John HEALD

- 1662

• Name	John HEALD
  Birth	England
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Before Sep 1635	Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1]
  	The exact date of John's immigration to the Massachusetts Bay Colony is unknown. But his participation in the original settlement of the Musketaquid Valley by English families places him in the Colony by the fall of 1635. It is likely that he arrived with his wife and his eldest children, as New England settlers most often came in family groups. There is, however, no proof of this.
  settler	Oct 1635	Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2]
  	On 2 September 1635, the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony granted Mr. Peter Bulkeley, Maj. Simon Willard, Rev. John Jones and twelve others the liberty to start a new settlement to be called Concord. According to the Act of Incorporation "it is ordered that there shall be a plantation att Musketaquid, and that there shall be 6 myles of land square to belonge to it...." John and Dorothy and their young family were among the group of settlers who left New Towne during September and October 1635 on their way to the Musketaquid Valley where they would begin the settlement of Concord.
  Freemanship	2 Jun 1641	Massachusetts Bay Colony   [3]
  	John was granted freemanship within the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 2 June 1641. The prerequisite for obtaining this status was proof of one's membership and good standing in a Congregational Church. The Freeman's Oath legally bound the individual to the government of the colony, and thereby, its laws and orders. Additionally, the Oath required participation by the individual in local and colonial affairs when called upon.
  Will	19 Apr 1662	Concord Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [4]
  	John's will was dated 19 April 1662 at Concord in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His wife, Dorothy, was named as executrix. John Flynt, Ephraim Flynt & Thomas Brown witnessed John's signature on the document.
  Death	24 May 1662	Concord Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [5]
  inventory	31 May 1662	Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [6]
  	The inventory and appraisal of John's estate, which was valued at £140-01-00, was returned to the Middlesex County Court on 31 May 1662 by Robert Merian, Thomas T. Brooke and George Wheeler.
  Will Recorded	18 Jun 1662	Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [4]
  	His will was recorded in Middlesex County Court on 18 Jun 1662.
  Person ID	I3687	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family	Dorothy (UNKNOWN),   b. England d. 29 Oct 1694, Dedham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts Colony
  Notes	John Heald's 1662 Concord will names his three eldest children and speaks of five unnamed children who are under the age of 21 years. There are extant birth records for only three of the five unnamed children. Numerous old genealogies and recently Threlfall's Fifty Great Migration Colonists To New England & Their Origins add Thomas Heald and Isaac Heald as the two Heald children for whom there are no birth records. No primary evidence has been found to support these claims.
  Children	1. Sgt. John HEALD,   b. c.1635, England or Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 17 Jun 1689, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   2. Timothy HEALD,   b. Before Apr 1641, England or Massachusetts Bay Colony   3. Hannah HEALD,   b. c.1635, England or Massachusetts Bay Colony   4. Dorcas HEALD,   b. 22 May 1645, Concord Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1 May 1650, Concord Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 4 years)   5. Gershom HEALD,   b. 23 Mar 1646/7, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 13 May 1717, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Colony (Age 70 years)   6. Dorothy HEALD,   b. 16 Oct 1649, Concord Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   7. Isreal HEALD,   b. 30 Jul 1660, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 8 Sep 1738, Stow, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Colony (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH: BERWICK UPON TWEED (Holy Trinity) : CMB 1572-1680, 1695-1754, CB 1754-1812, B 1813-41; copies of affadavits, memorandum [Microfilm.] Published:Salt Lake City, UT (USA) : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987 Description: 1 reel General Note: Copy of original register.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4244] Alfred Sereno Hudson, Hudson, The History of Concord, Massachusetts, ((Concord, MA: Erudite Press, 1904)), pp. 64 & 65. [S1627] Lemuel Shattuck, Shattuck, A History of the Town of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from Its Earliest Settlement to 1932 and of the Adjoining Towns: Bedford, Acton, Lincoln and Carlisle, ((1835, Rpt. Baltimore, MD: GPC, 2002)), pp. 4 & 5. [S1590] Lucius R. Paige; indexed by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Paige, List of Freemen of Massachusetts, 1630 - 1691, ((Baltimore: GPC, 1978)), ISBN 0-8063-0806-0. p. 19 [Massachusetts Colonial Records, Vol. 1, p. 312]. [S4229] John Heald, Middlesex Co, MA probate file no. 11053 (1662). [S142] Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635 - 1850., ((Boston: T. Todd, printer, 1895)). p. 10. (Concord Registers - Book I) [S3096] John Brooks Threlfall, Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists To New England & Their Origins, ((Madison, WI: by the author ,1990)), p. 200.