JOHN HASTINGS 1654-1718

Stone at Main Gate of Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Edmiston), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Josiah Hastings, son of Thomas Hastings, son of John Hastings.]

John and Abigail Hammond Hastings

Birth: March 1, 1654, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: March 28, 1718, Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
He married Abigail Hammond on 18 June 1679 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Children: Abigail Hastings Warren, John Hastings Jr (whose first wife was Susannah Bemis Hastings), Elizabeth Hastings Mead (wife of Hopestill Mead), Hepzibah Hastings Shattuck Stearns (whose first husband was Nathaniel Shattuck), William Hastings, Samuel Hastings, Samuel Hastings, Joseph Hastings, and Thomas Hastings.
Parents: Thomas Hastings (1605 - ____) Margaret Cheney Hastings
Spouse: Abigail Hammond Hastings (1658-1718)
Inscription: Here Lyes ye Body of Mr John Hastings aged 63 years Who Dec'd March 28th 1717-18. Here also Lyes ye Body of Mrs Abigail Hastings wife to Mr John Hastings aged 63 years Dec'd April 7 1717-18.
Burial: Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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John Hastings (1653-1718) ~~~~~
John Hastings (1653-1718) ~~~~~
Added by MargaretMastor on 11 Apr 2007
John HastingsBirth: 4 Mar 1653/1654, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Death: 28 Mar 1718, in Waltham, (Watertown Township), Middlesex County, Massachusetts; age 64 years. Burial: Mar 1718, Grove Hill Cemetery, in Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Father: Thomas HastingsMother: Margaret Cheney, b: 28 Nov 16281677: John Hastings took the Oath of Fidelity in 1677.1683: He first took part in the town affairs in 1683, by taking the post of surveyor of highways. Later he was hog reave and constable.1675: He served in the Indian Colonial Wars against the Indian Chief King Phillip and his warriors. During the fall of 1675, he served with troops under Captain Daniel henchman and is so recorded in a document dated 3 Sep 1675. 1676: Later he was at Lancaster, Massachusetts. where the troops encamped 10 Feb 1676. On 21 Feb 1676, the troops were Medfield, Massachusetts, serving under the subordinate command of Lieut. Edward Oakes; as recorded in document dated 24 Apr 1676. This is the same year that Phillip, (Met-a-com-et), Sachem of the Wampanoag Indians, died. -------------Married 1: Abigail Hammond, b. 21 Jun 1656-1659, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Lt. John Hammond and Abigail Salter Hammond. Abigail died 7 Apr 1718; age 58 years. Marriage: 18 Jun 1679, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.Children of John Hastings and Abigail Hammond Hastings: 1. Samuel Hastings. He married Bethia Holloway 29 May 1719 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. 2. Abigail Hastings, b. 8 Dec 1679, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She married John Warren, in Weston, Massachusetts. (He was born 21 May 1678, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, the son of Capt. John Warren and Michal Jennison. John died 29 Jul 1726, in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts at age 48 years. Abigail died 19 Jul 1710, in Weston, Massachusetts' age 30 years. 3. John Hastings, b. about 1679-1681, in Watertown, Middlesex, County, Massachusetts. John's birth was not recorded. But he was the administrator of his father's estate. He married twice. Marriage 1: Susanna Bemis, on 2 Nov 1702, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Married 2: Sarah Fiske, on 8 Jan 1706. John died 1746/1747 in Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts; age 66 years of age. 4. Elizabeth Hastings, b. about 1685. in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Baptized 4 Dec 1687. She married Hopestill Mead, on 22 Aug 1707, in Massachusetts. Elizabeth died in Waltham, Middlesex, County, Massachusetts. 5. Hepzibah Hastings, b. about 1687, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Baptized 4 Dec 1687. She married three times. Married 1: Nathaniel Shattuck, on 14 Apr 1714. He died 13 Jan 1717/1718. Married 2: Benjamin Stearns, of Lexington, on 6 Sep 1721, in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Hepzibah died after 1728. 6. William Hastings, b. 13 Jul 1690, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Baptized 13 Jul 1690. He married Abigail Simonds. William died 22 Nov 1723; age 33 years. His estate was adminstrated by his widow, Abigail.7. Samuel #1 Hastings. Died in infancy. 8. Samuel #2 Hastings, b. 8 Sep 1694/1695, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. (OR b. in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.) Baptized 10 Jul 1698. He married Bethia Holloway, 29 May 1719, in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Samuel died after 1736, in Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.******************************************************************DIRECT LINEAGE: 8. Thomas Hastings, b. 26 Sep 1697, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Baptized 10 Jul 1698. He married Sarah White 1717 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He was a cordwainer. Thomas died 14 May 1747, in Littleton, age 49 years. Inventory dated 14 Jul 1747; administered by his widow, Sarah. ******************************************************************9. Joseph Hastings, b. 1697/1698. (OR b. 7 Jan 1685, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.) Baptized 10 Jul 1698. He was a farmer. Married 1: Lydia Brown. Married 2: Martha Stearns. He died 23 Mar 1783, in Waltham; age 85 years. -------------Married 2: Ruth Rice.Marriage: 21 Nov 1682, in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ------------Married 3: Martha Shepherd, 8 Jan 1684, in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ----------------------------------------------------------Sources: 1. Title: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston. Author Bond, Henry. Little, Brown Company. Boston. 1855. 2. Massachusetts Vital Records 1690-1890. 3. Title: Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior 1800. Middlesex, Hamshire, Bershire and Bristol Middlesex Watertown. Page: 109.
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John & Abigail Hastings
John Hastings 2nd, son of Deacon Thomas and Margaret (Cheney) Hastings, born in Watertown, March 1st, 1654, married, June 18th, 1679, Abigail, dau. of Lieut. John and Abigail Hammond of Watertown, born June 21, 1656."In 1690 her father's assessment was the largest in town, and she received from his estate what in those early days of the Colony was called quite a property. Mr. Hastings's homestead was in that part of Water- town that, in 1737, was made a separate town, Waltham. In the old graveyard in that town is a gravestone bearing date of his death, March 28, 1717-8. Within ten days both had died, leaving eight children.From: Leonard R. Cutter: In memoriam. July 1, 1825-July 13, 1894By Agnes Elizabeth Cutter BigelowPublished by Priv. print., 1898
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John Hastings Sr - Militia Roles
John Hastings Sr. served in the Indian Colonial Wars against the Indian Chief King Phillip and his warriors. During the fall of 1675, he served with troops under Captain Daniel Henchman and is so recorded in document dated September 3, 1675. Later he was at Lancaster, Mass. where the troops encamped February 10, 1676 and at Medfield, Mass. on February 21, 1676 serving under the subordinate command of Lieut. Edward Oakes and is so recorded in document dated April 24, 1676. This is the same year that Phillip (Met-a-com-et) Sachem of the Wampanoag Indians died.
CynthiaLHaddadadded this on 25 Mar 2010
John Hastings (1653-1718) served in the militia during the Indian Colonial Wars.
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