273. John1 Wyman; baptized 3 Feb 1621/22 at Westmill, Hertfordshire, England;188 married Sarah Ruth Nutt, daughter of Myles Nutt and Sarah Branson, 5 Nov 1644 at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA;189 died 9 May 1684 at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, at age 62.190
He JOHN WYMAN and his elder brother Francis were born at West Mill, Herts, England, where the marriage of their parents, Francis Wyman and Elizabeth Richardson, is recorded, and the baptism of the sons. Francis, Junior, was baptized February 24, 1619, and John February 3, 1621. Their father made his will September 15, 1658, which was proved the following 14th of February. In it he left bequests to his two sons "which are beyond sea."
The two brothers were subscribers in Charlestown, Mass. December 18, 1640, to the Town Orders for Woburn, and there they had adjoining tanning establishments and were joint proprietors of extensive grants of land in other parts of the town. The descendants of Francis and John Wyman are numerous.
John married, November 5, 1644, Sarah Nutt, daughter of Myles Nutt. The births of ten children are recorded at Woburn. During King Philip's war, John (now Senior) was Lieutenant in Captain Prentice's company of troopers and was in the Great Swamp Fight in the Narragansett campaign, December 19, 1675. He died some eight years later, May 9, 1684, aged about sixty-two. His widow married on the 25th of August the same year Thomas Fuller, and died four years later, May 24, 1688.191
Children of John1 Wyman and Sarah Ruth Nutt were:
274. John2 Wyman (John1); born 28 Mar 1648 at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA;192 married Mary Carter, daughter of Thomas Carter and Mary Parkhurst, 23 Apr 1671 at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA;193 died 19 Dec 1675 at Narragansett, Washington, RI, USA, at age 27.190
He "JOHN WYMAN, JUNIOR, son of John and Sarah (Nutt) Wyman, was born March 28, 1648 and married about 1671 Mary Carter (born July 24, 1648, daughter of the Rev. Thomas and Mary (Parkhurst) Carter). In King Philip's war, John, Junior, was in the same regiment in which his father was Lieutenant and was killed in the Great Swamp Fight, December 19, 1675, or, less mercifully, was one of those who later died of wounds.
When the fighting was over at sunset, Sunday, the troops gathered as many of their dead as possible and began their long and weary return march, in bitter cold and a blinding snowstorm, carrying 210 dead and wounded. Eight dead had been left in the burning fort, twelve more were dead when they set out, and twenty-two died on the march or soon after. The main body reached Wickford at 2 A.M. Monday; the General Staff having lost the way, arrived at 7 A.M. That day thirty-four were buried in one grave and six more were buried within two days. The wounded were sent in vessels to Rhode Island, where eight died, and later three others.
John Wyman, Junior, left two children, John (3) and Mary. His widow married, October 31, 1676, Nathaniel Batchelder, grandson of the Rev. Stephen Batchelder, and died in 1688, according to Batchelder records. "191
Children of John2 Wyman and Mary Carter were:
275. Mary3 Wyman (John2, John1); born 25 Jun 1674 at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA;192 married John Hutchins, son of Nicholas Hutchins and Elizabeth Farr, circa 1707; died 15 Feb 1737/38 at Killingly, Connecticut, USA, at age 63.
She "MARY WYMAN, daughter of John, Junior, and Mary (Carter) Wyman, was born in Woburn June 25, 1674 and was barely a year-and-a-half old when her father was killed. She married in 1692/3, Thomas (4) Pierce (born February 27, 1671, son of Thomas (3) and Elizabeth Pierce). (See Pierce)
THOMAS PIERCE, FOURTH, son of Thomas (3) and his first wife, Elizabeth, was born in Woburn February 27, 1671 and married there in 1692/3 Mary Wyman (born June 25, 1674, daughter of John, Junior, and Mary (Carter) Wyman). With his brother Timothy he removed to Connecticut. (For conditions in the Quinebaug district there, at this time, see SHEPARD.) Thomas (4) died in Plainfield, Conn. in 1706, "the first married man to die in the town." Inventory of his estate was presented by his widow November 28, 1706. Distribution was recorded nearly eight years later, October 12, 1714. His widow was then the wife of John Hutchins. The surviving children (Elizabeth and John had died young) are named in order of birth, otherwise the list is the same as in their grandfather's will three years later. They were Mary, Thomas, Ebenezer, Amos and Rachel. Their mother, Mary (Wyman) (Pierce) Hutchins, died in Killingly, Conn. February 15, 1738/9. "191
Children of Mary3 Wyman and John Hutchins all born at Plainfield, Connecticut, were as follows: