On 16 Jun 1644 Katherine married
John Damon, son of
John Damon (ca 1595-feb 1638/9) &
[____] Gilson, in Scituate, MA.
52 Scituate V.R. gives June 1644.
Born on 11 Nov 1621 in Kent, England. John died in Scituate, MA bef 3 Oct 1676.189
Joan first married Katherine Merritt, second Martha Howland.
“John Damon of Scituate and his sister Hannah were nephew and niece of William Gilson, who came to New England by 1632, and probably a little earlier. Some sources say that Damon came to New England with his uncle, and this may well be correct, but there is no evidence directly supporting this, and there are many cases of members of the same family coming to New England many years apart.”16
From Deane’s History of Scituate:53
John Daman, with his sister Hannah, came into Scituate before 1633. They were then minors, and under the guardianship of Mr William Gillson, their Uncle. We understand that they were very young at that time, from the circumstance, that having been made the heirs of Mr Gillson, they were not established in their inheritance by the Court until 1649. ‘John and Hannah Daman are allowed by the Court to be lawful heirs of William Gillson, it being proved by diverse persons that Gillson had often said that he intended to make these (his sister’s children) his heirs.’ (Colony Records, 1649). John Daman succeeded to the residence of his uncle, on Kent street, the second lot from Satuit brook, (Edward Foster’s being the first).
The first mill in the Town, was a wind mill, on the third cliff. It was erected by William Gillson in 1636, on the North-east part of the cliff. After his decease in 1639, it became the property of John Daman, his nephew.