John Pike (settler)
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John Pike (1572–26 May 1654) was originally from Wiltshire, England. He sailed to Newbury, Massachusetts on board The James which had sailed from Southampton and arrived on June 3, 1635, making John and his children among the first members of the Pike family to settle in North America.
[edit] Immediate Family
John and his wife Dorothy Day had five children (two sons and three daughters):
- John Pike (about 1613 - 1690), married to Mary Turvell
- Robert Pike, (1616 - 1706), married to Sarah Sanders, and remarried to Martha (Moyce) Goldwire
- Dorothy Pike, (about 1617 - ????), married to Daniel Hendrick
- Ann Pike (about 1621 - ????), married to James Fisk
- Israel Pike (about 1623 - ????), married to Henry True, and remarried to Joseph Fletcher
[edit] Noteworthy Descendants
- Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) thirtieth president of the United States
- Albert Pike (1809-1891) confederate army general
- Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1770-1813) explorer and army general, after whom Pikes Peak is named