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Stricker Family Tree - John Wiswell, Church Elder

John Wiswall - Ruling Elder, First Church, Boston
Family Connection - 9th great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker


John Wiswall was born in Warrington, Lancashire, England and was baptized on September 20, 1601. John immigrated to Massachusetts on July 24, 1633 and settled in Dorchester, where he built a house. In 1638, he returned to England briefly to marry Margaret Smith. The couple returned to Dorchester after the wedding. John and Margaret had at least ten children:
        
                Hannah        b. 1638        d. 1694
                Rebecca       b. 1639         d. 1709
                Deborah       b. 1641        d. 1717
                Lydia            b. 1645        d. 1678
                Benjamin      b. 1647        d. 1649
                John              b. 1649        d. unknown
                Mary             b. 1649        d. 1690
                Henry            b. 1650        d. 1694
                Martha           b. 1651        d. unknown
                Esther            b. 1654        d. 1710
                Ruth              b. 1656        d. 1697

John Wiswall was made Freeman of Dorchester on March 14, 1638. He was a fence viewer (surveyor), a church Deacon, and soon, a Ruling Elder. A Ruling Elder was the highest position in the church for men who were not ordained Ministers. He lived in a part of Dorchester now known as Stoughton. 

Sometime before 1666, John and his family moved to Boston. In 1670, the church in Dorchester transferred his membership to the First Church of Boston, who immediately elected him Ruling Elder.  He served in that position until his death in 1687. 

John Wiswall died in Boston on August 17, 1687, and was buried in the Granary Burying Ground. His wife Margaret apparently died previously, as she was not mentioned in John's will, dated July 9, 1687.
She is not in the internment records for Granary Burying ground.

First Church, Boston is now First Church of Boston - Unitarian Universalist and is an active congregation. 




John Wiswall > Rebecca Wiswall > Matthew Johnson > Mary Johnson > Jonathan Abbe, Jr, > Jonathan Samuel Abbe > Sarah Abbey > Polly Ann Brown > Lucy M Windsor > Lillian May Grover > Gertrude Myra Newland > Roy Ellsworth Stricker       Charts S-I and S-Main

 
                
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