John married Mary NURSE on 25 Oct 1678 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Francis NURSE and Rebecca TOWNE) was born in 1655 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 28 Jun 1749 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah TARBELL was born on 2 Oct 1696 in Salem Village, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 12 Apr 1767 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burial Ground, Spring Road, Bedford, Massachusetts.

Notes:

Thomas Tarbell, the ancestor of all the early Tarbell families of NewEngland, settled in Watertown as early as 1647, at which time he ismentioned on the town records as owning land. On Mar 30, 1663, he and hiswife, Mary, sold his house and land there, and removed to Groton. Thomasand his son Thomas, Jr., were original proprietors of Groton, owningtwenty-acre and six-acre lots respectively. Mary died April 29, 1674,aged 54 years.

Thomas and his children evacuated to Charlestown during King Philip'swar, and there he married second, on Aug 15, 1676, Susanna, widow of JohnLawrence. Thomas and Thomas, Jr., died in a smallpox outbreak inCharlestown in 1678.

Administration of his estate was granted to his son, John on Aug 17,1678. The settlement of his estate, as contained in two papers in theMiddlesex Co. Court Files, bearing dates May 31, 1680, and Mar 18,1680/81, shows the following children: Thomas, Mary, Sarah, Abigail,John, Elizabeth, William and Martha.

Thomas married Mary GROTON about 1643 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary was born in 1620 in England; died on 29 Apr 1674 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]