Capt. John Heard1

b. say 1667, d. November 1751
Capt. John Heard|b. s 1667\nd. Nov 1751|p9667.htm|Ensign James Heard|d. 3 Mar 1675/76|p9735.htm|Shuah (—?—) (Heard-Otis)||p9736.htm|John Heard|d. 1675/76|p9751.htm|Isabel (—?—) (Heard)||p9752.htm|||||||

6th great-granduncle of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
8th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
     Capt. John Heard was born say 1667 (about 53 in April 1720).2 He was the son of Ensign James Heard and Shuah (—?—) (Heard-Otis).2 He married first Phebe Littlefield, daughter of Francis Littlefield Sr. and Rebecca (—?—) (Littlefield), on 27 April 1690.3 He married second Jane Cole on 2 July 1698 at Kittery, York County, Maine.1,4 He married third Ann Wingate in December 1725 in Kittery, York County, Maine.4 He married fourth widow Maria Cotton Bradbury on 23 December 1735 in Kittery, York County, Maine.4 He died in November 1751.4
     
     Capt. John Heard and Phebe Littlefield had four children. He and Jane Cole had three children.

Additional Data
Capt. John Heard was mentioned in his father John Heard's will dated 3 March 1675/76 in Kittery, York County, Maine.5 Click to view image

Capt. John Heard was wounded when his first wife was killed by Indians on 4 July 1697.4

Capt. John Heard made his will 15 January 1739/40.4

Child of Capt. John Heard and Phebe Littlefield

Citations

  1. [S890] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Littlefield, of Wells," Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Vol. III, 486, originally published in The Ancestry of Annis Spear (1945).
  2. [S869] Charles Thornton Libby, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine: The Southward Press, 1928), 321.
  3. [S869] Charles Thornton Libby, GDMNH, 438.
  4. [S869] Charles Thornton Libby, GDMNH, 322.
  5. [S875] William M. Sargent, comp. and ed., Maine Wills. 1640-1760 (Portland, Maine: Maine Historical Society, 1887; reprint Baltimore: Inc. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996), 71-75.