John Terry

Male Abt 1718 - 1786  (~ 68 years)


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  • Name John Terry 
    Born Abt 1718  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Oct 1786  , Cornwallis, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I1282  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    Father Ephraim Terry, Deacon,   b. 3 Feb 1672, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1760, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Hannah Eggleston,   b. 19 Dec 1676, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 28 Jan 1761  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 25 Jul 1695  Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Family ID F497  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cheeseborough,   b. Abt 1722, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Abt 1737  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F947  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: "Ancestry of Two Great Grandmothers, Esther (Root) Poole, Lois (Sprague) Mears", compiled by Winifred Lovering Holman, S.B., 1938, copy at the NEHGS, pg. 226: estim. from birth of sister Esther and place in family. Also gives parents. - D0007

      He md. a widow Cheeseborough, but perhaps she was not his first wife. He was the Capt. John Terry of the 4th Regt. who was in Louisburg expedition. He settled in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, where he had a large grant of land from the British Gov't for his services in the Drake's French & Indian War.

  • Sources 
    1. [S156] "Our Ancestors", Samuel Terry...., John M. Doubleday, (Caldwell,Kansas, 299 No. Mary's St.), p. 5 (Reliability: 3).
      date of birth unknown.

    2. [S156] "Our Ancestors", Samuel Terry...., John M. Doubleday, (Caldwell,Kansas, 299 No. Mary's St.), p. 5 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S73] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, n.d.), R.Rm. REF F74 M48 M54 1903., Springfield, v. 2: 1654. (Reliability: 3).
      July 25, 1695 Ephraim Terry & Hanah Eggleson Joined in Marriage

    4. [S215] Judge Pynchon's Marriage Record, Vol 123, p. 263 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S156] "Our Ancestors", Samuel Terry...., John M. Doubleday, (Caldwell,Kansas, 299 No. Mary's St.), p. 3 (Reliability: 3).