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John Cable (or Cabell) came to America in 1630 aboard a ship of the Winthrop Fleet sailing from Dorchester, England. He was one of the founders of Springfield, Massachusetts, having signed the compact on 16 May 1636. He was a sawyer, having been recorded as being paid "... for the sawing of boards and making locks and nails for the plantation house." His first residency was recorded in Roxbury, MA, in 1630, then in Springfield in 1636, and in Fairfield, CT, in 1669. It was in Fairfield on 10 Oct 1669 that he was made a Freeman. His will was dated 4 Apr 1682 and was probated 2 Sep 1682.From "The Samuel Chapin Genealogy", pg. 261:
When Mr. Pynchon, and those who accompanied him, came here, they made an agreement, the original of which is in the first book of records of the town [Springfield, MA], subscribed by them. It is dated May 14, 1636, and consists of fifteen articles. The first of which provides for the settlement of a minister. The second limits the number of families to forty, and not to exceed fifty. The other articles provide for the rule and mode of division, and defraying the expenses of the settlement. This agreement has the signature of only eight persons, though there is internal evidence that there were twelve concerned. The names of those who subscribed it are, William Pynchon, Matthew Mitchell, Henry Smith, Jehu Burr, William Blake, Edmund Wood, Thomas Ufford, and John Cabell. Jehu Burr and Thomas Ufford, did not write, but made their mark. The other four who were united with them were, Thomas Woodford, John Reader, Samuel Butterfield, and James Wood. It is worthy of remark, that not one of the first adventurers died here; and, I believe, none but Mr. Pynchon left descendants here. Several of them gave up their allotments to the company. This was the case with Blake, Ufford, Mitchell, the two Woods, Reader, and Butterfield. Burr remained here two or three years, and then removed into Connecticut. Cabell, in 1641, sold his lot to the town. Mr. Pynchon, in 1652, and Smith, in 1653, went to England, and died there. All, except Pynchon, Smith, and Cabell, gave up their interest, and it was afterwards granted to other persons. The first allotment was so different from the actual settlement, that it is not easy to trace it.- From "Powers-Banks Ancestry", pg. 196:
As only one Jehu appears among the freemen of 1669, it is inferred that the elder was by that time dead, though Todd says he died in 1672. He was connected with John Cable, who had been with him in Springfield and followed him to Fairfield. Cable in his will, 1682, mentions his kinsmen, Jehu and John Burr; perhaps Burr had married Cable's sister- From "Genealogy of the Merrick Mirick, Myrick Family of Massachusetts", pg. 266-267:
A short sketch of Springfield may aid in determining the relative standing of Thomas Merrick in the new settlement. March 4, 1629, King James gave a grant of land to the General Court of Massachusetts, from the Merrimac river on the north to a line three miles south of the Charles river on the south, and extending from "the Atlantick and Western sea and ocean on the east parte, to the South sea on the West parte." In 1636 the General Court granted the right to make settlements on the Great River the (Connecticut), and on May 14, 1636, William Pyncheon, of Roxbury, together with seven others, signed an agreement to undertake a settlement on the Great River. The members of this company of "adventurers," as they were called, were: William Pyncheon, Matthew Mitchell, Henry Smith, Jehu Burr. William Blake, Edmund Wood, Thomas Ufford, and John Cable. These men went to Agawan, where they purchased from the Indians, who were then occupying the country, certain described lands lying on both sides of the Connecticut river, paying for the same "18 fathoms of wampum, 18 coats, 18 hatchets, 18 hoes, and 18 knives." This payment was assessed against the lands as they were subsequently granted to the settlers.
"It is agreed by ye Plantation at a generall meeting that these six men undernamed shall set out the bounds of ye plantation up ye river on both sides of ye river and to marke ye trees for ye clearing of it. ye persons appoynted ar mr: w: Pyncheon: Jehu Burr: Hen: Smith: John Cable: Richard Everit: Tho: Mirack."- From History of Fairfield, Connecticut, by Mrs. E. H. Schenck, N.Y. 1889 Vol. I, p. 362 (Private: Not to be reprinted): John Cabell was in Massachusetts in 1631, and was one of the petitioners to the Gen. Ct. in 1635 for liberty to remove to the Connecticut River. Hinman says he was in Springfield in 1636 (See Sprague) and probably accompanied, or soon followed the Burrs to Fairfield. In 1652 he assisted in capturing a Dutch vessel off the coast of Fairfield, CT, and was awarded 5 pounds by the Gen. Ct. of Connecticut. He was a seaman, and perhaps a sea captain. He was made a freeman in 1669. In his will of April 4, 1682 he mentions his grand-son John Cabell, grandson John Knowles; w. Ann who was his second wife, and widow of Roger Betts of Bradford, Ct. He appointed his kinsmen Jehue & John Burr over-seers of his estate - Fairfield. Prob. Rec.
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Experience Colburn, first wife of John Marcy, was the mother of all of his fourteen children.