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John Heard - was born about 1600 in England and died on 4 Mar 1676 in Nantucket, MA . John married Isabel Warwick. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  James Heard was born before 1626 in England and died after 1673/1675 . See #2. below. ii.  Warwick Heard was born about 1630 and died before 24 Mar 1646 in Kittery, Maine .

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James Heard - was born before 1626 in England and died after 1673/1675 . He was the son of John Heard and Isabel Warwick. James married Shuah Conley Starbuck in 1661 in Kittery, York, Maine. Shuah was born about 1640 in Kittery, Maine. She was the daughter of Edward Starbuck. She died in 1686 in Dover, Norfork, MBC . Shuah - after James death, she married Richard Otis as his second wife, who then married Grizel Warren after her death. (from: The ancestors and descendants of Zephaniah and Silence Alden Hathaway) James - Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire - Page 321   Ensign James(4), Kittery, first ment. as lot layer 24 May 1652. Ensign by June 1656. Jury 1656; Gr. j. 1657, 61, 62 (foreman); Clerk of the Com. Ct. of Kit. and Clerk of the Writs 1659. Selectm. 1659, 1661, 1666-9; Town Clerk 1667-9, removed from both as a Quaker 1669. Lists 24, 298. D. bet. 6 July 1675–3 Mar. 1675-6.   He m. by 1661 Shuah Starbuck (Edw.), who m. 2d bet. 28 Nov. 1676–5 Nov. 1677 Richard Otis. Ch: John. Mary, oldest dau., m. 1st Isaac Hanson(1), 2d Robt. Evans(13). Elizabeth, 2d dau., m. 1st Jas. Chadbourne (3), 2d Samuel Small. John, b. ±1667. Katherine, m. 1st Jas. Littlefield, 2d John Wooden. Abigail, m. Job Clements(4). p.322 Ann, (these three under 18 in 1676), m. Moses Gilman, See Y. D. 9.266, 18.107-9. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  John Heard was born about 1667 in Sturgeon Creek, York, ME and died before 1751 in Kittery, Maine . See #3. below. ii.  Katherine Heard was born in 1669 in Kittery, Maine.

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John Heard - was born about 1667 in Sturgeon Creek, York, ME and died before 1751 in Kittery, Maine . He was the son of James Heard and Shuah Conley Starbuck. John married Phoebe Littlefield on 27 Apr 1690 in Kittery, Maine. Phoebe was born about 1670 in Wells,ME. She was the daughter of Francis Littlefield and Rebecca Rust. She died on 4 Jul 1697 in Kittery, Maine . Phoebe - On Sunday afternoon, 4 july 1697 the Indians ambushed Maj Frost, his wife and two sons, John Heard and his wife, Phebe and Dennis Downing were returning from Sunday meeting. A mile from the garrison a party of Indians had formed an ambush near a large rock at the side of the road.When the party approached they were fired upon. Maj FROST and DOWNING were killed, and Phebe (Littlefield) Heard was mortally wounded. John tried to put her on a horse, but she begged him to leave her and save the children at home. The rest of the party escaped. The site of this attack is now known as "AMBUSH ROCK". Its located near Eliot, Maine. John - married first Jane Cole about 1698. Children: (Quick Family Chart) i.  Dorcas Heard was born in 1691. ii.  Phelby Heard was born in 1692. iii.  Shuah Heard was born on 25 Jan 1693/1694, lived in Kittary, Maine. Shuah married Nathan Bartlett on 10 Mar 1714/1715 in Kittery, Maine. Nathan was born on 23 Dec 1691. He was the son of John Bartlett and Mary Rust. He died in 1775 . See Bartlett family for children.

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