John HEALD^[1]

1741 -

• Name	John HEALD
  Birth	11 Sep 1741	Townsend, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  deed	1760	Sliptown, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire   [2]
  	John purchased a tract of land in Sliptown from his bother Ephraim about 1760. In 1779 he sold 95 acres of the property to Nathaniel Ball.
  OFFH	10 Oct 1768, 1772 and 1775	Temple, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire   [3]
  	John and his cousin Oliver Heald were chosen as road surveyors at Temple's second town meeting which was held on 10 October 1768. He served as a Temple Selectman in 1772 and as town constable in 1775. Temple's third and fifth town meetings were held at John's home.
  Person ID	I3656	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Lt. Ephraim HEALD,   b. 19 Feb 1710/11, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 29 Apr 1802, Townsend, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Eleanor ROBBINS,   b. 17 Dec 1707, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts d. 16 Dec 1791, Townsend, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 83 years)
  Notes	According to the Temple, New Hampshire town records, all five of Ephraim and Eleanor's sons left Townsend and removed to Temple, then known as Sliptown. Their properties were located within Range 8 and Range 9 of the town and appear to have first been owned by their father Ephraim.
  Family ID	F420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S148] Henry C. Hallowell, transcribed & edited by; assisted by Lee K. Kugler and Caroline Lewis Kardell. , Hallowell, Vital Records of Townsend, Massachusetts: Town Records to 1850 with Marriage Intentions to 1873 and Cemetery Inscriptions., ((Boston: NEHGS, 1992)), ISBN 0-8808-2030-6. p. 206 (Births - Book 1). [S1596] Historical Society of Temple, NH, corporate author, A History of Temple, New Hampshire, 1768-1976, ((Dublin, NH: William L. Bauhan, 1976)), p. 566., ISBN 0-87233-040-0. [S1596] Historical Society of Temple, NH, corporate author, A History of Temple, New Hampshire, 1768-1976, ((Dublin, NH: William L. Bauhan, 1976)), p. 62, 828 & 834., ISBN 0-87233-040-0.