John Noyes

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• FamilySearch ID: LTN1-QG7
• Initiatory (LDS): 13 Apr 1957, MANTI

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• FamilySearch ID: 9W2T-RWB
• Initiatory (LDS): 20 Oct 1937, LOGAN

John married Susanna Edwards on 16 Mar 1699 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Susanna (daughter of David Edwards and Mary Sweete) was born on 29 Oct 1676 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): PROVO
• FamilySearch ID: LTN1-QCH

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• FamilySearch ID: L664-KD9
• Initiatory (LDS): 6 May 1896

John married Sarah Oliver in 1671 in Massachusetts, United States. Sarah (daughter of Captain Peter Oliver and Sarah Newgate) was born on 7 Nov 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 7 Jan 1644 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died on 19 Mar 1707 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KJ5F-B5Q
• Initiatory (LDS): 11 Nov 1940

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• FamilySearch ID: LBMK-DTB

David + Mary Sweete. Mary was born about 1656; died in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LBMK-XFJ

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• FamilySearch ID: MNQV-FGL
• Initiatory (LDS): 4 Jun 1896, MANTI

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Rev. James Noyes was born in 1608. He entered Oxford (Brasenose Colleg e ) in 1627 but did not complete a degree: he was invited by his cousin a n d former teacher, Rev. Thomas Parker, to teach with him at the Free Sch oo l in Newbury, England [a town in Berkshire on the river Kennet, abou t 5 6 miles west from London], which they did together before coming to N ew E ngland. (James Noyes was reported to be especially masterful in Gree k an d later wrote several learned treatises concerning religious subject s. )
He married (in 1633) Sarah Brown of Southampton, England. James Noyes, w i th his wife Sarah, his younger brother Nicholas, and his cousin Thoma s Pa rker left for Massachusetts on March, 1633 .
He preached in the Boston area at Medford, MA (then, Mystic, MA), was ma d e freeman on 3 Sept., 1634, and was (with Nicholas and Thomas Parker) a mo ng the first settlers of Newbury, MA. The settlement in Newbury, whic h pr ovided free land, continued a policy by the Governors of Massachuset ts t o extend the northern frontiers rapidly, in part because of apprehen sio n concerning potential French expansion into unsettled territory .
The settlement was named for their earlier place of residence in Englan d , and the Parker River was named in honor of Rev. Parker. Rev. Thomas P ar ker and Rev. James Noyes, and other early settlers, formed the First P ari sh Church of Newbury, with Rev. Parker the senior pastor and Rev. Noy es h is assistant ("Teacher") shortly after their arrival .
The current Church building, built in the mid-19th century, stands on t h e left of Route 1A, traveling north from Boston, just past the Upper Gr ee n, and about 3 miles beyond the bridge across the Parker River and th e Lo wer Green. The first settlers were enthusiastic about the New Worl d and s ent word back to England; eventually more than 100 friends and ne ighbor s from their region of England came to the Newbury area. The settl ement g rew rapidly and, after about ten years, the Upper Green was clear ed to be come the center of Newbury.
Reverend James Noyes built a house for his family nearby, at 5 Parker St . , which still stands; it was the home, also, of Rev. Thomas Parker wh o ne ver married. Of early historical interest is the role that Rev. Jame s Noy es of Stonington CT, the native-born second son of the first Rev. J ames N oyes, played in the founding of Yale College. He was one of the se ven fou nding ministers (and the name Noyes is inscribed, today, on Woodb ridge Ha ll, the Administration Building, above and to the right of the f ront door .) This Rev. Noyes also was the first Senior Fellow (Chair) o f the Boar d of Trustees, and his younger brother Moses also served a s a member of t he Trustees.
Rev. James Noyes and his wife had eight children :
Joseph (1637), (Rev.)
James (1640), Sarah (1641),
Moses (1643),
John (1645),
Thomas (1648),
Rebecca (1651),
William (1653), and
Sarah (1656). (Also of early historical interest is that the youngest da u ghter, Sarah, married John Hale; among their descendants was Nathan Hal e , the "hero spy.")
Rev. James Noyes died on 22 October 1656; he is buried in the First Buri a l Ground of the Church he helped to establish .
Two brothers, Rev. James Noyes and Nicholas Noyes, came to Massachuset t s aboard the ship Mary and John in March 1633, and were part of the fir s t group of about forty settlers of Newbury, MA in 1635. Their father w a s Rev. William Noyes, rector of Cholderton (county Wilts), England [abo u t 11 miles from Salisbury], a graduate of University College, Oxford i n 1 592.
Their mother was Anne Parker (sister of the scholar, Robert Parker); the i r cousin Rev. Thomas Parker accompanied them. James and Nicholas had t w o older brothers, Ephraim (1596 - 1659); and Nathan (1597 - 1651) who s uc ceeded their father as rector of Cholderton. A younger sister and brot he r remained in England.

REFERENCES: The basic reference for the Noyes family genealogy is the re m arkable work by Col. Henry E. Noyes and Miss Harriette E. Noyes in tw o vo lumes, Geneological Record of Some of the Noyes Descendants of James , Nic holas, and Peter Noyes, published in Boston, MA in 1904. [Volum e 1 cover s descendants of Nicholas Noyes; vol. 2 the descendants of Rev . James Noy es and of Peter Noyes, who arrived later.] A copy is availabl e in the sec ond floor geneological library of the Historical Society o f Old Newbury , located on 98 High St. (Route 1A) in Newburyport.

James married Sarah Browne on 21 Mar 1633 in Romsey, Hampshire, England. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Browne and Lynn Marie Endle) was born in 1610 in Southampton, Hampshire, England; died on 13 Sep 1691 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KNSH-46K
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Oct 1915

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• FamilySearch ID: L87N-M5T
• Initiatory (LDS): 5 Oct 1943, SLAKE

Peter married Sarah Newgate about 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Sarah was born about 1625 in Bristol, Bristol, England; was buried on 11 Oct 1692 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LZJ1-53H
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Jun 1939, SLAKE