Hector, John, 1792 - 1865

John Hector was the son of Monday Hector, a free black man, and Lucy Gimbee of the Hassanamisco Tribe of Indians at Grafton, Massachusetts.  He married Susanna Toney in Grafton on  October 13, 1816. The couple had several children:  John E., Susan H., George A., Moses E., Simeon F., William H., Asa E., Susannah J. A., and Cornelia A.  At his death in Worcester on September 25, 1865, he was a laborer.  Vital Records of Grafton, 225.  U.S. Federal Census Enumeration (Worcester, Massachusetts, 1850).  Massachusetts State Census (Worcester, 1855).  Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915.  Family Search.