Biography
John Tracy was born 1633 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States to Stephen Tracy (1596-1654) and Tryphosa Lee (1597-1641) and died 30 May 1718 Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, United States of unspecified causes. He married Mary Prence (c1639-1711) .
Lieut. John Tracy, only known s. of Stephen Tracy & Tryphosa Lee, b. on or after June 1, 1633 prob. at Duxbury, Massachusetts. He is mentioned in the Mar. 20, 1654/5 will of his father, written at London, England: "to my sonne John Tracye what land and house I have there in Duxburrow alsoe one yoake of oxen and one horse."
The first mention of John Tracy in the colony records is on June 3, 1656 when named one of four surveyors of highways for the town of Duxbury. On the same date he was recommended for election as a freeman of the Plymouth Colony Corp. and was so admitted one year later on June 3, 1657. He is subsequently listed as a freeman of Duxbury in the colony's 1670 master list of freeman.
At an unknown date, John Tracy m. Mary Prence, dau. of Gov. Thomas Prence of the Plymouth Colony and his 2nd wife Mary Collier, prob. b. at Duxbury, Mass. Anecdotally, John Tracy's brother-in-law was Arthur Howland, Jr., the husband of Elizabeth Prence, Mary (Prence) Tracy's sister. Gov. Prence, who enacted and then presided over some of the most restrictive early laws against Quakers in New England, first refused to permit Arthur to marry dau. Elizabeth perceiving Arthur as having Quaker leanings. However, Arthur eventually prevailed in his matrimonial quest.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
John Tracy (c1661-1701) | |||
Apphia Tracy (1663-1739) | 1663 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts | 15 December 1739 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts | John Sparrow (1656-1734) |
Hannah Tracy (1666-) | |||
Stephen Tracy (1673-1769) | 1673 Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States | 19 December 1769 Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, United States | Deborah Bingham (1683-1735) |
Susannah Tracy (1676-1751) |
See Also
- John Tracy
- Tracy in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Tracy in Windham County, Connecticut
- Lt John Tracy at Find A Grave
Footnotes (including sources)
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