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5 FIRST GENERATION 1. JOHN RUSS, born England c 1611/12 the son of Thomas Russ and Thomazin Stanfield, came to Newbury, Massachusetts and is listed as a freeholder 7 December 1642. He married in 1638.Margaret. In 1645 they moved to Andover, Massachusetts where his will is dated 7 January 1691/2 and proved on the 29 March 1692. It names son John, daughter Mary Foster and her daughter, Hannah Astinn (Austin). Margaret was born c 1620 and died 10 July 1687/89 at Andover, Massachusetts. The list of first settlers of Andover is as follows: Mr. Bradstreet ? John Osgood Joseph Parker Richard Barker John Stevens Nicholas Holt Benjamin Woodbridge John Frye Edmond Faulkner Rbbert Barnard Daniel Poor Nathan Parker Henry Jaques John Aslett Richard Blake William Ballard John Lovejoy Thomas Poor George Abbot JOHN RUSS . Andrew Allen Andrew Foster Thomas Chandler Children of John Russ and Margaret 2. Margaret Russ, b. 1639 Newbury, Mass. 3. Nathaniel Russ, b. cl639 Newbury, Mass. 4. JOHN RUSS, JR., b. 24 June 1641, Newbury, Mass. 5. MARY RUSS, b. 16 Feb 1643, Newbury, Mass. 6. Sarah Russ, b. 1644, Andover, Mass., may have been the wife of Capt. Christopher Osgood, brother of Deborah, wife of John Russ, Jr. 7. Daniel Russ, of King Phillips War, 1676. Ref: Andover Vital Records, p. 121,144,148 History of Andover, Mass. from the Manuscript of Charlotte Helen Abbott, Memorial Hall Library, Andover. Dictionary of New England, Savage Noyes-Gilman Ancestry, C.P. Noyes Early Settlers of Essex, & Old Norfolk Helen Richardson Kluegel,Hawaii
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