William WALDRON

1601 - 1646  (44 years)

• Name	William WALDRON
  Born	18 Oct 1601	Alcester, Warwickshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Migration	1635
  Noteworthy	A founder of Dover, NH
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	Sep 1646	Kennebunkport, York, Maine
  Person ID	I33171	Main
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	William WALDRON,   b. 25 Jul 1577, Alcester, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 25 Dec 1636, Alcester, Warwickshire, England  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Catherine RAVEN,   b. 1579, Alcester, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 26 Nov 1636, Alcester, Warwickshire, England  (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F11347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	unknown MNU,   d. ?
  Married	Warwickshire, England
  Children	+ 1. Prudence WALDRON,   b. 1625, Alcester, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 1676, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age 51 years)   2. William WALDRON,   b. 1640, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F11332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 Oct 1601 - Alcester, Warwickshire, England Died - Sep 1646 - Kennebunkport, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  William Waldron was documented as a Freeman on 19 May 1642, and Assistantto the Magistrates and Com. t.e.s.c. 1642 as well as Clerk of the Writsand Recorder at Dover 1646. William and his brother Richard Waldron arrived in this country in 1635. Pioneers of ME & NH: (abbreviations are as in the original) "WALDERNE, WALDRON, WILLIAM, Dover, "partner with the Shrewsbury men."[MA Col Rec IV Pt II.] Signed the combination in 1640; was a proprietorand recorder of lands for the town in 1642. Freeman 1642; deputy, 1645-6.Gave bonds 6/12/1645 for payment of money to Mr. William Whiting for theuse of "The Adventurers in Piscataqua River" and for "The Shrewsburymerchants." [Suff. De.] "A good clerk and a subtle man." Went to Saco,and on his return in 9/1646 was drowned in attempting to cross a smallriver at Kennebunk. [W.] Dau. Prudence m Richard Scamman. They petitionedthe Gen Court in 1664. The court of Dover ordered his creditors topresent their accounts at the General Court at Boston, and the estate wassettled by Capt Thomas Wiggin and Edward Rawson; then left in the handsof Hate Evill Nutter and John Hall until 5/22/1666, when it was given toRichard Scamman for his wife Prudence." "William Waldron, had Richard; William b 2/29/1664; Jane 6 or 7/21/1667;Prudence 8/29/1669; Eliz 4/22/1671; and Mary 5/31/1673. He escap the Indwar by liv at Exeter 1677, and both h and w were there 4/21/1691. Jane mThomas Deane of Boston, and d 10/9/1726. WILLIAM, Boston 1640, prob remsoon, may have been ancest of the disting fam but nothing can beascertained."