family of four, with stepson John, only six years of age when Hannah was born, from Mary's deceased husband. In 1641, John Evered obtained a commission to conduct fishing operations at the Isle of Sables: “A Commission to John Webb als ___ of Boston and his company to trade & doe their business at the Isle of Sables & to pass in the barke Endeavor of Salem wherof is Master Joseph Grafton." In 1643, Evered was made a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, with the rank of Ensign, for which he received 10 pounds for his first year of service. In 1655 he was made first sergeant, then later Captain. As Captain, his most notable duty was the hanging of Mary Dyer in 1660. Captain Evered is quoted as telling her that she had previously been found guilty of the same charge (being a Quaker) and been banished, that she now had one last chance to repent and be banished again, to which she replied that she would not. He then told her she was condemned to death for violating the law, and then she was hanged. He and his family moved from their tiny Boston home to in Braintree on the "Montaquid" (Monatiquot River), until he sold it on February 19, 1648 to Samuel Allen. Land settlings On June 7, 1659, John Evered (Webb) was granted land by the General Court to military officers a farm in Chelmsford, and he also bought a neighboring island, which is most likely modern-day downtown Lowell. Webb was the first settler upon the north side of the Merrimack River, and the man in whose honor the town of Dracut was named. Webb sold a portion of his Boston estate in 1661, probably about the time he officially moved to Chelmsford. The town of Chelmsford also granted several more parcels of land to Mr. John Webb, on November 9, 1661. In October 1665, Captain John Evered bought from Bess, wife of Nobb How and daughter of Passaconaway, the land called Augumtoocooke, what is now Dracut, for the sum of four yards of Duffill and one pound of tobacco. Webb then sold tracts of the land to Richard Shatswell and Samuel Varnum. Before owning it himself, Webb had already sold of the land months earlier to Samuel Varnum, as the deed for "Drawcutt upon Mirrimack" was dated 1664, for 400£