John Otis1

M, #3087, * c 1580, + 31 May 1657
FatherRichard Otis1 + a 1611
Mother? ? * s 1550, + a 1611
Signature

Family

Margaret * s 1595, + 28 Jun 1653
Children
  • Alicia Otis1 * 23 Jun 1604
  • Joan Otis1 * 15 Dec 1610, + 22 Dec 1611
  • Joan Otis1 * 1 Dec 1612, + 21 Dec 1612
  • Elizabeth Otis1 * 12 Nov 1614, + 31 Mar 1615
  • Margaret Otis1 * s 1616, + 21 Oct 1670
  • Richard Otis1 * 27 Feb 1616/17, + b 1657
  • Hannah Otis+1 * 16 Aug 1618, + 25 Jan 1675/76
  • John Otis1 * 14 Jan 1620/21, + 16 Jan 1683
  • Ann Otis1 * s 1624, + a 1657
  • Alice Otis1 * s 1626, + a 1657
     John Otis was born c 1580 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.1 He (1) married Margaret b 1610 at England.2,1 He (2) married a 1653 at Weymouth.1,3 He died on 31 May 1657 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.4,1,3

Other information:

     He was in Hingham in June 1635, when he receives five acres "in the meadow called Home meadow, next to the Cove." Later (on 4 Jun 1636) he received a grant of 16 acres, and another 10 acres of planting ground1 He took the freeman's oath in Hingham on 3 Mar 1635/36.1
John Otis made a will on 30 May 1657. He gave legacies to his daughter Margaret Burton and her children, his daughter Hannah Gill and her children, his daughters Ann and Alice, and his (unnamed) wife. His son John Otis is to be the executor.1

Citations

  1. [S416] Horatio N. Otis, "Otis."
  2. [S340] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration, 1634-35. Vol. M-P. John Otis, pg. 322-326 (1st wife not named). Online at http://www.americanancestors.org
  3. [S340] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration, 1634-35. Vol. M-P. John Otis, pg. 322-326. Online at http://www.americanancestors.org
  4. [S418] C. Edward Jr. Egan,"Hobart" 121 , pg. 106.