton, Samuel Inguls.
  Probate/Proved	9 Sep 1671  [1, 5, 6, 8, 11]
  Proved in Salem court, 19: 7br: 1671 by Mr. Hen. Bartholmew and John Swinerton before Mr. Samuell Simonds and Maj. Wm. Hathorne. Inventory taken by Jolm Kitchin and John Pickring : His housing and Land, 23011.; Joyners Tools benches and lare, 51i. 5s. 6d. ; 2 Bedsteds almost finished, 3li.; 3 stools and one halfe of a Box, 12s. 6d. ; 1-2 Grindstone & windlass & a Small grindstone, 5s.; Timber, planke & board, 51i. 12s.; Two beds, a bolster & a p of sheets, a p of blankets, a bed steed & matt that lay in the Chamber, 5li. ; Tubs, 4s., and part of a Chest and 4 Bush, corn, 18s. 6d. ; His wearing Clothes, 61i. os. ; 2yds. & 3-4 of sad colored cloth, 22s. 6d.; and a Table cloth, Hi. 12s. 6d. ; 3 Hollond pillow-beers, 15s,, and a p of sheets, 21i. .5s. ; 3 p of old sheets, 30s., and 3 corse pillowbeers, Hi. 15s.; 3 small peeces of Cloth, 8s,, and 1 Doz, of napkins, 1 Towil, Hi. ; a Feather bed, 2 bolsters, 3 pillows, a rugg, 4 blankets, one p of sheets. Curtains & Bedstead, lOli. ; 2 pound of woolen yarn & som linen yarn & a hat brush, 8s,; 1 great Kettle, 20s,, and 3 Iron pots & 2 p of pot hooks, 21i. 7s. ; 1 Churnn, 3 payls with Iron bayls & 5 Trayes, 13s.; a frying pan, 5s., & a warminge pan, 12s.; a fire pan & Grid Iron, 2s., a ps. of a hawke &, a driping pan, 4s. ; 2 brass puding pans and 3 tinen Lamps, 3s. 6d. ; an Iron Trivit, 4 glass bottles and a spitt, 8s. ; 3 Earthen pots, and 2 panns, 3s.; 2 Jarrs, 1 Sieve and a pitcher, 2s. 6d. ; a broken posnet & a Cod line, 2s.; 3 new pewter platters and a bell mettle Skillet, Hi. 2s.; 4 old pewter platters, a poringer & 2 plates, 8s. ; 2 old quart pots, a bason & a Chamber pot, 7s. ; a beer bowle, a beaker, a wine Cup & a Grater, 4s.; a lattin sarce pan & Tunnil, 4 wooden dishes & 4 Spoons, 2s. 8d. ; a Lanthorne, 2 Doz. Trenchers, a platter & a chafeing dish, 4s.; Two wooden Bowls and a ladle. Is.; a choping knife & 3 brass Candlesticks, 13s.; 3 Chests, 3 Boxes and a wooden Tunnil, 14s.; 5 Barrils and a half baril, a buttor tub & 4 Keelers, 13s.; a halfe bushel & a p of Scales, 2s.; 2 Tables, a forum & Chayers, 16s. ; 32 Cheeses, buttor & meat, Hi. Apples growinge in the orchard, 15s. ; 2 old Bibles, a Booke of Doct. Prestons works and a booke of Mr. Rogers works & a psalm booke, 18s. ; one firelock musket, Hi. 6s. ; one firelock Musquet, worme & Scowerer, Hi. 4s. ; Sword, belt, powder & bullets, 8s. ; 2 Tobacco boxes and a drest Calfe skin, 2s. 6d. ; a meal Sack & a litle bagge, 4s. ; a five shilinge peece of gold & a 6d. in Silver, 5s, 6d, ; a Vice and an old Hatchet, 10s,; nayles, lOd., a Howe, 2s,, and an Ax, 6s, lOd, ; A Mattock, 5s, and halfe a plow chayne, 8s, ; an old Sithe, old Iron & a p of Jemmils, 5s, ; a Eeap hook, 9d., 2 hoops, 2 boxes & an ex pin, lis, 9d, ; a p of pitchfork Tynes, 5 Wedges & old Iron, 12s. ; one halfe of a Crosscut Saw and an ex pin, 5s. ; four lode of Hay in the Yarde, 41i. ; Salt Marsh Grass growinge, Hi. ; 2 Cows and a Cow Calfe, 71i. 10s. ; Two Hoggs & 2 pigs, 31i. 12s,; Indean Come that grew on the Land, 31i, 10s.; 20 Bushels of pease, 4li. ; Timber in the Woods, Hi. 2s.; a p of woosted Stockings, 7s. ; Debts due to the Estate, 241i. 10s. 7d.; total, 342li. 14s. lOd. Estate is debtor, 12li. 7d. Also "an apprentice of 17 years old who hath 3 year and 9 moneths and 2 weekes to serve.
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  1. Edmund Simonds,   c. 15 May 1590, North Walsham, Norfolk, England   2. Mary Simonds,   c. 13 Sep 1593, North Walsham, Norfolk, England + 3. John Symonds,   c. 9 Oct 1594, North Walsham, Norfolk, England d. 1671, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 76 years) ▻ Ruth Fox,  m. 1 May 1624 ;   Elizabeth   4. Thomas Simonds,   b. 1594 to 1611, North Walsham, Norfolk, England bur. 5 Jul 1611, North Walsham, Norfolk, England  (Age ~ 17 years)
  Person ID	I527	| Roy Line
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	John Simonds,   c. 7 Dec 1560, North Walsham, Norfolk, England
  Mother	Katherine Smythe,   c. 25 Feb 1572/73, North Walsham, Norfolk, England
  Marriage	16 Dec 1589	North Walsham, Norfolk, England
  Age at Marriage	He : 29 years - She : 16 years and 10 months.
  Family ID	F536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ruth Fox,   c. 10 Jan 1601/02, Walcott, Norfolk, England
  Marriage	1 May 1624	All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England   [12]
  Age at Marriage	He : 29 years and 7 months - She : 22 years and 4 months.
  Children	1. John Simonds,   c. 30 Mar 1625, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   2. Edmund Simonds,   c. 31 Dec 1626, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   3. Mary Simonds,   c. 18 May 1628, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England + 4. Catherine Simonds,   c. 18 Apr 1630, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England   5. Ruth Simonds,   b. 20 Feb 1631, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 22 May 1670, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 39 years)   6. James Simonds,   c. 19 May 1633, Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth
  Marriage	yes date unknown  [3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14]
  Children	1. Samuel Simonds,   b. Jan 1638, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 14 Aug 1722, Boxford, Suffolk, England (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 9 Oct 1594 - North Walsham, Norfolk, England Marriage - 1 May 1624 - All Saints Church, Walcott, Norfolk, England Moved To - 1625 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - John Simonds - 30 Mar 1625 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - Edmund Simonds - 31 Dec 1626 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - Mary Simonds - 18 May 1628 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - Catherine Simonds - 18 Apr 1630 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - Ruth Simonds - 20 Feb 1631 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Child - James Simonds - 19 May 1633 - Saint Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Proprietor - 1636 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Land/House - 1636 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Child - Samuel Simonds - Jan 1638 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Freeman - Mar 1637/38 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Legal - 1644 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Land/House - 8 Jan 1644 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Military - 1648 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Miscellaneous - 27 Apr 1654 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Legal - 1657 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Legal - 29 Mar 1669/70 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Death - 1671 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Will - 16 Aug 1671 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

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