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Varnum John
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  • Birth  08 Sep 1721  [1] 
    Gender  Male 
    _UPD  23 JUL 2009 19:18:37 GMT-5 
    Died  26 Jul 1786  [1] 
    Person ID  I5054  Alan Donald Vibber
    Last Modified  08 Dec 2009 
     
    Father  Varnum Joseph,   b. 15 Mar 1672, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1749 
    Mother  Jewett Ruth,   b. 1681,   d. 28 Nov 1728 
    Married  03 Oct 1697  Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F2123  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Stanly or Stanle Ann,   b. 20 Dec 1720, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Y  [1, 2] 
    Children 
     1. Varnum Ruth,   b. 17 Jul 1743
    Family ID  F2122  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • 102. John Yaiottm, Jr.4 (Joseph3, Samuel2, George1),born 8 Sept, 1721; died 26 July, 1780; married "28 Aug., 1741, John Varnum of Dracutt enterred with me his Intention of Marriadg to Ann Stanle of Haverhill."—John Varnum, T. C.

      Ten children:
      i. Ruth, b. 17 July, 1743; m. 11 Nov., 1703, John Mansur, Jr., of Mcthucn.
      ii. Sarah, b. 26 Sept., 1745; m. (int.) 27 Mar., 1765, Samuel Mansur of Methuen.
      iii. Mehitable, b. 19 Apr., 1748; d. in infancy.
      iv. John, Jr., b. 22 Dec., 1749.
      v. Benjamin, b. 4 June, 1732; m. 1(5 Oct., 1780, Polly Elliot. He cannot be traced as to family ; and as nothing appears in the Dracutt records as to his descendants, it is assumed that he and his wife Polly had no issue. Both were living 30 Aug., ITfi'.l, ns appears from a conveyance recorded at East Cambridge. The Draoutt. records give "A list of the men's names who have done more than their ratable- Proportion in the War, as upon an Evcridge made in said town in the year 1777, that belong to the second company in said town, Benj : Yarnum 3£." On the Revolutionary Muster Rolls in the Massachusetts Shite Archives, he is described tis "Benj: Yarnum, private, oft. 8in., in ('apt. Joseph Bradley Yar- num's Company, Col. S. Spaulding's regiment of Train Band, 1777. Belonged to 2nd Dracutt Company. Hired for nine months, 20 £. Reported returned from captivity ; discharged 1 April, 1770."

      Under the act granting pensions to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, awards were made to "Samuel Yarnum, R. I. line, Me., aud Benj: Yarnum, Mass, line, Vt., privates." It eeems possible that the latter was the aforesaid Benjamin Varnum.

      vi. Anna, b. 25 Dec., 1756; in. 16 Oct., 1788, Xehemiah Abbott,
      vii. Jewett, b. 20 Mar., 1759. 110.
      viii. Moses, b. 9 Aug., 1760; m. (1) Lucy Mercer, (2) Sarah Dean.
      ix. Joel, b. 11 Aug., 1763.
      x. Dolly, b. 23 May, 1769.

      John Varnum, Jr., was in Capt. Peter Coburn's Company from Dracutt, and fought at the battle of Bunkers Hill. His name appears on the muster roll of said company as from Methuen. Ebenezer Varnum, 2d Lt.. James and Jonas A'ar- num, privates, of said company, were his nephews. Another John Varnum of Capt. Hezekiah Hutchin's Co., Col. James Reed's regiment of New Hampshire militia, a cousin of his, was wounded in the same battle. (See line of John.) Capt. Coburn's Co. were 8 months' men, and private Varnum's name appears on Coat Rolls, vol. Ivi, p. 182, vol. Ivii, p. 19, dated Cambridge, 20 Nov., 1775, seven months after said battle.

      In his will, filed at Salem, dated "Methuen, 1st Feb., 1775, in the 15th year of his Majesty's reign," he devises to his wife Ann and his children — Ruth, wife of John Mansur, Jr.; Sarah, wife of Stephen Mansur, and mentions Anna, Benjamin, Moses and Joel. The witnesses to this instrument were John, Parker, and Jonas Varnum.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S262] The Varnums of Dracutt (in Massachusetts): a history of George Varnum, his son Samuel who came to Ipswich about 1635, and grandsons Thomas, John and Joseph, who settled in Dracutt, and their descendants, John Marshall Varnum, (Name: D. Clapp & son, printers, 1907;), 131 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S262] The Varnums of Dracutt (in Massachusetts): a history of George Varnum, his son Samuel who came to Ipswich about 1635, and grandsons Thomas, John and Joseph, who settled in Dracutt, and their descendants, John Marshall Varnum, (Name: D. Clapp & son, printers, 1907;), 118 (Reliability: 3).

  

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