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| 4851 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The following will transcription for Nathaniel Bearding in 1674 is from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. It mentions this individual as follows: "I Nathaniel Berding of Hartford upon the River of Connecticut, planter doe in this my last will and testament give unto Abigaill my wife the sum of twenty pounds to be paid her in such pay as may bee comfortable for her not in any horse flesh; I doe also give to Abigaill my wife three cows both which gifts for her to possess and fivety shillings in peas fivety shillings in Indian corne and fivety shillings in pork all at the countey price; my will is also that Abigaill my wife shall have the two ould lower romes and the celler and the leanto for her to dwell in or dispose of all these during the time of her life; I do also give to my son-in-law Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of fivetene pounds to bee paid to him within the space of twoe years after my disease; I doe also give to Samuel Andrews and Elizabeth his wife the sum of fourty pounds to be paid him after the decease of my wife his mother; my parcel of land at Potunck and my household stuff to be to his for partt of that legacy; I doe also give to Sarah Spencer and to Hannah Spencer and to Mary Spencer and to Martha Spencer the fouer daughters of Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of tenn pounds to be equally devided amongst them that is to eather of them fivety shillings to be paid to them after my wife's decease. I do also give to John Andrews twenty shillings; I doe also give to Thomas Andrews twentye shillings to be paid after the discease of my wife their mother; alsoe my will is that my debts and theise legacies may be paid out of my moveable estate that so much as may be of my houseing and other lands may be kept intire. I have desired Paul Peck senior and George Graves to see this my will to bee performed, and i do hereby give to the said Paul Peck and Georg Graves the sum of fourty shillings for each man my debts and these legasyes being paid and my desires in this my will being attended. I go hereby give the remaining part of my estate to Jarrrett Spencer my grandchild whoe is the son of Thomas Spencer the elder; I doe also hereby make the sayd Jarrett my execquitor of this my will. My will also is that Abigaill my wife should have the use of all my household stuff during hir life; my will also is that my execquitor shold kepe all my houseing and barne and fenceing belonging to house and land in repaire; my will is also that what corn or provisions shall be in hand at my discease shall be for Abigail my wife as part of the twenty pounds I have before given hir; my will also is that Abigail my wife shall chose out of my cowes which cowes she will have for the three cowes given hir. In Witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand dated this 7th of January 1673/4. The inventory of Nathaniel's estate was taken 14 Sep 1674 by Paul Peck, George Grave and Caleb Stanly and was valued at 282.15.10. See Hartford Probate Packets, film #1020549." 2. This individual is mentioned in the following will for Thomas Spencer is from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. He made his will in 1686 one year prior to his 1687 death; it reads: "I Thomas Spencer senior of Hartford, being at present in good and sownd understanding not knoweing how soon I may be removed hence by death and finding the shodowes of the evening are stretching over me canot but judg that council of the prophet very seasonable set they house in order, etc. I doe therefore make ordayn and apoint this followeing to be my last will and testament hereby makeing null and voyd all former wills and testaments by me made whither by word or writing. First I commit my soule to God in Jesus Christ my dear Savior and redeemer from whom alone I expect salvation and an inheritance among the sainets in light my body to the earth to be decently buried in the comon burying place; for that estate God hath blessed me with, I bequeath and dispose of it as followeth - when my just debts and funerall expences are fully satisyed and payed to my eldest son Obadiah I give my houseing and land in Hartford, all my lands both meadow and upland on the west side and east side of the Connecticut River within the bounds of the Township of Hartford, to be to him his heirs and assigns immediately after my decease and from thence forever, he paying out such legacies as I shall appoynt by this Will. I give to my sayd son allso one cupboard and irons warming pan old fann two forekes peas hook two axes and an old hoe. I give unto my son Thomas the sume of fifteen pounds and Obadiah shall pay ten pounds more to him or to his heires in currant pay corn or cattell to be payd within two or three yeares after my decease as he shall be able. I give unto my son Samuel (he having received a good portion from his Uncle) all my wearing apparrell off all sorts and kinds. I give unto my son Jarred my shop and tooles and twelve pownds, all which are in his hands and I have possest him with them allready. The rest of my moveable estate I give unto my five daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hanna, Mary and Martha, to be equally divided to them by their brother my son Jarrad. I do make my son Obadiah Spencer executor of this my last will and testament and that he may have a refuge to repayre unto for advice if any difficulty should befall him in the executoin of my will I desire Capt. Jno Allyn, Lieut. Caleb Standly and my cousin Samuel Spencer to be the overseers whom I desire to asssit my sol executor their best advice as occasion may call for it. Finally I leave all my children with the Lord and desire his blessing may be their portion that they may love and serve him and live in love and peace one with another when I shall be gathered to my fathers and for the confirmation of this my will and testmanet I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September 1686. Thomas Spencer (his mark) Witnesses: John Allyn, Hanna Allyn - Hartford Probate Records 4:262." 3. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "Andrew Benton Jr., son of Andrew and Hannah (Stocking) died Feb 5, 1704, mar. Martha Spencer born Mch 19, 1657-8 (HTR) dau. Thomas Spencer and Sarah Bearding. Not named in Dist. Andrew Benton and wife rec'd 2nd Church, Dec. 10, 1694." 4. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "Sgt. Thomas Spencer, son of Gerald and Alice bp. Mch 29, 1607 (Eng.) died Sept. 11, 1687, mar/1 ( ). Mar/2 Sept 11, 1645 (HTR) Sarah Bearding dau. of Nathaniel Bearding. Early member 1st Church [of Hartford]. Name on Founders Monument [in Hartford]. Children by 1st marriage: Elizabeth, bp. Mch 26, 1648 (HTR) m. Samuel Andrews. Hannah, b. Apl 25, 1653 (HTR) m/1 Geroge Sexton, m/2 Daniel Brainerd (See Brainerd Gen., p. 32). Marah/Mary, b. May 18, 1655 (HTR). Martha, b. Mch 19, 1657-8 (HTR), m. Andrew Benton. Gerald, m. Hannah Pratt. Sarah, m. Thomas Huxley. Children by 2nd marriage: Obadiah, m. Mary Disbrough. Thomas of Enfield, m. Esther Andrews. Samuel. Cambridge; freeman May 14, 1634; removed in 1639 to Hfd, where he was an original proprietor; his home lot in 1639 was on the east side of Main St., near what is now the junction of Main and Windsor Sts.; served in the Pequot War; chimney viewer 1650; constable north side 1658; surveyor of highways 1672; was sergeant of the train band 1650, and received in 1671 a grant of 60 acres 'for his good service in the country'." 5. The book "The Thomas Spencer Family of Hartford, Connecticut in the Line of Samuel Spencer of Cromwell, Connecticut 1744-1818," comp. by Frank Farnsworth Starr for James J. Goodwin, Hartford, Conn., copy in Connecticut Historical Society Library, Hartford, CT, pp. 13-20: "Children of Thomas and ___ Spencer, I. Obadiah, m. Mary Desborough. II. Thomas, b. Esther Andrews, and lived in Suffield. III. Samuel, living Sep. 1686. Children of Thomas and Sarah (Bearding) Spencer, I. Garrard, m. 22 Dec 1680, Hannah Pratt, and lived in Hartford. II. Sarah, m. Thomas Huxley of Hartford and Suffield. III. Elizabeth, bap. 26 Mar 1648; perhaps m. Samuel Andrews of Hartford. IV. Hannah, b. 15 Apr 1653, Colony Record; b. 25 Apr 1653, Town Record. V. Mary, b. 18 May 1655. VI. Martha, b. 19 Mar 1657; perhaps m. ___ Benton." 6. The following partial excerpts about the wives and children of Thomas Spencer are from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III (see notes of Thomas Spencer for full transcript): "Thomas Spencer... Migration: 1633 First Residence: Cambridge Removes: Hartford 1636... Estate: ...In his will, dated 9 September 1686 and proved 26 October 1687, "Thomas Spencer Senior of Hartford, ... finding the shadows of the evening are stretching over me," bequeathed to "my eldest son Obadiah ... my housing and land in Hartford, all my lands both meadow and upland on west side and east side of the Connecticut River" in Hartford (he paying certain legacies), along with some personal goods; to "my son Thomas" £15, of which he hath £5; to "my son Samuel (he having received a good portion of his uncle) all my wearing apparell"; to "my son Jarrad my shop & tools & £12, all of which are in his hands"; residue to "my five daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary and Martha, to be equally divided to them by their brother my son Jarrad"; "my son Obadiah Spencer my executor"; "Capt. Allyn, Lieut. Caleb Standly and my cousin Samuel Spencer" overseers [Hartford PD Case #5095; Manwaring 1:365]... Marriage: (1) After 2 November 1634 Anne Dorryfall, sister of Barnaby Dorryfall [NEHGR 105:197-99]. "Anne Dorifall, aged 24," sailed on the Elizabeth of Ipswich in 1634 [Hotten 281] and was admitted to Boston church 2 November 1634 as "Ann Derifall, our brother Wm. Coddington's maid servant" [BChR 19]. She died by 1645. (2) Hartford 11 September 1645 Sarah Bearding [HaVR 606], daughter of Nathaniel Bearding of Hartford. Children: With first wife i Obadiah ("eldest son"), b. say 1635; m. by about 1666 Mary Disborough (estimated b. of first Child), daughter of Nicholas Disborough [TAG 27:166, 38:209]. ii Thomas, b. say 1637; m. by about 1666 Esther Andrews (estimated b. of first Child), daughter of William Andrews [TAG 27:166-67, 35:57]. iii Samuel, b. about 1639 (if he is the Samuel who d. Windham 8 January 1726/7 aged about 88 [NEHGR 105:198], and if that age at death is not exaggerated); m. by about 1684 Sarah ____ (estimated b. of first child [TAG 27:167]). With second wife iv Sarah, b. say 1646; m. by 1667 Thomas Huxley (on 26 March 1667 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Huxlye, Sarah, above 20 years, wife of Tho[mas] Huxly of Hartford & daughter of Sergeant Tho[mas] [S]penc[er] of Hartford" [WMJ 710]). v Elizabeth, bp. 26 March 1648 [HaVR 579]; m. by about 1668 Samuel Andrews, son of William Andrews [TAG 35:55-59]. vi Jared, b. say 1650; m. Hartford 22 December 1680 Hannah Pratt, daughter of John [HaVR Barbour 301]. vii Hannah, b. Hartford 15 April 1653 [CTVR 31]; said to have married (1) George Sexton, (2) Daniel Brainerd and (3) Jonathan Chapman, but the secondary sources are vague and uncertain, and the evidence for these marriages has not been found. viii Mary, b. Hartford 18 May 1655 [CTVR 32]; m. Westfield 7 October 1675 Thomas Root [Pynchon VR 31]. ix Martha, b. Hartford 19 March 1657[/8] [CTVR 31]; m. by 1677 Andrew Benton (b. of first Child), son of Andrew Benton [TAG 27:163; NEHGR 60:301-2 (evidence for this marriage not presented in either source)]... Comments: On 7 September 1652 Thomas Spencer undertook to pay the fine of Sarah Spencer [RPCC 112]." 7. "The American Genealogist," Vol. 27 "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants," compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A., pp. 162-63: "Martha [Spencer], b. 19 Mar. 1658; m. Andrew Benton, bp. at Milford, 12 Aug. 1653, d. at Hartford, 5 Feb. 1703/4." 8. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp.157-158: "The Family of Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1687) and (1) Ann Derifall (Derifield) (ca.1610-1645) and (2) Sarah Bearding (Barding, Berden); d. before 1674; dau. of Nathaniel Bearding. Ann Derifall was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts. Children by Ann Derifall Obadiah2 Spencer (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertG, ThomasH, HenryI). b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. Mary DISROWE (Disborough), dau. of Nicholas Disbrowe. Mary d before 1709. They had seven children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. Thomas2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. Esther2 Andrews. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield, CT. Esther was the dau. of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1689 at Suffield, CT. Samuel2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. Sarah ___ (ca.1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding Sarah2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1646. m. Thomas HUXLEY at Suffield, CT. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King who was b. 14 March 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct 1712. Elizabeth2 Spencer (Thomas1). bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hartford, CT. m. Samuel2 Andrews of Hartford. Samuel Jan. 1712 at Hartford. d. ? Gerard2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca 1651. m. Hannah PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680, dau. of John Pratt. d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. Hannah2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) George SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) Daniel BRAINERD, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713 Mary2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. Thomas ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA, son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug 1709. d. 4 Nov 1690 at Westfield, MA. Martha2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. Andrew BARTON (BENTON), Jr. (1653-1704)." 9. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp. 172-177 has a transcript and analysis of the will dated 9 Sep 1686 of Thomas1 Spencer (see his notes for transcript). He mentions all nine of his children, but not his wife Sarah who preceded him in death. Some of his children are also mentioned in the wills of his first wife's brother Barnabas Derifall (who died 1680) and his second wife's father Nathaniel Bearding (who died 1674): "The Interpretation of the Will of Thomas1 Spencer Jacobus reported that Sarah Bearding Spencer, wife of Thomas1 Spencer, as dying before 1674 since she was not named in her father's (Nathaniel Bearding) will which was proven in 1674 (year of father's death). The inventory of of the Thomas1 estate set the total value at ₤139 19 00, but does not mention the value of his shop or tools or of the considerable amount of land which he had purchased during his lifetime. (A separate analysis is being made of the multiple transactions in Hartford and will be published in a different article). Not mentioned in this Will was the fact that Thomas had received a grant of 60 acres in 1660 in recognition of his military and civic services to the colony and the city of Hartford. It is possible that his woodworking shop and tools were included in the value of "home lot and housing" which was set at 50 pounds. It is interesting that a nephew, Samuel2 Spencer, the only son of his brother, William1 Spencer, was named as an overseer in the Will. Samuel2 Spencer spent his whole life at Hartford and fathered eight children by Sarah Meakins. Samuel's last Child, in fact, was born just a few months before the death of Thomas1 in 1687... In an earlier chapter, the present authors gave a detailed account of the inter-connections of the four or five families in Hartford who were related by cross marriages. As a sequel to that story, we have constructed a chart to show the beneficiaries of the estates of four pioneers who willed property and money to their children (or nieces and nephews) and sometimes to grandchildren. The four pioneers in order of death were William1 Andrews (d. 1659), Nathaniel Bearding (d. 1674), Barnabas Derifall (Derifeild) (d. 1680) and Thomas1 Spencer (d. 1687). All were residents of Hartford except Barnabas Derifall who lived in Braintree (West Quincy), Massachusetts. The children involved as legatees were the nine children of Thomas1 Spencer (Ann Derifall and Sarah Bearding)and the six children of William1 Andrews. The latter also had two wives, of whom only the second has been identified (Abigail Graves). Abigail in later years became the second wife of Nathaniel Bearing (no children). In order to simplify the chart of beneficiaries, we have not included any of the surviving spouses. Chart: The Distribution of Assests to children from the Estates of Four Pioneers in New England [KP Note: reformatted for my transcript:] Various estates: A. Barnabas Derifall (d. 1680) of Braintree, MA. B. Thomas1 Derifall (d. 1687) of Hartford. C. Nathaniel Bearding (d. 1674) of Hartford D. William1 Andrews (d. 1659) of Hartford Children of Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1687): -Obadiah2 Spencer A, B -Thomas2 Spencer A, B -Samuel2 Spencer A, B, C -Sarah2 Spencer Huxley B -Elizabeth2 Spencer Andrews B -Gerard2 Spencer B -Hannah2 Spencer Sexton-Brainerd B, C -Mary2 Spencer Root B, C -Martha2 Spencer Benton B, C Children of William1 Andrews (d. 1659) -John2 Andrews C, D -Abigail2 Andrews D -Elizabeth2 Andrews Grannis D -Thomas2 Andrews C, D -Esther2 Andrews Spencer D -Samuel2 Andrews C, D The emerging pattern from the chart illustrates the dichotomy which characterized the bequests from Nathaniel Bearding - some assets to his grandchildren in the Thomas1 Spencer family, but excluding any children who had been born to the first wife of Thomas1, Ann Derifall - a not unlikely scenario for those who did not share his bloodlines. Nathaniel Bearding's legatees among the Andrews children showed some separation, but of a considerably different character. Nathaniel had only two step grandchildren, Esther2 Andrews and Samuel2 Andrews. Samuel2 was a major beneficiary with 40 pounds, while Esther2 Andrews Spencer was not named in the will. On the other hand, Nathaniel Bearding made bequests to John2 Andrews and Thomas2 Andrews who were bore no blood relation to Nathaniel We believe the explanation of the latter two bequests was based on the fact that Abigail Graves Andrews-Bearding had raised the four children (stepchildren) from William Andrews first marriage to Mary Britton as well as her own two children by William1 Andrews. In the case of the bequests by Thomas1 Spencer, there is an oddity in the fact that his son Samuel2 Spencer essentially was excluded from the will (except for clothing). We do not believe this is an indication of differential favoritism among the sons, but the fact that Samuel2 had been well provided for in the will of his grandfather, Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts. Abigail2 Andrews was not named in her father's will because she had died (1653) some years before her father's death. The only other aspect of the estates is the fact that females in general received only token recognition from the father or grandfather as the case might be. It was the sons and grandsons who always were the major legatees." 10. The periodical "Connecticut Nutmegger," by Jack T. Spencer, CSG, "The Families Linked to Sgt. Thomas Spencer, a Co-Founder of Hartford," vol. 29, pp. 14-27: "I. BACKGROUND Sgt. THOMAS1 SPENCER was one of the "Four Spencer Brothers" of Bedfordshire, England, who were among the earliest settlers of New England and who almost certainly were passengers in the earliest vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 or 1631. THOMAS1 was the second oldest of the Spencer Brothers. The older was WILLIAM1 SPENCER (1601-1640). The two youngest brothers were MICHAEL1 SPENCER (1611-1653) and GERARD SPENCER (1614-c.1683). There also was a sister, ELIZABETH1 SPENCER (1602- ) who came to New England as the wife of TIMOTHY TOMLYNS and settled at Lynn, Massachusetts. The male Spencer siblings (William, Thomas, Michael, Gerard) first settled at Newe Towne (Cambridge, Massachusetts.) A few years later the two older brothers, along with other pioneers, became co-founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Michael and Gerard eventually settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, but Gerard made another move in later years to become the "patriarch" of Haddam, Connecticut. All of the Spencer siblings were born at Stotfold, co. Bedfordshire, England. Their parents were GERARDA SPENCER (1576- ) and ALICE WHITBREAD SPENCER. These Spencers were descendants of a long line of this surname in Bedfordshire whose ancestry can be traced back with certainty to the middle of the 14th century. Tracing the general lineage to even earlier times, we know that the original ancestors came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and participated in the Battle of Hastings. In the ensuing two or three centuries, the "Despencers" ranked among the highest of the Norman nobility, sometimes gaining and sometimes losing (their lives) for this close relationship. In earlier publications (see reference list), we have described the important activities undertaken by WILLIAM1 SPENCER in the founding of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the first Town Clerk of Cambridge and later served as a "Selectman" for several years. William played even more important roles for the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company, especially in regard to surveying and setting the boundary lines for many of the towns under the control of the Court. For many years he served as a Deputy representing Newe Towne at the frequent meetings of the General Court in Cambridge and in Boston. As for ELIZABETH1 SPENCER, we already have documented the activities of her husband, TIMOTHY TOMLINS (see reference list), who was a co-founder of Lynn, Massachusetts in 1630. Timothy, like William Spencer, was a prominent leader in Lynn and served as a Deputy to the General Court and in many other civic and military capacities before his untimely death about 1645. II. THE FAMILY OF SGT. THOMAS1 SPENCER The Family of THOMAS1 SPENCER (1607- 1687) and two wives: 1) ANN DERIFALL (1610- ) and SARAH BEARDING (d. before 1674). Ann was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, MA. Sarah was the daughter of Nathan Bearding of Hartford. Ann married Thomas ca. 1638; Sarah married Thomas on 11 Sept. 1645 at Hartford. Thomas d. 1 Sept. 1687 at Hartford. Children by Ann Derifall: OBADIAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertH, ThomasI, HenryJ), b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's Oath at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. MARY DISBOROUGH, dau. of Nicholas Disborough. Mary d. before 1709. They had children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. THOMAS2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. ESTHER2 ANDREWS. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield. Esther was the dau. of William1 and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1698 at Suffield, CT. SPENCER2 (Thomas1) b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. SARAH ___ (ca. 1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding SARAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. ca. 1646 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS HUXLEY at Suffield, C. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King, who was. b. 14 Mar 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct. 1712. ELIZABETH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hanford, CT. m. SAMUEL2 ANDREWS of Hartford, brother of Esther2 Andrews who m. Thomas2 SPENCER. Samuel Andrews was the son of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford. Samuel d. Jan 1712 at Hartford. d. ? GERARD2 SPENCER (Thomas1). b. ca 1651 at Hartford, CT. m. HANNAH PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680. She was dau. of John Pratt, d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. HANNAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) GEORGE SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) DANIEL Brainerd, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713. MARY2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA., son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug. 1709. d. 4 Nov. 1690 at Westfield, MA. MARTHA2 SPENCER (Thomas1). B. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. ANDREW BARTON (BENTON), Jr (1653-1704). He was the son of Andrew Barton Sr., Andrew Jr. d at Hartford, 5 Feb 1704. All of the children of Sgt. Thowas1 Spencer was born at Hartford, CT, between 1639 and 1658. When the last child was born in 1658, Sgt. Thomas was 51 years of age. ANN DERIFALL, who was mother of the first three children, was born about 1610 in England. The year of birth probably is quite accurate since Ann was listed as age 24 on the passenger list of the "Elizabeth" which sailed from Ipswich, co. Essex, the last of April 1634 (Tepper). The exact year of Ann's death is unknown, although it probably can be set down as 1645 judging by the approximate date of Sarah Bearding's first child in 1646. Ann Derifall was only about 35 years of at the time of her death. Our interest in the Spencer ancestral line, ultimately will focus on the second son of THOMAS1 SPENCER, that is, THOMAS2 SPENCER, who was born in Hartford about 1641 and died in Suffield, CT. in 1689. THOMAS2 married ESTHER2 ANDREWS of Hartford. III. THE RELATIVES OF ANN DERIFALL AND HER ASSOCIATION WITH WILLIAM CODDINGTON OF RHODE ISLAND A careful search of the IGI (International Genealogical Index, 1990) offers no useful clue to the immediate relatives of Ann Derifall in England. The fact that Ann Derifall sailed from Ipswich in eastern England in 1634 has inclined historians to believe that she was perhaps a native of East Anglia. Indeed, there were Derifalls who lived in Little Baddow, co. Essex, which was the residence of Rev. THOMAS HOOKER when he left for New England in 1633. Of interest is the fact that BARNABAS DERIFALL came to New England in that same year, although there is no evidence that he was a member of the BRAINTREE COMPANY sponsored by Rev. Hooker. The discovery of the connection between the DERIFALLS and the SPENCERS in Connecticut can be credited to Mrs. William C. Clark who published a genealogical study in 1951 in the NEHGS Register. This report proved that Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts, was a brother of Ann Derifall. In the will of Barnabas Derifall prepared in 1680, he named three Spencer brothers (OBADIAH2, THOMAS2, SAMUEL2) as beneficiaries of his estate. These clearly were the same names as the sons of Ann Derifall and Thomas Spencer. Savage states that Barnabas "Doryfall" came to Boston in the "Mary and Jane," probably on the same ship with WILLIAM CODDINGTON and his second wife, MARY MOSLEY. Not only did Barnabas Derifall have this contact with Coddington, but the latter also owned property at Braintree where Barnabas was an original proprietor. William Coddington originally was a native of Boston, Lincolnshire, a city often associated with the names of the earliest Pilgrim fathers. Coddington was a powerful figure in the contingent of Puritan leaders who came to America in the very first vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Besides the Derifalls who lived in co. Essex (Little Baddow), there also were families with this surname who lived in London in the area of St. Bride, Fleet Street. The time scale (IGI) was the late 1500's and early 1600's. There were Coddingtons in the same district in this period. We do know also, that William Coddington was in London in 1632, but was postponing his return to New England until 1633 because his new wife was expecting a child. Mary Mosley was a native of the Chelmsford area in co. Essex. Thus, we have more than one possible scenario for the contact between Barnabas Derifall and William Coddington. Perhaps they had first made contact in London prior to the departure for New England in the "Mary and Jane" in 1633 or they became acquainted later during the actual voyage. However, as we now note above, the Derifalls at Little Baddow in co. Essex could have made their first Puritan connections with the Rev. Thomas Hooker rather than William Coddington. ANN DERIFALL did not come to New England until 1634 and it is recorded that she became a maid servant to the family of William Coddington, an association not too surprising when we note the close contacts her brother Barnabas must have enjoyed with the Coddington family. Barnabas lived the entire remainder of his life at Braintree until his death in 1680. He became a member of the Boston church in 1633 (year of his arrival) and was elected to Freeman in 1636. His lands were located chiefly in what is now West Quincy, Massachusetts. Barnabas Derifall had no children. As a final note in the history of William Coddington, he retained his properties at Braintree until 1638, at which time he removed to Rhode Island along with the followers of Anne Hutchinson as a result of religious differences with John Winthrop and other Puritan leaders in Boston and Cambridge. This date of 1638 for Coddington's departure coincides well with the marriage of Ann Derifall to Thomas Spencer and with the sale of his property in Cambridge and his departure for Hartford. The Pequot War of 1637 had become history and Thomas joined other veterans of that war in occupying lots on Sentinel Hill in Hartford. A new life had begun for Sgt. Thomas Spencer and Ann Derifall. William Coddington, too, had begun a new life in Rhode bland which eventually would lead him to be Governor of that new colony for several terms. IV. UNRAVELING THE SPENCER-ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDlNG CONNECTIONS The second wife of Sgt. Thomas Spencer was SARAH2 BEARDING (BARDING) of Hartford, Connecticut. Since Sarah's father; NATHANIEL BEARDING, also appears in the records as the husband of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS-BEARDING, some writers have overlooked the fact that Sarah Bearding had no blood relationship to Abigail her stepmother. We shall present one chart of the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER connections so that the reader can understand more clearly exactly what happened among the various intermarriages. The first list on the left shows the children descended from WILLIAM ANDREWS, while the list on the right shows the one child (Sarah) of NATHANIEL1 BEARDING. Sandwiched between these two lists are the descendants of THOMAS1 SPENCER and his two wives, ANN DERIFALL and SARAH BEARDING. Connecting lines indicate the intermarriages… [The author has a chart titled "Interrelations of the Andrews-Graves-Bearding-Spencer Families in Cambridge and Hartford." The relationships can be simply reduced down to the following: (1) Nathaniel1 Bearding's second wife was Abigail Graves, who married as William1 Andrews as his second wife. (2) Nathaniel1 Bearding and Abigail Graves had a daughter Sarah Bearding who married Thomas1 Spencer as his second wife. (3) William1 Andrews and Abigail had a daughter Esther2 Andrews who married Thomas1 Spencer's son Thomas2 Spencer, whose mother was Ann Derifall, the first wife of Thomas1 Spencer.] THE CHRONOLOGY OF FAMILY INTERRELATIONSHIPS 1634. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS is first mentioned in the history of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wife #1 was Mary Britton. One child was born about 1632 (John), one in 1634 (Abigail), one in 1636 (Elizabeth), and one in 1638 (Thomas). 1637. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS and his first wife emigrated to Hartford, Connecticut. 1638. William Andrews has a son, THOMAS1 ANDREWS, born in Hartford. This was the last of the four children born to wife number one. 1638-1641. Somewhere in this interval, the first wife of William Andrews dies at Hartford. 1641. William Andrews marries ABIGAIL GRAVES at Hartford (IGI records). The first child, ESTHER2 ANDREWS, is born to William's second wife. 1645. The second child, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, is born to William Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrew. This year also saw the marriage of THOMAS2 SPENCER and SARAH BEARDING, daughter of NATHANIEL BEARDING. 1659. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS dies at Hartford. 1660(?). ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS marries NATHANIEL BEARDING of Hartford. From this chronological arrangement, we can see clearly that ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS was a stepmother to SARAH BEARDING and that no genetic relationship existed. When SAMUEL2 ANDREWS married ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, these individuals had no genetic connections despite the fact that Abigail Graves was the mother of Samuel2 Andrews and the step-grandmother Elizabeth2 Spencer. Likewise, when Esther2 Andrews and Thomas2 Spencer were married, no genetic connection existed since Thomas2 Spencer was the son of Ann Derifall and Esther was the daughter of Abigail (Graves) Andrews. We have gone into considerable detail to explain these relationships since a cursory examination of the lineage might lead one to some mistaken conclusions. Perhaps the key which finally clarified the relationships was the discovery in the IGI records of the marriage of Wlliam1 Andrews to Abigail Graves in Hartford in 1641. V. THE EARLY HISTORY OF WILLIAM1 ANDREWS OF CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD Besides the unusual familial relationships among the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER coalition, there have been some mystifying genealogical questions about the ancestors and immediate relatives of Williarn1 Andrews. There was a large number of immigrants with the surname of ANDREWS who came to New England in the "Great Migration" of the 1630's. Their probably were nearly a half dozen "William Andrews" settling in various towns under the control Massachusetts Bay Company including Newe Towne (Cambridge), Charlestown, Lynn, and Salem. New Haven also was the location for at least one Andrews. The William Andrews of Cambridge, of course, is the main focus of our interest because he was the parent of ESTHER2 Andrews who married THOMAS1 SPENCER. Some historians, however, have confused the William1 Andrews of Cambridge with other men holding the same Christian name. In order to settle this question, a careful study was made of at least four important records on the history of Cambridge and Hartford. This list included "History of Cambridge" by L.R. Paige; the so-called "Proprietors Records of Cambridge" beginning in 1630; the "History of Hartford" by Love; and finally the many references found in the International Genealogical Index (1991 edition). These combined references confirm that WILLIAM1 ANDREWS was one of the earliest settlers at Cambridge and that he was the only William Andrews there up to the end of 1637. In September of 1637. William Andrews sold all of his property to Samuel Shepherd and moved on to Hartford, Connecticut. Love confirms that William Andrews was at Hartford in 1637. Why has so much confusion prevailed in the literature regarding the two wives of William1 Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford? We believe most of the fault can be attributed to the erroneous statements Pope in "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" published in Boston in 1900. Pope had a correct date (25 Sept 1637) for William's sale of his property in Cambridge. However, Pope's statements regarding the death of "wife Mary d. Jan 19. 1640" and a second marriage to Reanna James of Watertown seem to have no connection whatever to our own William Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford. Apparently Pope followed the trail of some other William Andrews, of whom there were several in the Massachusetts Bay area. The Paige "History of Cambridge" mentions WILLIAM1 ANDREWS in only three places in the early part of the book. William was in a list of inhabitants in 1634 and again on a list of 1635. On 23 November 1635, William is identified as a "Selectman" and appointed to the position of Constable. There the story ends except for the sale of his property in September of 1637. One of the better histories of the descendants of William1 Andrews of Cambridge is to be found in "Colonial Ancestors," edited by Edward Little. Here, however, the identification of William's history at Cambridge adopts Pope's version which as we have seen is quite erroneous. There are literally hundreds of William Andrews to be found in England in the early 1600's (IGI), but one entry was found in Lincoln of Lincolnshire where a William Andrews had married a MARY BRITTON on 16 May 1631. St. Botolph (IGI-C0003). Since the first child of William1 Andrews was born about 1632, the chronological fit is almost perfect. Although William1 Andrews was first mentioned in the Cambridge History in 1634 there is a strong likelihood that he was there earlier and that his first child (John2) was born in Newe Towne about 1632. Incidentally, co. Lincolnshire was the scene of much early activity by the Puritans, including the imprisonment of several leaders in the city of Boston before the Pilgrim fathers fled to Holland. Since William1 Andrews was in the direct line of the Suffield (CT) Spencer and the Spencer pioneers of the Western Reserve of Ohio (Portage County), it is important to highlight the details of his life in Hartford (subsequent to his Cambridge experiences). As we have noted, William and his first wife emigrated from Newe Towne (Cambridge) Hartford in 1637. Although they appear not to have been in the original Hooker group which went to Hartford in 1635 and 1636. William was still considered an original proprietor and a founding father of the city. This is evidenced by the proprietor list of 3 Jan 1640 which gave the names of those inhabitants who had a right to undivided lands (Love). William Andrews had an allocation of 30 acres, while Thomas1 Spencer was listed with 14 acres. It seems that NATHANIEL BEARDING was not rated as a "standard" proprietor because his name was on a list for only 6 acres and was included with those individuals granted lots "at the town's courtesy, with liberty to fetch wood and keep swine or cows by proportion on the common." During his lifetime in Hartford, William Andrews appears not to have been among the primary leaders of the community. It seems clear, however, that he had been well educated for his time judging by his appointment as one of the first teachers in the town in 1643. He was a member of a jury in 1644 and in 1651 was appointed to the post of Town Clerk. We are reminded of William1 Spencer who held a similar post in Newe Towne as well as Hartford (albeit the latter post was very brief). William Andrews remained as Town Clerk until the time of his death in 1659. In his will dated 1 April 1659, William1 Andrews seems to have left more authority in the hands of his wife, ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, than was customary for the time (in contrast perhaps to the will of William1 Spencer who died in 1640). Essentially, Abigail Andrews was to remain in control of all the property in Hartford. In case of her remarriage, however, most of the property was to pass to their children. Abigail was to retain the power of Executrix. Based on these limitations, it seems clear that Abigail did not transfer much wealth to her second husband, Nathaniel1 Bearding, due to the restrictions imposed in the will of her first husband. V. THE BEARDING CONNECTION IN HARTFORD As to the history of the BEARDINGS (BARDING, BERDEN) in England, there are not many useful clues. Every county in England reported in the IGI (International Genealogical Index) was surveyed for possible leads. In no instance was there found the surname of "Bearding" or "Barding." There were, however, numerous records of BERDEN in many of the northern, central, and southern counties of England. This leads to the conclusion that the Nathaniel1 Bearding (Barding) of Hartford probably originated with the surname of BERDEN in England. As for the NATHANIEL1 BEARDING of Hartford, his origin remains largely obscured. There is no indication of his being an early resident of Cambridge in the company of Hooker, but he does appear on the list of Hartford settlers in 1640 and Savage even lists him at Hartford in 1636. Nothing seems to be known of his lineage in England. A still more mysterious aspect of Nathaniel is that there is no known official record of a marriage prior to that with ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS. We are certain, however, that his daughter, SARAH2 BEARDING, was by Nathaniel's first wife rather than his second wife (see the chronological chart). Nathaniel Bearding died at Hartford on 14 Sept 1674. The will of Nathaniel Bearding, dated 7 Jan 1673, is preserved in Manwaring's Probate Records. The principal beneficiaries included his widow, Abigail (Graves) Andrews-Bearding, and Thomas1 Spencer (the elder, a son-in-law). Nathaniel provided for all of his daughter's six children (wife of Thomas1 Spencer). Nathaniel also named SAMUEL2 ANDREWS as a legatee, a child by his wife's first marriage to William1 Andrews. Nathaniel was mindful also of the fact that Samuel was married to ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, one of Nathaniel's granddaughters. Nathaniel had an omission in his will. He did not name ESTHER2 ANDREWS. There also was one rather unusual inclusion, the name of which was the name of JOHN2 ANDREWS, a son by the first wife of William1 Andrews. John2 Andrews was not a blood relative to either Nathaniel or Abigail, but undoubtedly he must have been raised by Abigail Graves after she married William Andrews in 1641 in Hartford. Although ESTHER2 (ANDREWS) SPENCER was not under the will of Nathaniel Bearding, she was named in her mother's nuncupative will when Abigail died in 1683. Abigail also named Esther's brother, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, as a beneficiary. VI. THE RELATIVES OF ABIGAIL GRAVES IN CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD The early records of Newe Towne (Cambridge) and New Haven indicated that there were other immigrants with the GRAVES surname, but their relationship to ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS remained unknown until a will of ANN GRAVE was published by H.F. Waters in 1907. ANN GRAVE of England was a resident of "St. Bultolph without Aldgate" London. Three of the beneficiaries in her will made in 1675 were "GEORGE GRAVE the elder of Hartford in Connecticut in New England and JOHN GRAVE of Guilford in the County of New Haven in New England and to their own natural sister also in New England..." The evidence seems very clear that ANN GRAVE of London had been married to a sibling of ABIGAIL, GEORGE, and JOHN GRAVE. There were several immigrants with the GRAVES surname in the early 1630's in New England, but with a positive identification of GEORGE GRAVES and JOHN GRAVES as siblings of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, we can review the historical literature on these two individuals. The first mention of GEORGE GRAVES is found in Paige's "History of Cambridge" where his property is mentioned as located almost on the boundary between Newe Towne (Cambridge) and Charlestowne in 1633. Actually, George's property was within the limits of Newe Towne, but he is never mentioned again in Paige's voluminous history. Love in his "History of Hartford" identifies GEORGE GRAVES as one of the founders in 1636, which would place him among the main Thomas Hooker group which arrived that year. Also, George Graves may well have brought his sister Abigail from Newe Towne since she did not marry WILLIAM1 ANDREWS until 1641 (IGI record). In the record of "Land Distributions in Hartford" for the ensuring years, there were at least 30 references to DEACON GEORGE GRAVES and at least two references to his son, "MARSHALL" GEORGE2 GRAVES. "Deacon" George Graves was married twice. The IGI (B0142) lists a marriage of George Grave and "Anne Kyne" on 21 Sept. 1623, co. Herts, "Much Haddam." The second marriage was to Sarah Ventres (Kenneth Graves) who was the mother-in-law of Deacon's son George. It seems probable that George-2 and John-2 were born in England, based on the fact that Deacon George first appears in the Charlestowne records in 1634. Mary-2, born 1635, therefore would seem to have born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. What of Abigail Grave's brother, John-1 Grave? It seems clear that his permanent residence was at Guilford, New Haven, but we do not know if he had an earlier residence at Charlestowne, possibly with his brother George and sister Abigail. New Haven was not settled until 1638, so there is a possibility that John-1 Graves is revealed in the 1670 Census of Connecticut. There also an Edward Graves in Hartford in 1669 who does not appear related to the descendants of Deacon George Graves. As to the origin of this particular Graves family in England, there seem to be few clues excepting for two references, one being the marriage mentioned above in co. Hertfordshire. The second reference is found in Cussand's History of Hertfordshire (Mary K. Talcott in the Register). In 1621, co. Herts, Burroughs of Hartford, there was a mention of "George Graue" (sic) in the list of freeholders of that community. VII. RETROSPECT We have now reviewed considerable detail the known histories of the spouses and close relatives of St. Thomas-1 Spencer (1607-1687) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. As one of the original five Spencer siblings who were among on the very early pioneers of New England and as the ancestor of perhaps hundreds and even thousands of modern-day Spencer descendants in the U.S., we would like to know as much as possible about those relatives who surrounded Sgt. Thomas during his lifetime. The foregoing pages have documented all of the presently known historical facts, especially regarding the Andrews, Derifall (Derifield), Graves, and Bearding (Berden) families. In our next segment, we shall examine the colorful life of Sgt. Thomas Spencer and his achievements in war and in peace. Although perhaps not as well educated or as brilliant as his older brother, William-1 Spencer (1601-1640), yet Sgt. Thomas lived twice as long and had three times as many children. Thus, Thomas-1 achieved his immortality as surely as William-1 achieved his, but by a rather different and perhaps a more enduring route. REFERENCES ANDREWS, FRANK H. 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| 4852 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The following will transcription for Nathaniel Bearding in 1674 is from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. It mentions this individual as follows: "I Nathaniel Berding of Hartford upon the River of Connecticut, planter doe in this my last will and testament give unto Abigaill my wife the sum of twenty pounds to be paid her in such pay as may bee comfortable for her not in any horse flesh; I doe also give to Abigaill my wife three cows both which gifts for her to possess and fivety shillings in peas fivety shillings in Indian corne and fivety shillings in pork all at the countey price; my will is also that Abigaill my wife shall have the two ould lower romes and the celler and the leanto for her to dwell in or dispose of all these during the time of her life; I do also give to my son-in-law Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of fivetene pounds to bee paid to him within the space of twoe years after my disease; I doe also give to Samuel Andrews and Elizabeth his wife the sum of fourty pounds to be paid him after the decease of my wife his mother; my parcel of land at Potunck and my household stuff to be to his for partt of that legacy; I doe also give to Sarah Spencer and to Hannah Spencer and to Mary Spencer and to Martha Spencer the fouer daughters of Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of tenn pounds to be equally devided amongst them that is to eather of them fivety shillings to be paid to them after my wife's decease. I do also give to John Andrews twenty shillings; I doe also give to Thomas Andrews twentye shillings to be paid after the discease of my wife their mother; alsoe my will is that my debts and theise legacies may be paid out of my moveable estate that so much as may be of my houseing and other lands may be kept intire. I have desired Paul Peck senior and George Graves to see this my will to bee performed, and i do hereby give to the said Paul Peck and Georg Graves the sum of fourty shillings for each man my debts and these legasyes being paid and my desires in this my will being attended. I go hereby give the remaining part of my estate to Jarrrett Spencer my grandchild whoe is the son of Thomas Spencer the elder; I doe also hereby make the sayd Jarrett my execquitor of this my will. My will also is that Abigaill my wife should have the use of all my household stuff during hir life; my will also is that my execquitor shold kepe all my houseing and barne and fenceing belonging to house and land in repaire; my will is also that what corn or provisions shall be in hand at my discease shall be for Abigail my wife as part of the twenty pounds I have before given hir; my will also is that Abigail my wife shall chose out of my cowes which cowes she will have for the three cowes given hir. In Witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand dated this 7th of January 1673/4. The inventory of Nathaniel's estate was taken 14 Sep 1674 by Paul Peck, George Grave and Caleb Stanly and was valued at 282.15.10. See Hartford Probate Packets, film #1020549." 2. This individual is mentioned in the following will for Thomas Spencer from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. He made his will in 1686 one year prior to his 1687 death; it reads: "I Thomas Spencer senior of Hartford, being at present in good and sownd understanding not knoweing how soon I may be removed hence by death and finding the shodowes of the evening are stretching over me canot but judg that council of the prophet very seasonable set they house in order, etc. I doe therefore make ordayn and apoint this followeing to be my last will and testament hereby makeing null and voyd all former wills and testaments by me made whither by word or writing. First I commit my soule to God in Jesus Christ my dear Savior and redeemer from whom alone I expect salvation and an inheritance among the sainets in light my body to the earth to be decently buried in the comon burying place; for that estate God hath blessed me with, I bequeath and dispose of it as followeth - when my just debts and funerall expences are fully satisyed and payed to my eldest son Obadiah I give my houseing and land in Hartford, all my lands both meadow and upland on the west side and east side of the Connecticut River within the bounds of the Township of Hartford, to be to him his heirs and assigns immediately after my decease and from thence forever, he paying out such legacies as I shall appoynt by this Will. I give to my sayd son allso one cupboard and irons warming pan old fann two forekes peas hook two axes and an old hoe. I give unto my son Thomas the sume of fifteen pounds and Obadiah shall pay ten pounds more to him or to his heires in currant pay corn or cattell to be payd within two or three yeares after my decease as he shall be able. I give unto my son Samuel (he having received a good portion from his Uncle) all my wearing apparrell off all sorts and kinds. I give unto my son Jarred my shop and tooles and twelve pownds, all which are in his hands and I have possest him with them allready. The rest of my moveable estate I give unto my five daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hanna, Mary and Martha, to be equally divided to them by their brother my son Jarrad. I do make my son Obadiah Spencer executor of this my last will and testament and that he may have a refuge to repayre unto for advice if any difficulty should befall him in the executoin of my will I desire Capt. Jno Allyn, Lieut. Caleb Standly and my cousin Samuel Spencer to be the overseers whom I desire to asssit my sol executor their best advice as occasion may call for it. Finally I leave all my children with the Lord and desire his blessing may be their portion that they may love and serve him and live in love and peace one with another when I shall be gathered to my fathers and for the confirmation of this my will and testmanet I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September 1686. Thomas Spencer (his mark) Witnesses: John Allyn, Hanna Allyn - Hartford Probate Records 4:262." 3. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "Sgt. Thomas Spencer, son of Gerald and Alice bp. Mch 29, 1607 (Eng.) died Sept. 11, 1687, mar/1 ( ). Mar/2 Sept 11, 1645 (HTR) Sarah Bearding dau. of Nathaniel Bearding. Early member 1st Church [of Hartford]. Name on Founders Monument [in Hartford]. Children by 1st marriage: Elizabeth, bp. Mch 26, 1648 (HTR) m. Samuel Andrews. Hannah, b. Apl 25, 1653 (HTR) m/1 Geroge Sexton, m/2 Daniel Brainerd (See Brainerd Gen., p. 32). Marah/Mary, b. May 18, 1655 (HTR). Martha, b. Mch 19, 1657-8 (HTR), m. Andrew Benton. Gerald, m. Hannah Pratt. Sarah, m. Thomas Huxley. Children by 2nd marriage: Obadiah, m. Mary Disbrough. Thomas of Enfield, m. Esther Andrews. Samuel. Cambridge; freeman May 14, 1634; removed in 1639 to Hfd, where he was an original proprietor; his home lot in 1639 was on the east side of Main St., near what is now the junction of Main and Windsor Sts.; served in the Pequot War; chimney viewer 1650; constable north side 1658; surveyor of highways 1672; was sergeant of the train band 1650, and received in 1671 a grant of 60 acres 'for his good service in the country'." 4. The book "The Thomas Spencer Family of Hartford, Connecticut in the Line of Samuel Spencer of Cromwell, Connecticut 1744-1818," comp. by Frank Farnsworth Starr for James J. Goodwin, Hartford, Conn., copy in Connecticut Historical Society Library, Hartford, CT, pp. 13-20: "Children of Thomas and ___ Spencer, I. Obadiah, m. Mary Desborough. II. Thomas, b. Esther Andrews, and lived in Suffield. III. Samuel, living Sep. 1686. Children of Thomas and Sarah (Bearding) Spencer, I. Garrard, m. 22 Dec 1680, Hannah Pratt, and lived in Hartford. II. Sarah, m. Thomas Huxley of Hartford and Suffield. III. Elizabeth, bap. 26 Mar 1648; perhaps m. Samuel Andrews of Hartford. IV. Hannah, b. 15 Apr 1653, Colony Record; b. 25 Apr 1653, Town Record. V. Mary, b. 18 May 1655. VI. Martha, b. 19 Mar 1657; perhaps m. ___ Benton." 5. The following partial excerpts about the wives and children of Thomas Spencer are from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III (see notes of Thomas Spencer for full transcript): "Thomas Spencer... Migration: 1633 First Residence: Cambridge Removes: Hartford 1636... Estate: ...In his will, dated 9 September 1686 and proved 26 October 1687, "Thomas Spencer Senior of Hartford, ... finding the shadows of the evening are stretching over me," bequeathed to "my eldest son Obadiah ... my housing and land in Hartford, all my lands both meadow and upland on west side and east side of the Connecticut River" in Hartford (he paying certain legacies), along with some personal goods; to "my son Thomas" £15, of which he hath £5; to "my son Samuel (he having received a good portion of his uncle) all my wearing apparell"; to "my son Jarrad my shop & tools & £12, all of which are in his hands"; residue to "my five daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary and Martha, to be equally divided to them by their brother my son Jarrad"; "my son Obadiah Spencer my executor"; "Capt. Allyn, Lieut. Caleb Standly and my cousin Samuel Spencer" overseers [Hartford PD Case #5095; Manwaring 1:365]... Marriage: (1) After 2 November 1634 Anne Dorryfall, sister of Barnaby Dorryfall [NEHGR 105:197-99]. "Anne Dorifall, aged 24," sailed on the Elizabeth of Ipswich in 1634 [Hotten 281] and was admitted to Boston church 2 November 1634 as "Ann Derifall, our brother Wm. Coddington's maid servant" [BChR 19]. She died by 1645. (2) Hartford 11 September 1645 Sarah Bearding [HaVR 606], daughter of Nathaniel Bearding of Hartford. Children: With first wife i Obadiah ("eldest son"), b. say 1635; m. by about 1666 Mary Disborough (estimated b. of first Child), daughter of Nicholas Disborough [TAG 27:166, 38:209]. ii Thomas, b. say 1637; m. by about 1666 Esther Andrews (estimated b. of first Child), daughter of William Andrews [TAG 27:166-67, 35:57]. iii Samuel, b. about 1639 (if he is the Samuel who d. Windham 8 January 1726/7 aged about 88 [NEHGR 105:198], and if that age at death is not exaggerated); m. by about 1684 Sarah ____ (estimated b. of first child [TAG 27:167]). With second wife iv Sarah, b. say 1646; m. by 1667 Thomas Huxley (on 26 March 1667 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Huxlye, Sarah, above 20 years, wife of Tho[mas] Huxly of Hartford & daughter of Sergeant Tho[mas] [S]penc[er] of Hartford" [WMJ 710]). v Elizabeth, bp. 26 March 1648 [HaVR 579]; m. by about 1668 Samuel Andrews, son of William Andrews [TAG 35:55-59]. vi Jared, b. say 1650; m. Hartford 22 December 1680 Hannah Pratt, daughter of John [HaVR Barbour 301]. vii Hannah, b. Hartford 15 April 1653 [CTVR 31]; said to have married (1) George Sexton, (2) Daniel Brainerd and (3) Jonathan Chapman, but the secondary sources are vague and uncertain, and the evidence for these marriages has not been found. viii Mary, b. Hartford 18 May 1655 [CTVR 32]; m. Westfield 7 October 1675 Thomas Root [Pynchon VR 31]. ix Martha, b. Hartford 19 March 1657[/8] [CTVR 31]; m. by 1677 Andrew Benton (b. of first Child), son of Andrew Benton [TAG 27:163; NEHGR 60:301-2 (evidence for this marriage not presented in either source)]... Comments: On 7 September 1652 Thomas Spencer undertook to pay the fine of Sarah Spencer [RPCC 112]." 6. "The American Genealogist," Vol. 27 "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants," compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A., pp. 162-63: "Mary [Spencer], b. 18 May 1655; d. at Westfield, Mass., 4 Nov. 1690; m. 7 Oct. 1675, Thomas Root, who d. 16 Aug. 1709, son of John." 7. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp.157-158: "The Family of Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1687) and (1) Ann Derifall (Derifield) (ca.1610-1645) and (2) Sarah Bearding (Barding, Berden); d. before 1674; dau. of Nathaniel Bearding. Ann Derifall was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts. Children by Ann Derifall Obadiah2 Spencer (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertG, ThomasH, HenryI). b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. Mary DISROWE (Disborough), dau. of Nicholas Disbrowe. Mary d before 1709. They had seven children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. Thomas2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. Esther2 Andrews. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield, CT. Esther was the dau. of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1689 at Suffield, CT. Samuel2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. Sarah ___ (ca.1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding Sarah2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1646. m. Thomas HUXLEY at Suffield, CT. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King who was b. 14 March 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct 1712. Elizabeth2 Spencer (Thomas1). bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hartford, CT. m. Samuel2 Andrews of Hartford. Samuel Jan. 1712 at Hartford. d. ? Gerard2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca 1651. m. Hannah PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680, dau. of John Pratt. d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. Hannah2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) George SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) Daniel BRAINERD, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713 Mary2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. Thomas ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA, son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug 1709. d. 4 Nov 1690 at Westfield, MA. Martha2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. Andrew BARTON (BENTON), Jr. (1653-1704)." 8. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp. 172-177 has a transcript and analysis of the will dated 9 Sep 1686 of Thomas1 Spencer (see his notes for transcript). He mentions all nine of his children, but not his wife Sarah who preceded him in death. Some of his children are also mentioned in the wills of his first wife's brother Barnabas Derifall (who died 1680) and his second wife's father Nathaniel Bearding (who died 1674): "The Interpretation of the Will of Thomas1 Spencer Jacobus reported that Sarah Bearding Spencer, wife of Thomas1 Spencer, as dying before 1674 since she was not named in her father's (Nathaniel Bearding) will which was proven in 1674 (year of father's death). The inventory of of the Thomas1 estate set the total value at ₤139 19 00, but does not mention the value of his shop or tools or of the considerable amount of land which he had purchased during his lifetime. (A separate analysis is being made of the multiple transactions in Hartford and will be published in a different article). Not mentioned in this Will was the fact that Thomas had received a grant of 60 acres in 1660 in recognition of his military and civic services to the colony and the city of Hartford. It is possible that his woodworking shop and tools were included in the value of "home lot and housing" which was set at 50 pounds. It is interesting that a nephew, Samuel2 Spencer, the only son of his brother, William1 Spencer, was named as an overseer in the Will. Samuel2 Spencer spent his whole life at Hartford and fathered eight children by Sarah Meakins. Samuel's last Child, in fact, was born just a few months before the death of Thomas1 in 1687... In an earlier chapter, the present authors gave a detailed account of the inter-connections of the four or five families in Hartford who were related by cross marriages. As a sequel to that story, we have constructed a chart to show the beneficiaries of the estates of four pioneers who willed property and money to their children (or nieces and nephews) and sometimes to grandchildren. The four pioneers in order of death were William1 Andrews (d. 1659), Nathaniel Bearding (d. 1674), Barnabas Derifall (Derifeild) (d. 1680) and Thomas1 Spencer (d. 1687). All were residents of Hartford except Barnabas Derifall who lived in Braintree (West Quincy), Massachusetts. The children involved as legatees were the nine children of Thomas1 Spencer (Ann Derifall and Sarah Bearding)and the six children of William1 Andrews. The latter also had two wives, of whom only the second has been identified (Abigail Graves). Abigail in later years became the second wife of Nathaniel Bearing (no children). In order to simplify the chart of beneficiaries, we have not included any of the surviving spouses. Chart: The Distribution of Assests to children from the Estates of Four Pioneers in New England [KP Note: reformatted for my transcript:] Various estates: A. Barnabas Derifall (d. 1680) of Braintree, MA. B. Thomas1 Derifall (d. 1687) of Hartford. C. Nathaniel Bearding (d. 1674) of Hartford D. William1 Andrews (d. 1659) of Hartford Children of Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1687): -Obadiah2 Spencer A, B -Thomas2 Spencer A, B -Samuel2 Spencer A, B, C -Sarah2 Spencer Huxley B -Elizabeth2 Spencer Andrews B -Gerard2 Spencer B -Hannah2 Spencer Sexton-Brainerd B, C -Mary2 Spencer Root B, C -Martha2 Spencer Benton B, C Children of William1 Andrews (d. 1659) -John2 Andrews C, D -Abigail2 Andrews D -Elizabeth2 Andrews Grannis D -Thomas2 Andrews C, D -Esther2 Andrews Spencer D -Samuel2 Andrews C, D The emerging pattern from the chart illustrates the dichotomy which characterized the bequests from Nathaniel Bearding - some assets to his grandchildren in the Thomas1 Spencer family, but excluding any children who had been born to the first wife of Thomas1, Ann Derifall - a not unlikely scenario for those who did not share his bloodlines. Nathaniel Bearding's legatees among the Andrews children showed some separation, but of a considerably different character. Nathaniel had only two step grandchildren, Esther2 Andrews and Samuel2 Andrews. Samuel2 was a major beneficiary with 40 pounds, while Esther2 Andrews Spencer was not named in the will. On the other hand, Nathaniel Bearding made bequests to John2 Andrews and Thomas2 Andrews who were bore no blood relation to Nathaniel We believe the explanation of the latter two bequests was based on the fact that Abigail Graves Andrews-Bearding had raised the four children (stepchildren) from William Andrews first marriage to Mary Britton as well as her own two children by William1 Andrews. In the case of the bequests by Thomas1 Spencer, there is an oddity in the fact that his son Samuel2 Spencer essentially was excluded from the will (except for clothing). We do not believe this is an indication of differential favoritism among the sons, but the fact that Samuel2 had been well provided for in the will of his grandfather, Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts. Abigail2 Andrews was not named in her father's will because she had died (1653) some years before her father's death. The only other aspect of the estates is the fact that females in general received only token recognition from the father or grandfather as the case might be. It was the sons and grandsons who always were the major legatees." 9. The periodical "Connecticut Nutmegger," by Jack T. Spencer, CSG, "The Families Linked to Sgt. Thomas Spencer, a Co-Founder of Hartford," vol. 29, pp. 14-27: "I. BACKGROUND Sgt. THOMAS1 SPENCER was one of the "Four Spencer Brothers" of Bedfordshire, England, who were among the earliest settlers of New England and who almost certainly were passengers in the earliest vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 or 1631. THOMAS1 was the second oldest of the Spencer Brothers. The older was WILLIAM1 SPENCER (1601-1640). The two youngest brothers were MICHAEL1 SPENCER (1611-1653) and GERARD SPENCER (1614-c.1683). There also was a sister, ELIZABETH1 SPENCER (1602- ) who came to New England as the wife of TIMOTHY TOMLYNS and settled at Lynn, Massachusetts. The male Spencer siblings (William, Thomas, Michael, Gerard) first settled at Newe Towne (Cambridge, Massachusetts.) A few years later the two older brothers, along with other pioneers, became co-founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Michael and Gerard eventually settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, but Gerard made another move in later years to become the "patriarch" of Haddam, Connecticut. All of the Spencer siblings were born at Stotfold, co. Bedfordshire, England. Their parents were GERARDA SPENCER (1576- ) and ALICE WHITBREAD SPENCER. These Spencers were descendants of a long line of this surname in Bedfordshire whose ancestry can be traced back with certainty to the middle of the 14th century. Tracing the general lineage to even earlier times, we know that the original ancestors came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and participated in the Battle of Hastings. In the ensuing two or three centuries, the "Despencers" ranked among the highest of the Norman nobility, sometimes gaining and sometimes losing (their lives) for this close relationship. In earlier publications (see reference list), we have described the important activities undertaken by WILLIAM1 SPENCER in the founding of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the first Town Clerk of Cambridge and later served as a "Selectman" for several years. William played even more important roles for the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company, especially in regard to surveying and setting the boundary lines for many of the towns under the control of the Court. For many years he served as a Deputy representing Newe Towne at the frequent meetings of the General Court in Cambridge and in Boston. As for ELIZABETH1 SPENCER, we already have documented the activities of her husband, TIMOTHY TOMLINS (see reference list), who was a co-founder of Lynn, Massachusetts in 1630. Timothy, like William Spencer, was a prominent leader in Lynn and served as a Deputy to the General Court and in many other civic and military capacities before his untimely death about 1645. II. THE FAMILY OF SGT. THOMAS1 SPENCER The Family of THOMAS1 SPENCER (1607- 1687) and two wives: 1) ANN DERIFALL (1610- ) and SARAH BEARDING (d. before 1674). Ann was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, MA. Sarah was the daughter of Nathan Bearding of Hartford. Ann married Thomas ca. 1638; Sarah married Thomas on 11 Sept. 1645 at Hartford. Thomas d. 1 Sept. 1687 at Hartford. Children by Ann Derifall: OBADIAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertH, ThomasI, HenryJ), b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's Oath at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. MARY DISBOROUGH, dau. of Nicholas Disborough. Mary d. before 1709. They had children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. THOMAS2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. ESTHER2 ANDREWS. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield. Esther was the dau. of William1 and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1698 at Suffield, CT. SPENCER2 (Thomas1) b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. SARAH ___ (ca. 1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding SARAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. ca. 1646 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS HUXLEY at Suffield, C. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King, who was. b. 14 Mar 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct. 1712. ELIZABETH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hanford, CT. m. SAMUEL2 ANDREWS of Hartford, brother of Esther2 Andrews who m. Thomas2 SPENCER. Samuel Andrews was the son of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford. Samuel d. Jan 1712 at Hartford. d. ? GERARD2 SPENCER (Thomas1). b. ca 1651 at Hartford, CT. m. HANNAH PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680. She was dau. of John Pratt, d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. HANNAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) GEORGE SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) DANIEL Brainerd, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713. MARY2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA., son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug. 1709. d. 4 Nov. 1690 at Westfield, MA. MARTHA2 SPENCER (Thomas1). B. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. ANDREW BARTON (BENTON), Jr (1653-1704). He was the son of Andrew Barton Sr., Andrew Jr. d at Hartford, 5 Feb 1704. All of the children of Sgt. Thowas1 Spencer was born at Hartford, CT, between 1639 and 1658. When the last child was born in 1658, Sgt. Thomas was 51 years of age. ANN DERIFALL, who was mother of the first three children, was born about 1610 in England. The year of birth probably is quite accurate since Ann was listed as age 24 on the passenger list of the "Elizabeth" which sailed from Ipswich, co. Essex, the last of April 1634 (Tepper). The exact year of Ann's death is unknown, although it probably can be set down as 1645 judging by the approximate date of Sarah Bearding's first child in 1646. Ann Derifall was only about 35 years of at the time of her death. Our interest in the Spencer ancestral line, ultimately will focus on the second son of THOMAS1 SPENCER, that is, THOMAS2 SPENCER, who was born in Hartford about 1641 and died in Suffield, CT. in 1689. THOMAS2 married ESTHER2 ANDREWS of Hartford. III. THE RELATIVES OF ANN DERIFALL AND HER ASSOCIATION WITH WILLIAM CODDINGTON OF RHODE ISLAND A careful search of the IGI (International Genealogical Index, 1990) offers no useful clue to the immediate relatives of Ann Derifall in England. The fact that Ann Derifall sailed from Ipswich in eastern England in 1634 has inclined historians to believe that she was perhaps a native of East Anglia. Indeed, there were Derifalls who lived in Little Baddow, co. Essex, which was the residence of Rev. THOMAS HOOKER when he left for New England in 1633. Of interest is the fact that BARNABAS DERIFALL came to New England in that same year, although there is no evidence that he was a member of the BRAINTREE COMPANY sponsored by Rev. Hooker. The discovery of the connection between the DERIFALLS and the SPENCERS in Connecticut can be credited to Mrs. William C. Clark who published a genealogical study in 1951 in the NEHGS Register. This report proved that Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts, was a brother of Ann Derifall. In the will of Barnabas Derifall prepared in 1680, he named three Spencer brothers (OBADIAH2, THOMAS2, SAMUEL2) as beneficiaries of his estate. These clearly were the same names as the sons of Ann Derifall and Thomas Spencer. Savage states that Barnabas "Doryfall" came to Boston in the "Mary and Jane," probably on the same ship with WILLIAM CODDINGTON and his second wife, MARY MOSLEY. Not only did Barnabas Derifall have this contact with Coddington, but the latter also owned property at Braintree where Barnabas was an original proprietor. William Coddington originally was a native of Boston, Lincolnshire, a city often associated with the names of the earliest Pilgrim fathers. Coddington was a powerful figure in the contingent of Puritan leaders who came to America in the very first vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Besides the Derifalls who lived in co. Essex (Little Baddow), there also were families with this surname who lived in London in the area of St. Bride, Fleet Street. The time scale (IGI) was the late 1500's and early 1600's. There were Coddingtons in the same district in this period. We do know also, that William Coddington was in London in 1632, but was postponing his return to New England until 1633 because his new wife was expecting a child. Mary Mosley was a native of the Chelmsford area in co. Essex. Thus, we have more than one possible scenario for the contact between Barnabas Derifall and William Coddington. Perhaps they had first made contact in London prior to the departure for New England in the "Mary and Jane" in 1633 or they became acquainted later during the actual voyage. However, as we now note above, the Derifalls at Little Baddow in co. Essex could have made their first Puritan connections with the Rev. Thomas Hooker rather than William Coddington. ANN DERIFALL did not come to New England until 1634 and it is recorded that she became a maid servant to the family of William Coddington, an association not too surprising when we note the close contacts her brother Barnabas must have enjoyed with the Coddington family. Barnabas lived the entire remainder of his life at Braintree until his death in 1680. He became a member of the Boston church in 1633 (year of his arrival) and was elected to Freeman in 1636. His lands were located chiefly in what is now West Quincy, Massachusetts. Barnabas Derifall had no children. As a final note in the history of William Coddington, he retained his properties at Braintree until 1638, at which time he removed to Rhode Island along with the followers of Anne Hutchinson as a result of religious differences with John Winthrop and other Puritan leaders in Boston and Cambridge. This date of 1638 for Coddington's departure coincides well with the marriage of Ann Derifall to Thomas Spencer and with the sale of his property in Cambridge and his departure for Hartford. The Pequot War of 1637 had become history and Thomas joined other veterans of that war in occupying lots on Sentinel Hill in Hartford. A new life had begun for Sgt. Thomas Spencer and Ann Derifall. William Coddington, too, had begun a new life in Rhode bland which eventually would lead him to be Governor of that new colony for several terms. IV. UNRAVELING THE SPENCER-ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDlNG CONNECTIONS The second wife of Sgt. Thomas Spencer was SARAH2 BEARDING (BARDING) of Hartford, Connecticut. Since Sarah's father; NATHANIEL BEARDING, also appears in the records as the husband of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS-BEARDING, some writers have overlooked the fact that Sarah Bearding had no blood relationship to Abigail her stepmother. We shall present one chart of the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER connections so that the reader can understand more clearly exactly what happened among the various intermarriages. The first list on the left shows the children descended from WILLIAM ANDREWS, while the list on the right shows the one child (Sarah) of NATHANIEL1 BEARDING. Sandwiched between these two lists are the descendants of THOMAS1 SPENCER and his two wives, ANN DERIFALL and SARAH BEARDING. Connecting lines indicate the intermarriages… [The author has a chart titled "Interrelations of the Andrews-Graves-Bearding-Spencer Families in Cambridge and Hartford." The relationships can be simply reduced down to the following: (1) Nathaniel1 Bearding's second wife was Abigail Graves, who married as William1 Andrews as his second wife. (2) Nathaniel1 Bearding and Abigail Graves had a daughter Sarah Bearding who married Thomas1 Spencer as his second wife. (3) William1 Andrews and Abigail had a daughter Esther2 Andrews who married Thomas1 Spencer's son Thomas2 Spencer, whose mother was Ann Derifall, the first wife of Thomas1 Spencer.] THE CHRONOLOGY OF FAMILY INTERRELATIONSHIPS 1634. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS is first mentioned in the history of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wife #1 was Mary Britton. One child was born about 1632 (John), one in 1634 (Abigail), one in 1636 (Elizabeth), and one in 1638 (Thomas). 1637. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS and his first wife emigrated to Hartford, Connecticut. 1638. William Andrews has a son, THOMAS1 ANDREWS, born in Hartford. This was the last of the four children born to wife number one. 1638-1641. Somewhere in this interval, the first wife of William Andrews dies at Hartford. 1641. William Andrews marries ABIGAIL GRAVES at Hartford (IGI records). The first child, ESTHER2 ANDREWS, is born to William's second wife. 1645. The second child, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, is born to William Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrew. This year also saw the marriage of THOMAS2 SPENCER and SARAH BEARDING, daughter of NATHANIEL BEARDING. 1659. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS dies at Hartford. 1660(?). ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS marries NATHANIEL BEARDING of Hartford. From this chronological arrangement, we can see clearly that ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS was a stepmother to SARAH BEARDING and that no genetic relationship existed. When SAMUEL2 ANDREWS married ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, these individuals had no genetic connections despite the fact that Abigail Graves was the mother of Samuel2 Andrews and the step-grandmother Elizabeth2 Spencer. Likewise, when Esther2 Andrews and Thomas2 Spencer were married, no genetic connection existed since Thomas2 Spencer was the son of Ann Derifall and Esther was the daughter of Abigail (Graves) Andrews. We have gone into considerable detail to explain these relationships since a cursory examination of the lineage might lead one to some mistaken conclusions. Perhaps the key which finally clarified the relationships was the discovery in the IGI records of the marriage of Wlliam1 Andrews to Abigail Graves in Hartford in 1641. V. THE EARLY HISTORY OF WILLIAM1 ANDREWS OF CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD Besides the unusual familial relationships among the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER coalition, there have been some mystifying genealogical questions about the ancestors and immediate relatives of Williarn1 Andrews. There was a large number of immigrants with the surname of ANDREWS who came to New England in the "Great Migration" of the 1630's. Their probably were nearly a half dozen "William Andrews" settling in various towns under the control Massachusetts Bay Company including Newe Towne (Cambridge), Charlestown, Lynn, and Salem. New Haven also was the location for at least one Andrews. The William Andrews of Cambridge, of course, is the main focus of our interest because he was the parent of ESTHER2 Andrews who married THOMAS1 SPENCER. Some historians, however, have confused the William1 Andrews of Cambridge with other men holding the same Christian name. In order to settle this question, a careful study was made of at least four important records on the history of Cambridge and Hartford. This list included "History of Cambridge" by L.R. Paige; the so-called "Proprietors Records of Cambridge" beginning in 1630; the "History of Hartford" by Love; and finally the many references found in the International Genealogical Index (1991 edition). These combined references confirm that WILLIAM1 ANDREWS was one of the earliest settlers at Cambridge and that he was the only William Andrews there up to the end of 1637. In September of 1637. William Andrews sold all of his property to Samuel Shepherd and moved on to Hartford, Connecticut. Love confirms that William Andrews was at Hartford in 1637. Why has so much confusion prevailed in the literature regarding the two wives of William1 Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford? We believe most of the fault can be attributed to the erroneous statements Pope in "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" published in Boston in 1900. Pope had a correct date (25 Sept 1637) for William's sale of his property in Cambridge. However, Pope's statements regarding the death of "wife Mary d. Jan 19. 1640" and a second marriage to Reanna James of Watertown seem to have no connection whatever to our own William Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford. Apparently Pope followed the trail of some other William Andrews, of whom there were several in the Massachusetts Bay area. The Paige "History of Cambridge" mentions WILLIAM1 ANDREWS in only three places in the early part of the book. William was in a list of inhabitants in 1634 and again on a list of 1635. On 23 November 1635, William is identified as a "Selectman" and appointed to the position of Constable. There the story ends except for the sale of his property in September of 1637. One of the better histories of the descendants of William1 Andrews of Cambridge is to be found in "Colonial Ancestors," edited by Edward Little. Here, however, the identification of William's history at Cambridge adopts Pope's version which as we have seen is quite erroneous. There are literally hundreds of William Andrews to be found in England in the early 1600's (IGI), but one entry was found in Lincoln of Lincolnshire where a William Andrews had married a MARY BRITTON on 16 May 1631. St. Botolph (IGI-C0003). Since the first child of William1 Andrews was born about 1632, the chronological fit is almost perfect. Although William1 Andrews was first mentioned in the Cambridge History in 1634 there is a strong likelihood that he was there earlier and that his first child (John2) was born in Newe Towne about 1632. Incidentally, co. Lincolnshire was the scene of much early activity by the Puritans, including the imprisonment of several leaders in the city of Boston before the Pilgrim fathers fled to Holland. Since William1 Andrews was in the direct line of the Suffield (CT) Spencer and the Spencer pioneers of the Western Reserve of Ohio (Portage County), it is important to highlight the details of his life in Hartford (subsequent to his Cambridge experiences). As we have noted, William and his first wife emigrated from Newe Towne (Cambridge) Hartford in 1637. Although they appear not to have been in the original Hooker group which went to Hartford in 1635 and 1636. William was still considered an original proprietor and a founding father of the city. This is evidenced by the proprietor list of 3 Jan 1640 which gave the names of those inhabitants who had a right to undivided lands (Love). William Andrews had an allocation of 30 acres, while Thomas1 Spencer was listed with 14 acres. It seems that NATHANIEL BEARDING was not rated as a "standard" proprietor because his name was on a list for only 6 acres and was included with those individuals granted lots "at the town's courtesy, with liberty to fetch wood and keep swine or cows by proportion on the common." During his lifetime in Hartford, William Andrews appears not to have been among the primary leaders of the community. It seems clear, however, that he had been well educated for his time judging by his appointment as one of the first teachers in the town in 1643. He was a member of a jury in 1644 and in 1651 was appointed to the post of Town Clerk. We are reminded of William1 Spencer who held a similar post in Newe Towne as well as Hartford (albeit the latter post was very brief). William Andrews remained as Town Clerk until the time of his death in 1659. In his will dated 1 April 1659, William1 Andrews seems to have left more authority in the hands of his wife, ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, than was customary for the time (in contrast perhaps to the will of William1 Spencer who died in 1640). Essentially, Abigail Andrews was to remain in control of all the property in Hartford. In case of her remarriage, however, most of the property was to pass to their children. Abigail was to retain the power of Executrix. Based on these limitations, it seems clear that Abigail did not transfer much wealth to her second husband, Nathaniel1 Bearding, due to the restrictions imposed in the will of her first husband. V. THE BEARDING CONNECTION IN HARTFORD As to the history of the BEARDINGS (BARDING, BERDEN) in England, there are not many useful clues. Every county in England reported in the IGI (International Genealogical Index) was surveyed for possible leads. In no instance was there found the surname of "Bearding" or "Barding." There were, however, numerous records of BERDEN in many of the northern, central, and southern counties of England. This leads to the conclusion that the Nathaniel1 Bearding (Barding) of Hartford probably originated with the surname of BERDEN in England. As for the NATHANIEL1 BEARDING of Hartford, his origin remains largely obscured. There is no indication of his being an early resident of Cambridge in the company of Hooker, but he does appear on the list of Hartford settlers in 1640 and Savage even lists him at Hartford in 1636. Nothing seems to be known of his lineage in England. A still more mysterious aspect of Nathaniel is that there is no known official record of a marriage prior to that with ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS. We are certain, however, that his daughter, SARAH2 BEARDING, was by Nathaniel's first wife rather than his second wife (see the chronological chart). Nathaniel Bearding died at Hartford on 14 Sept 1674. The will of Nathaniel Bearding, dated 7 Jan 1673, is preserved in Manwaring's Probate Records. The principal beneficiaries included his widow, Abigail (Graves) Andrews-Bearding, and Thomas1 Spencer (the elder, a son-in-law). Nathaniel provided for all of his daughter's six children (wife of Thomas1 Spencer). Nathaniel also named SAMUEL2 ANDREWS as a legatee, a child by his wife's first marriage to William1 Andrews. Nathaniel was mindful also of the fact that Samuel was married to ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, one of Nathaniel's granddaughters. Nathaniel had an omission in his will. He did not name ESTHER2 ANDREWS. There also was one rather unusual inclusion, the name of which was the name of JOHN2 ANDREWS, a son by the first wife of William1 Andrews. John2 Andrews was not a blood relative to either Nathaniel or Abigail, but undoubtedly he must have been raised by Abigail Graves after she married William Andrews in 1641 in Hartford. Although ESTHER2 (ANDREWS) SPENCER was not under the will of Nathaniel Bearding, she was named in her mother's nuncupative will when Abigail died in 1683. Abigail also named Esther's brother, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, as a beneficiary. VI. THE RELATIVES OF ABIGAIL GRAVES IN CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD The early records of Newe Towne (Cambridge) and New Haven indicated that there were other immigrants with the GRAVES surname, but their relationship to ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS remained unknown until a will of ANN GRAVE was published by H.F. Waters in 1907. ANN GRAVE of England was a resident of "St. Bultolph without Aldgate" London. Three of the beneficiaries in her will made in 1675 were "GEORGE GRAVE the elder of Hartford in Connecticut in New England and JOHN GRAVE of Guilford in the County of New Haven in New England and to their own natural sister also in New England..." The evidence seems very clear that ANN GRAVE of London had been married to a sibling of ABIGAIL, GEORGE, and JOHN GRAVE. There were several immigrants with the GRAVES surname in the early 1630's in New England, but with a positive identification of GEORGE GRAVES and JOHN GRAVES as siblings of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, we can review the historical literature on these two individuals. The first mention of GEORGE GRAVES is found in Paige's "History of Cambridge" where his property is mentioned as located almost on the boundary between Newe Towne (Cambridge) and Charlestowne in 1633. Actually, George's property was within the limits of Newe Towne, but he is never mentioned again in Paige's voluminous history. Love in his "History of Hartford" identifies GEORGE GRAVES as one of the founders in 1636, which would place him among the main Thomas Hooker group which arrived that year. Also, George Graves may well have brought his sister Abigail from Newe Towne since she did not marry WILLIAM1 ANDREWS until 1641 (IGI record). In the record of "Land Distributions in Hartford" for the ensuring years, there were at least 30 references to DEACON GEORGE GRAVES and at least two references to his son, "MARSHALL" GEORGE2 GRAVES. "Deacon" George Graves was married twice. The IGI (B0142) lists a marriage of George Grave and "Anne Kyne" on 21 Sept. 1623, co. Herts, "Much Haddam." The second marriage was to Sarah Ventres (Kenneth Graves) who was the mother-in-law of Deacon's son George. It seems probable that George-2 and John-2 were born in England, based on the fact that Deacon George first appears in the Charlestowne records in 1634. Mary-2, born 1635, therefore would seem to have born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. What of Abigail Grave's brother, John-1 Grave? It seems clear that his permanent residence was at Guilford, New Haven, but we do not know if he had an earlier residence at Charlestowne, possibly with his brother George and sister Abigail. New Haven was not settled until 1638, so there is a possibility that John-1 Graves is revealed in the 1670 Census of Connecticut. There also an Edward Graves in Hartford in 1669 who does not appear related to the descendants of Deacon George Graves. As to the origin of this particular Graves family in England, there seem to be few clues excepting for two references, one being the marriage mentioned above in co. Hertfordshire. The second reference is found in Cussand's History of Hertfordshire (Mary K. Talcott in the Register). In 1621, co. Herts, Burroughs of Hartford, there was a mention of "George Graue" (sic) in the list of freeholders of that community. VII. RETROSPECT We have now reviewed considerable detail the known histories of the spouses and close relatives of St. Thomas-1 Spencer (1607-1687) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. As one of the original five Spencer siblings who were among on the very early pioneers of New England and as the ancestor of perhaps hundreds and even thousands of modern-day Spencer descendants in the U.S., we would like to know as much as possible about those relatives who surrounded Sgt. Thomas during his lifetime. The foregoing pages have documented all of the presently known historical facts, especially regarding the Andrews, Derifall (Derifield), Graves, and Bearding (Berden) families. In our next segment, we shall examine the colorful life of Sgt. Thomas Spencer and his achievements in war and in peace. Although perhaps not as well educated or as brilliant as his older brother, William-1 Spencer (1601-1640), yet Sgt. Thomas lived twice as long and had three times as many children. Thus, Thomas-1 achieved his immortality as surely as William-1 achieved his, but by a rather different and perhaps a more enduring route. REFERENCES ANDREWS, FRANK H. "William Andrews of Hartford, Connecticut, and His Descendants to Asa Andrews." Youngstown, Ohio 1938. BANKS, C.E. "The Planters of the Commonwealth." Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1979. BATES, SAMUEL A. "Records of the Town of Braintree 1640-1793." Daniel A. Huxford, Printer, 1886. CLARK, MRS. WM. C. "Who Was the First Wife of Thomas-1 Spencer of Hartford, Conn.?" Genealogies of Conn. Families, Vol. III, 418-420. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore. 1983. (Reprint from Register, Vol. 105, 1951.) CUTTER, A.M. (Editor). "Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut." Three Vol., Lewis Hist. Publ. Co., N.Y., 1911. DeFOREST, L.E. "Moore and Allied Families." 1938. (In reference to Braintree, co. Essex. England.) GOODWIN, N. "Genealogical Notes," Gen. Publ. Col, Baltimore, 1982. GRAVES, KENNETH V. "Deacon George Graves." Wrentham, MA 1995. HOLBROOK, JAY MACK. "Connecticut 1670 Census." Holbrook Research Inst., Oxford, MA 1977. HOLLY, H.H. (Editor). "Braintree, Massachusetts: It's History." Braintree Historical Soc., 1985. HOOPER, P.R. "Notes on Some Colonial Cabinetmakers of Hartford." Antiques, May, 1933. JACOBUS, DONALD L. "The Four Spencer Brothers, Their Ancestors and Descendants," The Amer. Genealogist, Vol. 27-30, 1951-1954, 96 pp. MASON, LOUISE B… "The Life and Times of Major John Mason of Connecticut: 1600-1672." G.P. Putnam Sons, New York & London, 1935. MANWARING, C.W. "A Digest of the is Early Connecticut Probate Records," Vol. 1. Hartford District 1635-1700. Hartford, CT 1904. MILLER, PETER. "The Spencer Family Workshop." Le Despencer, Journ. of the Spencer Family Hist. & Gen. Soc. July, 1986. PAIGE, L.R. "History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877." Cambridge Univ. Press, 1877. PATTEE, WILLIAM S. "A History of Old Braintree and Quincy." Green & Prescott, Quincy, 1878. POPE, C.H. "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1981. ROBERTS, GARY B. "Genealogies of Connecticut Families," 3 Vols. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1983. ROBERTS, GARY B. "English Origins of New England Families," 3 Vol. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1984. SAVAGE, JAMES. "A Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England," 4 Vol., Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1990. SHURTLEFF, NATHANIEL R. (Editor). "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England.- Vol, 1: 1628-1641. Boston, 1853. SMYTH, H.D, "George Grave, or Graves and Descendants." Genealogies of Conn. Families. Vol. II. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1983. SPENCER, HENRY C. "Sergeant Thomas Spencer, 1607-1687." Private Communication, 1993. SPENCER, JACK T. & EDITH W. SPENCER. The Five Spencer Siblings of Bedfordshire, the Role of the Braintree Company, and the Beginnings of Cambridge, Massachusetts: Le Despencer," Vol. 17. Nov. 1993. SPENCER, JACK T. & EDITH W. SPENCER. `"William1 Spencer (1601-1640), an Early Leader in New England, and his wife, Agnes Harris (1604- ), Ancestress of the Edwards Family of Connecticut." Conn. Nutmegger, Vol. 27, pp. 32-37, 1994. SPENCER, JACK T. & EDITH W. SPENCER. "The Tomlins Brothers of Early New England and the linkage with the Spencers of Bedfordshire, England." (ln Press). SPENCER, JACK T. "The Four Spencer Brothers of Bedfordshire in the Earliest Records of New England," (In Press). STARR, F.F. & JAMES J. GOODWIN. "The Thomas Spencer Family of Hartford, Connecticut in the Line of Samuel Spencer of Cromwell, Connecticut." Hartford, Conn. 1896. WATERS, HENRY "Genealogical Gleanings in England," 3 Vol. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1981. (Reprint of 1907). WYKER, CLARA BERRY. "Andres Genealogy and Alliances." Decatur, AIabama, 1913. YOUNG, ALEXANDER. "Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay From 1623 to 1636," Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, Mass., 1978. ... "The Original Proprietors of Hartford, Connecticut." The Register. New Eng. Hist. Gen. Soc. vol. 22, 1889. …The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the Newe Towne and the Town of Cambridge With the Records of the Proprietors of the Common Lands." Cambridge, 1896. …International Genealogical Index (Microfiche)." Church of the Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City. 1991 Edition. …"Leading Layman in England." The Great Migration Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1993. …"Original Distribution of the Lands in Hartford, Connecticut, Among the Settlers, 1639." Conn. Hist. Soc. Collections, Vol. XIV, 1912. … "Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Conn." J.H. Beers & Co. Chicago, 1901. …"Focus on Hartford." The Great Migration Newsletter, Vol. 3, Oct.-Dec. Issue, 1992." MARRIAGE: 1. I question the accuracy of a marriage of Truman Root and Mary Spencer. The following is from the book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed. which would seem to indicate other spouses for Thomas Root Sr. and Jr.: "Thomas Root died July 17, 1694 (Northampton). Early member 1 Ch. Name on Founders monument. Moved to Northampton. Children: Joseph, m. Hannah Haynes m/2 Mary (Holton) Burr. Thomas, m. Abigail Alvord. John, b. June 10, 1646 (HTR) m. Mehitable (Johnson) Hinsdale. Jonathan, m. Ann Gull. Hezekiah, m. Mehitable Frary. Jacob, m. Mary Frary. Sarah, m. Samuel Kellogg. Salem 1637; on original proprietor at Hartford in 1639 when his home lot was on the east side of the road to the Cow pasture (North Main St.); weaver; served in the Pequot War; founders of the church. He died at great age. Believed to be the son of John Root and Ann Russell, his wife, of Badly, Co. Northampton, b. Jan 16, 1605." | Spencer, Mary (I2294)
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| 4853 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The following will transcription for Nathaniel Bearding in 1674 is from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. It mentions this individual as follows: "I Nathaniel Berding of Hartford upon the River of Connecticut, planter doe in this my last will and testament give unto Abigaill my wife the sum of twenty pounds to be paid her in such pay as may bee comfortable for her not in any horse flesh; I doe also give to Abigaill my wife three cows both which gifts for her to possess and fivety shillings in peas fivety shillings in Indian corne and fivety shillings in pork all at the countey price; my will is also that Abigaill my wife shall have the two ould lower romes and the celler and the leanto for her to dwell in or dispose of all these during the time of her life; I do also give to my son-in-law Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of fivetene pounds to bee paid to him within the space of twoe years after my disease; I doe also give to Samuel Andrews and Elizabeth his wife the sum of fourty pounds to be paid him after the decease of my wife his mother; my parcel of land at Potunck and my household stuff to be to his for partt of that legacy; I doe also give to Sarah Spencer and to Hannah Spencer and to Mary Spencer and to Martha Spencer the fouer daughters of Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of tenn pounds to be equally devided amongst them that is to eather of them fivety shillings to be paid to them after my wife's decease. I do also give to John Andrews twenty shillings; I doe also give to Thomas Andrews twentye shillings to be paid after the discease of my wife their mother; alsoe my will is that my debts and theise legacies may be paid out of my moveable estate that so much as may be of my houseing and other lands may be kept intire. I have desired Paul Peck senior and George Graves to see this my will to bee performed, and i do hereby give to the said Paul Peck and Georg Graves the sum of fourty shillings for each man my debts and these legasyes being paid and my desires in this my will being attended. I go hereby give the remaining part of my estate to Jarrrett Spencer my grandchild whoe is the son of Thomas Spencer the elder; I doe also hereby make the sayd Jarrett my execquitor of this my will. My will also is that Abigaill my wife should have the use of all my household stuff during hir life; my will also is that my execquitor shold kepe all my houseing and barne and fenceing belonging to house and land in repaire; my will is also that what corn or provisions shall be in hand at my discease shall be for Abigail my wife as part of the twenty pounds I have before given hir; my will also is that Abigail my wife shall chose out of my cowes which cowes she will have for the three cowes given hir. In Witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand dated this 7th of January 1673/4. The inventory of Nathaniel's estate was taken 14 Sep 1674 by Paul Peck, George Grave and Caleb Stanly and was valued at 282.15.10. See Hartford Probate Packets, film #1020549." 2. This individual is mentioned in the following will for Thomas Spencer is from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. He made his will in 1686 one year prior to his 1687 death; it reads: "I Thomas Spencer senior of Hartford, being at present in good and sownd understanding not knoweing how soon I may be removed hence by death and finding the shodowes of the evening are stretching over me canot but judg that council of the prophet very seasonable set they house in order, etc. I doe therefore make ordayn and apoint this followeing to be my last will and testament hereby makeing null and voyd all former wills and testaments by me made whither by word or writing. First I commit my soule to God in Jesus Christ my dear Savior and redeemer from whom alone I expect salvation and an inheritance among the sainets in light my body to the earth to be decently buried in the comon burying place; for that estate God hath blessed me with, I bequeath and dispose of it as followeth - when my just debts and funerall expences are fully satisyed and payed to my eldest son Obadiah I give my houseing and land in Hartford, all my lands both meadow and upland on the west side and east side of the Connecticut River within the bounds of the Township of Hartford, to be to him his heirs and assigns immediately after my decease and from thence forever, he paying out such legacies as I shall appoynt by this Will. I give to my sayd son allso one cupboard and irons warming pan old fann two forekes peas hook two axes and an old hoe. I give unto my son Thomas the sume of fifteen pounds and Obadiah shall pay ten pounds more to him or to his heires in currant pay corn or cattell to be payd within two or three yeares after my decease as he shall be able. I give unto my son Samuel (he having received a good portion from his Uncle) all my wearing apparrell off all sorts and kinds. I give unto my son Jarred my shop and tooles and twelve pownds, all which are in his hands and I have possest him with them allready. The rest of my moveable estate I give unto my five daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hanna, Mary and Martha, to be equally divided to them by their brother my son Jarrad. I do make my son Obadiah Spencer executor of this my last will and testament and that he may have a refuge to repayre unto for advice if any difficulty should befall him in the executoin of my will I desire Capt. Jno Allyn, Lieut. Caleb Standly and my cousin Samuel Spencer to be the overseers whom I desire to asssit my sol executor their best advice as occasion may call for it. Finally I leave all my children with the Lord and desire his blessing may be their portion that they may love and serve him and live in love and peace one with another when I shall be gathered to my fathers and for the confirmation of this my will and testmanet I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September 1686. Thomas Spencer (his mark) Witnesses: John Allyn, Hanna Allyn - Hartford Probate Records 4:262." 3. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "Sgt. Thomas Spencer, son of Gerald and Alice bp. Mch 29, 1607 (Eng.) died Sept. 11, 1687, mar/1 ( ). Mar/2 Sept 11, 1645 (HTR) Sarah Bearding dau. of Nathaniel Bearding. Early member 1st Church [of Hartford]. Name on Founders Monument [in Hartford]. Children by 1st marriage: Elizabeth, bp. Mch 26, 1648 (HTR) m. Samuel Andrews. Hannah, b. Apl 25, 1653 (HTR) m/1 George Sexton, m/2 Daniel Brainerd (See Brainerd Gen., p. 32). Marah/Mary, b. May 18, 1655 (HTR). Martha, b. Mch 19, 1657-8 (HTR), m. Andrew Benton. Gerald, m. Hannah Pratt. Sarah, m. Thomas Huxley. Children by 2nd marriage: Obadiah, m. Mary Disbrough. Thomas of Enfield, m. Esther Andrews. Samuel. Cambridge; freeman May 14, 1634; removed in 1639 to Hfd, where he was an original proprietor; his home lot in 1639 was on the east side of Main St., near what is now the junction of Main and Windsor Sts.; served in the Pequot War; chimney viewer 1650; constable north side 1658; surveyor of highways 1672; was sergeant of the train band 1650, and received in 1671 a grant of 60 acres 'for his good service in the country'." 4. The book "The Thomas Spencer Family of Hartford, Connecticut in the Line of Samuel Spencer of Cromwell, Connecticut 1744-1818," comp. by Frank Farnsworth Starr for James J. Goodwin, Hartford, Conn., copy in Connecticut Historical Society Library, Hartford, CT, pp. 13-20: "Children of Thomas and ___ Spencer, I. Obadiah, m. Mary Desborough. II. Thomas, b. Esther Andrews, and lived in Suffield. III. Samuel, living Sep. 1686. Children of Thomas and Sarah (Bearding) Spencer, I. Garrard, m. 22 Dec 1680, Hannah Pratt, and lived in Hartford. II. Sarah, m. Thomas Huxley of Hartford and Suffield. III. Elizabeth, bap. 26 Mar 1648; perhaps m. Samuel Andrews of Hartford. IV. Hannah, b. 15 Apr 1653, Colony Record; b. 25 Apr 1653, Town Record. V. Mary, b. 18 May 1655. VI. Martha, b. 19 Mar 1657; perhaps m. ___ Benton." 5. The following partial excerpts about the wives and children of Thomas Spencer are from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III (see notes of Thomas Spencer for full transcript): "Thomas Spencer... Migration: 1633 First Residence: Cambridge Removes: Hartford 1636... Estate: ...In his will, dated 9 September 1686 and proved 26 October 1687, "Thomas Spencer Senior of Hartford, ... finding the shadows of the evening are stretching over me," bequeathed to "my eldest son Obadiah ... my housing and land in Hartford, all my lands both meadow and upland on west side and east side of the Connecticut River" in Hartford (he paying certain legacies), along with some personal goods; to "my son Thomas" £15, of which he hath £5; to "my son Samuel (he having received a good portion of his uncle) all my wearing apparell"; to "my son Jarrad my shop & tools & £12, all of which are in his hands"; residue to "my five daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary and Martha, to be equally divided to them by their brother my son Jarrad"; "my son Obadiah Spencer my executor"; "Capt. Allyn, Lieut. Caleb Standly and my cousin Samuel Spencer" overseers [Hartford PD Case #5095; Manwaring 1:365]... Marriage: (1) After 2 November 1634 Anne Dorryfall, sister of Barnaby Dorryfall [NEHGR 105:197-99]. "Anne Dorifall, aged 24," sailed on the Elizabeth of Ipswich in 1634 [Hotten 281] and was admitted to Boston church 2 November 1634 as "Ann Derifall, our brother Wm. Coddington's maid servant" [BChR 19]. She died by 1645. (2) Hartford 11 September 1645 Sarah Bearding [HaVR 606], daughter of Nathaniel Bearding of Hartford. Children: With first wife i Obadiah ("eldest son"), b. say 1635; m. by about 1666 Mary Disborough (estimated b. of first Child), daughter of Nicholas Disborough [TAG 27:166, 38:209]. ii Thomas, b. say 1637; m. by about 1666 Esther Andrews (estimated b. of first Child), daughter of William Andrews [TAG 27:166-67, 35:57]. iii Samuel, b. about 1639 (if he is the Samuel who d. Windham 8 January 1726/7 aged about 88 [NEHGR 105:198], and if that age at death is not exaggerated); m. by about 1684 Sarah ____ (estimated b. of first child [TAG 27:167]). With second wife iv Sarah, b. say 1646; m. by 1667 Thomas Huxley (on 26 March 1667 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Huxlye, Sarah, above 20 years, wife of Tho[mas] Huxly of Hartford & daughter of Sergeant Tho[mas] [S]penc[er] of Hartford" [WMJ 710]). v Elizabeth, bp. 26 March 1648 [HaVR 579]; m. by about 1668 Samuel Andrews, son of William Andrews [TAG 35:55-59]. vi Jared, b. say 1650; m. Hartford 22 December 1680 Hannah Pratt, daughter of John [HaVR Barbour 301]. vii Hannah, b. Hartford 15 April 1653 [CTVR 31]; said to have married (1) George Sexton, (2) Daniel Brainerd and (3) Jonathan Chapman, but the secondary sources are vague and uncertain, and the evidence for these marriages has not been found. viii Mary, b. Hartford 18 May 1655 [CTVR 32]; m. Westfield 7 October 1675 Thomas Root [Pynchon VR 31]. ix Martha, b. Hartford 19 March 1657[/8] [CTVR 31]; m. by 1677 Andrew Benton (b. of first Child), son of Andrew Benton [TAG 27:163; NEHGR 60:301-2 (evidence for this marriage not presented in either source)]... Comments: On 7 September 1652 Thomas Spencer undertook to pay the fine of Sarah Spencer [RPCC 112]." 6. "The American Genealogist," Vol. 27 "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants," compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A., pp. 162-63: "Hannah [Spencer], b. 15 Apr. 1653; m. (1) George Sexton, Jr.; m. (2) 29 Nov. 1698, Daniel Brainerd, Sr." 7. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp.157-158: "The Family of Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1687) and (1) Ann Derifall (Derifield) (ca.1610-1645) and (2) Sarah Bearding (Barding, Berden); d. before 1674; dau. of Nathaniel Bearding. Ann Derifall was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts. Children by Ann Derifall Obadiah2 Spencer (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertG, ThomasH, HenryI). b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. Mary DISROWE (Disborough), dau. of Nicholas Disbrowe. Mary d before 1709. They had seven children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. Thomas2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. Esther2 Andrews. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield, CT. Esther was the dau. of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1689 at Suffield, CT. Samuel2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. Sarah ___ (ca.1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding Sarah2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1646. m. Thomas HUXLEY at Suffield, CT. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King who was b. 14 March 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct 1712. Elizabeth2 Spencer (Thomas1). bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hartford, CT. m. Samuel2 Andrews of Hartford. Samuel Jan. 1712 at Hartford. d. ? Gerard2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca 1651. m. Hannah PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680, dau. of John Pratt. d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. Hannah2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) George SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) Daniel BRAINERD, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713 Mary2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. Thomas ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA, son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug 1709. d. 4 Nov 1690 at Westfield, MA. Martha2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. Andrew BARTON (BENTON), Jr. (1653-1704)." 8. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp. 172-177 has a transcript and analysis of the will dated 9 Sep 1686 of Thomas1 Spencer (see his notes for transcript). He mentions all nine of his children, but not his wife Sarah who preceded him in death. Some of his children are also mentioned in the wills of his first wife's brother Barnabas Derifall (who died 1680) and his second wife's father Nathaniel Bearding (who died 1674): "The Interpretation of the Will of Thomas1 Spencer Jacobus reported that Sarah Bearding Spencer, wife of Thomas1 Spencer, as dying before 1674 since she was not named in her father's (Nathaniel Bearding) will which was proven in 1674 (year of father's death). The inventory of of the Thomas1 estate set the total value at ₤139 19 00, but does not mention the value of his shop or tools or of the considerable amount of land which he had purchased during his lifetime. (A separate analysis is being made of the multiple transactions in Hartford and will be published in a different article). Not mentioned in this Will was the fact that Thomas had received a grant of 60 acres in 1660 in recognition of his military and civic services to the colony and the city of Hartford. It is possible that his woodworking shop and tools were included in the value of "home lot and housing" which was set at 50 pounds. It is interesting that a nephew, Samuel2 Spencer, the only son of his brother, William1 Spencer, was named as an overseer in the Will. Samuel2 Spencer spent his whole life at Hartford and fathered eight children by Sarah Meakins. Samuel's last Child, in fact, was born just a few months before the death of Thomas1 in 1687... In an earlier chapter, the present authors gave a detailed account of the inter-connections of the four or five families in Hartford who were related by cross marriages. As a sequel to that story, we have constructed a chart to show the beneficiaries of the estates of four pioneers who willed property and money to their children (or nieces and nephews) and sometimes to grandchildren. The four pioneers in order of death were William1 Andrews (d. 1659), Nathaniel Bearding (d. 1674), Barnabas Derifall (Derifeild) (d. 1680) and Thomas1 Spencer (d. 1687). All were residents of Hartford except Barnabas Derifall who lived in Braintree (West Quincy), Massachusetts. The children involved as legatees were the nine children of Thomas1 Spencer (Ann Derifall and Sarah Bearding)and the six children of William1 Andrews. The latter also had two wives, of whom only the second has been identified (Abigail Graves). Abigail in later years became the second wife of Nathaniel Bearing (no children). In order to simplify the chart of beneficiaries, we have not included any of the surviving spouses. Chart: The Distribution of Assests to children from the Estates of Four Pioneers in New England [KP Note: reformatted for my transcript:] Various estates: A. Barnabas Derifall (d. 1680) of Braintree, MA. B. Thomas1 Derifall (d. 1687) of Hartford. C. Nathaniel Bearding (d. 1674) of Hartford D. William1 Andrews (d. 1659) of Hartford Children of Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1687): -Obadiah2 Spencer A, B -Thomas2 Spencer A, B -Samuel2 Spencer A, B, C -Sarah2 Spencer Huxley B -Elizabeth2 Spencer Andrews B -Gerard2 Spencer B -Hannah2 Spencer Sexton-Brainerd B, C -Mary2 Spencer Root B, C -Martha2 Spencer Benton B, C Children of William1 Andrews (d. 1659) -John2 Andrews C, D -Abigail2 Andrews D -Elizabeth2 Andrews Grannis D -Thomas2 Andrews C, D -Esther2 Andrews Spencer D -Samuel2 Andrews C, D The emerging pattern from the chart illustrates the dichotomy which characterized the bequests from Nathaniel Bearding - some assets to his grandchildren in the Thomas1 Spencer family, but excluding any children who had been born to the first wife of Thomas1, Ann Derifall - a not unlikely scenario for those who did not share his bloodlines. Nathaniel Bearding's legatees among the Andrews children showed some separation, but of a considerably different character. Nathaniel had only two step grandchildren, Esther2 Andrews and Samuel2 Andrews. Samuel2 was a major beneficiary with 40 pounds, while Esther2 Andrews Spencer was not named in the will. On the other hand, Nathaniel Bearding made bequests to John2 Andrews and Thomas2 Andrews who were bore no blood relation to Nathaniel We believe the explanation of the latter two bequests was based on the fact that Abigail Graves Andrews-Bearding had raised the four children (stepchildren) from William Andrews first marriage to Mary Britton as well as her own two children by William1 Andrews. In the case of the bequests by Thomas1 Spencer, there is an oddity in the fact that his son Samuel2 Spencer essentially was excluded from the will (except for clothing). We do not believe this is an indication of differential favoritism among the sons, but the fact that Samuel2 had been well provided for in the will of his grandfather, Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts. Abigail2 Andrews was not named in her father's will because she had died (1653) some years before her father's death. The only other aspect of the estates is the fact that females in general received only token recognition from the father or grandfather as the case might be. It was the sons and grandsons who always were the major legatees." 9. The periodical "Connecticut Nutmegger," by Jack T. Spencer, CSG, "The Families Linked to Sgt. Thomas Spencer, a Co-Founder of Hartford," vol. 29, pp. 14-27: "I. BACKGROUND Sgt. THOMAS1 SPENCER was one of the "Four Spencer Brothers" of Bedfordshire, England, who were among the earliest settlers of New England and who almost certainly were passengers in the earliest vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 or 1631. THOMAS1 was the second oldest of the Spencer Brothers. The older was WILLIAM1 SPENCER (1601-1640). The two youngest brothers were MICHAEL1 SPENCER (1611-1653) and GERARD SPENCER (1614-c.1683). There also was a sister, ELIZABETH1 SPENCER (1602- ) who came to New England as the wife of TIMOTHY TOMLYNS and settled at Lynn, Massachusetts. The male Spencer siblings (William, Thomas, Michael, Gerard) first settled at Newe Towne (Cambridge, Massachusetts.) A few years later the two older brothers, along with other pioneers, became co-founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Michael and Gerard eventually settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, but Gerard made another move in later years to become the "patriarch" of Haddam, Connecticut. All of the Spencer siblings were born at Stotfold, co. Bedfordshire, England. Their parents were GERARDA SPENCER (1576- ) and ALICE WHITBREAD SPENCER. These Spencers were descendants of a long line of this surname in Bedfordshire whose ancestry can be traced back with certainty to the middle of the 14th century. Tracing the general lineage to even earlier times, we know that the original ancestors came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and participated in the Battle of Hastings. In the ensuing two or three centuries, the "Despencers" ranked among the highest of the Norman nobility, sometimes gaining and sometimes losing (their lives) for this close relationship. In earlier publications (see reference list), we have described the important activities undertaken by WILLIAM1 SPENCER in the founding of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the first Town Clerk of Cambridge and later served as a "Selectman" for several years. William played even more important roles for the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company, especially in regard to surveying and setting the boundary lines for many of the towns under the control of the Court. For many years he served as a Deputy representing Newe Towne at the frequent meetings of the General Court in Cambridge and in Boston. As for ELIZABETH1 SPENCER, we already have documented the activities of her husband, TIMOTHY TOMLINS (see reference list), who was a co-founder of Lynn, Massachusetts in 1630. Timothy, like William Spencer, was a prominent leader in Lynn and served as a Deputy to the General Court and in many other civic and military capacities before his untimely death about 1645. II. THE FAMILY OF SGT. THOMAS1 SPENCER The Family of THOMAS1 SPENCER (1607- 1687) and two wives: 1) ANN DERIFALL (1610- ) and SARAH BEARDING (d. before 1674). Ann was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, MA. Sarah was the daughter of Nathan Bearding of Hartford. Ann married Thomas ca. 1638; Sarah married Thomas on 11 Sept. 1645 at Hartford. Thomas d. 1 Sept. 1687 at Hartford. Children by Ann Derifall: OBADIAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertH, ThomasI, HenryJ), b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's Oath at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. MARY DISBOROUGH, dau. of Nicholas Disborough. Mary d. before 1709. They had children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. THOMAS2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. ESTHER2 ANDREWS. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield. Esther was the dau. of William1 and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1698 at Suffield, CT. SPENCER2 (Thomas1) b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. SARAH ___ (ca. 1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding SARAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. ca. 1646 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS HUXLEY at Suffield, C. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King, who was. b. 14 Mar 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct. 1712. ELIZABETH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hanford, CT. m. SAMUEL2 ANDREWS of Hartford, brother of Esther2 Andrews who m. Thomas2 SPENCER. Samuel Andrews was the son of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford. Samuel d. Jan 1712 at Hartford. d. ? GERARD2 SPENCER (Thomas1). b. ca 1651 at Hartford, CT. m. HANNAH PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680. She was dau. of John Pratt, d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. HANNAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) GEORGE SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) DANIEL Brainerd, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713. MARY2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA., son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug. 1709. d. 4 Nov. 1690 at Westfield, MA. MARTHA2 SPENCER (Thomas1). B. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. ANDREW BARTON (BENTON), Jr (1653-1704). He was the son of Andrew Barton Sr., Andrew Jr. d at Hartford, 5 Feb 1704. All of the children of Sgt. Thowas1 Spencer was born at Hartford, CT, between 1639 and 1658. When the last child was born in 1658, Sgt. Thomas was 51 years of age. ANN DERIFALL, who was mother of the first three children, was born about 1610 in England. The year of birth probably is quite accurate since Ann was listed as age 24 on the passenger list of the "Elizabeth" which sailed from Ipswich, co. Essex, the last of April 1634 (Tepper). The exact year of Ann's death is unknown, although it probably can be set down as 1645 judging by the approximate date of Sarah Bearding's first child in 1646. Ann Derifall was only about 35 years of at the time of her death. Our interest in the Spencer ancestral line, ultimately will focus on the second son of THOMAS1 SPENCER, that is, THOMAS2 SPENCER, who was born in Hartford about 1641 and died in Suffield, CT. in 1689. THOMAS2 married ESTHER2 ANDREWS of Hartford. III. THE RELATIVES OF ANN DERIFALL AND HER ASSOCIATION WITH WILLIAM CODDINGTON OF RHODE ISLAND A careful search of the IGI (International Genealogical Index, 1990) offers no useful clue to the immediate relatives of Ann Derifall in England. The fact that Ann Derifall sailed from Ipswich in eastern England in 1634 has inclined historians to believe that she was perhaps a native of East Anglia. Indeed, there were Derifalls who lived in Little Baddow, co. Essex, which was the residence of Rev. THOMAS HOOKER when he left for New England in 1633. Of interest is the fact that BARNABAS DERIFALL came to New England in that same year, although there is no evidence that he was a member of the BRAINTREE COMPANY sponsored by Rev. Hooker. The discovery of the connection between the DERIFALLS and the SPENCERS in Connecticut can be credited to Mrs. William C. Clark who published a genealogical study in 1951 in the NEHGS Register. This report proved that Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts, was a brother of Ann Derifall. In the will of Barnabas Derifall prepared in 1680, he named three Spencer brothers (OBADIAH2, THOMAS2, SAMUEL2) as beneficiaries of his estate. These clearly were the same names as the sons of Ann Derifall and Thomas Spencer. Savage states that Barnabas "Doryfall" came to Boston in the "Mary and Jane," probably on the same ship with WILLIAM CODDINGTON and his second wife, MARY MOSLEY. Not only did Barnabas Derifall have this contact with Coddington, but the latter also owned property at Braintree where Barnabas was an original proprietor. William Coddington originally was a native of Boston, Lincolnshire, a city often associated with the names of the earliest Pilgrim fathers. Coddington was a powerful figure in the contingent of Puritan leaders who came to America in the very first vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Besides the Derifalls who lived in co. Essex (Little Baddow), there also were families with this surname who lived in London in the area of St. Bride, Fleet Street. The time scale (IGI) was the late 1500's and early 1600's. There were Coddingtons in the same district in this period. We do know also, that William Coddington was in London in 1632, but was postponing his return to New England until 1633 because his new wife was expecting a child. Mary Mosley was a native of the Chelmsford area in co. Essex. Thus, we have more than one possible scenario for the contact between Barnabas Derifall and William Coddington. Perhaps they had first made contact in London prior to the departure for New England in the "Mary and Jane" in 1633 or they became acquainted later during the actual voyage. However, as we now note above, the Derifalls at Little Baddow in co. Essex could have made their first Puritan connections with the Rev. Thomas Hooker rather than William Coddington. ANN DERIFALL did not come to New England until 1634 and it is recorded that she became a maid servant to the family of William Coddington, an association not too surprising when we note the close contacts her brother Barnabas must have enjoyed with the Coddington family. Barnabas lived the entire remainder of his life at Braintree until his death in 1680. He became a member of the Boston church in 1633 (year of his arrival) and was elected to Freeman in 1636. His lands were located chiefly in what is now West Quincy, Massachusetts. Barnabas Derifall had no children. As a final note in the history of William Coddington, he retained his properties at Braintree until 1638, at which time he removed to Rhode Island along with the followers of Anne Hutchinson as a result of religious differences with John Winthrop and other Puritan leaders in Boston and Cambridge. This date of 1638 for Coddington's departure coincides well with the marriage of Ann Derifall to Thomas Spencer and with the sale of his property in Cambridge and his departure for Hartford. The Pequot War of 1637 had become history and Thomas joined other veterans of that war in occupying lots on Sentinel Hill in Hartford. A new life had begun for Sgt. Thomas Spencer and Ann Derifall. William Coddington, too, had begun a new life in Rhode bland which eventually would lead him to be Governor of that new colony for several terms. IV. UNRAVELING THE SPENCER-ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDlNG CONNECTIONS The second wife of Sgt. Thomas Spencer was SARAH2 BEARDING (BARDING) of Hartford, Connecticut. Since Sarah's father; NATHANIEL BEARDING, also appears in the records as the husband of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS-BEARDING, some writers have overlooked the fact that Sarah Bearding had no blood relationship to Abigail her stepmother. We shall present one chart of the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER connections so that the reader can understand more clearly exactly what happened among the various intermarriages. The first list on the left shows the children descended from WILLIAM ANDREWS, while the list on the right shows the one child (Sarah) of NATHANIEL1 BEARDING. Sandwiched between these two lists are the descendants of THOMAS1 SPENCER and his two wives, ANN DERIFALL and SARAH BEARDING. Connecting lines indicate the intermarriages… [The author has a chart titled "Interrelations of the Andrews-Graves-Bearding-Spencer Families in Cambridge and Hartford." The relationships can be simply reduced down to the following: (1) Nathaniel1 Bearding's second wife was Abigail Graves, who married as William1 Andrews as his second wife. (2) Nathaniel1 Bearding and Abigail Graves had a daughter Sarah Bearding who married Thomas1 Spencer as his second wife. (3) William1 Andrews and Abigail had a daughter Esther2 Andrews who married Thomas1 Spencer's son Thomas2 Spencer, whose mother was Ann Derifall, the first wife of Thomas1 Spencer.] THE CHRONOLOGY OF FAMILY INTERRELATIONSHIPS 1634. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS is first mentioned in the history of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wife #1 was Mary Britton. One child was born about 1632 (John), one in 1634 (Abigail), one in 1636 (Elizabeth), and one in 1638 (Thomas). 1637. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS and his first wife emigrated to Hartford, Connecticut. 1638. William Andrews has a son, THOMAS1 ANDREWS, born in Hartford. This was the last of the four children born to wife number one. 1638-1641. Somewhere in this interval, the first wife of William Andrews dies at Hartford. 1641. William Andrews marries ABIGAIL GRAVES at Hartford (IGI records). The first child, ESTHER2 ANDREWS, is born to William's second wife. 1645. The second child, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, is born to William Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrew. This year also saw the marriage of THOMAS2 SPENCER and SARAH BEARDING, daughter of NATHANIEL BEARDING. 1659. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS dies at Hartford. 1660(?). ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS marries NATHANIEL BEARDING of Hartford. From this chronological arrangement, we can see clearly that ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS was a stepmother to SARAH BEARDING and that no genetic relationship existed. When SAMUEL2 ANDREWS married ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, these individuals had no genetic connections despite the fact that Abigail Graves was the mother of Samuel2 Andrews and the step-grandmother Elizabeth2 Spencer. Likewise, when Esther2 Andrews and Thomas2 Spencer were married, no genetic connection existed since Thomas2 Spencer was the son of Ann Derifall and Esther was the daughter of Abigail (Graves) Andrews. We have gone into considerable detail to explain these relationships since a cursory examination of the lineage might lead one to some mistaken conclusions. Perhaps the key which finally clarified the relationships was the discovery in the IGI records of the marriage of Wlliam1 Andrews to Abigail Graves in Hartford in 1641. V. THE EARLY HISTORY OF WILLIAM1 ANDREWS OF CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD Besides the unusual familial relationships among the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER coalition, there have been some mystifying genealogical questions about the ancestors and immediate relatives of Williarn1 Andrews. There was a large number of immigrants with the surname of ANDREWS who came to New England in the "Great Migration" of the 1630's. Their probably were nearly a half dozen "William Andrews" settling in various towns under the control Massachusetts Bay Company including Newe Towne (Cambridge), Charlestown, Lynn, and Salem. New Haven also was the location for at least one Andrews. The William Andrews of Cambridge, of course, is the main focus of our interest because he was the parent of ESTHER2 Andrews who married THOMAS1 SPENCER. Some historians, however, have confused the William1 Andrews of Cambridge with other men holding the same Christian name. In order to settle this question, a careful study was made of at least four important records on the history of Cambridge and Hartford. This list included "History of Cambridge" by L.R. Paige; the so-called "Proprietors Records of Cambridge" beginning in 1630; the "History of Hartford" by Love; and finally the many references found in the International Genealogical Index (1991 edition). These combined references confirm that WILLIAM1 ANDREWS was one of the earliest settlers at Cambridge and that he was the only William Andrews there up to the end of 1637. In September of 1637. William Andrews sold all of his property to Samuel Shepherd and moved on to Hartford, Connecticut. Love confirms that William Andrews was at Hartford in 1637. Why has so much confusion prevailed in the literature regarding the two wives of William1 Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford? We believe most of the fault can be attributed to the erroneous statements Pope in "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" published in Boston in 1900. Pope had a correct date (25 Sept 1637) for William's sale of his property in Cambridge. However, Pope's statements regarding the death of "wife Mary d. Jan 19. 1640" and a second marriage to Reanna James of Watertown seem to have no connection whatever to our own William Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford. Apparently Pope followed the trail of some other William Andrews, of whom there were several in the Massachusetts Bay area. The Paige "History of Cambridge" mentions WILLIAM1 ANDREWS in only three places in the early part of the book. William was in a list of inhabitants in 1634 and again on a list of 1635. On 23 November 1635, William is identified as a "Selectman" and appointed to the position of Constable. There the story ends except for the sale of his property in September of 1637. One of the better histories of the descendants of William1 Andrews of Cambridge is to be found in "Colonial Ancestors," edited by Edward Little. Here, however, the identification of William's history at Cambridge adopts Pope's version which as we have seen is quite erroneous. There are literally hundreds of William Andrews to be found in England in the early 1600's (IGI), but one entry was found in Lincoln of Lincolnshire where a William Andrews had married a MARY BRITTON on 16 May 1631. St. Botolph (IGI-C0003). Since the first child of William1 Andrews was born about 1632, the chronological fit is almost perfect. Although William1 Andrews was first mentioned in the Cambridge History in 1634 there is a strong likelihood that he was there earlier and that his first child (John2) was born in Newe Towne about 1632. Incidentally, co. Lincolnshire was the scene of much early activity by the Puritans, including the imprisonment of several leaders in the city of Boston before the Pilgrim fathers fled to Holland. Since William1 Andrews was in the direct line of the Suffield (CT) Spencer and the Spencer pioneers of the Western Reserve of Ohio (Portage County), it is important to highlight the details of his life in Hartford (subsequent to his Cambridge experiences). As we have noted, William and his first wife emigrated from Newe Towne (Cambridge) Hartford in 1637. Although they appear not to have been in the original Hooker group which went to Hartford in 1635 and 1636. William was still considered an original proprietor and a founding father of the city. This is evidenced by the proprietor list of 3 Jan 1640 which gave the names of those inhabitants who had a right to undivided lands (Love). William Andrews had an allocation of 30 acres, while Thomas1 Spencer was listed with 14 acres. It seems that NATHANIEL BEARDING was not rated as a "standard" proprietor because his name was on a list for only 6 acres and was included with those individuals granted lots "at the town's courtesy, with liberty to fetch wood and keep swine or cows by proportion on the common." During his lifetime in Hartford, William Andrews appears not to have been among the primary leaders of the community. It seems clear, however, that he had been well educated for his time judging by his appointment as one of the first teachers in the town in 1643. He was a member of a jury in 1644 and in 1651 was appointed to the post of Town Clerk. We are reminded of William1 Spencer who held a similar post in Newe Towne as well as Hartford (albeit the latter post was very brief). William Andrews remained as Town Clerk until the time of his death in 1659. In his will dated 1 April 1659, William1 Andrews seems to have left more authority in the hands of his wife, ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, than was customary for the time (in contrast perhaps to the will of William1 Spencer who died in 1640). Essentially, Abigail Andrews was to remain in control of all the property in Hartford. In case of her remarriage, however, most of the property was to pass to their children. Abigail was to retain the power of Executrix. Based on these limitations, it seems clear that Abigail did not transfer much wealth to her second husband, Nathaniel1 Bearding, due to the restrictions imposed in the will of her first husband. V. THE BEARDING CONNECTION IN HARTFORD As to the history of the BEARDINGS (BARDING, BERDEN) in England, there are not many useful clues. Every county in England reported in the IGI (International Genealogical Index) was surveyed for possible leads. In no instance was there found the surname of "Bearding" or "Barding." There were, however, numerous records of BERDEN in many of the northern, central, and southern counties of England. This leads to the conclusion that the Nathaniel1 Bearding (Barding) of Hartford probably originated with the surname of BERDEN in England. As for the NATHANIEL1 BEARDING of Hartford, his origin remains largely obscured. There is no indication of his being an early resident of Cambridge in the company of Hooker, but he does appear on the list of Hartford settlers in 1640 and Savage even lists him at Hartford in 1636. Nothing seems to be known of his lineage in England. A still more mysterious aspect of Nathaniel is that there is no known official record of a marriage prior to that with ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS. We are certain, however, that his daughter, SARAH2 BEARDING, was by Nathaniel's first wife rather than his second wife (see the chronological chart). Nathaniel Bearding died at Hartford on 14 Sept 1674. The will of Nathaniel Bearding, dated 7 Jan 1673, is preserved in Manwaring's Probate Records. The principal beneficiaries included his widow, Abigail (Graves) Andrews-Bearding, and Thomas1 Spencer (the elder, a son-in-law). Nathaniel provided for all of his daughter's six children (wife of Thomas1 Spencer). Nathaniel also named SAMUEL2 ANDREWS as a legatee, a child by his wife's first marriage to William1 Andrews. Nathaniel was mindful also of the fact that Samuel was married to ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, one of Nathaniel's granddaughters. Nathaniel had an omission in his will. He did not name ESTHER2 ANDREWS. There also was one rather unusual inclusion, the name of which was the name of JOHN2 ANDREWS, a son by the first wife of William1 Andrews. John2 Andrews was not a blood relative to either Nathaniel or Abigail, but undoubtedly he must have been raised by Abigail Graves after she married William Andrews in 1641 in Hartford. Although ESTHER2 (ANDREWS) SPENCER was not under the will of Nathaniel Bearding, she was named in her mother's nuncupative will when Abigail died in 1683. Abigail also named Esther's brother, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, as a beneficiary. VI. THE RELATIVES OF ABIGAIL GRAVES IN CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD The early records of Newe Towne (Cambridge) and New Haven indicated that there were other immigrants with the GRAVES surname, but their relationship to ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS remained unknown until a will of ANN GRAVE was published by H.F. Waters in 1907. ANN GRAVE of England was a resident of "St. Bultolph without Aldgate" London. Three of the beneficiaries in her will made in 1675 were "GEORGE GRAVE the elder of Hartford in Connecticut in New England and JOHN GRAVE of Guilford in the County of New Haven in New England and to their own natural sister also in New England..." The evidence seems very clear that ANN GRAVE of London had been married to a sibling of ABIGAIL, GEORGE, and JOHN GRAVE. There were several immigrants with the GRAVES surname in the early 1630's in New England, but with a positive identification of GEORGE GRAVES and JOHN GRAVES as siblings of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, we can review the historical literature on these two individuals. The first mention of GEORGE GRAVES is found in Paige's "History of Cambridge" where his property is mentioned as located almost on the boundary between Newe Towne (Cambridge) and Charlestowne in 1633. Actually, George's property was within the limits of Newe Towne, but he is never mentioned again in Paige's voluminous history. Love in his "History of Hartford" identifies GEORGE GRAVES as one of the founders in 1636, which would place him among the main Thomas Hooker group which arrived that year. Also, George Graves may well have brought his sister Abigail from Newe Towne since she did not marry WILLIAM1 ANDREWS until 1641 (IGI record). In the record of "Land Distributions in Hartford" for the ensuring years, there were at least 30 references to DEACON GEORGE GRAVES and at least two references to his son, "MARSHALL" GEORGE2 GRAVES. "Deacon" George Graves was married twice. The IGI (B0142) lists a marriage of George Grave and "Anne Kyne" on 21 Sept. 1623, co. Herts, "Much Haddam." The second marriage was to Sarah Ventres (Kenneth Graves) who was the mother-in-law of Deacon's son George. It seems probable that George-2 and John-2 were born in England, based on the fact that Deacon George first appears in the Charlestowne records in 1634. Mary-2, born 1635, therefore would seem to have born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. What of Abigail Grave's brother, John-1 Grave? It seems clear that his permanent residence was at Guilford, New Haven, but we do not know if he had an earlier residence at Charlestowne, possibly with his brother George and sister Abigail. New Haven was not settled until 1638, so there is a possibility that John-1 Graves is revealed in the 1670 Census of Connecticut. There also an Edward Graves in Hartford in 1669 who does not appear related to the descendants of Deacon George Graves. As to the origin of this particular Graves family in England, there seem to be few clues excepting for two references, one being the marriage mentioned above in co. Hertfordshire. The second reference is found in Cussand's History of Hertfordshire (Mary K. Talcott in the Register). In 1621, co. Herts, Burroughs of Hartford, there was a mention of "George Graue" (sic) in the list of freeholders of that community. VII. RETROSPECT We have now reviewed considerable detail the known histories of the spouses and close relatives of St. Thomas-1 Spencer (1607-1687) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. As one of the original five Spencer siblings who were among on the very early pioneers of New England and as the ancestor of perhaps hundreds and even thousands of modern-day Spencer descendants in the U.S., we would like to know as much as possible about those relatives who surrounded Sgt. Thomas during his lifetime. The foregoing pages have documented all of the presently known historical facts, especially regarding the Andrews, Derifall (Derifield), Graves, and Bearding (Berden) families. In our next segment, we shall examine the colorful life of Sgt. Thomas Spencer and his achievements in war and in peace. Although perhaps not as well educated or as brilliant as his older brother, William-1 Spencer (1601-1640), yet Sgt. Thomas lived twice as long and had three times as many children. Thus, Thomas-1 achieved his immortality as surely as William-1 achieved his, but by a rather different and perhaps a more enduring route. REFERENCES ANDREWS, FRANK H. 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"Braintree, Massachusetts: It's History." Braintree Historical Soc., 1985. HOOPER, P.R. "Notes on Some Colonial Cabinetmakers of Hartford." Antiques, May, 1933. JACOBUS, DONALD L. "The Four Spencer Brothers, Their Ancestors and Descendants," The Amer. Genealogist, Vol. 27-30, 1951-1954, 96 pp. MASON, LOUISE B… "The Life and Times of Major John Mason of Connecticut: 1600-1672." G.P. Putnam Sons, New York & London, 1935. MANWARING, C.W. "A Digest of the is Early Connecticut Probate Records," Vol. 1. Hartford District 1635-1700. Hartford, CT 1904. MILLER, PETER. "The Spencer Family Workshop." Le Despencer, Journ. of the Spencer Family Hist. & Gen. Soc. July, 1986. PAIGE, L.R. "History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877." Cambridge Univ. Press, 1877. PATTEE, WILLIAM S. "A History of Old Braintree and Quincy." Green & Prescott, Quincy, 1878. POPE, C.H. "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1981. ROBERTS, GARY B. "Genealogies of Connecticut Families," 3 Vols. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1983. ROBERTS, GARY B. "English Origins of New England Families," 3 Vol. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1984. SAVAGE, JAMES. "A Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England," 4 Vol., Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1990. SHURTLEFF, NATHANIEL R. (Editor). "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England.- Vol, 1: 1628-1641. Boston, 1853. SMYTH, H.D, "George Grave, or Graves and Descendants." Genealogies of Conn. Families. Vol. II. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1983. SPENCER, HENRY C. "Sergeant Thomas Spencer, 1607-1687." Private Communication, 1993. SPENCER, JACK T. & EDITH W. SPENCER. The Five Spencer Siblings of Bedfordshire, the Role of the Braintree Company, and the Beginnings of Cambridge, Massachusetts: Le Despencer," Vol. 17. Nov. 1993. SPENCER, JACK T. & EDITH W. SPENCER. `"William1 Spencer (1601-1640), an Early Leader in New England, and his wife, Agnes Harris (1604- ), Ancestress of the Edwards Family of Connecticut." Conn. Nutmegger, Vol. 27, pp. 32-37, 1994. SPENCER, JACK T. & EDITH W. SPENCER. "The Tomlins Brothers of Early New England and the linkage with the Spencers of Bedfordshire, England." (ln Press). SPENCER, JACK T. "The Four Spencer Brothers of Bedfordshire in the Earliest Records of New England," (In Press). STARR, F.F. & JAMES J. GOODWIN. "The Thomas Spencer Family of Hartford, Connecticut in the Line of Samuel Spencer of Cromwell, Connecticut." Hartford, Conn. 1896. WATERS, HENRY "Genealogical Gleanings in England," 3 Vol. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1981. (Reprint of 1907). WYKER, CLARA BERRY. "Andres Genealogy and Alliances." Decatur, AIabama, 1913. YOUNG, ALEXANDER. "Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay From 1623 to 1636," Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, Mass., 1978. ... "The Original Proprietors of Hartford, Connecticut." The Register. New Eng. Hist. Gen. Soc. vol. 22, 1889. …The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the Newe Towne and the Town of Cambridge With the Records of the Proprietors of the Common Lands." Cambridge, 1896. …International Genealogical Index (Microfiche)." Church of the Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City. 1991 Edition. …"Leading Layman in England." The Great Migration Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1993. …"Original Distribution of the Lands in Hartford, Connecticut, Among the Settlers, 1639." Conn. Hist. Soc. Collections, Vol. XIV, 1912. … "Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Conn." J.H. Beers & Co. Chicago, 1901. …"Focus on Hartford." The Great Migration Newsletter, Vol. 3, Oct.-Dec. Issue, 1992." MARRIAGE: 1. Some say that Hannah Spencer married third Jonathan Chapman. There was a Jonathan Chapman b. 1702 who married second a wife named Hannah Brainard, who was born 1703. Some may have assumed that Hannah Brainard was the widow of Daniel Brainerd. Our Hannah Spencer was a widow of Daniel Brainerd, but she would have been too old to be the spouse of Jonathan Chapman. | Spencer, Hannah (I2293)
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| 4854 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The following will transcription for Nathaniel Bearding in 1674 is from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. It mentions this individual as follows: "I Nathaniel Berding of Hartford upon the River of Connecticut, planter doe in this my last will and testament give unto Abigaill my wife the sum of twenty pounds to be paid her in such pay as may bee comfortable for her not in any horse flesh; I doe also give to Abigaill my wife three cows both which gifts for her to possess and fivety shillings in peas fivety shillings in Indian corne and fivety shillings in pork all at the countey price; my will is also that Abigaill my wife shall have the two ould lower romes and the celler and the leanto for her to dwell in or dispose of all these during the time of her life; I do also give to my son-in-law Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of fivetene pounds to bee paid to him within the space of twoe years after my disease; I doe also give to Samuel Andrews and Elizabeth his wife the sum of fourty pounds to be paid him after the decease of my wife his mother; my parcel of land at Potunck and my household stuff to be to his for partt of that legacy; I doe also give to Sarah Spencer and to Hannah Spencer and to Mary Spencer and to Martha Spencer the fouer daughters of Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of tenn pounds to be equally devided amongst them that is to eather of them fivety shillings to be paid to them after my wife's decease. I do also give to John Andrews twenty shillings; I doe also give to Thomas Andrews twentye shillings to be paid after the discease of my wife their mother; alsoe my will is that my debts and theise legacies may be paid out of my moveable estate that so much as may be of my houseing and other lands may be kept intire. I have desired Paul Peck senior and George Graves to see this my will to bee performed, and i do hereby give to the said Paul Peck and Georg Graves the sum of fourty shillings for each man my debts and these legasyes being paid and my desires in this my will being attended. I go hereby give the remaining part of my estate to Jarrrett Spencer my grandchild whoe is the son of Thomas Spencer the elder; I doe also hereby make the sayd Jarrett my execquitor of this my will. My will also is that Abigaill my wife should have the use of all my household stuff during hir life; my will also is that my execquitor shold kepe all my houseing and barne and fenceing belonging to house and land in repaire; my will is also that what corn or provisions shall be in hand at my discease shall be for Abigail my wife as part of the twenty pounds I have before given hir; my will also is that Abigail my wife shall chose out of my cowes which cowes she will have for the three cowes given hir. In Witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand dated this 7th of January 1673/4. The inventory of Nathaniel's estate was taken 14 Sep 1674 by Paul Peck, George Grave and Caleb Stanly and was valued at 282.15.10. See Hartford Probate Packets, film #1020549." 2. This individual is mentioned in the following will for Thomas Spencer is from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. He made his will in 1686 one year prior to his 1687 death; it reads: "I Thomas Spencer senior of Hartford, being at present in good and sownd understanding not knoweing how soon I may be removed hence by death and finding the shodowes of the evening are stretching over me canot but judg that council of the prophet very seasonable set they house in order, etc. I doe therefore make ordayn and apoint this followeing to be my last will and testament hereby makeing null and voyd all former wills and testaments by me made whither by word or writing. First I commit my soule to God in Jesus Christ my dear Savior and redeemer from whom alone I expect salvation and an inheritance among the sainets in light my body to the earth to be decently buried in the comon burying place; for that estate God hath blessed me with, I bequeath and dispose of it as followeth - when my just debts and funerall expences are fully satisyed and payed to my eldest son Obadiah I give my houseing and land in Hartford, all my lands both meadow and upland on the west side and east side of the Connecticut River within the bounds of the Township of Hartford, to be to him his heirs and assigns immediately after my decease and from thence forever, he paying out such legacies as I shall appoynt by this Will. I give to my sayd son allso one cupboard and irons warming pan old fann two forekes peas hook two axes and an old hoe. I give unto my son Thomas the sume of fifteen pounds and Obadiah shall pay ten pounds more to him or to his heires in currant pay corn or cattell to be payd within two or three yeares after my decease as he shall be able. I give unto my son Samuel (he having received a good portion from his Uncle) all my wearing apparrell off all sorts and kinds. I give unto my son Jarred my shop and tooles and twelve pownds, all which are in his hands and I have possest him with them allready. The rest of my moveable estate I give unto my five daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hanna, Mary and Martha, to be equally divided to them by their brother my son Jarrad. I do make my son Obadiah Spencer executor of this my last will and testament and that he may have a refuge to repayre unto for advice if any difficulty should befall him in the executoin of my will I desire Capt. Jno Allyn, Lieut. Caleb Standly and my cousin Samuel Spencer to be the overseers whom I desire to asssit my sol executor their best advice as occasion may call for it. Finally I leave all my children with the Lord and desire his blessing may be their portion that they may love and serve him and live in love and peace one with another when I shall be gathered to my fathers and for the confirmation of this my will and testmanet I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September 1686. Thomas Spencer (his mark) Witnesses: John Allyn, Hanna Allyn - Hartford Probate Records 4:262." 3. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "Sgt. Thomas Spencer, son of Gerald and Alice bp. Mch 29, 1607 (Eng.) died Sept. 11, 1687, mar/1 ( ). Mar/2 Sept 11, 1645 (HTR) Sarah Bearding dau. of Nathaniel Bearding. Early member 1st Church [of Hartford]. Name on Founders Monument [in Hartford]. Children by 1st marriage: Elizabeth, bp. Mch 26, 1648 (HTR) m. Samuel Andrews. Hannah, b. Apl 25, 1653 (HTR) m/1 Geroge Sexton, m/2 Daniel Brainerd (See Brainerd Gen., p. 32). Marah/Mary, b. May 18, 1655 (HTR). Martha, b. Mch 19, 1657-8 (HTR), m. Andrew Benton. Gerald, m. Hannah Pratt. Sarah, m. Thomas Huxley. Children by 2nd marriage: Obadiah, m. Mary Disbrough. Thomas of Enfield, m. Esther Andrews. Samuel. Cambridge; freeman May 14, 1634; removed in 1639 to Hfd, where he was an original proprietor; his home lot in 1639 was on the east side of Main St., near what is now the junction of Main and Windsor Sts.; served in the Pequot War; chimney viewer 1650; constable north side 1658; surveyor of highways 1672; was sergeant of the train band 1650, and received in 1671 a grant of 60 acres 'for his good service in the country'." 4. The book "The Thomas Spencer Family of Hartford, Connecticut in the Line of Samuel Spencer of Cromwell, Connecticut 1744-1818," comp. by Frank Farnsworth Starr for James J. Goodwin, Hartford, Conn., copy in Connecticut Historical Society Library, Hartford, CT, pp. 13-20: "Children of Thomas and ___ Spencer, I. Obadiah, m. Mary Desborough. II. Thomas, b. Esther Andrews, and lived in Suffield. III. Samuel, living Sep. 1686. Children of Thomas and Sarah (Bearding) Spencer, I. Garrard, m. 22 Dec 1680, Hannah Pratt, and lived in Hartford. II. Sarah, m. Thomas Huxley of Hartford and Suffield. III. Elizabeth, bap. 26 Mar 1648; perhaps m. Samuel Andrews of Hartford. IV. Hannah, b. 15 Apr 1653, Colony Record; b. 25 Apr 1653, Town Record. V. Mary, b. 18 May 1655. VI. Martha, b. 19 Mar 1657; perhaps m. ___ Benton." 5. The following partial excerpts about the wives and children of Thomas Spencer are from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III (see notes of Thomas Spencer for full transcript): "Thomas Spencer... Migration: 1633 First Residence: Cambridge Removes: Hartford 1636... Estate: ...In his will, dated 9 September 1686 and proved 26 October 1687, "Thomas Spencer Senior of Hartford, ... finding the shadows of the evening are stretching over me," bequeathed to "my eldest son Obadiah ... my housing and land in Hartford, all my lands both meadow and upland on west side and east side of the Connecticut River" in Hartford (he paying certain legacies), along with some personal goods; to "my son Thomas" £15, of which he hath £5; to "my son Samuel (he having received a good portion of his uncle) all my wearing apparell"; to "my son Jarrad my shop & tools & £12, all of which are in his hands"; residue to "my five daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary and Martha, to be equally divided to them by their brother my son Jarrad"; "my son Obadiah Spencer my executor"; "Capt. Allyn, Lieut. Caleb Standly and my cousin Samuel Spencer" overseers [Hartford PD Case #5095; Manwaring 1:365]... Marriage: (1) After 2 November 1634 Anne Dorryfall, sister of Barnaby Dorryfall [NEHGR 105:197-99]. "Anne Dorifall, aged 24," sailed on the Elizabeth of Ipswich in 1634 [Hotten 281] and was admitted to Boston church 2 November 1634 as "Ann Derifall, our brother Wm. Coddington's maid servant" [BChR 19]. She died by 1645. (2) Hartford 11 September 1645 Sarah Bearding [HaVR 606], daughter of Nathaniel Bearding of Hartford. Children: With first wife i Obadiah ("eldest son"), b. say 1635; m. by about 1666 Mary Disborough (estimated b. of first Child), daughter of Nicholas Disborough [TAG 27:166, 38:209]. ii Thomas, b. say 1637; m. by about 1666 Esther Andrews (estimated b. of first Child), daughter of William Andrews [TAG 27:166-67, 35:57]. iii Samuel, b. about 1639 (if he is the Samuel who d. Windham 8 January 1726/7 aged about 88 [NEHGR 105:198], and if that age at death is not exaggerated); m. by about 1684 Sarah ____ (estimated b. of first child [TAG 27:167]). With second wife iv Sarah, b. say 1646; m. by 1667 Thomas Huxley (on 26 March 1667 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Huxlye, Sarah, above 20 years, wife of Tho[mas] Huxly of Hartford & daughter of Sergeant Tho[mas] [S]penc[er] of Hartford" [WMJ 710]). v Elizabeth, bp. 26 March 1648 [HaVR 579]; m. by about 1668 Samuel Andrews, son of William Andrews [TAG 35:55-59]. vi Jared, b. say 1650; m. Hartford 22 December 1680 Hannah Pratt, daughter of John [HaVR Barbour 301]. vii Hannah, b. Hartford 15 April 1653 [CTVR 31]; said to have married (1) George Sexton, (2) Daniel Brainerd and (3) Jonathan Chapman, but the secondary sources are vague and uncertain, and the evidence for these marriages has not been found. viii Mary, b. Hartford 18 May 1655 [CTVR 32]; m. Westfield 7 October 1675 Thomas Root [Pynchon VR 31]. ix Martha, b. Hartford 19 March 1657[/8] [CTVR 31]; m. by 1677 Andrew Benton (b. of first Child), son of Andrew Benton [TAG 27:163; NEHGR 60:301-2 (evidence for this marriage not presented in either source)]... Comments: On 7 September 1652 Thomas Spencer undertook to pay the fine of Sarah Spencer [RPCC 112]." 6. "The American Genealogist," Vol. 27 "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants," compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A., pp. 167-68: "Jared2 Spencer (Thomas1), also called Gerard or Jarrad, born about 1650-1, died at Hartford, in 1712 (will 15 Mar. 1711/12, proved 7 Apr. 1712); married at Hartford, 22 Dec. 1680, Hannah Pratt, born 25 Nov. 1658, died 22 Oct. 1692, daughter of John. Children, born at Hartford: i. Hannah3, b. 12 Oct. 1681; probably married. (Note: Ann Spencer m. (1) at Hartford, 25 Jan. 1704/5, Thomas Hill, b. 13 Jan. 1681/2, d. 1707 two children; m. (2) at Hartford, 15 Nov. 1710, Edward Foster, and settled in Suffield. She could conceivably have been a younger child of Thomas2 of Suffield (No. 12 above); or the child born to Esther3 in 1683 (No. 12 above); or identical with Hannah3 (No. 14, i). The names Hannah and Ann were sometimes used interchangeably though in other cases they were so little confused that both names were given to daughters in the same family. However, it is to be noted that this Hannah3 was so named in her birth record and in her father's will also, making it less likely that she was ever called Ann.) ii. Jared, b. 15 Jan. 1682/3 d. 13 June 1754. iii. Nathaniel, b. 2 Feb. 1684/5 d. young. iv. John, b. 25 Oct. 1686; bp. 31 Oct. 1686; d. young. v. Sarah (twin), b. (date gone); bp. 12 Feb. 1687/8; m. 21 May 1713, Joseph Bigelow. vi. Elizabeth (twin), b. (date gone); bp. 12 Feb. 1687/8; d. 21 Jan. 1728/9; m. bef. 1717, John Pease of Enfield. vii. Nathaniel, b. 21 Dec. 1690;d. young. viii. Mary, b. 8 Sept. 1692; m. 13 Jan. 1726/7, Joseph Pease." 7. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp.157-158: "The Family of Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1687) and (1) Ann Derifall (Derifield) (ca.1610-1645) and (2) Sarah Bearding (Barding, Berden); d. before 1674; dau. of Nathaniel Bearding. Ann Derifall was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts. Children by Ann Derifall Obadiah2 Spencer (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertG, ThomasH, HenryI). b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. Mary DISROWE (Disborough), dau. of Nicholas Disbrowe. Mary d before 1709. They had seven children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. Thomas2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. Esther2 Andrews. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield, CT. Esther was the dau. of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1689 at Suffield, CT. Samuel2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. Sarah ___ (ca.1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding Sarah2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1646. m. Thomas HUXLEY at Suffield, CT. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King who was b. 14 March 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct 1712. Elizabeth2 Spencer (Thomas1). bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hartford, CT. m. Samuel2 Andrews of Hartford. Samuel Jan. 1712 at Hartford. d. ? Gerard2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca 1651. m. Hannah PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680, dau. of John Pratt. d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. Hannah2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) George SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) Daniel BRAINERD, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713 Mary2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. Thomas ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA, son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug 1709. d. 4 Nov 1690 at Westfield, MA. Martha2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. Andrew BARTON (BENTON), Jr. (1653-1704)." 8. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp. 168-169: "As an artisan in woodworking and in chair-making, the efforts of Thomas1 Spencer and Nicholas DISBROWE were probably unexcelled for many years in the Connecticut River Valley... In Trent's comprehensive summary (1984) of the Spencer shops in Hartford, he presents many illustrations of the chairs attributed to Thomas Spencer and his descendants. Most of these chairs fall in the period of the 1750s, hence are much later than the era of Thomas1 who died in 1687. Indeed, of the thirteen chairs illustrated by Trent, only one is directly attributed to the joint effort of Thomas Spencer and Nicholas DISBROWE. This is the so-called "Winthrop Great Chair" which was made for the ceremony to honor John2 WINTHROP in 1662 when he returned from England with a royal charter granted to Connecticut. It is most impressive that the dynasty of the Spencer shops lasted until about 1830 when it gradually gave way to lighter furniture and to factory-produced models. During this long period, however, the influence of the Spencer shops was felt throughout the Connecticut Valley, especially to the northward of Hartford and extending into Massachusetts... Perhaps too much emphasis has been placed on "chairmaking" in these notes on the Spencer shops of Hartford. Indeed, there was a wide demand for many commonplace. items which a "turner" could manufacture. Some examples could be kitchen utensils, handles, wheel spokes, stair railings, and similar items. The Spencers mainly concerned with these developments over a span of at least a century and a half included Gerard2 Spencer (1651-1712) who took over the Hartford shop in 1687. Upon his death, Gerard3 (1684-1754) took over the enterprise. It is noted that Gerard3 provided 900 spindles for the pews of the First Church in 1737. Subsequently Gerard3 moved to New Hartford (Litchfield County) where he is remembered as the father of JOHN4 (1710-1785) and Nathaniel4 Bearding Spencer (1724-1773) who produced the famous "Seymour Chair." 9. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp. 172-177 has a transcript and analysis of the will dated 9 Sep 1686 of Thomas1 Spencer (see his notes for transcript). He mentions all nine of his children, but not his wife Sarah who preceded him in death. Some of his children are also mentioned in the wills of his first wife's brother Barnabas Derifall (who died 1680) and his second wife's father Nathaniel Bearding (who died 1674): "The Interpretation of the Will of Thomas1 Spencer Jacobus reported that Sarah Bearding Spencer, wife of Thomas1 Spencer, as dying before 1674 since she was not named in her father's (Nathaniel Bearding) will which was proven in 1674 (year of father's death). The inventory of of the Thomas1 estate set the total value at ₤139 19 00, but does not mention the value of his shop or tools or of the considerable amount of land which he had purchased during his lifetime. (A separate analysis is being made of the multiple transactions in Hartford and will be published in a different article). Not mentioned in this Will was the fact that Thomas had received a grant of 60 acres in 1660 in recognition of his military and civic services to the colony and the city of Hartford. It is possible that his woodworking shop and tools were included in the value of "home lot and housing" which was set at 50 pounds. It is interesting that a nephew, Samuel2 Spencer, the only son of his brother, William1 Spencer, was named as an overseer in the Will. Samuel2 Spencer spent his whole life at Hartford and fathered eight children by Sarah Meakins. Samuel's last Child, in fact, was born just a few months before the death of Thomas1 in 1687... In an earlier chapter, the present authors gave a detailed account of the inter-connections of the four or five families in Hartford who were related by cross marriages. As a sequel to that story, we have constructed a chart to show the beneficiaries of the estates of four pioneers who willed property and money to their children (or nieces and nephews) and sometimes to grandchildren. The four pioneers in order of death were William1 Andrews (d. 1659), Nathaniel Bearding (d. 1674), Barnabas Derifall (Derifeild) (d. 1680) and Thomas1 Spencer (d. 1687). All were residents of Hartford except Barnabas Derifall who lived in Braintree (West Quincy), Massachusetts. The children involved as legatees were the nine children of Thomas1 Spencer (Ann Derifall and Sarah Bearding)and the six children of William1 Andrews. The latter also had two wives, of whom only the second has been identified (Abigail Graves). Abigail in later years became the second wife of Nathaniel Bearing (no children). In order to simplify the chart of beneficiaries, we have not included any of the surviving spouses. Chart: The Distribution of Assests to children from the Estates of Four Pioneers in New England [KP Note: reformatted for my transcript:] Various estates: A. Barnabas Derifall (d. 1680) of Braintree, MA. B. Thomas1 Derifall (d. 1687) of Hartford. C. Nathaniel Bearding (d. 1674) of Hartford D. William1 Andrews (d. 1659) of Hartford Children of Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1687): -Obadiah2 Spencer A, B -Thomas2 Spencer A, B -Samuel2 Spencer A, B, C -Sarah2 Spencer Huxley B -Elizabeth2 Spencer Andrews B -Gerard2 Spencer B -Hannah2 Spencer Sexton-Brainerd B, C -Mary2 Spencer Root B, C -Martha2 Spencer Benton B, C Children of William1 Andrews (d. 1659) -John2 Andrews C, D -Abigail2 Andrews D -Elizabeth2 Andrews Grannis D -Thomas2 Andrews C, D -Esther2 Andrews Spencer D -Samuel2 Andrews C, D The emerging pattern from the chart illustrates the dichotomy which characterized the bequests from Nathaniel Bearding - some assets to his grandchildren in the Thomas1 Spencer family, but excluding any children who had been born to the first wife of Thomas1, Ann Derifall - a not unlikely scenario for those who did not share his bloodlines. Nathaniel Bearding's legatees among the Andrews children showed some separation, but of a considerably different character. Nathaniel had only two step grandchildren, Esther2 Andrews and Samuel2 Andrews. Samuel2 was a major beneficiary with 40 pounds, while Esther2 Andrews Spencer was not named in the will. On the other hand, Nathaniel Bearding made bequests to John2 Andrews and Thomas2 Andrews who were bore no blood relation to Nathaniel We believe the explanation of the latter two bequests was based on the fact that Abigail Graves Andrews-Bearding had raised the four children (stepchildren) from William Andrews first marriage to Mary Britton as well as her own two children by William1 Andrews. In the case of the bequests by Thomas1 Spencer, there is an oddity in the fact that his son Samuel2 Spencer essentially was excluded from the will (except for clothing). We do not believe this is an indication of differential favoritism among the sons, but the fact that Samuel2 had been well provided for in the will of his grandfather, Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts. Abigail2 Andrews was not named in her father's will because she had died (1653) some years before her father's death. The only other aspect of the estates is the fact that females in general received only token recognition from the father or grandfather as the case might be. It was the sons and grandsons who always were the major legatees." 10. The periodical "Connecticut Nutmegger," by Jack T. Spencer, CSG, "The Families Linked to Sgt. Thomas Spencer, a Co-Founder of Hartford," vol. 29, pp. 14-27: "I. BACKGROUND Sgt. THOMAS1 SPENCER was one of the "Four Spencer Brothers" of Bedfordshire, England, who were among the earliest settlers of New England and who almost certainly were passengers in the earliest vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 or 1631. THOMAS1 was the second oldest of the Spencer Brothers. The older was WILLIAM1 SPENCER (1601-1640). The two youngest brothers were MICHAEL1 SPENCER (1611-1653) and GERARD SPENCER (1614-c.1683). There also was a sister, ELIZABETH1 SPENCER (1602- ) who came to New England as the wife of TIMOTHY TOMLYNS and settled at Lynn, Massachusetts. The male Spencer siblings (William, Thomas, Michael, Gerard) first settled at Newe Towne (Cambridge, Massachusetts.) A few years later the two older brothers, along with other pioneers, became co-founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Michael and Gerard eventually settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, but Gerard made another move in later years to become the "patriarch" of Haddam, Connecticut. All of the Spencer siblings were born at Stotfold, co. Bedfordshire, England. Their parents were GERARDA SPENCER (1576- ) and ALICE WHITBREAD SPENCER. These Spencers were descendants of a long line of this surname in Bedfordshire whose ancestry can be traced back with certainty to the middle of the 14th century. Tracing the general lineage to even earlier times, we know that the original ancestors came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and participated in the Battle of Hastings. In the ensuing two or three centuries, the "Despencers" ranked among the highest of the Norman nobility, sometimes gaining and sometimes losing (their lives) for this close relationship. In earlier publications (see reference list), we have described the important activities undertaken by WILLIAM1 SPENCER in the founding of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the first Town Clerk of Cambridge and later served as a "Selectman" for several years. William played even more important roles for the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company, especially in regard to surveying and setting the boundary lines for many of the towns under the control of the Court. For many years he served as a Deputy representing Newe Towne at the frequent meetings of the General Court in Cambridge and in Boston. As for ELIZABETH1 SPENCER, we already have documented the activities of her husband, TIMOTHY TOMLINS (see reference list), who was a co-founder of Lynn, Massachusetts in 1630. Timothy, like William Spencer, was a prominent leader in Lynn and served as a Deputy to the General Court and in many other civic and military capacities before his untimely death about 1645. II. THE FAMILY OF SGT. THOMAS1 SPENCER The Family of THOMAS1 SPENCER (1607- 1687) and two wives: 1) ANN DERIFALL (1610- ) and SARAH BEARDING (d. before 1674). Ann was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, MA. Sarah was the daughter of Nathan Bearding of Hartford. Ann married Thomas ca. 1638; Sarah married Thomas on 11 Sept. 1645 at Hartford. Thomas d. 1 Sept. 1687 at Hartford. Children by Ann Derifall: OBADIAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertH, ThomasI, HenryJ), b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's Oath at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. MARY DISBOROUGH, dau. of Nicholas Disborough. Mary d. before 1709. They had children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. THOMAS2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. ESTHER2 ANDREWS. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield. Esther was the dau. of William1 and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1698 at Suffield, CT. SPENCER2 (Thomas1) b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. SARAH ___ (ca. 1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding SARAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. ca. 1646 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS HUXLEY at Suffield, C. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King, who was. b. 14 Mar 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct. 1712. ELIZABETH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hanford, CT. m. SAMUEL2 ANDREWS of Hartford, brother of Esther2 Andrews who m. Thomas2 SPENCER. Samuel Andrews was the son of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford. Samuel d. Jan 1712 at Hartford. d. ? GERARD2 SPENCER (Thomas1). b. ca 1651 at Hartford, CT. m. HANNAH PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680. She was dau. of John Pratt, d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. HANNAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) GEORGE SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) DANIEL Brainerd, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713. MARY2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA., son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug. 1709. d. 4 Nov. 1690 at Westfield, MA. MARTHA2 SPENCER (Thomas1). B. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. ANDREW BARTON (BENTON), Jr (1653-1704). He was the son of Andrew Barton Sr., Andrew Jr. d at Hartford, 5 Feb 1704. All of the children of Sgt. Thowas1 Spencer was born at Hartford, CT, between 1639 and 1658. When the last child was born in 1658, Sgt. Thomas was 51 years of age. ANN DERIFALL, who was mother of the first three children, was born about 1610 in England. The year of birth probably is quite accurate since Ann was listed as age 24 on the passenger list of the "Elizabeth" which sailed from Ipswich, co. Essex, the last of April 1634 (Tepper). The exact year of Ann's death is unknown, although it probably can be set down as 1645 judging by the approximate date of Sarah Bearding's first child in 1646. Ann Derifall was only about 35 years of at the time of her death. Our interest in the Spencer ancestral line, ultimately will focus on the second son of THOMAS1 SPENCER, that is, THOMAS2 SPENCER, who was born in Hartford about 1641 and died in Suffield, CT. in 1689. THOMAS2 married ESTHER2 ANDREWS of Hartford. III. THE RELATIVES OF ANN DERIFALL AND HER ASSOCIATION WITH WILLIAM CODDINGTON OF RHODE ISLAND A careful search of the IGI (International Genealogical Index, 1990) offers no useful clue to the immediate relatives of Ann Derifall in England. The fact that Ann Derifall sailed from Ipswich in eastern England in 1634 has inclined historians to believe that she was perhaps a native of East Anglia. Indeed, there were Derifalls who lived in Little Baddow, co. Essex, which was the residence of Rev. THOMAS HOOKER when he left for New England in 1633. Of interest is the fact that BARNABAS DERIFALL came to New England in that same year, although there is no evidence that he was a member of the BRAINTREE COMPANY sponsored by Rev. Hooker. The discovery of the connection between the DERIFALLS and the SPENCERS in Connecticut can be credited to Mrs. William C. Clark who published a genealogical study in 1951 in the NEHGS Register. This report proved that Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts, was a brother of Ann Derifall. In the will of Barnabas Derifall prepared in 1680, he named three Spencer brothers (OBADIAH2, THOMAS2, SAMUEL2) as beneficiaries of his estate. These clearly were the same names as the sons of Ann Derifall and Thomas Spencer. Savage states that Barnabas "Doryfall" came to Boston in the "Mary and Jane," probably on the same ship with WILLIAM CODDINGTON and his second wife, MARY MOSLEY. Not only did Barnabas Derifall have this contact with Coddington, but the latter also owned property at Braintree where Barnabas was an original proprietor. William Coddington originally was a native of Boston, Lincolnshire, a city often associated with the names of the earliest Pilgrim fathers. Coddington was a powerful figure in the contingent of Puritan leaders who came to America in the very first vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Besides the Derifalls who lived in co. Essex (Little Baddow), there also were families with this surname who lived in London in the area of St. Bride, Fleet Street. The time scale (IGI) was the late 1500's and early 1600's. There were Coddingtons in the same district in this period. We do know also, that William Coddington was in London in 1632, but was postponing his return to New England until 1633 because his new wife was expecting a child. Mary Mosley was a native of the Chelmsford area in co. Essex. Thus, we have more than one possible scenario for the contact between Barnabas Derifall and William Coddington. Perhaps they had first made contact in London prior to the departure for New England in the "Mary and Jane" in 1633 or they became acquainted later during the actual voyage. However, as we now note above, the Derifalls at Little Baddow in co. Essex could have made their first Puritan connections with the Rev. Thomas Hooker rather than William Coddington. ANN DERIFALL did not come to New England until 1634 and it is recorded that she became a maid servant to the family of William Coddington, an association not too surprising when we note the close contacts her brother Barnabas must have enjoyed with the Coddington family. Barnabas lived the entire remainder of his life at Braintree until his death in 1680. He became a member of the Boston church in 1633 (year of his arrival) and was elected to Freeman in 1636. His lands were located chiefly in what is now West Quincy, Massachusetts. Barnabas Derifall had no children. As a final note in the history of William Coddington, he retained his properties at Braintree until 1638, at which time he removed to Rhode Island along with the followers of Anne Hutchinson as a result of religious differences with John Winthrop and other Puritan leaders in Boston and Cambridge. This date of 1638 for Coddington's departure coincides well with the marriage of Ann Derifall to Thomas Spencer and with the sale of his property in Cambridge and his departure for Hartford. The Pequot War of 1637 had become history and Thomas joined other veterans of that war in occupying lots on Sentinel Hill in Hartford. A new life had begun for Sgt. Thomas Spencer and Ann Derifall. William Coddington, too, had begun a new life in Rhode bland which eventually would lead him to be Governor of that new colony for several terms. IV. UNRAVELING THE SPENCER-ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDlNG CONNECTIONS The second wife of Sgt. Thomas Spencer was SARAH2 BEARDING (BARDING) of Hartford, Connecticut. Since Sarah's father; NATHANIEL BEARDING, also appears in the records as the husband of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS-BEARDING, some writers have overlooked the fact that Sarah Bearding had no blood relationship to Abigail her stepmother. We shall present one chart of the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER connections so that the reader can understand more clearly exactly what happened among the various intermarriages. The first list on the left shows the children descended from WILLIAM ANDREWS, while the list on the right shows the one child (Sarah) of NATHANIEL1 BEARDING. Sandwiched between these two lists are the descendants of THOMAS1 SPENCER and his two wives, ANN DERIFALL and SARAH BEARDING. Connecting lines indicate the intermarriages… [The author has a chart titled "Interrelations of the Andrews-Graves-Bearding-Spencer Families in Cambridge and Hartford." The relationships can be simply reduced down to the following: (1) Nathaniel1 Bearding's second wife was Abigail Graves, who married as William1 Andrews as his second wife. (2) Nathaniel1 Bearding and Abigail Graves had a daughter Sarah Bearding who married Thomas1 Spencer as his second wife. (3) William1 Andrews and Abigail had a daughter Esther2 Andrews who married Thomas1 Spencer's son Thomas2 Spencer, whose mother was Ann Derifall, the first wife of Thomas1 Spencer.] THE CHRONOLOGY OF FAMILY INTERRELATIONSHIPS 1634. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS is first mentioned in the history of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wife #1 was Mary Britton. One child was born about 1632 (John), one in 1634 (Abigail), one in 1636 (Elizabeth), and one in 1638 (Thomas). 1637. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS and his first wife emigrated to Hartford, Connecticut. 1638. William Andrews has a son, THOMAS1 ANDREWS, born in Hartford. This was the last of the four children born to wife number one. 1638-1641. Somewhere in this interval, the first wife of William Andrews dies at Hartford. 1641. William Andrews marries ABIGAIL GRAVES at Hartford (IGI records). The first child, ESTHER2 ANDREWS, is born to William's second wife. 1645. The second child, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, is born to William Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrew. This year also saw the marriage of THOMAS2 SPENCER and SARAH BEARDING, daughter of NATHANIEL BEARDING. 1659. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS dies at Hartford. 1660(?). ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS marries NATHANIEL BEARDING of Hartford. From this chronological arrangement, we can see clearly that ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS was a stepmother to SARAH BEARDING and that no genetic relationship existed. When SAMUEL2 ANDREWS married ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, these individuals had no genetic connections despite the fact that Abigail Graves was the mother of Samuel2 Andrews and the step-grandmother Elizabeth2 Spencer. Likewise, when Esther2 Andrews and Thomas2 Spencer were married, no genetic connection existed since Thomas2 Spencer was the son of Ann Derifall and Esther was the daughter of Abigail (Graves) Andrews. We have gone into considerable detail to explain these relationships since a cursory examination of the lineage might lead one to some mistaken conclusions. Perhaps the key which finally clarified the relationships was the discovery in the IGI records of the marriage of Wlliam1 Andrews to Abigail Graves in Hartford in 1641. V. THE EARLY HISTORY OF WILLIAM1 ANDREWS OF CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD Besides the unusual familial relationships among the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER coalition, there have been some mystifying genealogical questions about the ancestors and immediate relatives of Williarn1 Andrews. There was a large number of immigrants with the surname of ANDREWS who came to New England in the "Great Migration" of the 1630's. Their probably were nearly a half dozen "William Andrews" settling in various towns under the control Massachusetts Bay Company including Newe Towne (Cambridge), Charlestown, Lynn, and Salem. New Haven also was the location for at least one Andrews. The William Andrews of Cambridge, of course, is the main focus of our interest because he was the parent of ESTHER2 Andrews who married THOMAS1 SPENCER. Some historians, however, have confused the William1 Andrews of Cambridge with other men holding the same Christian name. In order to settle this question, a careful study was made of at least four important records on the history of Cambridge and Hartford. This list included "History of Cambridge" by L.R. Paige; the so-called "Proprietors Records of Cambridge" beginning in 1630; the "History of Hartford" by Love; and finally the many references found in the International Genealogical Index (1991 edition). These combined references confirm that WILLIAM1 ANDREWS was one of the earliest settlers at Cambridge and that he was the only William Andrews there up to the end of 1637. In September of 1637. William Andrews sold all of his property to Samuel Shepherd and moved on to Hartford, Connecticut. Love confirms that William Andrews was at Hartford in 1637. Why has so much confusion prevailed in the literature regarding the two wives of William1 Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford? We believe most of the fault can be attributed to the erroneous statements Pope in "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" published in Boston in 1900. Pope had a correct date (25 Sept 1637) for William's sale of his property in Cambridge. However, Pope's statements regarding the death of "wife Mary d. Jan 19. 1640" and a second marriage to Reanna James of Watertown seem to have no connection whatever to our own William Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford. Apparently Pope followed the trail of some other William Andrews, of whom there were several in the Massachusetts Bay area. The Paige "History of Cambridge" mentions WILLIAM1 ANDREWS in only three places in the early part of the book. William was in a list of inhabitants in 1634 and again on a list of 1635. On 23 November 1635, William is identified as a "Selectman" and appointed to the position of Constable. There the story ends except for the sale of his property in September of 1637. One of the better histories of the descendants of William1 Andrews of Cambridge is to be found in "Colonial Ancestors," edited by Edward Little. Here, however, the identification of William's history at Cambridge adopts Pope's version which as we have seen is quite erroneous. There are literally hundreds of William Andrews to be found in England in the early 1600's (IGI), but one entry was found in Lincoln of Lincolnshire where a William Andrews had married a MARY BRITTON on 16 May 1631. St. Botolph (IGI-C0003). Since the first child of William1 Andrews was born about 1632, the chronological fit is almost perfect. Although William1 Andrews was first mentioned in the Cambridge History in 1634 there is a strong likelihood that he was there earlier and that his first child (John2) was born in Newe Towne about 1632. Incidentally, co. Lincolnshire was the scene of much early activity by the Puritans, including the imprisonment of several leaders in the city of Boston before the Pilgrim fathers fled to Holland. Since William1 Andrews was in the direct line of the Suffield (CT) Spencer and the Spencer pioneers of the Western Reserve of Ohio (Portage County), it is important to highlight the details of his life in Hartford (subsequent to his Cambridge experiences). As we have noted, William and his first wife emigrated from Newe Towne (Cambridge) Hartford in 1637. Although they appear not to have been in the original Hooker group which went to Hartford in 1635 and 1636. William was still considered an original proprietor and a founding father of the city. This is evidenced by the proprietor list of 3 Jan 1640 which gave the names of those inhabitants who had a right to undivided lands (Love). William Andrews had an allocation of 30 acres, while Thomas1 Spencer was listed with 14 acres. It seems that NATHANIEL BEARDING was not rated as a "standard" proprietor because his name was on a list for only 6 acres and was included with those individuals granted lots "at the town's courtesy, with liberty to fetch wood and keep swine or cows by proportion on the common." During his lifetime in Hartford, William Andrews appears not to have been among the primary leaders of the community. It seems clear, however, that he had been well educated for his time judging by his appointment as one of the first teachers in the town in 1643. He was a member of a jury in 1644 and in 1651 was appointed to the post of Town Clerk. We are reminded of William1 Spencer who held a similar post in Newe Towne as well as Hartford (albeit the latter post was very brief). William Andrews remained as Town Clerk until the time of his death in 1659. In his will dated 1 April 1659, William1 Andrews seems to have left more authority in the hands of his wife, ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, than was customary for the time (in contrast perhaps to the will of William1 Spencer who died in 1640). Essentially, Abigail Andrews was to remain in control of all the property in Hartford. In case of her remarriage, however, most of the property was to pass to their children. Abigail was to retain the power of Executrix. Based on these limitations, it seems clear that Abigail did not transfer much wealth to her second husband, Nathaniel1 Bearding, due to the restrictions imposed in the will of her first husband. V. THE BEARDING CONNECTION IN HARTFORD As to the history of the BEARDINGS (BARDING, BERDEN) in England, there are not many useful clues. Every county in England reported in the IGI (International Genealogical Index) was surveyed for possible leads. In no instance was there found the surname of "Bearding" or "Barding." There were, however, numerous records of BERDEN in many of the northern, central, and southern counties of England. This leads to the conclusion that the Nathaniel1 Bearding (Barding) of Hartford probably originated with the surname of BERDEN in England. As for the NATHANIEL1 BEARDING of Hartford, his origin remains largely obscured. There is no indication of his being an early resident of Cambridge in the company of Hooker, but he does appear on the list of Hartford settlers in 1640 and Savage even lists him at Hartford in 1636. Nothing seems to be known of his lineage in England. A still more mysterious aspect of Nathaniel is that there is no known official record of a marriage prior to that with ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS. We are certain, however, that his daughter, SARAH2 BEARDING, was by Nathaniel's first wife rather than his second wife (see the chronological chart). Nathaniel Bearding died at Hartford on 14 Sept 1674. The will of Nathaniel Bearding, dated 7 Jan 1673, is preserved in Manwaring's Probate Records. The principal beneficiaries included his widow, Abigail (Graves) Andrews-Bearding, and Thomas1 Spencer (the elder, a son-in-law). Nathaniel provided for all of his daughter's six children (wife of Thomas1 Spencer). Nathaniel also named SAMUEL2 ANDREWS as a legatee, a child by his wife's first marriage to William1 Andrews. Nathaniel was mindful also of the fact that Samuel was married to ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, one of Nathaniel's granddaughters. Nathaniel had an omission in his will. He did not name ESTHER2 ANDREWS. There also was one rather unusual inclusion, the name of which was the name of JOHN2 ANDREWS, a son by the first wife of William1 Andrews. John2 Andrews was not a blood relative to either Nathaniel or Abigail, but undoubtedly he must have been raised by Abigail Graves after she married William Andrews in 1641 in Hartford. Although ESTHER2 (ANDREWS) SPENCER was not under the will of Nathaniel Bearding, she was named in her mother's nuncupative will when Abigail died in 1683. Abigail also named Esther's brother, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, as a beneficiary. VI. THE RELATIVES OF ABIGAIL GRAVES IN CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD The early records of Newe Towne (Cambridge) and New Haven indicated that there were other immigrants with the GRAVES surname, but their relationship to ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS remained unknown until a will of ANN GRAVE was published by H.F. Waters in 1907. ANN GRAVE of England was a resident of "St. Bultolph without Aldgate" London. Three of the beneficiaries in her will made in 1675 were "GEORGE GRAVE the elder of Hartford in Connecticut in New England and JOHN GRAVE of Guilford in the County of New Haven in New England and to their own natural sister also in New England..." The evidence seems very clear that ANN GRAVE of London had been married to a sibling of ABIGAIL, GEORGE, and JOHN GRAVE. There were several immigrants with the GRAVES surname in the early 1630's in New England, but with a positive identification of GEORGE GRAVES and JOHN GRAVES as siblings of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, we can review the historical literature on these two individuals. The first mention of GEORGE GRAVES is found in Paige's "History of Cambridge" where his property is mentioned as located almost on the boundary between Newe Towne (Cambridge) and Charlestowne in 1633. Actually, George's property was within the limits of Newe Towne, but he is never mentioned again in Paige's voluminous history. Love in his "History of Hartford" identifies GEORGE GRAVES as one of the founders in 1636, which would place him among the main Thomas Hooker group which arrived that year. Also, George Graves may well have brought his sister Abigail from Newe Towne since she did not marry WILLIAM1 ANDREWS until 1641 (IGI record). In the record of "Land Distributions in Hartford" for the ensuring years, there were at least 30 references to DEACON GEORGE GRAVES and at least two references to his son, "MARSHALL" GEORGE2 GRAVES. "Deacon" George Graves was married twice. The IGI (B0142) lists a marriage of George Grave and "Anne Kyne" on 21 Sept. 1623, co. Herts, "Much Haddam." The second marriage was to Sarah Ventres (Kenneth Graves) who was the mother-in-law of Deacon's son George. It seems probable that George-2 and John-2 were born in England, based on the fact that Deacon George first appears in the Charlestowne records in 1634. Mary-2, born 1635, therefore would seem to have born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. What of Abigail Grave's brother, John-1 Grave? It seems clear that his permanent residence was at Guilford, New Haven, but we do not know if he had an earlier residence at Charlestowne, possibly with his brother George and sister Abigail. New Haven was not settled until 1638, so there is a possibility that John-1 Graves is revealed in the 1670 Census of Connecticut. There also an Edward Graves in Hartford in 1669 who does not appear related to the descendants of Deacon George Graves. As to the origin of this particular Graves family in England, there seem to be few clues excepting for two references, one being the marriage mentioned above in co. Hertfordshire. The second reference is found in Cussand's History of Hertfordshire (Mary K. Talcott in the Register). In 1621, co. Herts, Burroughs of Hartford, there was a mention of "George Graue" (sic) in the list of freeholders of that community. VII. RETROSPECT We have now reviewed considerable detail the known histories of the spouses and close relatives of St. Thomas-1 Spencer (1607-1687) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. 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| 4855 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The following will transcription for Nathaniel Bearding in 1674 is from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. It mentions this individual as follows: "I Nathaniel Berding of Hartford upon the River of Connecticut, planter doe in this my last will and testament give unto Abigaill my wife the sum of twenty pounds to be paid her in such pay as may bee comfortable for her not in any horse flesh; I doe also give to Abigaill my wife three cows both which gifts for her to possess and fivety shillings in peas fivety shillings in Indian corne and fivety shillings in pork all at the countey price; my will is also that Abigaill my wife shall have the two ould lower romes and the celler and the leanto for her to dwell in or dispose of all these during the time of her life; I do also give to my son-in-law Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of fivetene pounds to bee paid to him within the space of twoe years after my disease; I doe also give to Samuel Andrews and Elizabeth his wife the sum of fourty pounds to be paid him after the decease of my wife his mother; my parcel of land at Potunck and my household stuff to be to his for partt of that legacy; I doe also give to Sarah Spencer and to Hannah Spencer and to Mary Spencer and to Martha Spencer the fouer daughters of Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of tenn pounds to be equally devided amongst them that is to eather of them fivety shillings to be paid to them after my wife's decease. I do also give to John Andrews twenty shillings; I doe also give to Thomas Andrews twentye shillings to be paid after the discease of my wife their mother; alsoe my will is that my debts and theise legacies may be paid out of my moveable estate that so much as may be of my houseing and other lands may be kept intire. I have desired Paul Peck senior and George Graves to see this my will to bee performed, and i do hereby give to the said Paul Peck and Georg Graves the sum of fourty shillings for each man my debts and these legasyes being paid and my desires in this my will being attended. I go hereby give the remaining part of my estate to Jarrett Spencer my grandchild whoe is the son of Thomas Spencer the elder; I doe also hereby make the sayd Jarrett my execquitor of this my will. My will also is that Abigaill my wife should have the use of all my household stuff during hir life; my will also is that my execquitor shold kepe all my houseing and barne and fenceing belonging to house and land in repaire; my will is also that what corn or provisions shall be in hand at my discease shall be for Abigail my wife as part of the twenty pounds I have before given hir; my will also is that Abigail my wife shall chose out of my cowes which cowes she will have for the three cowes given hir. In Witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand dated this 7th of January 1673/4. The inventory of Nathaniel's estate was taken 14 Sep 1674 by Paul Peck, George Grave and Caleb Stanly and was valued at 282.15.10. See Hartford Probate Packets, film #1020549." 2. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "William Andrews died 1659. Early member 1st Church [of Hartford]. Name on Founders' Monument [in downtown Hartford]. Mar. 1st Mary Jan. 19, 1639/40 (Savage) at Cambridge. M/2 Abigail Mch 20, 1682/3 who m. Nathaniel Bearding. [Kerry's note: date of 2nd marriage is evidently wrong considering William died in 1659. Additionally, Nathaniel Bearding notes Abigail as being the mother of Samuel Andrews in his will which would make a marriage between William Andrews and Abigail more likely before 1645 unless Nathaniel was speaking of Abigail in a generic sense without specifying whether she was the natural mother or stepmother.] Children: Samuel, b. Oct. 20, 1645 (HTR) m. Elizabeth Spencer. Abigail, died May 1653 (HTR) in Fairfield. Christian, m. John Birchard. John, died June 6, 1690 m. Mary. Elizabeth, m. Edward Grannis May 3, 1654 (HTR). Thomas, b. May 4, 1638 (Conn Land Rec) m. Hannah Kirby dau of John. Esther, b. Sept 1641 (Conn Land Rec) m. Thomas Spencer Jr. of Suffield. William Andrews, freeman Mass. Mch 4, 1634-5; constable, Newtown Oct 1636; an original proprietor of Hartford; received 30 acres in the division of 1639-40; his home lot was south of the Little River on land now included in the West Park. He was the first schoolmaster, teaching from 1643 until 1656; town clerk 1651-8. Will dated April 1, inv. Aug 8, 1659 ₤211.14.11, mentions his second wife Abigail and also names 'bro George Grave'. Samewell Andrewes sun of William Andrewes was borne Oct. 21, 1645." [Kerry's note: we can assume that George Graves was the brother-in-law to William making Abigail's maiden name Graves.] 3. The brother to Abigail is mentioned in the book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "Dea. George Graves Sen. died Sept 1673, mar. Sarah. Early members 1st Church. Name on Founders' Monument. George Graves and Sarah separated to 2nd Ch. original members. [Kerry's note; Separation is where a group of the 1st Church withdrew to form their own Church over differences of theological opinion.] Children: George, b. ca. 1629, m. Elizabeth Ventries Apl 2, 1650-1 (HTR). Mary, m. Samuel Dow Dec 12, 1665 (HTR). John, m/1 Elizabeth Stilwell, m/2 Hannah Davis. Sarah, m. Johnathan Deming or Richard Lord. Priscilla, m. William Markham. Weaver; an original proprietor; his home lot was on the highway now known as Elm St. near the Little River; chosen townsman 1650, 1668; deputy 1657-8; fence-viewer 1666; against the 'Withdrawers' from the first Church 1658, but afterward an original member of the 2nd Church with his wife Sarah; inv. Sept 30, 1673, ₤278-13-2. His wife Sarah was probably second wife as she was the 'mother-in-law' of his son George. William Andrews in his will calls him 'brother'." 4. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, partial excerpts from pp. 261-263 (see notes of Thomas2 Spencer for full transcript): "The Families Immediately Related to Thomas1 and Thomas2 in Hartford. Because a rather complex relationship existed among the immediate relatives of Thomas1 in Hartford, the present authors have prepared a separate article (1995) on the interrelationships of Thomas1 and Thomas2 to the Andrews, Graves, and Bearding families. A brief summary is presented in the following notes along with the accompanying chart. Linkages among the Andrews, Graves, Bearding and Spencer Families in Hartford [KP note: reformatted for my transcription]: William1 Andrews (-1659) m. (1) Mary Britton. Children by Wife#1: -John2 (ca.1632-1690) -Abigail2 (1634-1653) -Elizabeth2 (1636-) -Thomas2 (1638-) m. (2) Abigail Graves (-1683). [Abigail marries Nathaniel1 Bearding as his second wife.] Children by Wife #2: -Esther2 (1641-1698) [Esther marries Thomas2 Spencer.] -Samuel2 (1645-1712) Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1689) m.(1) Ann Derifall (1610-1645). Children by Wife #1: -Obadiah 2 (c.1639-1712) -Thomas 2 (1641-1689) [Thomas marries Esther2 Andrews.] -Samuel 2 (1643-1727) m. (2) Sarah Bearding (-1674). [Sarah is child from Nathaniel1 Bearding's first wife.] Children by Wife #2: -Sarah2 (ca1646-1712) -Elizabeth2 (1648) -Gerard2 (1651-1712) -Hannah2 (1653-1713) -Mary 2 (1655-1690) -Martha2 (1658-1704) Nathaniel1 Bearding (-1674) m. (1) ___. Children by Wife #1: -Sarah2 Bearding [Becomes 2nd wife of Thomas1 Spencer] m. (2) Abigail (Graves) Andrews (-1683) [Abigail marries William1 Andrews as his second wife.] The first list on the left shows the children descended from William1 Andrews, while the list on the right shows the one child (Sarah) of Nathaniel1 Bearding. Sandwiched between these two lists are the descendants of Thomas1 Spencer and his two wives, Ann Derifall and Sarah Bearding. Connecting lines indicate the intermarriages. Abigail (Graves) Andrews (d. 1683) was the second wife of William1 Andrews of Hartford and the mother of Esther Andrews (1641-1698) who married Thomas2 Spencer (later of Suffield). Esther Andrews had a brother, Samuel Andrews (1645-1712), who married Elizabeth2 Spencer, a half-sister to Thomas2 Spencer. In later life, Abigail. (Graves) Andrews married Nathaniel Bearding as his second wife. Earlier, Nathaniel Bearding had a daughter Sarah who became the second wife of Sgt. Thomas1 Spencer. All of the above is totally unintelligible unless the reader makes a careful study of the chart." 5. The book "The Great Migration," by Robert Charles Anderson, pp. 64-67: "WILLIAM ANDREWS ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1634 FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge REMOVES: Hartford 1637 OCCUPATION: Schoolmaster at Hartford, 1643, 1648, 1650, 1655 (and probably other years) [HaTR 65, 87,94, 108]. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 4 March 1634/5 implied by freemanship. FREEMAN: 4 March 1634/5 (as "Mr. Will[ia]m Andrewes," first in a sequence of nineteen Cambridge men [MBCR 1:370]). EDUCATION: Sufficient to be schoolmaster and town recorder at Hartford. His inventory included "1 ring, 3 spoons & books" valued at £3 10s. OFFICES: Cambridge selectman, 23 November 1635 [CaTR 14]. Constable, 23 November 1635 [CaTR 14]. Connecticut jury, 5 March 1644/5 [CCCR 1:122]. On 12 January 1651[/2], "Mr. William Andrewes was chosen recorder for the town of Hartford" [HaTR 97]. ESTATE: On 1 December 1634, William Andrews was granted five acres in the Westend Field in Cambridge [CaTR 101. On 20 August 1635, he received a proportional share of 2-½ in the undivided meadow [CaTR 13]. In the Cambridge land inventory on 10 October 1635, "William Andrewes" held two parcels: "in the town one house with backside about half a rood"; and "in Westend Field about five acres" [CaBOP,29]. In the 8 February 1635/6 listing of those with houses in Cambridge, William Andrews was credited with two in the town [CaTR 18]. On 25 September 1637, "Mr. Samuell Sheeperd ... bought of Mr. Will[iam] Andrews his house & all his land & rights in the common that lay in Newtowne" [CaBOP 41]. Granted thirty acres at Hartford on 3 January 1639/40 [HaTR 23]. In the Hartford land inventory he held eleven parcels: one acre and one rood "on which his dwelling house now standeth with other outhouses, yards & gardens"; two acres of upland; eighteen acres and two roods of upland (annotated "four acres of this sold to J: Ensign"); two roods and twenty-five perches in the Little Meadow; eight acres in the South Meadow; four acres, three roods and twenty perches of "meadow lying in Hockanuin"; six acres of swamp in the Great Swamp; six acres and three roods of "swamp lying in Hockanum"; one acre and one rood of "Indian Ground lying in the South Meadow which he had of John Crow" (annotated "March 7th 1657," presumably indicating the date of purchase); "[o]ne parcel of upland (which he had of Mr. Thomas Wells, magistrate) containing 40 acres and is in exchange for all his upland on the east side of the Great River"; and "one parcel of upland which he received of the town containing thirteen acres" [HaBOP 388-90]. On 8 April 1645, the earmark of "Will[ia]m Andrewes" was recorded at Hartford [HaTR 336]. In his will, dated 1 Apri11659 and proved on an unknown date, William Andrews bequeathed to "Abigail, my wife, my house, barn and homelot as it is enclosed between my son Edward Grannis and me," also "all my meadow and swamp lying in the South Meadow and that lyeth in the place called Hockanum, and all my upland elsewhere, during the time of her natural life," also some cattle and all other moveables so long as she remains unmarried; if she marry again, "such of the moveables as she can conveniently spare shall be disposed of among our children as she seeth meet"; to "my son John one working steer"; "Abigail, my wife, shall dispose of my land, meadow, swamp, housing and homelot among our children, to every one of them some, as she shall think fit"; "I hereby do make Abigail, my wife, my sole executrix ... and I do also entreat my friend Edward Stebbing and my brother George Grave to assist my wife and to see this my will executed & performed" [HaPR 2:129; Manwaring 1:92]. The inventory of the estate of "William Andrewes of Hartford," taken 8 August 1659, totalled £211 14s. lid., of which £90 was real estate: "his house, barn and homelot," £22; "meadow land, 9 acres 3 roods," £42; "swamp land, 3 acres 1 rood," £13; and "upland ground, 49 acres," £13 [HaPR 2:130; Manwaring 1:92]. On 20 January 1674/5, "Abigail Berding of Hartford ... widow for and in consideration of my natural love unto my son John Andrews & my son Thomas Andrews & my son Sam[ue]ll Andrews & my son-in-law Thomas Spencer Junior & in pursuance of the last will & testament of my loving husband William Andrews sometimes of Hartford deceased" deeded "unto them the said John Andrews, Thomas Andrews & Thomas Spencer Junior all that houselot & the buildings & fences thereon that sometimes pertained to my said husband William Andrews situate & being in Hartford as it is now divided, possessed & enjoyed by them, and unto him the said John Andrews one piece of land lying in the south meadow of the aforenamed Hartford, containing by estimation three roods, ... as also one acre of woodland on the west side of Rocky Hill, & unto them the said John Andrews, Thomas Andrews & Sam[ue]ll Andrews all other my lands whatsoever" in Hartford, "provided that none of the abovenamed grantees or their heirs shall or may make any alienation of the premises during the natural life of me the said Abigail Berding without my special allowance & consent in writing, & also that during the term of the natural life of me the said Abigail Berding the said John Andrews, Thomas Andrews & Samuell Andrews shall well & truly pay or cause to be paid from each of them every year yearly, the full sum of two pounds ten shillings" [HaPR 1:25; Hartford PD Case #478]. On 4 April 1683, "the widow Bearding's last will & inventory of her estate was exhibited in court & proved & ordered to be recorded" [HaPR 4(court):68]. The will was nuncupative, consisting of two depositions. "George Graves aged about 52 years and Samuell Andrewes aged about 36 years" testified "that we were with widow Abigail Bardin about three weeks before she died and she did before us declare that her will was that after her death the said Samuell Andrewes should have what was due to her from Gherrard Spencer and that the said Samuell should pay her debts and funeral charges, also that her daughter Hester Spencer should have all her other goods excepting some few things she had given away before; Samuel Andrewes excepteth only of the above written that he remembers not his grandmother's words that he should pay her debts and funeral charges but owneth that he will do it" [Hartford PD Case #478]. "Paul Peck Senior aged about 60 years testifieth that a day or two before widow Bardin died she told him that her will was that Samuel! Andrewes should have what was due to her from Gherrard Spencer and that the rest of her goods she gave to her daughter Hester Spencer except some few small things she had given away before" [Hartford PD Case #478]. The inventory of "the estate of the widow Beardin deceased March 26 1682/3" totalled £1910s. [Hartford PD Case #478]. BIRTH: By about 1607 based on estimated date of marriage (but possibly earlier [TAG 35:56]). DEATH: Between 1 April 1659 (date of will) and 8 August 1659 (date of inventory). MARRIAGE: By about 1632 Abigail ___. (She may have been sister of George Graves of Hartford [TAG 35:56].) She married (2) Nathaniel Barding [Manwaring 1:182-83; TAG 35:56] and died 26 March 1682/3 (unless this is the date the inventory was taken, in which case she probably died somewhat earlier) [Hartford PD Case #478]. CHILDREN: i JOHN, b. say 1632; m. (1) by 1669 ___ Lilly; m. (2) by 1675 Mary ___ [TAG 35:58 (for discussion of both marriages)]. ii ABIGAIL, b. say 1634; bur. Fairfield [blank] May 1653 [CTVR 30]. iii ELIZABETH, b. say 1636; m. Hartford 3 May 1655 Edward Grannis [CTVR 32]. iv THOMAS, b. Hartford 4 May 1638 [CTVR 31]; m. by about 1670 Hannah Kirby, daughter of John Kirby (in the settlement of the estate of John Kirby in 1677 in the list of children is "Hannah, wife of Thomas Andrews, age 27 years" [Manwaring 1:212; TAG 35:58]). v ESTHER, b. Hartford [blank] September 1641 [CTVR 31]; m. by about 1666 Thomas Spencer, son of THOMAS SPENCER [TAG 27:166-67, 35:57; GMB 3:1720]. vi SAMUEL, b. Hartford 20 October 1645 [CTVR 31; HaVR 576 (omits day of birth)]; m. about 1668 Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of THOMAS SPENCER [TAG 27:163, 35:59; GMB 3:1720]. ASSOCIATIONS: Francis Andrews of Hartford and Fairfield and John Andrews of Farmington may have been younger half-brothers of William Andrews [TAG 35:57, 59]. COMMENTS: In our earlier discussion of WILLIAM ANDREWS of Lynn, we gave reasons for believing that the first Cambridge William Andrews, the subject of the present sketch, was the freeman of 4 March 1634/5 [GMB 1:46]. In his discussion of the present William Andrews, Jacobus distinguishes carefully between the two men of the name at Cambridge, and concludes that the Mary Andrews, wife of William, who died at Cambridge on 19 January 1640 was wife of the second man of that name, and not of the Hartford man [TAG 35:55]. On 6 June 1636, the town of Cambridge agreed "with Mr. Andrewse for his man to keep the calves for 12s. a week so long as we think good only we are to provide him a man for the present if he shall require it of us" [CaTR 23]. On 26 October 1636, the Massachusetts Bay General Court acknowledged that "Newe Towne presented a book of their records under the hands of Will[iam] Andrews, constable, John Beniamin, & Will[iam] Spencer" [MBCR 1:182]. Barbour claimed that the Christian Andrews who married John Birchard, son of THOMAS BIRCHARD, was a daughter of this William Andrews ["Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut" (Baltimore 1977), pp. 9-10], but she was daughter of the widow Catherine Andrews [TAG 64:88-891. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1958 Donald Lines Jacobus compiled an account of this William Andrews and his sons, carefully distinguishing him from other men by the name of William Andrews [TAG 35:55-59]. In 1991 Edward H. Little prepared a summary of the life and family of William Andrews ["Colonial Ancestors ..." (Camden, Maine, 1991), 1-7]." 6. The book "Colonial Ancestors. Four lineal genealogies of eastern Connecticut families…," by Bernice Andrews (Livingston) Rieg (Camden, Maine; Penobscot Press, 1991), pp. 1-7 [Note: I neglected to copy the source list.]: "WILLIAM ANDREWS "Andrews" is a patronymic - son of Andrew - and Scottish roots dominate over other possible geographic origins in the British Isles. A popular name in Scotland, where St. Andrew of course is the patron saint, contrariwise its occurrence in England is rare. The surname, "Andrews," contains connotations of "manly," and "strong." The American line begins with William Andrews of Hartford, an original proprietor, and follower of the great congregationalist, Thomas Hooker. William served in Hartford both as school teacher and town clerk, important and responsible offices. Others of the family in America, besides being farmers, as almost all the early people were, have been military men and small, independent businessmen. In more than one generation, the absence or loss of the father has shown the wife or widow to be strong and capable, as will be seen. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS, whose place and date of birth are not known, died in Hartford, Conn., between 01 Apl 1659, when his will was written, and 08 Aug of the same year, when the inventory of his estate was taken by Edward Stebbing, George Grave and George Barnard.[1] William married ABIGAIL (? - GRAVE), thought to have been the sister of George Grave, Senior, of Hartford; after her husband's death, Abigail married second, Nathaniel Berden (or, Bearding) who died 14 Sep 1674;[2] and she died in Hartford, 20 Mch 1682/3.[3] Abigail (? - Grave) (Andrews) Berden's nuncupative exhibited in Court 04 Apl 1683, presents an interesting family relationship, since her son Samuel, in his recollections of his mother's instructions, referred to his mother as, "Grandmother"! This was possible because Samuel, son of William and Abigail Andrews, married Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Thomas Spencer and his second wife, Sarah Berden, daughter of Nathaniel and his first wife. Thus, when the widow Abigail Andrews married Nathaniel Berden, she became step-mother to Sarah (Berden) Spencer and step-grandmother to Sarah's daughter, Elizabeth Spencer, the wife of her son Samuel Andrews. There is much confusion regarding the wife (wives) of this William Andrews as he, an early settler of Hartford, but an even earlier resident of Newtowne (Cambridge), has been mixed up with the mariner, William Andrews of Cambridge, Mass.[5] Many writers have accepted as fact that the Mary Andrews who died in Cambridge, Mass., 19 Jan 1639/40, was the wife of the Hartford William, and that Abigail was a second wife. This seems improbable as William of Hartford had a son, Thomas, born and recorded in Hartford, 04 May 1638.[6] After the death of his wife Mary on 19 Jan 1639/40, the Cambridge William married Reana James of Watertown about August 1640, their marriage contract being dated 11 Aug 1640. He died in 1652, leaving an only son Samuel. Confusion also exists as to the exact relationship (if any) between William Andrews of Hartford on the one hand, and John Andrews of Farmington and Francis Andrews of Fairfield on the other. The possibility exists that the latter two are sons by an earlier marriage of William's; it is also possible that they are younger brothers or half brothers of William. There may be no relationship at all, but some kind of relationship does appear likely. [7] However this may be, the three sons of William Andrews by his wife, Abigail, are well established: in a conveyance of land dated 20 Jan 1674/5, Abigail referred to the "Naturall Love to my son John Andrews & my son Thomas Andrews & my son Samll Andrews & my son in law Thomas Spencer Junior & in persueance of the Last will & testament of my Loueing husband William Andrews..."[8] In all probability, William and his family reached Hartford from Cambridge in the year 1637.[9] As indicated above, the birth of Thomas is recorded as of 04 May 1638.[10] William received 30 acres of land in the 03 Jan 1639/40 division,[11] altogether 11 parcels were recorded in the original distribution[12] as belonging to him. His home lot was south of the Little River in land now probably included in Bushnell Park.[13] About six years after his arrival in Hartford, William Andrews was appointed teacher. According to the general town meeting held in April 1643, it was ordered: "yt mr Androwes Sholld teach the chilldren in the Scoole one yere nextt ensewing from the 25 of march, 1643, & yt he Shall haue for his paynes 16l & tharefore the Tounsmen Shall go & inquier who will ingeage them Selues to Send thare childeren & all yt do So Shall pay for one querter at the leaste & for more if thay do send them after the pportion of twenty shilings the yeare & if thay go any weckes more then a euen quarter thay Shall pay 6d p weck & if any wolld Send thare childeren & and are not abell to pay for thare teaching: thay Shall glue Notes of it to the tounsmen & thay Shall pay it at the Tounes charges & mr androues shall kepe the acount betwen the childrens scolling & him Selfe & Send nottes at the Tymes of payment & demand it & if his wages doth not So cam in then the Tounsmen must colectt & pay it, or if The ingagmentes corn not to Sixtene poundes then thay Shall pay wt is wanting at the Tounes Charges"[14] In 1644, William was a member of the jury.[14] On 09 Apl 1646, Edward Stebbing complained against Samuel Marten and William Andrews because they loaded 97 bushels of corn aboard a vessel at Hartford which departed without the men entering the corn according to "order." They had to provide £40 in bail as guarantee they would appear at the next court.[16] In 1651, William Andrews was appointed Town Clerk,[17] a position he kept until just before his death in 1659; thus, it is his handwriting that appears in those early records. That William was able to read and write, to be Recorder and Schoolmaster, indicates that he came from a family of the financial means and position to have provided him with an education. By the year 1659, William Andrews was sick and weak in body though not in mind; indeed, the year before John Winthrop, Jr. had called him, "senex," a term which Winthrop rarely used for men much under 70 years of age.[18] Obviously this problem of William's age raises again the question of his wife (wives): at the normal age for marrying did he marry an unknown woman by whom he had John Andrews of Farmington and Francis Andrews of Fairfield? Or were they younger brothers? Certainly John and Francis hadto have some close relationship to William to explain Abigail and Elizabeth (daughters of William and Abigail) being permitted to live away from Hartford with these two younger families.[19] It was in this year of 1659 that William wrote his last will and testament, but apparently did not have the strength to sign his name; as presented in Manwaring's Digest: "...Will dated 1 April, 1659; I, William Andrews, being sick and weak, but of perfect memory, do in this my last Will & Testament give and bequeath to Abigail, my wife, my House, Barne & House Lott as it is Inclosed between my son Edward Grannis and mee; allsoe, I doe give & bequeath to Abigail, my wife, all my Meadow & Swamp Land lieinge in the South Meadow and that lieth in the place called Hockanum, and all my Upland Ground elsewhere, during the time of her naturall life; allsoe, I give to the sd. Abigail 2 Cowes, one yearling Calf; also I give to Abigail, my wife, fower yards of Kersey with 3 dozen of Buttons and silke, and all other of my Moveable Goods, during the time that she liveth unmarried. If she marry (again), then my Will is, that such of the Moveables as shee can conveniently spare shall be disposed off amonge our Children as shee seeth meete, with the advice of the Overseers. My Will is, to give to my son John one workinge steer; alsoe, that Abigail, my wife, shall dispose of my Land, Meadow, Swamp, Howsing and Homelott amonge our Children, to every one of them some, as shee shall think fitt with the advice and Consent of the Overseers. I doe make Abigail, my wife, Executrix, and I doe Intreat my friend Edward Stebbinge and my Brother George Grave to assist and to see this my Will performed. Witness: Edward Stebbing, George Grave. [Not signed]"[20] The inventory, taken 08 Aug 1659 by Edward Stebbing, George Grave and John Barnard, amounted to £211.14.00.[21] It is interesting to note that Nathaniel Berden, in his will dated 07 Jan 1673, mentioned his wife, Abigail, son-in-law Thomas Spencer the elder, Samuel Andrews and wife Elizabeth to whom he left £40 to be paid after "the decease of my wife his mother." In addition to Elizabeth, the other four daughters of Thomas and Sarah (Berden) Spencer are mentioned by name, i.e. Sarah, Hannah, Mary and Martha. Next in order appear John Andrews, Thomas Andrews, and Jarred Spencer, "my grandchild," who would have been the only son of the above mentioned Thomas and Sarah (Berden) Spencer.[22] Children of William and Abigail (?-Grave) Andrews:[23] i. John2 Andrews, b. (say 1632 or a little later), d. Hartford, Conn., 06 Jun 1690; m. Mary (___), prob. a second wife. Children, Andrews, prob. by different mothers: (1) Samuel3, b. Jan 1669/70. (2) Mary, b. Feb 1681/2; living in Nov 1698. ii. Abigail Andrews, b. (say 1634); d. at Fairfield, Conn., and bur. May 1653, at which time she was called daughter of William of Hartford; apparently she had been staying with Francis Andrews, whose exact relationship with William of Hartford has been the subject of speculation. iii. Elizabeth Andrews, b. (say 1636); d. bf 1663; m. at Hartford, 03 May 1655, Edward Grannis, who d. at New Haven, 10 Dec 1719. The marriage record calls her of Farmington, daughter of William of Hartford. Edward settled later at New Haven, where in 1662 he m. (2) Hannah Wakefield. Child of Edward and Elizabeth (Andrews) Grannis: (1) Joseph, b. Hartford, 31 Mch 1656, apparently d. young. iv. Thomas Andrews, b. Hartford, 04 May 1638. v. Esther Andrews, b. Hartford, -- Sep 1641, d. Suffield, Conn., 06 Mch 1697/8; m. prob. by 1665 to Thomas Spencer, Jr., b.c. 1641, d. Suffield, 23 Jul 1689, son of Sergt. Thomas and Ann (Derifall) Spencer. In 1657, John Winthrop, Jr. had written in his medical journal that Esther dwelt with Ens. Talcott, was sixteen years old, and had a pain in the head and stomach; the next year,. his records show she had a toothache! Children, Spencer, b.c. 1666-1680: Esther, Elizabeth, Thomas, Samuel, William, and Anna. [24] [25] vi Samuel Andrews, b. Hartford, 20 Oct 1645, d. there bt 01 Jan 1711/12 (date of will) and 29 Jan 1711/12 (date of inventory); m. c. 1668 Elizabeth Spencer, by Hartford, 26 Mch 1648, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Berden) Spencer. Elizabeth survived her husband. Children, Andrews, order of birth unknown: Nathaniel; John; Abigail, m. John Stedman of Farmington; Thomas; Elizabeth, m. William Day; Samuel, bp. Hartford, 14 Nov 1686. [24]" 7. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 35[1959]:55-58, "Andrews Families of Western Connecticut," by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., F.A.S.G.: "Under the above heading we hope to publish from time to time data on the early generations of the Andrews families of western Connecticut. The chief aim is to bring together new or corrective information relating to the first three or four generations, and even for this period no pretense is made that the research has been exhaustive or that our account is in any way definitive. Others who have found new and important data affecting the very early generations are invited to submit it. I. William Andrews of Hartford William1 Andrews of Hartford, Conn., came, according to Savage [Gen. Dict., 1:56], from Cambridge, Mass., where his wife Mary died 19 Jan. 1640; was the first schoolmaster and town clerk; Abigail (who married second, Nathaniel Barding) is called his second wife; the three sons are named, John, Thomas and Samuel, and but one daughter, Elizabeth, is named. William Andrews was chosen Register (town clerk) at Hartford 12 Jan. 1651/2 and was succeeded by John Allyn 11 Apr. 1659, a few days after Andrews made his will, in which he described himself as in poor health. His Hartford lands were entered without date, yet he was a very early and probably an original settler. The lands of Francis Andrews were entered February 1639/40. In the Secretary's Book, the lands of William and Francis Andrews are entered on successive pages, those of William first. [Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll. 14:xi, xv, 235, 388]. In these records he is usually entitled "Mr." and it is worth noting that Francis bought land from William. It is certain that William was in Hartford before 1640 when he became schoolmaster, and in fact he had a child born there in 1638. Although many of the Hartford settlers came from Cambridge, I think he was a different man from the William Andrews of Cambridge whose wife Mary died there 19 Jan. 1639/40. One reason for this conclusion is that William's wife Abigail is the proved mother of William's three sons -- proved by William's will which called the children "our" children as well as by the fact that Abigail's second husband gave them legacies, and finally by a deed of Abigail Barding which calls John, Thomas and Samuel Andrews her sons. Since the mother of Thomas (born 1638) was Abigail, it could not have been the Hartford William's wife Mary who died at Cambridge in 1640. Furthermore, Cambridge Church Records (p. 7) give us the family of a "Samuel Andrews (son of Mr William Andrews deceased)" who joined the church there with his wife Elizabeth 10 Dec. 1658 and had children Samuel, William, John (1661), Elizabeth (1663), Thomas (1665), Mary (1666), and Thomas again (1668). Samuel the son of William of Hartford also had a wife Elizabeth, but a different history and a different group of children. It is a curious coincidence that the same names occur in the Cambridge and Hartford families. William Andrews in 1658, the year before his death, was called "senex" by Winthrop, who rarely applied that term to men much under 70. Even if 65 at the time, this would make William born as early as 1593 and his known children could all have been born after he was 40. This raises the question whether he could have had children by a former wife. He certainly married Abigail, most probably a sister of George Grave [later called Graves], Sr., of Hartford but possibly sister of Grave's unknown first wife. His will, made 1 Apr. 1659, when he was "sick and weak," gave virtually all his property to his wife Abigail, making casual mention of his "son Edward Grannis," and giving to "my son John" a steer. He asked his wife to dispose of his lands among "our Children" with the advice and consent of the overseers, whom he named as "my friend Edward Stebbing" and "my Brother George Grave." They witnessed the will and he died before 8 Aug. 1659 when the inventory was taken by the said Stebbing and Grave together with John Barnard [Manwaring's Digest, 1:92]. The widow soon married Nathaniel Berding, Barding or Bearding, who died 14 Sept. 1674. His will of 7 Jan. 1673/4 made liberal provision for his wife Abigail. He gave to "my son-in-law Thomas Spencer, the elder," £15; to Samuel Andrews and Elizabeth his wife, £40, to be paid to him after the decease of "my wife his mother"; to Sarah, Hannah, Mary and Martha Spencer, the four daughters of Thomas Spencer the elder, £10 between them; to John Andrews, £1; to Thomas Andrews, £1; and the residue to Jarred Spencer, "my grandchild, whoe is the son of Thomas Spencer the eldest." He made Paul Peck, Sr., and George Graves his overseers, and they, with Caleb Stanley took the inventory [ibid., 1:182-3]. It should be noted that Nathaniel Bearding was a widower with one child of his own, Sarah Bearding, who married at Hartford, 11 Sept. 1645, as his second wife, Sergt. Thomas1 Spencer, baptized at Stotfold, co. Bedford, England, 29 Mar. 1607, died at Hartford 11 Sept. 1687, and became the mother of Jared [Gerrard] Spencer and of five daughters, one of whom, Elizabeth Spencer, married Samuel2 Andrews, her grandfather's stepson. To complicate matters, Thomas2 Spencer, son of Sergt. Thomas by his first wife, Ann Derifield, married Esther2 Andrews. Soon after her second husband's death, on 20 Jan. 1674/5, Abigail Berden of Hartford, Widdow, "for Naturall Love to my son John Andrews & my son Thomas Andrews & my son Samll Andrews & my son in law Thomas Spencer Junior & in persueance of the Last will & testament of my Loueing husband William Andrews...." conveyed the house and various lands to them. On 16 Feb. 1675/6, John, Thomas and Samuell Andrews conveyed to Bevill Waters, and on 28 May 1677 John Andrews and Mara his wife, Thomas Andrews and Hannah his wife, and Samuell Andrews and Elizabeth his wife, appeared and acknowledged the deed; Abigaile Berding had consented 24 Apr. 1677, calling John, Thomas and Samuel her sons. [Hartford Deeds, 1:25, 344.] Abigail (Grave?) (Andrews) Bearding died 20 March 1682/3 and by nuncupative will proved 4 Apr. 1683 gave to Samuel Andrews what was due to her from Gerrerd Spencer, and to her daughter Hester Spencer the residue. This was established by the testimony of George Graves, aged about 52 [George, Jr., presumably her nephew], Samuel Andrews, aged about 36 [her son], and Paul Peck, Sr., aged about 60 [Manwaring's Digest, 1:271]. The fact that the daughter Abigail died in young womanhood at Fairfield, where Francis Andrews who had been at Hartford with William Andrews had settled, and that the daughter Elizabeth at marriage was called of Farmington where John Andrews lived, while that John's eldest son and namesake settled in Hartford, suggests a relationship. Francis and John (of Farmington) were young enough perhaps to have been sons of William by a former marriage, yet we cannot suppose that William had two sons named John, as his will mentions one son John without any distinguishing appellation. If brothers of William, possibly Francis and John (of Farmington) were much younger half-brothers. Children of William and Abigail (Grave?) Andrews: i. John2, b. (say 1632). ii. Abigail, b. (say 1634); d. at Fairfield (called daughter of William of Hartford), buried May 1653 (entered in Hartford without place of death, but also in Colony records among Fairfield deaths). iii. Elizabeth, b. (say 1636); m. at Hartford, 3 May 1655, Edward Grannis. The marriage record calls her of Farmington, daughter of William of Hartford. Their only recorded child, Joseph, b. at Hartford 31 Mar. 1656, apparently d. young. Edward later settled in New Haven, m. (2) in 1662 Hannah Wakefield, and d. 10 Dec. 1719. iv. Thomas, b. 4 May 1638 at Hartford (Colony record). v. Esther, b. Sept. 1661 at Hartford (Colony record); d. at Suffield 6 Mar. 1697/8; m. probably by 1665, Thomas2 Spencer, b. ca. 1661, d. at Suffield 23 July 1689. Children: Esther, Elizabeth, Thomas, Samuel, William, and Anna (born ca. 1666 to 1680); see supra, 27:166-7. In 1657 Winthrop mentioned Hester Andrews who "dwells with Ens. Talcot." vi. Samuel, b. 20 Oct. 1645 (Hartford record)." 8. The periodical "Connecticut Nutmegger," by Jack T. Spencer, CSG, "The Families Linked to Sgt. Thomas Spencer, a Co-Founder of Hartford," vol. 29, pp. 14-27: "I. BACKGROUND Sgt. THOMAS1 SPENCER was one of the "Four Spencer Brothers" of Bedfordshire, England, who were among the earliest settlers of New England and who almost certainly were passengers in the earliest vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 or 1631. THOMAS1 was the second oldest of the Spencer Brothers. The older was WILLIAM1 SPENCER (1601-1640). The two youngest brothers were MICHAEL1 SPENCER (1611-1653) and GERARD SPENCER (1614-c.1683). There also was a sister, ELIZABETH1 SPENCER (1602- ) who came to New England as the wife of TIMOTHY TOMLYNS and settled at Lynn, Massachusetts. The male Spencer siblings (William, Thomas, Michael, Gerard) first settled at Newe Towne (Cambridge, Massachusetts.) A few years later the two older brothers, along with other pioneers, became co-founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Michael and Gerard eventually settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, but Gerard made another move in later years to become the "patriarch" of Haddam, Connecticut. All of the Spencer siblings were born at Stotfold, co. Bedfordshire, England. Their parents were GERARDA SPENCER (1576- ) and ALICE WHITBREAD SPENCER. These Spencers were descendants of a long line of this surname in Bedfordshire whose ancestry can be traced back with certainty to the middle of the 14th century. Tracing the general lineage to even earlier times, we know that the original ancestors came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and participated in the Battle of Hastings. In the ensuing two or three centuries, the "Despencers" ranked among the highest of the Norman nobility, sometimes gaining and sometimes losing (their lives) for this close relationship. In earlier publications (see reference list), we have described the important activities undertaken by WILLIAM1 SPENCER in the founding of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the first Town Clerk of Cambridge and later served as a "Selectman" for several years. William played even more important roles for the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company, especially in regard to surveying and setting the boundary lines for many of the towns under the control of the Court. For many years he served as a Deputy representing Newe Towne at the frequent meetings of the General Court in Cambridge and in Boston. As for ELIZABETH1 SPENCER, we already have documented the activities of her husband, TIMOTHY TOMLINS (see reference list), who was a co-founder of Lynn, Massachusetts in 1630. Timothy, like William Spencer, was a prominent leader in Lynn and served as a Deputy to the General Court and in many other civic and military capacities before his untimely death about 1645. II. THE FAMILY OF SGT. THOMAS1 SPENCER The Family of THOMAS1 SPENCER (1607- 1687) and two wives: 1) ANN DERIFALL (1610- ) and SARAH BEARDING (d. before 1674). Ann was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, MA. Sarah was the daughter of Nathan Bearding of Hartford. Ann married Thomas ca. 1638; Sarah married Thomas on 11 Sept. 1645 at Hartford. Thomas d. 1 Sept. 1687 at Hartford. Children by Ann Derifall: OBADIAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertH, ThomasI, HenryJ), b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's Oath at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. MARY DISBOROUGH, dau. of Nicholas Disborough. Mary d. before 1709. They had children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. THOMAS2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. ESTHER2 ANDREWS. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield. Esther was the dau. of William1 and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1698 at Suffield, CT. SPENCER2 (Thomas1) b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. SARAH ___ (ca. 1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding SARAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. ca. 1646 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS HUXLEY at Suffield, C. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King, who was. b. 14 Mar 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct. 1712. ELIZABETH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hanford, CT. m. SAMUEL2 ANDREWS of Hartford, brother of Esther2 Andrews who m. Thomas2 SPENCER. Samuel Andrews was the son of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford. Samuel d. Jan 1712 at Hartford. d. ? GERARD2 SPENCER (Thomas1). b. ca 1651 at Hartford, CT. m. HANNAH PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680. She was dau. of John Pratt, d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. HANNAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) GEORGE SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) DANIEL Brainerd, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713. MARY2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA., son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug. 1709. d. 4 Nov. 1690 at Westfield, MA. MARTHA2 SPENCER (Thomas1). B. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. ANDREW BARTON (BENTON), Jr (1653-1704). He was the son of Andrew Barton Sr., Andrew Jr. d at Hartford, 5 Feb 1704. All of the children of Sgt. Thowas1 Spencer was born at Hartford, CT, between 1639 and 1658. When the last child was born in 1658, Sgt. Thomas was 51 years of age. ANN DERIFALL, who was mother of the first three children, was born about 1610 in England. The year of birth probably is quite accurate since Ann was listed as age 24 on the passenger list of the "Elizabeth" which sailed from Ipswich, co. Essex, the last of April 1634 (Tepper). The exact year of Ann's death is unknown, although it probably can be set down as 1645 judging by the approximate date of Sarah Bearding's first child in 1646. Ann Derifall was only about 35 years of at the time of her death. Our interest in the Spencer ancestral line, ultimately will focus on the second son of THOMAS1 SPENCER, that is, THOMAS2 SPENCER, who was born in Hartford about 1641 and died in Suffield, CT. in 1689. THOMAS2 married ESTHER2 ANDREWS of Hartford. III. THE RELATIVES OF ANN DERIFALL AND HER ASSOCIATION WITH WILLIAM CODDINGTON OF RHODE ISLAND A careful search of the IGI (International Genealogical Index, 1990) offers no useful clue to the immediate relatives of Ann Derifall in England. The fact that Ann Derifall sailed from Ipswich in eastern England in 1634 has inclined historians to believe that she was perhaps a native of East Anglia. Indeed, there were Derifalls who lived in Little Baddow, co. Essex, which was the residence of Rev. THOMAS HOOKER when he left for New England in 1633. Of interest is the fact that BARNABAS DERIFALL came to New England in that same year, although there is no evidence that he was a member of the BRAINTREE COMPANY sponsored by Rev. Hooker. The discovery of the connection between the DERIFALLS and the SPENCERS in Connecticut can be credited to Mrs. William C. Clark who published a genealogical study in 1951 in the NEHGS Register. This report proved that Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts, was a brother of Ann Derifall. In the will of Barnabas Derifall prepared in 1680, he named three Spencer brothers (OBADIAH2, THOMAS2, SAMUEL2) as beneficiaries of his estate. These clearly were the same names as the sons of Ann Derifall and Thomas Spencer. Savage states that Barnabas "Doryfall" came to Boston in the "Mary and Jane," probably on the same ship with WILLIAM CODDINGTON and his second wife, MARY MOSLEY. Not only did Barnabas Derifall have this contact with Coddington, but the latter also owned property at Braintree where Barnabas was an original proprietor. William Coddington originally was a native of Boston, Lincolnshire, a city often associated with the names of the earliest Pilgrim fathers. Coddington was a powerful figure in the contingent of Puritan leaders who came to America in the very first vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Besides the Derifalls who lived in co. Essex (Little Baddow), there also were families with this surname who lived in London in the area of St. Bride, Fleet Street. The time scale (IGI) was the late 1500's and early 1600's. There were Coddingtons in the same district in this period. We do know also, that William Coddington was in London in 1632, but was postponing his return to New England until 1633 because his new wife was expecting a child. Mary Mosley was a native of the Chelmsford area in co. Essex. Thus, we have more than one possible scenario for the contact between Barnabas Derifall and William Coddington. Perhaps they had first made contact in London prior to the departure for New England in the "Mary and Jane" in 1633 or they became acquainted later during the actual voyage. However, as we now note above, the Derifalls at Little Baddow in co. Essex could have made their first Puritan connections with the Rev. Thomas Hooker rather than William Coddington. ANN DERIFALL did not come to New England until 1634 and it is recorded that she became a maid servant to the family of William Coddington, an association not too surprising when we note the close contacts her brother Barnabas must have enjoyed with the Coddington family. Barnabas lived the entire remainder of his life at Braintree until his death in 1680. He became a member of the Boston church in 1633 (year of his arrival) and was elected to Freeman in 1636. His lands were located chiefly in what is now West Quincy, Massachusetts. Barnabas Derifall had no children. As a final note in the history of William Coddington, he retained his properties at Braintree until 1638, at which time he removed to Rhode Island along with the followers of Anne Hutchinson as a result of religious differences with John Winthrop and other Puritan leaders in Boston and Cambridge. This date of 1638 for Coddington's departure coincides well with the marriage of Ann Derifall to Thomas Spencer and with the sale of his property in Cambridge and his departure for Hartford. The Pequot War of 1637 had become history and Thomas joined other veterans of that war in occupying lots on Sentinel Hill in Hartford. A new life had begun for Sgt. Thomas Spencer and Ann Derifall. William Coddington, too, had begun a new life in Rhode bland which eventually would lead him to be Governor of that new colony for several terms. IV. UNRAVELING THE SPENCER-ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDlNG CONNECTIONS The second wife of Sgt. Thomas Spencer was SARAH2 BEARDING (BARDING) of Hartford, Connecticut. Since Sarah's father; NATHANIEL BEARDING, also appears in the records as the husband of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS-BEARDING, some writers have overlooked the fact that Sarah Bearding had no blood relationship to Abigail her stepmother. We shall present one chart of the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER connections so that the reader can understand more clearly exactly what happened among the various intermarriages. The first list on the left shows the children descended from WILLIAM ANDREWS, while the list on the right shows the one child (Sarah) of NATHANIEL1 BEARDING. Sandwiched between these two lists are the descendants of THOMAS1 SPENCER and his two wives, ANN DERIFALL and SARAH BEARDING. Connecting lines indicate the intermarriages… [The author has a chart titled "Interrelations of the Andrews-Graves-Bearding-Spencer Families in Cambridge and Hartford." The relationships can be simply reduced down to the following: (1) Nathaniel1 Bearding's second wife was Abigail Graves, who married as William1 Andrews as his second wife. (2) Nathaniel1 Bearding and Abigail Graves had a daughter Sarah Bearding who married Thomas1 Spencer as his second wife. (3) William1 Andrews and Abigail had a daughter Esther2 Andrews who married Thomas1 Spencer's son Thomas2 Spencer, whose mother was Ann Derifall, the first wife of Thomas1 Spencer.] THE CHRONOLOGY OF FAMILY INTERRELATIONSHIPS 1634. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS is first mentioned in the history of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wife #1 was Mary Britton. One child was born about 1632 (John), one in 1634 (Abigail), one in 1636 (Elizabeth), and one in 1638 (Thomas). 1637. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS and his first wife emigrated to Hartford, Connecticut. 1638. William Andrews has a son, THOMAS1 ANDREWS, born in Hartford. This was the last of the four children born to wife number one. 1638-1641. Somewhere in this interval, the first wife of William Andrews dies at Hartford. 1641. William Andrews marries ABIGAIL GRAVES at Hartford (IGI records). The first child, ESTHER2 ANDREWS, is born to William's second wife. 1645. The second child, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, is born to William Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrew. This year also saw the marriage of THOMAS2 SPENCER and SARAH BEARDING, daughter of NATHANIEL BEARDING. 1659. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS dies at Hartford. 1660(?). ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS marries NATHANIEL BEARDING of Hartford. From this chronological arrangement, we can see clearly that ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS was a stepmother to SARAH BEARDING and that no genetic relationship existed. When SAMUEL2 ANDREWS married ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, these individuals had no genetic connections despite the fact that Abigail Graves was the mother of Samuel2 Andrews and the step-grandmother Elizabeth2 Spencer. Likewise, when Esther2 Andrews and Thomas2 Spencer were married, no genetic connection existed since Thomas2 Spencer was the son of Ann Derifall and Esther was the daughter of Abigail (Graves) Andrews. We have gone into considerable detail to explain these relationships since a cursory examination of the lineage might lead one to some mistaken conclusions. Perhaps the key which finally clarified the relationships was the discovery in the IGI records of the marriage of Wlliam1 Andrews to Abigail Graves in Hartford in 1641. V. THE EARLY HISTORY OF WILLIAM1 ANDREWS OF CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD Besides the unusual familial relationships among the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER coalition, there have been some mystifying genealogical questions about the ancestors and immediate relatives of Williarn1 Andrews. There was a large number of immigrants with the surname of ANDREWS who came to New England in the "Great Migration" of the 1630's. Their probably were nearly a half dozen "William Andrews" settling in various towns under the control Massachusetts Bay Company including Newe Towne (Cambridge), Charlestown, Lynn, and Salem. New Haven also was the location for at least one Andrews. The William Andrews of Cambridge, of course, is the main focus of our interest because he was the parent of ESTHER2 Andrews who married THOMAS1 SPENCER. Some historians, however, have confused the William1 Andrews of Cambridge with other men holding the same Christian name. In order to settle this question, a careful study was made of at least four important records on the history of Cambridge and Hartford. This list included "History of Cambridge" by L.R. Paige; the so-called "Proprietors Records of Cambridge" beginning in 1630; the "History of Hartford" by Love; and finally the many references found in the International Genealogical Index (1991 edition). These combined references confirm that WILLIAM1 ANDREWS was one of the earliest settlers at Cambridge and that he was the only William Andrews there up to the end of 1637. In September of 1637. William Andrews sold all of his property to Samuel Shepherd and moved on to Hartford, Connecticut. Love confirms that William Andrews was at Hartford in 1637. Why has so much confusion prevailed in the literature regarding the two wives of William1 Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford? We believe most of the fault can be attributed to the erroneous statements Pope in "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" published in Boston in 1900. Pope had a correct date (25 Sept 1637) for William's sale of his property in Cambridge. However, Pope's statements regarding the death of "wife Mary d. Jan 19. 1640" and a second marriage to Reanna James of Watertown seem to have no connection whatever to our own William Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford. Apparently Pope followed the trail of some other William Andrews, of whom there were several in the Massachusetts Bay area. The Paige "History of Cambridge" mentions WILLIAM1 ANDREWS in only three places in the early part of the book. William was in a list of inhabitants in 1634 and again on a list of 1635. On 23 November 1635, William is identified as a "Selectman" and appointed to the position of Constable. There the story ends except for the sale of his property in September of 1637. One of the better histories of the descendants of William1 Andrews of Cambridge is to be found in "Colonial Ancestors," edited by Edward Little. Here, however, the identification of William's history at Cambridge adopts Pope's version which as we have seen is quite erroneous. There are literally hundreds of William Andrews to be found in England in the early 1600's (IGI), but one entry was found in Lincoln of Lincolnshire where a William Andrews had married a MARY BRITTON on 16 May 1631. St. Botolph (IGI-C0003). Since the first child of William1 Andrews was born about 1632, the chronological fit is almost perfect. Although William1 Andrews was first mentioned in the Cambridge History in 1634 there is a strong likelihood that he was there earlier and that his first child (John2) was born in Newe Towne about 1632. Incidentally, co. Lincolnshire was the scene of much early activity by the Puritans, including the imprisonment of several leaders in the city of Boston before the Pilgrim fathers fled to Holland. Since William1 Andrews was in the direct line of the Suffield (CT) Spencer and the Spencer pioneers of the Western Reserve of Ohio (Portage County), it is important to highlight the details of his life in Hartford (subsequent to his Cambridge experiences). As we have noted, William and his first wife emigrated from Newe Towne (Cambridge) Hartford in 1637. Although they appear not to have been in the original Hooker group which went to Hartford in 1635 and 1636. William was still considered an original proprietor and a founding father of the city. This is evidenced by the proprietor list of 3 Jan 1640 which gave the names of those inhabitants who had a right to undivided lands (Love). William Andrews had an allocation of 30 acres, while Thomas1 Spencer was listed with 14 acres. It seems that NATHANIEL BEARDING was not rated as a "standard" proprietor because his name was on a list for only 6 acres and was included with those individuals granted lots "at the town's courtesy, with liberty to fetch wood and keep swine or cows by proportion on the common." During his lifetime in Hartford, William Andrews appears not to have been among the primary leaders of the community. It seems clear, however, that he had been well educated for his time judging by his appointment as one of the first teachers in the town in 1643. He was a member of a jury in 1644 and in 1651 was appointed to the post of Town Clerk. We are reminded of William1 Spencer who held a similar post in Newe Towne as well as Hartford (albeit the latter post was very brief). William Andrews remained as Town Clerk until the time of his death in 1659. In his will dated 1 April 1659, William1 Andrews seems to have left more authority in the hands of his wife, ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, than was customary for the time (in contrast perhaps to the will of William1 Spencer who died in 1640). Essentially, Abigail Andrews was to remain in control of all the property in Hartford. In case of her remarriage, however, most of the property was to pass to their children. Abigail was to retain the power of Executrix. Based on these limitations, it seems clear that Abigail did not transfer much wealth to her second husband, Nathaniel1 Bearding, due to the restrictions imposed in the will of her first husband. V. THE BEARDING CONNECTION IN HARTFORD As to the history of the BEARDINGS (BARDING, BERDEN) in England, there are not many useful clues. Every county in England reported in the IGI (International Genealogical Index) was surveyed for possible leads. In no instance was there found the surname of "Bearding" or "Barding." There were, however, numerous records of BERDEN in many of the northern, central, and southern counties of England. This leads to the conclusion that the Nathaniel1 Bearding (Barding) of Hartford probably originated with the surname of BERDEN in England. As for the NATHANIEL1 BEARDING of Hartford, his origin remains largely obscured. There is no indication of his being an early resident of Cambridge in the company of Hooker, but he does appear on the list of Hartford settlers in 1640 and Savage even lists him at Hartford in 1636. Nothing seems to be known of his lineage in England. A still more mysterious aspect of Nathaniel is that there is no known official record of a marriage prior to that with ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS. We are certain, however, that his daughter, SARAH2 BEARDING, was by Nathaniel's first wife rather than his second wife (see the chronological chart). Nathaniel Bearding died at Hartford on 14 Sept 1674. The will of Nathaniel Bearding, dated 7 Jan 1673, is preserved in Manwaring's Probate Records. The principal beneficiaries included his widow, Abigail (Graves) Andrews-Bearding, and Thomas1 Spencer (the elder, a son-in-law). Nathaniel provided for all of his daughter's six children (wife of Thomas1 Spencer). Nathaniel also named SAMUEL2 ANDREWS as a legatee, a child by his wife's first marriage to William1 Andrews. Nathaniel was mindful also of the fact that Samuel was married to ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, one of Nathaniel's granddaughters. Nathaniel had an omission in his will. He did not name ESTHER2 ANDREWS. There also was one rather unusual inclusion, the name of which was the name of JOHN2 ANDREWS, a son by the first wife of William1 Andrews. John2 Andrews was not a blood relative to either Nathaniel or Abigail, but undoubtedly he must have been raised by Abigail Graves after she married William Andrews in 1641 in Hartford. Although ESTHER2 (ANDREWS) SPENCER was not under the will of Nathaniel Bearding, she was named in her mother's nuncupative will when Abigail died in 1683. Abigail also named Esther's brother, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, as a beneficiary. VI. THE RELATIVES OF ABIGAIL GRAVES IN CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD The early records of Newe Towne (Cambridge) and New Haven indicated that there were other immigrants with the GRAVES surname, but their relationship to ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS remained unknown until a will of ANN GRAVE was published by H.F. Waters in 1907. ANN GRAVE of England was a resident of "St. Bultolph without Aldgate" London. Three of the beneficiaries in her will made in 1675 were "GEORGE GRAVE the elder of Hartford in Connecticut in New England and JOHN GRAVE of Guilford in the County of New Haven in New England and to their own natural sister also in New England..." The evidence seems very clear that ANN GRAVE of London had been married to a sibling of ABIGAIL, GEORGE, and JOHN GRAVE. There were several immigrants with the GRAVES surname in the early 1630's in New England, but with a positive identification of GEORGE GRAVES and JOHN GRAVES as siblings of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, we can review the historical literature on these two individuals. The first mention of GEORGE GRAVES is found in Paige's "History of Cambridge" where his property is mentioned as located almost on the boundary between Newe Towne (Cambridge) and Charlestowne in 1633. Actually, George's property was within the limits of Newe Towne, but he is never mentioned again in Paige's voluminous history. Love in his "History of Hartford" identifies GEORGE GRAVES as one of the founders in 1636, which would place him among the main Thomas Hooker group which arrived that year. Also, George Graves may well have brought his sister Abigail from Newe Towne since she did not marry WILLIAM1 ANDREWS until 1641 (IGI record). In the record of "Land Distributions in Hartford" for the ensuring years, there were at least 30 references to DEACON GEORGE GRAVES and at least two references to his son, "MARSHALL" GEORGE2 GRAVES. "Deacon" George Graves was married twice. The IGI (B0142) lists a marriage of George Grave and "Anne Kyne" on 21 Sept. 1623, co. Herts, "Much Haddam." The second marriage was to Sarah Ventres (Kenneth Graves) who was the mother-in-law of Deacon's son George. It seems probable that George-2 and John-2 were born in England, based on the fact that Deacon George first appears in the Charlestowne records in 1634. Mary-2, born 1635, therefore would seem to have born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. What of Abigail Grave's brother, John-1 Grave? It seems clear that his permanent residence was at Guilford, New Haven, but we do not know if he had an earlier residence at Charlestowne, possibly with his brother George and sister Abigail. New Haven was not settled until 1638, so there is a possibility that John-1 Graves is revealed in the 1670 Census of Connecticut. There also an Edward Graves in Hartford in 1669 who does not appear related to the descendants of Deacon George Graves. As to the origin of this particular Graves family in England, there seem to be few clues excepting for two references, one being the marriage mentioned above in co. Hertfordshire. The second reference is found in Cussand's History of Hertfordshire (Mary K. Talcott in the Register). In 1621, co. Herts, Burroughs of Hartford, there was a mention of "George Graue" (sic) in the list of freeholders of that community. VII. RETROSPECT We have now reviewed considerable detail the known histories of the spouses and close relatives of St. Thomas-1 Spencer (1607-1687) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. As one of the original five Spencer siblings who were among on the very early pioneers of New England and as the ancestor of perhaps hundreds and even thousands of modern-day Spencer descendants in the U.S., we would like to know as much as possible about those relatives who surrounded Sgt. Thomas during his lifetime. The foregoing pages have documented all of the presently known historical facts, especially regarding the Andrews, Derifall (Derifield), Graves, and Bearding (Berden) families. In our next segment, we shall examine the colorful life of Sgt. Thomas Spencer and his achievements in war and in peace. Although perhaps not as well educated or as brilliant as his older brother, William-1 Spencer (1601-1640), yet Sgt. Thomas lived twice as long and had three times as many children. Thus, Thomas-1 achieved his immortality as surely as William-1 achieved h | Abigail (I2192)
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| 4856 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The following will transcription for Nathaniel Bearding in 1674 is from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. It mentions this Samuel and Elizabeth (Spencer). Note that this will links Samuel as a son to Nathaniel's second wife as follows: "I Nathaniel Berding of Hartford upon the River of Connecticut, planter doe in this my last will and testament give unto Abigaill my wife the sum of twenty pounds to be paid her in such pay as may bee comfortable for her not in any horse flesh; I doe also give to Abigaill my wife three cows both which gifts for her to possess and fivety shillings in peas fivety shillings in Indian corne and fivety shillings in pork all at the countey price; my will is also that Abigaill my wife shall have the two ould lower romes and the celler and the leanto for her to dwell in or dispose of all these during the time of her life; I do also give to my son-in-law Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of fivetene pounds to bee paid to him within the space of twoe years after my disease; I doe also give to Samuel Andrews and Elizabeth his wife the sum of fourty pounds to be paid him after the decease of my wife his mother; my parcel of land at Potunck and my household stuff to be to his for partt of that legacy; I doe also give to Sarah Spencer and to Hannah Spencer and to Mary Spencer and to Martha Spencer the fouer daughters of Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of tenn pounds to be equally devided amongst them that is to eather of them fivety shillings to be paid to them after my wife's decease. I do also give to John Andrews twenty shillings; I doe also give to Thomas Andrews twentye shillings to be paid after the discease of my wife their mother; alsoe my will is that my debts and theise legacies may be paid out of my moveable estate that so much as may be of my houseing and other lands may be kept intire. I have desired Paul Peck senior and George Graves to see this my will to bee performed, and i do hereby give to the said Paul Peck and Georg Graves the sum of fourty shillings for each man my debts and these legasyes being paid and my desires in this my will being attended. I go hereby give the remaining part of my estate to Jarrrett Spencer my grandchild whoe is the son of Thomas Spencer the elder; I doe also hereby make the sayd Jarrett my execquitor of this my will. My will also is that Abigaill my wife should have the use of all my household stuff during hir life; my will also is that my execquitor shold kepe all my houseing and barne and fenceing belonging to house and land in repaire; my will is also that what corn or provisions shall be in hand at my discease shall be for Abigail my wife as part of the twenty pounds I have before given hir; my will also is that Abigail my wife shall chose out of my cowes which cowes she will have for the three cowes given hir. In Witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand dated this 7th of January 1673/4. The inventory of Nathaniel's estate was taken 14 Sep 1674 by Paul Peck, George Grave and Caleb Stanly and was valued at 282.15.10. See Hartford Probate Packets, film #1020549." 2. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "William Andrews died 1659. Early member 1st Church [of Hartford]. Name on Founders' Monument [in downtown Hartford]. Mar. 1st Mary Jan. 19, 1639/40 (Savage) at Cambridge. M/2 Abigail Mch 20, 1682/3 who m. Nathaniel Bearding. [Kerry's note: date of 2nd marriage is evidently wrong considering William died in 1659. Additionally, Nathaniel Bearding notes Abigail as being the mother of Samuel Andrews in his will which would make a marriage between William Andrews and Abigail more likely before 1645 unless Nathaniel was speaking of Abigail in a generic sense without specifying whether she was the natural mother or stepmother.] Children: Samuel, b. Oct. 20, 1645 (HTR) m. Elizabeth Spencer. Abigail, died May 1653 (HTR) in Fairfield. Christian, m. John Birchard. John, died June 6, 1690 m. Mary. Elizabeth, m. Edward Grannis May 3, 1654 (HTR). Thomas, b. May 4, 1638 (Conn Land Rec) m. Hannah Kirby dau of John. Esther, b. Sept 1641 (Conn Land Rec) m. Thomas Spencer Jr. of Suffield. William Andrews, freeman Mass. Mch 4, 1634-5; constable, Newtown Oct 1636; an original proprietor of Hartford; received 30 acres in the division of 1639-40; his home lot was south of the Little River on land now included in the West Park. He was the first schoolmaster, teaching from 1643 until 1656; town clerk 1651-8. Will dated April 1, inv. Aug 8, 1659 ₤211.14.11, mentions his second wife Abigail and also names 'bro George Grave'. Samewell Andrewes sun of William Andrewes was borne Oct. 21, 1645." [Kerry's note: we can assume that George Graves was the brother-in-law to William making Abigail's maiden name Graves.] 3. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "Samuel Andrews son of William and Abigail, b. Oct. 20, 1645, died Jan 1712, mar. Elizabeth Spencer, dau. of Thomas Spencer and Sarah Bearding, bapt. Mch 26, 1648. Samuel Andrews ad full cov Mch 1, 1695-6. Savage says m. Elizabeth Strickland (). Children: Samuel, bp Nov. 14, 1686 (1 Church Record) perhaps the Samuel killed by Indians near Deerfield 1712 (Savage). Thomas, m/1 Mary Mason m/2 Susanna Ellis. John, m. Lydia Ensign July 18, 1717 (1 Ch Rec) dau. Thomas and Lydia (). Abigail, m. John Stedman. Elizabeth, d. Nov. 23, 1772 bur. Center Ch. m. William Day, Apl 18, 1717 (1 Ch Rec.) William died Nov 26, 1768 bur. Center Ch. Nathaniel, Thomas, and Abigail owned cov 1 Ch Mch 8, 1696-6. 'Samuel Andrews of Hfd left will (page 8 Vol 8) in which he mentions wife Elizabeth, sons Nathaniel, John, Thomas and Samuel, daughters Abigail (Stedman) and Elizabeth Andrews. Dated Jan. 1, 1711-2.' Hfd. Times, June 8, 1903." 4. The following partial excerpts about the wives and children of Thomas Spencer are from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III (see notes of Thomas Spencer for full transcript): "...Elizabeth, bp. 26 March 1648 [HaVR 579]; m. by about 1668 Samuel Andrews, son of William Andrews [TAG 35:55-59]..." 5. "The American Genealogist," Vol. 27 "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants," compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A., pp. 162-63: "Elizabeth [Spencer], bp. 26 Mar. 1648; m. Samuel Andrews, bp. at Hartford, 21 Oct. 1645, d. there Jan. 1711/12, son of William and Elizabeth." 6. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, partial excerpts from pp. 261-263 (see notes of Thomas2 Spencer for full transcript): "The Families Immediately Related to Thomas1 and Thomas2 in Hartford. Because a rather complex relationship existed among the immediate relatives of Thomas1 in Hartford, the present authors have prepared a separate article (1995) on the interrelationships of Thomas1 and Thomas2 to the Andrews, Graves, and Bearding families. A brief summary is presented in the following notes along with the accompanying chart. Linkages among the Andrews, Graves, Bearding and Spencer Families in Hartford [KP note: reformatted for my transcription]: William1 Andrews (-1659) m.(l) Mary Britton. Children by Wife#1: -John2 (ca.1632-1690) -Abigail2 (1634-1653) -Elizabeth2 (1636-) -Thomas2 (1638-) m.(2) Abigail Graves (-1683). [Abigail marries Nathaniel1 Bearding as his second wife.] children by Wife #2: -Esther2 (1641-1698) [Esther marries Thomas2 Spencer.] -Samuel2 (1645-1712) Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1689) m.(1) Ann Derifall (1610-1645). Children by Wife #1: -Obadiah 2 (c.1639-1712) -Thomas 2 (1641-1689) [Thomas marries Esther2 Andrews.] -Samuel 2 (1643-1727) m. (2) Sarah Bearding (-1674). [Sarah is child from Nathaniel1 Bearding's first wife.] children by Wife #2: -Sarah2 (ca1646-1712) -Elizabeth2 (1648) -Gerard2 (1651-1712) -Hannah2 (1653-1713) -Mary 2 (1655-1690) -Martha2 (1658-1704) Nathaniel1 Bearding (-1674) m. (1) ___. Children by Wife #1: -Sarah2 Bearding [Becomes 2nd wife of Thomas1 Spencer] m. (2)Abigail (Graves) Andrews (-1683) [Abigail marries William1 Andrews as his second wife.] The first list on the left shows the children descended from William1 Andrews, while the list on the right shows the one child (Sarah) of Nathaniel1 Bearding. Sandwiched between these two lists are the descendants of Thomas1 Spencer and his two wives, Ann Derifall and Sarah Bearding. Connecting lines indicate the intermarriages. Abigail (Graves) Andrews (d. 1683) was the second wife of William1 Andrews of Hartford and the mother of Esther Andrews (1641-1698) who married Thomas2 Spencer (later of Suffield). Esther Andrews had a brother, Samuel Andrews (1645-1712), who married Elizabeth2 Spencer, a half sister to Thomas2 Spencer. In later life, Abigail. (Graves) Andrews married Nathaniel Bearding as his second wife. Earlier, Nathaniel Bearding had a daughter Sarah who became the second wife of Sgt. Thomas1 Spencer. All of the above is totally unintelligible unless the reader makes a careful study of the chart." 7. The book "The Great Migration," by Robert Charles Anderson, pp. 64-67: "WILLIAM ANDREWS ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1634 FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge REMOVES: Hartford 1637 OCCUPATION: Schoolmaster at Hartford, 1643, 1648, 1650, 1655 (and probably other years) [HaTR 65, 87,94, 108]. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 4 March 1634/5 implied by freemanship. FREEMAN: 4 March 1634/5 (as "Mr. Will[ia]m Andrewes," first in a sequence of nineteen Cambridge men [MBCR 1:370]). EDUCATION: Sufficient to be schoolmaster and town recorder at Hartford. His inventory included "1 ring, 3 spoons & books" valued at £3 10s. OFFICES: Cambridge selectman, 23 November 1635 [CaTR 14]. Constable, 23 November 1635 [CaTR 14]. Connecticut jury, 5 March 1644/5 [CCCR 1:122]. On 12 January 1651[/2], "Mr. William Andrewes was chosen recorder for the town of Hartford" [HaTR 97]. ESTATE: On 1 December 1634, William Andrews was granted five acres in the Westend Field in Cambridge [CaTR 101. On 20 August 1635, he received a proportional share of 2-½ in the undivided meadow [CaTR 13]. In the Cambridge land inventory on 10 October 1635, "William Andrewes" held two parcels: "in the town one house with backside about half a rood"; and "in Westend Field about five acres" [CaBOP,29]. In the 8 February 1635/6 listing of those with houses in Cambridge, William Andrews was credited with two in the town [CaTR 18]. On 25 September 1637, "Mr. Samuell Sheeperd ... bought of Mr. Will[iam] Andrews his house & all his land & rights in the common that lay in Newtowne" [CaBOP 41]. Granted thirty acres at Hartford on 3 January 1639/40 [HaTR 23]. In the Hartford land inventory he held eleven parcels: one acre and one rood "on which his dwelling house now standeth with other outhouses, yards & gardens"; two acres of upland; eighteen acres and two roods of upland (annotated "four acres of this sold to J: Ensign"); two roods and twenty-five perches in the Little Meadow; eight acres in the South Meadow; four acres, three roods and twenty perches of "meadow lying in Hockanuin"; six acres of swamp in the Great Swamp; six acres and three roods of "swamp lying in Hockanum"; one acre and one rood of "Indian Ground lying in the South Meadow which he had of John Crow" (annotated "March 7th 1657," presumably indicating the date of purchase); "[o]ne parcel of upland (which he had of Mr. Thomas Wells, magistrate) containing 40 acres and is in exchange for all his upland on the east side of the Great River"; and "one parcel of upland which he received of the town containing thirteen acres" [HaBOP 388-90]. On 8 April 1645, the earmark of "Will[ia]m Andrewes" was recorded at Hartford [HaTR 336]. In his will, dated 1 Apri11659 and proved on an unknown date, William Andrews bequeathed to "Abigail, my wife, my house, barn and homelot as it is enclosed between my son Edward Grannis and me," also "all my meadow and swamp lying in the South Meadow and that lyeth in the place called Hockanum, and all my upland elsewhere, during the time of her natural life," also some cattle and all other moveables so long as she remains unmarried; if she marry again, "such of the moveables as she can conveniently spare shall be disposed of among our children as she seeth meet"; to "my son John one working steer"; "Abigail, my wife, shall dispose of my land, meadow, swamp, housing and homelot among our children, to every one of them some, as she shall think fit"; "I hereby do make Abigail, my wife, my sole executrix ... and I do also entreat my friend Edward Stebbing and my brother George Grave to assist my wife and to see this my will executed & performed" [HaPR 2:129; Manwaring 1:92]. The inventory of the estate of "William Andrewes of Hartford," taken 8 August 1659, totalled £211 14s. lid., of which £90 was real estate: "his house, barn and homelot," £22; "meadow land, 9 acres 3 roods," £42; "swamp land, 3 acres 1 rood," £13; and "upland ground, 49 acres," £13 [HaPR 2:130; Manwaring 1:92]. On 20 January 1674/5, "Abigail Berding of Hartford ... widow for and in consideration of my natural love unto my son John Andrews & my son Thomas Andrews & my son Sam[ue]ll Andrews & my son-in-law Thomas Spencer Junior & in pursuance of the last will & testament of my loving husband William Andrews sometimes of Hartford deceased" deeded "unto them the said John Andrews, Thomas Andrews & Thomas Spencer Junior all that houselot & the buildings & fences thereon that sometimes pertained to my said husband William Andrews situate & being in Hartford as it is now divided, possessed & enjoyed by them, and unto him the said John Andrews one piece of land lying in the south meadow of the aforenamed Hartford, containing by estimation three roods, ... as also one acre of woodland on the west side of Rocky Hill, & unto them the said John Andrews, Thomas Andrews & Sam[ue]ll Andrews all other my lands whatsoever" in Hartford, "provided that none of the abovenamed grantees or their heirs shall or may make any alienation of the premises during the natural life of me the said Abigail Berding without my special allowance & consent in writing, & also that during the term of the natural life of me the said Abigail Berding the said John Andrews, Thomas Andrews & Samuell Andrews shall well & truly pay or cause to be paid from each of them every year yearly, the full sum of two pounds ten shillings" [HaPR 1:25; Hartford PD Case #478]. On 4 April 1683, "the widow Bearding's last will & inventory of her estate was exhibited in court & proved & ordered to be recorded" [HaPR 4(court):68]. The will was nuncupative, consisting of two depositions. "George Graves aged about 52 years and Samuell Andrewes aged about 36 years" testified "that we were with widow Abigail Bardin about three weeks before she died and she did before us declare that her will was that after her death the said Samuell Andrewes should have what was due to her from Gherrard Spencer and that the said Samuell should pay her debts and funeral charges, also that her daughter Hester Spencer should have all her other goods excepting some few things she had given away before; Samuel Andrewes excepteth only of the above written that he remembers not his grandmother's words that he should pay her debts and funeral charges but owneth that he will do it" [Hartford PD Case #478]. "Paul Peck Senior aged about 60 years testifieth that a day or two before widow Bardin died she told him that her will was that Samuel! Andrewes should have what was due to her from Gherrard Spencer and that the rest of her goods she gave to her daughter Hester Spencer except some few small things she had given away before" [Hartford PD Case #478]. The inventory of "the estate of the widow Beardin deceased March 26 1682/3" totalled £1910s. [Hartford PD Case #478]. BIRTH: By about 1607 based on estimated date of marriage (but possibly earlier [TAG 35:56]). DEATH: Between 1 April 1659 (date of will) and 8 August 1659 (date of inventory). MARRIAGE: By about 1632 Abigail ___. (She may have been sister of George Graves of Hartford [TAG 35:56].) She married (2) Nathaniel Barding [Manwaring 1:182-83; TAG 35:56] and died 26 March 1682/3 (unless this is the date the inventory was taken, in which case she probably died somewhat earlier) [Hartford PD Case #478]. CHILDREN: i JOHN, b. say 1632; m. (1) by 1669 ___ Lilly; m. (2) by 1675 Mary ___ [TAG 35:58 (for discussion of both marriages)]. ii ABIGAIL, b. say 1634; bur. Fairfield [blank] May 1653 [CTVR 30]. iii ELIZABETH, b. say 1636; m. Hartford 3 May 1655 Edward Grannis [CTVR 32]. iv THOMAS, b. Hartford 4 May 1638 [CTVR 31]; m. by about 1670 Hannah Kirby, daughter of John Kirby (in the settlement of the estate of John Kirby in 1677 in the list of children is "Hannah, wife of Thomas Andrews, age 27 years" [Manwaring 1:212; TAG 35:58]). v ESTHER, b. Hartford [blank] September 1641 [CTVR 31]; m. by about 1666 Thomas Spencer, son of THOMAS SPENCER [TAG 27:166-67, 35:57; GMB 3:1720]. vi SAMUEL, b. Hartford 20 October 1645 [CTVR 31; HaVR 576 (omits day of birth)]; m. about 1668 Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of THOMAS SPENCER [TAG 27:163, 35:59; GMB 3:1720]. ASSOCIATIONS: Francis Andrews of Hartford and Fairfield and John Andrews of Farmington may have been younger half-brothers of William Andrews [TAG 35:57, 59]. COMMENTS: In our earlier discussion of WILLIAM ANDREWS of Lynn, we gave reasons for believing that the first Cambridge William Andrews, the subject of the present sketch, was the freeman of 4 March 1634/5 [GMB 1:46]. In his discussion of the present William Andrews, Jacobus distinguishes carefully between the two men of the name at Cambridge, and concludes that the Mary Andrews, wife of William, who died at Cambridge on 19 January 1640 was wife of the second man of that name, and not of the Hartford man [TAG 35:55]. On 6 June 1636, the town of Cambridge agreed "with Mr. Andrewse for his man to keep the calves for 12s. a week so long as we think good only we are to provide him a man for the present if he shall require it of us" [CaTR 23]. On 26 October 1636, the Massachusetts Bay General Court acknowledged that "Newe Towne presented a book of their records under the hands of Will[iam] Andrews, constable, John Beniamin, & Will[iam] Spencer" [MBCR 1:182]. Barbour claimed that the Christian Andrews who married John Birchard, son of THOMAS BIRCHARD, was a daughter of this William Andrews ["Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut" (Baltimore 1977), pp. 9-10], but she was daughter of the widow Catherine Andrews [TAG 64:88-891. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1958 Donald Lines Jacobus compiled an account of this William Andrews and his sons, carefully distinguishing him from other men by the name of William Andrews [TAG 35:55-59]. In 1991 Edward H. Little prepared a summary of the life and family of William Andrews ["Colonial Ancestors ..." (Camden, Maine, 1991), 1-7]." 8. The book "Colonial Ancestors. Four lineal genealogies of eastern Connecticut families…," by Bernice Andrews (Livingston) Rieg (Camden, Maine; Penobscot Press, 1991), pp. 1-7 [Note: I neglected to copy the source list.]: "WILLIAM ANDREWS "Andrews" is a patronymic - son of Andrew - and Scottish roots dominate over other possible geographic origins in the British Isles. A popular name in Scotland, where St. Andrew of course is the patron saint, contrariwise its occurrence in England is rare. The surname, "Andrews," contains connotations of "manly," and "strong." The American line begins with William Andrews of Hartford, an original proprietor, and follower of the great congregationalist, Thomas Hooker. William served in Hartford both as school teacher and town clerk, important and responsible offices. Others of the family in America, besides being farmers, as almost all the early people were, have been military men and small, independent businessmen. In more than one generation, the absence or loss of the father has shown the wife or widow to be strong and capable, as will be seen. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS, whose place and date of birth are not known, died in Hartford, Conn., between 01 Apl 1659, when his will was written, and 08 Aug of the same year, when the inventory of his estate was taken by Edward Stebbing, George Grave and George Barnard.[1] William married ABIGAIL (? - GRAVE), thought to have been the sister of George Grave, Senior, of Hartford; after her husband's death, Abigail married second, Nathaniel Berden (or, Bearding) who died 14 Sep 1674;[2] and she died in Hartford, 20 Mch 1682/3.[3] Abigail (? - Grave) (Andrews) Berden's nuncupative exhibited in Court 04 Apl 1683, presents an interesting family relationship, since her son Samuel, in his recollections of his mother's instructions, referred to his mother as, "Grandmother"! This was possible because Samuel, son of William and Abigail Andrews, married Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Thomas Spencer and his second wife, Sarah Berden, daughter of Nathaniel and his first wife. Thus, when the widow Abigail Andrews married Nathaniel Berden, she became step-mother to Sarah (Berden) Spencer and step-grandmother to Sarah's daughter, Elizabeth Spencer, the wife of her son Samuel Andrews. There is much confusion regarding the wife (wives) of this William Andrews as he, an early settler of Hartford, but an even earlier resident of Newtowne (Cambridge), has been mixed up with the mariner, William Andrews of Cambridge, Mass.[5] Many writers have accepted as fact that the Mary Andrews who died in Cambridge, Mass., 19 Jan 1639/40, was the wife of the Hartford William, and that Abigail was a second wife. This seems improbable as William of Hartford had a son, Thomas, born and recorded in Hartford, 04 May 1638.[6] After the death of his wife Mary on 19 Jan 1639/40, the Cambridge William married Reana James of Watertown about August 1640, their marriage contract being dated 11 Aug 1640. He died in 1652, leaving an only son Samuel. Confusion also exists as to the exact relationship (if any) between William Andrews of Hartford on the one hand, and John Andrews of Farmington and Francis Andrews of Fairfield on the other. The possibility exists that the latter two are sons by an earlier marriage of William's; it is also possible that they are younger brothers or half brothers of William. There may be no relationship at all, but some kind of relationship does appear likely. [7] However this may be, the three sons of William Andrews by his wife, Abigail, are well established: in a conveyance of land dated 20 Jan 1674/5, Abigail referred to the "Naturall Love to my son John Andrews & my son Thomas Andrews & my son Samll Andrews & my son in law Thomas Spencer Junior & in persueance of the Last will & testament of my Loueing husband William Andrews..."[8] In all probability, William and his family reached Hartford from Cambridge in the year 1637.[9] As indicated above, the birth of Thomas is recorded as of 04 May 1638.[10] William received 30 acres of land in the 03 Jan 1639/40 division,[11] altogether 11 parcels were recorded in the original distribution[12] as belonging to him. His home lot was south of the Little River in land now probably included in Bushnell Park.[13] About six years after his arrival in Hartford, William Andrews was appointed teacher. According to the general town meeting held in April 1643, it was ordered: "yt mr Androwes Sholld teach the chilldren in the Scoole one yere nextt ensewing from the 25 of march, 1643, & yt he Shall haue for his paynes 16l & tharefore the Tounsmen Shall go & inquier who will ingeage them Selues to Send thare childeren & all yt do So Shall pay for one querter at the leaste & for more if thay do send them after the pportion of twenty shilings the yeare & if thay go any weckes more then a euen quarter thay Shall pay 6d p weck & if any wolld Send thare childeren & and are not abell to pay for thare teaching: thay Shall glue Notes of it to the tounsmen & thay Shall pay it at the Tounes charges & mr androues shall kepe the acount betwen the childrens scolling & him Selfe & Send nottes at the Tymes of payment & demand it & if his wages doth not So cam in then the Tounsmen must colectt & pay it, or if The ingagmentes corn not to Sixtene poundes then thay Shall pay wt is wanting at the Tounes Charges"[14] In 1644, William was a member of the jury.[14] On 09 Apl 1646, Edward Stebbing complained against Samuel Marten and William Andrews because they loaded 97 bushels of corn aboard a vessel at Hartford which departed without the men entering the corn according to "order." They had to provide £40 in bail as guarantee they would appear at the next court.[16] In 1651, William Andrews was appointed Town Clerk,[17] a position he kept until just before his death in 1659; thus, it is his handwriting that appears in those early records. That William was able to read and write, to be Recorder and Schoolmaster, indicates that he came from a family of the financial means and position to have provided him with an education. By the year 1659, William Andrews was sick and weak in body though not in mind; indeed, the year before John Winthrop, Jr. had called him, "senex," a term which Winthrop rarely used for men much under 70 years of age.[18] Obviously this problem of William's age raises again the question of his wife (wives): at the normal age for marrying did he marry an unknown woman by whom he had John Andrews of Farmington and Francis Andrews of Fairfield? Or were they younger brothers? Certainly John and Francis hadto have some close relationship to William to explain Abigail and Elizabeth (daughters of William and Abigail) being permitted to live away from Hartford with these two younger families.[19] It was in this year of 1659 that William wrote his last will and testament, but apparently did not have the strength to sign his name; as presented in Manwaring's Digest: "...Will dated 1 April, 1659; I, William Andrews, being sick and weak, but of perfect memory, do in this my last Will & Testament give and bequeath to Abigail, my wife, my House, Barne & House Lott as it is Inclosed between my son Edward Grannis and mee; allsoe, I doe give & bequeath to Abigail, my wife, all my Meadow & Swamp Land lieinge in the South Meadow and that lieth in the place called Hockanum, and all my Upland Ground elsewhere, during the time of her naturall life; allsoe, I give to the sd. Abigail 2 Cowes, one yearling Calf; also I give to Abigail, my wife, fower yards of Kersey with 3 dozen of Buttons and silke, and all other of my Moveable Goods, during the time that she liveth unmarried. If she marry (again), then my Will is, that such of the Moveables as shee can conveniently spare shall be disposed off amonge our Children as shee seeth meete, with the advice of the Overseers. My Will is, to give to my son John one workinge steer; alsoe, that Abigail, my wife, shall dispose of my Land, Meadow, Swamp, Howsing and Homelott amonge our Children, to every one of them some, as shee shall think fitt with the advice and Consent of the Overseers. I doe make Abigail, my wife, Executrix, and I doe Intreat my friend Edward Stebbinge and my Brother George Grave to assist and to see this my Will performed. Witness: Edward Stebbing, George Grave. [Not signed]"[20] The inventory, taken 08 Aug 1659 by Edward Stebbing, George Grave and John Barnard, amounted to £211.14.00.[21] It is interesting to note that Nathaniel Berden, in his will dated 07 Jan 1673, mentioned his wife, Abigail, son-in-law Thomas Spencer the elder, Samuel Andrews and wife Elizabeth to whom he left £40 to be paid after "the decease of my wife his mother." In addition to Elizabeth, the other four daughters of Thomas and Sarah (Berden) Spencer are mentioned by name, i.e. Sarah, Hannah, Mary and Martha. Next in order appear John Andrews, Thomas Andrews, and Jarred Spencer, "my grandchild," who would have been the only son of the above mentioned Thomas and Sarah (Berden) Spencer.[22] Children of William and Abigail (?-Grave) Andrews:[23] i. John2 Andrews, b. (say 1632 or a little later), d. Hartford, Conn., 06 Jun 1690; m. Mary (___), prob. a second wife. Children, Andrews, prob. by different mothers: (1) Samuel3, b. Jan 1669/70. (2) Mary, b. Feb 1681/2; living in Nov 1698. ii. Abigail Andrews, b. (say 1634); d. at Fairfield, Conn., and bur. May 1653, at which time she was called daughter of William of Hartford; apparently she had been staying with Francis Andrews, whose exact relationship with William of Hartford has been the subject of speculation. iii. Elizabeth Andrews, b. (say 1636); d. bf 1663; m. at Hartford, 03 May 1655, Edward Grannis, who d. at New Haven, 10 Dec 1719. The marriage record calls her of Farmington, daughter of William of Hartford. Edward settled later at New Haven, where in 1662 he m. (2) Hannah Wakefield. Child of Edward and Elizabeth (Andrews) Grannis: (1) Joseph, b. Hartford, 31 Mch 1656, apparently d. young. iv. Thomas Andrews, b. Hartford, 04 May 1638. v. Esther Andrews, b. Hartford, -- Sep 1641, d. Suffield, Conn., 06 Mch 1697/8; m. prob. by 1665 to Thomas Spencer, Jr., b.c. 1641, d. Suffield, 23 Jul 1689, son of Sergt. Thomas and Ann (Derifall) Spencer. In 1657, John Winthrop, Jr. had written in his medical journal that Esther dwelt with Ens. Talcott, was sixteen years old, and had a pain in the head and stomach; the next year,. his records show she had a toothache! Children, Spencer, b.c. 1666-1680: Esther, Elizabeth, Thomas, Samuel, William, and Anna. [24] [25] vi Samuel Andrews, b. Hartford, 20 Oct 1645, d. there bt 01 Jan 1711/12 (date of will) and 29 Jan 1711/12 (date of inventory); m. c. 1668 Elizabeth Spencer, by Hartford, 26 Mch 1648, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Berden) Spencer. Elizabeth survived her husband. Children, Andrews, order of birth unknown: Nathaniel; John; Abigail, m. John Stedman of Farmington; Thomas; Elizabeth, m. William Day; Samuel, bp. Hartford, 14 Nov 1686. [24]" 9. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 35[1959]:59, "Andrews Families of Western Connecticut," by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., F.A.S.G.: "Samuel2 Andrews, born at Hartford 20 Oct. 1645, died there between 1 Jan. 1711/12 (date of will) and 29 Jan. 1711/12 (date of inventory); married about 1668, Elizabeth2 Spencer, baptized at Hartford 26 Mar. 1648, survived her husband, daughter of Thomas1 and Sarah (Bearding) Spencer. His will named wife Elizabeth, sons Nathaniel, John, Thomas and Samuel, and daughters Abigail Stedman and Elizabeth Andrews; witnesses, Gerrard Spencer and Gershom Sexton, who also took the inventory [Manwaring's Digest, 2:150]. Children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Spencer) Andrews, order of birth not known: i. Nathaniel3. ii. John. iii. Abigail, m. John Stedman of Farmington, who d. before 7 June 1737 (date of inventory). iv. Thomas. v. Elizabeth, bur. 23 Nov. 1772; m. at Hartford, 18 Apr. 1717, William Day, bapt. 24 Apr. 1692, bur. 26 Nov. 1768. vi. Samuel, bapt. at Hartford 1st Church 14 Nov. 1686." 10. The periodical "Connecticut Nutmegger," by Jack T. Spencer, CSG, "The Families Linked to Sgt. Thomas Spencer, a Co-Founder of Hartford," vol. 29, pp. 14 "I. BACKGROUND Sgt. THOMAS1 SPENCER was one of the "Four Spencer Brothers" of Bedfordshire, England, who were among the earliest settlers of New England and who almost certainly were passengers in the earliest vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 or 1631. THOMAS1 was the second oldest of the Spencer Brothers. The older was WILLIAM1 SPENCER (1601-1640). The two youngest brothers were MICHAEL1 SPENCER (1611-1653) and GERARD SPENCER (1614-c.1683). There also was a sister, ELIZABETH1 SPENCER (1602- ) who came to New England as the wife of TIMOTHY TOMLYNS and settled at Lynn, Massachusetts. The male Spencer siblings (William, Thomas, Michael, Gerard) first settled at Newe Towne (Cambridge, Massachusetts.) A few years later the two older brothers, along with other pioneers, became co-founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Michael and Gerard eventually settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, but Gerard made another move in later years to become the "patriarch" of Haddam, Connecticut. All of the Spencer siblings were born at Stotfold, co. Bedfordshire, England. Their parents were GERARDA SPENCER (1576- ) and ALICE WHITBREAD SPENCER. These Spencers were descendants of a long line of this surname in Bedfordshire whose ancestry can be traced back with certainty to the middle of the 14th century. Tracing the general lineage to even earlier times, we know that the original ancestors came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and participated in the Battle of Hastings. In the ensuing two or three centuries, the "Despencers" ranked among the highest of the Norman nobility, sometimes gaining and sometimes losing (their lives) for this close relationship. In earlier publications (see reference list), we have described the important activities undertaken by WILLIAM1 SPENCER in the founding of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the first Town Clerk of Cambridge and later served as a "Selectman" for several years. William played even more important roles for the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company, especially in regard to surveying and setting the boundary lines for many of the towns under the control of the Court. For many years he served as a Deputy representing Newe Towne at the frequent meetings of the General Court in Cambridge and in Boston. As for ELIZABETH1 SPENCER, we already have documented the activities of her husband, TIMOTHY TOMLINS (see reference list), who was a co-founder of Lynn, Massachusetts in 1630. Timothy, like William Spencer, was a prominent leader in Lynn and served as a Deputy to the General Court and in many other civic and military capacities before his untimely death about 1645. II. THE FAMILY OF SGT. THOMAS1 SPENCER The Family of THOMAS1 SPENCER (1607- 1687) and two wives: 1) ANN DERIFALL (1610- ) and SARAH BEARDING (d. before 1674). Ann was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, MA. Sarah was the daughter of Nathan Bearding of Hartford. Ann married Thomas ca. 1638; Sarah married Thomas on 11 Sept. 1645 at Hartford. Thomas d. 1 Sept. 1687 at Hartford. Children by Ann Derifall: OBADIAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertH, ThomasI, HenryJ), b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's Oath at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. MARY DISBOROUGH, dau. of Nicholas Disborough. Mary d. before 1709. They had children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. THOMAS2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. ESTHER2 ANDREWS. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield. Esther was the dau. of William1 and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1698 at Suffield, CT. SPENCER2 (Thomas1) b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. SARAH ___ (ca. 1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding SARAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. ca. 1646 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS HUXLEY at Suffield, C. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King, who was. b. 14 Mar 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct. 1712. ELIZABETH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hanford, CT. m. SAMUEL2 ANDREWS of Hartford, brother of Esther2 Andrews who m. Thomas2 SPENCER. Samuel Andrews was the son of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford. Samuel d. Jan 1712 at Hartford. d. ? GERARD2 SPENCER (Thomas1). b. ca 1651 at Hartford, CT. m. HANNAH PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680. She was dau. of John Pratt, d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. HANNAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) GEORGE SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) DANIEL Brainerd, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713. MARY2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA., son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug. 1709. d. 4 Nov. 1690 at Westfield, MA. MARTHA2 SPENCER (Thomas1). B. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. ANDREW BARTON (BENTON), Jr (1653-1704). He was the son of Andrew Barton Sr., Andrew Jr. d at Hartford, 5 Feb 1704. All of the children of Sgt. Thowas1 Spencer was born at Hartford, CT, between 1639 and 1658. When the last child was born in 1658, Sgt. Thomas was 51 years of age. ANN DERIFALL, who was mother of the first three children, was born about 1610 in England. The year of birth probably is quite accurate since Ann was listed as age 24 on the passenger list of the "Elizabeth" which sailed from Ipswich, co. Essex, the last of April 1634 (Tepper). The exact year of Ann's death is unknown, although it probably can be set down as 1645 judging by the approximate date of Sarah Bearding's first child in 1646. Ann Derifall was only about 35 years of at the time of her death. Our interest in the Spencer ancestral line, ultimately will focus on the second son of THOMAS1 SPENCER, that is, THOMAS2 SPENCER, who was born in Hartford about 1641 and died in Suffield, CT. in 1689. THOMAS2 married ESTHER2 ANDREWS of Hartford. III. THE RELATIVES OF ANN DERIFALL AND HER ASSOCIATION WITH WILLIAM CODDINGTON OF RHODE ISLAND A careful search of the IGI (International Genealogical Index, 1990) offers no useful clue to the immediate relatives of Ann Derifall in England. The fact that Ann Derifall sailed from Ipswich in eastern England in 1634 has inclined historians to believe that she was perhaps a native of East Anglia. Indeed, there were Derifalls who lived in Little Baddow, co. Essex, which was the residence of Rev. THOMAS HOOKER when he left for New England in 1633. Of interest is the fact that BARNABAS DERIFALL came to New England in that same year, although there is no evidence that he was a member of the BRAINTREE COMPANY sponsored by Rev. Hooker. The discovery of the connection between the DERIFALLS and the SPENCERS in Connecticut can be credited to Mrs. William C. Clark who published a genealogical study in 1951 in the NEHGS Register. This report proved that Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts, was a brother of Ann Derifall. In the will of Barnabas Derifall prepared in 1680, he named three Spencer brothers (OBADIAH2, THOMAS2, SAMUEL2) as beneficiaries of his estate. These clearly were the same names as the sons of Ann Derifall and Thomas Spencer. Savage states that Barnabas "Doryfall" came to Boston in the "Mary and Jane," probably on the same ship with WILLIAM CODDINGTON and his second wife, MARY MOSLEY. Not only did Barnabas Derifall have this contact with Coddington, but the latter also owned property at Braintree where Barnabas was an original proprietor. William Coddington originally was a native of Boston, Lincolnshire, a city often associated with the names of the earliest Pilgrim fathers. Coddington was a powerful figure in the contingent of Puritan leaders who came to America in the very first vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Besides the Derifalls who lived in co. Essex (Little Baddow), there also were families with this surname who lived in London in the area of St. Bride, Fleet Street. The time scale (IGI) was the late 1500's and early 1600's. There were Coddingtons in the same district in this period. We do know also, that William Coddington was in London in 1632, but was postponing his return to New England until 1633 because his new wife was expecting a child. Mary Mosley was a native of the Chelmsford area in co. Essex. Thus, we have more than one possible scenario for the contact between Barnabas Derifall and William Coddington. Perhaps they had first made contact in London prior to the departure for New England in the "Mary and Jane" in 1633 or they became acquainted later during the actual voyage. However, as we now note above, the Derifalls at Little Baddow in co. Essex could have made their first Puritan connections with the Rev. Thomas Hooker rather than William Coddington. ANN DERIFALL did not come to New England until 1634 and it is recorded that she became a maid servant to the family of William Coddington, an association not too surprising when we note the close contacts her brother Barnabas must have enjoyed with the Coddington family. Barnabas lived the entire remainder of his life at Braintree until his death in 1680. He became a member of the Boston church in 1633 (year of his arrival) and was elected to Freeman in 1636. His lands were located chiefly in what is now West Quincy, Massachusetts. Barnabas Derifall had no children. As a final note in the history of William Coddington, he retained his properties at Braintree until 1638, at which time he removed to Rhode Island along with the followers of Anne Hutchinson as a result of religious differences with John Winthrop and other Puritan leaders in Boston and Cambridge. This date of 1638 for Coddington's departure coincides well with the marriage of Ann Derifall to Thomas Spencer and with the sale of his property in Cambridge and his departure for Hartford. The Pequot War of 1637 had become history and Thomas joined other veterans of that war in occupying lots on Sentinel Hill in Hartford. A new life had begun for Sgt. Thomas Spencer and Ann Derifall. William Coddington, too, had begun a new life in Rhode bland which eventually would lead him to be Governor of that new colony for several terms. IV. UNRAVELING THE SPENCER-ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDlNG CONNECTIONS The second wife of Sgt. Thomas Spencer was SARAH2 BEARDING (BARDING) of Hartford, Connecticut. Since Sarah's father; NATHANIEL BEARDING, also appears in the records as the husband of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS-BEARDING, some writers have overlooked the fact that Sarah Bearding had no blood relationship to Abigail her stepmother. We shall present one chart of the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER connections so that the reader can understand more clearly exactly what happened among the various intermarriages. The first list on the left shows the children descended from WILLIAM ANDREWS, while the list on the right shows the one child (Sarah) of NATHANIEL1 BEARDING. Sandwiched between these two lists are the descendants of THOMAS1 SPENCER and his two wives, ANN DERIFALL and SARAH BEARDING. Connecting lines indicate the intermarriages… [The author has a chart titled "Interrelations of the Andrews-Graves-Bearding-Spencer Families in Cambridge and Hartford." The relationships can be simply reduced down to the following: (1) Nathaniel1 Bearding's second wife was Abigail Graves, who married as William1 Andrews as his second wife. (2) Nathaniel1 Bearding and Abigail Graves had a daughter Sarah Bearding who married Thomas1 Spencer as his second wife. (3) William1 Andrews and Abigail had a daughter Esther2 Andrews who married Thomas1 Spencer's son Thomas2 Spencer, whose mother was Ann Derifall, the first wife of Thomas1 Spencer.] THE CHRONOLOGY OF FAMILY INTERRELATIONSHIPS 1634. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS is first mentioned in the history of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wife #1 was Mary Britton. One child was born about 1632 (John), one in 1634 (Abigail), one in 1636 (Elizabeth), and one in 1638 (Thomas). 1637. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS and his first wife emigrated to Hartford, Connecticut. 1638. William Andrews has a son, THOMAS1 ANDREWS, born in Hartford. This was the last of the four children born to wife number one. 1638-1641. Somewhere in this interval, the first wife of William Andrews dies at Hartford. 1641. William Andrews marries ABIGAIL GRAVES at Hartford (IGI records). The first child, ESTHER2 ANDREWS, is born to William's second wife. 1645. The second child, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, is born to William Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrew. This year also saw the marriage of THOMAS2 SPENCER and SARAH BEARDING, daughter of NATHANIEL BEARDING. 1659. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS dies at Hartford. 1660(?). ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS marries NATHANIEL BEARDING of Hartford. From this chronological arrangement, we can see clearly that ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS was a stepmother to SARAH BEARDING and that no genetic relationship existed. When SAMUEL2 ANDREWS married ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, these individuals had no genetic connections despite the fact that Abigail Graves was the mother of Samuel2 Andrews and the step-grandmother Elizabeth2 Spencer. Likewise, when Esther2 Andrews and Thomas2 Spencer were married, no genetic connection existed since Thomas2 Spencer was the son of Ann Derifall and Esther was the daughter of Abigail (Graves) Andrews. We have gone into considerable detail to explain these relationships since a cursory examination of the lineage might lead one to some mistaken conclusions. Perhaps the key which finally clarified the relationships was the discovery in the IGI records of the marriage of Wlliam1 Andrews to Abigail Graves in Hartford in 1641. V. THE EARLY HISTORY OF WILLIAM1 ANDREWS OF CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD Besides the unusual familial relationships among the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER coalition, there have been some mystifying genealogical questions about the ancestors and immediate relatives of Williarn1 Andrews. There was a large number of immigrants with the surname of ANDREWS who came to New England in the "Great Migration" of the 1630's. Their probably were nearly a half dozen "William Andrews" settling in various towns under the control Massachusetts Bay Company including Newe Towne (Cambridge), Charlestown, Lynn, and Salem. New Haven also was the location for at least one Andrews. The William Andrews of Cambridge, of course, is the main focus of our interest because he was the parent of ESTHER2 Andrews who married THOMAS1 SPENCER. Some historians, however, have confused the William1 Andrews of Cambridge with other men holding the same Christian name. In order to settle this question, a careful study was made of at least four important records on the history of Cambridge and Hartford. This list included "History of Cambridge" by L.R. Paige; the so-called "Proprietors Records of Cambridge" beginning in 1630; the "History of Hartford" by Love; and finally the many references found in the International Genealogical Index (1991 edition). These combined references confirm that WILLIAM1 ANDREWS was one of the earliest settlers at Cambridge and that he was the only William Andrews there up to the end of 1637. In September of 1637. William Andrews sold all of his property to Samuel Shepherd and moved on to Hartford, Connecticut. Love confirms that William Andrews was at Hartford in 1637. Why has so much confusion prevailed in the literature regarding the two wives of William1 Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford? We believe most of the fault can be attributed to the erroneous statements Pope in "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" published in Boston in 1900. Pope had a correct date (25 Sept 1637) for William's sale of his property in Cambridge. However, Pope's statements regarding the death of "wife Mary d. Jan 19. 1640" and a second marriage to Reanna James of Watertown seem to have no connection whatever to our own William Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford. Apparently Pope followed the trail of some other William Andrews, of whom there were several in the Massachusetts Bay area. The Paige "History of Cambridge" mentions WILLIAM1 ANDREWS in only three places in the early part of the book. William was in a list of inhabitants in 1634 and again on a list of 1635. On 23 November 1635, William is identified as a "Selectman" and appointed to the position of Constable. There the story ends except for the sale of his property in September of 1637. One of the better histories of the descendants of William1 Andrews of Cambridge is to be found in "Colonial Ancestors," edited by Edward Little. Here, however, the identification of William's history at Cambridge adopts Pope's version which as we have seen is quite erroneous. There are literally hundreds of William Andrews to be found in England in the early 1600's (IGI), but one entry was found in Lincoln of Lincolnshire where a William Andrews had married a MARY BRITTON on 16 May 1631. St. Botolph (IGI-C0003). Since the first child of William1 Andrews was born about 1632, the chronological fit is almost perfect. Although William1 Andrews was first mentioned in the Cambridge History in 1634 there is a strong likelihood that he was there earlier and that his first child (John2) was born in Newe Towne about 1632. Incidentally, co. Lincolnshire was the scene of much early activity by the Puritans, including the imprisonment of several leaders in the city of Boston before the Pilgrim fathers fled to Holland. Since William1 Andrews was in the direct line of the Suffield (CT) Spencer and the Spencer pioneers of the Western Reserve of Ohio (Portage County), it is important to highlight the details of his life in Hartford (subsequent to his Cambridge experiences). As we have noted, William and his first wife emigrated from Newe Towne (Cambridge) Hartford in 1637. Although they appear not to have been in the original Hooker group which went to Hartford in 1635 and 1636. William was still considered an original proprietor and a founding father of the city. This is evidenced by the proprietor list of 3 Jan 1640 which gave the names of those inhabitants who had a right to undivided lands (Love). William Andrews had an allocation of 30 acres, while Thomas1 Spencer was listed with 14 acres. It seems that NATHANIEL BEARDING was not rated as a "standard" proprietor because his name was on a list for only 6 acres and was included with those individuals granted lots "at the town's courtesy, with liberty to fetch wood and keep swine or cows by proportion on the common." During his lifetime in Hartford, William Andrews appears not to have been among the primary leaders of the community. It seems clear, however, that he had been well educated for his time judging by his appointment as one of the first teachers in the town in 1643. He was a member of a jury in 1644 and in 1651 was appointed to the post of Town Clerk. We are reminded of William1 Spencer who held a similar post in Newe Towne as well as Hartford (albeit the latter post was very brief). William Andrews remained as Town Clerk until the time of his death in 1659. In his will dated 1 April 1659, William1 Andrews seems to have left more authority in the hands of his wife, ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, than was customary for the time (in contrast perhaps to the will of William1 Spencer who died in 1640). Essentially, Abigail Andrews was to remain in control of all the property in Hartford. In case of her remarriage, however, most of the property was to pass to their children. Abigail was to retain the power of Executrix. Based on these limitations, it seems clear that Abigail did not transfer much wealth to her second husband, Nathaniel1 Bearding, due to the restrictions imposed in the will of her first husband. V. THE BEARDING CONNECTION IN HARTFORD As to the history of the BEARDINGS (BARDING, BERDEN) in England, there are not many useful clues. Every county in England reported in the IGI (International Genealogical Index) was surveyed for possible leads. In no instance was there found the surname of "Bearding" or "Barding." There were, however, numerous records of BERDEN in many of the northern, central, and southern counties of England. This leads to the conclusion that the Nathaniel1 Bearding (Barding) of Hartford probably originated with the surname of BERDEN in England. As for the NATHANIEL1 BEARDING of Hartford, his origin remains largely obscured. There is no indication of his being an early resident of Cambridge in the company of Hooker, but he does appear on the list of Hartford settlers in 1640 and Savage even lists him at Hartford in 1636. Nothing seems to be known of his lineage in England. A still more mysterious aspect of Nathaniel is that there is no known official record of a marriage prior to that with ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS. We are certain, however, that his daughter, SARAH2 BEARDING, was by Nathaniel's first wife rather than his second wife (see the chronological chart). Nathaniel Bearding died at Hartford on 14 Sept 1674. The will of Nathaniel Bearding, dated 7 Jan 1673, is preserved in Manwaring's Probate Records. The principal beneficiaries included his widow, Abigail (Graves) Andrews-Bearding, and Thomas1 Spencer (the elder, a son-in-law). Nathaniel provided for all of his daughter's six children (wife of Thomas1 Spencer). Nathaniel also named SAMUEL2 ANDREWS as a legatee, a child by his wife's first marriage to William1 Andrews. Nathaniel was mindful also of the fact that Samuel was married to ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, one of Nathaniel's granddaughters. Nathaniel had an omission in his will. He did not name ESTHER2 ANDREWS. There also was one rather unusual inclusion, the name of which was the name of JOHN2 ANDREWS, a son by the first wife of William1 Andrews. John2 Andrews was not a blood relative to either Nathaniel or Abigail, but undoubtedly he must have been raised by Abigail Graves after she married William Andrews in 1641 in Hartford. Although ESTHER2 (ANDREWS) SPENCER was not under the will of Nathaniel Bearding, she was named in her mother's nuncupative will when Abigail died in 1683. Abigail also named Esther's brother, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, as a beneficiary. VI. THE RELATIVES OF ABIGAIL GRAVES IN CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD The early records of Newe Towne (Cambridge) and New Haven indicated that there were other immigrants with the GRAVES surname, but their relationship to ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS remained unknown until a will of ANN GRAVE was published by H.F. Waters in 1907. ANN GRAVE of England was a resident of "St. Bultolph without Aldgate" London. Three of the beneficiaries in her will made in 1675 were "GEORGE GRAVE the elder of Hartford in Connecticut in New England and JOHN GRAVE of Guilford in the County of New Haven in New England and to their own natural sister also in New England..." The evidence seems very clear that ANN GRAVE of London had been married to a sibling of ABIGAIL, GEORGE, and JOHN GRAVE. There were several immigrants with the GRAVES surname in the early 1630's in New England, but with a positive identification of GEORGE GRAVES and JOHN GRAVES as siblings of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, we can review the historical literature on these two individuals. The first mention of GEORGE GRAVES is found in Paige's "History of Cambridge" where his property is mentioned as located almost on the boundary between Newe Towne (Cambridge) and Charlestowne in 1633. Actually, George's property was within the limits of Newe Towne, but he is never mentioned again in Paige's voluminous history. Love in his "History of Hartford" identifies GEORGE GRAVES as one of the founders in 1636, which would place him among the main Thomas Hooker group which arrived that year. Also, George Graves may well have brought his sister Abigail from Newe Towne since she did not marry WILLIAM1 ANDREWS until 1641 (IGI record). In the record of "Land Distributions in Hartford" for the ensuring years, there were at least 30 references to DEACON GEORGE GRAVES and at least two references to his son, "MARSHALL" GEORGE2 GRAVES. "Deacon" George Graves was married twice. The IGI (B0142) lists a marriage of George Grave and "Anne Kyne" on 21 Sept. 1623, co. Herts, "Much Haddam." The second marriage was to Sarah Ventres (Kenneth Graves) who was the mother-in-law of Deacon's son George. It seems probable that George-2 and John-2 were born in England, based on the fact that Deacon George first appears in the Charlestowne records in 1634. Mary-2, born 1635, therefore would seem to have born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. What of Abigail Grave's brother, John-1 Grave? It seems clear that his permanent residence was at Guilford, New Haven, but we do not know if he had an earlier residence at Charlestowne, possibly with his brother George and sister Abigail. New Haven was not settled until 1638, so there is a possibility that John-1 Graves is revealed in the 1670 Census of Connecticut. There also an Edward Graves in Hartford in 1669 who does not appear related to the descendants of Deacon George Graves. As to the origin of this particular Graves family in England, there seem to be few clues excepting for two references, one being the marriage mentioned above in co. Hertfordshire. The second reference is found in Cussand's History of Hertfordshire (Mary K. Talcott in the Register). In 1621, co. Herts, Burroughs of Hartford, there was a mention of "George Graue" (sic) in the list of freeholders of that community. VII. RETROSPECT We have now reviewed considerable detail the known histories of the spouses and close relatives of St. Thomas-1 Spencer (1607-1687) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. As one of the original five Spencer siblings who were among on the very early pioneers of New England and as the ancestor of perhaps hundreds and even thousands of modern-day Spencer descendants in the U.S., we would like to know as much as possible about those relatives who surrounded Sgt. Thomas during his lifetime. The foregoing pages have documented all of the presently known historical facts, especially regarding the Andrews, Derifall (Derifield), Graves, and Bearding (Berden) families. In our next segment, we shall examine the colorful life of Sgt. Thomas Spencer and his achievements in war and in peace. Although perhaps not as well educated or as brilliant as his older brother, William-1 Spencer (1601-1640), yet Sgt. Thomas lived twice as long and had three times as many children. Thus, Thomas-1 achieved his immortality as surely as William-1 achieved his, but by a rather different and perhaps a more enduring route. REFERENCES ANDREWS, FRANK H. "William Andrews of Hartford, Connecticut, and His Descendants to Asa Andrews." Youngstown, Ohio 1938. BANKS, C.E. "The Planters of the Commonwealth." Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1979. BATES, SAMUEL A. "Records of the Town of Braintree 1640-1793." Daniel A. Huxford, Printer, 1886. CLARK, MRS. WM. C. "Who Was the First Wife of Thomas-1 Spencer of Hartford, Conn.?" Genealogies of Conn. Families, Vol. III, 418-420. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore. 1983. (Reprint from Register, Vol. 105, 1951.) CUTTER, A.M. (Editor). "Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut." Three Vol., Lewis Hist. Publ. Co., N.Y., 1911. DeFOREST, L.E. "Moore and Allied Families." 1938. (In reference to Braintree, co. Essex. England.) GOODWIN, N. "Genealogical Notes," Gen. Publ. Col, Baltimore, 1982. GRAVES, KENNETH V. "Deacon George Graves." Wrentham, MA 1995. HOLBROOK, JAY MACK. "Connecticut 1670 Census." Holbrook Research Inst., Oxford, MA 1977. HOLLY, H.H. (Editor). "Braintree, Massachusetts: It's History." Braintree Historical Soc., 1985. HOOPER, P.R. "Notes on Some Colonial Cabinetmakers of Hartford." Antiques, May, 1933. JACOBUS, DONALD L. "The Four Spencer Brothers, Their Ancestors and Descendants," The Amer. Genealogist, Vol. 27-30, 1951-1954, 96 pp. MASON, LOUISE B… "The Life and Times of Major John Mason of Connecticut: 1600-1672." G.P. Putnam Sons, New York & London, 1935. MANWARING, C.W. "A Digest of the is Early Connecticut Probate Records," Vol. 1. Hartford District 1635-1700. Hartford, CT 1904. MILLER, PETER. "The Spencer Family Workshop." Le Despencer, Journ. of the Spencer Family Hist. & Gen. Soc. July, 1986. PAIGE, L.R. "History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877." Cambridge Univ. Press, 1877. PATTEE, WILLIAM S. "A History of Old Braintree and Quincy." Green & Prescott, Quincy, 1878. POPE, C.H. "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1981. ROBERTS, GARY B. "Genealogies of Connecticut Families," 3 Vols. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1983. ROBERTS, GARY B. "English Origins of New England Families," 3 Vol. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1984. SAVAGE, JAMES. "A Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England," 4 Vol., Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1990. SHURTLEFF, NATHANIEL R. (Editor). "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England.- Vol, 1: 1628-1641. Boston, 1853. SMYTH, H.D, "George Grave, or Graves and Descendants." Genealogies of Conn. Families. Vol. II. Gen. Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1983. SPENCER, HENRY C. "Sergeant Thomas Spencer, 1607-1687." Private Communication, 1993. SPENCER, JACK T. & EDITH W. SPENCER. The Five Spencer Siblings of Bedfordshire, the Role of the Braintree Company, and the Beginnings of Cambridge, Massachusetts: Le Despencer," Vol. 17. Nov. 1993. SPENCER, JACK T. & EDITH W. 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"The Original Proprietors of Hartford, Connecticut." The Register. New Eng. Hist. Gen. Soc. vol. 22, 1889. …The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the Newe Towne and the Town of Cambridge With the Records of the Proprietors of the Common Lands." Cambridge, 1896. …International Genealogical Index (Microfiche)." Church of the Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City. 1991 Edition. …"Leading Layman in England." The Great Migration Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1993. …"Original Distribution of the Lands in Hartford, Connecticut, Among the Settlers, 1639." Conn. Hist. Soc. Collections, Vol. XIV, 1912. … "Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Conn." J.H. Beers & Co. Chicago, 1901. …"Focus on Hartford." The Great Migration Newsletter, Vol. 3, Oct.-Dec. Issue, 1992." 11. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 35[1959]:55-58, "Andrews Families of Western Connecticut," by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., F.A.S.G.: "Under the above heading we hope to publish from time to time data on the early generations of the Andrews families of western Connecticut. The chief aim is to bring together new or corrective information relating to the first three or four generations, and even for this period no pretense is made that the research has been exhaustive or that our account is in any way definitive. Others who have found new and important data affecting the very early generations are invited to submit it. I. William Andrews of Hartford William1 Andrews of Hartford, Conn., came, according to Savage [Gen. Dict., 1:56], from Cambridge, Mass., where his wife Mary died 19 Jan. 1640; was the first schoolmaster and town clerk; Abigail (who married second, Nathaniel Barding) is called his second wife; the three sons are named, John, Thomas and Samuel, and but one daughter, Elizabeth, is named. William Andrews was chosen Register (town clerk) at Hartford 12 Jan. 1651/2 and was succeeded by John Allyn 11 Apr. 1659, a few days after Andrews made his will, in which he described himself as in poor health. His Hartford lands were entered without date, yet he was a very early and probably an original settler. The lands of Francis Andrews were entered February 1639/40. In the Secretary's Book, the lands of William and Francis Andrews are entered on successive pages, those of William first. [Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll. 14:xi, xv, 235, 388]. In these records he is usually entitled "Mr." and it is worth noting that Francis bought land from William. It is certai | Andrews, Samuel (I2299)
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| 4857 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The following will transcription for Nathaniel Bearding in 1674 is from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. It mentions this Samuel and Elizabeth (Spencer). Note that this will links Samuel as a son to Nathaniel's second wife as follows: "I Nathaniel Berding of Hartford upon the River of Connecticut, planter doe in this my last will and testament give unto Abigaill my wife the sum of twenty pounds to be paid her in such pay as may bee comfortable for her not in any horse flesh; I doe also give to Abigaill my wife three cows both which gifts for her to possess and fivety shillings in peas fivety shillings in Indian corne and fivety shillings in pork all at the countey price; my will is also that Abigaill my wife shall have the two ould lower romes and the celler and the leanto for her to dwell in or dispose of all these during the time of her life; I do also give to my son-in-law Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of fivetene pounds to bee paid to him within the space of twoe years after my disease; I doe also give to Samuel Andrews and Elizabeth his wife the sum of fourty pounds to be paid him after the decease of my wife his mother; my parcel of land at Potunck and my household stuff to be to his for partt of that legacy; I doe also give to Sarah Spencer and to Hannah Spencer and to Mary Spencer and to Martha Spencer the fouer daughters of Thomas Spencer the elder the sum of tenn pounds to be equally devided amongst them that is to eather of them fivety shillings to be paid to them after my wife's decease. I do also give to John Andrews twenty shillings; I doe also give to Thomas Andrews twentye shillings to be paid after the discease of my wife their mother; alsoe my will is that my debts and theise legacies may be paid out of my moveable estate that so much as may be of my houseing and other lands may be kept intire. I have desired Paul Peck senior and George Graves to see this my will to bee performed, and i do hereby give to the said Paul Peck and Georg Graves the sum of fourty shillings for each man my debts and these legasyes being paid and my desires in this my will being attended. I go hereby give the remaining part of my estate to Jarrett Spencer my grandchild whoe is the son of Thomas Spencer the elder; I doe also hereby make the sayd Jarrett my execquitor of this my will. My will also is that Abigaill my wife should have the use of all my household stuff during hir life; my will also is that my execquitor shold kepe all my houseing and barne and fenceing belonging to house and land in repaire; my will is also that what corn or provisions shall be in hand at my discease shall be for Abigail my wife as part of the twenty pounds I have before given hir; my will also is that Abigail my wife shall chose out of my cowes which cowes she will have for the three cowes given hir. In Witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand dated this 7th of January 1673/4. The inventory of Nathaniel's estate was taken 14 Sep 1674 by Paul Peck, George Grave and Caleb Stanly and was valued at 282.15.10. See Hartford Probate Packets, film #1020549." 2. This individual is mentioned in the following will for Thomas Spencer is from various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007. He made his will in 1686 one year prior to his 1687 death; it reads: "I Thomas Spencer senior of Hartford, being at present in good and sownd understanding not knoweing how soon I may be removed hence by death and finding the shodowes of the evening are stretching over me canot but judg that council of the prophet very seasonable set they house in order, etc. I doe therefore make ordayn and apoint this followeing to be my last will and testament hereby makeing null and voyd all former wills and testaments by me made whither by word or writing. First I commit my soule to God in Jesus Christ my dear Savior and redeemer from whom alone I expect salvation and an inheritance among the sainets in light my body to the earth to be decently buried in the comon burying place; for that estate God hath blessed me with, I bequeath and dispose of it as followeth - when my just debts and funerall expences are fully satisyed and payed to my eldest son Obadiah I give my houseing and land in Hartford, all my lands both meadow and upland on the west side and east side of the Connecticut River within the bounds of the Township of Hartford, to be to him his heirs and assigns immediately after my decease and from thence forever, he paying out such legacies as I shall appoynt by this Will. I give to my sayd son allso one cupboard and irons warming pan old fann two forekes peas hook two axes and an old hoe. I give unto my son Thomas the sume of fifteen pounds and Obadiah shall pay ten pounds more to him or to his heires in currant pay corn or cattell to be payd within two or three yeares after my decease as he shall be able. I give unto my son Samuel (he having received a good portion from his Uncle) all my wearing apparrell off all sorts and kinds. I give unto my son Jarred my shop and tooles and twelve pownds, all which are in his hands and I have possest him with them allready. The rest of my moveable estate I give unto my five daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hanna, Mary and Martha, to be equally divided to them by their brother my son Jarrad. I do make my son Obadiah Spencer executor of this my last will and testament and that he may have a refuge to repayre unto for advice if any difficulty should befall him in the executoin of my will I desire Capt. Jno Allyn, Lieut. Caleb Standly and my cousin Samuel Spencer to be the overseers whom I desire to asssit my sol executor their best advice as occasion may call for it. Finally I leave all my children with the Lord and desire his blessing may be their portion that they may love and serve him and live in love and peace one with another when I shall be gathered to my fathers and for the confirmation of this my will and testmanet I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September 1686. Thomas Spencer (his mark) Witnesses: John Allyn, Hanna Allyn - Hartford Probate Records 4:262." 3. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "Samuel Andrews son of William and Abigail, b. Oct. 20, 1645, died Jan 1712, mar. Elizabeth Spencer, dau. of Thomas Spencer and Sarah Bearding, bapt. Mch 26, 1648. Samuel Andrews ad full cov Mch 1, 1695-6. Savage says m. Elizabeth Strickland (). Children: Samuel, bp Nov. 14, 1686 (1 Church Record) perhaps the Samuel killed by Indians near Deerfield 1712 (Savage). Thomas, m/1 Mary Mason m/2 Susanna Ellis. John, m. Lydia Ensign July 18, 1717 (1 Ch Rec) dau. Thomas and Lydia (). Abigail, m. John Stedman. Elizabeth, d. Nov. 23, 1772 bur. Center Ch. m. William Day, Apl 18, 1717 (1 Ch Rec.) William died Nov 26, 1768 bur. Center Ch. Nathaniel, Thomas, and Abigail owned cov 1 Ch Mch 8, 1696-6. 'Samuel Andrews of Hfd left will (page 8 Vol 8) in which he mentions wife Elizabeth, sons Nathaniel, John, Thomas and Samuel, daughters Abigail (Stedman) and Elizabeth Andrews. Dated Jan. 1, 1711-2.' Hfd. Times, June 8, 1903." 4. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "Sgt. Thomas Spencer, son of Gerald and Alice bp. Mch 29, 1607 (Eng.) died Sept. 11, 1687, mar/1 ( ). Mar/2 Sept 11, 1645 (HTR) Sarah Bearding dau. of Nathaniel Bearding. Early member 1st Church [of Hartford]. Name on Founders Monument [in Hartford]. Children by 1st marriage: Elizabeth, bp. Mch 26, 1648 (HTR) m. Samuel Andrews. Hannah, b. Apl 25, 1653 (HTR) m/1 Geroge Sexton, m/2 Daniel Brainerd (See Brainerd Gen., p. 32). Marah/Mary, b. May 18, 1655 (HTR). Martha, b. Mch 19, 1657-8 (HTR), m. Andrew Benton. Gerald, m. Hannah Pratt. Sarah, m. Thomas Huxley. Children by 2nd marriage: Obadiah, m. Mary Disbrough. Thomas of Enfield, m. Esther Andrews. Samuel. Cambridge; freeman May 14, 1634; removed in 1639 to Hfd, where he was an original proprietor; his home lot in 1639 was on the east side of Main St., near what is now the junction of Main and Windsor Sts.; served in the Pequot War; chimney viewer 1650; constable north side 1658; surveyor of highways 1672; was sergeant of the train band 1650, and received in 1671 a grant of 60 acres 'for his good service in the country'." 5. The book "The Thomas Spencer Family of Hartford, Connecticut in the Line of Samuel Spencer of Cromwell, Connecticut 1744-1818," comp. by Frank Farnsworth Starr for James J. Goodwin, Hartford, Conn., copy in Connecticut Historical Society Library, Hartford, CT, pp. 13-20: "Children of Thomas and ___ Spencer, I. Obadiah, m. Mary Desborough. II. Thomas, b. Esther Andrews, and lived in Suffield. III. Samuel, living Sep. 1686. Children of Thomas and Sarah (Bearding) Spencer, I. Garrard, m. 22 Dec 1680, Hannah Pratt, and lived in Hartford. II. Sarah, m. Thomas Huxley of Hartford and Suffield. III. Elizabeth, bap. 26 Mar 1648; perhaps m. Samuel Andrews of Hartford. IV. Hannah, b. 15 Apr 1653, Colony Record; b. 25 Apr 1653, Town Record. V. Mary, b. 18 May 1655. VI. Martha, b. 19 Mar 1657; perhaps m. ___ Benton." 6. The following partial excerpts about the wives and children of Thomas Spencer are from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III (see notes of Thomas Spencer for full transcript): "Thomas Spencer... Migration: 1633 First Residence: Cambridge Removes: Hartford 1636... Estate: ...In his will, dated 9 September 1686 and proved 26 October 1687, "Thomas Spencer Senior of Hartford, ... finding the shadows of the evening are stretching over me," bequeathed to "my eldest son Obadiah ... my housing and land in Hartford, all my lands both meadow and upland on west side and east side of the Connecticut River" in Hartford (he paying certain legacies), along with some personal goods; to "my son Thomas" £15, of which he hath £5; to "my son Samuel (he having received a good portion of his uncle) all my wearing apparell"; to "my son Jarrad my shop & tools & £12, all of which are in his hands"; residue to "my five daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary and Martha, to be equally divided to them by their brother my son Jarrad"; "my son Obadiah Spencer my executor"; "Capt. Allyn, Lieut. Caleb Standly and my cousin Samuel Spencer" overseers [Hartford PD Case #5095; Manwaring 1:365]... Marriage: (1) After 2 November 1634 Anne Dorryfall, sister of Barnaby Dorryfall [NEHGR 105:197-99]. "Anne Dorifall, aged 24," sailed on the Elizabeth of Ipswich in 1634 [Hotten 281] and was admitted to Boston church 2 November 1634 as "Ann Derifall, our brother Wm. Coddington's maid servant" [BChR 19]. She died by 1645. (2) Hartford 11 September 1645 Sarah Bearding [HaVR 606], daughter of Nathaniel Bearding of Hartford. Children: With first wife i Obadiah ("eldest son"), b. say 1635; m. by about 1666 Mary Disborough (estimated b. of first Child), daughter of Nicholas Disborough [TAG 27:166, 38:209]. ii Thomas, b. say 1637; m. by about 1666 Esther Andrews (estimated b. of first Child), daughter of William Andrews [TAG 27:166-67, 35:57]. iii Samuel, b. about 1639 (if he is the Samuel who d. Windham 8 January 1726/7 aged about 88 [NEHGR 105:198], and if that age at death is not exaggerated); m. by about 1684 Sarah ____ (estimated b. of first child [TAG 27:167]). With second wife iv Sarah, b. say 1646; m. by 1667 Thomas Huxley (on 26 March 1667 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Huxlye, Sarah, above 20 years, wife of Tho[mas] Huxly of Hartford & daughter of Sergeant Tho[mas] [S]penc[er] of Hartford" [WMJ 710]). v Elizabeth, bp. 26 March 1648 [HaVR 579]; m. by about 1668 Samuel Andrews, son of William Andrews [TAG 35:55-59]. vi Jared, b. say 1650; m. Hartford 22 December 1680 Hannah Pratt, daughter of John [HaVR Barbour 301]. vii Hannah, b. Hartford 15 April 1653 [CTVR 31]; said to have married (1) George Sexton, (2) Daniel Brainerd and (3) Jonathan Chapman, but the secondary sources are vague and uncertain, and the evidence for these marriages has not been found. viii Mary, b. Hartford 18 May 1655 [CTVR 32]; m. Westfield 7 October 1675 Thomas Root [Pynchon VR 31]. ix Martha, b. Hartford 19 March 1657[/8] [CTVR 31]; m. by 1677 Andrew Benton (b. of first Child), son of Andrew Benton [TAG 27:163; NEHGR 60:301-2 (evidence for this marriage not presented in either source)]... Comments: On 7 September 1652 Thomas Spencer undertook to pay the fine of Sarah Spencer [RPCC 112]." 7. "The American Genealogist," Vol. 27 "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants," compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A., pp. 162-63: "Elizabeth [Spencer], bp. 26 Mar. 1648; m. Samuel Andrews, bp. at Hartford, 21 Oct. 1645, d. there Jan. 1711/12, son of William and Elizabeth." 8. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp.157-158: "The Family of Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1687) and (1) Ann Derifall (Derifield) (ca.1610-1645) and (2) Sarah Bearding (Barding, Berden); d. before 1674; dau. of Nathaniel Bearding. Ann Derifall was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts. Children by Ann Derifall Obadiah2 Spencer (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertG, ThomasH, HenryI). b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. Mary DISROWE (Disborough), dau. of Nicholas Disbrowe. Mary d before 1709. They had seven children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. Thomas2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. Esther2 Andrews. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield, CT. Esther was the dau. of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1689 at Suffield, CT. Samuel2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. Sarah ___ (ca.1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding Sarah2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca. 1646. m. Thomas HUXLEY at Suffield, CT. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King who was b. 14 March 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct 1712. Elizabeth2 Spencer (Thomas1). bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hartford, CT. m. Samuel2 Andrews of Hartford. Samuel Jan. 1712 at Hartford. d. ? Gerard2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. ca 1651. m. Hannah PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680, dau. of John Pratt. d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. Hannah2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) George SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) Daniel BRAINERD, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713 Mary2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. Thomas ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA, son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug 1709. d. 4 Nov 1690 at Westfield, MA. Martha2 Spencer (Thomas1). b. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. Andrew BARTON (BENTON), Jr. (1653-1704)." 9. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, pp. 172-177 has a transcript and analysis of the will dated 9 Sep 1686 of Thomas1 Spencer (see his notes for transcript). He mentions all nine of his children, but not his wife Sarah who preceded him in death. Some of his children are also mentioned in the wills of his first wife's brother Barnabas Derifall (who died 1680) and his second wife's father Nathaniel Bearding (who died 1674): "The Interpretation of the Will of Thomas1 Spencer Jacobus reported that Sarah Bearding Spencer, wife of Thomas1 Spencer, as dying before 1674 since she was not named in her father's (Nathaniel Bearding) will which was proven in 1674 (year of father's death). The inventory of of the Thomas1 estate set the total value at ₤139 19 00, but does not mention the value of his shop or tools or of the considerable amount of land which he had purchased during his lifetime. (A separate analysis is being made of the multiple transactions in Hartford and will be published in a different article). Not mentioned in this Will was the fact that Thomas had received a grant of 60 acres in 1660 in recognition of his military and civic services to the colony and the city of Hartford. It is possible that his woodworking shop and tools were included in the value of "home lot and housing" which was set at 50 pounds. It is interesting that a nephew, Samuel2 Spencer, the only son of his brother, William1 Spencer, was named as an overseer in the Will. Samuel2 Spencer spent his whole life at Hartford and fathered eight children by Sarah Meakins. Samuel's last Child, in fact, was born just a few months before the death of Thomas1 in 1687... In an earlier chapter, the present authors gave a detailed account of the inter-connections of the four or five families in Hartford who were related by cross marriages. As a sequel to that story, we have constructed a chart to show the beneficiaries of the estates of four pioneers who willed property and money to their children (or nieces and nephews) and sometimes to grandchildren. The four pioneers in order of death were William1 Andrews (d. 1659), Nathaniel Bearding (d. 1674), Barnabas Derifall (Derifeild) (d. 1680) and Thomas1 Spencer (d. 1687). All were residents of Hartford except Barnabas Derifall who lived in Braintree (West Quincy), Massachusetts. The children involved as legatees were the nine children of Thomas1 Spencer (Ann Derifall and Sarah Bearding)and the six children of William1 Andrews. The latter also had two wives, of whom only the second has been identified (Abigail Graves). Abigail in later years became the second wife of Nathaniel Bearing (no children). In order to simplify the chart of beneficiaries, we have not included any of the surviving spouses. Chart: The Distribution of Assests to children from the Estates of Four Pioneers in New England [KP Note: reformatted for my transcript:] Various estates: A. Barnabas Derifall (d. 1680) of Braintree, MA. B. Thomas1 Derifall (d. 1687) of Hartford. C. Nathaniel Bearding (d. 1674) of Hartford D. William1 Andrews (d. 1659) of Hartford Children of Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1687): -Obadiah2 Spencer A, B -Thomas2 Spencer A, B -Samuel2 Spencer A, B, C -Sarah2 Spencer Huxley B -Elizabeth2 Spencer Andrews B -Gerard2 Spencer B -Hannah2 Spencer Sexton-Brainerd B, C -Mary2 Spencer Root B, C -Martha2 Spencer Benton B, C Children of William1 Andrews (d. 1659) -John2 Andrews C, D -Abigail2 Andrews D -Elizabeth2 Andrews Grannis D -Thomas2 Andrews C, D -Esther2 Andrews Spencer D -Samuel2 Andrews C, D The emerging pattern from the chart illustrates the dichotomy which characterized the bequests from Nathaniel Bearding - some assets to his grandchildren in the Thomas1 Spencer family, but excluding any children who had been born to the first wife of Thomas1, Ann Derifall - a not unlikely scenario for those who did not share his bloodlines. Nathaniel Bearding's legatees among the Andrews children showed some separation, but of a considerably different character. Nathaniel had only two step grandchildren, Esther2 Andrews and Samuel2 Andrews. Samuel2 was a major beneficiary with 40 pounds, while Esther2 Andrews Spencer was not named in the will. On the other hand, Nathaniel Bearding made bequests to John2 Andrews and Thomas2 Andrews who were bore no blood relation to Nathaniel We believe the explanation of the latter two bequests was based on the fact that Abigail Graves Andrews-Bearding had raised the four children (stepchildren) from William Andrews first marriage to Mary Britton as well as her own two children by William1 Andrews. In the case of the bequests by Thomas1 Spencer, there is an oddity in the fact that his son Samuel2 Spencer essentially was excluded from the will (except for clothing). We do not believe this is an indication of differential favoritism among the sons, but the fact that Samuel2 had been well provided for in the will of his grandfather, Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts. Abigail2 Andrews was not named in her father's will because she had died (1653) some years before her father's death. The only other aspect of the estates is the fact that females in general received only token recognition from the father or grandfather as the case might be. It was the sons and grandsons who always were the major legatees." 10. FHL book 929.273 Sp33 "The Spencers of the Great Migration," by Jack Taif Spencer and Edith Woolley Spencer (Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1997) vol. 1, partial excerpts from pp. 261-263 (see notes of Thomas2 Spencer for full transcript): "The Families Immediately Related to Thomas1 and Thomas2 in Hartford. Because a rather complex relationship existed among the immediate relatives of Thomas1 in Hartford, the present authors have prepared a separate article (1995) on the interrelationships of Thomas1 and Thomas2 to the Andrews, Graves, and Bearding families. A brief summary is presented in the following notes along with the accompanying chart. Linkages Among The Andrews, Graves, Bearding and Spencer Families in Hartford [KP note: reformatted for my transcription]: William1 Andrews (-1659) m.(l) Mary Britton. Children by Wife#1: -John2 (ca.1632-1690) -Abigail2 (1634-1653) -Elizabeth2 (1636-) -Thomas2 (1638-) m.(2) Abigail Graves (-1683). [Abigail marries Nathaniel1 Bearding as his second wife.] children by Wife #2: -Esther2 (1641-1698) [Esther marries Thomas2 Spencer.] -Samuel2 (1645-1712) Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1689) m.(1) Ann Derifall (1610-1645). Children by Wife #1: -Obadiah 2 (c.1639-1712) -Thomas 2 (1641-1689) [Thomas marries Esther2 Andrews.] -Samuel 2 (1643-1727) m. (2) Sarah Bearding (-1674). [Sarah is child from Nathaniel1 Bearding's first wife.] children by Wife #2: -Sarah2 (ca1646-1712) -Elizabeth2 (1648) -Gerard2 (1651-1712) -Hannah2 (1653-1713) -Mary 2 (1655-1690) -Martha2 (1658-1704) Nathaniel1 Bearding (-1674) m. (1) ___. Children by Wife #1: -Sarah2 Bearding [Becomes 2nd wife of Thomas1 Spencer] m. (2)Abigail (Graves) Andrews (-1683) [Abigail marries William1 Andrews as his second wife.] The first list on the left shows the children descended from William1 Andrews, while the list on the right shows the one child (Sarah) of Nathaniel1 Bearding. Sandwiched between these two lists are the descendants of Thomas1 Spencer and his two wives, Ann Derifall and Sarah Bearding. Connecting lines indicate the intermarriages. Abigail (Graves) Andrews (d. 1683) was the second wife of William1 Andrews of Hartford and the mother of Esther Andrews (1641-1698) who married Thomas2 Spencer (later of Suffield). Esther Andrews had a brother, Samuel Andrews (1645-1712), who married Elizabeth2 Spencer, a half sister to Thomas2 Spencer. In later life, Abigail. (Graves) Andrews married Nathaniel Bearding as his second wife. Earlier, Nathaniel Bearding had a daughter Sarah who became the second wife of Sgt. Thomas1 Spencer. All of the above is totally unintelligible unless the reader makes a careful study of the chart." 11. The book "The Great Migration," by Robert Charles Anderson, pp. 64-67: "WILLIAM ANDREWS ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1634 FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge REMOVES: Hartford 1637 OCCUPATION: Schoolmaster at Hartford, 1643, 1648, 1650, 1655 (and probably other years) [HaTR 65, 87,94, 108]... MARRIAGE: By about 1632 Abigail ___. (She may have been sister of George Graves of Hartford [TAG 35:56].) She married (2) Nathaniel Barding [Manwaring 1:182-83; TAG 35:56] and died 26 March 1682/3 (unless this is the date the inventory was taken, in which case she probably died somewhat earlier) [Hartford PD Case #478]. CHILDREN... v ESTHER, b. Hartford [blank] September 1641 [CTVR 31]; m. by about 1666 Thomas Spencer, son of THOMAS SPENCER [TAG 27:166-67, 35:57; GMB 3:1720]. vi SAMUEL, b. Hartford 20 October 1645 [CTVR 31; HaVR 576 (omits day of birth)]; m. about 1668 Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of THOMAS SPENCER [TAG 27:163, 35:59; GMB 3:1720]..." 12. The book "Colonial Ancestors. Four lineal genealogies of eastern Connecticut families…," by Bernice Andrews (Livingston) Rieg (Camden, Maine; Penobscot Press, 1991), pp. 1-7 [Note: I neglected to copy the source list.]: "WILLIAM1 ANDREWS, whose place and date of birth are not known, died in Hartford, Conn., between 01 Apl 1659, when his will was written, and 08 Aug of the same year, when the inventory of his estate was taken by Edward Stebbing, George Grave and George Barnard.[1] William married ABIGAIL (? - GRAVE), thought to have been the sister of George Grave, Senior, of Hartford; after her husband's death, Abigail married second, Nathaniel Berden (or, Bearding) who died 14 Sep 1674;[2] and she died in Hartford, 20 Mch 1682/3.[3] Abigail (? - Grave) (Andrews) Berden's nuncupative exhibited in Court 04 Apl 1683, presents an interesting family relationship, since her son Samuel, in his recollections of his mother's instructions, referred to his mother as, "Grandmother"! This was possible because Samuel, son of William and Abigail Andrews, married Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Thomas Spencer and his second wife, Sarah Berden, daughter of Nathaniel and his first wife. Thus, when the widow Abigail Andrews married Nathaniel Berden, she became step-mother to Sarah (Berden) Spencer and step-grandmother to Sarah's daughter, Elizabeth Spencer, the wife of her son Samuel Andrews... It is interesting to note that Nathaniel Berden, in his will dated 07 Jan 1673, mentioned his wife, Abigail, son-in-law Thomas Spencer the elder, Samuel Andrews and wife Elizabeth to whom he left £40 to be paid after "the decease of my wife his mother." In addition to Elizabeth, the other four daughters of Thomas and Sarah (Berden) Spencer are mentioned by name, i.e. Sarah, Hannah, Mary and Martha. Next in order appear John Andrews, Thomas Andrews, and Jarred Spencer, "my grandchild," who would have been the only son of the above mentioned Thomas and Sarah (Berden) Spencer.[22] Children of William and Abigail (?-Grave) Andrews:[23]... v. Esther Andrews, b. Hartford, -- Sep 1641, d. Suffield, Conn., 06 Mch 1697/8; m. prob. by 1665 to Thomas Spencer, Jr., b.c. 1641, d. Suffield, 23 Jul 1689, son of Sergt. Thomas and Ann (Derifall) Spencer. In 1657, John Winthrop, Jr. had written in his medical journal that Esther dwelt with Ens. Talcott, was sixteen years old, and had a pain in the head and stomach; the next year,. his records show she had a toothache! Children, Spencer, b.c. 1666-1680: Esther, Elizabeth, Thomas, Samuel, William, and Anna. [24] [25] vi Samuel Andrews, b. Hartford, 20 Oct 1645, d. there bt 01 Jan 1711/12 (date of will) and 29 Jan 1711/12 (date of inventory); m. c. 1668 Elizabeth Spencer, by Hartford, 26 Mch 1648, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Berden) Spencer. Elizabeth survived her husband. Children, Andrews, order of birth unknown: Nathaniel; John; Abigail, m. John Stedman of Farmington; Thomas; Elizabeth, m. William Day; Samuel, bp. Hartford, 14 Nov 1686. [24]" 13. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 35[1959]:59, "Andrews Families of Western Connecticut," by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., F.A.S.G.: "Samuel2 Andrews, born at Hartford 20 Oct. 1645, died there between 1 Jan. 1711/12 (date of will) and 29 Jan. 1711/12 (date of inventory); married about 1668, Elizabeth2 Spencer, baptized at Hartford 26 Mar. 1648, survived her husband, daughter of Thomas1 and Sarah (Bearding) Spencer. His will named wife Elizabeth, sons Nathaniel, John, Thomas and Samuel, and daughters Abigail Stedman and Elizabeth Andrews; witnesses, Gerrard Spencer and Gershom Sexton, who also took the inventory [Manwaring's Digest, 2:150]. Children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Spencer) Andrews, order of birth not known: i. Nathaniel3. ii. John. iii. Abigail, m. John Stedman of Farmington, who d. before 7 June 1737 (date of inventory). iv. Thomas. v. Elizabeth, bur. 23 Nov. 1772; m. at Hartford, 18 Apr. 1717, William Day, bapt. 24 Apr. 1692, bur. 26 Nov. 1768. vi. Samuel, bapt. at Hartford 1st Church 14 Nov. 1686." 14. The periodical "Connecticut Nutmegger," by Jack T. Spencer, CSG, "The Families Linked to Sgt. Thomas Spencer, a Co-Founder of Hartford," vol. 29, pp. 14-27: "I. BACKGROUND Sgt. THOMAS1 SPENCER was one of the "Four Spencer Brothers" of Bedfordshire, England, who were among the earliest settlers of New England and who almost certainly were passengers in the earliest vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 or 1631. THOMAS1 was the second oldest of the Spencer Brothers. The older was WILLIAM1 SPENCER (1601-1640). The two youngest brothers were MICHAEL1 SPENCER (1611-1653) and GERARD SPENCER (1614-c.1683). There also was a sister, ELIZABETH1 SPENCER (1602- ) who came to New England as the wife of TIMOTHY TOMLYNS and settled at Lynn, Massachusetts. The male Spencer siblings (William, Thomas, Michael, Gerard) first settled at Newe Towne (Cambridge, Massachusetts.) A few years later the two older brothers, along with other pioneers, became co-founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Michael and Gerard eventually settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, but Gerard made another move in later years to become the "patriarch" of Haddam, Connecticut. All of the Spencer siblings were born at Stotfold, co. Bedfordshire, England. Their parents were GERARDA SPENCER (1576- ) and ALICE WHITBREAD SPENCER. These Spencers were descendants of a long line of this surname in Bedfordshire whose ancestry can be traced back with certainty to the middle of the 14th century. Tracing the general lineage to even earlier times, we know that the original ancestors came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and participated in the Battle of Hastings. In the ensuing two or three centuries, the "Despencers" ranked among the highest of the Norman nobility, sometimes gaining and sometimes losing (their lives) for this close relationship. In earlier publications (see reference list), we have described the important activities undertaken by WILLIAM1 SPENCER in the founding of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the first Town Clerk of Cambridge and later served as a "Selectman" for several years. William played even more important roles for the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company, especially in regard to surveying and setting the boundary lines for many of the towns under the control of the Court. For many years he served as a Deputy representing Newe Towne at the frequent meetings of the General Court in Cambridge and in Boston. As for ELIZABETH1 SPENCER, we already have documented the activities of her husband, TIMOTHY TOMLINS (see reference list), who was a co-founder of Lynn, Massachusetts in 1630. Timothy, like William Spencer, was a prominent leader in Lynn and served as a Deputy to the General Court and in many other civic and military capacities before his untimely death about 1645. II. THE FAMILY OF SGT. THOMAS1 SPENCER The Family of THOMAS1 SPENCER (1607- 1687) and two wives: 1) ANN DERIFALL (1610- ) and SARAH BEARDING (d. before 1674). Ann was a sister of Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, MA. Sarah was the daughter of Nathan Bearding of Hartford. Ann married Thomas ca. 1638; Sarah married Thomas on 11 Sept. 1645 at Hartford. Thomas d. 1 Sept. 1687 at Hartford. Children by Ann Derifall: OBADIAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1, GerardA, MichaelB, JohnC-D, RobertE, JohnF, RobertH, ThomasI, HenryJ), b. ca. 1639 at Hartford, CT. Took Freeman's Oath at Hartford 20 May 1658. m. MARY DISBOROUGH, dau. of Nicholas Disborough. Mary d. before 1709. They had children. d. May 1712 at Hartford, CT. THOMAS2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. ca. 1641 at Hartford, CT. m. ESTHER2 ANDREWS. She d. 6 Mar 1698 at Suffield. Esther was the dau. of William1 and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford, CT. d. 23 July 1698 at Suffield, CT. SPENCER2 (Thomas1) b. ca. 1643 at Hartford, CT. m. SARAH ___ (ca. 1660-1733). She d. at Windham, CT. d. 24 Oct 1727 at Windham, CT. Children by Sarah Bearding SARAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. ca. 1646 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS HUXLEY at Suffield, C. He d. 21 July 1721 at Suffield. A dau. Elizabeth Huxley m. James King, who was. b. 14 Mar 1675 at Ipswich, MA. James d. 15 July 1757 at Suffield. He had a large landed estate. d. 24 Oct. 1712. ELIZABETH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. bp. 26 Mar 1648 at Hanford, CT. m. SAMUEL2 ANDREWS of Hartford, brother of Esther2 Andrews who m. Thomas2 SPENCER. Samuel Andrews was the son of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews of Hartford. Samuel d. Jan 1712 at Hartford. d. ? GERARD2 SPENCER (Thomas1). b. ca 1651 at Hartford, CT. m. HANNAH PRATT (1658-1692) on 22 Dec 1680. She was dau. of John Pratt, d. 1712 at Hartford, CT. HANNAH2 SPENCER (Thomas1) b. 15 April 1653 at Hartford, CT. m. (1) GEORGE SEXTON, Jr. m. (2) DANIEL Brainerd, Sr. Nov. 1698. d. 1713. MARY2 SPENCER (Thomas1), b. 18 May 1655 at Hartford, CT. m. THOMAS ROOT, 7 Oct 1675. He was of Westfield, MA., son of John Root. He d. 16 Aug. 1709. d. 4 Nov. 1690 at Westfield, MA. MARTHA2 SPENCER (Thomas1). B. 19 Mar 1658 at Hartford, CT. m. ANDREW BARTON (BENTON), Jr (1653-1704). He was the son of Andrew Barton Sr., Andrew Jr. d at Hartford, 5 Feb 1704. All of the children of Sgt. Thowas1 Spencer was born at Hartford, CT, between 1639 and 1658. When the last child was born in 1658, Sgt. Thomas was 51 years of age. ANN DERIFALL, who was mother of the first three children, was born about 1610 in England. The year of birth probably is quite accurate since Ann was listed as age 24 on the passenger list of the "Elizabeth" which sailed from Ipswich, co. Essex, the last of April 1634 (Tepper). The exact year of Ann's death is unknown, although it probably can be set down as 1645 judging by the approximate date of Sarah Bearding's first child in 1646. Ann Derifall was only about 35 years of at the time of her death. Our interest in the Spencer ancestral line, ultimately will focus on the second son of THOMAS1 SPENCER, that is, THOMAS2 SPENCER, who was born in Hartford about 1641 and died in Suffield, CT. in 1689. THOMAS2 married ESTHER2 ANDREWS of Hartford. III. THE RELATIVES OF ANN DERIFALL AND HER ASSOCIATION WITH WILLIAM CODDINGTON OF RHODE ISLAND A careful search of the IGI (International Genealogical Index, 1990) offers no useful clue to the immediate relatives of Ann Derifall in England. The fact that Ann Derifall sailed from Ipswich in eastern England in 1634 has inclined historians to believe that she was perhaps a native of East Anglia. Indeed, there were Derifalls who lived in Little Baddow, co. Essex, which was the residence of Rev. THOMAS HOOKER when he left for New England in 1633. Of interest is the fact that BARNABAS DERIFALL came to New England in that same year, although there is no evidence that he was a member of the BRAINTREE COMPANY sponsored by Rev. Hooker. The discovery of the connection between the DERIFALLS and the SPENCERS in Connecticut can be credited to Mrs. William C. Clark who published a genealogical study in 1951 in the NEHGS Register. This report proved that Barnabas Derifall of Braintree, Massachusetts, was a brother of Ann Derifall. In the will of Barnabas Derifall prepared in 1680, he named three Spencer brothers (OBADIAH2, THOMAS2, SAMUEL2) as beneficiaries of his estate. These clearly were the same names as the sons of Ann Derifall and Thomas Spencer. Savage states that Barnabas "Doryfall" came to Boston in the "Mary and Jane," probably on the same ship with WILLIAM CODDINGTON and his second wife, MARY MOSLEY. Not only did Barnabas Derifall have this contact with Coddington, but the latter also owned property at Braintree where Barnabas was an original proprietor. William Coddington originally was a native of Boston, Lincolnshire, a city often associated with the names of the earliest Pilgrim fathers. Coddington was a powerful figure in the contingent of Puritan leaders who came to America in the very first vessels of the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. Besides the Derifalls who lived in co. Essex (Little Baddow), there also were families with this surname who lived in London in the area of St. Bride, Fleet Street. The time scale (IGI) was the late 1500's and early 1600's. There were Coddingtons in the same district in this period. We do know also, that William Coddington was in London in 1632, but was postponing his return to New England until 1633 because his new wife was expecting a child. Mary Mosley was a native of the Chelmsford area in co. Essex. Thus, we have more than one possible scenario for the contact between Barnabas Derifall and William Coddington. Perhaps they had first made contact in London prior to the departure for New England in the "Mary and Jane" in 1633 or they became acquainted later during the actual voyage. However, as we now note above, the Derifalls at Little Baddow in co. Essex could have made their first Puritan connections with the Rev. Thomas Hooker rather than William Coddington. ANN DERIFALL did not come to New England until 1634 and it is recorded that she became a maid servant to the family of William Coddington, an association not too surprising when we note the close contacts her brother Barnabas must have enjoyed with the Coddington family. Barnabas lived the entire remainder of his life at Braintree until his death in 1680. He became a member of the Boston church in 1633 (year of his arrival) and was elected to Freeman in 1636. His lands were located chiefly in what is now West Quincy, Massachusetts. Barnabas Derifall had no children. As a final note in the history of William Coddington, he retained his properties at Braintree until 1638, at which time he removed to Rhode Island along with the followers of Anne Hutchinson as a result of religious differences with John Winthrop and other Puritan leaders in Boston and Cambridge. This date of 1638 for Coddington's departure coincides well with the marriage of Ann Derifall to Thomas Spencer and with the sale of his property in Cambridge and his departure for Hartford. The Pequot War of 1637 had become history and Thomas joined other veterans of that war in occupying lots on Sentinel Hill in Hartford. A new life had begun for Sgt. Thomas Spencer and Ann Derifall. William Coddington, too, had begun a new life in Rhode bland which eventually would lead him to be Governor of that new colony for several terms. IV. UNRAVELING THE SPENCER-ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDlNG CONNECTIONS The second wife of Sgt. Thomas Spencer was SARAH2 BEARDING (BARDING) of Hartford, Connecticut. Since Sarah's father; NATHANIEL BEARDING, also appears in the records as the husband of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS-BEARDING, some writers have overlooked the fact that Sarah Bearding had no blood relationship to Abigail her stepmother. We shall present one chart of the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER connections so that the reader can understand more clearly exactly what happened among the various intermarriages. The first list on the left shows the children descended from WILLIAM ANDREWS, while the list on the right shows the one child (Sarah) of NATHANIEL1 BEARDING. Sandwiched between these two lists are the descendants of THOMAS1 SPENCER and his two wives, ANN DERIFALL and SARAH BEARDING. Connecting lines indicate the intermarriages… [The author has a chart titled "Interrelations of the Andrews-Graves-Bearding-Spencer Families in Cambridge and Hartford." The relationships can be simply reduced down to the following: (1) Nathaniel1 Bearding's second wife was Abigail Graves, who married as William1 Andrews as his second wife. (2) Nathaniel1 Bearding and Abigail Graves had a daughter Sarah Bearding who married Thomas1 Spencer as his second wife. (3) William1 Andrews and Abigail had a daughter Esther2 Andrews who married Thomas1 Spencer's son Thomas2 Spencer, whose mother was Ann Derifall, the first wife of Thomas1 Spencer.] THE CHRONOLOGY OF FAMILY INTERRELATIONSHIPS 1634. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS is first mentioned in the history of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wife #1 was Mary Britton. One child was born about 1632 (John), one in 1634 (Abigail), one in 1636 (Elizabeth), and one in 1638 (Thomas). 1637. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS and his first wife emigrated to Hartford, Connecticut. 1638. William Andrews has a son, THOMAS1 ANDREWS, born in Hartford. This was the last of the four children born to wife number one. 1638-1641. Somewhere in this interval, the first wife of William Andrews dies at Hartford. 1641. William Andrews marries ABIGAIL GRAVES at Hartford (IGI records). The first child, ESTHER2 ANDREWS, is born to William's second wife. 1645. The second child, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, is born to William Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrew. This year also saw the marriage of THOMAS2 SPENCER and SARAH BEARDING, daughter of NATHANIEL BEARDING. 1659. WILLIAM1 ANDREWS dies at Hartford. 1660(?). ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS marries NATHANIEL BEARDING of Hartford. From this chronological arrangement, we can see clearly that ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS was a stepmother to SARAH BEARDING and that no genetic relationship existed. When SAMUEL2 ANDREWS married ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, these individuals had no genetic connections despite the fact that Abigail Graves was the mother of Samuel2 Andrews and the step-grandmother Elizabeth2 Spencer. Likewise, when Esther2 Andrews and Thomas2 Spencer were married, no genetic connection existed since Thomas2 Spencer was the son of Ann Derifall and Esther was the daughter of Abigail (Graves) Andrews. We have gone into considerable detail to explain these relationships since a cursory examination of the lineage might lead one to some mistaken conclusions. Perhaps the key which finally clarified the relationships was the discovery in the IGI records of the marriage of Wlliam1 Andrews to Abigail Graves in Hartford in 1641. V. THE EARLY HISTORY OF WILLIAM1 ANDREWS OF CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD Besides the unusual familial relationships among the ANDREWS-GRAVES-BEARDING-SPENCER coalition, there have been some mystifying genealogical questions about the ancestors and immediate relatives of Williarn1 Andrews. There was a large number of immigrants with the surname of ANDREWS who came to New England in the "Great Migration" of the 1630's. Their probably were nearly a half dozen "William Andrews" settling in various towns under the control Massachusetts Bay Company including Newe Towne (Cambridge), Charlestown, Lynn, and Salem. New Haven also was the location for at least one Andrews. The William Andrews of Cambridge, of course, is the main focus of our interest because he was the parent of ESTHER2 Andrews who married THOMAS1 SPENCER. Some historians, however, have confused the William1 Andrews of Cambridge with other men holding the same Christian name. In order to settle this question, a careful study was made of at least four important records on the history of Cambridge and Hartford. This list included "History of Cambridge" by L.R. Paige; the so-called "Proprietors Records of Cambridge" beginning in 1630; the "History of Hartford" by Love; and finally the many references found in the International Genealogical Index (1991 edition). These combined references confirm that WILLIAM1 ANDREWS was one of the earliest settlers at Cambridge and that he was the only William Andrews there up to the end of 1637. In September of 1637. William Andrews sold all of his property to Samuel Shepherd and moved on to Hartford, Connecticut. Love confirms that William Andrews was at Hartford in 1637. Why has so much confusion prevailed in the literature regarding the two wives of William1 Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford? We believe most of the fault can be attributed to the erroneous statements Pope in "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" published in Boston in 1900. Pope had a correct date (25 Sept 1637) for William's sale of his property in Cambridge. However, Pope's statements regarding the death of "wife Mary d. Jan 19. 1640" and a second marriage to Reanna James of Watertown seem to have no connection whatever to our own William Andrews of Cambridge and Hartford. Apparently Pope followed the trail of some other William Andrews, of whom there were several in the Massachusetts Bay area. The Paige "History of Cambridge" mentions WILLIAM1 ANDREWS in only three places in the early part of the book. William was in a list of inhabitants in 1634 and again on a list of 1635. On 23 November 1635, William is identified as a "Selectman" and appointed to the position of Constable. There the story ends except for the sale of his property in September of 1637. One of the better histories of the descendants of William1 Andrews of Cambridge is to be found in "Colonial Ancestors," edited by Edward Little. Here, however, the identification of William's history at Cambridge adopts Pope's version which as we have seen is quite erroneous. There are literally hundreds of William Andrews to be found in England in the early 1600's (IGI), but one entry was found in Lincoln of Lincolnshire where a William Andrews had married a MARY BRITTON on 16 May 1631. St. Botolph (IGI-C0003). Since the first child of William1 Andrews was born about 1632, the chronological fit is almost perfect. Although William1 Andrews was first mentioned in the Cambridge History in 1634 there is a strong likelihood that he was there earlier and that his first child (John2) was born in Newe Towne about 1632. Incidentally, co. Lincolnshire was the scene of much early activity by the Puritans, including the imprisonment of several leaders in the city of Boston before the Pilgrim fathers fled to Holland. Since William1 Andrews was in the direct line of the Suffield (CT) Spencer and the Spencer pioneers of the Western Reserve of Ohio (Portage County), it is important to highlight the details of his life in Hartford (subsequent to his Cambridge experiences). As we have noted, William and his first wife emigrated from Newe Towne (Cambridge) Hartford in 1637. Although they appear not to have been in the original Hooker group which went to Hartford in 1635 and 1636. William was still considered an original proprietor and a founding father of the city. This is evidenced by the proprietor list of 3 Jan 1640 which gave the names of those inhabitants who had a right to undivided lands (Love). William Andrews had an allocation of 30 acres, while Thomas1 Spencer was listed with 14 acres. It seems that NATHANIEL BEARDING was not rated as a "standard" proprietor because his name was on a list for only 6 acres and was included with those individuals granted lots "at the town's courtesy, with liberty to fetch wood and keep swine or cows by proportion on the common." During his lifetime in Hartford, William Andrews appears not to have been among the primary leaders of the community. It seems clear, however, that he had been well educated for his time judging by his appointment as one of the first teachers in the town in 1643. He was a member of a jury in 1644 and in 1651 was appointed to the post of Town Clerk. We are reminded of William1 Spencer who held a similar post in Newe Towne as well as Hartford (albeit the latter post was very brief). William Andrews remained as Town Clerk until the time of his death in 1659. In his will dated 1 April 1659, William1 Andrews seems to have left more authority in the hands of his wife, ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, than was customary for the time (in contrast perhaps to the will of William1 Spencer who died in 1640). Essentially, Abigail Andrews was to remain in control of all the property in Hartford. In case of her remarriage, however, most of the property was to pass to their children. Abigail was to retain the power of Executrix. Based on these limitations, it seems clear that Abigail did not transfer much wealth to her second husband, Nathaniel1 Bearding, due to the restrictions imposed in the will of her first husband. V. THE BEARDING CONNECTION IN HARTFORD As to the history of the BEARDINGS (BARDING, BERDEN) in England, there are not many useful clues. Every county in England reported in the IGI (International Genealogical Index) was surveyed for possible leads. In no instance was there found the surname of "Bearding" or "Barding." There were, however, numerous records of BERDEN in many of the northern, central, and southern counties of England. This leads to the conclusion that the Nathaniel1 Bearding (Barding) of Hartford probably originated with the surname of BERDEN in England. As for the NATHANIEL1 BEARDING of Hartford, his origin remains largely obscured. There is no indication of his being an early resident of Cambridge in the company of Hooker, but he does appear on the list of Hartford settlers in 1640 and Savage even lists him at Hartford in 1636. Nothing seems to be known of his lineage in England. A still more mysterious aspect of Nathaniel is that there is no known official record of a marriage prior to that with ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS. We are certain, however, that his daughter, SARAH2 BEARDING, was by Nathaniel's first wife rather than his second wife (see the chronological chart). Nathaniel Bearding died at Hartford on 14 Sept 1674. The will of Nathaniel Bearding, dated 7 Jan 1673, is preserved in Manwaring's Probate Records. The principal beneficiaries included his widow, Abigail (Graves) Andrews-Bearding, and Thomas1 Spencer (the elder, a son-in-law). Nathaniel provided for all of his daughter's six children (wife of Thomas1 Spencer). Nathaniel also named SAMUEL2 ANDREWS as a legatee, a child by his wife's first marriage to William1 Andrews. Nathaniel was mindful also of the fact that Samuel was married to ELIZABETH2 SPENCER, one of Nathaniel's granddaughters. Nathaniel had an omission in his will. He did not name ESTHER2 ANDREWS. There also was one rather unusual inclusion, the name of which was the name of JOHN2 ANDREWS, a son by the first wife of William1 Andrews. John2 Andrews was not a blood relative to either Nathaniel or Abigail, but undoubtedly he must have been raised by Abigail Graves after she married William Andrews in 1641 in Hartford. Although ESTHER2 (ANDREWS) SPENCER was not under the will of Nathaniel Bearding, she was named in her mother's nuncupative will when Abigail died in 1683. Abigail also named Esther's brother, SAMUEL2 ANDREWS, as a beneficiary. VI. THE RELATIVES OF ABIGAIL GRAVES IN CAMBRIDGE AND HARTFORD The early records of Newe Towne (Cambridge) and New Haven indicated that there were other immigrants with the GRAVES surname, but their relationship to ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS remained unknown until a will of ANN GRAVE was published by H.F. Waters in 1907. ANN GRAVE of England was a resident of "St. Bultolph without Aldgate" London. Three of the beneficiaries in her will made in 1675 were "GEORGE GRAVE the elder of Hartford in Connecticut in New England and JOHN GRAVE of Guilford in the County of New Haven in New England and to their own natural sister also in New England..." The evidence seems very clear that ANN GRAVE of London had been married to a sibling of ABIGAIL, GEORGE, and JOHN GRAVE. There were several immigrants with the GRAVES surname in the early 1630's in New England, but with a positive identification of GEORGE GRAVES and JOHN GRAVES as siblings of ABIGAIL (GRAVES) ANDREWS, we can review the historical literature on these two individuals. The first mention of GEORGE GRAVES is found in Paige's "History of Cambridge" where his property is mentioned as located almost on the boundary between Newe Towne (Cambridge) and Charlestowne in 1633. Actually, George's property was within the limits of Newe Towne, but he is never mentioned again in Paige's voluminous history. Love in his "History of Hartford" identifies GEORGE GRAVES as one of the founders in 1636, which would place him among the main Thomas Hooker group which arrived that year. Also, George Graves may well have brought his sister Abigail from Newe Towne since she did not marry WILLIAM1 ANDREWS until 1641 (IGI record). In the record of "Land Distributions in Hartford" for the ensuring years, there were at least 30 references to DEACON GEORGE GRAVES and at least two references to his son, "MARSHALL" GEORGE2 GRAVES. "Deacon" George Graves was married twice. The IGI (B0142) lists a marriage of George Grave and "Anne Kyne" on 21 Sept. 1623, co. Herts, "Much Haddam." The second marriage was to Sarah Ventres (Kenneth Graves) who was the mother-in-law of Deacon's son George. It seems probable that George-2 and John-2 were born in England, based on the fact that Deacon George first appears in the Charlestowne records in 1634. Mary-2, born 1635, therefore would seem to have born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. What of Abigail Grave's brother, John-1 Grave? It seems clear that his permanent residence was at Guilford, New Haven, but we do not know if he had an earlier residence at Charlestowne, possibly with his brother George and sister Abigail. New Haven was not settled until 1638, so there is a possibility that John-1 Graves is revealed in the 1670 Census of Connecticut. There also an Edward Graves in Hartford in 1669 who does not appear related to the descendants of Deacon George Graves. As to the origin of this particular Graves family in England, there seem to be few clues excepting for two references, one being the marriage mentioned above in co. Hertfordshire. The second reference is found in Cussand's History of Hertfordshire (Mary K. Talcott in the Register). In 1621, co. Herts, Burroughs of Hartford, there was a mention of "George Graue" (sic) in the list of freeholders of that community. VII. RETROSPECT We have now reviewed considerable detail the known histories of the spouses and close relatives of St. Thomas-1 Spencer (1607-1687) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. As one of the original five Spencer siblings who were among on the very early pioneers of New England and as the ancestor of perhaps hundreds and even thousands of modern-day Spencer descendants in the U.S., we would like to know as much as possible about those relatives who surrounded Sgt. Thomas during his lifetime. The foregoing pages have documented all of the presently known historical facts, especially regarding the Andrews, Derifall (Derifield), Graves, and Bearding (Berden) families. In our next segment, we shall examine the colorful life of Sgt. Thomas Spencer and his achievements in war and in peace. Although perhaps not as well educated or as brilliant as his older brother, William-1 Spencer (1601-1640), yet Sgt. Thomas lived twice as long and had three times as many children. Thus, Thomas-1 achieved his immortality as surely as William-1 achieved his, but by a rather different and perhaps a more enduring route. REFERENCES ANDREWS, FRANK H. 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| 4858 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The general modern consensus of the ancestry of the original William Phelps, the Immigrant, is now that he originated in Crewkerne. The book "The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors" has led many Phelps descendants to believe that their original ancestor in Connecticut was from Tewkesbury, England, but that has been disproved. Pages 1-72 are about James Phelps and his son William Phelps, who had been thought to be the grandfather and father of William. Pages 72 to 1,257 are about the descendants of William Phelps of Windsor, Connecticut and is considered to be acceptable. The first part of the book should now be disregarded and ignored including George Phelps, the Connecticut contemporary of William, being a brother. Modern DNA testing has not found a link between William and George. The best source of information on the Crewkerne origin of the immigrant William Phelps is from the book "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," (Volume III) by Robert Charles Anderson, and Myrtle Steven Hyde, F.A.S.G. This book also uses the article "The English Origin of William Phelps of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn. with Notes on His Marriages," The American Genealogist (July 1990) 65:161-166, as the source of its information. I quote from these two latter references in separate notes below. First, I want to quote what is now regarded as the erroneous ancestry from 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: A. "The family came originally from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. Mr. William Phelps and his family, and brother George Phelps, were the first ancestors of the large proportion of the Phelps families in America. We repeat Tewkesbury Abbey Church records of this family: James Phelps, b. about 1520, and supposed to have been a brother of Francis Phylppe of Nether Tyne, Staffordshire, England, m. Joan ___, says Prerogative Court of Canterbury, administations 1587-1591, page 60, May 10th, 1588, commission issued to Joan Phelps, relict of James Phelps, late of Tewkesbury, deceased, to administer the goods and chattels of said deceased." Children baptized in the Tewkesbury Abbey Church: I. William, bp. 4 Aug 1560, m. Dorothy. II. Thomas, bp. 10 Aug 1563. III. George (In court and other records George and Giles are the same.), bp. 5 Sep 1566. IV. Alice, bp. 24 Dec 1572, m. John Hope, 21 Jun 1595. V. Edward, bp. 10 May 1578, ancest. fo Rev. Wm. Phelps Prior. VI. Keneline, bp. 16 Oct 1580 (prob. Kenelm). VII. Richard, bp. 16 Oct 1583. VIII. Robert, bp. 18 Jul 1584. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, administrations 1611-1614, page 102: May 31, 1613, commission issued to Nicholas Phelps, brother of William Phelps, late of Tewkesbury, deceased, to administer the goods and chattels of the said deceased, during the minority of William Phelps, his son, by reason of the death of Dorothy Phelps, relict of the said William Phelps, deceased, leaving goods still unadministered. From this it appears, that James and Joan Phelps had a son Nicholas, not baptized, or at least not recorded in the baptisms, probably accounted for by loss of lines in register." B. "William Phelps, son of James and Joan Phelps, b. Tewkesbury, bapt. 4 Aug 1560, m. Dorothy ___. Says Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Sep. 28, 1611, administrations 1611 to 1614: 'Commissioned to Dorothy Phielps, relict of William Phelps, late of Tewkesbury, deceased, to administer the goods and chattles of the said deceased.' He probably died in 1611. His wife, Dorothy, died 1613. They had been baptized in the Tewkesbury Abbey Church. I. Mary, bp. 4 Sep 1587. II. Mary, bp. 23 Apr 1588. III, Thomas, bp. 24 Jun 1590, ancestor of the late John Lloyd Phelps and John J. Phelps, Esq., of the Irish family. IV. Dorothy, bp. 29 Feb 1595. V. William, bp. 10 Aug 1599. Emigrated to New England. VI. James, bp. 14 Jul 1601. VII. Elizabeth, bp. 9 May 1603. VIII. George, born abt. 1606. (Note: Not in Tewkesbury Record, but unquestionably his son...)" C. "William Phelps, (son of William and Dorothy Phelps,) b. ___, bp. Tewkesbury Abbey Church, 19th Aug 1599. Of his wife and date of marriage we find no record. He resided for a time in Tewkesbury, where his first Child, Richard, was born in 1619 and bapt. in the Tewkesbury Abbey Church Dec. 26th, 1619. Soon after the birth of his first child (and the death of his father) he probably removed to one of the southern counties, either Somerset or Dorsetshire, as after the birth of this first child we find no reference to him in Tewkesbury, nor do we find any record of the birth of his five other children. Mr. Phelps, his wife, six children, and brother George, then unmarried, emigrated to New England in the ship Mary and John, of 400 tons burden commanded by Capt. Squeb, with 140 passengers. This company had been organized into a church and selected their ministers the day before sailing, as previously stated. D. "Mr. Phelps' children by first wife: I. Richard, b. Tewkesbury, bapt. 26 Dec., 1619. He sailed for the Barbadoes, as previously stated, with Capt. Burch and Gilbert Grimes, then unmarried; all we know of him. II. William, b. England about 1620, m. Isabel Wilson; 2nd, Sarah Pinney. III. Sarah, b. England about 1623, m. William Wade. IV. Samuel, b. England about 1625, m. Sarah Griswold. V. Nathaniel, b. England about 1627, m. Elizabeth Copley. VI. Joseph, b. England about 1629, m. 1st Hannah Newton, 2nd, Mary Salmon. Children by second wife Mary Dover: I. Timothy, b. Windsor, Ct., Sept 1st, 1637 [error: s/b 1639], m. Mary Griswold. II. Mary, b. Windsor, Ct., March 2nd, 1644, m. Thomas Barber." 2. Having discounted what is now considered the false ancestry of William per my notes above, the following portion on William from later in 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, is considered accurate: "Mr. Phelps, his wife, six children... emigrated to New England in the ship Mary and John, of 400 tons burden commanded by Capt. Squeb, with 140 passengers. This company had been organized into a church and selected their ministers the day before sailing, as preveiously stated.They sailed from Plymouth, England, March 20th, 1630, arriving and landing at Nantasket, now Hull, Mass., May 30th, 1630. This company settled in Dorchester, Mass., the first settlers and founders of that place. Dorchester claims the honor of being the first town in the Massachusetts Colony to organize a town government. Mr. Phelps took an active position in town matters, and during the first six months was made a freeman. The follow reference is made to him in the Massachusetts Colonial Records, where his name is spelled Felps, Phellps and Phelps. 10 Oct 1630, William Phelps applied to be made freeman. 9 Nov 1630, he was one of a jury of 12, empanneled for the trial of Walter Palmer, concerning the death of Austin Brotcher, found not guilty of manslaughter. (This was the first jury trial in the New England Colony.) 27 Sep 1631, he was chosen constable of Dorchester. 9 May 1632, he was one of the committee of sixteen chosen by the colony to see about the raising of a public stock. 4 Mar 1634, one of a committee of three to lay out the bounds between Boston and Roxbury. 1634, William Phelps, Charles Stoughton and George Hull, delegates to the General Court from Dorchsetster this year. 14 May 1634, he was one of a committee of four to view the ground at Mount Wollaston for the enlargement of Boston, and draw a plan then and report to the next General Court. 4 Mar 1634, Ensign Gibbs and William Felpes were appointed by the General Court to go with a committee of three to arrange the bounds between Boston and Dorchester, and explain what each town wants. 5 May 1635, he was a member of the General Court form Dorchester, held in Newtown, now Charlestown. 8 Jul 1635, Mr. Newbury and William Phelps appointed a committee to set out the bounds between Wessagusetts and Barecove. The report of this Committee is interesting, being the style of language of Mr. Phelps. The following is a true copy form the Massachusetts Colonial Records: 'The ryver between Hingham and Waymother, runing on the East syde of the ryver, that creeke being their bounds to the head of it, to an oake marked, and soe their lyne to rune into the countrie, upon the same paynt that boundeth Boston and Waymothe. Also wee appoynneted Waymothe to make vse of all the timer on Hingham syde, from a cove called Lovells Cove vpward in the ryver halfe a myle in bredth and three quarters of a myle in length, for the space of fforty yeares; also wee prhibeted Waymothe for making any inprouem' on the gorund. By mee, Willm. Phelps.' The following references are made to Mr. Phelps in the Dorchester Records - 3 Apr 1633, 'It is agreed that a double rayle fence with mortises in the posts of 10 foot distance one from the other, shall be set up in the Marsh, from the corner of Richard Phelps his pale eastward to the creeks, but the owners of the cows under named - proportionably twenty feet to every cow.' With others 'William Phelps two cows - 40 foote.' 'Feb. 10th, 1634, Among the persons appoynted 'to view the poles' for the east field, Will Phelps and Mr. Thomas Stoughton.' 5 Jul 1635, 'It is granted to William Phelps, to fence in two acres and half of dry gorund adjoyning to his meadow ground, in the little neck, in satisfaction for what he wants in his home lot.' In this year, 1635, Mr. Phelps's wife died. In the fall of 1635, the Rev. Mr. Warham with sixty of his Church in Dorchester, removed to the settling of Windsor, Ct. Mr. William Phelps and his family, and brother George, accompanied this expedition, though it is probable that Mr. William Phelps did not go down to Windsor, Ct. till the following spring. This journey is thus briefly described by the Historian: 'Never before had the forests of america witnessed such a scene as this, driving their cattle before them, the compass their only guide thorugh the bewildering mazes of the unbroken forest, commencing and ending each day's march, with songs of praise and heartfelt utterance of prayer, which sounded strangely amidst these solitudes. They journeyed on through the chilly November days.' That which is now a journey of but a few hours behind the iron horse, was then with them (the women, children and cattle) a journey of two weeks. How applicable are the wise words of Daniel Webster: 'We hear the whisperings of youthful impatience, and we see chilled and shivering Children, homeless but for a mother's arms, couchless but or a mother's breast, until one's blood almost freezes.' At the time of the emigration of the Dorchester colony, and other Massachusetts settlers to Windsor, in 1635, it was supposed to be under the control of the Massachusetts Company, and a commission of seven persons was appointed to govern the new colony, in Connecticut; for one year Mr. William Phelps was one of this commission. The following is a textual copy of the commission from the Massachusetts Colonial Records. 3 Mar 1636, 'A Commission granted to Seuall Persons to govern the people att Conecticott, for the space of a year, now next coming, an Exemplificacon where ensueth: Whereas vpon some reason & grounds, there are to remvoe from this o' comonwealth & body of the Mattachusetts in America, dyv's of o' loveing ffriends, neighb's ffreeman & members of Newe Towne, Dorches', Waterton, & other places, whoe are resolved to transplant themselues & their estates vnto the Ryver of Conecticott, there to reside and inhabite, & to that end dyv's are there already dyv's others shortly to goe, wee, in this present Court assembeld, on the behlfe of o' said Members & John Winthrop, Junr., Esq. goun., appoyneted by certain noble personages & men of qualitie, interested in the said ryvr. wch. yet in England, on their behalfe, have had a serious consideracon there (on) & think it meete that where there are a people to sett down & cohabite, there will followe, vpon occacion, some cause of difference, as also dyvers misdeameanrs wch. will require a speedy redresse; & in regard of the distance of place this state and goumt connot take notice of the same as to apply timely remedy, or to dispence equall justice to them, & their affaries, as may be desired; and in regard of the said nobel psonages, and men of quallitie, have something ingaged themselve & their estate, in the planting of the said ryver and by vertue of a pattent, doe require juridcicion of the said place & people, & neither the mindes of the said psonages (they being writ unto) are as yet knowen, nor any manner of gount. is yet agreed on, & there being a necesitie, as aforesaid, that some present goumt. may be observed, wee therefore thinke mee(te) & soe order that Roger Ludlowe, Esqre., William Pinchon, Esq., John Steele, William Swaine, Henry Smythe, William Phe)lpes), William Westwood & Andrew Warde, or the greater pte of them, shall have full power and auethoritie to hear and determine in a judicial way, by witnesses vpon oathe examine, wth(in) the said plantacon, all those differences, wch may arise between ptie and ptie, as also, vpon misemeanr, to inflicte corporall punishm', or imprisonmt, to ffine & levy the same if occacon soe require, to make & decree such orders, for the present, that may be for the peaceable & quiett ordering the ffaires of the said plantacon, bothe in tradeing, planting, building, lotts, militaire dissipline, defensine in warr (iif neede so require), as shall best conduce to the publique good of the same, & that the saide Rodger Ludlow, William Pinchon, John Steele, Willm Swaine, Henry Smyth, Willm Phelpes, William Westwood, and Andrew Warner, or the greatr pte of them shall have power, under the greater pte of their ha(nds) at a day or days, by them appoyneted, upon convenient not(ice), to convent the said inhabitant, of the said towns to any convenient place, that they shall think meete, in the leagall and open manner, by way of Court to pleede in execute(ing) the power and authoriu of aforesaide, and in case of presnt necessitie, two of them joyning to geather to inflict corporall punishmt, upon any offender, if they see good and warentable gournd so to doe. Provided always that this commisssion shall not extend any longer time than one whole year, from the date there of, and in the mean time it shall be lawful for this Cort, to recall the said psons if they see couse, and if soe be there may be a mutuall, and settel govunt - Condecended unto, by and with the good likeing and consent of the said noble psonages, or their agent, the inhabitants and commonwealth, provided also, that his ma not be any prejudice to the interest of these noble personage in the sd. ryver and confined there of with their small lymitts.' Says Trumbull: 'The first Court held under this Commision was April 26th, 1636. Mr. Roger Ludlow presiding, present in all, six. of these, Mr. William Phelps was one.' Say Stiles, Hist. Windsor: 'The town records of Windsor or Dorchester, as it was first called prior to 1650, ar not in existence.' From Stles History and others, we gather the following: At a Court 21 Feb 1637, 'It is ordered yt the plantacon called Dorchester shall bee called Windsor.' At a Court held 1 May 1637, Mr. William Phelps presiding, "It is ordered that there shall be an offensive war against the Pequots.' The Court held its sessions from time to time, and was legislative, judicial and executive in character. In 1638 it being admitted that this Connecticut colony was out of the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts colony, the people of Windsor,, Wethersfield and Hartford, met in Hartford, Jan. 2nd, 1639, and adopted a constitution for the Connecticut colony. This document recognized no authority save God, superior to that delegated by the people. This document was drawn up by Mr. Roger Ludlow presiding magistrate, with the assistance of the magistrates, of whom Mr. William Phelps was one. From this date to the present time there has been no radical change in the forms or principles of the government of Connecticut. This government consisted of five magistrates, of a legislative, judicial and executive character, chosen by the freemen of the colony, and the house of assistants chosen by the towns. This continued up to 1665. Mr. Phelps held the office of magistrate, from 1639-1643, and 1656-1662; from 1645-1649 inclusive. He was a deputy also in 1651. At a Court held Sept. 9th, 1641, "It was ordered that the governor, Mr. William Phelps, and Capt. Mason, are directed to meet with Phenicke, concerning liberty to make salt in Rhode Island, and to take first act.' At a Court held 1642, the first of government on record relating to Simsbury, whose Indian name was 'Massaco,' was an order passed by the Court of which Mr. William Phelps was a member, and in these words: 'It is ordered that the governor, and Mr. Haynes shall have liberty to dispose of that part of land on the river called Massacoe, to such inhabitants of Windsor, as they shall see cause.' The following letter of Hon. Charles J. Hoadley, librarian, explains the photographed document, signed by four of the magistrates of the Connecticut colony, and written about 1661, and which gives with others the autograph of Mr. William Phelps. 'Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Nov. 19, 1895. Sir: The body of the document you caused to be photographed is in the handwritng of Daniel Clarke, Secretary of the colony. The document has no date but was written in 1661, probably in the summer. The filing ont the back is in a modern hand and is '1661, Magistrates attest yt. Mr. Talcott is Treasurer of Connecticut Collony & order'd to pay 1st Govr. Winthrop ₤500 sterling in provision &c. Yours respectfully, Charles J. Hoadley.' From Stiles History of Windsor and other records we get: 4 Jan 1638, 'Mr. Phelps with Messrs. Haynes, and Ludlow and Hopkins, a Committee to settle Plymouth Colony claims, with the Connecticut Colony, as regards to the Plymouth Colonies' claims to land on the Connecticut River.' 13 Jan 1652, Mr. William Phelps, with five others from the town of Windsor, grant to THomas Parsons, a ferry, on the Connecticut River for one year. 13 Dec 1653, Mr. William Phelps one of a Committee of five, 'to advise with the Constable in preparing twelve men for the Indian War.' 16 Jul 1660, Old Roll Book of Church, Mr. William Phelps paid 7 shillings slip rent, one of the highest rates paid that year. 7 Apr 1663, to subscription for poor and wanting, in other towns or colonies, Mr. William Phelps 9 shillings. 7 Apr 1673, A deed recorded in the land office, dated May 15th, 1637, from the Plymouth Company to the Windsor Co. for lands claimed by the Plymouth Co. in Windsor. Witnessed - Mr. William Phelps and five others. The office of lister or assessor, was one of the earliest created at this time; instead of appraising the land, or property assessed - the land was classed in several grades - in 1675 the 1st. grade was persons owning a horse, and four oxen; 2nd. grade - owning a horse and two oxen. Mr. Willam Phelps was of this grade of which at that time there were 42. It may be interesting here to notice a few of the laws enacted by our ancestrtor, Mr. William Phelps, and his associates, and executed by them, which with others are called the 'Blue Laws of Connectiut.' Say Stiles, 'We find capital crimes more numerous than now. It was a capital offence to worship any other than the True God - to practice adultery - or the crime against nature, or rape, or to balsphene, or to exercise witchcraft - or to steal men or women - or for children 'unless brought up in unchristian neglect,' to curse or to smite, or to be stubborn or rebellious toward their parents. Lying in those days was deemed a peculiarly heinous offence. In 1641 the General Court stigmatized it as a fowl and gross sin, - Mr Webster of Hartford and Mr. Phelps of Windsor ware requested to consult with the elder of both churches, to prepare instructions against the next Court, for the punishment of the sin of lying. In the code of 1650 all persons above the age of 14 years found guilty of lying, are made punishable by fines, stocks or stripes - and punished by parents in presence of officers. Upon contempt for God's holy word or ministers was rigorously dealt with. The 1st offence with reproof, and bonds for good behavior; the 2nd 5₤, fine, and standing in the pillory on a lecture day, bearing on the breast a paper duly labelled in captal letters, 'An open and obstinate contemner of God's Holy Word.' Absence from church was visited by a fine of five shillings. Forgery was punished by three days in the pillory - payment of coubledamage to the injured party, and disqualification as a witness or juryman. Fornication by fine, whipping or prohibition to marry. For censure of the Genreal Court the stocks, and the whipping post, which were peculiar institutions of the older times. In a case of bastardy tried in the colony in 1639, the Court ordered as follows: 'John Edwards, Aaron Stark, and John Williams were censured for unclean practices as follows: John Edwards and John Williams to stand upon the pillory from the ringing of the first bell to the end of the lecture - then to be whipped at the cart's tail, and to whipped in a like manner in Windsor in eight days following. Aaron Starks, to stand upon the pillory and be whipped as Williams, and to have the letter R burnt upon his cheek, and in regard to the wrong done to Mary Holt, to pay her parents ₤10 and in defect of such to the commonwealth; and it is the will of the Court that Mr. Ludlow, and Mr. Phelps see some punishment inflicted upon the girl for concealing it so long. Branding was a form of punishment not uncommon - burglary and highway robbery was blazoned with the letter B-A. 2nd offence by second branding, and a severe whipping. Sept., 1644, James Hallett for his theft, is adjudged to restore four fold for what shall be proved before Captain Mason, and Mr. Wolcott, and to be branded in the hand the next training day at Windor. These New England magistrates after the weeks courting and Ordering, entered the meeting house on the Lord's day, and seated themselves in the magistrates pew, and then sang: 'O God our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter form the steormy blast, And our Eternal home' - etc. What changes in laws and costumes, charactes and worship since that time! Now evil speaking, and evil doing and saying are rampant, and infidelity boldly presents itself all over the land. The Church in Windsor, with which our ancestor, Mr. William Phelps, and his associates were connected, was, it would appear, organized by them and their associates in Plymouth, old England, early in 1630 as previously stated. The call of these emigrants of their first pastors, the Rev. Mr. Warham and Rev. Mr. Mayerick, their acceptance of same, and their installment, by the Rev. John White, in the New Hospital, Plymouth, England, the Sunday before sailing settling Dorchester, Mass., and from there to Windsor, Connecticut, in 1635-6, all of which have been mentioned before. This church held its 250th anniversay in 1880. Many of the descendants of Mr. William Phelps, still worship there... Says Stiles' History of Windsor: - 'Many of the prominent men of the colony dealt largely in real estate.' The purchase of the Plymouth by the Windsor Company in 1637, of land originally purchased by them of the Indians, was the first land owned by the English in Windsor. Some time in 1635 Mr. William Phelps purchased of Nassahegan, lands referred to in the above sale, who afterwards, not being able to prove full payment of the same, honestly bought it over again. This transaction is referred to in Stiles as follows; it is in a deed dated March 31st, 1665. 'These presents testify, whereas there was a parcel of land purchased formerly by Mr. William Phelps, Sen., living in Windsor about thirty years since, of Sehat, an Indian, a Paquanick Sachem, and I (Phelps) not being able to prove full payment of the said purchase in consideration, I now engageto make up the full payment by paying to the said Schat's kinsman, Nassahegan, Sachem, of Paquanick, 4 trucking coats, or what upon agreement shall satisfy them to the value thereof. The said Nassahegan engaging to make the said parcel of land free, as shall be expressd from any challenge or demands for further time of himself, his heirs or successors, or any other Indian or Indians whatsoever. And Coggerymosset, Sehat's son, and his sister, and Nassahegan's own sister, shall subscribe to the said premises. The said parcel of land is thus bounded, as it takes in all the first meadow bounded by the rivulet, the Indian name being Tauchag, and half of the second meadow according to the running of the river, the Indian name being Pabachimusk; the parcel of land bounds south by a little brook that falls into the river about 40 rods from my own dwelling house, and to extend in length from the river westward upon a line three miles, all the breadth of the said land from the south brook to the middle of the 2nd meadow; which said agreement is made and signed to by us whose names are underwritten, this year of the Lord 1665, March 31st - owned already, paid in two coats and 40 s. in wampum for a third coat, and six bushels of Indian corn, and fifteen shillings in wampum for the fourth coat, and fifteen shillings in wampum, is at six a penny. Witnesses: Samuel Phelps, Matthew Grant, John Bartlett, Timothy Buckland. Signed by: Coggerynossett, Asuthew (Coggerynosset's sister), Patackhouse (Nassahegan's sister), Amannawer (Nassagegan's sister), and Nassahegan. Says the record - In Feb., 1666, 'Whereas there are several men that have land within the limits of it (the purchase aforesaid) both meadow and up-land, besides Mr. Phelps and his sons, it was therefor concluded that each man according to his proportion of land, capable of plowing or mowing, shall pay 12 pence per acre to Mr. Phelps; and each man paying to Mr. Phelps should afterwards have clear title to their several shares of land.' (Note) - Says Trumbull's History of Conn.: 'In these early days the title of Mister or Mr. was only given to elderly persons of distinction, while all military titles were always used.' William Phielps received this distinguished title of Mr. Mr. William Phelp's residence in Windsor, in 1636, was on the road running northerly, and later continued to Poquonoc, and a short distance north of the mill in Mill-river Valley, and was in line with, 1st, Rev. Mr. Warham, Joseph Newbury, John Dorchester, then Mr. William Phelps. He with some neighbors were drowned out in the great flood of 1639. This annual flood which succeeds the breaking up of the ice in the Connecticut river, commenced this year March 5th, and continued by stormy wind and heavy rainfalls to the 18th, until its waters were at the highest; by the 22nd, at night, they were well fallen, yet it was as high then as ever known by the Indians. Many were drowned out and great numbers of cattle were drowned. This lot was sold with a house, in 1642, to Benjamin Newbury, but a transfer in 1662 does not mention a house. Soon after the flood Mr. Phelps removed farther north and settled south on the Highland of what is known on the map as Phelps meadows, on a road running east and west and on the east side of a road running to Poquonock. On land purchased by him of the Indians, his son William resided a short distance east of him. Marks of the cellar of this old house may yet be seen. In regard to deed or pawn of his property, it is recorded in the land office after his death - Record of Possession. 'Whereas it is testified by Nathaniel Gillett, Sen., and Timothy Phelps, that William Phelps in his life time stood possessed in his own right of that orchard land, that lies on the southerly side of the street before his dwelling house, as it is now fenced in, for the space of twenty years at least, without trouble from any person prosecuting his claim in due form of law. The said land is therefore, according to law, entered upon Public Records, to belong to the grantee of the said William Phelps, Sen., his heirs and assigns forever. Henry Wolcot, Register and Selectman. Benjamin Newbury, Commissioner.' Many records of purchase and sale of land by Mr. William Phelps are recorded in the land records of Windsor. Says Dr. Stiles, 'He was one of the most prominent and highly respected men in the colony. An excellent, pious, and upright man in his public and private life, and was truly a pillar in Church and State.' And he might have added, one of the fathers and founders of this now ocean-bound Republic. Mr. Phelps married for his second wife Mary Dover in 1638. She was an English lady and one of the passengers of the ship, Mary and John, and was a member of the Dorchester and Windsor Church. By her he had two children. After a residence on 42 years in New England, 36 of which were spent in Windsor, he died there July 14th, and was buried July 15th, 1672, in his 73rd year, honored and respected by all. His wife died there November 27th, 1675." 3. FHL book 929.273 B233w, "Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut, 1614-1909," John Barber White, pp. 22-23, has the following information, but the first part stating he was born in 1599 in Tewksbury in County Gloucester and married Elizabeth is not regarded as being correct: "William Phelps, the father of Mary, wife of Thomas Barber, was born in Tewksbury, County Gloucester, England, 1599. He removed to Somerset or Dorsetshire, England. His first wife was Elizabeth ___(surname unknown). He came to Dorchester, Mass., in 1630, and in 1636 removed to Windsor, Conn. He applied to be made freeman, Oct. 19, 1630. He was a member of the jury impaneled for the trial of Walter Palmer for the murder of Austin Brotchus, being the first trial by jury in New England. That he was a highly respected and active citizen, is evidenced by the various positions of trust which he occupied. He was member in 1636 of the first court held in Connecticut, and of the court which in 1637 declared war against the Pequots. Was magistrate from 1638 to 1642, and again in 1658; was foreman of the first Grand Jury in 1643, and deputy to the General Court from 1645 to 1649, and from 1651 to 1658; was magistrate again from 1658 to 1662, and in 1641 was appointed member of a committee on lying. His 2nd wife, Mary Dover, is said to have been a fellow passenger from England with him. They were married in Windsor. His Windsor residence is about three quarters of a mile northwest of Broad Street, on the road to Poquonnock. As late as 1859 it was owned by Dea. Roger Phelps. William Phelps, Sr., died July 14, 1692. His wife died Nov. 27, 1675." 4. 31 Dec 2005 http://www.wfnforum.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=3a900e374c614e6ee74631872f0014f8&topic=3639.0: "The following was supplied by Margaret Swanson formerly with Phelps Connections and line leader for the NE Phelps. The William Phelps b. 1560 of Tewksbury was the supposed father of William b. 1593 and George according to The Phelps Family of America. The accepted evidence now is that this William is the ancestor of a William Phelps, born in Tewksbury about 1595 who REMAINED in Tewksbury and is probably NOT related to the William of Crewkerne who had no brother George or other Phelps relative who came to America. Therefore, I would scrap the William of Tewksbury as an ancestor of either the George Phelps who came to Dorchester and Windsor and as an ancestor of William Phelps who came to Dorchester and Windsor. Of course, since the origins of George Phelps have not been proved at present, and as far as I know proven descendants of William of Tewksbury have not had a Y-DNA test he can't be ruled out as SOME sort of a relative of either George or William. I believe until further evidence proves I'm wrong, that there are THREE distinct New England Phelps groups: (1) William, (2) George, and (3) Henry/Edward/Nicholas of Salem, MA 1634. Henry's group supposedly came from London, but since that was a departure point for many emigrants, there must be more research to establish whether they lived there or came from elsewhere to the port. According to the Phelps Genealogy Nicholas did not leave any descendants in New England, but both Henry and Edward did. These are found predominantly in Essex Co., MA, New Hampshire, Maine (17th to 18th + centuries) and then spread through New England and across the country and were mostly Baptists. They used a different group of given names - especially Henry, Samuel, Edward, Robert, Margaret, No Submits, Charitys, Josephs, Timothys, Cornelius. George's went north on the Connecticut River to middle and western MA, along the "frontier," were also Baptists, and seemed to live at the western edges of settled areas. The names of George's children were more similar to those of Williams, and I'd have to check to see which were the most popular. Of course the names of the father's of wives can be traced for several generations in some family lines. William's went to Connecticut, were usually Congregationalists or members of the established church, although not the wealthiest men in town, ONE member of a family would often hold a town office, postmaster, representative to the legislature, etc. Zillions of Josephs, Williams, John, Timothys, Samuel, no Georges until after the time of George Washington, and William H's, [after William Henry Harrison], Abigail, Anna, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah. [Old Testament names]." 5. From the book "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33," pp. 1444-46, by Robert Charles Anderson: "William Phelps: Origin: Crewkerne, Somersetshire Migration: 1630 on Mary & John First Residence: Dorchester Removes: Windsor 1635 Church Membership: Second on the list of men who came from Dorchester church to Windsor with Mr. Warham ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930) - hereinafter refered to as "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681," 10]. Freeman: Requested 19 October 1630 and admitted 18 May 1631 (as "Will[ia]m Felpes") [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) hereinafter refered to as MBCR 1:79, 366]. In list of Windsor freemen, 11 October 1669 (as "Mr. Will[iam] Phelps Sen.") [The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776, 15 volumes (Hartford 1850-1890), hereinafter refered to as CCCR 2:519]. Offices: Deputy for Dorchester to Massachusetts Bay General Court, 9 May 1632, 6 May 1635 [MBCR 1:95, 145]. Committee on boundary between Boston and Roxbury, 4 March 1633/4 [MBCR 1:113]. Committee to survey Mount Wollaston, 14 May 1634 [MBCR 1:119, 139]. Committee on boundary between Wessaguscus and Barecove, 8 July 1635 [MBCR 1:149, 161]. Jury on death of Austin Bratcher, 9 November 1630 [MBCR 1:81]. Dorchester constable, 27 September 1631 [MBCR1:91]. Dorchester selectman, 8 October 1633, 28 October 1634, November 1635 (six months) [Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883), hereinafter refered to as DTR 3, 7, 13]. Committee to set the rate, 3 November 1633 [DTR 4]. Lot layer, 3 November 1633 [DTR 4]. Fence-viewer in East Field, 10 February 1634/5 [DTR 10]. Appointed by Massachusetts Bay one of the commissioners for the new towns on the Connecticut River, 3 March 1635/6 [MBCR 1:170-71]. Assistant, April 1636, September 1636, March 1637, May 1637, November 1637, March 1638, April 1638 - April 1642, May 1658 - May 1662 [List of Officials Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical of Connecticut Colony... and New Haven Colony..., Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. (New Haven 1935), hereinafter refered to as CT Civil List 43]. Deputy for Windsor to Connecticut General Court, April 1645, September 1645, April 1646, October 1646, May 1647, September 1647, May 1648, September 1648, May 1649, September 1649, September 1650, May 1651, September 1651, May 1652, September 1652, May 1653, October 1653, May 1654, September 1654, May 1655, February 1657, May 1657, October 1657 [CT Civil List 43]. Committee to organize expedition against Pequots, 26 August 1639 [CCCR 1:32]. War Committee (Windsor), May 1653, October 1654 [CT Civil List 43]. Estate: On 3 April 1633 he was ordered to maintain forty feet of fencing for two cows at Dorchester [DTR 2]. On 5 July 1635 he was granted two and a half acres [DTR 12]. In the meadow beyond Naponset "W. Philps" drew lot #40 containing six acres [DTR 321]. In the Windsor land inventory of 23 February 1640, William Phelps the elder "hath granted from the plantation one homelot with its additions, nine acres more or less" (annotated "sold to Mr. Wareham"); "also one great lot fifty acres ... with meadow adjoining, seventeen acres"; "over the great river in breadth thirty-four rods, in length three miles" (annotated "given to Sam[uel] & Nathan[iel] Phelps"); "by the little meadow in upland two acres and half more or less, in breadth six rods, in length sixty-seven rods" (annotated "purchased by Daniell Clark & Bray Rossiter"); "in meadow adjoining two acres & half in breadth four rods & half more or less" (annotated "purchased by Rich[ard] Vere"); "also purchased of John Brookes a parcel of land in the upper end of the meadow by his dwelling house containing two acres of meadow with the swamp adjoining"; "also given from the town forty acres of woodland" [Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut), hereinafter refered to as WiLR 1:78]. On 27 June 1664 swamp land measured out for Mr. Phelps totalled something over three acres [WiLR 1:78]. Son William Phelps's inventory showed that he "had by deed of gift from his father William Phelps the elder" one acre of meadow and four and a half acres of upland [WiLR 1:84]. By February 1650[/1] William Phelps purchased of his father William Phelps a parcel of swampland [WiLR 82]. On 10 March 1663/4 the Connecticut Court granted to "Mr. Phelps, 200 acres of upland and twenty of meadow, where he can find it; provided it prejudice not former grants and plantations set up and to set up" [CCCR 1:419]. Birth: By about 1593 based on estimated date of marriage. Death: Windsor 14 July 1672 ("Old Mr. William Phelps died" [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), hereinafter refered to as CTVR, 27]). Marriage: (1) By 1618 Mary ____, who was buried at Crewkerne 13 August 1626. (2) Crewkerne 14 November 1626 Anne Dover. "Mistress Phelps" was the first on the list of women members of the church at Dorchester who came with Mr. Warham to Windsor ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930) 9]. She died Windsor 30 August 1689 ("Mrs. An Phelps died" [CTVR 57]). Children: With first wife i William, bp. Crewkerne 9 September 1618; m. (1) Windsor 4 June 1645 Isabel Wilson ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55; The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+) 52:78]; m. (2) Windsor 20 December 1676 Sarah Pinney ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 72]. ii Samuel, bp. Crewkerne 5 August 1621; m. Windsor 10 November 1650 Sarah Griswold ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55]. iii Infant, bur. Crewkerne 8 January 1623[/4]. iv Nathaniel, bp. Crewkerne 6 March 1624[/5]; m. Windsor 17 September 1650 Elizabeth (____) Copley ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55]. With second wife v Cornelius, bp. Crewkerne 13 October 1627; no further record. vi Joseph (twin), bp. Crewkerne 13 November 1628; m. (1) Windsor 20 September 1660 Hannah Newton ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930) 57; The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+) 65:13-16]; m. (2) Northampton 19 December 1676 Mary (____) Salmon [Manuscript volume of vital records kept by John Pynchon, at Connecticut Valley Historical Museum 20]. vii Mary (twin), bp. Crewkerne 13 November 1628; d. soon. viii Mary, bp. Crewkerne 6 December 1629; no further record. ix Sarah, b. say 1632; m. Windsor 9 June 1658 William Wade [Loomis 1:63]. x Timothy, b. Windsor Aug. or 1 September 1639 ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55]; m. Windsor 19 March 1661[/2?] Mary Griswold ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 56]. xi Mary, b. March 1644 ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 55]; m. Windsor 17 December 1663 Thomas Barber ["Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" 25]. Associations: George Phelps of Dorchester and Windsor (not to be confused with George PHillIPS of the same two places) may have been a brother of William Phelps [The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+) 65:165-66]. This George Phelps married as his first wife Philura Randal, daughter of PHillIP RANDALL; he was also, in some manner as yet undetermined, an uncle of Elisha Hart, son of Edmund Hart. Comments: In 1919 Mary Lovering Holman prepared a brief account of the family of William Phelps [Mary Lovering Holman, The Scott Genealogy.... (Boston 1919), 252-53]. In 1990 Myrtle S. Hyde resolved the problem of the identity of the wives of William Phelps and was also able to find the baptisms of his children in England [The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+) 65:161-66]. All the Crewkerne records cited above are taken from her article." 6. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 563-65, has the following information, but I omit the first part which states he was born in 1599 in Tewkesbury in County Gloucester and married Elizabeth since this is not regarded as being correct as explained in notes above: "William... came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Mr. Warham, of whose church, formed in Plymouth, England, he was an original member. - Old Church Records. He was accompanied hither by his wife and five children... He was from the first a prominent and highly respected citizen at Dorchester, his name frequently occurring in the "Mass. Records." 19 Oct 1630, he applied to be made a freeman; 9 Nov 1630, he was one of the jury empaneled for the trial of Walter Palmer for the murder of Austin Brotchus - the first trial by jury in New England; 27 Sep 1631, he was appointed Constable of Dorchester; 4 Mar 1634, Ens. Gibbs and Wm. Felps were appointed by the Genreral Court to go with a committee of three to arrange the borders between Boston and Dorchester, and explain what each town wants; 5 May 1635, he was a member of the General Court of Massachusetts from Dorchester. In the spring of 1636 he removed with his children (his wife having died in Dorchester) to Windsor, whither his brother George is understood to have preceded him, in the first emigration of Mr. Warham's church in the fall of 1635. In Windsor, as in Dorchester, he ranked as an honored and active citizen; was a member of the first court held in Connecticut, 1636; also in 1637, which declared war against the Pequots; was a magistrate from 1638 to the close of 1642; foreman of the first Grand Jury 1643; deputy to Gen. Ct. 1645, '46-'49, '51, '57; in 1658 was again made magistrate and held the office for 4 years after; is frequeintly named on the petit jury; in 1641 was appointed together with Mr. Welles of Hartford a committee on 'lying'. He was an excellent, pious, and upright man in his public and private life, and was truly 'a pillar in church and state.' His residence in Windsor was about three-quarters of a mile N.W. of Broad St on the road to Poquonock, on a place owned (1859) by Dea. Roger Phelps. He m. (2) at Windsor, Mary Dover, b. in England, and who is said to have been a fellow passenger with him on the 'Mary and John.' She was a member of original church of Dorchester and Windsor. - O.C.R. After a residence of 42 years in New England, ow which 36 where passed in Windsor, he died there 14 Jul 1672; his widow d. 27 Nov 1675. - O.C.R. In the Old Church Records and other Windsor records, Mr. Phelps was distinguished from his son William as 'Ould Mr. Phelps.' children (by first marriage, born in England): A. William, b. abt. 1620 (in a deposition taken at Hartford 29 May 1677, is mentioned as being about threescore years of age - i.e. b. 1617); removed from Dorchester with his father to Windsor where he was admitted to member of Windsor church 17 Nov 1639. - O.C.R. He m. (1) Isabel Wilson, 4 Jun 1645, 'now since 29 years and has had no child,' 15 Jul 1674 (O.C.R.); she admitted to Windsor 11 Mar 1654 (O.C.R.); d.s.p. He m. (2) Sarah (dau. Humphrey) Pinney, 20 Dec 167 (O.C.R.); she was b. 19 Nov, bp. 3 Dec 1648; he sett. one-third of his ppy. on her before marriage; no issue by her. He was made a freeman at Hartford 1669; d. 7 Feb 1681; contrib. 9 s. to Conn. Fund for Relief of Poor of other Cols., 1676. His noncupative will, dated 10 Feb 1681 gives all his land to his bro. Timothy. (He had land near his father, and his homestead on the N. side of the E. and W. road which ran from Josiah Ellsworth's {late Peter Brown's} house to the Rivulet. It was garrisoned in King Philip's War (1675/6) by details of Windsor men. William,. Jr. was a worthy man, tho' not a conspicuous figure as compared with his father. He had one of his wife's nephew's, Samuel Wilson, reside with him, and possibly (O.C.R.) adopted him. He gave him land on the opp. side of road form his own house. In making Sarah Pinney his second wife he executed a jointure before marriage, giving her much of his property, and a controversy arose, after the death of 'William the younger,' concerning this land, between her and the adopted son. William Phelps owned the W. part of the Ellison-Orton lot, 40 rods on highway, and bought of Sam. Pond 11 rods more, ext'g from his ho.-lot S. 51 rods of present ditch which drained the once swamp W. of old highway. - J.H.H.) B. Sarah, b. abt. 1623; m. Windsor 9 Jun 1658 Wm. Wade of Middletown, Conn.; she d. 10 Jul 1659; s.p. C. Samuel, b. abt. 1625. D. Nathaniel, b. abt. 1627. E. Joseph, b. abt. 1629. By second marriage: F. Timothy, 'was born here in Aug. 1639' - O.C.R. G. Mary, 'was born here March 1644'; m. Thos. Barber; sett. at Simsbury and became the ancestors of the S. Barbers." 7. Website 22 Nov 2007 http://family.phelpsinc.com/history/europe/index.html: A. "William and George Phelps were founders of Simsbury, Connecticut. The Simsbury Historical Society owns and operates The Phelps Homestead, a museum complex in the heart of Simsbury. George's identity as William's brother has been generally disproved, or at least not confirmed to professional reseacher's satisfaction. It is usually accepted that he actually arrived aboard the Recovery of London in 1635." B. "Phelps Arrival in New England Aboard the "Mary and John." William Phelps was aboard the Mary and John before it set sail for the Colonies. It was one of several ships, along with the Hercules on which Henry Phelps was embarked, that were temporarily detained by a "Warrant & Order" in London (2) in February, 1633/4. Since this port is along the south coast, a major port, and on the route, it was certainly a possible stop. On 20 March 1630 the ship Mary & John sailed from Plymouth, England, with 140 passengers. The Mary and John is reported (1) to have taken three voyages out of Plymouth, England: June, 1607. The Mary & John departed Falmouth, England, for the coast of Maine in the company of the Gift of God. October 6, 1607. The Mary & John left the settlers at the mouth of the Kennebec River (now Sabino, Maine), arriving at Plymouth, England, on December 1, 1607. 1630. Brought 140 passengers to New England from the West Country (counties of Dorset, Somerset, Devon & Cornwall). About March 26, 1634. The Mary & John The families were all recruited by the Rev. John White of Dorchester, Dorset. Nearly all of these families came from the West Country of England, i.e. counties of Somerset, Dorset and Devon. The ship landed in New England, on 30 May 1630, nine days before the Winthrop Fleet arrived. These people founded one of the first towns in Massachusetts, Dorchester, 1630, and one of the earliest in Connecticut, Windsor, five years later. The Mary & John left England in March of 1630 and arrived seventy days later, on May 30, 1630, at the mouth of what is now Boston harbor. The ship's captain refused to sail up the Charles river as planned, because he feared running the ship aground in waters that he had no charts for. He instead left the passengers in a desolate locale, miles from their intended destination. The settlors were forced to transport 150,000 pounds of livestock, provisions and equipment 20 miles overland to their final destination. These are two suggested passenger lists for the ship Mary & John that Bygod Eggleston and his sons probably traveled on to reach the New World in 1630. These lists were compiled by the authors from a variety of sources. No actual recorded passenger list from the Mary & John has come to light and there remain many questions as to who actually sailed on this ship and who came on subsequent ships. Some of the people on these lists have later been proven not to have traveled on the Mary & John." 8. From the booklet "The Settlement of Windsor, Connecticut," by Kent Avery, Donna Siemiatkoski, and Robert Silliman, reprinted 2002 by the Windsor Historical Society. The booklet contains various editions of a list of the "Founders of Ancient Windsor" with the latest and most accurate being amended and approved June 1996. The list names the heads of households in Windsor by June 1641. Family related ancestors included are as follows. ST=Saltonstall Party of 1635 (Lords and Gentlemen); D=Dorchester, Mass; H=Huit Party from England arrived in Massachusetts on the Susan and Ellen, 1638; *=Arrived at Dorchester on the Mary and John in 1630.: Thomas Barber (ST. 1635) William Filley (D. 1640) Jeremiah Gillett Jonathan Gillett (D. 1635)* Nathan Gillett (D. 1635)* Edward Griswold (H. 1639) Matthew Griswold (H. 1639) Joseph Loomis (H. 1639) George Phelps (D. 1635)* William Phelps (D. 1635)* John Porter, Sr. (H. 1639) The second and third generations of these founders intermarried children from many other names among the Founders. The booklet also gives some history of the founding from which I quote the following: "The Connecticut River valley was first explored in 1614 when the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block sailed up the river as far as the Hartford area. However, the Dutch at New Amsterdam (now New York City) did not take advantage of the river valley until 1633 when they built a fort at the present site of Hartford. The valley was also explored by the English, both Pilgrims from the Plymouth Colony and Puritans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In April of 1631 representatives of the River Indians went to Boston and then to Plymouth to ask that each colony make settlements in the valley..." [The local Indians were seeking to preserve peace in the valley by protection from their more warlike enemies including the encroaching Pequots from the southeast and the Mohawks from the northwest.] "...In 1633 groups from New Amsterdam, Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies explored and/or attempted to settle in the valley. During the early months of 1633, the Dutch were becoming apprehensive about the English colonies possibly settling on what they considered their land..." [The Dutch erected a fort at the present site of Hartford with two cannons and named it "House of Hope."] "The Plymouth Colony decided to go ahead with their explorations in the late summer of 1633... under the command of Lt. William Holmes... This party landed on Sep. 26, 1633, at the junction of today's Connecticut and Farmington Rivers and immediately erected... a 'Palizado' or stockade fort. "In the late summer of 1633 the Massachusetts Bay Colony decided to reconsider the possibilities of settling... A party led by John Oldham explored an overland route to Connecticut. They traveled westerly following an ancient Indian trail known as the Old Connecticut Path, then known as the Great Trail, until they reached the valley. His positive report encouraged the MBC to send their first party to settle the valley in 1634. Ten adventurers were the first settlers of Wethersfield. After this party of Puritans arrived in the valley, many more followed. "At this time the MBC was ripe for a massive migration. The colony was established in 1628 by Puritans from England who were seeking to 'purify' the community's civil, economic and religious lifestyle in response to the abuses of church and state power in England. Led by Gov. John Winthrop, these Puritans felt called by God to attempt to live personal and public lives pleasing to Him in the unspoiled wilderness to form a model Christian society for the world to emulate. After a few years in the Massachusetts Bay, some of the colonists began to feel that Winthrop's version of the Puritan vision was too restrictive. He believed that God governed society through only a few select men. For these theological and political ideals as well as for the practical concern of the desire to move from the overcrowded seacoast to the new land along the fertile river, Puritans from the towns of Waterton, Dorchester and Newtown were eager to consider the possibilities opened up by Oldam's explorations in the valley. "As a result, an advance party from Dorchester under the leadership of Roger Ludlow explored the Windsor area in the late spring of 1635 followed by a permanent settlement of 60 men, women and children in October. They probably moved just before winter to thwart the plans of yet another group of explorers, the 'Lords and Gentlemen.' "This party of about 20 men under Francis Stiles was sent form England by Sir Richard Saltonstall. They claimed the right to settle the valley by a patent granted in 1631 by the Earl of Warwick to Saltonstall and other noblemen of England. The Stiles group arrived in Boston from England on June 16, 1635, and stayed in Boston for ten days before leaving for Windsor. They sailed up the Connecticut River..." "All the land within the present borders of Windsor was legally purchased from these Indians [Podunk, Poquonocks, Sicaogs and Tunxis]." "...disaster struck in the winter of 1633-34 when a smallpox epidemic spread through the River Indians tribes killing most of them..." "The Pequots continued to conquer most of the tribes in Connecticut until they were finally stopped in the Pequot War in 1637 when the men in the river settlements united to fight after the Wethersfield massacre on April 23. After the Pequots were defeated, the River Indians, and the Englishmen were able to maintain a peaceful coexistence." In regards to the Plymouth group "just one month after the trading post was completed... the Dutch governor at New Amsterdam sent 70 men to evict the Plymouth settlers from their trading post. When the Dutch force reached Windsor, they found the Plymouth settlers so well entrenched that after a few hostile demonstrations they returned to New Amsterdam. After this one attempt to dislodge the Windsor settlers, the Dutch took no further action against the settlement at Windsor... The trading post stayed undisturbed for nearly two years after the Dutch conflict until in 1635 two groups of settlers came form the MBC to settle on land in what is now Windsor." "The Dorchester group who arrived in Windsor in 1636 was actually a Puritan congregation established by the Rev. John White in Plymouth, England, in 1630. Seeking a creative solution to the problems of political and religious oppression in England, the Puritans decided to emigrate to the New World to perform an 'errand in the wilderness,' to develop a model society under God free from the corruption of England. Rev. White encouraged 140 people to covenant with God and each other to live as a Christian community in the New World. Rev. John Warham and Rev. John Maverick were chosen as ministers. Others in company included... established gentlemen... William Phelps; and young, mostly single men such as... George Phelps. After a day of prayer, fasting and preaching, they boarded the Mary and Johnwhere they met together every day for worship and preaching during the ten weeks of their voyage. Landing in the New World, they established their new community in Dorchester under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Bay Colony headed by Governor John Winthrop." "After a few years differences arose between Winthrop and some of the other ministers including Rev. Thomas Hooker, Warham and Maverick concerning the basis of authority in the government by a very few people whereas others saw that all the governed should have a voice in the government. Since these two ideas could not coexist, the problems of overcrowding the seaside colony and the inducement of a lucrative fur trade in the fertile inland valley helped the Dorchester group under Warham and the Newtown group under Hooker to decide to move west as congregations to develop their vision of the Puritan community under God." "The Dorchester group traveled to the Connecticut River Valley following the Old Connecticut Path. It is debated whether the group continued all the way to Windsor on the Old Connecticut path or rather went through Agawam (now Springfield), Massachusetts, and traveled south along the Connecticut River until they reached Windsor. Most likely they took the Old Connecticut Path all the way since there were no known paths to Agawam large enough for a group of that size until the Bay Path was discovered in 1648." "After walking for 14 days, the group reached Windsor at the end of October and settled on the east side of the Connecticut River across form the mouth of the Scantic River. For temporary shelter they dug into the sides of the low hills along the Connecticut River making homes that were enclosed on three sides by dirt, in front by posts and on the roof by wood and thatch." "The unusually harsh winter came early that year freezing the river over by mid-November and preventing the ship laden with their possessions and provisions from sailing upriver from Long Island Sound. Some settlers traveled downriver, freed a ship and returned to the Bay Colony. Some returned to Dorchester overland through the snow. Still others decided to stay, subsisting through the winter on acorns, malt, grain and possibly receiving some food from the Indians and other groups of settlers. Undeterred from the harshness of the first winter, the Dorchester community renewed their determination to settle permanently in the Conn. River Valley. By the end of April of 1636 most of the congregation of the Dorchester church had removed to what is now Windsor, taking their church records with them and leaving a few townsmen remaining to reorganize a new church under the ministry of the Rev. Richard Mather who arrived from England a few months later." "The land the Dorchester settlers started building on was owned by the Plymouth group. This piece of land was from a second land purchase from the Indians stretching from the Farmington River in the south to what is now Hayden Station in the north. The Dorchester settlers refused to acknowledge that the land belonged to the Plymouth group. The Plymouth group, who had not actually settled this second piece of land, was forced to stay in the Plymouth Meadow at the junction of the two rivers and eventually sold their land to Matthew Allyn. In 1640, two years after this sale, the Plymouth House and lot was declared to be within the jurisdiction of the orders of Windsor." "In 1637 because of the threat of a Pequot attack, the Dorchester settlers constructed a palisade or fence of wooden posts on the higher ground north of the Farmington River. Here the settlers constructed more permanent homes. After the threat of Indian attack subsided and the homes of their families were completed, the settlers built their first meetinghouse for their church in 1639. The site of the meetinghouse in the center of what is now the Palisado Green is marked by a monument to the early settlers of Windsor." "A few days after the Dorchester group reached Windsor, another group arrived...'The Lords and Gentlemen,' this group envisioned developing the Connecticut Valley into large manor-like estates upon which they would continue to enjoy the lifestyle to which they were accustomed in England. They claimed the right to settle under the Warwick Patent... giving them the right to settle anywhere in what is now Connecticut. This group included the Stiles brothers...as well as their servants and apprentices including... Thomas Barber..." "Although the Stiles party wanted to settle the highland around the area that is now the Palisado Green, the Dorchester settlers allowed them to settle only in the northernmost part of Plymouth's second land purchase, the land just south of what is now Hayden Station..." "In March 1636 the General court of Massachusetts established a commission of eight members to govern the river towns, including Agawam (now Springfield), for one year. Windsor's representatives were William Phelps and Roger Ludlow." "Early in the following year the town of Dorchester changed its name to Windsor, Newtown to Hartford, Watertown to Wethersfield. The changes from Massachusetts names to wholly new names reflected the fact that the three towns were no longer under Massachusetts jurisdiction but constituted the separate colony of Connecticut." "The three settlements in Windsor were merging into one identity with most of the Plymouth group leaving, the Dorchester group continuing to be the most prominent..." "In May 1638 Rev. Thomas Hooker preached a sermon in which he propounded the theological basis of a democratic government. These beliefs were actually put into words by Roger Ludlow, a brilliant legal mind trained at Oxford University. Known as the 'Fundamental Orders of 1639,' this document expressed Rev. Hooker's belief that 'the foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people.' Thus, Roger Ludlow and Thomas Hooker were the primary contributors to the first written constitution in the world, which expressed the right of the people to govern themselves." "Meanwhile, large-scale emigration into Windsor continued until about 1641 when it became a trickle, reflecting both the exodus of Puritans from England and the end of that Exodus when the Puritans finally secured political power there in 1641. In most cases people migrated first to the MBC then on to the Connecticut River Valley. One of these later groups which emigrated in 1638 form England to Massachusetts and then to Windsor was led by the Rev. Ephraim Huit, who then assisted Warham in his work. That group of immigrants, many of whom came over on the Susan and Ellen included John Porter and Joseph Loomis (who married the White sisters), John Bissell, Edward and Matthew Griswold and Daniel Clarke...." 9. Various mentions (but not all) of William Phelps in the "Colonial Records of Connecticut, 1636-1665," Vol. 1, published in Hartford 1850: A. Page 32: "August The 26, 1639. Mr. Webster informed the Court that according to the determination of the last meeting, Mr. Deputy, Mr. Willis and him- selfe acquainted or freinds of Quinnipiocke with their purposes concerning the murtherers, and desired the concurrence of their apprehensions therein, who fully approving of the thing yett intimated their thoughts somewhat to differ from o'rs in the present execution of it, in regard of some new plantacons that are now beginning and some inconvenience wch may fall vppon these parts of the Cuntrey by a noise of a new warr, wch may hinder the coming of shipps the next yeare. Whereas divers of the Pequatts wh | Phelps, William (I1946)
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| 4859 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 has an entry for Zaccheus Curtis as a child of the same name. The book indicates a birth of abt. 1646 in Topsfield based on a deposition. They only show one marriage to Mary Blake 4 Dec 1673 in Topsfield. No mention of Abigail Stiles. 2. It is suggested that Abigail was probably married as the 2nd wife of Zaccheus Curtis. The following is written in the 'Essex Institute of Historical Collections, vol xiv, p.150': "Dismissed from the church in Rowley, Jan. 15, 1710, Abigail Stiles, now wife of Zaccheus Curtis." | Curtis, Zaccheus (I2322)
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| 4860 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 has an entry for Zaccheus Curtis as a child of the same name. The book indicates a birth of abt. 1646 in Topsfield based on a deposition. They only show one marriage to Mary Blake 4 Dec 1673 in Topsfield. No mention of Abigail Stiles. 2. It is suggested that Abigail was probably married as the 2nd wife of Zaccheus Curtis. The following is written in the 'Essex Institute of Historical Collections, vol xiv, p.150': "Dismissed from the church in Rowley, Jan. 15, 1710, Abigail Stiles, now wife of Zaccheus Curtis." | Stiles, Abigail (I2314)
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| 4861 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Hales Newsletter, Old Series May 1977 Vol. 6. No. 4: "Who is Margaret Waterman? One problem that has plagued the researchers of the Stephen Hales, Kent, England family for years is that of Margaret Harbour, wife of Stephen. However, the marriage entry in the Parish Register of Stockbury, Kent, which reads: 9 Sep 1789 Stephen Hales of this parish and Margaret Harbour, WIDOW, of this parish. By banns. This entry tells us that Margaret's maiden name was not Harbour, as she was a widow. In looking through the Stockbury Parish Register for burials for a possible reason why Margaret was a widow one finds the interesting entry: 1786 John Harbour, farmer who was hanged Pennenden Heath for stealing 2 cows and a calf from one Luck of Westerham in Kent, 5 April - affidavit. Could John have been the husband of our Margaret? The registers are not clear on this point. If they were this problem would have been solved long ago. A few miles away, however, there is the marriage entry at East Peckham, Kent as follows: 15 Oct 1784 John Harbour and Margaret Waterman. Is this our Margaret Harbour? For her to be our Margaret, we have to look at her age and see if the pieces fit, and in order to do that we have to find her burial. It is known that after the death of Stephen Hales, Margaret Harbour Hales married a third time to James Nichols on 13 November 1797 at Stockbury, Kent. For some reason her burial record had not previously been found. Margaret Nichols was buried at Stockbury 15 December 1817 aged 55 years. For Margaret Waterman Harbour to be our Margaret she would have to have been born approximately 1762. We note that she was in fact christened 1 November 1761 at East Peckham, Kent, the daughter of William and Mary Waterman. The pieces fit. Most likely the wife of Stephen Hales was Margaret Waterman Harbour." MARRIAGE: 1. FHL film 1752235 item #2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Stockbury: 13 Nov 1797, James Nichols and Margaret Hales were married by banns the 13th of November 1797." 2. FHL film 1473718 Parish Records for Stockbury, Kent has this same marriage and it identifies James Nichols as a batchelor and Margaret Hales as a widow. The marriage was done in the presence of John Nicholls and Willm. Newman. DEATH: 1. Should be at Stockbury, Kent, England, but it is not found there. Did not find in FHL film 1752235 item #2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Stockbury thru 1812, nor in FHL film 1835742 item #1, Bishop's Transcript of Stockbury from 1813 to 1850. Did not find in FHL film 143718, item 2, Parish Records of Stockbury. The records at the time of Margaret's burial are using a preprinted form and there are no entries describing any marital or relationship information such as widow or wife of someone -- so we cannot be sure if James died before or after his wife. 2. Does not show up in the Canterbury Probate Index. SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website | Nichols, James (I2472)
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| 4862 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Hales Newsletter, Summer 2004 Vol. 8 No. 2 [See much more lengthy citation with father Jacob Hales]: "Our Hales family appeared in East Malling on January 10th, 1692. That was the day that Jacob Hales married Elizabeth Penny... Jacob was not in the parish overseer's accounts for 1700, 1715 or 1728, yet we know the couple had money, for Elizabeth received an inheritance of £40 when she married. Jacob may have been a tradesman. Two of Jacob's sons returned to Boxley: John and Jacob. It may be that they returned to the Hales home that was left when the property was purchased in Yalding in the 1500s, or perhaps some relatives were still living at Boxley or there was some Hales property there. John Hales of Boxley, son of Jacob of Yalding, would have been 30 when he married Mary Foster at Frinsted in 1724. Based on the headstone inscription at Boxley, Mary was born in 1700 and would have been 24. While it is stated that this Mary Foster was "of Frinsted," I have not been able to discover a Foster family there. However, about three and a half miles to the east of Frinsted lies the parish of Lynsted. In the records of Lynsted there is a Foster family which lists the death of Mary, daughter of William Foster of Frinsted in 1699. Other members of this family are also referred to as being "of Frinsted." The next year this family named another daughter Mary when she was christened in 1700. I believe this is the Mary Foster that married John Hales. While the parish churches of Lynsted and Frinsted are only three and a half miles apart, the actual farms where they lived might be somewhere in-between and they may have attended both the Lynsted and Frinsted parish churches. Most likely John Hales of Boxley had a reason to be in the Frinsted area. It may have been because he had an ancestor or other relative there to visit. The reason is yet to be found. Jacob Hales of Boxley, son of Jacob of Yalding, followed his brother John to Boxley and married ten years later. Neither of these two sons named a son Jacob (or James - the Latinized form of Jacob), and both called their firstborn girl Elizabeth. This probably indicates something of their relationship to their father. The oldest daughter is named after their mother, but the oldest son is not named after their father." CHRISTENING: 1. Family Search's "England, Kent, Parish Registers" for East Malling: "1675, Baptized Decemb. 5th Elizabeth daughter of Henry Penny." MARRIAGE: 1. LDS Ordinance Index extracted record film 0992508, batch M131581, printout 6906614 shows Jacob Hales and Elizabeth Penny, m. 10 Nov 1692 in East Malling, Kent, England. SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website | Penny, Elizabeth (I1878)
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| 4863 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Hales Newsletter, Summer 2004 Vol. 8 No. 2 [See much more lengthy citation with father Jacob Hales]: "Our Hales family appeared in East Malling on January 10th, 1692. That was the day that Jacob Hales married Elizabeth Penny... Jacob was not in the parish overseer's accounts for 1700, 1715 or 1728, yet we know the couple had money, for Elizabeth received an inheritance of £40 when she married. Jacob may have been a tradesman. Two of Jacob's sons returned to Boxley: John and Jacob. It may be that they returned to the Hales home that was left when the property was purchased in Yalding in the 1500s, or perhaps some relatives were still living at Boxley or there was some Hales property there. John Hales of Boxley, son of Jacob of Yalding, would have been 30 when he married Mary Foster at Frinsted in 1724. Based on the headstone inscription at Boxley, Mary was born in 1700 and would have been 24. While it is stated that this Mary Foster was "of Frinsted," I have not been able to discover a Foster family there. However, about three and a half miles to the east of Frinsted lies the parish of Lynsted. In the records of Lynsted there is a Foster family which lists the death of Mary, daughter of William Foster of Frinsted in 1699. Other members of this family are also referred to as being "of Frinsted." The next year this family named another daughter Mary when she was christened in 1700. I believe this is the Mary Foster that married John Hales. While the parish churches of Lynsted and Frinsted are only three and a half miles apart, the actual farms where they lived might be somewhere in-between and they may have attended both the Lynsted and Frinsted parish churches. Most likely John Hales of Boxley had a reason to be in the Frinsted area. It may have been because he had an ancestor or other relative there to visit. The reason is yet to be found. Jacob Hales of Boxley, son of Jacob of Yalding, followed his brother John to Boxley and married ten years later. Neither of these two sons named a son Jacob (or James - the Latinized form of Jacob), and both called their firstborn girl Elizabeth. This probably indicates something of their relationship to their father. The oldest daughter is named after their mother, but the oldest son is not named after their father." DEATH: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website | Foster, Mary (I1876)
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| 4864 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Hales Newsletter, Summer 2004 Vol. 8 No. 2 [See much more lengthy citation with father Jacob Hales]: "Our Hales family appeared in East Malling on January 10th, 1692. That was the day that Jacob Hales married Elizabeth Penny... Jacob was not in the parish overseer's accounts for 1700, 1715 or 1728, yet we know the couple had money, for Elizabeth received an inheritance of £40 when she married. Jacob may have been a tradesman. Two of Jacob's sons returned to Boxley: John and Jacob. It may be that they returned to the Hales home that was left when the property was purchased in Yalding in the 1500s, or perhaps some relatives were still living at Boxley or there was some Hales property there. John Hales of Boxley, son of Jacob of Yalding, would have been 30 when he married Mary Foster at Frinsted in 1724. Based on the headstone inscription at Boxley, Mary was born in 1700 and would have been 24. While it is stated that this Mary Foster was "of Frinsted," I have not been able to discover a Foster family there. However, about three and a half miles to the east of Frinsted lies the parish of Lynsted. In the records of Lynsted there is a Foster family which lists the death of Mary, daughter of William Foster of Frinsted in 1699. Other members of this family are also referred to as being "of Frinsted." The next year this family named another daughter Mary when she was christened in 1700. I believe this is the Mary Foster that married John Hales. While the parish churches of Lynsted and Frinsted are only three and a half miles apart, the actual farms where they lived might be somewhere in-between and they may have attended both the Lynsted and Frinsted parish churches. Most likely John Hales of Boxley had a reason to be in the Frinsted area. It may have been because he had an ancestor or other relative there to visit. The reason is yet to be found. Jacob Hales of Boxley, son of Jacob of Yalding, followed his brother John to Boxley and married ten years later. Neither of these two sons named a son Jacob (or James - the Latinized form of Jacob), and both called their firstborn girl Elizabeth. This probably indicates something of their relationship to their father. The oldest daughter is named after their mother, but the oldest son is not named after their father." SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website | Hales, Jacob (I1198)
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| 4865 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The image of the marriage of John Kidney and Hannah Collison 10 Jun 1745 in Chatham says he is of Thurlston and she is of the parish of Chatham. No other info is given in the record. Thurlston is a hamlet adjoining Detling, which makes it certain that the children who follow in Detling are of this marriage. The problem though is who is Hannah Collison. There is a large gathering of various Collison families in the Headcorn/East Sutton, but no others show in the indexed records anywhere else in Kent for the required age. There are two potential Hannah's born in the required timeframe: one chr. 11 July 1725 to William and Jane Collison in East Sutton, Kent, which is about 10.2 miles from Detling and the other chr. 6 Nov 1720 to Matthew Collison and Jane Carnes at Headcorn 11.2 miles from Detling. The problem is that Chatham 11.9 miles in the opposite direction northwest from Detling. Normally a marriage is held in the bride's parish, but so far no Hannah Collisons have been found in Chatham. Of course, with time, more and more indexed records come online, which may solve the problem in the future. However, using the two we have thus far, one of them may have gone to work as a domestic in Chatham, which was a larger area. Besides the 1745 marriage in Chatham, there was another marriage on 2 Jun 1747 in Leeds, Kent to Thomas Judges. Leeds is very close to East Sutton and just a bit further for Headcorn. The statistical studies of the average age for females in marriage in the late 1600s to the mid-1700s in Kent is 22 (and 25 for males), but there could be rare exceptions of perhaps a woman being as young as 19. With this in mind, and ASSUMING there were only two eligible Hannahs, then the one christened first would most likely be the earlier marriage and the other the later. The ASSUMPTION is that no other Hannah Collisons will be found closer to Chatham as more and more indexed records go online. So tentatively, the Collison we follow is Hannah chr. 6 Nov 1720 to Matthew Collison. | Collison, Hannah (I5474)
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| 4866 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The inclusion of this individual and his siblings into this database is based on rather circuitous inference. On 27 Nov 1877, John Wesley Adair and Rebecca Frances Adair Stayner, son and daughter of Thomas Adair and Rebecca Brown, went to the St. George, Utah, LDS Temple to perform vicarious baptisms in behalf of the dead. Rebecca noted herself as a relative and was the proxy for Elizabeth Adair; John noted himself as second cousin and was the proxies for all of the boys. Both gave exact dates of birth but no birth location. To have this temple ordinance done, the individuals had to have been deceased. I looked at the microfilm of the actual temple record and found that the family members were in sequence that day at the temple except that there were several names between Elizabeth and the others for work done by Jeremiah Stayner who was Rebecca's husband. The following is the data found listed by individual, date of temple work, proxy, FHL film-page-ordinance number, birthdate, and relationship of proxy to individual. Adair, Elizabeth; 11/27/1877; Stayner, Rebecca Frances Adair; 170845-18-285; b. 11 Apr 1806; Relative. Adair, Joseph; 11/27/1877; Adair, John Wesley; 170845-18-296. Adair, James; 11/27/1877; Adair, John Wesley; 170845-18-297; b. 4 Aug 1770; Gr. Nephew. Robbins, Alexander; 11/27/1877; Adair, John Wesley; 170845-18-298; b. 2 Sep 1793; Second Cousin. Adair, John; 11/27/1877; Adair, John Wesley; 170845-18-299; b. 13 Nov 1796; Second Cousin. Adair, Allen; 11/27/1877; Adair, John Wesley; 170845-18-300; b. 17 Mar 1798; Second Cousin. Adair, William; 11/27/1877; Adair, John Wesley; 170845-18-301; b. 15 Nov 1804; Second Cousin. Adair, James Newton; 11/27/1877; Adair, John Wesley; 170845-18-302; b. 11 Nov 1812; Second Cousin. We can assume that all of the individuals noted as second cousins to John Wesley Adair are most likely siblings of each other. We also assume Elizabeth was a sister in this group. Alexander Robbins is most likely a "second cousin-in-law" having probably married a sister within the group (unsure if the sister was Elizabeth Adair or some other unnamed person still living in 1877 but currently I assume another "Miss Adair" separate from Elizabeth as his wife). To be literal second cousins with the surname Adair, this family would have had to be grandchildren of Joseph and Sarah Adair who were parents of Thomas Adair who married Rebecca Brown who were in turn parents to John Wesley Adair and his sister Rebecca Frances Adair Stayner. | Robbins, Alexander (I3785)
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| 4867 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Julian calendar and not the Gregorian was in use colonially meaning the the first three months were considered part of the previous year. In such situations, date shown with both years with a slash. 2. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version: "NICHOLAS KNAPP ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1630 (based on appearance at court on 1 March 1630/1 [MBCR 1:83]) FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown. REMOVES: Stamford 1646... ESTATE: ... In his will, dated 15 Apr 1670 and proved on an unknown date, "Nicholas Knap of Standford" bequeathed to "my son Moses Knap my house and land in Standford with all the meadows and upland belonging unto me," with same moveables; to "my son Timothy the monies remaining due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in"; to "my son Calep the loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my son Josuah"; to "my daughter Sarah Disbrowe the money due to me from her husband, about 37s. concerning the horse"; to "my daughter Hanna one mare"; to my daughter Lidea the mare that was Mr. Bishop's with the increase she hath"; to "my daughter Ruth twenty shillings"; to "my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah & Uneca Buxton all their mother's clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat which my will is they have onward of their portions"; to "Uneca Buxton the new Bible as a free gift"; the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton & Uneca Buxton out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton, I say that their part and portions be currently paid according to their proportion of that inventory"; "my son Josuah Knap [to be] sole executor" [Fairfield PR 2:55]... BIRTH: By about 1606 (based on estimated date of marriage). DEATH: Stamford between 15 April 1670 (date of will) and 27 April 1670 (date of inventory). MARRIAGE: (1) By 1631 Elinor ____. She died at Stamford 16 August 1658 [Stamford TR 1:24]. (2) Stamford 9 March 1659 Unica (____) (Buxton) Brown [Stamford TR 1:77]. She was the widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown [Gillespie Anc 61-63], and had apparently died by 15 April 1670, as she is not mentioned in Nicholas Knapp's will. CHILDREN: With first wife i. JONATHAN KNAPP, b. Watertown early November 1631 (calc.); bur. Watertown 27 December 1631 "aged 7 weeks" [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]. ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. Watertown 14 December 1632 [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. by about 1658 Bethia ___ (possibly Bethia Brundish [GM 2:1:447-48]). iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1634[/5] [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. Stamford 9 June 1657 Hannah Close ("The American Genealogist" 10:45). iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. Watertown 20 January 1636[/7] [WaVR 1:4; NEHGR 7:159]; m. by 1661 Hannah Smith (eldest child b. Stamford 24 November 1661 ["The American Genealogist" 10:174); in his will of 4 July 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp [FOOF 1:575]). v. SARAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1638[/9] [WaVR 1:5; NEHGR 7:160]; m. Stamford 6 April 1657 Peter Disborough ["The American Genealogist" 10:112]. vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 1:8; NEHGR 7:162]; m. Stamford 20 November 1657 Joseph Ferris ["The American Genealogist" 10:112], son of JEFFREY FERRIS {1634, Watertown} [GM 2:2:517-21] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 March 1643[/4?] [WaVR 1:11; NEHGR 7:283]; named in father's will, 15 April 1670; no further record. viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645; m. by 1669 Abigail Westcott (on 4 January 1669[/70], Moses Knapp receipted, in the right of his wife, for his share of the estate of Richard Westcott [FOOF1:660]). ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647; m. Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/7 Isaac Hall [FOOF 1:250]... COMMENTS: ... In the Beaverbrook Plowlands Nicholas Knapp received six acres, and in the Remote Meadows seven acres. Since these lands were granted in part on household size, this would suggest a birth in the interval between the two grants; the birth of Caleb fell exactly one month before the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, and it may be that this was not taken into account for the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, but was for the Remote Meadows grant. At the date of the Remote Meadows grant of seven acres, the Nicholas Knapp family was known to have five members: Nicholas, wife Elinor, and sons Timothy, Joshua and Caleb. This permits the possibility that there were one or two more persons in the household, not necessarily children; but the difference might also be explained if Nicholas had sufficient wealth in cattle, the other criterion for the size of these grants." 3. The book: "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before 1692" by James Savage, published by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981, Baltimore, vol.3, p.33: "Caleb, Stamford, s. of Nicholas, freeman 1670, made his will 11 Dec 1674, died soon. He names wife Hannah, and children Caleb, who was b.1661; John, 1664; Moses; Samuel; Sarah; and Hannah." 4. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), p191: "Hannah Smith - bc1640, d1685?, m1 c1660 Caleb Knap, m2 c1674 Thomas Lawrence."; P.174: "Caleb - b1637, dc 1674, mc 1660 Hannah Smith (d1685?, d/o Henry, she m2 John Bowers). Greenwich." 5. John Caleb's wife, Hannah Smith, is sister to Daniel Smith who married John Caleb's niece Hannah Knapp. 6. Knapp family website indicates this individual was farmer/weaver and his religion was Puritan (Congregational). Will and inventory filed at Fairfield, Fairfield, CT - p36, Vol, 1675-1689; wife, Hannah (Smith), and all children are named. 7. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information..." Second Generation: "B-4. Caleb Knapp, son of A-1. Nicholas and Elinor ( ) Knapp. B. 11-20-1636 or 1-20-1637. Watertown, Mass. D. Before 3-4-1675, when his inventory was taken. His will dated 12-2-1674. M. Hannah Smith at Stamford, Conn. about 1660 and lived there. She d. June, 1685, was daughter of Dr. Henry Smith, of Stamford and his 1st wife, name unknown, son of Thomas Smith of London. She m. 2nd Thomas Lawrence, b. 12-3-1648, son of Thomas Lawrence and wife Martha. Martha was b. England, 1619 d. ca. 1686, Stamford. Thomas Lawrence, Sr. d. 1648. He and wife Martha were admitted to the church at Milford, Conn. 7-4-1642. They had: 1. Martha, b. 8-9-1646. m. Elephalet Jones. 2. Thomas, b. 12-3-1648. m. Hannah, widow of Caleb Knapp. Martha Lawrence, widow of Thomas, Sr. m. 2nd John Chapman, of Stamford. She m. 3rd 12-17-1657, Francis Brown. C-10. Caleb, b. 11-24-1661. m. 9-3- or 11-23-1694, Hannah Clements. C-11. John, b. 7-25-1664. d. 4-5-1749. m. 1692, Hannah Ferris and Martha Weed. C-12. Moses, b. ca. 1666. d. 1753. m. 10-30-1689, Elizabeth Crissey. [Author's later supplement includes note: "Perhaps Caleb d. 1773."] C-13. Samuel, b. ca. 1668. d. 1739. m. ca. 1696, Hannah Bushnell. C-14. Sarah, b. 1670, Stamford, Conn. d. at Greenwich. m. ca. 1685/91, Ebenezer Mead. He b. 1663. d. 1728, son of John Mead and his wife, Hannah or Anna Patton or Potter, of Stamford. Gen. Mead, in command at the Battle of Gettysburg, was a descendant. Sarah and Ebenezer had: -John.-Susannah, m. 9-5-1726, Moses Husted. -Abigail, m. 1724, Isaac Holmes. -Caleb, m. 1716, Mary Holmes, sister of Isaac, (Stephen-John-Francis.) -Jeremiah -Alpheus. -Sarah, m. Hobby. -Hannah, m. Hobby. C-15. Hannah, b. ca. 1676, Stamford, Conn. m. 1st Nathaniel Cross, of Stamford, 11-6-1696. He d. 10-28-1714. She m. 2nd 3-31-1715, Samuel Palmer. She was probably a mother of Deborah Cross who m. John Knapp. (Hannah Knapp, dau. of Moses and Abigail (Westcoast) Knapp, is sometimes given identically with this Hannah. Which is correct is uncertain. As shown by their will, both had a dau. Hannah, but their future is uncertain.) B-4. Caleb Knapp was admitted Freeman at Stamford in 1669/71. His will was made 11-10-1674 and says: "I give unto Abigail Smith, my minor sister-in-law, my wife Hannah and unto my six children, namely, Caleb-John-Moses-Samuel-Sarah-Hanna, etc., and implore my beloved friends, Joshua Knapp, John Hody, Daniel Wistell and Moses Knapp, witnesses." His inventory was taken by William Newman and Jonathan Sellick, 3-4-1774/5, amounting to 170 pounds, 16 shillings and 4 pence. (See Fairfield Probate Records, Vol. 1675-1689, p. 36.) In his father's will he is called "John Calep." He was probably a weaver by trade as his father left him his "loom and half of the geers." His wife Hannah Smith was dau. of Dr. Henry Smith of Stamford and Wethersfield who was b. in England ca. 1612/19. His 1st wife whose name is unknown was mother of all his children. He m. 2nd Ann . A Henry Smith, age 22, and Ann Jackson, age 23, came to New England, 7-27-1635, on the ship "Princess." After Caleb's death his widow m. Thomas Lawrence before 7-4-1686, of Stamford. (Fairfield Probate Records, Vol. 1675-1689, p. 239) Henry Smith, father of Hannah, made his will 7-4-1687 at Stamford. He mentions "grandson John Knap" and "dau. Hannah Lorance" etc. In Vol. 1689-1701, p. 48, Thomas Lawrence of Stamford, made his will, dated 7-26-1691, mentions "daughter-in-law, Hannah Knapp" and "son-in-law Samuel Knapp" (meaning step-dau. and step-son). The inventory of Thomas Lawrence's estate, who d. 8-16-1691, taken 9-16-1691 says: "John Knapp, having ye knowlig of this Inventory, being son-in-law to ye deceased, and having these things, most of them under his custody" (meaning step-son). Henry Smith's wife, Ann. d. June 1685." [Author's later supplement includes note: "J.D. Baldwin... writes: 'D.L. Jacobus agrees in my determination that Ann ___, 2nd wife of Henry Smith, was the same as Ann (___) Andrews, widow of Francis Andrews. Her three children, Rebecca, Ruth and Abraham, were the same as Rebecca, Ruth and Abraham Andrews, children and Francis'."] 8. "Abstracts of Stamford Probate records," compiled by Spencer P. Mead: "Knapp, Nicholas, late of Stamford, will dated Feb. 15, 1670, probated Oct. 31, 1670, mentioned his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, and Ruth; Sarah Buxton and Unice Buxton are called daughters-in-law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton. Executor son Joshua. Witnesses John Weed and Eleazer Slawson, page 56. Inventory taken Feb. 27, 1670, by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed Oct. 31, 1670, page 56. F1-19." 9. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 92: "Page 103 [1:88]" mentions land transacted 23 Mar 1669 by John Rockwell and Daniel Wescott which is partially bounded by land owned by "Caleb Knap." 10. The book "History of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868…," by Rev. E. B. Huntington (A Corrected Reprint of the 1868 Edition, 1979), p. 56: "Knapp, Caleb, son probably of the above [Nicholas Knapp], had a son, Caleb, born in 1661. His will, bearing date, 10, 3, 1674, names his children: Caleb, John, Moses, Samuel, Sarah, and Hannah. Knapp, Joshua, son of Nicholas, was married here in 1657 to Hannah Close. He had one child recorded here -- Hannah, born March 26, 1660. He lived later in Greenwich, having had then seven children, Joshua, Joseph, Ruth, Timothy, Benjamin, Caleb, and Jonathan. His inventory bears date Oct. 27, 1684." 11. The book "History of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868…," by Rev. E. B. Huntington (A Corrected Reprint of the 1868 Edition, 1979), pp. 55-56: "KNAPP, NICHOLAS, had land here in 1649, as appears from the land records. His wife, Eleanor, died August 16, 1658. Savage thinks he may have come in the fleet with Winthrop and Saltonstall in 1630., His children were Jonathan, born Dee. 27, 1631; Timothy, Dec. 14, 1632; Joshua, Jan. 5, 1635; Caleb Jan. 20, 1637. Sarah, Jan. 5, 1639; Ruth, Jan. 6, 16A1; and Hannah, March 6, 1643. After coming to Stamford he had probably Moses and Lydia. After the death of his wife, Eleanor, he married, March 9, 1659, Unity, widow of Peter Brown, who had also been the widow of Clement Buxton. He died in April 1670, and his will, now in the probate records of Fairfield, dated the 15th of that month, names the children in the following order: Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, Ruth, and Sarah and Unica Buxton, daughters of Clement." 12. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 45, no. 1 (Aug. 2002), "The Smith Families of Stamford, Connecticut," by Robert Louer, E-mail: vwrjl@att.net "Children of Henry Smith and his Unknown first wife: -Hannah2 Smith, b. say 1640 possibly at Stamford,[25] d. possibly before 1691 at Stamford.[26] She married say 1660 probably at Stamford, Caleb Knapp, son of Nicholas and Elinor (___) Knapp; b. 20 Jan 1637 at Watertown, MA,[27] d. before 9 Mar 1674/5 at Stamford. Caleb's will dated 11 Oct 1674 was probated 9 Mar 1674/5.[28] She m2) before 4 Jul 1687,[29] Thomas Lawrence, son of Thomas and Martha (___) Lawrence; bp. 3 Dec 1648 at Milford,[30] d. 16 Aug 1691 at Stamford.[31] Thomas' will dated 26 Jul 1691 was probated 3 Nov 1691.[32] Issue: Her first marriage Caleb, John, Moses, Samuel, Sarah, and Hannah... Footnotes: 25. Based on birth dates of her husband and children. 26. She is not mentioned in her husband's estate. 27. Watertown Record, 4. Date recorded as 20d 11m 1636. 28. Fairfield PR, 3:36. 29. Fairfield PR, 3:239. She was called Hannah Lawrence in her father's will. 30. Milford First Congregational Church Record, as cited in Barbour Church Records. 31. Fairfield PR, 4:48..." 13. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 50, no. 4 (May 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 148-49: "CALEB2 KNAPP (Nicholas1) was born at Watertown, Massachusetts on 20 January 1636/37, and died at Stamford between 11 October 1674 and 4 March 1674/75, the dates of his will and the taking of his inventory. [28] He married HANNAH SMITH, daughter of Henry1 Smith, at Stamford say about 1660. She was born say about 1640, possibly at Stamford, the daughter of Henry Smith and an unknown first wife.[29] After Caleb's death, say about 1676, She married (2) Thomas Lawrence, born at Milford, Connecticut 3 December 1648, son of Thomas and Martha Lawrence.[30] She had probably died some time prior to 26 July 1691 when her second husband did not name her in his will.[31] In his will, made on 11 October 1674 and probated 9 March 1675 (probably 1674/75), he mentioned his wife Hannah, and children Caleb, John, Moses, Samuel, Sarah, and Hannah. He also named Abigail Smith, a sister of his wife. Overseers were to be Joshua Knapp and John Holly, Sr. (who had also taken his father's inventory). The witnesses were Daniel Westcott and (his brother) Moses Knapp. His inventory was taken on 4 March 16[74/]75 by William Newman and Jonathan Selleck.[32] Children of Caleb and Hannah (Smith) Knapp, all probably born at Stamford although only two recorded there:[33] i. CALEB3 KNAPP, b. 24 Nov 1661,[34] m. 23 day 9th month (Nov) 1694 HANNAH CLEMENTS.[35] ii. JOHN KNAPP, b. 25 Jul 1664, m. (1) HANNAH FERRIS, and m. (2) Mrs. MARTHA MEAD. iii. MOSES KNAPP, b. abt. 1666, m. ELIZABETH CRISSEY.[36] iv. SAMUEL KNAPP, b. abt. 1668, m. HANNAH BUSHNELL.[37] v. SARAH KNAPP, b. 1670, m. abt. 1691 EBENEZER MEAD.[38] vi. HANNAH KNAPP, b. abt. 1676, m. (1) 6 Nov 1696 NATHANIEL CROSS,[39] m. (2) SAMUEL PALMER.[40]" Footnotes: 28. Fairfield Probate Records, 3: 36. 29. Robert Louer, "The Smith Families of Stamford, Connecticut," Connecticut Ancestry, 45(2002): 6. 30. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 376. 31. Louer, "Smith Families of Stamford" (note 29), 45: 6. 32. All information from Fairfield Probate Records, 3: 36, Mead abstracts used. 33. Spouses names from Knapp Genealogy (note 7), 6-7 except where noted. 34. Stamford Town Records, 1: 98, transcription copy, 116. 35. Stamford Town Records, 1: 104, transcription copy, 123. 36. Stamford Town Records, 1: 101 records the marriage but the date is not legible. 37. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 134-5. 38. Spencer P. Mead, "History and Genealogy of the Mead Family" (New York: The Knickerbocker Press), 1901), 183, 222. 39. Stamford Town Records, 1: 104, transcription copy, 123. 40. Horace Wilbur Palmer, "Palmer Families in America," Volume 1 (Neshanic, NJ: Neshanic Printing Co., 1966), 128-9, which has good additional information on both of her marriages." 14. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 50, no. 4 (May 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 146-48: "NICHOLAS1 KNAPP was in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1 March 1630/31, when he was fined for selling some "water of noe worth nor value" as a cure for scurvy.[1] Since this was wintertime when no ships made the Atlantic voyage, it is likely that he had arrived well before this time, perhaps during the summer of 1630.[2] Anderson estimates that he was born by about 1606, based on the estimated date of his marriage.[3] He died at Stamford between 15 and 27 April 1669/70, the dates of his will and his inventory.[4] The family name was generally spelled Knap until about 1800, but the current spelling of Knapp will be used herein, except when in a direct quotation. His first wife and mother of his children, who died in Stamford on the 16th day, 6th month (16 August) 1658, was named ELEANOR ___.[5] He married (2) at Stamford on 9 March 1658/59 UNICA (___) (BUXTON) BROWN, widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown.[6] Since she was not mentioned in his will, she is presumed to have died before 1670. The standard "Knapp Genealogy" is full of error and must be used with caution.[7] It does, however, contain some interesting historical and biographical information, including a list of the lands of Nicholas Knapp in Watertown, and a complete transcription of his will.[8] He appears to have left Watertown about May 1646, since he sold all the land he had received from the town there to Bryan Pendleton on the 6th day 3rd month 1646, and another acre of meadow (purchased separately in 1645) to Edward Garfield on the same date.[9] According to one Stamford historian, he was briefly in Rye, New York, and nearby Greenwich, before arriving in Stamford about 1649.[10] For some unknown reason, the Stamford Town Records do not contain a complete listing of the lands of Nicholas Knapp as they do for many other early residents. He is, however, mentioned regularly as an adjoining landholder in many of the other residents' summaries. The Town Records do contain an interesting purchase on 26 September 1651 by "Nickels Knape" of Elias Bailey's house and home lot of 1 -1/2 acre, purchased earlier by Bailey from John Coe, and adjacent to land already in Knapp's possession.[11] Both Bailey and Coe left Stamford for Long Island, along with many other Stamford people. Nicholas Knapp and his stepson Clement2 Buxton, son of his second wife Eunice, "the [a]foresayd Nicholas Knap haveing by and wth the mariage of ye Widdow Buxston administred upon ye estate of Clement Buxton, deceased" made an agreement on 8 March 1666/67 and recorded 31 January 1667/68, the young man having reached his majority, that he (Buxton) would receive title to his father's house and property in return for granting Knapp and his wife the life use of the house and 1/2 of the barn and home lot.[12] On the following day (9 March 1666/67) Nicholas Knapp added an additional detail to the agreement in which he gave "unto Clement Buxton a beding in ye house wch I now am resedent in and what conveniancy I can conveniantly acommodate him wth all for stoedge [storage] of what necisary things he have to put in so that it may be understood I grant him this priveledge as long as I shall live in the house. This my agreement made 9th March [16]66.[13] Then, within a year on 19 October 1668, Nicholas Knap purchased the house and 1-1/2 acre homelot of Daniel Simpkins of Stamford for the price of "two oxen and on[e] cow in hand resived & for full satisfaction."[14] This homelot was between the homelots of Richard Scofield on the south and Thomas Lawrence on the north and bounded by the highway on the east and the mill lot on the west. His will was dated at Stamford on 15 April (2nd Month) 1670, probated 21 October 1670, and named his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrowe, Hanna, Lidea, and Ruth. Sarah Buxton and Eunice Buxton are called daughters in law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton.[15] His son Joshua Knapp was named executor and the will was witnessed by John Weed and Eleazer Slason. The inventory was taken 27 April 1669/70 by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed 31 October 1670. [16] Children of Nicholas and Eleanor (___) Knapp, first seven born and recorded at Watertown[17] and last two born probably at Stamford: i. JONATHAN2 KNAPP, b. Nov 1631, bur. Watertown 27 Dec 1631 "aged 7 weeks." ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. 14 Dec 1632, m. BETHIA ___, said to have been the daughter of John Brundish or Brundage.[19] He moved to the town of Rye, (then in Connecticut but now in New York) about 1667 when he purchased a house and homelot there. He was active in community affairs and was constable of Rye in 1681 and 1682. He apparently moved to Greenwich by 1697.[20] iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1634/35, m. at Stamford 9 Jun 1657 HANNAH CLOSE.[21] iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. 20 Jan 1636/37, m. HANNAH SMITH. v. SARAH KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1638/39, m. at Stamford 6 Apr 1657 PETER DISBOROUGH / DISBROW.[22] vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. 6 Jan 1640/41, m. (1) at Stamford 20 Nov 1657 JOSEPH FERRIS,[23] and (2) 19 Jan 1707/08 JOHN CLAPP.[24] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. 6 Mar 1642/43,[25] living at the time of her father's will in 1670.[26] viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645, perhaps at Stamford, m. by 1669 ABIGAIL WESTCOTT. ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647, probably at Stamford, m. at Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/67 ISAAC HALL.[27] Footnotes: 1. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686," 5 volumes in 6 (Boston: the Press of William White, 1853-1854), 1: 83, 99, 243. This fine was partially paid and partially forgiven, and it may be that the cure was somewhat successful after all. 2. Although there is no specific record of the fact, he may very well have come with the Winthrop fleet that arrived in Massachusetts Bay in June and July of 1630 (Charles Edward Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630" (1930, repr: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), 78. 3. Robert C. Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 3 volumes (Boston: The New.England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2: 1136. 4. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136. 5. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26, Connecticut Ancestry Society microfilm #1. Her name is spelled "Eliner" in the record, which was written two different times on the same page. She was called Eleanor "Disbrow" by Capt. James S. Ferris in his, "A Ferris Genealogy" (Coronado, CA: the author, 1980), vol. 2, ID No. 12. She has also been called Eleanor "Lockwood" by several authors but this is very unlikely (see Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood [1594-16351 of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood [ca. 1625-1693] of Stamford Connecticut" [New York: Philip V. Lockwood, 1978], 82.) Other surnames have also been proposed but all of these identities for her are considered speculative at this time. 6. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136, citing Paul W. Prindle's analysis in his Gillespie Genealogy. 7. Alfred Averill Knapp, Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (Winter Park, FL: the author, 1953). 8. Knapp Genealogy (note 7), 2. 9. Suffolk Deeds Liber I (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1880), 1: 71. 10. Jeanne Majdalany, "The Early Settlement of Stamford Connecticut 1641-1700" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), 173. 11. Stamford Town Records, 1: 53, transcription copy, 65. 12. Stamford Land Records, A: 18-9. 13. Stamford Land Records, A: 19. 14. Stamford Land Records, A: 143. 15. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 55. The month was given as 2nd month on both the will and the inventory, which was April old style. Mead and others have incorrectly called it February. 16. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 56. 17. Henry Bond, "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston ..." (Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 327. 18. All data are as given in The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136-7 except where noted. Lists of spouses given in the Knapp Genealogy (note 7) and other secondary sources are similar, but have additional marriages for many of the children that have not yet been verified. This list follows Anderson who discounted many of these additional marriages for lack of proof. Also note his discussion and rejection of the claims that William Knopp of Watertown was a close relative of Nicholas Knapp. 19. Although Bethia's identity is given as fact by Norman Davis in his "Westchester Patriarchs" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988), 36-7, 140, it is not confirmed by Anderson, or by Donald L. Jacobus in his, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 2 volumes in 3 (Fairfield: Eunice Dennie Bun Chapter, DAR, 1930-1932), 1: 108. 20. All from Charles W. Baird, "Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye Westchester County, New York 1660-1870" (Camden, ME: Picton Press [reprint], 1994), 416. 21. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26. 22. Stamford Town Records 1: 19, 74, transcription copy, 74, 87. Some authors have claimed that she had an additional first marriage to John Disbrow, but this is unlikely since she was called Sarah Knapp in 1657. 23. Stamford Town Records, 1: 74, transcription copy, 87. 24. Stamford Town Records, 1: 128, transcription copy, 164. See also Ferris Genealogy (note 5), vol. 2, ID no. 12. 25. Mr. Bond gave the year as "1643-4" in his Watertown Genealogies (note 17) but Anderson gives it as 1642/43 based on the original (The Great Migration Begins [note 3], 2: 1137.) 26. Early Settlement (note 10), 174, lists a marriage for her to Zerubbabbel Hoyt in 1673, but there is no such marriage in the generally reliable David W. Hoyt, "A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families with Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families..." (Providence and Boston: the author, 1871, repr. Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1984), 311-2. 27. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 250. It is sometimes claimed that she married Richard Mills but Jacobus explained that this Mills marriage instead belonged to Lydia the daughter of Roger Knapp of New Haven and Fairfield (Old Fairfield [note 19], 1: 365, 411.)" 15. The book "The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700…," by Jeanne Majdalany, pp. 173-75: "KNAP, KNAPP, Nicholas - bc 1600, d1670, m1 c1630 Elinor (prob Lockwood) (d1658, sis/o Robert and Edmund), m2 1659 Unica Brown (d by 1670, wd/o Clement Buxton. wd/o Peter). Nicolas Knap, his wife Elinor, and seven children came to America on the "Arbella" in 1630. They came from Burys St. Mary in Suffolk, probably. In 1631 Nicolas was fined in Watertown, MA for selling water for scurvy at too high a price. He was in Stamford by 1649, having been previously in Rye, NY, and Greenwich. After the death of his wife, he married Unica Brown, the recent widow of Clement Buxton, and moved into the Buxton home on the east side of West Street. His grandson Moses was a blacksmith in the 1680s. Descendants of KNAP, Nicolas: A. Jonathan - b&d1631. B. Timothy - b1632, d by 1685, mc1665 Bethia Brundage (d/o John). Rye, NY. C. Joshua - b1634, d1684, m1657 Hannah Close (bc1632, d1696, she m2 John Bowers). Greenwich. D. Caleb - b1637, dc1674, mc1660 Hannah Smith (d1685?, d/o Henry, she m2 167- Thomas Lawrence. 1. Caleb - b1661, d bef 1717, m1694 Hannah Clements (d/o William), of Norwalk and Goshen, CT. a. Caleb - b1695, d1761. b. William - b1697, d1770. c. Sarah - b1700. d. Abigail - b1702. e. Joshua - b1704. f. Joseph - b1706. g. Hannah - b1710. h. Jonathan - b1713. i. Benjamin - b1717. j. Reuben - b1717. 2. Capt John - b1664, d1749, m1 1692 Hannah Ferris (b1666, d1724, d/o Peter), m2 1727 Mrs Martha Weed. a. Lt Samuel - b1695, d1751, m1 1720 Martha Slason (b1699, d1747, d/o John Jr), m2 1749 Mrs Marcy Bouton. b. Lt John - b1697, d1763, m1 1723 Deborah Cross (b1702, d/o Nathaniel), m2 1736 Abigail Hoyt (d/o Samuel). c. Hannah - b1699, d1724, m1 1716 Isaac Quintard, m2 Jessup. d. Peter - b1701. e. Charles - b1703, d1773. f. Deborah - b1705. g. Moses - b1709, d1787. 3. Moses - b1666, d1753, m1688 Elizabeth Crissy (d/o William). Reading, CT. a. Elizabeth - b1690. 4. Samuel - b1668, d1739, mc1696 Hannah Bushnell. Greenwich and Danbury, CT. 5. Sarah - b1670, m1691 Ebenezer Mead. 6. Hannah - b1672. E. Sarah - b1639, d1681, m1 John Disbrow, m2 1657 Peter Disbrow. F. Ruth - b1641, m1 1657 Joseph Ferris, m2 1708 John Clapp. G. Hannah - b1643, d1674, m1673 Zarubbabel Hoyt. H. Moses - b1646, d aft 1713, m1669 Abigail Westcott (bc 1642, d aft 1713, d/o Richard). 1. Lydia - bc1670, d1710, m1685 Thomas Penoyer. 2. Abigail - b1672, d1706, m1692 John Crissy. 3. Sarah - b1674, d1717, m Samuel Husted. 4. Hannah - bc1676, m1 1696 Nathaniel Cross, m2 1715 Samuel Palmer. I. Lydia - b1648, d1716, in Richard Mills. J. Josiah? -. References: Alfred Averill Knapp, The Nicolas Knapp Genealogy." BIRTH: 1. "b. Watertown 20 Jan 1636/7 ("Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages - First Book and Supplement" Section 4 in "Watertown Records Comprising the 1st and 2nd Books of Town Proceedings [Watertown 1894])" per the book cited below. Knapp Family website shows undocumented birthdate of 20 Nov 1636 and first name as John Caleb (aka Caleb) with note: "Most records including Caleb's birth record DO NOT indicate a first name of John, however, he is referred to as "John" Caleb in the will of his father." MARRIAGE: 1. "M. by 1661 Hannah Smith (eldest child b. Stamford 24 Nov 1661 (The American Genealogist 10:174); in his will of 4 Jul 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp ("History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield" 1:575, Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed.)" per the book cited below. 2. Knapp Family website reports 26 Mar 1660 at Stamford and Ancestral File accessed 2002 reports 9 Mar 1660 at Stamford. Both of these are fictitious and no date is found in Stamford per the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011). There are, however, children born of this couple starting in 1661. DEATH: 1. No death or probate information found in the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011). SOURCES_MISC: 1. See biography notes for father for quote from the book: "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 1995, Robert Charles Anderson, ISBN 0-88082-043-8, published by New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116. 2. From "The Knapp Family" at website: "http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Knapp.html". 3. Per book "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial," comp. William Richard Cutter, Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1994, p.1389. 4. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. The author has prepared a family group sheet on which he notes the following miscellaneous sources: -NK Gen (1953). -NK Gen Suppl (1956). -Hist. of Watertown, Mass, by Bond. -Hist. of Stamford, by Huntington. -Hist. of Greenwich, by Mead. -Fairfield Probate Rec., v. 1665-1675, p. 55. -Amer. Anc., v. 8, p. 166. -Ferris Gen. -TAG 1:112. -Boston Town Record. -MCR, v. 1. -Winthrop Fleet, by Banks. -Fam. of Old Fairfield, by Jacobus. -Hist of Chf. Fam. Bearing the Name fo Knapp, by O.G. Knapp (1939). | Knapp, Caleb (I186)
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| 4868 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Julian calendar and not the Gregorian was in use colonially meaning the the first three months were considered part of the previous year. In such situations, date shown with both years with a slash. 2. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version: "NICHOLAS KNAPP ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1630 (based on appearance at court on 1 March 1630/1 [MBCR 1:83]) FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown. REMOVES: Stamford 1646... ESTATE: ... In his will, dated 15 Apr 1670 and proved on an unknown date, "Nicholas Knap of Standford" bequeathed to "my son Moses Knap my house and land in Standford with all the meadows and upland belonging unto me," with same moveables; to "my son Timothy the monies remaining due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in"; to "my son Calep the loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my son Josuah"; to "my daughter Sarah Disbrowe the money due to me from her husband, about 37s. concerning the horse"; to "my daughter Hanna one mare"; to my daughter Lidea the mare that was Mr. Bishop's with the increase she hath"; to "my daughter Ruth twenty shillings"; to "my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah & Uneca Buxton all their mother's clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat which my will is they have onward of their portions"; to "Uneca Buxton the new Bible as a free gift"; the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton & Uneca Buxton out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton, I say that their part and portions be currently paid according to their proportion of that inventory"; "my son Josuah Knap [to be] sole executor" [Fairfield PR 2:55]... BIRTH: By about 1606 (based on estimated date of marriage). DEATH: Stamford between 15 April 1670 (date of will) and 27 April 1670 (date of inventory). MARRIAGE: (1) By 1631 Elinor ____. She died at Stamford 16 August 1658 [Stamford TR 1:24]. (2) Stamford 9 March 1659 Unica (____) (Buxton) Brown [Stamford TR 1:77]. She was the widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown [Gillespie Anc 61-63], and had apparently died by 15 April 1670, as she is not mentioned in Nicholas Knapp's will. CHILDREN: With first wife i. JONATHAN KNAPP, b. Watertown early November 1631 (calc.); bur. Watertown 27 December 1631 "aged 7 weeks" [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]. ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. Watertown 14 December 1632 [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. by about 1658 Bethia ___ (possibly Bethia Brundish [GM 2:1:447-48]). iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1634[/5] [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. Stamford 9 June 1657 Hannah Close ("The American Genealogist" 10:45). iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. Watertown 20 January 1636[/7] [WaVR 1:4; NEHGR 7:159]; m. by 1661 Hannah Smith (eldest child b. Stamford 24 November 1661 ["The American Genealogist" 10:174); in his will of 4 July 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp [FOOF 1:575]). v. SARAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1638[/9] [WaVR 1:5; NEHGR 7:160]; m. Stamford 6 April 1657 Peter Disborough ["The American Genealogist" 10:112]. vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 1:8; NEHGR 7:162]; m. Stamford 20 November 1657 Joseph Ferris ["The American Genealogist" 10:112], son of JEFFREY FERRIS {1634, Watertown} [GM 2:2:517-21] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 March 1643[/4?] [WaVR 1:11; NEHGR 7:283]; named in father's will, 15 April 1670; no further record. viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645; m. by 1669 Abigail Westcott (on 4 January 1669[/70], Moses Knapp receipted, in the right of his wife, for his share of the estate of Richard Westcott [FOOF1:660]). ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647; m. Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/7 Isaac Hall [FOOF 1:250]... COMMENTS: ... In the Beaverbrook Plowlands Nicholas Knapp received six acres, and in the Remote Meadows seven acres. Since these lands were granted in part on household size, this would suggest a birth in the interval between the two grants; the birth of Caleb fell exactly one month before the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, and it may be that this was not taken into account for the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, but was for the Remote Meadows grant. At the date of the Remote Meadows grant of seven acres, the Nicholas Knapp family was known to have five members: Nicholas, wife Elinor, and sons Timothy, Joshua and Caleb. This permits the possibility that there were one or two more persons in the household, not necessarily children; but the difference might also be explained if Nicholas had sufficient wealth in cattle, the other criterion for the size of these grants." 3. "Abstracts of Stamford Probate records," compiled by Spencer P. Mead: "Knapp, Nicholas, late of Stamford, will dated Feb. 15, 1670, probated Oct. 31, 1670, mentioned his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, and Ruth; Sarah Buxton and Unice Buxton are called daughters-in-law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton. Executor son Joshua. Witnesses John Weed and Eleazer Slawson, page 56. Inventory taken Feb. 27, 1670, by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed Oct. 31, 1670, page 56. F1-19." 4. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information..." First Generation: "A-1. Nicholas Knapp, our immigrant ancestor. Parentage unknown. B. In England. Exact place unknown. D. 4-16-1670, Fairfield, Conn. M. 1st Elinor ___. She d. 6 or 8-16-1658, Fairfield, Conn. 2nd Unica (Unity) Brown, widow of Peter Brown, 3-9-1659. She had been previously widow of Clement Buxton. Clement Buxton was in Stamford, Conn. in 1650 and d. there 8-2-1657. He had daus. Sarah and Unity and a son, Clement. His widow, Unity, m. 7-22-1658, Peter Brown, of Stamford, Conn. who d. soon after. His widow m. for the 3rd time, Nicholas Knapp as his 2nd wife. All children b. at Watertown, Mass. except Lydia. ...Sarah, b. 1-5-1638/9. m. 1st John Disbrow 6-12-1657. 2nd 4 or 9-6-1667, Peter Disbrow, of Rye, Conn. Peter lived in Rye in 1660, was one of the purchasers of Rye from the Indians. Was said to be 50 years old. He was Representative from Rye in 1665. Also from Greenbush. Sarah d. in 1681. Had dau. Martha who m. Peter Brown. ...Sarah father's "will can be found in Fairfield, Conn. Probate Records, Vol. 1665-1675, page 55, as follows: (Many of the "ss" are written "f".) "In Stamford, ye 15th 2 mo. Anno 1670. The last will and Testament of Nicholas Knap of Stamford concerning the disposal of his worldly estate. 1. I give to my son Moses Knap my house and land in Stamford with all the meadows and upland belonginge to me. Also, I give to my said sonn Moses, my cart and plowe or plowes, with all the furniture of Irons, yokes and Chaynes belonging and a small gun in the house and a Sword. 2. I give to my son Timothy the monies remayning due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in. 3. I give unto my Sonn John Caleb the Loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my Sonn Joshua. 4. I give to my dau. Sarah Disbrowe, the monies due me from her husband, about 37 pounds concerning the horses. 5. I give to my dau. Hanna, one mare. 6. I give to my dau. Lidia the mare that was Mr. Bishops with the increase shee hath. 7. I give to my dau. Ruth Twenty Shillings. 8. I give to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah and Unica Buxton, all their Mother's Clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat, which my will is they should have onward of their portion. Also, I will and bequeath unto Uneca Buxton the new bible as a free gift. 9. My will is that the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton and Uneca Buxton, out of the estate of their father, Clement Buxton. I say that ther and portions be currently payd, according to their proportion of that Inventorie. 10. Lastly, my Will is that my son Jushua Knap be sole executor of this my Will to receive all and pay dues according to this my last will as also all debts to or from me. If in case that mare be not found that I have given to Lydia, that then shee to have a nother mare in the Lue of that. This being my Last Will, renouncing all other former Will as wills made by me. Witness my hand. Witness John Weed. Eleazur Slawson. Nicholas (Y-type symbol) Knap his mark." [Author's later supplement includes note: "Sarah Knapp is also said to have had two daughters, Eleanor and Elizabeth, both of whom m. Joseph Guernsey, of Milford, Conn. Eleanor m. 1st, Elizabeth, 2nd."] 5. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), page 173-175: "Sarah - b1639, d1681, m1 John Disbrow, m2 1657 Peter Disbrow." 6. The book "History of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868…," by Rev. E. B. Huntington (A Corrected Reprint of the 1868 Edition, 1979), pp. 55-56: "KNAPP, NICHOLAS, had land here in 1649, as appears from the land records. His wife, Eleanor, died August 16, 1658. Savage thinks he may have come in the fleet with Winthrop and Saltonstall in 1630., His children were Jonathan, born Dee. 27, 1631; Timothy, Dec. 14, 1632; Joshua, Jan. 5, 1635; Caleb Jan. 20, 1637. Sarah, Jan. 5, 1639; Ruth, Jan. 6, 16A1; and Hannah, March 6, 1643. After coming to Stamford he had probably Moses and Lydia. After the death of his wife, Eleanor, he married, March 9, 1659, Unity, widow of Peter Brown, who had also been the widow of Clement Buxton. He died in April 1670, and his will, now in the probate records of Fairfield, dated the 15th of that month, names the children in the following order: Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, Ruth, and Sarah and Unica Buxton, daughters of Clement." 7. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 50, no. 4 (May 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 146-48: "NICHOLAS1 KNAPP was in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1 March 1630/31, when he was fined for selling some "water of noe worth nor value" as a cure for scurvy.[1] Since this was wintertime when no ships made the Atlantic voyage, it is likely that he had arrived well before this time, perhaps during the summer of 1630.[2] Anderson estimates that he was born by about 1606, based on the estimated date of his marriage.[3] He died at Stamford between 15 and 27 April 1669/70, the dates of his will and his inventory.[4] The family name was generally spelled Knap until about 1800, but the current spelling of Knapp will be used herein, except when in a direct quotation. His first wife and mother of his children, who died in Stamford on the 16th day, 6th month (16 August) 1658, was named ELEANOR ___.[5] He married (2) at Stamford on 9 March 1658/59 UNICA (___) (BUXTON) BROWN, widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown.[6] Since she was not mentioned in his will, she is presumed to have died before 1670. The standard "Knapp Genealogy" is full of error and must be used with caution.[7] It does, however, contain some interesting historical and biographical information, including a list of the lands of Nicholas Knapp in Watertown, and a complete transcription of his will.[8] He appears to have left Watertown about May 1646, since he sold all the land he had received from the town there to Bryan Pendleton on the 6th day 3rd month 1646, and another acre of meadow (purchased separately in 1645) to Edward Garfield on the same date.[9] According to one Stamford historian, he was briefly in Rye, New York, and nearby Greenwich, before arriving in Stamford about 1649.[10] For some unknown reason, the Stamford Town Records do not contain a complete listing of the lands of Nicholas Knapp as they do for many other early residents. He is, however, mentioned regularly as an adjoining landholder in many of the other residents' summaries. The Town Records do contain an interesting purchase on 26 September 1651 by "Nickels Knape" of Elias Bailey's house and home lot of 1 -1/2 acre, purchased earlier by Bailey from John Coe, and adjacent to land already in Knapp's possession.[11] Both Bailey and Coe left Stamford for Long Island, along with many other Stamford people. Nicholas Knapp and his stepson Clement2 Buxton, son of his second wife Eunice, "the [a]foresayd Nicholas Knap haveing by and wth the mariage of ye Widdow Buxston administred upon ye estate of Clement Buxton, deceased" made an agreement on 8 March 1666/67 and recorded 31 January 1667/68, the young man having reached his majority, that he (Buxton) would receive title to his father's house and property in return for granting Knapp and his wife the life use of the house and 1/2 of the barn and home lot.[12] On the following day (9 March 1666/67) Nicholas Knapp added an additional detail to the agreement in which he gave "unto Clement Buxton a beding in ye house wch I now am resedent in and what conveniancy I can conveniantly acommodate him wth all for stoedge [storage] of what necisary things he have to put in so that it may be understood I grant him this priveledge as long as I shall live in the house. This my agreement made 9th March [16]66.[13] Then, within a year on 19 October 1668, Nicholas Knap purchased the house and 1-1/2 acre homelot of Daniel Simpkins of Stamford for the price of "two oxen and on[e] cow in hand resived & for full satisfaction."[14] This homelot was between the homelots of Richard Scofield on the south and Thomas Lawrence on the north and bounded by the highway on the east and the mill lot on the west. His will was dated at Stamford on 15 April (2nd Month) 1670, probated 21 October 1670, and named his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrowe, Hanna, Lidea, and Ruth. Sarah Buxton and Eunice Buxton are called daughters in law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton.[15] His son Joshua Knapp was named executor and the will was witnessed by John Weed and Eleazer Slason. The inventory was taken 27 April 1669/70 by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed 31 October 1670. [16] Children of Nicholas and Eleanor (___) Knapp, first seven born and recorded at Watertown[17] and last two born probably at Stamford: i. JONATHAN2 KNAPP, b. Nov 1631, bur. Watertown 27 Dec 1631 "aged 7 weeks." ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. 14 Dec 1632, m. BETHIA ___, said to have been the daughter of John Brundish or Brundage.[19] He moved to the town of Rye, (then in Connecticut but now in New York) about 1667 when he purchased a house and homelot there. He was active in community affairs and was constable of Rye in 1681 and 1682. He apparently moved to Greenwich by 1697.[20] iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1634/35, m. at Stamford 9 Jun 1657 HANNAH CLOSE.[21] iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. 20 Jan 1636/37, m. HANNAH SMITH. v. SARAH KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1638/39, m. at Stamford 6 Apr 1657 PETER DISBOROUGH / DISBROW.[22] vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. 6 Jan 1640/41, m. (1) at Stamford 20 Nov 1657 JOSEPH FERRIS,[23] and (2) 19 Jan 1707/08 JOHN CLAPP.[24] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. 6 Mar 1642/43,[25] living at the time of her father's will in 1670.[26] viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645, perhaps at Stamford, m. by 1669 ABIGAIL WESTCOTT. ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647, probably at Stamford, m. at Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/67 ISAAC HALL.[27] Footnotes: 1. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686," 5 volumes in 6 (Boston: the Press of William White, 1853-1854), 1: 83, 99, 243. This fine was partially paid and partially forgiven, and it may be that the cure was somewhat successful after all. 2. Although there is no specific record of the fact, he may very well have come with the Winthrop fleet that arrived in Massachusetts Bay in June and July of 1630 (Charles Edward Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630" (1930, repr: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), 78. 3. Robert C. Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 3 volumes (Boston: The New.England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2: 1136. 4. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136. 5. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26, Connecticut Ancestry Society microfilm #1. Her name is spelled "Eliner" in the record, which was written two different times on the same page. She was called Eleanor "Disbrow" by Capt. James S. Ferris in his, "A Ferris Genealogy" (Coronado, CA: the author, 1980), vol. 2, ID No. 12. She has also been called Eleanor "Lockwood" by several authors but this is very unlikely (see Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood [1594-16351 of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood [ca. 1625-1693] of Stamford Connecticut" [New York: Philip V. Lockwood, 1978], 82.) Other surnames have also been proposed but all of these identities for her are considered speculative at this time. 6. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136, citing Paul W. Prindle's analysis in his Gillespie Genealogy. 7. Alfred Averill Knapp, Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (Winter Park, FL: the author, 1953). 8. Knapp Genealogy (note 7), 2. 9. Suffolk Deeds Liber I (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1880), 1: 71. 10. Jeanne Majdalany, "The Early Settlement of Stamford Connecticut 1641-1700" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), 173. 11. Stamford Town Records, 1: 53, transcription copy, 65. 12. Stamford Land Records, A: 18-9. 13. Stamford Land Records, A: 19. 14. Stamford Land Records, A: 143. 15. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 55. The month was given as 2nd month on both the will and the inventory, which was April old style. Mead and others have incorrectly called it February. 16. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 56. 17. Henry Bond, "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston ..." (Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 327. 18. All data are as given in The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136-7 except where noted. Lists of spouses given in the Knapp Genealogy (note 7) and other secondary sources are similar, but have additional marriages for many of the children that have not yet been verified. This list follows Anderson who discounted many of these additional marriages for lack of proof. Also note his discussion and rejection of the claims that William Knopp of Watertown was a close relative of Nicholas Knapp. 19. Although Bethia's identity is given as fact by Norman Davis in his "Westchester Patriarchs" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988), 36-7, 140, it is not confirmed by Anderson, or by Donald L. Jacobus in his, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 2 volumes in 3 (Fairfield: Eunice Dennie Bun Chapter, DAR, 1930-1932), 1: 108. 20. All from Charles W. Baird, "Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye Westchester County, New York 1660-1870" (Camden, ME: Picton Press [reprint], 1994), 416. 21. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26. 22. Stamford Town Records 1: 19, 74, transcription copy, 74, 87. Some authors have claimed that she had an additional first marriage to John Disbrow, but this is unlikely since she was called Sarah Knapp in 1657. 23. Stamford Town Records, 1: 74, transcription copy, 87. 24. Stamford Town Records, 1: 128, transcription copy, 164. See also Ferris Genealogy (note 5), vol. 2, ID no. 12. 25. Mr. Bond gave the year as "1643-4" in his Watertown Genealogies (note 17) but Anderson gives it as 1642/43 based on the original (The Great Migration Begins [note 3], 2: 1137.) 26. Early Settlement (note 10), 174, lists a marriage for her to Zerubbabbel Hoyt in 1673, but there is no such marriage in the generally reliable David W. Hoyt, "A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families with Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families..." (Providence and Boston: the author, 1871, repr. Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1984), 311-2. 27. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 250. It is sometimes claimed that she married Richard Mills but Jacobus explained that this Mills marriage instead belonged to Lydia the daughter of Roger Knapp of New Haven and Fairfield (Old Fairfield [note 19], 1: 365, 411.)" 8. The book "The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700…," by Jeanne Majdalany, pp. 173-75: "KNAP, KNAPP, Nicholas - bc 1600, d1670, m1 c1630 Elinor (prob Lockwood) (d1658, sis/o Robert and Edmund), m2 1659 Unica Brown (d by 1670, wd/o Clement Buxton. wd/o Peter). Nicolas Knap, his wife Elinor, and seven children came to America on the "Arbella" in 1630. They came from Burys St. Mary in Suffolk, probably. In 1631 Nicolas was fined in Watertown, MA for selling water for scurvy at too high a price. He was in Stamford by 1649, having been previously in Rye, NY, and Greenwich. After the death of his wife, he married Unica Brown, the recent widow of Clement Buxton, and moved into the Buxton home on the east side of West Street. His grandson Moses was a blacksmith in the 1680s. Descendants of KNAP, Nicolas: A. Jonathan - b&d1631. B. Timothy - b1632, d by 1685, mc1665 Bethia Brundage (d/o John). Rye, NY. C. Joshua - b1634, d1684, m1657 Hannah Close (bc1632, d1696, she m2 John Bowers). Greenwich. D. Caleb - b1637, dc1674, mc1660 Hannah Smith (d1685?, d/o Henry, she m2 167- Thomas Lawrence. 1. Caleb - b1661, d bef 1717, m1694 Hannah Clements (d/o William), of Norwalk and Goshen, CT. a. Caleb - b1695, d1761. b. William - b1697, d1770. c. Sarah - b1700. d. Abigail - b1702. e. Joshua - b1704. f. Joseph - b1706. g. Hannah - b1710. h. Jonathan - b1713. i. Benjamin - b1717. j. Reuben - b1717. 2. Capt John - b1664, d1749, m1 1692 Hannah Ferris (b1666, d1724, d/o Peter), m2 1727 Mrs Martha Weed. a. Lt Samuel - b1695, d1751, m1 1720 Martha Slason (b1699, d1747, d/o John Jr), m2 1749 Mrs Marcy Bouton. b. Lt John - b1697, d1763, m1 1723 Deborah Cross (b1702, d/o Nathaniel), m2 1736 Abigail Hoyt (d/o Samuel). c. Hannah - b1699, d1724, m1 1716 Isaac Quintard, m2 Jessup. d. Peter - b1701. e. Charles - b1703, d1773. f. Deborah - b1705. g. Moses - b1709, d1787. 3. Moses - b1666, d1753, m1688 Elizabeth Crissy (d/o William). Reading, CT. a. Elizabeth - b1690. 4. Samuel - b1668, d1739, mc1696 Hannah Bushnell. Greenwich and Danbury, CT. 5. Sarah - b1670, m1691 Ebenezer Mead. 6. Hannah - b1672. E. Sarah - b1639, d1681, m1 John Disbrow, m2 1657 Peter Disbrow. F. Ruth - b1641, m1 1657 Joseph Ferris, m2 1708 John Clapp. G. Hannah - b1643, d1674, m1673 Zarubbabel Hoyt. H. Moses - b1646, d aft 1713, m1669 Abigail Westcott (bc 1642, d aft 1713, d/o Richard). 1. Lydia - bc1670, d1710, m1685 Thomas Penoyer. 2. Abigail - b1672, d1706, m1692 John Crissy. 3. Sarah - b1674, d1717, m Samuel Husted. 4. Hannah - bc1676, m1 1696 Nathaniel Cross, m2 1715 Samuel Palmer. I. Lydia - b1648, d1716, in Richard Mills. J. Josiah? -. References: Alfred Averill Knapp, The Nicolas Knapp Genealogy." BIRTH: 1. Per book cited below: "b. Watertown 5 Jan 1638/9 ("Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages - First Book and Supplement" Section 5 in "Watertown Records Comprising the 1st and 2nd Books of Town Proceedings [Watertown 1894])" MARRIAGE: 1. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 22; author's notes in ( ): "Page 25 [1:19] Peter Disborrow and Sarah Knap mari[ed] the 6, Aprill, 165([7]). (This marriage was also recorded in STR 1:74, where it is given as "6:2:57," i.e., 6 April 1657.)" 2. Per book cited below: "m. Stamford 6 Apr 1657 Peter Disborough (The American Genealogist 10:112). Knapp Family website and Savage's Dictionary reports 6 Apr 1667 at Stamford. Ord. Ind. also reports 6 Apr 1657. Marriage to John Disbrow as a first marriage prior to Peter Disbrow is from "Early Settlers of Stamford" cited above [I have not seen reference to this marriage anywhere else.] DEATH: 1. Per Ancestral File. Knapp Family website concurs. BURIAL: 1. Per Ancestral File. SOURCES_MISC: 1. See biography notes for father for quote from the book: "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 1995, Robert Charles Anderson, ISBN 0-88082-043-8, published by New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116. 2. From "The Knapp Family" at website: "http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Knapp.html" 3. The book: "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before 1692" by James Savage, published by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981, Baltimore, vol.3, p.34. 4. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. The author has prepared a family group sheet on which he notes the following miscellaneous sources: -NK Gen (1953). -NK Gen Suppl (1956). -Hist. of Watertown, Mass, by Bond. -Hist. of Stamford, by Huntington. -Hist. of Greenwich, by Mead. -Fairfield Probate Rec., v. 1665-1675, p. 55. -Amer. Anc., v. 8, p. 166. -Ferris Gen. -TAG 1:112. -Boston Town Record. -MCR, v. 1. -Winthrop Fleet, by Banks. -Fam. of Old Fairfield, by Jacobus. -Hist of Chf. Fam. Bearing the Name fo Knapp, by O.G. Knapp (1939). | Knapp, Sarah (I185)
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| 4869 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Julian calendar and not the Gregorian was in use colonially meaning the the first three months were considered part of the previous year. In such situations, date shown with both years with a slash. 2. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version: "NICHOLAS KNAPP ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1630 (based on appearance at court on 1 March 1630/1 [MBCR 1:83]) FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown. REMOVES: Stamford 1646... ESTATE: ... In his will, dated 15 Apr 1670 and proved on an unknown date, "Nicholas Knap of Standford" bequeathed to "my son Moses Knap my house and land in Standford with all the meadows and upland belonging unto me," with same moveables; to "my son Timothy the monies remaining due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in"; to "my son Calep the loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my son Josuah"; to "my daughter Sarah Disbrowe the money due to me from her husband, about 37s. concerning the horse"; to "my daughter Hanna one mare"; to my daughter Lidea the mare that was Mr. Bishop's with the increase she hath"; to "my daughter Ruth twenty shillings"; to "my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah & Uneca Buxton all their mother's clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat which my will is they have onward of their portions"; to "Uneca Buxton the new Bible as a free gift"; the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton & Uneca Buxton out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton, I say that their part and portions be currently paid according to their proportion of that inventory"; "my son Josuah Knap [to be] sole executor" [Fairfield PR 2:55]... BIRTH: By about 1606 (based on estimated date of marriage). DEATH: Stamford between 15 April 1670 (date of will) and 27 April 1670 (date of inventory). MARRIAGE: (1) By 1631 Elinor ____. She died at Stamford 16 August 1658 [Stamford TR 1:24]. (2) Stamford 9 March 1659 Unica (____) (Buxton) Brown [Stamford TR 1:77]. She was the widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown [Gillespie Anc 61-63], and had apparently died by 15 April 1670, as she is not mentioned in Nicholas Knapp's will. CHILDREN: With first wife i. JONATHAN KNAPP, b. Watertown early November 1631 (calc.); bur. Watertown 27 December 1631 "aged 7 weeks" [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]. ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. Watertown 14 December 1632 [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. by about 1658 Bethia ___ (possibly Bethia Brundish [GM 2:1:447-48]). iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1634[/5] [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. Stamford 9 June 1657 Hannah Close ("The American Genealogist" 10:45). iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. Watertown 20 January 1636[/7] [WaVR 1:4; NEHGR 7:159]; m. by 1661 Hannah Smith (eldest child b. Stamford 24 November 1661 ["The American Genealogist" 10:174); in his will of 4 July 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp [FOOF 1:575]). v. SARAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1638[/9] [WaVR 1:5; NEHGR 7:160]; m. Stamford 6 April 1657 Peter Disborough ["The American Genealogist" 10:112]. vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 1:8; NEHGR 7:162]; m. Stamford 20 November 1657 Joseph Ferris ["The American Genealogist" 10:112], son of JEFFREY FERRIS {1634, Watertown} [GM 2:2:517-21] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 March 1643[/4?] [WaVR 1:11; NEHGR 7:283]; named in father's will, 15 April 1670; no further record. viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645; m. by 1669 Abigail Westcott (on 4 January 1669[/70], Moses Knapp receipted, in the right of his wife, for his share of the estate of Richard Westcott [FOOF1:660]). ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647; m. Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/7 Isaac Hall [FOOF 1:250]... COMMENTS: ... In the Beaverbrook Plowlands Nicholas Knapp received six acres, and in the Remote Meadows seven acres. Since these lands were granted in part on household size, this would suggest a birth in the interval between the two grants; the birth of Caleb fell exactly one month before the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, and it may be that this was not taken into account for the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, but was for the Remote Meadows grant. At the date of the Remote Meadows grant of seven acres, the Nicholas Knapp family was known to have five members: Nicholas, wife Elinor, and sons Timothy, Joshua and Caleb. This permits the possibility that there were one or two more persons in the household, not necessarily children; but the difference might also be explained if Nicholas had sufficient wealth in cattle, the other criterion for the size of these grants." 3. Ancestral File shows possibly two other husbands: Nathaniel Cross married 1673 and Zerubabel Hoyt married 1673. Information seems in error. Per Knapp Family website: "Hannah the youngest daughter (of John Caleb Knapp, Ruth's brother) is said to have married Nathaniel Cross, in many writings. This has been determined to be in error, for it is Hannah Knapp, dau. of Moses (Ruth's other brother) and Abigail (Westcott) Knapp, that he married, per Bond by Moses Knapp, in 1713, in which he names Nathaniel Cross as one of his 3 sons-in-law.) Zerubabel is shown in Ordinance Index and Knapp Family website to be married to Hannah Knapp, Ruth's sister. 4. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), page 160: "Joseph Ferris (son of Jeffrey Ferris) bc 1638, d1699, m1657 Ruth Knap (b1641, d/o Nicolas, she m2 John Clapp). Greenwich." (10 children from 1660 to 1687 are also listed.); p.174: "Ruth - b1641, m1 1657 Joseph Ferris, m2 1708 John Clapp". 5. "Abstracts of Stamford Probate records," compiled by Spencer P. Mead: "Knapp, Nicholas, late of Stamford, will dated Feb. 15, 1670, probated Oct. 31, 1670, mentioned his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, and Ruth; Sarah Buxton and Unice Buxton are called daughters-in-law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton. Executor son Joshua. Witnesses John Weed and Eleazer Slawson, page 56. Inventory taken Feb. 27, 1670, by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed Oct. 31, 1670, page 56. F1-19." 6. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information...": "Ruth, b. 1-6-1640/41. m. 9 or 11-20-1657, Joseph Ferris, son of Jeffrey Ferris. Joseph b. 1638. d. 1699. They moved to Stamford, Conn. in 1646. He was made Proprietor at Greenwich, Conn. 2-5-1664. Jeffrey Ferris was made Freeman at Watertown, Mass. 5-6-1635. Moved to Stamford in 1640. d. 5-31-1666. (See Ferris Genealogy.) The children of Ruth and Joseph Ferris were: (1) John, oldest son, m. 2-13-1695, Abigail Hait of Norwalk. (2) Peter, b. 11-8-1660. d. 1-23-1690. Perhaps m. 12-12-1686, Mary . No heirs. (3) James, m. ca. 1705, Rachel, widow of Nathaniel Mead. (4) Ruth, m. 11-27-1685, Samuel Peck and d. 9-17-1745. (5) Moses, m. Eunice and d. in 1748. (6) Joshua, d. 2-2-1746, single, estate distributed to brothers and sisters or their heirs. After his father's death, he purchased from his mother all her rights in her late husband's estate. She probably lived with her son Joshua or dau. Lydia. (7) Benjamin, d. 7-10-1710. m. Sarah (perhaps Weed). (8) Hannah b. ca. 1673. d. 4-14-1711, m. Jonathan Austin. He b. 1685. d. 1769. (9) Lydia, m. John Runnolds. (10) Caleb, m. Elizabeth . (11) Joseph, m. Abigail and d. 4-7-1735. The executors of Joseph Ferris's estate were his brother Peter and son-in-law, Samuel Peck, in 1699. He left his lands in Horseneck to sons John and James. His lands on Cos Cob Neck to Moses, Benjamin and Caleb. Sons Joseph and Joshua and dau. Ruth Peck, "Lidia Runolds" and Hannah were mentioned. Probably Hannah was not yet m. Jeffrey Ferris came to the part of Stamford that later became Greenwich. He m. 1st (name unknown). She was mother of all his children. m. 2nd Susannah, widow of Robert Lockwood. d. 1666. m. 3rd Judith (Judy) Feake Palmer, who m. after Jeffrey's death, Bowers, erroneously sometimes called Burns. Jeffrey's only dau. m. Jonathan Lockwood, son of Robert and Susannah. There were 4 Ferris sons- John of Westchester, Peter of Stamford, Joseph and James of Greenwich. Both Peter and Joseph left widows named Ruth, and it was Peter's widow who m. John Clapp, not Joseph's." ...Ruth's father's "will can be found in Fairfield, Conn. Probate Records, Vol. 1665-1675, page 55, as follows: (Many of the "ss" are written "f".) "In Stamford, ye 15th 2 mo. Anno 1670. The last will and Testament of Nicholas Knap of Stamford concerning the disposal of his worldly estate. 1. I give to my son Moses Knap my house and land in Stamford with all the meadows and upland belonginge to me. Also, I give to my said sonn Moses, my cart and plowe or plowes, with all the furniture of Irons, yokes and Chaynes belonging and a small gun in the house and a Sword. 2. I give to my son Timothy the monies remayning due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in. 3. I give unto my Sonn John Caleb the Loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my Sonn Joshua. 4. I give to my dau. Sarah Disbrowe, the monies due me from her husband, about 37 pounds concerning the horses. 5. I give to my dau. Hanna, one mare. 6. I give to my dau. Lidia the mare that was Mr. Bishops with the increase shee hath. 7. I give to my dau. Ruth Twenty Shillings. 8. I give to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah and Unica Buxton, all their Mother's Clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat, which my will is they should have onward of their portion. Also, I will and bequeath unto Uneca Buxton the new bible as a free gift. 9. My will is that the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton and Uneca Buxton, out of the estate of their father, Clement Buxton. I say that ther and portions be currently payd, according to their proportion of that Inventorie. 10. Lastly, my Will is that my son Jushua Knap be sole executor of this my Will to receive all and pay dues according to this my last will as also all debts to or from me. If in case that mare be not found that I have given to Lydia, that then shee to have a nother mare in the Lue of that. This being my Last Will, renouncing all other former Will as wills made by me. Witness my hand. Witness John Weed. Eleazur Slawson. Nicholas (Y-type symbol) Knap his mark." Jeffry Ferris was b. in Leicestershire, England about 1610 and came to America about 1634. His widow, Susannah, had a dau. Mary by first marriage perhaps- perhaps by second." 7. The book "History of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868…," by Rev. E. B. Huntington (A Corrected Reprint of the 1868 Edition, 1979), pp. 55-56: "KNAPP, NICHOLAS, had land here in 1649, as appears from the land records. His wife, Eleanor, died August 16, 1658. Savage thinks he may have come in the fleet with Winthrop and Saltonstall in 1630., His children were Jonathan, born Dee. 27, 1631; Timothy, Dec. 14, 1632; Joshua, Jan. 5, 1635; Caleb Jan. 20, 1637. Sarah, Jan. 5, 1639; Ruth, Jan. 6, 16A1; and Hannah, March 6, 1643. After coming to Stamford he had probably Moses and Lydia. After the death of his wife, Eleanor, he married, March 9, 1659, Unity, widow of Peter Brown, who had also been the widow of Clement Buxton. He died in April 1670, and his will, now in the probate records of Fairfield, dated the 15th of that month, names the children in the following order: Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, Ruth, and Sarah and Unica Buxton, daughters of Clement." 8. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 50, no. 4 (May 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 146-48: "NICHOLAS1 KNAPP was in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1 March 1630/31, when he was fined for selling some "water of noe worth nor value" as a cure for scurvy.[1] Since this was wintertime when no ships made the Atlantic voyage, it is likely that he had arrived well before this time, perhaps during the summer of 1630.[2] Anderson estimates that he was born by about 1606, based on the estimated date of his marriage.[3] He died at Stamford between 15 and 27 April 1669/70, the dates of his will and his inventory.[4] The family name was generally spelled Knap until about 1800, but the current spelling of Knapp will be used herein, except when in a direct quotation. His first wife and mother of his children, who died in Stamford on the 16th day, 6th month (16 August) 1658, was named ELEANOR ___.[5] He married (2) at Stamford on 9 March 1658/59 UNICA (___) (BUXTON) BROWN, widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown.[6] Since she was not mentioned in his will, she is presumed to have died before 1670. The standard "Knapp Genealogy" is full of error and must be used with caution.[7] It does, however, contain some interesting historical and biographical information, including a list of the lands of Nicholas Knapp in Watertown, and a complete transcription of his will.[8] He appears to have left Watertown about May 1646, since he sold all the land he had received from the town there to Bryan Pendleton on the 6th day 3rd month 1646, and another acre of meadow (purchased separately in 1645) to Edward Garfield on the same date.[9] According to one Stamford historian, he was briefly in Rye, New York, and nearby Greenwich, before arriving in Stamford about 1649.[10] For some unknown reason, the Stamford Town Records do not contain a complete listing of the lands of Nicholas Knapp as they do for many other early residents. He is, however, mentioned regularly as an adjoining landholder in many of the other residents' summaries. The Town Records do contain an interesting purchase on 26 September 1651 by "Nickels Knape" of Elias Bailey's house and home lot of 1 -1/2 acre, purchased earlier by Bailey from John Coe, and adjacent to land already in Knapp's possession.[11] Both Bailey and Coe left Stamford for Long Island, along with many other Stamford people. Nicholas Knapp and his stepson Clement2 Buxton, son of his second wife Eunice, "the [a]foresayd Nicholas Knap haveing by and wth the mariage of ye Widdow Buxston administred upon ye estate of Clement Buxton, deceased" made an agreement on 8 March 1666/67 and recorded 31 January 1667/68, the young man having reached his majority, that he (Buxton) would receive title to his father's house and property in return for granting Knapp and his wife the life use of the house and 1/2 of the barn and home lot.[12] On the following day (9 March 1666/67) Nicholas Knapp added an additional detail to the agreement in which he gave "unto Clement Buxton a beding in ye house wch I now am resedent in and what conveniancy I can conveniantly acommodate him wth all for stoedge [storage] of what necisary things he have to put in so that it may be understood I grant him this priveledge as long as I shall live in the house. This my agreement made 9th March [16]66.[13] Then, within a year on 19 October 1668, Nicholas Knap purchased the house and 1-1/2 acre homelot of Daniel Simpkins of Stamford for the price of "two oxen and on[e] cow in hand resived & for full satisfaction."[14] This homelot was between the homelots of Richard Scofield on the south and Thomas Lawrence on the north and bounded by the highway on the east and the mill lot on the west. His will was dated at Stamford on 15 April (2nd Month) 1670, probated 21 October 1670, and named his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrowe, Hanna, Lidea, and Ruth. Sarah Buxton and Eunice Buxton are called daughters in law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton.[15] His son Joshua Knapp was named executor and the will was witnessed by John Weed and Eleazer Slason. The inventory was taken 27 April 1669/70 by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed 31 October 1670. [16] Children of Nicholas and Eleanor (___) Knapp, first seven born and recorded at Watertown[17] and last two born probably at Stamford: i. JONATHAN2 KNAPP, b. Nov 1631, bur. Watertown 27 Dec 1631 "aged 7 weeks." ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. 14 Dec 1632, m. BETHIA ___, said to have been the daughter of John Brundish or Brundage.[19] He moved to the town of Rye, (then in Connecticut but now in New York) about 1667 when he purchased a house and homelot there. He was active in community affairs and was constable of Rye in 1681 and 1682. He apparently moved to Greenwich by 1697.[20] iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1634/35, m. at Stamford 9 Jun 1657 HANNAH CLOSE.[21] iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. 20 Jan 1636/37, m. HANNAH SMITH. v. SARAH KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1638/39, m. at Stamford 6 Apr 1657 PETER DISBOROUGH / DISBROW.[22] vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. 6 Jan 1640/41, m. (1) at Stamford 20 Nov 1657 JOSEPH FERRIS,[23] and (2) 19 Jan 1707/08 JOHN CLAPP.[24] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. 6 Mar 1642/43,[25] living at the time of her father's will in 1670.[26] viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645, perhaps at Stamford, m. by 1669 ABIGAIL WESTCOTT. ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647, probably at Stamford, m. at Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/67 ISAAC HALL.[27] Footnotes: 1. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686," 5 volumes in 6 (Boston: the Press of William White, 1853-1854), 1: 83, 99, 243. This fine was partially paid and partially forgiven, and it may be that the cure was somewhat successful after all. 2. Although there is no specific record of the fact, he may very well have come with the Winthrop fleet that arrived in Massachusetts Bay in June and July of 1630 (Charles Edward Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630" (1930, repr: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), 78. 3. Robert C. Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 3 volumes (Boston: The New.England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2: 1136. 4. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136. 5. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26, Connecticut Ancestry Society microfilm #1. Her name is spelled "Eliner" in the record, which was written two different times on the same page. She was called Eleanor "Disbrow" by Capt. James S. Ferris in his, "A Ferris Genealogy" (Coronado, CA: the author, 1980), vol. 2, ID No. 12. She has also been called Eleanor "Lockwood" by several authors but this is very unlikely (see Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood [1594-16351 of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood [ca. 1625-1693] of Stamford Connecticut" [New York: Philip V. Lockwood, 1978], 82.) Other surnames have also been proposed but all of these identities for her are considered speculative at this time. 6. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136, citing Paul W. Prindle's analysis in his Gillespie Genealogy. 7. Alfred Averill Knapp, Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (Winter Park, FL: the author, 1953). 8. Knapp Genealogy (note 7), 2. 9. Suffolk Deeds Liber I (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1880), 1: 71. 10. Jeanne Majdalany, "The Early Settlement of Stamford Connecticut 1641-1700" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), 173. 11. Stamford Town Records, 1: 53, transcription copy, 65. 12. Stamford Land Records, A: 18-9. 13. Stamford Land Records, A: 19. 14. Stamford Land Records, A: 143. 15. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 55. The month was given as 2nd month on both the will and the inventory, which was April old style. Mead and others have incorrectly called it February. 16. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 56. 17. Henry Bond, "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston ..." (Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 327. 18. All data are as given in The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136-7 except where noted. Lists of spouses given in the Knapp Genealogy (note 7) and other secondary sources are similar, but have additional marriages for many of the children that have not yet been verified. This list follows Anderson who discounted many of these additional marriages for lack of proof. Also note his discussion and rejection of the claims that William Knopp of Watertown was a close relative of Nicholas Knapp. 19. Although Bethia's identity is given as fact by Norman Davis in his "Westchester Patriarchs" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988), 36-7, 140, it is not confirmed by Anderson, or by Donald L. Jacobus in his, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 2 volumes in 3 (Fairfield: Eunice Dennie Bun Chapter, DAR, 1930-1932), 1: 108. 20. All from Charles W. Baird, "Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye Westchester County, New York 1660-1870" (Camden, ME: Picton Press [reprint], 1994), 416. 21. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26. 22. Stamford Town Records 1: 19, 74, transcription copy, 74, 87. Some authors have claimed that she had an additional first marriage to John Disbrow, but this is unlikely since she was called Sarah Knapp in 1657. 23. Stamford Town Records, 1: 74, transcription copy, 87. 24. Stamford Town Records, 1: 128, transcription copy, 164. See also Ferris Genealogy (note 5), vol. 2, ID no. 12. 25. Mr. Bond gave the year as "1643-4" in his Watertown Genealogies (note 17) but Anderson gives it as 1642/43 based on the original (The Great Migration Begins [note 3], 2: 1137.) 26. Early Settlement (note 10), 174, lists a marriage for her to Zerubbabbel Hoyt in 1673, but there is no such marriage in the generally reliable David W. Hoyt, "A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families with Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families..." (Providence and Boston: the author, 1871, repr. Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1984), 311-2. 27. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 250. It is sometimes claimed that she married Richard Mills but Jacobus explained that this Mills marriage instead belonged to Lydia the daughter of Roger Knapp of New Haven and Fairfield (Old Fairfield [note 19], 1: 365, 411.)" 9. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 51, no. 1 (Aug 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 2-6: "...JEFFREY1 FERRIS was born in England say about 1610... Children of Jeffrey Ferris and his (still unknown) first wife:[24] i. PETER2 FERRIS, b. say 1633, m. (1) ELIZABETH REYNOLDS, m. (2) MRS. RUTH (___) WEED. ii. JOSEPH FERRIS, b. say about 1635, d. between 9 Jun and 24 Jul 1699, m. at Stamford 20 Nov 1657 RUTH KNAPP,[25] b. 6 Jan 1640/41 at Watertown, MA, dau. of Nicholas and Eleanor Knapp.[26] iii. MARY FERRIS, b. abt. 1638, d. bef 31 Jan 1707/08 at Greenwich, m. by 6 Jan 1634(/35?) [author's typo for 1664/5?] (1) LT. JONATHAN LOCKWOOD, b. 10 Sep 1634 at Watertown[27] and d. 12 May 1688 at Greenwich, son of Robert Lockwood and Susanna Norman,1281 m. (2) 1696 SGT. THOMAS MERRITT of Rye, Westchester County, NY, having a prenuptial agreement dated 3 June 1696.[29] iv. JOHN FERRIS, b. abt. 1640, d. betw. 9 May 1715 and 25 Feb 1716,[30] m. (1) MARY JACKSON, dau. of Robert Jackson, m. (2) the widow GRACE (___) PAWLING,[31] who d. 31 Dec 1716 at Flushing, Long Island, NY. Not mentioned in his father's will but proved by his receipt in the Greenwich Land Records referring to his deceased father Jeffrey Ferris of Greenwich and naming, his brothers Peter, Joseph and James Ferris and Jonathan Lockwood.[32] v. JAMES FERRIS, b. abt. 1642, d. possibly abt. 1706,[33] married and had children including James3 who m. Mary ___.[34] Footnotes: 24. All information from Gillespie Ancestry (note 1), 127-9 unless otherwise noted. 25. Stamford Town Records, 1: 74. 26. "Watertown Records Comprising The First and Second Books of Town Proceedings..." (Watertown: The Historical Society, 1894), 8. Some references give this date as 5 Jan 1641. 27. Anderson, "Robert Lockwood" (note 11), 129 28. His mother was therefore later to become Mary Ferris' stepmother. For another reliable treatment of the Lockwood family see Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood (c.1625-1693) of Stamford, Connecticut" (New York: Philip V. Lockwood, 1978), 6. 29. Gillespie Ancestry (note 1), 128. 30. Based on the dates of making his will and its proving. The Ferris Genealogy gives an exact date of 5 Feb 1716 at Flushing, NY. 31. Her surname was given by Capt. Jim Ferris, but not by Paul Prindle, who left it blank. Jim Ferris also states that she had been his (John's) housekeeper. This probably indicates that Prindle was unaware of Jim Ferris' work, which was probably in progress when Gillespie Ancestry was written in 1976, but was not generally available (in typescript form) until 1980. 32. Gillespie Ancestry (note 1), 128, citing Greenwich Land Records, 1: 173. The receipt was dated 16 July 1705. 33. A date of death of 6 Nov 1726 is often given for this James Ferris, including by Prindle. But Capt. Jim Ferris pointed out, based on original research by Harriet Scofield, that this date most likely applies to the death of another James Ferris, namely this James' son. See Harriet Scofield, "James Ferris of Greenwich, Conn.," "The American Genealogist," 26: 230-2. 34. This information also comes from the same TAG article about James Ferris, just cited (note 33). Here again, Prindle was misled into thinking that Mary was the wife of James` Ferris, and appears to have been unaware of the earlier work by Ms. Scofield." 10. The book "The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700…," by Jeanne Majdalany, pp. 173-75: "KNAP, KNAPP, Nicholas - bc 1600, d1670, m1 c1630 Elinor (prob Lockwood) (d1658, sis/o Robert and Edmund), m2 1659 Unica Brown (d by 1670, wd/o Clement Buxton. wd/o Peter). Nicolas Knap, his wife Elinor, and seven children came to America on the "Arbella" in 1630. They came from Burys St. Mary in Suffolk, probably. In 1631 Nicolas was fined in Watertown, MA for selling water for scurvy at too high a price. He was in Stamford by 1649, having been previously in Rye, NY, and Greenwich. After the death of his wife, he married Unica Brown, the recent widow of Clement Buxton, and moved into the Buxton home on the east side of West Street. His grandson Moses was a blacksmith in the 1680s. Descendants of KNAP, Nicolas: A. Jonathan - b&d1631. B. Timothy - b1632, d by 1685, mc1665 Bethia Brundage (d/o John). Rye, NY. C. Joshua - b1634, d1684, m1657 Hannah Close (bc1632, d1696, she m2 John Bowers). Greenwich. D. Caleb - b1637, dc1674, mc1660 Hannah Smith (d1685?, d/o Henry, she m2 167- Thomas Lawrence. 1. Caleb - b1661, d bef 1717, m1694 Hannah Clements (d/o William), of Norwalk and Goshen, CT. a. Caleb - b1695, d1761. b. William - b1697, d1770. c. Sarah - b1700. d. Abigail - b1702. e. Joshua - b1704. f. Joseph - b1706. g. Hannah - b1710. h. Jonathan - b1713. i. Benjamin - b1717. j. Reuben - b1717. 2. Capt John - b1664, d1749, m1 1692 Hannah Ferris (b1666, d1724, d/o Peter), m2 1727 Mrs Martha Weed. a. Lt Samuel - b1695, d1751, m1 1720 Martha Slason (b1699, d1747, d/o John Jr), m2 1749 Mrs Marcy Bouton. b. Lt John - b1697, d1763, m1 1723 Deborah Cross (b1702, d/o Nathaniel), m2 1736 Abigail Hoyt (d/o Samuel). c. Hannah - b1699, d1724, m1 1716 Isaac Quintard, m2 Jessup. d. Peter - b1701. e. Charles - b1703, d1773. f. Deborah - b1705. g. Moses - b1709, d1787. 3. Moses - b1666, d1753, m1688 Elizabeth Crissy (d/o William). Reading, CT. a. Elizabeth - b1690. 4. Samuel - b1668, d1739, mc1696 Hannah Bushnell. Greenwich and Danbury, CT. 5. Sarah - b1670, m1691 Ebenezer Mead. 6. Hannah - b1672. E. Sarah - b1639, d1681, m1 John Disbrow, m2 1657 Peter Disbrow. F. Ruth - b1641, m1 1657 Joseph Ferris, m2 1708 John Clapp. G. Hannah - b1643, d1674, m1673 Zarubbabel Hoyt. H. Moses - b1646, d aft 1713, m1669 Abigail Westcott (bc 1642, d aft 1713, d/o Richard). 1. Lydia - bc1670, d1710, m1685 Thomas Penoyer. 2. Abigail - b1672, d1706, m1692 John Crissy. 3. Sarah - b1674, d1717, m Samuel Husted. 4. Hannah - bc1676, m1 1696 Nathaniel Cross, m2 1715 Samuel Palmer. I. Lydia - b1648, d1716, in Richard Mills. J. Josiah? -. References: Alfred Averill Knapp, The Nicolas Knapp Genealogy." BIRTH: 1. "b. Watertown 6 Jan 1640/1 ("Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages - First Book and Supplement" Section 3 in "Watertown Records Comprising the 1st and 2nd Books of Town Proceedings [Watertown 1894])" per the Book cited below. MARRIAGE: 1. "m. Stamford 20 Nov. 1657 Joseph Ferris (The American Genealogist 10:112)" per the book cited below. 2. Variant date with the Knapp publication noted below by Fred Knapp is 20 Sep 1657. 3. The following partial excerpt concerning this individual is from the biography of Jeffrey Ferris in the "Great Migration" book. These are highly reliable summaries of early pre-1636 colonists and the entire biography can be read in Jeffrey's notes: "...Joseph, b. say 1632; in Stamford 20 November 1657 Ruth Knapp [TAG 10:112, citing Stamford TR 1:74], daughter of Nicholas Knapp {1630, Watertown) [GMB 2:1136]..." MARRIAGE: 1. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 76, author makes notes in ( ): "Page 87 [1:74] Joseph Ferris & Ruth Knap, maried 20:9:[16]57. (20 Nov. 1657)" DEATH: 1. Ancestral File date of 31 May 1666 appears to be wrong. BURIAL: 1. 1702 per Ancestral File but it appears erroneous. SOURCES_MISC: 1. See biography notes for father for quote from the book: "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 1995, Robert Charles Anderson, ISBN 0-88082-043-8, published by New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116. 2. From "The Knapp Family" at website: "http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Knapp.html" 3. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. The author has prepared a family group sheet on which he notes the following miscellaneous sources: -NK Gen (1953). -NK Gen Suppl (1956). -Hist. of Watertown, Mass, by Bond. -Hist. of Stamford, by Huntington. -Hist. of Greenwich, by Mead. -Fairfield Probate Rec., v. 1665-1675, p. 55. -Amer. Anc., v. 8, p. 166. -Ferris Gen. -TAG 1:112. -Boston Town Record. -MCR, v. 1. -Winthrop Fleet, by Banks. -Fam. of Old Fairfield, by Jacobus. -Hist of Chf. Fam. Bearing the Name fo Knapp, by O.G. Knapp (1939). | Knapp, Ruth (I184)
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| 4870 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Julian calendar and not the Gregorian was in use colonially meaning the the first three months were considered part of the previous year. In such situations, date shown with both years with a slash. 2. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version: "NICHOLAS KNAPP ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1630 (based on appearance at court on 1 March 1630/1 [MBCR 1:83]) FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown. REMOVES: Stamford 1646... ESTATE: ... In his will, dated 15 Apr 1670 and proved on an unknown date, "Nicholas Knap of Standford" bequeathed to "my son Moses Knap my house and land in Standford with all the meadows and upland belonging unto me," with same moveables; to "my son Timothy the monies remaining due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in"; to "my son Calep the loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my son Josuah"; to "my daughter Sarah Disbrowe the money due to me from her husband, about 37s. concerning the horse"; to "my daughter Hanna one mare"; to my daughter Lidea the mare that was Mr. Bishop's with the increase she hath"; to "my daughter Ruth twenty shillings"; to "my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah & Uneca Buxton all their mother's clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat which my will is they have onward of their portions"; to "Uneca Buxton the new Bible as a free gift"; the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton & Uneca Buxton out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton, I say that their part and portions be currently paid according to their proportion of that inventory"; "my son Josuah Knap [to be] sole executor" [Fairfield PR 2:55]... BIRTH: By about 1606 (based on estimated date of marriage). DEATH: Stamford between 15 April 1670 (date of will) and 27 April 1670 (date of inventory). MARRIAGE: (1) By 1631 Elinor ____. She died at Stamford 16 August 1658 [Stamford TR 1:24]. (2) Stamford 9 March 1659 Unica (____) (Buxton) Brown [Stamford TR 1:77]. She was the widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown [Gillespie Anc 61-63], and had apparently died by 15 April 1670, as she is not mentioned in Nicholas Knapp's will. CHILDREN: With first wife i. JONATHAN KNAPP, b. Watertown early November 1631 (calc.); bur. Watertown 27 December 1631 "aged 7 weeks" [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]. ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. Watertown 14 December 1632 [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. by about 1658 Bethia ___ (possibly Bethia Brundish [GM 2:1:447-48]). iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1634[/5] [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. Stamford 9 June 1657 Hannah Close ("The American Genealogist" 10:45). iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. Watertown 20 January 1636[/7] [WaVR 1:4; NEHGR 7:159]; m. by 1661 Hannah Smith (eldest child b. Stamford 24 November 1661 ["The American Genealogist" 10:174); in his will of 4 July 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp [FOOF 1:575]). v. SARAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1638[/9] [WaVR 1:5; NEHGR 7:160]; m. Stamford 6 April 1657 Peter Disborough ["The American Genealogist" 10:112]. vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 1:8; NEHGR 7:162]; m. Stamford 20 November 1657 Joseph Ferris ["The American Genealogist" 10:112], son of JEFFREY FERRIS {1634, Watertown} [GM 2:2:517-21] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 March 1643[/4?] [WaVR 1:11; NEHGR 7:283]; named in father's will, 15 April 1670; no further record. viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645; m. by 1669 Abigail Westcott (on 4 January 1669[/70], Moses Knapp receipted, in the right of his wife, for his share of the estate of Richard Westcott [FOOF1:660]). ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647; m. Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/7 Isaac Hall [FOOF 1:250]... COMMENTS: ... In the Beaverbrook Plowlands Nicholas Knapp received six acres, and in the Remote Meadows seven acres. Since these lands were granted in part on household size, this would suggest a birth in the interval between the two grants; the birth of Caleb fell exactly one month before the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, and it may be that this was not taken into account for the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, but was for the Remote Meadows grant. At the date of the Remote Meadows grant of seven acres, the Nicholas Knapp family was known to have five members: Nicholas, wife Elinor, and sons Timothy, Joshua and Caleb. This permits the possibility that there were one or two more persons in the household, not necessarily children; but the difference might also be explained if Nicholas had sufficient wealth in cattle, the other criterion for the size of these grants." 3. "Abstracts of Stamford Probate records," compiled by Spencer P. Mead: "Knapp, Nicholas, late of Stamford, will dated Feb. 15, 1670, probated Oct. 31, 1670, mentioned his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, and Ruth; Sarah Buxton and Unice Buxton are called daughters-in-law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton. Executor son Joshua. Witnesses John Weed and Eleazer Slawson, page 56. Inventory taken Feb. 27, 1670, by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed Oct. 31, 1670, page 56. F1-19." 4. The book "The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700…," by Jeanne Majdalany, pp. 173-75: "KNAP, KNAPP, Nicholas - bc 1600, d1670, m1 c1630 Elinor (prob Lockwood) (d1658, sis/o Robert and Edmund), m2 1659 Unica Brown (d by 1670, wd/o Clement Buxton. wd/o Peter). Nicolas Knap, his wife Elinor, and seven children came to America on the "Arbella" in 1630. They came from Burys St. Mary in Suffolk, probably. In 1631 Nicolas was fined in Watertown, MA for selling water for scurvy at too high a price. He was in Stamford by 1649, having been previously in Rye, NY, and Greenwich. After the death of his wife, he married Unica Brown, the recent widow of Clement Buxton, and moved into the Buxton home on the east side of West Street. His grandson Moses was a blacksmith in the 1680s. Descendants of KNAP, Nicolas: A. Jonathan - b&d1631. B. Timothy - b1632, d by 1685, mc1665 Bethia Brundage (d/o John). Rye, NY. C. Joshua - b1634, d1684, m1657 Hannah Close (bc1632, d1696, she m2 John Bowers). Greenwich. D. Caleb - b1637, dc1674, mc1660 Hannah Smith (d1685?, d/o Henry, she m2 167- Thomas Lawrence. 1. Caleb - b1661, d bef 1717, m1694 Hannah Clements (d/o William), of Norwalk and Goshen, CT. a. Caleb - b1695, d1761. b. William - b1697, d1770. c. Sarah - b1700. d. Abigail - b1702. e. Joshua - b1704. f. Joseph - b1706. g. Hannah - b1710. h. Jonathan - b1713. i. Benjamin - b1717. j. Reuben - b1717. 2. Capt John - b1664, d1749, m1 1692 Hannah Ferris (b1666, d1724, d/o Peter), m2 1727 Mrs Martha Weed. a. Lt Samuel - b1695, d1751, m1 1720 Martha Slason (b1699, d1747, d/o John Jr), m2 1749 Mrs Marcy Bouton. b. Lt John - b1697, d1763, m1 1723 Deborah Cross (b1702, d/o Nathaniel), m2 1736 Abigail Hoyt (d/o Samuel). c. Hannah - b1699, d1724, m1 1716 Isaac Quintard, m2 Jessup. d. Peter - b1701. e. Charles - b1703, d1773. f. Deborah - b1705. g. Moses - b1709, d1787. 3. Moses - b1666, d1753, m1688 Elizabeth Crissy (d/o William). Reading, CT. a. Elizabeth - b1690. 4. Samuel - b1668, d1739, mc1696 Hannah Bushnell. Greenwich and Danbury, CT. 5. Sarah - b1670, m1691 Ebenezer Mead. 6. Hannah - b1672. E. Sarah - b1639, d1681, m1 John Disbrow, m2 1657 Peter Disbrow. F. Ruth - b1641, m1 1657 Joseph Ferris, m2 1708 John Clapp. G. Hannah - b1643, d1674, m1673 Zarubbabel Hoyt. H. Moses - b1646, d aft 1713, m1669 Abigail Westcott (bc 1642, d aft 1713, d/o Richard). 1. Lydia - bc1670, d1710, m1685 Thomas Penoyer. 2. Abigail - b1672, d1706, m1692 John Crissy. 3. Sarah - b1674, d1717, m Samuel Husted. 4. Hannah - bc1676, m1 1696 Nathaniel Cross, m2 1715 Samuel Palmer. I. Lydia - b1648, d1716, in Richard Mills. J. Josiah? -. References: Alfred Averill Knapp, The Nicolas Knapp Genealogy." 5. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information..." First Generation: "A-1. Nicholas Knapp, our immigrant ancestor. Parentage unknown. B. In England. Exact place unknown. D. 4-16-1670, Fairfield, Conn. M. 1st Elinor . She d. 6 or 8-16-1658, Fairfield, Conn. 2nd Unica (Unity) Brown, widow of Peter Brown, 3-9-1659. She had been previously widow of Clement Buxton. Clement Buxton was in Stamford, Conn. in 1650 and d. there 8-2-1657. He had daus. Sarah and Unity and a son, Clement. His widow, Unity, m. 7-22-1658, Peter Brown, of Stamford, Conn. who d. soon after. His widow m. for the 3rd time, Nicholas Knapp as his 2nd wife. All children b. at Watertown, Mass. except Lydia." ..."Hannah, b. 3-6-1643. d. 12-11-1674 or 6-4-1696. m. 1673, Zerubebel Hoyt, of Norwalk, Conn., son of Walter Hoyt. He was b. ca. 1650. d. ca. 1727/8. Had dau. Hannah who m. Joseph Whitney. Lived at Stamford, Conn. ...Hannah father's "will can be found in Fairfield, Conn. Probate Records, Vol. 1665-1675, page 55, as follows: (Many of the "ss" are written "f".) "In Stamford, ye 15th 2 mo. Anno 1670. The last will and Testament of Nicholas Knap of Stamford concerning the disposal of his worldly estate. 1. I give to my son Moses Knap my house and land in Stamford with all the meadows and upland belonginge to me. Also, I give to my said sonn Moses, my cart and plowe or plowes, with all the furniture of Irons, yokes and Chaynes belonging and a small gun in the house and a Sword. 2. I give to my son Timothy the monies remayning due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in. 3. I give unto my Sonn John Caleb the Loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my Sonn Joshua. 4. I give to my dau. Sarah Disbrowe, the monies due me from her husband, about 37 pounds concerning the horses. 5. I give to my dau. Hanna, one mare. 6. I give to my dau. Lidia the mare that was Mr. Bishops with the increase shee hath. 7. I give to my dau. Ruth Twenty Shillings. 8. I give to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah and Unica Buxton, all their Mother's Clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat, which my will is they should have onward of their portion. Also, I will and bequeath unto Uneca Buxton the new bible as a free gift. 9. My will is that the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton and Uneca Buxton, out of the estate of their father, Clement Buxton. I say that ther and portions be currently payd, according to their proportion of that Inventorie. 10. Lastly, my Will is that my son Jushua Knap be sole executor of this my Will to receive all and pay dues according to this my last will as also all debts to or from me. If in case that mare be not found that I have given to Lydia, that then shee to have a nother mare in the Lue of that. This being my Last Will, renouncing all other former Will as wills made by me. Witness my hand. Witness John Weed. Eleazur Slawson. Nicholas (Y-type symbol) Knap his mark." 6. The book "History of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868…," by Rev. E. B. Huntington (A Corrected Reprint of the 1868 Edition, 1979), pp. 55-56: "KNAPP, NICHOLAS, had land here in 1649, as appears from the land records. His wife, Eleanor, died August 16, 1658. Savage thinks he may have come in the fleet with Winthrop and Saltonstall in 1630., His children were Jonathan, born Dee. 27, 1631; Timothy, Dec. 14, 1632; Joshua, Jan. 5, 1635; Caleb Jan. 20, 1637. Sarah, Jan. 5, 1639; Ruth, Jan. 6, 16A1; and Hannah, March 6, 1643. After coming to Stamford he had probably Moses and Lydia. After the death of his wife, Eleanor, he married, March 9, 1659, Unity, widow of Peter Brown, who had also been the widow of Clement Buxton. He died in April 1670, and his will, now in the probate records of Fairfield, dated the 15th of that month, names the children in the following order: Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, Ruth, and Sarah and Unica Buxton, daughters of Clement." 7. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 50, no. 4 (May 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 146-48: "NICHOLAS1 KNAPP was in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1 March 1630/31, when he was fined for selling some "water of noe worth nor value" as a cure for scurvy.[1] Since this was wintertime when no ships made the Atlantic voyage, it is likely that he had arrived well before this time, perhaps during the summer of 1630.[2] Anderson estimates that he was born by about 1606, based on the estimated date of his marriage.[3] He died at Stamford between 15 and 27 April 1669/70, the dates of his will and his inventory.[4] The family name was generally spelled Knap until about 1800, but the current spelling of Knapp will be used herein, except when in a direct quotation. His first wife and mother of his children, who died in Stamford on the 16th day, 6th month (16 August) 1658, was named ELEANOR ___.[5] He married (2) at Stamford on 9 March 1658/59 UNICA (___) (BUXTON) BROWN, widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown.[6] Since she was not mentioned in his will, she is presumed to have died before 1670. The standard "Knapp Genealogy" is full of error and must be used with caution.[7] It does, however, contain some interesting historical and biographical information, including a list of the lands of Nicholas Knapp in Watertown, and a complete transcription of his will.[8] He appears to have left Watertown about May 1646, since he sold all the land he had received from the town there to Bryan Pendleton on the 6th day 3rd month 1646, and another acre of meadow (purchased separately in 1645) to Edward Garfield on the same date.[9] According to one Stamford historian, he was briefly in Rye, New York, and nearby Greenwich, before arriving in Stamford about 1649.[10] For some unknown reason, the Stamford Town Records do not contain a complete listing of the lands of Nicholas Knapp as they do for many other early residents. He is, however, mentioned regularly as an adjoining landholder in many of the other residents' summaries. The Town Records do contain an interesting purchase on 26 September 1651 by "Nickels Knape" of Elias Bailey's house and home lot of 1 -1/2 acre, purchased earlier by Bailey from John Coe, and adjacent to land already in Knapp's possession.[11] Both Bailey and Coe left Stamford for Long Island, along with many other Stamford people. Nicholas Knapp and his stepson Clement2 Buxton, son of his second wife Eunice, "the [a]foresayd Nicholas Knap haveing by and wth the mariage of ye Widdow Buxston administred upon ye estate of Clement Buxton, deceased" made an agreement on 8 March 1666/67 and recorded 31 January 1667/68, the young man having reached his majority, that he (Buxton) would receive title to his father's house and property in return for granting Knapp and his wife the life use of the house and 1/2 of the barn and home lot.[12] On the following day (9 March 1666/67) Nicholas Knapp added an additional detail to the agreement in which he gave "unto Clement Buxton a beding in ye house wch I now am resedent in and what conveniancy I can conveniantly acommodate him wth all for stoedge [storage] of what necisary things he have to put in so that it may be understood I grant him this priveledge as long as I shall live in the house. This my agreement made 9th March [16]66.[13] Then, within a year on 19 October 1668, Nicholas Knap purchased the house and 1-1/2 acre homelot of Daniel Simpkins of Stamford for the price of "two oxen and on[e] cow in hand resived & for full satisfaction."[14] This homelot was between the homelots of Richard Scofield on the south and Thomas Lawrence on the north and bounded by the highway on the east and the mill lot on the west. His will was dated at Stamford on 15 April (2nd Month) 1670, probated 21 October 1670, and named his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrowe, Hanna, Lidea, and Ruth. Sarah Buxton and Eunice Buxton are called daughters in law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton.[15] His son Joshua Knapp was named executor and the will was witnessed by John Weed and Eleazer Slason. The inventory was taken 27 April 1669/70 by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed 31 October 1670. [16] Children of Nicholas and Eleanor (___) Knapp, first seven born and recorded at Watertown[17] and last two born probably at Stamford: i. JONATHAN2 KNAPP, b. Nov 1631, bur. Watertown 27 Dec 1631 "aged 7 weeks." ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. 14 Dec 1632, m. BETHIA ___, said to have been the daughter of John Brundish or Brundage.[19] He moved to the town of Rye, (then in Connecticut but now in New York) about 1667 when he purchased a house and homelot there. He was active in community affairs and was constable of Rye in 1681 and 1682. He apparently moved to Greenwich by 1697.[20] iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1634/35, m. at Stamford 9 Jun 1657 HANNAH CLOSE.[21] iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. 20 Jan 1636/37, m. HANNAH SMITH. v. SARAH KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1638/39, m. at Stamford 6 Apr 1657 PETER DISBOROUGH / DISBROW.[22] vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. 6 Jan 1640/41, m. (1) at Stamford 20 Nov 1657 JOSEPH FERRIS,[23] and (2) 19 Jan 1707/08 JOHN CLAPP.[24] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. 6 Mar 1642/43,[25] living at the time of her father's will in 1670.[26] viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645, perhaps at Stamford, m. by 1669 ABIGAIL WESTCOTT. ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647, probably at Stamford, m. at Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/67 ISAAC HALL.[27] Footnotes: 1. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686," 5 volumes in 6 (Boston: the Press of William White, 1853-1854), 1: 83, 99, 243. This fine was partially paid and partially forgiven, and it may be that the cure was somewhat successful after all. 2. Although there is no specific record of the fact, he may very well have come with the Winthrop fleet that arrived in Massachusetts Bay in June and July of 1630 (Charles Edward Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630" (1930, repr: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), 78. 3. Robert C. Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 3 volumes (Boston: The New.England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2: 1136. 4. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136. 5. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26, Connecticut Ancestry Society microfilm #1. Her name is spelled "Eliner" in the record, which was written two different times on the same page. She was called Eleanor "Disbrow" by Capt. James S. Ferris in his, "A Ferris Genealogy" (Coronado, CA: the author, 1980), vol. 2, ID No. 12. She has also been called Eleanor "Lockwood" by several authors but this is very unlikely (see Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood [1594-16351 of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood [ca. 1625-1693] of Stamford Connecticut" [New York: Philip V. Lockwood, 1978], 82.) Other surnames have also been proposed but all of these identities for her are considered speculative at this time. 6. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136, citing Paul W. Prindle's analysis in his Gillespie Genealogy. 7. Alfred Averill Knapp, Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (Winter Park, FL: the author, 1953). 8. Knapp Genealogy (note 7), 2. 9. Suffolk Deeds Liber I (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1880), 1: 71. 10. Jeanne Majdalany, "The Early Settlement of Stamford Connecticut 1641-1700" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), 173. 11. Stamford Town Records, 1: 53, transcription copy, 65. 12. Stamford Land Records, A: 18-9. 13. Stamford Land Records, A: 19. 14. Stamford Land Records, A: 143. 15. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 55. The month was given as 2nd month on both the will and the inventory, which was April old style. Mead and others have incorrectly called it February. 16. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 56. 17. Henry Bond, "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston ..." (Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 327. 18. All data are as given in The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136-7 except where noted. Lists of spouses given in the Knapp Genealogy (note 7) and other secondary sources are similar, but have additional marriages for many of the children that have not yet been verified. This list follows Anderson who discounted many of these additional marriages for lack of proof. Also note his discussion and rejection of the claims that William Knopp of Watertown was a close relative of Nicholas Knapp. 19. Although Bethia's identity is given as fact by Norman Davis in his "Westchester Patriarchs" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988), 36-7, 140, it is not confirmed by Anderson, or by Donald L. Jacobus in his, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 2 volumes in 3 (Fairfield: Eunice Dennie Bun Chapter, DAR, 1930-1932), 1: 108. 20. All from Charles W. Baird, "Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye Westchester County, New York 1660-1870" (Camden, ME: Picton Press [reprint], 1994), 416. 21. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26. 22. Stamford Town Records 1: 19, 74, transcription copy, 74, 87. Some authors have claimed that she had an additional first marriage to John Disbrow, but this is unlikely since she was called Sarah Knapp in 1657. 23. Stamford Town Records, 1: 74, transcription copy, 87. 24. Stamford Town Records, 1: 128, transcription copy, 164. See also Ferris Genealogy (note 5), vol. 2, ID no. 12. 25. Mr. Bond gave the year as "1643-4" in his Watertown Genealogies (note 17) but Anderson gives it as 1642/43 based on the original (The Great Migration Begins [note 3], 2: 1137.) 26. Early Settlement (note 10), 174, lists a marriage for her to Zerubbabbel Hoyt in 1673, but there is no such marriage in the generally reliable David W. Hoyt, "A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families with Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families..." (Providence and Boston: the author, 1871, repr. Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1984), 311-2. 27. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 250. It is sometimes claimed that she married Richard Mills but Jacobus explained that this Mills marriage instead belonged to Lydia the daughter of Roger Knapp of New Haven and Fairfield (Old Fairfield [note 19], 1: 365, 411.)" BIRTH: 1. Per book cited below: "b. Watertown 6 Mar 1642/3 ("Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages - First Book and Supplement" Section 11 in "Watertown Records Comprising the 1st and 2nd Books of Town Proceedings [Watertown 1894]); named in father's will, 15 Apr 1670; no further record." MARRIAGE: 1. Per Knapp Family website. Note: Ancestral file shows marriage to Daniel Smith which is in error. He married Hannah Knapp, the daughter of Joshua and Hannah (Close) Knapp (see notes for him with the proper Hannah). 2. No marriage recorded in Stamford per the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011). SOURCES_MISC: 1. See biography notes for father for quote from the book: "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 1995, Robert Charles Anderson, ISBN 0-88082-043-8, published by New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116. 2. From "The Knapp Family" at website: "http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Knapp.html" 3. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. The author has prepared a family group sheet on which he notes the following miscellaneous sources: -NK Gen (1953). -NK Gen Suppl (1956). -Hist. of Watertown, Mass, by Bond. -Hist. of Stamford, by Huntington. -Hist. of Greenwich, by Mead. -Fairfield Probate Rec., v. 1665-1675, p. 55. -Amer. Anc., v. 8, p. 166. -Ferris Gen. -TAG 1:112. -Boston Town Record. -MCR, v. 1. -Winthrop Fleet, by Banks. -Fam. of Old Fairfield, by Jacobus. -Hist of Chf. Fam. Bearing the Name fo Knapp, by O.G. Knapp (1939). | Knapp, Hannah (I183)
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| 4871 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Julian calendar and not the Gregorian was in use colonially meaning the the first three months were considered part of the previous year. In such situations, date shown with both years with a slash. 2. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version: "NICHOLAS KNAPP ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1630 (based on appearance at court on 1 March 1630/1 [MBCR 1:83]) FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown. REMOVES: Stamford 1646... ESTATE: ... In his will, dated 15 Apr 1670 and proved on an unknown date, "Nicholas Knap of Standford" bequeathed to "my son Moses Knap my house and land in Standford with all the meadows and upland belonging unto me," with same moveables; to "my son Timothy the monies remaining due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in"; to "my son Calep the loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my son Josuah"; to "my daughter Sarah Disbrowe the money due to me from her husband, about 37s. concerning the horse"; to "my daughter Hanna one mare"; to my daughter Lidea the mare that was Mr. Bishop's with the increase she hath"; to "my daughter Ruth twenty shillings"; to "my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah & Uneca Buxton all their mother's clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat which my will is they have onward of their portions"; to "Uneca Buxton the new Bible as a free gift"; the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton & Uneca Buxton out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton, I say that their part and portions be currently paid according to their proportion of that inventory"; "my son Josuah Knap [to be] sole executor" [Fairfield PR 2:55]... BIRTH: By about 1606 (based on estimated date of marriage). DEATH: Stamford between 15 April 1670 (date of will) and 27 April 1670 (date of inventory). MARRIAGE: (1) By 1631 Elinor ____. She died at Stamford 16 August 1658 [Stamford TR 1:24]. (2) Stamford 9 March 1659 Unica (____) (Buxton) Brown [Stamford TR 1:77]. She was the widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown [Gillespie Anc 61-63], and had apparently died by 15 April 1670, as she is not mentioned in Nicholas Knapp's will. CHILDREN: With first wife i. JONATHAN KNAPP, b. Watertown early November 1631 (calc.); bur. Watertown 27 December 1631 "aged 7 weeks" [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]. ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. Watertown 14 December 1632 [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. by about 1658 Bethia ___ (possibly Bethia Brundish [GM 2:1:447-48]). iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1634[/5] [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. Stamford 9 June 1657 Hannah Close ("The American Genealogist" 10:45). iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. Watertown 20 January 1636[/7] [WaVR 1:4; NEHGR 7:159]; m. by 1661 Hannah Smith (eldest child b. Stamford 24 November 1661 ["The American Genealogist" 10:174); in his will of 4 July 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp [FOOF 1:575]). v. SARAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1638[/9] [WaVR 1:5; NEHGR 7:160]; m. Stamford 6 April 1657 Peter Disborough ["The American Genealogist" 10:112]. vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 1:8; NEHGR 7:162]; m. Stamford 20 November 1657 Joseph Ferris ["The American Genealogist" 10:112], son of JEFFREY FERRIS {1634, Watertown} [GM 2:2:517-21] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 March 1643[/4?] [WaVR 1:11; NEHGR 7:283]; named in father's will, 15 April 1670; no further record. viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645; m. by 1669 Abigail Westcott (on 4 January 1669[/70], Moses Knapp receipted, in the right of his wife, for his share of the estate of Richard Westcott [FOOF1:660]). ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647; m. Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/7 Isaac Hall [FOOF 1:250]... COMMENTS: ... In the Beaverbrook Plowlands Nicholas Knapp received six acres, and in the Remote Meadows seven acres. Since these lands were granted in part on household size, this would suggest a birth in the interval between the two grants; the birth of Caleb fell exactly one month before the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, and it may be that this was not taken into account for the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, but was for the Remote Meadows grant. At the date of the Remote Meadows grant of seven acres, the Nicholas Knapp family was known to have five members: Nicholas, wife Elinor, and sons Timothy, Joshua and Caleb. This permits the possibility that there were one or two more persons in the household, not necessarily children; but the difference might also be explained if Nicholas had sufficient wealth in cattle, the other criterion for the size of these grants." 3. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), page 173-175: "Lydia - b1648, d1716, m. Richard Mills [I don't believe this to be correct - see marriage notes below]." 4. "Abstracts of Stamford Probate records," compiled by Spencer P. Mead: "Knapp, Nicholas, late of Stamford, will dated Feb. 15, 1670, probated Oct. 31, 1670, mentioned his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, and Ruth; Sarah Buxton and Unice Buxton are called daughters-in-law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton. Executor son Joshua. Witnesses John Weed and Eleazer Slawson, page 56. Inventory taken Feb. 27, 1670, by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed Oct. 31, 1670, page 56. F1-19." 5. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information...": "Lydia, b. 6-8-1647/48, Stamford, Conn. d. Dec. 1716. Her will made 12-1-1716. Probated 12-19-1716. She m. Dr. Isaac Hall, Stratford, Conn., son of Francis Hall, as his 2nd wife. Dr. Hall was a prominent physician in his day, b. in England in 1629. d. 5-17-1714, Stratford, Conn. He took the Oath of Fidelity at New Haven, Conn. 4-7-1657. Lydia and Dr. Hall had: (1) Dr. Isaac, b. 11-8-1667. (2) Sarah, b. 5-3-1668. (3) Lydia, b. 9-21-1670. (4) Elizabeth, b. 11-11-1672. (5) Samuel, b. 9-14-1674. (6) Francis, b. 9-16-1676. (7) John, b. 2-8-1678. (8) Mary, b. 8-7-1681. (9) Abigail, b. 4-1-1683. (10) John, b. 1-3-1679. (11) Jonathan, b. 12-2-1684. (12) Hannah. Francis Hall, the father of Dr. Isaac Hall, was in New Haven, Conn. in 1639 and in Stratford after 1648. He was made Freeman in the Conn. Jurisdiction in 1657. He left a large estate in Fairfield, Conn., dying in 1690 at Stratford. He brought his 1st wife, Elizabeth, from England. He m. 2nd 10-31-1665, Dorothy, widow of John Blakeman and dau. of Dr. Henry Smith. Dorothy m. 3rd Mark Sension, of Norwalk, Conn. who d. in 1693. She m. 4th Deacon Isaac Moore, of Farmington, Conn. Francis Hall had the following children, all by his 1st wife:-Isaac-Samuel-Mary-Elizabeth-Rebecca and Hannah who m. Joseph Blakeman." Her father's "will can be found in Fairfield, Conn. Probate Records, Vol. 1665-1675, page 55, as follows: (Many of the "ss" are written "f".) "In Stamford, ye 15th 2 mo. Anno 1670. The last will and Testament of Nicholas Knap of Stamford concerning the disposal of his worldly estate. 1. I give to my son Moses Knap my house and land in Stamford with all the meadows and upland belonginge to me. Also, I give to my said sonn Moses, my cart and plowe or plowes, with all the furniture of Irons, yokes and Chaynes belonging and a small gun in the house and a Sword. 2. I give to my son Timothy the monies remayning due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in. 3. I give unto my Sonn John Caleb the Loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my Sonn Joshua. 4. I give to my dau. Sarah Disbrowe, the monies due me from her husband, about 37 pounds concerning the horses. 5. I give to my dau. Hanna, one mare. 6. I give to my dau. Lidia the mare that was Mr. Bishops with the increase shee hath. 7. I give to my dau. Ruth Twenty Shillings. 8. I give to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah and Unica Buxton, all their Mother's Clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat, which my will is they should have onward of their portion. Also, I will and bequeath unto Uneca Buxton the new bible as a free gift. 9. My will is that the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton and Uneca Buxton, out of the estate of their father, Clement Buxton. I say that ther and portions be currently payd, according to their proportion of that Inventorie. 10. Lastly, my Will is that my son Jushua Knap be sole executor of this my Will to receive all and pay dues according to this my last will as also all debts to or from me. If in case that mare be not found that I have given to Lydia, that then shee to have a nother mare in the Lue of that. This being my Last Will, renouncing all other former Will as wills made by me. Witness my hand. Witness John Weed. Eleazur Slawson. Nicholas (Y-type symbol) Knap his mark." "Additional information concerning the children of B-9, Lydia and Dr. Isaac Hall: 1. Isaac, b. 11-8-1667. A physician, m. Jane Burgess, dau. of Richard Burgess. 2. Sarah, b. 3-3-1668/9. m. 1695 or 1700, Joseph Hall, b. ca. 1670/75. 3. Lydia, b. 9-21-1670. 4. Elizabeth, b. 11-11-1672. m. Samuel Lane, Rye, N.Y. 5. Samuel, b. 9-14-1674. 6. Francis, b. 9-16-1676. d. ca. 1758. 7. John, b. 2-8-1677/8. d. same day. 8. John, b. 1-3-1679/80. m. Abigail Summers. 9. Abigail, b. 4-1-1683, m. Thomas Jecox or Jacocks. 10. Jonathan, b. 12-2-1684. Res. Stratford, Conn. 11. Hannah, m. Ezekiel Baldwin. 12. Mary, b. 8-7-1681. All above children b. at Stratford, Conn. Isaac-Francis-John and Abigail all baptized 4-28-1700 at Stratford. There has been much confusion over the different Lydias. But Lydia, dau. of Nicholas, m. Dr. Isaac Hall, son of Francis Hall, 1-16-1666. (or 1-16-1661?) Recorded at Fairfield, Conn. Lydia, dau. of Moses and Abigail (Westcoast) Knapp, m. Thomas Pennoyer. Lydia, dau. of Roger Knapp of New Haven m. Richard Mills. Dr. Isaac Hall, Sr. was granted 30 pounds, Oct. 1690 as "chirurgeon" to the Army. He was granted 150 acres of land, May, 1697, having served as Surgeon and lost one son." 6. The book "History of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868…," by Rev. E. B. Huntington (A Corrected Reprint of the 1868 Edition, 1979), pp. 55-56: "KNAPP, NICHOLAS, had land here in 1649, as appears from the land records. His wife, Eleanor, died August 16, 1658. Savage thinks he may have come in the fleet with Winthrop and Saltonstall in 1630., His children were Jonathan, born Dee. 27, 1631; Timothy, Dec. 14, 1632; Joshua, Jan. 5, 1635; Caleb Jan. 20, 1637. Sarah, Jan. 5, 1639; Ruth, Jan. 6, 16A1; and Hannah, March 6, 1643. After coming to Stamford he had probably Moses and Lydia. After the death of his wife, Eleanor, he married, March 9, 1659, Unity, widow of Peter Brown, who had also been the widow of Clement Buxton. He died in April 1670, and his will, now in the probate records of Fairfield, dated the 15th of that month, names the children in the following order: Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, Ruth, and Sarah and Unica Buxton, daughters of Clement." 7. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 50, no. 4 (May 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 146-48: "NICHOLAS1 KNAPP was in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1 March 1630/31, when he was fined for selling some "water of noe worth nor value" as a cure for scurvy.[1] Since this was wintertime when no ships made the Atlantic voyage, it is likely that he had arrived well before this time, perhaps during the summer of 1630.[2] Anderson estimates that he was born by about 1606, based on the estimated date of his marriage.[3] He died at Stamford between 15 and 27 April 1669/70, the dates of his will and his inventory.[4] The family name was generally spelled Knap until about 1800, but the current spelling of Knapp will be used herein, except when in a direct quotation. His first wife and mother of his children, who died in Stamford on the 16th day, 6th month (16 August) 1658, was named ELEANOR ___.[5] He married (2) at Stamford on 9 March 1658/59 UNICA (___) (BUXTON) BROWN, widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown.[6] Since she was not mentioned in his will, she is presumed to have died before 1670. The standard "Knapp Genealogy" is full of error and must be used with caution.[7] It does, however, contain some interesting historical and biographical information, including a list of the lands of Nicholas Knapp in Watertown, and a complete transcription of his will.[8] He appears to have left Watertown about May 1646, since he sold all the land he had received from the town there to Bryan Pendleton on the 6th day 3rd month 1646, and another acre of meadow (purchased separately in 1645) to Edward Garfield on the same date.[9] According to one Stamford historian, he was briefly in Rye, New York, and nearby Greenwich, before arriving in Stamford about 1649.[10] For some unknown reason, the Stamford Town Records do not contain a complete listing of the lands of Nicholas Knapp as they do for many other early residents. He is, however, mentioned regularly as an adjoining landholder in many of the other residents' summaries. The Town Records do contain an interesting purchase on 26 September 1651 by "Nickels Knape" of Elias Bailey's house and home lot of 1 -1/2 acre, purchased earlier by Bailey from John Coe, and adjacent to land already in Knapp's possession.[11] Both Bailey and Coe left Stamford for Long Island, along with many other Stamford people. Nicholas Knapp and his stepson Clement2 Buxton, son of his second wife Eunice, "the [a]foresayd Nicholas Knap haveing by and wth the mariage of ye Widdow Buxston administred upon ye estate of Clement Buxton, deceased" made an agreement on 8 March 1666/67 and recorded 31 January 1667/68, the young man having reached his majority, that he (Buxton) would receive title to his father's house and property in return for granting Knapp and his wife the life use of the house and 1/2 of the barn and home lot.[12] On the following day (9 March 1666/67) Nicholas Knapp added an additional detail to the agreement in which he gave "unto Clement Buxton a beding in ye house wch I now am resedent in and what conveniancy I can conveniantly acommodate him wth all for stoedge [storage] of what necisary things he have to put in so that it may be understood I grant him this priveledge as long as I shall live in the house. This my agreement made 9th March [16]66.[13] Then, within a year on 19 October 1668, Nicholas Knap purchased the house and 1-1/2 acre homelot of Daniel Simpkins of Stamford for the price of "two oxen and on[e] cow in hand resived & for full satisfaction."[14] This homelot was between the homelots of Richard Scofield on the south and Thomas Lawrence on the north and bounded by the highway on the east and the mill lot on the west. His will was dated at Stamford on 15 April (2nd Month) 1670, probated 21 October 1670, and named his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrowe, Hanna, Lidea, and Ruth. Sarah Buxton and Eunice Buxton are called daughters in law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton.[15] His son Joshua Knapp was named executor and the will was witnessed by John Weed and Eleazer Slason. The inventory was taken 27 April 1669/70 by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed 31 October 1670. [16] Children of Nicholas and Eleanor (___) Knapp, first seven born and recorded at Watertown[17] and last two born probably at Stamford: i. JONATHAN2 KNAPP, b. Nov 1631, bur. Watertown 27 Dec 1631 "aged 7 weeks." ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. 14 Dec 1632, m. BETHIA ___, said to have been the daughter of John Brundish or Brundage.[19] He moved to the town of Rye, (then in Connecticut but now in New York) about 1667 when he purchased a house and homelot there. He was active in community affairs and was constable of Rye in 1681 and 1682. He apparently moved to Greenwich by 1697.[20] iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1634/35, m. at Stamford 9 Jun 1657 HANNAH CLOSE.[21] iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. 20 Jan 1636/37, m. HANNAH SMITH. v. SARAH KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1638/39, m. at Stamford 6 Apr 1657 PETER DISBOROUGH / DISBROW.[22] vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. 6 Jan 1640/41, m. (1) at Stamford 20 Nov 1657 JOSEPH FERRIS,[23] and (2) 19 Jan 1707/08 JOHN CLAPP.[24] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. 6 Mar 1642/43,[25] living at the time of her father's will in 1670.[26] viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645, perhaps at Stamford, m. by 1669 ABIGAIL WESTCOTT. ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647, probably at Stamford, m. at Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/67 ISAAC HALL.[27] Footnotes: 1. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686," 5 volumes in 6 (Boston: the Press of William White, 1853-1854), 1: 83, 99, 243. This fine was partially paid and partially forgiven, and it may be that the cure was somewhat successful after all. 2. Although there is no specific record of the fact, he may very well have come with the Winthrop fleet that arrived in Massachusetts Bay in June and July of 1630 (Charles Edward Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630" (1930, repr: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), 78. 3. Robert C. Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 3 volumes (Boston: The New.England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2: 1136. 4. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136. 5. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26, Connecticut Ancestry Society microfilm #1. Her name is spelled "Eliner" in the record, which was written two different times on the same page. She was called Eleanor "Disbrow" by Capt. James S. Ferris in his, "A Ferris Genealogy" (Coronado, CA: the author, 1980), vol. 2, ID No. 12. She has also been called Eleanor "Lockwood" by several authors but this is very unlikely (see Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood [1594-16351 of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood [ca. 1625-1693] of Stamford Connecticut" [New York: Philip V. Lockwood, 1978], 82.) Other surnames have also been proposed but all of these identities for her are considered speculative at this time. 6. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136, citing Paul W. Prindle's analysis in his Gillespie Genealogy. 7. Alfred Averill Knapp, Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (Winter Park, FL: the author, 1953). 8. Knapp Genealogy (note 7), 2. 9. Suffolk Deeds Liber I (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1880), 1: 71. 10. Jeanne Majdalany, "The Early Settlement of Stamford Connecticut 1641-1700" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), 173. 11. Stamford Town Records, 1: 53, transcription copy, 65. 12. Stamford Land Records, A: 18-9. 13. Stamford Land Records, A: 19. 14. Stamford Land Records, A: 143. 15. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 55. The month was given as 2nd month on both the will and the inventory, which was April old style. Mead and others have incorrectly called it February. 16. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 56. 17. Henry Bond, "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston ..." (Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 327. 18. All data are as given in The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136-7 except where noted. Lists of spouses given in the Knapp Genealogy (note 7) and other secondary sources are similar, but have additional marriages for many of the children that have not yet been verified. This list follows Anderson who discounted many of these additional marriages for lack of proof. Also note his discussion and rejection of the claims that William Knopp of Watertown was a close relative of Nicholas Knapp. 19. Although Bethia's identity is given as fact by Norman Davis in his "Westchester Patriarchs" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988), 36-7, 140, it is not confirmed by Anderson, or by Donald L. Jacobus in his, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 2 volumes in 3 (Fairfield: Eunice Dennie Bun Chapter, DAR, 1930-1932), 1: 108. 20. All from Charles W. Baird, "Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye Westchester County, New York 1660-1870" (Camden, ME: Picton Press [reprint], 1994), 416. 21. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26. 22. Stamford Town Records 1: 19, 74, transcription copy, 74, 87. Some authors have claimed that she had an additional first marriage to John Disbrow, but this is unlikely since she was called Sarah Knapp in 1657. 23. Stamford Town Records, 1: 74, transcription copy, 87. 24. Stamford Town Records, 1: 128, transcription copy, 164. See also Ferris Genealogy (note 5), vol. 2, ID no. 12. 25. Mr. Bond gave the year as "1643-4" in his Watertown Genealogies (note 17) but Anderson gives it as 1642/43 based on the original (The Great Migration Begins [note 3], 2: 1137.) 26. Early Settlement (note 10), 174, lists a marriage for her to Zerubbabbel Hoyt in 1673, but there is no such marriage in the generally reliable David W. Hoyt, "A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families with Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families..." (Providence and Boston: the author, 1871, repr. Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1984), 311-2. 27. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 250. It is sometimes claimed that she married Richard Mills but Jacobus explained that this Mills marriage instead belonged to Lydia the daughter of Roger Knapp of New Haven and Fairfield (Old Fairfield [note 19], 1: 365, 411.)" 8. The book "The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700…," by Jeanne Majdalany, pp. 173-75: "KNAP, KNAPP, Nicholas - bc 1600, d1670, m1 c1630 Elinor (prob Lockwood) (d1658, sis/o Robert and Edmund), m2 1659 Unica Brown (d by 1670, wd/o Clement Buxton. wd/o Peter). Nicolas Knap, his wife Elinor, and seven children came to America on the "Arbella" in 1630. They came from Burys St. Mary in Suffolk, probably. In 1631 Nicolas was fined in Watertown, MA for selling water for scurvy at too high a price. He was in Stamford by 1649, having been previously in Rye, NY, and Greenwich. After the death of his wife, he married Unica Brown, the recent widow of Clement Buxton, and moved into the Buxton home on the east side of West Street. His grandson Moses was a blacksmith in the 1680s. Descendants of KNAP, Nicolas: A. Jonathan - b&d1631. B. Timothy - b1632, d by 1685, mc1665 Bethia Brundage (d/o John). Rye, NY. C. Joshua - b1634, d1684, m1657 Hannah Close (bc1632, d1696, she m2 John Bowers). Greenwich. D. Caleb - b1637, dc1674, mc1660 Hannah Smith (d1685?, d/o Henry, she m2 167- Thomas Lawrence. 1. Caleb - b1661, d bef 1717, m1694 Hannah Clements (d/o William), of Norwalk and Goshen, CT. a. Caleb - b1695, d1761. b. William - b1697, d1770. c. Sarah - b1700. d. Abigail - b1702. e. Joshua - b1704. f. Joseph - b1706. g. Hannah - b1710. h. Jonathan - b1713. i. Benjamin - b1717. j. Reuben - b1717. 2. Capt John - b1664, d1749, m1 1692 Hannah Ferris (b1666, d1724, d/o Peter), m2 1727 Mrs Martha Weed. a. Lt Samuel - b1695, d1751, m1 1720 Martha Slason (b1699, d1747, d/o John Jr), m2 1749 Mrs Marcy Bouton. b. Lt John - b1697, d1763, m1 1723 Deborah Cross (b1702, d/o Nathaniel), m2 1736 Abigail Hoyt (d/o Samuel). c. Hannah - b1699, d1724, m1 1716 Isaac Quintard, m2 Jessup. d. Peter - b1701. e. Charles - b1703, d1773. f. Deborah - b1705. g. Moses - b1709, d1787. 3. Moses - b1666, d1753, m1688 Elizabeth Crissy (d/o William). Reading, CT. a. Elizabeth - b1690. 4. Samuel - b1668, d1739, mc1696 Hannah Bushnell. Greenwich and Danbury, CT. 5. Sarah - b1670, m1691 Ebenezer Mead. 6. Hannah - b1672. E. Sarah - b1639, d1681, m1 John Disbrow, m2 1657 Peter Disbrow. F. Ruth - b1641, m1 1657 Joseph Ferris, m2 1708 John Clapp. G. Hannah - b1643, d1674, m1673 Zarubbabel Hoyt. H. Moses - b1646, d aft 1713, m1669 Abigail Westcott (bc 1642, d aft 1713, d/o Richard). 1. Lydia - bc1670, d1710, m1685 Thomas Penoyer. 2. Abigail - b1672, d1706, m1692 John Crissy. 3. Sarah - b1674, d1717, m Samuel Husted. 4. Hannah - bc1676, m1 1696 Nathaniel Cross, m2 1715 Samuel Palmer. I. Lydia - b1648, d1716, in Richard Mills. J. Josiah? -. References: Alfred Averill Knapp, The Nicolas Knapp Genealogy." BIRTH: 1. Not found in the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011). MARRIAGE: 1. Per book cited below: "m. Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/7 Isaac Hall ("History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed. 1:250)." Knapp Family website indicates same date however in Stamford. 2. Ancestral File also shows marriages to Richard Mills and Thomas Pehrson in 1670 and 1685 respectively. This appears erroneous since Isaac and Lydia's children are born between 1667 and 1683 and Lydia is in Isaac's will in 1714. See notes of husband Isaac Hall and list of children born per books below. DEATH: 1. Per "Families of Old Fairfield": "Will of Lydia, widow of Dr. Isaac, 1 Dec 1716, proved 19 Dec 1716". 2. Date of 9 Dec 1716 per Ancestral File and Knapp Family website. BURIAL: Per Ancestral File. SOURCES_MISC: 1. See biography notes for father for quote from the book: "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 1995, Robert Charles Anderson, ISBN 0-88082-043-8, published by New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116. 2. From "The Knapp Family" at website: "http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Knapp.html" 3. "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed. pages 250, 251. 4. "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial," comp. William Richard Cutter, Reprinted for Clearfield Co by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1994. p. 1671. 5. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. The author has prepared a family group sheet on which he notes the following miscellaneous sources: -NK Gen (1953). -NK Gen Suppl (1956). -Hist. of Watertown, Mass, by Bond. -Hist. of Stamford, by Huntington. -Hist. of Greenwich, by Mead. -Fairfield Probate Rec., v. 1665-1675, p. 55. -Amer. Anc., v. 8, p. 166. -Ferris Gen. -TAG 1:112. -Boston Town Record. -MCR, v. 1. -Winthrop Fleet, by Banks. -Fam. of Old Fairfield, by Jacobus. -Hist of Chf. Fam. Bearing the Name fo Knapp, by O.G. Knapp (1939). | Knapp, Lydia (I181)
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| 4872 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Julian calendar and not the Gregorian was in use colonially meaning the the first three months were considered part of the previous year. In such situations, date shown with both years with a slash. 2. The book "The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700…," by Jeanne Majdalany, pp. 173-75: "KNAP, KNAPP, Nicholas - bc 1600, d1670, m1 c1630 Elinor (prob Lockwood) (d1658, sis/o Robert and Edmund), m2 1659 Unica Brown (d by 1670, wd/o Clement Buxton. wd/o Peter). Nicolas Knap, his wife Elinor, and seven children came to America on the "Arbella" in 1630. They came from Burys St. Mary in Suffolk, probably. In 1631 Nicolas was fined in Watertown, MA for selling water for scurvy at too high a price. He was in Stamford by 1649, having been previously in Rye, NY, and Greenwich. After the death of his wife, he married Unica Brown, the recent widow of Clement Buxton, and moved into the Buxton home on the east side of West Street. His grandson Moses was a blacksmith in the 1680s. Descendants of KNAP, Nicolas: A. Jonathan - b&d1631. B. Timothy - b1632, d by 1685, mc1665 Bethia Brundage (d/o John). Rye, NY. C. Joshua - b1634, d1684, m1657 Hannah Close (bc1632, d1696, she m2 John Bowers). Greenwich. D. Caleb - b1637, dc1674, mc1660 Hannah Smith (d1685?, d/o Henry, she m2 167- Thomas Lawrence. 1. Caleb - b1661, d bef 1717, m1694 Hannah Clements (d/o William), of Norwalk and Goshen, CT. a. Caleb - b1695, d1761. b. William - b1697, d1770. c. Sarah - b1700. d. Abigail - b1702. e. Joshua - b1704. f. Joseph - b1706. g. Hannah - b1710. h. Jonathan - b1713. i. Benjamin - b1717. j. Reuben - b1717. 2. Capt John - b1664, d1749, m1 1692 Hannah Ferris (b1666, d1724, d/o Peter), m2 1727 Mrs Martha Weed. a. Lt Samuel - b1695, d1751, m1 1720 Martha Slason (b1699, d1747, d/o John Jr), m2 1749 Mrs Marcy Bouton. b. Lt John - b1697, d1763, m1 1723 Deborah Cross (b1702, d/o Nathaniel), m2 1736 Abigail Hoyt (d/o Samuel). c. Hannah - b1699, d1724, m1 1716 Isaac Quintard, m2 Jessup. d. Peter - b1701. e. Charles - b1703, d1773. f. Deborah - b1705. g. Moses - b1709, d1787. 3. Moses - b1666, d1753, m1688 Elizabeth Crissy (d/o William). Reading, CT. a. Elizabeth - b1690. 4. Samuel - b1668, d1739, mc1696 Hannah Bushnell. Greenwich and Danbury, CT. 5. Sarah - b1670, m1691 Ebenezer Mead. 6. Hannah - b1672. E. Sarah - b1639, d1681, m1 John Disbrow, m2 1657 Peter Disbrow. F. Ruth - b1641, m1 1657 Joseph Ferris, m2 1708 John Clapp. G. Hannah - b1643, d1674, m1673 Zarubbabel Hoyt. H. Moses - b1646, d aft 1713, m1669 Abigail Westcott (bc 1642, d aft 1713, d/o Richard). 1. Lydia - bc1670, d1710, m1685 Thomas Penoyer. 2. Abigail - b1672, d1706, m1692 John Crissy. 3. Sarah - b1674, d1717, m Samuel Husted. 4. Hannah - bc1676, m1 1696 Nathaniel Cross, m2 1715 Samuel Palmer. I. Lydia - b1648, d1716, in Richard Mills. J. Josiah? -. References: Alfred Averill Knapp, The Nicolas Knapp Genealogy." 3. The book: "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before 1692" by James Savage, published by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981, Baltimore, vol.3, p.33: "Joshua, Greenwich 1670, son of Nicholas, m. 9 Jun 1657, at Stamford, Hannah Close, had good estate by inventory of 1685, though he died 27 Oct. 1684, leaving children Hannah, aged 25; Joshua, 22; Joseph, 20; Ruth, 18; Timothy, 16; Benjamin, 10; Caleb, 7; Jonathan, 5. His widow married John Bowers." 4. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), page 173-175: "Joshua - b1634, d1684, m1657 Hannah Close (bc1632, d1696, she m2 John Bowers). Greenwich." 5. "Nicholas Knapp Genealogy," compiled by Alfred Averill Knapp, M.D. "This Genealogy of the Descendants of Nicholas Knapp, first found mentioned at Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630, is the result of the work and research of many individuals. The four principal collectors of data were Charles Ruggles Knapp, Henry Eno Knapp, Ezra Fred Knapp and the author, Alfred Averill Knapp, but they were assisted through correspondence by a large number of individuals who furnished much valuable family and local information..." Second Generation: "B-3. JOSHUA Knapp, son of A-1. Nicholas and Elinor ( ) Knapp. B. Nov. 1-1634 or 1-5-1635, Watertown, Mass. D. 10-27-1684, Stamford, Conn. M. 6-9-1657, Hannah Close, dau. of Goodman or Joseph and Elizabeth ( ) Close. Hannah was b. in 1632. d. 1696. She m. 2nd John Bowers. Others say her estate was settled in 1695 and that she d. 10-6-1694. C-2. Hanna, b. 3-26-1660, Stamford, Conn. d. 3-29-1721, Greenwich, Conn. m Daniel Smith in 1679. He b. 1648. d. 3-3-1740, Greenwich, son of Henry Smith, bro. of Hannah, wife of Caleb Knapp. They had a son Ezra, b. 11-24-1705. m. 1st Mary Weed. 2nd Mary Bellamy. Hannah was 25 at the death of her father. Possibly she had 13 children. C-3. Joshua, b. 1662/3. d. before 1750. m. Elizabeth Reynolds and Abigail Butler. C-4. Joseph, b. 1664, Greenwich, Conn. d. 1716 or 1723. m. Widow Mary (Lockwood) Husted, dau. of Robert and Susannah ( ) Lockwood and widow of Jonathan Husted, or Elizabeth Reynolds who d. before him. No record of children by either. He was the Representative from Greenwich in the Conn. Assembly in Oct. 1706, Apr. 1707, Oct. 1708, May 1709 and Aug. 1710. In 1688 he was among the legal voters of Greenwich. In 1694 he bought the homestead of Moses Knapp. He deeded land 3-12-1703 to his bro. Caleb. He was on the Town Tax List of Greenwich in 1694/5 for 73 pounds. In 1706 he was appointed guardian of David Reynolds, of Greenwich. He was appraiser and administrator of the estate of John Reynolds, 12-12-1701. C-5. Ruth, b. 1666, Greenwich. d. after 4-6-1736. m. before 1694, John Reynolds or Renold. No children. He was b. 1662. d. Mch. 1736, at Greenwich, son of Jonathan Reynolds. Perhaps she m. 2nd 7-10-1735, Ebenezer Mead. On 12-10-1726, Benjamin Reynolds agreed to keep John Reynolds and wife Ruth, sister of Joshua Knapp as long as they lived. However, Benjamin d. the next year, 1727, while Deacon John Reynolds, his uncle, lived nine years longer. John Reynolds made his will 9-22-1732. Probated Stamford, 1736. All to Ruth. C-6. Timothy, b. 1668/9. d. 1737 (or 1733). m. Elizabeth Seymour and Martha Weeks. C-7. Benjamin, b. 1673/4. d. 1716/9. m. Elizabeth Butler, 1700. C-8. Caleb, b. June 1677. d. 1750. m. 4-1-1697, Sarah Rundell. C-9. Jonathan, b. 1679, Greenwich. Probably d. young. Jonathan, C-9 and Jonathan, D-9 are confused in the records. C-9 Jonathan may have d. young or may have m. Susannah , lived in Greenwich and had children Ebenezer and Isaac. He was mentioned in the will of Timothy Knapp of Greenwich, 10-15-1732 as "Cousin Jonathan of Greenwich" so he was living then. B-3. Joshua Knapp moved to Stamford, Conn., with his father in 1646, m. there and lived there for some time. In 1663 he moved to Greenwich, Conn. where he was admitted Freeman in 1669, making his home there until his death in 1684. He was one of two persons who made the bargain with the Indians when Bedford Parish was bought from them. The agreement between the Indians and Stamford Colony was witnessed by Joshua Knapp and David Waterbury and signed by seven Indian Chiefs dated 12-23-1680. He bought land in Rye in 1681. His inventory is dated 10-27-1684 and is spoken of as a good estate. He mentions the children named above, except Jonathan, saying that the sons shall receive their share at the age of 21 and the daus. at the age of 18. The will is signed by the widow Knapp, John Bowers and Moses Knapp, all of Stamford, Conn., and also by John Reynolds. Joshua was made Proprietor at Greenwich 2-5-1664. He gave a deed in Stamford 1-14-1657. He was probably a weaver by trade as his father willed him "the other half of the gears" to his loom. Inventory of his estate in 1684 places its value at 54 pounds. He was one of the Committee of Sixteen to confer about the dividing line between Greenwich and Rye. John Bowers was made Proprietor at Greenwich 2-5-1664, was called 43 years old in 1681 and d. in 1694. No children." 6. "Abstracts of Stamford Probate records," compiled by Spencer P. Mead: "Knapp, Nicholas, late of Stamford, will dated Feb. 15, 1670, probated Oct. 31, 1670, mentioned his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, and Ruth; Sarah Buxton and Unice Buxton are called daughters-in-law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton. Executor son Joshua. Witnesses John Weed and Eleazer Slawson, page 56. Inventory taken Feb. 27, 1670, by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed Oct. 31, 1670, page 56. F1-19." 7. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991: "Joshua Knapp, our second generation ancestor, moved to Stamford, Connecticut with his father, Nicholas, in 1646. He married in Stamford and lived there for sometime. In 1663, he moved to Greenwich, Connecticut where he was admitted Freeman in 1669, making his home there until his death in 1684. He and his father-in-law, John Close, were among the first 27 landowners in Horseneck Borough of Greenwich, and was styled the "27 Proprietors of 1672." The original Indian deed for the Horseneck Plantation is still in existence and is dated 1 Feb 1686, but this deed was not recorded until sometime in 1701, and is found in the Greenwich Record today. The deed was witnessed by JOSHUA Knapp, David Waterbury, and John Close; signed by seven Indian Chiefs as follows: (Then known as Bedford Parish) Rumppanus- (mark) Pakohchero- (mark) Kowaconussa- (mark) Kauko- (mark) Querrecqui- (mark) Peattun- (mark) Testified to by: Wesskum- (mark) - Chief Sachem Of this transaction, originally agreed to by all, 27 Apr 1675, Joshua and others divided up the purchased tract among themselves, their children and others selected. He bought land in Rye, Connecticut (now New York) in 1681. In 1665, he is found as an original Patentee. 30 Dec 1670 he was granted part of the uppermost meadows, lying south of the Westchester Path. There are many land deed transactions to be found on our ancestor, still extant, in the Greenwich/Stamford Records. The will of Joshua and his inventory of estate bear the same date (27 Oct 1684), dying the same day, and is spoken of as a good estate. He mentions his children, except Jonathan, who died young, saying that the sons, shall receive their share at age 21 and the daughters at age 18. The will is signed by his widow, Hannah, John Bowers, and Moses Knapp, all of Stamford, Connecticut, also by John Reynolds. We find that Joshua was made a Proprietor at Greenwich on 5 Feb 1664 and a deed of property, dated 14 Jan 1657. We can reasonable assume that he was a "Weaver" by occupation, as his father, Nicholas, willed him "the other halfe of the geers" to his loom. The value of his estate in 1684 was 54 pounds. Records also indicate that he was one of the Committee appointed to confer about the dividing line between Greenwich and Rye, Connecticut (now in New York), this Committee later being named the Committee of Sixteen. After his death, Hannah (Close) Knapp, the widow, married John Bowers of Greenwich, b. 1638- d. 1694. No children of the marriage. " 8. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 52: "Page 66 [1:54]" shows a land transaction between Edmund Lockwood and the widow Ann Acerly dated 14 Oct 1657 which was witnessed by "Joshuah Knapp." 9. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 180; author's notes in ( ): "Page 182 [1:138] ([Death]) Hannah Smith, wife of Daniel Smith, Sr.* dyed, March the 29th day, 1721. *According to Mead ("Historie of Greenwich," 595), Hannah3 (Knapp) Smith was the daughter of Joshua2 (Nicholas1) and Hannah (Close) Knapp. She was born on 26 March 1660 (STR 1:98)." 10. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, pp. 1135-37 (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995. Note that the entry was later edited and republished in 2014 by the same author; see "The Winthrop Fleet; Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England 1629-1630" (NEHGS; Boston, 2014). The version below is the most current version: "NICHOLAS KNAPP ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1630 (based on appearance at court on 1 March 1630/1 [MBCR 1:83]) FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown. REMOVES: Stamford 1646. EDUCATON: Signed by mark as a witness to the will of Nicholas Thele [Stamford TR 1:62-63]. Signed his will by mark. His inventory included "books" valued at 6s. 6d. and an "old Bible," value not stated [Fairfield PR 2:56]. OFFICES: His inventory included "1 gun & hanger" valued at 14s. [Fairfield PR 2:56]. ESTATE: On 25 July 1636, "Nicholas Knap" was granted a Great Dividend of thirty acres in Watertown [WaBOP 4 ["Lands, Grants, Divisions, Allotments, Possessions, and Proprietor's Book" in "Watertown Records Comprising the 1st and 2nd Books of Town Proceedings")]. On 28 February 1636/7, "Nicholas Knap" was granted six acres in Beaverbrook Plowlands [WaBOP 6]. On 26 Jun 1637, Nicholas Knap was granted seven acres in Remote Meadows [WaBOP 9]. On 10 May 1642, "Nicholas Knap" was granted a Farm of one hundred seventeen acres [WaBOP 12]. In the Watertown Inventory of Grants, "Nicholas Knap" held seven parcels of land: "an homestall of sixteen acres"; "two acres in Pine Marsh"; "one acre of meadow"; "thirty acres of upland ... being a Great Dividend in the second division & the seventeen lot": "six acres of plowland ... in the Hither Plain"; "seven acres in Remote Meadows ... & the thirty-nine lot"; and "thjirteen acres of upland ... beyond the Farther Plain & the fifty-nine lot" [WaBOP 86]. In the Watertown Composite Inventory, "Nicholas Knap" held eight parcels of land: "an homestall of sixteen acres"; "two acres in Pine marsh"; "one acre in Pond Meadow"; "thirty acres of upland being a Great Dividend in the 2 division & the 17 lot"; "six acres of plowland in the Hither Plain & the 35 lot"; "seven acres of meadow in the Remote Meadows & the 39 lot"; "thirteen acres of upland beyond the Further Plain & the 59 lot"; and "A Farm of one hundred & seventeen acres of upland" [WaBOP 29]. On the 29 September 1645, "Nicholas Knap of Watertowne" sold to "Edward Garfield of the same town one acre of meadow lying in the same town" [SLR 1:71]. On 6 May 1646, "Nicholas Knapp of Watertowne" sold to "Bryan Pendletown ... all his land in Watertowne granted by the town as by the transcript may appear with all the housing thereupon (only one acre in Pond Meadow formerly being sold excepted) with all the privileges thereunto belonging" [SLR 1:71]. On 26 September 1651, "Elyas Bayly" sold to Nickles Knape ... his house and homelot, bought of Jo[hn] Coe ..., the said land containing an acre & half" [Stamford TR 1:51]. (This is the only direct reference to land at Stamford held by Nicholas Knapp. There are, however, many references to him as an abutter to the land of other Stamford inhabitants [Stamford TR 1:26, 27, 29, 31-37, 41, 46].) In his will, dated 15 Apr 1670 and proved on an unknown date, "Nicholas Knap of Standford" bequeathed to "my son Moses Knap my house and land in Standford with all the meadows and upland belonging unto me," with same moveables; to "my son Timothy the monies remaining due to me upon the bill for the house of John Bats lives in"; to "my son Calep the loom and half the gears and the other half of the gears I give to my son Josuah"; to "my daughter Sarah Disbrowe the money due to me from her husband, about 37s. concerning the horse"; to "my daughter Hanna one mare"; to my daughter Lidea the mare that was Mr. Bishop's with the increase she hath"; to "my daughter Ruth twenty shillings"; to "my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah & Uneca Buxton all their mother's clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new petticoat which my will is they have onward of their portions"; to "Uneca Buxton the new Bible as a free gift"; the portions due to my two daughters-in-law, viz: Sarah Buxton & Uneca Buxton out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton, I say that their part and portions be currently paid according to their proportion of that inventory"; "my son Josuah Knap [to be] sole executor" [Fairfield PR 2:55]. The inventory of the estate of "Nicolas Knap deceased," taken 27 April 1670, totalled ₤166 13s. 11-1/2d., of which ₤50 was real estate: "house and lands," ₤50 [Fairfield PR 2:56]. BIRTH: By about 1606 (based on estimated date of marriage). DEATH: Stamford between 15 April 1670 (date of will) and 27 April 1670 (date of inventory). MARRIAGE: (1) By 1631 Elinor ____. She died at Stamford 16 August 1658 [Stamford TR 1:24]. (2) Stamford 9 March 1659 Unica (____) (Buxton) Brown [Stamford TR 1:77]. She was the widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown [Gillespie Anc 61-63], and had apparently died by 15 April 1670, as she is not mentioned in Nicholas Knapp's will. CHILDREN: With first wife i. JONATHAN KNAPP, b. Watertown early November 1631 (calc.); bur. Watertown 27 December 1631 "aged 7 weeks" [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]. ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. Watertown 14 December 1632 [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. by about 1658 Bethia ___ (possibly Bethia Brundish [GM 2:1:447-48]). iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1634[/5] [WaVR 1:3; NEHGR 6:380]; m. Stamford 9 June 1657 Hannah Close ("The American Genealogist" 10:45). iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. Watertown 20 January 1636[/7] [WaVR 1:4; NEHGR 7:159]; m. by 1661 Hannah Smith (eldest child b. Stamford 24 November 1661 ["The American Genealogist" 10:174); in his will of 4 July 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp [FOOF 1:575]). v. SARAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 5 January 1638[/9] [WaVR 1:5; NEHGR 7:160]; m. Stamford 6 April 1657 Peter Disborough ["The American Genealogist" 10:112]. vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 January 1640[/1] [WaVR 1:8; NEHGR 7:162]; m. Stamford 20 November 1657 Joseph Ferris ["The American Genealogist" 10:112], son of JEFFREY FERRIS {1634, Watertown} [GM 2:2:517-21] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. Watertown 6 March 1643[/4?] [WaVR 1:11; NEHGR 7:283]; named in father's will, 15 April 1670; no further record. viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645; m. by 1669 Abigail Westcott (on 4 January 1669[/70], Moses Knapp receipted, in the right of his wife, for his share of the estate of Richard Westcott [FOOF1:660]). ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647; m. Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/7 Isaac Hall [FOOF 1:250]. ASSOCIATIONS: See WILLIAM KNOPP {1630, Watertown} for a discussion of suggestions of a relationship between William and Nicholas. [Note: In the "Great Migration Newsletter," v. 4, p. 31, 1993, Mr. Anderson reviews Clifford Stott's article in NEHGR 147:313-28 concerning William Knapp/Knopp and states: "Stott found nothing to support the oft-stated claim of close kinship between William Knopp and Nicholas Knapp of Watertown."] COMMENTS: On 1 March 1630/1, "Nich[olas] Knopp is fined £5 for taking upon him to cure the scurvy by a water of no worth nor value, which he sold at a very dear rate, to be imprisoned till he pay his fine, or give security for it, or else to be whipped, & shall be liable to any man's action of whom he hath received money for the said water" [MBCR 1:83]; at the same court, "Mr. Will[ia]m Pelham & Mr. Edmond Lockewood hath promised to pay to the court the sum of ₤5, for Nich[olas] Knopp, before the last court of May next" [MBCR 1:83]. On 7 August 1632, "£3 of Knop's fine of £5 remitted" [MBCR 1:99]. At the general amnesty of 6 September 1638, it was noted that part of this fine "was paid, & the rest was remitted" [MBCR 1:243]. In the Beaverbrook Plowlands Nicholas Knapp received six acres, and in the Remote Meadows seven acres. Since these lands were granted in part on household size, this would suggest a birth in the interval between the two grants; the birth of Caleb fell exactly one month before the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, and it may be that this was not taken into account for the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, but was for the Remote Meadows grant. At the date of the Remote Meadows grant of seven acres, the Nicholas Knapp family was known to have five members: Nicholas, wife Elinor, and sons Timothy, Joshua and Caleb. This permits the possibility that there were one or two more persons in the household, not necessarily children; but the difference might also be explained if Nicholas had sufficient wealth in cattle, the other criterion for the size of these grants." 11. The book "Ye Historie of ye Town of Greenwich with Genealogical Notes …," by Spencer P. Mead with the assistance of Arthur S. Kimball (Camden, Maine; Picton Press), pp. 517-18: "GOODMAN1 CLOSE, b. about 1600, in County York, England, m. Elizabeth ___, b. about 1606, in England, came to America about 1642, and finally settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, where Goodman Close died in 1653. His widow afterwards married George Stuckey, and died in Stamford, Connecticut, Sept. 4, 1656. Her children by her first husband were: -Hannah2, b. about 1632, m. June 9, 1657, Joshua Knapp, and after his death she married John Bowers. -Joseph, b. about 1634, d. without issue before 166o. -Thomas, b. about 1637, m. Sarah, daughter of Richard and Ann (Husted) Hardy, in 1669, he d. in Greenwich, in 1709. Mary, b. about 1640, living April 15, 1725, m. June 25, 1668, Samuel Holly." 12. The book "History of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868…," by Rev. E. B. Huntington (A Corrected Reprint of the 1868 Edition, 1979), p. 56: "Knapp, Caleb, son probably of the above [Nicholas Knapp], had a son, Caleb, born in 1661. His will, bearing date, 10, 3, 1674, names his children: Caleb, John, Moses, Samuel, Sarah, and Hannah. Knapp, Joshua, son of Nicholas, was married here in 1657 to Hannah Close. He had one child recorded here -- Hannah, born March 26, 1660. He lived later in Greenwich, having had then seven children, Joshua, Joseph, Ruth, Timothy, Benjamin, Caleb, and Jonathan. His inventory bears date Oct. 27, 1684." 13. The book "History of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1868…," by Rev. E. B. Huntington (A Corrected Reprint of the 1868 Edition, 1979), pp. 55-56: "KNAPP, NICHOLAS, had land here in 1649, as appears from the land records. His wife, Eleanor, died August 16, 1658. Savage thinks he may have come in the fleet with Winthrop and Saltonstall in 1630., His children were Jonathan, born Dee. 27, 1631; Timothy, Dec. 14, 1632; Joshua, Jan. 5, 1635; Caleb Jan. 20, 1637. Sarah, Jan. 5, 1639; Ruth, Jan. 6, 16A1; and Hannah, March 6, 1643. After coming to Stamford he had probably Moses and Lydia. After the death of his wife, Eleanor, he married, March 9, 1659, Unity, widow of Peter Brown, who had also been the widow of Clement Buxton. He died in April 1670, and his will, now in the probate records of Fairfield, dated the 15th of that month, names the children in the following order: Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, Ruth, and Sarah and Unica Buxton, daughters of Clement." 14. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 50, no. 4 (May 2008), " Ancestry of William Weed of Stamford and Darien, Connecticut (Continued), by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., CG, FASG, pp. 146-48: "NICHOLAS1 KNAPP was in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1 March 1630/31, when he was fined for selling some "water of noe worth nor value" as a cure for scurvy.[1] Since this was wintertime when no ships made the Atlantic voyage, it is likely that he had arrived well before this time, perhaps during the summer of 1630.[2] Anderson estimates that he was born by about 1606, based on the estimated date of his marriage.[3] He died at Stamford between 15 and 27 April 1669/70, the dates of his will and his inventory.[4] The family name was generally spelled Knap until about 1800, but the current spelling of Knapp will be used herein, except when in a direct quotation. His first wife and mother of his children, who died in Stamford on the 16th day, 6th month (16 August) 1658, was named ELEANOR ___.[5] He married (2) at Stamford on 9 March 1658/59 UNICA (___) (BUXTON) BROWN, widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown.[6] Since she was not mentioned in his will, she is presumed to have died before 1670. The standard "Knapp Genealogy" is full of error and must be used with caution.[7] It does, however, contain some interesting historical and biographical information, including a list of the lands of Nicholas Knapp in Watertown, and a complete transcription of his will.[8] He appears to have left Watertown about May 1646, since he sold all the land he had received from the town there to Bryan Pendleton on the 6th day 3rd month 1646, and another acre of meadow (purchased separately in 1645) to Edward Garfield on the same date.[9] According to one Stamford historian, he was briefly in Rye, New York, and nearby Greenwich, before arriving in Stamford about 1649.[10] For some unknown reason, the Stamford Town Records do not contain a complete listing of the lands of Nicholas Knapp as they do for many other early residents. He is, however, mentioned regularly as an adjoining landholder in many of the other residents' summaries. The Town Records do contain an interesting purchase on 26 September 1651 by "Nickels Knape" of Elias Bailey's house and home lot of 1 -1/2 acre, purchased earlier by Bailey from John Coe, and adjacent to land already in Knapp's possession.[11] Both Bailey and Coe left Stamford for Long Island, along with many other Stamford people. Nicholas Knapp and his stepson Clement2 Buxton, son of his second wife Eunice, "the [a]foresayd Nicholas Knap haveing by and wth the mariage of ye Widdow Buxston administred upon ye estate of Clement Buxton, deceased" made an agreement on 8 March 1666/67 and recorded 31 January 1667/68, the young man having reached his majority, that he (Buxton) would receive title to his father's house and property in return for granting Knapp and his wife the life use of the house and 1/2 of the barn and home lot.[12] On the following day (9 March 1666/67) Nicholas Knapp added an additional detail to the agreement in which he gave "unto Clement Buxton a beding in ye house wch I now am resedent in and what conveniancy I can conveniantly acommodate him wth all for stoedge [storage] of what necisary things he have to put in so that it may be understood I grant him this priveledge as long as I shall live in the house. This my agreement made 9th March [16]66.[13] Then, within a year on 19 October 1668, Nicholas Knap purchased the house and 1-1/2 acre homelot of Daniel Simpkins of Stamford for the price of "two oxen and on[e] cow in hand resived & for full satisfaction."[14] This homelot was between the homelots of Richard Scofield on the south and Thomas Lawrence on the north and bounded by the highway on the east and the mill lot on the west. His will was dated at Stamford on 15 April (2nd Month) 1670, probated 21 October 1670, and named his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrowe, Hanna, Lidea, and Ruth. Sarah Buxton and Eunice Buxton are called daughters in law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton.[15] His son Joshua Knapp was named executor and the will was witnessed by John Weed and Eleazer Slason. The inventory was taken 27 April 1669/70 by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed 31 October 1670. [16] Children of Nicholas and Eleanor (___) Knapp, first seven born and recorded at Watertown[17] and last two born probably at Stamford: i. JONATHAN2 KNAPP, b. Nov 1631, bur. Watertown 27 Dec 1631 "aged 7 weeks." ii. TIMOTHY KNAPP, b. 14 Dec 1632, m. BETHIA ___, said to have been the daughter of John Brundish or Brundage.[19] He moved to the town of Rye, (then in Connecticut but now in New York) about 1667 when he purchased a house and homelot there. He was active in community affairs and was constable of Rye in 1681 and 1682. He apparently moved to Greenwich by 1697.[20] iii. JOSHUA KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1634/35, m. at Stamford 9 Jun 1657 HANNAH CLOSE.[21] iv. CALEB KNAPP, b. 20 Jan 1636/37, m. HANNAH SMITH. v. SARAH KNAPP, b. 5 Jan 1638/39, m. at Stamford 6 Apr 1657 PETER DISBOROUGH / DISBROW.[22] vi. RUTH KNAPP, b. 6 Jan 1640/41, m. (1) at Stamford 20 Nov 1657 JOSEPH FERRIS,[23] and (2) 19 Jan 1707/08 JOHN CLAPP.[24] vii. HANNAH KNAPP, b. 6 Mar 1642/43,[25] living at the time of her father's will in 1670.[26] viii. MOSES KNAPP, b. say 1645, perhaps at Stamford, m. by 1669 ABIGAIL WESTCOTT. ix. LYDIA KNAPP, b. say 1647, probably at Stamford, m. at Fairfield 16 Jan 1666/67 ISAAC HALL.[27] Footnotes: 1. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686," 5 volumes in 6 (Boston: the Press of William White, 1853-1854), 1: 83, 99, 243. This fine was partially paid and partially forgiven, and it may be that the cure was somewhat successful after all. 2. Although there is no specific record of the fact, he may very well have come with the Winthrop fleet that arrived in Massachusetts Bay in June and July of 1630 (Charles Edward Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630" (1930, repr: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), 78. 3. Robert C. Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 3 volumes (Boston: The New.England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2: 1136. 4. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136. 5. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26, Connecticut Ancestry Society microfilm #1. Her name is spelled "Eliner" in the record, which was written two different times on the same page. She was called Eleanor "Disbrow" by Capt. James S. Ferris in his, "A Ferris Genealogy" (Coronado, CA: the author, 1980), vol. 2, ID No. 12. She has also been called Eleanor "Lockwood" by several authors but this is very unlikely (see Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood [1594-16351 of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood [ca. 1625-1693] of Stamford Connecticut" [New York: Philip V. Lockwood, 1978], 82.) Other surnames have also been proposed but all of these identities for her are considered speculative at this time. 6. The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136, citing Paul W. Prindle's analysis in his Gillespie Genealogy. 7. Alfred Averill Knapp, Nicholas Knapp Genealogy (Winter Park, FL: the author, 1953). 8. Knapp Genealogy (note 7), 2. 9. Suffolk Deeds Liber I (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1880), 1: 71. 10. Jeanne Majdalany, "The Early Settlement of Stamford Connecticut 1641-1700" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), 173. 11. Stamford Town Records, 1: 53, transcription copy, 65. 12. Stamford Land Records, A: 18-9. 13. Stamford Land Records, A: 19. 14. Stamford Land Records, A: 143. 15. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 55. The month was given as 2nd month on both the will and the inventory, which was April old style. Mead and others have incorrectly called it February. 16. Fairfield Probate Records, 2: 56. 17. Henry Bond, "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston ..." (Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 327. 18. All data are as given in The Great Migration Begins (note 3), 2: 1136-7 except where noted. Lists of spouses given in the Knapp Genealogy (note 7) and other secondary sources are similar, but have additional marriages for many of the children that have not yet been verified. This list follows Anderson who discounted many of these additional marriages for lack of proof. Also note his discussion and rejection of the claims that William Knopp of Watertown was a close relative of Nicholas Knapp. 19. Although Bethia's identity is given as fact by Norman Davis in his "Westchester Patriarchs" (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988), 36-7, 140, it is not confirmed by Anderson, or by Donald L. Jacobus in his, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 2 volumes in 3 (Fairfield: Eunice Dennie Bun Chapter, DAR, 1930-1932), 1: 108. 20. All from Charles W. Baird, "Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye Westchester County, New York 1660-1870" (Camden, ME: Picton Press [reprint], 1994), 416. 21. Stamford Town Records, 1: 20, transcription copy, 26. 22. Stamford Town Records 1: 19, 74, transcription copy, 74, 87. Some authors have claimed that she had an additional first marriage to John Disbrow, but this is unlikely since she was called Sarah Knapp in 1657. 23. Stamford Town Records, 1: 74, transcription copy, 87. 24. Stamford Town Records, 1: 128, transcription copy, 164. See also Ferris Genealogy (note 5), vol. 2, ID no. 12. 25. Mr. Bond gave the year as "1643-4" in his Watertown Genealogies (note 17) but Anderson gives it as 1642/43 based on the original (The Great Migration Begins [note 3], 2: 1137.) 26. Early Settlement (note 10), 174, lists a marriage for her to Zerubbabbel Hoyt in 1673, but there is no such marriage in the generally reliable David W. Hoyt, "A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families with Some Account of the Earlier Hyatt Families..." (Providence and Boston: the author, 1871, repr. Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1984), 311-2. 27. Old Fairfield (note 19), 1: 250. It is sometimes claimed that she married Richard Mills but Jacobus explained that this Mills marriage instead belonged to Lydia the daughter of Roger Knapp of New Haven and Fairfield (Old Fairfield [note 19], 1: 365, 411.)" 15. The book "Stamford Town Records, Volume 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, (Boston: NEHGS, 2011), pp. 84-86: "Page 94 [1:80] The last will & testament of Georg Stuckey conserning his worldly estate, made the 23d Agust Anno 1660. 1. He commends his soule into the armes of Mercy of Jesus Christ, hoe gave it & his body in the Lords time appointed to the earth. Item, I give & bequeath unto my daughter in law Mary Close a mare & a mare colt & a heiffer of two yeer old those to be put out by the overseers of this my will for the best advantage for the use of the said Mary till shee comes of law-full age & this I doe because shee hath bin obediant to her mother's will, also one iron pot & two brase cittles, tht sometime hath bin her father's, I give to the fore-said Mary after the decease of my wife Ann. It. I make my wife Ann & my daughter Elizabeth my sole executors, the rest of my estate {after my just debts being paid} to be divided in too equall pts between my wife & my daughter Elizabeth & this respect Page 95 [1:80] I have to my wife, because shee should be carefull to the bringing up of my child Elizabeth & this I will tht my daughter Elizabeth's p[ar]t or portion be put out by the overseers to the best advantage till shee corn of lawful age or to marriage. Furthermore, my will is, as conserning wt is given above to Mary Close, that if Thomas Close & his sister Hanna recover anything of the estate by tht chalinge or claim, they have formerly made & molested me with, then I do hereby revoke & recall w is above given to Mary Close into the executers hands as theires; for as conserning w` they claime about a mare as given by me to my former wife, I doe here in the presence of God protest tht there never was any such thing realy acted that shee shold have to dispose of from me. Lastly, I doe hereby earnestly desire, authoratize & betrust my wel beloved neighbours & freinds, Frances Bell, Robert Battes, Richard Mills, & Georg Slason to be overseers of this my will & take due care of my wife & child & of the estate, respectively to this my will desiring that if these overseers see cause to take my child Elizabeth & to place her elswhere in some godly family & if Mary Close like not to live with her mother in law tht then I will & dispose of her to Master Bishop to be at this disposing till shee be of lawfull age. ([transcri])bed George Stukey Daniell Scofield "D" his mark John Holly transcrib'd out of the original whoe atested upon oath the 25 12mo. 60[/1], this to be the will of George Stokey, before Richard Law Officer in Stamford [Footnote: Since the will was dated 23 Aug. 1660, this date must be the following February, i.e., 25 Feb. 1660/1.] Page 96 [1:81] Entre concering Mt Bishop & Mary Close respecting severall other p.sons, Whereas a deed of gift, viz. of a mare given long since by George Stuckey to his former wife & by her disposed of to her sone Joseph & Hanna Close, was lately claimed by Joshua Knap to be made good by the said Georg Stuckey unto the said Joseph & Hanna for the clearing & isuing of wch claime a sute at law was intended, but not prosecuted by the said Joshua because it was inded betwene thm by composition, viz. by the said Joshua's acceptance of a mare wth foale, wt upon he gave an aquitanc & full discharge for himselfe, tht is his wives share in the deed aforesaid & as for the other pt. belonging to Joseph Close, the said Joseph dieing, bequeathed by will wt belonged to him {wth the approbation of George Stuckey his gardian}to his sister, Mary Close wr by wt was Joseph's right before is now become Mary's & now for a final isue likewise {as hath bin made on Joshua's pt. so for Mary}, wth the executors & administrators of George Stuckey & to his estate, the said Georg Stokey, having bequeathed by his will, a considerable legacy unto Mary, upon condition tht nothing were recovered in another way upon accot of the claimed mare by virtue of a deed of gift, I say, in consideration of such a will upon our acceptance, and the executor's performance of the same, the said Mary Close {with the approbation of her present gardian Mr John Bishop, doth reliquish wholly all interest & claime, as touching ther deed of gift aforesaid, and by this writing, both shee & her guardian wth & for her do fully & forever discharge the executors & estate of George Stuckey from tht deed of gift fr([om]) all claime thereunto & molestation thereabouts, by the said Mary Close or any els in her behalf excepting only wt estate may be found hers, either by her own fathers will or brother, Joseph giving her wt his father by will gave unto him & wt his father in ( ) George Stuckey hath given by his Page 97 [1:81] will & is pticulerly expr([essed]) therein. And wt is not expressed there, but only to his ([wife]) & shee hath owned or can owne to be her husband's will ([and]) intent that it should be added to the other estate. To th( ) We have set to our hands John Bishopp Mary M Close her marke transcrib'd Stamford 10mo 6 1660 [6 Dec. 1660] The officer's hands transcribed Richard Law & Frances Bell Wittnes Robert Bates his mark "R" transcribed The said Mr John Bishopp being desired by George Stuckey & his ([wife]) & chosen by Mary Close herself, to be her guardian, he is ap([pointed]) so to be by the authority of this place as this act of his ( ) this aquitance for & with the consent of the said Mary as( ) the good of the maide & for the finall isuing of matter ( ) differences that els might remaine amonst relation() ) is fully approved by them, Also Richard Mills, one of the overseers of the will approves the act above, testified by his hand transcrib, Richar[d] Mills Page 97 [1:82] P. Widdow Stuckey, entre the 20 1mo 62/63. [20 March 1662/3] Received of Frances Browne {Agent for the widow Stuckey} in behalf of Mary Close & for her use a mare & mare colt given by will as a legacy bequeathed to her by George Stuckey her father in law as also an horse colt comming too yeere old wch is in lieu of an heifer of two yeers old given her by the said George Stuckey as his will aforesaid specified, I say received as above mentioned by me Transcrib'd John Bishopp This mare & colt being received before the horse colt was delievered & recd this 11mo 22 1662[/3]. [22 Jan. 1662/3, since this record was entered in March 1662/3.]" BIRTH: 1. "b. Watertown 5 Jan 1634/5 ("Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages - First Book and Supplement" Section 3 in "Watertown Records Comprising the 1st and 2nd Books of Town Proceedings [Watertown 1894])" per the book cited below. 2. Internet site "The Knapp Family" and other Knapp publications note 1 Nov 1634 without documentation. MARRIAGE: 1. "m. Stamford 9 Jun 1657 Hannah Close (The American Genealogist 10:45)" per the book cited below. 2. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 24; author's notes in ( ): "Page 26 [1:20] ([Jos])hua Knap & Hanna Close maried the 9 June Anno 1657." DEATH: 1. Not found in the book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011). SOURCES_MISC: 1. See biography notes for father for quote from the book: "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," 1995, Robert Charles Anderson, ISBN 0-88082-043-8, published by New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116. 2. From "The Knapp Family" at website: "http://members.tripod.com/~Silvie/Knapp.html" 3. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. The author has prepared a family group sheet on which he notes the following miscellaneous sources: -NK Gen (1953). -NK Gen Suppl (1956). -Hist. of Stamford, by Huntington. -Hist. of Greenwich, by Mead. -Fairfield Probate Rec., v. 1665-1675, p. 55. -Stamford Registration. -Stamford Colony Rec. -Rye, NY (CT) Land Rec. 1681. -Greenwich Vital Rec. -Inventory of Estate dtd. 27 Oct 1684. -Proprietor Rec., 5. Feb 1664. -Fam. of Old Fairfield, by Jacobus. | Knapp, Joshua (I1452)
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| 4873 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The key to connecting Hannah Kitney to probable parents John Kitney and Mary Buman is from a DNA match in Ancestry.com. A test for Beth (Campbell) White of Canberra, Australia, shows a DNA match to me of the Hales line in the 2nd to 6th cousin relationship with a "high confidence" rating. Comparing our trees, the only surname that matches is Kitney. Her tree shows a fifth generation match to Charles Kitney of Detling, Kent, who married Ann Bennett 10 Apr 1825 in Detling. Beth relates through her mother Florence Sarah Binskin, Florence's father "Private", his mother Sarah Palmer Kitney (wife of William Binskin, m. 28 Nov 1852 at Malling, Kent), daughter of Charles and Ann. Beth's tree ends here, but Family Search extends the family further back. In Family Search we learn that Charles Kitney was chr. 29 Jun 1806 in De[b]tling to parents James Kidney Elizabeth Down (married 19 Oct 1789 in Detling). James was chr. 16 Oct 1763 to John and Hannah Kidney, which parents had several other children born in the same parish. Our Kitneys begin with Hannah Kitney who married Henry Hales 11 Apr 1797 in Newington [next Sittingbourn]. Henry was christened in Stockbury 13 Dec 1772 and was then 24 years old when he married. Hannah, if no younger than 19 at the time of marriage and no older than Henry, would have been born from 1772 to 1778. No record of Hannah's christening occurs in Stockbury or Newington. Hannah is buried 5 Mar 1825 in Stockbury and Henry died in Newington 5 Apr 1829. Newington [next Sittingbourn] is the next parish north of Stockbury parish. In Stockbury, we see the presence of John Kitney and Mary Buman who married 1 Jan 1772 in Hartlip, the next parish to the west of Stockbury and Newington. John is buried 11 Oct 1819 in Stockbury with an age given that calculates to a birth in 1746. The marriage record indicates he is of "Detling," which parish is adjoins Stockbury and Harlip on the southwest. There is a John Kidney chr. in Bredhurst 30 Mar 1746 to John and Hannah Kidney, which could possibly this same John (Bredhurst is the next parish to the east of Detling). Mary Buman appears to be the Mary Buman chr. 26 Jul 1752 in Stockbury to parents Edward and Mary Buman. The simplest solution to the DNA similarity would be that Hannah Kitney is the daughter of John Kitney and Mary Buman, a possibility that many Hales family has purported in the past without evidence. John is documented to be of Detling which aligns to Beth White's DNA and John and Hannah are both documented in the Stockbury parish. The recorded children of John Kitney and Mary Buman leaves a big gap in the years when Hannah is calculated to have been born. I further checked Ancestry.com DNA trees for other Kitney matches. Once I removed all the matches coming through the common Hales line, I found one other "S.H" administered by Elizabeth Hughes that had the same match of Sarah Palmer Kitney and William Binskin. 2. The actual image of the will and probate are viewable at this site on Ancestry.com. The image has also been attached in Family Search as a source. An abstract of the information: "John Kidney otherwise Kitney" of Debtling Mentions four sons: James, Samuel (and wife [no name]), John, and Thomas. No daughters or wife mentioned. Co-executors: Sons James and Samuel. Will dated 15 Apr 1792. Probated 10 Jun 1797. There is a burial for a John Kidney in the Detling parish records for 8 Oct 1769. There is only a name and a date with no additional information that would clarify if this was our John. On the other hand, this probate fits our John by naming all of the living sons of 1792. From parish records, we can see all the daughters (except Hannah) and the other sons are deceased by this date. Further research into the daughter Hannah will probably also confirm she was deceased by this date. Based on conformity, then the death date of John is not the one reported in 1769 and a better date would be between the will and probate dates. | Kitney, John (I5448)
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| 4874 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The key to connecting Hannah Kitney to probable parents John Kitney and Mary Buman is from a DNA match in Ancestry.com. A test for Beth (Campbell) White of Canberra, Australia, shows a DNA match to me of the Hales line in the 2nd to 6th cousin relationship with a "high confidence" rating. Comparing our trees, the only surname that matches is Kitney. Her tree shows a fifth generation match to Charles Kitney of Detling, Kent, who married Ann Bennett 10 Apr 1825 in Detling. Beth relates through her mother Florence Sarah Binskin, Florence's father "Private", his mother Sarah Palmer Kitney (wife of William Binskin, m. 28 Nov 1852 at Malling, Kent), daughter of Charles and Ann. Beth's tree ends here, but Family Search extends the family further back. In Family Search we learn that Charles Kitney was chr. 29 Jun 1806 in De[b]tling to parents James Kidney Elizabeth Down (married 19 Oct 1789 in Detling). James was chr. 16 Oct 1763 to John and Hannah Kidney, which parents had several other children born in the same parish. Our Kitneys begin with Hannah Kitney who married Henry Hales 11 Apr 1797 in Newington [next Sittingbourn]. Henry was christened in Stockbury 13 Dec 1772 and was then 24 years old when he married. Hannah, if no younger than 19 at the time of marriage and no older than Henry, would have been born from 1772 to 1778. No record of Hannah's christening occurs in Stockbury or Newington. Hannah is buried 5 Mar 1825 in Stockbury and Henry died in Newington 5 Apr 1829. Newington [next Sittingbourn] is the next parish north of Stockbury parish. In Stockbury, we see the presence of John Kitney and Mary Buman who married 1 Jan 1772 in Hartlip, the next parish to the west of Stockbury and Newington. John is buried 11 Oct 1819 in Stockbury with an age given that calculates to a birth in 1746. The marriage record indicates he is of "Detling," which parish is adjoins Stockbury and Harlip on the southwest. There is a John Kidney chr. in Bredhurst 30 Mar 1746 to John and Hannah Kidney, which could possibly this same John (Bredhurst is the next parish to the east of Detling. Mary Buman appars to be the Mary Buman chr. 26 Jul 1752 in Stockbury to parents Edward and Mary Buman. The simplest solution to the DNA similarity would be that Hannah Kitney is the daughter of John Kitney and Mary Buman, a possibility that many Hales family has purported in the past without evidence. John is documented to be of Detling which aligns to Beth White's DNA and John and Hannah are both documented in the Stockbury parish. The recorded children of John Kitney and Mary Buman leaves a big gap in the years when Hannah is calculated to have been born. I further checked Ancestry.com DNA trees for other Kitney matches. Once I removed all the matches coming through the common Hales line, I found one other "S.H" administered by Elizabeth Hughes that had the same match of Sarah Palmer Kitney and William Binskin. 2. Stockbury shows some Kitney entries. None for our Hannah Kitney. Any relation?: - the chr. of John Kitney, son of John and Mary, 2 May 1773. - the marriage of John Kitney and Sarah Gilbert, of this parish, 16 Dec 1777. Several children born to this couple. - Thomas Kitney of Berstead in Kent and Elizabeth Parks of this parish, m. 6 Feb 1787. - William Kitney and Mary Tyler, m. 12 May 1793. - Several other Kitneys as well. 3. Jack Cade's Rebellion of 1450: A Database of Names of those Receiving Pardons, taken from Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry VI 5 (1909) pp. 338-374 accessed from https://familysearch.org. This spreadsheet of about 3449 persons was created by Merton Historical Society in September 2014, and is accessible at http://www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/index.php?cat=morden&sec=!rebels For more detail on this listing and the event see http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/007%20-%201868/007-03.pdf No one listed with the following surnames (or variations thereof): Acock/Alcock, Barret, Chepfield, Dancy, Dennet, Gateland, Hadwin, Hales, Herbert, Hopper, James, Kitney, Marden, Mills, Morskin, Shelly, Sisley, Straine, Upton, and Vande Wall. BIRTH: 1. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007 and also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com) for Mary Ann Hales. Includes "Nauvoo Baptismal Records for the Dead" showing Mary Ann Hales was baptized in behalf of her mother Hannah Kitney on 9 Dec 1840. The baptism may have occurred in the Mississippi River. The book notes Hannah Kitney, b. 5 Jun 1774 at Rainham, Kent, England, m. Hanery Hales 22 Apr 1797 at Newington, Kent, England, d. 5 Mar 1825 at Stockbury, Kent, England. I followed up on this and there is no christenings of Hannah Kitneys in Rainham from 1772 to 1776. I also checked Stockbury with the same negative results. The birth data appears erroneous. 2. 1877 temple work in St. George notes: Hannah Kidney or Kitney, b. 1774 Newington, Kent, England, d. 5 Mar 1825. I followed up on this as well and there are no christenings for Hannah in Newington from 1770 to 1779. This also appears erroneous. MARRIAGE: 1. FHL film 1736928 Bishop's Transcript of Newington (next Sittingbourne): "27 Apr 1797 - Henry Hales and Hannah Kitney both of this Parish, by Banns." BURIAL: 1. Stockbury Parish records records the burial as 5 Mar 1825 with Hannah Hales, age 51, residing at Rodmersham. See FHL film 1835742 item #1, Bishop's Transcript of Stockbury. | Kitney, Hannah (I1827)
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| 4875 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: "- -Image 19. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842; presumably if missing in the second male column then probably deceased in the interim. Family #43: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 38 -his wife Blume, 37 -45 his son Israel, 14, 22 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 19 [Comment needing translation for either Jossel, Naphthal, or both; something with 1840.] -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 15 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834 at age 4-1/2.] -Image 74. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List # 39, Family #13: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 44 [Comment needing translation, has something with 1840.] -his wife Blume -45 his son Israel, 14, 28 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 25 -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 21 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834.] -Image 144. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 23, Family #40: -171 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 46, 50 [Has comment needing translation with dates 1840 and 1854.] -his wife Blume -172 son Israel, 30, 34 -his wife Leye -173 his son Abraham, 14-1/2, 18-1/2 -174 his son Levin, 2, 6 -175 son Jossel, 27, - , Jossel died in 1851 -his wife Riffke -176 son Naphthal, 23, 27 -177 son Hosias, 16, 20 -178 son Abraham, 10, 14 -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodesas follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31 -Family 91, 372 [Cukal?] Marcus Bär, 8, 21 [Note: This is the individual showing up in Ancestry.com as Marcus Herzenberg, b. 1850, son of Bär. From this context of this entry, he is not a Herzenberg and evidently a lodger or something. Bär appears to be used as a last name in this entry.] - -Image 140. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1879. Family #11: -51 Israel Elias Herzenberg, 37-1/2, 58-1/2 -wife Hanna, 52 [By process of elimination, this Israel can only be the son of Elias Lemchen Herzenberg. In an earlier revision list, his wife is shown as Leje; however, this list shows her as Hanna. Since Hanna is not usually a nickname used with Leje, then we should consider Hannah as a second wife.]" 2. Could be same individuals as the following from Jewishgen.org's "Riga Tax Administration List, Fond 1394": A. Israil Herzenberg, son of Elia, age 58 in 1878, d. 1899 in Riga. B. Joel Herzenberg, son of Israil, age 27 in 1878, d. 1907 in Riga. C. Jossel Herzenberg, son of Israil, age 26 in 1878. 3. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. He indicates references by codes, which pertain to the original source and file held in his database, which I have not seen. I have no key to the sources except HL is Leonardo Herzenberg, HG is Gail Herzenberg, PC is probably Piltene Cemetery records, LA is probably Latvian Archives, FA is probably Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes), and YL is Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes); however, he lists the main researchers and their contributions in a lengthy report which I include in full in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg of this database. In regards to this individual: Name variations: Israel PC 006/023 shows b. 819, d. 1900, Piltene Cemetery. Hl 102/005 FA 002 shows b. 1820. YL 013 shows b. 1823, d. 1900. Scientest/teacher BIOGRAPHY: 1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg: "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's. Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family: "GREAT-UNCLE ISRAEL, WINDAU, and his descendants [30] One day, I must have been about six, during the fall celebrations, my father said that we would go to see the relatives in Pilten, and would make part of the trip with a steamship by way of Windau. And that would be very nice because when we left the harbor the captain would bring out a swing, and I would be able to swing for the whole trip. Now, we had a swing in the garden, and another one in the house, in a doorway, so I was very excited. They were small coast freighters, running between Libau and Windau, and sometimes daring to stretch the trip as far as Riga. The wind blows mostly from the west, exactly perpendicular to the direction of travel; naturally the little ship rolled mightily. As we were leaving the harbor I asked about the swing, people only laughed, and soon the whole ship was swinging, and I became so badly seasick that I still remember it perfectly fifty years later. I don't know how long I vomited, but the next morning we arrived in Windau. On the return trip, when there was also a lot of motion, I no longer felt anything more of seasickness. I was never seasick after that, but have been afraid of getting seasick on every trip though the east sea, the north sea, the Atlantic, or a quiet ocean. In Windau my father took me along on visits to the relatives, and it was the only time that I saw my great uncle Israel, my fathers's oldest Uncle. I remember only a large, white, patriarch beard, and a very serious person; in any case, his behavior towards me stood out from that of the other relatives. I never heard from him again. [32] From his sons Abraham and Josef I also heard nothing. I knew the other two sons, Louis and Joel, quite well, especially in the time when I was studying in Riga. Joel had been in Warsaw, had married there, but it did not go well for him there, and he returned to the Baltic where he was supported by his brother Louis. I visited him sometimes, and he liked me also, but we could not get into good contact with the family. Of his children I remember only a pretty daughter; they were all glowing polish patriots. For me, then still very loyal to the Czar, they seemed like traitors and conspirators. So I could never feel very warm toward them. Today, after so many years, and where Poland for now has been destroyed by the Germans, it would be no different for me; the loyalty to the Czar is long gone, but I have never found a liking for the Poles. When a People goes through so much hardship and bitterness and after more than a century regains its freedom and independence, and then forgets it all, and mishandles and suppresses its minorities in such a horrible way, then it deserves no better fate than it has met. [33] Uncle Louis Herzenberg, and his wife aunt Betty lived in Riga, so, outside of Kurland. They were completely assimilated to the German upper crust, even though they were otherwise loyal Jews. I do not believe that they kept a kosher household in my time; but the holidays were observed, however their shop was open on Saturdays. As a result the household was very large, at least it impressed me a lot, since I was accustomed to the modest conditions in my home. Although the Russian [34] influence in Livland, hundred years older than in Kurland, was much stronger than in the latter, the house of Uncle Louis was pure German, like all families that came from Kurland to Riga, in contrast to those who came from Lithuania, who mostly had a Russian household. The Jewish community of Riga was large and rich, religious, but not outstanding. Uncle Louis was owner of a large manufacturing firm, Herzenberg & Meyerowitz. The latter was already dead in my time. Perhaps the firm had failed and Uncle Louis remained as the sole owner. He was a square-built, stout, pleasant man, who sometimes helped me with small loans. His business was in the Sunderstrasse, partly wholesale, but mostly retail. I remember [35] especially the large carpets, bolts of fabric, and a large safe. Uncle Louis was jovial, and liked to make little jokes, more often daring than funny. Aunt Betty was a faultless housewife, sat indignant while uncle Louis pretended to be harmlessly dumb, to the great amusement of his sons and me. They had five children, the daughters Lilly and Mery, and the sons Heinrich, Julius, and Roman. Lilly was married to Albert Meisel, and lived in Warsaw and Berlin. They had a son James who grew up in Berlin, who had literary talent. Anyway, he received a literature prize. Meisel became ill with fish poisoning after the first world war after a trip to Hamburg, and died half a year later from a resulting heart weakness. Lilly married Heinrich Herzenberg from Warsaw and lives in Riga. [36]. Mery I still knew as a dear girl [liebes madel]. She married the cousin of her father Julius' son from Abraham Herzenberg, Mitau, of which I will say more in Abraham's section. Heinrich Herzenberg studied electro-technology in Darmstadt. He was the typical Baltic fraternity boy, treated me like air when I visited his home. He married Irene, and they had a son Erwin. After the end of the first world war Heinrich came to Hamburg, and caught scarlet fever, and his wife came to him. So we became better acquainted, but hardly became closer. For many years we would hear nothing from each other. Hitler brought us back together. Erwin was able to get admission to Australia, and to go there. Heinrich and Irene stayed in Berlin, and as they also were forced to emigrate at the [37] end of 1939, in November of that year I obtained a Bolivian visa for them. The emigration kept getting delayed, and now, in August 1940 I am fighting to get the visa revalidated. I am puzzled how they could come here at all, since Italian ships are no longer running. (In March 1941 they still sat in Berlin). Julius was a bit older than I and studied at the commerce school in Leipzig. We were friendly, but due to the war we lost contact, I don't think he is alive any more. Roman, the youngest, is the same age as I. He attended the Realschule in Riga, but was in a class below mine. We had the same interest in natural science. We liked each other a lot, but lost contact. I graduated and entered the Riga Polytechnic in 1903. He left the Realschule with 6 classes [out of 7] and thus could attend the commerce section of the Polytechnic. [38] First he deserted science, and second, he joined a student association of Baltic Jews, which, with caps and armbands, aped the brawling, rioting and drinking of the Baltic fraternity boys. At that time I had an outspokenly Russian liberalist orientation, so there was a fight between us in the house of uncle Louis, and we stopped our relationship. I lost contact with him also. I know that he changed saddles, studied medicine, went to Serbia as a doctor during the war, and stayed there. He married a Serbian, and now lives as a well established doctor for a mining company in Maidanpec." MARRIAGE: 1. Date and place are unsubstantiated guesses only by Kerry Petersen. BURIAL: 1. Nina Kossman [nina@ninakossman.com] reports that the cemetery in Piltene could be called 'the Herzenberg' cemetery because there are so many Herzenberg headstones. The Piltene cemetery is in a better condition than most although she can't really vouch for that as she saw it in winter and a lot of it was covered with snow. It would still be a huge amount of work to inventory and restore. 2. Website http://www.balticgen.com/cemeteries/All%20Latvia%20cemetery%20list-by%20town.pdf accessed 12 Jan 2009 has the following cemetery record for Piltene: "Israel b. Eliahu Herzenberg died 81 years old in 5660." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Israel (I3992)
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| 4876 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 140. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1879. Family #11: -51 Israel Elias Herzenberg, 37-1/2, 58-1/2 -wife Hanna, 52 [By process of elimination, this Israel can only be the son of Elias Lemchen Herzenberg. In an earlier revision list, his wife is shown as Leje; however, this list shows her as Hanna. Since Hanna is not usually a nickname used with Leje, then we should consider Hannah as a second wife.]" | Hanna (I3225)
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| 4877 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 144. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 23, Family #40: -171 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 46, 50 [Has comment needing translation with dates 1840 and 1854.] -his wife Blume -172 son Israel, 30, 34 -his wife Leye -173 his son Abraham, 14-1/2, 18-1/2 -174 his son Levin, 2, 6 -175 son Jossel, 27, - , Jossel died in 1851 -his wife Riffke -176 son Naphthal, 23, 27 -177 son Hosias, 16, 20 -178 son Abraham, 10, 14 -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodesas follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31" 2. Levin is probably the Louis of the following Jewishgen.org's "List of Jewish Inhabitants of Riga 1885/86": Louis Herzenberg, son of Israel, age 37 (in 1885/86), place of origin: Riga, town Riga, fond: 51? 3. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. His sources are HL for Leonardo Herzenberg and FA for Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes). I am unsure as to what "EA" means. In regards to this individual: Name variations: Levin (Louis, Lazar) HL105/027 shows b. 1848 in Windau, d. in Riga, wife Betty. EA shows birth in Kuliga, Kurland. FA002 shows birth in 1848 at Piltene. Proprietor of manu. firm, Herzenberg & Meyerowitz. Changes career. Studied medicine at Tallinn, Estonia and went to Maidanpac, Russia. BIOGRAPHY: 1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg: "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's. Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family: "GREAT-UNCLE ISRAEL, WINDAU, and his descendants [30] One day, I must have been about six, during the fall celebrations, my father said that we would go to see the relatives in Pilten, and would make part of the trip with a steamship by way of Windau. And that would be very nice because when we left the harbor the captain would bring out a swing, and I would be able to swing for the whole trip. Now, we had a swing in the garden, and another one in the house, in a doorway, so I was very excited. They were small coast freighters, running between Libau and Windau, and sometimes daring to stretch the trip as far as Riga. The wind blows mostly from the west, exactly perpendicular to the direction of travel; naturally the little ship rolled mightily. As we were leaving the harbor I asked about the swing, people only laughed, and soon the whole ship was swinging, and I became so badly seasick that I still remember it perfectly fifty years later. I don't know how long I vomited, but the next morning we arrived in Windau. On the return trip, when there was also a lot of motion, I no longer felt anything more of seasickness. I was never seasick after that, but have been afraid of getting seasick on every trip though the east sea, the north sea, the Atlantic, or a quiet ocean. In Windau my father took me along on visits to the relatives, and it was the only time that I saw my great uncle Israel, my fathers's oldest Uncle. I remember only a large, white, patriarch beard, and a very serious person; in any case, his behavior towards me stood out from that of the other relatives. I never heard from him again. [32] From his sons Abraham and Josef I also heard nothing. I knew the other two sons, Louis and Joel, quite well, especially in the time when I was studying in Riga. Joel had been in Warsaw, had married there, but it did not go well for him there, and he returned to the Baltic where he was supported by his brother Louis. I visited him sometimes, and he liked me also, but we could not get into good contact with the family. Of his children I remember only a pretty daughter; they were all glowing polish patriots. For me, then still very loyal to the Czar, they seemed like traitors and conspirators. So I could never feel very warm toward them. Today, after so many years, and where Poland for now has been destroyed by the Germans, it would be no different for me; the loyalty to the Czar is long gone, but I have never found a liking for the Poles. When a People goes through so much hardship and bitterness and after more than a century regains its freedom and independence, and then forgets it all, and mishandles and suppresses its minorities in such a horrible way, then it deserves no better fate than it has met. [33] Uncle Louis Herzenberg, and his wife aunt Betty lived in Riga, so, outside of Kurland. They were completely assimilated to the German upper crust, even though they were otherwise loyal Jews. I do not believe that they kept a kosher household in my time; but the holidays were observed, however their shop was open on Saturdays. As a result the household was very large, at least it impressed me a lot, since I was accustomed to the modest conditions in my home. Although the Russian [34] influence in Livland, hundred years older than in Kurland, was much stronger than in the latter, the house of Uncle Louis was pure German, like all families that came from Kurland to Riga, in contrast to those who came from Lithuania, who mostly had a Russian household. The Jewish community of Riga was large and rich, religious, but not outstanding. Uncle Louis was owner of a large manufacturing firm, Herzenberg & Meyerowitz. The latter was already dead in my time. Perhaps the firm had failed and Uncle Louis remained as the sole owner. He was a square-built, stout, pleasant man, who sometimes helped me with small loans. His business was in the Sunderstrasse, partly wholesale, but mostly retail. I remember [35] especially the large carpets, bolts of fabric, and a large safe. Uncle Louis was jovial, and liked to make little jokes, more often daring than funny. Aunt Betty was a faultless housewife, sat indignant while uncle Louis pretended to be harmlessly dumb, to the great amusement of his sons and me. They had five children, the daughters Lilly and Mery, and the sons Heinrich, Julius, and Roman. Lilly was married to Albert Meisel, and lived in Warsaw and Berlin. They had a son James who grew up in Berlin, who had literary talent. Anyway, he received a literature prize. Meisel became ill with fish poisoning after the first world war after a trip to Hamburg, and died half a year later from a resulting heart weakness. Lilly married Heinrich Herzenberg from warsaw and lives in Riga. [36]. Mery I still knew as a dear girl [liebes madel]. She married the cousin of her father Julius' son from Abraham Herzenberg, Mitau, of which I will say more in Abraham's section. Heinrich Herzenberg studied electro-technology in Darmstadt. He was the typical Baltic fraternity boy, treated me like air when I visited his home. He married Irene, and they had a son Erwin. After the end of the first world war Heinrich came to Hamburg, and caught scarlet fever, and his wife came to him. So we became better acquainted, but hardly became closer. For many years we would hear nothing from each other. Hitler brought us back together. Erwin was able to get admission to Australia, and to go there. Heinrich and Irene stayed in Berlin, and as they also were forced to emigrate at the [37] end of 1939, in November of that year I obtained a Bolivian visa for them. The emigration kept getting delayed, and now, in August 1940 I am fighting to get the visa revalidated. I am puzzled how they could come here at all, since Italian ships are no longer running. (In march 1941 they still sat in Berlin). Julius was a bit older than I and studied at the commerce school in Leipzig. We were friendly, but due to the war we lost contact, I don't think he is alive any more. Roman, the youngest, is the same age as I. He attended the Realschule in Riga, but was in a class below mine. We had the same interest in natural science. We liked each other a lot, but lost contact. I graduated and entered the Riga Polytechnic in 1903. He left the Realschule with 6 classes [out of 7] and thus could attend the commerce section of the Polytechnic. [38] First he deserted science, and second, he joined a student association of Baltic Jews, which, with caps and armbands, aped the brawling, rioting and drinking of the Baltic fraternity boys. At that time I had an outspokenly Russian liberalist orientation, so there was a fight between us in the house of uncle Louis, and we stopped our relationship. I lost contact with him also. I know that he changed saddles, studied medicine, went to Serbia as a doctor during the war, and stayed there. He married a Serbian, and now lives as a well established doctor for a mining company in Maidanpec." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Levin or Louis (I4036)
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| 4878 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 144. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 23, Family #40: -171 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 46, 50 [Has comment needing translation with dates 1840 and 1854.] -his wife Blume -172 son Israel, 30, 34 -his wife Leye -173 his son Abraham, 14-1/2, 18-1/2 -174 his son Levin, 2, 6 -175 son Jossel, 27, - , Jossel died in 1851 -his wife Riffke -176 son Naphthal, 23, 27 -177 son Hosias, 16, 20 -178 son Abraham, 10, 14 -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodesas follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31" 2. May be the same individual as Jewishgen.org's "Courland Voters Lists 1907, including 1905 Windau/Ventspils"; this database consists of Jewish males eligible to vote in the elections to the Russian Duma (Parliament) of 1907: Abram Gerzenberg (variant of Hertzenberg), father Izrael, Ventspils (Windau), 1905, entry 460. 3. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. His sources are HL for Leonardo Herzenberg and FA for Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes). In regards to this individual: HL 105 shows b. 1835/6 in Windau and d. in Piltene. FA002 shows b.1836. BIOGRAPHY: 1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg: "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's. Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family: "GREAT-UNCLE ISRAEL, WINDAU, and his descendants [30] One day, I must have been about six, during the fall celebrations, my father said that we would go to see the relatives in Pilten, and would make part of the trip with a steamship by way of Windau. And that would be very nice because when we left the harbor the captain would bring out a swing, and I would be able to swing for the whole trip. Now, we had a swing in the garden, and another one in the house, in a doorway, so I was very excited. They were small coast freighters, running between Libau and Windau, and sometimes daring to stretch the trip as far as Riga. The wind blows mostly from the west, exactly perpendicular to the direction of travel; naturally the little ship rolled mightily. As we were leaving the harbor I asked about the swing, people only laughed, and soon the whole ship was swinging, and I became so badly seasick that I still remember it perfectly fifty years later. I don't know how long I vomited, but the next morning we arrived in Windau. On the return trip, when there was also a lot of motion, I no longer felt anything more of seasickness. I was never seasick after that, but have been afraid of getting seasick on every trip though the east sea, the north sea, the Atlantic, or a quiet ocean. In Windau my father took me along on visits to the relatives, and it was the only time that I saw my great uncle Israel, my fathers's oldest Uncle. I remember only a large, white, patriarch beard, and a very serious person; in any case, his behavior towards me stood out from that of the other relatives. I never heard from him again. [32] From his sons Abraham and Josef I also heard nothing. I knew the other two sons, Louis and Joel, quite well, especially in the time when I was studying in Riga. Joel had been in Warsaw, had married there, but it did not go well for him there, and he returned to the Baltic where he was supported by his brother Louis. I visited him sometimes, and he liked me also, but we could not get into good contact with the family. Of his children I remember only a pretty daughter; they were all glowing polish patriots. For me, then still very loyal to the Czar, they seemed like traitors and conspirators. So I could never feel very warm toward them. Today, after so many years, and where Poland for now has been destroyed by the Germans, it would be no different for me; the loyalty to the Czar is long gone, but I have never found a liking for the Poles. When a People goes through so much hardship and bitterness and after more than a century regains its freedom and independence, and then forgets it all, and mishandles and suppresses its minorities in such a horrible way, then it deserves no better fate than it has met. [33] Uncle Louis Herzenberg, and his wife aunt Betty lived in Riga, so, outside of Kurland. They were completely assimilated to the German upper crust, even though they were otherwise loyal Jews. I do not believe that they kept a kosher household in my time; but the holidays were observed, however their shop was open on Saturdays. As a result the household was very large, at least it impressed me a lot, since I was accustomed to the modest conditions in my home. Although the Russian [34] influence in Livland, hundred years older than in Kurland, was much stronger than in the latter, the house of Uncle Louis was pure German, like all families that came from Kurland to Riga, in contrast to those who came from Lithuania, who mostly had a Russian household. The Jewish community of Riga was large and rich, religious, but not outstanding. Uncle Louis was owner of a large manufacturing firm, Herzenberg & Meyerowitz. The latter was already dead in my time. Perhaps the firm had failed and Uncle Louis remained as the sole owner. He was a square-built, stout, pleasant man, who sometimes helped me with small loans. His business was in the Sunderstrasse, partly wholesale, but mostly retail. I remember [35] especially the large carpets, bolts of fabric, and a large safe. Uncle Louis was jovial, and liked to make little jokes, more often daring than funny. Aunt Betty was a faultless housewife, sat indignant while uncle Louis pretended to be harmlessly dumb, to the great amusement of his sons and me. They had five children, the daughters Lilly and Mery, and the sons Heinrich, Julius, and Roman. Lilly was married to Albert Meisel, and lived in Warsaw and Berlin. They had a son James who grew up in Berlin, who had literary talent. Anyway, he received a literature prize. Meisel became ill with fish poisoning after the first world war after a trip to Hamburg, and died half a year later from a resulting heart weakness. Lilly married Heinrich Herzenberg from warsaw and lives in Riga. [36]. Mery I still knew as a dear girl [liebes madel]. She married the cousin of her father Julius' son from Abraham Herzenberg, Mitau, of which I will say more in Abraham's section. Heinrich Herzenberg studied electro-technology in Darmstadt. He was the typical Baltic fraternity boy, treated me like air when I visited his home. He married Irene, and they had a son Erwin. After the end of the first world war Heinrich came to Hamburg, and caught scarlet fever, and his wife came to him. So we became better acquainted, but hardly became closer. For many years we would hear nothing from each other. Hitler brought us back together. Erwin was able to get admission to Australia, and to go there. Heinrich and Irene stayed in Berlin, and as they also were forced to emigrate at the [37] end of 1939, in November of that year I obtained a Bolivian visa for them. The emigration kept getting delayed, and now, in August 1940 I am fighting to get the visa revalidated. I am puzzled how they could come here at all, since Italian ships are no longer running. (In march 1941 they still sat in Berlin). Julius was a bit older than I and studied at the commerce school in Leipzig. We were friendly, but due to the war we lost contact, I don't think he is alive any more. Roman, the youngest, is the same age as I. He attended the Realschule in Riga, but was in a class below mine. We had the same interest in natural science. We liked each other a lot, but lost contact. I graduated and entered the Riga Polytechnic in 1903. He left the Realschule with 6 classes [out of 7] and thus could attend the commerce section of the Polytechnic. [38] First he deserted science, and second, he joined a student association of Baltic Jews, which, with caps and armbands, aped the brawling, rioting and drinking of the Baltic fraternity boys. At that time I had an outspokenly Russian liberalist orientation, so there was a fight between us in the house of uncle Louis, and we stopped our relationship. I lost contact with him also. I know that he changed saddles, studied medicine, went to Serbia as a doctor during the war, and stayed there. He married a Serbian, and now lives as a well established doctor for a mining company in Maidanpec." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Abraham (I4035)
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| 4879 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 144. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 23, Family #40: -171 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 46, 50 [Has comment needing translation with dates 1840 and 1854.] -his wife Blume -172 son Israel, 30, 34 -his wife Leye -173 his son Abraham, 14-1/2, 18-1/2 -174 his son Levin, 2, 6 -175 son Jossel, 27, - , Jossel died in 1851 -his wife Riffke -176 son Naphthal, 23, 27 -177 son Hosias, 16, 20 -178 son Abraham, 10, 14 -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodesas follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31 -Family 91, 372 [Cukal?] Marcus Bär, 8, 21 [Note: This is the individual showing up in Ancestry.com as Marcus Herzenberg, b. 1850, son of Bär. From this context of this entry, he is not a Herzenberg and evidently a lodger or something. Bär appears to be used as a last name in this entry.] 2. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. Sources given are HL for Leonardo Herzenberg and FA is probably Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes). In regards to this individual: Name variations: Hosias. HL 102/007 shows b. 1831 in Warsaw, Poland. [KP: This seems unlikely in light of Pilten Registers quoted above.] FA shows b. 1834. BIOGRAPHY: 1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg: "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's." Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family: "...GREAT-UNCLE Abraham Herzenberg, Mitau, and descendants. [39] Uncle Abraham in Mitau was the youngest son of my great-grandfather Elias Lemchen Herzenberg. My grandfather Naftali was the second oldest, and I will write more about him later. The second youngest was Uncle Hosias, whom I did not know. When I went to the Russian front in 1916, while passing through Warsaw on the way to Minsk, I spent an hour in his house. But I no longer remember anything. Of his sons I knew Heinrich and Leopold very casually. Heinrich married Lilly Herzenberg, the window of Meisel and lived in Riga..." 2. Leo Herzenberg per his website noted below indicates he was born in Serbia. This does not seem likely at all in light of the Pilten Registers quoted above. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Hosias (I3995)
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| 4880 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 144. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 23, Family #40: -171 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 46, 50 [Has comment needing translation with dates 1840 and 1854.] -his wife Blume -172 son Israel, 30, 34 -his wife Leye -173 his son Abraham, 14-1/2, 18-1/2 -174 his son Levin, 2, 6 -175 son Jossel, 27, - , Jossel died in 1851 -his wife Riffke -176 son Naphthal, 23, 27 -177 son Hosias, 16, 20 -178 son Abraham, 10, 14" 2. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. His source of HL is for Leonardo Herzenberg. In regards to this individual: HL002b shows Leje, birth in Windau. BIRTH: 1. Date and place are unsubstantiated guesses only by Kenny Petersen. MARRIAGE: 1. Date and place are unsubstantiated guesses only by Kerry Petersen. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Leye (I3993)
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| 4881 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 144. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 23, Family #40: -171 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 46, 50 [Has comment needing translation with dates 1840 and 1854.] -his wife Blume -172 son Israel, 30, 34 -his wife Leye -173 his son Abraham, 14-1/2, 18-1/2 -174 his son Levin, 2, 6 -175 son Jossel, 27, - , Jossel died in 1851 -his wife Riffke -176 son Naphthal, 23, 27 -177 son Hosias, 16, 20 -178 son Abraham, 10, 14" 2. Page 2 of the Feigmanis report prepared 1997 for Harold Hodes, of which I have a copy, quotes from the 1854 Pilten revison list (630-2-393) provides the following: Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 50. wife Blume, son Israel 34 wife Leje son Abraham, 18-1/2 Levin 6 son Elias Jossel - 27 in 1850, died in 1851. his wife Rivke son Naphtal -27 Hosias-20 Abraham-14 In Peter's compilation, he gives the rational that led him to place Elias Jossel in the wrong family. This is from a copy captured of Peter Bruce Herzenberg's website of London, England, since relocated to South Africa (website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007). Source quoted for this individual is FA for Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes). He notes: Name variations: Elias Jossel FA 002 shows b. 1823, d. 1851 in Piltene, md. Rivke. Peter also notes: Elias Jossel - Elias H. presents a problem as he is not recorded in Robert Herzenberg's Reminiscences. Since Fiegmanis provides exact details for both birth and death dates which cannot be ignored, these dates and his names suggest he was the son of Joseph. The fact Elias H. is not mentioned in Robert Herzenberg's Reminisences might be explained as a result of his early demise (aged 28), and Robert's admission that his generation was at best sketchy. Len Yodaiken has not been able to place him based on extrpolation, and hence the absence in his records. Admittingly, a 33 year gap exists between himself and Eduard, so his father would have been in his early 50s at the time of his birth. Not improbable, but still a tenuous link. Based on more modern research as I have explained above, we now properly place him as a son of Elias and Blume Herzenberg. I suspect that his correct name was probably Jossel Elias and not Elias Jossel, which makes all the difference in correcting family. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Riffke (I3989)
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| 4882 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 144. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 23, Family #40: -171 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 46, 50 [Has comment needing translation with dates 1840 and 1854.] -his wife Blume -172 son Israel, 30, 34 -his wife Leye -173 his son Abraham, 14-1/2, 18-1/2 -174 his son Levin, 2, 6 -175 son Jossel, 27, - , Jossel died in 1851 -his wife Riffke -176 son Naphthal, 23, 27 -177 son Hosias, 16, 20 -178 son Abraham, 10, 14 -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodesas follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31 -Family 91, 372 [Cukal?] Marcus Bär, 8, 21 [Note: This is the individual showing up in Ancestry.com as Marcus Herzenberg, b. 1850, son of Bär. From this context of this entry, he is not a Herzenberg and evidently a lodger or something. Bär appears to be used as a last name in this entry.] 2. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. Sources given are HL for Leonardo Herzenberg and FA for Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes). I am unsure as to what AE stands for. In regards to this individual: Name variations: Abraham, Abracham. HL 102 shows b. 1840 in Mitau, d. 1901 in Tallinn, Estonia. FA 002 shows b. 1840. AE shows b. 1840, d. 23 Apr 1900. BIOGRAPHY: 1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg: "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's." Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family: "...GREAT-UNCLE Abraham Herzenberg, Mitau, and descendants. [39] Uncle Abraham in Mitau was the youngest son of my great-grandfather Elias Lemchen Herzenberg. My grandfather Naftali was the second oldest, and I will write more about him later. The second youngest was Uncle Hosias, whom I did not know. When I went to the Russian front in 1916, while passing through Warsaw on the way to Minsk, I spent an hour in his house. But I no longer remember anything. Of his sons I knew Heinrich and Leopold very casually. Heinrich married Lilly Herzenberg, the window of Meisel and lived in Riga. Uncle Abraham I still knew, he died young in 1901, I don't know how old he was, but he was already then a multiple grandfather. But he was young in comparison with the usual age limit of that [40] generation, which was about 85 years. I was more friendly with his children than I was with my fathers's siblings. In part this was that they were closer to my age, especially the younger ones, partly because one could correspond with them, which was impossible with my fathers siblings.Uncle Abraham was married with aunt Therese Herzenberg. He was the brother of my grandfather, she the sister of my grandmother. He the uncle of my father, she the aunt of my mother, so we were doubly related. As a thirteen year old boy my father once took me along to Mitau to the house of uncle Abraham; when I was 15 I was there a second time and he had died shortly before that, relatively young, perhaps fortunate for him since he did not have to experience the breakup of his home. It [41] was a typical Buddenbrook fate, but completed in one generation. Uncle Abraham may have studied in Mitau. When I first saw him he was the head of the Abraham Herzenberg department store in Mitau. He was the representative of Finish textile factories. He must have been very well to do, probably the richest of all the brothers. The house was old, huge, with three stories. On the lower level was the store, storage rooms, dining room, kitchen, yard, and a giant garden. It was fall, and along with Harry, Clara, and Roberta we picked ripe pears from towering pear trees. The house was run by the old traditions. All unmarried employees down to the last apprentice lived and ate in the house. Imagine, Uncle Abraham, aunt Therese, 10 children, the various nannies and teachers [erzieher], among them the old limping french aristocrat Madame Dupin de Saint Andree,[ 41] the employees and the apprentices, thus having around 20 people at the table, and in addition always visitors, either family or commercial travelers. One finds such a thing in old books, and it made a very great impression on me. I was even more impressed by the sons who took photographs and gave me lots of copies of family pictures to take along. Unfortunately the copies were not fixed. They kept getting darker until all outlines disappeared; only too late did I discover why, and could no longer save the pictures. A single group picture had been fixed, and is in the album. Aunt Therese was a very energetic, able, and smart woman. Just like uncle Abraham she stood out from the circle of her siblings. One did not deal with the Balts, [43] but with the peaks of the Russian administrative aristocracy. Half joking, half mocking, aunt Therese was called the "Grand Duchess of Kurland." Even when she was older, when there was no trace of the earlier wealth, when she travelled around as a stranger in various pensions in Germany, Russia, and Sweden with more poor than good support from her children, she still carried herself regally. She was no longer pretty, squinted, and had some beard hair, but her speech, her posture, and her appearance, wearing the mourning clothes she had worn for 30 years after uncle Abraham's death, made a deep impression on everyone she met. When Uncle Abraham died the eldest son, Leo, was married in Petersburg. Also the daughter Fanny. Laura and Alice were married in Moscow, and Sophie in Mitau. At home were Ludwig, [44] in the firm, Harry who was still in the gymnasium, and the two girls, Roberta, of my age, and Klara, a little older. Ludwig, whom the mother worshipped, took over running the business. Harry entered the business as an apprentice. Ludwig decided on moving the business to Riga, why I don't know. The beautiful old house in Mitau was sold. Everything in Mitau was liquidated. Instead of the princely living in Mitau, aunt Therese moved into an old dark rental house on the Schwimmstrasse in Riga. I believe she had no happy time there. I don't know how Ludwig ruined the business so quickly. It ended when I was on a vacation trip to Germany in the summer of 1904, when I received the news from my father that I should visit aunt Therese in Berlin. [45] I met her, with Klara and Roberta, in a shabby room of a pitiful pension near the Elsasser gate. They had just had lunch, which consisted of a can of sardines with bread. The firm Abraham Herzenberg in Riga had failed. They had lost everything, and had fled to Germany, and were totally dependent on the support of children and siblings... From the Mitau germ cell [keimzelle] Abraham's children first spread to the triangle of Mitau, Petersburg, and Moscow. Due to the world war they wandered to Germany and France. Of the 15 grandchildren I mentioned, I know the locations of a very few. Julius' children in Houston, Fanny's daughter in Palestine, Laura's son in Saigon. I have no idea of the whereabouts of the children of Leo, and Alice. Harry's were last in Vienna, Sophie's daughter in Riga, Runkel's children in Warsaw, Robert in Stockholm, and Lenka in Marseille. Scattered over half the globe, with almost no relationship, and the parents were such a close bunch of siblings." 2. The following undated paper was written late 1969 in Nice, France by Catherine Werblovsky Olympieff (also known as Ekaterina Werblovskaya Olympieva) at the request of Patrick Landau through his aunt Alice Nikitina. Patrick's father, Vladimir Landau, even though he was Catherine's cousin, had less knowledge on the family then Catherine. Catherine was the granddaughter of Edouard and Rebecca Herzenberg. The letter was written a couple of years before Catherine's death after she entered into an assisted care facility in Nice. The paper was recently found among personal items previously gathered about 1969 by her daughter Irene Nadia de Lanskoy Petersen. Portions of the letter were written in three languages: English, French, and Russian. Irene, in transcribing the letter, notes that the letter was hard to follow and to make sense of. Irene's transcription dated 31 Jul 2007 with her notes added in [ ]. "What concerns the father and mother of our mother's: Mother's father: Edouard Ocipovitch Herzenberg [or Gerzenberg] Edward son of Joseph Herzenberg born: in Mitava [or Mittau] not far ___, Baltic Provinces - not far from Riga. He died at 76 years of age (had diabetes and malaria) from lung congestion after flu. His wife was his cousin. Rebecca Herzenberg also married a first cousin. I am not sure of the name of her father; she died in Moscow when I was 6 years old (70 years ago). [Death would be approximately 1899?] They were probably married in Mitawa and came to Moscow young, because all their children were born in Moscow. The eldest 1) Elizabeth 2) Sonja [or Sonia] (Sofia) mother of Manja or Mania who now lives in Moscow, who had a sister Nadja or Nadia who was born in Moscow. Sonia's husband was Adolf Schneider - son of Aaron Schneider - who had 3 more sons: Nicolas, Alexander, Serge and a daughter Elizabeth Schneider. She got married with Martin Behr (English nationality); they had two children and lived in Moscow. Mrs. Elizabeth Behr died in London (after the Russian Revolution she lived in France, later in England.) Her brother Adolf Schneider was a brother-in-law of our mother's of course.) [This is a repeat of the above.] The Behrs had 2 children. Elisabeth Behr died in London (probably her husband Martin Behr died before.) Mrs. Behr's daughter Olga died in London about a year ago [1968-69?], her brother George Behr still lives in London is married (has 1 daughter who is married too and has 2 boys, 8 and 7. So my mother Elisabeth was the eldest daughter of Edward and Rebecca Herzenberg born in Moscow like her sister Sonia, the next sister Flora born in Moscow. Flora, married Joseph Offenbacher, had one son Lotar (my first cousin as well as yours). She, her husband, and son died in Germany during the war of Hitler (son Lothar). [Irene notes that another family account says that Lothar committed suicide on account of the war.] [His father] Joseph Offenbacher had an older brother Vasily [William or Wilhelm] Offenbacher who married a cousin of our mother's - Fanny, daughter of Abra[ha]m (whom all children of Edward Herzenberg used to call Uncle Abraham.) He was the husband of Grandfather Edward Herzenberg's sister Theresa. His family name was also like all: Herzenberg. Theresa Herzenberg had many children - daughter Fanny, sons Ludwig, Harry, and 2 other sons and another daughter Sophia married to another Herzenberg (all those marriages were between cousins) who had three children, Robby (Robert) who lives in Sweden and 2 daughters Clara and Roberta (died in Riga - Bolshevik Revolution). [I am not sure if Clara and Roberta are correct for this family grouping.] After Flora Herzenberg, the 4th daughter was my Aunt Anjuta [Anna Herzenberg-Landau]. Then there was another one Genga (Eugenie) married Harry Taube from Riga - were killed by Hitler's army. She was the 5th daughter of Edward Herzenberg. The 6th was Lilja [Lilia] (1st wife of Uncle Max Landau - died in Davos, Switzerland from TB.) Then was another daughter Milja, died very young (she was the 7th daughter). The youngest daughter Tonya [Tonia] died in Moscow. Then there were two brothers, the oldest Ivan (John) married a French young girl from Mussidan, Dordogne, France. She was daughter of the Mayor of that town. Died in the north of Russia where - she was sent sick and was sent with her to Mourmansk (north of Russia). Uncle Vanja's [Vania, Ivan, John all same name wife Lydia died there [note her maiden name was Lydie Buisson]. Uncle Vanja died too in Bolshevik Revolution. Their 3 children: Micha (Michel) died probably in Moscow; his brother Andrei (Andre) Herzenberg and Suzanne Hindzee (Herzenberg) - 1st husband (French) Volant. She has a daughter in Toronto married in Toronto (Alja [or Alice Nikitina] knew her) who has two children, boy and girl. The father's family name is A. [Albert?] Statter - wife Lydie (Suzanne's daughter) - son Albert. [Irene's note: last known address was 33 Stonegate Road, Toronto, Canada, M8Y-1V8; phone 416-251-6295.] There was yet other families related to us through our mother's. It was a well known dentist. His name was Kovarsky. His wife was the cousin of our mother's. They had a lot of children - 3 brothers Misha (Michael), Leva (Leon), 2 daughters Choura (Alexandra). Chura who now is same age as Suzanne [Herzenberg Hindzee] - the only one alive. I forget the name of the eldest brother deceased. Manja (Mania) in Moscow knows more about that family. What was the name of the mother cousin of our mother's-probably it was yet another of the Herzenberg family. As Alja [Alice Nikitina] will be going to Moscow she will be able to find out more form Manja [Mania]. Then there was yet another family related to the wife of our grandfather through the husband or wife Idelson. There was a girl Lisa Idelson and her brother. I think that Manja must know something about them. They lived in Moscow. I used to go see them with my mother when I was about 8 or 10 years old. Now George Behr has written from London thanking me for my sympathy condolences on account of the death of his sister Olga Behr. She must have been older than 78 years. he thought that his aunt on his father's side, Nina Karlovna died in Moscow, as well as his cousin Leija, but I think it is relatives on the side of his father Bahr, and the cousin is perhaps of the Schneider family (it is possible that the cousin is still living). All these people lived in Moscow. Now what concerns the Packschwer family. The one that came to see you with the Vietnamese wife has passed away. His name was Julien Packschwer born in Vitebesk, Russia. He was 72. His younger brother Saveijn (Sahva) engineer in London named himself Packshaw, died in England 3 weeks before Julien, leaving a widow (2nd marriage) and 2 children. It was the death of his younger brother that caused reaction on Julien Packshwer. He died 3 weeks after him. He was found on a street in Nice, France with a cerebral hemorrhage-fell in the street. Police took him to the hospital St. Rock where he died at 19 hours in the evening and remained in a coma. His car 2 CV (small) stayed in the parking where he had left it. It was only his Vietnamese wife [Mado] returning from Saigon 1 month after his death that was able to retrieve that car from the parking. Yet another day or two, it would have been impounded. But as it was the widow herself then came. They did not charge her anything. But as the car was her husband's-she has to wait by inheritance law to be able to sell it and divide up in 4 parts to his children. The eldest son of another marriage Leon is an eye doctor in Paris, then 3 other children. Oldest Robert in Montreal, CA; another son in ___ was in the navy for 3 years. The oldest was in the Air force, married a girl from Morocco - they are going to have a child soon. The daughter Irene married, has a little boy, the husband is serving in the military; they live in Cayrons near Vence, France in the Packshwer house. The widow/mother Mado inherited ¼ of the sum, the children ¾ divided in 4 for each of the 4 children. Through a real estate in Vence, Julien's house of 1000 sq. meters is worth 18 million francs. If the children keep the house, they will in turn need to give on fourth of the cost to the widow who also has the right to half of his monthly pension of 30,000 francs. She came to see me day before yesterday and told me all these details. So here you have it-the relatives. The mother of the Packshwer father was 1st cousin of our mother's through the daughter of the sister of our grandfather Edward Herzenberg maiden name Theresa Herzenberg died in Nice, born I think in Mitawa [Mitau], Baltic Provinces. She was buried with her husband in Nice at the Caucade cemetery. Now I add what George Behr wrote from London that his wife Janet has seen Aunt Anjuta [Anna Herzenberg] in Monte Carlo, then he wrote about his cousin in Moscow who he thinks has passed away (he is going to find out about it from Manja-he asked their address in Monaco). She was the daughter of the oldest sister Polina Aronovna of his mother. Here is what concerns that family... [Balance of letter missing]." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Abraham (I3984)
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| 4883 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 169. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 111, Family #59: -239 Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 50, 54 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 1853 in comment.] -his wife Dwaure -240 son Jossel, 19, 23 -241 son Abraham, 34, 38 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 13 Oct 1852 in comment.] -242 his son Leme, 7, 11 -243 his son Elias, ½, - , Elias died in 1850" | Herzenberg, Elias (I3248)
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| 4884 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 169. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 111, Family #59: -239 Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 50, 54 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 1853 in comment.] -his wife Dwaure -240 son Jossel, 19, 23 -241 son Abraham, 34, 38 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 13 Oct 1852 in comment.] -242 his son Leme, 7, 11 -243 his son Elias, ½, - , Elias died in 1850 -Image 224. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #44, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) [Has other comments needing translation.] -his wife D'baure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife [Giele?] -230 his son Lämme, 15, 28 -231 his son Hirsch, 5, 18 -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife Jette -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, 14. (14 crossed out. Comment that Elias died 1861.) -Image 262. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871. List #228, Family #54 (see above for family 59 - Abraham Herzenberg - for whom these are sons): -230 Lämme Herzenberg, 15, 28 [Both have extensive notes needing translation.] -231 Hirsch Herzenberg, 5, 18" | Herzenberg, Lämme (I3083)
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| 4885 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 177. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 156, Family #49: -210 Jossel Elias Herzenberg, 33-1/2, 37-1/2 -his wife Dinne -211 son Hirsch, 14, 18 -212 son Lemchen Elias, 7, 11 -Image 260. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871. List #217, Family #45: -188 Jossel Elias Herzenberg, 41-1/2, 54-1/2 [Has extensive notes needing translation.] -his wife Diene -189 son Lämmchen, 15, 28 -190 son Elkann, 8, 21" 2. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. Source is LA for Latvian Archives. In regards to this individual: Name variations: Rebecca Iddelson, Dina (Dine, Dinne, Diene), (Zaza). LA 009 shows b. 1823, d. 1881 in Libau. 3. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen lists the following from Piltene. The date and location works for Joseph, son of Elias, and Diene is also related since there is a shared family and tax number with Jossel. Diene is another name for Rebecca, the wife of Jossel: A. Jossel Herzenberg, age 54 in 1871, b. abt 1817, registration town Piltene, father Elias, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 45, Oklad (tax reference) # 188. B. Diene Herzenberg, 1871, registration town Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 45, Oklad (tax reference) # 188. 4. Archival Research Paper about Herzenberg Family prepared for Harold Hodes 23 Mar 1999 and is report no. Nr. 3-H-2962, by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007, copy of only page 1 in my possession but evidently other pages exist: "In reply to your application please be informed that the recruits enlistment registers of the Jewish families belonging to the Jewish community in Pilten for the years 1842, 1848, 1854, 1871 (see app. No. 1-4), census lists of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten for the years 1898, 1899 as well as the birth records of the Jewish community in Libau (now Liepaja) for the years 1836-1853, 1854, 1857-1905, marriage and death recods of the same community for years 1854-1905, as available at our archives, contain the following information: Rabbi Jossel (or Josiph) Herzenberg was a son of Elias Herzenberg from Pilten. He was born in ca 1815-1816, possible in Pilten. Since our archives keep birth, marriage and death records of the Jewish communites for the time period from 1854, when they started to be kept officially, it is impossible to confirm the dates fevore 1854. Jossel's father - a Rabbi Elias - son of Joseph Herzenberg, born in ca 1774, died in 1842. Jossel's mother - Chiene Herzenberg (maiden name not stated), born in ca 1780. Jossel's wife - Dine (Dinne, Diene) née Iddelson (birth date is unknown). They had children: -son Hirsh, born in ca 1836, -son Lämmchen, born in ca 1843, -son Elkan (Elkann), born in ca 1850, -daughter Sheine, born on August 31 of 1857 in Libau (see App. No. 6), -daughter Meriam, born on June 15 of 1859 in Libau (see App. No. 7). Elkan - son of Jossel Herzenberg married Doris (Dobra, Doba) daughter of Aizik Dreyer, born in ca 1852. The marriage records of the Jewish community in Libau for the years 1870-1875 do not contain information on their marriage. The... [end of 1st page and my copy]" BIRTH: 1. There is age discrepancy in the data I inherited from Peter Bruce Herzenberg in which he states a birth in 1823 for Dine. He creditied a report from the Latvian Archives. That report I believe is the one prepared for Harold Hodes, which I also quote in my research notes -- it only says birth unknown and so Peter must have taken liberty in his guess. I have spent some time on Hirsch but not his mother. As always there is very little to work with and in this case it is only the Registers (censuses). Censuses are not prime sources, but rather secondary since they are after the fact. Often the census taker would estimate ages by observation. In the case of Latvia, it becomes even more problematic since the Russian Czar was more concerned with military levy (hence no ages given for the females). Our ancestors also realized the nature of the Registers and would often lie on ages and names to avoid military recruitment. If this was in fact the case with Hirsch, then I would think the family would have reported an even later birth date so as to make him appear too young -- so this would work against us thinking 1836 was too early. We have not one document indicating anything for Dina that I have seen; however, for the son Hirsch we have the following note I made from my research: "The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 177. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicate they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 156, Family #49: -210 Jossel Elias Herzenberg, 33-1/2, 37-1/2 -his wife Dinne -211 son Hirsch, 14, 18 -212 son Lemchen Elias, 7, 11 -Image 260. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871. List #217, Family #45: -188 Jossel Elias Herzenberg, 41-1/2, 54-1/2 [Has extensive notes needing translation.] -his wife Diene -189 son Lämmchen, 15, 28 -190 son Elkann, 8, 21" In both the 1850 and 1854 Registers, Hirsch's birth is consistent of being "about 1836." This at least gives some credibility to his birth. I would then explain the gap between him and his next sibling Lammchen as probably one or two children who died prior to the Register since Lammchen's data in all four Registers is somewhat consistent. I think the simplest solution here would be to revise the birth of Dine to be earlier by indicating "bef. 1817 (i.e. an estimate of being 18 or older at the time of the estimated marriage of 1835). There is always the possibility that Hirsch's ages in the Registers was bogus and that he was actually born later. MARRIAGE: 1. Date and place are unsubstantiated guesses only by Kerry Petersen. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Iddelson, Rebecca Dine (I3977)
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| 4886 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 19. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842; presumably if missing in the second male column then probably deceased in the interim. Family #43: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 38 -his wife Blume, 37 -45 his son Israel, 14, 22 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 19 [Comment needing translation for either Jossel, Naphthal, or both; something with 1840.] -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 15 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834 at age 4-1/2.] -Image 74. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List # 39, Family #13: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 44 [Comment needing translation, has something with 1840.] -his wife Blume -45 his son Israel, 14, 28 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 25 -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 21 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834.] -Image 144. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 23, Family #40: -171 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 46, 50 [Has comment needing translation with dates 1840 and 1854.] -his wife Blume -172 son Israel, 30, 34 -his wife Leye -173 his son Abraham, 14-1/2, 18-1/2 -174 his son Levin, 2, 6 -175 son Jossel, 27, - , Jossel died in 1851 -his wife Riffke -176 son Naphthal, 23, 27 -177 son Hosias, 16, 20 -178 son Abraham, 10, 14 -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodesas follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31 -Family 91, 372 [Cukal?] Marcus Bär, 8, 21 [Note: This is the individual showing up in Ancestry.com as Marcus Herzenberg, b. 1850, son of Bär. From this context of this entry, he is not a Herzenberg and evidently a lodger or something. Bär appears to be used as a last name in this entry.] 2. Leonhard Herzenberg, who is the source of much of the Herzenberg information in this database is the grandson of Naphtali Herzenberg and Agnes Brenner. 3. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. Sources given are HL for Leonardo Herzenberg and FA for Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes). In regards to this individual: Name variations: Naphtal (Naftal), Naphtali (Naftali). HL 102/006 shows b. 1827 at Goldingen, md. to Brenner. FA 027 shows b. 1827. 4. Ancestry.com's "Duma Voters Lists": "Naftali Gertsenberg [Naftali Hertzenberg] Father: Elias Age at Vote: at least 25 Year of Record: 1907 Gender: Male Nationality: Jewish Country: Latvia Gubernia (District): Courland Town: Kuldiga [Goldingen] Voting Qualification: House Tax Data Source: Latvia - Courland 1907 Duma Voters Lists Voter List Number: B -75." BIOGRAPHY: 1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg: "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's." Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family: The GENERATION of MY PARENTS [78] My grandparents Naftali and Nese had four sons and six daughters: Leonhard, Joseph, Ignatz, Leopold, Sarah, Ernestine, Sophie, Fanny, Dora, and Lina. All four brothers lived in Libau. Uncle Joseph, who later became a business partner of my father's, married a Behrman, aunt Frieda. They had no children. He died of intestinal cancer shortly before the first world war. He did not get along well [79] with my father, but they were shackled together for many years by the Brothers Herzenberg firm. It did not help that the sisters in law got along even worse. In any case, to me he was more rude than friendly and my every try for a loan [pumpversuch] during my student time failed [schlug fehl]. Even once when he loaned me 10 mark for my return from Heidelberg to Libau, he insisted on my father paying him back immediately on his return. Uncle Ignatz died in Libau early in 1940. He worked at the Nachman firm in Libau from his apprenticeship until his death. He married late and remained childless. He had a small house on the Alleestrasse with a large orchard, was kind and deaf; we did not write each other, and relations with the parent's house were rare, [80] since the firms were in competition. The youngest, uncle Leopold, married in Minsk, while I was a student in Riga. Aunt Betty was less beautiful than able, German was difficult for her until the last. Uncle Leopold worked for the iron firm Samuel Michelson except for a short time when he was independent. He was always extremely able and diligent, he built up some wealth, had a nice house in the Thomasstrasse, with wonderful fruit and flower gardens. They had two children, Mascha and Kolja, the latter named after grandfather Naphtali (Nikolaus). Only the first letter is the same, but I doubt that the name Naphtali can still be used in western Europe, since it sounds just like the [81] naphthalene of moth-balls. Uncle Leopold and aunt Betty are still (April 1941) living in Libau, as well as Kolja, who works in the firm with his father. I don't know what became of Mascha. She was a pretty, clever, typically eastern Jewish girl; she married an eastern Jewish engineer-chemist Feodor Leszinsky whom she learned to know and love during her student time in Paris and Brussels. They had a daughter Claude. So Mascha ended up with the name of the polish princess Maria Lezinska, wife of King Ludwig the XV of France. Every time that they passed through the polish corridor on trips to Libau and showed the passport to the Polish officers, the latter were quite confused, since one could never know - who knows everything so well - that the thing went back 200 years. Leszinskys lived in Paris where old jewelry was melted and pure gold, silver,and platinum [msp 82] for jewelers were produced. I met him in 1930, at uncle Leopold and aunt Betty's silver wedding anniversary, when I was on vacation if Libau. He offered me a position which I did not accept. The things apparently went very wrong there, but I could not find out what was the matter. It seems that Leszinsky went out of the country, and Mascha with the child were to follow. I have heard nothing from them since. Aunt Betty and the other relatives in Libau sealed their lips air-tight, so I do not know how and when Mascha was surprised by the second world war. {Note added 21 June 42: Mascha went to Paris from Libau via Stockholm and London in August 39, and after a week to the United States, where her husband, Fedja had gone earlier. She wrote me in March 1942, they were then living in new York, he is employed by Philip Brothers. They changed the name, and are now called Leston. Uncle Leopold and aunt Betty were in the Libau ghetto, and no trace of Kolja, who had married a Lett}. The four brothers were all bald. They all had received a very poor cheder education. My father was the only one who could speak and write [83] German with no trouble, who had taught himself a remarkable education, who sometimes read a book or appreciated good music. Everything he knew of western and Jewish culture was entirely self-taught. The other three brothers remained at the point at which they had left the Cheder. They never left Libau and were very narrow-minded, and though they were my uncles, they and I did not have any contact areas. They never understood my student needs, and never helped me. Of the aunts I know even less, except for Fanny, of whom I write later. Aunt Sarah was married to Michael Friedmann in Sackenhausen. They had many children of whom I had only superficial knowledge. I only saw them two or three times, lastly when she was already a widow living in Riga and I visited her in 1930 [84]. She was a strong woman, a master at brewing Easter mead [ostermet]. That was brewed by every family and drunk on Easter. Where the Jews picked up this old German, or old Slavic home industry is not clear to me, but the mead was clear and golden. In Mitau there was a large mead brewery, Friedlander, and their mead at Easter was an unforgettable pleasure. Aunt ERNESTINE's first husband was Michael Bernitz, who was a widower with many Children. From this marriage came my cousins Julius, Hermann (Hemske), and Frieda. Uncle Bernitz, also a brewer, died young. Aunt Ernestine stayed with the younger children at Grandmother's in Goldingen, cousin Julius came to my father and was raised with me. He was a little [85] older than I, attended Blumenau's cheder, and then in 1895, when my father and uncle Joseph founded the firm Gebruder Herzenberg, he became an apprentice in the business. He stayed there a few more years after the death of my father with my brother George. He lived in our home, sharing my room until I left home in 1902. Soon after that my brother George drove him out of the business [herausgeekelt]. He had a small factory [industrie] making coconut mats [kokoslaufern] in Libau, which the Soviets left him in 1940 [die ihm die Soviets in 1940 belassen haben]. He had two children in his marriage, Mischa and Nancy. Mischa supposedly plays cello, of Nancy I know nothing. When cousin Hermann became older, he also came to Libau as an apprentice at Gebr. Herzenberg, and uncle Joseph took him into his house. Times there were not good for him. But he was so cheerful and imperturbable that he tolerated it very well. He emigrated to South Africa still before the first world war, [86] where he became fat and wealthy. His sister Frieda also followed him there, where, as far as I know, she is married and happy. Aunt Ernestine, in a second marriage, married a widower, Salmanssohn, with whom she had a son, whom I hardly knew. He worked in my father's business, and he was also driven out by my brother George after father died. I don't know what became of him. Aunt SOPHIE, in Paulshafen, was married with uncle Haase (whose first name I can't think of). I think I may have seen her once; we did not visit them although Paulshafen is close to Libau, on the coast, halfway to Windau, it is not on the main road to Goldingen. Uncle Haase was in Libau more often though, an attractive, tall [87], black-bearded man. Of their many children I somewhat knew only Elias, who married Cila Gerson, my cousin on mother's side. They live in South Africa ad have a smart son, Robert, but they are not doing well, since Elias has been suffering from a foot ailment that makes him unable to work. Aunt FANNY, who took over my care after the deaths of my mother and aunt Sophie Gerson (of whom I will say more), married Nathan Lowenstein, who died in 1940. They had a bargain shop [kramladen] and a cartage business [fuhrbetrieb]. They were well off. They had three sons. Since my parents did not get along with her, we rarely came together with the children, especially since they suffered from outspoken inferiority complexes [besonders da diese an ausgeschprochenen minderwertigkeitskomplexen litten]. The oldest son, Marie, lived in Riga; the second, Mischa in Libau [88]; the youngest, Adolph is a doctor who last lived in Paulshafen. Aunt Fanny still lives in Libau, but did not stay in touch with the children. Aunt DORA married Ezekiel Judelowitz in Mitau. He had a bargain shop there. That did not fit at all well with the nimbus of kingly business people of uncle Abraham and the Grand Duchess of Kurland, aunt Therese, so relations were tense or none. Uncle Keuchel, as cousins Runkel and Kunkel (see above under uncle Abraham) called him, seems to have been dead a long time, and aunt Dora still lives in Mitau. Aunt LINA married Hermann Weinberg in Riga. I still knew her as a very pretty girl. She had the best life of all the sisters. She has two sons and a daughter. She lived in rather good circumstances in Riga; how it goes now [89] under the Soviets, I don't know. My brother Erich in Riga does not worry [kumert sich nicht] about the family, so till now I was unable to find out anything." MARRIAGE: 1. Date and place are unsubstantiated guesses only by Kerry Petersen. !~ORDINANCES: Verified 22 Jul 2007. BAPTISM: Submission 34-2670 Card, Online Ordinance Index. ENDOWMENT: Submission 34-2670 Card, Online Ordinance Index. SEALING TO PARENTS: Submission 4-4759-7250-9542-288. SEALING TO SPOUSE: Submission 4-4584-7463-2772-464. | Herzenberg, Naphtali (I3994)
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| 4887 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 19. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842; presumably if missing in the second male column then probably deceased in the interim. Family #43: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 38 -his wife Blume, 37 -45 his son Israel, 14, 22 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 19 [Comment needing translation for either Jossel, Naphthal, or both; something with 1840.] -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 15 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834 at age 4-1/2.] -Image 74. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List # 39, Family #13: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 44 [Comment needing translation, has something with 1840.] -his wife Blume -45 his son Israel, 14, 28 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 25 -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 21 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834.] -Image 144. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 23, Family #40: -171 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 46, 50 [Has comment needing translation with dates 1840 and 1854.] -his wife Blume -172 son Israel, 30, 34 -his wife Leye -173 his son Abraham, 14-1/2, 18-1/2 -174 his son Levin, 2, 6 -175 son Jossel, 27, - , Jossel died in 1851 -his wife Riffke -176 son Naphthal, 23, 27 -177 son Hosias, 16, 20 -178 son Abraham, 10, 14 -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodesas follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31 -Family 91, 372 [Cukal?] Marcus Bär, 8, 21 [Note: This is the individual showing up in Ancestry.com as Marcus Herzenberg, b. 1850, son of Bär. From this context of this entry, he is not a Herzenberg and evidently a lodger or something. Bär appears to be used as a last name in this entry.] 2. Peter Herzenberg in his compilation had linked this individual (4.06) as a son to Joseph and Zippe Herzenberg (3.03a). I hired the Latvian Archives (Report no. Nr. 3-P-272, 2816, 1927 N, dated 28 Feb 2011) to do research on Joseph and Zippe Herzenberg's family and there is no report of this individual as a son - nor have I seen him show up in other secondary sources with this family. In digging further, I believe Peter may have missed a note on page 2 of the Feigmanis report, which quotes from the 1854 Pilten revison list (630-2-393) and gives the correct family. In Peter's compilation, he would then be a child in family 3.05a with the correction. The placement of Elias Jossel as a son of Elias Lemchen and Blume Herzenberg is also confirmed by the other revision lists quoted above, which show him as Jossel. Feigmanis' transcript: Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 50. wife Blume, son Israel 34 wife Leje son Abraham, 18-1/2 Levin 6 son Elias Jossel - 27 in 1850, died in 1851. his wife Rivke son Naphtal -27 Hosias-20 Abraham-14 In Peter's compilation, he gives the rational that led him to place Elias Jossel in the wrong family. This is from a copy captured of Peter Bruce Herzenberg's website of London, England, since relocated to South Africa (website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007). Source quoted for this individual is FA for Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes). He notes: Name variations: Elias Jossel FA 002 shows b. 1823, d. 1851 in Piltene, md. Rivke. Peter also notes: Elias Jossel - Elias H. presents a problem as he is not recorded in Robert Herzenberg's Reminiscences. Since Fiegmanis provides exact details for both birth and death dates which cannot be ignored, these dates and his names suggest he was the son of Joseph. The fact Elias H. is not mentioned in Robert Herzenberg's Reminisences might be explained as a result of his early demise (aged 28), and Robert's admission that his generation was at best sketchy. Len Yodaiken has not been able to place him based on extrpolation, and hence the absence in his records. Admittingly, a 33 year gap exists between himself and Eduard, so his father would have been in his early 50s at the time of his birth. Not improbable, but still a tenuous link. Based on more modern research as I have explained above, we now properly place him as a son of Elias and Blume Herzenberg. I suspect that his correct name was probably Jossel Elias and not Elias Jossel, which makes all the difference in correcting family. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Elias or Eliahu Jossel (I3966)
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| 4888 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 19. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842; presumably if missing in the second male column then probably deceased in the interim. Family #43: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 38 -his wife Blume, 37 -45 his son Israel, 14, 22 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 19 [Comment needing translation for either Jossel, Naphthal, or both; something with 1840.] -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 15 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834 at age 4-1/2.] -Image 74. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List # 39, Family #13: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 44 [Comment needing translation, has something with 1840.] -his wife Blume -45 his son Israel, 14, 28 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 25 -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 21 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834.]" | Herzenberg, Joel (I3030)
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| 4889 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodesas follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31 -Family 91, 372 [Cukal?] Marcus Bär, 8, 21 [Note: This is the individual showing up in Ancestry.com as Marcus Herzenberg, b. 1850, son of Bär. From this context of this entry, he is not a Herzenberg and evidently a lodger or something. Bär appears to be used as a last name in this entry.] 2. Leonhard is the grandfather of Leonardo Herzenberg, the source noted below under miscellaneous sources. 3. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. Source given is HL for Leonardo Herzenberg; I am unsure as to what the other codes stand for. In regards to this individual: Name variations: Leonhard, Leonh Naftal. AF005 shows b. Goldingen, Latvia, d. 15 Jul 1932 at Tallinn, Estonia, md. 1. Gerson, 2. Halpert. LD shows b. 12 Jul 1856 and d. 15 Jul 1932, Libau. HL 106/066. D 1912 EA shows b. 1856 and d. 15 Jul 1932. Founded the firm Gebruder Herzenberg with his brother Joseph. Died of uraemia (kidney failure). Lived in Tallinn, Estonia as a banker. 4. The following descendancy was developed by and received 1 Aug 2009 from Selwyn Neiman in England Gutta Gutel Jetchen Herzenberg (1842-1898), md. Gustav Gerson (1840-1891). They had the following children: A. Reuven Robert Gerson* (1870-), md. Liebchen Konigsfest* (-1925). B. Fanny Gerson (1861-1887), md. Leonhard Herzenberg (1856-1932). They had the following Child: a. Robert Herzenberg* (1885-1955), md. Gerda Gerson* (1900-1990). [Gerda is the dau. of Samuel Gerson and Malvine Khan listed below making her and her husband first cousins.] They had the following son: i. Leonardo Nardi Herzenberg (1934-), md. Caroline Stuart Littlejohn* (1932-). C. Sophie Gerson. D. Louis Gerson. E. Samuel Gerson, md. Malvine Khan. F. Jacov Gerson, md. Rose Konigsfest (-1936). G. Edward Gerson, md. Matilda Kallmeyer. H. Leopold Gerson, md. Mery Herzenberg. [Genealogy of Mery is unknown.] BIOGRAPHY: 1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg: "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's." Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family: "MY PARENTS FANNY GERSON, Leonhard Herzenberg, SARA HALPERT [110] My mother was born on 10 Schmat 5621 (January 1861) in Pilten, my father on 12 Ab 5616 (July 1856) on a farm [gute] near Goldingen. Their great-parents were siblings. They had known each other from youth, and were attracted to each other, probably because both not so much stood out as fell out from their own sibling group. My father came to the Firm Nachman in Libau at age sixteen, where he eagerly joined the western Jewish culture circle [sich ganz dem west judischen kulturkreis anschloss]. The German pastor of Pilten had taken my mother to heart [ins herz geschlossen] and taught her along with his own children. Pilten, once an important city, bishop's see and of political-historical significance, had become a totally insignificant place, in Russian terminology "z... r....," that is, a city that had been declared as having lost city rights [111] and privileges. A single street led through it. When one came there from Windau, at the entrance there was the church, on the right the house of Jacobsohns, left the house of the Gerson grandparents, and further on relatives lived in almost every house. Behind the houses were fruit and vegetable gardens. Where these adjoined the pastures one could comfortably go through gaps in the fence to the mill field. There my mother used to play, and there I also played with other brats [lausbuben] my age when I was in Pilten for the long summer vacation. These brats attended the Pilten yeshiva next to the little old synagogue. The latter was pathetic, and the yeshiva even more so; it stopped operating long before the world war, and is not even mentioned in the Jewish encyclopedia. Through the pastoral education my mother must have gotten estranged from the whole family milieu, so she liked my father best among the few acquaintances. He was no "match" ["partie"], riches neither had, but they hoped that with help of the [112] wealthy, or better off, uncles in Libau, Goldingen, and Moscow they could get through. They became engaged, and married. [Engagement Announcement card, Pilten, Libau] [Wedding Invitation Card, from G. Gersohn and frau, 4:00pm, 24 July 1884, Pilten] As the guests sat at the wedding meal came the news of the death of Uncle Robert Herzenberg in Mitau. The celebration was not to be disturbed, [113] so the news was kept secret until the end of wedding. It was interpreted as a bad omen, and unfortunately the interpreters were right. The parents moved to Libau, where my father founded the firm Leonhard Herzenberg. The business did not go, the uncles were stingy [kargten] with goods and credit. Soon thereafter I was born, possibly the only pleasure my parents experienced together. And then everything collapsed, the firm failed, my father returned as a clerk to the Nachman Firm, and on 6 Nissan 5647 (19 March 1887) my mother passed away, after suffering for three weeks with enteric typhoid [unterleibtyphus]. Her sister Sophie, who had nursed her during the illness, was infected, and died 11 days later. They were buried in a double grave in the old Jewish North cemetery of Libau, near the north shore of the harbor, next to the building of the linoleoum factory. The grave is almost in the middle of the graveyard. When I visited the cemetery as a child, it was quite full of graves. Then when I [114]Hebrew grave inscription] [msp 115] visited the graves later, on vacation, an oak tree grew behind the cast iron marker [tafel]. Later, after the first world war, the graveyard was abandoned and hardly protected. The low wall was easily climbed over, and everything useable was plundered. All trees were cut down, many grave markers were of wood, these were also stolen, the fences were broken off to be sold as scrap-iron. When I last visited the graves in Libau in 1930, except for the grave of mother and aunt, only a few were still preserved. The cemetery was flattened by time and weather. I don't know whether a transfer of the remains to the south cemetery occurred. When my mother died I was one and a half years old; I have no memory of her. When I was a child one did not speak of her; when I was older and got a second mother it had been agreed that one especially did not speak of my mother. So I know almost nothing of my mother. According to stories and the few photos, she was of short stature, blond, and very beautiful [116]. She was also very clever [klug] and calm in her bearing. I have several letters of hers, that through some kind of shyness I have been unable to read, and a few handicrafts, among them my father's prayer shawl [tales] bag. There was great sorrow in the family over the deaths of my mother and aunt Sophie. Aunt Fanny, who later married Nathan Lowenstein, came into the house to care for me and run my widowed father's household. She knew nothing of child rearing or housekeeping, she was herself only a big child. In contrast to that, she vas very pretty, and let the students of the upper grades in our neighborhood court her much and often. Apparently the situation was not good either for me or my father. So it was natural that he would have to marry again. My father went on most of our holiday trips to the relatives, of which I wrote already, [msp 117] to find himself a wife and me a mother. It did not seem to work, because it lasted very long. Perhaps the candidates shied away from taking such a wild spoiled brat as me under their care. Finally my father made a match outside the country. He went to Konigsberg in private [i.Pr.] (without taking me along), got engaged to Sara Halpert, the daughter of Hirsch Halpert, Rabbi [Gabbe] in the polish schul (Synagogue), and the wedding took place on my father's birthday in 1893. I was already almost eight when the new mother, whom I always called Mamachen, came into the house in Libau. The marriage was happy, though not smooth. The percentage of happy unions was not smaller, perhaps larger, among the arranged ones than among the accidental ones (so-called love matches). When I met her at the railway station, Mamachen was a very pretty [bildhubshe], gentle [sanfte] woman, somewhat buxom [vollschlank] wearing a camel colored plush jacket, into which I liked to cuddle. [118] She was usually serious, an outstanding housewife [hausfrau], and cooked and baked wonderfully; your mother is the only one I've met so far who can do it still better in every respect. Mamachen was no longer young, did not make herself younger, but would give her age as ten years younger. Unfortunately neither she nor anyone else thought of it that smallpox immunization disappears at around age 30. She was vaccinated as a child, and in Germany smallpox was a rare, almost unknown, illness. But in Russia, and in God's little land of Kurland, it was all too common. Perhaps she got infected in an employment agency for servants, and became seriously ill with smallpox. She lay in the city [stadtlichen] hospital, and I would visit her with my father. She was in mortal danger for a long time; when she came out of it the once beautiful, smooth, white, face was a single red scar. [msp 119] She remained pockmarked the rest of her life. (In Russia pockmarked is called ..... (rjaboi); it is such a common sight that a special [urtumlich] word was coined [gepragt] for it. The bodily manifestation of her disease disturbed Mamachen's spirit for the rest of her life. [gab Mamachen ein knacks]. Papachen could surround her with the greatest love, concern, and attention, but she would convince herself that he did not love her, that he cared more for other women; I am sure she was mistaken, but she suffered in spite of it, and Papachen suffered along with her. But they lived quietly and withdrawn. In 1895 uncle Erich was born, at the end of 1896 uncle George. We three grew up, Erich and I left the parental home and moved away [fremde], George stayed home, he was Mamachen's darling. Mamachen fulfilled her step-motherly duty in an exemplary way; before going to Libau she had to swear to her father that she would not touch the orphan [waise], and she never did. [120] I never got a slap from her, though I must have driven her to desperation with my mischief, stubbornness, and back-talk. In later years we understood each other very well, and I would get her annoyed only in jest, for example when I would say I was going to marry a Christian she became speechless just as in my Childhood when I did not want to be subdued. For a time she became very fat, she went to Marienbad several times, she visited me in Freiberg, in Kiel and in Hamburg. She complained [krankelte] about various things. In 1922 she was in Kissingen with Papachen. The diagnoses of the physicians did not sound good, and at the end of 1922 she suffered a stroke which robbed her of speech and movement. So she suffered until the 15 Kislev (November 1923). When she died I was in Hamburg, I went to Libau for the funeral, but arrived too late. Uncle Erich was not allowed to return to [121] Latvia at that time, so uncle George and I were there alone to console Papachen. During Mamachen's illness an electric heating pad set the covers on fire. Since she could not call or move, she would have been seriously burned had not cousin Fanny (now in Prescott, AZ) happened to come in the room and torn the burning cover away. During her illness a very strange thing became evident. Some time before she had set a room aside and locked it with keys from which she would not be separated. Then she declared that the business staff were dishonest, that when Papachen and George went to lunch she herself sat in the cashiers place. She used this daily period to cut off pieces of cloth and hoard them in her locked room. Papachen found this collected hoard when he acquired the key during Mamachen's illness. This hoarding did not make sense, because the cut pieces were not useful for either [122] a suit or a dress. Perhaps this all happened in a state of craziness that later culminated in the stroke. To accomplish it she won the complicity of one of the clerks, who took the opportunity to cut coupons of cloth for himself, but with more sense, with which he supplied his girlfriend's [geliebten] shop in New Libau, who ran an active [schwunghaften] business with the stolen goods. When I wish to describe to you my father, Leonhard Herzenberg, after whom you are named, I can approach it only with a certain shyness [Scheu]. Your grandfather, who attended only a miserable cheider in the country, worked himself out of nothing up to a very high position. I have studied, and graduated from two universities, but always see how far behind my father I stand. No matter how I approach it, from intelligence, [123] diligence, work strength [arbeitskraft], endurance, or observation gift, [beobachtungsgabe] I can only conclude that had he grown up a generation later, under my circumstances, he would have been a light for humanity in any field he may have chosen. Circumstances offered him a small range of occupations, but he fulfilled their and his possibilities 100%. I still envy his letter writing style, and his being had a dignity [wurde] and charm that I have never seen in another person; may they be granted to you, Nardi. The relatives in Berlin would laugh about Mamachen when she spoke of Papachen: "You must see him behind his desk [ladentisch], he stands there like a prince [furst]." And so it was, and whenever he attended a meeting, or led a conference, he would dominate it, without special schooling, without special speaking gifts, and modesty in appearance and dress. He easily stood out from his 9 siblings [msp 124], and perhaps that is why he did not get along with any of them. As I got to know him [als ich ihn kennen lernte] he was just as bald as he is in all his photos. Then I saw very little of him. On work days we never had a midday meal together, since school lasted until 2:30 and often 3:30, and most evenings he came home late from the store, around 9:00, when we would all be together for a short time. Saturday the store was closed, and then we were together more; Papachen was not very devout - only after the death of my grandfather, when he would go to the synagogue daily to say Kadish, and was elected leader of the congregation, did he change; he no longer smoked on Saturday, I was allowed to smoke at home, but he did not like to see it on the street. In later years we sat together longer in the evenings, I with my school work, [125] or reading, Papachen with his bookkeeping, which he always handled himself and was very skilled at. Especially during inventory and year end he would work until late at night. Every Friday evening after dinner we would both go for a walk, in any weather, and then I talked about my school experiences, and he talked about the store. So it went during the school years; then when I went abroad [in die fremde] I would be home only occasionally on vacations, and then, briefly. I would search for every hour I could be together with him, and in later years we were the closest of friends. After I emigrated to Bolivia we would write each other weekly, and thus remained in close contact. Soon after his second marriage Papachen with his brother Joseph founded the firm Gebruder Herzenberg. The shop was located in the Knopf building, on the corner of Korn and Julian streets. After a few years the whole [126] block of buildings up to the market burned down. The shop changed locations several times until the Knopf's rebuilding was complete. The shop again moved back to the old corner, and is still there. However, I don't know what it is called now, since the Bolsheviks who took back Latvia after France collapsed in June 1940 "nationalized" the business, that is took it over without compensation, and your uncle George, the owner, was set out on the street. The business went well, but it was no true happiness. Papachen did not get along with uncle Joseph, and Mamachen even less so with aunt Frieda, uncle Joseph's wife. Both had equal rights, and when Papachen hired somebody, and uncle Joseph did not like them, the latter would fire them. But they both withstood it. Shortly before the world war uncle Joseph died, and Papachen became sole owner. Then the war came, almost all Jews in Libau left the city and moved to inner Russia, partly to save what one could take along, partly to flee to the capital invested in Russian [127] banks and enterprises, partly due to forced evacuation of Jews from the border areas. Uncle Leopold moved to Riga, but Papachen stayed; the Germans came, and were greeted as liberators from the Russian domination, since they came a day before the forced evacuation of the Jews, and instead of them the Russian administration fled to the north. The Germans soon showed themselves in all their ostentation. Life was difficult during the occupation time. Papachen remained a Russian patriot and invested his earnings in czarist rubles. When these then dropped down to nothing, he invested in Reichsmark, and so he also lost this portion. The firm stayed in business, one lived, and not so badly, since the bread and fat ration cards, and the scarcity of meat and fish was not known in Kurland itself during the occupation. [128] But after Latvia became an independent state in 1919, freed of Russians and Germans, Papachen did not become a "noveau riche." During the inflation time he had helped many, but remained the same person who tenaciously fought for his existence. Now he had become the leading personality of the Jewish community. All those who towered over him in education, riches, and position had died or been ruined in Russia. He was always reelected to his position in the community, and one year before his death he was named an honorary freeman (citizen?) [eherenburger]. So, after Mamachen's death he lived in company with uncle George in the beautiful home [wohnung] at Gymnasiumstrasse-4. I was there in November 1918 when Germany surrendered in the first world war, in 1923, after Mamachen's death, in 1925 before emigrating to Bolivia [129], and last in 1930 during my European vacation. Papachen lived quietly and withdrawn; he was not a misanthrope, but was disinclined toward any turbulent gathering. He lived esteemed and loved by the congregation, the city, and with few friends from the old guard of his youth. He lived as he wanted and as he believed was right. Unfortunately he lacked Mamachen's nurture. He had already suffered from a kidney ailment earlier, which kept getting worse over the years. He rarely traveled to the German baths, about once every ten years. Shortly after my last visit in 1930 he became severely ill from kidney stones. Once in a while he had some relief, and then he worked resolutely in the business and the congregation. Finally the crisis came in July 1932. He was transferred to a clinic, but there was no help. He suffered with horrible pain, and succumbed to Uremia on the 12 Tamuz (15 July 1932). With him were uncles Erich and George. [130] I was here in Oruro, I had just gotten a letter from him written in good spirits, since an improvement in his condition had occurred, when the telegram with the sad news arrived. I had lost not only my father, but also the best friend on earth, and the most noble person I ever knew. Papachen's funeral in Libau was exceptional, the coffin was kept in the synagogue, and there the memorial orations were given, Now he rests in the south cemetery next to Mamachen, grandmother, and uncle Joseph. The only good thing is that he did not experience the collapse of everything he loved esteemed, the whole Hitler plague and its consequences. [Hebrew script notation] [marginal notation:] my father's grave inscription[ followed by several lines in Hebrew script] [130 - 133: Ehrenburger certificate, newspaper clippings of memorial items from Leonhard's death]... ...In July 1918 Grukonach 627 requested me back urgently as interpreter. There was nothing to be done. I had to leave beautiful Berlin, where I had changed apartments three times due to bedbug bites, and return to the Russian front. Grukonach was somewhere near Minsk. It was one of the usual reshuffles. Gukonach had to release people to the west, so one gave up detailed people to protect ones own. So, instead of sending me to the west from Berlin, I had to go to Minsk first. From there I went to the troop assembly point of field recruits of the 10th army in Wilna. It was a totally backwards way of doing things. [310] I was there only a week, until 21 July 1918, and those were my most awful days with the Prussians. First, since I was a corporal in the telephone troop, they tried to make me into an infantryman, which did not succeed at all, since I had never learned to use a weapon. Second, quarters and nourishment were already very bad. Third, and that was the worst, during this week my parents celebrated their silver anniversary. I had received a pass to go to Libau from the ordnance survey. When I was sent back east the vacation was imminent. I was given recommendations so that the vacation would be allowed from there, but nothing helped. I could easily have reached Libau from Wilna, and could easily have caught up with the slow troop train in Germany after the festivities. But none of my pleadings had any effect. [311] As the festivities at home were going on, every time the doorbell rang, people yelled "Robert is here!" and ran to the door, while I was being shipped to France...." BURIAL: 1. Research report dated 6 Jul 1997 from Latvian researcher Aleksandrs Feigmanis, Crestes 2-12, LV-1021, Riga, Latvia, to Harold Hodes of London, England (partial copy of eight pages in my possession). In one section he notes burials in Libau as follows: -Joseph Herzberg, died 29-4-1914. -Nesse Herzenberg, died 6-2-1920. -Sara-Haye Herzenberg, died 23-11-1923. -Leonhard Herzenberg, died 15-7-1932. -Leib Herzenberg (or Liba?), died 9-9-1926 2. Website for "Liepaja Jewish Cemetery Book, 1909-1941," accessed 4 Aug 2010 shows a Leonhard Herzenberg, d. 15 Jul 1932 (12 Tamuz 5692). 3. Findagrave.com for Liepaja Jewish Cemetery, memorial# 22286502: Leonhard Herzenberg, unknown birth, d. July 15, 1932. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Leonhard (I4040)
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| 4890 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodesas follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31" 2. Could be same individuals as the following from Jewishgen.org's "Riga Tax Administration List, Fond 1394": A. Israil Herzenberg, son of Elia, age 58 in 1878, d. 1899 in Riga. B. Joel Herzenberg, son of Israil, age 27 in 1878, d. 1907 in Riga. C. Jossel Herzenberg, son of Israil, age 26 in 1878. 3. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. His source is HL for Leonardo Herzenberg. In regards to this individual: HL105/029 shows b. in Windau and d. in Riga. BIOGRAPHY: 1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg: "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's. Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family: "GREAT-UNCLE ISRAEL, WINDAU, and his descendants [30] One day, I must have been about six, during the fall celebrations, my father said that we would go to see the relatives in Pilten, and would make part of the trip with a steamship by way of Windau. And that would be very nice because when we left the harbor the captain would bring out a swing, and I would be able to swing for the whole trip. Now, we had a swing in the garden, and another one in the house, in a doorway, so I was very excited. They were small coast freighters, running between Libau and Windau, and sometimes daring to stretch the trip as far as Riga. The wind blows mostly from the west, exactly perpendicular to the direction of travel; naturally the little ship rolled mightily. As we were leaving the harbor I asked about the swing, people only laughed, and soon the whole ship was swinging, and I became so badly seasick that I still remember it perfectly fifty years later. I don't know how long I vomited, but the next morning we arrived in Windau. On the return trip, when there was also a lot of motion, I no longer felt anything more of seasickness. I was never seasick after that, but have been afraid of getting seasick on every trip though the east sea, the north sea, the Atlantic, or a quiet ocean. In Windau my father took me along on visits to the relatives, and it was the only time that I saw my great uncle Israel, my fathers's oldest Uncle. I remember only a large, white, patriarch beard, and a very serious person; in any case, his behavior towards me stood out from that of the other relatives. I never heard from him again. [32] From his sons Abraham and Josef I also heard nothing. I knew the other two sons, Louis and Joel, quite well, especially in the time when I was studying in Riga. Joel had been in Warsaw, had married there, but it did not go well for him there, and he returned to the Baltic where he was supported by his brother Louis. I visited him sometimes, and he liked me also, but we could not get into good contact with the family. Of his children I remember only a pretty daughter; they were all glowing polish patriots. For me, then still very loyal to the Czar, they seemed like traitors and conspirators. So I could never feel very warm toward them. Today, after so many years, and where Poland for now has been destroyed by the Germans, it would be no different for me; the loyalty to the Czar is long gone, but I have never found a liking for the Poles. When a People goes through so much hardship and bitterness and after more than a century regains its freedom and independence, and then forgets it all, and mishandles and suppresses its minorities in such a horrible way, then it deserves no better fate than it has met. [33] Uncle Louis Herzenberg, and his wife aunt Betty lived in Riga, so, outside of Kurland. They were completely assimilated to the German upper crust, even though they were otherwise loyal Jews. I do not believe that they kept a kosher household in my time; but the holidays were observed, however their shop was open on Saturdays. As a result the household was very large, at least it impressed me a lot, since I was accustomed to the modest conditions in my home. Although the Russian [34] influence in Livland, hundred years older than in Kurland, was much stronger than in the latter, the house of Uncle Louis was pure German, like all families that came from Kurland to Riga, in contrast to those who came from Lithuania, who mostly had a Russian household. The Jewish community of Riga was large and rich, religious, but not outstanding. Uncle Louis was owner of a large manufacturing firm, Herzenberg & Meyerowitz. The latter was already dead in my time. Perhaps the firm had failed and Uncle Louis remained as the sole owner. He was a square-built, stout, pleasant man, who sometimes helped me with small loans. His business was in the Sunderstrasse, partly wholesale, but mostly retail. I remember [35] especially the large carpets, bolts of fabric, and a large safe. Uncle Louis was jovial, and liked to make little jokes, more often daring than funny. Aunt Betty was a faultless housewife, sat indignant while uncle Louis pretended to be harmlessly dumb, to the great amusement of his sons and me. They had five children, the daughters Lilly and Mery, and the sons Heinrich, Julius, and Roman. Lilly was married to Albert Meisel, and lived in Warsaw and Berlin. They had a son James who grew up in Berlin, who had literary talent. Anyway, he received a literature prize. Meisel became ill with fish poisoning after the first world war after a trip to Hamburg, and died half a year later from a resulting heart weakness. Lilly married Heinrich Herzenberg from warsaw and lives in Riga. [36]. Mery I still knew as a dear girl [liebes madel]. She married the cousin of her father Julius' son from Abraham Herzenberg, Mitau, of which I will say more in Abraham's section. Heinrich Herzenberg studied electro-technology in Darmstadt. He was the typical Baltic fraternity boy, treated me like air when I visited his home. He married Irene, and they had a son Erwin. After the end of the first world war Heinrich came to Hamburg, and caught scarlet fever, and his wife came to him. So we became better acquainted, but hardly became closer. For many years we would hear nothing from each other. Hitler brought us back together. Erwin was able to get admission to Australia, and to go there. Heinrich and Irene stayed in Berlin, and as they also were forced to emigrate at the [37] end of 1939, in November of that year I obtained a Bolivian visa for them. The emigration kept getting delayed, and now, in August 1940 I am fighting to get the visa revalidated. I am puzzled how they could come here at all, since Italian ships are no longer running. (In march 1941 they still sat in Berlin). Julius was a bit older than I and studied at the commerce school in Leipzig. We were friendly, but due to the war we lost contact, I don't think he is alive any more. Roman, the youngest, is the same age as I. He attended the Realschule in Riga, but was in a class below mine. We had the same interest in natural science. We liked each other a lot, but lost contact. I graduated and entered the Riga Polytechnic in 1903. He left the Realschule with 6 classes [out of 7] and thus could attend the commerce section of the Polytechnic. [38] First he deserted science, and second, he joined a student association of Baltic Jews, which, with caps and armbands, aped the brawling, rioting and drinking of the Baltic fraternity boys. At that time I had an outspokenly Russian liberalist orientation, so there was a fight between us in the house of uncle Louis, and we stopped our relationship. I lost contact with him also. I know that he changed saddles, studied medicine, went to Serbia as a doctor during the war, and stayed there. He married a Serbian, and now lives as a well established doctor for a mining company in Maidanpec." BIRTH: 1. Date and place are unsubstantiated guesses only by Kenny Petersen. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Jossel or Josef (I4038)
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| 4891 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodes as follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31" 2. Could be same individuals as the following from Jewishgen.org's "Riga Tax Administration List, Fond 1394": A. Israil Herzenberg, son of Elia, age 58 in 1878, d. 1899 in Riga. B. Joel Herzenberg, son of Israil, age 27 in 1878, d. 1907 in Riga. C. Jossel Herzenberg, son of Israil, age 26 in 1878. 3. Leo Herzenberg per website below indicates he was born in Warsaw, Poland. 4. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. His source is HL for Leonardo Herzenberg. In regards to this individual: HL105/028 shows b. in Windau and d. in Warsaw. BIOGRAPHY: 1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg: "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's. Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family: "GREAT-UNCLE ISRAEL, WINDAU, and his descendants [30] One day, I must have been about six, during the fall celebrations, my father said that we would go to see the relatives in Pilten, and would make part of the trip with a steamship by way of Windau. And that would be very nice because when we left the harbor the captain would bring out a swing, and I would be able to swing for the whole trip. Now, we had a swing in the garden, and another one in the house, in a doorway, so I was very excited. They were small coast freighters, running between Libau and Windau, and sometimes daring to stretch the trip as far as Riga. The wind blows mostly from the west, exactly perpendicular to the direction of travel; naturally the little ship rolled mightily. As we were leaving the harbor I asked about the swing, people only laughed, and soon the whole ship was swinging, and I became so badly seasick that I still remember it perfectly fifty years later. I don't know how long I vomited, but the next morning we arrived in Windau. On the return trip, when there was also a lot of motion, I no longer felt anything more of seasickness. I was never seasick after that, but have been afraid of getting seasick on every trip though the east sea, the north sea, the Atlantic, or a quiet ocean. In Windau my father took me along on visits to the relatives, and it was the only time that I saw my great uncle Israel, my fathers's oldest Uncle. I remember only a large, white, patriarch beard, and a very serious person; in any case, his behavior towards me stood out from that of the other relatives. I never heard from him again. [32] From his sons Abraham and Josef I also heard nothing. I knew the other two sons, Louis and Joel, quite well, especially in the time when I was studying in Riga. Joel had been in Warsaw, had married there, but it did not go well for him there, and he returned to the Baltic where he was supported by his brother Louis. I visited him sometimes, and he liked me also, but we could not get into good contact with the family. Of his children I remember only a pretty daughter; they were all glowing polish patriots. For me, then still very loyal to the Czar, they seemed like traitors and conspirators. So I could never feel very warm toward them. Today, after so many years, and where Poland for now has been destroyed by the Germans, it would be no different for me; the loyalty to the Czar is long gone, but I have never found a liking for the Poles. When a People goes through so much hardship and bitterness and after more than a century regains its freedom and independence, and then forgets it all, and mishandles and suppresses its minorities in such a horrible way, then it deserves no better fate than it has met. [33] Uncle Louis Herzenberg, and his wife aunt Betty lived in Riga, so, outside of Kurland. They were completely assimilated to the German upper crust, even though they were otherwise loyal Jews. I do not believe that they kept a kosher household in my time; but the holidays were observed, however their shop was open on Saturdays. As a result the household was very large, at least it impressed me a lot, since I was accustomed to the modest conditions in my home. Although the Russian [34] influence in Livland, hundred years older than in Kurland, was much stronger than in the latter, the house of Uncle Louis was pure German, like all families that came from Kurland to Riga, in contrast to those who came from Lithuania, who mostly had a Russian household. The Jewish community of Riga was large and rich, religious, but not outstanding. Uncle Louis was owner of a large manufacturing firm, Herzenberg & Meyerowitz. The latter was already dead in my time. Perhaps the firm had failed and Uncle Louis remained as the sole owner. He was a square-built, stout, pleasant man, who sometimes helped me with small loans. His business was in the Sunderstrasse, partly wholesale, but mostly retail. I remember [35] especially the large carpets, bolts of fabric, and a large safe. Uncle Louis was jovial, and liked to make little jokes, more often daring than funny. Aunt Betty was a faultless housewife, sat indignant while uncle Louis pretended to be harmlessly dumb, to the great amusement of his sons and me. They had five children, the daughters Lilly and Mery, and the sons Heinrich, Julius, and Roman. Lilly was married to Albert Meisel, and lived in Warsaw and Berlin. They had a son James who grew up in Berlin, who had literary talent. Anyway, he received a literature prize. Meisel became ill with fish poisoning after the first world war after a trip to Hamburg, and died half a year later from a resulting heart weakness. Lilly married Heinrich Herzenberg from warsaw and lives in Riga. [36]. Mery I still knew as a dear girl [liebes madel]. She married the cousin of her father Julius' son from Abraham Herzenberg, Mitau, of which I will say more in Abraham's section. Heinrich Herzenberg studied electro-technology in Darmstadt. He was the typical Baltic fraternity boy, treated me like air when I visited his home. He married Irene, and they had a son Erwin. After the end of the first world war Heinrich came to Hamburg, and caught scarlet fever, and his wife came to him. So we became better acquainted, but hardly became closer. For many years we would hear nothing from each other. Hitler brought us back together. Erwin was able to get admission to Australia, and to go there. Heinrich and Irene stayed in Berlin, and as they also were forced to emigrate at the [37] end of 1939, in November of that year I obtained a Bolivian visa for them. The emigration kept getting delayed, and now, in August 1940 I am fighting to get the visa revalidated. I am puzzled how they could come here at all, since Italian ships are no longer running. (In march 1941 they still sat in Berlin). Julius was a bit older than I and studied at the commerce school in Leipzig. We were friendly, but due to the war we lost contact, I don't think he is alive any more. Roman, the youngest, is the same age as I. He attended the Realschule in Riga, but was in a class below mine. We had the same interest in natural science. We liked each other a lot, but lost contact. I graduated and entered the Riga Polytechnic in 1903. He left the Realschule with 6 classes [out of 7] and thus could attend the commerce section of the Polytechnic. [38] First he deserted science, and second, he joined a student association of Baltic Jews, which, with caps and armbands, aped the brawling, rioting and drinking of the Baltic fraternity boys. At that time I had an outspokenly Russian liberalist orientation, so there was a fight between us in the house of uncle Louis, and we stopped our relationship. I lost contact with him also. I know that he changed saddles, studied medicine, went to Serbia as a doctor during the war, and stayed there. He married a Serbian, and now lives as a well established doctor for a mining company in Maidanpec." 3. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. He indicates references by codes, but I am not familiar with "HR". HR shows marriage in Warsaw with a unknown daughter and a son named Nathan. No wife's name. BIRTH: 1. Date and place are unsubstantiated guesses only by Kenny Petersen. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Joel (I4037)
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| 4892 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 224. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #44, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) [Has other comments needing translation.] -his wife D'baure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife [Giele?] -230 his son Lämme, 15, 28 -231 his son Hirsch, 5, 18 -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife Jette -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, 14. (14 crossed out. Comment that Elias died 1861.) -Image 252. Note this appears to be a duplicate entry to the one above with some changes. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #162, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) -his wife Dbaure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 (Comment that Abraham died 1872.) -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, - (Comment that Elias died 1861.)" | Herzenberg, Ruben (I3113)
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| 4893 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 224. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #44, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) [Has other comments needing translation.] -his wife D'baure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife [Giele?] -230 his son Lämme, 15, 28 -231 his son Hirsch, 5, 18 -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife Jette -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, 14. (14 crossed out. Comment that Elias died 1861.) -Image 252. Note this appears to be a duplicate entry to the one above with some changes. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #162, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) -his wife Dbaure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 (Comment that Abraham died 1872.) -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, - (Comment that Elias died 1861.)" | Herzenberg, Elias (I3057)
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| 4894 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 224. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #44, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) [Has other comments needing translation.] -his wife D'baure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife [Giele?] -230 his son Lämme, 15, 28 -231 his son Hirsch, 5, 18 -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife Jette -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, 14. (14 crossed out. Comment that Elias died 1861.)" | Giele (I3056)
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| 4895 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 32. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842. Family #103: -6, Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 34, 42 -his wife Dwaure, 44 -7 his son Abraham, 19, 27 (In different handwriting ages are lightly crossed out and "18, 26" is added.) -8 his son Jossel, 3, 11 -Image 82. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848. List # 95, Family #2: -6, Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 34, 48 -his wife Dwaure, 44 -7 his son Abraham, 18, 32 -8 his son Jossel, 3, 17 -Image 169. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 111, Family #59: -239 Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 50, 54 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 1853 in comment.] -his wife Dwaure -240 son Jossel, 19, 23 -241 son Abraham, 34, 38 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 13 Oct 1852 in comment.] -242 his son Leme, 7, 11 -243 his son Elias, ½, - , Elias died in 1850 -Image 224. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #44, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) [Has other comments needing translation.] -his wife D'baure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife [Giele?] -230 his son Lämme, 15, 28 -231 his son Hirsch, 5, 18 -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife Jette -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, 14. (14 crossed out. Comment that Elias died 1861.) -Image 262. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871. List #228, Family #54 (see above for family 59 - Abraham Herzenberg - for whom these are sons): -230 Lämme Herzenberg, 15, 28 [Both have extensive notes needing translation.] -231 Hirsch Herzenberg, 5, 18" | Herzenberg, Hirsch (I3082)
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| 4896 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 32. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842. Family #103: -6, Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 34, 42 -his wife Dwaure, 44 -7 his son Abraham, 19, 27 (In different handwriting ages are lightly crossed out and "18, 26" is added.) -8 his son Jossel, 3, 11 -Image 82. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848. List # 95, Family #2: -6, Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 34, 48 -his wife Dwaure, 44 -7 his son Abraham, 18, 32 -8 his son Jossel, 3, 17 -Image 169. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 111, Family #59: -239 Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 50, 54 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 1853 in comment.] -his wife Dwaure -240 son Jossel, 19, 23 -241 son Abraham, 34, 38 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 13 Oct 1852 in comment.] -242 his son Leme, 7, 11 -243 his son Elias, ½, - , Elias died in 1850 -Image 224. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #44, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) [Has other comments needing translation.] -his wife D'baure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife [Giele?] -230 his son Lämme, 15, 28 -231 his son Hirsch, 5, 18 -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife Jette -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, 14. (14 crossed out. Comment that Elias died 1861.) -Image 252. Note this appears to be a duplicate entry to the one above with some changes. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #162, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) -his wife Dbaure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 (Comment that Abraham died 1872.) -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, - (Comment that Elias died 1861.) -Image 262. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871. List #228, Family #54 (see above for family 59 - Abraham Herzenberg - for whom these are sons): -230 Lämme Herzenberg, 15, 28 [Both have extensive notes needing translation.] -231 Hirsch Herzenberg, 5, 18" | Herzenberg, Abraham (I3055)
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| 4897 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 41. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842. Family #149: -331, Gabriel Chone Herzenberg, 25, 33 -his wife Channe, 30 -332, his son Levin, 5, 13 -Image 89. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848. List # 139, Family #102: -331, Gabriel Chone Herzenberg, 25, 39 -his wife Chane, 30 -332, his son Levin, 5, 19" | Channe (I3006)
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| 4898 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 56. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842. Family #287: -325 Rabbi Elias Joseph Herzenberg. 60, 68 [Has comment; Feigmanis translates as "Died 22 May 1844." -his wife Chiene, 62 -326 his son Jossel, 17-1/2, 25-1/2 -Image 102. (Refer to item g above.) Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List # 286, Family #160: -325 Elias Joseph Herzenberg. 60, - [Comment needing translation but appears to be death in 1842.] -326 his son Jossel, 17, 31 -413 [Marinauter?] Hirsch Israel, 29, - [Comment needing translation but appears to be death in 1843.] -Image 177. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 156, Family #49: -210 Jossel Elias Herzenberg, 33-1/2, 37-1/2 -his wife Dinne -211 son Hirsch, 14, 18 -212 son Lemchen Elias, 7, 11 -Image 260. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871. List #217, Family #45: -188 Jossel Elias Herzenberg, 41-1/2, 54-1/2 [Has extensive notes needing translation.] -his wife Diene -189 son Lämmchen, 15, 28 -190 son Elkann, 8, 21" 2. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. Sources are LA for Latvian Archives, FA for Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes), and YL for Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes). In regards to this individual: Name variations: Josiph "Rabbi," Jossel b. Eliahu, Jossel Elias. LA009 shows b. 1816/9 in Piltene, d. 10 Apr 1881 in Libau, md. Iddelson. LA011 shows d. 10 Apr 1881. FA002, shows b. 1817. LA012, shows b. 1817. LA013/014/015 shows b. 1817. YL shows b. 1815. Peter also notes: Josiph - LA009 gives the birth date between 1816 and 1819. All other Latvian Archive (LA) documents confirm the birth date as 1817. Piltene Rabbi 1849-1856. Rabbi in Libau from 1860-1881. 3. Archival Research Paper about Herzenberg Family prepared for Harold Hodes 23 Mar 1999 and is report no. Nr. 3-H-2962, by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007, copy of only page 1 in my possession but evidently other pages exist: "In reply to your application please be informed that the recruits enlistment registers of the Jewish families belonging to the Jewish community in Pilten for the years 1842, 1848, 1854, 1871 (see app. No. 1-4), census lists of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten for the years 1898, 1899 as well as the birth records of the Jewish community in Libau (now Liepaja) for the years 1836-1853, 1854, 1857-1905, marriage and death recods of the same community for years 1854-1905, as available at our archives, contain the following information: Rabbi Jossel (or Josiph) Herzenberg was a son of Elias Herzenberg from Pilten. He was born in ca 1815-1816, possible in Pilten. Since our archives keep birth, marriage and death records of the Jewish communites for the time period from 1854, when they started to be kept officially, it is impossible to confirm the dates fevore 1854. Jossel's father - a Rabbi Elias - son of Joseph Herzenberg, born in ca 1774, died in 1842. Jossel's mother - Chiene Herzenberg (maiden name not stated), born in ca 1780. Jossel's wife - Dine (Dinne, Diene) née Iddelson (birth date is unknown). They had children: -son Hirsh, born in ca 1836, -son Lämmchen, born in ca 1843, -son Elkan (Elkann), born in ca 1850, -daughter Sheine, born on August 31 of 1857 in Libau (see App. No. 6), -daughter Meriam, born on June 15 of 1859 in Libau (see App. No. 7). Elkan - son of Jossel Herzenberg married Doris (Dobra, Doba) daughter of Aizik Dreyer, born in ca 1852. The marriage records of the Jewish community in Libau for the years 1870-1875 do not contain information on their marriage. The... [end of 1st page and my copy]" 4. Courland (Kurzeme in Latvian, Kurland in German) is the historically distinct area of modern day Latvia bounded by the Baltic Sea to the west, Lithuania to the south, and the Dvina River (now Daugava) to the North. Its historic capital was Mitau (now Jelgava). It had ice-free Baltic ports with commercial and strategic importance. At its height Courland was a prosperous and cultured German-speaking Duchy. Courland was a separate Gubernia (Province) of the Russian Empire from 1797-1918. 50-60% of the Jews living in Riga just north of Courland had family roots in Courland. The names of the various towns have changed now that the area is part of Latvia (new-old as of early 1900s): Aizpute-Hasenpoth Jelgava-Mitau Kuldiga-Goldingen Liepaja-Libau Piltene-Pilten Talsi-Talsen Ventspils-Windau 5. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen lists the following from Piltene. The date and location works for Joseph, son of Elias, and Diene is also related since there is a shared family and tax number with Jossel. Diene is another name for Rebecca, the wife of Jossel: A. Jossel Herzenberg, age 54 in 1871, b. abt 1817, registration town Piltene, father Elias, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 45, Oklad (tax reference) # 188. B. Diene Herzenberg, 1871, registration town Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 45, Oklad (tax reference) # 188. 6. From the publication "Latvia Sig," v. 3, no. 3, Sept. 1998, concerning the history of Piltene, Latvia: "In the beginning of the 13th century, the government of the Germanic Orders (Crusaders) was in place. in a later period of that government, the area of Piltene enjoyed a semi-independent standing, and the town Piltene was utilized as the seat of the area Bishop (the Hagmon). In the year 1559, the town and the area passed to the government of Magnus the Dane, and in the year 15585, o the government of Poland. In the beginning of the 18th century, there were 5 streets and 120 houses in the town. At the end of the century, Piltene was annexed to Tsarist Russia. During the 19th century, the population of the city tripled. gut, but the end of the century, there began a constant reduction in the number of residents. Between the two world wars, the population ratio in Piltene was about half the number of residents who lived there on the eve of the First World War. Excluding some flour mills, there were no industrial factories in the place. The Jewish settlement of Piltene is one of the oldest in Kurland. According to one version, Jews clung to the town or its surroundings in the 10th to the 17th centuries. in the same period, it will be recalled, Piltene enjoyed a special status, and following that, there was no general prohibition on Jews' settling in Kurland. In any event, there is no doubt tat during the Polish government, ad the beginning of the 18th century, there already existed a Jewish settlement in the city. The first direct witness to this was in the year 1708, and it was expressively stated that there was in place a synagogue, almost certainly the first of the synagogues of Kurland. In those years the city was destroyed in the Swedish-Polish wars, and it is possible that a portion of the Piltene Jews moved to the neighboring Hassenpoth (Aizpute). In the year 1759, Piltene is recalled as one of the Kurlander cities that allowed Jewish settlers. In the year 1782, the Jews of the city and the Church province in which the city was included Kirvenshpileh, owed a total of 76 thaler protection tax. That sum was 12 percent of the general protection tax of the Jews in the entire district. After the annexation to Russia at the beginning of the 19th century, there were 351 Jewish souls - more than half the city's population. In the 80's the Jews even had a representative on the city council. From the end of the 19th century forward, there began a constant tendency of absolute and relative reduction in the number of Jews in the locality. On the eve of the First World War, they were only about one quarter of the resident of the city. Many Pilten Jews settled in the neighboring port city of Windau (Ventspils), which quickly developed at the end of the 19th century and enjoyed a general flowering. Piltene Jews contributed a great deal to the growth and development of the Windau community...The livelihood of Piltene Jews was mainly in commerce - and thus in the industries of resin wine, innkeeping, and tailoring... In the year 1915, after the outbreak of WWI, the Jews of Piltene were expelled form the town. During the war, five Jewish Public buildings and 23 private Jewish homes were damaged. As was noted, the Jewish settlement of Piltene established a synagogue already at the beginning of the 18th century. In the beginning of 1805, the writing of the Pinkas (notebook/register) was begun. In the same year, there was already active in place a hevra kiddisha (burial society) and it had its own rabbi...The pinkas was preserved and one can glean from it the order of the community, its institutions and its regulations, as they existed at least at the beginning of the 19th century.... [In listing the various Rabbis in succession] ...Rabbi Eliahu [ben Meir] died in 1815 and according to some versions, held office in Piltene only half a year before he died. In his place came the Rabbi Eliahu ben Yosef [Herzenberg?], who began as a teacher-instructor... the Dov-Bar Hirsch - until his death in the year 1850, the Rabbi Yosef Hertzberg, who served as a teacher (morch tzedek) until 1855..." 7. Research report dated 6 Jul 1997 from Latvian researcher Aleksandrs Feigmanis, Crestes 2-12, LV-1021, Riga, Latvia, to Harold Hodes of London, England (partial copy of eight pages in my possession). Much of what he includes is from the Recruit Enlistment Registers, which I do not transcribe since I have it already directly from the source. Three pages are tombstone inscriptions of the Piltene Cemetery, which are now available online verbatim to what Feigmanis provided. The report focused on Harold genealogical line which descends from the original Joseph, through Rabbi Elias Herzenberg and his son Rabbi Joseph Herzenberg. I include transcripts about these Rabbis as follows (his English is rough): "In the book of rabbi Leib Owtchinski entitled "The History of Jews in Latvia" (in Yiddish) published in 1928, he wrote about your ancestor Elias Joseph Herzenberg of Pilten: "Rav Eliahu bar Joseph Hertzberg arrived (more correctly - appointed, I suppose) as more (teacher, also scientst, connaisseur of Talmud and Tora at synagogue) in Pesach 1815. In the pinkos of hevra-kadisha wrote the following: r. Eliahu b. Joseph appointed at tacher and his salary will be following: 4 roubles for a week and 3 guldens; also was appointed Joseph bar Shmuel. His son was Joseph Herzenberg." In the same book about Joseph Herzenberg, [he wrote the] following: "Joseph b. Eliahu Hertsenberg born in Pilten; he was rabbi in Pilten since 1849 till 1856; then he exchange[d] his place with rabbi mendel israelsohn and came as rabbi in Libau, where he was rabbi during 25 year[s]; he died there in 1882..." Mr. Feigmanis also found documents in German regarding the appointment of Jossel Elias Herzenberg as rabbi in Libau: "The Libau magistrat wrote in Courlande provincial adminstration (Nov. 3, 1859). "Relating to your order of October 15 nr: 2451 regarding election of rabbis and appointing of rabbies we inform that in the Bezirk (district) of this magistrat served only one rabbi called Jossel Elias Herzenberg and he was appointed by provincial administration of Courlande November 14, 1855 by the order number 3861, after he concluded the contract with the Jewish community of Libau, he was elected for three years. During this 3 years he cannot to refuse to fullfill his obligations. (LSHA, 95-2-1440-4)" "LHSA; 96-2-1440-51" is a copy of the contract for which I make some minor syntax corrections: "The Contract. Today the contract was concluded between Libau Jewish commmunity and Jossel Elias Herzenberg, registered in Pilten. 1. Libau Jewish community engages Jossel Elias Herzenberg for the post of Libau rabbi for the following dates: from January 1, 1860 till January 1, 1863 with yearly salary of 180 silver roubles. This salary must be paid each month from the "cassa" of the community. 2. Rabbi obtains free residence in a house, owned by the Libau Jewish community; the community will repair the house. 3. For records produced by the rabbi in the book of vital statistics, he will obtain for each birth 10 kopeks, for marriage 50 silver kopeks, for divorce 50 silver kopeks, and for "chalitze" 75 kopeks. 4. For marriage ceremony the rabbi obtains "rechasch," it means 1-1/4% of the dowry; for each marriage 3 silver roubles; for appointment of the "swore" 1 silver rouble; for each chalitze 1 silver rouble. The representatives must help in obtaining these fees. They must also watch that noboby comes into the house of rabbi without permission so that the rabbi does not lose his money. 5. The rabbi takes obligation to fulfil all religious and state laws; to take particular attention for keeping peace, order tranquility and morality inside of the community and read each shabbat lections... The salary will be paid when rabbi starts his service. This contract composed in two exemplars; Libau, January 14, 1860. President of Community. H.M. Nachman and D. Friedmann. Rabbi of Libau. Jossel Elias Herzenberg." BIOGRAPHY: 1. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of his data from website in my possession. "A LETTER ABOUT MIRIAM HODES (Daughter of Rabbi Joseph Herzenberg), Contributed by her Grandson Judge George Coleman, South Africa 1995~ Copied from the original by Peter Herzenberg. My grandmother, as I recall her, was a handsome soft-spoken old woman of great dignity. Even at the end of her life, her still unlined face, under white hair, showed that she must have been beautiful when young. Despite her gentle form of speech, her personality was a strong one: she was respected, as well as loved by her seven children, their spouses, and those of her grand children who knew her well. As the daughter of a rabbi in a large town, she had enjoyed a good education. She spoke, read and wrote Yiddish, German and English. Her English accent was a Northumberland one, acquired during her years in Sunderland. Miriam was fond of reading. She is the only person I know who had read and enjoyed every one of Scott Waverley's novels. She was also an interesting talker, liberal in her views and at times humorous in the way she expressed them. Though herself religious and a regular attendant at synagogue, she was tolerant of people who differed from her in such matters. An incident my wife Gladys used to tell of illustrates that tolerance, as well as Miriam's wit. Gladys was a cigarette smoker, but when she visited Miriam on a Saturday she refrained from smoking. On such an occasion Miriam asked Gladys why she was not smoking; Gladys replied that it was because she felt she should refrain while in Miriam's presence on the Sabbath. "My dear Child," said Miriam, "if you're not afraid of God, you needn't be afraid of me." MARRIAGE: 1. Date and place are unsubstantiated guesses only by Kerry Petersen. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Joseph or Jossel Elias (I3976)
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| 4899 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 56. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842. Family #287: -325 Rabbi Elias Joseph Herzenberg. 60, 68 [Has comment; Feigmanis translates as "Died 22 May 1844."] -his wife Chiene, 62 -326 his son Jossel, 17-1/2, 25-1/2 -Image 102. (Refer to item g above.) Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List # 286, Family #160: -325 Elias Joseph Herzenberg. 60, - [Comment needing translation but appears to be death in 1842.] -326 his son Jossel, 17, 31 -413 [Marinauter?] Hirsch Israel, 29, - [Comment needing translation but appears to be death in 1843.]" 2. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. Sources are LA for Latvian Archives and FA for Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes). In regards to this individual: Name variations: Chiene, Hanna. LA009 shows b. 1780, last domicile Piltene. FA002 shows b. 1780. LA015 shows b. 1780. Peter also notes: Chiene - Latvia Archives (LA) documents give the birth date as 1780 and the newly introduced date 1783/4 requires verification. 3. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. Sources are LA for Latvian Archives and YL is Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes). In regards to Chiene's son Hirsch Israel: Name variations: Hirsh Israel LA013 shows b. 1803/5 and d. 1843. YL Peter also notes: Hirsh Israel - This is the first time the name Hirsh appears. The annexation of the name Israel points to the mother. At this time Rabbi Mendel Israelsohn took over as Rabbi in Libau. Subsequently, we find the name Mendel repeated in this branch, suggesting the Rabbi's daughter may have married Chone H. [KP: Chone is erroneous and needs to be corrected to Elias Joseph H.] There may have been a previous Hirsh or, this may be an abbreviation of Herzenberg as pointed out by previous researcher (Herzenberg = Hirsh enberg). 4. Archival Research Paper about Herzenberg Family prepared for Harold Hodes 23 Mar 1999 and is report no. Nr. 3-H-2962, by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007, copy of only page 1 in my possession but evidently other pages exist: "In reply to your application please be informed that the recruits enlistment registers of the Jewish families belonging to the Jewish community in Pilten for the years 1842, 1848, 1854, 1871 (see app. No. 1-4), census lists of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten for the years 1898, 1899 as well as the birth records of the Jewish community in Libau (now Liepaja) for the years 1836-1853, 1854, 1857-1905, marriage and death recods of the same community for years 1854-1905, as available at our archives, contain the following information: Rabbi Jossel (or Josiph) Herzenberg was a son of Elias Herzenberg from Pilten. He was born in ca 1815-1816, possible in Pilten. Since our archives keep birth, marriage and death records of the Jewish communites for the time period from 1854, when they started to be kept officially, it is impossible to confirm the dates fevore 1854. Jossel's father - a Rabbi Elias - son of Joseph Herzenberg, born in ca 1774, died in 1842. Jossel's mother - Chiene Herzenberg (maiden name not stated), born in ca 1780. Jossel's wife - Dine (Dinne, Diene) née Iddelson (birth date is unknown). They had children: -son Hirsh, born in ca 1836, -son Lämmchen, born in ca 1843, -son Elkan (Elkann), born in ca 1850, -daughter Sheine, born on August 31 of 1857 in Libau (see App. No. 6), -daughter Meriam, born on June 15 of 1859 in Libau (see App. No. 7). Elkan - son of Jossel Herzenberg married Doris (Dobra, Doba) daughter of Aizik Dreyer, born in ca 1852. The marriage records of the Jewish community in Libau for the years 1870-1875 do not contain information on their marriage. The... [end of 1st page and my copy]" | Chiene or Hanna (I3975)
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| 4900 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: "http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/en/menu/lv/13/ig/13/ie/5507/book/30313.html -Image 69: "Lemchen Joseph Herzenberg" is title of an entire return section at Pilten 22 Sep 1811 containing: -Lemgen Joseph Herzenberg, (no age) -his [brother?] Chonne Joseph Herzenberg, 18 [Has relational and other comments needing translation; most likely fraternal.] -his wife, Sorre, 18 -his daughter, Riffke, 1 -his mother, Taube, 60 [This is a big find - wife of the original Joseph.] -his [?] Lewin Wulf Edelstein, 17 -his wife, Schoene, 15 -Image 27. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842. Family #79: -327 Chone Joseph Herzenberg, 42, 50 -his wife Schore, 50 -328 his son Jossel, 18, 26 -329 his son Mendel, 9, 17 -330 his son Elias, 2, 10 -Image 77. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848. List # 63, Family #101: -327 Chone Joseph Herzenberg, 42, 56 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 1847 in comment.] -his wife Schore, 50 -328 his son Jossel, 18, 32 -329 his son Mendel, 9, 23 -330 his son Elias, 2, 16" | Schore (I4370)
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