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Descendants of John Maynard

Generation No. 4

4. DAVID⁴ MAYNARD (JOHN³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born December 21, 1669 in Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died Bet. 1747 - 1757 in Westborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He married HANNAH WAIT, daughter of SAMUEL WAIT and HANNAH WHITMAN. She was born Abt. 1680, and died March 16, 1724/25 in Westborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Notes for DAVID MAYNARD:
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David Maynard was born December 21, 1669, in Marlborough, Mass.[1] He was the son of John Maynard and his first wife Mary Gates. David was among those who petitioned for the new town of Westborough, and was one of the first inhabitants there, in 1717.[2] His farm was "somewhere near the line of the present Northborough Road."[3] He was the first constable of Westborough. His duty was to collect the monies that were voted at town meetings for specific purposes -- he did not act as a policeman.[4] He was appointed sexton of the meeting house, in 1723.[5] In 1702,[6] he married Hannah Waite, the daughter of Joseph Waite and Ruhamah Hager.[7] She died March 16, 1724/5, in Westborough, soon after giving birth to twins.[8] He may have married, secondly, Jemima Brigham, February 6, 1732/3.[9] David died October 2, 1757, in Westborough.[10] He had been a selectman from 1720 until the time of his death.[11] His will mentions sons David Jr., Ebenezer, Jotham and Nathan, married daughters Martha (wife of Daniel Mason), and Keziah (wife of Nathaniel Oak), daughter Ruhamah (widow of Josiah Newton), and unmarried daughters Marcy and Hannah. [will]
David was a neighbor of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman, and is mentioned several times in Parkman's diary. In July 1726, Parkman, through his wife, asked him to help in shocking his grain. (It was common practice for the minister to obtain help from others.) David, busy with his own work, replied, "when my Grass and Corn will move into my Barn without hands I'll leave it to Help Mr. Parkman -- not before."[12]

A photograph of David's house, built circa 1699 and still standing, is shown in Kristina Allen's On the Beaten Path: Westborough, Mass.[13] It is one of the oldest wooden two-storied houses now standing in America. David's farm contained 200 acres.[14]

Children, the first eight born in Marlborough, others born in Westborough:

1. Keziah, b. July 10, 1703; d. Abt. 1794 (or 1783?); m. Nathaniel Oak Jr., June 7, 1736

2. David, b. Jan. 20, 1705; m. Anne Oak

3. Ruhamah, b. Dec. 20, 1706; m. Josiah Newton, Dec. 8, 1730

4. Jonathan, b. Dec. 26, 1708; d. Apr. 26, 1747, Westborough, apparently unm.

5. Martha, b. Aug. 7, 1710; m. (1st) Hezekiah Tomlin, June 18, 1747; m. (2nd) Daniel Mason

6. Jesse, b. June 24, 1712; m. Phebe Fisk of Wenham, Sept. 27, 1737

7. Jotham, b. May 29, 1714; m. Abigail Allen, June 19, 1740; res. Westborough and Bolton

8. Ebenezer, b. May 18, 1716; d. Oct. 8, 1803, Westborough; m. (1st) Amy Dodge of Shrewsbury, Feb. 15, 1743; m. (2nd) Sarah Knights of Lancaster, July 16, 1756; m. (3rd) Sarah Brigham, Mar. 19, 1776

9. Hannah, b. Feb. 24, 1718; unm. in 1757

10. Nathan, b. Jan. 2, 1722; d. 1811, Westborough; m. Lucy (Whipple) Pratt, Jan. 1, 1750/51

11. Marcy, b. Mar. 4, 1724/5; unm. in 1757; was in Windham, Canada in 1778, being cared for in the home of a Mr. Hayward[15]

12? Mercy, b. Mar. 4, 1724/5; either a twin, or duplicate record

REFERENCES
[1]Marlborough vital records, p. 125.

[2]Heman P. DeForest, History of Westborough, Mass. (1891), pp. 33-34.

[3]Ibid., p. 47.

[4]Charles H. Reed, "The First Constable," Westborough Chronotype, Jan. 22, 1937. Copy obtained from Jacqueline Tidman, chairman of Westborough Historical Commission.

[5]Ibid., p. 59.

[6]According to Charles Reed, "The First Constable." The marriage is not listed in the published vital records of Marlborough, though.

[7]Ezra Stearns, History of Ashburnham, Mass. (1887), p. 811.

[8] Vital Records of Westborough, Mass., to the end of the Year 1849 (1903), p. 246 (listed under "Mainard"). Henceforth: Westborough vital records.

[9]Ibid, p. 181. One researcher suggested that it was David Jr. who married Jemima,however.

[10]Ibid., p. 246

[11]Reed, "The First Constable."

[12]Ed. Francis G. Walett ,The Diary of Ebenezer Parkman (1974), p. 15.

[13]The house is at 4 Park St. in Westborough, and is apparently one of the oldest, if not the oldest, houses in the town.

[14]Information from Jacqueline Tidman, chairman, Westborough Historical Commission.

[15]Reed, "The First Constable."

Children of DAVID MAYNARD and HANNAH WAIT are:

5.	i.	EBENEZER⁵ MAYNARD, b. May 18, 1716, Marlborough, Massachusetts; d. October 08, 1803, Westborough, Massachusetts.
	ii.	HANNAH MAYNARD, b. February 24, 1717/18.
	iii.	KEZIAH MAYNARD, b. July 10, 1703.
	iv.	DAVID MAYNARD, b. January 20, 1704/05.
	v.	RUHAMAH MAYNARD, b. December 20, 1706.
	vi.	JONATHAN MAYNARD, b. December 26, 1708.
	vii.	MARTHA MAYNARD, b. August 07, 1710.
	viii.	JESSE MAYNARD, b. June 24, 1712.
	ix.	JOTHAM MAYNARD, b. May 29, 1714.
	x.	NATHAN MAYNARD, b. January 02, 1721/22.
	xi.	MERCY MAYNARD, b. March 04, 1723/24.

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