Lt. John Livermore, Jr.

Male Abt 1638 - 1719  (~ 81 years)


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  • Name John Livermore 
    Prefix Lt. 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born Abt 1638  Wethersfield, Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 9 Feb 1718-1719  Weston, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Farmers Burial Ground, Weston, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3797  Ancestors & Descendants of the immigrant Edward Hall
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2015 

    Father John Livermore,   b. Abt 1604, Oath Of Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1684, Watertown, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Grace Sherman,   b. Abt 1616, Dedham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1690, Chelmsford, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married Abt 1633  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Deceased,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Abt 1666 
    Children 
     1. John Livermore,   b. 21 Mar 1668, Watertown, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1683, Watertown, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 15 years)
     2. Deceased,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Deceased,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Joseph Livermore,   b. 27 Jan 1674-1675, Watertown, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1770, Watertown, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     5. Ensign Daniel Livermore,   b. 8 Jun 1677, Watertown, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1726, Weston, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     6. Deceased,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Deceased,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Deceased,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. John Livermore,   b. 8 Jul 1690, Watertown, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2015 
    Family ID F2665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Living 
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2015 
    Family ID F2766  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ref: "The Livermore Family of America," by Walter Eliot Thwing, pub. W.B. Clarke Company of Boston, 1902



      John was made a freeman April 18, 1690. He lived on the Cowper farm (mentioned in the inventory of his father's estate) in that part of Watertown called Watertown Farms, now Weston, and near the Sudbury line. The Cowpen farm was bounded N. by
      land of Robert Jennison and John Sawin; W. by that of Robert Jennison; E. by that of R. Jennison and Nathaniel Greene (son and heir of Rev. Henry Greene); S. by that of Capt. Hugh Mason. The twenty acres of meadow belonging to it were near
      Nonesuch Meadow.



      He was a tythingman in 1679; he was a selectman of Watertown in 1692 and collector of rates in 1692 and 1693; assessor in 1695. Oct. 22, 1695, John Grout, Sr., of Sudbury, conveyed to his son-in-law, John Livermore of Watertown Farms, a tract
      of land situated between Dedham line, Watertown line and Sudbury line, adjoining partly 200 acres granted by the General Court to William Jennison of Watertown, bounded S. by Dedham line; N. by Sudbury line; E. by Watertown line; W. by the 200
      acres above mentioned, now (1860) in the possossion of Matthew Rice. Nov. 21, 1712, John Livermore conveyed this tract of land to his four daughters, Hannah Rice, Sarah Fulham, Martha Gleason and Mary Bigelow.



      He was a soldier in the Mt. Hope campaign in King Phillip's war, for which service he was paid L2.08.06 on Aug 27, 1675. He was called a lieutenant and also ensign. His will, dated Oct. 20, 1714, proved Feb. 25, 1719.