Deacon John HEALD^[1]

1693 - 1775  (81 years)

• Name	John HEALD
  Title	Deacon
  Prefix	Deacon
  Birth	18 Aug 1693	Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2]
  Gender	Male
  anecdote	27 June 1735	Acton, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [3]
  	On 27 June 1735, the General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay gave leave for the township of Acton to be formed from lands previously owned by Concord. That same day the Court authorized John Heald to call the first town meeting for the purpose of choosing town offices.
  OFFH	1738	Acton, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [4]
  	In 1738, John was chosen as a deacon in the First Parish Church of Acton which had been established in 1735 when the town came into existence. Henceforth, he was known as Deacon John Heald.
  Death	16 May 1775	Acton, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Colony   [5]
  	John died on 16 May 1775 in Acton. He was 81 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	Acton, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Colony   [5]
  	His body was interred at North Acton Cemetery.
  Person ID	I3671	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Lieut. John HEALD,   b. 19 Sep 1666, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 25 Nov 1721, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Mary CHANDLER,   b. 7 Jan 1671/2, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 14 Aug 1759, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1690	Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [6]
  	The couple was married on 18 December 1690 in Concord.
  Family ID	F422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary HEALD,   b. 27 Apr 1698, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 1 Sep 1758, Acton, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 60 years)
  Children	1. Martha HEALD,   b. 4 Apr 1718, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   2. Mary HEALD,   b. 14 Jun 1719, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   3. Lt. John HEALD,   b. 14 Feb 1720/1, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 27 Oct 1810, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 89 years)   4. Joseph HEALD,   b. 12 Sep 1724, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   5. Lydia HEALD,   b. 12 Nov 1726, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   6. Oliver HEALD,   b. 24 Jul 1729, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 23 Sep 1733, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 4 years)   7. Dorothy HEALD,   b. 25 Nov 1731, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 11 Dec 1805, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 74 years)   8. Oliver HEALD,   b. 6 Apr 1734, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 21 Jan 1790 (Age 55 years)   9. Isreal HEALD,   b. 16 Aug 1736, Acton, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   10. Ruth HEALD,   b. 1 Mar 1739/40, Acton, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Family ID	F3892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635 - 1850., ((Boston: T. Todd, printer, 1895)). p. 38 (Concord Registers - Book II). [S142] Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635 - 1850., ((Boston: T. Todd, printer, 1895)). p. 38 (Concord Registers - Book lI). [S1640] Samuel Adams Drake, Drake, History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, ((Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1879 - 1880) ), Vol. 1, p. 197. [S4243] William Richard Cutter, Cutter, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1908) Four Volumes), Vol. 4, p. 1405. [S128] Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts To The Year 1850., ((Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1923)). p. 276. [S142] Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635 - 1850., ((Boston: T. Todd, printer, 1895)). p. 34. (Concord Registers - Book II)