The Ancestry of Hattie E. J. Bruce - the Learned Family

THE LEARNED FAMILY

WILLIAM LEARNED [#606], d. Woburn, MA 1 Mar 1646, m. GOODITH GILMAN, d. 24 Jan 1661.

William Learned came from Bermondsey, Surrey, England and settled at Charlestown in the Massachusetts Bay in or before 1632, possibly in 1630 with the Winthrop fleet. He and his wife Judith were admitted to the First Church of Charlestown on Dec. 6, 1632, their names being the first two on the list of members. "1632, 10 mo., day 6, William Learned and Goodeth, his wife, were admitted", being the first admissions after the separation from the Boston Church. He became a freeman on May 14, 1634 and a Selectman on Feb. 13, 1635-6. On March 2, 1637 he was chosen one of four to divide, for stinting, the common land, and on Feb. 12, 1637-8 he and Mr. Greene were appointed to settle the wages of the school-master.[2] On April 26, 1638 William Learned and five others were on a committee "to consider of some things tending toward a body of laws".[1]

William was a subscriber to the town orders for Woburn, drawn up at Charlestown Dec. 18, 1640. In 1641 William moved to Woburn where he was one of the seven original members of the church on August 14, 1642.[2] He was chosen constable April 13, 1643 and Selectman of Woburn in 1643 and 1645. These offices were only given to trusted and respected men.[1] 

REF: [1] The Learned Family in America - William Learned, 1882
         (pgs.1-12)
     [2] The Warner-Harrington Ancestry - Frederick C. Warner, 1949
         (pg.396)

Children: 

1. Sarah, bap. Ware, Hertfordshire, Eng. 30 Sep 1604,
   m(1) Bermondsey, Surrey, Eng. 13 Jan 1623-4 Thomas Ewer, d. 1638,
   m(2) 11 Dec 1639 Thomas Lathrop, b. abt. 1621, d. 1707
2. Bethia, bap. Bermondsey, Surrey, Eng. 29 Oct 1612
3. Mary, bap. 15 Sep 1615, bur. Bermondsey 26 Jul 1625
4. Abigail, bap. Bermondsey 30 Sep 1618
5. Elizabeth, bap. 25 Mar 1621, m. John Hall, d. Yarmouth,
   MA 1696
6. Isaac, bap. Bermondsey 25 Feb 1623-4, d. Chelmsford, MA 27 Nov
   1657, m. 9 Jul 1646 Mary Stearns (dau. of Isaac Stearns
   and Mary Barker), bap. Nayland, Suffolk, Eng. 26 Jan 1626,
   d. 8 Jan 1663

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