John Upton

Abt 1620 - 1699  (~ 79 years)

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• Name	John Upton
  Born	Abt 1620	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	6449
  Died	11 Jul 1699	Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I6449	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	Ellenor Stuart,   b. Abt 1634, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1697  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Children	1. John Upton,   b. Abt 1654, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [natural]   2. Eleanor Upton,   b. Abt 1656, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 20 Apr 1663  (Age ~ 7 years)  [natural]   3. William Upton,   b. Abt 1658, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Apr 1663  (Age ~ 5 years)  [natural]   4. James Upton,   b. Sep 1660, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1 May 1702  (Age ~ 41 years)  [natural]   5. Mary Upton,   b. Abt 1661, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 15 Apr 1663  (Age ~ 2 years)  [natural] + 6. William Upton,   b. 10 Jun 1663, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Abt 1740, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 76 years)  [natural]   7. Samuel Upton,   b. Oct 1664, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [natural]   8. Ann Upton,   b. Abt 1665, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [natural]   9. Isabel Upton,   b. 3 Jan 1666/67, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [natural]   10. Ezekiel Upton,   b. Sep 1668, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [natural]   11. Joseph Upton,   b. 9 Apr 1670, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [natural]   12. Francis Upton,   b. 1 Jul 1671, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 9 Dec 1694, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 23 years)  [natural]   13. Mary Upton,   b. Abt 1672, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F1796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1620 - England Died - 11 Jul 1699 - Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  upton rubton john saugus iron works From the R Stanton Avery Special Collections Dept at the New England Historic Genealogical Society. A listing of 35 Indentured Servants at the Saugus Iron Works who were captured 3 Sept 1650 at the Battle of Dunbar.

  
  

• Notes

  First appears in New England in the employ of Edward Winslow of Salisbury, Massachusetts 1639??; resided at "Hammersmith" (Lynn, now Saugus); Settled in Salem (now Peabody), at Wood Hill (now Upton Hill), about 1658; removed to Reading (now North Reading) about 1676; died there 11 July 1699; will date 16 Nov 1697, proved 31 July 1699. (from Upton Family Records being Genealogical Collections for an Upton Family History by William Henry Upton published 1893) Notes for John Upton from The Essex Genealogist: Family tradition relates the John was a Scottish prison of war, taken by Cromwell at either the battle of Dunbar in 1650, or the battle of Worcester in 1651. There is nothing to document this heritage, however, the circumstantial evidence is strong: the timing of his arrival in the colonies; his marriage to a woman named Stuart; a son named James, lack of membership in a Congregational church; and as a final touch, the seal of a fleur-de-lis on his will. John, a blacksmith, came to Hammersnith (Lynn) about 1652, but removed to Salem where he bought land in 1658. John and Ellenor had at least thirteen children, of whom six sons and two daughters were living at his decease. By is will he apportioned his landed estate to his sons, and it appears, desired it should always remain in the family, as he notes that they "nor their children shall not sell or give or in any way dispose of the same without it be to and among them." (NEHGR, Jan 1875 P2) This website, "https://www.geni.com/projects/Scots-Prisoners-and-their-Relocation-to-the-Colonies-1650-1654/3465" , lists John Rupton as one of the indentured servants at the Saugus Iron Works. Very possibly this is a misspelling on John Upton's name. The indentured servants arrived in Saugus in Nov 1650 to begin their 7 years of servitude. Thus Nov 1757 as the completion date. Then Isaac Upton first appears in Lynn records in 1658. A document from the R Stanton Avery Special Collections Dept at the New England Historic Genealogical Society has a listing of 35 Indentured Servants at the Saugus Iron Works who were captured 3 Sept 1650 at the Battle of Dunbar. The name John Rubton appears on the list. I assume that the parenthesis around the name indicate that the handwriting in the original document was difficult to read. The John Rupton name may have come from this same document. I have not seen the original document.

  
  

• Sources

  [S647] Upton Family Records being Genealogical Collections for an Upton Family History, William Henry Upton, (Name: Mitchell & Hughes; Location: London, England; Date: 1893;).