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- Settled first in Newbury (1638), then Salisbury (1630) then listed eigth on the town records of the first settlers in Andover (1644).
He was a freeholder in Andover in 1645 and was one of the 10 male members of the First Church of andover organized 24 Oct. 1645.
He killed wolves in Andover in 1646, receiving a bounty of £5 per head. He was a Selectman in 1670. It is believed that after his wife died, he lived with his son John.
Savage says: JOHN, Newbury, wheelwright, came from Basing in Hants, May 1638, emb. in the Bevis at Southampton, with w. and three young ch. engaged, I think, by Richard Dummer, wh. was in the sh. rem. 1645 to Andover, and was one of the found. of the ch. freem. 1669; his w. Ann d. 22 Oct. 1680, and he a. 9 Nov. 1693, aged 92 yrs. 7 mos. says the rec. His ch. says Coffin, were John; Samuel; James, b. 5 Jan. 1653; Benjamin; Elizabeth and Susan; but, in the want of discrim. to instr. us wh. had come with parents, we assume that John and the last two were b. in Eng. We kn. that Susan on 5 Mar. 1662, d. unm. and that Elizabeth m. 4 Oct. 1660, Robert Stiles of Boxford. [3, 4]
Birth:
- Note: There is no record of any ffrie family in Basing (source 247)
Immigration:
- Arrived in Aug. 1638 (source 247)
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