Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJohn MAXSON 
Will22 Jan 17161582, p 2 Age: 78
Death17 Dec 1720, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island1582, p 1; date only,3357, p 1 Age: 82
Residenceof Westerly, R. I.1795, p 30
FatherRichard MAXSON (-1638)
MotherRebecca
Individual Notes
• John Maxson was a native of R. I. and was of the second generation in America. No descendants of his parents, other than the descendants of John Maxson, have been discovered.1582, p 1
• There is a tradition recorded in the diary of G. H. Richardson, now in the collections of the Newport Historical Society, which reads: “Today, Dec. 20, 1720, died John Maxson Sr., age 82 yrs. He lost his father and brother Richard who were attacked and killed by the Indians. Mrs. Maxson escaped in a shallop to Acquetneck and her son was born soon after the landing in the spring of 1638 before the purchase of the island from the Indians. He was the first white child born on the island of Rhode Island.”1582, p 1
• In Will of John Mosher is stated “to children of deceased daughter Dorothy Clarke, each 40 shillings, viz., to Freegift, Dorothy, Experience and Joseph.”1795, p 30
• One of the first settlers in Westerly, Rhode Island. First pastor of the Hopkinton Church founded in 1708.3353, p 153
• There is a tradition recorded in the diary of G. H. Richardson, now in the collections of the Newport Historical Society, which reads: “Today, Dec. 20, 1720, died John Maxson Sr., age 82 yrs. He lost his father and brother Richard who were attacked and killed by the Indians. Mrs. Maxson escaped in a shallop to Acquetneck and her son was born soon after the landing in the spring of 1638 before the purchase of the island from the Indians. He was the first white child born on the island of Rhode Island.”1582, p 1
• In Will of John Mosher is stated “to children of deceased daughter Dorothy Clarke, each 40 shillings, viz., to Freegift, Dorothy, Experience and Joseph.”1795, p 30
• One of the first settlers in Westerly, Rhode Island. First pastor of the Hopkinton Church founded in 1708.3353, p 153
Spouses
Birth1641, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine2447, p 498; date only,3357, p 1
Death2 Feb 1719, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island1582, p 1; date only (gives 1718),3356, p 1; date only,3357, place only Age: 78
Ancestral File #99QB-V23351
FatherRev. Hugh MOSHER (1610-1694)
MotherLydia
Marriageabt 1665, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island2447, p 498,1582, p 2,3357, p 1
Family Notes
• 6 children.1582, p 3