William SHATTUCK
Abt 1622 - 1672 (~ 50 years)-
Name William SHATTUCK Birth Abt 1622 Somerset, England 
Gender Male Death 14 Aug 1672 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Burial Arlington St Lot, Watertown, Massachusetts Person ID I13769 kirkpatrick Last Modified 4 Jul 2006
Father John SHATTUCK, b. Abt 1600, England d. Bef 1641, Nantucket, Massachusetts (Age ~ 41 years) Mother Demaris UNKNOWN, b. England d. 28 Nov 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Marriage Bef 1621 Family ID F4570 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susanna HAYDEN, b. Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 11 Dec 1686, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Marriage Abt 1642 Watertown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Children 1. Mary SHATTUCK, b. 25 Aug 1645, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 27 Oct 1732, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)Family ID F4577 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Apr 2007
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Notes - William, a weaver by trade, was at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts by1639, but his origins and arrival in America are uncertain.
He was in the First Inventory of land in Watertown. He had a homestead ofone acre bounded by John Clough and William Perry. He also had 3 acres ofupland bounded by the same and by Joseph Morse. He was chosen hog reeveand fence viewer in 1653 and 1659 and served in other posts as well. Histax assessment in 1652 was 1s, the smallest in Watertown.
On Jul 4, 1654, he bought a house and 55 acres from John and SusanClough, including a parcel bounded by William Paine, Edward Goffe andJoseph Morse, plus a parcel bounded by Edmund Lewis and John Coolidge.
Buried at Arlington Street Cemetery, his gravesite had a memorial tableterected in 1853 by Lemuel Shattuck, a descendant. William's gravestoneis barely legible, being marble and highly corroded. There are traces ofwhat might have been paint on some of the letterings, but only onWilliam's (the upper) half of the stone.
- William, a weaver by trade, was at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts by1639, but his origins and arrival in America are uncertain.