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| 3151 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 169: "Crow, Christopher, first at Htfd.; (see, also, John Crow, prob. a relative, who was also at Htfd. - 'Htfd. Co. Mem. Hist.,' i. 235; Goodwin's 'East Htfd.'): after a few yrs. rem. to W.; m. Mary (dau. of Benj.) Burr of H., 15 Jan., 1656; was made a freeman, 1656; was at W. 1668, when he was allowed by the town to have Edward Bartlett 'sojourn with him until he had taken off the crop he had sown'; had a farm at Greenfield, in W.; left W. and was res. (1683) at Htfd.; his wife, also, left abt 1680, leaving behind her 3 young ch. in a suffering state; the Ct. ord., 11 Dec., 1680, that Samuel and Thos. Burr should take invent. of est., pay debts and take charge of the ch., which hade been done by 1684. - 'Hinman.' Ch.: A. Samuel, ae. 21 in 1683; prob. the S. who m. Ruth ___, who d. 4 Nov., 1690; Ruth prob. his 2d wife, as there is a rec. of a Samuel m. to Martha Moses, 30 Jan., 1689. B. Mary, ae. 18 in Oct., 1683. C. Hannah, ae. 15, Feb., 1683. D. Martha, ae. 14 in May, 1684. E. Benoni, ae. 12 in 1683. F. Margaret, ae. 11 in Apl., 1684. G. Thomas, ae. 5 in 1684. MARRIAGE: 1. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700,' by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, copy in the Windsor, CT., Historical Society Library, p. 195: Crow, Samuel (1662-) and 1/wf Martha (Moses) (1672-); 30 Jan 1689; Windsor, CT. Crow, Samuel and 2/wf Ruth ___ (-1698); Windsor, CT. | Ruth (I2067)
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| 3152 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 169: "Crow, Christopher, first at Htfd.; (see, also, John Crow, prob. a relative, who was also at Htfd. - 'Htfd. Co. Mem. Hist.,' i. 235; Goodwin's 'East Htfd.'): after a few yrs. rem. to W.; m. Mary (dau. of Benj.) Burr of H., 15 Jan., 1656; was made a freeman, 1656; was at W. 1668, when he was allowed by the town to have Edward Bartlett 'sojourn with him until he had taken off the crop he had sown'; had a farm at Greenfield, in W.; left W. and was res. (1683) at Htfd.; his wife, also, left abt 1680, leaving behind her 3 young ch. in a suffering state; the Ct. ord., 11 Dec., 1680, that Samuel and Thos. Burr should take invent. of est., pay debts and take charge of the ch., which hade been done by 1684. - 'Hinman.' Ch.: A. Samuel, ae. 21 in 1683; prob. the S. who m. Ruth ___, who d. 4 Nov., 1690; Ruth prob. his 2d wife, as there is a rec. of a Samuel m. to Martha Moses, 30 Jan., 1689. B. Mary, ae. 18 in Oct., 1683. C. Hannah, ae. 15, Feb., 1683. D. Martha, ae. 14 in May, 1684. E. Benoni, ae. 12 in 1683. F. Margaret, ae. 11 in Apl., 1684. G. Thomas, ae. 5 in 1684. 2. "Historical Sketches of John Moses of Plymouth," by Zebina Moses, 1890, copy in Allen County Public Library. Parents John Moses II and Mary Brown. MARRIAGE: 1. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700,' by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, copy in the Windsor, CT., Historical Society Library, p. 195: Crow, Samuel (1662-) and 1/wf Martha (Moses) (1672-); 30 Jan 1689; Windsor, CT. Crow, Samuel and 2/wf Ruth ___ (-1698); Windsor, CT. | Moses, Martha (I2056)
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| 3153 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 172 has the following entry for the earliest Dewey at Windsor who may be the progenitor of the various Deweys in Connecticut and Massachusetts subject to additional research: "Dewey (Duee), Thomas, early at Dorchester, wehre he sold his ho. and lands to Rich. Jones; rem. to W.; had lds. gr. (see p. 154, Vol. 1)); was juror in 1642 and '44; several times a dep. to the Ge. Ct.; m. Frances Clark, 22 Mar. 163; he d. 27 Apr 1648; wid. m. George Phelps, 2 Nov 1648 (O.C.R.): a. Thomas, b. 16 Feb 1639. (Westfield, Mass. Ch. Rec. gives adm. to W. Ch. of 'Constance, ye wife of Thos. Dewey, 24 Jan., 1679-80'). b. Josiah, bp. 10 Oct 1641. c. Anna, bp. 15 Oct 1643. d. Israel, bp. 25 Sep 1645; d. 23 Oct 1678 (O.C.R.); contrib. 4s. and his wife 4s. to the Conn. fund for Relief of Poor in other Colonies, 1676... e. Jedediah, b. 15 Dec 1647." 2. "Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N," by Louis Marinus Dewey, p. 399, family 1219: "JONATHAN DEWEY, son of John, b. March 6, 1710, at Lebanon, Conn.; there d. Dec. 23, 1759, ag. 49; was a farmer by occupation; m. Nov. I, 1733, MARY COLLIER. FIFTH GENERATION — Born at Lebanon. 1271. Aaron, b. Aug. 25, 1734; m. 1272. Hepzibah, b. Aug. 20, 1736; m. Nov. 17, 1763, at Hebron, Ichabod Buel. 1273. Jonathan, b. Nov. 20, 1738. 1274. Huldah, b. April 13, 1740. 1275. Rachel, b. Jan. 15, 1743. 1276. Elizur, b. June 26, 1745; m. May 16, 1771, at Northampton, Mass., Betty Porter, dau. of Thomas. 1277. Prudence, b. Sept. 22, 1751." MARRIAGE: 1. "The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records" for Hebron, Tolland, CT: Ichabod Buell and Hepsibath Dewey, m. 17 Nov 1763. Jemime, d. Ichabod and Hepsibith, b. June 9, 1764. Ichabod, s. Ichabod and Jemime, b. 22 Jul 1765. No birth entries for either of the married couple. | Dewey, Hepzibah (I4418)
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| 3154 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 172 has the following entry for the earliest Dewey at Windsor who may be the progenitor of the various Deweys in Connecticut and Massachusetts subject to additional research: "Dewey (Duee), Thomas, early at Dorchester, wehre he sold his ho. and lands to Rich. Jones; rem. to W.; had lds. gr. (see p. 154, Vol. 1)); was juror in 1642 and '44; several times a dep. to the Ge. Ct.; m. Frances Clark, 22 Mar. 163; he d. 27 Apr 1648; wid. m. George Phelps, 2 Nov 1648 (O.C.R.): a. Thomas, b. 16 Feb 1639. (Westfield, Mass. Ch. Rec. gives adm. to W. Ch. of 'Constance, ye wife of Thos. Dewey, 24 Jan., 1679-80'). b. Josiah, bp. 10 Oct 1641. c. Anna, bp. 15 Oct 1643. d. Israel, bp. 25 Sep 1645; d. 23 Oct 1678 (O.C.R.); contrib. 4s. and his wife 4s. to the Conn. fund for Relief of Poor in other Colonies, 1676... e. Jedediah, b. 15 Dec 1647." 2. Per 16 Feb 2002 website: | Dewey, Thomas (I2406)
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| 3155 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 172 has the following entry for the earliest Dewey at Windsor who may be the progenitor of the various Deweys in Connecticut and Massachusetts subject to additional research: "Dewey (Duee), Thomas, early at Dorchester, wehre he sold his ho. and lands to Rich. Jones; rem. to W.; had lds. gr. (see p. 154, Vol. 1)); was juror in 1642 and '44; several times a dep. to the Ge. Ct.; m. Frances Clark, 22 Mar. 163; he d. 27 Apr 1648; wid. m. George Phelps, 2 Nov 1648 (O.C.R.): a. Thomas, b. 16 Feb 1639. (Westfield, Mass. Ch. Rec. gives adm. to W. Ch. of Constance, ye wife of Thos. Dewey, 24 Jan., 1679-80'). b. Josiah, bp. 10 Oct 1641. c. Anna, bp. 15 Oct 1643. d. Israel, bp. 25 Sep 1645; d. 23 Oct 1678 (O.C.R.); contrib. 4s. and his wife 4s. to the Conn. fund for Relief of Poor in other Colonies, 1676... e. Jedediah, b. 15 Dec 1647." BIRTH: 1. LDS IGI has two variants on birthdates: 11 Dec 1711 or 5 May 1702. Also two on birthplaces: Hebron, Tolland, CT or Lebanon, New London, CT. Not sure which is correct. MARRIAGE: 1. Website 4 Sep 2007 www.douglaslibrary.org/barbour. The Douglas Library in Hebron, Connecticut has "Town of Hebron Vital Records: Barbour Collection 1708-1854," p. 97: "Cornelas Phelps, m. Marg[a]rit Duey, Jan. 18,1721/2, v. 1, p. 65." Note: Source has no other records for Margarit. | Dewey, Margaret (I2110)
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| 3156 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. O.C.R.: a. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643. b. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff. Record.) c. Mary *. d. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669. e. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.) f. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658. g. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec. h. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5." DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1700-1729," p. 184-5 (A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 1700 to 1710.): "Name: William Filley. Location: Windsor. Invt. ₤202-09-06. Taken 4 October, 1707, by Job Drake and Jeremiah Alford. Will dated 11 August, 1707. The last will and testament of William Filley, late of Windsor: I give to my now wife Elizabeth all my estate, both real and personal, provided that if she have issue begotten by me in marriage and it live (if male to the age of 21 years, or if female unto the age of 18 years), then my will is that the estate shall be equally divided betwixt mother and child. Otherwise, the whole estate to her as before expressed. I constitute my wife sole executrix, and desire Nathaniel Cooke to be supervisor. Witness: Daniel Clarke, Nathaniel Cooke. William Filley, ls. Court Record, Page 98 - 6 October, 1707: Elizabeth, the widow, with Samuel Filley, brother of the said deceased, appeared in Court, when Samuel Filley opposed the probate of the will. Page 99 - 3 November, 1707: This Court order the parties to appear again on the third Tuesday of this November. Page 101 - 9 January, 1707-8: Will and invt. exhibited and approved, Samuel Filley having nothing further to object." | Filley, William (I2355)
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| 3157 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. O.C.R.: a. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643. b. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff. Record.) c. Mary *. d. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669. e. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.) f. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658. g. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec. h. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5." 2. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 6, p. 269, Article: "Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Westfield": "John Sackett, wife Deborah; chn. John, b. 3 Mar 1688; Abigail, b. 16 Oct 1690; Daniel, b. 14 Aug 1693; David, b. 7 Jul 1696; Benjamin, b. 30 Oct 1698; Deborah, b. 16 Nov 1701. Mrs. D. Sachett d. 20 Nov 1701. Mr. S. m. again, had several children d. 20 Dec 1745." 3. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 5, p. 225, Article: "Record of Marriages and Births, in Windsor, CT.": "William Filly, (of Simsbury) and Margaret (his wife) were m. 2 Sep 1642; chil. Samuel, b. 24 Sep 1643; John, b. 15 Dec 1645; Mary, b. ___ ___; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar 1650; Abigal, b. 21 Aug 1658; Debroa, b. 21 Mar 1661; William, b. 7 Mar 1665." | Filley, Deborah (I2354)
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| 3158 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. O.C.R.: a. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643. b. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff. Record.) c. Mary *. d. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669. e. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.) f. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658. g. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec. h. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5." 2. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 5, p. 225, Article: "Record of Marriages and Births, in Windsor, CT.": "William Filly, (of Simsbury) and Margaret (his wife) were m. 2 Sep 1642; chil. Samuel, b. 24 Sep 1643; John, b. 15 Dec 1645; Mary, b. ___ ___; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar 1650; Abigal, b. 21 Aug 1658; Debroa, b. 21 Mar 1661; William, b. 7 Mar 1665." 3. From the book "The Descendants (by the Female Branches) of Joseph Loomis, who Came from Braintree, England, in the Year 1638 and Settled in Windsor, CT, in 1639," by Elias Loomis (Yale Professor), 1880, v. 1, p. 129: "Mary Loomis, daughter of Joseph Loomis, married for her second husband Owen Tudor, 13 Nov 1651. She d. 19 Aug 1680. He d. 30 Oct 1690. Windsor, CT. Children: a. Samuel, b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1st Abigail (Filley) widow of ___ Bissel 30 Oct 1685. She d. 6 Jul 1727. East Windsor, CT. b. Sarah, b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter 15 Jan 1679. c. Owen, b. 12 Mar 1654, unmarried, c. 1717. d. Ann, b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith 28 Oct 1680. e. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1660, m. Isaac Judson." 4. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)" | Filley, Abigail (I2353)
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| 3159 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. O.C.R.: a. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643. b. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff. Record.) c. Mary *. d. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669. e. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.) f. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658. g. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec. h. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 796-797: "David Winchell (son of Robert), m. (1) Elizabeth (dau. William) Filley, 17 Nov 1669 (O.C.R.); she was b. 4 Mar 1650; (2) Mary (dau. John) Griffin, 1 May 1672, who was b. 1646; he owned Half-Way Cov't in Windsor church, some time in yr. 1668-70 (O.C.R.); contrib. 0 to Conn. Fund for Relief of Poor of other Colonies, 1676; removed to Suffield prob. after Philip's War, and became (acc. to Sheldon, 'Doc. Hist. Suff.') a prominent man there, being a selectman and land measurer for 25 years; he surveyed and allotted about 9,000 acres, including the Second Division. His son Joseph (b. Windsor) succeeded him as land measurer, and was Proprietor's (or Town) Clerk for 32 years. Most of Suffield east of the mountain was laid out and measured by father and son. David Winchell d. 29 Dec 1723, age 80; his widow d. 23 Jun 1728, age 78. Children (b. Windsor per O.C.R.): a. Joseph, b. 13 Sep 1670. b. Christian, b. 9 Mar 1672. c. Elizabeth, b. 9 Dec 1675; m. John Trumbull of Suffield, and their 8th child and 3d. son bp. 3 Apr 1715, was the Rev. John Trumbull, gra. Yale College 1735; settled at Westbury (now Watertown) Conn. - Dexter's 'Annals Yale College.' d. David, b. 19 Mar 1682 in Suffield. e. Mary, b. 8 Feb 1685 in Suffield. f. Jedediah, b. 29 Dec 1690 in Suffield. g. Samuel, b. 9 Jun 1693 in Suffield." [Kerry's note: the marriage of David Winchell with Mary Griffin is disputed. See his notes for further explanation.] 3. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 5, p. 225, Article: "Record of Marriages and Births, in Windsor, CT.": "William Filly, (of Simsbury) and Margaret (his wife) were m. 2 Sep 1642; chil. Samuel, b. 24 Sep 1643; John, b. 15 Dec 1645; Mary, b. ___ ___; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar 1650; Abigal, b. 21 Aug 1658; Debroa, b. 21 Mar 1661; William, b. 7 Mar 1665." 4. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 5, p. 363, Article: "Early Records of Windsor, CT": "Robard Winchell, m. had chn.: Phebe, bp. 29 Mar 1638; Mary, bp. 5 Sep 1741 [s/b 1641]; David, bp. 22 Oct 1643; Joseph, bp. 5 Apr 1646; Martha, bp. 18 Jun 1648; Benjamin, bp. 11 Jul 1652; Robard Winchell, d. 21 Jan 1667." David Winchell, m. Elisabeth Filly, 17 Nov 1669; chn. Joseph, b. 13 Sep 1670; Christian, b. 9 Mar 1672; Elizabeth, b. 7 Dec 1675." MARRIAGE: 1. “The American Genealogist,” 24 [1948]:50-51, “David2 Winchell (Robert1) of Suffield, Conn.,” by Mrs. Albert H. Chase of Norwich, Conn.: “David Winchell had but one wife, Elizabeth Filley, whom he married 17 November 1669, the mother of his children. Several authorities have given him a second wife, Mary Griffin, the daughter of John1 Griffin, who was born 1 March 1651. Among these are the Register of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut (1941) and The Winchell Genealogy. Let us first examine the Register: Page 909, David Winchell, m. Windsor, 1 May 1672, Mary Griffin b. Windsor 1 Mar. 1651, d. 23 June 1728. Page 315, Samuel Wilson, m. Windsor, 1 May 1672, Mary Griffin b. Windsor 1 Mar. 1651, d. 23 June 1728. It is obvious that Mary Griffin could not have married both David Winchell and Samuel Wilson the same day. The Register gives a daughter, Martha Winchell, born at Suffield about 1678, daughter of David and Mary (Griffin) Winchell. Martha's birth is not recorded on the Suffield Vital Records, but she was the daughter of David and Elizabeth as will appear. The Winchell Genealogy, pages 63-64, makes Mary Griffin the second wife and mother of all the children except the first child, Joseph. The mistake seems to have originated in Stiles's History of Ancient Windsor, Vol. 2, page 825, where the marriage is given of David Winchell to Elizabeth Filley, November, 1669, and then the first three children: Joseph, b. 13 Sept. 1670; Christian, b. 9 Mar. 1673; and Elizabeth, b. 7 Dec. 1675. These are all the children given. Under this is noted: David Winchell m. 1 May 1672 Mary Griffin. If this last statement were correct and referred to the David Winchell who married Elizabeth Filley, then only one child, Joseph, could be Elizabeth's, and that is so stated in The Winchell Genealogy. However, the vital records of Suffield, Conn., make it all clear. Two of the children (Mary and Jedediah) are called children of David and Elizabeth; and the death record of Elizabeth, 23 June 1728, reads: Elizabeth, widow of David (Vol. 1, p. 13). Samuel Wilson and his wife Mary Griffin had a large family. Mary (Griffin) Wilson's death should be checked since the death date of Elizabeth (Filley) Winchell has been substituted for hers. For Wilson, see Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 4, page 588.” | Filley, Elizabeth (I2350)
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| 3160 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. O.C.R.: a. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643. b. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff. Record.) c. Mary *. d. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669. e. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.) f. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658. g. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec. h. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5." 2. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 5, p. 225, Article: "Record of Marriages and Births, in Windsor, CT": "William Filly, (of Simsbury) and Margaret (his wife) were m. 2 Sep 1642; chil. Samuel, b. 24 Sep 1643; John, b. 15 Dec 1645; Mary, b. ___ ___; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar 1650; Abigal, b. 21 Aug 1658; Debroa, b. 21 Mar 1661; William, b. 7 Mar 1665." MARRIAGE: 1. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 123, p. 261, article "Judge Pynchon's Marriage Record: 1685-1711": "ffebr. 1, 1681 - John ffilley and Abigal Dibble Joined in Mariage." The records were kept by the Judge in Springfield, MA. 2. Worldconnect 1 Mar 2008 database "horrocks" of Lloyd BURIAL: 1. Not listed per the Internet 6 Jul 2008 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kathycamp/Inscriptions/Page043.htm: Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions 1660-1937. This list of inscriptions, town of Suffield, was copied in 1934, under the auspices of the F.E.R.A. and the W.P.A. sponsored by the Connecticut State Library, as compiled under the supervision of Charles R. Hale, State Military Necrologist, assisted by Miss Mary H. Babin, Secretary. Hartford, Connecticut, December 1937. | Filley, John (I2349)
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| 3161 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. O.C.R.: a. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643. b. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff. Record.) c. Mary *. d. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669. e. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.) f. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658. g. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec. h. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5." 2. Did not find this individual in the book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed. 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 687: "Joseph Skinner (son of John), m. 5 Apr 1666, Mary (dau. Wm.) Filley of Windsor (O.C.R.); bought land in Windsor 1666, west side of Broad St., abt. midway of which he was possessed 1684, and prob. res. there. There was an affirmative vote passed by the Windsor Church on his application to receive baptism on owning the cov't, 1679, as follows (O.C.R.): 'Feb. 16, (16)78 (79), Joseph Skinner having never been baptized, desired that he might be baptized, and ye Church granted it, so (i.e. on condition that) he would be tried (examined) concerning his knowledge and blameless life, and own ye Ch. Cov't, and come under dissipline to be owned as a (church) member, and so any others might come in, in like manner, man or womankind. On ye 2 of March there was none that lay any blame on him in point of his conversation, so he owned ye Ch. Cov't and was baptized.' His wife d. 13 Apr 1711 (East Windsor Church Records); resided East Windsor. Children: a. Mary, b. 22 Sep 1667. - O.C.R. b. John, who d. 1704. - 'Loomis Geneal.' c. Elizabeth, b. 23 Jun 1669. - O.C.R. d. Joseph, b. (prob.) about 1673. e. Isaac, b. 16 Aug 1691. f. Thomas, s. Joseph, bp. 23 Dec 1677. - O.C.R." 4. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 5, p. 225, Article: "Record of Marriages and Births, in Windsor, CT.": "William Filly, (of Simsbury) and Margaret (his wife) were m. 2 Sep 1642; chil. Samuel, b. 24 Sep 1643; John, b. 15 Dec 1645; Mary, b. ___ ___; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar 1650; Abigal, b. 21 Aug 1658; Debroa, b. 21 Mar 1661; William, b. 7 Mar 1665." 5. From the book "The Descendants (by the Female Branches) of Joseph Loomis, who Came from Braintree, England, in the Year 1638 and Settled in Windsor, CT, in 1639," by Elias Loomis (Yale Professor), 1880, v. 1, p. 108: "Mary Loomis, daughter of Joseph Loomis, m. John Skinner of Hartford, who d. in 1650. She d. 19 Aug 1680. Children: a. Mary, b. 1637, m. Robert Reeve. b. Ann, b. 1639, m. John Colt. c. John, m. Mary ___. He d. 15 Sep 1690. She d. 18 Jun 1695. d. Joseph, b. 1643, m. Mary Filley of Windsor 5 Apr 1666. She d. 15 Apr 1711. e. Richard, b. 1646." 6. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)" 7. FHL publication "The Skinner Kinsmen. The Descendants of John Skinner of Hartford, Connecticut," compiled by Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald (The Pioneer Press; Washington, D.C.), pp. 9-12: "Deacon Joseph Skinner (2) John (1) was born in 1643 married in Windsor, Conn., April 5, 1666, Mary, daughter of William and probably Elizabeth Filley, not Margaret as on p. 1. It is certain that William Filley left a widow Elizabeth. Mary was born in 1647 and died in Windsor, August 26, 1734. They settled in Windsor, removed to Simsbury, Conn., in 1670, and evidently came back to Windsor about 1690. He died, in Windsor, May 31, 1724. Children: -Mary(3) b. Windsor, Sept. 22, 1687, m. 1st Suffield, Conn., Nov. 19, 1685, Nathaniel Harmon, he b. Springfield, Mass., Mar. 13, 1654, d. 1730, m. 2d John Hanchett. -Elizabeth (3) b. Windsor, Jan. 25, 1669, m. 1st Windsor, June 5, 1690, John Grant. He b. Apr. 24, 1664, d. July 19, 1695. She m. 24 May 12, 1697, Capt. Joshua Willis, Jr. She d. Oct. 9, 1707. -Deacon Joseph (3) b. abt. 1671, in. 1st Windsor, Mar. 13, 1694, Mary, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Porter) Grant, b. Jan. 23, 1675, d. Windsor, Apr. 15, 1711, m. 2d Windsor, Aug. 21, 1718, Esther Drake, she d. Dec. 28, 1755. He d. Jan. 19, 1756. -Richard (3) m. Windsor, Dec. 25, 1702, Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Anna (Burnham) Gaines, b. 1681, d. Nov. 18, 1753. He d. June 20, 1758. -John (3) m. Sarah, dau. of John and Joanna Porter, d. Aug. 27, 1740, Colchester. -Thomas (3) b. Nov. 15, bp. Dec. 23, 1677, m. Windsor, July 19, 1703, Sarah. dau. of Samuel and Grace (Minor) Grant. Thomas not mentioned in father's will. -Anne (3) b. 1684, m. John Rockwell, b. May 31, 1671 or 73, d. Aug. 6, 1746; she d. April 1, 1756. -Isaac (3) b. Windsor, Aug. 16, 1691, in. Windsor, Dec. 5, 1716, Hannah, dau. of Capt Thomas and Deborah Moore; he d. Oct 31, 1762. Contemporary Records. From Manwaring, Digest of the Early Conn. Probate Records. Deacon Joseph Skinner, Windsor. Invt. of real estate, ₤-02-09. Taken June 30, 1724 by Matthew Allyn, Thomas Marshall, and Henry Allyn. Will dated 13 January, 1715-16. I, Joseph Skinner of Windsor, doe make this my last will and testament: I give unto Mary my wife the use and improvement of all my estate, both real and personal, for her subsistence during her natural life. I give to my eldest son Joseph, his heirs and assigns forever, besides what I have already given him, half of my meadow on the east side of the Great River in Windsor. Item. I give unto my son Richard the other half of my sd. meadow on the east side of the great River besides what I have already given him. I give unto my son Isaac my dwelling house and barn in Windsor, with the home lot on which it standeth, being about 4 acres of land given to me and my wife by our father William Filley, also about 4 acres of land at a place called Swamp Field. Also a paire of looms and tacklin which I have already given him to carry on his trade. It is to be understood that the abovesd. lands as they are given are to be injoyed by each of them from and after the death of my sd. wife now, and not before. And further, my will is that all my personal or moveable estate that remains after the death of sd. wife, my just debts and funeral expenses being paid, shall be divided as followeth: To my grandson John Grant, son of my daughter Elizabeth deceased, 20 shillings in money; the rest is be equally divided among my now surviving children or to their legal representatives, viz. Joseph, John and Richard, and Isaac Skinner, Mary Hammond and Ann Rockwell. Finally, I do make and ordain my son Joseph Skinner sole executor. Signed: Joseph Skinner. Witness: Matthew Allyn, Josiah Allyn. Court Record, pp. 52-4. August, 1724. Will exhibited by Joseph Skinner - Proven (vol. 2, p. 27). From Windsor land records. May 29, 1666. Joseph Skinner hath purchased of Tahan Grant 2 acres more or less; North on land that was Thomas Newel dec'd, South and West by John Moore senr, East by the common way. June 3, 1684. These may certify that the above specified parcel of land recorded to Joseph Skinner he stands possessed of in his own right and it may be confirmed to him according to law. Signed: Benjamin Newberry, Commissioner, Henry Wolcot, Register, Thomas Stoughton, Townsman (vol. 1, p. 188). April 3, 1683. Timothy Halls of Southfield, Ma to Joseph Skinner of Windsor land on East side of Great River in Windsor 10 rods broad at river and runs Easterly three miles; West on the Great River, East on the commons, North by George Phelps, and South on John Porter (vol. 2, p. 91). Mar. 27, 1705. Joseph Skinner senior of Windsor for valuable sum paid by Jonathan Filley of the same town to my son John Skinner of Colchester; Land In Windsor near Messengers Farm (vol. 3, p. 8). Jan. 9, 1707. Agreement about settlement of estate of William Filley of Windsor Between Samuel Filley and Joseph Skinner, senr of Windsor and Elizabeth Filley widow of said William and Samuel Filley to have 1/2 of estate (vol. 3. p. 85). Feb. 19, 1707-8. Joseph Skinner senr of Windsor to Jonathan Filley of same all interest in estate of William Filley under the foregoing agreement (vol. 3, p. 86). March 5, 1711-2. Joseph Skinner senior to son Joseph both of Windsor Land on East side of Conn. River "where he has built his house" (vol. 3. p. 144). March 5, 1711-2. Joseph Skinner senr to son Richard Skinner both of Windsor. Land on East side of Great River where he has built his house; West on highway, North on Joseph Phelps, South on land my sons bought of Hezekiah Porter, East on land I made over to my two sons, Joseph and Richard. Also 1/2 of land from foot of hill which I have given to my son Joseph to run West to the plain meadow known by the name of the Husk. The whole of the land is bounded North on Joseph Phelps, South on Hezekiah Porter, East on land I have given my son Joseph, West on my own land. Also 1/2 of land on East side of Country road besides what I have given him as above. The whole of the land bounded North on Joseph Phelps, South on lands my sons bought of Hezekiah Porter, West on land I have given my son Richard as above, East on the commons (vol. 3, p. 144). Oct. 17, 1728. Mary Skinner, widow of Deacon Joseph Skinner of Windsor dec'd, in consideration of twenty shillings per annum for life secured to me, quit claims to her son Isaac Skinner also of Windsor all interest in the homestead of said Deacon Joseph Skinner bounded East on country road, West on Josiah Moore, North on Thomas Allyn, South on Benoni Bissell, also 4 acres North on Country road, South on Hez. Parson, East on Josiah Filley, West on Jonathan Filley (vol. 5, p. 204)." Corrections. [KP note: even though the following note was attached by the compiler to the descendants of John2 (John 1), it also concerns the children Joseph2 (John1). In regards to Joseph, the compiler believed the wives of Joseph 3 were of Joseph son of John2; however, I am currently of the opinion that they pertain to Joseph son of Joseph 2 - more research is needed to confirm.] A study of the original records of Windsor, Conn., has convinced me that the early genealogists whose work has heretofore been widely accepted, fell into some errors concerning the marriages of the children of Corporal John2 Skinner (John1). There is credible evidence that: Deacon Joseph married 1st Dorothy Hosmer, 2nd Elizabeth Olmstead, and did not marry Mary Grant. Richard did not marry Sarah Gaines. She was the wife of Richard (3) Joseph (2). Thomas. Some doubt is thrown on the identity of his wife by the fact that Thomas (3), Joseph (2) married Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Grace Grant on July 19, 1705." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per group sheet of Israel Barlow Family Association, 801-298-3687, dated 24 Feb 1999 per Lloyd B. Carr, Genealogist, PO Box 89, Bountiful, Utah, 84011. | Filley, Mary (I1926)
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| 3162 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' - (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. - O.C.R.: a. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643. b. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff. Record.) c. Mary *. d. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669. e. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.) f. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658. g. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec. h. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5." [Note: I do not find her associated with the early Thomas Dibble of Windsor in the biographies of Windsor. Abraham Dybal must be of a different line than Miriam Dibble of this database who was the daughter of Thomas Dibble, the emigrant.] 2. "A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692," by James Savage, vol. 2, p. 46: "Dibble, Deeble, or Deble, Abraham, Boston, s. of John, by w. Lydia wh. was, perhaps, d. of William Teffe, or Tift, had John, b. 7 July 1648, rem. prob. to Haddam, was there May 1673, thence perhaps rem. to Suffield, and d. 31 Dec. 1690; had also Abraham, wh. d. 1676, aged 6 yrs. much elder Benjamin. wh. sw. alleg. to Mass. 30 Jan. 1679, but sett. at Simsbury; and perhaps other ch. certain. some ds. as Abigail, wh. m. 1 Feb. 1683, John Filley of Suffield; and Lydia, wh. m. Thomas Pixley. By future investigat. it may possib. be pro. that ano. Abraham than him of Boston was f. of these." | Dibble, Abigail (I2361)
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| 3163 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' - (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. - O.C.R.: A. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643. B. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff. Record.) C. Mary *. D. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669. E. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.) F. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658. G. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec. H. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5." [No Sacketts in the aforementioned Stiles book.] 2. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 6, p. 269, Article: "Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Westfield": "John Sackett, wife Deborah; chn. John, b. 3 Mar 1688; Abigail, b. 16 Oct 1690; Daniel, b. 14 Aug 1693; David, b. 7 Jul 1696; Benjamin, b. 30 Oct 1698; Deborah, b. 16 Nov 1701. Mrs. D. Sachett d. 20 Nov 1701. Mr. S. m. again, had several children d. 20 Dec 1745." | Sackett, John (I2356)
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| 3164 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' - (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. - O.C.R.: A. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643. B. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff. Record.) C. Mary *. D. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669. E. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.) F. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658. G. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec. H. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5." 2. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 5, p. 225, Article: "Record of Marriages and Births, in Windsor, CT.": "William Filly, (of Simsbury) and Margaret (his wife) were m. 2 Sep 1642; chil. Samuel, b. 24 Sep 1643; John, b. 15 Dec 1645; Mary, b. ___ ___; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar 1650; Abigal, b. 21 Aug 1658; Debroa, b. 21 Mar 1661; William, b. 7 Mar 1665." BIRTH: 1. Estimated age 21 at time of marriage at time of marriage in 1642. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per family group sheet archive record submitted by Dale Harmon Anderton,P.O. Box 1056, Twin Falls, Idaho. References: "Genealogical Dictionary, James Savage, Vol 2., Conn. Gen. Vol. 1". | Margaret (I1887)
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| 3165 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 276: "Zerubabel (son of Lt. Walter) Fyler (Filer), m. 27 May 1669, Experience (dau. John) Strong (O.C.R.); in 1677 rem. to Suff., but ret. to Windsor; owned Half-Way Cov't, Windsor Church 6 Mar 1679 (O.C.R.); he d. 2 Oct 1714; left a good est. Ch. (first 5 from O.C.R.; Sheldon's 'Doc Hist. Suff.' says he had 5 ch. b. Windsor, and 4 at Suff.): a. Thomas, b. 25 Jan, bp. 6 Mar 1669/70. b. Jane, b. 1, bp. 7 Jun 1671. c. Zerubabel, b. 31 Oct 1673; d. same yr. (O.C.R.) d. Zerubabel, b. 25 Dec 1674. e. John, b. 2, bp. 11 Mar 1676; rem. to Suffield; d. 10 Aug 1715. f. Samuel; d. 5 Jun 1680. g. Abigail (twin to Samuel), b. Suffield, 5 Jan [June?] 1680; d. 9 Jun 1680. h. Samuel, b. 26 Sep 1681, at Suffield; m.; res. Hebron; d. 13 Sep 1710; 4 ch.; est. ₤120; his wife Abigail d. 28 Jan 1709; their first ch. Abigail, b. 6 Feb 1703; m. her 2d cousin, Nath'l Higley. i. Stephen (Ens.), b. 27 Mar 1688; d. 21 Feb 1760, age 72. - W.O. j. Ebenezer, b. 2., d. 16 Dec 1690. k. Experience, b. 25 Dec 1691. m. Elizabeth, b. 2 Jun 1694." 2. The book "The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors," comp. by Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland, Oregon and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox, Massachusetts, 1899, p. 111: "Abigail Phelps, b. Windsor, CT, 3 Jun 1632, m. Samuel Filler. He resided in Hebron, where he d. 13 Sep 1710, and where his wife d. 28 Jan 1709, leaving one child, referred to in the will of her father, Lieut. Timothy Phelps. Child: Abigail (Filler), b. Hebron, Ct., before the death of grandfather, Lt. Timothy Phelps." 3. FHL book 929.273 L995m "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his Wife Harriet Wade Rice...," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 357-60: "EDWARD1 GRISWOLD, son of George Griswold and his first wife Dousubel (___) and half-brother of Matthew Griswold... [Children...] viii MARY GRISWOLD, bpt. Windsor 13 Oct 1644; d. 1690; m. 19 May 1661/2 TIMOTHY PHELPS, b. Windsor 1 Sept 1639; d. 1719, s/o William Phelps and his second wife, Mary Dover. Children (PHELPS): Timothy m. Martha Crow, d/o Christopher Crow and Mary Burr; Joseph m. Sarah Hosford; William m/1 Abigail Mudge, m/2 Ruth Barber, d/o Samuel Barber & Mary Coggens; Cornelius m. Sarah Mansfield; Mary d. in her teens; Samuel m. Abigail Eno, d/o James Eno and Abigail Bissell; Nathaniel m/1 Hannah Bissell, d/o Samuel Bissell & Abigail Holcomb, m/2 Abigail Pinney; Sarah m. David Marshall; Abigail m. Samuel Filer; Hannah m/1 Thomas Phelps, m/2 James3 Eno (James2,1); Ann m. David Porter, s/o John Porter & Joanna Gaylord; Martha m. Samuel Holcomb... (Edward Elbridge Salisbury & Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, Gen. & Biog. Monographs on the Fam. of Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, et.al.; pp: 10-13; Nash, Fifty Puritan Ancestors, pp. 102-5; Ruth Lee Griswold, Griswold Family, pp. 188-9; Richard A. Wheeler, History of Stonington, Conn., p. 537; Alvan Talcott, Families of Early Guilford, Conn., pp. 530-1; Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, The Griswold Family, The First Five Generations in America, p. 13 et seq.; Savage sv Edward, George, Francis, Joseph Griswold; Torrey sv Edward, George, John, Joseph, Francis Griswold; James Bemis.)" MARRIAGE: 1. From the book "The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records" for Hebron: "Abigail, (d. of Timothy, of Windsor*), m. Samu(ue)ll Filer, 19 Nov 1702. (*See Hartford Probate Files)." | Fyler or Filer, Samuel (I2130)
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| 3166 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 290: "Josiah (son of Jonathan) Gillett, of Simsbury, m. Johanna (Hannah, 'Col. Rec.') Taintor, 30 Jun 1676 (O.C.R.) 'by Mr John Allyn,' had the homestead at Windsor; contributed 2s6d to Conn. Fund for Relief of Poor in other Colonies, 1676. Children: A. Josias, b. 24 Nov 1678; bp. 1 Dec 1678. - O.C.R. B. Johanna, b. 28 Oct 1680; d. 11 Aug 1683. - 'Col. Rec.' C. Elizabeth, b. 16 Jan 1682/3. - 'Col. Rec.' D. Jonathan, b. 15 Oct 1685. - 'Col. Rec.' E. Mary, b. 8 Mar 1686/7. F. Dorothy, b. 15 Apr 1689. G. Samuel, b. 1 Oct 1690. H. Joseph, b. 3 Mar 1694/5. I. Mindwell, b. 4 Feb 1696. J. Aaron, b. 8 Mar 1698/9. K. Noah, b. 5 Dec 1701." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 706: "Johanna Taintor (dau. Micah of Branford, Conn.), bp. Apr 16 - ; m. 30 Jun 1676 'by Mr. John Allyn, Josiah Gillett of Windsor.' - Old Church Records. Micah (son of Micah of Branford, CT.), b. Oct 1652; m. as 1st wife, Mary (dau. of Thomas and Hannah) Loomis of Windsor, 3 Apr 1679 (O.C.R.); she d. 11 May 1695; he was a prominent man in Colchester, and prob. through his influence many Windsor people settled at Windsor; his son Micah, b. 6 Sep 1680 (O.C.R.); dau. Mary, b. 22 Sep 1685, m. Edw'd Moore of Windsor. - See 'Loomis Geneal.', ii., for descendants." 3. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Josiah Gillett born in Windsor, baptized there 14 July 1650, married JOANNA/Hannah TAINTOR 30 June 1676 by Mr. John Allyn in Windsor, died 29 Oct. 1736 in Colchester, CT. Joanna was born 29 Apr. 1657 in Branford, died 23 Jan. 1735/6 in Colchester, CT, a daughter of Michael & Elizabeth (Rose) Taintor of Branford, CT. In his father's will Josiah was instructed "to take care for the improvement of his mother's estate" and after her death "he shall enjoy for his own…my now dwelling house and all the appurtenances with it, with five acres of houselands & all other parcels of land, as are expressed to be his mother's for her use whilst she lives, only excepting the house & four acres of the household land to it, which my son Jeremy shall possess for his own after my wife's decease" and "the six acres in the second meadow I set out to him, he is to possess for his own at the present." About 1702 Josiah and his large family moved to Colchester where he became a prominent man in all affairs. [Jones, Nathan H., "The Ancestors of my Daughters" (1914), 120.] Josiah & Hannah had 11 children, all born in Windsor. [Gillette, Salmon C. & Rev. Henry C. Alvord, "Descendants of Jonathan Gillet of Dorchester, MA, & Windsor, CT" (NEH&GR, 1893), 47:168-169."]" 4. Article from the Gillette family file at the Windsor Historical Society by Gary Boyd Roberts entitled "Genealogies of Conn. families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register," vol. II, Baltimore, 1983, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., p. 44: "Josiah Gillett (son of Jonathan), of Windsor and Colchester, Conn., born in Windsor and bpatized her 14 July 1650, died in Colchester 29 Oct 1736. He married in Windsor, 30 Jun 1676 Joanna Taintor, born in April 1657, died in Colchester 23 Jan 1735, daughter of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. He moved to Colchester in 1702, being one of the first settlers. [Eleven children listed.]" 5. From the newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 10, no. 2, sourced family tree by Barbara Delgado, 1939 Republic Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, copy from the Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society: References: MJ5=Mary and John, vol. 5, no. 2. NEH=New England Hist. and Gene. Reg., vol. 100. Wivr=Windsor, CT. Vital Records. TAG=The American Genealogist, Vol. #. FC=The Gillett Family by Flora Clark. BA=Bertha Aldridge's Book. SH=Stiles History of Windsor, CT. GS=Gravestone. Suvr=Suffield, CT. Vital Records. Quote: "Josiah, b., ba. 14 Jul 1650 (Wivr as s/o of Jonathan) (Several Wivr) d. 29 Oct 1736 (NEH) Colchester, CT (NEH), m. 30 Jun 1676 (Wivr) Johana Tainter (Wivr), b. Apr 1657 (NEH), d. 23 Jan 1735 (NEH). Josiah removed to Colchester CT in 1702, being one of he first settlers (NEH). 6. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 7. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Jonathan; birth 28 Jun 1685, WIN638:16; father Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Josia; marriage to Hannah Taintor, 30 Jun 1676; WEL898:14. Gillet, Josia; marriage to Johana Taintor, 30 Jun 1676; CHS930:76. Gillet, Josia; marriage to Johana Taintor, 30 Jun 1676; CHS930:42. 2. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: "Gillett, Josiah (1650-1736) & Joanna Taintor (1657-1735); 30 Jun 1676; Branford, CT?/Windsor, CT." 3. From a booklet "Gillett," 1970, by Wilma Gillet Thomas, copy at the Windsor, CT, Historical Society. Within the booklet is a copy of a page entitled "Marriage Records Before 1699," pp. 98-99: "Gillett, Josiah and Johanna Taintor, 30 June 1676, Windsor, Conn." | Taintor, Joanna (I2230)
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| 3167 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 304: "John Grant, b. at Windsor 24 Apr 1664; m. 5 Jun 1690 with Elizabeth Skinner. He d. 19 Jul 1695; estate ₤223, 16s, according to inventory dated 13 Aug 1695. She m. (2) 12 May 1697 with Joshua Welles, Jr., of Windsor, and died 9 Oct 1707. The Court 3 May 1708 appointed Welles 'in right of his late wife, deceased,' as admin. of the estate of her former husband, John Grant, and gave to him her third of it." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892 (reprinted 1976), v. 2, p. 784: "Joshua [Wells (Welles, Willes, Willis, Wills)], no land recorded at Windsor; according to "Hinman," was at Windsor 1647; m. (1) "Joshua Welles and Azubty (or, in one entry, Azubath, prob. Azubah) Lamson m. by Capt. Newbury, 5 May 1670 (O.C.R.); 2. "Joshua Welles & Hannah (dau. Thos.) Buckland, m. 14 Aug 1681, by Capt. Newbury"... Children (by 1st marriage): [Lists Jonathan first then:] 2. Joshua, b. 10 Apl., 1672. [Lists 4 more children from second marriage: Hannah, John, Henry, and Jacob.] Joshua2 (Jr.) (Joshua1), m. (1) Elizabeth Skinner*, wid. John grant, 12 May, 1697; (2) Mary Danks, 19 May, 1709. [Lists 7 children b. 1698-1711.] *Six children of John grant chose Josua Willes, Jr., their father-in-law, to be their uardian in 1708; prob. their mother died." | Willes, Joshua (I2479)
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| 3168 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 304: "John Grant, b. at Windsor 24 Apr 1664; m. 5 Jun 1690 with Elizabeth Skinner. He d. 19 Jul 1695; estate ₤223, 16s, according to inventory dated 13 Aug 1695. She m. (2) 12 May 1697 with Joshua Welles, Jr., of Windsor, and died 9 Oct 1707. The Court 3 May 1708 appointed Welles 'in right of his late wife, deceased,' as admin. of the estate of her former husband, John Grant, and gave to him her third of it." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 687: "Joseph Skinner (son of John), m. 5 Apr 1666, Mary (dau. Wm.) Filley of Windsor (O.C.R.); bought land in Windsor 1666, west side of Broad St., abt. midway of which he was possessed 1684, and prob. res. there. There was an affirmative vote passed by the Windsor Church on his application to receive baptism on owning the cov't, 1679, as follows (O.C.R.): 'Feb. 16, (16)78 (79), Joseph Skinner having never been baptized, desired that he might be baptized, and ye Church granted it, so (i.e. on condition that) he would be tried (examined) concerning his knowledge and blameless life, and own ye Ch. Cov't, and come under dissipline to be owned as a (church) member, and so any others might come in, in like manner, man or womankind. On ye 2 of March there was none that lay any blame on him in point of his conversation, so he owned ye Ch. Cov't and was baptized.' His wife d. 13 Apr 1711 (East Windsor Church Records); resided East Windsor. Children: A. Mary, b. 22 Sep 1667. - O.C.R. B. John, who d. 1704. - 'Loomis Geneal.' [Kerry's note: this appears to be a misprint of 1740 for death date - confirm from Loomis book.] C. Elizabeth, b. 23 Jun 1669. - O.C.R. D. Joseph, b. (prob.) about 1673. E. Isaac, b. 16 Aug 1691. F. Thomas, s. Joseph, bp. 23 Dec 1677. - O.C.R." 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892 (reprinted 1976), v. 2, p. 784: "Joshua [Wells (Welles, Willes, Willis, Wills)], no land recorded at Windsor; according to "Hinman," was at Windsor 1647; m. (1) "Joshua Welles and Azubty (or, in one entry, Azubath, prob. Azubah) Lamson m. by Capt. Newbury, 5 May 1670 (O.C.R.); 2. "Joshua Welles & Hannah (dau. Thos.) Buckland, m. 14 Aug 1681, by Capt. Newbury"... Children (by 1st marriage): [Lists Jonathan first then:] 2. Joshua, b. 10 Apl., 1672. [Lists 4 more children from second marriage: Hannah, John, Henry, and Jacob.] Joshua2 (Jr.) (Joshua1), m. (1) Elizabeth Skinner*, wid. John grant, 12 May, 1697; (2) Mary Danks, 19 May, 1709. [Lists 7 children b. 1698-1711.] *Six children of John grant chose Josua Willes, Jr., their father-in-law, to be their uardian in 1708; prob. their mother died." 4. FHL publication "The Skinner Kinsmen. The Descendants of John Skinner of Hartford, Connecticut," compiled by Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald (The Pioneer Press; Washington, D.C.), pp. 9-12: "Deacon Joseph Skinner (2) John (1) was born in 1643 married in Windsor, Conn., April 5, 1666, Mary, daughter of William and probably Elizabeth Filley, not Margaret as on p. 1. It is certain that William Filley left a widow Elizabeth. Mary was born in 1647 and died in Windsor, August 26, 1734. They settled in Windsor, removed to Simsbury, Conn., in 1670, and evidently came back to Windsor about 1690. He died, in Windsor, May 31, 1724. Children: -Mary(3) b. Windsor, Sept. 22, 1687, m. 1st Suffield, Conn., Nov. 19, 1685, Nathaniel Harmon, he b. Springfield, Mass., Mar. 13, 1654, d. 1730, m. 2d John Hanchett. -Elizabeth (3) b. Windsor, Jan. 25, 1669, m. 1st Windsor, June 5, 1690, John Grant. He b. Apr. 24, 1664, d. July 19, 1695. She m. 24 May 12, 1697, Capt. Joshua Willis, Jr. She d. Oct. 9, 1707. -Deacon Joseph (3) b. abt. 1671, in. 1st Windsor, Mar. 13, 1694, Mary, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Porter) Grant, b. Jan. 23, 1675, d. Windsor, Apr. 15, 1711, m. 2d Windsor, Aug. 21, 1718, Esther Drake, she d. Dec. 28, 1755. He d. Jan. 19, 1756. -Richard (3) m. Windsor, Dec. 25, 1702, Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Anna (Burnham) Gaines, b. 1681, d. Nov. 18, 1753. He d. June 20, 1758. -John (3) m. Sarah, dau. of John and Joanna Porter, d. Aug. 27, 1740, Colchester. -Thomas (3) b. Nov. 15, bp. Dec. 23, 1677, m. Windsor, July 19, 1703, Sarah. dau. of Samuel and Grace (Minor) Grant. Thomas not mentioned in father's will. -Anne (3) b. 1684, m. John Rockwell, b. May 31, 1671 or 73, d. Aug. 6, 1746; she d. April 1, 1756. -Isaac (3) b. Windsor, Aug. 16, 1691, in. Windsor, Dec. 5, 1716, Hannah, dau. of Capt Thomas and Deborah Moore; he d. Oct 31, 1762. CONTEMPORARY Records . From Manwaring, Digest of the Early Conn. Probate Records. Deacon Joseph Skinner, Windsor. Invt. of real estate, ₤-02-09. Taken June 30, 1724 by Matthew Allyn, Thomas Marshall, and Henry Allyn. Will dated 13 January, 1715-16. I, Joseph Skinner of Windsor, doe make this my last will and testament: I give unto Mary my wife the use and improvement of all my estate, both real and personal, for her subsistence during her natural life. I give to my eldest son Joseph, his heirs and assigns forever, besides what I have already given him, half of my meadow on the east side of the Great River in Windsor. Item. I give unto my son Richard the other half of my sd. meadow on the east side of the great River besides what I have already given him. I give unto my son Isaac my dwelling house and barn in Windsor, with the home lot on which it standeth, being about 4 acres of land given to me and my wife by our father William Filley, also about 4 acres of land at a place called Swamp Field. Also a paire of looms and tacklin which I have already given him to carry on his trade. It is to be understood that the abovesd. lands as they are given are to be injoyed by each of them from and after the death of my sd. wife now, and not before. And further, my will is that all my personal or moveable estate that remains after the death of sd. wife, my just debts and funeral expenses being paid, shall be divided as followeth: To my grandson John Grant, son of my daughter Elizabeth deceased, 20 shillings in money; the rest is be equally divided among my now surviving children or to their legal representatives, viz. Joseph, John and Richard, and Isaac Skinner, Mary Hammond and Ann Rockwell. Finally, I do make and ordain my son Joseph Skinner sole executor. Signed: Joseph Skinner. Witness: Matthew Allyn, Josiah Allyn. Court Record, pp. 52-4. August, 1724. Will exhibited by Joseph Skinner - Proven (vol. 2, p. 27). From Windsor land records. May 29, 1666. Joseph Skinner hath purchased of Tahan Grant 2 acres more or less; North on land that was Thomas Newel dec'd, South and West by John Moore senr, East by the common way. June 3, 1684. These may certify that the above specified parcel of land recorded to Joseph Skinner he stands possessed of in his own right and it may be confirmed to him according to law. Signed: Benjamin Newberry, Commissioner, Henry Wolcot, Register, Thomas Stoughton, Townsman (vol. 1, p. 188). April 3, 1683. Timothy Halls of Southfield, Ma to Joseph Skinner of Windsor land on East side of Great River in Windsor 10 rods broad at river and runs Easterly three miles; West on the Great River, East on the commons, North by George Phelps, and South on John Porter (vol. 2, p. 91). Mar. 27, 1705. Joseph Skinner senior of Windsor for valuable sum paid by Jonathan Filley of the same town to my son John Skinner of Colchester; Land In Windsor near Messengers Farm (vol. 3, p. 8). Jan. 9, 1707. Agreement about settlement of estate of William Filley of Windsor Between Samuel Filley and Joseph Skinner, senr of Windsor and Elizabeth Filley widow of said William and Samuel Filley to have 1/2 of estate (vol. 3. p. 85). Feb. 19, 1707-8. Joseph Skinner senr of Windsor to Jonathan Filley of same all interest in estate of William Filley under the foregoing agreement (vol. 3, p. 86). March 5, 1711-2. Joseph Skinner senior to son Joseph both of Windsor Land on East side of Conn. River "where he has built his house" (vol. 3. p. 144). March 5, 1711-2. Joseph Skinner senr to son Richard Skinner both of Windsor. Land on East side of Great River where he has built his house; West on highway, North on Joseph Phelps, South on land my sons bought of Hezekiah Porter, East on land I made over to my two sons, Joseph and Richard. Also 1/2 of land from foot of hill which I have given to my son Joseph to run West to the plain meadow known by the name of the Husk. The whole of the land is bounded North on Joseph Phelps, South on Hezekiah Porter, East on land I have given my son Joseph, West on my own land. Also 1/2 of land on East side of Country road besides what I have given him as above. The whole of the land bounded North on Joseph Phelps, South on lands my sons bought of Hezekiah Porter, West on land I have given my son Richard as above, East on the commons (vol. 3, p. 144). Oct. 17, 1728. Mary Skinner, widow of Deacon Joseph Skinner of Windsor dec'd, in consideration of twenty shillings per annum for life secured to me, quit claims to her son Isaac Skinner also of Windsor all interest in the homestead of said Deacon Joseph Skinner bounded East on country road, West on Josiah Moore, North on Thomas Allyn, South on Benoni Bissell, also 4 acres North on Country road, South on Hez. Parson, East on Josiah Filley, West on Jonathan Filley (vol..5, p. 204)." CORRECTIONS. [KP note: even though the following note was attached by the compiler to the descendants of John2 (John 1), it also concerns the children Joseph2 (John1). In regards to Joseph, the compiler believed the wives of Joseph 3 were of Joseph son of John2; however, I am currently of the opinion that the pertain to Joseph son of Joseph 2 - more research is needed to confirm.] A study of the original records of Windsor, Conn., has convinced me that the early genealogists whose work has heretofore been widely accepted, fell into some errors concerning the marriages of the children of Corporal John2 Skinner (John1). There is credible evidence that: Deacon Joseph married 1st Dorothy Hosmer, 2nd Elizabeth Olmstead, and did not marry Mary Grant. Richard did not marry Sarah Gaines. She was the wife of Richard (3) Joseph (2). Thomas. Some doubt is thrown on the identity of his wife by the fact that Thomas (3), Joseph (2) married Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Grace Grant on July 19, 1705." | Skinner, Elizabeth (I2335)
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| 3169 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 346: "John Griffin had no lands recorded at Windsor and could hardly have owned a house there; in 1648 was engaged in manufacturing tar, and his candlewood, etc., being burned by an Indian who was unable to pay the dmage, his friends transferred to Griffin the land at Massaco (Simsbury), which he transferred to the town, and afterwards became a settler there (freeman there in 1669). He first appears iat Windsor 13 May 1647 when he m. Anna (prob. sister of and resided near John) Bancroft. At the time of John Drake, Sen'r's death, 1659, Griffin either resided in the Henry Stiles house, north of that of Wm. Gaylord, Jr., dec'd, or that of Francis Stiles, south of Gaylord's. 6 Sep 1655, Wm. Hayden makes complaint of the rioutus conduct of John Griffin, John Bancroft, and Jacob Drake in his family, thereby frightening his wife - Griffin seming to have been the chief offender, as he only was fined ₤20, the others as well as he bound over in ₤20 each for good behaviour until the next Court ('Rec. Part. Ct., Sec. state's Ofice'). (Wm. Hayden's wife d. 17 Jul 1655; it may be in consequence of this fright.) In 1663 he was granted by the General Court 200 acres of land at Massacoe, in consideration 'that he was the first that perfected the art of making pitch and tar in these parts.' In 1673, with Simon Wolcott, was ordered to command the trainband. Children (Old Church Records): A. Hannah, b. 4 Jul 1649. B. Mary, b. 1 Mar 1651. C. Sarah, b. 25 Dec 1654. D. John b. 20 Oct 1656. E. Thomas, b. 3 Oct 1658. F. Abigail, b. 12 Nov 1660. G. Mindwell, b. 11 Feb 1662. H. Ruth, b. 21 Jan 1665. I. Ephraim, b. 1 Mar 1668/9. J. Nathaniel, b. 31 May 1673." 2. The following is from Norb Bankert's web site; his e-mail is norb@dreamscape.com: "Sergt. John Griffin, born Abt. 1609 in Wales; died Aug 1681 in Simsbury, CT. He married Anna Bancroft 13 May 1647. Anna Bancroft, died Aft. 1680. She was the daughter of John Bancroft and Jane. John and his brother Edward (b. abt. 1601/2) were of Welsh descent, born in Wales, son of John and Ann (Langford) Griffin, she of Bigander, who were also the parents of Ann, Joan, Catharine and Margaret, all married in 1613. Employed as sailors for Capt. Claiborne, the Secretary of the Virginia colony. John and his brother, Edward, came to America in 1635 aboard the "Constance." While in the Chesapeake Bay, Lord Baltimore of Maryland seized the islands of Kent and Palmer and the brothers fled, Edward to New Amsterdam and John to New Haven where he appears in 1642. In January of 1643 he is fined a few pence, with others, for not having his arms in shape in the New Haven Militia. In 1646 John is still found in New Haven as a sailor and testifies to the General Court concerning the loss of a boat in New Haven. In 1647 He is married to Anna Bancroft in Windsor. John Griffin had joined with Michael Humphrey in the manufacture of tar and turpentine in the pine forest of Massaco and Salmon Brook. The tar, used by the British Navy and in the building of ships, promised fortunes for both. About 1646, the tar kilns of John Griffin were set afire by Indians. Somehow, John found that the name of the Indian responsible was Manahannoose, a local Algonquin, who had grown frustrated with the encroachment of the English. Manahannoose was captured, and, taking advantage of a new law, was ordered to be a servant of the plaintiff or shipped off in return for enslaved Africans or to pay Đ100. In order to prevent this from happening, Manahannoose's village deeded the area of Windsor knows as Massaco to John Griffin with the exception of two acres. Although it was technically illegal for John to accept this deed, he probably looked at it as a promising business venture and took advantage of it. Thirteen years later, John turned his deed over to the colony. At that time, in recognition of his being the first to manufacture tar and pitch in the region, John was given a grant for 200 acres of his choice "north of the falls." It would probably be safe to assume that before John presented the Massaco deed to the colony, he had probably taken all he wanted from the Massaco pine forests. The "Griffin's Lordship," as it came to be called, was given as recognition of John's work in wrestling all of Massaco from the natives and in beginning a profitable manufacturing operation in those parts. John is considered to be the first settler of Simsbury and Granby. John, along with Simon Wolcott, was made a leader of the train band in 1673 and represented Simsbury in the General Assembly from 1670-1674. A prominent and successful businessman and pioneer, John's involvement in the community was not confined to just politics and business. In 1655 we find that John is fined Đ20 on a complaint by William Hayden of the riotous conduct of John Griffin, John Bancroft, and Jacob Drake." 3. Website 1 Jan 2008 http://kinnexions.com/ancestries/griffin.htm#JGriffin: "The Griffin family in America. John and Anna (Bancroft) Griffin: John GRIFFIN - b. 1608-9, Wales; d. Aug., 1681, Simsbury, CT. Son of John GRIFFIN and Ann LANGFORD. John sailed from England on August 24, 1635 aboard the Constance enroute to Virginia. In June 1638, when Lord BALTIMORE of Maryland ordered an attack of the Viriginia Islands of Kent and Palmer, which were under the protection of Capt. CALIBORNE, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia, John escaped by ship and left Virginia. John's name first appears on New Haven, CT records in 1642, and was enrolled in the militia. On Jan. 4, 1643, he was fined a few pence for not having his arms in shape. John took the Oath of Fidelity at New Haven on Jul. 1, 1644. He removed to Windsor, marrying there and appearing in the Windsor records in Aug. 1659. John and Anna were among the first settlers from Windsor to remove to Simsbury, where he was a representative for some years. His estate inventory of Aug. 23, 1681 included about 3 square miles of land, or about 1920 acres. Married May 13, 1647, Windsor, CT. Anna Bancroft - b. 1627, England. Daughter of John Bancroft and Jane. Children of John and Anna Griffin: Hannah - b. Jul. 4, 1649, Windsor, CT. Her first husband, whom she married May 10, 1667, died in 1669 at age 23. Hannah married second John HUMPHREY, son of Michael. Mary - b. Mar. 1, 1651, Windsor, CT. There is no evidence that Mary married David WINCHELL Sarah - b. Dec. 25, 1654, Windsor, CT; d. 1685-1699, Windsor, CT. Married on Oct. 29, 1676 at Windsor, CT, Elias Gillett (bap. Jul 1, 1649, Windsor, CT), son of Nathan. Elias married second by 1700 Rebecah Kelsey, daughter of Marke and Rebecca (HOSKINS) Kelsey, and widow of Nathaniel MESSEngER. Children of Sarah and Elias: Sarah; Nathan; Hannah; and Ephraim. Daughter of Elias and Rebecca: Mary. John - b. Oct. 20, 1656, Windsor, CT. Married Oct. 7, 1708, Mary, whose surname has been given as BACON. Children: Thomas died in infancy; Mary married Jehiel MESSEngER; Ruth died soon; Ruth married Consider HOLCOMB, son of Capt. Thomas and Elizabeth (TERRY) HOLCOMB; Abagail married John Thomas; Hannah married Hosea WILKENSON; and possibly John. Thomas - b. Oct. 3, 1658, Windsor, CT; d. 1719. Married in 1693 Elizabeth WELTON (b. about 1660; d. Sep. 28, 1722). Children: Hannah did not marry; Thomas did not marry; Mary married Joshua HOLCOMB III; John died in infancy; John married Eleanor HOLCOMB; Nathaniel married his cousin Elizabeth GRIFFIN; Stephen probably married Mary DeLACY; Eunice married John SCOTT; and Benoni married brother Stephen's widow. Abigail - b. Nov. 12, 1660, Windsor, CT. On Mar. 27, 1682, she married Richard SEGAR. Mindwell - b. Feb. 11, 1662, Windsor, CT. Married about 1691 Samuel WillCOXSON (b. Apr. 15, 1666, Windsor, CT; d. Sep. 13, 1713, Simsbury, CT), son of Sgt. Samuel and Hannah (RICE) WillCOXSON. Children: Hannah married Thomas MORTON; Samuel; John married Sarah NORTH; Joseph married first Elizabeth HOLCOMB, and second Mary Buttolph; Mindwell married Philip LOOMIS, Jr.; and Ephraim married Hannah Hill. Ruth - b. Jan. 21, 1665, Windsor, CT; d. May 27 or Aug. 25, 1719. Unmarried. Ephraim - b. Mar. or May 1, 1668, Windsor, CT; d. Sep. 20, 1725. Married Dec. 9, 1707 Elizabeth Adams. Children: Elizabeth married her cousin Nathaniel GRIFFIN; Anna married Ebenezer LOOMIS; Ephraim married Elizabeth TERRY; Silence; and Phoebe married Solomon TERRY. Nathaniel - b. May 31, 1673, Windsor, CT; d. Feb. 23, 1712/3. Married Mar. 14, 1711/2 Alice WELTON. Daughter: Alice married William James." 4. From the 17 Feb 2007 Worldconnect site of Skip Patnode A. "Sergeant John Griffin was born in Wales in 1608 or 1609, the son of John Griffin and Anna Langford Griffin. Sgt. John (he was a Naval Officer) emigrated from Wales to America 24 Oct. 1635. His older brother Edward came with him. John Griffin was in the employ of Capt. Claiborne, the Secretary of the Virginia Colony. John owned three square miles of land (1,920 acres) of land in Virginia. John worked with the Indians of Virginia. John spoke English and Welsh, and record has it he was able to converse with the Indians. John and Edward were on a ship that was captured by the French. John escaped and went north to Connecticut, Edward's fate is not known. John married in Windsor, CT to Hannah Bancroft and they lived in Simsbury, CT. (Connecticut State Historical Society and Library at Simsbury, CT)(gathered by Shirley Martin)" B. "Born in Wales. Sergeant John Griffin, a Navel officer, emigrated to America in 1635 along with his older brother, Edward. John sailed from England, August 24 aboard the CONSTANCE en route to Virgini & He was in the employ of Capt. Claiborne, the Secretary of the Virginia Colonies. He owned three square miles of land (1, 920 acres) in Virginia. He worked with the Indians of Virginia. He could speak English and Welsh, and record has it that he was able to converse with the Indians also. In June, 1638 when Lord Baltimore of Maryland ordered an attack on the Virginia Islands of Kent and Palmer, John and Edward were on a ship that was captured by the French. They escaped by ship and left Virginia. John went to Connecticut and his brother, Edward went to New York. John's name appears in New Haven CT records in 1642 when he was enrolled in the militia. In 1643 he was fined a few pence for not having his arms in shape. He took the oath of fidelity at New Haven on July 1, 1644. He removed to Windsor, marrying there in 1647 Anna Bancroft of Windsor, and appearing in the Windsor records in August, 1659. John and Anna (Bancroft) were among the first settlers from Windsor to move to Simsbury where he was a representative for some years. Simsbury; CT (Indian name, Massaco) was settled about 1647.The first Indian deed was given to John Griffin, 1648, Recorded in the town of Windsor. The shipping industry had a great need for tar and pitch for the ships. John having been on ships realized this, and having located a great source of pine trees began to manufacture tar and pitch. He had joined with Michaiel Humphry in the manufacture of tar and turpentine in the pine forest of Massaco and Salmon Brook. The tar, used by the British Navy promised fortunes for both of them. About 1646, the tar works of John Griffin were set afire by Indians Somehow John found out that the name of the Indian responsible was Manahannoose, a local Algonquin who was tired of English encroachment. Manahannoose was captured, and according to a new law was ordered to be a servant of Mr. Griffin, or shipped off in return for enslaved Africans, or to pay 100 Pounds. To prevent this from happening his village deeded the area of Windsor known as Massaco to John Griffin. Although technically illegal for John to accept this deed, he probably looked at it as a promising business venture and took advantage of it. Thirteen years later, (probably after removing the tar and pitch) John turned his deed over to the colony. In 1663 a grant of 200 acres was made to John Griffin in consideration for taking the land from the Indians and "that he was the first that perfected the art of making pitch and tar in those parts - The land was to be taken up where he can find it between Massaco and Waranoake, whereof there may be forty acres of meadow, if it be there to be had, and be not prejudicial to a plantation, and not granted." This was later known as "Griffin's Lordship or Griffins Hardship" John Griffin is considered to be the first settler of Simsbury and Granby. Re represented Simsbury in the General Assembly from 1670-74. He was a prominent and successful businessman and pioneer, but that was not all. He also had a lighter side. In 1655 he was fined 20 pounds on a complaint of "riotous conduct of John Griffin, John Bancroft and Jacob Drake." His estate inventory of August 23, 1681 included about three square miles of land, or about 1920 acres. (Ths information was copied for Ella Griffin Spooner who was seeking information to enable her to join DAR.) Facts also taken from Family TREE MAKER, ancestors of Lyda Carrington Payne and Ancestors of Mary Frances. More information came from Kathy Griffin Hughes." C. "Background: This article appeared in the Farmington Valley Herald on Thursday, July 18, 1935: At the town's observance of the State Tercentenary on last June 21st Mrs. Raymond Case read a very interesting paper on the early history of the town and concluded with a poem contributed by Mrs. Ned E. Kendall. The poem was written by a former resident, who in 1895 was living in Brockton, Mass. The poem was directed to William A. Allen. Mrs. Case is a direct descendant of two of the original families in Granby. Picture with me today if you can, our town as it originally lay, nearly three hundred years ago. The Indian name for the territoy was Massacoe, and a gentle tribe of Indians lived here. It extended from Farmington north to the town of Southwick, and from Windsor west to the wilderness. The first settler was John Griffin, who came from England to Virginia. We next hear of him in New Haven, and then in Windsor where he came to manufacture tar, pitch, turpentine and candlewood from the many pine trees. Candlewood consisted of dry pine knots strongly saturated with pitch and split into sizes convenient for use, and used almost universally for light. The turpentine business was carried on more or less in the town for over a hundred years. In 1648 one of the Massacoe Indians set fire to a large quantity of Griffin's tar and turpentine. He was arrested, tried at Windsor and fined 3,000 feet of wampum. Being unable to pay his fine he was turned over to Mr. Griffin. To obtain his freedom the Massacoe-Indians deeded all the lands at Massacoe to Mr. Griffin. This Indian deed was relinquished by Griffin and the general court made grants to several persons. Griffin was granted two hundred acres north of the Falls, because of his first to perfect the making of tar and turpentine. Later he was given a grant of land one and one-half miles square, in consideratiuon of his giving up his Indian deeds. This together with what he already had, was known as Griffin's Lordship. Griffin did not move from Windsor until nearly twenty years after this, when he is supposed to have built the first house at the Falls, now East Granby, about a mile north of Tariffville. In partnership with him was Michael Humphrey, whose descendants live in Simsbury and Canton. These men played an important part in the early history of our town. John Griffin left ten Childre at the time of his death, and from these no doubt have comer most of the families by that name in this vicinity. One of Mr. Griffin's daughters married John Humphrey, son of his partner in business. It is thought there were very few other families here for the next five years, and these must have been near Mr. Griffin at the Falls. The following names are given as settle inhabitants of the town at this time: Thomas Barber, John Case, Samuel Filley, John Griffin, Michael Humphrey, Joshua Holcomb, Thomas Maskill, Luke Hill, Samuel Pinney, Joseph Phelps, John Pettibone, Joseph Skinner and Peter Buell. John Case in this same year was appointed constable for Massacoe, the first office held by any of its inhabitants. In 1670 the name of the town was changed to Simsbury. One of the prominent men of the colony was Simon Wolcot. He was one of the committee to divide the land at Massacoe. He was fequently called "Sim" and it seems proabable that the town might have been named in his honor. For eleven years the town grew very slowly because of the Indian attacks from the north. In 1675 the Indians became most unfriendly, and the settlers were told to abandon the town. They fled to Windsor and Hartford on a Sunday. In the Spring of 1676, the Indians burned the settlement. Forty dwellings were destroyed, besides provisions, fences, farm tools and nearly all the people possessed. The next Spring with such courage as it is hard for us to comprehend, many of them returned and rebuilt their homes. The first house built at Salmon Brook was probably near the present site of the Community House. Below the hill and at the south end of the street was a block house where the people fled when word came the Indians were about. Near here was the home of Daniel Hayes, whose story of his capture by the Indians is so familiar. His father was George Hayes, a Scotchman who came from Windsor and settled in Granby. In the sixth generatin he was an ancestor of President Hayes. A brother, Samuel Hayes, married and settled at Bushy Hill. A granddaughter of George Hayes married Rene Cossettee. One of their descendants built the North Granby library as a memorial to his ancestors. In 1710 Dr. John Viets, a German physician, came from New York and settled at the Falls. He left two sons and a daughter at his death, and their descendants are found in Granby, East Granby and many in the West. The daughter married John Hoskins of Windsor, a name still connected with the present town of Simsbury. A son of Dr. John Viets, also called John, was the first keeper of Newgate Prison and is buried north of the prison. He brought up a family of ten children. Two were fitted for college and one graduated from Yale. Early settlers of Simsbury include such names as Humphrey, Holcomb, Hoskins, Pettibone, Griffin, Gillett, Case, Hayes, Higley and Smith. Families were large and marriages were frequent, so we find nearly all families by these names related. It was not uncommon for cousins to marry. In the western paart of the town there were twenty-seven families by the name of Higley, and one section of the town was named "Higleyville." Today we do not find even one person in this section of the town by the name of Higley. However, there are still descendants of the Higleys here. Joseph Mills, Richard Case, Samuel Barber and Isaac Messenger, all living near each other, and within the limits of the present town of Granby, had forty sons, of whom thirty-nine grew to manhood. It seems extraordinary that such a large portion of the children lived to become heads of families, but accounts for the rapid growth of the town in spite of difficulties. An incident in the family life of Abner and Sarah Viets, who lived in East Granby, near Newgate, shows the humor and pluck which existed at this time. Sarah was sick and not expected to live. A clever girl, Abiah Phelps, was helping and taking care of the children. Abner was sitting near the sick bed, when his wife said to him: "Abner, what are you going to do when I am gone, you will be getting married again, I suppose." Abner, after a moment of quite, replied: "I don't know, Abiah here is a good hand to take care of children." Thereupon, Sarah sprang up in bed and with great determination said: "Abiah Phelps shall never take care of my children" and immediately dressed herself and went about her housework. It has not been possible for me to trace all of the descendants of our first settlers, but the poem I will now read, will I am sure, recall your minds to familiar names and faces. It is contributed by Mrs. Ned Kendall, and was written by and old townsman, N. P. Pratt of Brockton, Mass.... I am not going to transcribe the poem at this time, as it probably is not of any interest to most of you. The poem is titled "North Granby - 1895" 5. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 5, p. 227, article "Records of Windsor": "John Griffin, (Simsbury) m. Anna Bancroft, 13 May 1647; chil. Hanna, b. 4 Jul 1649; Mary, b. 1 Mar 1651; Sarah, b. 25 Dec 1654; John, b. 20 Oct 1656; Thomas, b. 3 Oct 1658; Abigaill, b. 12 Nov 1660; Mindwel, b. 11 Feb 1662; Ruth, b. 21 Jan 1665; Ephraim, b. 1 Mar 1668; Nathaniel, b. 31 May 1673." 6. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 15, p. 145, article "Passengers to Virginia": "John Griffin" is listed in the passenger manifest as noted "24e Octobris 1635. Aboard the Constance Clement Campion Mr. bound to Virginea." 7. "New England Historic Genealogical Society" website for the publication "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," 1904, Manwaring: V. 1, p. 153: John Griffin listed as a witness in the John Styles 14 Sep 1662. V. 1, p. 313, refers to original record page 64: "Griffin, John, Simsbury. Invt. ₤125-05-09. Taken 23 August, 1681, by John Case and Samuel Willcoxson. The children: John 25 years, Thomas 23, Ephraim 12, nathoaniel 9, Hannah 31, Mary 27, Sarah 26, Abigail 21, Ruth 16, Mindwell 19. Court Record, Page 44 - 1st Sep, 1681: Invt. exhibited. This Court grant Adms. on the Estate to Hannah Griffin, the Widow, and her two sons, John and Thomas Griffin. Page 69 - (Vol V) 4 Apr 1694: An Account of the Wastage of John Griffin's Estate being brought into this court, amounting to ₤125-05-09, which this Court. Dist: To the Eldest son a double portion, viz, ₤22-15-06; and equal portions, viz ₤11-07-09, to each of the other nine children. And whereas the Town of Simsbury granted to the Widow of sd. John Griffin a piece of Upland of about 4 acres near John Terrie's Land, and 12 acres under the Mountain, which, by the sd. Widow's mind declared, and consent of the Rest of the children, the sd. Land should belong equally to Ephraim and Nathaniel Griffin, This Court doth approve thereof, and doe order Mr. John Higley, John Slater and Peter Bewill to make a Partition of the estate accordingly." 8. The book "Dorset Pilgrims," 1989: pp. 154-5: "More important were the forest products. The indigenous oak, elm, hickory and walnut provided timber for houses, fencing and barrels, sumac dyes for tanning and yellow pine and candlewood provided resins for the pitch, tar and turpentine used in ship and house building. Distilling pitch and tar and extracting turpentine was a process pioneered by two Windsor men, Michael Humphrey and John Griffin. They had trouble with the Indians who 'burned up their tar and turpentine and [destroyed] their tools and instruments to the value of a hundred pounds or more; and with their Windsor neighbours who complained 'about the burning of tar in or near unto the Town to their offence and prejudice'. But Griffin was eventually granted 200 acres by a grateful court for establishing the process." pp. 232-5: "The Tunxis was Windsor's hinterland and as early as 1642 the General Court had invited the Governor and his deputy to allocate lands at Massaco to Windsor people; but no Indian title was acquired and no grants made. It was left to Michael Humphrey and John Griffen six years later to take the first initiative by acquiring rights to Massaco's pine forests for their tar and turpentine enterprise. In 1648 a Windsor Indian was convicted of setting fire to Griffen's stocks of tar. The Indian's friends at Massaco redeemed him from a heavy fine and imprisonment by granting Griffen extensive land rights there, known as 'Griffen's Lordship'. In the same year, perhaps prompted by this, the General Court decided to buy Massaco for the colony for subsequent sale to Windsor people. Five years later the first allotments were made … The first permanent settler was John Griffen who was living there as early as 1663 at work on his turpentine business. Meanwhile the General Court regularized the situation by getting Indian confirmation of title and, in 1663, persuading Griffen to exchange his rights for a grant of 200 acres, ostensibly in token of his pioneer work in tar and turpentine. This legitimized the activity of the court's committee which by 1660 had already made grants to some nine Windsor individuals. In 1663 when the committee was revamped to consist of Benjamin Newberry, Edward Griswold and John Moore, to be joined later by Simon Wolcott, it was responsible for laying out the remaining undivided lands … In a February thaw in 1666 [three committee members measured upland lots] … These they allocated to fellow committee members Wolcott, Moore and Griswold and to the Bissells, all in the category of preferential shareholders … Michael Humphrey and John Griffen may have gone upriver to exploit the Massaco pine forests but they had also been the first explosive protesters against a church which would not admit them to communion, and in that first group of Massaco settlers over a dozen family heads belonged tot eh Woodbridge party who seceded to form the second Windsor church … In May 1670 [Massaco] was recognized as an independent township, renamed Simsbury … and two years later Wolcott and Griffin were appointed to organize a trainband." 9. “The American Genealogist,” 24 [1948]:50-51, “David2 Winchell (Robert1) of Suffield, Conn.,” by Mrs. Albert H. Chase of Norwich, Conn., has the following showing that this couple's daughter Mary Griffin did not marry David Winchell: “David Winchell had but one wife, Elizabeth Filley, whom he married 17 November 1669, the mother of his children. Several authorities have given him a second wife, Mary Griffin, the daughter of John1 Griffin, who was born 1 March 1651. Among these are the Register of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut (1941) and The Winchell Genealogy. Let us first examine the Register: Page 909, David Winchell, m. Windsor, 1 May 1672, Mary Griffin b. Windsor 1 Mar. 1651, d. 23 June 1728. Page 315, Samuel Wilson, m. Windsor, 1 May 1672, Mary Griffin b. Windsor 1 Mar. 1651, d. 23 June 1728. It is obvious that Mary Griffin could not have married both David Winchell and Samuel Wilson the same day. The Register gives a daughter, Martha Winchell, born at Suffield about 1678, daughter of David and Mary (Griffin) Winchell. Martha's birth is not recorded on the Suffield Vital Records, but she was the daughter of David and Elizabeth as will appear. The Winchell Genealogy, pages 63-64, makes Mary Griffin the second wife and mother of all the children except the first child, Joseph. The mistake seems to have originated in Stiles's History of Ancient Windsor, Vol. 2, page 825, where the marriage is given of David Winchell to Elizabeth Filley, November, 1669, and then the first three children: Joseph, b. 13 Sept. 1670; Christian, b. 9 Mar. 1673; and Elizabeth, b. 7 Dec. 1675. These are all the children given. Under this is noted: David Winchell m. 1 May 1672 Mary Griffin. If this last statement were correct and referred to the David Winchell who married Elizabeth Filley, then only one child, Joseph, could be Elizabeth's, and that is so stated in The Winchell Genealogy. However, the vital records of Suffield, Conn., make it all clear. Two of the children (Mary and Jedediah) are called children of David and Elizabeth; and the death record of Elizabeth, 23 June 1728, reads: Elizabeth, widow of David (Vol. 1, p. 13). Samuel Wilson and his wife Mary Griffin had a large family. Mary (Griffin) Wilson's death should be checked since the death date of Elizabeth (Filley) Winchell has been substituted for hers. For Wilson, see Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 4, page 588.” 10. Excellent source for the Grant family is "The Grant family: a genealogical history of the descendants of Matthew Grant, of Windsor, Conn. 1601-1898," by Arthur Hastings Grant (Poughskeepsie, NY; 1898), available online at https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/n23/mode/2up. 11. Excellent source for the Humphreys family is "The Humphreys Family of America," by Frederick Humphries (New York: Humphrey's Print, 1881), available online at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/15945/images/dvm_GenMono002679-00070-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&rc=2848%2C3364%2C3016%2C3416%3B2998%2C3357%2C3269%2C3413%3B1118%2C3584%2C1276%2C3637%3B730%2C4252%2C852%2C4309%3B841%2C4248%2C1025%2C4302%3B1665%2C4230%2C1836%2C4270&pId=286. | Griffin, Hannah (I7821)
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| 3170 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 346: "John Griffin had no lands recorded at Windsor and could hardly have owned a house there; in 1648 was engaged in manufacturing tar, and his candlewood, etc., being burned by an Indian who was unable to pay the dmage, his friends transferred to Griffin the land at Massaco (Simsbury), which he transferred to the town, and afterwards became a settler there (freeman there in 1669). He first appears iat Windsor 13 May 1647 when he m. Anna (prob. sister of and resided near John) Bancroft. At the time of John Drake, Sen'r's death, 1659, Griffin either resided in the Henry Stiles house, north of that of Wm. Gaylord, Jr., dec'd, or that of Francis Stiles, south of Gaylord's. 6 Sep 1655, Wm. Hayden makes complaint of the rioutus conduct of John Griffin, John Bancroft, and Jacob Drake in his family, thereby frightening his wife - Griffin seming to have been the chief offender, as he only was fined ₤20, the others as well as he bound over in ₤20 each for good behaviour until the next Court ('Rec. Part. Ct., Sec. state's Ofice'). (Wm. Hayden's wife d. 17 Jul 1655; it may be in consequence of this fright.) In 1663 he was granted by the General Court 200 acres of land at Massacoe, in consideration 'that he was the first that perfected the art of making pitch and tar in these parts.' In 1673, with Simon Wolcott, was ordered to command the trainband. Children (Old Church Records): A. Hannah, b. 4 Jul 1649. B. Mary, b. 1 Mar 1651. C. Sarah, b. 25 Dec 1654. D. John b. 20 Oct 1656. E. Thomas, b. 3 Oct 1658. F. Abigail, b. 12 Nov 1660. G. Mindwell, b. 11 Feb 1662. H. Ruth, b. 21 Jan 1665. I. Ephraim, b. 1 Mar 1668/9. J. Nathaniel, b. 31 May 1673." 2. The following is from Norb Bankert's web site; his e-mail is norb@dreamscape.com: "Sergt. John Griffin, born Abt. 1609 in Wales; died Aug 1681 in Simsbury, CT. He married Anna Bancroft 13 May 1647. Anna Bancroft, died Aft. 1680. She was the daughter of John Bancroft and Jane. John and his brother Edward (b. abt. 1601/2) were of Welsh descent, born in Wales, son of John and Ann (Langford) Griffin, she of Bigander, who were also the parents of Ann, Joan, Catharine and Margaret, all married in 1613. Employed as sailors for Capt. Claiborne, the Secretary of the Virginia colony. John and his brother, Edward, came to America in 1635 aboard the "Constance." While in the Chesapeake Bay, Lord Baltimore of Maryland seized the islands of Kent and Palmer and the brothers fled, Edward to New Amsterdam and John to New Haven where he appears in 1642. In January of 1643 he is fined a few pence, with others, for not having his arms in shape in the New Haven Militia. In 1646 John is still found in New Haven as a sailor and testifies to the General Court concerning the loss of a boat in New Haven. In 1647 He is married to Anna Bancroft in Windsor. John Griffin had joined with Michael Humphrey in the manufacture of tar and turpentine in the pine forest of Massaco and Salmon Brook. The tar, used by the British Navy and in the building of ships, promised fortunes for both. About 1646, the tar kilns of John Griffin were set afire by Indians. Somehow, John found that the name of the Indian responsible was Manahannoose, a local Algonquin, who had grown frustrated with the encroachment of the English. Manahannoose was captured, and, taking advantage of a new law, was ordered to be a servant of the plaintiff or shipped off in return for enslaved Africans or to pay Đ100. In order to prevent this from happening, Manahannoose's village deeded the area of Windsor knows as Massaco to John Griffin with the exception of two acres. Although it was technically illegal for John to accept this deed, he probably looked at it as a promising business venture and took advantage of it. Thirteen years later, John turned his deed over to the colony. At that time, in recognition of his being the first to manufacture tar and pitch in the region, John was given a grant for 200 acres of his choice "north of the falls." It would probably be safe to assume that before John presented the Massaco deed to the colony, he had probably taken all he wanted from the Massaco pine forests. The "Griffin's Lordship," as it came to be called, was given as recognition of John's work in wrestling all of Massaco from the natives and in beginning a profitable manufacturing operation in those parts. John is considered to be the first settler of Simsbury and Granby. John, along with Simon Wolcott, was made a leader of the train band in 1673 and represented Simsbury in the General Assembly from 1670-1674. A prominent and successful businessman and pioneer, John's involvement in the community was not confined to just politics and business. In 1655 we find that John is fined Đ20 on a complaint by William Hayden of the riotous conduct of John Griffin, John Bancroft, and Jacob Drake." 3. Website 1 Jan 2008 http://kinnexions.com/ancestries/griffin.htm#JGriffin: "The Griffin family in America. John and Anna (Bancroft) Griffin: John GRIFFIN - b. 1608-9, Wales; d. Aug., 1681, Simsbury, CT. Son of John GRIFFIN and Ann LANGFORD. John sailed from England on August 24, 1635 aboard the Constance enroute to Virginia. In June 1638, when Lord BALTIMORE of Maryland ordered an attack of the Viriginia Islands of Kent and Palmer, which were under the protection of Capt. CALIBornE, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia, John escaped by ship and left Virginia. John's name first appears on New Haven, CT records in 1642, and was enrolled in the militia. On Jan. 4, 1643, he was fined a few pence for not having his arms in shape. John took the Oath of Fidelity at New Haven on Jul. 1, 1644. He removed to Windsor, marrying there and appearing in the Windsor records in Aug. 1659. John and Anna were among the first settlers from Windsor to remove to Simsbury, where he was a representative for some years. His estate inventory of Aug. 23, 1681 included about 3 square miles of land, or about 1920 acres. Married May 13, 1647, Windsor, CT. Anna Bancroft - b. 1627, England. Daughter of John Bancroft and Jane. Children of John and Anna Griffin: Hannah - b. Jul. 4, 1649, Windsor, CT. Her first husband, whom she married May 10, 1667, died in 1669 at age 23. Hannah married second John HUMPHREY, son of Michael. Mary - b. Mar. 1, 1651, Windsor, CT. There is no evidence that Mary married David WINCHELL Sarah - b. Dec. 25, 1654, Windsor, CT; d. 1685-1699, Windsor, CT. Married on Oct. 29, 1676 at Windsor, CT, Elias Gillett (bap. Jul 1, 1649, Windsor, CT), son of Nathan. Elias married second by 1700 Rebecah Kelsey, daughter of Marke and Rebecca (HOSKINS) Kelsey, and widow of Nathaniel MESSEngER. Children of Sarah and Elias: Sarah; Nathan; Hannah; and Ephraim. Daughter of Elias and Rebecca: Mary. John - b. Oct. 20, 1656, Windsor, CT. Married Oct. 7, 1708, Mary, whose surname has been given as BACON. Children: Thomas died in infancy; Mary married Jehiel MESSEngER; Ruth died soon; Ruth married Consider HOLCOMB, son of Capt. Thomas and Elizabeth (TERRY) HOLCOMB; Abagail married John Thomas; Hannah married Hosea WILKENSON; and possibly John. Thomas - b. Oct. 3, 1658, Windsor, CT; d. 1719. Married in 1693 Elizabeth WELTON (b. about 1660; d. Sep. 28, 1722). Children: Hannah did not marry; Thomas did not marry; Mary married Joshua HOLCOMB III; John died in infancy; John married Eleanor HOLCOMB; Nathaniel married his cousin Elizabeth GRIFFIN; Stephen probably married Mary DeLACY; Eunice married John SCOTT; and Benoni married brother Stephen's widow. Abigail - b. Nov. 12, 1660, Windsor, CT. On Mar. 27, 1682, she married Richard SEGAR. Mindwell - b. Feb. 11, 1662, Windsor, CT. Married about 1691 Samuel WillCOXSON (b. Apr. 15, 1666, Windsor, CT; d. Sep. 13, 1713, Simsbury, CT), son of Sgt. Samuel and Hannah (RICE) WillCOXSON. Children: Hannah married Thomas MORTON; Samuel; John married Sarah NORTH; Joseph married first Elizabeth HOLCOMB, and second Mary Buttolph; Mindwell married Philip LOOMIS, Jr.; and Ephraim married Hannah Hill. Ruth - b. Jan. 21, 1665, Windsor, CT; d. May 27 or Aug. 25, 1719. Unmarried. Ephraim - b. Mar. or May 1, 1668, Windsor, CT; d. Sep. 20, 1725. Married Dec. 9, 1707 Elizabeth Adams. Children: Elizabeth married her cousin Nathaniel GRIFFIN; Anna married Ebenezer LOOMIS; Ephraim married Elizabeth TERRY; Silence; and Phoebe married Solomon TERRY. Nathaniel - b. May 31, 1673, Windsor, CT; d. Feb. 23, 1712/3. Married Mar. 14, 1711/2 Alice WELTON. Daughter: Alice married William James." 4. From the 17 Feb 2007 Worldconnect site of Skip Patnode A. "Sergeant John Griffin was born in Wales in 1608 or 1609, the son of John Griffin and Anna Langford Griffin. Sgt. John (he was a Naval Officer) emigrated from Wales to America 24 Oct. 1635. His older brother Edward came with him. John Griffin was in the employ of Capt. Claiborne, the Secretary of the Virginia Colony. John owned three square miles of land (1,920 acres) of land in Virginia. John worked with the Indians of Virginia. John spoke English and Welsh, and record has it he was able to converse with the Indians. John and Edward were on a ship that was captured by the French. John escaped and went north to Connecticut, Edward's fate is not known. John married in Windsor, CT to Hannah Bancroft and they lived in Simsbury, CT. (Connecticut State Historical Society and Library at Simsbury, CT)(gathered by Shirley Martin)" B. "Born in Wales. Sergeant John Griffin, a Navel officer, emigrated to America in 1635 along with his older brother, Edward. John sailed from England, August 24 aboard the CONSTANCE en route to Virgini & He was in the employ of Capt. Claiborne, the Secretary of the Virginia Colonies. He owned three square miles of land (1, 920 acres) in Virginia. He worked with the Indians of Virginia. He could speak English and Welsh, and record has it that he was able to converse with the Indians also. In June, 1638 when Lord Baltimore of Maryland ordered an attack on the Virginia Islands of Kent and Palmer, John and Edward were on a ship that was captured by the French. They escaped by ship and left Virginia. John went to Connecticut and his brother, Edward went to New York. John's name appears in New Haven CT records in 1642 when he was enrolled in the militia. In 1643 he was fined a few pence for not having his arms in shape. He took the oath of fidelity at New Haven on July 1, 1644. He removed to Windsor, marrying there in 1647 Anna Bancroft of Windsor, and appearing in the Windsor records in August, 1659. John and Anna (Bancroft) were among the first settlers from Windsor to move to Simsbury where he was a representative for some years. Simsbury; CT (Indian name, Massaco) was settled about 1647.The first Indian deed was given to John Griffin, 1648, Recorded in the town of Windsor. The shipping industry had a great need for tar and pitch for the ships. John having been on ships realized this, and having located a great source of pine trees began to manufacture tar and pitch. He had joined with Michaiel Humphry in the manufacture of tar and turpentine in the pine forest of Massaco and Salmon Brook. The tar, used by the British Navy promised fortunes for both of them. About 1646, the tar works of John Griffin were set afire by Indians Somehow John found out that the name of the Indian responsible was Manahannoose, a local Algonquin who was tired of English encroachment. Manahannoose was captured, and according to a new law was ordered to be a servant of Mr. Griffin, or shipped off in return for enslaved Africans, or to pay 100 Pounds. To prevent this from happening his village deeded the area of Windsor known as Massaco to John Griffin. Although technically illegal for John to accept this deed, he probably looked at it as a promising business venture and took advantage of it. Thirteen years later, (probably after removing the tar and pitch) John turned his deed over to the colony. In 1663 a grant of 200 acres was made to John Griffin in consideration for taking the land from the Indians and "that he was the first that perfected the art of making pitch and tar in those parts - The land was to be taken up where he can find it between Massaco and Waranoake, whereof there may be forty acres of meadow, if it be there to be had, and be not prejudicial to a plantation, and not granted." This was later known as "Griffin's Lordship or Griffins Hardship" John Griffin is considered to be the first settler of Simsbury and Granby. Re represented Simsbury in the General Assembly from 1670-74. He was a prominent and successful businessman and pioneer, but that was not all. He also had a lighter side. In 1655 he was fined 20 pounds on a complaint of "riotous conduct of John Griffin, John Bancroft and Jacob Drake." His estate inventory of August 23, 1681 included about three square miles of land, or about 1920 acres. (Ths information was copied for Ella Griffin Spooner who was seeking information to enable her to join DAR.) Facts also taken from Family TREE MAKER, ancestors of Lyda Carrington Payne and Ancestors of Mary Frances. More information came from Kathy Griffin Hughes." C. "Background: This article appeared in the Farmington Valley Herald on Thursday, July 18, 1935: At the town's observance of the State Tercentenary on last June 21st Mrs. Raymond Case read a very interesting paper on the early history of the town and concluded with a poem contributed by Mrs. Ned E. Kendall. The poem was written by a former resident, who in 1895 was living in Brockton, Mass. The poem was directed to William A. Allen. Mrs. Case is a direct descendant of two of the original families in Granby. Picture with me today if you can, our town as it originally lay, nearly three hundred years ago. The Indian name for the territoy was Massacoe, and a gentle tribe of Indians lived here. It extended from Farmington north to the town of Southwick, and from Windsor west to the wilderness. The first settler was John Griffin, who came from England to Virginia. We next hear of him in New Haven, and then in Windsor where he came to manufacture tar, pitch, turpentine and candlewood from the many pine trees. Candlewood consisted of dry pine knots strongly saturated with pitch and split into sizes convenient for use, and used almost universally for light. The turpentine business was carried on more or less in the town for over a hundred years. In 1648 one of the Massacoe Indians set fire to a large quantity of Griffin's tar and turpentine. He was arrested, tried at Windsor and fined 3,000 feet of wampum. Being unable to pay his fine he was turned over to Mr. Griffin. To obtain his freedom the Massacoe-Indians deeded all the lands at Massacoe to Mr. Griffin. This Indian deed was relinquished by Griffin and the general court made grants to several persons. Griffin was granted two hundred acres north of the Falls, because of his first to perfect the making of tar and turpentine. Later he was given a grant of land one and one-half miles square, in consideratiuon of his giving up his Indian deeds. This together with what he already had, was known as Griffin's Lordship. Griffin did not move from Windsor until nearly twenty years after this, when he is supposed to have built the first house at the Falls, now East Granby, about a mile north of Tariffville. In partnership with him was Michael Humphrey, whose descendants live in Simsbury and Canton. These men played an important part in the early history of our town. John Griffin left ten Childre at the time of his death, and from these no doubt have comer most of the families by that name in this vicinity. One of Mr. Griffin's daughters married John Humphrey, son of his partner in business. It is thought there were very few other families here for the next five years, and these must have been near Mr. Griffin at the Falls. The following names are given as settle inhabitants of the town at this time: Thomas Barber, John Case, Samuel Filley, John Griffin, Michael Humphrey, Joshua Holcomb, Thomas Maskill, Luke Hill, Samuel Pinney, Joseph Phelps, John Pettibone, Joseph Skinner and Peter Buell. John Case in this same year was appointed constable for Massacoe, the first office held by any of its inhabitants. In 1670 the name of the town was changed to Simsbury. One of the prominent men of the colony was Simon Wolcot. He was one of the committee to divide the land at Massacoe. He was fequently called "Sim" and it seems proabable that the town might have been named in his honor. For eleven years the town grew very slowly because of the Indian attacks from the north. In 1675 the Indians became most unfriendly, and the settlers were told to abandon the town. They fled to Windsor and Hartford on a Sunday. In the Spring of 1676, the Indians burned the settlement. Forty dwellings were destroyed, besides provisions, fences, farm tools and nearly all the people possessed. The next Spring with such courage as it is hard for us to comprehend, many of them returned and rebuilt their homes. The first house built at Salmon Brook was probably near the present site of the Community House. Below the hill and at the south end of the street was a block house where the people fled when word came the Indians were about. Near here was the home of Daniel Hayes, whose story of his capture by the Indians is so familiar. His father was George Hayes, a Scotchman who came from Windsor and settled in Granby. In the sixth generatin he was an ancestor of President Hayes. A brother, Samuel Hayes, married and settled at Bushy Hill. A granddaughter of George Hayes married Rene Cossettee. One of their descendants built the North Granby library as a memorial to his ancestors. In 1710 Dr. John Viets, a German physician, came from New York and settled at the Falls. He left two sons and a daughter at his death, and their descendants are found in Granby, East Granby and many in the West. The daughter married John Hoskins of Windsor, a name still connected with the present town of Simsbury. A son of Dr. John Viets, also called John, was the first keeper of Newgate Prison and is buried north of the prison. He brought up a family of ten children. Two were fitted for college and one graduated from Yale. Early settlers of Simsbury include such names as Humphrey, Holcomb, Hoskins, Pettibone, Griffin, Gillett, Case, Hayes, Higley and Smith. Families were large and marriages were frequent, so we find nearly all families by these names related. It was not uncommon for cousins to marry. In the western paart of the town there were twenty-seven families by the name of Higley, and one section of the town was named "Higleyville." Today we do not find even one person in this section of the town by the name of Higley. However, there are still descendants of the Higleys here. Joseph Mills, Richard Case, Samuel Barber and Isaac Messenger, all living near each other, and within the limits of the present town of Granby, had forty sons, of whom thirty-nine grew to manhood. It seems extraordinary that such a large portion of the children lived to become heads of families, but accounts for the rapid growth of the town in spite of difficulties. An incident in the family life of Abner and Sarah Viets, who lived in East Granby, near Newgate, shows the humor and pluck which existed at this time. Sarah was sick and not expected to live. A clever girl, Abiah Phelps, was helping and taking care of the children. Abner was sitting near the sick bed, when his wife said to him: "Abner, what are you going to do when I am gone, you will be getting married again, I suppose." Abner, after a moment of quite, replied: "I don't know, Abiah here is a good hand to take care of children." Thereupon, Sarah sprang up in bed and with great determination said: "Abiah Phelps shall never take care of my children" and immediately dressed herself and went about her housework. It has not been possible for me to trace all of the descendants of our first settlers, but the poem I will now read, will I am sure, recall your minds to familiar names and faces. It is contributed by Mrs. Ned Kendall, and was written by and old townsman, N. P. Pratt of Brockton, Mass.... I am not going to transcribe the poem at this time, as it probably is not of any interest to most of you. The poem is titled "North Granby - 1895" 5. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 5, p. 227, article "Records of Windsor": "John Griffin, (Simsbury) m. Anna Bancroft, 13 May 1647; chil. Hanna, b. 4 Jul 1649; Mary, b. 1 Mar 1651; Sarah, b. 25 Dec 1654; John, b. 20 Oct 1656; Thomas, b. 3 Oct 1658; Abigaill, b. 12 Nov 1660; Mindwel, b. 11 Feb 1662; Ruth, b. 21 Jan 1665; Ephraim, b. 1 Mar 1668; Nathaniel, b. 31 May 1673." 6. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 15, p. 145, article "Passengers to Virginia": "John Griffin" is listed in the passenger manifest as noted "24e Octobris 1635. Aboard the Constance Clement Campion Mr. bound to Virginea." 7. "New England Historic Genealogical Society" website for the publication "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," 1904, Manwaring: V. 1, p. 153: John Griffin listed as a witness in the John Styles 14 Sep 1662. V. 1, p. 313, refers to original record page 64: "Griffin, John, Simsbury. Invt. ₤125-05-09. Taken 23 August, 1681, by John Case and Samuel Willcoxson. The children: John 25 years, Thomas 23, Ephraim 12, nathoaniel 9, Hannah 31, Mary 27, Sarah 26, Abigail 21, Ruth 16, Mindwell 19. Court Record, Page 44 - 1st Sep, 1681: Invt. exhibited. This Court grant Adms. on the Estate to Hannah Griffin, the Widow, and her two sons, John and Thomas Griffin. Page 69 - (Vol V) 4 Apr 1694: An Account of the Wastage of John Griffin's Estate being brought into this court, amounting to ₤125-05-09, which this Court. Dist: To the Eldest son a double portion, viz, ₤22-15-06; and equal portions, viz ₤11-07-09, to each of the other nine children. And whereas the Town of Simsbury granted to the Widow of sd. John Griffin a piece of Upland of about 4 acres near John Terrie's Land, and 12 acres under the Mountain, which, by the sd. Widow's mind declared, and consent of the Rest of the children, the sd. Land should belong equally to Ephraim and Nathaniel Griffin, This Court doth approve thereof, and doe order Mr. John Higley, John Slater and Peter Bewill to make a Partition of the estate accordingly." 8. The book "Dorset Pilgrims," 1989: pp. 154-5: "More important were the forest products. The indigenous oak, elm, hickory and walnut provided timber for houses, fencing and barrels, sumac dyes for tanning and yellow pine and candlewood provided resins for the pitch, tar and turpentine used in ship and house building. Distilling pitch and tar and extracting turpentine was a process pioneered by two Windsor men, Michael Humphrey and John Griffin. They had trouble with the Indians who 'burned up their tar and turpentine and [destroyed] their tools and instruments to the value of a hundred pounds or more; and with their Windsor neighbours who complained 'about the burning of tar in or near unto the Town to their offence and prejudice'. But Griffin was eventually granted 200 acres by a grateful court for establishing the process." pp. 232-5: "The Tunxis was Windsor's hinterland and as early as 1642 the General Court had invited the Governor and his deputy to allocate lands at Massaco to Windsor people; but no Indian title was acquired and no grants made. It was left to Michael Humphrey and John Griffen six years later to take the first initiative by acquiring rights to Massaco's pine forests for their tar and turpentine enterprise. In 1648 a Windsor Indian was convicted of setting fire to Griffen's stocks of tar. The Indian's friends at Massaco redeemed him from a heavy fine and imprisonment by granting Griffen extensive land rights there, known as 'Griffen's Lordship'. In the same year, perhaps prompted by this, the General Court decided to buy Massaco for the colony for subsequent sale to Windsor people. Five years later the first allotments were made … The first permanent settler was John Griffen who was living there as early as 1663 at work on his turpentine business. Meanwhile the General Court regularized the situation by getting Indian confirmation of title and, in 1663, persuading Griffen to exchange his rights for a grant of 200 acres, ostensibly in token of his pioneer work in tar and turpentine. This legitimized the activity of the court's committee which by 1660 had already made grants to some nine Windsor individuals. In 1663 when the committee was revamped to consist of Benjamin Newberry, Edward Griswold and John Moore, to be joined later by Simon Wolcott, it was responsible for laying out the remaining undivided lands … In a February thaw in 1666 [three committee members measured upland lots] … These they allocated to fellow committee members Wolcott, Moore and Griswold and to the Bissells, all in the category of preferential shareholders … Michael Humphrey and John Griffen may have gone upriver to exploit the Massaco pine forests but they had also been the first explosive protesters against a church which would not admit them to communion, and in that first group of Massaco settlers over a dozen family heads belonged tot eh Woodbridge party who seceded to form the second Windsor church … In May 1670 [Massaco] was recognized as an independent township, renamed Simsbury … and two years later Wolcott and Griffin were appointed to organize a trainband." 9. “The American Genealogist,” 24 [1948]:50-51, “David2 Winchell (Robert1) of Suffield, Conn.,” by Mrs. Albert H. Chase of Norwich, Conn., has the following showing that this couple's daughter Mary Griffin did not marry David Winchell: “David Winchell had but one wife, Elizabeth Filley, whom he married 17 November 1669, the mother of his children. Several authorities have given him a second wife, Mary Griffin, the daughter of John1 Griffin, who was born 1 March 1651. Among these are the Register of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut (1941) and The Winchell Genealogy. Let us first examine the Register: Page 909, David Winchell, m. Windsor, 1 May 1672, Mary Griffin b. Windsor 1 Mar. 1651, d. 23 June 1728. Page 315, Samuel Wilson, m. Windsor, 1 May 1672, Mary Griffin b. Windsor 1 Mar. 1651, d. 23 June 1728. It is obvious that Mary Griffin could not have married both David Winchell and Samuel Wilson the same day. The Register gives a daughter, Martha Winchell, born at Suffield about 1678, daughter of David and Mary (Griffin) Winchell. Martha's birth is not recorded on the Suffield Vital Records, but she was the daughter of David and Elizabeth as will appear. The Winchell Genealogy, pages 63-64, makes Mary Griffin the second wife and mother of all the children except the first child, Joseph. The mistake seems to have originated in Stiles's History of Ancient Windsor, Vol. 2, page 825, where the marriage is given of David Winchell to Elizabeth Filley, November, 1669, and then the first three children: Joseph, b. 13 Sept. 1670; Christian, b. 9 Mar. 1673; and Elizabeth, b. 7 Dec. 1675. These are all the children given. Under this is noted: David Winchell m. 1 May 1672 Mary Griffin. If this last statement were correct and referred to the David Winchell who married Elizabeth Filley, then only one child, Joseph, could be Elizabeth's, and that is so stated in The Winchell Genealogy. However, the vital records of Suffield, Conn., make it all clear. Two of the children (Mary and Jedediah) are called children of David and Elizabeth; and the death record of Elizabeth, 23 June 1728, reads: Elizabeth, widow of David (Vol. 1, p. 13). Samuel Wilson and his wife Mary Griffin had a large family. Mary (Griffin) Wilson's death should be checked since the death date of Elizabeth (Filley) Winchell has been substituted for hers. For Wilson, see Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. 4, page 588.” | Griffin, John (I278)
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| 3171 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "John Bancroft (son of John), at Windsor 1645; land owner (see p. 151, vol. I.); 1648, 22d 9th mo. was rec. in "Suffolk (Mass.) Deeds,' Robert Saltonstall to N. Dawson of Seabrook, 'a house in Windsor, Conn., formerly of Francis Stiles of S., now in occupancy of Thos. Gilbert and John Bancroft'; he m. at Windsor 3 Dec 1650 Hanna Duper (or Draper, Dupra?), and d. 6 Aug 1662; wid. m. (2) John London; estate distributed 10 Sep 1662; to elder son ₤14.11.00; to each of other children ₤12; to wid. ₤37; and portions to be paid the sons at age of 21, to daus. at 18, etc.; 1 Dec 1664, 'Quarter Court at Hartford, Hanna Bancroft, pl., contra Henry Stiles, deft., in an action of defamation to the damage of ₤25, the pl. appeareth not.' Ditto, agt. Margaret Hayden. Children (Old Church Records): a. John, b. Dec 1651; prob. sett. Westfield (Windsor Record), 12 Mar 1667: 'John Bancroft was gr. 30 acres and a house-lot, on the Fort side'; no rec. of m. or d., or of any family. b. Nathaniel, b. 19 Nov 1653. c. Ephraim, b. 15 Jun 1656. d. Hannah, b. 6 Apr 1659. e. Sarah, b. 26 Dec 1661; m. Daniel Sexton, 28 Dec 1682; sett. Westfield; 3 ch. before 1697." [No record in same book for Duper, Dupra, etc.] | Duper or Draper or Dupre or Dupra, Hanna (I4540)
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| 3172 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "John Bancroft came in the 'James' from London, Eng., Apr. 1632; arrived 12 Jun (8 weeks passage); res. Lynn Mass.; d. 1637; 'Col. Rec. Mass.,' 3 Sep 1633; 'Winthrop's Journal,' 12 Sep 1663; 'Hubbard's Hist. New Engl.,' p. 156. His wid. Jane received 100 acres of land at Lynn, 1638. Nov. 19, 1644, Jona. Strattan and Thos. Talmadge, Jr., of Southampton, Long Island (a settlement emanating from Lynn), petitioned for the peaceable settlement of the lot betwixt them, 'which formerly was gr. unto Widd. Bancroft,' which was consented to. Tradition in the Bancroft family says she m. (2) a man who removed with her and her children to Connecticut. "Savage' mentions ch. John and Thomas. Children (born England): A. Anna, m. 13 May 1647, John Griffin; sett. Simsbury; 10 children. B. John. C. Thomas. D. Samuel. E. William (acc. to 'Hinman,' for which we find no authority.) Thomas Bancroft, poet (a native of Swarkstonem, on the Trent, Derbyshire, where his parents were buriedm and who pr a vol. of epigrams and epitaphs, 1639, London, Eng.) says of his brother John Bancroft: 'You sold your land the lighter hence to go To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journery toward New Jerusalem.' Tradition speaks of a sojourn on Long Island and the death there of one of the three brothers; that one then went to Mass. and one to Connecticut." 2. From Ancesty.com's "English Origins of New England Families," Vol. III, pp. 513-519, Article: "Genealogicial Gleanings among the English Archives." Communicated by J. Henry Lea, Esq. The following extracts, taken from original wills filed in the Consistory Court of Lichfield, and the Prerogative Court ot Canterbury, England, go far toward building a complete pedigree of the ancestry and collateral relatives of John Bancroft, who, with his wife Jane, came to New England in the "James" in 1682 (Hotton's Lists, p. 160. CoL Rec. of Mass., 3 Sept., 1633. Winthrop's Journal. Hubbard's Hist. of New England, p. 156.), settled at Lynn, and died in 1687, leaving children Anne, John and Thomas (and possibly Samuel and William), probably all born in England, although they are not mentioned in the passenger list with their parents (there called Barcroft, as noted by Savage - Savage's Gen. Dict., I, 110.), but perhaps omitted on account of their youth, as they were probably born after 1627. His widow had a grant of land in Lynn in 1638, and afterward removed to Southampton, L. I., and thence to Connecticut. She died before 19 November, 1644, when we find Jonathan Stratton and Thomas Talmadge, Jr., of Southampton, petitioning for a settlement between them of the lot "which formerly was granted to Widdow Bancroft." (Southampton Court Records, extracted by J. M. Bancroft, or Bloomfield, N. J.) He has left a large and notable posterity, preeminent among whom may be noted the distinguished historian, Hubert Howe Bancroft. The complete identification of the emigrant depends on a volume of poetry published two years after his death, by a younger brother, Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston (t Stephen Biog. Dict., III., 112), who, beside mention of his parents as then buried in that place, refers to his elder brother, John Bancroft, in these lines ("Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs" (481), pp. 86, 4to, Lond., 1639): "You sold your land the lighter hence to go To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journey toward New Jeruselem." In view of the proved facts, we may safely neglect the poetic license of the elegist, who makes his brother die upon the passage instead of shortly after his arrival on our shores. The identity of the Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, whose will was proved in 1621, with the father of the two brothers, is unmistakable. A careful examination of the Swarkeston Parish Register (which fortunately dates from 1604), and perhaps others in the neighborhood, will of course be necessary to absolutely prove some conjectured points, as well as to provide cumulative proof regarding the emigrant, while an examination of the Derby Feet of Fines, for the sale of his patrimony, might also be in order in this connection. Probate of the Will of John Bancroft of Wolstanton, Co. Stafford, granted 8 February, 1546-7, to "Blanch Bancroft, the relict, and Thomas Rowley, the Executors named in the will. (Wolstanton lies in teh parish jurisdiction of newcastle-under-Lyne and Stoke-upon-Trentt and about twenty miles N.W. or Derby, around which all the other localties named in the wills cluster closely.) The above entry in the Act Books contains the earliest mention of the name in the Lichfield Consistory, and is the only record remaining, the will having perished. The Calendars show two earlier occurences, both Johns, in 1543 and 1545, but examination of the original wills shows them to be Bromcroft and Bonrose respectively, and evidently not at all of the family in question. The testator, as being the earliest known of the name, may be conjectured, with much reason, to be the prepositor of the whole Derbyshire and Staffordshire clan, from whom our American emigrant certainly sprung. Will of Rauffe Bancroft of Chellaston, Co. Derby, dated 21 Apri11557. To be buried in Church of Chellaston "nere my first wife." My mother shall have the land at Barrow. To my son Christopher land in Swarston and 6 spoones that were his mothers. To son Rauffe lease of Cottun held of mayster Bradshaw of Osmaston. (There are no less than five hamlets called Cotton in Staffordshire, the adjoining county, one of which is no doubt intended. Osmaston is near Derby, to the northwest.) My leases of the Peake Hoone Lays (,) Parsons piece, etc., held of mayster Rolston of Swarston. To churches of Bulton, Alvaston, Swarston, Barrow and Chellaston each 1s. and sheep. Legacies to Swarston and Taine Bridges in the more. Godsons: Ruaffe Bancroft, Rauffe Wandyll, Rauffe Potter and Ellen Wryght (sic). To each of the children of my sister Jane a lamb. Names Willm. Tickyll, Richd Hoone and John Knight. To daughter Margaret her mothers goods at Barowe. Servant Robert Norman. Father in law Christopher Wryght. Godson Rauffe Pymm. To daughter Agnes goods wch were my first wifes. Son William. My children all under 24. To dau. Marye pan that was her mothers. "My five children I had by my first wife. My gostly father Sr Thos. Gilbert." "Yf my wife be now with chylde." Wife Alice and son William Executors. Overseers: John Bancroft my brother, Richard Walleer, Willm Wandyll and Thos. Ryvett my brother-in-law. Witnesses: Sr John Gilbert, Curat, Jno. Bancroft, Richd: Walleer, Wm: Wandyll, Thos. Ryvett, Robt. Nowell and Wm: Tyckyll. Inventory taken 10 May 1557 byWm: Mayre, Tho: Haryngworthe, Richd. Forde and Tho: Stone; total £269-19-5. Proved at Lichfield 18 September 1557 by relict Alice, power reserved to William Bancroft the other Exor. Will of John Bancroft of Chellaston, Co. Derby, dated 11 May 1557. "My boys" under 21. To ___ my eldest son, the Hall I now dwell in. To ___ my second son, the overhouse. To ___ my third son, part of land in Swarston, he paying his fourth brother xv. Ii. To daughter Margett goods &c., if any other daur. by my wife the same. GodChildren: Mary Bancroft, Phylyp Wandyll and Ciceley Hodkynson. " Everyone of my sisters shall have a new xii. d." John Storer. Servant John Meakyn. My mayd Katheryn. My mother Bancroft shall have 2/. A Iamb to each of my sister Jane's children. To sisters in law Joyce Mee and Alice Harynworth a new vi. d. To father in law and mother in law the same. George Haryngworth and Christopher my brother in law. To brothers in law Robert Mayre, Richard Walker and William Wandyll goods &c. To sisters in law Agnes Haryngworth and Alyce Bancroft vi. d. each. Master Rolston of Swarston, Roger Bryddon of Derby. To each of the children of my brother in law Wm: Wandyll and of my sister Alderman a lamb. To John Pereson Sen. and Jr. clothing. Wife Margaret and son Ralph Executors. Overseers: Richd. Walker, Wm: Wandyll, Richd: Haryngworth and Thomas Haryrgworth my brother in law. Witnesses: Sr Thos. Gilbert, Curat, Ric Walker, Wm: Wandell, Henry Storer, and Riohd: Haryngworth. Inventory taken 18 September 1557 by Thos. Haryngworth, Thos: Stone, Nicholas Peerson and Wm: Roberts; total £150-9-0. Proved at Lichfield 24 January 1557 by relict Margaret, power reserved for son Ralph, the other Excr. Admon. of William Bancroft of Chellaston, Co. Derby, granted at Lichfield 22 Apri1 1611 to Ralph Bancroft, the brother, for the tuition of Catherine, Thomas, Margaret and Mary, the children of the deceased, minors. Inventory taken 20 May 1611 by John Olyver, Willm More, Willm Smyeth & Roger Meare; total £125-16-2, exhibited at Derby 8 November 1611. Will of Thomas Bancroft of Swarston alias Swarkeston, Co. Derby, yeoman, dated 18 October 1626. To be buried in the Church of Swarkeston. To my Wife Rebecca. £4: yearly out of land in Swarston. To Ralph Bancroft, my second son, house in Swarston now occupied by my eldest son John Bancroft. To Thomas Bancroft, my third son, 40/ yearly. To Katherine Bancroft, my kinswoman, 30/. To Margaret Bancroft, sister of the said Katherine. Thomas Byard, my apprentice servant. Alexander Arnefield, my servant. To every grandchild I have one ewe. Residue to my five children, John, Ralph, Thomas, Dorothy and Elizabeth. Executors: John Bancroft, my son, and John Erington, my son in lawe. Overseers: Robert Gilbert, of Barrow, my neighbor, and Thomas Senior, my son in law. Witnesses: John Bould, Thomas Pomfret, Ralphe Bancrofte and Thos: Senior. Inventory taken 19 October 2 Chas. I., by Roger Gilbert, John Joyner, Thos: BouId and Richd: Shepardd; total £275-17-2. Proved at Lichfield 11 October 1627 by John Bancroft the son, power reserved for John Errington, the other Exor. Will of Thomas Bancroft of Chellaston, County Derby, yeoman, dated 16 March 1628. My son William Bancroft, under 21. To Dorothy my wife messuage farm &c in Chellaston and she Executrix (afterward called "my now wife"). (As this Dorothy seems certainly to have been daughter of James Forman, the following entry in the Lincoln Marriage Licenses is probably only a coincidence:1602-3, March 1 - Thos Bancrofte & Dorothy Burton. (St. Mich.)." although she may have been a widow at the time.) Daughter Elizabeth Bancroft, under 21. The children of James Farman. To Margaret Bancroft; 2/, and to Catherine Bancroft the same. Overseers; James Forman (sic) my loving father in law, and Thos: Hollingworth, my loving unkle (A curious and suggestive entry is found in the following marriage license in the Vicar General's office, at London, half a century later:- - "1676, Sep. 26 - Robert Barcroft, of Westminster, Midx., Gent., Bach'r, abt 35, & Mrs Mary Hollingworth, of St. Sepulchre's, London. Spr, abt 21; consent of mother Mrs. Elizabeth Hollingworth, of'same, Widow; at St. George's, Southwark, or Knightsbridge or Marybone, Midx."). Witnesses: Roger Allestrge (sic; probably Allestry, a well known Derbyshire family name, is intended), James Wildess and Richard Cartwright. Inventory (no date) taken by Richd: Whingates, William Soor and Richd: Farman; total £85-8-4. Proved at Lichfield 24 July 1629 by the Extrx. named. The above extracts cover all wills in the Lichfield Consistory, prior to the Commonwealth, which I can with certainty identify with the family of the Emigrant at this time. From the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, however, I obtain the following additional evidence: Will of William Bancrofte of Chelllston, Co. Derby, yeoman, dated 21 June 1649. I commit mybody to be buried in the church or church-yard of the parish where I shall end my nat: life. I bequeath unto my sister Katherine Newton, 60 li. To my two uncles William Farman and John Farman, 15 Ii. apiece. I give to my aunt Elizabeth Farman, 15 Ii. To my aunt Ellen, being the wife of John Farman, 15 Ii. I bequeath to Thomas Forman (sic), son of my aunt Elizabeth, 10 Ii. To Frances Farmer, daughter of John Farmer, 10 Ii. I give to the two eldest children of William Farman, my uncle, which are now living, to either of them, 10 Ii. I give to my aunt Katherine 10 Ii., provided that if she shall in any wise sue or molest my executors concerning any part of my lands and Tenements, then I give her only 10s. Item, to each one of the children of William Pickering of Chellaston, 20s. I give to the four children of my father-in-law, Gilbert Newton, 20 li. I give to Anne Orme of Chellaston, 20s. To my uncle George Farman and my father-in-law, Gilbert Newton, to their only proper use and behoof, all my lands and tenements in Chellaston, in consideration that they be my executors, and pay my debts and legacies out of the same. Overseers: my friends James Wildes and Richard Domelawe. I give my cousin Thomas Bancroftes children of Bradley, 10 Ii. equally amongst them.(signed) Wm. BancroftE. Witnesses: Tho. Lightwood; William WIllis; Elizabeth Forman; Ellen Forman; Thomas Forman. Proved 8 June 1650 by George Farmer and Gilbert Newton, the executors named. (P. C. C. Pembroke, 89.) The above will is of especial interest as showing that Thomas Bancroft the Poet, brother of the Emigrant, was already residing at Bradley so early as 1649, and that he was then married and had issue. In the next number of these Gleanings, I shall submit the pedigree deduced from all. The search of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, which was promised for this number of these Gleanings, in completion of the testamentary evidences on the Bancrofts to the Commonwealth period, has proved most disappointing, for, while a large number of wills and admons. were found, none have been received which fit certainly into the direct ancestry of the emigrant, John Bancroft, although both here and in the Lichfield Court there are many which throw light on the collateral branches. The following Admon. seems to be that of Ralph, presumably the eldest son of John and Margaret (Hollingsworth) Bancroft of Chellaston, and while hIs location is somewhat remote, it is by no means impossible, and the absence of the name in that neighborhood before that time (In Calendars of Exchequer Court York, 1389-1619) adds to the probability that he was a Derbyshire man who had crossed the border. Admon. of Ralph Bancroft of South Cave, Co. Yorks, deceased intestate, granted 12 February 1616 to Alice Bancroft, widow, the relict, to administer the goods, credits, etc. P. C. C. Adm. Act Bk 105. A word may be in order in this connection as to the construction of the tentative pedigree which follows. It is absolutely certain that Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, father of our emigrant, was the grand-son of John and Margaret (Hollingsworth) Bancroft of Chellaston - the wills leave no possible doubt on this point, but they do leave us in uncertainty as to which of the four sons of John was his parent; but of these we may dismiss William of Chellaston, who died intestate in 1611, as his son Thomas, then under age (See his tuition, on page 86, ante.), could not have been a grandfather at the making of his will fifteen years after! Thomas of Chellaston, whose will we have in 1629, may be also dismissed, as he left an only son William, who died without issue before 1650. This reduces us to Ralph and the unknown fourth son, and as I believe the latter to have died long before, and unmarried, it narrows the probability to Ralph (of South Cave?), to whom (by his wife Alice?) I have ventured to attribute the descent, subject to correction by future discoveries. It is greatly to be desired that the parish registers involved, all of which, with the exception of Barrow, go far back enough to serve our purpose (Viz: Chellaston 1570, Bradley 1579, Swarkeston 16O4, So. Cave 1558, and Barrow 1735), should be examined, but this of course falls outside the province of these Gleanings.The wills of the comigerous families of Hollingsworth, Wright, Ryvett, Forman, Alderman, and others, would also add much to our knowledge of this interesting family. The pedigree follows: [Pedigree formulated from the research work of J. Henry Lea, Esq., in the English probate records (note he indicates additional work should be done to look at the parish records - something he had not done - to confirm this proposed pedigree).] 1. ___ Bancroft, of Chellaston, Barrow, or Swarkeston, Co. Derby? Md. ___ ___, relict, living in 1557 and legatee of lands in Barrow by will of her son Ralph, of Chellaston, Derby, dated 21 Apr 1557. 2. Ralph Bancroft of Chellaston, co. Derby; will dated 21 Apr, probated 13 Sep 1557; bur. at Chellaston: md. (2) Alice (dau. of Christopher Wright; liv. and ex., 1557). First wife, dec'd before 1557 and bur. at Chellaston. 2. Jane and other daus. (2 or 3), who married Thos. Ryvett, Wm. Wandyll, and ___ Alderman. 2. John Bancroft, of Chellaston; son of above, married Margaret Hollingsworth (or Haryngworth); will dated May 11, 1556; proved at Lichfield, 24 Jan 1557, and inventoried 18 Sep 1557. Will refers to "my boys under 21. To my oldest son (Ralph) the Hall I now dwell in; to my second son the over house; to my third son part of the land in Swarston (Swarkeston), he paying his fourth brother xv li." 3. Ralph Bancroft, liv. 1611, and admr. of his bro. William (Qu. - if of So. Cave, Yorks., and adm. 12 Feb 1616, to relict Alice.); md. Alice ___. By process of elimination, most likely candidate for father of Thomas Bancroft (see Henry Lea's rationale for this). 4. Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, yeoman; will dated 13 Oct 1626; probated at Lichfield 11 Oct 1627; bur. at Swarkeston; md. Rebecca ___, liv. 1627, but bur. at Swarkeston before 1639. 5. John Bancroft, eldest son, was of Swarkeston 1627; come to NE. in the "James," 12 Apr 1632; d. 1637; md. Jane ___, widow and had grant of 100 ac. of land in 1638, removed to Southhampton, L.I., and after to Windsor, Ct., was dec'd in 1644 when her land was divided between Jona. Stratton and Thos. Talmadge, Jr.; she had prob. mar. a second time. 6. Anne Bancroft, m. 13 May 1647 to John Griffin of Windsor, CT. 6. John Bancroft of Windsor, CT; md. 3 Dec 1650 Hannah Dupper; she md. 2d to John Ludlam. 6. Thomas Bancroft of Enfield, CT. 6. Samuel Bancroft. (According to Hinman.) 6. William Bancroft. (According to Hinman.) 5. Ralph Bancroft, second son; legatee of lands in Swarkeston, in 1627. The other Thomas who was born 1621 and died 1691 in Lynn, Mass., may have been the son of this Ralph. 5. Thomas Bancroft, 3rd son; poet, author in 1639; of Bradley, near Ashbourne, Derby, 1649-1658; had issue. 5. Dorothy. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.) 5. Elizabeth. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.) 3. William Bancroft of Chellaston, d. 1611; adm. 12 Apr to bro. Ralph; bur. 20 May 1611; wife's name unknown but dec'd before 1611. 4. Thomas Bancroft, a minor in 1611. 4. Catherine. 4. Margaret. 4. Mary. 3. Thomas Bancroft of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 16 mar 1628; probated 24 Jul 1629; wife is Dorothy, dau. of James Forman. 4. William Bancroft, of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 21 Jun 1649, probated 8 Jun 1650; no issue (Pembroke, 89.); md. dau. of Gilbert Newton. 4. Elizabeth. 4. Margaret. 4. Catherine, md. ___ Newton. 3. ___ Bancroft, a son; name unknown; liv. 1557. 3. Margrett Bancroft, only daughter, liv. 1557. 3. From the Internet 29 Dec 2007 "Bancroft Addenda, with Sowther and Gilbert Notes, by John G. Hunt, B.S.C., Arlington, Virginia. This page was last updated on October 6, 2004. The following article is taken from: The American Genealogist, Volume 42, Number 4, pp. 210-116: In 1961 Dr. George E. McCracken (TAG, supra, 37; 154-160) developed these facts concerning Bancrofts of early New England; i. Thomas Bancroft, eminent poet, native of Swarkestone, Derbyshire, was alive at Bradley in that shire as late as 1658. His brothers were Ralph and John Bancroft, the latter of whom sold his land preparatory to removing to New England but died before 1639 prior to arriving in the New World; see evidence below. ii. To be distinguished from the said John Bancroft, a certain John Barcroft, with wife Jane, was of Boston, Massachusetts in 1633; not known to have had any Children, nor is there record in America of this couple after 1633. iii. The Widow Bancroft of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1638, was likely in 1644 of Southampton, New York; there is no evidence that her name was Jane, as has sometimes been supposed, doubtless in confusion with Jane Barcroft, above. The widow possibly had daughters that married John Stratton and Thomas Talmage, Jr., two early settlers of Long Island. iv. The said Widow Bancroft may have had sons John and Thomas Bancroft who were living in the Connecticut valley in the 1640's and 1650's; their sister seems to have been Anne or Hannah who married Sgt. John Griffin at Windsor, Connecticut, in 1647. v. In records of Dedham, Massachusetts of the year 1647, appears the name of Thomas Bancroft, then aged about 22 years; although he later removed to Lynn, there is no good reason to think him akin to the Widow Bancroft. His name, however and that of his son Ralph, conform to the theory that he was somehow related to the aforesaid poet, Thomas Bancroft. Much of the material that Dr. McCracken reviewed had been gathered some sixty years earlier by J. Henry Lea who summarized his findings in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 56:84-87, 196 f. Most curiously, however, Mr. Lea seems to have neglected to consult the will of John Bancroft of Kings Newton, in the parish of Melbourne, Derbyshire, dated 5 Jan 1634/5 and proved 12 May following by his relict Anne (PCC 55 Sadler). Asking to be buried in the parish church of Melburne, the testator left his goods to wife Anne for life, stipulating that she should divide equally between the children, with the elder son John getting the usual double share and the other six children one share each, they not named but two of the seven children are minor sons and perhaps not yet apprenticed. And if any things shall happen to be doubtful concerning my meaning, ... "or that my wyfe shall happen to remoue from the place where shee now dwelleth it is my mynd and will that my Ouerseers hereafter named or any two of them shall expound the said doubt and it shalbe at my said wiues pleasure to remoue and dwell wth my children where shee pleaseth pvided that shee do yt by the consent of my said ouseers or any two of them." As will be seen below, this implication of a possible moved elsewhere may be significant of plans laid before the final illness of the testator. Overseers were Henry Beighton of Ticknail, Nathaniel Sowther of Derby and John Ratcliffe of Kings Newton; witnesses were Nathaniel Sowther, Thomas Grimbold and Robte Draper [he by mark]. Sowther may have served as scrivener for the will, on which point see below. As shown by Dr. McCracken, Mr. Lea made some wrong assumptions, the worst of which was that John Bancroft, the poet's brother, actually arrived in New England, dying soon afterwards. Both Meredith B. Colket, Jr. and Dr. McCracken reject this assumption, and with reason, for in memory of John Bancroft, his brother, are these words of the poet Thomas Bancroft, printed in 1639, and reprinted by John Nichols, History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, (London 1804), vol. 3, pt. 2, p. *886 [sic, not 886]. You sold your land, the lightlier hence to go To foreign coasts; yet (Fates would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journey towards New Jerusalem. The question therefore now arises as to whether John Bancroft of Kings Newton, whose will we have abstracted, can have been brother to the poet, Thomas Bancroft. It must be noted that Kings Newton adjoins Swarkeston, the two being separated only by the River Trent. Moreover, the fact that the testator stipulated burial in the church seems to link him with the family of Bancroft long seated at Chellaston and Swarkeston, who in several wills abstracted by Mr. Lea, had also specified burial in their church, a privilege reserved for few persons. What seems much more meaningful, however, is the fact that Nathaniel Sowther of Derby, seemingly closest friend to the deceased John Bancroft, removed - almost immediately after Bancroft's death - to New England, where in 1636 he was given the position of Secretary to the colony of Plymouth. That Secretary Sowther of Plymouth was the Sowther of John Bancroft's will will be readily apparent from a comparison of the sign manual or cipher appended to his signature as witness to the Bancroft will with a similar signature to a 1653 deed of John and Martha Cogan of Boston where Sowther was then Notary Public. This deed is preserved in the Massachusetts Historical Society which kindly permits our reproduction of the part containing the signature. [Images of Signatures, not available here.] [In an appendix hereto we add notes concerning Sowther.] Considering the foregoing facts, we are entitled to think it possible that Sowther, as closest friend to John Bancroft, may have carried the latter's family to the New World in 1636 or that he may have been the instrument who made possible their removal to New England around that time. We know from the poet that his elder brother, John, who lived in any case in the immediate neighborhood of Kings Newton, had died before 1639, having planned removal to New England. It seems rather likely that it was the John Bancroft of Swarkeston who sold his lands, say in 1633, and removed to the hamlet across the river, dying there at Kings Newton before he could complete his plans to migrate from England. There are bits of evidence that conform to our reconstruction of the Bancroft story. In the first place, each of the three children attributed to the Widow Bancroft in Connecticut, had a daughter Anne or Hannah and a son Nathaniel. The girls' names easily could honor, the relict of John Bancroft of Kings Newton, their supposed grandmother, while the name Nathaniel could easily have been meant to honor Sowther, their supposed benefactor. Significantly, also, it is to be noted that Thomas Talmage, Jr., of Long Island, in 1644 named one of his sons Nathaniel (a name not earlier found in this family). Moreover, Talmage had a daughter Hannah or Anna. His position as secretary or recorder at Easthampton, L.I., ties in nicely with that of Nathaniel Sowther, who was, if we are right, benefactor of Talmage's supposed wife's family (see Arthur White Talmage, Talmage Genealogy, [1909], pp. 23 f.). In addition, we cite a Suffolk County, Massachusetts deed of 22d da. 9th mo. 1648 (Lib. 1, ff 96), which states: Mr. Robt Saltonstall of Boston (granted) to Mr. Nicholas Davison of Charlston his dwelling house in Windsor uppon Connecticut formerly the possession of ffrancis Stiles of Windsor, and now or late in the occupation of Tho. Gilbert and John Banckraft. That Gilbert and Bancroft occupied the same house could mean little, but when in Mr. Lea's cited paper we read of acquaintance between the Bancrofts of Chellaston and Swarkeston and the Gilberts of Barrow, which adjoins Swarkeston, we may commence to think that Bancroft of the Connecticut Valley in 1648 was quite possibly from the same part of England as Thomas Gilbert, and that their forefathers can have been acquainted. This, then, is a clue that the Connecticut valley Bancrofts and Gilberts may have come from Swarkeston or vicinity. Hand in glove with the foregoing facts is the comparable relationship that seems to have existed between Nathaniel Sowther and the Bancroft family on the one hand and between Elder William Brewster of Plymouth and Sowther, on the other. It appears obvious that the ruling elder's influence may have accounted for the immediate appointment of Sowther, a newcomer, as Secretary of Plymouth Colony in 1636. For the elder's son Jonathan had in 1624 married Lucretia Oldham of Derby, who must have known Sowther in that city, where he plainly seems to have been a scrivener. Indeed, it is not at all farfetched to think that Lucretia may have been closely akin to Sowther for here mother seems to have been that Philippa Sowther (daughter of John), who was baptized in the parish of All Saints, Derby, 6 July 1568 in which parish she married 17 November 1588 William Ouldham, known to have been the father of Lucretia, aforesaid (see New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 111:242 and the manuscript parish registers of All Saints, Derby). At the time of Sowther's arrival at Plymouth in 1636, Jonathan Brewster was occupying an important trading post for Plymouth on the then remote Connecticut River; see George F. Willison, Saints and Strangers, 1945 edition, pp. 296, 302; p. 347 in paperback edition (1965), which is neither a reprint nor condensation of the 1945 but a revision of it, by the author himself. It is not to be thought that Sowther's wife (whom he had married in 1613 at Derby) would have relished the continual shepherding of the Bancroft widow and her seven children, by her busy husband. So that even if Widow Bancroft came to Plymouth, where she has not been found recorded, it is likely that she may have removed not long afterwards. Connecticut was in 1636 too unstable for a widow with Children; Lynn appears to have been first stopping place and when many of that town removed to Long Island before 1650, the widow Bancroft may well have gone with them, Connecticut still not being thought too secure. Yet it is likely that some of her children found homes along the River Connecticut, perhaps through the influence of Sowtherand his kinsfolk, the BREWSTERs The trade of young John Bancroft of Windsor, a ferryman, suggests the fondness that his supposed uncle, the poet Thomas Bancroft, had for the River Trent. We give this extract from the poet's words (Nichols, loc. cit.): To Trent Sweet River, on whose flowery margin laid I with the slippery fish have often play'd At fast and loose. . . Bancroft descendants will perhaps wish to read what the poet said of his own parents "buried near together in Swarston church" (Nichols, ibid.): Here lies a pair of peerless friends Whose goodness (like a precious chain) Adorn'd their souls in lives and ends; Whom when Detraction's self would stain She drops her tears instead of gall And helps to mourn their funeral. In tracing back the Sowther family at Derby, we find that John Sowter occurs 6 January 1498 in an extract from the court roll of the manor of Belper (Beau Repaire), Derbyshire, at Duffield, re 1 acre at Stanley (some five miles northeast of Derby - Derbyshire Charters, p. 37, no. 288). It was perhaps his son and namesake who served as churchwarden of the parish of All Saints, Derby, between 1535 and 1545 (History of the Parish of All Saints, Derby). About 1547 and again about 1554, John Sowter of Derby, plumber, and Agnes his wife, daughter of Thomas Fynymore, deceased, claimed property at Hanbury, Staffordshire, against Elizabeth Stafford and Alice her daughter, wife of John Greenwaye (Public Records Office, Lists and Indexes, 54:163; 55:95). Perhaps a son of John and Agnes was that John SOWTER whose Children, baptized at All Saints, included: Thomas Sowter, baptized April 1567 Philippa Sowter, baptized 6 July 1568, married at age 20 to William Ouldham(probably the man of that name buried at All Saints, Derby, 26 June 1636). Their daughter Lucretia, baptized 1600, married 1624 in New England (New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 111:242). The aforesaid Thomas Sowter may well have been father of Nathaniel Sowther or Sowter of Derby, who deposed 19 October 1654 aged about 62 (Suffolk County, Massachusetts Deeds 2:85), so was born circa 1592. He married at St. Peter's, Derby, 28 March 1613, Alice Devonport. In 1634 Nathaniel Sowther was appointed overseer of the will of John Bancroft, signed the will as a witness (see above) and possibly was the scrivener who wrote out the text of the will. In 1653 he also signed as witness the Cogan deed and there are clear resemblances at least in some words between the handwriting of the Bancroft will and the Cogan deed and whatever differences are visible may obviously be the result of the natural changes in the handwriting of any man in a period of nineteen years or the conditions surrounding the production of the document. For the subsequent history of Nathaniel Sowther in New England, see the fine article by Mrs. John E. Barclay which follows immediately. Now, however, there remains to be presented additional information tending to show the connection between Connecticut Gilberts and the part of Old England whence came, supposedly, our Connecticut Bancrofts. Thomas Gilbert, named above as at Windsor, Connecticut in 1648, had sons Jonathan and Josiah who were styled kinsmen by the Widow Katharine (relict of John) Harrison of Wethersfield, Connecticut, at the time of her extended trial as a witch (Homer W. Brainard, Harold S. Gilbert and Clarence A. Torrey, The Gilbert Family, (1954), 5 f..; Henry R. Stiles, History of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1:276, 2:416). During the trial she testified in 1670 that she had been in Connecticut nineteen years, coming directly from England (R. E. Dale, Boston Evening Transcript, 11 July 1934). Earlier in the proceedings against Widow Harrison, Elizabeth, wife of Simon Smith of Thirty Miles Island testified in 1668 that "Katharine was ... one that told fortunes ... and also would oft speak and boast of her great familiarity with Mr. Lilly, one that told fortunes and foretold many matters that in future times were to be accomplished" (John M. Taylor, The Witchcraft Dulusion in Colonial Connecticut, (New York, 1908), p. 56. In responding to the accusation, the widow cited as witnesses, among others, both Jonathan and Josiah Gilbert - it seems clear that she was related to them. Who was the Mr. Lilly named by the widow's accuser? According to the Dictionary of National Biography, William Lilly (1602-1681), noted astrologer and fortune teller was born at Diseworth, Leics. In 1620, when 18 years of age, after being educated in a school at Ashby de la Zouch near Diseworth, he removed to London where his chequered career brought him into correspondence with the King of Sweden and friendship with Elias Ashmole, the famed antiquarian and astrologer. We doubt that Katharine, widow Harrison, personally knew Mr. Lilly; her first daughter Rebecca was born at Wethersfield in 1654 and it would seem that Katharine herself was not born much before 1624, if that early; yet we think it quite possible that either her husband or her kinfolk had known Lilly as a youth before Lilly left his native shire. Diseworth, his birthplace, lies about six miles from Barrow on Trent, adjoining Swarkeston, which could very well be the parish where the Gilberts of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield originated. Two men named John Harrison were testators in the early 1600's, both of Bredon (close to both Barrow and Diseworth (see British Record Society, Index to Leicestershire Wills, Vols. 27, 51). Too, it must be recalled that Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, father of the poet, in his will in 1626, named as overseer his neighbor, Roger Gilbert of Barrow, where the Gilberts had long flourished (see New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 56: 84-87; The Genealogist, n.s., 7:138-140). The original will of Elizabeth Gilbert, spinster, late of Barrow, dated 20 March 1614 (nuncupative), now in the Public Library, Lichfield, Staffordshire, tells us that her grandsire was William Gilbert, father of her uncle Roger Gilbert whose children she named as John, Elizabeth, Francis, William, Sarah and Anne. There is even a remote chance that the latter, Anne, may have been the wife of John Bancroft who died a resident of Melbourne. Note also that Thomas Gilbert married Anne Ward, 26 June 1611, at Swarkeston. [Editor's Note: We are happy to print Mr. Hunt's interesting speculation concerning the Bancroft origin. The newly discovered will is important and the onomastic arguments and chronology fit nicely, but it is a bit strange that the Widow Bancroft shows up first at Lynn and not at Plymouth wit the SowtherS.] Richard Dennis Souther, Souther Family Association. Copyright © 1998 - 2007 - Richard Dennis Souther." | Bancroft, Thomas (I2239)
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| 3173 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "John Bancroft came in the 'James' from London, Eng., Apr. 1632; arrived 12 Jun (8 weeks passage); res. Lynn Mass.; d. 1637; 'Col. Rec. Mass.,' 3 Sep 1633; 'Winthrop's Journal,' 12 Sep 1663; 'Hubbard's Hist. New Engl.,' p. 156. His wid. Jane received 100 acres of land at Lynn, 1638. Nov. 19, 1644, Jona. Strattan and Thos. Talmadge, Jr., of Southampton, Long Island (a settlement emanating from Lynn), petitioned for the peaceable settlement of the lot betwixt them, 'which formerly was gr. unto Widd. Bancroft,' which was consented to. Tradition in the Bancroft family says she m. (2) a man who removed with her and her children to Connecticut. "Savage' mentions ch. John and Thomas. Children (born England): A. Anna, m. 13 May 1647, John Griffin; sett. Simsbury; 10 children. B. John. C. Thomas. D. Samuel. E. William (acc. to 'Hinman,' for which we find no authority.) Thomas Bancroft, poet (a native of Swarkstonem, on the Trent, Derbyshire, where his parents were buriedm and who pr a vol. of epigrams and epitaphs, 1639, London, Eng.) says of his brother John Bancroft: 'You sold your land the lighter hence to go To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journery toward New Jerusalem.' Tradition speaks of a sojourn on Long Island and the death there of one of the three brothers; that one then went to Mass. and one to Connecticut." 2. "Thomas Bancroft," from Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, 29 Dec 2007: "Born before 1633[1] Swarkestone, Derbyshire. Died after 1658[1] Bradley, Derbyshire. Education: St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Occupation: Poet. Thomas Bancroft was a minor 17th-century poet from Swarkestone in South Derbyshire; he was an associate of James Shirley and Sir Aston Cockayne. He wrote a number of poems and epigrams addressed to notable people. Many of the facts of his life are known from his poetry.[1] Biography: Thomas Bancroft (fl. 1633–1658), poet, was a native of Swarkeston, a village on the Trent, in Derbyshire. He is known to have been alive in 1633 and he was in Bradley, Derbyshire in 1658. This we learn from one of his own epigrams, and from Sir Aston Cockayne's commendatory lines. He has also an epigram in celebration of his father and mother, buried in Swarston Church.(sic). He was a contemporary of James Shirley at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, to whom he addresses an epigram. He seems to have lived for some time in his native Derbyshire. Sir Aston Cokaine, as a neighbour and fellow-poet, appears to have visited and been visited by him. He had apparently only a younger son's fortune, his elder brother died in 1639, having broken up the little family-property.[1] Bancroft's first publication was The Glutton's Feaver, in 1633. This is a narrative poem of seven-line stanzas, of the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus.[1] Thomas Corser, wrote: There is a smoothness and grace, as well as force and propriety, in Bancroft's poetical language, which have not, as we think, been sufficiently noticed.[2] Bancroft's next and better-known book was his "Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs." Dedicated to two top-branches of Gentry: Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet, and William Davenport, Esquire, 1639.' These epigrams were quoted partly because of the notability of the people they celebrate. The names include Sidney, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, John Donne, Overbury, John Ford, Quarles, Thomas Randolph[3] and Shirley. The extract below concerns Shakespeare (hence the pun): Thou so hast us'd thy Pen, (or shocke thy Speare) That Poets startle, nor thy wit come neare.[4] And to John Donne: Thy muses gallentry does farre exceed All ours: to whom thou art a Don indeed[4] In 1649 Bancroft contributed to Brome's Lachrymce Musarum, or the Teares of the Muses, a poem To the never-dying memory of the noble Lord Hastings." Finally he published, in 1658, The Heroical Lover, or Antheon and Fidelta, and the collection of verse Times out of Tune, Plaid upon However in XX Satyres. This last is a series of moralizing satirical poems directed against (inter alia) whoring, gluttony, alcoholism, hedonism, lying, pride in clothing, false friends, ambition, cowardice, cruelty, and the abuse of poetry. Full of invective, the subjects Bancroft chose for this collection seem to leave few aspects of life to enjoy.[1] In 1658, Bancroft was living in retirement at Bradley, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire.[5] It is probable that he continued there until his death. It was said that Bancroft was 'small of stature', and that he published sermons. He was referred to as 'the small poet,' partly in reference to his stature, and partly in allusion to his small poems.[1] References 1. Dictionary of National Biography, now in the public domain. 2. Thomas Corser, Collectanea Anglo-Poetica (pt. 1). 3. Bancroft wrote that Randolph "drank too much at the Muses spring." ref Randolph in DNB 4. Epigrammes by Thomas Bancroft - cited by William Shakespeare - A Study of The Facts & Problems. E.K. Chambers. 5. Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland, London 1891, pp. 54-5." 3. 1 Jul 2003 "Am working on this draft, and would appreciate any necessary revisions. - John - Swarkestone and Chellaston Many of the Bancroft colonists who settled in the Windsor, Connecticut area in the 1600s had Bancroft ancestors who lived in the villages of Swarkestone and Chellaston in the 1500s. Swarkestone is about five miles south of the city of Derby in southern Derbyshire, in the mid areas of England, way north of London. Sometimes the village is described in the family history data as Swarkston or Swarkston-on-the-Trent in Derbyshire. The village of Swarkestone is in fact on the north bank of the River Trent. The village of Chellaston is about a mile northeast of Swarkestone. It appears that the Bancroft ancestors were in Chellaston in the first part of the 1500s, and then settled in Swarkestone in the second part of the 1500s. The population of Swarkestone throughout the 1800s was in the 200s and 300s. In 1991 the population of the Swarkestone was 178 people. The population of Chellaston in the 1830s was only 352 people, but the BBC says that the area is now a growing suburb of Derby. Per a website of old historical info on Chellaston: "The Bancrofts appear to be the most ancient and respectable family of this village. We find them on the first page of the first register, in 1570. From this family descended the celebrated Poet. The present descendants are now resident at Sinfin and Barrow, and are considerable freeholders." It goes on to say this about St. Peter's church in Chellaston, the Anglican church there: "Here is an alabaster monument to Ralph Bancroft, and Alice his wife. In the south aisle are two memorial stones of the Bancroft family, dated 1551 and 1557, connections of Thomas Bancroft the poet, a native of Swarkeston, who lived near here in the time of Queen Elizabeth." [Note: Ralph Bancroft and his wife Alice were ancestors of the Windsor area Bancroft colonists, and the poet Thomas Bancroft was a close relative - see further below.] Source: Sources for Swarkestone and Chellaston: 4. 1 Jul 2003 "Info on the relative Thomas Bancroft, the Jacobean poet. "Most of the little we know of Thomas Bancroft is found in this volume. He was born at Swarkestone on the River Trent just south of Derby, then the seat of the Harpur-Crewe family of Calke Abbey (the wonderful Jacobean pavilion and bowling-field still survives next to the ruins of the mansion and can be rented from the Landmark Trust) and his parents are buried in the churchyard there. His elder brother sold whatever estate there was and drowned on the way to America. He went to St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge where he knew the playwright James Shirley. He was "low in stature." His first poem The Glutton's Feaver was published in 1633 (the W. A. White - Houghton copy, Christie, 13/6/1979, lot 29, fetched £3500 and is now in the Wormsley Library of Sir Paul Getty), in 1648 he contributed a poem to Brome's miscellany Lachrymae Musarum, and in 1655 published The Heroical Lover, or Antheon and Fidelta, when he was living in Bradley, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The date of his death is not known." Quoted from - http://www.worldbookdealers.com/books/book.asp?id=143748 "Thomas Bancroft, b. Abt. 1600, Swarkston, Derbyshire, England; d. Abt. 1658. A poet, the author of Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs, published at London in 1639. In one of the poems, he commemorates his brother John's short life in New England; `You sold your land the lighter hence to go To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journey toward New Jerusalem.'" 4. From the Internet 29 Dec 2007 To Trent Sweet River, on whose flowery margin laid I with the slippery fish have often play'd At fast and loose. . . Bancroft descendants will perhaps wish to read what the poet said of his own parents "buried near together in Swarston church" (Nichols, ibid.): Here lies a pair of peerless friends Whose goodness (like a precious chain) Adorn'd their souls in lives and ends; Whom when Detraction's self would stain She drops her tears instead of gall And helps to mourn their funeral. Richard Dennis Souther, Souther Family Association. Copyright © 1998 - 2007 - Richard Dennis Souther." 5. Pedigree formulated from the research work of J. Henry Lea, Esq., in the English probate records (note he indicates additional work should be done to look at the parish records - something he had not done - to confirm this proposed pedigree). See notes with direct line Bancroft English-born males for full quote of Mr. Lea's research on which he based this pedigree: 1. ___ Bancroft, of Chellaston, Barrow, or Swarkeston, Co. Derby? Md. ___ ___, relict, living in 1557 and legatee of lands in Barrow by will of her son Ralph, of Chellaston, Derby, dated 21 Apr 1557. 2. Ralph Bancroft of Chellaston, co. Derby; will dated 21 Apr, probated 13 Sep 1557; bur. at Chellaston: md. (2) Alice (dau. of Christopher Wright; liv. and ex., 1557). First wife, dec'd before 1557 and bur. at Chellaston. 2. Jane and other daus. (2 or 3), who married Thos. Ryvett, Wm. Wandyll, and ___ Alderman. 2. John Bancroft, of Chellaston; son of above, married Margaret Hollingsworth (or Haryngworth); will dated May 11, 1556; proved at Lichfield, 24 Jan 1557, and inventoried 18 Sep 1557. Will refers to "my boys under 21. To my oldest son (Ralph) the Hall I now dwell in; to my second son the over house; to my third son part of the land in Swarston (Swarkeston), he paying his fourth brother xv li." 3. Ralph Bancroft, liv. 1611, and admr. of his bro. William (Qu. - if of So. Cave, Yorks., and adm. 12 Feb 1616, to relict Alice.); md. Alice ___. By process of elimination, most likely candidate for father of Thomas Bancroft (see Henry Lea's rationale for this). 4. Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, yeoman; will dated 13 Oct 1626; probated at Lichfield 11 Oct 1627; bur. at Swarkeston; md. Rebecca ___, liv. 1627, but bur. at Swarkeston before 1639. 5. John Bancroft, eldest son, was of Swarkeston 1627; come to NE. in the "James," 12 Apr 1632; d. 1637; md. Jane ___, widow and had grant of 100 ac. of land in 1638, removed to Southhampton, L.I., and after to Windsor, Ct., was dec'd in 1644 when her land was divided between Jona. Stratton and Thos. Talmadge, Jr.; she had prob. mar. a second time. 6. Anne Bancroft, m. 13 May 1647 to John Griffin of Windsor, CT. 6. John Bancroft of Windsor, CT; md. 3 Dec 1650 Hannah Dupper; she md. 2d to John Ludlam. 6. Thomas Bancroft of Enfield, CT. 6. Samuel Bancroft. (According to Hinman.) 6. William Bancroft. (According to Hinman.) 5. Ralph Bancroft, second son; legatee of lands in Swarkeston, in 1627. The other Thomas who was born 1621 and died 1691 in Lynn, Mass., may have been the son of this Ralph. 5. Thomas Bancroft, 3rd son; poet, author in 1639; of Bradley, near Ashbourne, Derby, 1649-1658; had issue. 5. Dorothy. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.) 5. Elizabeth. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.) 3. William Bancroft of Chellaston, d. 1611; adm. 12 Apr to bro. Ralph; bur. 20 May 1611; wife's name unknown but dec'd before 1611. 4. Thomas Bancroft, a minor in 1611. 4. Catherine. 4. Margaret. 4. Mary. 3. Thomas Bancroft of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 16 mar 1628; probated 24 Jul 1629; wife is Dorothy, dau. of James Forman. 4. William Bancroft, of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 21 Jun 1649, probated 8 Jun 1650; no issue (Pembroke, 89.); md. dau. of Gilbert Newton. 4. Elizabeth. 4. Margaret. 4. Catherine, md. ___ Newton. 3. ___ Bancroft, a son; name unknown; liv. 1557. 3. Margrett Bancroft, only daughter, liv. 1557. 6. Website 1 Jan 2008 "Thomas Bancroft. According to Grosart, in the D.N.B., Thomas Bancroft flourished from 1633 to 1658. A native of Swarston, Berbyshire, he attended St. Catherine's at Cambridge in 1613, and was there a friend and contempoarary of James Shirley. When his oldest brother died in 1639 the family property was broken up. Grosart lists four works of the poet: 'The Glutton's Feaver' (1633), 'Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs' (1639), a poem to the memory of Lord Hastings in Brome's 'Lachrymae Musarum' (1649), and 'The Heroicall Lover, or Antheon and Fidelta' (1658) In 1658 he was living at Bradley. He was known traditionally in Derbyshire as 'the small poet.' In a letter to the L.T.L.S. on Sept. 29, 1921, Professor G.C. Moore Smith added to our information by calling attention to some remarks in Nichol's 'Leicestershire' (III, 927-8). There a quoted poem of Thomas Pestell's indicates that Bancroft wrote 'The Glutton's Feaver' while an usher at Market Bosworth school in Leicestershire (the same school at which Dr. Johnson later taught). Prof. Smith points out that the school was founded by Sir Wolstan Dixie in 1586; that Bancroft's epigrams contain a verse addressed to Thomas Dixie and other verses mentioning Leicestershire persons and places. (The connection is clearer than that. Professor Smith failed to notice that 'The Glutton's Feaver' is dedicated to Wolstan Dixie, probably the son of the founder.) Prof. Smith also suggests that the poet got his position at the school through Sir John Harpur of Swarston, who was related to the Dixies and whose name is a familiar one in the poet's epigrams. These facts may be modified and supplemented. The date of Bancroft's death may definitely be put at Nov. 5, 1658, according to an entry in the register of the church at Bradley. ('Notes and Queries'; 3d Series, 9.67, Jan. 2, 1866.) Because of the lack of the original parish register at Swarston I have been unable to discover the date of his birth, but I suggest that it be put tentatively at c. 1596, the birth date of his contemporary at Cambridge, James Shirley. An entry in the 'Leiestershire Marriage Licenses' (Cited by Mr. Smith), tells us that Bancroft was married in 1626 to 'Rebecca Errington, Widow of Osgathorpe.' Incidentally a sister of the poet, Elizabeth, had married a John Errington in 1621 ('Index Library,' p. 38), who became the executor of Bancroft's father's will. One of the poet's epigrams (I, 193) is addressed "To his Brother, John Bancroft deceased.' [Poem quoted.] [Note the website only allows access to the first page of six. I have written by local library, 1 Jan 2008, for their help in accessing the other five pages of the article. The article appeared in "PMLA" which is the journal of the Modern Language Association of America. Their journal is sent to most libraries.] | Bancroft, Thomas (I476)
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| 3174 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.] 2. "New England History and Genealogy Register," v. 101, p. 285, Article: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett Descendants": "Samuel Gillett (son of John, grandson of Jonathan), of Suffield, Conn., and Granville, Mass., born in Windsor, Conn., 16 Feb 1677/8. He was five years old when his mother married secondly, Captain George Norton of Suffield, the town that became the boy's home for most of his life. In the later years of his life he lived in Granville, across the line in southwest Mass., and died there 'in 1739, aged 60', but was buried in Suffield. (Northampton Probate Records give administration of estate 1934[typo?]) He married in Suffield, 22 Jan 1701/2 (int. 20 Dec 1701), Rebecca Bancroft (dau. of Thomas, g.dau. of John), born in Springfield, Mass. (part later Enfield, Conn.), 23 Feb 1680... [Her mother] Widow Jane Bancroft received 100 acres in Lynn in 1638. Her daughter Anna married 13 May 1647 Sergt. John Griffin, settled in Simsbury, Conn., had ten children and one of them, Sarah Griffin, married Elias Gillett (son of Nathan). Son Thomas Bancroft of Springfield, Mass. region, residence at the 'lower wharf,' now Enfield, Conn., was a selectman of Westfield; 8 Dec 1653 married Margaret Wright (dau. of Samuel) and their daughter Ruth Bancroft married John Stiles and had many Children; and daughter Rebecca married Samuel Gillett; and son Nathaniel had descendants in Granville, Mass. (and Ohio) and it was probably this connection that took Samuel Gillett from Suffield to Granville. Rev. Ezra Stiles, president of Yale from 1772 to 1795 was the son of Rev. Isaac and the grandson of John and Ruth (Bancroft) Stiles, and he wrote of his grandmother's family: 'The Family of Bancroft are a brisk, smart, quick, sensible and lively cast. Grandmother communicated her family spirit to all (her) Children', etc. (Stiles Gens. 1892 and 1895). Children, born in Suffield: A. Samuel, b. 13 Sep 1702. B. John, b. 16 Jan 1704/5. Perhaps the 1724 John Gillett of his uncle Thomas Gillett's 1726 probate record? C. Nathaniel, 10 May 1707; m. Phebe ___... D. Hannah, b. 19 Jun 1709; d. in Suffield 2 Nov 1746, age 37; m. there, 26 Feb 1728/9 (int. Jan. 10) Joseph Kent (1898 Kent Gen.). E. Thomas, b. 16 Apr 1711. F. Gardner, b. 23 Jun 1715. G. Rebecca, b. 21 Sep 1718." 3. The book "The Stiles Family in America: Genealogies of the Connecticut Family, etc.," by Henry Reed Stiles, 1895, p. 83: "Mr. John Stiles, (son of John, grandson of John) born 10 Dec 1665; settled at Windsor, Conn. He married (1) Ruth Bancroft, dau. of Samuel, of Westfield, Mass., who died in Childbed, 1714; m. (2) Widow Sarah Rumrill, who died about 1743, by whom he had no children. After her death, he left Windsor, and lived the greater part of his remaining years with his son, Rev. Isaac Stiles, at North Haven, where he died, 20 May 1753, age 88 years. The church records of Rev. Timothy Edwards, first pastor of the First Church of East Windsor, Conn., give evidence that John Stiles was an actual settler (and the first of the name) on the east side of the Great River - then known as "Windsor Farmes" - probably in 1699 or 1700. Pres. Stiles ('MS. Itinerary,' vol. v., Yale College Library says: 'Osborn, Bissell, Fitch, three first settlers of East Windsor. Osborn owned three miles long and a half (mile) in width on Connecticut River. Grandfather Jno. Stiles among first and with Osborn. Osborn first above Scantic River, Bissell below, and Fitch at South end.' His grandson, the President, thus describes him: 'my Grandfather was small man short of stature and rather lean than fat; an honest man, tho' of an ordinary capacity and understanding - a plain Farmer, naturally rather dull and cloudy make; his passions quick tho' not often disturbed - at time melancholy tho' often social. Tho' he had little evil about him, yet he had nothing extraordinary good. Had no ambition to be distinguished beyond a very small sphere. And least of all had he anything Enterprising in his Make. Not very active nor very Indolent; if he could in Summer lay up for Winter so as to feed his numerous Family, he sought no more. He took no pains to acquire an Estate, having land eno' to raise provision for the support of his Family. The Family of Bancroft (his wife's) are of a brisk, smart, quick, sensible ane lively cast. Grandmother communicated her family spirit to all his children, but to none in so high a degree as to her son my Father, the Rev. Isaac Stile, and perhaps her daughter Ruth. In general in all the children there was a manifest Superiority of Mind to Grandfather's. They were all possessed of Sensibility, Spirit, Quickness and Judgement far superior to their Father. One common Infirmity inseparably attended the whole Family, Violence of Passions; not one but was quick and passionate to a high degree, which was a great Disadvantage especially to the two, viz. my Father and Uncle Abel who were concerned in public Life. Boisteriousness, Impetuosity and Ungovernableness of their passions, involved them in many Trials, wh. Men of more Meekness and Condescension had avoided. With all these Infirmities of Passions about them, the Family was not addicted to Vices, but were honest, upright and faithful and had in their Dispositions a natural Hospitality and Generosity which would have appeared more had not Indigence, or at least a want of Affluence, prevented it. Not only my Grandfather, but the Family of Stiles in other Branches, in general, were a small Breed, low of Stature' (excepting Jonathan Stiles, known as 'Long Jonathan.') [Article lists Children.]" Footnotes: 1. [Ruth Bancroft]: 'Being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler, of Westfield to bring up. When of age she lived at Rev. Mr. Glover's, in Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by the Indians in 1675' - 'Pres. Stiles MS, Genealogy.' She was among the members in full communion belonging to 'ye 2d Church of Christ in Windsor,' (i.e. the first Church in East Windsor), under date of 1700, - Stiles 'Hist. Ancient Windsor,' p. 870. [Note: Pres. Stiles would be the grandson of John through Isaac and the President of Yale College in the late 1700s.] 2. Memorandum by Pres. Stiles, made when a boy, 'Feb. 11, 1743-4, Grandfather Stiles came down,' i.e. to North Haven. Age of death also by memorandum of Pres. Stiles." 4. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. 5. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 704-705: "John Stiles (Mr.) (son of John, g.son of John), settled at Windsor, was an actual settler, and the first of the name on the east side of the Conn. [river], prob. about 1699 or 1700. A very interesting pen portrait of him, and of his brothers and sisters and his wife, by Pres. Stiles, is still extant (see 'S. Genealogy'); he was a farmer; m. (1) Ruth (dau. Samuel) Bancroft of Westfield, Mass., who d. in Child-bed, 1714; (2) Wid. Rumrill, who d. 5 Apr 1743 (East Windsor Church Record); his later years were spent at the residence of his son, Rev. Isaac Stiles at North Haven, Conn., where he d. 20 May 1753, age 88. Children (first 6 prob. b. at Old Windsor; the remainder at 'Windsor Farmes,' East Windsor.): A. Ruth, b. 5 Feb 1691; m. 31 May 1711 Nath'l Taylor of Windsor, Conn., who d. 6 May 1736; she d. 11 Dec 1760 at Torrington, Conn., age 70; 10 children. B. John, b. 17 Dec 1692. C. Margaret, b. 23 Feb 1694/5; m. 23 Feb 1714/15, Joseph Peck of Windsor, afterwards of Tolland, Conn.; he d. Litchfield Co.; 6 ch. D. Isaac (Rev.), b. 30 Jul 1697. E. ___, son, d. inf. F. ___, dau., d. inf. G. Ebenezer, b. 7 Apr 1701. H. Noah, b. 31 Jan 1702/3. I. Abel, d. inf. J. Hannah, twin, d. age 4. K. ___, d. inf. L. Abel (Rev), b. 10 Mar 1708/9. M. Hannah, b. 9 Oct 1711; m. Isaac Hayden of Windsor, 19 Nov 1736; she d. 27 Aug 1750, age 39; 7 ch. N. Benoni, b. 1714; d. age 3 mos." 6. "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England...," by James Savage, 4 vols., (Boston, 1862), p. 195: "Stiles, John, Windsor, eldest s. of the preced. m. Ruth Bancroft, had Ruth, b. 5 Feb. 1691; John, 17 Dec. 1692; Margaret, 23 Feb. 1695; Isaac, 30 July 1697; Ebenezer, 7 Apr. 1701; Noah, 31 Jan. 1703; Abel, d. soon; Hannah, and arm. tw. both d. soon, as had a pair tw. some yrs. bef.; Abel, again, 5 or 10 Mar. 1709 Hannah, again, 9 Oct. 1711; and Benoni, 1714, d. soon. He was gr.f. of Rev. Ezra, disting. equal. for his extensive erudit. and amiable credulity, wh. was b. 29 Dec. 1727, eldest ch. of Isaac, and only one by w. Kezia, d. of Rev. Edward Taylor of Westfield, wh. d. five days aft. The chronology of too many of the fourteen ch. belong. to John, is so strangely confus. in Cothren, 697, that it defies restorat." BIRTH: 1. "New England History and Genealogy Register," v. 6, p. 266: "A Record of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in Westfield, Mass., Prior to the year 1700," communicated by the Rev. Emerson Davis of that town, corresponding member of the New England Historical Society: "Thomas Bancroft m. ___ ___, had Ruth, b. 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| 3175 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.] 2. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 41-42: "Samuel Bancroft (s. of Thomas, g.s. of John), b. Enfield, d. (South) Windsor 29 Nov 1742, in 74th year. In 1684, Dec. 12, a grant was made, 'upon his father's motion,' of an allotment at Enfield, 20 acres in all, provided he dwell there 7 years. He sold land in Enfield adjoining land of his bro. Nathaniel, 24 Apr 1691, and mentions Hannah Barber as his father's relict. 11 Mar 1696/7, he witnessed a deed by Nath'l Bissell to Thomas Holcombe of land at Simsbury' and 23 Mar 1796/7 (1696/7?), the said Bissell of Windsor, 'in consideration of my affection for my dau. Hannah, wife of Samuel Bancroft,' deeds to him land East of the Connecticut River. 4 Oct 1704 James Saxton acquits John Barber of Springfield and Samuel Bancroft of Windsor concerning the estate of his father-in-law Thomas Bancroft. 23 Feb 1709/10, he is mentioned as Lieut. Sam'l; he owned the Covenant in (E.) Windsor church, 10 Nov 1700. In Queen Anne's War he left Windsor 10 Jul 1711, ret. 12 Oct, same year; served in Capt. Moses Dimond's Co. In 1710, Sgt. Sam'l B. was one of ch. comm. to build a church, with discretionary power. In 1717 he was on a school committee; in 1714 on a com. for draining lands with Roger Wolcott and Sam'l Rockwell. As his name does not appear on petition of E. Windsor inhabitants who wished to settle a minister, 1694, he prob. had not then removed from Enfield. He m. (1) Hannah (dau. Nathaniel and Mindwell, dau. Dea. John Moore) Bissell of Windsor, who d. 24 Jan 1708/9, in 38th year. (E.W.O. et C.R.); she was b. 12 Jan 1670; he m. (2) wid. Joanna Allyn, 23 Feb 1709/10, who was a sister of Ebenezer Gilbert and wid. of Thomas Allyn; she was b. 22 Apl 1676, and d. 8 Jan 1773, age. 97. Lieut. Samuel B. d. 29 Nov 1742, in 74th yr. (E.W.O. et C.R.); will prob. 1 Feb 1742/3. Children all of first wife: A. Margaret, b. 15 May 1698, living 1742, m., 6 ch. B. Eunice, b. 29 Dec1700; living in 1742. C. Nathaniel, b. 4 Jul 1703. D. Elizabeth, b. 27 Mar 1706; living 1742. BIRTH: 1. Thomas and Margaret (Wright) Bancroft had two sons named Samuel. The first son was born 25 Jan 1667[/8] and died five days later. The death record image is attached to this individual and clearly identifies him as the son of Thomas and Margaret. This death record was apparently missed by most earlier researchers and the birth date was erroneously accorded to the later Samuel, whose birth record does not exist but certainly occurred after the death of the first Samuel. Since there was a child named Ruth born to the same parents in 1670, then the most likely date is "about 1672." The second Samuel is tightly associated with the other members of this family through probates and deeds and would not be a child of another set of parents. 2. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 18, pp. 143-147, "Springfield Records" has the following birth records. Being that the Gregorian calendar was existant at this time, the order of months may have begun with April as the first month. The dates traditionally used for the Bancrofts appear to be based on the modern calendar with January as the first month. The Springfield record keeper switches to the names of month in May 1662, however, the month directly before is recorded as the first month which would mean that April was indeed the first month. I indicate in parantheses the modern date for births prior to 1662. Also at this early date, Enfield was part of Springfield, Massachusetts even though today it is part of Connecticut: "Liddia Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 6 day of ye 2 mon. 1655." [6 May 1655] "Margritt Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 16 day of ye 8 mon. 1656." [16 Nov 1656] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 1 of the 7 mon. 1658." [1 Oct 1658] "Thomas Bancraft s. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 21 day of ye 11 mon. 1659." [21 Feb 1660] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne ye 5 May 1663." "Samuell Bancroft s. of C**** & Margaret Bancroft borne Jan 1667." [The entry before is 23 Jan 1667.] [Note this entry was corrected in a later volume to "s. of Tho___{torn}"] | Bancroft, Samuel (I2490)
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| 3176 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.] 2. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. | Bancroft, Julia (I2489)
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| 3177 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.] 2. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. BIRTH: 1. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 18, pp. 143-147, "Springfield Records" has the following birth records. Being that the Gregorian calendar was existant at this time, the order of months may have begun with April as the first month. The dates traditionally used for the Bancrofts appear to be based on the modern calendar with January as the first month. The Springfield record keeper switches to the names of month in May 1662, however, the month directly before is recorded as the first month which would mean that April was indeed the first month. I indicate in parantheses the modern date for births prior to 1662. Also at this early date, Enfield was part of Springfield, Massachusetts even though today it is part of Connecticut: "Liddia Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 6 day of ye 2 mon. 1655." [6 May 1655] "Margritt Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 16 day of ye 8 mon. 1656." [16 Nov 1656] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 1 of the 7 mon. 1658." [1 Oct 1658] "Thomas Bancraft s. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 21 day of ye 11 mon. 1659." [21 Feb 1660] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne ye 5 May 1663." "Samuell Bancroft s. of C**** & Margaret Bancroft borne Jan 1667." [The entry before is 23 Jan 1667.] [This entry later corrected in v. 87, p. 303: "s. of Tho{torn}"] [Note this entry was corrected in a later volume to "s. of Tho___{torn}"] | Bancroft, Thomas (I2487)
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| 3178 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.] 2. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. BIRTH: 1. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 18, pp. 143-147, "Springfield Records" has the following birth records. Being that the Gregorian calendar was existant at this time, the order of months may have begun with April as the first month. The dates traditionally used for the Bancrofts appear to be based on the modern calendar with January as the first month. The Springfield record keeper switches to the names of month in May 1662, however, the month directly before is recorded as the first month which would mean that April was indeed the first month. I indicate in parantheses the modern date for births prior to 1662. Also at this early date, Enfield was part of Springfield, Massachusetts even though today it is part of Connecticut: "Liddia Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 6 day of ye 2 mon. 1655." [6 May 1655] "Margritt Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 16 day of ye 8 mon. 1656." [16 Nov 1656] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 1 of the 7 mon. 1658." [1 Oct 1658] "Thomas Bancraft s. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 21 day of ye 11 mon. 1659." [21 Feb 1660] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne ye 5 May 1663." "Samuell Bancroft s. of C**** & Margaret Bancroft borne Jan 1667." [The entry before is 23 Jan 1667.] [This entry later corrected in v. 87, p. 303: "s. of Tho{torn}"] [Note this entry was corrected in a later volume to "s. of Tho___{torn}"] | Bancroft, Anna (I2486)
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| 3179 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.] 2. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. BIRTH: 1. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 18, pp. 143-147, "Springfield Records" has the following birth records. Being that the Gregorian calendar was existant at this time, the order of months may have begun with April as the first month. The dates traditionally used for the Bancrofts appear to be based on the modern calendar with January as the first month. The Springfield record keeper switches to the names of month in May 1662, however, the month directly before is recorded as the first month which would mean that April was indeed the first month. I indicate in parantheses the modern date for births prior to 1662. Also at this early date, Enfield was part of Springfield, Massachusetts even though today it is part of Connecticut: "Liddia Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 6 day of ye 2 mon. 1655." [6 May 1655] "Margritt Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 16 day of ye 8 mon. 1656." [16 Nov 1656] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 1 of the 7 mon. 1658." [1 Oct 1658] "Thomas Bancraft s. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 21 day of ye 11 mon. 1659." [21 Feb 1660] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne ye 5 May 1663." "Samuell Bancroft s. of C**** & Margaret Bancroft borne Jan 1667." [The entry before is 23 Jan 1667.] [This entry later corrected in v. 87, p. 303: "s. of Tho{torn}"] [Note this entry was corrected in a later volume to "s. of Tho___{torn}"] | Bancroft, Margaret (I2485)
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| 3180 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.] 2. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. BIRTH: 1. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 18, pp. 143-147, "Springfield Records" has the following birth records. Being that the Gregorian calendar was existant at this time, the order of months may have begun with April as the first month. The dates traditionally used for the Bancrofts appear to be based on the modern calendar with January as the first month. The Springfield record keeper switches to the names of month in May 1662, however, the month directly before is recorded as the first month which would mean that April was indeed the first month. I indicate in parantheses the modern date for births prior to 1662. Also at this early date, Enfield was part of Springfield, Massachusetts even though today it is part of Connecticut: "Liddia Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 6 day of ye 2 mon. 1655." [6 May 1655] "Margritt Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 16 day of ye 8 mon. 1656." [16 Nov 1656] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 1 of the 7 mon. 1658." [1 Oct 1658] "Thomas Bancraft s. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 21 day of ye 11 mon. 1659." [21 Feb 1660] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne ye 5 May 1663." "Samuell Bancroft s. of C**** & Margaret Bancroft borne Jan 1667." [The entry before is 23 Jan 1667.] [This entry later corrected in v. 87, p. 303: "s. of Tho{torn}"] [Note this entry was corrected in a later volume to "s. of Tho___{torn}"] | Bancroft, Lydia (I2484)
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| 3181 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.] 2. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. | Bancroft, John (I2194)
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| 3182 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 502: "Thomas Moore (Capt.) (son of John, g.son of Dea. John, gg.son of Thomas), m. Deborah Bissell, 12 Dec 1695; rec'd from his father the old Moore ho. pictured on p. 431, Vol. I; he d. 22 Jan 1734; she d. 19 Jan 1756. Children: A. Hannah, b. 4 Apr 1697, m. Isaac Skinner. B. Deborah, b. 6 Aug 1699; d. 28 Jun 1700. C. Samuel, b. 7, d. 20 Aug 1701. D. Abiah, b. 9 Jul 1706; d. 30 Aug 1747, single. E. Keziah, b. 24 Mar 1708, m. Jas. Woodruff. F. Thomas, b. 28 Oct 1718. G. Lois, m. Zebulon Hoskins, Aug 1727; d. 31 Oct 1754, age 50. H. Deborah, b. 17 Jan 1710 (Windsor); m. Daniel Kellogg." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 688: "Isaac Skinner (son of Joseph, g.son of John), m. Hannah Moore of Windsor, 5 Dec 1716; he d. 31 Oct 1762 aged abt. 71; she prob. the widow H., who d. 17 Oct 1793, age 97. - 'Wby. Church Record.' Children: A. Isaac, b. 7 Oct 1717. B. Hannah, b. 1 Sep 1720; (per 'Loomis Geneal.' m. Noah Drake 1 Oct 1741). C. Lucy (dau. Isaac), d. 23 Feb 1740, age abt. 18 y. - 'Wby. Ch. Rec.' D. Keziah, b. 14 Jun 1728. E. Mary, b. 7 Apr 1730; (per 'Loomis Geneal.' m. Hosea Clark, 24 Sep 1752.) F. Deborah, b. 15 Sep 1733; (per 'Loomis Geneal.' d. 14 Sep 1750). G. Anne, bp. 12 Nov 1738 ('Wby. Ch. Rec.'); prob. belongs to this Isaac." 3. From the booklet "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630," vol. 13, "New Ancestral Discoveries -1990," The Mary & John Clearing House, 1990, Burton W. Spear, 5602-305th Street, Toledo, OH, 43611, copy in the Windsor, CT, Historical Society Library, p. 29: "John Moore: No ancestry has been found for John Moore of Windsor, Conn. He was called the son of Thomas Moore, who came to Dorchester, Mass. about 1633, with his wife and possibly a daughter, Hannah. According to the Porter Genealogy, Vol. 1, p. 86, Thomas had a son, Thomas Jr., who married Mary Youngs, in 1613, in England, daughter of Rev.Christopher Youngs, vicar of Reydon, Suffolk, England. This may be a clue to the English ancestry of John Moore, but this has not been verified. A search of the IGI records of Suffolk have not shed light on this search. John Moore of Windsor, married Abigail ___, in 1639, so he was probably born about 1610 to 1617." 4. FHL publication "The Skinner Kinsmen. The Descendants of John Skinner of Hartford, Connecticut," compiled by Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald (The Pioneer Press; Washington, D.C.), pp. 35-36: "Sergeant Isaac Skinner (3), Joseph (2), John (1), was born in Windsor, Conn., August 16, 1691, married at Windsor, December 5, 1716, Hannah, daughter of captain Thomas and Deborah Moore. She was born April 4, 1687 or 1697, died at Wintonbury, Conn., October 17, 1793. He was a weaver and died October 31, 1762. Children: -Isaac (4),b. Windsor, Oct. 7, 1717, m. Windsor or Bloomfield, Oct 8, 1744, Dorcas Drake. He d. June 18, 1799. -Hannah (4), b. Windsor, Sept 1, 1720, in. Windsor or Bloomfield, Oct 1, 1741, Noah Drake. -Lucy (4), b. 1721, d. Bloomfield, Feb. 23, 1739-40. -Keziah (4), b. Windsor, June 14, 1728. -Mary (4), b. Windsor, Apr. 7, 1730, Windsor or Bloomfield, Sept 24, 1752, Hosea Clark, b. 1725, d. Feb. 14,1777. She d. of smallpox. -Deborah (4), b. Windsor, Sept. 15, 1733, d. Sept. 14, 1750. -Ann (4), bp, Nov. 12, 1738, m. Windsor or Bbomfield, Mar. 16, 1758, Joseph Nash, b. West Hartford, Dec. 30, 1735, d. Mar. 22, 1771. Contemporary Records From Colchester, Conn., land records. 1718, Dec. 9. Shubael Rowlee of Colchester to Isaac Skinner Windsor a mantion house with 10 acres of upland and meadow, Witnesses: John Skinner; Nathaniel Loomis, Jr. (vol.. 2, p. 281). 1720, Apr. 2. Isaac Skinner of Colchester to my brother John Skinner of said town etc. (vol.. 2, p. 339). From Windsor, Conn., land records. 1731, April 12. Isaac Egleston to Isaac Skinner both of Windsor, 5 acres at Swampfield, East & West on said Skinner, North & South on highway (vol.. 6, p. 64). 1735, May 28. Isaac Skinner to Joel Gillett both of Windsor, 10 acres at Swampland near Messengers farm, east on John Cook, west on Mary Loomis, South on Highway, North on ditch (vol. 8, p. 234). 1741, Nov. 9, Isaac Skinner and wife Hannah, Thomas Moore and wife Ablah, all of Windsor, Daniel Kellogg and wife Deborah, of Hartford to Joseph Steadman of Windsor, 118-1/2 acres in the Mile and half division. East and West on highways, North on lot laid out to Rev. Timothy Edwards, South on Col. Matthew Allyn (vol. 7, p. 337). From Barkhamsted, Conn., land records. 1748, Dec. 14. Isaac Skinner and wife Hannah both of Windsor received their share in undivided land of the heirs of Capt. Thomas Moore (Proprietors Book p. 419). 1762. Hannah Skinner, Isaac Skinner and Enock Drake, Jun., of Windsor were on the Bond, for the Estate of Sergt. Isaac Skinner, of Windsor In the graveyard of the Congregational church at Bloomfield are many old and quaint epitaphs, and this one is over the grave of Lucy Skinner: "Here lyeth ye/Body of Lucy ye/Daut of Sarg't/Isaac Skinner who/died Feb'y ye 23rd,/1739-40, aged 18 years, Thys was ye first per'sn/that was burled here." | Moore, Hannah (I2342)
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| 3183 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 571: "Charles Phelps (son of Timothy, g.son of Lt. Timothy, gg.son of William) m. 26 Feb 1726, Hepzibah (dau. Robert) Stiles; she was of the Massachusetts Stiles family, and therefore was not, as has been claimed, a cousin of Pres. Stiles of Yale College; she was born Boxford, Mass., 7 Nov 17(prob. '09). Children (b. Hebron, CT.): A. Amay, b. 11 Nov 1726. B. Zuriah, b. 3 Apr 1729. C. Charles, b. 22 Sep 1732. D. Ashbel, b. 28 Apr 1743. E. Timothy, b. 29 May 1745. F. Bethuel, b. 25 Apr 1748." [Book does not have any Stiles biography of this line.] MARRIAGE: 1. Website 4 Sep 2007 www.douglaslibrary.org/barbour. The Douglas Library in Hebron, Connecticut has "Town of Hebron Vital Records: Barbour Collection 1708-1854," p. 97: "Charl[e]s Phelps, m. Hipsiba Stil[e]s, 17 Feb 1725/6, v. 1, p. 71." Note: This source has no birth or death listing for this individual. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per group sheet of Israel Barlow Family Association, 801-298-3687, dated 24 feb 1999 per Lloyd B. Carr, Genealogist, PO Box 89, Bountiful, Utah, 84011. | Stiles, Hepzibah (I1940)
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| 3184 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 621; this Sarah is probably the Sarah noted as follows and the sister of David also in my database: "John Porter (son John, grandson of John), m. Joanna (dau. Walter) Gaylord, 16 Dec 1669 (O.C.R.); she d. 4 Jan 1699; he contributed 3s. to Conn. Relief Fund for Poor of other Colonies, 1676. - O.C.R. Children (O.C.R.*): A. Joanna, * b. 7 Feb 1670; m. Peter Mills, 21 Jul 1692. B. Mary * b. 20 Nov 1672; m. Hez. Loomis 30 Apr 1690. C. John, * b. 17 Jan 1674. D. Sarah, * b. 1, bp. 3 Jun 1677. E. Ann, * Ann b. 26 Aug 1679. F. Daniel, b. 13 Nov 1681. G. Martha, b. 16 Sep 1683. H. David, b. 3 Oct 1685. I. Isaac, twin, b. 23 Sep 1686, d. 10 Oct 1689. J. Martha, twin, b. 23 Sep 1686. K. Lydia, twin, b. 28 Nov 1689., d. 5 Feb 1690. L. Esther, twin, b. 28 Nov 1689. 2. Rootsweb Worldconnent database "Wskinner" 29 Dec 2007 Wes Skinner 3. FHL publication "The Skinner Kinsmen. The Descendants of John Skinner of Hartford, Connecticut," compiled by Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald (The Pioneer Press; Washington, D.C.), pp. 31-35: Deacon John Skinner (3), Joseph (2), John (1), was born April 5, 1675, married Sarah, daughter of John and Joanna Porter. [Handwritten note in margin "Joanna nee Gaylord."] He died in Colchester, Conn., August 27, 1740. Children, all born in Colchester: -Sarah (4), b. July 17, 1697, m. Colchester, Aug. 7, 1721, Nathaniel Loomis, b. Oct., 1700, d. Windsor, Conn., Mar. 8, 1788. She d. before 1750. -Ann (4), b. Oct. 1, 1700, m. Colchester, Oct. 2, 1721, Seth Dutton [Dean? See John Skinner's probate.] -John (4), b. Aug. 30, 1703, m. Esther Harris. -Daniel (4), b. Aug. 30, 1705, m. Colchester, Dec. 22, 1727, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Jones) Hitchcock, b. May 23, 1708, d. Sept. 3, 1791. He d. May 18, 1776. -Joanna (4), b. Jan. 27, 1707, in. Colchester, Feb. 28, 1728-29, Lieut. Caleb Loomis, b. Dec. 23, 1693, d. East Haddam, Aug. 4, 1784. -Joseph (4), b. Oct. 7, 1710, m. 1st Colchester, Nov., 1733, Elizabeth Williams. She d. Aug. 22, 1754. He m. 2nd Colchester, Apr., 1756, Mary dau. of Tristram and Anne (Fuller) Blish, b. Colchester, Mar 8, 1736. He d. Apr. 3, 1773. -Deacon Aaron (4), b. June 14, 1713, m. Colchester, Aug. 4, 1737, Eunice, dau. of Deacon Michael Taintor, b. Apr. 18, 1714. He d. Colchester, Nov. 17, 1766. -Noah (4), living in Colchester in 1739. -Mary (4), b. 1715, m. Colchester, Oct. 20, 1734, Jonathan Kilborne, b. 1706, d. Oct. 14, 1785. She d. Aug. 11, 1780. -Elizabeth (4), at. Knight Sextone, bp. Aug. 30, 1713. CONTEMPORARY Records ... From Manwaring, Digest of the Early Conn. Probate Records. Deacon John Skinner, Colchester, Invt. ₤413-10-09. Taken 11 Sept., 1740, by Nathaniel Foot, Ebenezer Kellogg and Andrew Carrier. Will dated 12 Feb., 1739-40. I, John Skinner of Colchester in the County of Hartford, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife Sarah Skinner (whom I take sole executrix to this my last will and testament) one third part of all my movable state after my just debts be paid out of the whole, then she to take ye 3rd part for herself clear forever; and also half the use of my dwelling house and barn so long as she remains my widow; and also one-third of all my orcharding and improved lands during the term of her natural lift. Nextly, to my son John Skinner I have given him several tracts of land by deed, which makes his full portion of my estate which belongs to him: also to my son Daniel Skinner, and to Joseph Skinner and to Aaron Skinner, and to Noah Skinner, I have given them their portions by deed. It is to be understood that when I was in health I considered the state of my lands, and with advice and to the satisfaction of all my sons I give them each one his portion of my estate, and my will is that they shall not have any more. But the remaining part of my estate my will is that my wife shall have one-third part clear as is above written, and the remaining part to be paid out by my executrix in manner following, that is to say, to be divided into five equal parts according to the number of my daughters but considering my daughter Sarah wt married to Nathaniel Loomis is dead and left three children, one daughter and two sons, my will is that the two sons have 10s paid to them by my executrix out of the one fifth part of the whole, and the remainder of that one-fifth part to be paid to Sarah Loomis, daughter to my sd daughter Sarah decfd and my will is that the other four eqqual parts be paid out, to my other four daughters now surviving, namely, Ann Dean, Joanna Loomis, Mary Kilbourne and Elizabeth Sextone, to be paid to each of them out of my estate as it shall be appraised, at the discretion of my executrix. I make my wife Sarah my sole executrix. Witnesses: Nathaniel Foot; Ebenezer Kellogg; Israel Foot. Court Record p. 71. 18 Sept.,1740, will proven (vol.3, p. 339)." | Porter, Sarah (I2344)
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| 3185 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 687: "Joseph Skinner (son of John), m. 5 Apr 1666, Mary (dau. Wm.) Filley of Windsor (O.C.R.); bought land in Windsor 1666, west side of Broad St., abt. midway of which he was possessed 1684, and prob. res. there. There was an affirmative vote passed by the Windsor Church on his application to receive baptism on owning the cov't, 1679, as follows (O.C.R.): 'Feb. 16, (16)78 (79), Joseph Skinner having never been baptized, desired that he might be baptized, and ye Church granted it, so (i.e. on condition that) he would be tried (examined) concerning his knowledge and blameless life, and own ye Ch. Cov't, and come under dissipline to be owned as a (church) member, and so any others might come in, in like manner, man or womankind. On ye 2 of March there was none that lay any blame on him in point of his conversation, so he owned ye Ch. Cov't and was baptized.' His wife d. 13 Apr 1711 (East Windsor Church Records); resided East Windsor. Children: A. Mary, b. 22 Sep 1667. - O.C.R. B. John, who d. 1704. - 'Loomis Geneal.' [Kerry's note: this appears to be a misprint of 1740 for death date - confirm from Loomis book.] C. Elizabeth, b. 23 Jun 1669. - O.C.R. D. Joseph, b. (prob.) about 1673. E. Isaac, b. 16 Aug 1691. F. Thomas, s. Joseph, bp. 23 Dec 1677. - O.C.R." 2. FHL publication "The Skinner Kinsmen. The Descendants of John Skinner of Hartford, Connecticut," compiled by Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald (The Pioneer Press; Washington, D.C.), pp. 9-12: "Deacon Joseph Skinner (2) John (1) was born in 1643 married in Windsor, Conn., April 5, 1666, Mary, daughter of William and probably Elizabeth Filley, not Margaret as on p. 1. It is certain that William Filley left a widow Elizabeth. Mary was born in 1647 and died in Windsor, August 26, 1734. They settled in Windsor, removed to Simsbury, Conn., in 1670, and evidently came back to Windsor about 1690. He died, in Windsor, May 31, 1724. Children: -Mary(3) b. Windsor, Sept. 22, 1687, m. 1st Suffield, Conn., Nov. 19, 1685, Nathaniel Harmon, he b. Springfield, Mass., Mar. 13, 1654, d. 1730, m. 2d John Hanchett. -Elizabeth (3) b. Windsor, Jan. 25, 1669, m. 1st Windsor, June 5, 1690, John Grant. He b. Apr. 24, 1664, d. July 19, 1695. She m. 24 May 12, 1697, Capt. Joshua Willis, Jr. She d. Oct. 9, 1707. -Deacon Joseph (3) b. abt. 1671, in. 1st Windsor, Mar. 13, 1694, Mary, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Porter) Grant, b. Jan. 23, 1675, d. Windsor, Apr. 15, 1711, m. 2d Windsor, Aug. 21, 1718, Esther Drake, she d. Dec. 28, 1755. He d. Jan. 19, 1756. -Richard (3) m. Windsor, Dec. 25, 1702, Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Anna (Burnham) Gaines, b. 1681, d. Nov. 18, 1753. He d. June 20, 1758. -John (3) m. Sarah, dau. of John and Joanna Porter, d. Aug. 27, 1740, Colchester. -Thomas (3) b. Nov. 15, bp. Dec. 23, 1677, m. Windsor, July 19, 1703, Sarah. dau. of Samuel and Grace (Minor) Grant. Thomas not mentioned in father's will. -Anne (3) b. 1684, m. John Rockwell, b. May 31, 1671 or 73, d. Aug. 6, 1746; she d. April 1, 1756. -Isaac (3) b. Windsor, Aug. 16, 1691, in. Windsor, Dec. 5, 1716, Hannah, dau. of Capt Thomas and Deborah Moore; he d. Oct 31, 1762. CONTEMPORARY Records . From Manwaring, Digest of the Early Conn. Probate Records. Deacon Joseph Skinner, Windsor. Invt. of real estate, ₤-02-09. Taken June 30, 1724 by Matthew Allyn, Thomas Marshall, and Henry Allyn. Will dated 13 January, 1715-16. I, Joseph Skinner of Windsor, doe make this my last will and testament: I give unto Mary my wife the use and improvement of all my estate, both real and personal, for her subsistence during her natural life. I give to my eldest son Joseph, his heirs and assigns forever, besides what I have already given him, half of my meadow on the east side of the Great River in Windsor. Item. I give unto my son Richard the other half of my sd. meadow on the east side of the great River besides what I have already given him. I give unto my son Isaac my dwelling house and barn in Windsor, with the home lot on which it standeth, being about 4 acres of land given to me and my wife by our father William Filley, also about 4 acres of land at a place called Swamp Field. Also a paire of looms and tacklin which I have already given him to carry on his trade. It is to be understood that the abovesd. lands as they are given are to be injoyed by each of them from and after the death of my sd. wife now, and not before. And further, my will is that all my personal or moveable estate that remains after the death of sd. wife, my just debts and funeral expenses being paid, shall be divided as followeth: To my grandson John Grant, son of my daughter Elizabeth deceased, 20 shillings in money; the rest is be equally divided among my now surviving children or to their legal representatives, viz. Joseph, John and Richard, and Isaac Skinner, Mary Hammond and Ann Rockwell. Finally, I do make and ordain my son Joseph Skinner sole executor. Signed: Joseph Skinner. Witness: Matthew Allyn, Josiah Allyn. Court Record, pp. 52-4. August, 1724. Will exhibited by Joseph Skinner - Proven (vol. 2, p. 27). From Windsor land records. May 29, 1666. Joseph Skinner hath purchased of Tahan Grant 2 acres more or less; North on land that was Thomas Newel dec'd, South and West by John Moore senr, East by the common way. June 3, 1684. These may certify that the above specified parcel of land recorded to Joseph Skinner he stands possessed of in his own right and it may be confirmed to him according to law. Signed: Benjamin Newberry, Commissioner, Henry Wolcot, Register, Thomas Stoughton, Townsman (vol. 1, p. 188). April 3, 1683. Timothy Halls of Southfield, Ma to Joseph Skinner of Windsor land on East side of Great River in Windsor 10 rods broad at river and runs Easterly three miles; West on the Great River, East on the commons, North by George Phelps, and South on John Porter (vol. 2, p. 91). Mar. 27, 1705. Joseph Skinner senior of Windsor for valuable sum paid by Jonathan Filley of the same town to my son John Skinner of Colchester; Land In Windsor near Messengers Farm (vol. 3, p. 8). Jan. 9, 1707. Agreement about settlement of estate of William Filley of Windsor Between Samuel Filley and Joseph Skinner, senr of Windsor and Elizabeth Filley widow of said William and Samuel Filley to have 1/2 of estate (vol. 3. p. 85). Feb. 19, 1707-8. Joseph Skinner senr of Windsor to Jonathan Filley of same all interest in estate of William Filley under the foregoing agreement (vol. 3, p. 86). March 5, 1711-2. Joseph Skinner senior to son Joseph both of Windsor Land on East side of Conn. River "where he has built his house" (vol. 3. p. 144). March 5, 1711-2. Joseph Skinner senr to son Richard Skinner both of Windsor. Land on East side of Great River where he has built his house; West on highway, North on Joseph Phelps, South on land my sons bought of Hezekiah Porter, East on land I made over to my two sons, Joseph and Richard. Also 1/2 of land from foot of hill which I have given to my son Joseph to run West to the plain meadow known by the name of the Husk. The whole of the land is bounded North on Joseph Phelps, South on Hezekiah Porter, East on land I have given my son Joseph, West on my own land. Also 1/2 of land on East side of Country road besides what I have given him as above. The whole of the land bounded North on Joseph Phelps, South on lands my sons bought of Hezekiah Porter, West on land I have given my son Richard as above, East on the commons (vol. 3, p. 144). Oct. 17, 1728. Mary Skinner, widow of Deacon Joseph Skinner of Windsor dec'd, in consideration of twenty shillings per annum for life secured to me, quit claims to her son Isaac Skinner also of Windsor all interest in the homestead of said Deacon Joseph Skinner bounded East on country road, West on Josiah Moore, North on Thomas Allyn, South on Benoni Bissell, also 4 acres North on Country road, South on Hez. Parson, East on Josiah Filley, West on Jonathan Filley (vol..5, p. 204)." CORRECTIONS. [KP note: even though the following note was attached by the compiler to the descendants of John2 (John 1), it also concerns the children Joseph2 (John1). In regards to Joseph, the compiler believed the wives of Joseph 3 were of Joseph son of John2; however, I am currently of the opinion that the pertain to Joseph son of Joseph 2 - more research is needed to confirm.] A study of the original records of Windsor, Conn., has convinced me that the early genealogists whose work has heretofore been widely accepted, fell into some errors concerning the marriages of the children of Corporal John2 Skinner (John1). There is credible evidence that: Deacon Joseph married 1st Dorothy Hosmer, 2nd Elizabeth Olmstead, and did not marry Mary Grant. Richard did not marry Sarah Gaines. She was the wife of Richard (3) Joseph (2). Thomas. Some doubt is thrown on the identity of his wife by the fact that Thomas (3), Joseph (2) married Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Grace Grant on July 19, 1705." | Skinner, Thomas (I2339)
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| 3186 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 688: "Richard Skinner (son of John, g.son of John), m. Sarah Gaine 23 (25) Dec 1702; she d. 18, bu. 19 Nov 1753, 72nd year (E.W.O.); he d. 20 Jun 1758, age 78 (E.W.O); the East Windsor Church Records gives date of his death as 17 Jul. Children: a. Richard, b. 3 Jan 1703; (per 'Loomis Genealogy': m. had a son Richard; resided Windsor). b. Samuel, b. 4 Dec 1705. c. David, b. 21 May 1707. e. Jonathan, b. 30 Jun 1709. f. Sarah, b. 9 Apr 1711. g. Jerusha, b. 19 May 1714; m. Peleg Bill, 1 Jan 1755. h. Martha, b. twin to Jerusha. i. Benjamin, b. 20 Jul 1716. j. Rachel, b. 20 Nov 1718. k. Mary, b. 12 Jul 1721." [Note: Stiles does not have any biography for the Gaines family in his book cited above.] 2. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 85, p. 39, has a very extensive article entitled "Descendants of Henry Gaines of Lynn, Massachusetts." The parents of Sarah are Samuel Gaines and Anna Burnham. The following list of children are given which helps place Sarah's probable birthplace as Hartford, CT. As quoted: "Children: a. Benoni, b., probably at Lynn, MA, but possibly at Haddam, CT, abt 1666. b. Thomas, b. at Hartford, abt 1668. c. Samuel, b. at Hartford abt 1670. d. Anna, b. abt 1672. She was perhaps the Anna Gaines who owned the covenant at the Frist Church 22 Mar 1695/6. It may, however, have been the mother who owned the covenant, not the daughter. e. John, b. at Hartford about 1675. f. Daniel, b. at Hartford abut 1678. g. Sarah, b. abt 1680; m. Richard Skinner, b. abt 1679, son of Dea. Joseph Skinner of Windsor. h. Nathaniel, bp. at Hartford 26 Sep 1686. i. Henry, bp. at Hartford 24 Oct 1686. j. Rebecca, b. abt 1688 (perhaps as early as 1682); living 9 May 1752, the date of her husband's will; m. 1 Aug 1704 Samuel Risley, son of Richard and Rebecca (Adams) Risley of Glastonbury. Nine Chidlren." 3. FHL publication "The Skinner Kinsmen. The Descendants of John Skinner of Hartford, Connecticut," compiled by Mrs. Natalie R. Fernald (The Pioneer Press; Washington, D.C.): "Richard Skinner (3) Joseph (2) John (1) was born about 1673 and married in Windsor, Dec. 25, 1702, Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Burnham) Gaines. She died Nov. 18, 1753, aged 72. He died June 20, 1758. Children: -Richard (4), b. Windsor, Jan. 3, 1703-4, d. July 8, 1772, m. Windsor, Sept. 5, 1727, Mary Gillet; she d. Aug. 4, 1789, aged 87. -Samuel (4), b. Windsor, Dec. 4, 1705, m. Windsor, Mar. 24, 1741, Sarah Ward; he d. abt 1788. -David (4), b. Windsor, May 21, 1707, m. Windsor, Nov. 20, 1728, Elizabeth Ellsworth, she b. Nov. 18, 1706. -Jonathan (4), b. Windsor, June 30, 1709, m. July 25, 1735, Joanna Loomis; he d. Feb. 20, 1796; she d. Apr. 29, 1800. aged 88. -Sarah (4), b. Windsor, Apr. 9, 1711. -Jerusha (4), b. Windsor, May 19, 1714, d. before 1758, m. Seymour, Conn., Nov. 9, 1734, Luke Day, of West Springfield, Mass., b. July 2, 1706, d. 1791-2. -Martha (4), b. Windsor, May 19, 1714, m. Apr. 26, 1732, Jonathan Benton, of Tolland, Conn.; she d. before Nov. 2, 1747. -Benjamin (4), b. Windsor, July 20, 1716, m. 1st Deborah ___, 2d, Windsor, Nov. 8, 1747, Prudence Easton; he d.. Dec. 15, 1768. -Rachel (4), b. Windsor, Nov. 20, 1718. -Mary (4), b. July 12, 1721, probably d. unmarried. -Eunice (4), b. July 12, 1721, m. Windsor, Jan. 25, 1750, Thomas Drake, of East Windsor; she d. Mar. 23, 1786. Contemporary Records: From probate records at Hartford, Conn. "I, Richard Skinrer, of Towne of Windsor, ... to my wife Sarah Skinner ye use & Improvements of 1/2 of ye Lott of Land on which I now Live, with ye use of1/2 of ye old House for & During ye Tenner of Her Natural Life. I also give Her sufficient Provisions to support her 6 months after my desise comfortably. I have already Given my Sons Richard, Samuel. David & Jonathan their full Portions … Item, I give to my Son Benjamin all my lands ... To my daughters, Sarah, Rachel, Eunice, Jerusha, & to the children of Martha now dec'd. Benjamin apptd. Sole Executor. Signed, Nov, 2, 1747. Witnesses: Roger Wolcott, Jonah Loomis, Maria Wolcott. Proved July 1, 1758..." | Gaines, Sarah (I2346)
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| 3187 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 767, assistance from Dr. Mary Tudor of South Windsor and Chas. J. Hoadly and George E. Hoadley of Hartford, CT: "Owen Tudor, came from Wales to Windsor, 1649; res. on the Island (see p. 167, vol. 1); m. 13 Nov 1651, Mary (dau. Joseph) Loomis, Sen., and wid. of John Skinner of Hartford; she was admitted to Windsor Church 28 Apr 1661, ' and then, 12 May, had five ch. bp.' (O.C.R.); she d. 19 and bu. 20 Aug 1680 (O.C.R.); he d. at Windsor 30 Oct 1690. Children (O.C.R.): A. Samuel, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652. B. Sarah, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652, m. James S. Porter of Windsor, 15 Jan 1679. C. Owen, b. 12 Mar 1654; d. unmd. 1717; rem. to E.W. abt 1680. D. Jane (O.C.R.) (not Ann as some accounts have it), b. 15 Oct 1657; m. Samuel Smith, 28 Oct 1680; d. prior to 1717/18. E. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1660; m. (1) John Orton of Farmington; (2) 5 Jul 1699, Isaac (s. of Lieut. Jos and Sarah Porter) Judson of Woodbury, Conn.; she was his 3d wife." 2. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)" | Porter, James (I4654)
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| 3188 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 767, assistance from Dr. Mary Tudor of South Windsor and Chas. J. Hoadly and George E. Hoadley of Hartford, CT: "Owen Tudor, came from Wales to Windsor, 1649; res. on the Island (see p. 167, vol. 1); m. 13 Nov 1651, Mary (dau. Joseph) Loomis, Sen., and wid. of John Skinner of Hartford; she was admitted to Windsor Church 28 Apr 1661, ' and then, 12 May, had five ch. bp.' (O.C.R.); she d. 19 and bu. 20 Aug 1680 (O.C.R.); he d. at Windsor 30 Oct 1690. Children (O.C.R.): A. Samuel, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652. B. Sarah, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652, m. James S. Porter of Windsor, 15 Jan 1679. C. Owen, b. 12 Mar 1654; d. unmd. 1717; rem. to E.W. abt 1680. D. Jane (O.C.R.) (not Ann as some accounts have it), b. 15 Oct 1657; m. Samuel Smith, 28 Oct 1680; d. prior to 1717/18. E. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1660; m. (1) John Orton of Farmington; (2) 5 Jul 1699, Isaac (s. of Lieut. Jos and Sarah Porter) Judson of Woodbury, Conn.; she was his 3d wife." 2. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)" | Smith, Samuel (I4653)
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| 3189 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 767, assistance from Dr. Mary Tudor of South Windsor and Chas. J. Hoadly and George E. Hoadley of Hartford, CT: "Owen Tudor, came from Wales to Windsor, 1649; res. on the Island (see p. 167, vol. 1); m. 13 Nov 1651, Mary (dau. Joseph) Loomis, Sen., and wid. of John Skinner of Hartford; she was admitted to Windsor Church 28 Apr 1661, ' and then, 12 May, had five ch. bp.' (O.C.R.); she d. 19 and bu. 20 Aug 1680 (O.C.R.); he d. at Windsor 30 Oct 1690. Children (O.C.R.): A. Samuel, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652. B. Sarah, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652, m. James S. Porter of Windsor, 15 Jan 1679. C. Owen, b. 12 Mar 1654; d. unmd. 1717; rem. to E.W. abt 1680. D. Jane (O.C.R.) (not Ann as some accounts have it), b. 15 Oct 1657; m. Samuel Smith, 28 Oct 1680; d. prior to 1717/18. E. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1660; m. (1) John Orton of Farmington; (2) 5 Jul 1699, Isaac (s. of Lieut. Jos and Sarah Porter) Judson of Woodbury, Conn.; she was his 3d wife." 2. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)" | Judson, John (I4652)
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| 3190 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 767, assistance from Dr. Mary Tudor of South Windsor and Chas. J. Hoadly and George E. Hoadley of Hartford, CT: "Owen Tudor, came from Wales to Windsor, 1649; res. on the Island (see p. 167, vol. 1); m. 13 Nov 1651, Mary (dau. Joseph) Loomis, Sen., and wid. of John Skinner of Hartford; she was admitted to Windsor Church 28 Apr 1661, ' and then, 12 May, had five ch. bp.' (O.C.R.); she d. 19 and bu. 20 Aug 1680 (O.C.R.); he d. at Windsor 30 Oct 1690. Children (O.C.R.): A. Samuel, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652. B. Sarah, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652, m. James S. Porter of Windsor, 15 Jan 1679. C. Owen, b. 12 Mar 1654; d. unmd. 1717; rem. to E.W. abt 1680. D. Jane (O.C.R.) (not Ann as some accounts have it), b. 15 Oct 1657; m. Samuel Smith, 28 Oct 1680; d. prior to 1717/18. E. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1660; m. (1) John Orton of Farmington; (2) 5 Jul 1699, Isaac (s. of Lieut. Jos and Sarah Porter) Judson of Woodbury, Conn.; she was his 3d wife." 2. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)" | Orton, John (I4651)
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| 3191 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 767, assistance from Dr. Mary Tudor of South Windsor and Chas. J. Hoadly and George E. Hoadley of Hartford, CT: "Owen Tudor, came from Wales to Windsor, 1649; res. on the Island (see p. 167, vol. 1); m. 13 Nov 1651, Mary (dau. Joseph) Loomis, Sen., and wid. of John Skinner of Hartford; she was admitted to Windsor Church 28 Apr 1661, ' and then, 12 May, had five ch. bp.' (O.C.R.); she d. 19 and bu. 20 Aug 1680 (O.C.R.); he d. at Windsor 30 Oct 1690. Children (O.C.R.): A. Samuel, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652. B. Sarah, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652, m. James S. Porter of Windsor, 15 Jan 1679. C. Owen, b. 12 Mar 1654; d. unmd. 1717; rem. to E.W. abt 1680. D. Jane (O.C.R.) (not Ann as some accounts have it), b. 15 Oct 1657; m. Samuel Smith, 28 Oct 1680; d. prior to 1717/18. E. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1660; m. (1) John Orton of Farmington; (2) 5 Jul 1699, Isaac (s. of Lieut. Jos and Sarah Porter) Judson of Woodbury, Conn.; she was his 3d wife." 2. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)" | Tudor, Mary (I4650)
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| 3192 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 767, assistance from Dr. Mary Tudor of South Windsor and Chas. J. Hoadly and George E. Hoadley of Hartford, CT: "Owen Tudor, came from Wales to Windsor, 1649; res. on the Island (see p. 167, vol. 1); m. 13 Nov 1651, Mary (dau. Joseph) Loomis, Sen., and wid. of John Skinner of Hartford; she was admitted to Windsor Church 28 Apr 1661, ' and then, 12 May, had five ch. bp.' (O.C.R.); she d. 19 and bu. 20 Aug 1680 (O.C.R.); he d. at Windsor 30 Oct 1690. Children (O.C.R.): A. Samuel, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652. B. Sarah, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652, m. James S. Porter of Windsor, 15 Jan 1679. C. Owen, b. 12 Mar 1654; d. unmd. 1717; rem. to E.W. abt 1680. D. Jane (O.C.R.) (not Ann as some accounts have it), b. 15 Oct 1657; m. Samuel Smith, 28 Oct 1680; d. prior to 1717/18. E. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1660; m. (1) John Orton of Farmington; (2) 5 Jul 1699, Isaac (s. of Lieut. Jos and Sarah Porter) Judson of Woodbury, Conn.; she was his 3d wife." 2. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)" | Tudor, Jane (I4649)
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| 3193 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 767, assistance from Dr. Mary Tudor of South Windsor and Chas. J. Hoadly and George E. Hoadley of Hartford, CT: "Owen Tudor, came from Wales to Windsor, 1649; res. on the Island (see p. 167, vol. 1); m. 13 Nov 1651, Mary (dau. Joseph) Loomis, Sen., and wid. of John Skinner of Hartford; she was admitted to Windsor Church 28 Apr 1661, ' and then, 12 May, had five ch. bp.' (O.C.R.); she d. 19 and bu. 20 Aug 1680 (O.C.R.); he d. at Windsor 30 Oct 1690. Children (O.C.R.): A. Samuel, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652. B. Sarah, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652, m. James S. Porter of Windsor, 15 Jan 1679. C. Owen, b. 12 Mar 1654; d. unmd. 1717; rem. to E.W. abt 1680. D. Jane (O.C.R.) (not Ann as some accounts have it), b. 15 Oct 1657; m. Samuel Smith, 28 Oct 1680; d. prior to 1717/18. E. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1660; m. (1) John Orton of Farmington; (2) 5 Jul 1699, Isaac (s. of Lieut. Jos and Sarah Porter) Judson of Woodbury, Conn.; she was his 3d wife." 2. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)" | Tudor, Owen (I4648)
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| 3194 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 767, assistance from Dr. Mary Tudor of South Windsor and Chas. J. Hoadly and George E. Hoadley of Hartford, CT: "Owen Tudor, came from Wales to Windsor, 1649; res. on the Island (see p. 167, vol. 1); m. 13 Nov 1651, Mary (dau. Joseph) Loomis, Sen., and wid. of John Skinner of Hartford; she was admitted to Windsor Church 28 Apr 1661, ' and then, 12 May, had five ch. bp.' (O.C.R.); she d. 19 and bu. 20 Aug 1680 (O.C.R.); he d. at Windsor 30 Oct 1690. Children (O.C.R.): A. Samuel, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652. B. Sarah, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652, m. James S. Porter of Windsor, 15 Jan 1679. C. Owen, b. 12 Mar 1654; d. unmd. 1717; rem. to E.W. abt 1680. D. Jane (O.C.R.) (not Ann as some accounts have it), b. 15 Oct 1657; m. Samuel Smith, 28 Oct 1680; d. prior to 1717/18. E. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1660; m. (1) John Orton of Farmington; (2) 5 Jul 1699, Isaac (s. of Lieut. Jos and Sarah Porter) Judson of Woodbury, Conn.; she was his 3d wife." 2. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)" | Tudor, Sarah (I4647)
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| 3195 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 767, assistance from Dr. Mary Tudor of South Windsor and Chas. J. Hoadly and George E. Hoadley of Hartford, CT: "Owen Tudor, came from Wales to Windsor, 1649; res. on the Island (see p. 167, vol. 1); m. 13 Nov 1651, Mary (dau. Joseph) Loomis, Sen., and wid. of John Skinner of Hartford; she was admitted to Windsor Church 28 Apr 1661, ' and then, 12 May, had five ch. bp.' (O.C.R.); she d. 19 and bu. 20 Aug 1680 (O.C.R.); he d. at Windsor 30 Oct 1690. Children (O.C.R.): A. Samuel, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652. B. Sarah, twin, b. 5 Dec (O.C.R. says 26 Nov) 1652, m. James S. Porter of Windsor, 15 Jan 1679. C. Owen, b. 12 Mar 1654; d. unmd. 1717; rem. to E.W. abt 1680. D. Jane (O.C.R.) (not Ann as some accounts have it), b. 15 Oct 1657; m. Samuel Smith, 28 Oct 1680; d. prior to 1717/18. E. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1660; m. (1) John Orton of Farmington; (2) 5 Jul 1699, Isaac (s. of Lieut. Jos and Sarah Porter) Judson of Woodbury, Conn.; she was his 3d wife." 2. From Ancestry.com: "A DIGEST of The EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE Records, 1687 to 1695," A. Page 111: "Name: Owen Tudor Location: Windsor Invt. 294-07-00. Taken 3d March, 1690-1, by John Moore sen. and John Porter. Will Nuncupative. John Loomis, aged about 39 years, Testifieth & saith: I was watching with Owen Tudor sen. about 3 nights before he dyed, & I Judged him to be in his right mind, & He declared to me and others that the girls should have 10 apiece, & Samuel & Owen should have the rest, only Samuel should have a double portion; & further Sayeth not. Rosamond Elmer Testifyeth the same. Abraham Colt testifyeth the same. Court Record, Page 27 - March, 1690-1: Will proven & ordered to be recorded. See W. R., also "Lands," Sec. State Office: Owen Tudor & Mary Skinner were married 13 November, 1651. Samuel Tudor, son of Owen Tudor, born 5 December, 1652. Sarah Tudor, daughter of Owen Tudor, born 5 December, 1652. Owen Tudor, son of Owen Tudor, born 2 March, 1654. Anne Tudor, daughter of Owen Tudor, born 16 October, 1657 Jane Tudor, daughter of Owen Tudor, born 16 October, 1657." B. Owen mentioned in the following: "Page 32 Name: John Skinner Location: Windsor Invt. ₤90-16-00. Taken 23 October, 1651, by Matthew Allyn, John Moore, John Talcott & John Barnard. The children: Mary 18 years, Ann 16, John 14, Joseph 12, & Richard 8 years. John Skinner delivered to Robert Reeve's wife the following things: ₤ s d 2 Cushions, 0-08-00 1 Sheet, 0-07-00 1 Pillow Beere, 0-04-06 2 pewter dishes weighed 4 lbs., 0-01-09 1 pewter Candlestick, 1 pewter salt seller & little sacer, 0-11-02 2 Napkins, 0-05-00 1 payr Tongs, 0-04-00 1 brass Kettle, 0-04-00 An old Frying pann, 0-01-06 Received all other these things that you have giving in Writing. As Witness my Hand, Robert Reeve. Delivered to John Coalt's wife: ₤ s d One Holland Sheete, 0-15-00 1 Pillow Beere, 0-04-06 2 Cushions, 0-08-00 2 pewter platters, with the Candle Stick & saucer, 0-11-03 1 Iron Pott, 0-08-00 Received all these things that are writting above. As Witness my Hand, John Coalt. Court Record, Page 31 - 4 March, 1651-2: This Court Confirms the Bargain that John White hath made with John Skinner's Widow for some land that did belong to the sd. John Skinner, Decd., and doe order that the sd. John White shall pay to Joseph Loomis sen., of Windsor. Page 83 - 18 January, 1655-6: ₤ s d The Debts of John Skinner Decd, 60-18-11 There remains to be distributed, 29-17-01 To the Relict, 10-00-00 To Richard on account of Weakness, 11-17-01 To the rest of the children to each of them, 00-40-00 This Court grant to Owen Tudor, who had married the Relict of John Skinner, a Writing to the Effect that the Widow never was Executrix or Adms. to the Estate of her Deceased Husband. Page 145 - 6 December, 1660: John Loomis & John Moore are appointed to husband the Estate yet remaining of John Skinner, and to pay the Legacies as ye come to be due, and to pay out of ye sd. Estate such Debts as appear legally to be due so far as ye Estate will be responsible. Page 167-6 March, 1661-2: John Loomis and Sergt. Josiah Hull are desired to take Care of and preserve the Estate of John Skinner's children. Also this Court approve of the placing of Richard Skinner with Robert Reeve from the 1st of November last past for the term of 9 years. Page 97 - (Vol. III) 3 March, 1669: Whereas there was ₤13 of the Estate of John Skinner, lately deceased, left in the Hands of Owen Tudor to answer a Debt claymed from the Estate of the sd. Skinner for one in England, & no person appearing to demand it this 16 years, upon the Motion of the children of the sd. Skinner that they might be put in possession of the sd. Estate deposited as aforesd: This Court grant the Desire that John Skinner shall have ₤6, & Joseph 4 of it, & Richard Skinnner ₤3, they engaging to be responsible that soe much as they receive shall be forth comeing if demanded. Page 105 - 23 November, 1670: It appeareing to this Court that John Loomys hath taken security of Owen Tudor for the payment of ₤13 of the Estate of John Skinner due to Mr. Glover, the sd. John Loomis is to see ₤13 payd according to the Dist., and upon payment to deliver to Owen Tudor the obligation he took of him. (See John Moody - Elizabeth Pepper's Statement.)" 3. From the book "The Descendants (by the Female Branches) of Joseph Loomis, who Came from Braintree, England, in the Year 1638 and Settled in Windsor, CT, in 1639," by Elias Loomis (Yale Professor), 1880, v. 1, p. 129: "Mary Loomis, daughter of Joseph Loomis, married for her second husband Owen Tudor, 13 Nov 1651. She d. 19 Aug 1680. He d. 30 Oct 1690. Windsor, CT. Children: A. Samuel, b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1st Abigail (Filley) widow of ___ Bissel 30 Oct 1685. She d. 6 Jul 1727. East Windsor, CT. B. Sarah, b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter 15 Jan 1679. C. Owen, b. 12 Mar 1654, unmarried, c. 1717. D. Ann, b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith 28 Oct 1680. E. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1660, m. Isaac Judson." 4. Elias Loomis "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," update of 1875 edition published by Elisha S. Loomis, Berea, Ohio, third (1908) edition, chapter: "The Descendants of Joseph Loomis (1590-1658) in America," subchapter "First Generation, children of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, CT.," pp. 126-128: "Genealogical investigations have been unable to establish definitely the order of the children of Joseph Loomis, and it is considered advisable to give here the conflicting evidence: Possible order of children: 1. Mrs Olmsted, b. 1615, md. 1640. [Sarah] 2. Mrs. Hull, b. 1617, md. 1641. [Elizabeth] 3. Joseph, b. 1618, md. 1646. 4. Mrs. Skinner, b. 1620, md. 1638. [Mary] 5. John, b. 1622, md. 1648. 6. Thomas, b. 1624, md. 1653. 7. Nathaniel, b. 1626, md. 1653. 8. Samuel, b. 1628, md. 1653. Probably, however, the order was as follows: Joseph, b. 1615. Sarah, b. 1617. Elizabeth, b. abt 1619. Mary, b. abt 1620. John, b. 1622. Thomas, b. 1624. Nathaniel, b. 1626. Samuel, b. 1628." Concerning Mary: "Mary, b. Eng., abt. 1620; m. 1st, 1638, John Skinner of Hartford, d. 1650; m. 2nd., Nov. 13, 1651, Owen Tudor, d. Windsor, Conn., Oct. 30, 1690. She d. there Aug. 19, 1690. Ch'n - by Skinner - 1. Mary, 2. Ann, ancestress of Elisha Colt, of Hartford, Conn., b. Feb 26, 1758, Comptroller of Conn., 1806-1818; also ancestress of Samuel Colt, of Hartford, b. July 19, 1814, inventor of the revolving pistol. 3. John, ancestor of Hon. Nathaniel Shipman, b. Aug. 22, 1828, Judge U.S. Court, Hartford, Conn. 4. Joseph, 5. Richard, ancestor of Ichabod L. Skinner, b. Sept. 2, 1767, engineer of the National Road from Wheeling, W. Va. By Tudor - 6. Samuel, ancestor of Charles Jeremy Hoadley, of Hartford, b. Aug. 1, 1827, State Librarian of Conn.; also ancestor of Capt. Owen Tudor, b. Mch. 23, 1777, U.S.Navy; also ancestor of the two brohthers, Hon. Gideon Welles, b. July 1, 1802, Sec'y of the U.S. Navy, 1861-9, and Hon. Thaddeus Welles, b. Feb. 23, 1806, repeatedly State Senator, Conn. 7. Sarah, 8. Owen, 9. Ann, 10. Mary, ancestress of Prof. William Seymor Tyler, D. D., LL. D., (Harvard), b. Harford, Pa., Sept. 2, 1810, d. Nov. 19, 1897, a noted teacher, theologian, Latin and Greek author, philologist, etc." 5. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis) 6. The book "Emerson-Benson Saga …," by Edmund K. Swigart (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1994), pp. 351-53: "JOSEPH1 LOOMIS (JOHNA LUMACE, JOHNB LUMMYS, THOMASC) was born by 1590, perhaps in Braintree, county Lincoln, England, and died 25 November 1658 at Windsor, CT. He was the son of JOHNA LUMACE, a tailor of Thaxted and Braintree and AGNESA LINGWOOD and JANE MARLAN?, daughter of WILLIAMB and MARGARETA (PERYE) MARLAN? of Braintree. He was also the grandson of JOHNB LUMMYS, a carpenter of Thaxted, and Kryster [sic: Krysten] (Christian (___). JOSEPH1 married 30 June 1616 at Messing, county Essex, England, MARY1 WHITE, daughter of ROBERTA, a wealthy yeoman, and BRIDGETA (ALLGAR) WHITE of Shalford, county Essex. MARY1 was baptized 24 August 1590 at Shalford and died 23 August 1652 at Windsor. MARY1's younger sister, ANNA1, married ancestor JOHN1 PORTER. United States President Ulysses Simpson Grant (18th Chief Executive), Stephen Grover Cleveland (22nd and 24th), and Gerald Rudolph Ford, (38th), were descendants of MARY1's parents and Millard Fillmore (13th President), of her and her parents. JOSEPH1 was a woolen draper, He and his wife lived in Braintree until 1628. They moved to London and from there sailed with their eight children 11 April 1638 aboard the "Susan and Ellen", the same ship that ancestor Rev. PETER1 BULKELEY had taken in 1635. The LOOMIS family arrived in Boston 11 July 1638, they may have spent their first year in Dorchester, MA, but moved by land in the summer of 1639 to Windsor, CT, "Probably in the company of Reverend Ephraim Huet who arrived there August 17, 1639" (ref. 3). "On 2 Feb. 1640 he had granted to him 21 acres on the west side of the Connecticut River adjoining the Farmington River" (ref. 6). JOSEPH1 continued to acquire land and served on juries in 1642 and in 1644 with Nathaniel1 Foote, brother of ancestor MARYA FOOTE. "On 6 January 1650, he was sued by" [ancestor WILLIAM1 BUELL] "for trespass and for damage to the extent of seven bushels of corn; one may infer that his stock got away from him" (ref. 3). JOSEPH1 apparently left no will. His estate was valued at 178 pounds 10 shillings, with "a 'debt in England'" (ref. 3) of 12 pounds 14 shillings 6 pence against it. On December 1658, his wife having predeceased him, his five sons and three daughters (two represented by their husbands) signed an agreement in place of a will to divide JOSEPH's estate equitably among them. The children of JOSEPH1 and MARY1 (WHITE) LOOMIS, all probably born in Braintree, county Lancaster, England, and probably not all listed in the correct order of birth, were. I Joseph2, b. 1615, ca. 1616; d. 26 Jun 1687 at Windsor, CT; m. 1/wf 17 Sep 1646, Sarah2 Hill 2/wf 28 Jun 1659, Mary Sherwood. II Sarah2, b. ca. 1617-8?; d. 1667, 1687, perh. at Hartford, CT; m. by 28 Sep 1640, Nicholas Olmstead. III. ELIZABETH2, b. ca. 1620?; d. aft. 1665, prob. of Killingworth, CT; m by 20 May 1640-1 at Windsor, CT, JOSIAH2 HULL (see HULL). IV Mary2, b. 1620?; d. 19 Aug. 1680, prob. at Windsor, CT: m. 1/hs by 1637-8, by 1633, John Skinner, m. 2/hs 13 Nov 1651, prob. at Windsor, Owen Tudor. V John2, b. ca. 1622?, 1620; d. 2 Sep 1688 at Windsor, CT; m. 3, 6? Feb 1648-9 Elizabeth2 Scott (Thomas1). VI Thomas2, b. ca. 1624?; 2 Aug 1689, prob. at Windsor, CT; m. 1/wf 1 Nov 1653 Hannah Fox/Fowkes who d. 1662, prob. at Windsor; m. 2/wf 1 Jan 1562-3, Mary2 Judd (Thomas1). VII Nathaniel2, b. ca 1626?; d. 19 Aug 1688, prob. at Windsor, CT; m. as 1/hs 24 Nov 1653-4, Elizabeth2 Moore (John1) who m. 2/hs aft. 3 Nov 1991, John Case. VIII Samuel2, b. 1628?; d. 1 Oct 1689, prob. at Westfield, MA; m. 27, 29? Dec 1653, Elizabeth2 Judd (Thomas1), sis. of Mary2 who m. Samuel2's older? bro., Thomas2 as 2/wf. REFERENCES 1) Brainerd, Dwight, "Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd," [Portland, ME, Anthoensen Press, 1948], [hereinafter Brainerd, D.], 301-2. 2) Colket, M. B., op. cit., 196. 3) Ferris, M. W., op. cit., Dawes-Gates, II:453-62; 567-72. 4) Parke, N. G., op. cit., 78. 5) Pierce, R. Andrew, personal correspondence, research and material on the Hull and Loomis lines, 25 May 1993, MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT. 6) Pitman, H. M., op. cit., 391-2, 396. 7) Roberts, G. B., op cit., 182. 8) Roberts, Gary B., review of the Emerson-Benson ancestral lines and material on the Lingwood, Loomis and White lines, NEHGS Library, Boston, MA, 19 May 1993 with Swigart, E. K., MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT. 9) Savage, J., op. cit. II:494; III:112-3. 10) Torrey, C. A., op. cit., 139, 401, 472, 545, 677, 757." 7. The book "Dorset Pilgrims," 1989: "APPENDIX II WINDSOR INVENTORIES. Total amounts (£s) in orders of magnitude. First generation: Name/Amount/Birth/Death: Tudor, Owen 294 England 1691 Gillett, Jonathan 273 England 1677 Stiles, John 222 England 1662 Loomis, Joseph 178 England 1658 Barber, Thomas 132 1614 1662 Bancroft, John 110 England 1662 Skinner, John 90 England 1651 Second generation: Phelps, Samuel 773 c. 1625 1669 Phelps, Joseph 473 c. 1629 1695 Phelps, William 472 England 1682 Loomis, Thomas 377 England 1689 Loomis, Joseph 281 England 1687 Stiles, John 96 England 1683 Note: The lists in Appendix II should be used with considerable caution and in terms of orders of magnitude only. A few inventories include some land as well as chattels; there are one or two - Matthew Allyn is an example - the bulk of whose possessions lie outside Windsor; and allowance must be made for those, usually elderly, who have already deeded the bulk of their property to children before their death; but even in its raw state the lists reveal the concentration of possessions, if not 'wealth', in the hands of a minority of families and predictable families at that. They bear comparison with the list of grants from the plantation in Appendix I." | Tudor, Owen (I2327)
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| 3196 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 774: "William Wade, of Middletown, m. Sarah Phelps, 9 Jun 1958, who 'd. 10 Jul 1659, ans was bur the Lord's day." 2. "The American Genealogist," 68(Jul 1990):161-166, "The English Origin of William1 Phelps of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn., with Notes on His Marriages," by Myrtle Stevens Hyde: "William1 Phelps of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn.... Children (Phelps) of William, v-viii by his second wife Anne (Dover) (bp. Crewkerne), ix-xi either by Anne or by a third wife (see discussion above)... ix. Sarah b. say mid-1630s, d. Windsor 10 July 1659; m. there 9 June 1658 William WADE of Middletown (Windsor VR)..." | Wade, William (I2083)
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| 3197 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 117-118: "Peter Brown, ancestor of the Windsor Browns, carpenter, came to Plymouth in the Mayflower, 1620, being then unmarried; in div. of Plymouth lands, 1623, had but one acre of land assigned to him; but in 1627, in div. of cattle, his name, with those of Mary and Martha Brown, occurs, each of them receiving a share in the lot; he d. 1633, invent. presented, Oct. 4, 1633. The order of Court on sett. of his est. mentions his having had 'divers children by divers wives.' Mary, his wid., was second wife and administratrix; and, aside from ₤15 sett. on his two daus., rec'd the remainder of his est. for support of her young family. Peter (son of the above), b. 1632, rem. from Duxbury, Mass.; m. 15 Jul 1638, Mary (prob. dau. of Jonathan or Nathan) Gillett; he admitted to Windsor Church 22 Jun 1662 (O.C.R.); bought in Windsor same year (Jun 28) house and lot of Robert Hayward, 'near the mill,' and doubtless resided there until he bought the Josias Ellsworth place near William Phelps, Jr., 31 Jan 1664, which since has been called the Peter Brown place, and became conspicuous about the beginning of present century because of the opposition of its then occupant (a Peter Brown) to the opening of a new road which left his ho. in the lot, etc. This ho. was demolished some 30 years since. He contributed 7d. to the Conn. Col. relief Fund for the Poor of other Colonies, 1676; his wife owned Half-Way Cov't in Windsor Church 17 Jul 1659. - O.C.R. Peter Brown died 9 Mar 1691/2, age 60; est. ₤408 15s. 6d. Children born and baptized, O.C.R.: A. Mary, b. 2 May, bp. 24 Jul 1659. B. Hannah, b. 29, bp. 30 Sep 1660. C. Abigail, b. 8, bp. 10 Aug 1662; m. Samuel Fowler, Nov. 1683. D. Hepzibah, b. 19, bp. 20 Nov 1664. E. Peter, b. 12 Mar 1666/7. F. John, b. 8 Jan 1668. G. Jonathan, b. 30 Mar 1670. H. Cornelius, b. 30 Jul 1672. I. Hester, b. 22 May 1673. J. Isabel, b. 9 Jun 1676. K. Deborah, b. 12 Feb 'night before,' 1678; m. John Hosford, 9 Apr 1696. L. Sarah, b. 20 Aug 1681; m. Joseph Moore. M. ___, dau., unmarried. N. ___, dau., unmarried." 2. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 3. From the book "The Descendants (by the Female Branches) of Joseph Loomis, who Came from Braintree, England, in the Year 1638 and Settled in Windsor, CT, in 1639," by Elias Loomis (Yale Professor), 1880, v. 1, p. 166: "Peter Brown, b. 1632, m. Mary Gillett July 15, 1658. Owned land in Windsor in 1658. He d. March 9, 1691/2, ae. 60. He was the son of Peter Brown who came to Plymouth in the May Flower in 1620. Children: A. Mary, b. 2 May 1659. B. Hannah, b. 29 Sep 1660. C. Abigail, b. 8 Aug 1662, m. Samuel Fowler, Nov 1683. D. Hepzibah, b. 19 Nov 1664. E. Peter, b. 12 Mar 1666, m. Mary Barber 22 Jul 1696. Poquonnoc. F. John, b. 8 Jan 1668, m. Elizabeth Loomis 4 Feb 1691-2. He d. 4 Feb 1728. She d. 11 Dec 1723. G. Jonathan, b. 30 Mar 1670, m. Mindwell Loomis 1 Oct 1696. He d. 26 Aug 1747. She d. 1 Mar 1767. H. Cornelius, b. 30 Jul 1672, m. Abigail Barber 4 Dec 1701. He d. 26 Jan 1747. I. Hester, b. 22 May 1673. J. Isabel, b. 9 Jun 1676. K. Deborah, b. 12 Feb 1678, m. John Hosford 9 Apr 1696. L. Sarah, b. 20 Aug 1681, m. Joseph Moore." 4. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: A. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. B. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. C. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. D Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. E. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. F. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. G. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. H. Abigail, 1646-1649. I. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. J. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 5. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Mary Gillett born late 1637/early 1638 in Dorchester, married Peter Brown/BrownE 15 July 1658 in Windsor, died 27 Aug. 1719 in Windsor. Peter was born ca. 1632, died 9 Mar. 1691/2 in Windsor (a son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower?). His estate amounted to £480. Peter and Mary had 12 children. For a continuation of this line see Jacobus, Donald L. & Herschel S. Murphy, "Peter Brown of Windsor, CT" (TAG, 1957), 33:214 - 222." Cornelius, the brother of Mary, assisted in the probate of Peter Browne: "On 23 Mar. 1691 Cornelius Gillett and two others took inventory of the estate of Peter Browne, Sr., of Windsor. It amounted to £408-15-06. [Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1687-1695," 127-8.]" 6. Mentioned in the will of Jeremiah Gillett per "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," Vol. I, by Charles Wm. Manwaring, P. 452: "Page 159. (Will on File). Gillett, Jeremiah, Windsor. Invt. £56-12-00. Taken 19 March, 1692-3, by Job Drake Jr., James Enno and Joseph Phelps Jr. Will dated 17 December, 1692. I Jeremiah Gillett of Windsor doe make this my last Will & Testament: I give to my wife all my whole Estate for her Use & Improvement during the time of her natural life, as also my house & Homested, the Land being 3 acres more or less, bounding East on Josiah Gillet, north the Highway, West Jonathan Gillett, South against the Mill Brooke. I give my Marsh Land at Simsbury (the sd. Land given me by his last Will) I give to my wife as her proper Right, to sell or dispose of to whom she will. I give my daughter Deborah, at the day of her marriage, my Woodland, which is 10 acres more or less. I give my Homested, that Land being 5 acres more or less, to my daughter Deborah after her Mother's Decease. My Will is my wife shall give my daughter, after her marriage, 20 shillings per year, to be paid in Apples or Syder, or in Both. I constitute my wife to be sole Executrix. Witness: John Fyler, Benjamin Bartlett. [Signed:] Jeremiah Gillett. LS. Court Record, Page 56 - 12 April, 1693: A Will was exhibited in Court and was not allowed. Some Testimony was offered by Timothy Phelps sen., age 54 years, Joseph Loomis, age 41 years, son of John Loomis, Peter Brown, age 25 years, & Joseph Skiner. Order to Dist. the Estate to the Widow Deborah and the daughter. Adms. was granted to James Eno & Deborah the Relict. Page 62 - 7 September, 1693: It appears the daughter had died. This Court now Order her part of Jeremiah Gillett's Estate to be divided among the uncles and aunts, her father's brothers and sisters. Lt. Return Strong and Mr. John Porter appointed Distributors. Page 36 - (Vol. VI) 13 April, 1698: Whereas, there have been differences between Jonathan Gillett of Windsor in behalf of himself and his brothers & sisters on the one part, and Samuel Adams of the same Windsor on behalf of his wife Deborah, as she was Adms. to the Estate of Jeremiah Gillett, her late Husband, on the other part, respecting the division of the estate of the sd. Jeremiah Gillett, which was ordered by the Court to him sd. Jonathan Gillett, and set out to him and them, his brothers and sisters, by Lt. Returne Strong and Mr. John Porter, by the Order of sd. Court, as by the Records of the Court may fully appear. And that the sd. Difference may be put to an End and fully issued, they the sd. Gillett and the sd. Adams have mutually and full agreed, and do by these presents fully and absolutely agree in manner and form following: ( - - ) And for Confirmation hereof, and every part of this Agreement, we have hereunto set our Hands this 30th day of April, 1695. Witness: Daniel Clarke sen., Joseph Mygatt. [Signed:] Jonathan Gillett, Peter Brown, Cornelius Gillett, Samuel X Adams, DEBORAH X Adams." [From this we ascertain that Jeremiah's wife was Deborah who later married Samuel Adams. Brothers include Jonathan, Cornelius; and a probable nephew: Peter Brown (probably a nephew at age 25 in 1693). We can also infer a probable relationship with next door neighbor Josiah Gillett. Also confirms ages of Timothy Phelps, Sr. at 54 in 1693 and Joseph Loomis (son of John) as 41 in 1693.] 7. Mentioned in the will of brother-in-law John Gillett per "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," Vol. I, by Charles Wm. Manwaring, P. 452: "Page 121. Gillett, John, Windsor. Invt. £140-14-06. Taken 5 December, 1682, by John Loomis sen., John Moore. Legatees: The Widow, Mercy Gillett, John age 9 years, Thomas 6, Samuel 5, Benjamin 2, Mercy born 30 January last. Court Record, Page 69 - 4 April, 1683: Adms. to the Widow, Mercy Gillett, with Jonathan Gillett, Peter Browne, John Barber & Samuel Barber to be Overseers." 8. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 9. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Mary; marriage to Peter Brown; 15 Jul 1658; WIN638:54. Gillet, Mary; marriage to Peter Brown; 15 Jul 1658; CHS930:33. | Brown, Peter (I2235)
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| 3198 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 117-118: "Peter Brown, ancestor of the Windsor Browns, carpenter, came to Plymouth in the Mayflower, 1620, being then unmarried; in div. of Plymouth lands, 1623, had but one acre of land assigned to him; but in 1627, in div. of cattle, his name, with those of Mary and Martha Brown, occurs, each of them receiving a share in the lot; he d. 1633, invent. presented, Oct. 4, 1633. The order of Court on sett. of his est. mentions his having had 'divers children by divers wives.' Mary, his wid., was second wife and administratrix; and, aside from ₤15 sett.on his two daus., rec'd the remainder of his est.for support of her young family. Peter (son of the above), b. 1632, rem. from Duxbury, Mass.; m. 15 Jul 1638, Mary (prob. dau. of Jonathan or Nathan) Gillett; he admitted to Windsor Church 22 Jun 1662 (O.C.R.); bought in Windsor same year (Jun 28) house and lot of Robert Hayward, 'near the mill,' and doubtless resided there until he bought the Josias Ellsworth place near William Phelps, Jr., 31 Jan 1664, which since has been called the Peter Brown place, and became conspicuous about the begining of present century because of the opposition of its then occupant (a Peter Brown) to the opening of a new road which left his ho. in the lot, etc. This ho. was demolished some 30 years since. He contributed 7d. to the Conn. Col. relief Fund for the Poor of other Colonies, 1676; his wife owned Half-Way Cov't in Windsor Church 17 Jul 1659. - O.C.R. Peter Brown died 9 Mar 1691/2, age 60; est. ₤408 15s. 6d. Children born and baptized, O.C.R.: a. Mary, b. 2 May, bp. 24 Jul 1659. b. Hannah, b. 29, bp. 30 Sep 1660. c. Abigail, b. 8, bp. 10 Aug 1662; m. Samuel Fowler, Nov. 1683. d. Hepzibah, b. 19, bp. 20 Nov 1664. e. Peter, b. 12 Mar 1666/7. f. John, b. 8 Jan 1668. g. Jonathan, b. 30 Mar 1670. h. Cornelius, b. 30 Jul 1672. i. Hester, b. 22 May 1673. j. Isabel, b. 9 Jun 1676. k. Deborah, b. 12 Feb 'night before,' 1678; m. John Hosford, 9 Apr 1696. l. Sarah, b. 20 Aug 1681; m. Joseph Moore. m. ___, dau., unmarried. n. ___, dau., unmarried." 2. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan Gillett, with his brother Nathan came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Warham, and (both) to Windsor with the first emigration (see p. 157, Vol. I). Both he and his wife were members of the orig. D. and W. ch. (O.C.R.); D.W.P. thinks that he probably d. 27 Feb 1697-8; O.C.R. says: 'Jonathan, Sen.,' d. 23 Aug 1677, and in its list of persons taken into Windsor ch. 'and are now living' (the date of this Rec. is 21 Dec 1677) is mentioned 'Wid. Gillett.' The Rec. in Gillett-Holcomb Bible, referred to below (see also Note p. 290), says 'Father Gillett dyed in 1667.' There is still extant, in the possession of a Windsor family, a copy of the Geneva edition of the Bible, of 1599, commonly known as the 'Breeches Bible,' because the fig leaf garment made by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, and which in the King James's Version is called apron, is herein given as breeches. This Bible was brought to New England by this Jonathan Gillett, Sen'r, and afterwards passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family, prob. through Lois, who was the daughter of Jonathan Holcomb by his second wife, Wid. Mary Gillet, whom he married 28 Jun 1721. Lois Holcomb, b. 5 Jul 1748, was married July 1772 to Noah (father of Perly, father of Dea. Anson) Cooley of North Granby, Conn. In the family, this Gillett-Holcomb Bible was familiarly known as the 'Bear Bible,' because it was once, in the olden days, placed in a window to keep the sash raised, when a bear endeavoring to effect an entrance, clawed it, leaving the marks of his claws so deep upon the edges of its leaves, that they are still very plainly to be seen. In this Bible occurs the following manuscript record: 'My father Gille(tt) came into new-inglan the secon(d) time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare aftur he cam to land.' A jar now in possession of Mr. Norman F. Stoughton of So. Windsor, was, it is said, 'brought over' by the first Jonathan Gillett. It is white with blue lines, 6 inches in height and 7 inches in diameter. Children: a. Cornelius, came to Windsor with his father. b. Jonathan, Jr., b. in New Eng., 1634/5. c. Mary, b. in New. Eng. Born in Windsor (O.C.R.) d. Anna (Hannah, O.C.R.) b. 29 Dec 1639, specifically mentioned in O.C.R. as 'his first born in Windsor.' e. Joseph, bp. 25 Jul 1641. f. Samuel, bp. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 5 Oct 1641. h. Abigail, bp. 28 Jun 1646; d. 1649. - O.C.R. i. Jeremiah, b. 12, bp. (O.C.R.) 20 Feb 1647. j. Josiah, bp. 14 Jul 1650." 4. From the book "The Descendants (by the Female Branches) of Joseph Loomis, who Came from Braintree, England, in the Year 1638 and Settled in Windsor, CT, in 1639," by Elias Loomis (Yale Professor), 1880, v. 1, p. 166: "Peter Brown, b. 1632, m. Mary Gillett July 15, 1658. Owned land in Windsor in 1658. He d. March 9, 1691/2, ae. 60. He was the son of Peter Brown who came to Plymouth in the May Flower in 1620. Children: a. Mary, b. 2 May 1659. b. Hannah, b. 29 Sep 1660. c. Abigail, b. 8 Aug 1662, m. Samuel Fowler, Nov 1683. d. Hepzibah, b. 19 Nov 1664. e. Peter, b. 12 Mar 1666, m. Mary Barber 22 Jul 1696. Poquonnoc. f. John, b. 8 Jan 1668, m. Elizabeth Loomis 4 Feb 1691-2. He d. 4 Feb 1728. She d. 11 Dec 1723. g. Jonathan, b. 30 Mar 1670, m. Mindwell Loomis 1 Oct 1696. He d. 26 Aug 1747. She d. 1 Mar 1767. h. Cornelius, b. 30 Jul 1672, m. Abigail Barber 4 Dec 1701. He d. 26 Jan 1747. i. Hester, b. 22 May 1673. j. Isabel, b. 9 Jun 1676. k. Deborah, b. 12 Feb 1678, m. John Hosford 9 Apr 1696. l. Sarah, b. 20 Aug 1681, m. Joseph Moore." 5. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 6. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Mary Gillett born late 1637/early 1638 in Dorchester, married Peter Brown/BrownE 15 July 1658 in Windsor, died 27 Aug. 1719 in Windsor. Peter was born ca. 1632, died 9 Mar. 1691/2 in Windsor (a son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower?). His estate amounted to £480. Peter and Mary had 12 children. For a continuation of this line see Jacobus, Donald L. & Herschel S. Murphy, "Peter Brown of Windsor, CT" (TAG, 1957), 33:214 - 222." Cornelius, the brother of Mary, assisted in the probate of Peter Browne: "On 23 Mar. 1691 Cornelius Gillett and two others took inventory of the estate of Peter Browne, Sr., of Windsor. It amounted to £408-15-06. [Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1687-1695," 127-8.]" 7. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, P. 15: "Mary, m. Peter Brown of Windsor. 14 ch." 8. From the newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 10, no. 2, sourced family tree by Barbara Delgado, 1939 Republic Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, copy from the Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society: References: MJ5=Mary and John, vol. 5, no. 2. NEH=New England Hist. and Gene. Reg., vol. 100. Wivr=Windsor, CT. Vital Records. TAG=The American Genealogist, Vol. #. FC=The Gillett Family by Flora Clark. BA=Bertha Aldridge's Book SH=Stiles History of Windsor, CT. Quote: "Mary, b. 1638 Dorchester, Mass. (NEH), d. 27 Aug 1719 Windsor, CT (NEH), m. 15 Jul 1658 (Wivr) Peter Brown (Wivr), b. ca. 1632, d. 9 Mar 1691 age 60 (NEH), perhaps s/o Peter (NEH), 12 children (NEH)." 9. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 10. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Mary; marriage to Peter Brown; 15 Jul 1658; WIN638:54. Gillet, Mary; marriage to Peter Brown; 15 Jul 1658; CHS930:33. | Gillett, Mary (I2223)
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| 3199 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 346-353: "Edward, born in Eng. about 1607; m. (1) 1630, in Eng., Margaret ___, who died 23 Aug 1670; her gravestone, inscribed "M.G., 1670,' is known as the oldest monument in Cong. Graveyard, Clinton (formerly Killingworth), Conn.; he m. (2) (1732 or '3, Sara (wid. of James) Bemis of New London. Mr. Edward Griswold came to America at the time of the second visit of Mr. George Fenwick, at which date, also, came a large number of new settlers to the Conn. settlement. It was a time when many of the gentry of England and wealthy persons connected with the Warwick patent were intending removel hither; but the breaking out of the Scotch Rebellion compelled King Charles to call a Parliament, and they stayed at home to carry on their struggle with the King and Archbishop Laud. Mr. Griswold undoubtedly came in the interest of some of these patentees. He was attorney for Mr. St. Nicholas of Warwickshire, who had a house built in Windsor, and also a tract of land 'impaled' (fenced), as had Sir Richard Saltonstall. The Rev. Ephraim Huit, who came, also, in 1639, was from the same parish, as, also, the Wyllys family, who settled at Hartford. His first location in Windsor is not known; but he had (see p. 157, Vol. I) a grant of land in Poquonok, to which he removed, in 1649, accompanied by a few families, who there found an 'outpost' settlement. His residence at P. was on the site of the present dwelling of the heirs of the late Eliphalet S. Ladd, and who, on the female side, are Griswold descendants. The spot is a beautiful knoll which overlooks the brook on the west, the Tunxis River on the south and east. As soon as he had fairly established his home, he began to take that active part in public matters which was natural to a man of his character. In 1650 he was a deputy from W. to the General Court, and continued, with the exception of one session, to represent the town until the reception of the charter from King Charles. At this time he was the principal promoter of a new settlement authorized by the court, called Hommonoscett, which lay immediatly west of Saybrook, and to which, about 1663, he removed with his younger children, deeding to his sons, George and Joseph, who remained behind, his W. lands, reserving a small life annuity therefrom. The settlement was organized as a town in 1667 and received, probably from him the name of his old English home Kenilworth, afterwards corrupted to Killingworth, and now known as Clinton. He was the first deputy from K., and continued to be its magistrate and representative for more than 20 years, 1662 to 1678-89, and was succeeded by his son John. The 'Col. Rec.' show him to have been a very active, influential menmber of the legislature - pre-eminently one of those men who, in the first half-century, did so much to make the small colony of Connecticut so important a factor in American affairs. As a member of Sessions, he had the pleasure of meeting with his brother Matthew and his one son Francis; and there has, since that time, rarely been an Assembly of Conn. in which some of their lineal descendants have not been members. He was frequently a commisisioner; and, in 1678, was on a committee for establishing a Latin school in New London, and was first deacon of the K. church. He died at K., it is said, in 1691, in 84th year. Children (all by 1st wife; *Kenilworth Engl. Rec.): A. Sarah, * b. 1631. B. George, * born in Eng., 1633. Rec'd (with his bro. Joseph) his father's W. lands, when the latter rem. to Killingworth; was also a large purchaser of lands from the Indians and an eminently respected citizen; freeman in 1654; he d. 3 Sep 1704; m. Mary (dau. Thos. Holcomb), 3 Oct 1665, who d. 4 Apr 1708. C. Francis, b. in Eng., 1635. Was made a freeman 1657, and, before his father left W., he had rem. to Saybrook, and thence to Norwich, Conn., of which he was a first proprietor and an active citizen, and which town he rep. in Gen Court from 1661 inclusive to 1671; he died Oct 1671. wife's name unknown. D. Liddia, * born Eng., 1637. E. Sarah, * b. in Eng., 1638; m. (1) Samuel (s. William, Sen) Phelps, 10 Nov 1650; (2) 21 July 1670, Nathaniel (s. Humphrey) Pinney. F. Ann, b. Windsor; bp. 19 Jun 1642 - O.C.R. and 'Col. Rec.' G. Mary, b. W.; bp. 13 Oct 1644; m. Timothy (s. William, Sen) Phelps, 19 Mar 1661. H. Deborah, b. and bp. W., 28 Jun 1646 (O.C.R.); m. Samuel (s. William) Buell, 1662; removed to Killingworth. I. Joseph, b. and bp. 12 Mar 1647. - O.C.R. - m. Mary (dau. of Samuel) Gaylord, 14 Jul 1670 (O.C.R.); res. W.; d 14 Nov 1716; will dated 6 Sep 1716 (Htfd. co. Prob.); his wife contrib. (the only G. that did so) to Conn. Fund for Relief of Poor of other Colonies, 1676, the sum of 2s. 6d. - O.R. J. Samuel, b. and bp. 18 Nov 1649 (O.C.R.); d. 6 Jul 1672. H. John, b. and bp. 1 Aug 1652. - O.C.R. - m. (1) Mary ___, who d. 27 Oct 1679; m. (2) Bathsheba ___, who d. 19 Mar 1736; rem. from W. to Kill., prob with his father, and there d. 7 Aug 1717; was a man of property, intelligence, and influence; deacon in ch.; invent. presented 7 Oct 1717, gave lands to sons Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, and Walter." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 394-395: "Thomas Holcombe, early at Dorchester, Mass., where, in May 1634, he was made freeman'; in 1635 sold his ho. and lands to Richard Jones; soon after rem. to W.; in 1639 went to Poquonot, 4 miles west of Windsor; was, in 1639, one of those who rep. Windsor and Hartford in the forming of the Constitution of the Col. of Conn. (his name on D. and Bost. Rec. spelled with the terminal 'e' [see footnote]). He d. at Windsor 7 Sep 1657; his wid. Elizabeth m. (2) James Enno, 1658. Children (all but two eldest b. in Windsor): A. Elizabeth, m. 16 Nov 1654, Josias Ellsworth of W. B. Mary, m. 3 Oct (1655, abt.) George Griswold of Poquonot. C. Abigail, bp. 6 Jan 1638 ('Col. Rec., O.C.R.); m. 11 Jun 1658, Samuel Bissell of Windsor. - W.F.H. D. Joshua, bp. 27 Sep 1640. - O.C.R., m. Ruth Sherwood, 4 Jun 1663 (O.C.R.). Hinman says he rem. to Simsbury, which he rep. in Gen. Ct., died in Simsbury, 1690. E. Sarah, b. 14 Aug 1642; d. 1654. - O.C.R. F. Benajah, b. 23 Jun 1644. - O.C.R.; Sgt., m. Sarah Enno, 11 Apr 1667, who d. Apr. 1732; he d. 25 Jan 1736. G. Deborah, b. 15 Oct 1646; d. 1649. - O.C.R. H. Nathaniel, b. 4 Nov 1648. - O.C.R., m. Mary Bliss of Springfield, 27 Feb 1670 ('Col. Rec.'); res. Simsbury, which town he rep. at Gen Ct., 1703, '4, '5, '6, 1720 and '22; farmer. I. Deborah, b. 15 Feb 1650 (O.C.R.); m. 5 Nov 1668, Daniel Birge of Windsor. - W.F.H. J. Jonathan, b. 23 Mar 1652; d. 13 Sep 1656 - 'Col. Rec.,' O.C.R." Footnote: In Burke's 'Armory,' and also 'Landed Gentry of England,' the name is almost uniformly spelt thus; one place he spells it Holcombe, or Holtcombe, and remarks in a note, Holtcome is compounded of Holt, a Saxon word signifying woody, and cum, or, as written in Devonshire, combe, a valley between two hills.' The Windsor Holcmbes, coming from the Windsor of Eng., would naturally have retained the final e, and there are some families in the Southern States which so spell it... An extensive Genealogy of the Holcombes is in preparation by Wm. Frederic Holcombe, M.D., of... New York city." 3. From the book "The Griswold Family: England-America," by Glenn E. Griswold, 1935, vols. 2 and 3, pps. 13-34: George, b. England, 1633 (Edward); m. in Windsor, Conn., Oct. 3, 1655, Mary HOLCOMBE, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth, who came from England to Dorchester, Mass., and removed to Windsor 1635. Mary d. Apr. 4, 1708. George made his home in Poquoson 1649 where he purchased land from the Indians. Poquoson then was about six miles from Windsor and those families venturing out to this settlement had no protection from any danger that might come or from the Indians; however, from the records, we find this family was never molested. Probably from the fact that he dealt honestly with the Indians and treated them fairly, they respected him; he was known to be of kindly disposition. Made freeman 1669; was a large land owner and a man of high respectability. A sturdy active citizen, but did not aspire to political office. Died Sept. 3, 1704. His estate, Hartford Probate, Vol. VII, 108; Vol. IX, 10, 11; Mainwaring, II, 70. Inventory Oct. 2, 1704. An agreement made by the widow and also mentions his grand-daughter Abigail Griswold and daughters Mary Cooley and Deborah Moore. 1685 he was mentioned in Windsor Patent. 1676 contributed to the poor of other colonies. 1679 had a warehouse on the north side of the Rivulet near the ferry. Trade with England and West Indies. Children recorded in Windsor: Daniel, b. Oct. 1, 1656. Thomas, b. Sept. 29, 1658. Edward, b. May 19, 1660/1. Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1663. George, b. Dec. 3, 1665. Unm., See John, b. Sept. 17,1668. Benjamin, b. Apr. 16, 1671. DEBORAH, b. May 30, 1674. Abigail, b. Oct. 31, 1676; d. May 7, 1682. Samuel, b. Nov. 5., 1681; d. June 1, 1682. Windsor, Conn., records; Nash Puritan Ancestors; Stiles Ancient Windsor, II, 351; Porter Farm. Hist., I,63; N. E. Register, V, 226; Conn. Colonial records, Vol. I, 196, 256; II, 519; Gen. Daniel Bissell Fam. Hist., 25; Joseph Parsons Fam. Hist., 119; Historic Families of America, 297; Conn. Hist.. Soc. Col., XXII, 183, 219, 264." 3. Ancestry.com's "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33": "THOMAS HOLCOMBE: Origin: Unknown. Migration: 1633. First Residence: Dorchester. Removes: Windsor 1635. Church Membership: Admission to Dorchester church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship. Freeman: 14 May 1634 [MBCR 1:369]. Education: His inventory included "books, tables, dishes and other things" valued at £2 6s. Offices: Connecticut jury, September 1654 (as "Tho: Hoakam") [RPCC 130]. Estate: Granted an eight acre Great Lot at Dorchester, 1 December 1634 [DTR 9]; granted Lot #65, three acres, in the meadow beyond Naponset [DTR 321]; on 12 August 1635 Thomas Holcombe of Dorchester sold to Richard Joanes of Dorchester four parcels of land: four acres "with my houses and all things thereto pertaining"; eight acres in Great Lots; six acres meadow on this side Naponset; and three acres meadow on the other side Naponset [DTR 12]. The Windsor land inventory on 25 December 1640 states that "Thomas Holcom his former grants sold to Josyas Hull, William [illegible] and George Phelps." He had then granted "by virtue of purchase at Paquannick for an homelot with meadow adjoining twenty acres," also adjoining "four acres and half more or less," also on the west side of the brook before his house "twenty-five acres more or less," also by purchase from Henry Clarke "twenty-five acres with upland adjoining sixty-eight acres more or less" [WiLR 1:30]. On 7 February 1655[/6] Thomas Holcombe had twelve acres of woodland bounded out to him [WiLR 1:30]. On 4 March 1655[/6] he had ten acres of woodland bounded out [WiLR 1:30]. The inventory of the estate of "Thomas Holcom of Windsor" was taken 1 October 1657 and totalled £294 10s., of which £95 10s. was real estate: "eleven acres in home lot with housing and orchard," £50; "four acres and a half adjoining to the home lot," £6; "ten acres and a half of meadow," £10 10s.; "in the fourth meadow twelve acres," £15; "twenty-five acres of woodland over the brook against the house," £3; "forty-eight acres of woodland," £7 10s.; "ten acres of woodland," 10s.; and "his part in that called Tinker's Farm, eighty acres and a barn," £3 [Hartford PD Case #2774]. He also owned two swords. To the inventory was appended the following list: The related that survive the abovesaid deceased are The relict Elissabeth his widow Sons 1 Josuay the eldest of age 17 years 2 Benaiah the second of age 13 years 3 months 3 Nathanell the third of age 9 years Daughters 4 Abigayle the eldest unmarried of age 18 years 3 quarters 5 Debora the youngest of age 6 years 7 months Elizabeth, the relict and administratrix, was appointed 3 December 1657 and dealt with the cautions issued by George Griswold and his father Edward Griswold regarding division of the estate [Hartford PD Case #2774]. Birth: By about 1609 based on estimated age of marriage. Death: Windsor 7 September 1657 [CTVR 43; TAG 57:66]. Marriage: By about 1634 Elizabeth ____ (assuming she was the mother of all his children), born about 1617 (John Winthrop attended her in 1669 and called her 52 years old [TAG 23:124, citing WMJ 906]). She m. (2) Windsor 5 August 1658 as his third wife James Eno [WiLR 1:56]. She died Windsor or Simsbury 7 October 1679 [Grant 35]. (Several sources claim that Thomas Holcombe married at Dorchester on 14 May 1634 Elizabeth Ferguson. Such a marriage is not on record, and the date is that on which Holcombe was admitted to freemanship. In 1964 Jacobus noted that "[h]er maiden name has been stated as Ferguson, without proof or probability" [McArthur-Barnes 169].) Children: i. Elizabeth, b. say 1634; m. Windsor 16 November 1654 Josiah Ellsworth [CTVR 42; Grant 35]. ii. Mary, b. say 1636; m. Windsor 3 October 1655 George Griswold [CTVR 35]. iii. Abigail, b. (or bp.) Windsor 6 January 1638/9 [CTVR 35; Grant 44]; m. Windsor 11 June 1658 Samuel Bissell [Grant 24]. iv. JOSHUA, bp. Windsor 27 September 1640 [CTVR 35; Grant 44]; m. Windsor 4 June 1663 Ruth Sherwood [Grant 44]. v. Sarah, b. (or bp.) Windsor 14 August 1642 [CTVR 35; Grant 44 (annotated "dead")]; d. 1654 [Grant 82]. vi. BENAJAH, b. Windsor 23 June 1644 [CTVR 35; Grant 44]; m. Windsor 11 April 1667 Sarah Eno (his stepsister) [Grant 44]. vii. DEBORAH, b. Windsor 15 October 1646 [Grant 44 (annotated "dead")]; d. 1648 [Grant 81]. viii. Nathaniel, b. Windsor 4 November 1648 [CTVR 35; Grant 44]; m. (1) Springfield 27 February 1670[/1] Mary Bliss [Pynchon VR 58]; m. (2) Simsbury 17 January 1722/3 Sarah (____) Owen, widow of Josias Owen [SimsVR Barbour 83]. ix. DEBORAH, b. Windsor 15 February 1650/1 [CTVR 35; Grant 44]; m. Hartford (but recorded Windsor) 5 November 1668 Daniel Birge [Grant 26; CTVR 11]. x. Jonathan, b. Windsor 23 March 1652/3 [CTVR 35; Grant 44 (annotated "dead")]; d. there 13 September 1656 [Grant 81 (giving only the year); CTVR 43]. Comments: In his list of "what children has been born in Windsor from our beginning hither" Matthew Grant credits "Thomas Holcom" with eight children [Grant 91], which is consistent with the above list of children and implies that the first two were born in Dorchester. Bibliographic Note: In 1981 George E. McCracken published "Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity," a definitive account of the immigrant and the first few generations of descent from him [TAG 57:65-76, 160-69, 225-29]. In his usual style, he opened the article with an exhaustive discussion of previous writings on this family. The same author has also written two brief articles on the fraudulent claim of ancestry for Thomas Holcombe and on the inaccurate tombstone erected in his memory [TAG 26:109-10, 44:58-60]. SOURCES: A. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898) B. MBCR: Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., 5 volumes in 6 (Boston 1853-1854). C. DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). D. TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+) E. CCCR: The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776, 15 volumes (Hartford 1850-1890). F. WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut). G. Hartford PD: Hartford Probate District, original files, Connecticut State Archives (and on microfilm). H. Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). I. RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). J. McArthur-Barnes: Selim Walker McArthur, McArthur-Barnes Ancestral Lines, Donald Lines Jacobus, ed. (Portland, Maine, 1964)." 4. FHL book 929.273 L995m "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his Wife Harriet Wade Rice...," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 357-60: "EDWARD1 GRISWOLD, son of George Griswold and his first wife Dousubel (___) and half-brother of Matthew Griswold... [Children...] iii. GEORGE GRISWOLD, b. Kenilworth, Warwick, Eng., 1633; d. Windsor 3 Sept 1704; m. Windsor 3 Oct 1655 MARY HOLCOMB, d. 4 Apr 1708, d/o Thomas and Elizabeth Holcomb. See the Holcomb Line. Inventory of the estate of George Griswold was taken 2 Oct 1704 by Timothy Phelps, Joseph Griswold and Benajah Holcomb, and amounted to £362.08.00. His widow and children made an agreement regarding the division of his estate. Those signing the agreement were Mary Griswold (widow), Daniel Griswold, Thomas Griswold, George Griswold, John Griswold, Benjamin Griswold, Edward Griswold (grandson), Abigail Griswold (granddau.), Joseph Cooly (for Mary Griswold Cooley), Thomas Moore (for Deborah Griswold Moore. (Manwaring, Conn. Probate Recs., Vol. 2, 1700-1710, pp. 70-72). Children: Daniel m. Mindwell Bissell, d/o Nathaniel Bissell & Mindwell Moore; Thomas m. Esther Drake, d/o Job Drake & Mary Wolcott; Edward m. Abigail Williams; Mary m. Joseph Cooley, s/o Benjamin & Sarah Cooley; George d. unm; John m. Abigail Gaylord, d/o Nathaniel Gaylord & Abigail Bissell; Benjamin m. Elizabeth Cook; Deborah m. Thomas Moore; Abigail d. young; Samuel d. inf... (Edward Elbridge Salisbury & Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, Gen. & Biog. Monographs on the Fam. of Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, et.al.; pp: 10-13; Nash, Fifty Puritan Ancestors, pp. 102-5; Ruth Lee Griswold, Griswold Family, pp. 188-9; Richard A. Wheeler, History of Stonington, Conn., p. 537; Alvan Talcott, Families of Early Guilford, Conn., pp. 530-1; Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, The Griswold Family, The First Five Generations in America, p. 13 et seq.; Savage sv Edward, George, Francis, Joseph Griswold; Torrey sv Edward, George, John, Joseph, Francis Griswold; James Bemis.)" 5. The book "The Ancestry of Allen Grinnell Cleaver and Martha Irene Jessup," by William Jessup Cleaver (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), pp. 486-90, 494-95: "1. EDWARD GRISWOLD, son of George and Dousabell--, was baptized 26 July 1607 in Wooten Wawen, a chapelry of Henley in Warwickshire, England. He married in England Margaret-- and they emigrated to New England in 1639 with perhaps six children and his younger brother Matthew. Margaret died in Killingsworth, Connecticut 23 August 1670. Her gravestone marked "M. G. 1670" is the oldest in the cemetery. Edward married, second, in 1672/3 Sarah (--) Bemis, widow of James Bemis of New London. Edward may be buried in the empty space beside Margaret's stone in Clinton. He died in 1691 in his 84th year... Children of Edward Griswold and Margaret... i. FRANCIS, b. about 1629 in England. ii. Sarah, bapt. at Kenilworth, England 1631, died young. iii. George, bapt. at Kenilworth, England 1633; d. at Windsor, Conn. 3 Sept. 1674; m. 3 Oct. 1655 Mary Holcomb, daughter of Thomas. iv. Sarah, bapt. at Kenilworth, England 1635, d. at Windsor 6 Nov. 1715, m. (1st) at Windsor 10 Nov. 1650 Samuel Phelps, son of William, who d. 15 May 1669. They settled at Windsor, had nine children. She m. (2nd) at Windsor 21 July 1670 Nathan Pinney. v. Lydia, bapt. 1637. Kenilworth, England. vi. John, d. at Windsor, 1642. vii. Ann, bapt. at Windsor, 19 June 1642; known as Hannah; d. at Simsbury, 3 May 1714; m. at Windsor 19 Nov. 1663 Jonas Westover of Killingsworth and Simsbury. viii. Mary, bapt. at Windsor, 13 Oct. 1644; m. at Windsor 19 Mar. 1661 Timothy Phelps, son of William. ix. Deborah, bapt. at Windsor 28 June 1646; d. at Killingsworth 7 Feb. 1717; m. at Windsor 13 Nov. 1662, Samuel Buell, son of William. x. Joseph, bapt. at Windsor 12 Mar. 1647/8; d. at Windsor 14 Nov. 1716; m. 10 or 14 June or July 1670, Mary Gaylord. xi. Samuel, bapt. at Windsor 18 Nov. 1649; d. 6 July 1672. Inventory taken 26 Feb. 1672/3. Administered by George Griswold. xii. JOHN, bapt. at Windsor 1 Aug 1652. (4)(6)(8)" 6. The book "Emerson-Benson Saga …," by Edmund K. Swigart (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1994), pp. 248-49: "EDWARD GRISWOLD (GEORGEA, HENRYB) was born circa 1607 in Kenilworth, county Warwick, England, and died in 1691 in Killingworth, CT. He was the oldest of three (five?) sons of GEORGEA GRISWOLD of Kenilworth and the grandson of HENRYB and DOROTHYA (JAMES) GRISWOLD of Greet, County Warwick. His family dates back to the late 13th century, when JOHN GRISWOLD of Kenilworth married (___) HUGGERFORD, circa 1290. EDWARD1 GRISWOLD marred as his first wife by 1629-20, probably in Kenilworth, MARGARET HICKS?. MARGARET1 was born circa 1610 in England and died in August of 1670 in Kenilworth, CT. "Her gravestone marked as ‘M.G. 1670' is known as the oldest monument in the Congregational graveyard at Clinton, CT (formerly part of Killingworth)" (ref. 1). EDWARD1 married circa 1672 as his second wife, probably in New London, CT, Sarah? (___) Bemus, widow of James, who died in New London in 1665. Sarah? had two daughters by her first marriage, Rebecca2 and Mary2. Mary2 married John2, EDWARD1's son, creating the interesting situation of John2 having a mother-in-law who was also his step-mother. EDWARD1's second wife Sarah? probably died in Killingworth. In 1639 EDWARD immigrated from Kenilworth, England, to Windsor, CT, perhaps by boat from Dorchester, MA, with Rev. Ephraim Huit (as part of his congregation), or directly from England with George Fenwick on his second visit to the Colonies. Accompanying him, whenever he came, was his wife MARGARET1. MARGARET1, "mother of eleven children, was a real pioneer pilgrim. After nine years of married life in England, with five baby children, she braved the wilderness of the New World at Windsor. Here she lived a full quarter of a century, and then lived for seven years in the new virgin town of Kenilworth," [later Killingworth] "Conn., which was named for her home town in England" (ref. 1). In the new world EDWARD1 was always addressed as "Mr.", a title rarely granted and indicating he had a strong financial and social background in England -- and that he had earned great respect among his peers in the New World. Between 1640 and 1642 EDWARD1 was granted 150 acres of land by the town of Windsor and was one of the first settlers of Poquonock, four miles west of Windsor. By 1649 the danger of Indian raids was still so real that 'The Gen'l Court, in view of the ‘many dangers the familyes of Edward Griswold, Thomas Holcombe," [etc.] "are in, by reason of remote living from neighbors and nearness to the Indians', frees one of them from training on each training day, provided he stand about as a sentinel" (ref. 1). EDWARD1 was a deputy to the General Court for Windsor from 1658 to 1661. In 1662 he was the foreman of a jury of 12 men who condemned Nathaniel Greensmith as "worthy of death for witchcraft. They found Rebecca, his wife, also guilty and she confessed same in open court. ...The witchcraft delusion was very light in America compared to Europe" (ref. 1). EDWARD1 deeded his Windsor property to sons George2 and Joseph2 shortly before he became one of the 21 subscribers in 1663, along with ancestor JOSIAH2 HULL (see JOSIAH2 HULL for details) to help found Kenilworth, CT. Most of his children were married and settled in Windsor at this point, but apparently he wanted to move once more. Thus, at the age of 56, he went with his wife and two children, plus newly married daughter DEBORAH2 and son-in-law SAMUEL2 BUELL, to help settle Kenilworth. EDWARD1 served as the first deputy from that town to the General Court in 1667 and the General Court appointed he and JOSIAH2 HULL as commissioners for Kenilworth. This post he held for 14 years. In 1672 he drew up a Conditional Inheritance Deed, which served as his will when he died. In it he made son John2 his principal beneficiary, but named his other children and their children as well. In 1678 EDWARD1 served on a committee to help set up a Latin School in New London. EDWARD1 and MARGARET (HICKS?) GRISWOLD had the following children, the oldest five? (six?) born at Kenilworth, county Warwick, England, and the rest in Windsor, CT: I Sarah2, b. 1631: d. soon, prob. at Kenilworth, Eng. II Sarah2, b. 1632; d. 1715: m. 1/hs 10 Nov 1650, prob. at Windsor, CT. Samuel Phelps who d. in 1669, prob. at Windsor, m. 2/hs 21 Jul 1670, prob. at Windsor, Nathaniel Pinney. III Lieut. Francis2, b. 1633; d. Oct 1671 at Norwich, CT; m. by 1653, Mary?/Sarah? Post?. IV George2, b. 1635; d. 3 Sep 1704, prob. at Windsor, CT: m. 3 Oct 1655, Mary2 Holcomb (Thomas1) V Liddia2, b. 1637. VI Ann2, bapt. 19 Jun 1642 at Windsor, CT. VII Mary2, b. 5 Oct, bapt. 13 Oct 1644; m. 19 Mar 1661, prob. at Windsor, CT, Capt. Timothy Phelps, prob. bro. of Samuel. VIII DEBORAH2, b. and bapt. 28 Jun 1646: d. 1717-8 at Killingworth, CT; m. 13 Nov 1662 at Windsor, CT, SAMUEL2 BUELL (see BUELL). IX Joseph2, bapt. 12 Mar 1647-8; d. 14 Nov 1714: m. ca. 14 Jul 1670, prob. at Windsor, CT, Mary2 Gaylord (John1). X Samuel2, b. and bapt. 18 Nov 1649; d. 6 Jul 1672, perh. at Killingworth, CT; unm. XI John2, bapt. 1 Aug 1652; d. 1717, prob. at Killingworth, CT; m. as 1/wf 28 Nov 1672. perh. at Killingworth, Mary Bemis, his step-sis., who d. 27 Oct 1679, prob. at Killingworth, m. 2/wf aft. Oct 1679. bef. 4 May 1681, Bathsheba Smith?/North?. REFERENCES 1) Bassette, B. B., op. cit., 158-69, 357-67. 2) Colket, M. B., op. cit., 137. 3) Ferris, M. W., op. cit., Dawes-Gates, II:461-2. 3) McCracken, George E., "William Buell & Early Descendants". TAG, 54(1978):71. 4) Pierce, R. Andrew, personal communication, research and material on the Buell and Griswold lines, 25 January 1993, LET and MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT. 5) Savage, J., op. cit., I:288; II:316. 6) Torrey, C. A., op. cit., 114, 329, 576, 587." MARRIAGE: 1. Henry Stiles in the quotes above contradicts himself as to the date of marriage giving 3 Oct 1665 in one and giving 3 Oct (1655, abt.). | Holcomb, Mary (I2069)
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| 3200 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 346-353: "John, b. and bp. 1 Aug 1652. - O.C.R. - m. (1) Mary ___, who d. 27 Oct 1679; m. (2) Bathsheba ___, who d. 19 Mar 1736; rem. from W. to Kill., prob with his father, and there d. 7 Aug 1717; was a man of property, intelligence, and influence; deacon in ch.; invent. presented 7 Oct 1717, gave lands to sons Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, and Walter." 2. From the book "The Griswold Family: England-America," by Glenn E. Griswold, 1935, vols. 2 and 3, pps. 13-34: John, bapt. Windsor, Conn., Aug.. 1, 1652 (Edward) m. (1) in Killingworth, Conn., Nov. 28, 1672, Mary Bemis, daughter of James and Sarah (Dimond) Bemis, who became his stepsister by the marriage of his father to Sarah (Dimond) Bemis. Mary d. Oct. 27, 1679. John m. (2) Bathsheba North, daughter of Thomas, b.1654, who d. 1 Mar. 19, 1736. The burial places of Mary and Bathsheba are unknown. John was a farmer; prominent and leading citizen. Deacon for many years. Served on important civil committees. Deputy 1690. Captain 1712. Served in the Narragansett War. The town granted six acres for his services in the Indian Wars. He died Aug. 7, 1717. Burial in the Congregational cemetery, Clinton, Conn. It is possible that Bathsheba is buried in the vacant space next to his tombstone. Children recorded in Killingworth: Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1673. Margaret, b. Dec. 10, 1675. Hannah, b. Oct. 25, 1677. John, b. Sept. 22, d. Dec.14, 1679. Dorothy, b. May 4, 1681; d. Mar. 3, 1690. Bathsheba, b. Dec. 5, 1682. Samuel, b. Apr. 14, 1685. Lucy, b. July 26, 1686. John, b. Nov 4, 1688; prob. d. y. Martha, b. Jan. 1, 1689; d. Mar. 17, 1690. Joseph and Benjamin, twins, b. Sep. 26, 1691. Dorothy, b. Sept. 23, 1692. Martha, b. June 16, 1694. Daniel, b. Oct. 25, 1696. Walter, b. Mar. 7, 1700. His will, State Library, Hartford, Conn. In the name o£ God, Amen, I, John Griswold, of Killingworth, being in perfect health of body and of sound mind and memory, blessed be God for it, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following" viz: Imprimis: I do commit my soul into the hands of God and my body a decent burial after this life at the descretion of my executor hereinafter named, in hopes of a joyful resurrection to life eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord. For my worldly goods and possessions, I do devise, bequeath and dispose of them as followeth; my funeral expenses and just debts first paid. Imprimis: I give unto my dear and loving wife Bathshuah one third part of all my lands, tenements, buildings, mills, and hereditaments whatsoever, to be her and her assigns during the term of her natural life as her dower, and one third part of all my goods and chattels to be her own and at her own dispose forever. I do hereby give, grant and devise unto my sons Samuel Griswold, Joseph Griswold, Benjamin Griswold, Daniel Griswold, and Walter Griswold, the other two thirds of my lands, tenements, buildings, mills, and hereditaments whatsoever, and reversion of one third part of lands, tenements, buildings, mills, and hereditaments whatsoever devised for life to my loving wife, to have and to hold to each an equal share to them and their heirs forever. Saving that my son Samuel Griswold shall have that two acres of land I have given him by deed of gift over and above and more than an equal share with each of his brethren, my sons above mentioned, to him and his heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my two daughters Dorothy & Martha Griswold, to each of them, fifty pounds as money; to my daughter Bathshuah twenty and two pounds as money besides what she already has of me and to my daughter Lucy ten pounds as money besides what she already has of me. All these legacies to my daughters to be paid out of remaining two thirds of goods and chattels and credits and all of residue of my goods and chattels and credits what is above disposed of and bequeathed, my will is that it shall be equally divided to and among my seven daughters, Mary Avery, Margaret Chapman, Hannah Crane, Bathshuah Clark, Lucy Ball, Dorothy Griswold, and Martha Griswold, and if this legacy shall not amount to ten pounds as money to each of my said seven daughters so much as to make up the legacy ten pounds to each of my said seven daughters. I do appoint and constitute my loving wife Bathshuah Griswold, my son Samuel Griswold, and my son Joseph Griswold, executors of my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hands this sixth day of June, Anon Dominic, one thousand seven hundred and thirteen. The estate of Bathsheba, Nov. 11, 1732, State Library, Hartford, mentions, to heirs of son Samuel; to sons Joseph, Daniel, Benjamin and Walter; to grandchild Mary Griswold, daughter of Samuel; to grandchildren Sarah, Bathsheba, and Jericho; daughters of Daniel; to daughters Bathsheba Clark, Lucy Ball, Dorothy Hand, Martha Pratt; also son-in-laws, Daniel Clark, A1lent Ball, Janna Hand, and Samuel Pratt. Killingworth Town records; Nash Fifty Puritan An.; Conn. Colonial Dames Register; Fulton-Hayden-Warner Gen., 546, 547; Dawes-Gates Fam., II, 403; Beginnings of Yale (Obviate), 227, 242, 249; Magazine of American Hist. XL, 128, 129; Camp Manuscript, Historical Society, Hartford; Guilford Genealogies, Alcott, 259, 227; Connecticut Colony records, Vol. II, 201; Vol. IV, 15, 38, 62, 85, 197, 221, 235, 244, 294, 296, 298, 342, 371, 395, 407, 421, 434, 461, 487; Vol. V, 30, 37, 40, 67, 90,107,142, 163, 206, 245, 309, 310, 346, 519, 572. 3. The book "The Griswold Family, the First Five Generations in America," comp. and ed. by Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, May 1990, printed by The Griswold Family Association, 116 Garden St., Wethersfield, CT, 06109, pages 6-24. The authors note that their book updates Vol. II, "The Griswold Family England - America," which was published 50 years ago: "John (son of Edward) bp. Windsor, Conn. 1 Aug 1652; m. (1) in Killingworth, Conn. 28 Nov 1672 Mary Bemis, who died 27Oct 1679; daughter of James and Sarah (Dimond) Bemis. (Sarah Bemis was the second wife of Edward [the immigrant]).) John m. (2) ca. 1680 Bathsheba North b. 1654, d. 19 Mar 1736; daughter of Thomas North. The burial places of Mary and Bathsheba are unknown, although it is possible Bathsheba is in the vacant space next to John's tombstone in the Congregational Cemetery at Clinton, Conn. John was a farmer, a prominent and leading citizen. He was a deacon for many years. He served on important civil committees and as deputy in 1690. He was named a captain in 1712 and served in the Indian Wars for which the town granted him six acres. John died 7 Aug 1717. His will, dated 6 Jun 1713 named his wife 'Bathsuah'; five sons: Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, Daniel and Walter; seven daughters: Mary Avery, Margaret Chapman, Hannah Crane, Bathshuah Clark, Lucy Ball, Dorothy and Martha Griswold. The estate of Bathsheba dated 11 Nov 1732, mentions heirs of son Samuel; sons: Joseph, Daniel, Benjamin and Walter; grandchild Mary Griswold, daughter of Samuel; daughters of Daniel: Sarah, Bathshuah and Jerusha; daughters Bathshua Clark, Lucy Ball, Dorothy Hand, Martha Pratt; sons-in-law Daniel Clark, Allent Ball, Janna Hand and Samuel Pratt. Children, all recorded in Killingworth, by Mary Bemis: Mary, b. 1 Feb 1673/4. Margaret, b. 10 Dec 1675. Hannah, b. 25 Oct 1677. John, b. 22 Sep, d. 14 Dec 1679. Children by Bathsheba North: Dorothy, b. 4 May 1681; d 3 Mar 1690. Bathsheba, b. 5 Dec 1682. Samuel, b. 14 Apr 1685. Lucy, b. 26 Jul 1686. John, b. 4 Nov 1688; died young. Martha, b. 1 Jan 1689/90, d. 17 Mar 1690/1. Joseph, twin, b. 26 Sep 1691. Benjamin, twin, b. 26 Sep 1691. Dorothy, b. 23 Sep 1692. Martha, b. 16 Jun 1694. Daniel, b. 25 Oct 1696. Walter, b. 7 Mar 1700. References: Killingworth Town records; Nash: Fifty Puritan Ancestors; Conn. Colonial Dames Register; Fulton-Hayden-Warner Genealogy; Dawes-Gates Family; Beginning of Yale (Oviatt); Magazine of American History; Camp Manuscript, Conn. Historial Society, Hartford; Guilford Genealogies, Talcott; Conn. Colony Records; Probate Records of Killingworth on file at Conn. State Library, Hartford." 4. FHL book 929.273 L995m "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his Wife Harriet Wade Rice...," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 357-60: "EDWARD1 GRISWOLD, son of George Griswold and his first wife Dousubel (___) and half-brother of Matthew Griswold... [Children...] xii JOHN GRISWOLD (again), bpt. Windsor 1 Aug 1652; d. testate 7 Aug 1717; m/1 28 Nov 1672 MARY BEMIS/BEVINS, b. 18 Nov 1672; d. 27 Oct 1679; m/2 aft. 1679 and bef. 4 May 1681 BATHSHEBA NORTH, who d. 19 Mar 1763, d/o Thomas North and Mary Price. Children by Mary: Mary m. Mr. Avery; Margaret m. Mr. Chapman; Hannah m. Mr. Crane; John. Children by Bathsheba: Dorothy d. young; Bathsheba m. Daniel Clark; Samuel m. Sarah Wright; Lucy m. Allen Ball; John; Martha d. young; Joseph m. Temperance Lay; Benjamin m. Abigail Norton; Dorothy (again) m. Janna Hand; Martha (again) m. Samuel Pratt; Daniel m. Jerusha Stevens; Walter m. Sarah Wright. [?Two sons, Samuel and Walter marrying same girl?] (Edward Elbridge Salisbury & Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, Gen. & Biog. Monographs on the Fam. of Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, et.al.; pp: 10-13; Nash, Fifty Puritan Ancestors, pp. 102-5; Ruth Lee Griswold, Griswold Family, pp. 188-9; Richard A. Wheeler, History of Stonington, Conn., p. 537; Alvan Talcott, Families of Early Guilford, Conn., pp. 530-1; Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, The Griswold Family, The First Five Generations in America, p. 13 et seq.; Savage sv Edward, George, Francis, Joseph Griswold; Torrey sv Edward, George, John, Joseph, Francis Griswold; James Bemis.)" 5. The book "The Ancestry of Allen Grinnell Cleaver and Martha Irene Jessup," by William Jessup Cleaver (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), pp. 491-95: "JOHN GRISWOLD, son of Edward and Margaret was baptized at Windsor, Connecticut 1 August 1652. He married, first, at Killingsworth, Connecticut 28 November 1672 Mary Bemis, daughter of James and Sarah. Mary was John's stepsister as her mother, Sarah, married Edward Griswold in the same year, 1672. Mary died at Killingsworth 27 October 1679 and John married, second, Bathsheba…" [Kerry's note: I neglected to copy two pages of this entry.] [Children…] x. Martha, b. 1 Jan. 1689; d. 7 Mar. 1690. xi. Joseph (twin), b. 26 Sept. 1691; d. 18 Apr. 1771; m. in Killingsworth 29 Dec. 1714, Temperence Lay, daughter of Robert and Mary (Stanton) Lay. There were eight children. xii. Benjamin (twin), b. 26 Sept. 1691; m. in Killingsworth 17 June 1718, Abigail Norton, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Ward). There were six children. xiii. Dorothy, b. 23 Sept. 1692; m. in Guilford, Conn. 14 Feb. 1723 Janna Hand, son of Joseph and Rester (Wilcox) Hand of East Guilford. There were five children including a son, Janna, who went to sea and never was heard of again. xiv. Martha, b. 16 June 1694; m. (1st) 13 June 1722 Samuel Pratt, son of Samuel and Ruth (Huntington) Pratt; m. (2nd) 21 Mar. 1759, Lt. Jonathan Parker, son of Joseph and Hannah (Gilbord) Parker of Saybrook, who had m. (1st) 10 Feb. 1709 Elinor Post and (2nd) Hannah Young who d. about 1758. He d. about 1770. There were seven children. xv. Daniel, b.. 25 Oct. 1696; d. 10 Sept 1737 and is bur. Congregational Cemetery, Clinton, Conn.; m. at Killingsworth 9 May 1722, Jerusha Stevens, who m. (2nd) Benjamin DeWolf. She was the daughter of Deacon. Josiah and Sarah (Hubbell) Stevens. Daniel was Deputy 1732-1735, Ensign 1728, Lieut. 1732, Train Band. There were seven children. xvi. Walter, b. 7 Mar. 1700; m. at Killingsworth 24 Oct. 1723, Sarah Wright, moved to Saybrook, members Congregational Church, he was private on Sloop Defense in Sept. 1741. His will is dated 3 Apr. 1745. There were eight children. (8)(14) References: (1) TAG, vol. 39, 1963. Mrs. Genevive Tvlee Kiepura. (2) TAG, vol. 40, 1946, John G. Hunt and Donald Lines Jacobus. (3) TAG, vol. 41, 1965, John G. Hunt. (4) Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, Mary Walton Ferris 1931-43, vol. II. (5) Colonial Records of Connecticut, vols. I, II, III. (6) Waterman Family, D. L. Jacobus, 1939. (7) A List of Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical Officers, Donald Lines Jacobus. (8) The Griswold Family, England and America, Glenn E. Griswold, 1935, 1942. (9) Family Histories and Genealogies, E. E. and E. M. Salisbury, 1892, vol. II. (10) History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Henry R. Stiles, 1892. (11) Saybrook Vital Records (12) Norwich Vital Records. (13) Lebanon Vital Records. (14) Killingsworth Vital Records, TAG, vol. 12. (15) Griswold Family of Connecticut, Edward Elbridge Salisbury, 1884. (16) Soldiers in King Philip's War, George M. Bodge, 1896. (17) One Branch of the Booth Family, Chas. E. Booth, 1910." 6. The book "Emerson-Benson Saga …," by Edmund K. Swigart (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1994), pp. 248-49: "EDWARD GRISWOLD (GEORGEA, HENRYB) was born circa 1607 in Kenilworth, county Warwick, England, and died in 1691 in Killingworth, CT. He was the oldest of three (five?) sons of GEORGEA GRISWOLD of Kenilworth and the grandson of HENRYB and DOROTHYA (JAMES) GRISWOLD of Greet, County Warwick. His family dates back to the late 13th century, when JOHN GRISWOLD of Kenilworth married (___) HUGGERFORD, circa 1290. EDWARD1 GRISWOLD marred as his first wife by 1629-20, probably in Kenilworth, MARGARET HICKS?. MARGARET1 was born circa 1610 in England and died in August of 1670 in Kenilworth, CT. "Her gravestone marked as ‘M.G. 1670' is known as the oldest monument in the Congregational graveyard at Clinton, CT (formerly part of Killingworth)" (ref. 1). EDWARD1 married circa 1672 as his second wife, probably in New London, CT, Sarah? (___) Bemus, widow of James, who died in New London in 1665. Sarah? had two daughters by her first marriage, Rebecca2 and Mary2. Mary2 married John2, EDWARD1's son, creating the interesting situation of John2 having a mother-in-law who was also his step-mother. EDWARD1's second wife Sarah? probably died in Killingworth. In 1639 EDWARD immigrated from Kenilworth, England, to Windsor, CT, perhaps by boat from Dorchester, MA, with Rev. Ephraim Huit (as part of his congregation), or directly from England with George Fenwick on his second visit to the Colonies. Accompanying him, whenever he came, was his wife MARGARET1. MARGARET1, "mother of eleven children, was a real pioneer pilgrim. After nine years of married life in England, with five baby children, she braved the wilderness of the New World at Windsor. Here she lived a full quarter of a century, and then lived for seven years in the new virgin town of Kenilworth," [later Killingworth] "Conn., which was named for her home town in England" (ref. 1). In the new world EDWARD1 was always addressed as "Mr.", a title rarely granted and indicating he had a strong financial and social background in England -- and that he had earned great respect among his peers in the New World. Between 1640 and 1642 EDWARD1 was granted 150 acres of land by the town of Windsor and was one of the first settlers of Poquonock, four miles west of Windsor. By 1649 the danger of Indian raids was still so real that 'The Gen'l Court, in view of the ‘many dangers the familyes of Edward Griswold, Thomas Holcombe," [etc.] "are in, by reason of remote living from neighbors and nearness to the Indians', frees one of them from training on each training day, provided he stand about as a sentinel" (ref. 1). EDWARD1 was a deputy to the General Court for Windsor from 1658 to 1661. In 1662 he was the foreman of a jury of 12 men who condemned Nathaniel Greensmith as "worthy of death for witchcraft. They found Rebecca, his wife, also guilty and she confessed same in open court. ...The witchcraft delusion was very light in America compared to Europe" (ref. 1). EDWARD1 deeded his Windsor property to sons George2 and Joseph2 shortly before he became one of the 21 subscribers in 1663, along with ancestor JOSIAH2 HULL (see JOSIAH2 HULL for details) to help found Kenilworth, CT. Most of his children were married and settled in Windsor at this point, but apparently he wanted to move once more. Thus, at the age of 56, he went with his wife and two children, plus newly married daughter DEBORAH2 and son-in-law SAMUEL2 BUELL, to help settle Kenilworth. EDWARD1 served as the first deputy from that town to the General Court in 1667 and the General Court appointed he and JOSIAH2 HULL as commissioners for Kenilworth. This post he held for 14 years. In 1672 he drew up a Conditional Inheritance Deed, which served as his will when he died. In it he made son John2 his principal beneficiary, but named his other children and their children as well. In 1678 EDWARD1 served on a committee to help set up a Latin School in New London. EDWARD1 and MARGARET (HICKS?) GRISWOLD had the following children, the oldest five? (six?) born at Kenilworth, county Warwick, England, and the rest in Windsor, CT: I Sarah2, b. 1631: d. soon, prob. at Kenilworth, Eng. II Sarah2, b. 1632; d. 1715: m. 1/hs 10 Nov 1650, prob. at Windsor, CT. Samuel Phelps who d. in 1669, prob. at Windsor, m. 2/hs 21 Jul 1670, prob. at Windsor, Nathaniel Pinney. III Lieut. Francis2, b. 1633; d. Oct 1671 at Norwich, CT; m. by 1653, Mary?/Sarah? Post?. IV George2, b. 1635; d. 3 Sep 1704, prob. at Windsor, CT: m. 3 Oct 1655, Mary2 Holcomb (Thomas1) V Liddia2, b. 1637. VI Ann2, bapt. 19 Jun 1642 at Windsor, CT. VII Mary2, b. 5 Oct, bapt. 13 Oct 1644; m. 19 Mar 1661, prob. at Windsor, CT, Capt. Timothy Phelps, prob. bro. of Samuel. VIII DEBORAH2, b. and bapt. 28 Jun 1646: d. 1717-8 at Killingworth, CT; m. 13 Nov 1662 at Windsor, CT, SAMUEL2 BUELL (see BUELL). IX Joseph2, bapt. 12 Mar 1647-8; d. 14 Nov 1714: m. ca. 14 Jul 1670, prob. at Windsor, CT, Mary2 Gaylord (John1). X Samuel2, b. and bapt. 18 Nov 1649; d. 6 Jul 1672, perh. at Killingworth, CT; unm. XI John2, bapt. 1 Aug 1652; d. 1717, prob. at Killingworth, CT; m. as 1/wf 28 Nov 1672. perh. at Killingworth, Mary Bemis, his step-sis., who d. 27 Oct 1679, prob. at Killingworth, m. 2/wf aft. Oct 1679. bef. 4 May 1681, Bathsheba Smith?/North?. REFERENCES 1) Bassette, B. B., op. cit., 158-69, 357-67. 2) Colket, M. B., op. cit., 137. 3) Ferris, M. W., op. cit., Dawes-Gates, II:461-2. 3) McCracken, George E., "William Buell & Early Descendants". TAG, 54(1978):71. 4) Pierce, R. Andrew, personal communication, research and material on the Buell and Griswold lines, 25 January 1993, LET and MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT. 5) Savage, J., op. cit., I:288; II:316. 6) Torrey, C. A., op. cit., 114, 329, 576, 587." | Bemis, Mary (I2064)
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