John Child was probably born in England, about 1636. He came to be with his uncle, Ephraim Child, possibly returning with Ephraim Child when Ephraim once visited England. He is included in a network of aunts, uncles and cousins that migrated to America, all descended from English patriarch and matriarch Wolston and Ellen (Empson) Child.

  The Wolstone Child Family in England and their multiple American immigrant descendants

Born:   Abt 1636, in England, possibly close to (now part of) London

Immigrated:  Probably came to the New World with his uncle, Ephraim Child, as a small child, probably because of the deaths of his parents. Probably 1648. His uncle had been in the New World for sometime but it is known he visited England in this time period and returned. He was likely raised by his aunt and uncle in Watertown, Middlesex Co, Mass, from about the age of 12 on.

Spouses:
 

1) Mary (_____), in about 1663, Watertown, Mass. She likely died very soon, by 1667 or 68, after having one child, Mary Child: January 08, 1664.

2) Mary Warren, on May 29, 1668, in Watertown, Mass. Mary was the daughter of Daniel Warren and Mary Barron, and grandaughter of immigrants John Warren and Ellis Barron.

They had four children in their short married life, when John Child died in 1676, age about 40. In spite of his early age and the coincidence of this year with King Philips' War, I've found no evidence he died from the war.

So, alone with four kids and one step-child (John's from his first marriage), Mary married Nathaniel Fiske in 1677 and he became the childrens' step-father. Mary died in 1734 and Nathaniel in 1735, after successfully rearing this family and adding EIGHT more children of their own! We are half cousins to descendants of those eight Fiske children.
 

Resided:  Watertown, Middlesex Co, Mass

On-line biographical material:

Biography of the Child family at the Thomas Lawson page.  Mr. Lawson is from Benjamin Child, a brother of Joshua.

Biography of the Child family at the Michael Roman Page. (Note that Roman incorrectly identifies the father as William Child. See TAG 62:29-30, "The Non-Existant William Child of Watertown", Robert Charles Anderson.)

Notable Child Kin include Presidents George Bush and Coolidge, telegraph inventor Samuel Morse.

TAG Vol 63:17-28, 1988, Child - Foote - Goddard Connections by Myrtle Stevens Hyde and Paul L. Child.

The Great Migration Begins, Sketch of Ephraim Child, Vol 1:349, Robert Charles Anderson, 1995.

TAG 62:29-30, "The Non-Existant William Child of Watertown", Robert Charles Anderson.

TAG 62:28-29, "The Marriage of Mr. Ephraim Child (ca 1593-1663) of Watertown, Mass, Douglas Richardson, M. A.
 

William Child is a Ghost - He Never Existed

See TAG 62:29-30, "The Non-Existant William Child of Watertown", Robert Charles Anderson.)

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Notice the mixing and mingling of blood of our other Watertown ancestors in the spouses of these children: Bigelow, Warren, French, etc....

Children of John Child, by his two wives, are:

 
 1   John Child 1636 - 1676
..  +Mary 1636 - 1668
........... 2   Mary Child 1664 -
  *2nd Wife of John Child:
..  +Mary Warren 1651 - 1734
........... 2   John Child II 1669 - 1748
...............  +Hannah French 1676 - 1766
........... 2   Elizabeth Child 1670 - 1707
...............  +James Bigelow 1660 - 1728
........... 2   Daniel Child 1674 - 1724
...............  +Beriah Bemis 1681 - 1768
........... 2   Mary Child 1676 -

Children of Mary Warren, by her two husbands, are:
 
Descendants of Mary Warren

 1   Mary Warren 1651 - 1734
..  +John Child 1636 - 1676
........... 2   John Child II 1669 - 1748
...............  +Hannah French 1676 - 1766
........... 2   Elizabeth Child 1670 - 1707
...............  +James Bigelow 1660 - 1728
........... 2   Daniel Child 1674 - 1724
...............  +Beriah Bemis 1681 - 1768
........... 2   Mary Child 1676 -
  *2nd Husband of Mary Warren:
..  +Nathaniel Fiske 1653 - 1735
........... 2   Nathaniel Fiske 1678 - 1735
...............  +Hannah Adams 1688 - 1718
........... 2   Hannah Fiske 1680 - 1733
...............  +Joshua Bigelow, Jr. 1677 - 1728
........... 2   John Fiske 1683 - 1730
...............  +Lydia Adams 1688 -
........... 2   Sarah Fiske 1685 -
...............  +John Hastings 1685 - 1747
........... 2   Lydia Fiske 1687 - 1761
...............  +John Warren V 1678 -
...........  *2nd Husband of Lydia Fiske:
...............  +Benjamin Harrington 1700 -
........... 2   Mary Fiske 1690 -
...............  +James Knapp 1698 -
........... 2   Elizabeth Fiske 1692 -
...............  +Benjamin Flagg, Jr. 1698 -
........... 2   Abigail Fiske 1698 - 1730
...............  +Allen Flagg, Jr. 1699 -

Note: Known to be a nephew of Ephraim Child, this John Child was likely the son of Ephraim's brother Joshua. This is not positively proven, but by process of elimination of the other known brothers named in the will of John Bradshaw (Hyde/Child, Will of Bradshaw, John - 1606/1606,  (TAG 63:17-28, 1988), "son of my sister Warren.") This Joshua probably died in England and John either accompanied or his uncle, or moved to join him after Ephraim was settled in the New World.

 
 1   John Child 1636 - 1676 b: Abt. 1636 England
  *2nd Wife of John Child:
..  +Mary Warren 1651 - 1734 b: December 29, 1651 Watertown, Middlesex Co,  Mass
. 2   John Child II 1669 - 1748 b: April 25, 1669 Watertown, Middlesex Co,  Mass
.....  +Hannah French 1676 - 1766 b: January 25, 1676 Billerica, Middlesex Co, Mass
.... 3   Mary Child 1700 - 1776 b: 1700 Westborough, Worcester Co, Mass
........  +Nathaniel Whitney III 1696 - 1776 b: January 23, 1696 Watertown, Middlesex Co, Mass
........ 4   Nathaniel Whitney IV 1728 - 1776 b: July 22, 1728 Westborough, Worcester Co, Mass
............  +Abigail Joslin 1735 - b: September 05, 1735 Westborough, Mass
........... 5   Abigail Whitney 1763 - 1847 b: April 11, 1763 Grafton, Worcester Co, Mass
...............  +Elijah Bruce 1760 - 1835 b: January 20, 1760 Westborough, Worcester Co, Mass
Note, Gen 5, Abigail Whitney was first cousin of Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin. They shared common grandparents, Nathaniel and Mary (Child) Whitney.
 
After 5 generations in Mass, Elijah and Abigail, Gen 5 above, moved to Vermont:

.............. 6   Abigail Whitney Bruce 1806 - 1884 b: April 02, 1806 Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
..................  +Nehemiah Willis Fisher 1805 - 1859 b: June 23, 1805 Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
 
Kansas Pioneers, See the diary of their trip to Kansas
 
.................. 7   Eleanor Serepta Fisher 1843 - 1924 b: October 30, 1843 Marlboro, Windham Co,  Vermont
......................  +Henry Gilbert Baldwin 1836 - 1894 b: June 14, 1836 Dover, Vermont
..................... 8   Arthur Willis Baldwin 1876 - 1961 b: July 06, 1876 Near Ada, Fountain Twp, Ottawa Co, Kans
.........................  +Inez Evangeline Hallock 1886 - 1976 b: October 14, 1886 Near Milo, Lincoln Co, Kansas

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