Honorable John Saffin1

M, d. 29 July 1710
     John was born in England. John was of Situate at the time of his marriage. John married Martha Willett, daughter of Honorable Thomas Willett and Mary Browne, on 2 December 1658 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.2 He was a lawyer & a judge. John's wife, Martha, died on 11 December 1678 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, leaving him a widower.2 He married 2nd Elizabeth in Boston who died November 1687 & 3rd Rebecca Lee in Bristol. John departed this life on Tuesday, 29 July 1710 in Bristol County, Massachusetts.3

Family

Martha Willett b. 6 Aug 1639, d. 11 Dec 1678

Citations

  1. [S1276] Inscription From the Stone of Thomas Saffin at Stepney, Eng., page 109 - "Here Thomas Saffin lies interred: born in New England, did in London die; Was the third son of Right, begat upon His mother Martha, by his father John: Much favored by his prince, he 'gan to be, But nipt by death at the age of twenty-three; fatal to him was that we small pox name, by wiich his mother and two brethern came Also to breathe their last, nine years before, And now have left their father to deplore The loss of all his children with his wife, Who was the joy and comfort of his life. Deceased June 18, 1687."...

    This Thomas Saffin was son of Hon. John Saffin, sometimes of Scituate, Swanze, Boston, and Bristol. The young man's epitaph gives a sufficient account of him. Of the father we will briefly say, that he was in New England certainly as early as 1653, when he was one of the selectman of Situate. He was a lawyer by profession, and was a resident of Scituate many years. He married at Plymouth, for his first wife, Martha, daughter of the distinguished Thomas Willett. 2 Dec., 1658; at which time he has the honorable prefix Mr. to his name. By this first wife, who it seems, died about 1678, he had the following children; - John, b. ___, d. at Boston, 11 Dec., 1661; John b. 14 April 1662; Thomas, b. 18 March, 1663-4; Simon, b. 4 April 1666; Josiah, b. 31 Jan'y 1667-8; Joseph, b. 2 feb., 1669-70; Benjamin b. 15 June 1672; and another Joseph, b. 24 Jan'y 1676-7….
  2. [S1276] Inscription From the Stone of Thomas Saffin at Stepney, Eng., page 109.
  3. [S1276] Inscription From the Stone of Thomas Saffin at Stepney, Eng., page 110.