Captain John Russell^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1702 - 1781  (79 years)

• Name	John Russell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	01 Dec 1702	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 4, 6, 7, 10]
  Christening	06 Dec 1702	Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 1781	Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 4, 6]
  Burial	Old Burying Ground, Littleton Middlesex Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I312684220284	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	David Russell, Sr,   b. 13 Nov 1679, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 29 Oct 1744, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Abigail Winter,   b. Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 02 Dec 1740, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
  Relationship	unknown
  Marriage	1696	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mercy Tuttle,   b. 1702, Massachusetts, United States d. 01 Jan 1754, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  War? Its unlikely he would have been in the Revolutionary War as he would have been about 73 years old in 1775. Its more likely he was in the French and Indian War, which was 1754-1763, part of the Seven Year War, which started in 1756.

  
  

• Sources

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