John Stetson

1694 - 1787  (~ 92 years)

• Name	John Stetson
  Born	March 1694	Scituate, MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	shipbuilder
  Died	13 January 1787	Scituate, MA   [1]
  Buried	Church Hill Cemetery, Norwell
  Notes	John first marrie Relief (Turner) Ewell, widow of Gershom Ewell; second Abigail White; third Ruth Penniman. From Deane’s History of Scituate: John purchased the Wanton estate 1730, and was the father of Lydia, Mary and Eleanor, (Dr. Charles Stockbridge’s widow). ... He built the first tide mill at the Harbour. [2]
  Person ID	I11692	Schirado
  Last Modified	29 July 2013

  
  

  Father	Sergt. Samuel Stetson,   b. June 1646, Scituate, MA ,   d. after 1722  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Lydia Pickles,   b. 10 April 1662, Scituate, MA
  Married	about 1690	Scituate, MA
  Family ID	F627	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 1	Relief Turner,   b. 8 June 1701, Scituate, MA
  Married	27 July 1727	First Parish Church of Scituate   [1]
  Family ID	F89777	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 2	Abigail White,   b. 5 November 1715, Marshfield, MA ,   d. 19 July 1736, Marshfield, MA  (Age 20 years)
  Married	29 December 1732	Marshfield, MA   [3]
  Children	1. John Stetson,   b. about April 1734, Scituate, MA ,   d. 9 April 1754, Scituate, MA  (Age ~ 19 years)
  Family ID	F10538	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 3	Ruth Penniman,   b. about 1709, Braintree, MA ,   d. 20 April 1791, Scituate, MA  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Married	23 June 1741 (int)	Scituate, MA   [1]
  Children	1. Lydia Stetson,   b. 5 September 1742, Scituate, MA ,   d. 26 April 1821, Scituate, MA  (Age 78 years)   2. Mary Stetson,   b. April 1745, Scituate, MA ,   d. 6 June 1745, Scituate, MA  (Age ~ 0 years)   3. Mary Stetson,   b. 22 January 1747, Scituate, MA ,   d. 4 December 1832, Scituate, MA  (Age 85 years)   4. Samuel Stetson,   b. 1748, Scituate, MA ,   d. 1788, Scituate, MA  (Age 40 years)   5. Eleanor Stetson,   b. about 1754,   d. 18 August 1834, Scituate, MA  (Age ~ 80 years)   6. Ruth Stetson,   b. Scituate, MA
  Family ID	F11967	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] (NEHGS, Boston, 1909). [S6] Samuel Deane, (Loring, Boston, 1831). [S268] (1978).