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5101	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual is found as a patron submitted entry in the LDS IGI. The entry shows birth in Hebron in 1767, but it may have been Hartland, Hartford, CT, since the John Jones family may have relocated there as early as late 1760 after the last Hebron recorded birth of Charles Jones. 2. Art Sikes, 1175 River Blvd, Suffield, CT 06078, 860-668-0414, ArtSikes@aol.com. 29 Sep 2007: A. "Timothy Jones, b. ca. 1767; d. 2 Jan 1838, Hartland, Ct, ae. 71 yrs.; bur. East Hartland cem., East Hartland, Ct; son of John Jones & Amy Phelps; m. Sarah ___. Children: 1. Anna Jones. 2. Sarah Jones. Timothy's children names from his father's will. 1800 Census records have two males ae. 0-9 & two females 0-9 along with Timothy & Sarah. B. "The wills of John Jones & Ama Jones are recorded next to each other in the Simsbury Probate record, the probate district for Hartland at that time, they are dated 1811. In the wills the following children are mentioned: Samuel Townsend Jones, Thomas Phelps Jones, Charles Phelps Jones, granddaughters namely Anna Jones, and Sarah Jones, the last two being the daughters of Timothy Jones, none of his daughters are mentioned in the will." 3. Censuses: 1800 US: Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, all Jones (they live next to each other): Charles Jones, males: 1 under 10, 1@26-44; females: 2@10-15, 1@45+. John Jones, males: 1@45+; females: 1@45+. Tim'y Jones, males: 2 under 10, 1@26-44; females: 2@10-15, 1@26-44. 1810 US: Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut: Samuel Jones, males: 3 under 10, 1@26-44; females: 2 under 10, 1@26-44. Timothy Jones (21 families away from Samuel), males: 1 under 10, 1@10-15, 1@16-25, 1@26-44; females: 1@10-15, 1@16-25, 1@26-44. John Jones (next door to Timothy), males: 1@45+; females: 1@45+. Charles Jones (next door to Timothy), males: 4 under 10, 1@45+; females: 2@10-15, 1@16-25, 1@26-45. 1820 US: Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, 5 pages, all Jones in Hartland: Timothy Jones, males: 2 under 10, 1@16-26, 1@45+; females: 1@16-26, 1@26-45. Charles Jones (4 doors away from Timothy), males: 1 under 10, 2@10-16, 1@16-26; 1@45+; females: 2@16-26, 1@26-45, 1@45+. Samuel T. Jones (3 doors away from Charles), males, 1 under 10, 1@26-45; females: 1@16-26. 1830 US: Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, p. 15 of 16, all Jones for this township: Charles Jones, males: 1@15-20, 1@20-30, 1@70-80; females:1@30-40, 1@60-70, 1@80-90. Timothy Jones (2 doors from Charles), males: 1@20-30, 1@30-40; females: 1@30-40. [Note that the parents appear too young - is this a different Timothy?] Samuel T. Jones (4 doors from Timothy), males: 1 under 5, 1@5-10, 1@30-40; females: 1 under 5, 1@30-40. [Samuel and wife appear too young - a different Samuel?] Roderick Jones (4 doors from Samuel), males: 2 under 5, 1@30-40; females: 1 under 5, 1@30-40. [Son of Charles.] ~ORDINANCES: Verified 25 Sep 2007. BAPTISM: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 1395668, sht. 64, batch 8331302. ENDOWMENT: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 1395668, sht. 64, batch 8331302. SEALING TO PARENTS: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 1395668, sht. 64, batch 8331302. Parents are John and Amy Jones. SEALING TO SPOUSE: Temple submission 4-5057-4251-2332-464.	Jones, Timothy (I4440)
5102	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 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." 2. From various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007: Will of Barnabas Derifield of Braintree, MA proved 1680 helps confirm that Thomas Spencers first wife was a sister to Barnabas. Barnabas gave estate to kinsman [his nephew] Samuel Spencer who was to give Samuel's brothers Obadiah and Thomas 40 shillings each. Since these are the 3 sons of Sergt. Thomas by 1st wife and since will of Sergt. Thomas cuts off son Samuel with little with the statement, "he having rec. a good portion from his Uncle." (See N.E. Reg. Jul 1951). See also Thomas Spencer's will in his notes. The following is a biographical summary on Barnaby Dorryfall, the brother of Ann, from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III: "Barnaby Dorryfall Origin: Unknown Migration: 1633 First Residence: Boston Removes: Braintree... Estate: "...In his will of 28 January 1680/1 "Barnabas Derifall now of Brantery" bequeathed to his kinsman Samuel Spencer that half of his estate already in Spencer's possession, and after his (Dorryfall's) decease the other half, Spencer to pay to his two brothers Obadiah and Thomas Spencer within twelve months forty shillings apiece; the will was proved 10 March 1680/1, but was declared imperfect for failure to name an executor, whereupon Samuel Spencer was named to this office [SPR 6:350]. The administrator's bond was not executed until 23 April 1681 [SPR NS 4:8]. The inventory, presented to court on 10 March 1680/1, totalled £206, of which £151 was real estate: house, barns, outhouses and land adjoining, £80; ten acres of land at the furnace pond, £26; fifteen acres of land adjoining to the common, £20; and five acres land at Salter's farm, £25 [SPR 9:34]. Birth: Probably about 1615 Death: Braintree 2 February 1680/1 [BrVR 657]. Marriage: By an unknown date Elizabeth ____, who died at Braintree 16 September 1679 [BrVR 657]. Children: None recorded. Associations: Mrs. William C. Clark, "Who Was the First Wife of Thomas Spencer of Hartford, Conn.?" [NEHGR 105:197-99], demonstrates that the Anne Derrifall who came to New England in 1634 was the first wife of Thomas Spencer, and sister of Barnaby Dorryfall, and mother of the three Spencer brothers named in Barnaby Dorryfall's will. (See also TAG 27:162.)..." 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. 166-67: "Thomas2 Spencer (Thomas1), born about 1641, died at Suffield, Conn., 23 July 1689 (but inventory of his estate was presented that date); married Esther Andrews, who died at Suffield, 6 Mar. 1697/8, daughter of William and Elizabeth. Children: i. Esther3, b. (say 1666); m. in 1688, William Pierce. She had a child by John Barnard, 1683. ii. Elizabeth, b. (say 1668); m. 24 Mar. 1685/6, John Taylor of Suffield. iii. Thomas, b. (say 1670); d. 22 Aug. 1692. His will, 9 Apr. 1692, proved 30 Sept. 1692, named mother Esther Spencer; estate of father Thomas brothers Samuel and William; sisters (sic); uncles Thomas Huxley and Jarrad Spencer. iv. Samuel, b. (say 1674) d. 23 Nov. 1743. v. William, b. (say 1677) d. Dec. 1745. vi. Anna, b. at Suffield, 6 June 1680 d. 4 Oct. 1660. 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 [above]; or the child born to Esther3 in 1683 (No. 12 above); or identical with Hannah3 [Jared2, Thomas1]. 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." 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 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]... 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, pp. 261-290: "Chapter XVI Thomas2 Spencer (1641-1689), A PIONEER of SUFField, CONNECTICUT (with NOTES ON SGT. Thomas HUXLEY). I. The English OriginS of Thomas2 Spencer. Thomas2 Spencer was in the second generation of the "Four Spencer Brothers" who came to New England about 1630 in the earliest vessels of the Winthrop Fleet. Thomas2 was the second son of the second oldest of the Four Brothers, that is SGT. Thomas1 Spencer (1607-1687). The Four Brothers all have left a long line of descendants in America. Indeed, it seems likely that most of the presently living descendants who bear that surname of Spencer in America (of English origin) can trace their ancestry either to William1, Thomas1, Michael1, or Gerard1. William1 (1601-1640) was one of the eight original founders of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thomas1 also was a pioneer of Cambridge and a co-founder of Hartford, Connecticut. He was a veteran of the Pequot War of 1637. In later years, his woodworking shop in Hartford began a dynasty of furniture makers whose products were highly regarded in New England for more than a century and a half. Michael1 (1611-1653) was a co-founder of Lynn, Massachusetts and the ancestor of a long line of Spencer descendants in Rhode Island. Gerard1 (1614-1685) became known as the "Patriarch of Haddam" (Connecticut), but he was (along with Michael1) a co-founder of Lynn, Massachusetts. In later years, Gerard lived for a short time in Hartford. Most of his later life, however, was associated with Haddam, Connecticut. Gerard was the progenitor of a long line of Haddam Spencers, including MAJOR GENERAL Joseph Spencer who was on the staff of George Washington during the Revolutionary War. II. 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. III. The EARLY DAYS of SUFField Suffield, Connecticut, was not the earliest town along the "Greate River" (now the Connecticut River) which extends from Long Island Sound at its mouth several hundred miles north across Connecticut and Massachusetts. In its upper reaches, it forms the boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire. Such towns as Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield along the lower reaches of the river were well into their fourth decade before the establishment of Suffield between Windsor and Springfield, Massachusetts. Perhaps this delayed development of Suffield was fortunate because it allowed adequate time for the PYNCHON family of Springfield to assess a fortune which could be used in the development of a town such as Suffield. The first of the PYNCHON family in Springfield was William PYNCHON who was there as early as 1636 (the same year that the followers of Thomas Hooker emigrated from Cambridge to Hartford). William was an example of the explosive expansion of the Puritans in New England who first came in substantial numbers to the Boston area with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630. William PYNCHON essentially built his fortune through fur trading with the Indians and the exporting of the pelts to England. William's son Johnhad been born in Essex County, England (home to many Puritans) in 1621. It was natural Johnwould follow in his father's footsteps at an early age. Indeed, when William PYNCHON came into conflict with the religious authorities and was indicted for heresy, his son Johnwas able to assume full control of the Pynchon enterprises in 1652. JohnPHYCHON was not solely a fur trader, but also expanded his interests to the extent that he became a leading developer and promoter. His widespread business interests required extensive travel along the "Great River", which remained a hazardous area, especially in the wilderness area between Windsor and Springfield. By 1669, JohnPYNCHON had selected a suitable site for his "Stonéy Brooke Plantation". He filed a petition with the General Court of Massachusetts resulting in a grant of land extending six miles to the south of Springfield and six miles to the West. The grant cost JohnPYNCHON 40 pounds, or perhaps the equivalent of about 500 dollars in modern U.S. currency. JohnPYNCHON and a half dozen of his key associates in Springfield drew up a precise pattern for laying out the plans for Suffield. It was by no means a haphazard enterprise. There were strict rules to be followed, probably very essential considering the wilderness which was to be tamed. Each petitioner for a grant in the Plantation generally was to be allocated 50 or 60 acres, plus a plot of 5 or 6 acres for his house. He was given a period of 3 years to clear and fence the land and build on the property. The settler could not dispose of his property until he had been on the land for a period of seven years. There were many other facets of the rules and regulations concerning social and religious life. For example, there were large set asides of land for the support of the minister and the creation of a school. Industry was not overlooked, including grants of 60 acres to the settler(s) who built a sawmill and gristmill. It was fore-ordained that the mills would be built by JohnPYNCHON. A sawmill was an urgent priority since the settlers had no knowledge of how to build a log cabin. The very first structures were houses of frame and clapboard design. Of necessity, the houses were small and generally located in proximity to one another for defensive purposes. The Pynchon Committee of the Stoney Brooke Plantation also had firm control of the economic life of the community. They set the value of agricultural commodities which were used in an extensive system of bartering. By 1674, there were 37 families in Suffield, whose houses were principally located along High Street running from north to south (see accompanying map). Records for the year 1675 are non-existent because of the King Philip War and the evacuation of the townspeople to more protective areas. The town did not begin a recovery until 1677 when JohnPHYCHON rebuilt the sawmill and the gristmill. The Pynchon Committee retained firm control until 1681 when the first Town Meeting was held. Only 37 settlers could vote at this meeting who were considered original settlers of Suffield. Thomas2 Spencer was included among the 37 voters. Incidentally, Suffield was considered a part of Massachusetts until 1749. Prior to this date, the town had struggled for many years to come under the aegis of Connecticut. It was not until 1742 when PHINEAS LYMAN, a legal scholar, made Suffield his home and embarked on the struggle to move the town under the jurisdiction of Connecticut. Later, LYMAN became a foremost leader in the French and Indian War, 1755-1760 (see J.T. & E.W. Spencer). Much of the later history of Spencer descendants in Suffield was associated with West Suffield (see map). The lineage of the families beyond Thomas2 Spencer essentially was divided between Samuel3 (1674-1743) and William3 (1677-1745). The "Samuel3 Group" resided primarily within the boundaries of the original town, while the "William3 Group" resided in West Suffield. These geographic separations prevailed for several generations, especially for the descendants of Samuel3. IV. The "FATE" of The Thomas2 LAND GRANT ON High STREET IN 1674. The original grant of 60 acres to Thomas2 Spencer was located on the east side of High St. between the 60 acres belonging to MAJ. JohnPYNCHON on the south and 50 acres to HUGH ROE on the north side. Smaller house lots on the opposite side (west) of High St. belonged to MAJ. PYNCHON, JohnTaylor, and Thomas Taylor. On the modern map, the original Spencer land was at the intersections of South Main, Kent Ave., and Suffield St. South of the intersection was the later home of Samuel REID Spencer (b. 1871) and the present Dr. Alexander King House. [KP note: Book includes two hand-drawn maps of the houselots of "The First Settlers 1671-84," drawn from records by H.S. Sheldon in 1882.] The original 60 acres belonging to Thomas2 Spencer seems to have been farmed up to the time of the death of Thomas2 in 1689 (Alcorn). At the death of Thomas2 the property was divided between his sons Samuel3 (1674-1743) and William3 (c1677-1745). In 1698, Samuel3 was granted an additional 16 acres. This arrangement seems to have prevailed for about 30 to 35 years after Thomas2 had died in 1689. By 1721, the first move seems to have been made by William3 who bought 50 acres on Sheldon St. about half way between Grand St. and Taintor St. (near what is now headquarters of the V.F.W.). William3 was now 44 years of age and had seven children ranging in ages from 5 years to 16 years. For some reason, William3 Spencer remained on the Sheldon Street farm for about a decade and then purchased 43 acres from Nathan HARMON about 1730. This farm remained a focus for Spencer descendants for at least a century. It was located at what is now the intersection of Stone Road South and Mountain Road which loops northward just to the west of the Spencer property. In later pages, we will detail the long history of the "Mountain Farm" belonging to William3 Spencer. The descendants of Samuel3 Spencer, brother to William3, remained for many years on the Spencer properties just southwest of the center of town and those near Taintor's Hill. Samuel3 in 1726 followed the in the steps of William3 and sold his half of the original Spencer grant, now 52 years after the grant to Thomas2 in 1674. Samuel3 was now about 52 years of age and the father of two sons, Thomas4 who was 24 years of age and Daniel4 who was 22. Both sons had married by 1726 and this may have motivated their father to make some changes. Samuel constructed a house near Taintor Hill in 1726. His son, Thomas4 built a house in the late 1720s at Prospect and Spencer Streets where a memorial stone is still located in the present day. Thomas4 died in 1754 at the early age of 52. Daniel4, along with his brother Thomas4, split the land of their father (Samuel3), Daniel taking the north half and Thomas the south half of the property. Daniel5 (1733-1784) inherited the farm of Daniel4 and passed the property along to his descendants, notably AugustINE6 (b. 1760) who in turn sold the land to HEZEKIAH6 (1766-1820), a descendant of Thomas4. The "Spencer Place" property lies just north of Spencer Street and east of Prospect Street. An interesting history of the "Spencer Place" was published in 1921 on the occasion of the 250th Anniversary of Suffield. This was a house built sometime before 1743 by Daniel4 Spencer (Samuel3, Thomas2, Thomas1). The history of some of the property divided between Thomas4 and Daniel4 is presented in the following description by R.H. Alcorn: "Thomas2 Spencer came to Suffield in 1674 and received a grant of sixty acres on the east side of High Street, comprising the present Norton place and the property of St. Joseph's church. In 1698, his son Samuel3 received a grant of sixteen acres in the meadow which is still a part of the Spencer farm (1921). High Street was becoming thickly settled by 1726 and Samuel3 Spencer sold his half of his father's grant (1674) and built a house on the present Olds & Whipple farm (1921). It was on the flat west of the present house and was the first house built between High Street and Taintor Hill. The same year (1726), the town laid out a road by this house, and soon after, Thomas4 Spencer built a house on the brow of the hill, east of his father's place and near where the large maple now stands. With the single exception of the DAN Phelps house west of the mountain, it is said to be the only one in Suffield with an overhanging second story. Samuel3 Spencer died in 1743 and his sons divided the land, Daniel4 taking the north and Thomas4 the south half. Daniel Spencer died in 1772 and his farm passed to Daniel5 Spencer, Jr., who died in 1784, when the property passed to his children. In 1798, AugustINE6 Spencer, son of Daniel5 Spencer, Jr., sold his place to his cousin, HEZENKlAH6, grandson of Thomas. In 1803, Spencer Street was laid out by the town, just north of this house, but it was subsequently changed to the south. In 1810, HEZEKIAH6 Spencer moved to South Street to be on the post road, but retained ownership of the farm. We should make it clear that there were many more Spencer properties in Suffield than the ones described above. The focus on the "Spencer Place" is justified because it is one of the important historical landmarks in Suffield. [KP note: Book includes a modern map or central Suffield, CT, showing locations of the original land grant to Thomas2 Spencer, the Spencer Memorial marker, and Location of William3 Spencer on Sheldon St. in 1721. The original land grant appears to be in the northeast corner of the intersection of S. Main St. and Kent Av.] Thomas2 Spencer The Family of Thomas2 Spencer and Esther Andrews. Thomas2 Spencer was born at Hartford, Connectcut, ca 1641 and died at Suffield, CT, ca 23 July 1689. Esther Andrews was born in September, 1641 and died at Suffield on 6 March 1698. Thomas and Esther removed from Hartford to Suffield about 1674, but perhaps did not make the move permanent until 1677 after the close of the King Philip War. Esther was the daughter of William1 Andrews and Abigail (Graves) Andrews. Children... [Author continues with details on six children of Thomas and Esther; however, I do not transcribe it.] V. The History of Thomas2 Spencer IN SUFField. Thomas2 Spencer spent his early life in Hartford, as did his wife, Esther Andrews (1641-1698). Their first three (or four?) children probably all were born in Hartford, although Samuel3 could have been born in Hartford or in Suffield. The family possibly removed to the newly established town of Suffield in 1674. In that year, Thomas received a grant of 60 acres on High St. The earliest grants of land in Suffield had been made in 1670. The town records of 22 July 1677 had an interesting entry related to the original Spencer land grant which had been approved 24 June 1674 (Sheldon): "In the lifetime of Serg. Tho. Spenser, the Towne upon his request, or proposal; Granted him an allotment of forty acres, for his son Thomas; but through his neglect, it mist an orderly entry in the time of it; both of the Grant, and of the Laying out of the same; but it evidently appearing by testimony, circumstances, and especially his yearly paying of Rates for it; that the thing was reall. The Towne therefore being orderly warned, and convened, August the 10th, 1697: did then by a clear, and unanimous vote: ratify, and confirm said Grant unto the Widow, and the heirs to that estate, in the places where it is asserted it was Lay'd out to him." The same year (1674) that Thomas2 Spencer and family removed to Suffield from Hartford also was the fateful year of the King Philip War, resulting in the evacuation of the town. Most of the inhabitants apparently fled northward to Springfield (which also came under attack by the Indians). It may have been more logical for Thomas and his family to have returned to Hartford which was their original home. The last meeting of the Town Council of Suffield was held on 28 Jan 1674. The next meeting was dated 20 Dec 1676, so an interval of two or three years elapsed before the re-settlement was attempted. The "Committee for the Plantation" has a record dated 24 June 1674, which among other grants, included one to Thomas Spencer for 60 acres. It was not until mid-1675 that the first events of the King Philip War heated up in eastern Massachusetts. By September of 1675, the Indians were attacking the Connecticut River settlements of Deerfield and Hadley in western Massachusetts. Suffield was one of the many targets of the Indian onslaught in 1675 and much of the town was burned. The War continued on into mid-1676 until the Indians suffered a serious defeat at Hadley in June of that year. The War ended in August of 1676 with the killing of King Philip. This cycle of events produced a blank in the formal records of Suffield for 1674, 1675, and nearly all of 1676. As we related these events to the affairs of the family of Thomas2 Spencer, it seems probable that they may have returned to Suffield early 1677, since it would have been too late in the autumn of 1676 to re-establish housing before the onset of winter. The year 1677 was noteworthy also for the re-building of JohnPYNCHON's grist mill and sawmill. The first mention of Thomas2 Spencer in the Suffield town records (other than the land grant of 1674) was in March of 1682 where he was listed a "Corp. Tho: Spencer", one of 34 men who had the "Liberty of Voteing in all Towne affairs". In June of 1686, it was ruled that each proprietor then resident should receive an additional 20 acres of land "to be laid out in a common field". Corp. Spencer was on a Committee of eight men chosen to oversee this distribution. (The plan had a great deal of opposition and seems to have been abandoned at a later date). On 28 June 1689, Corp. THO. Spencer was one of six men chosen as "Selectmen" for one year. On 23 July 1689, the death of Thomas2 Spencer was recorded, age about 48. On 16 April 1684, a burying place was laid out on "Meeting House Hill" containing one and a half acres. The plot was bounded on the north by the lot of Thomas HUXLEY, Jr. and on the south and west by the property of Robert OldS. On modern maps this is shown as the "Old Burying Ground" of the First Church of Christ Congregational. The Old Burying Ground today contains an imposing marble monument showing the descendants of Sgt. Thomas1 Spencer in the line of Daniel LINE 4 and Thomas LINE4. In April of 1685, the Town Council agreed to a scale of payments for compensating Sgt. Thomas HUXLEY for the digging of graves. From the rather meager record of Thomas2 Spencer, we cannot assume that he played any major role in the destiny of the fledgling community. In part, this was due to the fact that he died within a month or two of being elected as a "Selectman" on the Town Council. We do not know what sort of skills he may have had as an artisan, although he must have had considerable exposure to the woodworking shop which his father had developed to a high degree of perfection in Hartford. Perhaps all of his energies in early Suffield were consumed with land clearing, the provision, of an adequate shelter for his family, and the beginnings of crop cultivation and animal husbandry. When Thomas2 Spencer died at age 48, his wife Esther (Andrews) Spencer was of the same age. They had had six children, including 3 boys and 3 girls. Esther3, the eldest, was only 23 and she had married William PIERCE a year before the death of her father. (Incidentally, Esther3 had a son by JohnBARNARD who was raised by the BARNARD family). Elizabeth3 was 21 years of age, but at age 18 had married JohnTaylor of Windsor and had a son one year of age when Thomas2 died. [Note that book has a photo of the "Monument to the Descendants of Sgt. Thomas1 Spencer in the Old Burying ground of Suffield now the Churchyard of the First Church of Christ Congregational. Different lines of Descent are on each of the four faces of the monument. It notes "Serg. Thomas Spencer, b. England 1607, d. Hartford 1687."] The third child of Thomas2 Spencer and Esther Andrews was Thomas3 who was 18 in 1689, but he died only three years after his father and hence played no further role in the history of the Thomas2 family. The fourth and fifth child of Thomas and Esther were Samuel3 and William3, the youngest of the male offspring. It is clear that the extension of the Thomas2 family in Suffield would revolve around these two men. Samuel3 was only 15 when his father died, while William3 was 11 years of age. Indeed, the long lines of descendants from these two third generation Spencers divided all the subsequent Spencers in Suffield into two very contrasting groups which we will describe in detail as the story unfolds... Because Esther (Andrews) Spencer was widowed at an early age (45), we can see that the burden of survival for the family rested on the shoulders of Samuel3 who was barely 15 when his father died. As noted above, in the later years, the two surviving sons equally divided the land pioneered by their father. The descendants of Samuel3 seemed to be oriented more to commercial enterprises in Hartford County, whereas the descendants of William3 remained wedded to the land. The latter group also participated in the great westward movements to New York State (some also to Vermont) and the lands of the Connecticut Western Reserve in northern Ohio. We shall recount all these diverse activities in detail (particularly the Ohio migrants) as we move from generation to generation. VIII. SGT. Thomas HUXLEY of SUFField, BROTHER-IN-LAW of Thomas2 Spencer. Thomas2 Spencer had a half-sister, Sarah2 Spencer, who also was an early pioneer of Suffield through her marriage to Sgt. Thomas HUXLEY. Sarah2 was born in Hartford about 1646. Her husband first appears in the Suffield Town Records in 1678. Savage notes that Thomas HUXLEY and Sarah (Spencer) HUXLEY had the following children born in Hartford: Thomas (b. 1668), John, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth. The children born in Suffield included: Jared, 1680; Hannah, 1682; Nathaniel, 1683 (d. young); William, 1687. Sarah (Spencer) HUXLEY died 24 Oct 1712, while Thomas HUXLEY died 21 July 1721. Thomas HUXLEY had a grant for 60 acres on High Street in 1678. By a vote of the town in 1686, HUXLEY was chosen keeper of a "Public House of Entertainment". This tavern was situated on High St. on a lot later owned by CAPT. THADDEUS H.6 Spencer (1768-1825). HUXLEY became a freeman in 1681 and held important town offices (Sheldon). Like Thomas2 Spencer, Thomas HUXLEY was on the list of 34 men who had the "liberty of voting in all town affaires". HUXLEY, Sr. had a son (Thomas, Jr.) who received a grant of eight acres on the west side of High St. in March of 1683. In March of 1683, Thomas "HUCKSLEY" was chosen one of five Selectmen for the coming year. This nomination was indicative that HUXLEY, Sr. already was held in high esteem by his fellow citizens of Suffield. In April of 1685, the Town Council agreed to a scale of payments for compensating Serj. Thomas HUCKSLEY for digging of graves. In the same year, he received an additional land grant of ten acres "adjoining his meddow". In March of 1687, Thomas HUXLEY again was chosen as one of five Selectmen for the ensuing year. The same nomination was received in 1688. His elevation to this position seemed continuous for he was also on the list for 1690. Other mentions of HUXLEY Senior included "Surveyor of Highways, 1697. in 1698 he was chosen as one of four "Fence Viewers" for the ensuing year. On 10 Jan 1710, JohnHUXLEY, along with 24.others voted against a tax levy in support of a "School Master". In 1712, the same JohnHUXLEY was chosen as one of four "Fence Viewers". On 2 April 1713, the Town voted additional land to 102 "Inhabitants" of the Town of Suffield. JohnHUXLEY received seven and one half acres. Samuel3 Spencer was voted five and one half acres along with William3 Spencer who received the same allotment. Thomas HUXLEY (the original settler) received eight acres. On 29 Jan 17, Jared HUXLEY was chosen as Constable. On 22 March 1715, JohnHUXLEY was elected as one of four "Fence Viewers". The distribution of land to the various Inhabitants in 1713 continued to arouse a great deal of dissension. On 4 Aug 17 15, 25 persons signed as dissenters to the 1713 allotments. On 4 Aug 1715, 25 persons signed as dissenters to the land allotment of two years earlier. Jared HUXLEY was among the dissenters despite the fact that his father Thomas and brother (?) Johnwere among the beneficiaries of the distribution. The distribution of lands continued despite the opposition. On 3 Jan 1716, Samuel3 Spencer and William3 Spencer each received ten and one half acres. JohnHUXLEY received twelve and one half acres. At the same meeting, 30 dissenters opposed the distribution. This time, Thomas HUXLEY joined Jared HUXLEY with a negative vote. Eventually, the dissenters were successful in getting the land grants nullified by the Massachusetts General Court which had been made subsequent to 9 March 1713. At the Town Meeting of 29 Nov 1716, Thomas HUXLEY was chosen as Moderator. The name of William HUXLEY first appears in the record of 29 Nov 1717 when he was granted half a crown for digging a grave for the child of George GRANGER. We recall that Thomas HUXLEY (father of William?) was paid for grave digging as early as 1685. In March of 1718, JohnHUXLEY was sworn in as "Surveyor of Highways" - one of four so chosen. On 15 May 1718, 41 dissenters again signed a resolution opposed to further meetings on the question of land distribution. Thomas and Jared HUXLEY were among the signers in 1719, Jared HUXLEY was named one of two "Tything Men". In 1720, the Council voted that "JohnHUXLEY should have the use of the burying place for twenty years, provided, he clear it, and fence it, and keep it entire, and leave it fenced when the time is up". In 1721, JohnHUXLEY again was chosen a "Tything Man". Widow EXPERIENCE HUXLEY was mentioned in the record of 3 Dec 1725. She was EXPERIENCE (GIBBS) HUXLEY, widow of JohnHUXLEY, whom she had married in 1706. There is no further mention of the Huxleys for several years. In 1729, however, Jared HUXLEY and Samuel Spencer were listed as "Hogg Reeves" (overseers of swine). Again, there was a hiatus of several years. In 1736, Serj. Jared HUXLEY was paid 5 pounds "for keeping Ishmael Negro for ye time past". The same entry was noted in 1737. In June of 1737, "Jared HUXLEY Sen." was paid 3 shillings for "2 lode of poles in Town". In 1743, Jared HUXLEY received "2/ for Timber for Highways". The grave digging jobs for JohnHUXLEY seemed to continue on through the years. In 1744, John was paid ten shillings "for diging of the Grave". In 1745, "JARUT HUXLEY Junior" was on the list as a Highway Surveyor. He held the same position in 1750. Here the record terminates for the Huxleys because the book which HEZEKIAH Spencer Sheldon had prepared of the Suffield Town meetings from 1660 to 1750 had ended. Alcorn in his "Biography of a Town, 1670-1970" barely mentions the name of Thomas HUXLEY. IX. IN RETROSPECT. Thomas2 Spencer (1641-1689) was the second son in a family of nine children, all born at Hartford, Connecticut, between 1639 and 1658. Hartford had been founded in 1636, only five years before the birth of Thomas2. Consequently, the Childhood of Thomas must have been greatly influenced by the wilderness areas which surrounded all three of the fledgling river towns (Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor) for vast distances on all sides. The young Thomas must have been exposed to all the problems which confronted the establishment and growth of new towns in the wilderness of central Connecticut, including the constant threat from Indian attacks. Thomas also must have been greatly influenced by the woodworking skills of this father, Thomas1, although the precise time period in which the elder Spencer established the Hartford shop is unknown. Thomas2, however, was 36 years of age in 1677 when he probably left Hartford to establish a new home in the war-scarred town of Suffield. He had at least three small children, so he must already have earned a livelihood in Hartford before the emigration northward. Why did Thomas2 not remain in Hartford instead of exposing his young family to the hazards of the wilderness surrounding the "Stoney Brooke Plantation"? Possibly he felt that his older brother, Obadiah2 Spencer, would be the inheritor of his father's thriving business in Hartford. Unfortunately, Thomas2 was destined to live only a few short years in Suffield. His death in 1689 at age 48 deprived him of the opportunity to play any significant role in the further history of his adopted town. There was, however, a most important legacy to the lives of Thomas2 Spencer and Esther (Andrews) Spencer. They established the impressive dynasty of Spencers in Suffield which was to prevail for the succeeding three centuries. Some of the descendants achieved pre-eminence in the world of business and finance, especially in the city of Hartford which became the capital of the State of Connecticut. Besides the descendants of Thomas2 in Suffield, there were many who became the pioneers in the great emigration to the West and to the North, especially to Vermont, New York, and Ohio. Many of these pioneers carried the surname of Spencer, but there were countless others who, although lacking the surname, traced their heredity directly back to Thomas2 and Esther Andrews. References: ALCORN, R.E. "The Biography of a Town-Suffield, Connecticut". Three Hundredth Anniversary Committee of the Town of Suffield. 1970. Clark, FLORA S. (Mrs. William E.) "Descendants of Thomas2 Spencer, Samuel2, and Jared2". (Private Papers, Elkins Park, PA. 1962. (Editor, Dr. Rowena Spencer). CUTTER, William R. "New England Families". Four Vol. Originally Published 1913. Reprinted 19 94, Gen. Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD. HIBBARD, GEO. S. "A History of Rupert, VT". JOHNSTON, Henry P. (Editor). "Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783." Hartford, 1889. KETCHUM, Richard M. (Editor). "The American Heritage Book of the American Revolution". The American Heritage Publishing Co., New York. 1958. LESSER, Charles H. (Editor). "The Sinews of Independence". The Univ. of Chicago Press, 1976. MANWARING, Charles W. "A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District". Three Vol.1635-1750. Reprinted 1995, Gen. Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD. MIDDLEKAUF, Robert. "The Glorious Cause". Oxford Univ. Press, 1983. NEBENZAHL, KENNETH & DON HIGGINBOTHAM. "Atlas of the American Revolution". Rand McNally & Co.1976. POPE, Charles Henry. "The Pioneers of Massachusetts". Reprinted 1981, Gen. Publishing Co. of Baltimore, MD. SCHLESINGER, ARTHUR M., Jr. "The Almanac of American History". A Bison & Perigree Book, 1983. Sheldon, HEZEKIAH Spencer. "The History of Suffield, Connecticut, 1660-1749". Springfield, Mass.1879. Spencer Jack T. & Edith W. Spencer. "The Spencers and Other Men of Suffield Who Served in the French and Indian War, 1755-1760". Conn. Nutmegger, Vol.28, No. 2, Sept. 1995. Spencer, JackT. & Edith W. Spencer. "The Five Spencer Siblings of Bedfordshire, the Role of the Braintree Company, and the Beginnings of Cambridge, Mass.". le DeSpencer, Vol. 17, 1993." 11. 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]" 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 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	Spencer, Thomas (I4410)
5103	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 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." 2. From various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007: Will of Barnabas Derifield of Braintree, MA proved 1680 helps confirm that Thomas Spencers first wife was a sister to Barnabas. Barnabas gave estate to kinsman [his nephew] Samuel Spencer who was to give Samuel's brothers Obadiah and Thomas 40 shillings each. Since these are the 3 sons of Sergt. Thomas by 1st wife and since will of Sergt. Thomas cuts off son Samuel with little with the statement, "he having rec. a good portion from his Uncle." (See N.E. Reg. Jul 1951). See also Thomas Spencer's will in his notes. The following is a biographical summary on Barnaby Dorryfall, the brother of Ann, from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III: "Barnaby Dorryfall Origin: Unknown Migration: 1633 First Residence: Boston Removes: Braintree... Estate: "...In his will of 28 January 1680/1 "Barnabas Derifall now of Brantery" bequeathed to his kinsman Samuel Spencer that half of his estate already in Spencer's possession, and after his (Dorryfall's) decease the other half, Spencer to pay to his two brothers Obadiah and Thomas Spencer within twelve months forty shillings apiece; the will was proved 10 March 1680/1, but was declared imperfect for failure to name an executor, whereupon Samuel Spencer was named to this office [SPR 6:350]. The administrator's bond was not executed until 23 April 1681 [SPR NS 4:8]. The inventory, presented to court on 10 March 1680/1, totalled £206, of which £151 was real estate: house, barns, outhouses and land adjoining, £80; ten acres of land at the furnace pond, £26; fifteen acres of land adjoining to the common, £20; and five acres land at Salter's farm, £25 [SPR 9:34]. Birth: Probably about 1615 Death: Braintree 2 February 1680/1 [BrVR 657]. Marriage: By an unknown date Elizabeth ____, who died at Braintree 16 September 1679 [BrVR 657]. Children: None recorded. Associations: Mrs. William C. Clark, "Who Was the First Wife of Thomas Spencer of Hartford, Conn.?" [NEHGR 105:197-99], demonstrates that the Anne Derrifall who came to New England in 1634 was the first wife of Thomas Spencer, and sister of Barnaby Dorryfall, and mother of the three Spencer brothers named in Barnaby Dorryfall's will. (See also TAG 27:162.)..." 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., p. 167: "Samuel2 Spencer (Thomas1), born about 1643, died at Windham, Conn., 8 Jan. 1726/7, aged "about 88" married Sarah ___, born about 1660, died at Windham, 15 Apr. 1733, aged about 73. He was the heir of his uncle, Barnabas Derifield of Braintree, Mass., and lived there for some years before settling in Windham. In assigning approximate dates of birth for Samuel and his brothers, we are assuming that the statement of his age at death was exaggerated. Even if our guess is right, it makes him over 40 at the birth of his first known Child; if the Windham record is precise, it makes him about 46 at that time. Children, the daughters baptized at Braintree: i. John3, b. (say 1684); d. 5 Apr. 1772. ii. Sarah, bp. 5 Sept. 1686; m. at Windham, 16 Sept. 1708, John Crane. iii. Hannah, bp. 7 Sept. 1689; m. at Windham, 22 Nov. 1766 in 78th yr.; is. there, 28 June 1715, Gershom Palmer." 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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5104	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 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." 2. From various Worldconnect databases as of 21 Sep 2007: Will of Barnabas Derifield of Braintree, MA proved 1680 helps confirm that Thomas Spencers first wife was a sister to Barnabas. Barnabas gave estate to kinsman [his nephew] Samuel Spencer who was to give Samuel's brothers Obadiah and Thomas 40 shillings each. Since these are the 3 sons of Sergt. Thomas by 1st wife and since will of Sergt. Thomas cuts off son Samuel with little with the statement, "he having rec. a good portion from his Uncle." (See N.E. Reg. Jul 1951). See also Thomas Spencer's will in his notes. The following is a biographical summary on Barnaby Dorryfall, the brother of Ann, from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III: "Barnaby Dorryfall Origin: Unknown Migration: 1633 First Residence: Boston Removes: Braintree... Estate: "...In his will of 28 January 1680/1 "Barnabas Derifall now of Brantery" bequeathed to his kinsman Samuel Spencer that half of his estate already in Spencer's possession, and after his (Dorryfall's) decease the other half, Spencer to pay to his two brothers Obadiah and Thomas Spencer within twelve months forty shillings apiece; the will was proved 10 March 1680/1, but was declared imperfect for failure to name an executor, whereupon Samuel Spencer was named to this office [SPR 6:350]. The administrator's bond was not executed until 23 April 1681 [SPR NS 4:8]. The inventory, presented to court on 10 March 1680/1, totalled £206, of which £151 was real estate: house, barns, outhouses and land adjoining, £80; ten acres of land at the furnace pond, £26; fifteen acres of land adjoining to the common, £20; and five acres land at Salter's farm, £25 [SPR 9:34]. Birth: Probably about 1615 Death: Braintree 2 February 1680/1 [BrVR 657]. Marriage: By an unknown date Elizabeth ____, who died at Braintree 16 September 1679 [BrVR 657]. Children: None recorded. Associations: Mrs. William C. Clark, "Who Was the First Wife of Thomas Spencer of Hartford, Conn.?" [NEHGR 105:197-99], demonstrates that the Anne Derrifall who came to New England in 1634 was the first wife of Thomas Spencer, and sister of Barnaby Dorryfall, and mother of the three Spencer brothers named in Barnaby Dorryfall's will. (See also TAG 27:162.)..." 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 "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "Obadiah Spencer, son of Thomas died May 1712, mar. Mary Disbrough, dau. of Nicholas Disbrough. Children: Obadiah, b. 1666, m. Ruth Kelsey. Thomas, b. 1668, m. Sarah Meakins. Samuel, m. Deborah Beckley. Ebenezer, m. Mary Booth. John, m. Sarah Smith. Desborough, m/1 Abigail Elmer, m/2 Sarah (Arnold) Case. Mary, m. Thomas King as 3rd wife. Freeman 1658." 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 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, p. 20: "Obadiah Spencer, son of Sergeant Thomas Spencer, was admitted a freeman by the General Court of Connecticut May 20, 1658 (Colonial Records of Connecticut, vol. 1, p. 315). In October 1669, he resided on the north side of the Little River in Hartford. (Ibid, vol. 2, p. 518.) He was elected one of the fence viewers in 1687, 1693, and 1694. He married (date unknown) Mary Desborough, daughter of Nicholas Desborough, of Hartford. (Immediately following the record of the inventory of Nicholas Desborough's estate is this entry: "his children are Obad: Spencer's wife. Sam: Eggleston's wife. John Kelsy's wife. Robt flood's wife. Hartford Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 155.) The dates of her birth and death are not recorded. Obadiah Spencer died between the 2d and 26th of May, 1712, as is shown by the following: "A Court of Probate holden at Hartford for the County of Hartford June 2d Anno Dom 1712 "John Spencer of Hartford Exhibited now in this Court the last Will and Testament of his late Father Obadiah Spencer late of Hartford deed and Mrs Abigail Stanly of Hartford Widow one of the Witnesses to the said Will was now Sworn thereunto in manner accustomed and also that she saw her late Husband Mr Caleb Stanly Junr Sign the said Will as a Witness thereof at the time the Testatour did Sign the same. And also Mr Joseph Gilbert and John Church of Hartford, the Witnesses to the Codicil annexed to the said Will were now Sworn to the said Codicill in manner Accustomed (the said John Church omitting in his Evidence that he Heard the Testator declare & publish the said Codicill to be part of said Will) and the said Will with the Codicill, or Addition annext was proved, and by this Court is approved and allowed and ordered to be Recorded and kept on file. And the said John Spencer being appointed Executor of the said Will he now declared before this Court that he did accept that Office and Trust And the said John Spencer also Exhibited now in this Court an Inventory of the Estate of the said Obadiah Spencer decd upon his Oath in manner Acustomed which Inventory is Allowed and Ordered to be recorded and kept on file — And Disborough Spencer one of the Sons of the Said Obadiah Spencer decd (in behalf of himself and all the other of his Brethren except the said John Spencer) appealed from this Order of this Court respecting the probate of the Codicill annext to the said Will, unto the next Superior Court to be holden at Hartford on the Third Tuesday of September next Ensuing and before this Court the said Disborrow Spencer acknowledged himself to stand bound in a Recognizance of Ten pounds Lawfull money unto the Treasury of this County Conditioned that he will prosecute his said appeal to effect and answer all Damages if he make not his plea good. "In the name of God Amen the two & twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Nine I Obadiah Spencer Senior of the Town of Hartford, in the County of Hartford, in the Colony of Connecticut, in New England, Husbandman, being of good, perfect and Sound memory and understanding, praised be Almighty God therefore, Do make and ordain this my present Will and Testament, containing therein my Last Will, in manner and form following. That is to Say, First I Commend my Self and all my whole Estate to the mercy and protection of Almighty God, being fully perswaded by his holy Spirit through the death and passion of Jesus Christ, to obtain full pardon and remission of all my Sinns and to Inherit Everlasting Life, to which the holy Trinity, one Eternall Deity be all Honnour and Glory forever Amen. And I will and Ordain that all such debts as I shall happen to Owe at my decease, shall be well and truly paid by my Executor hereinafter named and that the Funeralls of my body be only such as shall beseem a Christian, after the discretion of my said Executor, and my Said debts which I then shall owe being defalked and my funerall charges deducted, I Will that the residue of all and Singular my goods, Chattels, Lands and whole Estate be distributed and disposed as folbweth. That is to Say. I Give, grant, devise and bequeath to Obadiah Spencer my Eldest Sonn, all that Homelott, with the Messuage or Tenuement, Outhouses and Appurtenances, where he now dwells Scittuate, and being in Hartford aforesaid (for which I have formerly given him a Deed of Conveyance) And also the Southermost half part of my Lott of Land Comonly called the brick kill Lott Lying and being in Hartford aforesd: To Have and To Hold the said Homelott, Messuage & Appurtenances, and the Said half part of the said Brick kill Lot to the Said Obadiah my Sonn, and his heires, forever. "Item. I give, grant, devise and bequeath to Thomas Spencer my Sonn, all that my Lott of Land in the Meadow, on the East side of the great River in Hartford aforesaid, with the appurtenances, Excepting two acres thereof, herein after given to Sonn John Spencer. To Have and to hold the Said Lott of Meadow Land (excepting the said two acres) to the said Thomas my Sonn and his heirs forever, he or they paying the Sum of Six pounds Lawfull money to my sonn Disbrow Spencer or his heirs, within one year after my decease. "Item. I give, grant, devise and bequeath to Samuel Spencer, my Sonn, all that Messuage wherein he now dwells, Standing & being on the North or Northward Side of the Homelott whereon I now dwell, in the Division of. Land Usually called the Neck, in Hartford aforesaid, And also the North, or Northermost half part of my Said Home lott of Land adjoyning to the Long-Meadow on the East, (Provided always nevertheless, and my Will is that my Sonn John Spencer Shalt have and Enjoy all that part of my Said Homelott at the West end thereof from the Street or Highway, Eastward Six rods in bredth; and from the South side thereof Northwards Ninefoot beyond, or to the Northward of my Barn, to him & his heirs forever) To have and To hold the said Messuage and Northermost part of the Said Homelott, to the Said Samuel my Sonn, and his heirs forever, be or they paying the Summ of Six pounds Lawfull money, to my Son Disbrow Spencer, or his heirs, within one year after my decease "Item I give, grant, devise and bequeath to Ebenezer Spencer my Sonn, all that my Lott of Land Lying and being in the aforementioned Long Meadow in Hartford aforesaid, at a place called Hobs hole (for which I have formerly given him a deed of Conveyance) to Have and to hold the Said Lott of Land with the Appurtenances, to the Said Ebenezer my Sonn and his heirs forever. Also I give and bequeath to my said Sonn Ebenezer and his heirs the Sum of three pounds Lawfull money, to be paid to him or his heirs within two years next after my decease by my two Sonns Samuel and John Spencer, or their heirs in equal halves. "Item. I give, grant, devise and bequeath to John Spencer my Son, all that my Messuage or Tennement wherein I now dwell, and my Barn and Outhouses with the Appurtenances, And also all the residue, or Southermost half part of my homelott and Barnyards & Fruit Trees not herein before given to my Sonn Samuel, And also two acres of my Meadow Loft of Land on the East side the great River in Hartford aforesaid, to be Measured off of the Said Lott (taking the whole bredth thereof) from the Highway or path near the Said River, Eastward so farr as it shall extend. To Have and To hold the Said Messuage, Outhouses, Southermost part of the said Homelott, and two Acres of Meadow Land, with their appurtenances to the Said John Spencer my Sonn, and his heirs forever - Also I give and bequeath to my Said Sonn John Spencer and his heirs, One pair of Andirons, one Warming pan, and One Cupboard, which are already in his possession. And I doe also give, grant, devise and bequeath to the Said John Spencer my Sonn, All my Stock of Cattell and Creatures, Corn, Cloathing Moveable Estate, Lands, goods, Chattels, and all my Estate whatsoever not otherwise disposed of in this my last Will and Testament, To be to him and his heirs forever. "Item. I give and bequeath to Disbrow Spencer my Sonn, and his heirs, the Summ of twelve pounds Lawfull money, to be paid to him or them by my sons Thomas and Samuel Spencer, or their heirs (within one year next after my decease,) in equal halves. "Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary King and her heirs (besides what She hath already had and received of me) one good Cow and also all my beding and household stuff, or Implements of Household within doors (excepting one pair of Andirons, one Warming pan, and one Cupboard given to John as aforesaid) to he paid and delivered to her, or her heirs, by my Executor hereinafter Named, within Six months after my decease. And I do hereby revoke, and make void and Null all other Wills and Testaments by me formerly made, And do Constitute, make, Ordain and Appoint my Aforenamed Loveing Son John Spencer to be Whole and Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testatment. "And I do make and Ordain my Loveing Friends Mr Joseph Talcott and Caleb Stanly Junr of Hartford aforesaid, Overseers of this my present Testament and Last Will. "In Witness whereof I, the Said Obadiah Spencer Senior have Subscribed this my last Will and Testament, with my own hand, and thereunto put my Seal, the aforesaid 22d day of June Anno Dom. 1709. "Signed, Declared & Delivered up by the Said Obadiah Spencer Senr in the presence of us Witnesses Caleb Stanly Junr, Abigail Stanly. "Obadiah Spencer Senr. his mark. "Farther my will is That whereas in my will, I Gave To my Daughtr Mary King Sum things which are there Expressed as a Cow and beding and other Things, my will is now, (That Since God in his Soveraine pleasure hath Taken her out of this wourld by death) that my Sone John Spencer shall have all that I gave to her as is there expressed, To him and his heirs for Ever: "witness my hand hereunto set This second of May one Thousand Seven hundred and Twelve. "Signed and delivered in presents of us Joseph Gilbert John Church "Obadiah Spencer Senr, his marke" [Book follows with an extensive inventory taken by Thomas Meakens and Joseph Barnard May 26, 1712, which I do not transcribe; it totals 93-12-09.] Hartford, Conn., Probate Records, vol. 8, pp. 80, 131, 132, 133. [Book follows with a list of 7 children.]" 7. 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]." 8. "The American Genealogist," Vol. 27 "The Four Spencer Brothers: Their Ancestors and Descendants," compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A., pp. 167-68: "Obadiah2 Spencer (Thomas1), born about 1639, died at Hartford, Conn., May 1712 (will 22 June 1709, codicil 2 May 1712, inventory 26 May 1712); married Mary Disborough, who died before he made his will, daughter of Nicholas. Children, born at Hartford: i. Obadiah3, b. ca. 1666; d. 22 Aug. 1741. ii. Thomas, b. ca. 1668; d. 14 June 1761. iii. Samuel, b. ca. 1670; d. 1756. iv. Ebenezer, b. ca. 1673; d. by 1748. v. Mary, b. ca. 1675; d. at Hartford, 2 June 1711/12; m. after 1706, as his second wife, Thomas King, who d. at Hartford, 26 Dec. 1711; no children. vi. John, b. ca. 1677; d. 8 July. 1750 (1751). vii. Disborough, b. ca. 1679; d. 1763." 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.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)." 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, 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." 11. 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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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."	Spencer, Obadiah (I4408)
5105	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual is still tentative and included solely because of the ordinance entry below and is subject to verification. The birth in Michigan is very possible considering the two children from the next wife of David were also born in Michigan. 2. 13 Dec 2002 website has index of marriages in the Oakland County area. This one was published in the "Pontiac, MI Jacksonian" newspaper: Sarah J. Frederick married John Farmer 20 Dec 1848. Not sure if this is the same individual or not. DEATH: 1. Date per 6 Jul 2003 gedcom from David Fry, descendant through Mary Elizabeth Frederick Gibbs, . Place assumed by me to match birthplace.	Frederick, Sarah Jane (I3384)
5106	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual is supposed and derived from the Danish system of patronymics.	Anders (I2895)
5107	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual is supposed and derived from the Danish system of patronymics.	Laurits (I2894)
5108	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual is supposed and derived from the Danish system of patronymics.	Michel (I2893)
5109	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual is supposed and derived from the Danish system of patronymics.	Jep (I2890)
5110	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual is supposed and derived from the Danish system of patronymics.	Anders (I2887)
5111	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual is supposed and derived from the Danish system of patronymics.	Povel (I2886)
5112	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual is surmised based on the Danish system of patronymics. His son, Knud Svenningsen, became copyholder 16 Nov 1719 when he took over for his father; the name of the manor was Tanderup.	Svenning (I2852)
5113	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual is surmised from the 1810 census in which two daughters 9 or younger are reported in this family. A 2003 submittal for temple work by an unknown individual has this individual as Mary Ann Frederick, b. 16 Apr 1806 in New York, d. before 1901. Until proven otherwise, I will use Mary Ann as that daughter since I concur that there was a daughter born between 1806 and 1808 based on the census and other known children. 2. Censuses: 1810 US: German Flatts, Herkimer, New York: Philip Frederick, males: 2@0-9 (David and Abraham), 1@26-44 (Philip)1@45+ (Francis?); females: 2@0-9 (Susanna and Mary Ann), 1@26-45 (Catherine). [Could the male that is 45+ possibly be Francis since he does not show up in the 1810 census?] BIRTH: 1. See christening notes. CHRISTENING: 1. Mary Lou Spaulding found in FHL film 17760 records of births and baptisms performed by Rev. John Calvin Toll of the Reformed Dutch Church at Middleton (Mapletown), Westerlo (Sprakers), and Canajoharie, New York. These three towns are in or close to Montgomery County. In this film is a Phillip Frederick and Caty Germon who had a child Mary Ann born 16 Apr 1806 and baptized 18 May 1806. Rev. Toll was probably a traveling minister doing rural baptisms and then recording them in his journal or home church.	Frederick, Mary Ann (I936)
5114	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual is the result of speculation using the Danish patronymic system of naming.	Jens (I1602)
5115	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual may be Hannah Jessup, stepdaughter of Robert Beacham per "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. and ed. pages 582. 2. Online Ordinance Index parents are Robert and Isabel Beacham. 3. "Connecticut Ancestry," periodical published by the Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Dec. 2004, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 119-130: "Robert Lockwood of Watertown, Stamford and Fairfield: English Ancestry, New England Connections and Children's Marriages," by Robert Charles Anderson. Note that the following is a partial transcript of the full transcript in the notes of Robert Lockwood; the full article is well written by one of the very best modern genealogists and should be consulted in conjunction with the following notes: iii. Joseph Lockwood, b. Watertown 6 August 1638. He m. (1) by an unknown date Beacham, daughter of Robert Beacham.(60) He possibly m. (2) after 1689 Mary (Coley) (Simpson) Stream, widow of Peter Simpson and John Stream.(61) Footnotes: 60. In his will of 24 November 1689, "Rob[er]t Beacham of Maxemas Farms in Fairfeild" included bequests to "my grandchild Robert Lockwood," "my grandchild Susana Lockwood," "my other two grandchildren John and Sarah Lockwood," and made "my loving son-in-law Joseph Lockwood" sole executor [Fairfield Probate Records 4:36]. 61. Jacobus, "Old Fairfield," 1:383." 4. "The Great Migration," by Robert Charles Anderson: "Robert Lockwood... Children... iii. Joseph Lockwood, b. Watertown 6 August 1638 [NEHGR 7:160; WaVR 1:5]; m. (1) by an unknown date ___ Beacham, daughter of Robert Beacham (in his will of 24 November 1689, "Rob[er]t Beacham of Maxemas Farms in Fairfeild" included bequests to "my grandchild Robert Lockwood," "my grandchild Susana Lockwood," "my other two grandchildren John and Sarah Lockwood," and made "my loving son-in-law Joseph Lockwood" sole executor [Fairfield PR 4:36]); possibly m. (2) after 1689 Mary (Coley) (Simpson) Stream, widow of Peter Simpson and John Stream [FOOF 1:383]..." 5. The periodical "Connecticut Ancestry," vol. 27, no. 1 (Sept. 1984), "The Lockwoods of Norwalk, Connecticut," by Harriet Woodbury Hodge, C.G., pp. 10-11: "Nearly a century ago, in 1889, two misguided compilers, Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood produced "Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America." Modern genealogists realize that nineteenth century family histories often contain errors, and this genealogy is among the most confused; but it continues to be used as a reliable source. In his "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Donald Lines Jacobus put in order the early Lockwoods of that town. In 1978 this compiler undertook a similar task for Stamford Lockwoods with "Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, Massachusetts and his son Edmund Lockwood (c.1625-1693) of Stamford." There remain the Lockwood founders of Norwalk and Greenwich with lines to be set straight... ROBERT1 LOCKWOOD, son of Edmund and Ales (Cowper) Lockwood of England, bp. Combs, co. Suffolk, 18 Jan. 1600/01; d. Fairfield, Connecticut 1658, [Banks, "The Winthrop Fleet"; Jacobus, "Families of Old Fairfield," hereinafter F.O.O.F., 1:380]. He m. prob. at Salem or Watertown, Massachusetts ca. 1633 SUSANNAH, prob. NORMAN, dau. of Richard Norman of Salem. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris. Children (LOCKWOOD), first six b. Watertown, Massachusetts, [VR], others prob. all b. Connecticut: i JONATHAN2 b. 10 Sep. 1634; d. Greenwich, CT 12 May 1688; m. MARY FERRIS; she m. (2) 1696 Thomas Merritt. ii DEBORAH b. 12 Oct. 1636; m. (1) WILLIAM WARD; m. (2) JOHN TOPPING. iii JOSEPH b. 6 Aug. 1638; d. Fairfield, CT 1717; m. (1) ISABEL? BEACHAM; m. (2) MARY (COLEY) (SIMPSON) STREAM. [His descendants are the only Lockwoods carried on in F.O.O.F., 1:385-387, 715-716 and 2:586-591]. iv DANIEL b. 21 March 1640; d. Fairfield, CT 1691; m. ABIGAIL SHERWOOD. [See F.O.O.F. 1:383, 387 for his only son, DANIEL, who had but two surviving daughters. The name Lockwood ends there on this line]. v EPHRAIM b. 1 Dec. 1641; d. Norwalk, CT 1685; m. MERCY ST. JOHN. vi GERSHOM b. 6 Sep. 1643; d. Greenwich, CT 1718/9; his three? wives are all being questioned. vii JOHN d. 1677 unmarried. viii ABIGAIL m. bef. 1681 JOHN BARLOW. ix SARAH d. CT 1 March 1650/1. x SARAH b. 27 Feb. 1651/2; ?m. ABRAHAM ADAMS. xi MARY m. (1) JONATHAN HUSTED; m. (2) JOSEPH KNAPP." 6. The book "The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson 1899-1986," by W. M. Bollenbach, Jr. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 2003), pp. 241-43: "ROBERT1 LOCKWOOD, baptized Combs, co. Suffolk, England 18 January 1600, died Fairfield CT by 11 September 1658, son of EdmundA and AliceA or RuthA (Cooper) Lockwood; married Watertown MA about 1633 (birth 1634) SUSANNA2 NORMAN, born England say 1615, died Greenwich CT 23 December 1660, daughter of Capt. RICHARD1 and (___1) NORMAN, married (2) Greenwich about 1659 (between 11 September 1658 and 23 December 1660) as his second wife Jeffrey1 Ferris, born England say 1614, died Stamford CT 1666, married (1) Watertown before 1634 Mary (___), married (3) Stamford about 1663 (birth 1664) Judith Feake (see Norman Chapter) (Torrey 470 and 263). Robert1 came in the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 on the "Mary and John", and settled that year in Watertown, made freeman 9 March 1637, and removed to Fairfield in 1646, where he had owned land as early as 1641. On 20 May 1652, he was made freeman of the Connecticut Colony, and May 1657 the Connecticut Court confirmed him and Nehemiah Olmstead to be sergeants of the Fairfield Train Band under Capt. Nathaniel Seeley. He was executor of the estate of Edmund Lockwood, supposedly a brother, in 1635. Children, surname LOCKWOOD... iii. JOSEPH, born Watertown MA 6 August 1638, died Fairfield CT 1717; married (1) Stamford CT after 1666 (___2), the only child of Robert1 and Isabel1 (___) Beacham), born Ipswich MA say 1642, died 1689; married (2) after 1689 as her third husband Mary2 Coley, born Milford CT 1651, died 1705, daughter of Samuel1 and Ann2 (Prudden) Coley, married (1) there say 1671 Peter1 Simpson, born probably England say 1640, died Milford 1685, married (2) there after 1685 John2 Stream, born there 1657, died there 1689, son of John1 and Martha (Beard) Stream (Torrey 470, 675, 718 and 54)... (Pope 289; Colket 195; "St. John and Harries", Ben Cash, 1973; Savage III:104; "NY Genealogical & Biographical Record" 43:191, 58:395; "Old Fairfield", I:380, D. L. Jacobus, 1930; TAG 31:222-24)" DEATH: 1. Per notes with husband, must of died before 1689, the date of her father Robert Beacham's will since she is not mentioned.	Beacham (I3277)
5116	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual may have been born in 1739 per Joyce Cupit. I have asked her to verify date. CHRISTENING: 1. FHL film # 053193; Sønderhå Parish Record. DEATH: 1. FHL film # 053193; Sønderhå Parish Record. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per gedcom from Wayne Westergard, 785 W. 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah, 84087, (801)-295-2906 dated 6 Jan 1999. 2. Joyce Cupit's website 25 May 2002. ACTION: 1. Verify birth year: 1737/9.	Andersen, Jens (I2649)
5117	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual mentioned in the following article about Robert Feake per "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III: "Robert Feake... Birth: About 1602, son of James and Judith (Thomas) Feake [NYGBR 86:144-45]... Associations: Henry Feake of Lynn and Sandwich was apprenticed to James Feake, father of Robert Feake, for a term of nine years in 1606 and was Robert's distant cousin. Tobias Feake & Judith (Feake) Palmer were niece and nephew of Robert Feake, children of Robert's brother James Feake of London [NYGBR 86:209, 211-12; Lechford 228-29]. Comments: In his lengthy article on the Feake family (see Henry Feake for full citation), George E. McCracken went into great detail..." 2. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "James Feake, elder son of James Feake (no. 32) by wife Judith Thomas, was doubtless born in London, and the date is recorded as Feb. 13, 1598/9 in the record at the Merchant Taylors' School where James was a student in 1609/10. He is named first among the four children of his parents in the will of his maternal grandfather Robert Thomas in 1610. He married at the Church of St. Mary Mounthawe, London, on June 14, 1620, Awdrey Crompton, of whose origin nothing is known. The printed parish registers of London have been searched for other references to her in vain, but she was probably sister to a William Crompton who married at the same church about the same time. The baptism of Tobias Feake, son of James and Awdrey, is recorded at St. Mary Whitechapel, London, in August 1624, but the baptismal record of the daughter Judith has not been found. The registers of many London churches were burned in the great London fire, including that of the Church of St. Edmund the King in which we should expect to find many Feake entries. If there were other children, no trace of them has come to light. This James Feake was certainly dead by Dec. 5, 1639, and he probably died many years before that. No mention of him as living has been found after 1624. He is not named in the papers pertaining to the administration of his grandfather's estate in 1625, 1626, and 1634, though in the latter year his younger brother Robert did renounce his right to serve. Like his father and grandfather he was a goldsmith, but his apprentice papers have not been found, and he is not listed by Sir Ambrose Heal. No probate has been discovered. That the James Feake under discussion was not the James Feake (no. 63) who was son of Robert Feake (no. 39) is made clear by the fact that, if so, the children of our James would not have inherited, as they did, property belonging formerly to James Feake (no. 32) and before that to William Feake (no. 13). That the husband of Awdrey Crompton was not James Feake (no. 32) is surely indicated by the fact that, though the latter had married Judith Thomas as early as 1593, his widow Judith Feake was still living in 1625, five years after the marriage of James Feake to Awdrey Crompton. In 1639, however, the property which had been held in Lombard Street, London, for three generations, was to be sold to settle the estate, and since James' two children were then living in America, it was necessary that a power of attorney be obtained from them in order to sell. Thomas Lechford, the famous Boston notary, duly recorded on 228 of the printed version in "Collections of the American Antiquarian Society," v. 7, also printed separately) the following: "Lieuten't Robert Feke of Waterton in New England, gent., and Sergeant William Palmer of Yarmouth in New England & Judith his wife, and Tobyas Feake aged 17 sonne & Daughter of James Feke, late of London, goldsmith, deceased, makes [sic] a le[tte]r of Attorney to Tobyas Dixon, citizen and mercer of London, to sell one tenement or house & Shopp in Lumbard Street, London, held of the Company of Goldsmiths in London, whereof he dyed poss[ess]ed, late in the occupaçon of one Brampton." Though Tobias Feake of this power of attorney is called aged seventeen but had been baptized only fifteen years previously, the discrepancy is not serious. It is clear from Lechford's careful language that Judith Palmer and Tobias Feake were children of a goldsmith named James Feake, and also that Robert Feake of Watertown was not their brother, though obviously a relative, or he would not have been included in the power of attorney. He was, of course, their uncle, and he appears in this precious document because he was acting as guardian to his nephew, informally if not also officially. It has many times been claimed that Robert Feake was indeed the brother of Tobias and Judith, an error arising from the fact that Robert had a known sister Judith, and the fact that the father of each of the three persons was named James Feake. While many circumstantial considerations point clearly to the uncle-nephew relationship, there is also on record specific testimony by Tobias Feake that Robert was his uncle (see below). Children: 2: i. Judith,1 b. in London, probably in 1621, omitted from all the pedigrees. She probably accompanied the Dixons to Germany and may also have crossed the Atlantic with her brother Tobias. She married, first, most probably at Watertown, Mass., and before Dec. 5, 1639, Sergeant (afterwards Lieutenant) William Palmer; of Plymouth, Yarmouth, and Newtown, Long Island, who died in the last-named place ca. 1661. His parents are as yet unknown; though he was at Plymouth in 1638 about to move to Yarmouth at its founding, he was not the William1 Palmer of Duxbury, nailer, or either of the nailer's two sons, both named William. There is some reason to think that William may have come from either Swaffham or Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk. William and Judith Palmer were the parents of four sons and one daughter: William, Ephraim, James, Joseph, and Judith, whose births are not recorded but whose names are certain. Judith Feake married, second, in 1662 or thereafter, as third and last wife, Jeffrey Ferris, of Greenwich, Conn., who died May 31, 1666, and, third, before May 6, 1667, John Bowers who married again, following Judith's death, the widow Hannah (Close) Knapp, and made his own will on March 16, 1693/4. Judith's death occurred, according to Spencer B. Mead, in 1667, but he cites no evidence and the year seems early. Connecticut Vital Records do not supply any of the missing dates. Several sketches of William Palmer are in print of which the only trustworthy one is by Donald Lines Jacobus and appears in Lillian L. M. Selleck's "One Branch of the Miner Family" (New Haven, 1928) pp. 142 f. See also Spencer B. Mead, "History of the Town of Greenwich," (New York, 1911), pp. 618-20, where... true Henry's family gets mixed up with William's. This error was copied by Marion H. Reynolds and Anna C. Rippier, "History and Descendants of John and Sarah Reynolds, etc." (Brooklyn, 1924) p.31 note, and by Josephine C. Frost, "Ancestors of Evelyn Wood Keeler" (1939) pp. 60 f., but corrected by Mrs. Frost in "The Record,"71:362. The late Dr. Byron S. Palmer's sketch No. 2150, Part II, in the Boston Transcript for Aug. 26, 1925, avoids the main errors but wrongly gives William and Judith Palmer a son John who died at Greenwich before Oct. 26, 1672, estate settled at Greenwich April 24, 1724, these papers supplying the names of William Palmer's children. We think this John may have been the John Palmer who m. at Swaffham, Norfolk, on Oct. 13, 1631, a wife named Margaret Pratt, and he was probably brother of that Henry Palmer who married in the same parish on Nov. 3, 1635, Katherine Springell. Henry Palmer of Wethersfield, Conn., is known to have had a wife named Katherine, and, among others, a son named Ephraim, born at Wethersfield ca. April 25, 1648. As William Palmer also had a son Ephraim, we are inclined to think that he, Henry Palmer of Swaffham and Wethersfield, and John Palmer of Swaffham and Greenwich, were brothers. No William Palmer appears in the marriage registers of Swaffham, but as we suppose our William married Judith Feake at Watertown, this absence is a help, rather than a hindrance, to our theory. The baptismal and burial registers of Swaffham should be examined. ii. Tobias1, bap. Aug. 1624, St Mary Whitechapel, London; to Watertown, Greenwich, and Flushing; d. in Wapping, co. Middlesex, England, between 1669 and 1672." SOURCES_MISC: 1. 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. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -Feake Fam. of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America, by Geo. McCraken (Jul 1955). -7 Gen. of Judiths, by Art Gibson (1986). -Gen Frangments, by J.J. Latting. -Amer. Ancestry (1963 and 1986)	Feake, Tobias (I4788)
5118	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual mentioned in the following article about Robert Feake per "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III: "Robert Feake... Estate: ...In 1640 he and Daniel Patrick purchased the site of Greenwich from the Indians, which fell for a time under Dutch authority. The act of submission was signed by Daniel Patrick and Elizabeth Feake, acting in the absence and illness of her husband [NYGBR 86:214]... Marriage: Between 2 November 1631 and 27 January 1631/2 Elizabeth (Fones) Winthrop, widow of Henry Winthrop (son of Governor John Winthrop). (See Comments below for their "divorce" and her "remarriage" to William Hallett.)... Comments: In his lengthy article on the Feake family (see Henry Feake for full citation), George E. McCracken went into great detail on Robert Feake, and particularly on the matter of his "divorce," arguing that the couple had in fact received only a legal separation, and that Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) Feake was not free to remarry [NYGBR 86:212-21, 94:243-44]. In 1966 Donald Lines Jacobus reviewed the same problem, and came to the conclusion that Robert Feake and his wife did obtain a divorce from the Dutch government, that she had married William Hallett by August 1649, and that the marriage was performed by John Winthrop Jr., her former brother-in-law [NYGBR 97:131-34]. Feake was described as "... a man whose God-fearing heart was so absorbed with spiritual and heavenly things that he little thought of the things of this life, and took neither heed nor care of what was tendered to his external property" [NYGBR 86:214, citing court depositions as transcribed in NYGBR 11:12-24]. To others he was a distracted person who could not manage his estate, and whose lofty connections alone preserved him. Certainly his inability to control his property and his wife was a difficult burden for the Winthrops. His abrupt return to England in 1647 is not sufficiently explained. McCracken suggests that the Robert Feake pardoned by the House of Commons 4 March 1649/50 for some unstated crime might be Robert of Watertown [NYGBR 86:215]. In any event, he left considerable scandal behind him in New England. In a letter dated Stamford 14 April 1648, Thomas Lyon related to his "loving grandfather" John Winthrop the history of Mr. Feake and Elizabeth (Fones) Winthrop: '...when I married first I lived in the house with her because my father being distracted I might be a help to her. Whereupon seeing several carriages between the fellow she now hath to be her husband and she the people also took notice of it which was to her disgrace which grieved me very much ... and seeing what condition she were in I spake to her about it privately and after I discovered my dislike I see her carriage alter toward me ... Father concerning the condition she is in and the children and estate my father Feike going away suddenly, having taken no course about the children and estate only desired a friend of his and I in case we see them about making away the estate and to remove we should stay it ... She also hath confessed since she came there openly she is married to him is with child by him and she hath been at New Haven but could have no comfort nor hopes for present to live in the jurisdiction and what will become of her I know not [WP 5:213-14].' In a letter dated New Haven 21 July 1648, Theophilus Eaton told John Winthrop Jr.: '...I understand William Hallet etc. are come to your plantation at Nameag, their grievious miscarriage hath certainly given great offense to many. I wish their repentance were as clear and satisfying. It is possible that William Hallet and she that was Mr. Feake's his wife are married, though not only the lawfulness and validity of such a marriage, but the reality and truth is by some questioned, because themselves and Toby Feakes sometimes deny it; but leaving that, I shall acquaint you ... with some passages about that estate. Mr. Feakes from Boston October 6, 1647 wrote to Stamford that he reserved the whole propriety of his estate, till he saw how God would deal with him in England, and desired he and the children might not be wronged etc., after which that estate being from the Dutch in danger of confiscation, they brought it to Stamford, and at their request, it was there seized, as wholly belonging to Mr. Feakes, though after they challenged part thereof as the proper estate of William Hallet, and she besides desired a share in what was due to Mr. Feakes. I was not willing they should be wronged in the least, ... and accordingly at their request, I wrote to Stamford. William Hallet after this brought a letter from your honored father, and told me, he met with some opposition at Stamford, whereupon I advised him to attend the Court of magistrates ... but I perceived in him an unwillingness thereunto.... It was ordered that ... if she settled at Watertown, Pequod, or within any of the English colonies, two of the children, with half Mr. Feakes his proper estate should be put into the power and trust of such English government ... with such respect to Mr. Feakes, as may be meet, and that the other half of the estate should be improved at Stamford for the use of Mr. Feakes and maintenance of the other two children. I hoped that this might have satisfied, but the next news was that William Hallet etc. in a secret underhand way, had taken the children, two cows, all the household goods, and what else I know not, and by water were gone away ... when they had all the estate in their hands, the children went (if not naked) very unsatisfyingly apparelled [WP 5:237-9].' John Winthrop Jr. interceded with Peter Stuyvesant in a letter in the beginning of 1648/9, asking him to manage what estate was left so that "Mrs. Feakes" and her children had a comfortable living [WP 5:298-99]. By the spring, Andrew Messenger was informing Winthrop that the estate at Greenwich was still unimproved [WP 5:323-24]. Winthrop wrote again in May to Stuyvesant, asking that he honor the agreement made between William Hallet with Mr. Feakes, Feakes having consented to it before going for England "knowing him [Hallet] to be industrious and careful" and also to allow Hallet back into Greenwich to improve the land there [WP 5:338-39]. Evidently Stuyvesant came through, for Elizabeth (now Hallett) wrote last from Hellgate 10 January 1652/3 saying to her cousin John Winthrop Jr.: 'Our habitation is by the whirlpool which the Dutchmen call the Hellgate where we have purchased a very good farm through the governor's means ... we live very comfortably according to our rank. In the spring the Indian killed four Dutchmen near to our house which made us think to have removed ... yet now the Indian are quiet and we think not yet to remove [WP 6:239].' The story of Elizabeth Fones (Winthrop) (Feake) Hallett was told in 1958 in an historical novel called "The Winthrop Woman" by Anya Seton." 2. FHL book 974.44/W5 H2t "Divided We Stand - Watertown, Massachusetts, 1630-1680," by Roger Thompson [Amherst], pp. 188-89: "In July 1636 both he and his wife wrote similar letters to their brother-in-law John Winthrop Jr., whose first wife, Martha Fones, Elizabeth's sister, had died in 1634. Winthrop was preparing the settlement of Saybrook near the mouth of the Connecticut River. Feake referred to "distractions we have been in by reason we were altogether unsettled ... [but] we are resolved again for Connecticut and therefore I have now sent my man to mow grass there for to winter my cattle there ... I purpose God willing in the spring [of 1637] to come there with my wife and family." Elizabeth specified that their destination would be "Watertown," the original name for Wethersfield, in order to be near Winthrop; otherwise, "we had chosen Concord for to dwell in." God seemed to have other plans, however. The Pequot War broke out in Wethersfield in the spring of 1637, and Robert Feake's only experience of the Connecticut Valley was confined to his service as Patrick's lieutenant in the conflict. In 1639 Feake's father died in London, and the Boston notary Thomas Lechford made out a letter of attorney to dispose of property on behalf of Lt. Robert Feake of Watertown, Gent.; Judith Palmer, his niece who lived at Yarmouth, Massachusetts; and her brother Tobias Feake, aged seventeen. In 1640, after toying with the idea of moving to Dedham, the Feakes left Massachusetts with Captain Patrick, a former Dutch guardsman, and settled near New Amsterdam at Greenwich, Connecticut. After persistent threats from local Native Americans and assertions of sovereignty by the Dutch governor, the fledgling plantation was forced to pledge allegiance to the Netherlands. Feake opposed submission but was overruled by Patrick and Elizabeth, who signed over Greenwich on 9 April 1642. This breach of fidelity seems to have undermined Feake's reason. He was judged "unfit to dispose a plantation," which his wife took over. Elizabeth, in turn, seems to have lost her reputation, according to an April 1644 letter of her aunt Lucy Downing. She may have fallen under the unsavory influence of Patrick, a womanizer whose arrogance and untrustworthiness led to his murder in January 1644. This brutal blow dealt another shock to Robert's unhinged mind. In June 1646 there was a recruit to the Feake household: Thomas Lyon, who had married Robert Feake's stepdaughter, Martha Johanna Winthrop. He moved in "because my father [Feake] being distracted I might be a help" to his mother-in-law, who despite Robert's illness was pregnant with her sixth Child, Sarah. (Or perhaps it was because of Robert's illness?) About this time, there appeared on the scene William Hallett, who soon moved in with Elizabeth and took over the running of the Feake property. In March 1647 Robert suddenly made over his land and half his cash to his wife and Hallett and left Greenwich. On the same day that Elizabeth's child was baptized in New Amsterdam, 14 April 1647, the Feakes were divorced on the grounds of her adultery. We next hear of Feake in Boston in 1647 bound for London, expressing apprehension about "how God would deal with him in England." In March of 1650 Robert Feake was issued with a pardon by the House of Commons, possibly for his taking an oath of allegiance to what had now become a hostile power. He was back in the new world by September 1650, but by then his mind had completely given way. His neighbors recalled him at this time as a man "whose God-fearing heart was so absorbed with spiritual and heavenly things, that he little thought of the things of this life and took neither heed nor care of what tended to his external property. We moreover considered him as a man so unsettled and troubled in his understanding and brain, that although he was, at times, better settled than at others, nevertheless in his last years and about the time he agreed with his wife respecting the division of their temporal property, he was not a man of any wisdom or capable of acting understandingly like any other man in a matter regarding his own benefit, profit and advantage. In like manner, we testify that he as yet on all occasions exhibited a more than ordinary respect towards ... his wife [Elizabeth], and that he in our opinion was easily to be seduced by her to do whatever she wished than what was wise and reasonable in the opinion of a man who was compos sui, and as we say his own man." Thereafter "he became melancholy, and about fourteen days after was seriously ill, headstrong and crazy." While his wife, later romanticized as Anya Seton's "Winthrop Woman," made a questionable marriage with Hallett, sought refuge in New London, and then settled at Hellgate on Long Island, poor deranged Robert Feake somehow ended up in Watertown. There he was cared for until his death at the age of sixty in February 1663. By early 1660 his distress had become unmanageable, and Capt. Hugh Mason, chairman of the board of selectmen, and Deacon Ephraim child were deputed to "go to him, and use their discretion in words to the moderating of him in his disorder." He died in the care of Deacon Thatcher, next door to his original lot granted in 1630. The town petitioned the county court on 6 October 1663 for £8 from his estate to defray "entertainment" and £3.14.0 for Feake's funeral. Over the previous thirteen years £90 had been disbursed from town funds; they had not first spent all of Feake's assets because "if something [of his estate] had not been spared such as he might call his own, it would have been further destruction of his mind." The residue of his property consisted of "one suit and cloak and an old jacket, two old coats ... some other old clothes ... one Bible, three books... valued in all at ₤.9.2d." 3. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Lieutenant Robert1 Feake, second son of James Feake (no. 32) by wife Judith Thomas, is mentioned as such in the wills of his maternal grandfather in 1610 and of his paternal grandmother in 1619, and he was apprenticed to his father, James Feake, citizen and goldsmith of London, for the term of eight years beginning on Sept. 21, 1615. This would suggest that he was born in 1602, perhaps even on Sept. 20 of that year. It is under his name that the Feake arms have recently been registered in the American Roll of Arms (New England Historical and Genealogical Register 107:269). Colonel Banks ("The Winthrop Fleet of 1630," p. 69) says he came to America with that fleet, and, if he did not, he must have arrived soon afterwards, for he requested to be made freeman on Oct. 19, 1630, and was accepted May 18, 1631. John Winthrop's "Journal" (1:83, under date of Jan. 27, 1631/2) states that a certain hill - in that part of Watertown afterwards Waltham - was named for Robert Feake who had married the governor's daughter-in-law. She was Elizabeth Fones, born Jan. 21, 1609/10 at Groton, England, daughter of the London apothecary, Thomas Fones, by his wife Ann Winthrop who was sister to Governor John1 Winthrop, and she had married, first, on April 25, 1629, in England, her first cousin, Henry2 Winthrop, son of Governor John1 Winthrop by his wife Mary Forth (Muskett's "Suffolk Manorial Families "1:26, 87). Henry Winthrop did not accompany his father to America in 1629 but followed him on the Talbott, arriving at Salem on July 2, 1630. On the same day, seeing a small boat across a bay he attempted to swim over to it but, being seized by cramps was drowned in full sight of his friends, none of whom was able to swim. The young widow was still in England, having given birth on May 9, 1630, to a daughter who was christened with a double name, Martha Johanna, unusual for this period. Faced with the prospect of having ultimately to support his widowed daughter-in-law and her child, the thrifty governor naturally looked about for a suitable candidate to be her second husband, and when his eye lighted upon a young man of pious character, goodly estate, and great promise, the future governor William Coddington, he attempted to interest him in the widow. Shortly afterwards William Coddington went to England and visited the widow but he married, instead, another. Thus Elizabeth was still a widow when, on Nov. 2, 1631, she arrived in the Bay with her daughter as passengers on the ship Lyon. In less than three months, however, she had found her second husband, Robert Feake, and had married him. Henry Winthrop's daughter Martha Johanna grew up in the Feake household and, though she was not of robust health, about 1647 she married one Thomas Lyon, b. ca. 1621, died at Greenwich, Conn., in 1690, on whom see the Lyon Memorial (Detroit, 1907, 2:28-37). Lyon's correspondence with the Winthrops is also printed in the "Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society" 2:6:1-20, and is highly important for the subsequent history of the Feakes. Thomas and Martha Johanna (Winthrop) Lyon had two children, the first of whom apparently died very young as we hear no more of it, but the second was a daughter Mary, born shortly before Sept. 2, 1649, aet. 6 months on Jan. 23, 1649/50. Mary married, first, Joseph Stedwell of Rye, and second, John Wilson of Bedford and Rye (D. L. Jacobus, "Families of Old Fairfield" 1:394 f.). The Stedwell children were Mary, Joseph, Martha, and Johanna; the Wilson Children: Martha Johanna, Roger, John Winthrop, Susanna, Samuel, and Thomas. Martha Johanna (Winthrop) Lyon died ca. 1654, and her widower married, second, Mary Hoyt, daughter of Simon Hoyt and had a family by her (Jacobus, op. cit. 1:294, 394). Robert and Elizabeth Feake and their family may have lived for a time in Boston but soon moved to Watertown. Elizabeth's double relationship to the governor of the colony was naturally sufficient to insure that, if Robert had any abilities, he would get a chance to demonstrate them, so we are not surprised to discover that on Sept. 4, 1632, he was made lieutenant under Captain Daniel Patrick of Watertown, of whom we shall hear much at a later point ("Records of Massachusetts Bay" I:99), and on Sept. 3, 1634, was on a committee to prepare fortifications (ibid. 1:124). From 1634 to 1636 he was a member of the General Court and in the latter year is first clearly recorded at Watertown. His land there is listed as totalling 200 acres in nine parcels ("Watertown Records" 1:4, 7, 8, 11, 17, 19, 71). He was elected selectman of Watertown in 1636 and 1638 but not in 1637. Before the first term was out, he had apparently moved to Dedham where his name is the first on the Covenant ("Dedham Town Records" I:3) and where he was present at four town council meetings between Aug. 29, 1636, and Jan. 28, 1636/7. His house and farm lot at Dedham are mentioned on Aug. 11, 1637, but he resigned the right to these on Sept. 21, 1638, and to all his Dedham property on Nov. 23, 1638. In 1639 he was back at Watertown, a gentleman, when he signed the power of attorney discussed in the sketch of his brother, but at this time he was doubtless preparing to move elsewhere, for his Watertown homestead is recorded as belonging next to Thomas Bright who sold it again to Colonel William Rainsborough as early as Dec. 17, 1640. On July 18, 1640, Daniel Patrick and Robert Feake obtained from the Indians a deed conveying the site of Greenwich, Conn., and doubtless intended this to be an English settlement, but Greenwich was so close to the Dutch at New Amsterdam that these two Englishmen - Patrick, as will be seen, had married a Dutch wife in Holland ten years before - were forced to submit to the Dutch authority and became patroons of Greenwich. At what date Robert Feake first exhibited signs of the insanity which clouded his later years we do not know, but it is perhaps significant that the very act of submission to the Dutch, dated April 9, 1642, was signed by Patrick and, in the absence and illness of her husband, by Elizabeth Feake ("Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society" 2:6:1-20; "Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York" 2:144). It may well be that the illness was mental, even at this early date. Insanity had been present in the Feake family in the preceding generation. Robert's aunt, Mary (Feake) Barnham (no. 30) was a lunatic for at least twenty years, and it may be that Robert had inherited the taint. If so, these are the only two instances of mental illness discovered in the family. Testimony was later given in court by John Bishop, Richard Lawe, and Francis Bell (quoted in extenso by Mr. Latting), that Robert Feake "was a man whose God-fearing heart was so absorbed with spiritual and heavenly things that he little thought of the things of this life, and took neither heed nor care of what was tendered to his external property," and so allowed his wife to dominate him. Bishop also added that Feake had lived with him and during this period went to Greenwich and there made an agreement contrary to what Bishop and his wife thought reasonable. It may well be that his mental instability was a partial cause of his wife's looking elsewhere for manly protection, or the fact that his wife did not take her marital vows very seriously may have contributed to his mental downfall: at this late date we cannot be sure which. Certain it is that for many years before his death Robert was unable to manage his own affairs and that he made some sort of arrangement with William Hallett to care for them, though we have not been able to lay our hands on the instrument which made the arrangement effective. There is, however, on record a letter in which John2 Winthrop expressed his satisfaction with the way in which Hallett discharged these duties, but it would be too much to say that this letter expresses any approval of the relationship between Hallett and Elizabeth, as some have tried to maintain that it does. Secondary sources also claim that during the lifetime of Daniel Patrick, who was assassinated by a soldier at Greenwich in 1644, that worthy had conducted an illicit love affair with Elizabeth Feake. The source usually cited is Winthrop's "Journal" but my friend, G. Andrews Moriarty [page faded] unexpurgated edition of the Journal, informs me that though Patrick's "folly" is recorded, there is no mention of Elizabeth Feake as the partner. The old governor would, naturally, have been loath to record any fault of his niece and erstwhile daughter-in-law, though he was quite willing to set down in gross detail the follies of others. In any case, Robert Feake would appear to have returned to the Boston area and in 1647 he went back to England, for what reason does not appear, though the departure was undertaken suddenly. On March 4, 1649/50, the House of Commons took action pardoning a Robert Feake for some unstated offense ("The Record"11:16), and our Robert Feake is the only man of the name known to us who could be involved. We can only guess that the reason for the pardon was that as he was patroon of a Dutch town some question had been raised as to his loyalty to the British crown or to the Commonwealth which had by then usurped the authority of the crown, and that this vote of the House cleared him. When Thomas Lyon married Martha Johanna Winthrop about this time, he seems to have expected, as one of the delights brought by matrimony, to get the right to serve as manager of the estate of her stepfather and was deeply disappointed when Hallett supplanted him. Thus, on April 14, 1648, he wrote to his wife's grandfather, Governor John1 Winthrop, a remarkable letter (see the correspondence cited above) in which he unburdened himself about the unhappy situation then existing in the Feake household. He refers to "my father being distracted" [i.e., Feake's mental difficulties], "my father Feake going away sodingly," and boldly accuses his mother-in-law of adultery: "she openly confesses that she is married to him [William Hallett] and is with child." However much we may impute to Thomas Lyon unworthy motives in making this accusation, or explain his attitude as only an acute case of the natural antipathy which some men feel towards their mothers-in-law, it is certain that Elizabeth must have been pregnant at the time, for she gave birth, probably towards the end of 1648/9, to a child thereafter known as William Hallett. The child's name precludes the possibility that in Elizabeth's defense any one might suggest that this was Robert Feake's Child, conceived before Robert's departure from Greenwich at an unknown date. The child was admittedly Hallett's, not Feake's. Moreover, included in the Lyon correspondence cited above, there is a letter dated Feb. 12, 1649 [i.e., 1648/9], addressed to her cousin and erstwhile brother-in-law, Governor John2 Winthrop, which is signed by Elizabeth as Elizabeth Hallett, and also letters from Hallett to the same person whom he calls kinsman, thereby abundantly making it clear that William Hallett and Elizabeth claimed to be husband and wife, this, though her second and also currently legal husband, Robert Feake, was certainly not dead at the time. For reasons quite understandable it has been claimed by descendants of William Hallett that a legal divorce had been granted to Elizabeth from Robert Feake and that Elizabeth had then married, as, it would be, her third husband, William Hallett. We have searched for primary records to support this claim in the extant archives of the three jurisdictions where the couple resided, namely, New Netherland [faded page] one secondary source which even purports to cite a primary source. The primary source cited is a document still extant at the State Library in Albany, namely, New York Colonial Manuscripts, volume 4, page 365. This exists in the original Dutch form and also in an English translation made in the nineteenth century by the late Dr. E. B. O'Callaghan, "New York Colonial Manuscripts" (translation), volume 4, page 365, and is of two pages in the English version. We have taken the trouble to obtain photostats of both versions. The English translation begins with the following words: "Whereas Elizabeth Feax has for adultery been legally divorced from her former husband Robert Feax, before our arrival, by the preceding Director General and Council..." At first sight these words would appear to prove that a divorce had been granted to Robert Feake from his wife Elizabeth on the grounds of adultery, this before the departure of Governor William Kieft from New Netherland. Inasmuch, however, as the sentence is taken from a translation made about two centuries after the fact, we must appeal to the original document itself. In this case the Dutch original is not only extant but is better preserved than the English translation, and is written in a fine, clear hand which presents no difficulties to an experienced reader. The words translated by "legally divorced" are "wettelyck gescheyden." The adverb gives no trouble and has been correctly translated but at least it can be said that the participle, if not wrongly rendered by Dr. O'Callaghan, can be rendered differently. We consult K. Ten Bruggencate's "Engelsch Woordenboek," 12th edition revised by A. Broers (Groningen, etc., preface dated 1932), which contains both an English-Dutch and a Dutch-English section in separate volumes. Part I, page 207, lists the English word "divorce" and gives the Dutch equivalent of the noun as "(echt)scheiden" and for the verb "scheiden." The latter word, of which we have the participle in the phrase under discussion, really means, as reference to the same dictionary, Part II, page 685, shows, "separate" in any sense but when used of married people can mean "divorce." That is, it so means in the twentieth century and probably so meant in the nineteenth when O'Callaghan worked. Did it also mean this in the seventeenth century? Or was it used in this document in the more general and at any rate original sense, i.e., "separate." Note that the scrivener found it necessary to add the word "wettelyck." This court proceeding is called a legal one. Now all divorces are legal in that a court proceeding must precede dissolution of a marriage. Not all separations, however, are legal. We think it certainly possible that what happened to the Feakes was a court proceeding whereby they were legally separated but not divorced. Care was taken by the court to protect Feake's property in his own interest and that of his children, but that did not mean that either party to this marriage was now free to marry again. If it be argued that we are wrong in our interpretation and that O'Callaghan's rendering of the phrase is perfectly correct, we wish to point out a fact which corroborates our interpretation. Let us assume that a divorce was really granted and that the marriage was completely dissolved. Then the former wife was in a position to marry again, yet she did not do so, despite the fact that she was twice put under severe persecution for adultery, as we shall see. If a divorce has been granted, and one of the parties is then accused of adultery, the easiest way out of the difficulty is for the accused person to point to the fact that he or she has been married again, subsequent to the divorce. Whether William and Elizabeth ever were married at all we do not know, but it is absolutely certain that on both March 9, 1649 [i.e., 1648/9] and on May 17, 1649, they had not yet been married to each other, since documents bearing those dates, shortly to be quoted in full, show them as persecuted by, respectively, the Dutch and the Connecticut authorities for continued adultery. If Robert and Elizabeth had been legally divorced in the full modern sense and then William and Elizabeth had been married, no one but a lunatic would fail to appeal to these two facts in order to cause the persecution to cease. Yet they did not make such an appeal but in each instance resorted to flight from the persecuting jurisdiction. We conclude, therefore, that Elizabeth was not free to marry. We have not overlooked the possibility that under the canon law existing in the Reformed Dutch Church in New Netherland, a divorce may have been permitted without granting to the guilty party, certainly in this case Elizabeth, the right to marry again, and should anyone who reads this be expert in the Reformed Dutch canon law, we should be most happy to be informed of the facts. Even so, we are confident that Elizabeth was not free to remarry and that no divorce in the modern sense had taken place. We now transcribe Dr. O'Callaghan's translation, revised by us in the light of the foregoing: "Whereas Elizabeth Feax has for adultery been legally separated from her former husband Robbert Feax, before our arrival, by the preceding Director General and Council, and since that time continued to live, cohabit and keep company with her pal and adulterer in a carnal manner, as the witnesses declare, contrary to all good laws and our published order, and endeavored with him to alienate, sell and to transfer the lands, cattle, furniture and other property of her former husband Robbert Feex, left to his four children, even to others who reside beyond our government, whereby the children finally impoverished, would become a charge either on the Company, or on this Commonalty. This cannot be either suffered or tolerated, in a good and well regulated government. Therefore we do hereby, as well for the maintenance of justice as for the protection of the still minor children, and fatherless orphans, declare the above named Elizabeth Feax unqualified and incapable of disposing, alienating, transferring or selling any property, whether of her former husband, or belonging to the children; and although deserving of much severer castigation and punishment, yet through special favor & for private reasons us thereunto moving, we consent to her living and residing at Greenwich, within our government with the children, under such Curators as we have already appointed, or hereafter for the future may appoint, to be supported out of funds that have been left and yet on the condition that she remain herself apart from him on pain of bodily punishment as we do hereby sentence and condemn William Hallet, the adulterer, to remain banished out of this our jurisdiction and entrusted government, and do depart therefrom within one month from date, and not to molest or trouble anyone within our government on pain of corporal punishment; furthermore condemning his pretended property to be forfeit for the benefit and advantage of the child begotten on her, on condition that travelling expences be allowed him at the discretion of the director and council, and that he, moreover, pay the costs of this suit. Thus done in Council in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 9th March 1649" [i.e., 1648/9]. The only answer the unhappy couple made to the order was to flee from Dutch territory to the jurisdiction of Connecticut, where at New London, John2 Winthrop then was. Here, despite the powerful protection of the great name of Winthrop, the long arm of Connecticut justice attempted to reach them. Under date of May 17, 1649, the "Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut" 1:186 contain the following: "Whereas, It is now come to the certeine intelligence of this Courte, that one Hallitt, with one that was Mr. Pheax his wife, are now come into and hues in the Plantation of Pequett [New London], and (as is concieued) hath committed in other places, so hues at this present, in that fowle sin of adultery, wch is odious to God and man, and therefore this Courte cannott but take notice of it; It is therefore ordered, that there bee a warrant directed to the Constable of the same Towne, to aprhend the said partyes, and to bring them vpp to the next perticular Courte in Hartford, wch will bee vppon the first Thursday of the next month; and the Governor is desired to write to Mr. Wenthrope and acquaint him with it." The records of the Particular Court contain no further reference to this case: instead of answering the charges and producing evidence that what was presumed to be adultery was no adultery at all, a divorce and third marriage having taken place, the couple fled to Long Island, this time on Cousin Feake's boat. This cousin was really Robert Feake's nephew Tobias Feake (no. 88), and he was a resident of Flushing where, afterwards if not already, he was schout. We have found no evidence of how William Hallett and his "wife" Elizabeth finally made their peace with the authorities. It may be that Tobias Feake was sufficiently important in the affairs of Flushing to protect them and make some sort of arrangement with the Dutch to prevent further persecution, but if so, we have found no trace. It may be that, as Mr. Torrey has suggested, William Hallett and Elizabeth were actually married after Robert Feake's death in order to legitimatize their two children, but at the time of the flight from New London nearly twelve years of Robert Feake's unhappy life remained. If it be argued that, despite the failure of the two culprits to produce evidence of the divorce in court on two separate occasions, such a divorce had taken place in New Haven Colony, near Greenwich, we may quote a letter written to John2 Winthrop by Governor Theophilus Eaton on July 21, 1648: "It is possible that William Hallett and she that was Mr Feakes his wife, are marryed; though not only the lawfullness and validitie of such a marriage but the reallity and truth is by some questioned" ("Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society" 4:6:368). Governor Eaton obviously knew of no legal divorce. There is also on record ("Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York" 4:116 f.) a letter written to Director General Stuyvesant by Robert Heusted, Richard Crabb, Thomas Sherwood, and John Coo, dated Sept. 18, 1649, new stille, in which allusion is frequent to this unhappy triangle as Mr. Feke, Mr. Hallet, Mrs. Feke, and Mrs. Hallet. The reader unacquainted with the facts might suppose that four persons are meant, instead of three. The nineteenth-century editor of this volume was doubtless squeamish about some of the statements in the letter for he appears to have made excisions, as the use of asterisks shows. To the documents already cited in which Elizabeth signs as Elizabeth Hallett, we must now add one of a different character. There is on record in Greenwich Town Records 1:168 a deed dated Nov. 25, 1650 (cited in "Lyon Memorial" 3:275) in which William Hallett of Greenwich in New Netherland for 3 score and 10 pounds sells to Jeffere Ferris as his own and wife's right also ye lands purchased by Daniel Patrick and Robert Feke in New Netherland, and this is signed by William Hallet and Elizabeth Hallet. This is not a private letter but a public document and it was recorded by the town clerk of Greenwich who must have been in position to know the validity of the Halletts' claim to be owners of the property sold, even if not well acquainted also with the family history then only two or three years past. Moreover, as the grantor was William Hallet of Greenwich in New Netherland, not of Flushing, the pair must, by 1650, have returned to Greenwich.. Finally, much later, on Nov. 10, 1659, but still during the lifetime of Robert Feake, his nephew Tobias Feake instituted action against William Hallett concerning a debt of his uncle, to be paid by William Hallet, and Solomon LaChair, the notary, recorded this in his Notarial Papers ("Holland Society Year Book" 1900, p.140): "Said Robbert Feeke had been living at Greenwich near Stanfort and his wife [sic] had married William Hallet." The careful notary knew the facts and used the proper word advisedly. On William Hallett, see Delafield, op. cit., 2:484, appendix 3 and chart; also pp. 960-2. The chart shows that Elizabeth Fones bore to William Hallett two sons, the first: William (1647-1729) who married Sarah Wooley (born 1650). William's birth date conflicts with the baptismal date of the last Feake child in that year. Moreover, by Lyon's testimony, Elizabeth was pregnant on April 14, 1648, so we date the birth of this William in the fall of 1648. The other son Samuel appears on the chart with the dates 1686-1724 but the correct date of birth, as shown later in the volume, is 1652, as Samuel died on Dec. 27, 1724, in his 73rd year (Riker, "Annals of Newtown," p.405). Elizabeth (Fones) (Winthrop) (Feake) Hallett must have died before 1669, for by that year William Hallett had a wife Susanna, perhaps born Booth, and certainly the widow previously of William Thorne ("Second Annual Report of the New York State Historian," 393, 403). On their matrimonial troubles see "Third Annual Report of the New York State Historian" 2:182, 252-4, 257, 323, 403; "The Record,"53:18. His third wife was named Katharine and the fourth was Rebecca, widow of John Baylies or Bayliss of Jamaica, and this fourth marriage took place before Oct. 5, 1693, when they signed a power of attorney (Suffolk County, New York, Deeds A-98). He died in 1706. Robert Feake, upon his return from England, may have lived again for a time in Greenwich but in any case, he ultimately went back to Watertown where he died on Feb. 1, 1660/i1, according to the Watertown Records - the date has been given variously by several writers, and it is barely possible that the year is too early by one or two years, as the final accounting was late in 1663 (see below). At his death he had been living on the town for over five years and perhaps longer. On Jan. 9, 1659/60, the good selectmen of Watertown wearied of paying for the care of their once distinguished guest, whom the clerk still invariably recorded with respect as Mr. Feak, despite his pathetic state, and appointed "Capt masan & Ephraim child to get him to moderate in his disorder" ("Watertown Records" 1:64), but psychiatry was as yet unknown in New England and doubtless the committee failed in its mission. Samuel Thacher was paid for his care the following sums: £4/10 on Oct. 31, 1655, £7/16 on March 10, 1657/8, and again on Jan. 8, 1660/1 the same sum, the final item being as follows: "Samuel Thatcher the 29/10/63 [i.e., Dec. 29, 1663] for all charges about Mr. Feakes both Liueing and dead and vpon assigneing of Mr. Feaks Estate [which, though very small, included a Bible] to him only 1/1/0 excepted hee Doth remaine Debtor to the Towne 16-9d" (ibid. 43, 59, 71, 73, 76). A pathetic ending for one who began life as the son and grandson of wealthy London goldsmiths. Lawrence Buckley Thomas, "The Thomas Book" (1896), p. 556, attributes the sons Robert and John to a wife earlier than Elizabeth Fones, but there is no evidence for such a marriage and clear proof that they were children of Elizabeth. In "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 17:112 is a chart of the Field family compiled by Osgood Field which wrongly attributes the daughters Hannah and Elizabeth to that family, and this is copied by Frederick C. Pierce, "The Field Genealogy" (Chicago, 1901) I:91. See also Delafield, op. cit. 2:650; Mary Powell Bunker, Long Island Genealogies (Albany, 1895) pp. 202 f.; Milton Rubincam, "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 103:246 f. Children: 5: i. Elizabeth2, b. Ca. 1633, probably at Watertown, Mass.; first child in Latting's list, fourth in the 1667 pedigree; m., as second wife, Capt. John1 Underhill, noted Indian fighter, b. ca. 1597, d. Sept. 21, 1672, son of John and Honor or Lenora (Pawley) Underhill, on whom see Josephine C. Frost, "Underhill Genealogy" (1932), especially Feake-Hallett notes (1:45); "Dictionary of National Biography" 20:31; "Dictionary of American Biography" 19:110 f.; Mary Powell Bunker, op. cit. 296-8. He married, first, Dec. 12, 1628, Helena de Hooch, who died in 1658, having had at least one son and two daughters. Elizabeth died ca. 1675, at which time administration was granted to John2 Underhill, her stepson, on Nov. 4, 1675, in the estate of his father Capt. John Underhill of Killingworth, Oyster Bay, Long Island ("Collections of the New York Historical Society," Wills, I:31). The second marriage is proved in "The Record,"31:85. The births of the five children of Elizabeth by John Underhill are listed ibid. 3:185 f.... [KP: Article lists five children born 1659-1672.] ii. Hannah2, b. June 1637, probably at Watertown, Mass., second child in Latting's list, third in the 1667 pedigree; m. May 7, 1656, as first wife, John2 Bowne (Thomas1), b. at Matlock, co. Derby, May 9, 1627, d. at Flushing, Long Island, Dec. 20, 1695. They became Quakers and Hannah died, while on a religious visit to England, at the house of John and Mary Elson in London, Jan. 31, 1677/8, buried Feb. 2, 1677/8. John married (2) on Feb. 2, 1679/80, Hannah Bickerstaff, from Tupton, co. Derby, who died June 7, 1690; (3) on June 26, 1693, Mary Cock, b. Jan. 1, 1655/6, living 1696, daughter of James and Sarah (___) Cock. On John Bowne see John Cox, Jr., "John Bowne, Pioneer of Freedom: Dictionary of American Biography" 2:523; Josephine C. Frost, "Frost Genealogy" (1912), p. 22 Mary Powell Bunker, op. cit. pp.184 f. John Bowne's sixteen children are listed in "The Record,"3:185, of which we list here only those by Hannah Feake... [KP: Lists 8 children b. 1656/7-1673.] iii. John2, b. ca. 1639 at Watertown, Mass., d. May 1724, Oyster Bay. iv. Robert2, b. probably 1642 at Greenwich, Conn.; fourth in Latting's list, first in the 1667 pedigree, then said to be aet. 22 which is an error as he was baptised at the New York Dutch Church, July 17, 1642; probably the Robert Fecks of Flushing, intestate, admin. to widow Sarah, June 19, 1669 ("Collections of the New York Historical Society": Wills 1:10). If he had issue, none is known. v. Sarah2, bap. New York Dutch Church, April 14, 1647, not in 1667 pedigree; d. before July 21, 1648, on which date Governor Theophilus Eaton, writing to John2 Winthrop, remarks that the four children of her parents had been separated, two placed with one family, the other two elsewhere ("Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society," 4:6, 348, 353)." SOURCES_MISC: 1. 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. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. ACTION: 1. Look for Anya Seton's romantic novel "Winthrop Woman" about Elizabeth Fones.	Fones, Elizabeth (I4800)
5119	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual was created solely as a repository to the 7 individuals linked to him as Children. I chose the name of Eleazer since they were all previously linked as children to Eleazer Herzenberg and Amalie Hirshman; however, that may not be a correct name at all. They were found to be in error and are temporary parked with unconnected Herzenbergs awaiting better research. See notes of Eleazer who married Amalie Hirshman for an excerpt from the Latvia Archives research report dated 28 Feb 2011 which lays out the proper children for the couple. The correct information created is a large conflict with information we were previously using. Peter Herzenberg on his comprehensive Herzenberg listing showed six different children in his family group 4.11a then what the merchant list in the above-referenced report shows. His are Isaac 1863, Samuel 1867, Bernard, Herman 1870, Edward 1875, and Leo 1878 (listed as #5.17 - 5.22). Peter sources his information back to Leo Herzenberg, but his information conflicts with other information of Leo's found in the "Leonard Herzenberg Memoirs." The memoirs follows the merchant's lists very closely. The Memoirs read: "GREAT-UNCLE LAZER I had met [64] in Goldingen, also his wife Amalie Hirschman. They had a beautiful house in Goldingen with a huge orchard, and it was said of the aunt that she made the workers sing songs during the harvest so they would not snack on the fruit. That counted in those days as the peak of avarice. In those days, in the country, one "stos" (about a liter) of berries, whether blueberries, strawberries, or Johannberries sold for a kopeck, around a penny, and other fruit was similarly cheap. Their children were Leonhard, Isidor, Edward, Moritz, Robert, Johanna, Bertha, Rosa, Sara, and Dorothea. I knew only Moritz, who carried on the father's business in Goldingen. he was married to Rosa Steinberg and had a single daughter Lina. I also met one of the daughters, I no longer know which one; She was very pretty [65] and well educated, but even more conceited [sehr gebildet, aber noch mehr eingebildet], and when I was in her home still as a student she behaved very haughtily. That happened because the families of the great-uncle were mostly very wealthy, and looked down on the generation of my parents who already found the fight for existence much more difficult, as if they were poor relations." 2. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen searched on the surname "Herzenberg" using exact spelling gives a list of 23 hits. They are all for 1868-1874 for the registration towns of Piltene, Liepaja (Libau), Kuldiga (Goldingen), Aizpote (Hasenpoth), and Bauska. I can match-up most of them except for the following: A. Liepaja: a. Family/oklad (tax) no. 172/444 [probably husband and wife]: -Emma Herzenberg, registered 1868, father's name Heymannson. -Joseph Herzenberg, b. abt 1809, registered 1868, father's name: Hirsch. b. Family/oklad (tax) no. 169/439: Laura Herzenberg, registered 1868, father: Levin Herzenberg. B. Bauska; this town is a ways off from the other towns. The following two are most likely husband and wife: -Hirsch Herzenberg, b. abt 1837, registered 1874. -Sorre [Sarah] Leie Herzenberg, b. abt 1839, registered 1874. C. Aizpute; the following two are most likely brothers: -Family/oklad (tax) no. 203/859: Lewin Herzenberg, b. abt 1827, registered 1871, father: Gabriel. -Family/oklad (tax) no. 14/891: Hirsch Herzenberg, b. abt 1837, registered 1871, father: Gabriel. D. Piltene (not found in our database): Family/oklad (tax) no. 91/372 "Marcus Herzenberg, b. abt. 1850, registered 1871, father "Bär".	Herzenberg, Eleazer (I3101)
5120	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This individual's last name has been reported variously as Hutchins or Hutchens both without good documentation. In the 1967 obituary of Sarah Catherine Stoker, her stepsister is listed as Grace Hutchens of Los Angeles. I use Hutcheson since this is the last name listed in his wife's death records.	Hutcheson, John Marcellus (I693)
5121	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This is a tough family to crack. We seem only to have the marriage record below, the appearance of Elizabeth Mitchell, age 16, living with her probabe grandparents Jonathan and Sarah Winner in the 1850 census of Perry Twp., and a sister Sarah (Winner) Brown naming a child Lois/Lowis Brown (1850 census shows Lois; 1860 census shows Lowis). Perhaps Lois died early and the grandparents raised Elizabeth Mitchell. Perhaps the censuses below are for a remarried George Winner. More information is needed. I have not been able to find George and Lois in 1850 or later via censuses. There are several George Mitchells in Brown and Clermont counties at the same time as we would expect our George, but these may be other individuals. None of these seem to work exactly. The ones I have found include: 1830 US: Perry Twp., Brown, Ohio: George Mitchel, males: 1<5, 2@5-9, 1@30-39, 1@40-49; females: 2@5-9, 1@20-29. Assuming this is right Geo. Mitchell since it is the only one in Perry Twp., it could be that Lowis may have been a second wife and step mother to several existing Children. The two older males may be George and a father. 1830 US: Pleasant Twp., Brown, Ohio: George Mitchel, males, 3<5, 1@15-19, 1@30-39; females: 2@20-29. 1840 US: Jackson Twp., Clermont, Ohio: George Mitchell, males: 1@5-10, 1@15-20, 1@40-50; females: 3@5-10, 1@15-20, 1@30-40. Possibly the same George as 1830 above. In this same township in 1840 we find James and Sarah (Winner) Brown 4 pages away. There are some other Browns and two "Pridmores" (Ephraim and William) in the same township. Area adjoins Perry, Brown, Ohio. Still looks like a mixed family if it were our George and Lois. 1840 US: Pleasant Twp., Brown, Ohio: George Mitchel, males: 3@10-14, 1@40-49; females: 2<5, 2@5-9, 1@20-29. 1840 US: Ripley, Brown, Ohio: George Mitchel, males: 1@10-14, 1@30-39; females: 1@5-9, 1@30-39. 1850 US: Pleasant Twp., Brown, Ohio: Geo. Mitchell, 51, PA; Abigail, 48, KY; children Michael, Samuel, Amos W., Mary E., Martha A., Elizabeth, Abigail, Matilda, Louisa, Lucinda, James W. (ages 23-1). 1850 US: Ripley, Brown, Ohio: George Mitchell, 49, KY: Margaret, 45, KY; Thomas, 21, OH; Elizabeth J. Boatman, 8, OH; William Boatman, 4, OH; Sarah Bratton, 13, OH; William Boatman, 34, OH. 1860 US: Pleasant Twp., Brown, Ohio: Geo. Mitchell, 61, PA; Abigail, 58, KY; Michael, 33, OH; other children Matilda, Louisa, Lucinda, James W. (ages 18-11); Martin V. Brown, 22, OH. [Is the name Louisa a variation on Lowis?] BIRTH: 1. Estimated based on a less than age 21 at time of marriage in 1828 since her brother had to give oath in her behalf. MARRIAGE: 1. "Brown County, Ohio, Marriages, 1818-1850": -Azubah A. Winner and WIlliam Jones, 23 Apr 1848, G128." -Emy (21) Winner and William Conklin, 8 Nov 1831, upon the oath of Isaac Winner. D70. -Lowis Winner and George Mitchell, 11 Dec 1828, upon oath of applicant and Isaac Winner, D13." -Mary Winner and Isaac Scott, 1 Dec 1855. [This would be Mary Whited's second marriage after Isaac Winner, son of Jonathan, died.] -Sarah Winner and James Brown, 2 May 1833, D87. -Rebecca Winner and Henry Kelley, 3 Sep 1848, G136.	Winner, Lois (I2986)
5122	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This is a tough family to crack. We seem only to have the marriage record below, the appearance of Elizabeth Mitchell, age 16, living with her probably grandparents Jonathan and Sarah Winner in the 1850 census of Perry Twp., and a sister Sarah (Winner) Brown naming a child Lois/Lowis Brown (1850 census shows Lois; 1860 census shows Lowis). Perhaps Lois died early and the grandparents raised Elizabeth Mitchell. Perhaps the censuses below are for a remarried George Winner. More information is needed. I have not been able to find George and Lois in 1850 or later via censuses. There are several George Mitchells in Brown and Clermont counties at the same time as we would expect our George, but these may be other individuals. None of these seem to work exactly. The ones I have found include: 1830 US: Perry Twp., Brown, Ohio: George Mitchel, males: 1<5, 2@5-9, 1@30-39, 1@40-49; females: 2@5-9, 1@20-29. Assuming this is right Geo. Mitchell since it is the only one in Perry Twp., it could be that Lowis may have been a second wife and step mother to several existing Children. The two older males may be George and a father. 1830 US: Pleasant Twp., Brown, Ohio: George Mitchel, males, 3<5, 1@15-19, 1@30-39; females: 2@20-29. 1840 US: Jackson Twp., Clermont, Ohio: George Mitchell, males: 1@5-10, 1@15-20, 1@40-50; females: 3@5-10, 1@15-20, 1@30-40. Possibly the same George as 1830 above. In this same township in 1840 we find James and Sarah (Winner) Brown 4 pages away. There are some other Browns and two "Pridmores" (Ephraim and William) in the same township. Area adjoins Perry, Brown, Ohio. Still looks like a mixed family if it were our George and Lois. 1840 US: Pleasant Twp., Brown, Ohio: George Mitchel, males: 3@10-14, 1@40-49; females: 2<5, 2@5-9, 1@20-29. 1840 US: Ripley, Brown, Ohio: George Mitchel, males: 1@10-14, 1@30-39; females: 1@5-9, 1@30-39. 1850 US: Pleasant Twp., Brown, Ohio: Geo. Mitchell, 51, PA; Abigail, 48, KY; children Michael, Samuel, Amos W., Mary E., Martha A., Elizabeth, Abigail, Matilda, Louisa, Lucinda, James W. (ages 23-1). 1850 US: Ripley, Brown, Ohio: George Mitchell, 49, KY: Margaret, 45, KY; Thomas, 21, OH; Elizabeth J. Boatman, 8, OH; William Boatman, 4, OH; Sarah Bratton, 13, OH; William Boatman, 34, OH. 1860 US: Pleasant Twp., Brown, Ohio: Geo. Mitchell, 61, PA; Abigail, 58, KY; Michael, 33, OH; other children Matilda, Louisa, Lucinda, James W. (ages 18-11); Martin V. Brown, 22, OH. [Is the name Louisa a variation on Lowis?] BIRTH: 1. Estimated based on a minimum age of 21 at time of marriage in 1828. MARRIAGE: 1. "Brown County, Ohio, Marriages, 1818-1850": -Azubah A. Winner and WIlliam Jones, 23 Apr 1848, G128." -Emy (21) Winner and William Conklin, 8 Nov 1831, upon the oath of Isaac Winner. D70. -Lowis Winner and George Mitchell, 11 Dec 1828, upon oath of applicant and Isaac Winner, D13." -Mary Winner and Isaac Scott, 1 Dec 1855. [This would be Mary Whited's second marriage after Isaac Winner, son of Jonathan, died.] -Sarah Winner and James Brown, 2 May 1833, D87. -Rebecca Winner and Henry Kelley, 3 Sep 1848, G136.	Mitchell, George (I2990)
5123	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This is the ancestor of the author Jane Austen. 2. The book "A Goodly Heritage -- A history of Jane Austen's family," by George Holbert Tucker (1983), Chapter 1 (pp. 15-23): "The Austens of Kent" with notes (p. 213). Note that our line of descent is through the third son of John Austen I whereas Jane descends from the fifth son Francis. The following is a shortened excerpt from the first chapter; however, see the notes of the earliest Austen in my database for the full transcription: "Jane Austen came of a goodly heritage. By birth, and with the added gift of genius tempered with amused ironic detachment, she was the ideal delineator of her particular class - the English country gentry of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. On her father's side she was descended from six well-documented generations of respectable Kentish land owners who had gradually achieved eminence in their corner of England by way of the broadcloth trade.[1] That, and iron working, had been the leading industries of the Weald of Kent for many generations. The Leighs of Cheshire, her mother's family, were much more aristocratic. Not only was their social position higher than the Kentish Austens', but their distinguished pedigree, extending back into the mists of the Middle Ages, had ramifications that connected them with some of the most memorable names in English history.[2] Many years after Jane Austen's death, in an undated letter to his nephew, the Reverend James Edward Austen-Leigh, her brother, Henry evaluated his paternal ancestry thus: '...it is no scandal to say that my aforesaid relations of West Kent never raised any alarming fears of their setting even the Medway on fire.'[3] Significantly, he did not feel it necessary to draw a contrast between his Austen and Leigh backgrounds. The Weald of Kent, the home of Jane Austen's paternal forebears, derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning forest.[4] It is now used to denote that part of England lying between the North and South Downs, including a fair-sized part of West Kent, a greater part of Sussex, and fragments of Surrey and Hampshire.[5] For centuries before the Roman occupation of Britain it was an almost impenetrable woodland, traversed only by ancient trails, inhabited by robbers, wolves, wild boar and deer, and regularly visited in season by swineherds to fatten their flocks. The region remained remote even after the Romans brought their legions and made roads. But by the sixteenth century, when Jane Austen's ancestors rose to prominence there, much of the timber had been felled, and the area was dotted with clearings, where farming, cloth-weaving, and iron-smelting activities clustered around the square-towered medieval churches that still grace the Wealden countryside. The surname Austen, variously spelled Austen, Austin, Astyn, and Awsten, before standardization settled on the first two, is still fairly common in the Weald.[6] The 1978 Tunbridge Wells telephone directory, covering a radius of a little less than fifty miles including much of the Kentish Weald, listed fifty Austen families and seventy-one Austins. Both surnames are diminutives of Augustine, the Old French version of the Latin Augustinus, the usual Middle English form of a saint's name.[7] The saint in this particular instance was St Augustine (d. AD 604), the 'Apostle of the English' and first Archbishop of Canterbury, whose name often was shortened to St Austin. Jane Austen's confirmed paternal ancestry begins during the reign of Elizabeth I .with her fourth great-grandfather, John Austen I of Horsmonden, Kent, who was born around 1560 and died in March 1620. Reputable genealogists, including Sir Anthony Wagner, Clarenceux King of Arms, have speculated that John Austen I of Horsmonden was a great-grandson of a William Astyn, who lived at Yalding, a Wealden town a few miles to the north of Horsmonden. His will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in 1522, during the reign of Henry VIII. However no conclusive proof for this assumption has so far been established.[8] John Austen I married Joan, a daughter of Jeffrey Berry of Midley, Kent, in September 1584. After bearing him eight sons and one daughter, she died in December 1604, in giving birth to twin sons, Thomas and Richard, who survived. She is buried beneath the nave of the sandstone church dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch in Pisidia, that stands in lonely Gothic dignity some two miles from the present village of Horsmonden. Her gravestone bears a brass representing a Jacobean lady, her hands clasped in prayer, wearing a great beaver hat and a high, pleated ruff. Above her effigy is a small brass plate with a Latin sentence that roughly translated says: 'O friend, if you seek the grave of the one who prepared it, it was John my husband by the name of Austen.' Beneath her effigy is a larger brass plate recording, among other things, that Joan Austen 'DIED IN CHILDBED OFTEN VTTERING THESE / SPEACHES LET NETHER HVSBAND NOR CHILDREN NOR / LANDS NOR GOODS SEPERATE ME FROM THE MY GOD.[9] It is not as dramatic as Jane Austen's last words, 'I want nothing but death', but its sincerity and directness expresses the deep-rooted, unpretentious piety that characterized Joan Austen's famous descendant. · John Austen I outlived his wife by' sixteen years, and is buried beside her. His will shows he was a man of means, owning property in both Kent and Sussex. He was succeeded by his eldest son, John Austen II (1585-1650), who, dying without issue, was succeeded by his eldest surviving brother, Francis (1600-88), Jane Austen's third great-grandfather. John Austen I had been content to fill the role of a prosperous farmer, but by the time his surviving sons reached maturity they began to designate themselves as 'clothiers', that is, the fabricators of woollen cloth. Kent had been famous for its broadcloth since the fourteenth century, at which time Edward III invited Flemish weavers to come 'into our kingdom of England for the purpose of working wools there and otherwise exercising their mystery'.[10] Many of these Flemish weavers settled in the Weald of Kent, where water for finishing the heavy cloth was plentiful. By the fifteenth century the occupation of clothier had become so profitable that the fortunes of many former agricultural families like the Austens had been made in wool. The clothier provided the capital and the wool for the over-all operation, and the broadcloth, woven on looms by skilled weavers in cottages surrounding the clothier's more pretentious dwelling, was then processed in workrooms attached to his house. After that it was sold to London factors, who distributed it throughout England and on the Continent. For centuries Kentish broadcloth enjoyed an enviable reputation, but by the early eighteenth century, when Jane Austen's ancestors had turned to other occupations, its production was practically extinct in the Weald, the manufacture of finer types of cloth having shifted to other parts of England, particularly the Cotswolds. Even so, the industry had built up fortunes and a sturdy independence in many Wealden farming and sheep breeding families. Daniel Defoe has this to say concerning the social class from which Jane Austen's paternal ancestors were descended: "These clothiers and farmers, and the remains of them, upon the general elections of members of parliament for the country, show themselves still there, being ordinarily 14 or 1500 freeholders brought from this side of the county; and who for the plainness of their appearance, are called the gray coats of Kent; but are so considerable, that whoever they vote for is always sure to carry it, and therefore the gentlemen are very careful to preserve their interest among them."[11] In this connection it is interesting ro note that in a book formerly owned by Jane Austen and now belonging to the Jane Austen Memorial Trust,[12] in commenting on a woollen works at Wootton-under-Edge 'belonging to Messrs. Austin' someone has written 'A branch of the Austens - the "Gray Coats of Kent" ', showing that the Hampshire Austens were well aware of their Wealden clothier background.[13] To return to the Austen chronicle: it was Francis, the younger son of John Austen I, who acquired the two many-gabled, half timbered Tudor manor houses (still extant) of Grovehurst and Broadford near Horsmonden in 1647, that were subsequently occupied by many generations of his family. At his death in 1688 Francis left a handsome inheritance to his only son, John Austen III, Jane Austen's great-great-grandfather, who was born around 1629 and married Jane Atkins of Brightling, Sussex. By her he had two sons, John Austen IV and Francis who died young, and three daughters, Jane, Ellen, and Anne. Only John Austen IV and his sister Jane had any direct connection with Jane Austen's family. In the case of the earlier Jane Austen, the benefits were unforeseen, but long-lasting... Notes: 1. "Life and Letters," 1. 2. "Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (19670 1480; and "DNB," XI, 879. 3. "AP," 18. 4. Crouch, Marcus, "Kent" (Batsford, 1966) 95. 5. Kaye-Smith, Sheila, "Weald of Kent and Sussex" (Robert Hale, 1953) 1. 6. "Pedigree," iii. 7. Cottle, Basil, "The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames" (1967) 38. 8. "Pedigree," iii. 9. Cronk, Anthony, "St Margaret's Church, Horsmonden" (1967) 38-9. 10. Kaye-Smith, 153: 11. Defoe, Daniel, "A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724-7)." 12. Warner, Richard, "Excursions from Bath" (1801). 13. Chapman, R. W., 'Jane Austen's Library', Book Collectors' Quarterly, XI (July-Sept 1933) 32..." 3. Email from Carol Hutchinson July 27, 2023: Will for John Austen who most likely is the one chr 1 Aug 1585 at Horsmonden and buried 30 Sep 1650 at Horsmonden. He has no surviving children and lists many of his brothers' and sister's children. He also mentions his Uncle Benjamin Austen's widow, Elizabeth, so Elizabeth Bishop is probably the ONLY wife of Benjamin Austen, born 1572. Will of John Austen, Clothier of Horsmonden, Kent 1650 Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Pembroke Quire Numbers: 110 - 156. Will of John Austen, Clothier of Horsmonden, Kent. Held by: The National Archives, Kew - Prerogative Court of Canterbury Date: 16 October 1650 Reference: PROB 11/213/706 Will written 15 May 1650, John Austen of Horsmonden, Kent clothier -widow Pierson -other poor people of Horsmonden -Mary Austen daughter of Beniamin Austen my brother deceased 30 pounds -her brother John Austen[eldest son of said Beniamin Austen] -Beniamin Austen, Jeffery Austen, Jone Austen and William Austen the children of my said brother Beniamin to every one 100 pounds, me the said John Austen was executor of their father's will [Benjamin Austen] -brother Richard Austen 150 pounds -every one of my brother Richard Austen's children living at the time of my death 20 pounds at the age of 21 -every one of the children of my brother Peeter Austin 20 pounds -John Perryn son of my sister Perryn 100 pounds -by the last will and testament of John Austen my father -Susanne Perryn daughter of my said sister Perryn -Joane Perryn, Elizabeth Perryn, Mary Perryn and Alce Perryn the other children of my said sister Perryn 20 pounds apiece -John Austen eldest son of my brother Robert Austen deceased 60 pounds -Jeffery Austen another of my brother Robert Austen 400 pounds...200 at age 21 and the other 200 at age 23 -Ann Austen daughter of the said Robert Austen my brother 200 pounds 100 at age 21 and 100 at age of 21 or marriage -Joane Austen under 21 sister of the said Anne -Daniell Brattle of the Tower of London my kinsman in whose house I have a trunck -Wm[William] Manser of Yalding my servant -brother Francis Austen as full and whole executor -overseers friends John Horsmanden of Goudhurst, Kent gentleman and John Stringer of Horsmonden clothier WILL -brother Thomas Austen...annuity...lands in Yalding -Elizabeth Austen widow late the wife of my uncle Beniamin 5 pounds -Peeter and Beniamen sons of the said Elizabeth 20 pounds -John Austen son of my brother Jeffery Austen -residue to brother Francis Austen -lease I hold from Thomas Whetonhall esquire...Groveherst house -witnesses Thomas Luke Hugh Luke or Lake, William Barber -probate 16 October 1650 by Francisci Austin fratris [brother] and executor https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/791923:5111?tid=&pid=&queryId=4916a5dba50039243de68d954974b716&_phsrc=WKA32&_phstart=successSource John Austen in the England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 Name: John Austen Residence: Horsmanden, Kent, England Probate Date: 26 Oct 1650 The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 213. BURIAL: 1. FHL book 942.23/H3 K2c "St. Margaret's Church Horsmonden, An Historical and Descriptive Acccount," by Anthony Cronk, 3rd ed., by the Friends of Hrosmonden Church, Horsmonden, Kent, 1995, pp. 38-40: "Other significant changes were now taking place in Horsmonden, which are commemorated in the memorials and registers of the parish church. From being engaged almost exclusively in food production and forestry the inhabitants suddenly found their lives transformed by the advent of two important industries which had sprung up in their midst, clothworking and ironfounding. Both were destined to fourish here for a century before departing, in obedience respectively to powerful economic forces, into other regions of the realm. Woollen manufacture, like brickmaking and hop-growing, had received considerable impetus in Kent through the influx of Flemish refugee victims of religious persecutions in their own country. Cranbrook was rivalling Canterbury as a centre for the newly imported technical improvements in the esoteric arts of fulling, weaving and dyeing. Wool had become the 'staple' or most important rural commodity. We know that Walter Sycotte, a fuller of Cranbrook, leased two mills, called Broadford Mills, in Horsmonden, which were the property of Henry VIII, but it was not until the time of John Austen of Broadford, who died in 1620, that the place became famed for the manufacture of Kentish broadcloth. It was mainly a cottage industry, and several of the weavers' timbered houses still survive around Capel Cross. Broadford house itself is one of those lovely clothmasters' residences with which this part of the Weald abounds. They were termed 'halls' and served a twofold purpose, combining the funcitons of private house with office and warehouse. Side by side in the nave of St. Margaret's are the graves of John Austen and his wife. The brass of the latter consists of a charmng effigy of the lady in hat, ruff, and gown, 18 in. X 7 in., with a foot inscription 20-3/4 in. X 9-1/2 in., as follows: "Here vnderlyeth the body of Joane Berry davghter of Ieffery Berry sometime of the parish of Midley and wyfe of Iohn Avsten of this pish of Horsmonden beinge of the age of 36 yeares who depted the 9th of Decemb: 1604 and left behind her 8 sones and one davghter vidz: Iohn Ieffry Beniamin Robt Ioane Francis Peter Thomas & Robid of wch two last she died in childbed often vtteringe these speaches let nether hvsband nor children nor lands nor goods separate me from the my God." Above the effigy, the widower's engagingly oblique ascription: Amice si quaeris tvmvlvm quis convecit ipsum Fvit Iohannes mevs maritus nomine Austen." John Austen's own brass on the adjoining grave has suffered from the traffic of many feet, but is still legible: "Here lyeth the body of John Avsten bvryed the 5 day of March Ano Dni 1620 and left behind him 8 sonns and one davghter." To the stone ledger a further inscription has been incised for his son Francis: "Here lyeth interred the body of Francis Avsten of Grofehurst in the parish gent one of the sonnes of John Avsten who was bvried the 15th day of March 1687 and in the 89th year of his age. It was under Francis Austen that the Horsmonden cloth industry reached its zenith. He purchased Grovehurst with its apppendant manors from Henry Whetenhall, a lineal descendant of the de Grofhursts... The house adapted as another 'hall' for his trade, in addtion to Braodford. This was the family, let it be noted, from which sprang the immortal Jane [Austen, the writer] ..." DEATH: 1. Will of Francis Austen or Austin, Clothier of Horsmonden, Kent Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Exton Quire Numbers: 45 - 86. Will of Francis Austen or Austin, Clothier of Horsmonden, Kent. Held by: The National Archives, Kew - Prerogative Court of Canterbury Date: 20 April 1688 Reference: PROB 11/391/75	Austen, Francis (I4940)
5124	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This is the same Leonardo who is the author of the website below. As of 2007, contact was 1700 E. 56th St. #2707, Chicago, IL, 60637-5092, ph. 773-955-7072, email leo@herzenberg.net. DEATH: 1. Transcribed from an unsourced copy of the obituary: "Leonardo Herzenberg, 82. Leo "Nardi" Herzenberg, 82, passed away in Chicago on Wednesday, March 9, with his wife and daughters by his side. He died of respiratory failure followed by sepsis after an unexpected hospitalization. Herzenberg was born in Oruro, Bolivia in 1934. His family, Ashkenazi Jews, had emigrated first from Latvia to Poland, and finally to Bolivia. Herzenberg's father, Robert, worked tirelessly to assist relatives and friends in Europe with obtaining South American visas, money, and sponsorship so that they could flee the Nazis. Pobert was a highly respected mineralogist, and his wife, Gerda, was an artist. As a result of this extraordinary familial influence, Herzenberg grew up in a household in which eight different languages were spoken, and art, science, and education were hightly valued. He attended the Anglo-American School in Oruro, which was founded by his father, in an effort to protect his son from German-run, Nazi-sympathizing schools in the region. Herzenberg's family then sent him to college at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park at age 16. He and his wife Carol met in Hyde Park, swimming at Promontory Point, and married in 1961. They shared interests in science, engineering, various martial arts, and obtained their [torn] licences together. [Torn] Herzenberg studied philosophy at U. of C., he became a computer engineer and worked on early computer development, including MANIAC III, a second-generation computer. In later years, he worked at Honeywell's Microswitch facility in Freeport, Ill. Herzenberg's father handwrote a family history for him in German, and Herzenberg spent many hours of his retirement translating this history into Englaish and making it availabe on the Internet for all of the descendants of the Latvian Herzenbergs. He also carried on Robert's traditon of helping those who are oppressed or suffering by donating to various organizations and delivering meals to homebound individuals. Herzenberg enjoyed birding twice a week for the Jackson Park birding group, being a school science fair judge, discussing current events and political topics with the Hyde Park Cafe Society, serving a treasurer for the board of the hi-rise condominium where he and Carol lived, visiting museums (especially the Art Institute), watching tennis and figure skating on television, listening to classical music on WFMT and reading The New Yorker, The New York Times and professional journals in the fields of science and engineering. Herzenberg is survived by his wife and best friend, Caroline Littlejohn Herzenberg, his daughters Karen Ann Herzenberg (Katie Rooney) and Catherine Stuart Larson (Andrew Larson), as well as his cousin, Inka Allen, who was like a sister to him. A memorial service and reception for Herzenberg will be held on Sunday, March 20, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Ida Noyes Hall Third Floor Theater on the campus of the University of Chicago (1212 E. 59th St., on "the Midway"). Information about directions and parking can be found on the following website: https://eventservices.uchicago.edu/page/directions?paring. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Greater Chicago Food Depository (www.chicagosfood bank.org), the Hyde Park Art Center (www.hydeparkart.org) or WFMT (www.wfmt.com). For Information: ELEMENTS, the cremation compnay, 855.550.5151, www.elementscremation.com." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ 2. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007.	Herzenberg, Leonardo (I4145)
5125	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This line continues through Mary's parents Ezekiel Howell (1686-1739) and Mary Rogers (1685-26 Jun 1756 at Hebron, CT). The line is documented and needs no further research from me. See Family Search (accessed 6 Nov 2016). 2. The book "Old Cambridge (1788-1988) - A collection of historical essays and family histories commemorating the 200th anniversary of the forming of the Old Cambridge District, 1788," copy in the Village of Cambridge public library: A. "Edmund Welles, d. 1805, b. Mary Howell of South Hampton, L.I. Eight ch. including Daniel. Edmund was captain in the old French War and was one of the original propietors of Cambridge Township. Moved from Hebron, Conn. in 1780 to Cambridge. Edmund was the only patentee out of more than fifty who became a settler." B. "Daniel Welles, b. 1754 in Hebron, Conn., m. Hannah Lathrope 2/15/1776. In 1779 he removed with his family to Cambridge and settled on the farm owned by Mr. Bovee. Here they lived for more than half a century and were blessed with a family of sixteen children." 3. FHL book 929.273 W462c "History and Genealogy of the Wells Family. Some Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Wells of Saybrook and Hebron, Connecticut, who had come from Dudley, Worcestershire, England in 1712. Supplementing: "The History and Genealogy of the Wells Family" by Philip L. Cobb, 1897"; compiled by John. L. Cobb, 1999, pp. 9-12: "Edmund. The eldest, born at Saybrook, CT, 8 or 9 Feb. 1720/21, Saybrook vi. rec.: L2: 269, went with family on move to Hebron, CT 1725, living there until 1780, when removed to Cambridge, Washington Co., New York. He is supposed to have married at Southampton, Suffolk Co., L.I., NY, 12 May 1743 to Mary HOWELL, who seems to have been daughter of Ezekiel and Mary (ROGERS) H. of Southampton, NY ("Colonial Fams. of NY, L.I. & CT," by H.F. Seversmith, vol. III 1948: 1, 407-9, 405; will of Matthew HOWELL, liber. 7:560; list (table): "Anc. and Desc. of John Howell Wells of Gilead par., Tolland Co., CT," in archives of Suffolk Co., L.I., NY Hist. Soc., Riverhead, NY, Dec. 5, 1975), reportedly born in Southampton 14 Feb. 1718 and died 2 Jan. 1776 aged 50 years. Edmund Wells died at Cambridge, NY, 1 June 1805 aged 84 years. Edmund Wells, carpenter and farmer, was elected town supervisor of Cambridge in 1778, was a captain in the "old French war", and was one of the original proprietors of Cambridge town.... Edmund Wells had nine children all born in Hebron, CT: i John Howell, b. 12 Feb. 1744/5 ii Edmund, b. 30 Aug. 1746 iii Mary Howell, b. 16 May 1748, Hebron, CT vi. rec.: 1: 149; m. Sept. 1776 to Esq. James Walter RALEIGH, ROWLEY?, ROLLO?, s. of John and Mary (Phelps) R. of Hebron, CT, his 1st wife. iv Henry, b. 25 Mar. 1750; d. 30 Mar. 1763 age 12 yrs., Hebron, CT v James, b. 14 Apr. 1752; was a lieut. of dragoons, Continental service in the Revolutionary War; died 23 Sept. 1781 age 30 yrs., at the Croton River, Westchester Co., NY, buried at Crompond (Crump Pond) (Mohansic Park), Westchester Co., NY; the inventory for administration by John H. Wells, of Lieut. James Wells's estate was made 3 Feb. 1784 by Samuel Gilbert, Jorden POST, and Bateman Wells (E. Haddam, CT pro. dist. court rec'd: vol. 5;170; it was exhibited and distributors were appointed (those above), 7 Dec. 1784: vol. 5:151. vi Daniel, b. 7 Nov. 1754 vii David viii Sarah, b. 28 Feb. 1757, Hebron, CT vi. rec.:2: 256; m. Oct. 1718, Hebron, Tolland Co., CT, to Joseph PeterS, s. of ?Joseph and Deborah (BIRCHARD) P. of Chatham and Hebron, CT, tavernkeeper; he d. 1796 age 40 yrs. at ?Cambridge, NY; she d. 3 Aug. 1793 at Cambridge, Washington Co., NY; children PeterS: Joseph, blacksmith; Sarah, m. Matthew GIBSON; James, m. Lydia BEEBE, dau.; Ruel B.; tavern; rem..; Erie Co., NY. ix Austin b. 14 Feb 1759. References: "Abstracts of Wills/of/Washington Co NY 1788-1825," by G. A. Barber, 1937, 1993:23 Edmund Wells of Cambridge, dated Jan. 7, 1800; probated July 1, 1805 mentions sons: John Edmund, Daniel, children of my daughter Molly wife of Walter Raleigh, children of my daughter Sarah wife of Joseph Peters dec'd. Executors: sons: Edmund, Daniel, Austin, brother Joseph. Witnesses; Lauchlin Wright, James Niles, Gerrit Wendell signed "X". Codicil to the above will: 18 Apr. 1804: James Wells son of the Edmund (Jr.) to receive his father's bequest, and to become an executor of Edmund (Sr.) in his place (from George W. Roger's typed copy of the Edmund Wells (Sr.) probate, 24 Mar. 1995); "Descendants of Edward Howell, 1584-1655," by E.H. Rose, 2nd ed. rev, and prep. by David Paris, 1985:90: concerns g.s. of Mary wf. of Ezekiel Howell shared with grandson Henry Wells, in Gilead cem. Hebron, CT; Concerning PeterS fam.: correspondence with Mr. George W. Rogers, PO Box 111, Fairview Village, PA 19409-0111, May. 24, 1995."	Howell, Mary (I4474)
5126	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This name is supposition based upon the Danish system of patronymics.	Anders (I1614)
5127	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This person added per Family Search accessed 30 Apr 2013.	Laustdatter, Inger (I2788)
5128	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This person added per Family Search accessed 30 Apr 2013.	Sorensen, Kirsten (I2787)
5129	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This person added per Family Search accessed 30 Apr 2013.	Morgensen, Maren (I2786)
5130	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This person is inferred from the following source: James Adair, "The History of the American Indians" (London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1775), 357. See also "Augusta Chronicle and Gazette" (Augusta, GA), 11 Jun 1791, page 2, column 3, and page 3, column 1. Margaret, wife of Edward Adair, wrote that she lived with Edward's sister in Georgia for two months between 1788 and 1791.	Adair (I2035)
5131	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. This person was added by a patron to Family Tree which I accessed 21 Apr 2013. No particulars or documentation are given. Submitter was Connie May. E-mail Address jercon@telus.net. I emailed same date for substantiation.	Lissebeth (I1016)
5132	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Ancestry.com 28 Nov 2002 database: "philsged": 6 children - Sybil, Rebecca, Chena, James, Lucy, and Edmund, Jr. MARRIAGE: 1. Ancestry.com 28 Nov 2002 database: "philsged": 3 Nov 1819 in Granville, MA. DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Edmund Barlow, d. 3 Nov 1819, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Edmund, h. Sibyl, Nov. 3, 1819, a. 86, G.R.1. [Lt. Edmund 1st, "Served in French and Indian, Queen Ann's, and the Revolutionary wars. Was at the surrender of Burgoyne," h. Sibyl, d. John Root of Hebron, Conn.), ch. James Jr. and Mary (d. Nath[anie]l Hasmon [sic Harmon] and Mary (Skinner) of Suffield), Nov. 21, 1818, a. 86, P.R.1. Lt. Edmond, Nov. 21, 1818, a. 86, P.R.6) Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. BURIAL: 1. Ancestry.com 28 Nov 2002 database: "philsged": West Cemetery, Granville, MA.	Barlow, Edmund (I2443)
5133	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Appears in 1800 Census in Ontario Co., NY. 3. The book: "The Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, Vol. VII,: ed. by Frank Severance, Buffalo, 1904, p. 281: "In addition to the persons mentioned by me as fond at Canandaigua in the Spring of this year (1789), the following came in during the Summer, viz.: Abner Barlow... Jairus Rose..." BIRTH: 1. Online Ordinance Index has extracted record per FHL film 185381, batch C500841: "Jairus Rose, b. 26 Oct 1768 at Granville to John and Kesiah Rose." SOURCES_MISC: 1. 21 May 2007 Worldconnect database ":a15096" . Notes 7 children all born in Canandaigua, NY, from 1795 to 1811.	Rose, Jairus (I1372)
5134	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Censuses: 1790 US: Granville, Hampshire, Massachusetts: Samuel Gillet, 1 free white male over 16, 4 free white females all ages. 3. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.": has the following entry in vol. 6, p. 449, which may be this Samuel since Granville was in Hampshire County at that time: "Samuel Gillet, private, Capt. Aaron Coe's Co., Col. John Moseley's (Hampshire Co.) regt.; enlisted Sept. 21, 1777; discharge Oct. 23, 1777; service, 33 days; company marched by order of Gen. Gates to reinforce Northern army on an alarm." DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Lovisa Gillet, d. 10 Mar 1791, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Lovisa, w. Samuel, Mar. 10, 1791, in 31st y., G.R. 1 (Lovicy, P.R.6.). Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914.	Louisa (I2278)
5135	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Censuses: 1810 US: Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, p. 17 of 20: Samuel Gillet, males 2(10-16), 1(45+); females 1(16-26), 1(45+). Assuming that this is the correct Samuel Gillet, he may have remarried and had additional children. There is at www.rootsweb.com/~ctcplain/granby/hale/baptistcem.html the following cemetery inscription at the Baptist Cemetery, located on North Granby Road: "Tetza Gillet - wife of Samuel Gillet, d. 11 May 1812, age 53." Could this be the right Samuel with a second wife? BIRTH: Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Birth Records" sourced from "Granville Vital Records" with parents Thomas and Elsebeth Gillet: 25 Apr 1745 Elsebeth Gillet 18 Mar 1746 Zuruiah Gillet 14 Sep 1748 Thomas Gillet 28 Sep 1749 Eli Gillet 8 Mar 1751 Samuel Gillet 12 Aug 1753 Zadock Gillet DEATH: 1. Member contribution to the online Ordinance Index. Also notes him with the appellation of Deacon.	Gillett, Samuel (I2271)
5136	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: Cambria, Niagara, New York, 28 Aug 1850, p. 17 of 57, house 113, family 117: George P. Rose, 42, farmer, $4160, NY. Sarah, 39, NY. Polly, 15, NY. Galen, 13, NY. Harriet, 11, NY. Adaline, 9, NY. Susan, 8, NY. Elizabeth, 6, NY. Emily, 4, NY. John I., 1, NY. Ernest Gadlife, 24, farmer, Prussia. Zilpha Rose, 72, MA. Laura Daily, 46, NY. BIRTH: 1. Online Ordinance Index has extracted record per FHL film 185381, batch C500841: "Zelphy Gillet, b. 3 Apr 1744 at Granville to Thomas Gillet." 2. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Birth Records": Jairus Rose, b. 26 Oct 1768 at Granville, Mass., to John and Kesiah, per "Vital Records of Granville." SOURCES_MISC: 1. 21 May 2007 Worldconnect database ":a15096" . Notes 7 children all born in Canandaigua, NY, from 1795 to 1811.	Gillett, Zilpha (I1297)
5137	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts, p. 6 of 27, 31 May 1850, house 50, family 53: Josiah Kent, 64, farmer, $3500, MA. Lucinda, 60, MA. Marrietta, 39, MA. Lucinda Holcomb, 27, MA. Clanncy E. Kent, 19, laborer, MA. Charles F. Mechette, 3, MA. Jaydana, 1, male, MA. 1860 US: Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts, p. 6 of 27, 27 Jun 1860, house 66, family 63: Josiah Kent, 74, farmer, $300, $539, MA. Lucinda, 70, MA. Marrietta, 39, cigar maker, MA. Selah, 42, m. pedler, $175, MA. Laura, 38, MA. Clanncy E., 29, farmer, MA. Charles F., 14, MA. J. Daniel, 11, MA. 1870 US: Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts, p. 13 of 28, house 111, family 115, 15 Aug 1870: Chancy Kent, 39, farmer, $6000, $2500, MA. Ann, keeping house, 39, NY. Georgeia, 4, MA. Darius Baer, 11, attending school, PA. Salone Spelman, 49, m. farm laborer. Josiah Kent, 85, no occupation, MA. MARRIAGE: 1. Granville Vital Records: Lucinda Gillett and Josiah Kent, Jr. of Southwick Jan. 16, 1810.	Kent, Josiah (I1422)
5138	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts, p. 6 of 27, 31 May 1850, house 50, family 53: Josiah Kent, 64, farmer, $3500, MA. Lucinda, 60, MA. Marrietta, 39, MA. Lucinda Holcomb, 27, MA. Clanncy E. Kent, 19, laborer, MA. Charles F. Mechette, 3, MA. Jaydana, 1, male, MA. 1860 US: Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts, p. 6 of 27, 27 Jun 1860, house 66, family 63: Josiah Kent, 74, farmer, $300, $539, MA. Lucinda, 70, MA. Marrietta, 39, cigar maker, MA. Selah, 42, m. pedler, $175, MA. Laura, 38, MA. Clanncy E., 29, farmer, MA. Charles F., 14, MA. J. Daniel, 11, MA. 1870 US: Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts, p. 13 of 28, house 111, family 115, 15 Aug 1870: Chancy Kent, 39, farmer, $6000, $2500, MA. Ann, keeping house, 39, NY. Georgeia, 4, MA. Darius Baer, 11, attending school, PA. Salone Spelman, 49, m. farm laborer. Josiah Kent, 85, no occupation, MA. MARRIAGE: 1. Granville Vital Records: Lucinda Gillett and Josiah Kent, Jr. of Southwick Jan. 16, 1810.	Gillett, Lucinda (I1377)
5139	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. FHL book 929.273 B233bd, "The Connecticut Barbers, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut," 2nd Ed., Donald S. Barber: "John Barber, bapt. 24 Jul 1642 at Windsor, CT, d. 17 Jan 1711/12; md. (1) Windsor 2 Sep 1663 Bathsheba Coggin, b. probably Taunton, MA about 1645, d. Springfield, 1688, dau. of Thomas and Joan ___ Coggin of Taunton. Bathsheba was the sister of Mary Coggin who married John Barber's brother Samuel. John md. (2) 2 May 1689 Hannah (Gardner) Bancroft, widow of Thomas Bancroft, and probably dau. of Samuel Gardner of Hadley, MA. John lived in Windsor on the original homestead, which was left to him by his father. When he moved his family to Springfield, MA, in 1671, the Windsor home was transferred to his brother Samuel. John lived in Springfield from 1671 to 1684, during which time he served as Deacon in Christ Church in Springfield, and also as one of the Springfield Selectman. The year 1684 found the restless John and his family in Suffield, CT, where he remained for a time, after which he returned to finish his days in Springfield. (Sources: 1909 Barber Gen; Barbour Index; Barber-Morgan Bible; Early Coggins, English and American, by Geo. E. McCracken, in NEHGR, series 2, Vol. 1; Lure of the Litchfield Hils; CT Hist. Soc.: LB Barbour Manuscripts.)" 3. One of the best summaries of this family is per the following Website accessed 25 Dec 2007 with perhaps at least two corrections: (1) Hannah Gardner's husband was Thomas Bancroft and not Nathaniel Bancroft; (2) Elizabeth's birth date should be at least 1645 or earlier based on her proven marriage date of 1664 -- this would mean the first wife died before that date. Without the corrections, here is the transcript from the website: "Samuel and Joanna Gardner No substantive evidence has been found for the parents of Samuel Gardner, and those published claims of his parents that have been reviewed do not survive critical review of claimed dates, places and various relationships. The basic Gardner family information is from Genealogies of Hadley Families, by Lucius M. Boltwood (1905, reprinted Baltimore 1979), and other standard colonial New England sources. Samuel Gardner - b. 1615; d. Nov. 22, 1696, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. Samuel was an original proprietor of Hartford in 1640, was reportedly at Wethersfield, CT in 1641, and removed to Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA in 1663. He was said to be about age 81 at death. Married first say about 1640, probably at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, and second about 1646 to Elizabeth (d. Jun. 21, 1676, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA). Joanna - d. about 1646, possibly at Wethersfield, CT. Children of Samuel and Joanna Gardner: Samuel - d. Jan. 12, 1677, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. Never married. The settlement of his estate in 1677 states that Joanna and Sarah were his only sisters. John - d. Nov. 26, 1684, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. Married 1681 to Mehitable Hinsdale. John and Mehitable had no children. Joanna - d. Mar. 18, 1729, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. Married Feb. 3, 1680/1 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA to Nathaniel Warner (b. about 1655; d. Jan. 15, 1714, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA), son of John Warner and Priscilla Symonds. A weaver, Nathaniel became freeman in 1683. Children of Joanna and Nathaniel Warner: Nathaniel did not marry; John; Daniel; Elizabeth married Samuel Pease; and Israel. Sarah - b. say about 1646, CT. Married John Preston. Children of Samuel and Elizabeth Gardner Hannah - b. about 1647. One source states she was married in 1675 to Nathaniel Bancroft, but this has not been confirmed. [Kerry's note: mix-up with Thomas Bancroft?] Elizabeth - b. about 1648; d. Nov. 29, 1684, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. Married Nov. 21, 1664 to John Ingram (b. about 1642; d. Jun. 22, 1722, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA). John became freeman in 1683 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. Children of Elizabeth and John Ingram: John married Mehitable Dickinson; Jadiah; Samuel married Hannah Warner; Ebenezer died young; Nathaniel married Esther Smith; Jonathan did not marry; Elizabeth did not marry; and Abigail. Abigail - Married on Nov. 12, 1673 to Isaac Morgan (b. 1652; d. 1701). They resided at Springfield, MA and Enfield, CT. Mary - d. Jun. 6, 1662, probably at Wethersfield, CT. Martha - b. Jan. 8, 1664, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA; d. Feb. 15, 1664, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. Nathaniel - d. Dec. 8, 1676, Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. 4. It may be significant that Hannah's daughter, Rebecca Bancroft, names two of her children Hannah and Gardner - perhaps after her mother Hannah Gardner.	Gardner, Hannah (I2211)
5140	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, does not have any genealogy for a Coggin or Coggens. 3. FHL book 929.273 B233bd, "The Connecticut Barbers, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut," 2nd Ed., Donald S. Barber: "John Barber, bapt. 24 Jul 1642 at Windsor, CT, d. 17 Jan 1711/12; md. (1) Windsor 2 Sep 1663 Bathsheba Coggin, b. probably Taunton, MA about 1645, d. Springfield, 1688, dau. of Thomas and Joan ___ Coggin of Taunton. Bathsheba was the sister of Mary Coggin who married John Barber's brother Samuel. John md. (2) 2 May 1689 Hannah (Gardner) Bancroft, widow of Thomas Bancroft, and probably dau. of Samuel Gardner of Hadley, MA. John lived in Windsor on the original homestead, which was left to him by his father. When he moved his family to Springfield, MA, in 1671, the Windsor home was transferred to his brother Samuel. John lived in Springfield from 1671 to 1684, during which time he served as Deacon in Christ Church in Springfield, and also as one of the Springfield Selectman. The year 1684 found the restless John and his family in Suffield, CT, where he remained for a time, after which he returned to finish his days in Springfield. (Sources: 1909 Barber Gen; Barbour Index; Barber-Morgan Bible; Early Coggins, English and American, by Geo. E. McCracken, in NEHGR, series 2, Vol. 1; Lure of the Litchfield Hills; CT Hist. Soc.: LB Barbour Manuscripts.) Children of John and Bathsheba: a. Joanna, b. Windsor (recorded in Suffield, CT) 8 Apr 1667, d. 25 Jun 1688, m. Suffield 18 Mar 1684/5 Thomas Smith, prob. the one born Ipswich, MA, 7 Jun 1661, d. 2 Dec 1726, son of John and Elizabeth Smith. Joanna died just 1 week after the birth of her first child. Thomas md. (2) Mary Younglove. b. John, b. Windsor 14 Jul 1669, d. 21 Oct 1690. c. Return, b. Springfield, 29 May 1672, d. there 17 Dec 1673. d. Thomas, b. Springfield, 4 Feb 1674/5, m. Sarah Ball. e. Mary, b. Springfield, 13 Feb 1677/8, d. 29 Dec 1758, m. Springfield 27 Jul 1696 Isaac Frost, b. Cambridge, MA, 21 Oct 1666, d. 30 Sep 1757, son of Dr. Samuel and Mary (Coale) Frost, res. West Springfield, MA. Isaac was one of the proprietors of West Springfield. [11 children of this couple is listed.]" 4. FHL book 929.273 B233bd, "The Connecticut Barbers, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut," 2nd Ed., Donald S. Barber, p. 4: "The following is an attempt to clarify some relationships between Coggins and Barbers: ...Joan ___, b. Eng., d. Springfield, MA, Nov 1695, md. 1641 Thomas Coggin, b. Eng., d. Taunton, MA, in 1653/4. Joan (___) Coggin md. (2) 1654 Obadiah Miller of Springfield. Children of Joan and Thomas Coggin: a. Bathsheba Coggin, b. Taunton abt. 1645, m. John Barber. b. Mary Coggin, b. Taunton abt. 1647, m. Samuel Barber. c. Martha Coggin, b. Taunton abt. 1648, m. Peter Buell. d. Ruth Coggin, b. Taunton abt. 1650, m. Samuel Taylor. Children of Joan ___ and Obadiah Miller: a. Lazarus Miller, b. Springfield, MA, 23 Sep 1655, m. Mary Burbank. b. Obadiah Miller, b. Springfield, MA, 26 Mar 1658, m. Benedicta Lawton. c. Joanna Miller, b. Springfield, MA or Windsor, CT, 6 Jul 1659, d. Springfield, 3 Nov 1713, md. 27 Jan 1677/8 John Barber Jr. of Springfield. John Barber, Jr. of Springfield is not apparently related to John of Windsor, son of Thomas. From the above, it is apparent that Joanna Miller was a younger stepsister of Bathsheba and Mary Coggin, all 3 being daughters of Joan (___) Coggin Miller. (Source: Corres. from Rich Raney)." 5. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 50: "Barber, John (son of Thomas), m. Bathsheba Coggens of Springfield, at S., 2 Sept., 1663 (Col. Rec.); in 1664 his father's pl. in W. was made over to him, which (1671) he transferred to his bro. Samuel and rem. to Springfield; then (1684) to Suffield, where he was a deacon, also one of the first selectmen; will made 4 Feb., 1711-12. Sheldon, 'Doc. Hist. Suffield' says he d. 14 May 1712, and that this surname soon after disappears from Suffield. Ch. b. at W. (Old Ch. Rec.): a. Joanna, b. 8 Apl 1667. b. John, b. 14 July 1669. (Sheldon, 'Doc. Hist. Suff.,' p. 30, says that John, b. 1669, evidently this one, m. Joanna ___, that he d. at S. 29 Aug 1690, and that he had the following children, b. at Suffield. I am willing to admit that he may have d. at Suffield in 1690, but if he owned these four children, he must have married at the tender age of 12 yrs., for the oldest ch. was b. in 1682; As we already have the record of his father's ch. b. at Windsor and of those b. at Spgfld, it is more probable that his is the record of John, Sen.'s ch. b. at Suffield after his removal there (1681-84), and consequently the younger brothers and sisters of John, Junior, who d. 1690!) Ch. (b. at Springfield) acc. to Hinman: c. Return, b. 29 May 1672. d. Thomas, b. 4 Feb 1674; d. at Westfield or Suffield, 11 Jul 1689. e. Mary, b. 13 Feb 1677. 6. Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary," p. 113: "John Barber, bp. 24 Jul 1642, Windsor, son of Thomas of the same, m. Sept. 1663, Bathsheba Coggin, or Cogens, had Joanna, b. 8 Apr 1667; John, 14 Jul 1669; rem. to Springfield, there had Return, 1672, d. soon; and Mary, 1678; was deac. and d. 27 Jan 1712."	Coggins, Bathsheba (I2189)
5141	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. History of Worth, Jefferson, New York per http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/worth.htm: "The northeast quarter of the town was sold in 1803 for $7,662. to a company comprised of Timothy Greenly, Joseph Wilcox and Elihu A. Gillette. They sold over twenty lots from this section, most to Connecticut families. The first settlers, an association from Litchfield, Herkimer County, arrived by ox cart in 1802, and a few more in 1803. They traveled by way of Rome and Redfield. That part of the town was then covered with dense forest, which had to be cleared before the families could plant their crops. Among the first settlers were Amos and Abijah Gillett, Nathan Matoon, W. Flower, Lodowyck Edwards, John Griswold, Asa Sweet, Abner Rising, and Phineas Rose." Source: History of the Town of Worth from "RAY'S PLACE" transcribed from OUR County and ITS PEOPLE by EDGAR C. EMERSON, 1898. 3. http://www.wcig.net/grbush35.htm: "EARLY DAYS IN GREENBUSH - Roswell Rose. Roswell Rose was born in Oneida county, New York, February 2, 1801. His father was Phineas Rose, a Revolutionary soldier. He attended school but very little, but was educated by his mother, who was a scholarly woman. He taught school for a number of years when a young man. He afterward learned the carpenter's trade and worked for a time in the city of Buffalo, New York. In 1836, he came to Chicago with his family, consisting then of a wife and four children, and worked there at his trade for about a year, when he pre-empted a piece of land in Lake county, Illinois, about twenty miles northwest of Chicago, the land in that locality having but recently come into market. He improved this land and lived there about six years, when he moved to Waukegan, Illinois, a small village, then just starting, where he worked at carpenter work and millwrighting, being interested in building the first mill erected in that place. He came to Fulton and Warren counties in the summer of 1850, and purchased a half-interest in a mill property, situated near where Swan creek crosses the Meridian line. This property had been partially improved some time before by John and Riverus Woods. A sawmill was already running and a frame put up for a gristmill. Mr. Rose returned to Waukegan in the fall of that year and moved his family, locating on the northeast quarter of section 13, in Greenbush township, now known as the Saunders farm. Here he bought a log house and some other small improvements. The house was built by Loren Woods in 1838. He resided in this house about three years, when he erected a frame dwelling on the south side of the creek and near the mill, where he resided until his death. Mr. Rose, with his partner, Riverus Woods, put the grist-mill in operation in 1851. This mill did quite a large business for a number of years, and was a great accommodation to the surrounding country, especially Greenbush township and farther west, many customers coming there from a distance of 25 or 30 miles, and sometimes they were obliged to wait two or three days to get their grist ground. When this mill was built Swan creek furnished sufficient water to run the mill nearly the whole year, but as the country became improved, the water became less and steam power was added. This mill proved to be a death trap for Mr. Rose. On September 5, 1867, he was caught in a band and instantly killed. His partner, Riverus Woods, had died the year before at the age of 62 years. At the time of Mr. Rose's death his son, H. Rose, was interested with him in the business and carried it on for some time after. Roswell Rose was married to Elizabeth Ingraham in Oneida county, New York. Six children were born to them, namely: Harriet, Havilah R., Silas N., and Cyrus (twin brothers), William H., and Birney. Elizabeth, wife of R. Rose, died in Avon, Illinois, November 29, 1870, at the age of 66 years, surviving her husband a little more than three years." 4. Http://hasjny.tripod.com/id10.html: "Town of Worth. Historical Association of South Jefferson. The Town of Worth was formed from Lorraine on April 12, 1848. It is located in the southeastern corner of Jefferson County, and is bounded on the north by Rodman and Pickney, on the east by the Lewis County town of Montague, on the south by the Oswego County town of Redfield, and on the west by Lorraine. The surface of the town is very elevated and the altitude is greater than any other part of the county. The first settlers, Asaph Case and Leonard Bullock, came to Worth in the fall of 1802. They were soon followed by Eli Gillette. Leonard Bullock's first house was built entirely of logs, without floor, door or windows. The roof was made of hollow basswood logs, split, and laid so that every other one formed a trough to carry away the water. A blanket hung up served as a door, and the earth, smoothed down and covered with leaves, served for a floor. This way Mr. Bullock, wife and 10 children spent the first winter. In the spring of 1803 Joseph Wilcox settled in the town, followed by Warren Flower, Lodowick Edwards, John Griswold, Ezekiel Cheever, Phineas Rose, Joel Caulkins, Abram Ford, Nathan Mattoon, Asa Sweet, John Pinear, Phinease Stevens, Elijah Richmond, David Richmond, John Sagas, William Sagas, John Houghtaling. Principal Communities were: Worthville, Worth Center, and Diamond." 5. Censuses: 1790 US: In Granville, Hampshire (now Hampden), Massachusetts. 1820 US: In Verona, Oneida, New York. BIRTH: 1. Online Ordinance Index has extracted record per FHL film 185381, batch C500841: "Phinehas Rose, b. 29 Feb 1760 at Granville to Elisha and Abigail Rose." MARRIAGE: 1. Granville Vital Records: Sarah Gillett and Phineas Rose, Jan. 1, 1782. They had 8 children. She probably died before 1801 due to the timing of the next marriage. 2. Married second Lucinda Webb, daughter of Nathan Webb and Margaret Kellogg, 26 May 1800 in Washington, Berkshire, Massachusetts. They had two children, Roswell and Harriet. She probably died before 1803. 3. Married third Sarah Mittoon 3 Mar 1803. They had two children. http://www.berkshirecountyhistory.com/hinsdale/vrs/hin-marr.html: Hinsdale, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - Marriages: "ROSE, Phinehas and Sarah Mattoon, Mar. 10, 1803. C.R." ~ORDINANCES: Verified 20 Nov 2016. BAPTISM: Family Search accessed 20 Nov 2016. ENDOWMENT: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 445716, ref. 9659. SEALING TO PARENTS: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 0538851, batch 7120044, sheet 58. SEALING TO SPOUSE: Gillett: Older date per Online Ordinance Index FHL film 456617. Current date per submission 4-5057-4251-2112-464. Webb: Online Ordinance Index: 18 Feb 1999 PORTL. Mattoon: Online Ordinance Index: 18 Feb 1999 PORTL.	Rose, Phinehas (I2276)
5142	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. It appears that Stephen Remington, who married Amy Gillett, and Sibyl Remington, who married Frederick Gillett, are brother and sister. Amy and Frederick are also sister and brother. Remington parents are Stephen Remington and Chloe King. There are about 9 children in the Remington family all born in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. Stephen Remington, who married Chloe King, is Stephen Remington, b. 3 Jan 1711/12 in Suffield and d. 1792 in Suffield, who married Sarah Barlow, who is Amy and Frederick's great aunt, all of which is included in this database. Parents of the eldest Stephen Remington are John Remington and Hannah Hale. Stephen and Amy have 12 children all born in Suffield from 1801 to 1829. Source: 20 May 2007 Worldconnect database "michelotti" of Dave Utzinger at utz@aol.com. BIRTH: 1. Online Ordinance Index FHL film 185381, batch C500841, has extracted temple record showing Amy Gillet, b. 12 Nov 1779 at Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts to Thomas Gillet. MARRIAGE: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Marriage Records": Stephen Remington and Ama Gillett, 3 Nov 1799, Granville. Full text: Stephen of Suffield and Ama Gillett, int. Nov. 3, 1799. [Amy Gillet, m. Nov. 27, P.R.6.]	Gillett, Amy (I1362)
5143	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. James Pierce Root's book "Root Genealogical Records" published 1870, page 122, free online at Google Books. MARRIAGE: 1. Ancestry.com 28 Nov 2002 database: "philsged": 3 Nov 1819 in Granville, MA. DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Sibyl Barlow, d. 13 Apr 1822, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Sibyl, wid. Lt. Edmund, Apr. 13, 1822, a. 82, G.R.1. [Sibyl (Root), wid. Lt. Edmund 1st, apr. 12, a. 81, PR.1. Sibyl, bleeding, Apr. 12, a. 81, P.R.6.] Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. BURIAL: 1. Ancestry.com 28 Nov 2002 database: "philsged": West Cemetery, Granville, MA.	Root, Sibyl (I2444)
5144	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. May have been a corporal in the Revolutionary War. NSDAR reports Thomas was involved in the Rev. War and has him noted as "NSDAR #A132288" in the Massachusetts Civil Service. Services included "Constable, Tithingman, surveyor - Granville, Massachusetts." BIRTH: Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Birth Records" sourced from "Granville Vital Records" with parents Thomas and Elsebeth Gillet: 25 Apr 1745 Elsebeth Gillet 18 Mar 1746 Zuruiah Gillet 14 Sep 1748 Thomas Gillet 28 Sep 1749 Eli Gillet 8 Mar 1751 Samuel Gillet 12 Aug 1753 Zadock Gillet DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Thomas Gillet, d. 27 Apr 1821, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Thomas, Apr. 27, 1821, a. 74, G.R.2. (Apr. 28, P.R.6.). Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per family group sheet archive record submitted by Mrs. D. B. Stringham, 2539 Polk Ave., Ogden Utah. References "Granville Vital Records (Mass. G 11) Gillett record of Frederick Gillett abt. 1853/4 copied by Mrs. J.F. Harmon 1926." 2. Per group sheet of Israel Barlow Family Association, 801-298-3687, dated 24 Feb 1999 per Lloyd B. Carr, Genealogist, PO Box 89, Bountiful, Utah, 84011. 3. Descendants of Robert Lockwood, Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America from A.D. 1630," compiled by Frederic A. Holden and E. Dunbar Lockwood, printed privately by the family, 1889, Philadelphia.	Gillett, Thomas (I1828)
5145	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Ora Barlow, "The Israel Barlow Story and Mormon Mores": pp. 310-313 quotes from a letter written 12 Sep 1853 by Israel while in Rock Island, IL at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lucinda Beebe Barlow, the widow of Israel's brother Jonathan Watson Barlow who had moved to that city in the 1840's and had died there 20 Jul 1851. Israel was traveling through on his way to his mission to England. Spelling uncorrected: "...the Evening I past Montrose I took a Letter out of the office from Br Truman it informe me of Mothers Death on the 18 of aug the Morning that I left Calvin Bushes 30 milds from Trumans place but Did not no it at the time I very mutch regreted that it So hapened if Mother has heur age Correct She is 72 years old She is the 5 out of the Circle of My Farthers Family My Eldest Brother Nathaniel My farther Jonathan Barlow, my Sister Annis Gennet george Stones wife, Jonatha W. Barlow at Rockiland my Brother & Annis gillet my Mother the wife of Jonathan Barlow My father. I have heard nothing from my Sister Margaret Bunnell Since Last Spring one of hur Sons by the Name of Joseph Lives with Truman..." 3. Website http://iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/Bios1891-Bn.htm "Biographical History or Pottawatamie Co., Iowa, 1891": "Joseph A. BUNNELL, a substantial farmer of Pottawattamie County, owning one of the largest farms in Knox Township, is of English descent. His grandfather BARLOW was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was a traveling salesman through the west. He bought land and mill property and established his brother, Abner, on a tract of land at Maumee City, Indiana, at a very early day. Charles BUNNELL, the father of our subject, was born in Ontario County, New York, near Rochester and was married in that county to Margaret M. BARLOW, a well educated lady and the daughter of an old Revolutionary soldier, who were pioneer settlers in the old colonies of Massachusetts and New York. Mrs. Bunnell taught her husband to read and write, and he became a well informed man. They were the parents of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters; Charles B., Alby (deceased at 40 years of age), Joseph A., William T., Byron L., George (deceased at two years), Susannah M., Josephine M., Mary, Sarah, and the first and last born died in infancy. The father settled on a farm in Portage County, Ohio, where he was among the pioneer settlers. He resided there about 12 years, then moved to Winnebago County, Illinois, remaining seven years; in 1851 he came to Clinton Co., Iowa, and settled on wild land where he lived until he came to Shelby County. His wife and son Byron died and after two years he went to the State of Washington, where he still lives at the age of 85 years. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was for many years a deacon, class and leader, trustee, and has always made the Methodist ministers at home in his residence. His wife was a devout church member since 12 years of age, and she was a woman of high character and instilled the lessons of integrity and honesty into the minds of her children, and she is still remembered with affection. Politically Mr. Bunnell is an old-time Whig and Republican and has always been a hard working and upright man. He had two sons in the Civil War: Byron L. and Joseph A. The former was in the 26th Iowa Volunteer Infantry and was in Sherman's first and second battles of Vicksburg, and also in the severe battle at Arkansas Post, where he was badly shot in the hand, and was in the hospital at Memphis. He afterward returned to his regiment and drove an ambulance from Chattanooga to Atlanta and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. He was also on the return march to Washington and was present at the grand review. He was engaged three days in heavy skirmishing at the battle of the Clouds at Lookout Mountain." BIRTH: 1. Online Ordinance Index extracted record per FHL film 0185381, batch C500841: Jonathan Barlo, b. 23 Jun 1769 at Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts to Nathan and Margrit Barlo. MARRIAGE: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850": Annis Gillett and Jonathan Barlow, 13 Oct 1804, Granville, Hampden, MA. Source FHL film 0185381. DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Jonathan Barlow (also see Berlo, Barlo), d. 16 Dec 1820, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Jonathan, Dec. 16, 1820, a. 51, P.R.1. Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914.	Barlow, Jonathan (I2280)
5146	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Partial excerpt from the biographical sketch of Thomas Barber included in the book "Great Migration," which is a highly dependable modern research publication (see Thomas' notes for full transcript): "Thomas Barber... First Residence: Windsor... Church Membership: Either he or his wife was a member of the Windsor church since their children were baptized there... Estate: ...A will, written or not, is implied in the probate of Thomas Barber, but none has been found. On 4 February 1662[/3], the distribution of Thomas Barber's estate was as follows: "to John and Sarah jointly as their father willed," the house and barn and all the home lot, land over the river, half the 24-acre lot, half the marsh, and to John a cow, as well as £20 more to John and Sarah. Thomas Barber's share comprised "a mare that he claims as a gift from his father," half his father's tools, the 14-acre upland lot, half the out lot, half the marsh, and his proportion, being £33 15s "Sam[ue]ll Barber" received £33 15s, as did "Mercey" and "Josias." "And what the estate amounts to more than the inventory when debts are paid shall be distributed betwixt the four younger children Thomas, Sam[ue]ll, Mercey and Josias and if any child die before they come to age sons 21 years daughters 18 years the portion of the deceased shall be divided amongst the survivors equally" [RPCC 263]. (The land owned jointly by Sarah and John is more fully detailed in the holdings of Timothy Hall, Sarah's husband [WiLR 1:87].) On 4 February 1662/3, "Samuell Barber manifesting his desire thereto was then placed an apprentice unto his brother Thomas until he accomplish the age of twenty-one years [RPCC 262]. On the same day, "Mercey Barber with her consent and desire is placed with Lt. Walter Filer and his wife until she be eighteen years of age unless she marry before" (RPCC 262]. On the same day, "Josias Barber according to his desire is placed with Deacon John Moore until he accomplish the age of twenty-one years" [RPCC 262]. On 30 January 1664[/5?], "Mercy Barber made choice of Lt. Walter Fyler to be her guardian" [RPCC 264]... Children: i John, bp. Windsor 24 July 1642 [Grant 24; CTVR 33]; m. Springfield 2 September 1663 Bathsheba Coggins [CTVR 10; Grant 25]. ii Thomas, b. Windsor 14 July 1644 [Grant 24; CTVR 33]; m. Windsor 17 December 1663 Mary Phelps [Grant 25; CTVR 10], daughter of William Phelps [GMB 3:1446]. iii Sarah, bp. Windsor 19 July 1646 [Grant 24; CTVR 33]; at Windsor 26 November 1663 Timothy Hall [Grant 62]. iv Samuel, bp. Windsor 1 October 1648 (Grant 25; CVR 33]; m. (1) Windsor 1 December 1670 Mary Coggins [CTVR 12; Grant 25 (surname of bride not .given)]; m. (2) Windsor 25 January 1676[/7] Ruth Drake [CTVR 14; Grant 25]. v Mercy, bp. Windsor 12 October 1651 (published as "Mary" [CTVR 33]; m. Windsor 8 July l669 John Gillett [CTVR 12; Grant 40], son of Jonathan Gillett [GMB 2:768]. vi Josiah, b. Windsor 15 February 1653/4 [CTVR 40]; m. (1) Windsor 22 November 1677 Abigail Loomis [Grant 74; CTVR 14]; m. (2) by 12 March 1701/2 Sarah (___) Drake, widow of Enoch Drake [Manwaring 1:551]. Comments: ...Grant, in his list compiled 17 August 1677, reported that "Thomas Barber Snr." had six children born in Windsor [Grant 90]..." 3. FHL book 929.273 B233bd, "The Connecticut Barbers, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut," 2nd Ed., Donald S. Barber: "John Barber, bapt. 24 Jul 1642 at Windsor, CT, d. 17 Jan 1711/12; md. (1) Windsor 2 Sep 1663 Bathsheba Coggin, b. probably Taunton, MA about 1645, d. Springfield, 1688, dau. of Thomas and Joan ___ Coggin of Taunton. Bathsheba was the sister of Mary Coggin who married John Barber's brother Samuel. John md. (2) 2 May 1689 Hannah (Gardner) Bancroft, widow of Thomas Bancroft, and probably dau. of Samuel Gardner of Hadley, MA. John lived in Windsor on the original homestead, which was left to him by his father. When he moved his family to Springfield, MA, in 1671, the Windsor home was transferred to his brother Samuel. John lived in Springfield from 1671 to 1684, during which time he served as Deacon in Christ Church in Springfield, and also as one of the Springfield Selectman. The year 1684 found the restless John and his family in Suffield, CT, where he remained for a time, after which he returned to finish his days in Springfield. (Sources: 1909 Barber Gen; Barbour Index; Barber-Morgan Bible; Early Coggins, English and American, by Geo. E. McCracken, in NEHGR, series 2, Vol. 1; Lure of the Litchfield Hils; CT Hist. Soc.: LB Barbour Manuscripts.) children of John and Bathsheba: a. Joanna, b. Windsor (recorded in Suffield, CT) 8 Apr 1667, d. 25 Jun 1688, m. Suffield 18 Mar 1684/5 Thomas Smith, prob. the one born Ipswich, MA, 7 Jun 1661, d. 2 Dec 1726, son of John and Elizabeth Smith. Joanna died just 1 week after the birth of her first child. Thomas md. (2) Mary Younglove. b. John, b. Windsor 14 Jul 1669, d. 21 Oct 1690. c. Return, b. Springfield, 29 May 1672, d. there 17 Dec 1673. d. Thomas, b. Springfield, 4 Feb 1674/5, m. Sarah Ball. e. Mary, b. Springfield, 13 Feb 1677/8, d. 29 Dec 1758, m. Springfield 27 Jul 1696 Isaac Frost, b. Cambridge, MA, 21 Oct 1666, d. 30 Sep 1757, son of Dr. Samuel and Mary (Coale) Frost, res. West Springfield, MA. Isaac was one of the proprietors of West Springfield. [11 children of this couple is listed.]" 4. FHL book 929.273 B233w, "Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut, 1614-1909," John Barber White: Pp. 15-19: "The Hartford Probate Records contain the following regarding the settlement of Thomas Barber's estate: 'Barber, Thomas, Windsor, Invt. ₤132-14-00; taken 10 Oct. 1662, by Benj. Newberry and John Moore. 'Court Record, Page 187 - 4 Feb., 1662-3, Invt approved. Samuel was placed with his brother Thomas Barber to learn a trade; Mercy (Mary) Barber was placed with Lt. Walter Fyler and his wife until 18 years of age, unless she marries before, with her Master's and Dame's and eldest brother's approbation; Josias Barber was placed with Dea. John Moore until 21 years of age to learn a trade; Thomas Barber doth engage to take Samuel Barber's portion and after two years from the present to allow 6% simple interest per annum. John Barber took Josias' portion upon the same terms. Page 188 - 6 Jun 1662, Dist. to John and Sarah jointly. House and Home lot as their Father willed - 126-13-04. To Thomas Barber by Gift & his portion - 13-00-00. To Samuel, Mercy & Josias each - 36-15-00. By Capt Newberry, Deacon Moore, Sgt. Alvord.' He died on Sept. 11th, and his wife Joan on Sept. 10th, 1662. Children: John, bp. 24 Jul 1642; Thomas, b. 14 Jul 1644; Sarah, bp. 19 Jul 1646; Samuel, bp. 1 Oct 1648; Mary, bp. 12 Oct 1651; Josiah, b. 15 Feb 1653. In the Hartford Probate records it will be observed that the name of the fifth child of Thomas and Joan Barber is given as Mercy instead of Mary, as shown above. Also some records seem to indicate that she married a Hale, but the Gillett family records furnish conclusive evidence of her marriage to John Gillett. It is possible that in the records showing the name of Hale, her marriage was confused with that of her sister Sarah's to Timothy Hall, as a confusion of the names Hale and Hall is quite common." Pp. 20-21: "John Barber, bp. July 24, 1642. He m. 1st in Springfield, Conn., Sept. 2, 1663, Bathsheba Coggin, (sometimes given Coggen or Cousens) who d. in 1688; he m. 2nd May 1, 1689, Hannah, widow of Thomas Bancroft [Bancroft], and probably dau. of Samuel Gardner, of Hadley. The records seem to indicate that as a very young man, he spent some time in Springfield, and was married there, but settled first in Windsor. In 1664 his father's place in Windsor was made over to him, but in 1671, he transferred it to his brother Samuel, and removed to Springfield. Burt's History of Springfield states that he had two children born prior to his removal to that place. His other children were born in Springfield. The same authority states that he served for eight years as one of the selectmen of Springfield, and he is referred to, in the early records, as Deacon John Barber. In 1684 he removed from Springfield to Suffield. Here, according to some records, he was a deacon and also a selectman. But the records, both of Springfield and Suffield, are much confused regarding this John Barber and his family. This has presented one of the difficult problems of the present work, and after a careful consideration of all the information obtainable on the subject, the conclusion seems inevitable that among the early settlers, both of Springfield and Suffield, there were other Barber families, descended probably form one of the Massachusetts emigrants but certainly not descended from Thomas, of Windsor. For instance, a John Barber, Sr., and a John Barber, Jr., took the oath of allegiance in Springfield, Jan. 1, 1678. These persons could not have been John (son of Thomas, of Windsor) and his son John, as the latter would have been but nine years old on that date. Again, the records of Springfield contain a list of claimants to lands granted to deceased soldiers of King Philip's War. In this list there appears the name of 'John Barber, son of John, of Springfield.' This list bears date of June 1736, and as the mortuary records seem to give positive evidence that John(3), John(2), Thomas(1), of Windsor, died in 1690, this appears to confirm the theory that there were other families in Springfield descended from one of the other Barber emigrants. The frequent occurrence of the names Thomas and John in these families renders the problem still more difficult, and the records here given of John Barber (son of Thomas, of Windsor) and of his family, are all that research to this date, has been able to establish with any degree of certainty. It is hoped some future historian may be more successful. Deacon John Barber died Jan. 17, 1712. His will was proven in February of the same year, and it is stated that the surname very soon thereafter disappears from the records of Suffield. As will be seen by the records of the sons of this family (third generation) it is not improbable that the surname became extinct in this particular line with that generation. Children: a. Joanna, b. Apr. 8, 1667; m. Mch. 18, 1684-5, Thos. Smith, a weaver or tanner of Ipswich or Springfield; she d. June 25, 1688. b. John, b. July 14, 1669. c. Return, b. May 29, 1672; d. Dec. 17, 1673. d. Thomas, b. Feb. 4, 1674; m. Sarah Ball. e. Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1677." 5. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 50: "Barber, Thomas, first of name in New England, came to Windsor 1635, with the Saltonstall party under Mr. Francis Stiles; was then ae. 21 years. The Court at Hartford, 28 Mch., 1637, 'ord. that Mr. Francis Stiles shall teach George Chapple, Thomas Cooper and Thomas Barber, his servants, in the trade of a carpenter, according to his promise, for their service of their term, behind 4 days in a week only to saw and slit their own work.' He was made freeman 1645; was a soldier in the Pequot fight (see p. 69, Vol. I.); 1648, dft. in Ct.; Sgt. Barber, for his disorderly conduct striking Lieut. Cook, was adjudged to forfeit his office and pay £5. He rem. to Simsbury, where he contracted to build the first meeting house. He m. Jane ___, 7 Oct 1640 (Old Ch. Rec.); he d. 11, she d. 10 Sept., 1662 (Col. Rec.). Land gr. W. prob. 1640 (see p. 151, Vol. I.) Ch. (Old Ch. Rec.): A. John, bp. 24 July 1642. B. Thomas, b. 14 July 1644. C. Sarah, bp. 19 Jul 1646. D. Samuel, bp. 1 Oct 1648. E. Mary, bp. 12 Oct 1651; m. a Hale; set. Suffld. [No Hale in book.] F. Josiah, b. 15 Feb. 1653. 6. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 50: "Barber, John (son of Thomas), m. Bathsheba Coggens of Springfield, at S., 2 Sept., 1663 (Col. Rec.); in 1664 his father's pl. in W. was made over to him, which (1671) he transferred to his bro. Samuel and rem. to Springfield; then (1684) to Suffield, where he was a deacon, also one of the first selectmen; will made 4 Feb., 1711-12. Sheldon, 'Doc. Hist. Suffield' says he d. 14 May 1712, and that this surname soon after disappears from Suffield. Ch. b. at W. (Old Ch. Rec.): A. Joanna, b. 8 Apl 1667. B. John, b. 14 July 1669. (Sheldon, 'Doc. Hist. Suff.,' p. 30, says that John, b. 1669, evidently this one, m. Joanna ___, that he d. at S. 29 Aug 1690, and that he had the following children, b. at Suffield. I am willing to admit that he may have d. at Suffield in 1690, but if he owned these four children, he must have married at the tender age of 12 yrs., for the oldest ch. was b. in 1682; As we already have the record of his father's ch. b. at Windsor and of those b. at Spgfld, it is more probable that his is the record of John, Sen.'s ch. b. at Suffield after his removal there (1681-84), and consequently the younger brothers and sisters of John, Junior, who d. 1690!) Ch. (b. at Springfield) acc. to Hinman: C. Return, b. 29 May 1672. D. Thomas, b. 4 Feb 1674; d. at Westfield or Suffield, 11 Jul 1689. E. Mary, b. 13 Feb 1677. 7. Mentioned in the will of brother-in-law John Gillett per "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," Vol. I, by Charles Wm. Manwaring, P. 452: "Page 121. Gillett, John, Windsor. Invt. £140-14-06. Taken 5 December, 1682, by John Loomis sen., John Moore. Legatees: The Widow, Mercy Gillett, John age 9 years, Thomas 6, Samuel 5, Benjamin 2, Mercy born 30 January last. Court Record, Page 69 - 4 April, 1683: Adms. to the Widow, Mercy Gillett, with Jonathan Gillett, Peter Browne, John Barber & Samuel Barber to be Overseers." 8. Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary," p. 113: "John Barber, bp. 24 Jul 1642, Windsor, son of Thomas of the same, m. Sept. 1663, Bathsheba Coggin, or Cogens, had Joanna, b. 8 Apr 1667; John, 14 Jul 1669; rem. to Springfield, there had Return, 1672, d. soon; and Mary, 1678; was deac. and d. 27 Jan 1712."	Barber, John (I2181)
5147	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Per 16 Feb 2002 website : "Anthony Dorchester (Source footnotes 10, 11, 8) Birth: of Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Death: 28 Aug 1683 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (1, 2, 3) Father: Mother: LDS Baptism: 3 May 1932 SLAKE (4) LDS Endowment: 3 Feb 1933 SLAKE Land Transactions: 22 Jan 1651 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (5) Census: 23 Mar 1655/1656 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (6, 7, 8, 9) Text: Dorchester, Anthony, Windsor, CT 1644; rem to Springfield, propr. abt 1649. Town officer. Wife Sarah bur. 9 (9) 1649. His second wife, Martha d. 17 Dec 1662. His son-in-law, Samuel Kichwell was bur. 9 (4) 1651. Anthony inv. pres. 25 Sep 1683 by son John. Agreement made between sons John and James, gr. ch. Benjamin, dau. Mary, wife of John Harmon, dau. Sarah, wife of Joseph Stebbins, & dau.-in-law, Martha, wife of Abel Wright - who claimed something for what her mother, the relict of Samuel Kitcherell, once of Hartford, brought to the late Anthony Dorchester. (10, 11) Spouses & Children: Sarah (Wife). Marriage: Abt 1642 in Windsor, Connecticut. Children: John Dorchester Mary Dorchester James Dorchester Martha Chapman (Wife). Marriage: 2 Jan 1651 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Children: Benjamin Dorchester Sarah Dorchester Hester Dorchester Elizabeth (Wife). Marriage: Bef 1664 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Notes Individual: Land: Film: 1,502,828 Land Abstracts of Early Springfield 1634-1664: By the Selectmen, Mr. Henry Smith, also concurring with them, acording to order in ye distribution of land, January 9th & January 22nd, 1651: There is granted to Anthony Dorchester a parcel of planting land over ye Great River at ye Lower end of Chickobee Plain on the Side of ye 60 acres for ye Ministry, adjoyining to ye Brook, of about 8 acres, which he is to get measured and Record ye quantity be it more or less. (pg. 131) Land: At a meeting of the Selectmen February 13, 1656: Likewise there was Granted unto Anthony Dorchester 10 acres of upland on the Southwest Side of Chickobee Plain, beginning at the Little Spring and so to run South east till it make up 10 acres, provided he Continue in Town 5 years. (pg. 132) Land: February 12th, 1660: Furthermore There is Granted by ye Selectmen to Anthony Dorchester 10 acres of land on ye back side of Chickobee Plain on the West side of ye Great River which land is to lye at or near ye backer end of certain lots which were his own in ye plain; this 10 acres is Said formerly granted to him which Grant is now renewed. (pg. 132) Land: At a Meeting of the Selectmen February 8, 1668: Anthony Dorchester having a parcel of land granted him in Chickobee Playne on ye west side of ye Great River at ye back end or west end of (that) land (sometimes) called Miles Murwins's [probably should be Morgan's] lot, which grant was many years since and he hath possessed it and imporved it several years & yet the Record of it through some neglect is not to be found. The said land is now confirmed to him; Viz. six or seven acres Robert Ashley his land lying on the North side of it and Miles Morgan's land on the South. (pg. 132) Land: At a Meeting of the Selectmen January 14th, 1669: Granted to Anthony Dorchester about ten acres of Swamp and low land lying beyone Agawam River where his wet meadow is betwixt the hills against his wet meadow there. (132) Land: At a Meeting of the Selectmen all bing present Aug 20th, 1672: Granted Anthony Dorchester 20 acres of land of and about ye Dingle against his land at Cowsuch Brook. (132) Granted to Anthony Dorchester what land is yet undisposed of in the further Meadow against Agawam to ye quantity of 2 or 3 acres lying at the south End of his own between the land John Leonard bouth of Sam. Marshfield & the upland. Anthony Dorchester is possessed of a house lot by purchase from Griffith Jones. Viz 4 acres more or less, breadth 8 rod, length 80 rod, bounded north by Jonathan Taylor, south by Reice Bedortha. Also a woodlot and wet meadow of six acres more or less; breadth 8 rod; length extending from the brook east 120 rod bounded north by John Mathews; south by Reice Bedortha. The house lot and wet meadow and wood lot to James Dorchester. More bought of Hugh Parsons over the River in the neck two acres more or less; Breadth 4 rod; length extending from the river west 80 rod bounded north by John Mathews; South by John Lumbard. This two acres is by Anthony Dorchester sold and passed away to John Lumbard, his hiers and assigns forever, this 25th of January 1657. Land: Also bought of Nathaniel Bliss over Agawam River in the 24th Division five acres more or less. Breadth 10 rod; length 80 rod from ye way by the Great River west, bounded north by a corner piece lying next to Agawam River; south by George Langton. Also Anthony Dorchester bought five acres of Benjamin Parsons south of ye said five acres. Both these five acres lots descended to John Dorchester by the Courts Settlement of his father Dorchester's estate. Land: Also Anthony Dorchester hath bought of Reice Bedortha a home lot four acres more of less; breadth 8 rod; length 80 rod extending from ye street fence to ye Great River. Also in ye same line eastward six acres of Wet Meadow and woodland. Breadth 8 rod; length extending from ye street to make up ye number of acres bounded North by that which was Griffith Jones (being now Anthony Dorchesters as above said) south by Benjamin Cooley. These parcels of l and are by Reice Bedortha fully and absolutely sold and passed over to Anthony Dorchester this 5th January 1652. (133) Land: January 1651: There was granted to Anthony Dorchester four acres of meadow more or less, on Pacowsuck Brook, bounded west by Benja Cooley, east by Widow Margaret Bliss. Also granted a parcel of farming land... ye lower end of Chickobee Playne over ye Great River, lying 3 corner-wise bounded by ye Brook south, by ye Town 30 acres North. This seven acres is by Anthony Dorchester sold and fully passed away to Jonathan Taylor and his assigns forever, August 9th, 1658. (133) Land: Also by purchase from John Mathews of six acres wet meadow and woodland, lying before y e Town Platt betwist Anthony Dorchester's wet meadow and wood lot above said & Jonathan Taylors; Anthony lying on ye south side of it; Jonathan Taylor North. This six acres of John Mathews to James Dorchester & his heirs. Also by purchase from James Osborn of half an acre of l and more or less Lying on ye East side of ye street from ye street east to ye brook, breadth y 8 rod, bounded North by Thomas Sewell south by Jonathan Taylor. Together with four acres of wet meadow in ye same line east more or less with a wood lot of eight acres more or less, breadth 8 rod, length extending from the street eastward to make up ye number of acres, bounded by Anthony Dorchester's own land aforesaid: This half acre to James Dorchester & ye 4 acre s of Meadow of Osborn & 8 acres woodland of Osborn to James Dorchester. Together with four acres on ye west side of ye Great River in ye neck, breadth 8 rod; length from ye highway to ye Great River side westward 80 rod bounded North by James Bridgeman, now Samuel Marshfield, South by John Mathews. Also adjoying on ye North side of this four acres at ye west end in ye swamp by Agawam River of two acres more or less, breadth 8 rod, lenth 40 R. bounded north by Jonathan Bridgeman now Sam Marshfield all these parcels of land were registered May 30, 1656. Note: In the margin against the preceeding grants is the following: "Two acres of this four acres by Anthony Dorchester, sold and fully passed away to Abel Wright his heirs and assigns forever. January 5, 1662 and returned again to Anthony Dorchester Nov 13, 166 5 & the six acres in the Neck of Osborn to James Dorchester & his heirs. Land: Also by purchase from John Lumbard, Anthony Dorchester is possessed of one acre of land more or less adjoyinig to Anthony's home lot above, bounded by Jonathan Taylor North. Registered January 13, 1657. (134) This one acre to James Dorchester. (134) Land: Also by purchase from John Mathews of four acres more or less in the neck over the Great River breadth 8 rod; length from ye highway by ye Great River side westward to Agawam River 80 Rod; bounded by Jonathan Burt south. (134) This four acres in the neck of Mathews to James Dorchester and his heirs. Also by purchase from Samuel Wright of seven acres of land over Agawam River lying at ye rear of Mr. Smith's Meadow Lott breadth 14 rod, bouded by Thhomas Merick west by John Clarke east. Registered June 22nd, 1658. (134) Land: Anthony Dorchester is possessed by purchase from Jonathan Taylor of a house lot containing seven acres more or less, the breadth of ye front next ye street is 8 rods, and at 20 rod end it is 16 rod in breadth, ye length 80 rod from ye street westward to ye Great River, bounded south by Anthony Dorchester's own land, North by Mr. Holyoke which was John Mathews. (134) Land: Also of Two acres of wet meadow more or less Opposite to this land at ye east end of it, with a wood lot of four acres, at ye east end of ye wet meadow Breadth 8 rod; length 80 rod; from ye wet meadow eastward bounded north by Benjamin Parsons, south by Anthony Dorchester which he bought of James Osborn. The houselot and two acres meadow and four acres woodlot to James Dorchester. Also of five acres in Long Meadow, in ye upper field more or less, breadth 11 rod and 1/2, Length extending from ye east fence till ye said five acres be up. (Ye other part of ye lot being Wm Branch & by him sold to George Colton), bounded North by Widow Bliss; south by Geo. Colton. This five acres is by Anthony Dorchester sold and fully passed away to John Bliss and to his heirs and assigns forever. December 28, 1668. (135) Land: Also of two acres more of less of meadow upon ye North branch of ye Mill River, bounded by Samuel Chapin southward down ye River, by Reice Bedortha upward up ye River. These two acres is descended to James Dorchester upon settlement of his father's estate. (135) LAND: All these several parcels of land are by Jonathan Taylor sold and fully passed away to Anthony Dorchester, his heirs and assigns forever and registered to Anthony Dorchester this 9 August 1658. Land: Also Anthony Dorchester hath purchased from William Brooks nine acres of land over Agawam River lying at ye Rear of Mr. Smith's and Deacon Wright's meadow land, being 18 rod broad and so running southward 80 rod in length bounded by Thomas Stebbins west and Thomas Mirick east. Registered January 20, 1659. (135) Land: Anthony Dorchester is by purchase from James Osborn possessed of two acres of meadow with the addition by it more or less lying over Agawam River breadth 6 rod and 1/4, length 80 rod. Bounded South East by Anthony his own land which was John Harmons, northeast by Anthony his own land bought of Samuel Wright. Registered June 4, 1661. (135) Land: Also by Purchase from Abel Wright of an acre and a half of Meadow ground more or less lying over Agawam River breadth is 3 rod and 1/4, length 80 rod, bounded Northwest by the said Anthony his own land, bought of James Osborn and also by his own land bought of Abel Wright which was Benjamin Mums on the south east. Registered January 4, 1661. (135) Land: Also by purchase from Abel Wright of three acres more or less of Meadow lying over Agawam River, breadth 6 rod, length 80 rod bounded by John Leonard south east, & Anthony Dorchester his own land on ye Northwest. Registered Jan 4, 1661. (136) Land: There is granted to Anthony Dorchester ten acres of land on ye back side of Chickobee Playne on the west side of ye Great River. This ten acres is by Anthony Dorchester sold and fully passed away to Reice Bedortha, his heirs and assigns forever. January 14th, 1661. (136) Land: John Dorchester having the five acres of land below mentioned descending to him hath sold the same to James Sikes. Anthony Dorchester is by purchase from Reice Bedortha possessed of five acres of upland on ye west side of the Great River & below Agawam River in breadth 10 rod, in length extending from ye Great River 80 rod Westward bounded North by ye Lott that was Griffith Jones, South by ye lot that was Benj. Cooleys. Registered January 14, 1661. (136) Land: Anthony Dorchester is possessed by Grant of the Plantation of 4 acres of land that lyeth on the west side of his wet meadow that lyeth on the northerly branch of the 3-Mile Brook, this 4 acres lyeth on the west sied of & adjjoyneth to the meadow that the said Anthony Dorchester is now possessed of. It begineth at the South Corner of his meadow, & so taketh in small tongue of land which lyeth between the west side of the Meadow and so runs up to a small brook. (136) Land: Anthony Dorchester is by Grant of the Plantation possessed of 20 acres more or less of land upland swampy low land on the north side of Pacowsuck. Length 100 rod, breadth 30 rod & bounded easterly by a white oak marked by his own meadow southerly, & westerly & northerly by common land. Registered April 27th, 1662. (136) Land: Anthony Dorchester is by Grant of the Plantation possessed of three acres of land over the Mill River in length extending from the Great River to the Brow of the hill and in breadth 12 rod, leaving a highway through it. This is to him and his heirs forever. This land is bounded by John Harmon south and by Nathaniel Wright north, originally, but now is the land of John Dorchester. Registered May 15th, 1697. This three acres descended to James Dorchester as part of his portion of his father's land settled so by the county court. (136) Land: Anthony Dorchester is possessed of six or seven acres of land, he having a parcel of land granted in Chickobee Playne on the west side of the Great River at the backer end or west end of that land sometimes called Miles Murwin (Morgan) lot which grant was made many years since and he hath possessed it and improved it several years yet the Record of it through some neglect is not to be found. The said land is now confirmed to him near six or seven acres. Robert Ashley his land lying on the North side of it and Miles Morgan land on the South. This is taken out of the least of the Old Town Book. And the said land being in the hands of Jonathan Taylor by way of exchange it is also recorded to him 23 rods in breadth 44 rods in length, this land to him, his heirs and asigns forever. Registered May 4, 1699. Footnote Sources: 1. Title: Massachusetts Probate Court Records of Hampshire County Probate Records 1660-1916 Vol II Call Number: film 879,189 Page: photocopy John 029. 2. Title: Probate Record Page: film 844,486 pg. 56 AB. 3. Note: photocopy John 029. 4. Title: TIB Index Bureau Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Temple Records Page: john028; TIB #4346; BK 4X; pg. 194. 5. Title: Massachusetts: Land Abstracts of Early Springfield 1634-1664 Call Number: 1,502,828 Page: pg. 131-136. 6. Title: Colonial Justice in Western Massachusetts: The Pynchon Court Records 1639-1702 Author: Smith, Joseph H. Publication: Massachusetts. Harvard University Press Page: John 031. 7. Note: Anthony Dorchester took the Oath of Fidelity. List of freemen is a census substitute. 8. Title: Pioneers of Massachusetts Author: Pope, Charles A. 9. Note: Pope made several mistakes in his entry with Anthony. The son-in-law was his wife, Martha's son who was named for his father, Samuel. The dau-in-law, Martha, was also Martha's daughter by her marriage to Samuel Kichwell (Kitcherwell). Pope only names three children, John, Sarah, and Hester. He also had a son, Benjamin with his second wife, Martha. Whether the gr son, Benjamin is correct or not in this entry needs researched. 10. Title: Massachusetts: History of Springfield, Volume II Page: Volume II Text: History of Springfield Volume II: Anthony Dorchester and his wife, Sarah came to Springfield from Windsor and brought three children: John, James, and Mary. Wife died in Springfield 9 Nov 1649; married widow Martha Kritchwell 2 Jan 1651. She died 17 Dec 1662. He married 3rd the widow of John Harmon and he died 28 Aug 1682/3. Widow, Elizabeth died 16 May 1699 age 92. 11. Title: Harmon Genealogy (the) Author: Artemas C. Harmon Publication: Gibson Bros, Inc. Washington DC 1920 Page: pg. 159 Text: She (Elizabeth) married again before 1664, Anthony Dorchester, who had: John and James and Mary, by his first wife. He d. Aug 28, 1683, in Springfield. She d. May 16, 1699 in Springfield. 12. Title: History of Springfield Page: Vol II Anthony Dorchester married the widow, Martha Kritchwell. 13. Title: Genealogical and Family History of Western New York Vol 2 Call Number: Film 60446620 Page: pg. 981; John005. Text: After the death of John Harmon, she married Anthony Dorchester." 3. The book "Anthony Dorchester and his Descendants," by Janice P. Dorchester (1998) Janice P. Dorchester, pp. 1-5: "FIRST GENERATION ANTHONY1 DORCHESTER was born about 1620, probably in Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England. He may have been among the first settlers in this country in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, about 1634, before settling in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, with the Dorchester Company. He died 28 August 1683, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. He married SARAH (last name unknown) about 1643. In the summer of 1649 the family moved up the Connecticut River to Springfield, Massachusetts. Sarah fell ill in July and died 9 November 1649. Children born in Windsor by Anthony's first wife, Sarah; i JOHN2 B., born 4 November 1644. ii. JAMES, born 1646. iii. MARY, born about 1648. Anthony married MARTHA CHAPMAN KITCHERELL on 2 January 1650. She was the widow of Samuel Kitcherell with two young children, Samuel and Martha. Young Samuel died the next year Martha died 17 December 1662 at the age of 32. Anthony was now left with several children dependent upon him. Children born in Springfield by Anthony's second, Martha C. Kitcherell: iv. BENJAMIN2, born 9 March 1651. v. SARAH, born 16 October 1653. vi. HESTER or ESTHER, born 25 October 1656 - died 17 November 1662. Anthony purchased land in Windsor from Benjamin Newberry. His land bordered that of the Rev. John Warham and Dr. Bray Rossiter. This lot originally belonged to William Phelps, and in 1649 he made an agreement with Mr. Warham and Dr. Rossiter concerning the fencing of land. He sold this land bounded by Warham, Rossiter, and Job and John Drake, to Robert Howard in 1649. Anthony Dorchester, with William Pyncheon, bought land from the Indians in Springfield. He bought approximately 10 acres from Griffith Jones, bounded by Jonathan Tayler, Rice Bedortha and John Matthews. He owned land later across the Greate (Connecticut) River and across the Agawam River and land in other parts of Springfield and the "Chikkupy Plain" as well. At this point the issue of witchcraft suddenly emerged. Anthony Dorchester was employed by Hugh Parsons and had a fourth interest in a cow, which was killed and divided. Both wanted the tongue of the animal. Anthony received it but while cooking it in the pot it mysteriously disappeared. It was considered to be the work of a witch. Hugh and Mary Parsons were not friendly people and rather antisocial. Other incidents followed, and subsequently they were condemned for witchcraft and sent to Boston for trial. Mary was found to be mentally deranged and confessed to killing her own child. She was sentenced to be hanged but died of natural causes before the execution could take place. Hugh Parson escaped conviction. He left Boston and was never seen in Springfield again. Anthony established a mill in 1652 and became a fence viewer that same year and for many years thereafter. He was named Deputy Constable in 1657. He was also the second man on the list to whom lots were granted in 1654/5 in West Springfield, then called Chicopee Plain. Anthony was first assigned a seat in the meeting house (church) in 1659. Where one sat in the congregation depended upon your status in the community. Anthony's seat moved forward in 1662, 1673 and again in 1678. In 1661 he took the freeman's oath. Only church members could vote in the community and they were designated "freemen". The next year he became a Selectman and was re-elected in 1671 and 1676. On 16 May 1663 Anthony married ELIZABETH HARMON, the widow of John Harmon, and she had three children: John, Samuel and Joseph. She and Anthony had no children together. Elisabeth died 16 May 1699, at the age of 92. Anthony is listed as one of 74 Townsmen in Springfield and listed as Surveyor of Highways in 1664 and 1665. He was fined for neglecting some work on the roads at one time and also fined because he (and 15 others) didn't answer a call to a town meeting. The next year he was fined again for not carrying out the orders of the Court as its deputy constable. In 1668 he was one of 62 men who protested the taking of customs tax. He held various positions in the town and in the church. When the youth began misbehaving in the meetinghouse, the Selectman in April 1669 voted Niles Morgan and Jonathan Burt to sit in the galleries to check on the disorderly youth at the time of worship and Anthony Dorchester was to sit in the Grand Seat to watch over the troublesome mischief-makers. By 1670 he was operating a ferry on the "Greate" (Connecticut) River just below the Agawam River and he charged 8 pence for horse and rider, 2 pence for people on foot, and 3 pence for a trooper and horse. Going over the Agawam River he charged about half as much. He and 15 other men wanted to make a settlement at what is now the town of Suffield. Townsmen were ordered to provide 70 loads of firewood to the preacher and Anthony provided 4 loads. He and Miles Morgan were designated to care for ordering furnishings for the preacher's house. In February 1672 he was sent with some others to talk with the local Indians as there was trouble over land ownership. That same year he acquired 30 more acres of land. The names of Anthony Dorchester and four others are mentioned in a deed of land sold by the Indians to them within the limits of the old town of Springfield in 1674. Tracts of land were granted to the Dorchesters several times. For many years Anthony was a Selectman and a tithingman (one who collected the 10% tithe due the church). In 1674 he was given two pounds for killing 4 wolves. Anthony was also chosen to be on the committee to build a new meetinghouse in Springfield in that same year. The next year he was granted a military deferment for health reasons (lameness), running the ferry, and keeping an ordinary (tavern) where he sold beer and cider. In 1676 Anthony Dorchester was appointed Selectman to fill the vacancy caused by the killing of John Keepe by the Indians at Pacowsick (Pecowsic). That was the year Springfield was burned by the Indians. In 1677 Anthony was fined because he didn't report for jury duty when called. The next year he was paid 8 shillings, 6 pence from the Town treasury for transporting some persons on horseback on his ferry. That is also the year that Anthony and his sons took the Oath of Allegiance to King Charles II. Anthony was a miller by occupation and for many years appears to have had charge of a corn mill and the saw mill of William Pyncheon. He also ran the ferry and in 1680 his victualling license was renewed. The exact location of his house is not known, but it was probably near the southern end of Main Street (as it was then known) and on the west side of the street, probably not very far from the present Loring Street, Anthony Dorchester was one of 22 men who owed fines to the town in 1681. The fines paid went to pay the taxes of widow Beamons. Amin that year he asked for military deferment, and in 1686 he was given a fine for not attending a town meeting, Anthony and his sons, John and James, were granted several portions of land in the Springfield-Chicopee area. In a distribution of land back as early as 1664 he had set aside 30 acres for each of his sons, John and James, and step-sons, John, Samuel and Joseph Harmon, making a total of 150 acres at that time. Son Benjamin was only 12 years old and thus was not on this list. This son predeceased him in 1676. When Anthony Dorchester died 28 August 1683, he left 97 acres of land, buildings, guns, swords, a boat and chain, household goods, farm tools and livestock. The inventory was appraised at 278 pounds and 7 shillings. According to records, he had about 18 acres in what is now Chicopee, four in Pascowick and the remainder of over 60 acres in Springfield. References: Pioneers of Massachusetts by Pope, pg. 142. Genealogical Dictionary of New England by Savage, Vol. II, pp. 60-61, 357, Vol. 111, pg. 33. Wilbraham's Centennial Volume, pp. 193-195. Greene's History of the Town and City of Springfield (1636-1886), pp. 102-109. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Torrey, pg. 226, pg. 442. The History & Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, 1635-1891, by Henry R. Stiles, Vol. 1, pp. 146, 154, 179, 827 (Windsor Historical Society). A New History of Old Windsor, Connecticut, by Daniel Howard, 1935, pp, 11-13. The Dorchester Pedigree by Daniel Dorchester III, 1902, pp. 1-3, 7. Directory of Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 by Frank R. Holmes, 1964, pg. lxx (Windsor Historical Society). The Settlement of Windsor, CT, by K. Avery and D. Siemiatkoski, pg. 16 (Windsor Historical Society). The Founders of Windsor, CT - Ancestral Heads of Windsor's First Families, pg. 196 (Sept. 1983 The Conn. Nutmegger). Letter from K. Carter, County Librarian, County of Dorset, Dorchester, England, 1971. Dorchester Family Chronicles, 1905, by Earle and Patricia Swanson, pp. 13-24, 66, 72. Windsor, Connecticut, Volume of Deeds. Springfield, Massachusetts, Volume of Birth, Marriage and Death Records. Book of Possessions, Springfield, Massachusetts. The First Century of Springfield by Henry M. Burt." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Not mentioned in the book "The Great Migration Directory, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640," by Robert Charles Anderson, NEHGS, 2015.	Dorchester, Anthony (I281)
5148	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Per 16 Feb 2002 website : "Mary Dorchester (footnote 3) Birth: 1645 in "of Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts" Death: 7 Feb 1711/1712 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Father: Anthony Dorchester Mother: Sarah LDS Baptism: 21 Oct 1992 IFALL LDS Endowment: 27 Oct 1992 IFALL LDS Sealing Child: 15 Jan 1993 IFALL Probate: 2 Jan 1705 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (1, 2, 3) Spouse: John Harmon; MARRIAGE:7 Jan 1668/1669 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Children: Elizabeth Harmon Sarah Harmon Mary Harmon Sarah Harmon John Harmon Elizabeth Harmon Footnote Sources: 1. Title: Probate Record Page: Film 0,879,184, pp. 154-155. 2. Note: See brothers: James Dorchester and John Dorchester. Mary is the Mary Harman mentioned in these records. 3. Title: Harmon Genealogy (The); Author: Artemas C. Harmon; Publication: Gibson Bros, Inc. Washington DC 1920, pg. 159" 3. The book "Anthony Dorchester and his Descendants," by Janice P. Dorchester (1998) Janice P. Dorchester, p. 7: "MARY2 DORCHESTER (Anthony1) was born Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, about 1648; died 7 February 1712. She married her step-brother, JOHN HARMON, JR., son of John and Elizabeth Harmon, on 7 January 1668, in Springfield, Massachusetts. John received 30 acres of land from Anthony Dorchester in 1664. After Mary's father's death in 1683, she went to court in Springfield against her brothers, John and James, asking for additional funds in the settlement of her father's estate and was awarded 40 pounds. The settlement came in 1684 when she and John Harmon received additional land from the brothers. Children (HARMON), born in Springfield, Massachusetts: i. SARAH3, born about 1669; died young. ii. MARY, born 23 October 1671. iii. SARAH, born about 1673. iv. JOHN, born about 1675. v. ELIZABETH, born about 1677. References: Dorchester Family Chronicles, 1995, by Earle and Patricia Swanson, pp. 14, 18, 19, 22. The Dorchester Pedigree by Daniel Dorchester III, 1902, pp. 3, 4. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Torrey, pg. 344. Dorchester Family History by John W. Sielck."	Dorchester, Mary (I1424)
5149	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Per 16 Feb 2002 website : "Charles Ferry (Footnote 3) Birth: Canterbury, Kent, England (1, 2) Death: 3 Jul 1699 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Father: Jean Feret Mother: Catherine Lodisoir Christening: 23 Apr 1636 Canterbury, Kent, England (1, 3) Land Transactions: 12 Mar 1662/1663 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (4, 5) Probate: 6 Sep 1699 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (1, 3) Spouse: Sarah Harmon; marriage: 29 May 1661 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Children: John Ferry Charles Ferry Jr. Samuel Ferry Sarah Ferry Mary Ferry Gershom Ferry Solomon Ferry Mercy Ferry Elizabeth Ferry Solomon Ferry Notes Individual: Artemus Harmon book pg. 159; History of Springfield Vol II Town Records; Charles Ferre, son of Sir John of England, a descendent of the Duke of Lorraine, 1205, also a descendent of a Protestant Refugee, who fled from Picardy, France in 1566 to escape the persecution by the first members of the French "Church of the Strangers" organized under a patent from Queen Elizabeth in 1573 and continued unbroken until 1830. Among the entries of Baptism is that of a Charles Feret, baptized Apr 23, 1637 in the Walloon Church in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, England. Charles Ferre came to America from Normandy, France in 1660 and settled in Agawam (Springfield). He was chosen Selectman on his wedding day and he was granted 30 acres of land at Shipmuch, MA in 1665; 20 acres more on the north side of Agawam in Feb 1666 and 30 more acres in 1667. Charles held the office of Constable in 1671, selected Tithingman at Town Meeting, March 8, 1697; 1698 a fence viewer. Charles Ferre was a freeman in 1671 and swore Allegiance last day of Dec 1678 or next day as did his son, John, at Springfield, MA. When Charles died Jul 3, 1699 in Springfield, there were seven of his ten children still living. Alternate biography: Charles Ferre, son of Sir John (Sir Jean Ferret) of England, a descendent of the Duke of Lorraine, 1205, also a descendent of a Protestant refugee, who fled from Picardy, France in 1566 to escape the persecution by the Duke of Alva in a religious war, and settled in Canterbury, Kent, England and was one of the first members of the French "Church of the Strangers" organized under a patent from Queen Elizabeth in 1573. Christening: Two years are given for Christening date: 1636 in The Charles Ferry Family in America; and 1637 in Ancestors of Christopher Eugene Ferre from Family Tree Maker Online. Footnote sources: 1. Title: Charles Ferry Family in America (The) Author: Ferry, Edward M. Page: pp. 8-45. 2. Note: photocopy in my files: Misc004; Great information. 3. Title: Ancestors Of Christopher Eugene Ferre Author: Camella Turner Publication: Family Tree Maker Genealogy Site Call Number: Http://www.Familytreemaker.Com/users/t/u/r/camella - Turner/GENE6-0012.Html Text: Charles Feret baptized April 23, 1637 in the Walloon Church, in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, England. 4. Title: Springfield, Massachusetts Land Records Call Number: Film 844,486 Page: pg. 51 A 5. Note: See Elizabeth Harman for actual text of deed." 2. The book "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography": V. 42, p. 588, entry for Montague Ferry (b. 1881): "...a descendent of Charles Ferry, of French descent, who came to this country from England in the middle of the 17th century and settled in Springfield, Mass., where he married Sarah Harmon." V. 21, p. 308, entry for Dexter Mason Ferry (b. 1833): "...Charles Ferry, the first of the family in this country, who settled at Springfield, Mass., about 1658." V. 49, p. 9, entry for Dexter Mason Ferry, Jr. (b.1872): "...His first paternal American ancestor was Charles Ferre (spelling later changed to Ferry), a native of France who came to this country by way of England and about 1658 settled in Springfield, Mass. From Charles and his wife, Sarah Harmon..."	Ferry, Charles (I1374)
5150	RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. 2. Per 16 Feb 2002 website : "John Dorchester (Footnote 4) Birth: 5 Nov 1644 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (1) Death:5 Oct 1705 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts (1) Father: Anthony Dorchester Mother: Sarah Probate: 2 Jan 1705 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. (2, 3) Text: Articles of agreement made between James Dorchester of the one part - Mary Dorchester the Relict of John Dorchester, deceased; Benjamin Dorchester - Joseph Stebbins in the right of his wife, and Mary Harman respecting the estate of John Dorchester, deceased. That the aforesaid James Dorchester shall have of the estate or out of the estate of John Dorchester, deceased, the housing and all the buildings upon the east side of Connecticut River, that is, only those buildings in the town plat of Springfield upon said James land and the fifteen acre lot over Agawam at the Point and one acre over the Mill river in said James's pasture. The above said housing and land the parties aforesaid do agree shall be to the said James Dorchester and his heirs forever, saving to the Widow, Mary Dorchester, her thirds in said house and two acres of mowing land paart of it so and some orchard and garden which land lyeth by the house. This land the Widow is to have during her life and for and upon the ... of what is above the said James Dorchester both for himself, his heirs, executors agreed and have exhonerated doth release unto the above said Mary Dorchester, Benjamin Dorchester, Joseph Stebbins, and Mary Harman all the surplusage or remaining estate both real and personal of said John Dorchester, deceased to be to them according to each ones propotion at the law of..., but James doth relinquish all rights as heir according unto the said Dorchester, Stebbins, and Harman saving what is allotted to him as aforesaid. And Benjamin Dorchester, Joseph Stebbins, in Right of his wife, and Mary Harman do for themselves, their heirs acquit, exhonerate and release unto said James Dorchester all the right that they might or could claim out of the estate of their honored Father, Anthony Dorchester, deceased, And further the said James Dorchester doth for himself and his heirs to sell, alienate and convey unto said Benjamin Dorchester this ... to a small piece of land upon the North side of said Benjamin's house lot containing one rod wide and four rods long from the street to the Configuration of the premises as the parties above have set their hands and seal this 2 day of January in ye fourth year of the reighe of Anne, Queen of England, anno doni 1705. Signed and Sealed in the presence of us witnesses: Thomas Sheldin, Luke Hitchcock, Ebenezer Pomry, James Dorchester & Seal Mary Dorchester (her mark) & Seal Benjamin Dorchester & Seal Joseph Stebbins & Seal Mary Harman (her mark) & Seal James Dorchester doth further say that Mary Dorchester, the wife of my brother shall enjoy the 3 acres above written during her lifetime - after this year unless she and I otherwise agree so I rest. James Dorchester (4, 5) Text: Articles of agreement made between James Dorchester of the one part - Mary Dorchester the relict of John Dorchester, deceased; Benjamin Dorchester, Joseph Stebbins in the right of his wife, And Mary Harmon respecting the estate of the aforesaid Dorchester deceased. That the aforesaid James Dorchester shall have of the state or out of the estate of John Dorchester deceased the housing and all the buildings upon the east side of Connecticut River; That is only those buildings in the town plat of Springfield upon said James' land and the fifteen acres lot over Agawam at the Point and one acre over the Mill River including Jame's pasture. The above said housing and land, the parties aforesaid do agree shall be to the said James Dorchester and his heirs forever, saving to the widow Mary Dorchester her thirds including house and two acres of moweing land part of it Sown, and some orchard and garden which land lyeth by the house. This land the widow is to have during her life and for and upon the ... what is above the said James Dorchester for himself, his heirs, executors .... unto the above. Mary Dorchester, Benjamin Dorchester, Joseph Stebbins and Mary Harmon all the surpluss from remaining estate both real and personal of said John Dorchester deceased to betwenn them according to each one position as the law provides, but James doth relinquish all his rights as heir or Administrator unto the said Dorcchester, Stebbins, and Harmon saving what is allotted to him as aforesaid, and Benjamin Dorchester, Joseph Stebbins in right of his wife, and Mary Harmon do for themselves, their heirs aquit, exchange and release unto said James Dorchester all the right that they might or could claim our of the estate of ... honored father Anthony Dorchester deceased. And further the said James Dorchester doth for himself and his heirs to sell, alienate and convey unto said Benjamin Dorchester and his heirs the small piece of land upon the north side of said Benjamin's houselot containing one rod wide and four rods long from the street to the conformation of the premises of the parties above. Have set their hands and seal this 2nd day of January in the fourth year of the reign of Anne Queen of England 1705. Signed and sealed in the presence of witnesses: Thomas Sheldon, Luke Hitchcock, Ebenezer Pumroy; Signed by: James Dorchester and Seal; Mary (x - her mark) Dorchester and Seal; Benjamin Dorchester and Seal; Joseph Stebbins and seal; Mary (x her mark) Harman and seal. James Dorchester doth further say that Mary Dorchester the wife of my brother shall enjoy the 3 acres above written during her lifetime after this year unless she and I otherwise agree. It is agreed between James Dorchester and Mary Dorchester that Mary Dorchester shall have three acres over Agawam River at the Point ar the further end of the lot and further whereas it is in agreement bearing date January 2, 1705 that Mary Dorchester shall have the garden at the house. It is now agreed that the said Mary shall have but half the garden and that she shall have so much land down further in the pasture the land aforesaid the Mary Dorchester is to have during her natural life in the confirmation of the premises they have hereunto set their hands and seals this 3 day of January 1705. 2 Jan 1705. Spouse: Mary Harmon; Marriage: 20 Apr 1671 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Notes Individual: Artemus Harmon book pg. 159. Footnote Sources: 1. Title: Harmon Genealogy (The); Author: Artemas C. Harmon; Publication: Gibson Bros, Inc. Washington DC 1920, pg. 159. 2. Title: Massachusetts Probate Court Records of Hampshire County Probate Records 1660-1916, Vol II, Call Number: film 879,189; film # 879,184 pg. 154-155. 3. Note: Cheryl Bill's file: John027 photocopy. 4. Title: Probate Record: film 0,879,184 5. Note: photocopy john027" 3. The book "Anthony Dorchester and his Descendants," by Janice P. Dorchester (1998) Janice P. Dorchester, p. 5: "JOHN2 B. DORCHESTER (Anthony1) was born 4 November 1644, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died 5 October 1705, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. He married his step-sister, MARY HARMON, born 12 November 1651, daughter of John Harmon, 20 April 1671, in Springfield, Massachusetts. After her death, John married SARAH GAYLORD, daughter of Samuel Gaylord, on 29 November 1671. John Dorchester had no children. In 1662 John was assigned a church pew "below the pillars". Two years later he received 30 acres of land from his father, Anthony Dorchester. When help was needed at the corn mill in 1665, John gave two days of work. John was made a constable in 1668. He sided with his father and brother in protesting the custom tax. In 1672 John was granted part of a meadow. By 1674 John was maintaining the ferry. On 1 January 1678, John took the Oath of Allegiance to King Charles II. After Anthony Dorchester's death in 1683, John presented his father's inventory to the court, as he and his brother James were administrators of the estate. His sister and step-sisters went to the court because they felt it was their father's intention to give them a larger share in the inheritance. John had land on the west side of the Greate (Connecticut) River below the Agawam River and James had land on the east side. John also held a parcel of land (approximately 10 acres on the west side of the river at what is called the neck). By September 1684 John and James conveyed to John Harmon, husband of their sister, Mary, and to Joseph Stebbins, husband of their step-sister, Sarah, several acres of land instead of a monetary settlement. Martha Kitcherell, their step-mother's daughter was not awarded anything by the court in the dispute. Martha was married to Abell Wright. By 1690 John Dorchester was listed as a freeman in Springfield, Massachusetts. References: The Dorchester Pedigree by Daniel Dorchester III, 1902, pp 2, 3, 7. Dorchester Family Chronicles, 1995, by Earle and Patricia Swanson pp. 14, 17-23. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Torrey, pg. 226. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. II, pp. 60-61, 357. Births, Deaths & Marriages of Hartford, Windsor & Fairfield."	Dorchester, John (I2162)