John Aldis (Massachusetts)

John Aldis was a representative to the Great and General Court of colonial Massachusetts in 1683[1] and served for 12 years on the Board of Selectmen in Dedham, Massachusetts.[1][2]

This article is about colonial Massachusetts politician. For English chorus-master and conductor, see John Alldis.

He was the only son of Nathan Aldis[1] and his wife Mary.[3] Aldis had a son also named John.[1][lower-alpha 1]

Aldis was admitted as a townsman on January 1, 1650-51.[1] He served as a constable in 1660 and in 1663 was returned to the Jury of Trials of Suffolk County.[1] In 1681, the town voted to collect all deeds and other writings and store them in a box kept by Aldis in order to better preserve them.[4] He was a deacon at the First Church and Parish in Dedham[1][4] and an ancestor of Asa O. Aldis.[5]

Notes

1. Records indicate that a John Aldis served in King Phillip's War, but it was more likely to be the son than the father.[1]

References

1. Whitin 1905, p. 5.
2. Worthington 1827, p. 79-81.
3. Whitin 1905, p. 7.
4. Dwight 1874, p. 103.
5. Whitin 1905, p. 6.

Works cited

• Worthington, Erastus (1827). The history of Dedham: from the beginning of its settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827. Dutton and Wentworth. p. 29. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
• Whitin, F.H. (1905). The Aldis family of Dedham, Wrentham, Roxbury and Franklin, Massachusetts, 1640-1800. Рипол Классик. ISBN 978-5-87124-001-4. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
• Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge (1874). The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass. J. F. Trow & son, printers and bookbinders. p. 102. Retrieved September 9, 2019.