In brief

Born about 1615 in Hartford County, Connecticut. 1635: John departed from London aboard the ship Susan and Ellen. He died early 1691/1692 in Hartford County, Connecticut.

Family

Spouse
Hannah Bird
Spouse

Children

  • John North
    b. November 1641 around Ipswich, Massachusetts
    m. Susanna Francis, April 15, 1671
    d. August 6, 1682, at Wethersfield, Connecticut
  • Samuel North
    b. 1643 around Ipswich, Massachusetts
    m. Hannah Norton, January 3, 1666
    d. December 14, 1682, in Farmington, Connecticut
  • Mary North
    b. 1643 around Ipswich, Massachusetts
    m. John Searles, March 10/30, 1675
    d. November 5, 1726
  • James North
    b. 1647
    m. Sarah Edwards, November 20, 1677
    d. July 25, 1689, in Northampton, Massachusetts
  • Thomas North · in this line
    b. 1649
    m. Hannah Newell, 1669
    d. Abt. 1712 in Northington (Avon), Connecticut
  • Sarah North
    b. 1653
    m. Matthew Woodruff
    d. c. January 1691
  • Nathaniel North
    b. June 1656, in Farmington, Connecticut
  • Lydia North
    b. May 9, 1658, in Farmington, Connecticut
  • Joseph North
    b. Abt. March 1659 around Farmington, Connecticut
    m. Martha Porter
    d. c. January 1730

Life story

From Ipswich to Farmington

John North sailed from London aboard the ship Susan and Ellen, arriving in Boston on April 16, 1635, and settled first in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he held and traded small parcels of land through the 1630s and '40s. By 1652 he had moved to Farmington, Connecticut, buying a house lot and additional meadowland there. John wrote his will in February 1692, and died shortly before or after; his estate, valued at 157 pounds, was divided among his son Thomas, his son Joseph, and his daughters Mary and Sarah.

Sources (1)
  1. Dexter North, John North of Farmington Connecticut and his Descendants (Washington, D.C.: The Rumford Press, 1921); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/johnnorthoffarmi00nortiala : accessed 22 July 2026).