William Pynchon, Colonel
1590 - 1662 (72 years)-
Name William Pynchon Suffix Colonel Born 11 Oct 1590 Springfield, Essex, England Gender Male Died 29 Oct 1662 Wraysbury, Buckingham, England Buried 29 Oct 1662 Wraysbury, Buckingham, England Person ID I7491 Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23 Last Modified 5 Jun 2022
Father John Pynchon, b. Abt 1564, of Springfield, Essex, England , d. Bef 12 Sep 1610 (Age ~ 46 years) Mother Frances Brett, b. 1568, of Terling, Essex, England , d. 1630 (Age 62 years) Married 3 Oct 1588 Springfield, Essex, England [1] Family ID F2745 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anna Andrew, b. Abt 1594, Twiwell, Northampton, England , d. 30 Aug 1630, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 36 years) Married 1623/1624 Springfield, Essex, England Children 1. Ann Pynchon, b. Abt 1609, Springfield, Essex, England , d. Aft 1682, , , England (Age ~ 74 years) 2. Mary Pynchon, b. Abt 1623, Springfield, Essex, England , d. 26 Oct 1657 (Age ~ 34 years) 3. Margaret Pynchon, b. 1624, Dorchester, Dorset, England , d. 3 May 1633 (Age 9 years) 4. John Pynchon, b. 1621/1625, Dorchester, Dorset, England , d. 17 Jan 1703, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States (Age 78 years) 5. Pynchon, b. Abt 1627, Dorchester, Dorset, England Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F2744 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Source: "Register of Pedigrees & Services of Ancestors", The Society of
Coloniel Wars in the State of Connecticut. Hartford, CT, 1941. p 683.
see my Whiting file.
Source: "Maternal ancestry of Charles Whiting MacNair", by Hannah
Crawford.
Buried in Wraysbury Churchyard, Wraysbury, Bucks., England.
Will proved 8 Dec. 1662 and names sisters, Jane & Susan.
Founder of Roxbury, Mass. in 1630 and Springfield, Mass. in 1636.
Governor of Springfield Colony.
Came to America in 1630. Left from the Isle of Wight, March 29, 1630.
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FGR in possession of Anna Marie Smith, SLC, UT.
Genealogical Gleanings in England, by Waters, vol. 1. Will of John
Pynchon
Might only be of Springfield, Essex, England.
Might have been born in 1585
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The Ancestral File also lists a son born abt 1627 in Dorchester, Dorset,
England, who died as a child
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!McIntryre, Ruth. William Pynchon : merchant and colonizer, 1590-1662.
US/CAN 921.73 A1, no. 99
!Writtle is close to Chelmsford.
!William was first cousin to Sir Edward Pynchon of Writtle.
!His ship arrived in Salem in June 1630.
!His first wife died soon after arriving in Massachusetts, and he later
married Frances Sandford, a widow from Dorchester, where he had lived
briefly.
!Goodwin, Nathaniel. Genealogical Notes, or, Contributions to the family
history of some of the first settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts.
pub. 1987, p 344
Hinman, R.R. A Catalogue of the names of the first Puritan settlers of
the Colony of Connecticut... c1968, p. 66-67 Lists his activities in Conn.
Lists children.
- Source: "Register of Pedigrees & Services of Ancestors", The Society of
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Sources - [S81] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
FRANCES BRETT; Female; Birth: 1568 Of, Terling, Essex, England; Death: 1675; Spouse: JOHN PYNCHON; Marriage: 03 OCT 1588 Springfield, Essex, England; No source information is available.
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
Search performed using PAF Insight on 15 Jun 2004
- [S81] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.