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m2 Sarah FOSTER 15 Mar 1711.

John married Sarah WATERS on 3 Mar 1690 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Sarah was born on 30 Jun 1667 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 19 May 1700 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel SYMONDS was born on 3 Jun 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died about 1776 in Essex County, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown.
2. John SYMONDS was born on 22 May 1692 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 31 Oct 1791 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

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• Immigrant?: Y
• Baptism: 19 May 1633, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

James married Elizabeth BROWNING on 20 Nov 1661 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas BROWNING and Mary HINDES) was born in 1640 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1715 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Children:
Mary (1 Nov 1662—?) m1 Edward NORRIS 3 Dec 1685, m2 — STARR
Ruth (19 Feb 1664—?) m Josiah SOUTHWICK
John (8 Jul 1666—3 Mar 1739)
Elizabeth (Oct 1668—Dec 1668)
James (14 Feb 1670—Jun 1673)
Elizabeth (6 Mar 1673—died young)
James (15 Apr 1674—?)
Benjamin (7 Jan 1674—summer 1722) prob unmarried
Thomas (1 Apr 1677—1 May 1758) m Elizabeth STONE
Elizabeth (29 Sep 1679—23 Mar 1757) unmarried
Joseph (20 Mar 1682—abt 1756) yeoman
Sarah (21 Feb 1688—?) m Samuel STONE

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• Occupation: Joiner, cooper
• Will Notes: Names wife Elizabeth; gives her house, orchard, hot housing, land, bed & bedding, household stuff, and £20 paid at £5 per year Named children: James - bequeaths his house and land after wife’s death Samuel Kathryn Town Ruth (deceased with children) Swinnerton Jonathan Swinnerton (Ruth’s husband?) Indentured servant John Pease
• Immigrant?: Y
• Migration: 1636, “Anne”
• Will Written: 16 Aug 1671, Essex County, Massachusetts

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married to sisters

Moved to Salem in 1636. Granted land near North River. He was a joiner and cooper. Was a freeman in 1637. Was excused from ordinary military training in 1648 for lameness. Served as grand juror in 1657. In Salem, he lived on North Street where the Upland School was located.
Will dated August 16, 1671. Proved September 19, 1671.
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The baptisms of the children of John Symonds and his wife Ruth appear in the parish register of St. Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, County Norfolk, England as follows:
• 1625 John, son of John and Ruth Symonds, 30 March.
• 1626 Edmund, son of John and Ruth Symonds, 31 December.
• 1628 Mary, daughter of John and Ruth Symonds, 18 May.
• 1630 Catherine, daughter of John and Ruth Symonds, 18 April.
• 1630 Ruth, daughter of John and Ruth Symonds, 20 February [1630/1].
• 1633 James, son of John and Ruth Symonds, 19 May.
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The family may be related to John and Francis Symonds, Deputy-Governor when Maine was a part of Massachusetts. John's mother was related to Governor Winthrop through marriage. Symonds family descends from Adam Fitzsimon, second son of Simon, Lord of Saint Sever in Normandy (died in 1090 and buried in Church of St. Sever) and who held land in Norfolkshire and Hertshire.

John married Ruth FOX on 1 May 1624 in Walcott, Norfolk, England. Ruth (daughter of John FOX and Katherine CRICKEMER) was born on 10 Jan 1601 in Walcott, Norfolk, England; died about 1637 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigrant?: Y

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• Immigrant?: Y
• Migration: 1637

Thomas married Mary HINDES about 1637 in County Suffolk, England. Mary was born in 1615 in Worcestershire, England; died in 1682 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigrant?: Y

John married Katherine CRICKEMER on 1 Nov 1588 in Walcott, Norfolk, England. Katherine was born on 12 Dec 1569 in Walcott, Norfolk, England; died in 1601 in Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]