1232.John Poole. Born ca 1610. John died in Reading, MA on 1 Apr 1667.81 Occupation: Yeoman.
John came to New England in 1632 and briefly resided at Cambridge, but moved soon to Lynn in 1633, where he had there 200 acres, and last of Reading by 1650.16
John “was one of the earliest settlers of Reading, and probably the wealthiest. He lived on the present (1874) site of Wakefield’s rattan factory where he built the first grist-mill and fulling mill of the town. He also owned much land at the north end of the Great Pond including the farm lately owned by Dea. Caleb Wakefield, and extending easterly, included the late Newcomb mill, where said Poole erected the first saw-mill, and included also the present farm of heirs of Benjamin Cox, of Lynnfield. He divided his estate between his son Jonathan and his grandson John.”
Ca 1631 John married Margaret.16 Margaret died in Reading, MA on 20 Apr 1662.81
A third child of John and Margaret may have been Sarah, wife of Wm. Barrett.118