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John Shattuck

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John Shattuck

Birth
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
14 Sep 1675 (aged 28)
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
89
Memorial ID
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Watertown births: John Shattock sonn of willyam and Susan Shattock borne the: 11 Day of the 12 month 1646 (Note: Feb. was the 12 month at that time as the the year began on Mar. 25. For the year starting on Jan. 1, the year is 1647)

Watertown marriages: John Shattack & Ruth whetny Joyned in Maryage the 20 of June 1664

Watertown deaths: John Shattack was drowned as he was passinge over Charlestown Ferry the 14 of September 1675

William Shattuck, Senior, was of Watertown in 1642. By wife Susanna [Hayden?] he had ten children. The eldest son, John, mar. Ruth Whitney. (Harris' Epitaphs)

From contributor Ann Nickell: On Sep. 4, 1675 he served as Sergeant in Capt. Richard Beer's Company in King Philip's War against the Indians in 1675. He was one of only 16 survivors of that battle. He drowned 10 days later.
Watertown births: John Shattock sonn of willyam and Susan Shattock borne the: 11 Day of the 12 month 1646 (Note: Feb. was the 12 month at that time as the the year began on Mar. 25. For the year starting on Jan. 1, the year is 1647)

Watertown marriages: John Shattack & Ruth whetny Joyned in Maryage the 20 of June 1664

Watertown deaths: John Shattack was drowned as he was passinge over Charlestown Ferry the 14 of September 1675

William Shattuck, Senior, was of Watertown in 1642. By wife Susanna [Hayden?] he had ten children. The eldest son, John, mar. Ruth Whitney. (Harris' Epitaphs)

From contributor Ann Nickell: On Sep. 4, 1675 he served as Sergeant in Capt. Richard Beer's Company in King Philip's War against the Indians in 1675. He was one of only 16 survivors of that battle. He drowned 10 days later.

Inscription

To perpetuate the memory of
WILLIAM SHATTUCK
who died in Watertown
Aug. 14, 1672, aged 50.
The progenitor of the race
that have borne his name
in America.
And of his son
JOHN SHATTUCK
who was drowned
in charlestown Ferry
Sept. 14, 1675, aged 28.
This simple memorial
was erected in 1853 by
LEMUEL SHATTUCK
who holds in grateful veneration
the puritan fathers of
New England.



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