Axtell, Henry

1641 - 1676  (35 years)

• Name	Axtell, Henry
  Birth	1641	Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
  	Address: [probably]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	15 Oct 1641	Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  	Address: St. Peter's Church
  Settled	Abt 1660	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  	(in the eastern section)
  _AMTID	302051504857:1030:155362986
  _UID	ACC9368A2ACD4351AB1E5A8239FCE1C843ED
  Death	20 Apr 1676	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  	Cause: killed by Indians (the Wadsworth Massacre)
  Person ID	I7631	Tree_1
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Axtell, Thomas,   b. Abt Jan 1618/9, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England d. Mar 1646, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 27 years)
  Mother	Rice, Mary,   b. 1619, Stanstead, Suffolk, England d. Aft 1680, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age > 62 years)
  Marriage	1637/8	Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England   [3]
  	Their first child, Mary, was christened at Berkhamsted 15 October 1641.
  Family ID	F2454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Merriam, Hannah,   b. 14 Jul 1645, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	14 Jun 1665	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  	another source (Encyclopedia of Biography) says 14 July
  Children	1. Axtell, Samuel,   b. 27 Mar 1666, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Abt 1667 (Age 0 years)   2. Axtell, Hannah,   b. 18 Nov 1667, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   3. Axtell, Mary,   b. 8 Aug 1670, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   4. Axtell, Thomas,   b. 8 Aug 1672, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 18 Dec 1750, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)   5. Axtell, Daniel,   b. 4 Nov 1673, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   6. Axtell, Sarah,   b. 28 Sep 1675, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Address: [probably] - 1641 - Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England Baptism - Address: St. Peter's Church - 15 Oct 1641 - Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England Settled - (in the eastern section) - Abt 1660 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Marriage - 14 Jun 1665 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Death - Cause: killed by Indians (the Wadsworth Massacre) - 20 Apr 1676 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  b. in England and christened in Berkhamstead on October 15, 1641. He was a boy of five when his father died. In 1660 a tract of land lying west of Sudbury was incorporated as a town by th name of Marlboro. Edmond Rice, before mentioned, was a prime mover in the formation of the new town. Henry Axtell, then only nineteen, became one of the proprietors and received fifteen acres of land in the central part of the town as his portion for what was called "a house lot." Besides this, he probably had a portion of meadow and other out-lying land. On June 14, 1665, he married Hannah, the daughter of George and Susan Merriam who came from Kent, England, in the ship "Castle" in 1638. She was born in Concord, Massachusetts, July 14, 1645. In the spring of 1676 the Indians, led by King Philip of Mount Hope, Rhode Island, made a general war on the white settlements. They attacked several of the smaller places in the interior of Massachusetts and killed many of the settlers; among those from Marlboro was Henry Axtell. The inventory of his property is dated April 1, 1676. The famous Sudbury fight, when the captain and his men were caught in ambush by the Indians and many of them were slain, took place three weeks after the death of Henry Axtell. His widow married Will Taylor July 16, 1677.

  
  

• Sources

  [S367] Axtell Family in America, accessed; 12 January 2012; pg. 227. [S363] Axtell - Notes on the Axtell Family, 4 January 2012; pg. 143. [S365] Axtell Family - A Myth Put to Rest, 11 January 2012.