John Stetson^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]}

- 1787

• Name	John Stetson  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Birth	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America   [1, 4, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1787	Groveland Cemetery, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [4, 5]
  Death	13 Jan 1787	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I312684222855	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Stetson,   b. 02 Jun 1646, Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Lydia Pickles,   b. 10 Apr 1662, Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America d. 01 Oct 1704, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Family ID	F2557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Abigail White,   b. 05 Nov 1715, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 19 Jul 1736, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 20 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1732	Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F2244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Ruth Penniman,   b. 1709, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 20 Apr 1791, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	13 Jun 1741	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Relief Ewell,   b. Abt. 1692
  Marriage	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  BURIAL: Church Hill Cem., Norwell BIOGR BURIAL: Church Hill Cem., Norwell BIOGRAPHY: Occupation: shipbuilder. "John purchased the Warton estate 1730, and was the father of Lydia, Mary and Eleanor, (Dr. Charles Stockbridge's widow). ... He built the first tide mill at the Harbour." Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831. 2. Abigail/; 3. Ruth/Penniman * 13 Jun 1 2. Abigail/; 3. Ruth/Penniman * 13 Jun 1741 1. Relief/Buell * 27 Jan 1727 2. Abigail 1. Relief/Buell * 27 Jan 1727 2. Abigail/ Research and source notes: Deborah Sweet Research and source notes: Deborah Sweet - 1) From: "History of Scituate, MA, from Its First Settlement to 1831" bySamuel Deane: "John purchased the Wanton estate 1730, and was the fatherof Lydia, Mary and Eleanor (Dr. Charles Stockbridge's widow)...He builtthe first tide mill at the Harbour" indicated but not available indicated but not available WikiTree Profile [[Stetson-448|John Stetson (abt.1694-abt.1787)]] has additional info

  
  

• Sources

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