John DEANE

Male Abt 1600 - 1660


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  • Name John DEANE  [1, 2
    • John Deane and his brother, Walter, were from near Taunton, England, and were "original purchasers" of the Cohanet land. They arrived in Boston about 1636, and stayed for a yer in Dorchester. They then took up their farms on the west bank of Taunton Ricer about a mile south of the present center of town. The road which ran by their homes is still called Dean Street. We do not know whether John was married at this time or not. He is listed in 1659 with a family of 'eight heads'. He and his descendants were leading citizens of Taunton and active in the community's affairs.

      It is told that John Deane came near losing his life out on a hunting expedition alone. Perceiving thru the bushes some Indians cautiously approaching, evidently with the purpose of capturing or killing him, the thought struck him of making it appear as though he were in the company of a number of others. So he shouted, "Rush on, boys, and we'll have them!", fired his gun and charged forward. the Indians fled.

      He was an earnest Puritan. His will reads, "My will is that these my overseers, with the consent of my wife, shall in case there is no settled minister in Taunton, have full power to sell either the whole or part of these my housings and land, so as my children & posterity may remove elsewhere where they may enjoy God in his ordinances." [1]
    Birth Abt 1600  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Jun 1660  [1
    Death Between 25 Apr and 7 Jun 1660  [2
    Person ID I42902  Main Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2022 

    Family Alice ?   d. Aft 1668 
    Children 
    +1. John DEANE, II,   b. Abt 1639, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1692, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Thomas DEANE   d. Bef 15 Jul 1697, Date will was proved Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F43595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2022 

  • Sources 
    1. [S3193] Margaret Olier Collacott and Ruth Thompson Grandin, The Ancestors and Descendants of Zephaniah and Silence ALDEN HATHAWAY With Notes on Allied Families.

    2. [S13100] Arthur D. Dean, Genealogy of the DEAN Family Descended from Ezra DEAN, of Plainfield, Conn. and Cranston, R.I.