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John Heywood 1612 – 1701 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1612

Birth Location: Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England

Death Date: 1701

Death Location: Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Richard (Howard)

Mother: Alice Critchlow

Spouse(s): Rebecca Atkinson

Children(s): Rebecca Heywood

John Heywood was born in 1612 in Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, the child of Richard (Richardus) Heywood (Haywood) (Howard) and Alice Critchlow. John Heywood married Rebecca Atkinson, and had children including Rebecca Heywood. John Heywood passed away in 1701 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John Heywood was born in 1612 in Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, the child of Richard (Richardus) Heywood (Haywood) (Howard) and Alice Critchlow.
  • John Heywood married Rebecca Atkinson, and had children including Rebecca Heywood.
  • John Heywood passed away in 1701 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard (Howard)
1596 – 1677
Birth Location: Little Lever, Bolton, Lancashire, England
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Alice Critchlow
1593 – 1657
Birth Location: Bolton, Lancashire, England
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Spouses(s)

Rebecca Atkinson
1637 – 1665
Birth Location: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Rebecca Heywood
1660 – 1713
Birth Location: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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John Heywood's Ancestors

Self
John Heywood
1612 – 1701
Birth Place: Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
Parents
Richard (Richardus) Heywood (Haywood) (Howard)
1596 – 1677
Little Lever, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Alice Critchlow
1593 – 1657
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Oliver Haywood
1556 – 1636
Little Lever Bolton Lancashire England
Alice Hulton
1582 – 1636
Great-Grandparents
John Heywood
1533 – 1600
Alice Seddon
1533 – 1556
Elizabethe Woossencroft
1555 – 1617
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Heywood
1497 – 1580
Joan Rastell
1504 – 1574
Thomas Seddon
1505 – 1565
Alice Hodskison
1502 – 1554

John Heywood's Descendants

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John Heywood (1612 – 1701) m. Rebecca Atkinson (1637 – 05 Aug 1665)
  1. 1. Rebecca Heywood (13 May 1660 – 17 Apr 1713) m. Benjamin Simonds (18 Mar 1654 – 21 Sep 1726)
    1. 1. William Simmonds (14 Feb 1679 – 1755) m. Elizabeth Wilson (20 Apr 1683 – 5 Sep 1712)
      1. 1. William Simonds (04 Nov 1707 – 18 Apr 1758) m. Mary Larrabee (1710 – 1 December 1786)
        1. 1. Abigail Simonds (Jul 14, 1737 – 23 Mar 1835) m. Ebenezer Gowing (Sep 1732 – 2 Jan 1822)

John Heywood's Timeline

2 Records

1612
1612
Birth of John Heywood in Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
1701
1701
Age 89
Death of John Heywood in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1612
    Event Place: Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1701
    Event Place: Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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