Captain John LUTHER

1605 - 1645  (50 years)

• Name	John LUTHER
  Title	Captain
  Birth	Between 1595 and 1605	Germany or Dorsetshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1645	Delaware Bay   [1]
  Person ID	I19677	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth UNKNOWN
  Marriage	Abt 1635
  Children	1. Rev. Samuel Luther, Sr.,   b. 1636   d. 20 Dec 1716, Swansea, MA (Age 80 years)   2. Hezekiah LUTHER,   b. Between 1639 and 1640, Taunton or Boston, MA d. Jul 1723, Swansea, MA (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F07457	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

• Notes

  There is some uncertainty as to whether John was from England or Germany. Some family researchers say he came from Great Canford, Dorsetshire, England, arriving at Massachusetts Bay around the time of John Winthrop's arrival in 1630. However, there is a family tradition passed down by some descendants that Henry was from Germany, and came to Boston on a Dutch ship in 1635. For a full discussion of this, see pages 30 - 33 in "The Luther Genealogy." (available at the Swansea, MA, library and elsewhere) Capt. John Luther's name first appears in the Taunton Purchase of 1637, in which he is listed as one of the 46 purchasers of land in a transaction between Elizabeth Pole's (Poole's) company and Massasoit. Miss Pole was from Dorchester, England. John Luther was assigned 6 shares, consisting of about 9 (or 90) acres in Swansea. In 1642 John left Swansea and became one of the first settlers of Gloucester. A mariner employed by a Boston merchant, he was killed by Indians on a trading voyage to Delaware Bay.

  
  

• Sources

  [S013451] Leslie L. Luther, compiler, and George A. Luther, editor, The Luther Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Captain John Luther, (The Luther Family Association; Swansea, MA; 2001), 30.