1. == Biography == Elizabeth was born 26 May 1649 in Sudbury, daughter of John and Mary (_____) Maynard.<ref>"Sudbury Records," in ''[[Space:NEHGR|The New England Historical & Genealogical Register]],'' Boston, MA: NEHGS, 17(1863):171: Births: "Elizabeth, dau. of John and Mary Maynard [born] 26 May, 1649."</ref> == Sources == <references />*[http://www.gravesfa.org/gen028.htm Greaves Family of Stepney, London, England and Descendants of Rear Admiral Thomas Graves of Charlestown, Massachusetts]* <span id='TCQ'></span>''[[Space:The Connecticut Quarterly|The Connecticut Quarterly]]'' (Hartford, Conn., 1895) Vol. 1., [https://books.google.com/books?id=thY9AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA409 Page 409]
2. :'''MERGE WARNING:''' There were THREE men in colonial New England bythe name of John Maynard. Please be careful not to merge them! :# John Maynard of Hartford, CT (no children):# John Maynard of Duxbury, MA; m1 Mary, dau of Comfort Starr (she died by 1659); m2 Elizabeth Wight:# John Maynard of Sudbury/ Marlborough; m. Mary _____ (some say Rice); she survived him (he died in 1672). ==Biography== ==NOTE Jan, 2015==John Maynard II, the first immigrant ancestor, settled in Sudbury (now Wayland) and was one of the forty-seven who shared the meadow along the Sudbury River. His house lot of four acres was near those of Edmond and Henry Rice on North Street. At first, he built a low loghouse probably with a thatched roof and later a frame house. John was evidently desirous to locate in a fertile spot where cattle could be fed and ahome maintained. John was admitted a freeman on May 20,1644 and was select man of Sudbury in 1646. John II's first wife was Judith Starr. When she died in 1642, John later remarried her sister, Mary in 1645. In early records and histories, there are several conflicting accounts of John Maynard. There are claims of two men of the same name in the area and one account of them being married to the same Mary Starr. Most account have the familes of John II and John III confused. I believe that John of Sudbury can be proven and that the account of another event settles the John II/ John III confusion. In 1660, the inhabitants of Sudbury petitioned the General Court, stating that as the Lord had blessed them with very large families and had also greatly prospered them by increasing their flocksand herds, they found themselves much hampered for room for their cattle to feed. On May 31, 1660, a grant of six square miles was set off for their needs and this country was known as Whippin and afterwards in corporated as Marlborough. In this grant, John Maynard II was assigned a good area in the central part of the present city of Marlborough.John III went to this grant and settled, and married Mary Gates. In his father's will, he stated that he had already deeded this property to John III. Thus all the descentants by the name of Maynard in Marlborough, Southboro, Westborough and Shewsbury come from John III, while most of the families in Framingham and various parts of Sudbury and Wayland come from John, the II. John Maynard died in Sudbury on December 10, 1672. His will was datedSeptember 4, 1672 and proved April 1, 1673. In it are mentioned his eldest son John Maynard, son Zachery, wife Mary, daughter Elisabeth wife of Joseph Graves, daughter Lydia wife to Joseph Moore, and youngest daughter Mary, not yet married. His wife Mary and son Zachery were named joint executors. "My trusty friends Deacon John Haines, and Joseph Noys both of Sudbury" were to be supervisors to assist the executors. The will was witnessed by Henry Locker and John Toll.[5] The inventoryof the estate was taken December 30, 1672 by Edmund Goodenow, John Haines, and Joseph Noyes and came to 263 pounds. REFERENCES [1]Frederick C. Warner, The Warner-Harrington Ancestry (1949), p. 444. [2]Carson Axtell, The Axtell Genealogy (1945), p. 42.[3]Alfred S. Hudson, Annals of Sudbury, Wayland, and Maynard (1891), p. 65. [4]Warner, The Warner-Harrington Ancestry, p. 444.[5]Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 14851), 4:24, research by Mike Roman. [6]Ibid., 4:27. [7]Charles Hudson, The History of Marlborough (1862), p. 83.[8]Neil Thompson, F.A.S.G., "Lydia Maynard, Wife of Joseph Moore of Sudbury Massachusetts", The American Genealogist, Vol. 60 (Jan 1984), p. 55.Savage - MAYNARD, John (d. 1672), from England to Massachusetts; an original propr. of Sudbury, 1640; freeman, 1644; a petitioner for grantof Marlbrough; m. Mary Axtell (or Axtel) Born: Birth listed as 1600 by Casimir Stevens. Immigration: Place Cambridge, MA , Year Spring 1634 Primary Individual Maynard, John, Source Code 9448 "HERCULES". John Witherley, Master, sailed in the spring of this year, and is probably the "Hercules" `of Dover' mentioned by Winthrop as being here in the summer.' Founder: Sudbury, Middlesex, MA (original proprietor of the town) One of the petitioners of grants of Marlborough --------------------------------------------------- SOURCE for above 1. [S230] Steve Neighbors (Nov. 2003)at /www.avocadoridge.com/carney/getperson.php?personID=I6359&tree=tree1 [http://www.avocadoridge.com/carney/getperson.php?personID=I6359&tree=tree1] --------------------------------------------- == Biography == John Maynard was born about 1598. He died in 1672 in Sudbury. He was of Sudbury and is a different man by the same name who lived in Duxbury. He is also not the John Maynard, one of the early settlers of Hartford, CT. John Maynard of Sudbury married Mary (_____), widow of Thomas Axtell. John Maynard of Duxbury married Mary (Starr), dau of Comfort Starr. * Maynard, Carl W. Jr , Colonial Maynards. Wilmington Del; Salt LakeCity: 1982 Microfiche Filimed by the Genealogiical Society of Utah,1983. === Note === : Note: [[#N331]] === Notes ===: Note <span id='N331'>N331</span>According to Dorothy Maynard Todd Avery: "when John came to America, it was only 18 years after the pilgrims landed so there were no settlements." == Sources == <references />
3. {{Puritan Great Migration}}Mary arrived in America between the birth of her second child in 1641and third child in 1644. == Disputed Origins ==Axtell family researchers make a good case for why her maiden name was NOT Starr.<ref>[http://www.axtellfamily.org/axgenea/axcheney.html Marilyn Axtell Cheney, "A Myth Put to Rest"] (1988)</ref> They point outthat:* Mary STARR, dau of [[Starr-32|Comfort Starr]] was the wife of another John Maynard -- he of Duxbury, Mass., having married him in that place on the 16th day of May, 1640. Her father, Comfort Starr, died on the 2nd day of January, 1659. His will was probated on the 3rd of February, 1659 and in it he made bequests to the five children of his DECEASED daughter Maynard. Therefore we know that Mary (Starr) MAYNARD was dead by 1659.* The Mary who married John Maynard of Sudbury was still alive in : John Maynard of Sudbury made his will in 1672, referring to his wife Mary who was still alive at that time. This also distinguishes him from John Maynard of Duxbury. Others suggest she may have been Mary, daughter of Edmund Rice for the following reasons:<ref>Eleanor R. Weston, "A probable wife for Thomas Axtell," in ''Connecticut Nutmegger,'' 31(1998):390-392</ref>* Edmund had a daughter of the right age about whom nothing further is known* Edmund Rice and the Axtells came from the same parish/town in England (Berkhamstead)* Thomas Axtell, upon landing, purchased land from Rice who had arrived in the New World five years earlier.* Thomas and Mary's children had the same names as Edmunds, and in the same order.* When Thomas Axtel died without a will, Edmund Rice, Philemon Whale & Edward Rice took inventory, implying relationship with Thomas or hiswidow. == Biography == She married first by 1639 Thomas Axtell who died in Sudbury 8 May 1646. (Their first child was bpt 25 Sep 1639) She m2 in Sudbury June 16, 1646 John Maynard, not the same man as heof Duxbury. Mary (_____) Axtell Maynard was still alive in 1673 when her second husband's estate was probated/administered. Children by Thomas Axtell:* Mary Axtell Goodenow (1639 - 1704); m John Goodenow 19 SEp 1656 in Sudbury * Henry Axtell (1641 - 1676); m Hannah Merriam 14 Jun 1665 Marlborough* Lydia Axtell, b 1 Jun 1644 Sudbury; may have been she who m. JosephMoore; called daughter in her step-father's will. But some argue thatshe was not an Axtell but a Maynard.<ref>Neil D. Thompson, "Lydia Maynard, wife of Joseph Moore of Sudbury, MA," in ''The American Genealogist,'' 60(1983):53</ref> Children by John Maynard: * Zacahariah Maynard, b 7 Jun 1647 Sudbury * Elizabeth, b 26 May 1649 Sudbury* Lydia, b abt 1651<ref>Neil P. Tompson, "Lydia Maynard, wife of Joseph Moore of Sudbury, MA" in ''The American Genealogist,'' 60(1984):53-55</ref> * Hannah 30 Jul 1653 Sudbury * Mary b 3 Aug 1656 Sudbury == Sources =='''1. Find A Grave.''' [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52187450] Mary Rice Axtell Maynard. Born 1619 in England. Died 1680 in Mass. "Her second husband was John Maynard, married Jun 16 1646". Links to spouses and two children. Unknown burial location. '''2. Geni.''' [https://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Maynard/6000000008364378853] Mary Maynard (Rice) of Sudbury, born 18Aug1619 in Standstead,Suffolk, England. died in 1680 in Sudbury. Daughter of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine. Wife of Thomas Axtell and John Maynard. Mother of 6 listed children.:"She was not the daughter of Comfort Starr, according to [http://www.axtellfamily.org/axgenea/axcheney.html].": There are extensive references listed here. The conjecture that Mary was Mary rice does not seem to be proven. <references /> See also: * http://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Maynard/6000000008364378853 * http://www.axtell-surname.org.uk/fam261.html