Captain John Lynde

1648 - 1723  (75 years)

• Name	John Lynde
  Birth	About 1648	Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1]
  Military	24 Aug 1676 (28 years)	Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2, 3]
  On 24 August 1676 he received 7/ for his military service during King Philip's War.
  Freeman	2 Oct 1678 (30 years)	Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [6]
  On 2 October 1678 he was admitted as a freeman in Malden, Massachusetts.
  History	17 Oct 1691 (43 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Death	17 Sep 1723	Malden, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [4, 5, 9]
  Burial	Aft 17 Sep 1723	Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts   [5, 9]
  	Gravestone of Capt. John Lynde
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  1. Thomas Lynde,   b. 25 Mar 1647, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1681, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 33 years) + 2. Captain John Lynde,   b. About 1648, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 17 Sep 1723, Malden, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 75 years) ▻ Mary Pierce;   Elizabeth Hills,  m. 25 Aug 1691   3. Elizabeth Lynde,   b. 20 Apr 1650, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Jul 1684, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 34 years) > 4. Joseph Lynde,   b. 13 Dec 1652, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 02 Jan 1735/36, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years) ▻ Elizabeth Tufts,  m. 1684
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Deacon Thomas Lynde,   b. England d. 30 Dec 1671, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Grandfather)  Elizabeth  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I790	Roy Line
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Ensign Thomas Lynde,   b. 1635, London, England d. 15 Oct 1693, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Tufts,   b. 1612, Wilby Parish, Norfolk, England d. 2 Sep 1693, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F751	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Mary Pierce,   b. 20 Aug 1656, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 22 Dec 1690, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [10]
  Children	3 sons and 4 daughters
  1. Elizabeth Lynde  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   2. John Lynde,   b. 4 Apr 1672, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth] ▻ Hannah Nicholls  m. 30 Jan 1710     3. Mary Lynde,   b. 5 Jul 1678, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 19 Nov 1716, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 38 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Thomas Lynde,   b. 24 Oct 1685, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Anna Lynde,   b. 13 Aug 1687, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Abigail Lynde,   b. 4 Oct 1689, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. Samuel Lynde,   b. 29 Nov 1690, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Elizabeth Hills,   b. 6 Jun 1654, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 29 Jan 1698, Malden, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 43 years)  Other Partners: William Green  m. 1682
  Marriage	25 Aug 1691	Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [4, 7, 8, 10]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 43 years and 8 months - She : 37 years and 2 months.
  Children	3 daughters
  >   1. Dorothy Lynde,   b. 20 Dec 1692, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Jacob Green     2. Joanna Lynde,   b. 14 Apr 1718, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] >   3. Mehetabel Lynde,   b. 11 Mar 1697/98, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ [no first name] Bartlett
  Family ID	F749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain John Lynde(1648 – 1723) 2Ensign Thomas Lynde(1635 – 1693) 4Deacon Thomas Lynde( – 1671) 5Margaret( – 1662) 3Elizabeth Tufts(1612 – 1693) 6Peter Tufts 7Elizabeth

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - About 1648 - Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Military - 24 Aug 1676 - Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Freeman - 2 Oct 1678 - Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 25 Aug 1691 - Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Death - 17 Sep 1723 - Malden, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 17 Sep 1723 - Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1085] Adams, Herbert Freeman. The Compendium of Tufts Kinsmen - A Substitutive Genealogy, (Boston: privately printed, 1973). [S2070] Bodge, George M. "Soldiers in King Philip's War", (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume XLIII, 1889). [S2104] Bodge, George M. Soldiers in King Philip's War: Containing Lists of the Soldiers of Massachusetts Colony, who Served in the Indian War of 1675-1677: With Additional Appendix Containing Corrections and New Material, (Boston: George M. Bodge, 1906). [S172] Corey, Deloraine P. Births Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Malden Massachusetts 1649-1850 , (Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1903). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 71923593 Capt John Lynde. [S1685] Paige, Lucius R. "List of Freeman", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume III, 1849). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). [S168] Trask, William B. "Births, Marriages and Deaths in Malden" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume X, 1856). [S1422] Wyman, Thomas Bellows. "Synopsis of the Inscriptions in the Old Malden Burying Ground" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume IX, 1855). [S84] Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1818 , (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1879).