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  • Name John Russell  [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34] 
    Birth Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 18, 24, 32] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Person ID I312684220322  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family Elisabeth Fiske,   b. 1654, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1730, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Children 
     1. John Russell, Jr,   b. 09 Nov 1671, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1746, Hampden, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     2. David Russell,   b. 1672, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 May 1752, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     3. Thomas Russell,   b. 13 Sep 1673, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     4. Martha Russell,   b. 13 Aug 1675, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Nov 1675, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Mother: unknown]
     5. David Russell, Sr,   b. 13 Nov 1679, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1744, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Mother: unknown]
     6. Abigail Russell,   b. 18 Apr 1686, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [Mother: unknown]
     7. Patience Russell,   b. 27 May 1688, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1688, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Mother: unknown]
     8. Esther Russell,   b. 19 Dec 1700, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [Mother: unknown]
     9. Elizabeth Russell,   b. 15 Jul 1702, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F323  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • !IGI SS 27 May 1993 HA, 3 Dec 1993 SG, 2
      !IGI SS 27 May 1993 HA, 3 Dec 1993 SG, 27 May 1993 HA, 3 Dec 1993 SG Remingtons of Utah, by Ward J. Roylance, p 140 David, Mary, and Jonathan are probably his children History of Lexington, Mass Vol I, by Charles Hudson, p 207 Snow-Estes Ancestry, by Nora E. Snow, p 341-343 AF SP 25 Jun 1936; SS 7 Jun 1982 SL

      - married Elizabeth Fiske - sealed 7 Jun
      - married Elizabeth Fiske - sealed 7 Jun 1982 SLAKE

      Birth from Vital Records of Cambridge, M
      Birth from Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 1915), 1:616; death from Lexington, Mass., Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths to January 1, 1898 (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1898), 198.

      IGI, MA: Seal to Spouse--Batch F811345,
      IGI, MA: Seal to Spouse--Batch F811345, Serial Sheet 0009; 'RUSSELL, John' to /\@ Elizabeth Fiske' md 'abt 1645'; SS-7 Jul 1982 SL {Extrct 206} THIS DATE IS OVER 100 YEARS PRIOR TO DATE OF SECOND MARRIAGE. SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT.

      Resident in Lexington, MA both Living in
      Resident in Lexington, MA both Living in 1731 Served in King Phillip's War, name taken from pay records dated 21 Aug 1675, served under a Captain Daniel Hendman

      John Russell of Cambridge married Elizabeth Fisk, daughter of David Fisk and Seaborn Wilson
      No marriage record has been found for John Russell and wife Elizabeth Fisk. Histories vary in information about their family which causes confusion. Not all their children show up recorded in the records. Three Russell children with parents John and Elizabeth born in Boston, Mary,1669, John, 1671, and Thomas, 1673 are sometimes attributed to them, but Elizabeth would have been extremely young, age 12, and I find no records that show this couple lived in Boston.

      Known children showing in Cambridge/Lexington/Middlesex County records:
      1. Martha b. 1675 Cambridge vital records
      2. David- Middlesex deed 18:513
      and John Russell ye father of him the sd David Russell as freely consenting to this instrument
      3. Jonathan- Middlesex deed 13:794
      David Fiske of Cambridge, John Russell carpenter of Cambridge, and Jonathan Russell, son of sd John Russell, to John Munroe husbandman of Cambridge
      a certain parcel of medow and swamp lying in Cambridge in the farms about 14 acres more or less
      David Fiske and seal
      Seaborn Fiske, wife of David, mark and seal
      John Russell mark and seal
      Jonathan Russell and seal
      5 March 1704/5
      In presence of Samuel Lock, William Munroe, John Hancock
      Recorded 23 Nov 1705
      Middlesex deed 18:470
      David ffisk Sen of Cambridge, yeoman, to Jonathan Russell a parcel of land containing 45 acres more or less in Cambridge towards Concord and bounded by land of Robert ffisk northward and ____ Goswin southwardly and highway of ?(can't decipher)
      with the consent of my son John Russell and beloved wife Seaborn
      4. William-Middlesex deed 25:550
      William Russell of Lexington husbandman in consideration of the love and affection for my beloved son Nathaniel Russell of Lexington....
      a certain messuage or tenement of land lying in Lexington which my honoured father John Russell now dwelleth upon containing one mansion house one barn and about thirty acres of land lying in the south side of the brook running between my house and my Father John Russells ... saving that I the said William Russell do reserve to my Honrd father and mother John and Elizabeth Russell during their natural life of the longest liver
      5. Abigail-b. 1686 Cambridge vital records
      6. Patience-d. 1688 Cambridge vital records
      7. Esther-b. 1700 Cambridge vital records

      Probate records show an agreement was made between Leftt Fisk's widow and children 12 May 1710.
      Seaborn Fisk relict of Leftt David Fisk late of Cambridge and David Fisk Senr of Cambridge, John Russell Sr of Cambridge in behalf of his wife Elizabeth Russell, Timothy Carter of Woburn in behalf of his wife Anna Carter, and Henry Baldwyn in behalf of his wife Abigail Baldwyn
      Seaborn Fisk her mark
      Daniel ffiske
      John Russell his mark
      Timothy Carter
      Henry Baldwin

      After Seaborn's death another agreement was made 23 Feb 1721 between John and Elizabeth Russell, Henry and Abigail Baldwyn, children of Left David Fiske, late of Lexington, deceased, and Timothy Carter of Charlestown in ye office of an attorney and trustee for Timothy Carter of Woburn his father the children of sd Timothy Carter. descendants from the sd David Fisk deceased, and between david Fisk of Lexington, only son of the sd deceased
      David Fiske
      Elizabeth Russell
      John Russell his mark
      Abigail Baldwin
      Henry Baldwin
      Timothy Carter
      Timothy Carter

      John and Elizabeth personally appeared 5 Jan 1731/2 to acknowledge a deed dated 10 Dec 1731. They sold property in Lexington to William Holmes. John signed with a mark. Elizabeth signed her name. Middlesex deed 34:260.

      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J
      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

      Per Geo. E. Russell: a housewright. His
      Per Geo. E. Russell: a housewright. His ref. 124. H. of Lexington p 592: ...man of wealth, an active and valuablecitizen,aand filled many offices under the town and parishorganization". William's will: named as Jn o(superscript). Flags: RUSSELL=Y

      !Death: also listed 6 Mar 1733 (TIB).
      !Death: also listed 6 Mar 1733 (TIB).

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    31. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMS-1VZ : 15 January 2020), John in entry for Mary Russell, 1669.

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    33. [S1173462615] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHM3-N5V : 15 January 2020), John in entry for John Russell, 1671.

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