John GUILD^[1]

1609 - 1682  (73 years)

• Name	John GUILD
  Born	1609	Ilketshall, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	GUILE, GILE
  Education	Could sign his name, owned books
  Migration	1636
  Freeman	1643	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
  Will Written	3 Oct 1682	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
  Died	4 Oct 1682	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Inventory Taken	4 Nov 1682	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
  	£153 11s
  Immigrant?	Y
  Buried	Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I5514	Main
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth CROOKE,   b. England ,   d. 31 Aug 1669, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
  Married	24 Jun 1645	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
  Children	1. John GUILD,   b. 22 Aug 1646, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 1649  (Age < 2 years) + 2. Samuel GUILD,   b. 7 Nov 1647, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Jan 1730, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age 82 years)   3. John GUILD,   b. 29 Nov 1649, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Jan 1723, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age 73 years)   4. Eleazer GUILD,   b. 30 Nov 1653, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 30 Jun 1655, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age 1 years)   5. Ebenezer GUILD,   b. 21 Dec 1657, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Apr 1661, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age 3 years)   6. Elizabeth GUILD,   b. 18 Jan 1661, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Oct 1740, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age 79 years)   7. Benjamin GUILD,   b. 25 May 1664, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 1682  (Age < 17 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F2420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Freeman - 1643 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Married - 24 Jun 1645 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Will Written - 3 Oct 1682 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Died - 4 Oct 1682 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Inventory Taken - 4 Nov 1682 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Buried - - Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  s/o Richard GYLDE & Margery JORDEN —— John is said to have came to America in 1636 with his brother Samuel and sister Ann. An Ann Guild married at Dedham on 16 March 1638 James Allen, and they had children there from 1639 through 1648. Since she was definitely at Dedham, it seems reasonable to hypothesize that she was John’s sister, or at least a relative. If so, it also seems reasonable to believe that she and John were in New England by the fall of 1637. But as Gile observes, there is no passenger list for the Hector for May 1636, the ship on which all three supposedly arrived. And Gile does not include an Ann on the list of children baptised at Ilketshall. Samuel, however, his name usually spelled “Guile,” lived at Newbury and Haverhill. Calvin Guild says that he was “admitted a freeman in 1642, but did not long remain in Dedham. Yet there is no evidence that he was admitted freeman as a resident of Dedham. In fact, John Charles Gile’s very recent study of his family, quoting from Charles Burleigh’s genealogy of the Samuel Guile family, says that “in 1640 he was one of the twelve who settled Pentucket, now known as Haverhill. He was made a Freeman by the General Court in 1642. . . .,” on 18 May. It may well be that John and Samuel were brothers as Gile believes. John was admitted to the church at Dedham on 17 July 1640. His wife Elizabeth was admitted to the church at Dedham on 10 June 1649 from the church at Roxbury. There were many Elizabeths in the church at Roxbury before 1649, but none surnamed Crooke or anything resembling it. However, a Rebecca Crooke married at Roxbury on 9 May 1646 Peter Gardner and was on the list of church members there as “Goodwife (Rebecca) Gardiner, wife of Peter Gardiner. In 1640 John bought “twelve acres of upland on which he built a house that was occupied by himself and descendants for more than two hundred years. John’s house was on East Street in Dedham. He was made a freeman on May 1643. Besides a grant of three roods and twelve rods, he had other grants in Dedham and owned land in Wrentham, Medfield and Natick. He never held any office, and the town records show his attendance at town meeting but once in several years, and then on an occasion of considerable excitement in relation to making alterations and additions to the meetinghouse. However, he was among those signing on 1 January 1644, saying they would support a free school in Dedham, the first free school in New England. John’s will, dated 3 October 1682, gave his three children, Samuel, John and Elizabeth all his wearing apparel. Elizabeth also received two cows, his bed and chest and its contents, his “land lying near the Falls, in the dividend called Natick Dividend. . . and one booke of Mr. Burroughs, called Gospel Conversation.” John was given all his land in Wrentham, a lot in “Meadfield Dividend,” his looms, “four sleays” and “one wheel w’th ye blades” as well as a book called “Sound Believer.” His houselot went to son Samuel, plus land on Wigwam Plain, meadows at Fowle Meadows, eight acres at Ragged Plaine and all common rights in lands. Witnessed by Nathaniel Sterns and Thomas Metcalf, it was proved on 3 November 1682. His inventory, dated 4 November 1682, totaled £153 11s. John’s autograph appears at the end of Burleigh’s transcription. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S149] GUILD. A Line from John Guild of Dedham to Wrentham, Massachusetts, and Beyond, Helen Schatvet Ullmann, (Acton, Massachusetts, 2009). [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 52837862.