Generation 1

JOHN TRAINE (abt 1610 - 1681) of Watertown

Parents: Unknown

John Traine was born about 1610. He died on 29 Jan 1680/1. [Ref] He married first Margaret Dix. Margaret was born about 1616/7. She died on 18 Dec 1660, age 44. [Ref] John married second Abigail Bent on 12 Oct 1675. [Ref] She died on 17 Aug 1691. [Ref]

John Trane, 25, and Margaret Dix, 18, were on an 18 April 1635 list of those to be transported to New England on the Susan and Ellen; they were to travel as servants of Percival and Elinor Green. [Ref][Ref]. There is no further record of Margaret Dix in New England so it has been conjectured that she is the Margaret who married John Train. [Ref]

Richard took the oath of fidelity in Watertown in 1652. [Ref] John bought ten acres from George Parkhurst on 13 Jun 1655. [Ref]

John Traine, Sr. witnessed the 23 Jun 1674 will of Michael Barstow of Watertown, signing with his mark. [Ref]

Children of John Traine and Margaret Dix:

1. Elisabeth Traine was born on 30 Sep 1640 in Watertown. [Ref][Ref] She died on 7 May 1708. [Ref] She married John Stratton on 10 Mar 1658. [Ref]
2. Mary Traine was born on 10 Oct 1642 in Watertown. [Ref][Ref] She married Unknown Memory. [Ref]
3. Rebecca Traine married Michael Barstow on 12 Jan 1676/7. [Ref]
4. Sarah Traine was born on 31 Jan 1646/7. [Ref] She married Jacob Cole on 12 Oct 1679. [Ref] Jacob, the son of Isaac and Joan (Jones) Cole, was born on 16 Jul 1641 in Charlestown and baptised on 18 Jul 1641 in Charlestown. [Ref]
5. Abigail Traine was born on 31 Jan 1648/9. [Ref] She married Martin Townsend on 16 Apr 1668. [Ref]
6. John Traine was born on 25 May 1651. [Ref] He died on 19 Feb 1717/8 [Ref] in Weston. [Ref] He married Mary Stubbs on 24 Mar 1674/5. [Ref] Mary was the daughter of Joshua and Abigail (Benjamin) Stubbs of Watertown. [Ref]
7. Thomas Traine was born in 1653. [Ref] He died on 23 Jan 1738/9. [Ref]
8. Hannah Traine was born on 7 Sep 1657 in Watertown. She married Richard Child on 16 Jan 1678.

Generation 2

HANNAH TRAINE (b. 1657)

Parents: John Traine and Margaret Dix

Hannah Traine was born on 7 Sep 1657 in Watertown. [Ref][Ref says 8 Sep] She married Richard Child on 16 Jan 1678 in Watertown. [Ref][Ref daughter of the first John Traine]

Reference

Encyclopedias

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Online: New England Historic Genealogical Society website. Entries for Isaac Cole, Margaret Dix and Percival Green.

Bond, Henry, Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendents of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston; to Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town, Vol. I., Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1855.

Family Genealogies

Child, Elias, Genealogy of the Child, Childs, and Childe Families: Of the past and present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881, Utica, Published for the author by Curtiss & Childs, 1881.

Public Records

Editors, "Founders of New England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 14, 1860, 297 - 346.

Editors, "Names of Persons who Took the Oath of Fidelity in 1652," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 3, 1849, 401.

Vital Records

Vital Records of Watertown, 1630 - 1825.

Vital Records of Weston, Mass. (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007).

Wills

Editors, "Michael Barstow's Will, " New England Historical and Genealogical Register 8, 1854, 169-170.