John Astwood

M, b. 1609, d. 1653
     John immigrated aboard the ship. John was born in 1609 in Stanstead Abbotts, Herefordshire, England.1 On 1 April 1635, John left London aboard the ship, "Hopewell", under the command of William Bundocke, bounded New England. Among the passengers listed aboard the ship was John Astwood husbandman aged 26 years..2 He soon settled at Roxbury where he was noted as a freeman 3 March 1636. By 1639 he had moved on to Milford where he met the widow, Sarah Baldwin. John married 2nd Sarah (?) circa 1644 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. By the time of this marriage, she was thought to be one of the wealthest of Milford as her worth had increased substantially to 800 pounds and several pieces of land.3 John died in 1653 in London, County Middlesex, England.4 Over the years John took an active part in the affairs of Milford and New Haven Colony. In 1653, he was appointed as a representative to London, probably because he had a need to return to London on personal business regarding the estate of his brother who had died in Roxbury a short time before.5

Family

Sarah (?) b. 1600, d. b 20 Nov 1669

Citations

  1. [S119] Herbert Furman Seversmith, Colonial Families of Long Island, New York & Connecticut, page 231.
  2. [S739] Peter Wilson Coldham, The Complete Book of Immigrants, Section 2, chapter 30 1635, page 47 - 1 April 1635 - "Hopewell" of London, William Bundocke , ship master, bounded for New England. Passenger: John Aswood husband aged 26 years.
  3. [S119] Herbert Furman Seversmith, Colonial Families of Long Island, New York & Connecticut, page 231 - She married 2, in 1640 to John Astwood of Stanstead Abbey, Hertfordshire, born in 1609, died in 1653; he was an immigrant on the Hopewell, and at Milford, Connecticut in 1639.
  4. [S637] John Warner Barber, Connecticut Historical Collections, page 231 - John Astwood went to England as agent for the Court of Commissioners of the United Colonies, and died in London in 1654.
  5. [S664] Royal R Hinman, A Catalogue of the Early Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, Page 201 - …They appointed William Fowler, Edmund Tapp, Zechariah Whitman, John Astwood, (died in London, July, 1654) and Richard Miles, judges in all civil manners….