Dr. Daniel Weld

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Daniel Weld, of Roxbury & Salem (1642 - 1690)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Death: between May 07, 1690 and June 24, 1690 (47)
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Joseph T Weld, I and Barbara Stoddard
Husband of Bethia Weld
Father of Elizabeth Gardner; Dr. Edward Weld and Bethia Kitchin
Brother of Sarah Weld; Joseph Weld, Jr. and Marah Starr
Half brother of Samuel Stoddard; Grace Nash; Simeon Stoddard, Sr.; Sarah Stoddard; Stephen Stoddard and 8 others

Occupation: Surgeon
Managed by: Hatte Rubenstein Blejer
Last Updated:

About Dr. Daniel Weld

Degree, 1661, Harvard College

Chief surgeon in the Narraganset campaign, King Philip's War.

Citations

Perley, Sidney. The History of Salem, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: Sidney Perley, 1924-1928), III:55-56. "Dr. Daniel Weld removed from Roxbury to Salem about 1669, at the age of twenty-seven. … After leaving college he taught school a while. … Dr. Weld served as chief surgeon in the Narraganset campaign, in King Philip's War; and died in May 1690."

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March 2013

Mistakenly held to be the son of Rev. Thomas Weld of Roxbury on some Internet family tree sites. There were several Weld brothers who settled in Roxbury. Daniel was the son of another Weld apparently, although he is also associated with "Wells" in various documents.

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Dr. Daniel Weld's Timeline

1642
September 18, 1642
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
September 25, 1642
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1666
June 7, 1666
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1668
1668
1675
January 28, 1675
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
1690
May 7, 1690
Age 47
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts