John Mack

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family History: Mack History, FHL TN-153163, Page 346. JOHN MACK, of LYME, CONN. (1680,)

11800. ]0HN MACK. He was born in 1669 in Scotland. He came to America about 1680, was at Salisbury, Conn., in 1681, and settled at Lyme, Conn., in 1697. He married (1st), April 5, 1681, Sarah Bagley at Salisbury, Conn. He married (2nd), May 4,1733, Abigail Daniel, a widow. He died in 1734, at Lyme, Conn. Residence, Lyme, Conn.

Children:
11801. John. Born April 29, 1682, at Salisbury, Conn. 11820.
11802. Sarah. Born in 1684 at Salisbury. Married Matthew Smith. 11910.
11803. Elizabeth. Born between 1682and 1693,at Salisbury. Married Jonathan Reed. 11917.
11804. Lydia. Born between 1682 and 1693 at Salisbury.
11805. Josiah. Born in 1693 at.Salisbury. 11840.
11806. ]onathan.. Born between 1693and 1697at Salisbury. 11850.
11807. Orlando. Born between 1693‘and 1697 at Salisbury. 11870.
11808. Ebenezer. Born Dec. 8, 1697, at Lyme, Conn. 11890.
11809. Mary. Born Nov. 10, 1699, at Lynie. Married, April 3, 1717, John Peters, at Hebron, Conn.,
11810. Rebecca. Born Oct. 4, 1701, at Lyme. Married Caleb Benit, Jr. 11920.
11811. Johanna. Born Sept. 17, 1703, at Lyme.
11812. Deborah. Born Oct. 11, 1706, at Lyme. Married Theophilus Lord. 11930.

• Family History: Mack Genealogy, Mrs. Sophia Smith Martin, 1903, Vol. I Page 17. John Mack is said to have emigrated to America from Scotland in 1669, the place said to be Inverness. He was b. Mar. 6, 1653, d. Feb. 24, 1721. He in. April 5, 1681, in Boston, Sarah Bagley, who was born there Mar. 2, 1663. She was dau. of Orlando and Sarah (Colby) Bagley. (For notes on Colby family see Appendix.) Orlando Bagley was a man of considerable influence in the district, a constable, and apprehended his friend and neighbor, Susannah Martin, for a witch. They had two children, Orlando Jr., b. 1658, and Sarah, Mar. 2, 1663, and their mother died in sixteen days after the latter's birth. "Orlando Jr. was for a long time the schoolmaster in the town.''

The will of John Mack is dated Jany. 5, 1721, proved Mar. 28, 1721. The following are the clauses:
1st. He bequeaths his soul to God.
2d. Names his wife, Sarah, she paying a certain sum to dau. Marah.
3d. Names eldest son, John,
4th. Names two eldest dau. Sarah and Elizabeth.
5th. Peter Person that m. my dau. Lydia.
6th. Names my son, Josiah.
7th. My son, Orlandcr.
8th. My dau. Marah.
9th. My son, Jonathan.
10th. My son, Ebenezer.
11th. My three youngest daughters to wit: Joanna, Rebeckah and Deborah. He willed Jonathan and Ebenezer the lands and “if either die before marriage the survivor has the other's part.” There was also a clause that the land was never to be sold out of the family.
He appointed his wife and son, Ebenezer, executors.
His wife made oath to the inventory and it was accepted and recorded April 12, 1721.
John Mack and wife, Sarah, resided first at Salisbury, Mass., and there were twelve children.
John, b. April 29, 1682, Salisbury, Mass.
Sarah, b. 1684.
Elizabeth, b. 1686.
Lydia, b.
Josiah, b. 1693, Lyme, Conn.
Orlando, b. Lyme, Conn.
Ebenezer, b. Dec. 8, 1697, Lyme, Conn.
Marah, b. Nov. 10, 1699, Lyme, Conn.
Rebecca, b. Oct. 4, 1701, Lyme, Conn.
Joanna, b. Sept. 17, 1703, Lyme, Conn,
Deborah, b. Oct. 11, 1706, Lyme, Conn.
Jonathan, b. abt. 1711, Lyme, Conn.

John married Sarah Bagley on 5 Apr 1681 in Salisbury, Connecticut. (Sarah Bagley died about 1730 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.)