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Bradley Family Tree - George Munnings, Founder of Sudbury, Massachusetts

George Munnings, Founder of Sudbury
Family Connection - 9th great-grandfather of Ruth Ann Hazen


George Munnings was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England and baptized on September 5, 1596. On June 12, 1620, he married Elizabeth Groome in Rattlesden. They had three children:

            Elizabeth        b. 1621        d. unknown, but after 1637
            Abigail           b. 1624        d. 1624
            Abigail           b. 1626        d. 1666

In 1634, George, Elizabeth, and their two surviving daughters migrated to Watertown, Massachusetts on the ship Elizabeth. George was a cordwainer (shoemaker ) in England, but there is no indication that he continued that work after migration. He was admitted to the Watertown church, and made Freeman on March 4, 1635. He may have been an innkeeper at one time, but he was fined at least once for selling beer without a license. 

In 1636, George Munnings was granted £5 to compensate for the loss of one eye. He was part of a group of settlers who went to Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island, to retaliate against the Narraganset tribe for the death of a trader named John Oldham. The colonists killed 14 Narragansett Indians and set fire to their crops and camps. In the fighting, Munnings lost one of his eyes. This action in Block Island is considered by some historians to be the trigger for the Pequot War, mentioned in several previous blog posts. 

In 1639, George negotiated with the local Native Americans to purchase the land that would become the town of Sudbury. He was part of the committee to distribute land to new settlers in Sudbury, and was Selectman (town council member) in Sudbury in 1640.

                                           
Early map of Sudbury

By 1641, George Munnings returned to Watertown, where he was assigned to be the keeper of the meeting house. He was also appointed "sealer of leather" in 1642 - likely the job of inspecting leather and rating it for quality. Starting in May 1646, he was the keeper of the Watertown prison, for which he was paid £15 per year with the stipulation that he was not responsible for enacting public corrections and executions. The public records of the time had numerous mentions of Munnings buying and selling land in both Watertown and Sudbury. 

By 1651, George and Elizabeth relocated to Boston. George's wife Elizabeth died in about 1654, and by June 1657, he married Joanna, widow Boyer.  George Munnings died sometime between the date of his will, August 23, 1658, and September 16, 1658, when his will was probated. The location of his grave is unknown. 

George Munnings > Abigail Munnings > Thomas Sawin > Ruth Sawin > Thomas Morse > Sarah 
Morse > Sarah Mason > Charles Hayward > James Stickney Hayward > Annie Almira Hayward > Bessie Fogg Lakin > Ruth Ann Bradley    Charts B-R and B-Main




 

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