Biography
He died intestate. His estate was probated on 14 January 1716/17 in Salisbury, Mass, Guardians were appointed for the five younger children, they being minors. His estate was valued at £620 5/4d. From the inventory of his estate, we learn that he was ill about three months and that his eldest son, Jacob, had great trouble in getting wood and hay during his father's illness. He was also known as Deacon John Flanders. He settled first in Salisbury, then removed to South Hampton, New Hampshire. He was respected for his integrity and uprightness and granted the title of "Mr." John was a deacon of the church in South Hampton for many years. He became a freeman in April 1670 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He was on 19 May 1676; in the Turner's Falls Fight. He was admonished along with his brothers, by the court and fined shillings for stealing 1100 red oak hogshead staves from the pasture of Nathaniel Ware in June 1679 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He was signed the Norfolk County Petition in 1680. He was mentioned in the will of Steven Flanders 17 18 ,19 on 4 February 1683/84 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He became a freeman on 18 April 1690 in Salisbury,Mass. He was on 25 November 1702; serving as corporal in the scouts under Capt. Henry True, Jr. against the Indians around Salisbury.
Birth
1659-02-11 Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts[1][2][3][4]
Death
1716-12-24 Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Sources
Dunbar, Edith. The Flanders Family from Europe to America (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, VT, 1935) Page 23, 31
S258 Title: Child's Genealogy of Henniker, New Hampshire
S329 Title: Gen. Dictionary of New England Settlers
S334 Author: James Savage Title: A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England Publication: Name: Genealogical Publ Co, Inc., Baltimore ;
S369 Title: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 transcription NEHGS
S461 Title: Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts Publication: Name: Topsfield Historical Society; Location: Topsfield, Massachusetts; Date: 1915;
Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=20951983&pid=1389525738
Will of Stephen Flanders (1620 - 1684)