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John Grenaway

John Grenaway[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Male Abt 1576 - 1652  (~ 75 years)


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  • Name John Grenaway 
    Birth Abt 1576  Staines, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Migration 20 Mar 1629/30  From Plymouth, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36] 
    To Nantasket
    aboard Mary & John 
    • The ship arrived on 30 May 1630.
    • Role: Family1
    Freeman 18 May 1631  [3, 4, 6, 37] 
    Property 1632  [6] 
    was "to have the 8 acres granted to Rainford in the neck in case"
    Appointed 8 Oct 1633  Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    fence viewer
    Property 1 Sep 1634  [6] 
    was granted two and a half acres of meadow "to make up his meadow at home adjoining to the neck where his eight acres was formerly granted"
    Property 17 Apr 1635  [6] 
    [blank] acres of land formerly granted to John "Goite"
    • This was to be equally divided between them, provided "Goite" did "come not over to possess it the next summer" [ DTR 11]. If there were enough, John "Grenway" was to have one acre more in the marsh, 27 June 1636.
    Property Abt 1637  [6] 
    had a lot consisting of three acres in the meadow beyond Naponset River
    Appointed 2 Jan 1637/8  Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    lot layer
    Property 2 Jan 1637/8  [6] 
    was ordered to have "only four acres of marsh" adjoining to the pine neck
    • Also, that he "shall have all the upland on the pine neck for his great lot except four acres belonging to Goodman "Binham" and six acres bought of Moses Maverick.
    Property 18 Mar 1637/8  Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    had land
    • This land was a division of the neck consisting of 4 acres, three quarters, and six rods. The rest of the division of other land consisted of four acres, one quarter, and six rods.
    Appointed 27 Jan 1645/6  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    fence viewer
    Appointed 28 Feb 1645/6  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    fence viewer
    Alternate Name John Greenway  [6]
    Alternate Name John Grinoway  [6]
    Occupation millwright  [3, 4, 6]
    Property 10 Aug 1650  [6] 
    for "great love & fatherly affection" "his right in the land and commons on the south side of Neponset River, "one lot lying in the first lot in the three divisions," being thirteen acres, and three acres of meadow
    William Daniel, grantee
    Katherine Grenaway, grantee
    Will 5 Feb 1650/1  Dorchester, Maryland, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 38] 


    • John "Greeneaway of Dorchester in New England, millwright" granted to "Ursula Greeneaway the daughter of the said John Greeneaway [who] hath always been an obedient, loving, dutiful and faithful daughter and servant unto her aged father & mother" the southwest end of "my dwelling wherein the said Ursula doth usually lie" and "all my said dwelling house, outhouse, barn, garden & orchards, containing five acres more or less ... and also three acres of meadow ... in the meadow called the Calves Pasture ... also three acres of meadow near the Old Harbor ..., also one lot in the little and greater neck of five and a half acres ... also all my commons of wood, timber and land ... on this north side of Naponsett River" at the death of John and Mary Greeneaway. If Ursula had no children, then at her decease the property was to go to "my kinsman & servant Thomas Millett, the son of Thomas & Mary Millett, my son-in-law & daughter," Thomas to pay £10 for four years to "my daughter Ann Pearse & her children, 30s.; unto my daughter Elizabeth Allen and her children £3; to my daughter Mary Millett and her children 35s.; unto my daughter Susanna Wales & her children, if she have any £1 17s. 6d.; & unto my daughter Katherine Daniell & to her children £1 17s. 6d yearly" for four years. If Thomas Millett died without heirs of his body, then "his brother John Millett or other son of Thomas Millett the father shall have the said premises." If daughter Ursula had any heirs, they to pay "in the same manner Thomas Millett should have done".
      "John Greeneaway of Dorchester" for "the great love and fatherly affection that I bear unto my son-in-law Rob[er]t Pearse and Ann Pearse my daughter, now wife of the said Rob[er]t Pearse, hath given unto the said Robert Pearse and Ann his wife all that my land scituate in the Pine Neck in Dorchester, six acres whereof was purchased of Moses Maverick," together with the meadow in the said neck together with the commons appertaining to the six acres "for their lives ... and after their decease to Thomas Pearse the only son of the said Robert and Anna ... and if the said Thomas die without issue, then the said land to remain unto Mary Pearse and Sarah Pearse, daughters of the said Robert and Ann equally ... and if either of these said daughters die without issue, the survivor to have the other's portion"
    Death Between 5 Feb 1650/1 and 6 May 1652  Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 37] 
    Person ID I5724  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2020 

    Father ________ Grenaway 
    Mother ________ ________ 
    Family ID F18212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary ________,   b. Abt 1587   d. 23 Jan 1658/9, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)  [7] 
    Marriage Abt 1603  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Ursula Grenaway,   b. Abt 1603, Staines, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1682, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)
    +2. Mary Grenaway,   b. Abt 1605, Staines, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1682, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
     3. Martha Grenaway,   b. Abt 1607
     4. Elizabeth Grenaway,   b. Abt 1608/9, Staines, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Ann Grenaway,   b. Abt 1614, Staines, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1695, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years)
     6. Susannah Grenaway,   b. Abt 1620, Staines, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1662, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 42 years)
    +7. Katherine Grenaway,   b. Abt 1626, Staines, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1680, Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years)
    Family ID F1847  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1576 - Staines, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1603 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Nantasket,aboard Mary & John  - 20 Mar 1629/30 - Plymouth, Devonshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointed - fence viewer - 8 Oct 1633 - Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointed - lot layer - 2 Jan 1637/8 - Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - had land - 18 Mar 1637/8 - Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointed - fence viewer - 27 Jan 1645/6 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointed - fence viewer - 28 Feb 1645/6 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 5 Feb 1650/1 - Dorchester, Maryland, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 5 Feb 1650/1 and 6 May 1652 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
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  • Coats of Arms
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  • Sources 
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    5.  5.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 32:55, 00390.

    6.  6.  [S576] TGMSP, John Greenway, 00516.

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