John Maverick was baptized at Awliscombe, Co.Devonshire on Dec 28,1578, the son of Peter and Dorothy (Tucke) Maverick alias Bull. John Maverick received a B.A. (1599) and an M.A. (1603) from Exeter College, Oxford. He was ordained a priest in 1597 at Exeter, Devonshire. After serving as rector for fourteen years (1615-1629) in the West Country, at Beaworthy in Devonshire, John Maverick resigned in order to sail to New England. John came from Beaworthy, Devonshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1630 on the "Mary and John", being selected as one of two ministers to come to New England aboard the ship, and he and his family settled in Dorchester,MA.
He died in Dorchester 3 February 1635[/6] ("Mr. John Maverick, teacher of the church of Dorchester, died, being near sixty years of age. He was a [blank] man of a very humble spirit, and faithful in furthering the work of the Lord here, both in the churches and civil state."
He married Mary Gye in Ilsington, Co.Devonshire on Oct 28,1600.
The following sources indicate he was buried in the "Old Burying Ground" at Dorchester: (1) "History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to ye Olde Colonie," Vol II, pg 178 and (2) "Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine and Ninety Allied Families," pg 197. (Thank You, Velcro)
He died in Dorchester 3 February 1635[/6] ("Mr. John Maverick, teacher of the church of Dorchester, died, being near sixty years of age. He was a [blank] man of a very humble spirit, and faithful in furthering the work of the Lord here, both in the churches and civil state."
He married Mary Gye in Ilsington, Co.Devonshire on Oct 28,1600.
The following sources indicate he was buried in the "Old Burying Ground" at Dorchester: (1) "History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to ye Olde Colonie," Vol II, pg 178 and (2) "Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine and Ninety Allied Families," pg 197. (Thank You, Velcro)
John Maverick was baptized at Awliscombe, Co.Devonshire on Dec 28,1578, the son of Peter and Dorothy (Tucke) Maverick alias Bull. John Maverick received a B.A. (1599) and an M.A. (1603) from Exeter College, Oxford. He was ordained a priest in 1597 at Exeter, Devonshire. After serving as rector for fourteen years (1615-1629) in the West Country, at Beaworthy in Devonshire, John Maverick resigned in order to sail to New England. John came from Beaworthy, Devonshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1630 on the "Mary and John", being selected as one of two ministers to come to New England aboard the ship, and he and his family settled in Dorchester,MA.
He died in Dorchester 3 February 1635[/6] ("Mr. John Maverick, teacher of the church of Dorchester, died, being near sixty years of age. He was a [blank] man of a very humble spirit, and faithful in furthering the work of the Lord here, both in the churches and civil state."
He married Mary Gye in Ilsington, Co.Devonshire on Oct 28,1600.
The following sources indicate he was buried in the "Old Burying Ground" at Dorchester: (1) "History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to ye Olde Colonie," Vol II, pg 178 and (2) "Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine and Ninety Allied Families," pg 197. (Thank You, Velcro)
He died in Dorchester 3 February 1635[/6] ("Mr. John Maverick, teacher of the church of Dorchester, died, being near sixty years of age. He was a [blank] man of a very humble spirit, and faithful in furthering the work of the Lord here, both in the churches and civil state."
He married Mary Gye in Ilsington, Co.Devonshire on Oct 28,1600.
The following sources indicate he was buried in the "Old Burying Ground" at Dorchester: (1) "History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to ye Olde Colonie," Vol II, pg 178 and (2) "Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine and Ninety Allied Families," pg 197. (Thank You, Velcro)
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