The origins of John Maynard are unknown to me.

NEHGR 60:53, 1984, Neil D. Thompson gives the ancestral home of John Maynard as co Cambridge, England. In spite of giving a source for about every other statement made in the article, there is no source that I see for why the author believed that John was from Cambridge. (The article covers the immigrant and his family in America, no English records are referred to.)
 

See the Cambridge, England Heritage Page.
 

Born: In England, bef 1610, based on estimated birth of oldest child.

Immigration: By 1638, probably with first wife and at least John, eldest son.

Residences: Sudbury by 1638, died there Dec 10. 1672. He was among the founders of Marlborough, Mass in 1656, but I'm not sure that he actually established residence there, or if his son, John Maynard, Jr., took up residence there and John, Sr. actually stayed in Sudbury.

Spouses:

1) In England, name/identity unknown, mother of first child, John Maynard, Jr.
2) In Sudbury, Mary ______, the widow of Thomas Axtell, md June 16, 1646, who had the rest of his children. She also had children with Thomas Axtell, so this unknown lady is the matriarch to two American families.
 
 

The Michael Roman page has a family history and register report for John Maynard.
 
 

 Meet some of the Notable Maynards, including Edward Maynard, who revolutionized dentistry and then went on to make revolutionary inventions in regard to firearms!

TAG 60:53, 1984 gives the family and sources of information on the first generation of this family. The article is named "Lydia Maynard, Wife of Joseph Moore of Sudbury, Mass" because it does dwell on material about her, but this article covers the whole family. This article presents a persuasive argument that Lydia, wife of Joseph Moore, was a daughter of John Maynard; and not a daughter of the second wife of John from a previous marriage of hers.
 

Note there was another John Maynard in Duxbury, Mass about the same time our John was in Sudbury. They were two different men, no known relationship.

See an essay showing that Mary, second wife of John Maynard of Sudbury, was NOT Mary Starr: Axtell Genealogy--A Myth Put To Rest. Interestingly, this article/essay, dated 1988, four years after the above cited article on Lydia (Maynard) Moore, says that Lydia was the daughter of the second wife of John Maynard from a previous marriage of hers and that she was an Axtell. Her identity as a daughter of John was persusasively given in TAG 60:53, 1984.

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 Descendants of John Maynard I
 
 1   John Maynard I 1612 - 1672
..  +Unknown First Wife 1612 - 1638
........ 2   John Maynard II 1630 - 1711
............  +Mary Gates 1636 - 1678
.................. 3   Mary Maynard 1659 - 1689
......................  +Isaac Woods 1655 - 1720
.................. 3   John Maynard III 1661 - 1731
......................  +Lydia Ward 1661 - 1740
.................. 3   Hannah Maynard 1662 -
......................  +Jonathan Davenport 1659 - 1729
.................. 3   Elizabeth Maynard 1664 -
......................  +Nathan Brigham 1664 -
.................. 3   Simon Maynard 1666 - 1748
......................  +Hannah Newton 1664 - 1748
.................. 3   Zachery Maynard 1668 - 1672
.................. 3   David Maynard 1669 - 1757
......................  +Hannah Waite 1680 - 1725
.................. 3   Zachariah Maynard 1672 -
......................  +Sarah Ward 1672 -
........  *2nd Wife of John Maynard II:
............  +Sarah Blandford 1643 - 1703
.................. 3   Sarah Maynard 1680 - 1757
......................  +Joseph Johnson 1680 -
.................. 3   Lydia Maynard 1682 -
......................  +Thomas Haggate 1685 -
.................. 3   Joseph Maynard 1685 - 1721
......................  +Elizabeth Price 1685 - 1732
  *2nd Wife of John Maynard I:
..  +Mary 1621 -
........ 2   Zachariah Maynard 1647 - 1724
............  +Hannah Goodrich 1659 - 1719
.................. 3   Zachariah Maynard 1679 - 1754
......................  +Sarah Wheeler 1679 -
.................. 3   John Maynard 1681 - 1740
......................  +Elizabeth Neadom 1696 -
.................. 3   Hannah Maynard 1683 -
.................. 3   Jonathan Maynard 1685 -
......................  +Mehitable Neadom 1696 -
.................. 3   David Maynard 1687 - 1761
.................. 3   Mary Maynard 1690 - 1766
......................  +Benjamin Treadway 1690 -
.................. 3   Elizabeth Maynard 1692 - 1723
......................  +Thomas Walker 1692 -
.................. 3   Joseph Maynard 1695 - 1751
.................. 3   Moses Maynard 1697 -
......................  +Lois Stone 1706 -
.................. 3   Abigail Maynard 1701 - 1729
......................  +Jonathan Blood 1701 -
........ 2   Elizabeth Maynard 1649 - 1676
............  +Joseph Graves 1648 -
........ 2   Lydia Maynard 1651 - 1717
............  +Joseph Moore 1647 - 1726
........ 2   Hannah Maynard 1653 - 1672
............  +John Hayden 1651 -
........ 2   Mary Maynard 1656 - 1677
............  +Daniel Hudson 1651 -
 

 1   John Maynard I 1612 - 1672
....  +Unknown First Wife 1612 - 1638
.... 2   John Maynard II 1630 - 1711
..........  +Mary Gates 1636 - 1678
........... 3   Mary Maynard 1659 - 1689
.................  +Isaac Woods 1655 - 1720
.................. 4   Mary Woods 1687 - 1775
........................  +Abijah Bruce 1693 - 1774
........................ 5   Artemus Bruce 1728 - 1811
..............................  +Mary Latiny 1732 - 1811
............................... 6   Elijah Bruce 1760 - 1835
.....................................  +Abigail Whitney 1763 - 1847
...................................... 7   Abigail Whitney Bruce 1806 - 1884
............................................  +Nehemiah Willis Fisher 1805 - 1859
............................................ 8   Eleanor Serepta Fisher 1843 - 1924
..................................................  +Henry Gilbert Baldwin 1836 - 1894
................................................... 9   Arthur Willis Baldwin 1876 - 1961
.........................................................  +Inez Evangeline Hallock 1886 - 1976
 

Related Links:

History of Marlborough, Mass
 
History of Marlborough Town, Mass

John Maynard Register Report

The Maynard Project is a great starting point for your Maynard genealogy and family history.

The John Maynard Register report at the Allen Gilbertson Page.

He was a founding settler of Marlborough, Mass, along with fellow ancestors Thomas King and John Maynard - See Historical Sketch of the founding of Marlborough, Mass
 

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