John Emery Jr. came with his father to Newbury in 1635.Selectman, 1670-1673; jury of trials, 1675-1676; chosen to carryvotes to Salem 1675-1676; chosen to serve on jury of trials atIpswich; tything-man, 1679; way-warden, 1679. In 1642 he hadlaid out to him fourscore acres over the Artichoke or RaspberryRiver. Forty acres of this land was a grant of the town ofNewbury to John Emery Senior, and by him given to his son inconsideration of love and affection. The remaining forty acreswere bought of Archelaus Woodman for thirty pounds, being a towngrant to him. This tract of land has been in possession of thename since it was laid out to John Emery, junior; and now,included in the farm of the late Eliphalet Emery, Esquire ofWest Newbury, is owned by his daughter Mrs. Mary Hale Emery. In3 March 1679 'the town of (Newbury) granted John Emery, junior,twelve acres of land on the west side of Artichoke River,provided he build and maintain a corn mill to grand the town'scorn from time to time and to build it within one year and ahalf after the date hereof.' This mill is now known as CurzonsMills, Newburyport, Massachusetts. John Emery, junior was asigner of the petition in the case of Lieut. Robert Pike, and amember of the Woodman party in the church difficulties. He isstyled Sergeant on the records. He was made freeman 30 May 1660;made his will 3 August 1693.In an article "John-2 Emery's Wife" by Clarence Almon Torrey(The American Genealogist (TAG) volume 17, pp. 96-99, the authorconcludes:"There is no authentic record that John-2 Emery married MaryWebster, 2 Oct 1648, the supposed marriage record being a modernrecord, based on a misinterpretation of the original records ---Unless there is evidence from other sources of information thatJohn-2 Emery married his step-sister, the claim must bedefinitely and permanently abandoned."In the Pillsbury Ancestry (p. 742), the author points out thatthe confusion about the wife has been caused by an erroneousentry made when the town records were copied.