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Captain John Weld was born 28 October 1623 in Sudbury, Suffollk, England, United Kingdom to Joseph Weld (1599-1646) and Elizabeth Wise (1600-1638) and died 20 September 1691 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. He married Margaret Bowen (1629-1692) 24 December 1647 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

Captain John Weld, son of Captain Joseph Weld, inherited his estate and served as an officer in King Philip's War of 1675. He built his home, Weld Hall, on what came to be called Weld Hill in Forest Hills (still marked by the presence of Weld Hill Street across the street from Forest Hills MBTA station) in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

The descendants of John Weld created Weld Farm towards the Brookline border around what is now Hancock Village but was formerly Weld Golf Course. Other descendants of John Weld moved on to develop the valley of Sawmill Brook near Dedham as the Williams Farm. Part of the Weld properties in this area were sold in 1854 for the construction of what is now the VFW Parkway in West Roxbury, Mass.

While the Weld's Brookline and Dedham properties were developed in the 17th and 18th centuries as agricultural lands, in the 19th and 20th centuries these became Weld-owned estates of great luxury.

This first Weld Hall in Jamaica Plain was home to many generations of Welds, the last of which was John Weld's great grandson, Colonel Eleazer Weld, one of seven Weld family members who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Weld Hill was selected by George Washington as a rallying point for the patriot army to fall back upon in case of disaster.



Children


Offspring of Captain John Weld and Margaret Bowen (1629-1692)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Joseph Weld (1650-1712) 13 September 1650 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States 14 February 1712 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Elizabeth Devotion (1851-1678)
Sarah Faxon (1659-1745)
John Weld (1653-1737)
Elizabeth Weld (1655-1725)
Margaret Weld (1657-1674)
Mary Weld (1660-1705)
Abigail Weld (1663-1667)
Esther Weld (1664-1665)
Hannah Weld (1666-1697)



Siblings


Offspring of Joseph Weld (1599-1646) and Elizabeth Wise (1600-1638)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Joseph Weld (1621-1645)
John Weld (1623-1691) 28 October 1623 Sudbury, Suffollk, England, United Kingdom 20 September 1691 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Margaret Bowen (1629-1692)
Elizabeth Weld (1626-1717)
Mary Weld (1629-1711)
Thomas Weld (1630-1649)
Hannah Weld (1630-1647)
Edmund Weld (1636-1657)


Offspring of Joseph Weld (1599-1646) and Barbara Clap (1614-1655)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Sarah Weld (1640-1694)
Daniel Weld (1642-1690)
Joseph Weld (1644-1645)
Marah Weld (1645-1706)
Thomas Weld (1646-1649)
Elizabeth Weld (1646-1669)
Jeremiah Weld (1647-)

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