John Cloyes

Male Bef 1604 - 1676  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name John Cloyes 
    Born Bef 2 December 1604  Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 02 Dec 1604  Colchester, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1676  Cumberland Co. ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • CENSUS RECORDS

      Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
      Name: John Cloise
      State: MA
      County: Middlesex County
      Township: Oath of Fidelity
      Year: 1652
      Page: 187
      Database: MA Early Census Index


      HISTORICAL RECORDS

      John Cloyes was a member of Captain Mason's military training band.3 May 1656;

      Source: Cloice Report of Winifred Lovering Holman; Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
      For 30 pounds, John sold the Watertown house 'where my late mansion house was by God's providence burnt down' along with interest in the meeting house, to Samuel Stratton.
      Wife Jane released dower to the Watertown property .
      He bought house, barn and marsh land near 'the neck' in Charlestown, MA.

      Source: The Cloyes Family; Savage's
      By 1658 he was living in the west side of the Penobscot River in Maine. It was here, on his own property, that he was killed by Indians in 1676.

      The inventory of the "Estate of John Cloyes (Clays), deceased, being a fisherman and mariner, killed by the Indians" is on file together with papers of Administration of his estate, said Administration granted to one William Wood. (Cloyes and Dagwell Family Genealogies - Obetz) (see Phipps Family source)
    Person ID I29548  Master File
    Last Modified 21 May 2015 

    Family Abigail Mournings,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1656, Watertown, Middlesex Co. MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1637  Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
      Name: John Clayes
      Gender: Male
      Birth Place: MA
      Birth Year: 1604
      Spouse Name: Abigail
      Marriage
      Year: 1637
      Marriage State: MA
      Number Pages: 1
    Children 
    +1. John CLOYES, II,   b. 26 Aug 1638, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1719, Wells, York Co. ME Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 21 May 2015 
    Family ID F12553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart