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| 5151 | 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: 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." | Sarah (I283)
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| 5152 | 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 Harmon Birth: 14 Jul 1692 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Father:Nathaniel Harmon; Mother:Mary Skinner Text: Mary his daughter born July the 14th, 1792. This is an obvious mistake on the date entry. Should be 1692. LDS Baptism: 24 Oct 1916 LDS Endowment: 16 Nov 1916 SLAKE LDS Sealing Child: 31 Oct 1923 Spouse: James Barlow Jr.; MARRIAGE: 1 Apr 1714 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Sources: title: Connecticut, Suffield, Births, Marriages, Deaths Call Number: 1,317,067 Page: pg. 12-13 Note: See image of this birth on marriage source for parents." Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007) provides the following information (also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com): Israel Barlow acted as proxy for the following proxy baptisms in 11 Jun 1843 in Nauvoo per "Nauvoo Baptismal Records for the Dead": a. Heman Barlow, proxy was the nephew to Heman, officiators: James Allred, Jonathan H. Hale, Aaron Johnson. Book C31. b. Jonathan Barlow, b. 23 Jun 1769 at Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, father Nathan Barlow, mother Margaret Purchase, spouse Annis Gillett, m.14 Nov 1804 at Granville. Proxy is son of Jonathan, officiators: James Allred, Jonathan H. Hale, Aaron Johnson. Book C31. c. Margaret Purchase, b. 1739 at Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, father Jonathan purchase, mother Margaret Worthington, spouse Nathan Barlow, m. 19 Oct 1765 at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, proxy was grandson of Margaret, officiators: James Allred, Jonathan H. Hale, Aaron Johnson. Book C31. d. Nathan Barlow, b. 26 Mar 1726 at Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, father James Barlow, mother Mary Harmon, spouse Margaret Purchase, m. 19 Oct 1765 at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, d. Granville, proxy was grandson to Nathan, officiators: James Allred, Jonathan H. Hale, Aaron Johnson. Book C31. BIRTH: 1. Wells submitted group sheet filed with husband shows birthplace as Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Marey Barlo, d. 1 Jan 1752, b. Granville, complete record: Barlo, Marey, Jan. 1, 1752/3 [Mary Barlow, w. James, Jan. 1, 1732 sic, in 60th y., G.R.1. Mary Barlow, w. James Jr., d. Nath[anie]l Harmon and Mary (Skinner) of Suffield, Jan. 1, 1752-3, a. 60, P.R.1.] Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per group sheet of Israel Barlow Family Association, 801-298-3687, dated 24 Feb 1999 per Lloyd B. Carr, Genealogist, PO Box 89, Bountiful, Utah, 84011. | Harmon, Mary (I1894)
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| 5153 | 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: "Sarah Harmon Birth: 24 Jan 1644/1645 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (Source footnotes 1 2) Death: 31 Oct 1740 in of Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (3 4) Father:John Harmon Mother:Elizabeth Text: "Sarah had been born in Springfield on 22 September 1644 and there married the immigrant Charles Ferry on 29 March 1661. Sarah bore ten children by 1687. Widowed on 3 July 1699, Sarah died on 31 October 1740." LDS Baptism: 19 Dec 1911 LDS Endowment: 24 May 1923 LDS Sealing Child: 22 Nov 1944 SLAKE Spouses & Children: Charles Ferry (Husband) 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 p. 159 Gladys Bagrowski gives birth date as 9-21-1644. Pynchon Court records give Sarah's birthdate as the 11th mo. 24 day which would make her birthdate January 24, 1644 according to the dating system used at that time. Ancestral File names husband as Charles Nerry. That is incorrect. His name is Charles Ferry. Footnote sources: 1. Title: Charles Ferry Family in America (The) Author: Ferry, Edward M. Page: 9-45. 2. Note: Great history of the Ferry family; photocopy in my files Misc002. 3. Title: Goff-Davis Ancestral Lines; the Ancestry of Moulton Babcock Goff and His Wife Agnes Hopkins Davis Author: Lois B. Goff Publication: Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore 1993 Call Number: 1697838 Item 3 or US/Can 929.273 G556go Page: pg. 281 (Harmon 14) Note: She used as her source: "Charles Ferry of Springfield" by Winifred Lovering Holman published in 1954; pages 21-26." BIOGRAPHY: 1. The book "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography": a. 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." b. 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..." | Harmon, Sarah (I2411)
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| 5154 | 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: "Joseph Harmon (Footnote 5) Birth: 4 Jan 1646/1647 in Springfield, Hampden,Massachusetts Death: 28 Oct 1729 in Southfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Father:John Harmon Mother: Elizabeth Ancestral File #: 8PGX-BQ LDS Baptism: 7 Jun 1910 LDS Endowment: 29 Apr 1921LDS Sealing Child: 22 Nov 1944 SLAKE Land Transactions: Dec 1664 Springfield,Hampden,Massachusetts (1 2) Ear Mark for Cattle: Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut (3 4). Text: Joseph Harmon entered his ear mark February 25, 1683 which is a slit down ye top of ye off ear. (5 6) Spouses: Hannah Philly (Wife) (1) MARRIAGE: 22 Jan 1673/1674 in Southfield,, Massachusetts Children: Hannah Harmon John Harmon Samuel Harmon Elizabeth Harmon Joseph Harmon Sarah Harmon Samuel Harmon Ebenezer Harmon Mary Harmon Nathaniel Harmon Notes Individual: Artemus Harmon book p. 159. Ancestral File lists his wife as three different persons, each spelled differently: Hannah Philly; Hannah Philley; and Hannah Fille. Each of these names is one and the same person with variant spellings. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York Vol 2. Film 6,046,620 "Joseph, third son of John and Elizabeth Harmon, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, "11 mon. 4 day 1646," and died in Suffield, Connecticut, October 28, 1729, aged nearly eighty-three years. In December 1664, upon the request of Anthony Dorchester, there was granted by the town of Springfield to his own and to his wife's sons thirty acres of land each. Joseph was one of those who received one of these portions of thirty acres. In 1675 Samuel and Joseph Harmon were two of several persons desiring grants of land at, towards or about Stony River on the west side of the great river toward Windsor; and the selectmen granted to the Harmons, "30 acres of land apiece there and six acres of wet meadow." Joseph Harmon's place in the church was "in ye south side at ye upper end of the Backer seate" in 1662-63. In 1670 Samuel and Joseph Harmon were required to furnish one load as their part of the minister's wood. Samuel and Joseph Harmon seem to have been successful hunters; on the town books, among similar entries of date January 11, 1668, are the following: "To Samuel and Joseph Harmon for killing 6 wolves this Summer past 3 pounds." December 1670, "To Samuel and J. Harmon for killing 4 wolves 2 pounds." January 14, 1670, the settlement of Suffield, Connecticut, was begun by the grants of land to Samuel and Joseph Harmon, Benjamin Parsons and others, says Burt in his "History of Springfield." D. W. Norton in his "Statement at the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Town of Suffield October 12, 1870, states that the settlement of the town was begun in 1670." John Lewis, Esq., at the same place says, "Unfortunately, no documents have yet been discovered, that definately state the time, place, and circumstance of the first settlement of Suffield... While it is quite certain that the Harmons were the pioneers of the town, and that they came here in 1670, the exact date of the settlement is not known. In 1669, the selectmen of Springfield assumed authority to form and direct the settlement of Springfield. They made several grants of land, and among others to Samuel and Joseph Harmon, who it is thought in the following summer, took up their abode on the Northampton road, in the vicinity of Stony Brook." This was about one mile west of High Street to West Suffield. Joseph Harmon married Hannah Philley, or Fille, in Southfield, Massachusetts, now Suffield, Connecticut, January 22, 1674. She was born in Windsor, Connecticut July 3, 1653, and died in Suffield August 28, 1729, aged 76. They had ten Children. This history continues with Nathaniel, their tenth child. Footnote Sources: 1. Title: Genealogical and Family History of Western New York Vol 2 Call Number: Film 60446620 Page: pg. 981; john005. 2. Note: land in Springfield and Stony River (Suffield). 3. Title: Suffield Ear Marks Call Number: 1,317,067. 4. Note: Photocopy in Cheryl Bills files NatSr 003. 5. Title: Harmon Family in New England Author: Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio Publication: This is a newspaper article when he was running for President of the USA Call Number: john003. 6. Note: See actual text under Nathaniel Harmon." 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' - (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. - O.C.R.: A. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643. B. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff. Record.) C. Mary *. D. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669. E. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.) F. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658. G. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec. H. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5." MARRIAGE: 1. Ancestry.com's "Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800," v. III, p. 125, Springfield: "Joseph Harman of Southfield (?) and Hannah Philly of Windsor, Jan. 22, 1673." "David Lumbard of Springfield and Margerett Philly of Windsor, April 7, 1675." BURIAL: 1. From the Internet 6 Jul 2008 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kathycamp/Inscriptions/Page043.htm: Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions 1660-1937. This list of inscriptions, town of Suffield, was copied in 1934, under the auspices of the F.E.R.A. and the W.P.A. sponsored by the Connecticut State Library, as compiled under the supervision of Charles R. Hale, State Military Necrologist, assisted by Miss Mary H. Babin, Secretary. Hartford, Connecticut, December 1937. Inscriptions, 125-3 West Suffield Cemetery, buried next to each other: Harmon John born England 1617, died Springfield, Massachusetts 1661. Harmon Joseph 1st born Springfield, Massachusetts 1646, died Suffield, Connecticut 1729 *First Settlers Suffield. Harmon Nathaniel born Springfield Massachusetts 1653, died Suffield, Connecticut 1685 *First Settlers Suffield." | Harmon, Joseph (I2412)
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| 5155 | 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: "Ebenezer Harmon Birth: 12 Aug 1657 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Death: 7 Aug 1660 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (Footnote 1) [Kerry's note: this should be Apr.] Father:John Harmon; Mother:Elizabeth LDS Sealing Child: 31 Oct 1923 Notes Individual: Artemus Harmon book p. 159: 'He drowned in ye mill brook 7th of ye 2 mon 1660, aged 2 yrs, 8 mos.' Footnote sources: 1. Title: Colonial Justice in Western Massachusetts: The Pynchon Court Records 1639-1702 Author: Smith, Joseph H. Publication: Massachusetts. Harvard University Press Page: John 031 Text: 1660: 7 Apr. Little Ebenezer, age three, drowned in "ye brook by ye mill stream ye 7th of ye 2 mon, 1660." "This day the youngest child of John Herman, called Ebenezer, was found dead in the brook in Nathaneell Prichard's yard; concerning whose death there was a search and inquiry made by a jury of 12 men of this town of Springfield how the said child came to its end. The jurors were: Thomas Cooper, William Branch, William Warrener, Thomas Stebbin, Thomas Noble, John Stewart, Samuell Marshfield, Henry Burt, Benjamin Parsons, Abell Wright, Richard Sikes, John Clarke - whose return upon oath before the Commissioners Elizur Holyoke and Mr. Samuel Chapin, was that according to the best light they could have in the case they judge the child to be drowned in the brooke through its own weakness without the hand of any other person being a ny occasion or cause thereof.' Date: 7 Apr 1660." | Harmon, Ebenezer (I2415)
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| 5156 | 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: "Samuel Harmon (Source footnotes 4 6) Birth:1643 Death: 7 Sep 1677 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Father:John Harmon Mother:Elizabeth Ancestral File #: 4KN5-PN LDS Baptism: 19 Dec 1911 LDS Endowment: 12 Apr 1923 SLAKE LDS Sealing Child: 31 Oct 1923 Land Transactions: 23 May 1665 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (1 2 3 4 5 6) Spouses & Children: None Notes Individual: Artemus Harmon book p. 159. Footnote Sources: 1. Title: Springfield, Massachusetts Land Records Call Number: Film 844,486. 2. Title: Genealogical and Family History of Western New York Vol 2 Call Number: Film 60446620 Page: pg. 981; john005. 3. Note: Land in Springfield and Suffield. 4. Title: Harmon Family in New England Author: Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio Publication: This is a newspaper article when he was running for President of the USA Call Number: john003. 5. Note: See actual text under Nathaniel Harmon. 6. Title: History of Suffield in the Colony and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England 1660-1 749 Author: Sheldon, Hezekiah Spencer Publication: Clark W. Bryan Company Call Number: 974.62/S2 H2 Page: pg. 33 John 030 Text: Samuel was the oldest of the three Harmons, who were the pioneers of Suffield. Ten years before the settlement began, the Harmons had endeavored to procure a grant for a new town. They were great hunters and trappers, as the number of beaver skins and other furs sold to Major Pynchon indicate, and were probably more familiar with the topography of the town, which was a dense wilderness, than any other white men. Samuel was unmarried. He returned to Springfield, where he died September 7, 1677, about thirty-six years of age. His Suffield lands became the property of Joseph and Nathaniel." 3. One archival family group sheet indicates birth as Plymouth, Plymouth, England with no documentation. MARRIAGE: 1. Never married. | Harmon, Samuel (I2410)
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| 5157 | 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: "Nathaniel Harmon (Footnotes 10 7 9) Birth: 13 Mar 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (1 2) Death: 2 May 1712 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut (3) Father:John Harmon; Mother:Elizabeth Text: Nathaniel herman s. of John herman borne the 13 of ye 1 mon. 1654. LDS Baptism: 21 Aug 1894 LDS Endowment: 29 Oct 1921 (4) LDS Sealing Child: 31 Oct 1923 Ear Mark for Cattle: Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut (5 6) Text: Nath Harmon entered his ear mark Feb 25, 1683 which is a crop on ye off ear & a slit down ye middle of ye near ear. (7 8). Text: Nathaniel and Joseph Harmon were the first settlers of Suffield, CT, which was a part of old Hampshire County in Massachusetts until 1749. The Selectmen of Springfield granted them 30 acres of land and 6 acres or more of wet meadow in Suffield, or Stony River, as the tract was first designated. Joseph and Nathaniel, the brothers, were partners with William Pynchon in the fur business. They were noted hunters and trappers and in the dense wilderness about Suffield secured many fine beaver and bear skins which they sold to Maj. Pynchon of Springfield for a good price. In the annals of Suffield, it is related that they were paid bounty at least twice for killing wolves. They gathered furs on the routes east and west of Suffield and took them to Pynchon's warehouse at Warehouse Point, the property, and upon the death of their brother, Samuel, in 1677, became possessors of his Suffield properties. The brothers had large families of children and their descendants are many and include some of the most prominent people of the name throughout the country. From Joseph are descended Israel Harmon of Springfield and George A. Harmon of Suffield among others. As has been said, from Nathaniel, Gov. Harmon is descended. From Nathaniel also comes Mrs. Grover Cleveland whose mother was a Harmon. Nathaniel Harmon was born in Springfield March 13, 1654. He married Mary Skinner in 1685 and they had 10 children. She died in 1711 and he the year following. The sons of Nathaniel Harmon, as well as Nathaniel himself are buried in Suffield, together with many later members of the family, and one of the places of interest to Gov. Harmon on the occasion of his visit to Suffield in 1877 was the old Suffield Cemetery. (9 10 11). Spouse: Mary Skinner (12 13); MARRIAGE: 19 Nov 1685 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; LDS Sealing Spouse: 17 May 1922. Children: Nathaniel Harmon, Ebenezer Harmon, Mary Harmon, Elizabeth Harmon, Ann Harmon, Samuel Harmon, Sarah Harmon, Ruth Harmon, John Harmon, Benjamin Harmon. Footnote sources: 1. Title: New England Historic Genealogical Register (NEHGR) Page: 143. 2. Note: March is the first month according to calendar in use at that time. Photocopy in NatSr 005 3. Title: Probate Record 4. Title: TIB Index Bureau Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Temple Records Page: Nat Sr002; TIB # 23,103; BK 2K; pg. 839. 5. Title: Suffield Ear Marks Call Number: 1,317,067 6. Note: Photocopy in Cheryl Bills files NatSr 003. 7. Title: Harmon Family in New England Author: Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio Publication: This is a newspaper article when he was running for President of the USA Call Number: john003. 8. Note: Keep in mind this was written for political purposes. 9. Title: Dow, Brown and Allied Families Author: Dow, Harriet B. Publication: The American Historical Company, Inc. New York. 1929 Call Number: John013 Page: pg. 156-157 Text: Nathaniel Harmon and his brothers, Samuel and Joseph, were first settlers of Suffield, Connecticut, and were associated with Major Pynchon, son of William Pynchon, who was the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts, in an extensive fur trade. They accumulated property and upon the death of Samuel, Nathaniel and Joseph became possessors of his Suffield property. Although Nathaniel was not qualified voter, when the town of Suffield was organized, he constantly held some town office. In 1724-25, he was a fence viewer, in 1729-30, a tything-man, and in 1731-32 constable. He had a house lot on High Street and a farm on the Northampton Road. His children became pioneers at West Suffield. 10. Title: Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut Author: Hartford County Call Number: US/CAN 974.62 D3c pt. 1 Page: pg. 993. 11. Note: Tells of fur trade. See biographical notes. 12. Title: Connecticut, Suffield. Births, Marriages, Deaths Call Number: 1,317,067 Page: pg. 12-13 Text: Nathaniel Harmon and Mary Skinner were joined in marriage November the 19th, 1685. Nathanie. 13. Title: Suffield Marriages Call Number: 0,014,766 Page: pg. 123 photocopy in Nat Sr 004 Text: Nathaniel Harman married Mary Skinner Nov. 19th, 1685." 3. Suffield was previously part of Massachusetts before statelines were adjusted in Connecticut. 4. The book "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography," v. 13, p. 279, entry for Judson Harmon (b. 1846): "His first American ancestor was Francis Harmon, who emigrated from England to Boston, Mass., in 1636; his son John, was one of the founders of Springfield, Mass., and Suffield, Conn.; his son Nathaniel, married Mary Skinner; their son Samuel, married Deborah Winchell (etc.)" BURIAL: 1. From the Internet 6 Jul 2008 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kathycamp/Inscriptions/Page043.htm: Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions 1660-1937. This list of inscriptions, town of Suffield, was copied in 1934, under the auspices of the F.E.R.A. and the W.P.A. sponsored by the Connecticut State Library, as compiled under the supervision of Charles R. Hale, State Military Necrologist, assisted by Miss Mary H. Babin, Secretary. Hartford, Connecticut, December 1937. Inscriptions, 125-3 West Suffield Cemetery, buried next to each other: Harmon John born England 1617, died Springfield, Massachusetts 1661. Harmon Joseph 1st born Springfield, Massachusetts 1646, died Suffield, Connecticut 1729 *First Settlers Suffield. Harmon Nathaniel born Springfield Massachusetts 1653, died Suffield, Connecticut 1685 *First Settlers Suffield." [KP note: there is a conflict between this cemetery record and the 1712 date I have for his death per the above notes.] | Harmon, Nathaniel (I1924)
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| 5158 | 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 20 May 2007 Worldconnect database "knotmyline" of Ron Hager 2. Censuses: 1850 US: Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, p. 7 of 32, 31 Jul 1850, house 66, family 71: Isaac H. Hudson, 26, farmer, $500, NY. Marrilla Hudson, 36, NY. Thomas Gillett, 78, Mass. Abigail Gillett, 76, Mass. BIRTH: 1. Birthplace shown for most entries on the Ordinance Index is Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts. Alternate is Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. Death record indicates Granville. | Rising, Abigail (I1423)
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| 5159 | 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. Some Worldconnect databases show parents as Moses and Lydia Root. I have found an extracted record for a Margaret Root, b. 29 Jul 1770 at Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. I don't think these are the correct parents since it would have made her 34 years old at time of her death. Her death states she was 39 years old. DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Margaret Barlow, d. Apr 1804, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Margaret (Root), w. Jona(than), Apr. - , 1804, a. 39, P.R.1. (suddenly, P.R.6.). Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. | Root, Margaret (I2604)
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| 5160 | 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. Suffield, Hartford, Conn. was previously part of Mass. 3. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007) provides the following information (also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com): Israel Barlow acted as proxy for the following proxy baptisms in 11 Jun 1843 in Nauvoo per "Nauvoo Baptismal Records for the Dead": a. Heman Barlow, proxy was the nephew to Heman, officiators: James Allred, Jonathan H. Hale, Aaron Johnson. Book C31. b. Jonathan Barlow, b. 23 Jun 1769 at Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, father Nathan Barlow, mother Margaret Purchase, spouse Annis Gillett, m.14 Nov 1804 at Granville. Proxy is son of Jonathan, officiators: James Allred, Jonathan H. Hale, Aaron Johnson. Book C31. c. Margaret Purchase, b. 1739 at Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, father Jonathan purchase, mother Margaret Worthington, spouse Nathan Barlow, m. 19 Oct 1765 at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, proxy was grandson of Margaret, officiators: James Allred, Jonathan H. Hale, Aaron Johnson. Book C31. d. Nathan Barlow, b. 26 Mar 1726 at Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, father James Barlow, mother Mary Harmon, spouse Margaret Purchase, m. 19 Oct 1765 at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, d. Granville, proxy was grandson to Nathan, officiators: James Allred, Jonathan H. Hale, Aaron Johnson. Book C31. MARRIAGE: 1. Wells group sheet reports Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut as marriage place. Marriage intentions were published 17 Oct 1753 for James' second marriage to Mary White. DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": James Berlo (See Barlo, Barlow), d. 28 Aug 1758, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Babroken, in 69th y., G.R.1. Barlow Jr., h. Mary (d. Nath[anie]l Harmon and Mary [Skinner] of Suffield), h. Mary White, only ch. James and Sarah Huxley, a. 70, P.R.1 Barlow, Aug. 8, a, 69, PR.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 John W. Wells, 524 Vine St. Syracuse 6, N.Y. References "Cooley Gen p. 578". 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. | Barlow, James (I1896)
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| 5161 | 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. 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." 3. Per 16 Feb 2002 website: "Mary Harmon Birth: 12 Nov 1651 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Death: 5 Oct 1715 Father:John Harmon; Mother: Elizabeth LDS Baptism: 19 Oct 1915 LDS Endowment: 3 Dec 1919 LDS Sealing Child: 31 Oct 1923 Spouse John Dorchester, MARRIAGE:20 Apr 1671 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Notes Individual: Artemus Harmon book p. 159; Title: New England Historic Genealogical Register (NEHGR) V. 18, p. 142: 'Mary Hermon d. of John Hermon, borne ye 12 day of ye 9 mon, 1651.'" | Harmon, Mary (I2413)
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| 5162 | 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. The book "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography": V. 15, p. 86, entry for William Stiles Loomis (b. 1840): "His first American ancestor was Joseph Loomis, a woolen-draper, who came to America from London in the ship Susan and Ellen, settling at Dorchester, Mass., and later at Windsor, Conn., in 1639. Besides his wife Mary White, he brought with him five sons, all of whom were freemen, and three daughters. The line of descent is traced through Joseph's, son, Lieut. Samuel, and his wife Elizabeth Judd..." 3. Per 9 Feb 2002 email of Ellen Baker 4. Info. From a post by Lance D. Loomis(family@loomis.8k.com): "The Loomis book shows about 1628 is as good as it gets for Samuel's birthdate, remeber that's almost 400 years ago. Lieut. Samuel Loomis, b. C., Essex, England, a. 1628; m. Dec. 27, 1653, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Judd. He was freeman in 1654, and admitted to the church Nov. 26, 1661. He was a Lieut. and removed to Westfield, [Hampden Co.], Mass, between 1672 and '75. He sold his dwelling house in Windsor [Hartford Co., CT] in 1679, and d. Oct. 1, 1689. His widow was living in Westfield [Hartford Co., CT], 1716. 10 children, all but last two born in CT." 5. The following Loomis info. came from Jane Devlin (janedevlin@ameritech.net) at her web site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/source_files/loomis.htm: "Samuel Loomis 1 46 was born about 1628 in Braintree, Essex, Eng 46 and died on 1 Oct 1689 46. Documented events in his life were: a. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 2 Dec 1658; Windsor, Hartford Co., CT 2. Signed an agreement to the division of father's estate. b. Lawsuit; 6 Jun 1661; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT 52. Samll Loomis pt contr Job Drake in an act of ye Case for takeing away and deteineing from him an hide to ye damadge of 25s. .. the Court doth adiudge Job Drake to return the Leather and to pay Court charges to ye pltf." 6. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 433-434, {bracketed notes from "Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Loomis of Windsor" by Elias Loomis}: "Samuel Loomis (Lieut.), m. Elizabeth (dau. Thos.) Judd, 27 Dec 1653; purchased the Witchfield pl., Broad st., site of Present Grace church; {freeman, 1654}; on 1st 'Book of Records,' 9 Jan 1659, 'also approved that Samuel Loomis should settle among us as an inhabitant;' he was adm. to Windsor church 26 Nov 1661 (O.W.C.); wife also a member; he removed to Westfield {between 1672 and '75; in Windsor 1679; d. 1 Oct 1689; wid. d. 7 May 1676[Kerry's note - 1696?]}. Children * O.C.R.): A. Samuel (Sgt.), {m. Hannah (dau. Thos.) Hanchet, 4 Apr 1678; he d. 6 Nov 1711; res. Westfield, Mass.}. B. Elizabeth {m. Thos. Hanchet, 1673}. C. Ruth, * b. 14 Jun 1660 {at Farmington, bp. 24 Jul; m. Benj. Smith of F.} D. Sarah, * b. 3 Feb 1662; {m. John Bissell, 12 Nov 1689}. E. Joanna, * b. 22 Oct 1665 {m. Joseph Smith, 20 Nov 1691}. F. Benjamin, * b. 11 Feb 1667 {m. Ann Fitch 6 Jan 1703; d. 1726; no issue}. G. Nehemiah, * (Nathaniel, * O.C.R.), b. 15 Jul 1670; {res. Westfield, Mass.}. H. William, b. 18 Mar 1672 {res. Westfield, Mass.}. I. Philip, b. 22 Feb 1675; {res. Westfield, Mass.}. J. Mary, b. 16 Aug 1678 (had Hannah, b. 20 May 1705)." [Note: the book does not have biographies on the Judd family.] 7. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 5, p. 228, Article: "Records of Ancient Windsor": "Samuel Loomis, m. ___ ___; chil. Ruth, b. 14 Jun 1660; Sara, b. 3 Feb 1662; Joanna, b. 22 Oct 1665; Benjamin, b. 11 Feb 1667; Nehemia, b. 15 Jul 1670." 8. The book "Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884," v. II, Chapter 27 "Early Windsor Families," p. 554: "Joseph Loomis (1640) had a lot granted to him 35 rods wide. He had two children born here. He died, 1658. (This lot is now occupied by Thomas W. Loomis.) Of the sons, Joseph married Sarah Hill, 1645, and had two sons and two daughters. He married second, Mary Chauncey in 1659, and had five sons and two daughters. By gift of his father in 1643 he received a lot twelve rods wide, next north of Matthew Allen, on which he built. John married Elizabeth Scott, and had eleven sons and two daughters. He had his father's homestead. Thomas married Hannah Fox, 1653, and had two sons and two daughters. He married for a second wife Mary Judd, and two sons and five daughters. By gift of his father he received a lot twelve rods wide, east of the highway, between his brother Joseph and H. Wolcott, Jr. Nathaniel married Elizabeth Moore, and had seven sons and five daughters, 1655-1680. He bought the lot and house of John Moses on the west side of the street, directly opposite Joseph Loomis, Jr. Nathaniel was among the early settlers on the east side of the Great River. Samuel had two sons and three daughters, 1660-1670. He bought Mr. Witchfield's place. He removed to Westfield, Mass." 9. Elias Loomis "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," update of 1875 edition published by Elisha S. Loomis, Berea, Ohio, third (1908) edition, chapter: "The Descendants of Joseph Loomis (1590-1658) in America," subchapter "First Generation, children of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, CT.," pp. 126-128: "Genealogical investigations have been unable to establish definitely the order of the children of Joseph Loomis, and it is considered advisable to give here the conflicting evidence: Possible order of children: 1. Mrs Olmsted, b. 1615, md. 1640. [Sarah] 2. Mrs. Hull, b. 1617, md. 1641. [Elizabeth] 3. Joseph, b. 1618, md. 1646. 4. Mrs. Skinner, b. 1620, md. 1638. [Mary] 5. John, b. 1622, md. 1648. 6. Thomas, b. 1624, md. 1653. 7. Nathaniel, b. 1626, md. 1653. 8. Samuel, b. 1628, md. 1653. Probably, however, the order was as follows: Joseph, b. 1615. Sarah, b. 1617. Elizabeth, b. abt 1619. Mary, b. abt 1620. John, b. 1622. Thomas, b. 1624. Nathaniel, b. 1626. Samuel, b. 1628." 10. FHL book "Thomas Judd and His Descendants," by Sylvester Judd (1856, Northampton, MA), p. 11 has short biographies on Thomas's children including the two who are in my database: Elizabeth and Mary. He lists 9 children all together and notes the two oldest Elizabeth and William "both born form 1633 to 1636; it is unknown which was the oldest." The following is for Elizabeth: "Elizabeth Judd married Samuel Loomis of Farmington, Dec. 27, 1653. They removed to Windsor in 1660, and to Westfield about 1674. Their children born in Farmington were Samuel, Elizabeth; in Windsor, Ruth, 1660, Sarah, 1662, Joanna, 1665, Benjamin, 1667, Nehemiah, 1670, William, 1672; in Westfield, Philip, 1675, Mary, 1678, Ten in all. Samuel Loomis died in 1689. His widow, Elizabeth, was living in Westfield, 1716." 11. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 451-52: "SAMUEL2 LOOMIS (Joseph1), b. England c1628; d. Westfield, Mass., 1 Oct 1689; m. at Windsor, Conn., 27 Dec 1653 ELIZABETH JUDD, who d. Westfield, Mass., 7 May 1696. She was d/o Thomas Judd and Elizabeth (___). See The Judd Line. He came with his parents to New England. He was freeman in 1654 and was admitted to the church at Windsor 26 Nov 1661. He lived in Farmington and Windsor, Conn., and also Westfield, Mass. He was a lieutenant at Windsor and removed from Windsor to Woronoco (Westfield), Mass., after 1672 and before 1675. He sold his dwelling house in Windsor in 1679. i SGT. SAMUEL3 Loomis, b. Farmington, Conn.; d Westfield, Mass., 6 Nov 1711; m. Westfield 14 Apr 1678 HANNAH HANCHETT, d/o Thomas Hanchett and Deliverance Langton. Children: Samuel b. 28 Apr 1681, m/1 Rebecca Noble, m/2 Hannah (___); James b. 25 Feb 1683, d. inf.; James (again) b. 8 Oct 1686, d. young; Hannah b. 29 Jan 1691, m. James King; Deliverance b. 13 May 1694, d. within 3 yrs.; Joshua b. 21 Jul 1696, d. age 4. (NEHG Register 6:267, "Marriages, Births and Deaths in Westfield.") ii ELIZABETH Loomis, b. Farmington, Conn., m. Windsor 18 Nov 1673 THOMAS HANCHETT, b. c1647, s/o Thomas Hanchett and Deliverance Langton. See The Hanchett Line. iii RUTH Loomis, b. Farmington, Conn., 14 Jun 1660; bpt. 24 Jul 1660; m. as his first wife BENJAMIN SMITH of Farmington, d. 1738 West Springfield, Mass., s/o William Smith and Elizabeth Stanley of Farmington. Children (SMITH): William; Ruth b. 8 Feb 1685; Benjamin b. 14 Feb 1687; Samuel b. 24 Aug 1689; Elizabeth b. 14 Feb 1693; Rachel b. 1694-, Jonathan b. 1697; Job b. 1700; Mary b. 1703. Benjamin Smith bad a second wife Hannah (___). (Savage sv Benjamin Smith.) iv SARAH Loomis, b. Windsor, Conn., 3 Feb 1662/3; m. 12 Nov 1689 JOHN BISSELL, b. 4 May 1661, s/o John Bissell and Isabel Mason. v JOANNA Loomis, b. Windsor, Conn., 22 Oct 1665; m. as his second wife, 20 Nov 1691 JOSEPH SMITH, b. Middletown 25 Aug 1665; d. Farmington 1718, s/o William Smith and Elizabeth Stanley. Inventory of estate of Joseph Smith taken 18 Sept 1718, amounted to £309.09.09. Children mentioned in the distribution of his estate: Joseph Smith, eldest son; Johanna Smith; Lydia Woodford; Mary Porter; Joanna Porter; Elizabeth Cowles; Ruth Smith; Susanna Smith; Thankfull Smith; Mercy Smith; Esther Smith; Experience Smith. Court appointed Thomas Bird, Joseph Hawley and Daniel Judd of Farmington, distributors. (Manwaring, Vol. II, 1715-1723, pp. 433-4.) Smith, Joseph, Sen., Farmington. Inventory £309.09.09. Taken 18 Sept 1718 by Thomas Bird and Daniel Judd. Court Record, Page 70 - 2 Sept 1718: Administration unto Joanna; Smith, widow of the decd., and Isaac Cowles of Farmington. Page 98 - 3 Mar 1718/19: Adms. account exhibited, allowed and accepted. Order to distribute the estate: To Joanna Smith, widow, dower for life and £31.07.08; to Joseph Smith, eldest son, £41.16.08; to Johanna Smith, £10.18.04; to Lydia Woodford, to Mary Porter, to Joanna Porter, to Elizabeth Cowles, to Ruth Smith, to Susannah Smith, to Thankfull Smith, to Mercy Smith, to Esther Smith, and to Experience Smith, to each of them the sum or value of £21.18.04, which is their single parts of sd. estate. And this Court do appoint Thomas Bird, Joseph Hawley and Daniel Judd, of Farmington, distributors. (Manwaring, Conn Probate Records, Vol. 2, 1713-1723, pp. 433-4.) The first wife of Joseph Smith was Lydia (___) by whom he had a number of children. By Joanna he had probably Johannah bpt. Farmington 16 Oct 1692, m. Porter, Ruth bpt. Farmington 1 Dec 1694; Susanna b. Farmington 20 Apr 1698; Thankful b. 4 Nov 1700; Mercy b. 6 Aug 1702; Esther b. 30 Oct 1705; Experience bpt 11 Jul 1708; Zephania b. 16 Feb 1710, d. young. (Savage sv Joseph Smith.) vi BENJAMIN Loomis, b. Windsor, Conn., 11 Feb 1667/8; m. ANN FITCH. No issue. vii NEHEMIAH Loomis, b. Windsor, Conn., 15 Jul 1670; m THANKFUL WELLER. viii WILLIAM Loomis, b. Windsor 18 Mar 1672; d. 1738; m. 13 Jan 1703 MARTHA MORLEY, d. 22 Feb 1753, age 71, d/o Thomas Morley and Martha Wright. Children: Martha b. 24 Feb 1704, d. Granby, Conn., age 100 years and 2 months, m/1 Jonathan Phelps, m/2 Jonathan Buttles or Buttoloph; Joshua b. 24 Aug 1706, m. Abigail Langdon, d/o John and Abigail (Phelps) Langdon; Benjamin b. 30 Aug 1708, m/1 Elizabeth Noble, m/2 Rachel (___); Ann b. 27 Aug 1710, m. John Root; William b. 15 Sept 1712, m. Experience Smith of Farmington; James b. 15 Nov 1714, m. Eunice Stricklen; Thankful b. 19 Nov 1716, m. Ebenezer Winchell; Jonathan b. 23 Jan 1719, m. Hannah Selden of Springfield; Hezekiah b. 14 Mar 1721, living 1746 idiot; Noah b. 12 May 1724, m. Rhoda Clark. ix PHILIP LOOMIS, b. Westfield, Mass., 22 Feb 1675; d. Simsbury, Conn., 1 Dec 1746; m. 1704 HANNAH (___). Children: Hannah b. 21 May 1705, m. Deacon Azariah Holcomb; Philip b. 25 Mar 1707, m. Mindwell Wilcoxson; Joel b. 13 Oct 1708, m. Sarah Gozzard; Elizabeth b. 5 Apr 1710, unm. in 1756; Abigail b. 30 Apr 1711, m. David Noble of Hebron; Mary b. 12 Apr 1713, m. Jonathan Hays; Jerusha b. 3 Apr 1715, m. Isaac Dunham of Hebron; Timothy b. 2 May 1717, m. Mary Morton; Margaret b. 23 Jul 1719, m. Eliphalet Young of Hebron; Sarah b. 12 Aug 1722, m. Thomas Holcomb; Ruth b. 9 Mar 1725, unm. in 1751; Prudence b. 1728, m. Peter Rice. x MARY LOOMIS, b. Westfield, Mass., 16 Aug 1678. (Elias Loomis, "Desc. of Joseph Loomis"; Cutter, "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts," p. 687.)" 12. The book "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice with related families," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 448-51: "JOSEPH LOOMIS, b. Eng., c1590; d. Windsor, Conn., 25 Nov 1658. He m. Messing, County Essex, England 30 Jun 1614 MARY WHITE. She was bpt. Shalford, England, 24 Aug 1590; d. Windsor, Conn., 23 Aug 1652, d/o Robert White and Bridget Allgar of Messing. Joseph Loomis was a woolen draper in Braintree, Essex Co., England; sailed from London 11 Apr 1638 in the Susan and Ellen, and arrived at Boston 17 Jul 1638, living for about a year at Dorchester, Mass. It is mentioned in the town records of Windsor, Vol. 1, that on the 2d of Feb., 1640, he had granted him from the Plantation 21 acres adjoining Farmington Aver, on the west side of the Connecticut river; also several large tracts of land on the east side of the Connecticut, partly from the town and partly by purchase. He probably came to Windsor in the summer or autumn of 1639, and he is generally supposed to have come in the company with Rev. Ephraim Huet, who arrived at Windsor 17 Aug 1639. He brought with him five sons, all of whom were freemen 7 Oct 1669, and three daughters. The marriages of these children are recorded in the town records of Windsor, as were the births of their children, but as the dates of birth of Joseph's children are not recorded, it is difficult to determine the order of seniority. His house was situated near the mouth of the Farmington river on the "Island," so called because at every great freshet it became temporarily an island by the overflowing of the Connecticut river. In the Records of particular Court for the colony of Connecticut, Vol 2, p. 115, is recorded the agreement of the children of Mr. Joseph Loomis, respecting the division of the estate of said deceased as approved by the Court 2 Dec 1658. Loomis, Joseph, Windsor. Died 25 November, 1658. Inventory £178.10.00. Taken by Henry Clarke, John Moore. Court Record, Page 115 -- 2 December, 1658. An Agreement for a Division of the Estate by the Children of Joseph Loomis, Decd, and approved by this Court of Magistrates to be an Equal Division. To Joseph Loomis, to Nicholas Olmsted, to Josiah Hull, to John Loomis, to Thomas Loomis, to Nathaniel Loomis, to Mary Tudor, to Samuel Loomis. The agreement of the children of Mr. Joseph Loomis respecting the division of the estate of ye father deceased approved by The Court 2 December 1658: We whose names are hereunto subscribed doe by these prsents testify that it is our mutual and joynt agreement to attend an equal division of the estate of Mr. Joseph Loomis, our father, lately deceased, wch said estate being distributed in an equal prption we doe by these prsents engage to set down Satisfied and contented respecting any future trouble or demands about the fore said estate now presented by Inventory to ye Court of Magistrates. Witness our hand, 2nd December, 1658. Joseph Loomis, Josias Hull, Thomas Loomis, Mary Tudor, Nicholas Olmstead, John Loomis, Nath. Loomis, Samll Loomis. (Manwaring, Charles W., A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District. Vol. 1, 1650-1663, pp. 135-6.) It is believed that the order in which the children were named in the division of the estate indicates the relative ages of the children. Further, Joseph Loomis, the younger, and John Loomis had land granted to them from the Windsor Plantation in 1643. The other sons acquired no land until several years afterward. The marriages of the sons, as recorded at Windsor, took place in the order of the names mentioned above. i. JOSEPH2 Loomis, b. Eng. c1615; d. Windsor, Conn., 26 Jun 1687; m/1 Windsor 17 Sept 1646 SARAH HILL., who d. 23 Aug 1653; m/2 28 Jun 1659 MARY SHERWOOD, b. c1639, d/o Thomas and Mary (Fitch) Sherwood. ("Some Early Records and Documents of and Relative to the Town of Windsor, Conn., 1639-1703," p. 39.) Inventory of his estate was made 12 Jul 1687 by Henry Wolcott, John Wolcott and John Loomis and amounted to £281.14.08. Children named were Joseph age 38; John 36; Mary 34; Hannah 25; Matthew 23; Stephen 20; James 17; Nathaniel 14; Isaac 9. (Manwaring, Vol. 1, 1677-1687, p. 332.) Children by Sarah: Sarah b. 22 Jul 1647, d. 1654; Joseph b. 15 Jul 1649, d. East Windsor 26 Feb 1715, m/1 Lydia Drake, d/o John, m/2 widow Abigail Birge; John b. 1 Oct 1651, d. Windsor 3 Nov 1732, m/1 Mary (___), m/2 Esther Gillett; Mary b. 3 Aug 1653, living 1687. Children by Mary: Sarah (again) b. 1 Apr 1660, d. inf.; Hannah b. 2 Feb 1662, living 1687; Matthew b 4 Nov 1664, d. 12 Apr 1688, m. Mary Gaylord; Isaac b. 10 Jul 1666, d. young; Stephen b. 1 Sept 1668, d. 1711, m. Esther Colt; James b. 31 Oct 1669, d. Bolton 29 Dec 1750, Mindwell (___); Nathaniel b. 8 Aug 1673, d. East Windsor 1730, m. Elizabeth (___); Isaac (again) b. 28 Oct 1677, d. 17 Mar 1704. ii. SARAH Loomis, b. Eng., c1617; m. 1640 CAPT. NICHOLAS OLMSTEAD of Hartford, s/o James Olmstead and Joyce Cornish of Hartford. He d. 31 Aug 1684. Children (OLDMSTEAD): Sarah b. 1641 m. George Gates (Torrey); Mabel b. 20 Nov 1646, m/1 Daniel Butler, m/2 Michael Taintor (Torrey); Rebecca b. Mar 1648, m. John Bigelow (Torrey); John b. 3 Feb 1650; Joseph; Samuel; Thomas prob. m. Hannah Mix. (Savage sv Nicholas Olmstead.) iii ELIZABETH Loomis, b. Eng. c1619; d. aft 1665; m. Windsor 20 May 1641 JOSIAH HULL of Windsor, d. 16 Nov 1675, s/o George. He was deputy to the General Court 1659, 60, 62. He then removed to Killingworth where he was deputy 1667-74. Children (HULL): Josiah b. Sept 1642; John b. 17 Dec 1644; Elizabeth b. 18 Feb 1647; Mary b. 2 Oct 1648; Martha b. 10 Jun 1650: Joseph b. 10 Aug 1652; Sarah b. 9 Aug 1654; Naomi b. 17 Feb 1657, m. Thomas Burnham; Rebecca b. 10 Aug 1659; George b. 28 Apr 1662, d. soon; Thomas b. 29 May 1655. (Savage & Torrey sv Josiah Hull. NOTE: Savage says Josiah Hull m. Elizabeth, d/o Joseph Bemis, but this is incorrect.) iv MARY Loomis, b. Eng., c1620; d. 19 Aug 1680; m/1 JOHN SKINNER of Hartford, d. 30 Oct 1650; m/2 13 Nov 1651 OWEN TUDOR of Windsor, d. 30 Oct 1690. Children (SKINNER): Mary b. 1 Dec 1637, m. Robert Reeve; Ann b. 1639 m. John Colt; John b. 1641, m. Mary Easton; Joseph b. 1643, m. Mary Filley; Richard b. 1646. Children by Owen Tudor (TUDOR): Samuel (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. 1685 Abigail (Filley) Bissell, wid. of John Bissell; Sarah (twin) b. 5 Dec 1652, m. James Porter; Owen b. 2 Mar 1654, d. unm.; Anne (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657; Jane (twin) b. 16 Oct 1657, m. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield; Mary b. 6 Mar 1661, m/1 John Orton, m/2 John Judson. (Manwaring, Vol. I, 1687-1695, p. 513; Savage sv Owen Tudor.) v DEACON JOHN Loomis, b. Eng. c1622; d. Windsor 1 Sept 1688; m. 3 Feb 1648/9 ELIZABETH SCOTT, d/o Thomas of Hartford. Children: John b. 9 Nov 1649, m/1 ___; m/2 30 Dec 1696 Sarah (Boltwood) Warner, widow of Isaac Warner and d/o Robert Boltwood; Joseph b. 7 Nov 1651, m. Hannah (___); Thomas b. 3 Dec 1653, m. Sarah White, d/o Daniel of Hatfield, Sarah m/2 John Bissell; Samuel b. 29 Jun 1655, d. young; Daniel b. 16 Jun 1657, m/1 Mary Ellsworth, d/o Josiah, m/2 widow Hannah Drake; James b. 19 Sept 1659, d. young; Timothy b. 27 Jul 1661, m. Rebecca Porter; Nathaniel b. 8 Jul 1663, m. Ruth Porter; David b. 30 May 1665, d. inf.; Samuel (again) b. 12 Aug 1666, m/1 Elizabeth White, d/o Daniel of Hatfield, m/2 widow Elizabeth Church; Isaac b. 31 Aug 1668, d. age 20; Elizabeth b. 8 May 1671, m. John Brown; Mary b. 7 Aug 1673, d. inf. (Savage sv John Loomis; Loomis Genealogy.) vi. THOMAS Loomis, b. Eng., c1624; d. 28 Aug 1689. He was of Windsor and m/1 1 Nov 1653 HANNAH FOX who d. 25 Apr 1662; m/2 1 Jan 1662/3 MARY JUDD, d. 8 Aug 1684, d/o Thomas Judd and Sarah Freeman. He was freeman in 1654, admitted to the church 3 Apr 1663. Children by Hannah: Thomas b. 29 Oct 1654, d. soon; Thomas (again) b. 17 Mar 1656, Hannah Porter; Hannah b. 8 Feb 1657/8, m. William Judd; Mary b. 16 Jan 1659/60, m. Michael Taintor of Branford. Children by Mary: Elizabeth b. 21 Jan 1663/4. living 1690; Ruth b. 16 Oct 1665, m. Joseph Colt; Sarah b. 1 Feb 1667/8, m. Wakefield Dibble; Jeremiah b. 3 Jul 1670, d. age 2; Mabel b. 27 Oct 1672, living 1690; Mindwell b. 6 Aug 1676, living 1690; Benjamin b. 20 May 1679, living 1690. (Savage sv Thomas Loomis; Loomis Genealogy.) vii. NATHANIEL Loomis. b. Eng., c1626; d. 19 Aug 1688; will dated 17 Aug 1688; m. 24 Nov 1654 ELIZABETH MOORE, d/o John; she m/2 John Case, and she d. 23 Jul 1728, aged 90. Children: Elizabeth b. 7 Aug 1655, m. John Lee; Nathaniel b. 20 Mar 1657, m. Elizabeth Ellsworth, d/o Josiah; Abigail b. 27 Mar 1659, m. Josiah Barber of Simsbury; Josiah b. 17 Feb 1661, m. Mary Rockwell; Jonathan b. 30 Mar 1664, m. ___; David b. 11 Jan 1668, m. Lydia Marsh; Hezekiah b. 21 Feb 1669, m. Mary Porter; Moses b. 15 May 1671, m. Joanna Gibbs; Mindwell b. 20 Jul 1673, Jonathan Brown; Ebenezer b. 22 Mar 1675, m. Jemima Whitcomb; Mary b. 5 Jan 1680, m. Joseph Barber; Rebecca b. 10 Dec 1682, m. Josiah Rockwell. (Savage sv Nathaniel Loomis, Hezekiah Loomis.) viii SAMUEL Loomis, b. Eng. c1628; m. ELIZABETH JUDD. (William Richard Cutter, New England Family History, p. 985; (Elias Loomis, Desc. of Joseph Loomis)" 13. The book "Emerson-Benson Saga …," by Edmund K. Swigart (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1994), pp. 351-53: "JOSEPH1 LOOMIS (JOHNA LUMACE, JOHNB LUMMYS, THOMASC) was born by 1590, perhaps in Braintree, county Lincoln, England, and died 25 November 1658 at Windsor, CT. He was the son of JOHNA LUMACE, a tailor of Thaxted and Braintree and AGNESA LINGWOOD and JANE MARLAN?, daughter of WILLIAMB and MARGARETA (PERYE) MARLAN? of Braintree. He was also the grandson of JOHNB LUMMYS, a carpenter of Thaxted, and Kryster [sic: Krysten] (Christian (___). JOSEPH1 married 30 June 1616 at Messing, county Essex, England, MARY1 WHITE, daughter of ROBERTA, a wealthy yeoman, and BRIDGETA (ALLGAR) WHITE of Shalford, county Essex. MARY1 was baptized 24 August 1590 at Shalford and died 23 August 1652 at Windsor. MARY1's younger sister, ANNA1, married ancestor JOHN1 PORTER. United States President Ulysses Simpson Grant (18th Chief Executive), Stephen Grover Cleveland (22nd and 24th), and Gerald Rudolph Ford, (38th), were descendants of MARY1's parents and Millard Fillmore (13th President), of her and her parents. JOSEPH1 was a woolen draper, He and his wife lived in Braintree until 1628. They moved to London and from there sailed with their eight children 11 April 1638 aboard the "Susan and Ellen", the same ship that ancestor Rev. PETER1 BULKELEY had taken in 1635. The LOOMIS family arrived in Boston 11 July 1638, they may have spent their first year in Dorchester, MA, but moved by land in the summer of 1639 to Windsor, CT, "Probably in the company of Reverend Ephraim Huet who arrived there August 17, 1639" (ref. 3). "On 2 Feb. 1640 he had granted to him 21 acres on the west side of the Connecticut River adjoining the Farmington River" (ref. 6). JOSEPH1 continued to acquire land and served on juries in 1642 and in 1644 with Nathaniel1 Foote, brother of ancestor MARYA FOOTE. "On 6 January 1650, he was sued by" [ancestor WILLIAM1 BUELL] "for trespass and for damage to the extent of seven bushels of corn; one may infer that his stock got away from him" (ref. 3). JOSEPH1 apparently left no will. His estate was valued at 178 pounds 10 shillings, with "a 'debt in England'" (ref. 3) of 12 pounds 14 shillings 6 pence against it. On December 1658, his wife having predeceased him, his five sons and three daughters (two represented by their husbands) signed an agreement in place of a will to divide JOSEPH's estate equitably among them. The children of JOSEPH1 and MARY1 (WHITE) LOOMIS, all probably born in Braintree, county Lancaster, England, and probably not all listed in the correct order of birth, were. I Joseph2, b. 1615, ca. 1616; d. 26 Jun 1687 at Windsor, CT; m. 1/wf 17 Sep 1646, Sarah2 Hill 2/wf 28 Jun 1659, Mary Sherwood. II Sarah2, b. ca. 1617-8?; d. 1667, 1687, perh. at Hartford, CT; m. by 28 Sep 1640, Nicholas Olmstead. III. ELIZABETH2, b. ca. 1620?; d. aft. 1665, prob. of Killingworth, CT; m by 20 May 1640-1 at Windsor, CT, JOSIAH2 HULL (see HULL). IV Mary2, b. 1620?; d. 19 Aug. 1680, prob. at Windsor, CT: m. 1/hs by 1637-8, by 1633, John Skinner, m. 2/hs 13 Nov 1651, prob. at Windsor, Owen Tudor. V John2, b. ca. 1622?, 1620; d. 2 Sep 1688 at Windsor, CT; m. 3, 6? Feb 1648-9 Elizabeth2 Scott (Thomas1). VI Thomas2, b. ca. 1624?; 2 Aug 1689, prob. at Windsor, CT; m. 1/wf 1 Nov 1653 Hannah Fox/Fowkes who d. 1662, prob. at Windsor; m. 2/wf 1 Jan 1562-3, Mary2 Judd (Thomas1). VII Nathaniel2, b. ca 1626?; d. 19 Aug 1688, prob. at Windsor, CT; m. as 1/hs 24 Nov 1653-4, Elizabeth2 Moore (John1) who m. 2/hs aft. 3 Nov 1991, John Case. VIII Samuel2, b. 1628?; d. 1 Oct 1689, prob. at Westfield, MA; m. 27, 29? Dec 1653, Elizabeth2 Judd (Thomas1), sis. of Mary2 who m. Samuel2's older? bro., Thomas2 as 2/wf. REFERENCES 1) Brainerd, Dwight, "Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd," [Portland, ME, Anthoensen Press, 1948], [hereinafter Brainerd, D.], 301-2. 2) Colket, M. B., op. cit., 196. 3) Ferris, M. W., op. cit., Dawes-Gates, II:453-62; 567-72. 4) Parke, N. G., op. cit., 78. 5) Pierce, R. Andrew, personal correspondence, research and material on the Hull and Loomis lines, 25 May 1993, MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT. 6) Pitman, H. M., op. cit., 391-2, 396. 7) Roberts, G. B., op cit., 182. 8) Roberts, Gary B., review of the Emerson-Benson ancestral lines and material on the Lingwood, Loomis and White lines, NEHGS Library, Boston, MA, 19 May 1993 with Swigart, E. K., MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT. 9) Savage, J., op. cit. II:494; III:112-3. 10) Torrey, C. A., op. cit., 139, 401, 472, 545, 677, 757." CHRISTENING: 1. The christening, marriage, and burial registers for Braintree no longer exist prior to 1660. They were destroyed by a sexton who used pages to start fires. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per family group sheet archive record submitted by Hazel May Beckstead, 4729 N. Walnut Grove, Rosemead, Calif.. References: "Gen. Biog. Rec. New London Co., Conn. Stiles Fam. Hist. p. 28, His. Hudson Mohawk Valley N.Y. p 725, vol 2 Vitals Boxford, Mass. pp. 94, 95, History of Ancient Windsor Conn. vol II Loomis Gen." 2. Per 9 Feb 2002 email of Ellen Baker | Loomis, Samuel (I2367)
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| 5163 | 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. The following may be the same John subject to verification of birthdate. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": "___ Gillet, d. 20 Aug 1783, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: __, s. Thomas and Mary, Aug. 20, 1783, a. 9 d. G.R.1. Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. I don't see the name John in the record. | Gillett, John (I2605)
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| 5164 | 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. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 5:49-64. These pages have a five generation descendency listing of all the descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Mary Dolbair. I only transcribe my own descendency line which is the seventh child: "7 John Gillett- b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber (emigrant). She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. John d. 1682. Windsor p. 50 says Mary Barber bpt. 12 Oct. 1651, m. ___ Hale. res: Suffield. (Gillett-19) 7.1 Thomas Gillett- b. 7 Jan. 1671, Windsor. d. by 1676 7.2 John Gillett Jr.- b. 6 Aug. 1673, Windsor. d. 4 July 1699, Windsor, unmarr. 7.3 Thomas Gillett- b. 18 July 1676 (Gillett p. 19 says 31 May 1678), Windsor. m. (1) Martha Mills. She d. without children. m. (2) Hannah Clark, 26 Feb. 1704 (1686-1709) Windsor, dau. of John Clark & Mary Crow (D. Clark-34). He d. 11 June 1708. Children of Thomas Gillett & Hannah Clark (2) (NER 101:285)… 7.4 Samuel Gillett- b. 16 Feb. 1677/8, Windsor. m. Rebecca Bancroft, 22 Jan. 1701/2, Suffield, dau. of Thomas Bancroft. She was b. 1680. He d. 1739, Grnaville, Mass. (Gillett-23) Children of Samuel Gillett & Rebecca Bancroft (NER 101:286). 7.4.1 Samuel Gillett, Jr.- b. 13 Sept. 1702, Suffield. m. Anna Pierce, 13 Apr. 1727. He d. Granville, Mass. 7.4.2 John Gillett- b. 13 Jan. 1704/5, Suffield. 7.4.3 Nathaniel Gillett- b. 10 May 1707, Suffield. m. Phebe ___. Children of Nathaniel Gillett & Phebe ___. (NER 101:286)… 7.4.4 Hannah Gillett- b. 19 June 1709, Suffield. m. Joseph Kent, 26 Feb. 1728/9, Suffield (b. 1710), s. of John Kent & Abigail Winchell of Suffield. He m. (2) Elizabeth Palmer, 1748. Hannah d. 2 Nov. 1746, Suffield. Six children. 7.4.5 Thomas Gillett- b. 16 Apr. 1711, Suffield. m. Elizabeth Barlow, 2 June 1744 (1719-1806). He d. 10 Apr. 1791, Granville, Mass. (Gillett-1955, 23, 34, 48) Children of Thomas Gillett & Elizabeth Barlow. (Gillett-23) [Note: The author lists only one child, which is of course very incomplete.] 7.4.5.1 Zadoc Gillett- b. 12 Aug. 1753, m. wid. Rebecca Tyron (1758-1840). He d. 14 Mar. 1816, Granville, Mass. Two children (1781-1784). She d. Shesequin, Bradford Co., Pa. (Gillett-34) 7.4.6 Gardner Gillett- b. 23 June 1715, Suffield. m. Mary Rowe, 27 Jan. 1740/1. Res: Dutchess Co., N.Y. 7.4.7 Rebecca Gillett- b. 21 Sept. 1718, Suffield. 7.5 Nathaniel Gillett- b. 3 Oct. 1680, Windsor. (Windsor-290) 7.6 Benjamin Gillett- b. 1680, Windsor. m. Elizabeth Austin, 6 Sept. 1705 (1684-1752), dau. of Capt. Anthony & Esther Austin. (Gillett-21) (Benjamin's b. 3 Oct. 1680 in Gillett-22) Children of Benjamin Gillett & Elizabeth Austin (Gillett-21)… 7.7 Mercy Gillett- b. 21 Jan. 1682, m. Jacob Adams, Jr. (1681-1736), s. of Jacob Adams & Anne Allen and gr. s. of Robert & Elinor Adams of Newberry, Mass. Res: Suffield, Conn. Children of Mercy Gillett & Jacob Adams, Jr. (NER 101:47)…" DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Thomas Gillet, d. 3 Jan 1806, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Gillet, Elizabeth, wid. Thomas, 3 Jan 1806, in 88th y., G.R.1. (old age, 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 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. | Barlow, Elizabeth (I1834)
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| 5165 | 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. There is another Zilpah who died 4 years earlier per the following - any relationship? Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Zilpah Gillet, d. 1753, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Zilpah Gillet, - , 1753, a. 2 d., P.R.6.. Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. BIRTH: 1. Online Ordinance Index has extracted record per FHL film 185381, batch C500841: "Zilpha Gillitt, b. 22 Jan 1757 at Granville to Thomase and Elisebeth Gillett." | Gillett, Zilpha (I2273)
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| 5166 | 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. Thomas and Anna had five children (John, Ebenezer, Margaret, Sarah, and Anna) all born between 1691 and 1697 in Springfield. 3. From Worldconnect 24 Feb 2008 database "burgess_kimes" of Susan 4. From Worldconnect 24 Feb 2008 database "linda50" of Linda "Took the Oath of Allegiance at Springfield in 1678, is described as a "wild" youth; he was presented to a jury 9-26-1682 for hunting at Quabag (Brookfield) on the Lord's Day. On 8-19-1688 he was sent by Col. Pynchon as a soldier to Quabaug; and 9-21-1688 he was sent again to help build a fort there. He removed to Brookfield in 1691 and in Sept. was appointed Constable. He took an active part in furthering settlement of the place, and his name appears on numerous petitions to the general court. He returned with his young family to Springfield in 1696/97 where he died. He had 8 children. Vital Records (Source: Title: VR of Springfield, MA. Publication: NEHGS CD): Thomas Gilbert Sonne of Thomas Gilbert Borne the 15 day of the 1 mon: 1658 Thomas Gilbert and Abilene Marshfield were married Aug: 4th: 1680. Samuel the son of Thomas & Abilene Gilbert was borne Septr 4: 1683. Sarah the daughter of Thomas & Abilene Gilbert was borne. Sept: 11. 1685: Thomas & Abilene Gilbert had another daughter dead borne: Sept: 12: 1685: Jonathan the son of Thomas & Abilene Gilbert, was borne. Novem: 4th 1686: John the son of Thomas & Abilene Gilbert was borne. Febr: 28: 1687: Sarah the daughter of Thomas & Abilene Gilbert was Sicke & died octo: 14. 1685 Thomas Gilbert, son of Thomas and Catherine, married Abilene Marshfield, August 4, 1680. He was before the court for going fishing on Sunday with Marshfield's Indian servant, Tobey. His wife died November 26, 1689, and he married Anna Bancroft, daughter of Thomas, April 9, 1690. Thomas Gilbert died May 14, 1698, and his widow married James Sexton of Westfield. His children by the first wife were: - Thomas, b. November 3, 1681. Samuel, b. September 4, 1683. Sarah, b. September 11, 1685, d. October 14, 1685. Jonathan, b. November 4, 1686. John, b. February 28, 1687. Children by Second Wife. John, b. March 16, 1691. Ebenezer, b. ___, d. January 4, 1691. Margaret, b. March 27, 1693, and went to Brookfield. Sarah, b. January 18, 1694. Anna, b. February 16, 1696, m. Joseph Segar." MARRIAGE: 1. Married first to Abilene Marshfield 5 Aug 1680 in Springfield with whom he several children. She died 26 Nov 1689 in Springfield. | Gilbert, Thomas (I2494)
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| 5167 | 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. Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1829.htm: A. "Deacon Selah Talmadge was born 28 Dec 1788 in Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut. He died 6 Oct 1859 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts. Selah married Laura Gillette on 13 Feb 1814 in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts. Parents are John Talmadge, b. 8 Mar 1755 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut and Lucretia Moulthrop, b. 1756 in East Haven, New Haven. Laura Gillette was born 4 Aug 1791 in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts. She died 28 Nov 1845 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts. Laura married Deacon Selah Talmadge on 13 Feb 1814 in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts. They had the following children: Thomas Talmadge was born 20 Jan 1815 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts. Sylvanus Talmadge was born 11 Apr 1818 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts. He died 25 May 1854 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts. Nelson Talmadge was born 26 May 1820 and died 24 Nov 1856. Philura Talmadge was born 27 Oct 1822 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts. Mary Talmadge was born 24 Feb 1825 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts. John Talmadge was born 30 Oct 1830 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts. He died 16 Oct 1852 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts. Selah W. Talmadge was born 28 Apr 1833 in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts." B. Site gives the following references: a. Talmadge, Arthur White, "The Talmadge, Tallmadge and Talmage Genealogy," (New York: Grafton Press, 1909. FHL US/CAN Film #1,321,029 Item 2.), p. 104, Family History Library. b. "Congregational Church Records, Southwick, Massachusetts, 1773-1895," FHL US/CAN Film #234,575 Item 1, p. 68, Family History Library. c. Church Records, Southwick, MA, p. 68. | Gillett, Laura (I1368)
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| 5168 | 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. BIRTH: 1. 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": Zorviar Gillet, d. 19 Apr 1783, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Zorviar, d. Thomas and Elizabeth, Apr. 19, 1783, a. 36, G.R.1. (Zediah, P.R.6.). Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. BURIAL: 1. Tombstone calls her out as "ZORVIAR" and clearly as the dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Gillett. She was not a male even though some of the birth records are conflicted on the gender -- some saying male, others female, and others unknown. See image of tombstone on Findagrave attached to Family Search. | Gillett, Zorviar (I2269)
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| 5169 | 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. BIRTH: 1. Online Ordinance Index has extracted record per FHL film 185381, batch C500841: "Frederick Gillet, b. 3 Apr 1744 at Granville to Thomas and Mary Gillet." DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Frederic Gillet, d. 15 Nov 1832, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Fredric, Nov. 15, 1832, a. 58, G.R.2. (Frederic, P.R.6.). Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. | Gillett, Frederick (I1369)
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| 5170 | 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. BIRTH: 1. Online Ordinance Index has extracted record per FHL film 185381, batch C500841: "George Gillet, b. 1 Sep 1781 at Granville to Thomas Gillet." MARRIAGE: 1. George and his wife, Huldah, published an intention to marry, 12 Sep 1805. "Vital Records of Granville" state: "Huldah Ensign of Hartland, Conn. and George Gillet, int. Sept. 12, 1805." 2. The book "History of Hartland, the 69th Town in the Colony of Connecticut," comp. by Stanley A. Ransom, 1961, CT. Hist. Soc., p. 186, gives "marriages celebrated in West Hartland as they appear in the records of the Second Ecclesiastical Society and Second Congregational Church of Hartland (West) Conncecticut: "10-2-1805: George Gillett of Granville and Huldah Ensign of Hartland." 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: George, July 20, 1817, in 36th y, G.R.1. (suddenly, a. 36, P.R.6.). Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. | Gillett, George (I1373)
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| 5171 | 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. BIRTH: 1. Undocumented from 22 May 2007 Worldconnect database ":310855" of Arden Berckle MARRIAGE: 1. George and his wife, Huldah, published an intention to marry, 12 Sep 1805. "Vital Records of Granville" state: "Huldah Ensign of Hartland, Conn. and George Gillet, int. Sept. 12, 1805." 2. The book "History of Hartland, the 69th Town in the Colony of Connecticut," comp. by Stanley A. Ransom, 1961, CT. Hist. Soc., p. 186, gives "marriages celebrated in West Hartland as they appear in the records of the Second Ecclesiastical Society and Second Congregational Church of Hartland (West) Conncecticut: "10-2-1805: George Gillett of Granville and Huldah Ensign of Hartland." DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Huldah Gillet, d. 22 Apr 1829, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Huldah, w. George, Apr. 22, 1829, a. 50, G.R.1. (wid. George, P.R.6.). Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. | Ensign, Huldah (I1421)
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| 5172 | 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. BIRTH: Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Birth Records" sourced from "Granville Vital Records" with parents Thomas and Elsebeth Gillet: Samuel, b. 8 Mar 1750. Note this is less than 9 months since the birth of the previous child. Possibly born prematurely? DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Samuel Gillet, d. 27 May 1750 and was buried in Granville. "Child of Thomas and Elsebeth (Barlo)." | Gillett, Samuel (I1363)
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| 5173 | 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. DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": James 3d Barlow, d. 3 Jan 1778, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: James 3d, Jan. 3, 1778, a. 56, in Suffield [Conn.] P.R.1. Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. 2. James and Elizabeth Barlow had a daughter named Lydia Barlow who was born 31 Mar 1777 in Granville. Apparently James died within a year of this birth. | Barlow, James (I2439)
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| 5174 | 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. DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Margaret Barlow, d. 20 Oct 1791, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Margaret, w. Nathan, Oct. 20, 1791, in 52d y., G.R.1. (Margaret [Purchase], second w. Nathan, P.R.1.). Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. | Purchase, Margaret (I2285)
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| 5175 | 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. DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Martha Barlow, d. 14 Apr 1765, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Martha, w. nathan, Apr. 14, 1765, a. 42 (in 42d y., G.R.1. Martha (Gates) Barlow, Apr. 17, a. 42, P.R.1. Barlow, Apr 14, a. 42, P.R.6.) Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. | Gates, Martha (I2446)
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| 5176 | 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. DEATH: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Mary Seward, d. 10 Nov 1775, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Mary, w. of Ebenezer, Nov. 10, 1775. Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. | Barlow, Mary (I2437)
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| 5177 | 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. 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. See Phineas' notes for more on his two other wives. | Gillett, Sarah (I2275)
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| 5178 | 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. | Barlow, Nathan (I2284)
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| 5179 | 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. Alternate name is Elsebeth. 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 MARRIAGE: 1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Marriage Records": Moses Allen (See Alling) and Elisebeth Gillet, m. 12 May 1761 in Granville, intention not recorded. Source: "Vital Records of Granville." | Gillett, Elizabeth (I1320)
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| 5180 | 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, p. 2 of 5: Zadok Gillet, males: 1(16+), 3(under 16): females: 2. 1810 US: Granville, Hampshire, Massachusetts, p. 2 of 5: Zadock Gillet, males 1(45+); females 1(16-26), 1(26-45) 3. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, p. 48: "Zadoc Gillet, (Son of Thomas, gson of Samuel, ggson of John, gggson of Jonathan) b. 12 Aug 1753; d. 14 Mar 1816, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Barlow) Gillet [error]; m. Rebecca Tyron [s/b Tryon]. Children: Warren Gillet, b. Granville, Mass., 12 May 1784; m. Jul 1809, to Martha Ensley of New Jersey, b. 22 Feb 1781; d. 4 Aug 1855. Zodoc Gillet, b. Granville, Mass., 27 Dec 1781; m. in New York State ___ (?); d. in New Albany township, Bradford Co., PA. Auth.: Heverly's 'History of Sheshequin;' Heverly's 'Pioneers and Patriotic Families,' Bradford Co., Pa., vol. II; Mrs. Eva A. Thomas, Owego, Tioga Co., NY." 4. Partial biography of two of the three children of Zadock and Rebecca from Worldconnect database "chan83" of Cheryl ___ A. "Warren Gillett, a native of Granville, Mass, and a brother of Dr. Zadoc Gillett, joined his brother in the new settlement in 1819. He made the following record of his removal: "October 1, 1819, this day moved with my family into the town of Sheshequin after a tiresome journey of 250 miles from the town of Granville, in Massachusetts, and settled on the highlands in the 35th year of my age. W. Gillett." Mr. Gillett had received an excellent education, and for eight years taught school in the city of New York. He returned to Massachusetts to care for his aged parents, and after the death of his father the old farm was sold to furnish means to purchase "cheap, rich lands in the new country of the West." His aged mother, Rebecca, came to Sheshequin with him. He purchased an improvement and settled on the place now including the farms of his son, Rosseter, and granddaughter, Mrs. Horace Horton. Here he lived and toiled till the close of his life. He also taught school after coming to Sheshequin. Mr. Gillett was born May 12, 1784; married July 29, 1809, to Martha Ensley of New Jersey; died September 29, 1840. Martha, his wife, was born February 22, 1781; died August 4, 1855. Their children were: Lewis Bachus, Warren Ensley, Martha Emaline, Darwin Tyron and Rosseter. Lewis B., born May 12, 1812, in New York City; married Jemima daughter of Caleb Shores; lived on the farm now occupied by his sons, Bird and Burton; died December 17, 1893. W. Ensley, born July 8, 1814, in Massachusetts; married Sarah E., daughter of Elijah Townsend of Rome; occupied a part of the homestead farm; died September 9, 1897. Martha E., born January 14, 1817, in Massachusetts; married Hiram Saunders of Waverly, N.Y.; died August 16, 1848. Darwin T., born August 15, 1821, in Sheshequin; married Viana, daughter of Jeremiah Kilmer; lived on the farm now occupied by his son, Allen; died March 22, 1882. Rosseter, born February 20, 1826, in Sheshequin; married Mary A., daughter of Elijah Townsend, occupies a part of the farm on which he was born." B. "Dr. Zadoc Gillett, a native of Granville, Mass., came to Sheshequin in 1815 and located on the Warren Gillett place. He had quite an extensive practice. After some years, he removed to Canada, where during an epidemic of cholera, he lost his wife and several children. He then returned to Sheshequin and practiced for a time, finally removed to Albany township where he died. He was the father of the late Jerome B. Gillett of Hornbrook." 5. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 5:49-64. These pages have a five generation descendency listing of all the descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Mary Dolbair. I only transcribe my own descendency line which is the seventh child: "7 John Gillett- b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber (emigrant). She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. John d. 1682. Windsor p. 50 says Mary Barber bpt. 12 Oct. 1651, m. ___ Hale. res: Suffield. (Gillett-19) 7.1 Thomas Gillett- b. 7 Jan. 1671, Windsor. d. by 1676 7.2 John Gillett Jr.- b. 6 Aug. 1673, Windsor. d. 4 July 1699, Windsor, unmarr. 7.3 Thomas Gillett- b. 18 July 1676 (Gillett p. 19 says 31 May 1678), Windsor. m. (1) Martha Mills. She d. without children. m. (2) Hannah Clark, 26 Feb. 1704 (1686-1709) Windsor, dau. of John Clark & Mary Crow (D. Clark-34). He d. 11 June 1708. Children of Thomas Gillett & Hannah Clark (2) (NER 101:285)… 7.4 Samuel Gillett- b. 16 Feb. 1677/8, Windsor. m. Rebecca Bancroft, 22 Jan. 1701/2, Suffield, dau. of Thomas Bancroft. She was b. 1680. He d. 1739, Grnaville, Mass. (Gillett-23) Children of Samuel Gillett & Rebecca Bancroft (NER 101:286). 7.4.1 Samuel Gillett, Jr.- b. 13 Sept. 1702, Suffield. m. Anna Pierce, 13 Apr. 1727. He d. Granville, Mass. 7.4.2 John Gillett- b. 13 Jan. 1704/5, Suffield. 7.4.3 Nathaniel Gillett- b. 10 May 1707, Suffield. m. Phebe ___. Children of Nathaniel Gillett & Phebe ___. (NER 101:286)… 7.4.4 Hannah Gillett- b. 19 June 1709, Suffield. m. Joseph Kent, 26 Feb. 1728/9, Suffield (b. 1710), s. of John Kent & Abigail Winchell of Suffield. He m. (2) Elizabeth Palmer, 1748. Hannah d. 2 Nov. 1746, Suffield. Six children. 7.4.5 Thomas Gillett- b. 16 Apr. 1711, Suffield. m. Elizabeth Barlow, 2 June 1744 (1719-1806). He d. 10 Apr. 1791, Granville, Mass. (Gillett-1955, 23, 34, 48) Children of Thomas Gillett & Elizabeth Barlow. (Gillett-23) [Note: The author lists only one child, which is of course very incomplete.] 7.4.5.1 Zadoc Gillett- b. 12 Aug. 1753, m. wid. Rebecca Tyron (1758-1840). He d. 14 Mar. 1816, Granville, Mass. Two children (1781-1784). She d. Shesequin, Bradford Co., Pa. (Gillett-34) 7.4.6 Gardner Gillett- b. 23 June 1715, Suffield. m. Mary Rowe, 27 Jan. 1740/1. Res: Dutchess Co., N.Y. 7.4.7 Rebecca Gillett- b. 21 Sept. 1718, Suffield. 7.5 Nathaniel Gillett- b. 3 Oct. 1680, Windsor. (Windsor-290) 7.6 Benjamin Gillett- b. 1680, Windsor. m. Elizabeth Austin, 6 Sept. 1705 (1684-1752), dau. of Capt. Anthony & Esther Austin. (Gillett-21) (Benjamin's b. 3 Oct. 1680 in Gillett-22) Children of Benjamin Gillett & Elizabeth Austin (Gillett-21)… 7.7 Mercy Gillett- b. 21 Jan. 1682, m. Jacob Adams, Jr. (1681-1736), s. of Jacob Adams & Anne Allen and gr. s. of Robert & Elinor Adams of Newberry, Mass. Res: Suffield, Conn. Children of Mercy Gillett & Jacob Adams, Jr. (NER 101:47)…" 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": Zadock Gillet, d. 14 Mar 1816, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Zadock, Mar. 14, 1861, a. 61, P.R.6. Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet, 1572-1800"; Collection entitled, "Genealogy and Local History," by University Microfilming, Inc. of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Microfiche no. G-1135; Public Library call no. GEN-R 929.3. | Gillett, Zadock (I2272)
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| 5181 | 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: Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, p. 7 of 32, 31 Jul 1850, house 66, family 71: Isaac H. Hudson, 26, farmer, $500, NY. Marrilla Hudson, 36, NY. Thomas Gillett, 78, Mass. Abigail Gillett, 76, Mass. BIRTH: 1. Online Ordinance Index has extracted record per FHL film 185381, batch C500841: "Thomas Gillet, b. 22 Feb 1773 at Granville to Thomas and Mary Gillet." | Gillett, Thomas (I1364)
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| 5182 | 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. BIRTH: 1. Online Ordinance Index has extracted record per FHL film 185381, batch C500841: "Fradrick Gillet, b. 22 Jun 1761 at Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts to Thomose and Elizebeth Gillet." | Gillett, Frederick (I2274)
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| 5183 | 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. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.] 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 677: "George Sexton (Saxton), of Windsor and Westfield, was a contemporary of Richard of Windsor, and probably his brother. That he was not a son, appears from the setttlement of the widow of Richard. - 'Gen Ct. Rec.' The earliest mention thus far found of him is in 'Rec. of Deeds' (i. 33) at Springfield, Mass., in a deed from Thomas Cowper to George Sexton, 'now resident at Windsor,' of lands at Warrnoke river, 10 Jun 1663. On the 'Windsor Records' is the following: 'John, the son of George Sexton, was born at Windsor, 26 May 1673.' The date of George Sexton's removal to Westfield, Mass., appears from the following entry in 'Springfield Records': 'Jonathan Alford, aged 70, and John Fowler, aged 67, say that Ambrose Fowler and George Sexton, formerly of Westfield, now deceased, were possessed of land there above 46 years ago,' etc., dated 10 Jan 1717, which places the date of his removal at about 1671. By a deed recorded at Springfield (Vol. II, 73), George and Catherine Sexton convey land in Westfield to their sons Joseph and Benjamin, in consideration of the sum of ₤160, dated 25 Jan 1687/8, and by an instrument signed by George Sexton, Jr. 'sometime of Westfield, but now of Newtown, on Long Island, son and heire to George Sexton of Westfield, lately deceased, consenting to the before mentioned writing made by my honored father' to my brothers Joseph and Benjamin, and dated 31 Oct 1690, it appears that George Sexton, Sen'r, died between 1688 and 1690. Children: A. George. B. Joseph, b. 1666. C. Benjamin. D. Daniel, b. 9 Dec 1680, Sarah Bancroft. E. John, b. 26 May 1673. F. James, m. (1) Hannah Fowler; (2) Annah Gilbert. [Kerry's note: This is Anna Bancroft who was married first to Gilbert.] G. Gershom." BIRTH: 1. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 18, pp. 143-147, "Springfield Records" has the following birth records. Being that the Gregorian calendar was existant at this time, the order of months may have begun with April as the first month. The dates traditionally used for the Bancrofts appear to be based on the modern calendar with January as the first month. The Springfield record keeper switches to the names of month in May 1662, however, the month directly before is recorded as the first month which would mean that April was indeed the first month. I indicate in parantheses the modern date for births prior to 1662. Also at this early date, Enfield was part of Springfield, Massachusetts even though today it is part of Connecticut: "Liddia Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 6 day of ye 2 mon. 1655." [6 May 1655] "Margritt Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 16 day of ye 8 mon. 1656." [16 Nov 1656] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 1 of the 7 mon. 1658." [1 Oct 1658] "Thomas Bancraft s. of Thomas Bancraft borne the 21 day of ye 11 mon. 1659." [21 Feb 1660] "Anna Bancraft d. of Thomas Bancraft borne ye 5 May 1663." "Samuell Bancroft s. of C**** & Margaret Bancroft borne Jan 1667." [The entry before is 23 Jan 1667.] [Note this entry was corrected in a later volume to "s. of Tho___{torn}"] | Bancroft, Anna (I2488)
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| 5184 | 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. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.] 3. 1 Jan 2008 Worldconnect database ":252229" of Douglas Huggett "Nathaniel,the son of Thomas, was born 24 October 1683 in Enfield, Connecticut (Freshwater Brook, Springfield, Massachusetts, at that time.) He was a resident of Springfield in 1708, and West Springfield, Massachusetts. He was mentioned in his father, Thomas' will in 1684, and at the settlement of the estate in 1703-1704. He married Ruth Haile (daughter of Gershome and Ann (Hale) Haile; intention recorded 20 November 1708. There is a quaint record at Springfield that reads 'November 20, 1708, Nathaniel Bancroft doth enter his intention of his marriage with Ruth Haile, both of Springfield and their publishment was posted the same day.' Nathaniel Bancroft and his wife Ruth of Springfield sold 3 parcels of land in Enfield, adjoining that of Thomas Bancroft, to Israel Phelps, December 1714. He resided at West Springfield briefly, where the births of part of his children are recorded. November 1, 1728, father in law Gershome Haile, sold to Nathaniel Bancroft of Springfield, 4 acres of land west of the Connecticut River and south of the Agawam River. Will recorded at Northampton, Massachusetts is dated 3 December 1752, that was probably probated 20 January, 1753, thus fixing the date of death about Christmas time. This fixes his death between these two dates. Ruth, the widow, joined the church in 1753 and was living in 1753." 4. Author: Jacobus, Donald Lines and Edgar Francis Waterman: "Hale, House and Related Families," Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1978, p. 263: "Children of Gershom and Ann (Vinton) Hale, the first five born at Concord, Mass.: A. Dorothy, b. 9 Mar 1673/4. B. john, b. 24 mar 1675/6; d. 4 Apr 1761. C. Dorcas, b. 14 Apr 1679; d. 28 Jan 1769, age 89 (gravestone, West Haven); m. at Springfield, 22 Jan 1702, Obadiah Cooley, b. 1 Aug 1678, d. 6 Oct 1764 (gravestone), son of Obadiah and Rebecca (Williams) Cooley. D. Ann (Hannah), b. 5 Jan 1681/2; d. 13 Mar 1724, age 43 (gravestone, West Haven); m. at New Haven, Conn., 30 Dec 1702, Joseph Smith, b. at New Haven... E. Gershom, b. 5 Feb 1684/5; d. 1777. F. Ruth, b. at Stow, Mass., 19 Dec 1687; m. at Springfield (intention, 20 Nov 1708, Nathaniel Bancroft, b. at Enfield, 24 Oct 1683, d. at Springfield, between 3 Dec 1752 and 20 Jan 1753, son of Thomas and Hannah (?Gardner) Bancroft. G. Susannah, b. abt. 1693; d. at West Haven, Conn., 21 Feb 1776, age 84; m. at New Haven, 25 Feb 1719/20, Stephen Beecher, b. at New Haven, 10 Mar 1695, d. at West Haven, in 1750, son of Eleazer and Phebe (Prindle) Beecher... H. Samuel, b. abt. 1695; d. after 2 Feb 1752. I. Benjamin, b. 17 Aug 1698; d. at Suffield, Conn., 21 Jul 1769..." | Bancroft, Nathaniel (I2195)
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| 5185 | 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. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. 2. It is very important to note that there were two Thomas Bancrofts early in New England. These Thomases our generally confused by most individuals copying others and then posting their "research" on the Internet. A lot of the confusion is also shown in published secondary sources. Our Thomas ended up in Connecticut and was married to Margaret Wright and Hannah Gardner. He was the son of John Bancroft the emigrant and his wife (named Jane but not proven). He should not be confused with the Thomas Bancroft who came to America in 1640. Both Thomases are documented and they did not cross paths nor share the same father. Our Thomas died and was buried in Enfield, CT 14 Dec 1684. The other Thomas is currently presumed to be a possible descendant of Ralph Bancroft of England who is in turn presumed to be the brother of John Bancroft the Immigrant (making Ralph the uncle of our Thomas and both Thomases as first cousins). The other Thomas is included in my database for clarity. See his notes for more detail, but a quick synopsis shows he married (1) Jan. 31, 1647, at Dedham, Mass., Alice, d. of Michael Bacon, of Ireland. She soon died, leaving one son, Thomas. He m. (2) Sept. 15, 1648, at Dedham, Elizabeth, d. of Michael and Sarah Metcalf, who came from Norwich, England, on account of religious persecution in 1637; she was b. Oct. 4, 1626, d. May 1, 171l. Removed to Reading 1650; was a freeman in 1678. Was a lieutenant. Died at Reading 1650; 'Here Lyeth ye Body of Lieut. Thomas Bancroft, Aged 69 years, Deceased ye 19th of August, 1691'. His tombstone exists in modern Wakefield (previously Reading). 3. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 37(1961): 154-60, "Bancrofts in the Connecticut Valley," by George E. McCracken, F.A.S.G.: "In the middle of the seventeenth century we find living in the towns in the valley of the Connecticut River the following three persons named Bancroft: 1. Anna or Hannah, d. Windsor between 17 Dec. 1684 and 4 Apr. 1694; m. there, 13 May 1647, Sergeant John Griffin, to whom she bore Hannah, Mary, Sarah, John, Thomas, Abigail, Mindwell, Ruth, Ephraim and Nathaniel. 2. John, ferryman, d. Windsor b Aug. 1662; m. there 3 Dec. 1647, Hannah Dupper, who bore to him John, Nathaniel, Ephraim, Hannah and Sarah. 3. Thomas, d. Enfield 14 Dec. 1684; m. (1) 8 Dec. 1653, probably in Springfield, Margaret Wright, mother of Lydia, Margaret, Anna, Thomas, Anna and Samuel; (2) ca. 1668 Hannah, said to have been a Gardner, mother of Samuel, Ruth, Rebecca and Nathaniel. While we lack positive evidence to prove relationship between the three, striking repetitions of the same names among the children of all three, and proximity of time and place, make it seem probable that we have here to deal with a sister and two brothers. A woman named Jane married Thomas Barber at Windsor on 7 Oct. 1640, her surname not being stated in the marriage record set down by no less a person than Matthew Grant. (Here it may be stated parenthetically that in Grant's record there are several instances in which the marriage date for a couple is given but not the bride's surname. I am inclined to believe that the explanation may be that the marriage took place elsewhere, and that Grant's primary concern in learning the date was to show that enough time elapsed before the birth of the first child, a point on which the Puritans were even more sensitive than are we.) The claim was made by Charles Edwin Booth, "One Branch of the Booth Family" (New York 1910), p. 44, that the said Jane had been Jane Bancroft and the widowed mother of the three Bancrofts mentioned above, but no proof is adduced and we have found none. That their mother was, indeed, named Jane had been claimed a little earlier by J. Henry Lea [New England Hist. and Gen. Register, 56:84-87, 196 f.), but he knew nothing of any marriage of Jane to Barber. Now between 1642 and 1654 Thomas and Jane (___) Barber became the parents of John, Thomas, Sarah, Samuel, Mary and Josiah, and it would have been physically possible for a woman who had previously given birth to Anna about 1629 and to John and Thomas within the next ten years, to have become the mother of the six Barber children after that. It involves, however, the conclusion that she had two sons named John and two sons named Thomas living at the same time, which although possible would have been unusual, and until actual evidence is produced that Jane Barber had been previously a Bancroft, we feel unable to accept the claim set forth in the Booth book. If some proof were now found that Jane had been a Bancroft at her marriage to Thomas Barber, it would be more probable that she was a sister to Anna, John and Thomas, than that she was their mother. The article by Mr. Lea, cited above, also assigns, on the authority of Hinman, two other brothers to Anna, namely Samuel and William, but Royal R. Hinman, "A catalogue of the names of the early Puritan settlers of the Colony of Connecticut" (Hartford, 2nd ed., 1852), p. 123, actually fails to assign either Samuel or William as stated, but includes an Ebenezer whom Lea overlooks. On the next page, however, Hinman does mention Samuel and William Bancroft as early at Windsor, but he says nothing more of them and suggests no relationship to anyone. Suffice it to say that neither the present writer nor Mr. Donald L. Jacobus has found evidence for Samuel, William, or Ebenezer, and unless contemporary evidence can be submitted for their existence, we are inclined to dismiss them as fictitious. According to Mr. Lea, all of these children, with the exception, of course, of Ebenezer whom he omits, were those of a John Bancroft with wife Jane, the father a native of Derbyshire. He claims that this couple came early to Boston and removed thence to Lynn where John died, and that Jane, and presumably her children, then migrated to Southampton, Long Island, whence the family once more removed to the valley of the Connecticut where we have found three of them. The evidence from Derbyshire wills is extensively and impressively presented by Mr. Lea. It goes back three generations behind a Thomas Bancroft, yeoman of Swarkston, Derbyshire, who died at Chellaston in the same county, testate, leaving a will dated 13 Dec.1626 and probated 11 Oct. 1627, in which he names Rebecca, eldest son John, second son Ralph, third son Thomas, and daughters Dorothy and Elizabeth, both of them married. The third son Thomas is described as a resident of Bradley, then married and with issue, and his death is dated by Lea in 1658. How much of this comes from the will and how much is deduced from other sources is not quite clear, but the said Thomas the younger is identified as a poet who in 1639 published at London a quarto volume of 86 pages bearing the title of "Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs," containing among other verses the following dedicated to the poet's brother John: "You sold your land the lighter hence to go To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journey toward the New Jerusalem." Passing over the implication that John, had he been willing to go to New England with more encumbrances, might have taken along his land, we must conclude that though he started on the journey, he did not complete it, dying enroute. Mr. Lea, however, is unwilling to accept this plain conclusion and resorts to the use of "poetic license." In his view, John did reach New England but died soon afterwards, hence might be said, in poetry though not in history, never to have arrived. This view is rejected by Meredith B. Colket, Jr. [supra, 17:20-22], and I must confess that I think he is right. Those who maintain that John, brother of the poet Thomas Bancroft, actually arrived in America, would point to evidence printed by John Camden Hotten, "Original Lists," p. 150, and by Charles E. Banks, "Planters of the Commonwealth," p. 98. A John Barcroft [sic] and wife Jane took the oath on 13 April 1632 and came on the Ship "James," Capt. Grant, 5 June 1632, no children being named in the passenger list for them, though some are noted for other families who also crossed in the same boat. In the next year Jane got into serious trouble at Boston. Winthrop notes in his famous Journal on 12 Sept. 1633 that Captain Stone had been found "with Barcrofte's wife ... lying in a bed one night." In Massachusetts Colonial Records 1:108 [Shurtleff] we read under date of 3 Sept. 1633: "Mr Barcrofte (sic) doeth acknowledge to owe vnto or Sovraigne the King the some of xlli & Mr Samil Mauacke (Maveracke) the some of xxl &c. The condicion of this recognizance is that Jane Barcrofte (sic) wife of the said John shall be of good behavr towards all psons. Whether these Barcrofts were also called Bancroft is, of course, problematical, but it should be noted that the three records, the ship list, Winthrop's "Journal," and the court record, are all in harmony in calling them Barcroft, not Bancroft. In any case, no certain trace of the Barcrofts, if such they really were, has been found elsewhere. On the other hand, a man whose brother was capable of publishing a volume of verse some years later may have been of sufficient prestige to be entitled to be called "Mr." even in so unsavory a connection as this. Mr. Lea does identify John Barcroft with the poet's brother and says the couple removed to Lynn in 1632, though they were surely, as we have seen, still in Boston in the fall of 1633. Mr. Lea is forced to conclude that John soon died in Lynn, as he asserts that his widow was given land at Lynn in 1637. The town votes of Lynn are now in the process of publication, but apparently there are none so early as 1637. There is, however, in "Essex County Court Records and Files," 2:270, a distribution of land at Lynn in 1638, and the seventh item among a large number is "widdow Bancraft, 100 acres." This is probably what Lea had to go on. Had this record called her Jane, We should have less hesitation in identifying her with the Jane Barcrofte of the Boston records, but since it did not, it would be well to be cautious. It seems true, however, that a scion of the Derbyshire Bancrofts did come to America, a Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft, born ca. 1625, died at Lynn 19 Aug. 1691, having previously been resident in Dedham and Reading. A lengthy and unsatisfactory account of this man and his descendants was published by John Kermott Allen in the "New England Hist. and Gen. Register" (94:215-224, 311-321; 95:56-69, 109-117, 276-285, 363-383; 96:49-57, 126-137, 284-291, 327-336; 97:65-77, 124-134, 214-220). His eighth child, born at Reading 20 Aug. 1660, died 13 July 1661, was named Ralph, a name which appears several times in the Derbyshire family. The reappearance of the name Ralph suggests that the lieutenant was a member of the Derbyshire family. Mr. Allen promised at the outset to return to the subject of Lieut. Thomas Bancroft's forebears in England but he never did so, perhaps because he never reached any satisfactory conclusion. Another descendant of the lieutenant, G. Andrews Moriarty, Esq., has informed me that he is inclined to believe that the lieutenant was a son of the poet, but that he has never been able to find the proof in English records. Though Mr. Allen says nothing of the poem, he would appear to have identified Lieut. Thomas Bancroft of Lynn as the poet, since he says he may have come with his brother John in 1632; and that Thomas's father died in 1627 and his stepmother in 1639. As to the last date he is following Lea, but Lea calls her his mother, not stepmother. He also quotes a history of Lynn to the effect that Thomas arrived there in 1640. The earliest record found of Thomas at Lynn is dated 1661, though he himself, in a deposition of 1681, says he hired a farm there in 1655. The history of Thomas is at least strange. He married at Dedham in 1647 and again in 1648 and had children recorded at Dedham in 1648-1650 and at Reading in 1653-1670, the twelfth and youngest child being Mary, born 16 May 1670, who is, incidentally, omitted by Mr. Allen though he notes her as unmarried and living in 1691 in connection with the probate of her father. While living at Lynn in Essex county, he served for many years as ensign for Reading which is in Middlesex County, though on modern maps the two places are but nine miles apart. He resigned this post in 1679 as he lived "remote from the said towns." Other errors of Mr. Allen do not affect our argument. To sum up what is certain about Lieut. Thomas Bancroft: he was almost certainly a member of the Derbyshire family described by Lea; he is first recorded at Dedham and Reading before he is recorded at Lynn; and there is a lacuna of seventeen years between the one appearance of the Widow Bancroft at Lynn and the first appearance of Thomas there as a tenant, not land owner. During this period Thomas Bancroft was for the last eight years recorded at Dedham and Reading. It is entirely possible that he was not connected either with the Barcrofts of Boston or the Widow Bancroft of Lynn. As for Mr. Lea's further statement that the Widow Bancroft, and presumably her children, moved to Southampton, Long Island, we are able to say that a Widow Bancroft, this one or another, undeniably owned land at Southampton in or before 1644. George Rogers Howell, "Early History of Southampton, Long Island, New York, with Genealogies" (Albany, 2nd ed., 1887), p. 421, cautiously admits that a Widow Bancroft had a land grant at Southampton in 1644, but thinks she probably never came there at all. In that case, how she came to have the grant is not clear. Mr. Colket, however, subceeded [supra, 17:20-22] in finding a petition of Iohn Stratton and Thomas Talmage Junr "for the quiet and peaceable Inioyment of the lott betwixt them which was formerly graunted Vnto Widow Bancroft," which was there-upon "graunted and consented Vnto by the Generall Court provided that they shall keep, Improve, and possesse the sayd lott in their handes three years after the tyme yt was by the said widdow Bancroft given vnto them" ["Records of the Town of Southampton," 1:34]. The Records of East Hampton [1:24] show that they still possessed the lot on 10 June 1652, and John Stratton's will of 30 Aug. 1684 mentions a parcel of meadow lying with Capt. Talmage undivided. Mr. Colket concludes that this appears to indicate that Stratton and Talmage had obtained the grant upon their marriages to daughters of the Widow Bancroft, but Mr. Jacobus informs me that he has seen examples of the use of the verb "give" in references to conveyances which were clearly land sales and not deeds of gift. I do not think it proved that Stratton and Talmage were sons-in-law of the Widow Bancroft, but in view of the fact that there were migrations from Lynn to Southampton, I tentatively accept the identification of the Widow Bancroft of Lynn with the Widow Bancroft of Southampton. To return to the Boston Barcrofts, stress should be laid on the absence of any child in the ship list. If these Boston Barcrofts were the parents of the three Connecticut Bancrofts, then we should expect at least that the daughter Anna would be with them, for her marriage in 1647 strongly implies that she was in existence when the Barcrofts sailed in 1632. Furthermore, Mr. Lea did not find in Derbyshire records any evidence as to the name of the wife of the poet's brother John. He assigns the name Jane to her solely on the basis of equating John Barcroft of Boston with John Bancroft of Derbyshire. There is thus no positive proof that the three Connecticut Bancrofts were children of a Jane, and not one of them named a known child Jane. Mr. Jacobus, to whom this study owes much, would interpret the absence of any record of John Barcroft of Boston after the year 1633 as evidence of a negative sort that he may have returned to England out of chagrin. The Widow Bancroft of Lynn, quite probably identical with the Widow Bancroft of Southampton, may well have been the wife and widow of the John who died on the crossing. But we are not inclined to believe that she was the mother of Lieut. Thomas Bancroft, since no record has been found to show that he inherited the 100 acres she was granted in 1638. As the lieutenant continued to be recorded in Essex County until his death in 1691, he must be carefully distinguished from the Thomas Bancroft who died at Enfield in 1684. If the lieutenant was not son of the widow, then she is left as a possible mother of the three Connecticut Bancrofts, but there is really not the slightest bit of evidence to show that she was, nor that her name was Jane. Editor's Note. Dr. McCracken has keenly analyzed the Bancroft problems. There are several interrelated problems, some of great complexity, and it may be helpful to the reader to summarize the conclusions reached, negative though many of the conclusions are. 1. John Bancroft of Derbyshire, brother of Thomas the poet, was lost on the passage to New England. The name of his wife is unknown, but he may have been accompanied by a wife and children. 2. John Barcroft of Boston with wife Jane was not a Bancroft so far as has been proved, and this couple has no known history in New England after 1633. 3. The Widow Bancroft of Lynn 1638, quite likely identical with the Widow Bancroft of Southampton 1644, was not named Jane so far as actual records prove; she may have had daughters who married Stratton and Talmage but that is not positively proved. 4. The said Widow Bancroft may have been mother of the three Bancrofts of the Connecticut River Valley, but there is no proof that she was. She may have married one of the Connecticut settlers, thus bringing her putative children into this area, but the claim that she was the Jane who married Thomas Barber of Windsor is extremely unlikely. 5. Lieut. Thomas Bancroft first appears at Dedham in 1647 when aged about 22, removed to Reading, and did not settle in Lynn until many years after the Widow Bancroft's brief appearance there. There is no strong reason to assume that he was her son, but his own name and that of his son Ralph strongly suggest that he belonged to the Derbyshire family and his age conforms with the theory that he might be a son of Thomas the poet or of Ralph, who were brothers of the John who died on his passage to New England. So many false and improbable statements have appeared in print concerning the early Bancrofts that a careful appraisal of these claims in the light of what the records actually prove (and they fail to prove very much) was long overdue, and Dr. McCracken deserves our gratitude for undertaking the task." 4. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "John Bancroft came in the 'James' from London, Eng., Apr. 1632; arrived 12 Jun (8 weeks passage); res. Lynn Mass.; d. 1637; 'Col. Rec. Mass.,' 3 Sep 1633; 'Winthrop's Journal,' 12 Sep 1663; 'Hubbard's Hist. New Engl.,' p. 156. His wid. Jane received 100 acres of land at Lynn, 1638. Nov. 19, 1644, Jona. Strattan and Thos. Talmadge, Jr., of Southampton, Long Island (a settlement emanating from Lynn), petitioned for the peaceable settlement of the lot betwixt them, 'which formerly was gr. unto Widd. Bancroft,' which was consented to. Tradition in the Bancroft family says she m. (2) a man who removed with her and her children to Connecticut. "Savage' mentions ch. John and Thomas. Children (born England): A. Anna, m. 13 May 1647, John Griffin; sett. Simsbury; 10 children. B. John. C. Thomas. D. Samuel. E. William (acc. to 'Hinman,' for which we find no authority.) Thomas Bancroft, poet (a native of Swarkstone, on the Trent, Derbyshire, where his parents were buried and who produced a vol. of epigrams and epitaphs, 1639, London, Eng.) says of his brother John Bancroft: 'You sold your land the lighter hence to go To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journery toward New Jerusalem.' Tradition speaks of a sojourn on Long Island and the death there of one of the three brothers; that one then went to Mass. and one to Connecticut." 5. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Metcalf, Bacon, Pool, Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.) 6. Pedigree formulated from the research work of J. Henry Lea, Esq., in the English probate records (note he indicates additional work should be done to look at the parish records - something he had not done - to confirm this proposed pedigree). See notes with direct line Bancroft English-born males for full quote of Mr. Lea's research on which he based this pedigree: 1. ___ Bancroft, of Chellaston, Barrow, or Swarkeston, Co. Derby? Md. ___ ___, relict, living in 1557 and legatee of lands in Barrow by will of her son Ralph, of Chellaston, Derby, dated 21 Apr 1557. 2. Ralph Bancroft of Chellaston, co. Derby; will dated 21 Apr, probated 13 Sep 1557; bur. at Chellaston: md. (2) Alice (dau. of Christopher Wright; liv. and ex., 1557). First wife, dec'd before 1557 and bur. at Chellaston. 2. Jane and other daus. (2 or 3), who married Thos. Ryvett, Wm. Wandyll, and ___ Alderman. 2. John Bancroft, of Chellaston; son of above, married Margaret Hollingsworth (or Haryngworth); will dated May 11, 1556; proved at Lichfield, 24 Jan 1557, and inventoried 18 Sep 1557. Will refers to "my boys under 21. To my oldest son (Ralph) the Hall I now dwell in; to my second son the over house; to my third son part of the land in Swarston (Swarkeston), he paying his fourth brother xv li." 3. Ralph Bancroft, liv. 1611, and admr. of his bro. William (Qu. - if of So. Cave, Yorks., and adm. 12 Feb 1616, to relict Alice.); md. Alice ___. By process of elimination, most likely candidate for father of Thomas Bancroft (see Henry Lea's rationale for this). 4. Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, yeoman; will dated 13 Oct 1626; probated at Lichfield 11 Oct 1627; bur. at Swarkeston; md. Rebecca ___, liv. 1627, but bur. at Swarkeston before 1639. 5. John Bancroft, eldest son, was of Swarkeston 1627; come to NE. in the "James," 12 Apr 1632; d. 1637; md. Jane ___, widow and had grant of 100 ac. of land in 1638, removed to Southhampton, L.I., and after to Windsor, Ct., was dec'd in 1644 when her land was divided between Jona. Stratton and Thos. Talmadge, Jr.; she had prob. mar. a second time. 6. Anne Bancroft, m. 13 May 1647 to John Griffin of Windsor, CT. 6. John Bancroft of Windsor, CT; md. 3 Dec 1650 Hannah Dupper; she md. 2d to John Ludlam. 6. Thomas Bancroft of Enfield, CT. 6. Samuel Bancroft. (According to Hinman.) 6. William Bancroft. (According to Hinman.) 5. Ralph Bancroft, second son; legatee of lands in Swarkeston, in 1627. The other Thomas who was born 1621 and died 1691 in Lynn, Mass., may have been the son of this Ralph. 5. Thomas Bancroft, 3rd son; poet, author in 1639; of Bradley, near Ashbourne, Derby, 1649-1658; had issue. 5. Dorothy. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.) 5. Elizabeth. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.) 3. William Bancroft of Chellaston, d. 1611; adm. 12 Apr to bro. Ralph; bur. 20 May 1611; wife's name unknown but dec'd before 1611. 4. Thomas Bancroft, a minor in 1611. 4. Catherine. 4. Margaret. 4. Mary. 3. Thomas Bancroft of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 16 mar 1628; probated 24 Jul 1629; wife is Dorothy, dau. of James Forman. 4. William Bancroft, of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 21 Jun 1649, probated 8 Jun 1650; no issue (Pembroke, 89.); md. dau. of Gilbert Newton. 4. Elizabeth. 4. Margaret. 4. Catherine, md. ___ Newton. 3. ___ Bancroft, a son; name unknown; liv. 1557. 3. Margrett Bancroft, only daughter, liv. 1557. 7. "New England History and Genealogy Register," v. 101, p. 285, Article: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett Descendants": "Samuel Gillett (son of John, grandson of Jonathan), of Suffield, Conn., and Granville, Mass., born in Windsor, Conn., 16 Feb 1677/8. He was five years old when his mother married secondly, Captain George Norton of Suffield, the town that became the boy's home for most of his life. In the later years of his life he lived in Granville, across the line in southwest Mass., and died there 'in 1739, aged 60', but was buried in Suffield. (Northampton Probate Records give administration of estate 1934[typo?]) He married in Suffield, 22 Jan 1701/2 (int. 20 Dec 1701), Rebecca Bancroft (dau. of Thomas, g.dau. of John), born in Springfield, Mass. (part later Enfield, Conn.), 23 Feb 1680... [Her mother] Widow Jane Bancroft received 100 acres in Lynn in 1638. Her daughter Anna married 13 May 1647 Sergt. John Griffin, settled in Simsbury, Conn., had ten children and one of them, Sarah Griffin, married Elias Gillett (son of Nathan). Son Thomas Bancroft of Springfield, Mass. region, residence at the 'lower wharf,' now Enfield, Conn., was a selectman of Westfield; 8 Dec 1653 married Margaret Wright (dau. of Samuel) and their daughter Ruth Bancroft married John Stiles and had many Children; and daughter Rebecca married Samuel Gillett; and son Nathaniel had descendants in Granville, Mass. (and Ohio) and it was probably this connection that took Samuel Gillett from Suffield to Granville." 8. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 24, p. 425, Notes and Queries: Bancroft: Herein are noted items in regard to the advent and settlement of persons by the name of Bancroft in New England. A. Thomas Bancroft married in Dedham, Mass., in 1647, Alice Bacon. 15 Sep 1648, Elizabeth Metcalf. He resided in Lynnfield (Reading), then a part of Lynn, Mass. Born 1622. Sons: Thomas, John, Ebenezer. B. John Bancroft resided at Windsor, Conn., 1645; m. 3 Dec 1650, Hannah Duper or Draper. He died 1662. Sons: John, Nathaniel, Ephraim. C. Thomas Bancroft, m. 8 Dec 1653, Margaret Wright, of (Westfield) Springfield, Mass. sons: Thomas, Samuel. To one of the above three families the lineage of most of those bearing the name on this continent can be traced. The proofs of the connection existing between these families are not so apparent." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Marion Edward Lee, "The Lees of New England and Some Allied Families", pp. 89-92. This book is very sketchy with just the vital information and some highlights in a sentence or two of each person. No footnotes or sources given. Better material can be had from other sources quoted above. | Bancroft, Thomas (I1983)
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| 5186 | 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. At the time of these early Bancrofts, Enfield, now in Conn., was then part of Springfield, Mass. The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut fluctuated. 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, p. 4: "Samuel Gillett, b. 16 Feb 1677/8, d. Suffield 1739, m. Rebecca Bancroft." 3. Worldconnect 15 Jul 2007 database:1821208" of David Palmer A. Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 Middlesex, Hamshire, Bershire, and Bristol Middlesex County Srpingfield p. 125: Sammuel Gillett of Suffield and Rebecca Bancroft, Jan. 22, 1701/2. B. Flora Clark Records, vol. 2, p. 80. C. Gillet - Gillett - Gillette by Esther Gillett Latham, p. 53. D. Gillette Families by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, pp. 21 and 23. 4. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.] 5. Http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "John and Mercy had 7 children all born in Windsor, one of whom, Samuel Gillett, was born 16 Feb. 1677/8, married Rebecca Bancroft 22 Jan. 1701/2 in Suffield, CT, died in 1739 in Granville, MA, buried in Suffield. Rebecca was born 23 Feb. 1680 in Springfield, MA. She was a daughter of Thomas & Margaret (Wright) Bancroft of the Springfield, MA, region with residence at the "lower wharf" now Enfield, CT. Samuel & Rebecca Gillett's eldest son John Gillett born 16 Jan. 1704/5 in Suffield, Hampshire Co., MA (now CT), but now of Nowarck in Providence of East Jarsey in America, Dish Turner, conveyed to Nathll Copley of Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn., Shipwrite, land in Suffield & Bedford, Hampshire Co. that came to me from my father Samuel Gillet formerly of Suffield but late of Bedford (now Granville) deceased (Springfield, MA, Deed Book H:229).[Source: Priest, Alice L., "The Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Gillett & Some of their Descendants" (NEH&GR, 1947-1948), 101:46 & 285-286 & 102:237.]" 6. "New England History and Genealogy Register," v. 101, p. 285, Article: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett Descendants": "Samuel Gillett (son of John, grandson of Jonathan), of Suffield, Conn., and Granville, Mass., born in Windsor, Conn., 16 Feb 1677/8. He was five years old when his mother married secondly, Captain George Norton of Suffield, the town that became the boy's home for most of his life. In the later years of his life he lived in Granville, across the line in southwest Mass., and died there 'in 1739, aged 60', but was buried in Suffield. (Northampton Probate Records give administration of estate 1934[typo?]) He married in Suffield, 22 Jan 1701/2 (int. 20 Dec 1701), Rebecca Bancroft (dau. of Thomas, g.dau. of John), born in Springfield, Mass. (part later Enfield, Conn.), 23 Feb 1680... [Her mother] Widow Jane Bancroft received 100 acres in Lynn in 1638. Her daughter Anna married 13 May 1647 Sergt. John Griffin, settled in Simsbury, Conn., had ten children and one of them, Sarah Griffin, married Elias Gillett (son of Nathan). Son Thomas Bancroft of Springfield, Mass. region, residence at the 'lower wharf,' now Enfield, Conn., was a selectman of Westfield; 8 Dec 1653 married Margaret Wright (dau. of Samuel) and their daughter Ruth Bancroft married John Stiles and had many Children; and daughter Rebecca married Samuel Gillett; and son Nathaniel had descendants in Granville, Mass. (and Ohio) and it was probably this connection that took Samuel Gillett from Suffield to Granville. Rev. Ezra Stiles, president of Yale from 1772 to 1795 was the son of Rev. Isaac and the grandson of John and Ruth (Bancroft) Stiles, and he wrote of his grandmother's family: 'The Family of Bancroft are a brisk, smart, quick, sensible and lively cast. Grandmother communicated her family spirit to all (her) Children', etc. (Stiles Gens. 1892 and 1895). Children, born in Suffield: A. Samuel, b. 13 Sep 1702. B. John, b. 16 Jan 1704/5. Perhaps the 1724 John Gillett of his uncle Thomas Gillett's 1726 probate record? C. Nathaniel, 10 May 1707; m. Phebe ___... D. Hannah, b. 19 Jun 1709; d. in Suffield 2 Nov 1746, age 37; m. there, 26 Feb 1728/9 (int. Jan. 10) Joseph Kent (1898 Kent Gen.). E. Thomas, b. 16 Apr 1711. F. Gardner, b. 23 Jun 1715. G. Rebecca, b. 21 Sep 1718." 7. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "John Gillett born 5 Oct. 1644 in Windsor, married Mercy/Mary Barber 8 July 1669 in Windsor, died shortly before 5 Dec. 1682 in Simsbury (Windsor?). Mercy was baptized 12 Oct. 1651 in Windsor, died 29 Mar. (31 Dec.?) 1725 in Suffield, CT. She was a daughter of Thomas & Jane (Joan?) Barber. She married (2) Capt. George Norton 14 (20?) June 1683 in Windsor. John inherited from his father 6 acres of land without the west bounds of Windsor. The inventory of the estate of John Gillett of Windsor was taken 5 Dec. 1682 by John Loomis, Sen. It was valued at £140-14-06. Legatees were widow Mercy Gillett, John age 9, Thomas age 6, Samuel age 5, Benjamin age 2 and Mercy born 30 Jan. last. Widow Mercy Gillett was appointed administratrix with Jonathan Gillett, Peter Browne, John Barber and Samuel Barber to be overseers. [Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1677-1687," 121.] John and Mercy had 7 children all born in Windsor, one of whom, Samuel Gillett, was born 16 Feb. 1677/8, married Reb ecca Bancroft 22 Jan. 1701/2 in Suffield, CT, died in 1739 in Granville, MA, buried in Suffield. Rebecca was born 23 Feb. 1680 in Springfield, MA. She was a daughter of Thomas & Margaret (Wright) Bancroft of the Springfield, MA, region with residence at the "lower wharf" now Enfield, CT. Samuel & Rebecca Gillett's eldest son John Gillett born 16 Jan. 1704/5 in Suffield, Hampshire Co., MA (now CT), but now of Nowarck in Providence of East Jarsey in America, Dish Turner, conveyed to Nathll Copley of Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn., Shipwrite, land in Suffield & Bedford, Hampshire Co. that came to me from my father Samuel Gillet formerly of Suffield but late of Bedford (now Granville) deceased (Springfield, MA, Deed Book H:229). [NEH&GR, 1947-1948), 101:46 & 285-286 & 102:237.] So here we have a second cousin of my Elijah Gillet also living in Newark, NJ in 1734/5! Note that their early home towns of Suffield and Enfield are only about 5 miles apart and that the ages of John and Elijah are only about 1½ years different. Another son of John & Mercy was Thomas Gillet, the great-great-grandfather of William Hooker Gillette, who had Gillette Castle built on the Connecticut River near Hadlyme 1914-1919. [Priest, Alice L., "The Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Gillett & Some of their Descendants" [Mrs. William C. Clark, "William Hooker Gillette, Actor and Playwright," TAG (1968), 45:225-228.]" 8. From the Gillett family file of the Windsor Historical Society, an article entitled: "The Brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett and Some of Their Descendants," comp. by Alice Lucinda Priest, B.L., of Brookline, Mass., pp. 62-63: "Samuel Gillett (son of John, g.son of Jonathan), of Suffield, Conn., and Granville, Mass., born in Windsor, Conn., 16 Feb 1677/8. He was five years old when his mother married secondly, Captain George Norton of Suffield, the town that became the boy's home for most of his life. In the later years of his life he lived in Granville, across the line in southwest Mass., and died there 'in 1739, aged 60,' but was buried in Suffield. (Northampton Probate Records give administration of estate 1934 [error?].) He married in Suffield, 22 Jan 1701/2 (int. 20 Dec 1701), Rebecca Bancroft (dau. of Thomas, g.dau. of John), born in Springfield, Mass. (part later of Enfield, Conn.), 23 Feb 1680, a family name that connects with both the Jonathan and Nathan Gillett lines, and the Windsor Stiles family... [Article notes that Rebecca Bancroft's brother, "Nathaniel, had descendants in Granville, Mass. (and Ohio) and it was probably this connection that took Samuel Gillett from Suffield to Granville.] Children, born in Suffield: A. Samuel, b. 13 Sep 1702. B. John, b. 16 Jan 1704/5. Perhaps the 1724 John Gillet of his uncle Thomas Gillett's 1726 probate record? C. Nathaniel, b. 10 May 1707; m. Phebe ___. Children: a. Rebecca, b. in Brookfield, Mass. 26 Feb 1732/3 and bapt. in Suffield. b. Phebe, bapt. in Suffield 18 May 1735. D. Hannah, b. 19 Jun 1709; d. in Suffield 2 Nov 1746, ae. 37; m. there 26 Feb 1728/9 (int. Jan. 10) Joseph Kent (1898 Kent Gen.). E. Thomas, b. 16 Apr 1711. F. Gardner, b. 23 Jun 1715. G. Rebecca, b. 21 Sep 1718." 9. From the Gillett family file of the Windsor Historical Society, an article entitled: "The Brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett and Some of Their Descendants," comp. by Alice Lucinda Priest, B.L., of Brookline, Mass., p. 69, Corrections and Additions: "Samuel Gillett (son of John, gson of Jonathan), of Suffield, Conn., and Granville, Mass., in connnection with the note '(Northhampton Probate Records give administration of estate 1734.)' Mr. Corbin adds the following: Deeds at Springfield, Mass., Vol. H, page 229: Dated, Feb. 25, 1734/5 John Gillett formerly of Suffield, Hampshire Co., Mass. but now of Nowarck in Providence of East "Jarsey in America, Dish Turner, conveys to Nathll Copley of Windsor, Harford Co. Conn. Ship write. land in Suffield & Bedford, Hampshire Co. that came to me from my father Samuel Gillet formerly of Suffield but late of Bedford deceased. Mr. Corbin adds: 'Bedford later became Granville, Mass.' Northampton, Mass., Probate record; B. 5, page 179, year 1734, gives the following: 'Power of adms. on estate of Samuel Gillet sometime of Suffield who Decd at a Place called Bedford in Co. Hampshire Granted to Samuel Gillit the eldest on of sd Dec'd & bond taken Nov. 20, 1734.' May 2nd 1736 'Widow Rebeckah Gillet' was received by the Suffield, Conn. Church. (Records Cong. Church in Suffield, published 1941 by the Suffield, Conn. Church. (Records Cong. Church in Suffield, published 1941 by Conn. Hist. Society, page 11.)" 10. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 5:49-64. These pages have a five generation descendency listing of all the descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Mary Dolbair. I only transcribe my own descendency line which is the seventh child: "7 John Gillett- b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber (emigrant). She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. John d. 1682. Windsor p. 50 says Mary Barber bpt. 12 Oct. 1651, m. ___ Hale. res: Suffield. (Gillett-19) 7.1 Thomas Gillett- b. 7 Jan. 1671, Windsor. d. by 1676 7.2 John Gillett Jr.- b. 6 Aug. 1673, Windsor. d. 4 July 1699, Windsor, unmarr. 7.3 Thomas Gillett- b. 18 July 1676 (Gillett p. 19 says 31 May 1678), Windsor. m. (1) Martha Mills. She d. without children. m. (2) Hannah Clark, 26 Feb. 1704 (1686-1709) Windsor, dau. of John Clark & Mary Crow (D. Clark-34). He d. 11 June 1708. Children of Thomas Gillett & Hannah Clark (2) (NER 101:285)… 7.4 Samuel Gillett- b. 16 Feb. 1677/8, Windsor. m. Rebecca Bancroft, 22 Jan. 1701/2, Suffield, dau. of Thomas Bancroft. She was b. 1680. He d. 1739, Grnaville, Mass. (Gillett-23) Children of Samuel Gillett & Rebecca Bancroft (NER 101:286). 7.4.1 Samuel Gillett, Jr.- b. 13 Sept. 1702, Suffield. m. Anna Pierce, 13 Apr. 1727. He d. Granville, Mass. 7.4.2 John Gillett- b. 13 Jan. 1704/5, Suffield. 7.4.3 Nathaniel Gillett- b. 10 May 1707, Suffield. m. Phebe ___. Children of Nathaniel Gillett & Phebe ___. (NER 101:286)… 7.4.4 Hannah Gillett- b. 19 June 1709, Suffield. m. Joseph Kent, 26 Feb. 1728/9, Suffield (b. 1710), s. of John Kent & Abigail Winchell of Suffield. He m. (2) Elizabeth Palmer, 1748. Hannah d. 2 Nov. 1746, Suffield. Six children. 7.4.5 Thomas Gillett- b. 16 Apr. 1711, Suffield. m. Elizabeth Barlow, 2 June 1744 (1719-1806). He d. 10 Apr. 1791, Granville, Mass. (Gillett-1955, 23, 34, 48) Children of Thomas Gillett & Elizabeth Barlow. (Gillett-23) [Note: The author lists only one child, which is of course very incomplete.] 7.4.5.1 Zadoc Gillett- b. 12 Aug. 1753, m. wid. Rebecca Tyron (1758-1840). He d. 14 Mar. 1816, Granville, Mass. Two children (1781-1784). She d. Shesequin, Bradford Co., Pa. (Gillett-34) 7.4.6 Gardner Gillett- b. 23 June 1715, Suffield. m. Mary Rowe, 27 Jan. 1740/1. Res: Dutchess Co., N.Y. 7.4.7 Rebecca Gillett- b. 21 Sept. 1718, Suffield. 7.5 Nathaniel Gillett- b. 3 Oct. 1680, Windsor. (Windsor-290) 7.6 Benjamin Gillett- b. 1680, Windsor. m. Elizabeth Austin, 6 Sept. 1705 (1684-1752), dau. of Capt. Anthony & Esther Austin. (Gillett-21) (Benjamin's b. 3 Oct. 1680 in Gillett-22) Children of Benjamin Gillett & Elizabeth Austin (Gillett-21)… 7.7 Mercy Gillett- b. 21 Jan. 1682, m. Jacob Adams, Jr. (1681-1736), s. of Jacob Adams & Anne Allen and gr. s. of Robert & Elinor Adams of Newberry, Mass. Res: Suffield, Conn. Children of Mercy Gillett & Jacob Adams, Jr. (NER 101:47)…" BIRTH: 1. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 19, pp. 252, "Springfield Town Records" has the following birth records. Being that the Gregorian calendar was existant at this time with the year changing in March. Rebeca's entry is sequenced so that 1680 continues from Dec to March 5. Under the current calendar, we would say she was born in 1681 even though the record indicates 1680. Also at this early date, Enfield was part of Springfield, Massachusetts even though today it is part of Connecticut: "Rebeca Daughtrer of Thomas & Hannah Bancroft, borne, Feb. 23, 1680." Note that there is no record for John. MARRIAGE: 1. LDS Online Ordinance Index extracted marriage record per FHL film 185414-185416 (Vital Records of Springfield Massachusetts, 1638-1887), batch M541431. Samuel Gillet and Rebeca Bancroft 22 Jan 1701 at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. 2. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: "Gillett, ??? & Rebecca (Bancroft) (1685-), dau. Thomas; b. 1701?; Windsor, CT." [Should "b. 1701" read "m. 1701"?] BURIAL: 1. Not listed in the following per the Internet 6 Jul 2008 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kathycamp/Inscriptions/Page043.htm: Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions 1660-1937. This list of inscriptions, town of Suffield, was copied in 1934, under the auspices of the F.E.R.A. and the W.P.A. sponsored by the Connecticut State Library, as compiled under the supervision of Charles R. Hale, State Military Necrologist, assisted by Miss Mary H. Babin, Secretary. Hartford, Connecticut, December 1937. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet, 1572-1800"; Collection entitled, "Genealogy and Local History," by University Microfilming, Inc. of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Microfiche no. G-1135; Public Library call no. GEN-R 929.3. 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. | Bancroft, Rebecca (I1804)
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| 5187 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Tom's River is part of Dover township, New Jersey. This part of Monmouth county became Ocean county in 1850. See hardfile for maps of Waretown, Forked River, and environs from late 1800's. Reviewed records at both Ocean County Historical Association in Toms River, NJ and Monmouth County Archives in Freehold, NJ. No land transfers, Justice of the Peace dockets, birth, marriage, professional index, nor freeholder minutes 1789 - 1829 found for Jonathan Winner (nor for hardly any Winners at all). 2. Censuses. Jonathan Winner of Dover is not listed in the 1830, 1840, and 1850 censuses of New Jersey. His move to Ohio would have to be sometime between 1812 when his ship was burned in Barnegat Bay and 1820 when he shows up in the Ohio census. 1820 US: Perry Twp., Brown, OH: Jonathan Winner 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 2 ? (Zechariah Ashton is listed on the same page. Zechariah was the son of Hannah Johnson, sister of Naomi, wife of Isaac Winner. Hannah's first seven children were born in PA. This is a similar pattern to Isaac Winner and Mary Powell.) 1830 US: Perry Twp., Brown, OH (immediately next to each other): Jonathan Minor [Winner], males: 1@20-30, 1@50-60; females: 1<5, 2@10-15, 1@15-20, 1@20-30, 1@50-60. [It appears that Isaac is living in the household, perhaps with a wife and family which would account for the very youngest daughter. He does not show up in the census elsewhere in the township, yet he provides oaths for the marriages of his sisters Emy (Amy) and Lowis in 1832 and 1828.] Benjamin Minor [Winner], males: 1<5, 1@20-30; females 2<5, 1@5-10, 1@20-30. David Brown, males: 1<5, 1@10-15, 1@15-20, 1@20-30, 1@50-60; females: 1@20-30, 1@50-60. [If our David Brown, then must be in a multi-generational family.] (The names are clearly written as Minor; however, there is no other listing for Jonathan, but he was listed in the 1820 and 1840 censuses. George Ashton is on the same page. In the 1840 census George Ashton is listed on the same page as Jonathan Winner, George Ashton is also the son of Hannah Johnson, sister of Naomi, wife of Isaac Winner, Jonathan's wife. Also a David Brown, perhaps the husband of Barbary Winner, is an immediate neighbor.) 1840 US: Perry Twp., Brown, OH: Jonathan Winer, males: 1@60-70; females: 1@10-15; 1@20-30; 1@50-60. (George Ashton is listed on the previous page - Jonathan is listed at the top of the page. Benjamin Winner has moved away to Illinois.) 1850 US: Perry Twp., Brown, OH: Jonathan Winner, age 72, b. PA. Sarah J., age 71, b. NJ. Elizabeth Mitchell, age 16, b. OH. [She is probably their grand-daughter and daughter of Lois (Winner) Mitchell.] 3. Jonathan does not show up in any tax, voter, or census report in New Jersey. Much of NJ had no censuses until 1830. He does not show up in the 1830 or 1840 censuses as can be seen from my following extractions: A. 1830 US census index for all Winne/Winners in NJ: -Dr. Henry Winne, Bernards Twp., Somerset. -Martin Winne, Bernards Twp., Somerset. -Abby Winner, Egg Harbor Twp., Gloucester. -George N. [K.] Winner, Dover Twp., Monmouth. -Isaac Winner, Green Twp., Sussex. -Samuel Winner, Evesham Twp., Burlington. B. 1840 US census index for all Winne/Winners in NJ: -Cornelius Winne, Bernards, Sommerset. -Hannah Winne, Bernards, Somerset. -Margaret Winne, Bellevil., Essex. -Martin Winne, Bernards, Somerset. -Charles P. Winner, Newkirk, Essex. -George K. Winner, Dover Twp., Monmouth. -Harriet Winner, Egg Harbor, Atlantic. -Isaac Winner, Hannover, Burlington. -Jesse Winner, Harmony, Warr. -John S. Winner, Bergen Twp., Hudson. -Nicholas Winner, Bergen Twp., Hudson. -Reuben Winner, Dover Twp., Monmouth. -Thomas Winner, Orange Twp., Essex. -William Winner, Piles Gr., Sale. 4. The last record I find of Jonathan is a deed in the Brown county, Ohio, deed book D29, pp. 47-48, which is a land sale transaction between Jonathan Winner and his wife Sarah Winner of Brown co. to John McMannis "entered for record" 29 Mar 1853. The sale for $800 involved a tract "lying in Perry & jackson Township, the same lying on theline between Brown & Clermont County, the division line of said County & Township runing through the same about one half in Brown & the ballance in Clermont county Ohio being the South east part of john Parkers survey No. 2588 bounded and described as follows. Begining at a white oak hickory & two Dogwoods near the center of the north line of Wm Johnston's survey No. 1209 in Perry Township Brown county Ohio, thence runing west binding on said Johnstons line 100 poles to an Elm & Dogwood, thence running North 80 poles to the a white oak dogwood & ash, thence East 100 poles to a whiteoak & dogwood, thence South 80 poles to the begining, containin fifty acres of Land, with all the rights & appurtenances..." He signs with a signature and Sarah with a mark. Deed is dated 17 Dec. 1852 and ascribed before W.B. Conklin, J.P., on same date. Recorded 6 Apr. 1853. [Note that William B. Conklin is Jonathan's son-in-law by marriage to his daughter Amy Winner.] Jonathan also sold the other half of the land that was in Clermont Co. to the same individual at the same time. The deed is in Clermont Co., v. 61, p. 395, and involves 50 acres, survey #2588, is similarly described, and is dated in 8152 but recorded 29 Jun 1854. He signs his name and Sarah signs with a mark. Note that the indices for Brown Co. deeds are from 1818 to 1868 on FHL films 974671 and 974672. There is only one Winner listed in these indices, which is for the deed for Jonathan Winner as detailed above. 5. From about the 1950s due to the early work of Enid Willardson (deceased), it was thought that Jonathan was the father of George King Winner and Reuben Winner. All three of these men were involved in seafaring occupations. With Jonathan's published marriage of 1800, it made logical sense until several family researchers determined (ca. 2004) that the Jonathan who went to Ohio was the same as the Dover Twp. Jonathan. Many Internet submitted databases still show this old thinking. Even Enid Willardson had some doubts of Jonathan being the father of George and Reuben since many years ago she ran an ad in an east coast genealogical magazine advertising a $50 reward for proof of such a relationship. In reviewing Enid's files (Sep. 2001) after her death, I find she never received that proof. 6. We find an interesting entry in Familysearch's "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958": David Brown and Barbary Turner or Winner, 7 Dec 1828, Brown Co., OH, per Ohio-VR; Source Film Number: 384273. Due to all pre-1855 Winners in Brown co. being related to Jonathan Winner, it would seem logical to assign Barbara as a daughter to Jonathan. This however does not prove out and is actually refuted by the 1850 census. We don't find any younger David and Barbara in a nationwide 1850 census search; however, 1850 shows a couple of exactly the same name in adjoining Clermont co. in their 70s. Barbara is from PA and not NJ and this was most likely a second marriage for David. Mary's surname of Turner or Winner is coincidental. David Brown is the father of James Brown of this database and others in the area including an Abner Brown as well as perhaps Benjamin Winner's wife Polly/Mary Brown. Ephraim Predmore, brother of Jonathan's wife Sarah Predmore, also married a wife named Mary A. Brown who could perhaps be a sister of David's. We follow David in the censuses as follows: 1830 US: Perry Twp., Brown, OH (immediately next to each other): Jonathan Minor [Winner], males: 1@20-30, 1@50-60; females: 1<5, 2@10-15, 1@15-20, 1@20-30, 1@50-60. Benjamin Minor [Winner], males: 1<5, 1@20-30; females 2<5, 1@5-10, 1@20-30. David Brown, males: 1<5, 1@10-15, 1@15-20, 1@20-30, 1@50-60; females: 1@20-30, 1@50-60. [Appears to be a multi-generational family.] 1840 US: Jackson Twp.: David Brown, males: 1@10-14, 1@50-59; females: 1@50-59. On same page is Ephraim Predmore who married Mary A. Brown. 1850 US: Jackson Twp., Clermont, OH, 19 Jul 1850, 96/96 ( In the same census five entries away is Abner Brown, 39, NJ, with wife Martha, 45, PA, and 8 children with the oldest being David, 20. Abner is probably a son of David.): David Brown, 72, farmer, $1000, NJ. Barbary, 70, PA. 7. The placement of Rebecca Winner is a bit problematic considering her birth of about 1829 if the 1850 census is correct. It would be nice to have another census or two to get an age confirmation. If the birth year is correct, then she would have been about 18 years old when she was married in 1848, which is of course plausible if not just a tad young. At this time in Brown Co., Ohio, there were only two potential fathers for Rebecca: Jonathan or his son Isaac. Jonathan and Sarah would have been about ages 50 and 49 respectively, which seems a little oldish especially considering Sarah started having children abt 1801. On the other hand, the 1840 census for Jonathan reports males: 1@60-70 and females: 1@10-15; 1@20-30; 1@50-60. The youngest female is the right age for Rebecca, the middle female could be the next older daughter Azubah who was born abt 1821 and married in 1848. We currently believe Isaac was living with his father in the 1830 census. He was born about 1802 and would certainly have been of the right age to have fathered Rebecca. (See more below on 1830 census.) He may have actually had a first marriage of which Rebecca was a child. That first wife may have perhaps died and Rebecca was raised by her grandparents. We do see Isaac married (perhaps for a second time) in 1847 to Mary Whited who was born in 1812; they have a child Sarah J. Winner. Looking at the 1830 census, we see males: 1@20-30, 1@50-60; females: 1<5, 2@10-15, 1@15-20, 1@20-30, 1@50-60. We can presume perhaps the following: Isaac was the younger male and his father was the older male. Sarah would be the oldest female, the dau. Sarah would be the one 15-20, and Amy would be the 20-30 daughter, and Elizabeth and Azubah would be the two 10-15 daughters - this leaves one explained female under age 5 who most likely is our Rebecca. This does not clear up who is Rebecca's father, but it does place Isaac at home and Rebecca being born from 1825 to 1830 where we would expect her. Summarizing, I suspect the age in the 1850 census for Rebecca is more correct than not considering the age disparity with her husband (I think if the census taker was estimating he would not have had such a large disparity). I believe Sarah would not be bearing children for 28 years with one husband since a 20 year spread is more typical - also there is roughly an eight year spread between Rebecca and the previous child Azubah. For now, my best guess is to assign Rebecca as a daughter of Isaac and an unknown first wife. I wish we had more data to work from. BIOGRAPHY: 1. The book: "A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Embracing a Genealogical Record, Etc.," by Edwin Salter, published 1890, p. lxiv: "Winner, Winnow - John Winnow's (or Winner's) house is named in a survey 1790 between North and Middle branches Forked River on main road from Goodluck to Egg Harbor. Jonathan Winner lived at same place at a little later date. Jonathan was m. to Sarah Predmore, July 28, 1800. His dau. or sister Mary m. Samuel Worden, who d. in 1812; she d. in 1828 a. 59 years. [George] King Winner of Toms River, a coasting captain, went West, probably to San Francisco, about forty years ago." 2. From the book "Old Times in Old Monmouth [New Jersey]," pp. 148. 149: "The War of 1812. Scenes on Our Coast. During the last war with England the vigilance of the British cruisers on our coast seriously injured the business of New Jersey coasting vessels. Commodore Hardy in his flag ship the 'Ramillies,' a 74 gun ship, had command of the British blockading vessels on our coast. Most accounts, written and traditional, concede that he was one of the most honorable, high-minded men in the British service, entirely different from the infamous Admiral Cockburn, who commanded the blockading squadron further south. Commodore Hardy rarely took private propery except contraband of war without offering compensation. Most of the coasters in the southern part of Old Monmouth, along Barnegat bay, were engaged in the lumber business and the stoppage of their trade was seriously felt. Occasionally some bold fortunate captain would manage to run the blockade and reach New York and be well repaid for his risk, but others who tried the experiment or were preparing to, were not quite so fortunate. On the 31st of March, 1812, Commodore Hardy, in the Ramillies, came close to Barnegat Inlet and sent in two long barges loaded with armed men after two American vessels lying in the inlet waiting a chance to slip out. They first boarded the schooner Greyhound, Capt. Jesse Rogers, of Potters Creek, and attempted to take her out but she grounded and the enemy fired her and both vessel and cargo were burned up. They then set fire to a sloop belonging to Waretown, owned by Captain Jonathan Winner, Hezekiah Soper and Timothy Soper; this vessel was saved, however, as signals were unexpectedly fired from the ship which caused the barges hastily to leave for the ship that she might start in pursuit of some vessel seen at sea. As soon as the barges left, the Americans went on board the sloop and extinguished the fire... the appearance of the Ramillies at this time at Barnegat Inlet created much excitement in the villages along the bay. At Waretown, for fear that the barges might land and commit excesses like those which disgraced the operations of Cockburn, the women and Children, and valuables easily carried were sent to a hamlet in the woods a few miles west of the place. At Forked River the late Hon. Charles Parker had just completed a large building for a dwelling, store house, &c, at the upper landing. The roof of this building was crowded with spectators, who, though six or seven miles distant, had a fair view of the ship, burning vessel and movements of the enemy..." Note: According to undocumented entries on Worldconnect as of 2011, Timothy and Hezekiah Soper were brothers and sons of Joseph Soper and Mary Wright. No birth date is provided for Timothy, but Hezekiah is shown as abt. 1760. Timothy married Hannah Carr and Hezekiah married Temperance Sprague. Hezekiah had a son Charles (8 Feb 1800-2 Mar 1827) Soper who married Amy Winner, who is probably a sibling of Jonathan. MARRIAGE: 1. "Marriages of Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1795-1843," comp. by George and Florence Gibson from original marriage registers on file at the Monmouth County Courthouse in Freehold, New Jersey, 1981, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore: "Winner, Jonathan - Sarah Prigmore...7-28-1800". 2. County of Monmouth Archives and Records Center, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, NJ 07726, 732-308-3771, Marriage Returns Box A1p: "This is to certify that on the 28th Day of July 1800 Jonathan Winner and Sarah Prigshorn (spelling slightly unclear but definitely not Prigmore) both of the Township of Dover in the county of Monmouth were joined in the holy Bands of Matrimony and pronounced Man and Wife by me." Note performed by D. Lawrence, Justice of the Peace. BURIAL: 1. I reviewed FHL book 977.1796/P1 V3b which contain cemetery listings for Perry Co., Ohio. I only found one Winner entry in the entire book, which was for Elizabeth Winner, the daughter of Jonathan. She was buried 1835 in Crammer Cemetery, which is one of the very oldest in the township. | Winner, Jonathan (I2134)
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| 5188 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Traditionally no one knew exactly from where in England Thomas Barber came. Some have conjectured that he was born about 1614 in Bedfordshire, England to Edward Barber but they offer no supporting documentation. Millbrook, Bedfordshire was the home of Frances Stiles to whom Thomas was apprenticed in 1634 in London and may be the reason many use Bedfordshire as the home of Thomas. Donald Barber, in his book quoted below, makes the case for John Barber of Lincolnshire. 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 Origin: St Mildred Breadstreet, London Migration: 1635 on the Christian Birth: Baptized Stamford, Lincolnshire, 25 December 1612, son of John and Elizabeth (Lumley) Barber [TAG 71:111-12]... Associations: ...Received of Francis Stiles for apprenticing Thomas Barber, son of John Barber of Stamford in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, from St Thomas's day next for 9 years. 2s. 2d. (TAG 71: 111]... Bibliographical Note: In 1996 Donald S. Barber published the English origin of Thomas Barber, including the identification of his parents [TAG 71:111-12]." 3. FHL book 929.273 B233w, "Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut, 1614-1909," John Barber White, p. 11-13: Barber... The origin of the name is a question upon which there is some difference of opinion. All agree, however, that Normandy was its original European home, and that it came into England at the time of the Norman Conquest in the 11th century, and the claim has been made that it came into Normandy indirectly from Persia. The greater number of those who have made a study of family names, ascribe its derivation to the trade of hair cutting and hair dressing. The fashion of elaborate hair dressing and of fastidious care of the beard was brought into England by the Normans, and so popular did it become at Court, that skillful hair dressers were much sought after. Among the royalty, nobility and wealthy gentry, the barber's position was an important one in the household. He was a close confidant of his employer and only men of fidelity and high standing were chosen for the position. The barbers were also skilled in surgery and in the use of drugs and not the least of their duties, was that of physician to the household. Among the titled barons, it became the custom to bestow upon their barbers their own titles, calling them 'Baron Barbers,' a practice which the London records show to have prevailed until comparatively recent times. A no less authority, however, than the late Dr. Henry Barber of London, whose study of this particular name would naturally be most thorough and complete, claims that the theory of its derivation from the hair dressing tade, is extremly doubtful. He states that the more probable origin 'is from St. Barbe sur Gaillon, a local name in Normady, where was the celebrated Abbey of St. Barbara,' whence comes the name of 'Barber or Barbour, a hamlet in Dumbartonshire,' and he cites in supprt of this theory, the personal names, 'Bernard Barb de Barbes, tenant in the Domesday book; St. Barbe on the Roll of Battel Abbey; William de St. Barbara, Bishop of Durham, A.D., 1143; Le Barbier, Court of Husting, London, 1258.' Dr. Barber also gives the various French forms of the names as Barbe, Barbier, Barbare, Barberie and particularly among families of Scottish origin as Barbour. There are numerous distinguished old families in England and Scotland bearing this name, and the Armories contain record of some nine or ten coats of arms of the Barber families..." 4. FHL book 929.273 B695bo "Ancestral Lines, Third Edition," compiled by Carl Boyer, 3rd [Santa Clarita, CA; 1998], p. 735: "JohnA Barber, probably born in the early or middle 1580s, was buried at all Saints, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, 21 April 1620. He married in Uffington, Lincs., 17 Oct. 1608 Elizabeth Lumley, who was buried at All Saints 8 March 1632/3. He was called a "labourer" in the baptismal record of his daughter Elizabeth in 1616, and a yeoman in the guild record of 1634. No relevant probate records were found in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury or the Consistory Court of Lincoln. Children, listed by Donald S. Barber, baptized in parishes of Stamford, Lincs.: i. Rebecca1, bapt. St. George 17 April 1609; bur. there 6 Aug. 1609. ii. Sarah, bapt. St. George 16 Sept. 1610. iii. Thomas, bapt. St. George 25 Dec. 1612; d. Windsor, Conn., 11 Sept. 1662; m. Windsor 7 Oct. 1640 Jane, who d. Windsor 10 Sept. 1662. iv. Elizabeth, bapt. All Saints 10/11 Nov. 1616. v. John, bapt. All Saints 4 Aug. 1620; bur. there 22 March 1632/3." Additions by Addendum, p. 735: "Thomas1 Barber [p. 69] was not likely to have sailed in the Chrystian of London directly to Windsor, Connecticut, with a stop in Boston. It is more likely that his party disembarked the ship on arrival in Boston, 16 June 1635, and then arrived in Windsor about 1 July 1635. Record of Thomas Barber has been found in part of the minutes of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters at the Guildhall, London, under the date 18 Dec. 1634: "Received of Francis Stiles for apprenticing Thomas Barber, son of John Barber of Stamford in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, from St. Thomas's day next for 9 years. 2s 2d" [Donald S. Barber, TAG, 71 (1996), 111]." 5. FHL book 929.273 B233bd, "The Connecticut Barbers, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut," 2nd Ed., Donald S. Barber: "The English Family of Thomas Barber. This section is based on my original 1996 entry in The American Genealogist, v. 71, no. 2, p. 111. It has long been known that Thomas Barber, with several others, was apprenticed to Francis Stiles, who was paid to bring them to Windsor, CT. Francis Stiles was a carpenter and London freeman, so it seemed reasonable to search in the appropriate guild records in London. The following entry was found in the records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters at the Guildhall, in the minutes of a meeting held on 18 Dec 1634: 'Received of Francis Stiles for apprenticing Thomas Barber son of John Barber of Stamford in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, from St. Thomas's day next for 9 years. 2s 2 d (2 shillings, 2 pence)." In the parish registers in Stamford and the adjacent parish of Uffington is the following: A. St. George Parish, Stamford, Lincoln County: a. Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, labourer, bapt. 17 Apr 1609. b. Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, bur. 6 Aug 1609. c. Sara, dau. of John Barber, labourer, bapt. 16 Sep 1610. d. Thomas, son of John and Elizabeth Barber, bapt. 25 Dec 1612. B. All Saints Parish, Stamford: a. Elizabeth Lumley, dau. of Thomas Lumley, bapt. 4 Aug 1597 (how related?). b. Elizabeth, dau. of John Barber, bapt. 10 or 11 Nov 1616. c. John, son of John Barber, bapt. 4 Aug 1620. d. John Barber, bur. 21 Apr 1620. e. Elizabeth Barber, widow, bur. 8 Mar 1632. f. John Barber, son of Widow Barber, bur. 22 Mar 1632. C. Uffington Parish, Lincoln County: a. Elizabeth Barber, m. William Fowler, 8 Jun 1590 (? related). b. Margaret Barber, m. John Preeste, 2 Oct 1607 (? a sister of John the father). c. John Barber, m. Elizabeth Lumley, 17 Oct 1608. From the above records the English family of Thomas Barber appears to be as follows: John Barber, b. probably in the early to middle 1580s; buried at All Saints, Stamford, Lincoln County, 21 Apr 1620, md. Uffington, Lincoln County, 17 Oct 1608, Elizabeth Lumley, who was buried at All Saints, Stamford on 9 Mar 1632/3. John is called a labourer in 1609, and a yeoman later. Yeomen were small land owners, a step up from labourers, but below gentry. John and Elizabeth lived first in St. George Parish, Stamford, Lincoln County, which is the part of Stamford adjacent to Uffington, and later in All Saints Parish on the other side of Stamford. Stamford is about 80 miles north of London. Children of John and Elizabeth, bapt. in Stamford: a. Rebecca, bapt. St. George Parish 17 Apr 1609; bur. there 6 Aug 1609. b. Sarah, bapt. St. George Parish, 16 Sep 1610. c. Thomas, bapt. St. George Parish 25 Dec 1612; died in Windsor, Connecticut, 11 Sep 1662. d. Elizabeth, bapt. All Saints Parish 10 or 11 Nov 1616. e. John, bapt. All Saints Parish 4 Aug 1620; bur. there 22 Mar 1632/3. It seems likely that Thomas Barber was born 21 Dec 1612, which is St. Thomas' Day, and bapt. 4 days later. He was still 21 old on the date of his apprenticeship (18 Dec 1634) and this figure (21) was perhaps mistakenly carried over by Francis Stiles when reporting it less that 3 months later for the shipping list of 16 mar 1634/5 by which time Thomas was 22 years old. The Elizabeth Lumley who was baptized in 1597, dau. of Thomas Lumley, is probably not the same person who married John Barber, since her baptism was only 9 years before the marriage, and baptisms at that time almost always took place soon after birth. No other Lumleys were found in Stamford or Uffington. I notice that John Barber [the son] was born 3 months after his father John died." 6. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 71[1996]:111-12, "The English Origin of Thomas1 Barber of Windsor, Connecticut," by Donald S. Barber: "It has long been known that Thomas1 Barber, with several others, was apprenticed to Francis Stiles, who was paid by Sir Richard Saltonstall to bring them to Windsor to build houses for those who would come from England later.[1] They were on the 16 March 1634/5 shipping list for the "Chrystian" of London,[2] which arrived in Boston on 16 June; the party reached Windsor about 1 July 1635. The shipping list gives Thomas's age as 21. Further details about Thomas1 Barber and his family are given in my book, "The Connecticut Barbers,"[3] published in 1992, before I became aware of his English origin. Francis Stiles was a carpenter and London freeman, so it seemed reasonable to search the appropriate guild records in London. Frances Markham, a London researcher, recently found the following entry for me in the records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters at the Guildhall. The entry is part of the minutes for a meeting held on 18 December 1634:[4] "Received of Francis Stiles for apprenticing Thomas Barber, son of John Barber of Stamford in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, from St. Thomas's day next for 9 years. 2s 2d." This led to the International Genealogical Index [IGI] for Lincolnshire and then to the appropriate parish registers in Stamford and to the Bishops' Transcripts for the adjacent parish of Uffington: St. George, Stamford, co. Lincoln:[5] Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, bp. 17 April 1609. Rebecca, dau. of John Barber, bur. 6 Aug. 1609. Sara, dau. of John Barber, labourer, bp. 16 Sept. 1610. Thomas, son of John and Elizabeth Barber, bp. 25 Dec. 1612. All Saints, Stamford:[6] Elizabeth, dau. of John Barber, bp. [10 or 11] Nov. 1616. John, son of John Barber, bp. 4 Aug. 1620. John Barber, bur. 21 April 1620. Elizabeth Barber, widow, bur. 8 March 1632[/3]. John Barber, son of Widow Barber, bur. 22 March 1632[/3]. Uffington, co. Lincoln:[7] Elizabeth Barber m. William Fowler, 8 June 1590. Margaret Barber m. John Preeste, 2 Oct. 1607. John Barber m. Elizabeth Lumley, 17 Oct. 1608. SUMMARY JOHNA BARBER was born probably in the early or middle 1580s and was buried at All Saints, Stamford, county Lincoln, on 21 April 1620. He married at Uffington, county Lincoln, on 17 October 1608, ELIZABETH LUMLEY. She was buried at All Saints, Stamford, on 8 March 1632[/3]. He was called a "labourer" in the baptism of his daughter Sarah. Children of JohnA and Elizabeth (Lumley) Barber: i REBECCA BARBER, bp. St. George, Stamford, co. Lincoln, 17 April 1609, bur. there, 6 Aug. 1609. ii SARAH BARBER. bp. St. George, 16 Sept. 1610. iii THOMAS1 BARBER, bp. St. George, 25 Dec. 1612, d. Windsor, Conn., 11 Sept. 1662;[8] m. Windsor, 7 Oct. 1640, JANE ___,[9] who d. Windsor, 10 Sept. 1662.[10] [St. Thomas Day is 21 December, and that may be the day of his birth and the source of his name, as well as the day on which his apprenticeship began.] iv ELIZABETH BARBER, bp. All Saints, Stamford, 10 or 11 Nov. 1616. v JOHN BARBER, bp. Alt Saints, 4 Aug, 1620, bur. there, 22 March 1632[/3]. No relevant probates were found in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury or the Consistory Court of Lincoln. More research in records in the Stamford area (including nearby sections of Rutland and Northamptonshire) might be helpful in showing the origin of JohnA Barber and of his wife Elizabeth Lumley. I am grateful to Frances Markham for finding the key entry in the records of the Carpenters' Company in London, and to Dr. Neil D. Thompson, CG, FASG, for checking my readings of the pariah registers, for confirming the IGI entries for Uffington in the Bishops' Transcripts, and for searching for relevant probates." Footnotes: 1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, ..." [1st ed.] (New York, 1859), 19-22; [2d ed.], 2 vols. (Hartford, 1891-92), 1:44, 151, 2:50. 2. John Camden Hotten, "The Original Lists of Persons of Quality…" (New York, 1874), 42-43. 3. Donald S. Barber, "The Connecticut Barbers" (Middlefield, Conn., 1992), 1-2. 4. Worshipful Company of Carpenters, Court Minute Book 1618-35, Guildhall Library MS 4329/4. 5. Family History Library [FHL], Salt Lake City, film #1,450,474. 6. FHL film #1,450,472. 7. FHL film #509,002, Item 2. 8. Edwin Stanley Welles, ed., "Births, Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hortfirrd, Windsor, and Fairfield ..." (Hartford, 1897), 21; hereafter cited as Welles. 9. "Matthew Grant Record," "Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor[,] Connecticut, 1639-1703" (Hartford, 1930), 24. For the unlikely claim that Jane (___) Barber was a widow Bancroft, see George E. McCracken, "Bancrofts in the Connecticut Valley," TAG 37(1961):154-60. 10. Welles, 21." | Barber, John (I2205)
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| 5189 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Transcribed copy of letter found in the Gillett family file at the Windsor Connecticut Historical Society: "Somerset Record Office Obridge Road, Taunton, TA2 7PU County Archivist: Derek M. M. Shorrocks, M.A. Telephone: Taunton 87600 & 78805 (2 lines) 11 July, 1979. [Addressed to:] Mr. R.P. Gillette, Box 75A, RFD 1, Mason, NH, 03048 Dear Mr. Gillette, Thank your for your letter of 2nd July, 1979. The clergyman who was rector of Chaffcombe during the period you describe was the Rev. William Gillett (not Edward). Nothing certain is known of his origins or education and he does not appear to have studied at Oxford or Cambridge. A William Gyllett signs a bishop's transcript of 1599 as curate of Chillington (only two miles east of Chaffcombe) and the will of a John Gillett of Chillington (the original destroyed by bombing during the last war) was proved in 1618. He might have been William's father. William was instituted as rector of Chaffcombe on 4th February, 1610 (new style) and held the living until his death. His will does not survive but we hold an inventory of his possessions, valued at over ₤100, taken on 2nd April, 1641, probably within a few days of his death. There is every likelihood that he was buried at Chaffcombe. The parish registers of Chaffcombe survive only from 1678 although isolated bishop's transcripts supply the baptism of three of his sons: Elias on 11 February, 1611/12, Thomas on 27th March, 1621 and Andrew in April, 1623. [signature] DM. M. Shorrocks." 2. From a booklet "Gillett," 1970, by Wilma Gillet Thomas, copy at the Windsor, CT, Historical Society. Within the booklet is a copy from "The American Genealogist," p. 171; however, no volume or date is given. The author is George McCracken: "Now, through the kindness of Patricia Conver (Mrs. S.C.) Spencer of Carthage, Missouri, we are privileged to print new information on the Gillet family of Chaffcombe, Somersetshire, ancestral to the Connecticut Gilletts, which was received in 1978 from Mr. Derek M.M. Shorrocks, M.A., Somersetshire County Archivist, Somerset Record Office, Obridge Road, Taunton TA2 7PU, England. The Chaffcombe parish registers begin only in 1678 but Bishop's Transcripts survive from the years 1611, 1621, 1623, 1634, 1636, 1638 and 1639, all signed by the Rev. William Gyllett, our ancestor, and among them the following Gillet items: Elias, son of William Gylet, bapt. 11 Feb. 1611/12. Thomas, son of William Gyllet, parson, bapt. 27 March 1621. Andrew, son of William Gyllet, rector, bapt. April 1623. These are precious items, since they provide a baptismal date for one child (Thomas), mentioned in the will [of Rev. William Gillett]; confirm our belief that the son Elias, not mentioned in the will in 1641 though still living, was a son of this father; and give us a hitherto unknown youngest Child, Andrew, of whom nothing more is found. They also confirm our previous belief that Jonathan, Nathan, William, Habiah and Mary, were all born before the institution of their father as rector of Chaffcombe on 4 Feb 1609/10, and baptized at some other parish, where unknown as yet." 3. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 2:87-88 [Also found verbatim in same publication 3:16-17]: "MORE INFORMATION ON THE ANCESTRY OF JONATHAN & NATHAN GILLETT In an article in The American Genealogist, Vol. 55, No. 3, p. 170, new information from England expands the Gillett ancestry in England. This article again disputes the French Huguenot ancestry of this family, as does others. One argument against the Huguenot ancestry is that the Gillett name was in the west counties of England before there were Protestants anywhere. There was a will of John Gyllet of Cranebourn, Dorset in 1502. In the 17th century the name may have been pronounced, "Gullett", and then later there was a shift of emphasis from the first to the last syllable, and then it began to sound French. Rev. William Gylett, father of the emigrants, Jonathan & Nathan, was the rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset, England. The Chaffcombe parish records begin only in 1678, but the Bishop's Transcripts survive for the years 1611, 1621, 1623, 1634, 1638 & 1639, and they were all signed by Rev. William Gylett. They list the following baptisms: Elias, 11 Feb. 1611/2, s. of William Gylet, Thomas, 27 Mar. 1621, s. of William Gylett, parson & Andrew, Apr. 1623, s. of William Gylett, rector. This is the first record of Andrew. Previous to this recent TAG article, the will of Rev. William Gylett of 1641, was the primary source for information on the English roots of the emigrants, Jonathan & Nathan. Rev. William Gylett had a brother, Richard. In the Bruton parish records there was a Richard Gylett, who m. Joan Esberg, 11 Aug. 1576, who possibly could have been the parents of Rev. William Gylett. Another Richard Gylett m. Urselah, 12 June 1638, who could have been the son of Richard, brother of William. Also, there was a will, dated 1 July 1600, probated, 16 July 1600, for Richard Gillett of Caudle Haddon, Dorset, husbandman. He listed sons, Richard & William, which would satisfy the chronological & geographical requirements of the father of William Gylett. The following ancestry combines the previously published information and the will of Rev. William Gylett & TAG 55:3. REV. WILLIAM GYLETT- He became rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset on 4 Feb. 1609/10. He had a brother, Richard Gylett and a kinsman, Henry Hutchins. After his bequests his will states, "The rest of my goods I give to my son, William, whom I make my executor, Mr. Joseph Greenfield, Mr. Luffe, my brother Richard & my kinsman; Henry Hutchins, overseers. His will was proved, 16 Apr. 1641 (Taunton wills, 1641, file 13). His inventory was taken by two parishioners, Thomas Palmer & Lawrence Seley. It listed 259 pounds, 14 shillings & 8 six-pence, which included 13 pounds of silver plate & an equal sum of books. To each of his children, "in England", he left two silver spoons apiece and one "chayre" and one frame stool. Children of Rev. William Gylett 1. William Gylett Jr.- b. before 1609, place unknown. His father left him land called Bomers lease, upon the condition that he pay one annuity, 12 pounds to his sister, Hebiah, 4 pounds, to his sister, Mary, 4 pounds, and to his brother, Jeremiah, 40 shillings. William Jr. also received the residual goods of his father's estate.Jonathan & Nathan probably received their share when they left for New England. Nathan evidently retained land in England after he emigrated, which he turned; overto his father by a letter of attorney. In his will, Rev. William listed his son, William as the next reversioner of this land and in his will stated, "shall surrender this unto Thomas (his brother), when requested. Thomas was about 20 at the time. There are three Gillett leases in the records of the manor of Chaffcomb Buller. On 17 Oct. 1687, there was a lease to a William Gillett of Chaffcomb, yeoman, who held a lease for 99 years or the lives of himself and his son, Elias, of four closes of land of 10 acres called Murrens in Chaffcomb, and took a lease of the reversion of the like of Mary, dau. of Elias Gillett, 16 s. On 10 Aug. 1676, a William & Jeremiah Gillett (prob.-sons of Rev. William Gylett), held for their lives, successfully, a cottage, 2 acres of land and certain demesne land, v.s. 2 closes called Morell & Millmore of acres, other closes called Parkemead, Spires Meade, Court Garden & Three Parkocke, containing 16 acres, surrendered the same and William Gillett took a new grant from the steward for the lives of himself and his son, William, at a rent of 16 shillings a year. The above two leases may have been renewals of already, existing leases and were probably occasioned by the recent deaths of Jeremiah & Elias Gillett. On 28 Oct. 1687, there was a lease to Elias Gillett of Misterton (about 10 miles east of Chaffcomb), clerk, of a roofless tenement in the manor of Chaffcomb Poulett of 20 acres, formerly occupied by Edith Sealye, to be held for 99 years or lives of Mary Gillett, his wife & Phillips (Philip, his son), 20 shillings. The Elias was pos. s. of Elias, bpt. 1611/12. Children of William Gillet Jr. a. Prob. Elias Gillett- d.a. 1687. Children of Elias Gillett i. Mary Gillett 2. Jonathan Gillett- Born before 1609, place unknown. Emigrated to New England in 1630. 3. Nathan Gillett- Born before 1609, place unknown. Emigrated to New England in 1630. 4. Jeremiah Gillett- b. before 1609. His father left him, "my chattel (lease) of court ground. Some sources say he came to New England with his brothers and then returned to England, but there appears to be no evidence to support this claim. 5. Hebiah Gillett- b. before 1609. Mentioned in her father's will, 1641. 6. Mary Gillett- b. before 1609. Mentioned in her father's will, 1641. 7. Elias Gillett- bpt. 11 Feb. 1611/12, Chaffcombe, Somerset. He attended New Inn Hall, Oxford, matriculated, 7 May 1632 (age 20), B.A. 7 June 1632, M.A. 23 Apr. 1635. He allegedly succeeded his father in Chaffcombe, but his father was immediately succeeded by Peter Cox, on 22 Nov. 1642. Children of Elias Gillett" a. Elias Gillett Jr.- He attended Christchurch, the most prestigious Oxford College, ordained deacon, 19 Sept. 1675, priest, 20 Dec. 1679 and was instituted rector of Misterton. Somerset. 15 Feb. 1680/1, about 10 miles east of Chaffcombe. He remained there until he died in 1703. He was bu. 21 June 1730, Chaffcombe. Children of Elias Gillett Jr. & Mary: i. Philip Gillett- b. 10 June 1685, Misterton, Somerset. ii. William Gillett- bpt. 8 Feb. 1686/7, Misterton, Somerset. iii. Pos. Elias Gillett III. 8. Thomas Gillett- bpt. 27 Mar. 1621, Chaffcombe. He was about 20 when his father died. His brother, Nathan, turned land over to his father, which, after his father's death, reverted to brother, William, and it was to be given to Thomas upon request. 9. Andrew Gillett- bpt. Apr. 1623, Chaffcombe. Nothing more is known of him." 4. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 25:35-36, "GILLETT, JEREMIAH ( - ), GILLETT, JONATHAN ( -1677) & GILLETT, NATHAN ( -1689) all of Windsor, CT. Volume 18, p. 59": "Three Gillett brothers came to New England in the early 1630's. Jonathan probably came first on the "Mary & John" in 1630. He returned to England and married Mary Dolbiar in 1634 in Colyton, Devon and soon after came again on the "Recovery of London". His brothers, Jeremiah & Nathan possibly came with him in 1634 or soon after. The English Gillett ancestry appeared in the Search series, volume 18, pp. 59-65. It has been known, for many years, that their father was Rev. William Gylett, rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset; rom 1610 until his death in 1641, but nothing about his wife or anything prior to 1610 has been known about him. Robin Bush has now found his whereabouts as early as 1599 and the name of a wife. Provisional Gillett Ancestry. 1. Pos. John Gillett of Chillington, Somerset, where Rev. William Gillett first appeared as the curate. A John Gillett was listed on the Lay subsidy rolls there of 1582, 1601 & 1603 and presumably was the John Gillett whose will (now destroyed in 1942 in the German bombing of Exeter), was proved in 1618. Another John Gylett of Chillington was paying tax in 1628/9 and who may have been the John Gillett who appears in an undated rental of the manor of Street & Leigh (spanning the borders of Chaffcombe & Winsham of c. 1628. (DD/TOR 224). In the same volume (a Street & Leigh manor court book), Bush found a prosecution on 27 April 1614 of John Gillett retaining Andrew Brangwell in his service beyond the age of 17. Children: a. Richard Gillett- Mentioned in the will of his brother, William in 1641. b. William Gillett- See below. 2. Rev. William Gillett- Born say 1574. He first appears in the records in 1599, when he signed a Chillington bishops transcript, as curate there (he was clearly not a graduate). Chillington is 3 miles NE of Chaffcombe. He was ordained a priest by the Bishop of Bath & Wells on 28 Sept. 1600 & licensed as curate of Kingstone, Somerset (2 miles N. of Chillington) on 13 Oct. 1601, where he served until he was instituted as rector of Chaffeombe (2 miles NB of Chard) on 4 Feb. 1609/10, a post he held until his death shortly before 2 April 1641 (his inventory). A marriage license was issued on 18 Sept. 1609 for William Gillett, clerk, curate of Kingstone & Habiathia Pye of Donyatt (4 miles N. of Chaffcombe virgin, to be married at Donyatt, bondsman Roger Gillett of Chillington, yeoman (Somerset R.O. D/D/OI 18). There are no early parish registers for Chillington or Donyatt and the Bishops Transcripts are of no help so the baptisms of the Gillett brothers could not be found. In his will, William Gillett named all of his children (except Jonathan), his brother, Richard and a kinsman, Henry Hutchins. Children of William Gillett: a. Jonathan Gillett- Born prob. in Kingstone, before 1610. b. Jeremiah Gillett- Born prob. in Kingstone, before 1610. c. Nathan Gillett- Born prob. in Kingstone, before 1610. d. Elias Gillett- Bpt. 11 Feb. 1611/12, Chaffcombe. Alive in 1641. e. Thomas Gillett- Bpt. 27 Mar. 1621, Chaffcombe. Alive in 1641. f. Andrew Gillett- Bpt. April 1623, Chaffcombe. Pos. d.y. g. William Gillett- Named in 1641 will of his father. h. Habiah Gillett- Named in 1641 will of her father. Clearly named after her mother. i. Mary Gillett- Named in 1641 will of her father. For material previously published by the Mary& John Clearing House on the Gilletts, see the following Search series volumes: Volume 5, pp. 49-81 Four generations of descendants of Jonathan. Volume 5, pp. 83-90 Four generations of descendants of Nathan. Volume 13 pp. 58-71 American descendants of Jeremiah. Volume 18 pp. 59-63 English ancestry of Gillett brothers. For more information on these families see the Addendum." 5. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:59-61, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Three Gillett brothers, from Chaffcombe, Somerset (2 mi. NE of Chard), sons of Rev. William Gylet, came to New England and were in Windsor, CT in the 1630's. Jonathan came on the "Mary & John" in 1630. He returned to England to marry and returned with is wife on the "Recovery of London" in 1634. His brothers Nathan and Jeremiah probably came on one of these ships also. Their paternal grandfather has not been found but there are some clues. In the will of the father Rev. William Gylett, 1641, he lists a brother, Richard. The claim that the Gilletts of Somerset have a French Huguenot ancestry has been widely disputed. The name was in the West Country before the French Protestants arrived, including a John Gyllett in Cranbourn, Dorset (14 mi. S of Salisbury, Wilts), whose will (PCC 12 Blamyr) was probated 29 Oct. 1502. Will of Richard Gillett of Caudle Haddon (not found), Dorset, husbandman dated 1 July 1600, probated 16 July 1600 (PCC 55 Wallopp) (TAG 42:160-161) To be buried in churchyard of Caudle To son William - 10 pounds To son Edward - 5 pounds at end of his apprenticeship To daughter Mary - 10 pounds at marriage To children of son Richard - 10 shillings between them To son-in-law William Sheppard and to his son William Residue to wife Alice and son John, executors Witnesses: William Appkyn, William Adames, Richard Same, Robert Grannte and William Swett, curate of that place. In TAG 42:160-163, George McCracken says the above will would satisfy the chronological and geographical requirements for the will of the father of Rev. William Gytlett this testator had sons William and Richard. The latter, however, was not a beneficiary of the will and is mentioned only as father of grandchildren who were. The presumption is reasonably strong that this Richard was dead in 1600, but his children received not the 10 pounds which William and Mary receive but only a twentieth as much, that to be divided among them, so it seems possible that Richard was still living, had already married, at which time he had received his portion, though this is not stated in so many words. 1. Rev. William Gylett - Born about 1575. His will proved 16 Apr. 1641 (Taunton, Wills, 1641, file 13). He mentions brother Richard Gylett and kinsman Henry Hutchins. He became rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset (2 mi. NE of Chard), 4 Feb, 1609/10 and he served there until his death. The Old Rectory, in which he lived, is a beautiful thatch-roof cottage, used today as a private residence (for photos, see Search Series, Vol. 12, p. 110-111). Also, the silver Elizabethan Chalice, dated 1584, he used is still in the Chaffcomb Church. The lid, when inverted, becomes a patten for holding the bread. The font is Norman so would also have been used by Rev. Gylett. His whereabouts before 1609 are unknown but evidently married ___, about 1600 and he had at least six children born before moving to Chaffcombe. Abstract of will of William Gylett of Chaffcombe, Somerset dated 1641 and proved 16 Apr. 1641 (Taunton wills, 1641, file 13) Land to daughters, Habiah and Mary, "which my son Nathan made over to me by letter of attorney My son William To my son Jeremiah my chatell (lease) of courtground To son William and his heirs my land called Bowers (lease) To Thomas, Jeremiah, Mary and Habiah, each a chair and stool Residue to son William, executor Overseers: Mr. Joseph Greenfield, Mr. Luffe, my brother Richard and my kinsman Henry Hutchings Witnesses: None The records of the manor of Chaffcombe Buller, where the Gilletts held some leases are incomplete but there are three items of interest (Ref: DD/55 Bunelle 30): 10 Aug. 1676: William and Jeremiah Gillett who held by copy of court roll for their lives successively a cottage, 2 acres of land and certain demesne land, viz. 2 closes called Morell and Millmore of 5 acres, other closes called Parkemead, Spires Meade, Court Garden, and three Parocks, containing 16 acres, surrendered the same and William Gillett took a new grant from the steward for the lives of himself and his son William, at a rent of 16s a year. 17 Oct. 1687: Lease to William Gillett of Chaffcombe, yeoman, who held a lease for 99 years or the lives of himself and his son, Elias, of four closes of land of 10 acres called Murrens in Chaffcombe, and took a lease of the reversion on the life of Mary, daughter of Elias Gillett, rent 16s. 28 Oct. 1687: Lease to Elias Gillett of Misterton, clerk, of a roofless tenement in the manor of Chaffcombe Poulett of 20 acres, formerly occupied by Edith Sealye, to be held for 99 years or the lives of Mary Gillett, his wife, and Philippa and William, his children, 20s. Children a. William Gylett - Born before 1609. Died after 17 Oct. 1687. In 1641 his father left him land called "Bomerslease". Child: i. Elias Gillett, D.a. 1687. b. Jonathan Gillett - See below. c. Nathan Gillett - See below. d. Jeremiah Gillett - See below. e. Hebiah Gillett - Born before 1609. Alive in 1641. f. Elias Gillett - Bpt. 11 Feb. 1611/12, Chaffcombe. He m. ___. He attended New Inn Hall; Oxford, matriculated 7 May 1632 (age 20); B.A. 7 June 1632; MA. 23 Apr. 1635. He allegedly succeeded his father in Chaffcombe, but the latter was immediately succeeded by Peter Cox on 22 Nov. 1642. Child: i. Elias Gillett Jr. - He attended Christ Church, Oxford; ordained deacon 19 Sept. 1675 and priest 20 Dec. 1679; rector of Misterton, Somerset (10 mi. E of Chaffcombe) 15 Feb. 1680/1. He remained there until he died. Bu. 21 June 1703, Chaffcombe. g. Thomas Gillett - Bpt. 27 Mar. 1621, Chaffcombe. He received some of his father's land after 1641. h. Andrew Gillett - Bpt. 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| 5190 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Transcript of East Farleigh marriage record on Findmypast indicates Mary Bishop was of Nundon and Roger Knell of Brenchley. There is no Nundon near the area, but there is Hunton, which shows Nundon was a transcription reading error. In any case, this led us to the christening of Mary Bishop in the Hunton parish and helped locate her siblings. | Bishop, Mary (I308)
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| 5191 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Trying to determine Elizabeth's birth or christening and parentage is problematic. We only have two direct contemporary sources to work from to get an approximation of Elizabeth's birth - the 1841 census which shows her age as 71 (birth ca. 1770) and her tombstone with the inscribed age of 72 with a death date of 1 Jun 1846 (birth ca. 1774). Further investigation into the death age by accessing Family Search's "Diocese of Durham Bishop's Transcripts for Heddon on the Wall in Northumberland," p. 333, shows the burial record as "Elizth Charleton / Heddon / June 3 /76 years (John A. Blackett, Vicar)." This burial age record gives a birth date of 1769/70. Censuses are notoriously unreliable for ages since the census taker would sometime estimate the age or the individual them self was not very accurate. As for the tombstone, it appears to have been placed at least 30 years after her death meaning her age may or may not be entirely accurate. The one census she shows up in, 1841, indicates she was born in the county of Northumberland. We also know from her 29 Jun 1795 marriage in St. John Lee that she had been residing long enough in the parish of St. John Lee to be considered "of the parish" and that one of the witnesses was John Ferguson - probably a father or brother. It is probably this marriage witness that has led many past researchers to "assume" John as the father. This in turn led the same past researchers to look for any John Fergusons in the area and "assume" him to be her father without actually being able to prove the connection. The first LDS patron submittal of Elizabeth in 1934 showed a birth of "About 1781" of Hexham, Northumberland. This date of course doesn't work at all with the marriage of 1795. As for the location, Hexham is the main church in the larger regional area, which adjoins and includes St. John Lee. Unfortunately, there is no such entry in Hexham. Since then, the LDS extraction program as of 31 Jul 2009 for all of Northumberland has generated the following christening possibilities for any Elizabeth christened between 1765 and 1781, which I list as follows chronologically; however, I have not found a definite proof of a confirmed link - so this is a process of elimination: A. Eliz. Ferguson, b. 13 Jun 1767, chr. 5 Jul 1767 at St. James Blackett formerly Silver St. Indp. or Pnewc, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland to John and Isabell Ferguson. B. Elizabeth Ferguson, chr. 7 Aug 1768 at Norham, Northumberland to Matthew Ferguson. C. Elisabeth Fargeson, chr. 27 Aug 1769 at Saint John Lee, Northumberland to Jno. Fargeson of Walfell. D. Elizabeth Ferguson chr. 21 Jul 1776 at Longhoughton, Northumberland to William and Elizabeth Ferguson. E. Elisabeth Fargison chr. 5 Oct 1777 at Saint John Lee, Northumberland to John Farguson of Acomb. F. Elizabeth Farguson chr. 25 Jan 1778 at Stannington, Northumberland to Andrew and Isabel Farguson. G. Elizabeth Ferguson, chr. 15 Apr 1781 at Belford, Northumberland to Thomas Ferguson. Even though the extraction program may not be 100% comprehensive for Northumberland, it does cover a lot of ground including a 10 or so mile radius around St. John Lee Parish where we find Elizabeth's marriage (the exception being Newbrough/Warden, which records I reviewed on FHL film). The entry which some past researchers have focused on is the 1777 entry (after realizing the 1781 assumption didn't work) since it was in the same parish as the marriage. Unfortunately, it doesn't jive exactly with the 1771 or 1774 dates we now know of Elizabeth from the 1841 census and tombstone, both of which never seemed to have been available to the earlier researchers. Assuming that her christening was indeed recorded, which it may or may not have been, we must now try to find her by process of elimination using logic and what we now know. Assuming an age of 16 minimum for marriage, we would need to discount any date after 1779. An age of under 21 would be very unusual and something I have never seen in the English records; the normal minimum of 21 to be considered "full age" making a birth date of 1774 or a bit earlier even better. Occasionally I have seen marriages as early as maybe 19 or 21, which would give us birth of no earlier of 1776. In any case we can eliminate entries F(1778) and G(1779) above as being unrealistic. Entry E(1777) is marginal at best when age is the only consideration. We can also judge the entries by localities. Of the various geographic locations given above, the varying distances in miles from St. John Lee (or even nearby Hexham which is 1.4 miles from St. John Lee) are as follows: Newcastle 21.8, Norham 76.5, Longhoughton 54.4, and Stannington 28. We have determined that our Elizabeth's husband, Thomas Charlton, was born in Newbrough, which is 5.7 miles from Hexham and only 3.6 miles from St. John Lee. St. John Lee literally looks at Hexham across the river. For reference, Heddon-on-the-Wall, where Thomas and Elizabeth would eventually settle is 13.6 miles from Lee St. John. Geographically, entries "C" and "E" in St. John Lee are the most likely prospects especially considering the marriage location. A possible second choice would be "A" in Newcastle; however, it doesn't seem from my general studies of the area that those in the Hexham area mixed much with Newcastle at this time even though we cannot totally rule it out. The area around Hexham was administered as part of the Duke of York's jurisdiction and separate from the rest of Northumberland; in fact, for probate for the area, you must go to York and not Newcastle as you would for the rest of Northumberland. I find that it was really only later in the 1800s that these rural areas started to move towards the industrial areas such as Newcastle. We can also use the children of Thomas and Elizabeth as a reference point. From the point of view of their childrens' confirmed christening locations, we have one daughter at the Catholic Church near Lee St. John, two children at the Catholic Church at Stella (west side of Newcastle), one at the Catholic Church Minsteracres at Bywell St. Peters which is halfway between Hexham and Heddon, one at Heddon, and two unknown but traditionally ascribed to the Hexham area. From all of this, St. John Lee ("C" and "E") again seems the most likely location for Elizabeth's christening with Newcastle "A" a very distant possibility. Generally marriages were performed in the bride's church making St. John Lee very probable for her birth as well. In reviewing the marriage record, we know there was a witness named John Fargison, who would most likely be her father or a brother. Unfortunately the residence in the record only states "of this parish," which does not give us a specific location within the parish, which would have helped us to neatly tie in the various christening records. From a time period perspective, the two entries of Lee St. John (1769 and 1777) seem to bracket the projected birth date of 1774 as reported on the tombstone. Even though there is no documentation that I have seen reported, previous submitters to the LDS IGI had seemed to believe the latter of the two - "E" or 1777 - as the most probable, which certainly could be the case; however, it may have only been the most easy and convenient choice. In short, at the time of the 1795 marriage, she would have been either 25 or 17 respectively if we accept either of the two christening entries from St. John Lee. Focusing on the two dates of 1769 and 1777 in St. John Lee, then we should also review the birth years of Elizabeth's children. We have births of proven children up to 1809 which would mean a childbearing cut off age of 40 if born in 1769 or 32 if born in 1777. This would tend to lead us to the 1769 date; however, we have the problem of two potential but unproven children after 1810 (maybe 1812 and 1816), which would better lend itself to a birth of 1777. Being the post-1810 children are still tentative at best, we are still left unfortunately with the same dilemma until we can prove their connection or not. Now if we factor in the burial record quoted above and not the tombstone age, we are then certainly left with the "C" option which fits nicely for 1769, which is close to the census age. Using the now preferred 1769 date in St. John Lee, then the family for the same father and location within the parish is as follows: -4 Mar 1764, Edward son of John Fargison of Walfell. -27 Aug 1769, Elisabeth dau. of Jno. Ferguson of Walfell. -21 Nov 1773, Mary dau. of John Fargeson of Wallfell. [Bur. 6 Mar 1774.] If we were to accept the 1777 date in St. John Lee, then the family for the same father and location within the parish is as follows: -26 Dec 1774, Mary dau. of John Farguson of Acomb. -5 Oct 1777, Elisabeth Fargison to John Farguson of Acomb. -18 Jul 1779, John son of John Fargison of Acomb. The 1777 Elizabeth above does have a John for a brother, but he would only have been 15, which would have been too young to be a witness for a marriage. It should also be noted that many past researchers, who have assumed a John Ferguson for Elizabeth's father, have wrongly surmised John to have been born about 1738 of Hexham and buried 25 Jul 1801 in Hexham. I have thoroughly refuted these dates and locations by studying Hexham and the surrounding area parish records. See his notes for more information on this and for an extensive search on possible Johns and all Fergusons in a larger conclusive radius search. Long and short, of the two Elizabeths, the 1769 Elizabeth is by far our best option and the direction I now pursue. 2. Note that a John Ferguson witnessed the marriage of Elizabeth Ferguson. LDS IGI extracted record per batch M004191, film 0095002, printout 6902831 shows Thos. Charlton md. Elizabeth Fargison 29 Jun 1795 at Lee Saint John, Northumberland, England. The actual record on FHL film 1068897 also shows that both are of the parish and that she is a spinster, that Thos. signs with an X, but Elizabeth signs as Elisabeth Fargison. The record also shows her name as Elisabeth, not Elizabeth. Witnesses signed as follows: Thos. Fenwick and John Ferguson. John Ferguson could be the father or a brother. 3. Various Fergusons in the records of St. John Lee Parish per FHL film 1068898. Baptisms and marriages were found with IGI extraction batch search followed up by looking at the actual church records on FHL film. Our John is the father of Group 1 under baptisms. A. Baptisms 1664-1812 grouped by common father: Group 1: -4 Mar 1764, Edward son of John Fargison of Walfell. [Probable father of group 7.] -27 Aug 1769, Elisabeth dau. of Jno. Ferguson of Walfell. [Our Elizabeth who married Thomas Charlton.] -21 Nov 1773, Mary dau. of John Fargeson of Wallfell. [Bur. 6 Mar 1774.] Group 2: [Father Francis of this group is probably the Francis chr. 22 Apr 1750 in Hexham to John Fargueson, collier.] -13 Nov 1774, John son of Francis Fargison of Fallowfield. [Probable father of Group 6 below.] -18 Aug 1776, George son of Francis Fargison of Fallowfield. [Bur. 30 Jul 1788.] -27 Sep 1778, Mark son of Francis Farguson of Fallowfield. [We can follow Mark into Hexham where we see his children christened beginning 1808.] -["Infant daughter" not in christening record but shown bur. 15 Apr 1780.] -15 Jul 1781, Francis son of Francis Fargison of Fallowfield. [Probable father to group 7.] -29 Feb 1784, Edwd. son of Francis Fargison of Fallowfield. -7 May 1786, Matthew son of Francis Farguson of Fallowfield. -18 Apr 1790, Mary dau. of Francis Fargison of Fallowfield. Group 3: [The probable parents for this group are most likely the John and Elizabeth who resided in Acomb when they were buried in this parish in 1830 and 1822 respectively (see notes below). They are probably also the same John Farguson and Elizabeth Hall who were married in Bywell St. Andrew in 1773 (see separate note below for this marriage.] -26 Dec 1774, Mary dau. of John Farguson of Acomb. -5 Oct 1777, Elisabeth Fargison to John Farguson of Acomb. -18 Jul 1779, John son of John Fargison of Acomb. [Probably the John of Acomb who was buried in this parish in 1801.] Group 4: -16 Dec 1781, Ann dau. of John Farguson of Fallowfield. [Bur. 12 Aug 1793.] Group 5: [Group 4 and 5 should probably be combined since Ann of 1781 dies in 1793 noted as being of Anick unless there was an Ann in Anick not reported in the christenings, which is unlikely.] -13 Dec 1789, Wm. son of John Ferguson of Anick. Group 6: [John probable son in group 2 below.] -26 Aug 1798, Hannah dau. of John Ferguson of Fallowfield. -15 Dec 1799, Elisabeth dau. of John Ferguson of Fallowfield. -24 Jan 1802, Margaret dau. of John Ferguson of Fallowfield. -1 Apr 1804, Ann dau. of John Ferguson of Fallowfield. Group 7: [Edward is probable son chr. 1764 in group 1] -22 Jun 1800, John son of Edward Farguson of Acomb. -3 Jul 1803, Ann dau. of Edward Ferguson of Acomb. -28 Jul 1805, William son of Edward Ferguson of Acomb. [Bur. 10 Jan 1809.] -11 Oct 1807, Matthew son of Edward Ferguson of Acomb. -30 Sep 1810, William son of Edward Ferguson of Acomb. [Probably bur. 1836.] Group 8: [Probable son in group 2 chr. 1781.] -17 Apr 1803, Ann dau. of Francis Ferguson of Wall. -28 Apr 1805, Elisabeth dau. of Francis Ferguson of Fallowfield. -20 Nov 1808, George son of Francis Farguson of Fallowfield. -9 Feb 1812, Francis son of Francis Ferguson Junior of Fallowfield. B. Marriages 1664-1812: -14 May 1774, Francis Farguson and Elisabeth Ramsay, both of the parish of St. Oswald, wit. George Ramsay and John Farguson. Probable parents of Group 2 above.] -29 Jun 1795, Thos. Charlton and Elizabeth Fargison, both of this parish, wit: Tho's Fenwick and John Fargison. [Our ancestors.] -21 May 1797, John Fargison, batch., and Ann Aynsley, spinster, both of this parish, wit: Thomas Aynsley, Edwd. Ferguson. [Probable parents of Group 6 above.] -18 May 1799, Edward Farguson, batch., and Elisabeth Moffatt, spinster, both of this parish, wit: Mark Thompson and John Burdis. [Probable parents of group 7 above.] -21 Nov 1802, Francis Farguson, batch., and Mary Nixon, spinster, both of this parish, wit: George Nixon and Mark Ferguson. [Probable parents of Group 8 above.] -28 Nov 1807, Isable Farguson, spinster, and Henry Turnbull, batchelor, both of this parish, wit: John Ferguson and Isabell Armstrong. [Probably the same Isabel who was christened 12 Aug 1787 in Hexham, dau. of John Ferguson, miner.] C. Burials 1760-1812 (the records go much early and this is only a self-imposed beginning timeframe: -6 Mar 1774, Mary dau. of John Fargeson, Wallfell. [Part of Group 1 above; chr. 1773.] -15 Apr 1780, Infant dau. of Francis Fargison, Fallowfield. [Part of Group 2 above; no chr. record.] - 30 Jul 1788, George, son of Francis Fargison, Fallowfel. [Part of Group 2 above.] -12 Aug 1793, Ann, dau. of John Farguson, Anick. Part of Group 4 above; chr. 1781,] -25 Jul 1801, John Ferguson, Acomb. [Since we have a father for Group 3 already (John who was bur. 1830), this John, being of Acomb, is probably the son in Group 3 chr. 1779.] -8 Apr 1805, Ann, wife of John Ferguson, Fallowfield. [Probable mother to Group 6 since birth of children in Group ceases in 1804; Ann Aynsley.] -10 Jan 1809, William, son of Edward Farguson, Acomb. [Part of Group 7 above, chr. 28 Jul 1805.] -31 May 1811, Edward Ferguson, Acomb. [Probable father of Group 7 since birth of children stop and no relationship to a father is stated in the bur. record.] D. Burials 1813-1860 (ages are given beginning 1813; the burial records continue but I had a self-imposed cutoff of 1860): -6 Apr 1822, John Ferguson, Acomb, 31. [Unsure of relationship since I do not have a corresponding christening fitting his approx. birth of 1790.] -29 May 1822, Eliz'th Ferguson, Acomb, 76. [Probable mother of Group 3 above; no marriage record in this parish. Probably Elizabeth Hall who married John Farguson in 1773 in Bywell St. Andrew as reported in a separate note below.] -15 Apr 1825, Francis Ferguson, Fallowfield, 75. [Probable father of Group 2 above; Francis the senior.] -23 Apr 1830, John Ferguson, Acomb, 77. [Probable father of Group 3 above.] -15 Jun 1836, William Ferguson, Acomb, 25. [Probable son of Edward in Group 7 above chr. 1810.] -10 Mar 1850, John Ferguson, Fallowfield, 76. [Probable father of Group 6 above and husband to Ann Aynsley.] -21 May 1851, Mark Ferguson, Brunton(?) Bank, 30. [Son of Francis Ferguson and Mary Nixon in group 8, but too late for my extraction - source: 1851 census.] -5 Nov 1852, Francis Ferguson, Plane Trees, 69. [Probable father of Group 8; Francis Jr., son of Francis.] -28 Dec 1854, Mary Ferguson, Plane Trees, 73. [Probable mother of Group 8, Mary Nixon.] -12 Feb 1755, Eleanor Ferguson, Beaufront Wood Head, 87. [No known connection at this time.] -20 Jun 1856, Jane Ferguson, Hexham, 79. [No known connection at this time; also from Hexham out of the parish.] -15 Apr 1858, Elizabeth Ferguson, Acomb, 87. [Probable mother of Group 7 - Elizabeth Moffatt.] 4. Survey of the Hexham Parish records using IGI extractions and then compared against the parish records in FHL films 991801-991803 and 94997. This information provides context to other Fergusons in the area helping us to eliminate false information concerning John. Many past researchers, who have assumed a John Ferguson for Elizabeth's father, have wrongly surmised John to have been born about 1738 of Hexham and buried 25 Jul 1801 in Hexham. The following refutes a baptism in Hexham. As for an 1801 burial, see above separate note for the correct John (not ours) who was buried in St. John Lee. A. Baptisms 1644-1753 by groups: Group 1: -8 May 1729, John, son of John Fargison, testator: William Tyeson. Group 2: -10 Mar 1732, Jane, dau. of Alexander Fargison. Group 3: -22 Apr 1750, Francis, son of John Fargueson, collier. [Probably the father of the eight children chr. 1774-1790 in Saint John-Lee to Francis residing in Fallowfield and husband to Elizabeth Ramsay.] -17 May 1752, John, son of John Fargueson, collier. -20 Feb 1757, Matthew, son of John Ferguson, collier. Group 4 [I would assume the father John in this Group is the son in Group 3 above.]: -22 Aug 1784, Jane, dau. of John Ferguson, collier. -12 Aug 1787, Isabel, dau. of John Ferguson, miner. [Probably the same Isabel who married Henry Turnbull in St. John Lee on 28 Nov 1807 and resided in Warden in the 1841 census.] Group 5 [This is probably the same Mark chr. 1778 in St. John Lee as a son to Francis.]: -22 Jun 1806, Mary Ann, dau. of Mark Ferguson, d. 18 Mar 1810. -10 Jan 1808, Francis, son of Mark Ferguson, d. 25 Oct 1808. -4 Dec 1808, Elizabeth, dau. of Mark Ferguson. B. Marriages: -27 Apr 1741, Robert Farguson and Elzabeth McFairlin. -26 Jun 1749, John Fargueson and Mary Tweddle, both of the parish. [Probable parents to Group 3 above.] -24 Jun 1793, Alexander Ferguson and Jane Spoor, both of the parish. 5. Pre-1810 Survey of other nearby parishes using only IGI batch extraction. I did not confirm against FHL films of the various church parishes since I don't see any "stand-out" connection to our potential John in the following except for the 1773 marriage in Bywell St. Andrew: -See extensive results listed separately above for St. John Lee and Hexham. -No results: Haydon Bridge, Simonburn, Heddon on the Wall, Stonecroft with Hexham Roman Catholic, Haltwhistle Presbyterian, Falstone, Falstone Presbyterian, Corsenside, Chollerton, Cheeseburn Grange and Stella Roman Catholic, Capheaton Roman Catholic, Allendale, Bellingham, Blanchland, Elsdon, Kirkwhelpington, Kinharle, Thockrington, Whittonstall, Newbrough, Warden, and Slaley. -Ovingham: 12 Nov 1808, marriage of John Farguson and Eleanor Scott. [Note that some family histories try to connect the Elizabeth Ferguson who md. Thomas Charlton as a daughter to this couple - which would be of course erroneous.] -Haltwhistle: 15 Nov 1742, christening of Izabel, dau. of Robert Ferguson. -Corbridge: -10 Apr 1673, marriage of David Fergison and Ann Hindhaugh. -17 Jun 1675, chr. of John, son of David Fargeson. -10 Mar 1678, chr. of Eleanor, dau. of David Fargeson. -Birtley: 16 Feb 1784, marriage of John Ferguson and Mary Veach. -Bolam: 25 Nov 1712, chr. William, son of William Ferguson. -Bywell Saint Andrew: 13 Apr 1773, marriage of John Fergueson and Elizabeth Hall. [This marriage is interesting because I believe it to be the couple who lived in Acomb and had the three children christened in St. John Lee: Mary 1774, Elisabeth 1777, and John 1779. The Elisabeth of 1777 is one of our strong candidates for our Elizabeth who married Thomas Charlton.] -Bywell Saint Peter: 17 Oct 1714, chr. of George, son of James and Elizabeth Ferguson. -Hartburn: Christenings: Group 1: -14 Aug 1740, Alice, dau. of John Ferguson. -14 Feb 1742, Isabell, dau. of John Ferguson. -20 May 1744, Alice, dau. of John Ferguson. -9 Nov 1746, Mary, dau. of John Ferguson. -7 May 1749, John, son of John and Mary Ferguson. [Probably the father of Group 3 below.] -31 May 1752, Dorothy, dau. of John and Mary Ferguson. -31 Jul 1757, Thomas, son of John and Mary Ferguson. Group 2: -2 May 1756, Isabel, dau. of William and Penelope Farguson. Group 3: [John the father is probably the son of Group 1 above.] -16 Dec 1770, Ann, dau. of John and Sarah Ferguson. -8 Feb 1772, John, son of John and Sarah Ferguson. -4 Jul 1777, Ann, dau. of John and Sarah Ferguson. Marriages: -27 Apr 1740, William Fergueson and Anne Robson. -10 Dec 1763, Eleanor Ferguson and William Nixon. -Abt 30 Dec 1766, Isabel Ferguison and Adam Buckham. [Dau. in Group 1.] -28 Jul 1768, Alice Ferguson and William Elliott. [Dau. in Group 1.] -20 Aug 1770, John Farguson and Sarah Aynsley. [Parents of Group 3 and son in Group 1.] -Hebron: 15 May 1760, marr. of Bartholomew Ferguson and Jane Lawson. -Stamfordham: Christenings: -30 Jan 1785, chr. of John, son of Thos. and Eliz. Ferguson. -16 Jan 1792, chr. of Mary, dau. of Thos. and Mary Farguson, d. 1 Jan 1803. [Probable dau. of Thomas and Mary Scott md. 1789 per entry below.] Marriages: -19 May 1743, marr. of George Heron and Mary Ferguson. -14 Nov 1743, marr. of William Storey and Isabel Ferguson. -22 May 1748, marr. of William Ferguson and Ann Wilkinson. -29 Apr 1759, marr. of William Redhead and Ann Ferguson. -3 Dec 1789, marr. of Thomas Ferguson and Mary Scott. -Whitfield: 25 Jun 1774, chr. of Ann, dau. of John and Elizabeth Ferguson. -Whitley by Hexham: -4 Jan 1773, marr. of John Ferguson and Eleanor Dixon. -8 Jul 1773, chr. Mary, dau. of John Ferguson. -Whalton: -30 Sep 1715, chr. of Richard, son of William Fergeson. -8 Jun 1729, marr. of John Smith and Barbary Fergeson. -Ponteland: Christenings: -17 May 1709, chr. of Mark, son of John Ferguson. -Jun 1716, chr. of Mary, dau. of John Fargison. Marriage: -May 1718, marr. of John Fargison and Elizabeth Hepple. -19 May 1793, marr. of Ann Ferguson and Bartholomew Watson. -21 Nov 1803, marr. of Jane Ferguson and John Forster. -Newburn: Christenings: -1 Apr 1712, chr. of Henry, son of John Fargeson. -9 Mar 1714, chr. of Joan Fergeson, dau. of Margaret Fergeson. Marriages: -31 Jul 1736, marr. of Francis Harrison and Isabel Ferguson. -27 May 1766, marr. of George Blacket and Mary Ferguson. -12 Nov 1774, marr. of John Hall and Alice Ferguson. -28 Jun 1787, marr. of Robert Brown and Eleanora Ferguson. 6. "Rounce's Marriage Index: Hexham Marriages 1759-1837," Northumberland Records Office at Woodhorn, shows the following Ferguson marriages which I cannot find any linkage thus far and who I have already reported on in one of the above notes. a. Alexander Ferguson and Jane Spoor, 24 Jun 1793. b. Mark Ferguson and Elizabeth Walker, 15 Jan 1806. 6. Findmypast.com shows the following christening results for a 20-year search either side of 1728 in Durham and Northumberland for Ferguson/Fargison and variants. Their scope is not necessarily comprehensive: -21 Jun 1730, John, son of John Ferguson, wherryman, chr. 21 Jun 1730, Tynemouth, Christ Church, Northumberland. -19 May 1728, John, son of Henry Ferguison, Unthank, Tweedmouth, Northumberland. 7. Findmypast.com shows the following marriage results for a 10-year search either side of 1767 in Durham and Northumberland for Ferguson/Fargison and variants. Their scope is not necessarily comprehensive: -24 May 1763, John Ferguison and Ann Denham, Holy Trinity, Sunderland, Durham. -11 Jun 1767, John Fergyson and Elizabeth Tenick, Staindrop, Durham. -13 Apr 1773, John Farguson and Elizabeth Hall at Bywell St. Andrew, Northumberland. [This marriage is most likely the couple who lived in Acomb and had the three children christened in St. John Lee: Mary 1774, Elisabeth 1777, and John 1779.] BURIAL: 1. Traditionally our John Ferguson has been shown with a burial of 25 Jul 1801 in Hexham, Northumberland. In order to verify this, I reviewed the Hexham parish church burial records for 10 years either side of 1801 (per FHL films 991802 and 991803). I only found the following unrelated burials, none of which involve a John. The 1801 burial was traced to St. John Lee parish and involves John Farguson of Acomb, presumbably the same John b. in Acomb in 1779, which I report on in more detail in a separate note above: -25 Oct 1808, Francis, son of Mark Ferguson, gentleman's servant. -9 Dec 1809, Isabel, dau. of Mark Ferguson, gentleman's servant. -18 Mar 1810, Mary, dau. of Mark Ferguson, Servant. -19 Jul 1825, Isabella Ferguson, Hexham, age 64. | Ferguson or Farguson, John (I4627)
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| 5192 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Twin with Martha. | Brown, Virginia (I2040)
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| 5193 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. For this particular individual, there is no connection yet proved except for proximity in time and location thru the following record. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]: "Deed Bk. F, p. 371 - 26 Mar. 1798, George McCrary & Margaret Adair join in selling to Alexander George, 2/3 of a tract on Allison Creek of Duncan Creek, originally granted to William Hanna, 1 Dec. 1769. Wit: Wm. Bolan Jr., Moses Lindsey, Bordy Roberts." A. [Comments from Lee Adair a. SC Council Journal of 5 Aug 1766, pp. 809-816. A Petition for a Warrant of Survey by William Hannah for 100 acres on Waters of Saludy. (Surveyor John Caldwell) b. SC Council Journal of 6 Jan 1768, pp. 19-22. A plat of 100 acres in Berkeley County certified for William Hannah. c. SC Colonial Grant Book 16, p. 130. 21 Dec 1769. A grant to William Hannah for 100 acres in Berkley Co. d. SC Memorial Book 10. p. 43. 25 Jan 1770. A memorial exhibited by William Hanna for 100 acres on Allison's Branch of Duncan Creek, all sides vacant. Survey certified 6 Feb 1768, granted 1 Dec 1769. e. Laurens Co. Deed Book F, p. 371. 26 Mar 1798. George McCrary and Margaret Adair to Alexander George, 2/3 of tract on Allison's Brook of Duncan Creek, original grant to William Hanna 1 Dec 1769. [This tract is slightly south and east of several tracts of land owned by Joseph Adair]."] B. [The following is from Jett Hanna dated 5 Dec 2005: "I'm rusty on William Hanna, but here's some notes that do not appear to address the McCreary deed, but maybe something will shed some light on the situation for you. Take a look at J/277 in the Laurens records, may have some bearing. I've shown William Hannas in other locations, just for completeness, on the land grants. Determination of locations is mine – I didn't get too specific when it wasn't Laurens area: a. Colonial: i. Hanna William 100ac Berkley County Laurens 1766/09/14 Colonial Plats 11 117 1 16 Allison's Creek. ii. Hannah William 100ac Berkley County Laurens 1769/12/21 Colonial Grant 19 128 16 Duncan's or Allisons? iii. Hannah William 100ac Duncan's Creek, Berkley County Laurens 1770/01/25 Memorial 10 43 5 16 Duncan's Creek in Index-maybe Allisons? Do grant and memorial dates match plat for 16? iv. Hanna William 150ac on Duncan Creek Laurens 1766/09/25 Colonial Grants 13 538 17 Duncan's Creek. Plat in State Plats. v. Hanna William 150ac on Duncan Creek, Berkley County Laurens 1766/10/28 Memorial 9 135 4 17 Duncan's Creek. Plat in State Plats. vi. Hannah William 100ac Boonsborough Township Abbeville* 1767/01/19 Colonial Plat 15 284 1 18 Complete. vii. Hannah William 100ac Boonsborough Township Abbeville* 1768/03/21 Colonial Grant 16 130 18 Complete. viii. Hannah William 100ac Boonesborough Township, Granville County Abbeville* 1768/07/28 Memorial 2 543 2 18 Complete. ix. Hanna William Sr. 340ac on Allisons Creek York 1774/04/25 Colonial Grant 30 104 19 Based on NC Plat. x. Hanna William Sr. 340ac on Allisons Creek York 1774/08/10 Memorial 12 541 5 19 Based on NC Plat. b. State grants: i. Hanna William 150ac Duncan's Creek, Craven County Laurens 1773/02/18 9/8 Plat 2 94 2 17 Plat matches with earlier grant and memorial. ii. Hannah William 200ac Branch of Eighteen Mile Creek, Ninety Six District York? 1784/10/14 9/8 Plat 13 230 2 51 Revolutionary war bounty grant per Andrea. Probably York, Captain Hanna. iii. Hanna William 320ac Branch of Duncan's Creek, Laurens District Laurens 1793/12/20 9/8 Plat 32 4 2 52 Duncan's Creek. iv. Hanna William 1533 ac Indian Town Swamp, Williamsburgh District Williamsburg 1834/12/15 9/8 Plat 41 31 53. v. Hanna William S. 442ac Big and Little Cain Branches, Marion District Marion 1855/10/16 9/9 Plat 87 8 54. vi. Hanna William Thompson 790ac Lynches Lake, Georgetown District Georgetown 1803/04/21 9/8 Plat 36 467 2 55. c. Information on William Hanna(h), tracts in Laurens County area, 1766-1812. Land shown on land grant maps: i. Map 11, Goodwin Crossroads: William Hanna, 150 ac 1784. This, plus one of the 100 ac tracts shown on either map 12 or 4, is subject of two deeds recorded LA DR J:277. First deed: Robert Templeton to Samuel Hanna, dower release Mary. Share of tracts. Mary is likely a daughter of William. Second deed: John, Robert, William (wife Anna), Mary, and James to Samuel Hanna. All are probably children of William, though Mary may be wife who signed due to dower interest. Samuel may have been a child, too, family sold to him. Need to check sale out of Samuel. Is the second deed where David had problem with John? Based on these deeds, could be: Wife Mary and 5 sons: Samuel; John: May be John m. Elizabeth Craig. (If so, his birthdate is 1764. Children and birthdates based on family bible are: Robert: married to ___. Subject of pension application in Robert Hanna Accounts Audited (3301) and federal pension application ___ by wife.); William (wife Anna); James; 1 daughter Mary m. Robert Templeton, moved to Indiana. d. Census records 1790: i. William No 1: 4 males over 16, 1 female, 1 slave. (William Sr. plus 3 sons?) ii. William No 2: 2 males over 16, 1 female. (William Jr. plus 1 of Sr.'s sons?) iii. Robert Templeton: one away from the two Williams. 1 male over 16, 2 under 16, 2 females. (Looks like family of 2 parents, 3 young children. Does this match up with information on Mary Hanna Templeton? iv. Where is John m. to Elizabeth? e. Census records 1800: i. William Jr.: 3 young boys, 2 young girls, 2 parents. William and wife are 26-45. ii. William Sr.: 1 male over 45, 1 female over 45, one male 26-45. iii. Robert, not Esq: 1 young male Child, 2 parents. Robert and wife 26-45. iv. Samuel: 1 male, 1 female. No kids. v. Missing sons: James and John. vi. Note: 26-45 is birth between 1755-1774: Rules out Samuel shown in 1764 Lunenburg tithes being same as Samuel in 1800 census. vii. Three other Hannas in Laurens: (1) Robert, Esq: Robert 1744-1821; (2) James: Info matches known on Robert's son, James. Does it match William's son James? (3) John: Info matches known info on Robert's son, John. Does it match William's son John? viii. Two Hannas in Pendleton District: James; John. f. Census records 1810: do not have. i. William Hanna, 320 ac 1794: Is this Junior? Need to check deed out. g. Information on Hanna(h) tracts in Laurens County area, 1766-1812. Land shown on land grant maps; Also shown, but not William or his family: i. Map 11: Robert Hanna, 100 ac 1784(1766); Robert Hanna, 150 ac 1784; Mary Hanna, 200 ac 1791; John Hanna, 592 ac 1791. ii. Map 12, Clinton: William Hanna, 100 ac 1766, 1784. iii. Map 4, Duncan Creek: William Hannah, 100 ac 1766; James Hannah, 100 ac 1772. (Tract sold 1783 to Craig. Did he leave Laurens area?); John Hannah, 300 ac 1796. (What deed info on this tract?) h. Accounts Audited i. I/303: William Hanna Jr. Service under Lieutenant Steel as horseman, under Capt. William Hanna, under Lieutenant Hanna at Orangeburgh. Certified by Lieutenant John Hanna. This looks like York area Hanna. ii. I/304: William Hanna (Sr.?) Use of a horse and wheat. Attest by Wm. Tate; Certification by Thomas Kirk, Mr. Biggam of Waxhaws, Capt. William Hanna's company used wheat, Hugh White certification. Appears to be for Capt. William Hanna, based on assignment of indent to Andrew Love. This looks like York area Hanna. iii. R/499: Various names appear on indent, including Andrew Love, Abraham Truitt, LK Schutte, ? Young, Philip Hart. Likely to be York area. iv. W/514: William Hanna signature by mark; receipt of two and 1/2 bushels of corn for use of the "distrest" widows of Colonel Casey's Regiment by Joseph Adair; possible receipt by William Hanna CMS for corn; Capt Robert Laird receipt of "two trips going to the nation" 50lbs four (flour?) 30 lbs of bacon each trip. Likely to be Laurens area, likely to be senior. v. Y/1484?: For hauling of 3 load balls (hauling of shot) from the Ara Iron Works to Charleston 1779, 54 days of forage for horses, 54 bushels of corn. Location uncertain, likely to be closer to coast. i. Hanna References in Petitions for Land from the South Carolina Council Journals Vol. VI: 1766-1770 (Holcombe SCMar 1999): i. (15) Meeting of Tuesday 1 July 1766 Pages 792-801. The following Petitions for Warrants of Survey, to Prolong Warrants & Certifying Platts were presented and read Viz. Robert Hanna 100 Duncan's Creek, Gives Bottom, Joining James Barton. ii. (18) Same. To Certified Plats. William Hannah 150 Duncan's Creek (Surveyed for)Jos'h Barton. iii. (21) Meeting of Tuesday 5 August 1766 Pages 809-816. The following Petitions for Warrants of Survey, to Prolong Warrants and Certifying Platts were presented and read Viz. Wm Hannah Waters of Broad River. iv. (28) Meeting of Thursday, 2 October 1766 Pages 830-831. The following Petitions praying for Warrants of Survey on the Bounty were presented and read Viz. On hearing the Caveate entered by Joseph Barton against a Grants passing to William Hannah for 150 acres of Land on Duncan's Creek. Ordered that the Caveate be dismisst. v. (33) Meeting of Wednesday 8 October 1766 Pages 840-842. Joseph Barton being called upon to support his Caveate against a Grants passing to William Hanna for Lands on Duncan's Creek and not appearing, Ordered that the Caveate be dismisst. vi. (44) Meeting of Tuesday 2 December 1766 Pages 868-874. The following Petitions for Warrants of Survey were presented and read Viz. Robert Hannah 250 Waters of Santee. vii. (45) Same. Mary Hannah 200 on or near Duncan's Creek. viii. (51) Meeting of Tuesday 6 January 1767 Pages 3-10. The following Petitions for Warrants of Survey, to Prolong Warrants and Certifying Platts were presented and read Viz. James Hannah 100 Waters fishing Creek; Robert Hannah 100 South side Ennoree. ix. (73) Meeting of Tuesday 7 April 1767 Pages 62-69 To Certify Platts; Wm Hannah 100 (in Berkley County). x. (88) Meeting of Monday 22 June 1767 Pages 178-184. The following Petitions for Warrants of Survey Certifying Platts were presented and read viz't [all in or near Boonesborough or Belfast Township]: Robert Hannah 300; James Hannah 100. xi. 89, 92, 93, 95-99, 103, 128, 138, 149, 166-169, 171, 185, 260, 317." | Adair, Margaret (I3892)
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| 5194 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. For this particular individual, there is no connection yet proved except for proximity in time and location thru the following record: "Compensation for Revolutionary Service.. South Carolina House of Representatives-Annuities, Claims, and Pension Reports. 1785 Feb. 7 pd. Eliz. Adair, widow of Robert,* killed by Indians. Apr. 24 pd. Sarah Adair, widow of John, killed in '82. June 10 pd. Catherine Adair, widow of Benjamin, killed 10 Mar. '81. Nov. 29 pd. Elizabeth Finny. Widow of John Finny, killed at Cowpens. She mar. (2) Robert Long. 1786 Aug. 23 pd. Eliz'h Adair, wid. of Robert, killed by Indians. *William C. Stewart, author of "Gone to Georgia," states that Robert Adair married in 1774 Elizabeth Posey, the widow Huffman and moved from Virginia to SC. Their son, Robert S. Adair, born c1783 married Martha Lafevre. His sister, Nancy, married Samuel Maloney. Both families moved to Gwinnett Co., Ga. about 1818. The SC Jury List 1778 shows Robert Adair in the area near the Abbeville and what is now Anderson Co. line. Anderson, Pickens, and Oconee counties were still Indian country during the Revo. War. In 1789, this Indian country was established as Pendleton District; in 1826 the district was divided into Anderson and Pickens Counties; Oconee was cut out of Pickens Co. in 1868. After the war, Elizabeth Adair received a grant of land in Anderson Co. on Wilson's Creek near the present Iva, SC. Her family lived there until they moved to Ga." | Elizabeth (I3808)
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| 5195 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.] "A possible child of James Adair, Sr., cooper and his wife Eleanor is Elizabeth [is this a Brownlee typo for Hannah?], wife of John Jones, blacksmith. "Deed Bk. F. p. 10 - 25 Feb. 1784, James Adair, Sr. and wife, Eleanor, to John Jones, blacksmith, 150 a. adj. SW on John Adair, NE on James Montgomery, SE on John McCreary. James Adair [his mark] x, Eleanor Adair [her mark] x. [Witnesses:] James Adair, saddler; James Adair, Jr.; James Miller. Release: survey certified 3 June 1773, granted 200 a. 11 Aug. 1774, memorial entered in the Auditor General's Office, Bk. M, No. 13, p. 230, 7 Jan. 1775. "Deed Bk. F, p. 8 - 1 Aug, 1795, Hannah Jones, widow of John Jones, dec'd and her son, William Jones, and his wife Mary, to John Craig, 50 a. on Duncan Creek, part of a 200 a. grant to James Adair, Sr. 11 Aug. 1774, of which 150 a. conveyed by said James Adair and wife, Eleanor, to said John Jones in 1784, adj. John McCreary's spring branch, John Adair, James Montgomery. Wit: John Robertson, Alexander Fillson, John Owens. "Deed Bk. F, p, 9 - 1 Aug. 1795, Hannah Jones, widow of John Jones, dec'd, and her son William Jones and his wife Mary, to Alexander Fillson 100 a. of the above mentioned tract. Same witnesses. "John Jones, blacksmith, attended and made purchases at the estate sale of another John Jones of the Duncan Creek area on 16 July 1784. He died sometime prior to the census of 1790, Hannah Jones appears as head of household with: 1 male age 16 and over - (William Jones-married Mary by Aug. 1795) 3 males under age 16 5 females 0 slaves "No will or probate records for John Jones, blacksmith, have been located. No further research has been done on this Jones family. The names of the other 3 sons and probably 4 daughters are not known." 2. Censuses: 1800 US: Laurens County, South Carolina, p. 18 of 68: William Jones, males: 1(under 10)-0-0-1(26-44)-0; females: 0-0-2(16-25)-0-0; 0-0 BIRTH: 1. Between 1775 and 1784 per 1800 census. With marriage date of before 1795 per mention of the married couple in land transactions and assuming a marriage age of no earlier than 15 for the bride, the latest birth date would be 1780. | Mary (I3776)
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| 5196 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.] "A possible child of James Adair, Sr., cooper and his wife Eleanor is Elizabeth [is this a Brownlee typo for Hannah?], wife of John Jones, blacksmith. "Deed Bk. F. p. 10 - 25 Feb. 1784, James Adair, Sr. and wife, Eleanor, to John Jones, blacksmith, 150 a. adj. SW on John Adair, NE on James Montgomery, SE on John McCreary. his mark James x Adair; her mark Eleanor x Adair James Adair, saddler; James Adair, Jr.; James Miller Release: survey certified 3 June 1773, granted 200 a. 11 Aug. 1774, memorial entered in the Auditor General's Office, Bk. M, No. 13, p. 230, 7 Jan. 1775. "Deed Bk. F, p. 8 - 1 Aug, 1795, Hannah Jones, widow of John Jones, dec'd and her son, William Jones, and his wife Mary, to John Craig, 50 a. on Duncan Creek, part of a 200 a. grant to James Adair, Sr. 11 Aug. 1774, of which 150 a. conveyed by said James Adair and wife, Eleanor, to said John Jones in 1784, adj. John McCreary's spring branch, John Adair, James Montgomery. Wit: John Robertson, Alexander Fillson, John Owens. "Deed Bk. F, p, 9 - 1 Aug. 1795, Hannah Jones, widow of John Jones, dec'd, and her son William Jones and his wife Mary, to Alexander Fillson 100 a. of the above mentioned tract. Same witnesses. "John Jones, blacksmith, attended and made purchases at the estate sale of another John Jones of the Duncan Creek area on 16 July 1784. He died sometime prior to the census of 1790, Hannah Jones appears as head of household with: 1 male age 16 and over - (William Jones-married Mary by Aug. 1795) 3 males under age 16 5 females 0 slaves "No will or probate records for John Jones, blacksmith, have been located. No further research has been done on this Jones family. The names of the other 3 sons and probably 4 daughters are not known." 2. Censuses: 1790 US: Laurens County, South Carolina, p. 441, nearby many Adairs and other relatives: Hannah Jones 1 male age 16 and over - (William Jones-married Mary by Aug. 1795) 3 male. under age 16 5 females 0 slaves 1800 US: Laurens County, South Carolina, p. 18 of 68: William Jones, males: 1(under 10)-0-0-1(26-44)-0; females: 0-0-2(16-25)-0-0; 0-0 1810 US: Laurens County, South Carolina: There are three William Jones listed of which I cannot definitively determine which is correct even after comparing the neighbors in the 1800 census. | Jones, William (I3775)
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| 5197 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.] "A possible child of James Adair, Sr., cooper and his wife Eleanor is Elizabeth [is this a Brownlee typo for Hannah?], wife of John Jones, blacksmith. "Deed Bk. F. p. 10 - 25 Feb. 1784, James Adair, Sr. and wife, Eleanor, to John Jones, blacksmith, 150 a. adj. SW on John Adair, NE on James Montgomery, SE on John McCreary. his mark James x Adair; her mark Eleanor x Adair James Adair, saddler; James Adair, Jr.; James Miller Release: survey certified 3 June 1773, granted 200 a. 11 Aug. 1774, memorial entered in the Auditor General's Office, Bk. M, No. 13, p. 230, 7 Jan. 1775. "Deed Bk. F, p. 8 - 1 Aug, 1795, Hannah Jones, widow of John Jones, dec'd and her son, William Jones, and his wife Mary, to John Craig, 50 a. on Duncan Creek, part of a 200 a. grant to James Adair, Sr. 11 Aug. 1774, of which 150 a. conveyed by said James Adair and wife, Eleanor, to said John Jones in 1784, adj. John McCreary's spring branch, John Adair, James Montgomery. Wit: John Robertson, Alexander Fillson, John Owens. "Deed Bk. F, p, 9 - 1 Aug. 1795, Hannah Jones, widow of John Jones, dec'd, and her son William Jones and his wife Mary, to Alexander Fillson 100 a. of the above mentioned tract. Same witnesses. "John Jones, blacksmith, attended and made purchases at the estate sale of another John Jones of the Duncan Creek area on 16 July 1784. He died sometime prior to the census of 1790, Hannah Jones appears as head of household with: 1 male age 16 and over - (William Jones-married Mary by Aug. 1795) 3 males under age 16 5 females 0 slaves "No will or probate records for John Jones, blacksmith, have been located. No further research has been done on this Jones family. The names of the other 3 sons and probably 4 daughters are not known." 2. Excerpts of "Adairs" from the book "Laurens County South Carolina - Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1789," by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMar, Columbia, South Carolina, 2004. The book notes: "This is a record that has only been recently found after being lost for so many years. It is incomplete missing the first 54 pages, pages 103-126, and an unknown number of pages at the end of the volume. There is at least one other volume, still missing, covering the years 1790-1799." It also notes: "Laurens County was formed in 1785 as a county of Ninety Six District. In that year justices of the peace were elected by the General Assembly to be administrators of the county courts. Within the pages of these court minutes are small court cases, lists of deeds presented to be recorded, applications for administrations on estates and wills proved (beginning in 1787), jury lists, petitions of various kinds, appointments for various offices, apprenticeships, estray animals tolled, and other items. The cases heard for debt or damages could not exceed £50, and cases heard for personal damages could not exceed £20. Criminal cases heard could not call for the loss of life or corporal punishment. Larger court cases were heard in the district courts, such as Ninety-Six." There are many listings of Adair and associated family members. Included is the court record below for John Adair whose wife was a Jones. This entry occurs after the other John Adair of the area whose wife was Sarah died in the Revolutionary War leaving only this John Adair applicable to this quote. Note also that John's wife, Jane Jones, was probably related to the deceased John Jones as a sibling: Pg. 234, 10 Jun 1788: "Sarah Jones Infant orphan of John Jones dec'd with the approbation of the Court made Choice of John Adair as Guardian, who Together with Joseph Adair his Security entered into and acknowledged their Bonds in the sum of £100 conditional to secure the said Orphans Estate and Indemnify the Court." 3. The following John Jones may or may not be this John Jones. Laurens County Estate Book A-1, pp. 210-213: ""Memorandum of articles sold the estate of John Jones decd, 16 Jul 1784 by Patrick Bryant admr. Purchasers: John Adair, James Dillard, James Adair, Philip Harvey, Littleberry Harvey, Patrick Bryant, Samuel Ewing, Wm Price, John Gorley, Philip Harvey, Thomas Donaldson, John Huston, John Owens, John Robeson, John Rammage, David Simpson, Thomas Hughs, John Robinson, Reuben Pyles, Haunner Miller, Thos Ewin, Jas Saxon, Wm Brown; copy from my office Julius Nichols Junr. [This estate was probated originally in Ninety Six District, the papers of which are in Abbeville County Court House]." 4. James Williams Petition listing the Adair family Patriots. Note that Thomas Adair's parents are the ones listed as number 4 (Joseph and Sarah) and his grandparents are number 3 (James and Eleanor). Most of the other Adairs were brothers or cousins. The petition has come to me from Mildred Brownlee's manuscript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina" and also from the "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 15, p. 32. James Williams was one of the most renown Patriots of the Laurens area and this listing of signers of the petition of the area gives us a good source of patriots also associated with him. Col. James Williams and Capt. Josiah Greer were also military leaders of many of these same individuals during the 1778 American invasion of British East Florida per the source of Doctor George Ross' medical reimbursement papers quoted in this database under Rebecca Montgomery's notes. This petition typescript is item #5767, Manuscript Dept., Wm. M. Perkins Library at Duke University, Durham NC. Submitted by Mrs. Mary Ann McCrary and published with permission of the Manuscript Dept. This petition pre-dates the Battle of Kings Mountain (7 Oct 1780), as Col. James Williams was killed at that time. [NB: a second version of the petition was located in the South Carolina Library in 1999 and the gaps in the Duke University petition were filled in as indicated by brackets.] {Any notes or comments added by me are in these brackets.} "To his Excellen[cy John Rutledge, E]sq. Governor & Commander in Chief in & [over th]e state of South Carolina, the Honourable the privy Counsel, the Honourable the Senate & House of Representatives in General Assembly. Whereas we (the zealous friends to our country, and to all who love and distinguish themselves in her cause) do understand & are exceeding sorry to hear that there are false & [evilly designing] Accusations either lying on or about to shortly be laid against James Williams, our present Colonel in & over Little River Regiment, and designed (as we believe) by the private Enemies of our country to deprive us of so worthy a friend of his Country in general a good officer to us in particular & thereby do a very singular Piece of Service to the common enemies of America. We do briefly & anxiously remonstrate this: that we experimentally know Colo. James Williams to have been a zealous Patriot from the commencement of the America contest with Briten; and to have always stood foremost in every occasion when called upon to the defence of his country. We do further declare that we have never known said Colo. [Jas.].Williams to distress any individuals in the Regiment who voluntarily & judiciously, when legally called upon and commanded to the field, have turned out in the Defence if their Native Rights & Privileges together with that of their Country; & we do avow it from our knowledge, that whensoever Colo. Jas. Williams either directly or indirectly executed any distressing things, it was upon the stubborn & refractory, whose practices of obstinacy declare them inimical to their country: & and that this he did, as being last promissing Effort to reduce them to the dutiful obedience of loyal & fellow citizens. Without delaying you; we your humble Petitioners do earnestly beg that you will hear this our faithful Remonstrance & proceed with our respected Colo. James Williams & all such unjust & disaffected Clamours as may come before you against him, as your superior Judgements may direct: only begging leave to conclude with this one Remark, that doubtless you know that such clamours are frequently the necessary Effect of Disaffection to the Country. [Signed:] Robt. McCrery Lt. Colo.; George Davis, Capt.; Matthew McCrar[e]y, Lt.; George Young; Matthew Cunningham; Andrew McCrary; James Greer; [James Dillard]; [John Owens]; [Samuel Ewing]; [William Davis]; [Absolom Filby]; [John McCrary Sener]; [John McCrary Juner]; [Robert Long]; [Matthew McCrary]; [William Bean]; [John Williams J.P {note J.P. is crossed out}]; [Wm. Arthur Capt.]; Josiah Greer; Joseph Ramage; John Robinson; John Bourland; John Greer Juner; Isaac Adair; Jms. Adair; [Thos McCrery J.P.]; [James Ones]; [Andrew Ones]; [John Watson]; [Hughes Manford (?)]; [David Watson]; [Isaac Greer]; [James Ralley]; [John Ramage]; [John Glenn]; [John Jones (M L. (?)]; Henry Atwood; James Adair, Sr.; Joseph Adair Jr.; Joseph Adair; Benjamin Adair; Joseph Adair Sr.; James Adair Jr., son of James; [William Adair]; [John Finney]; [John Adair]; [John Adair Sener]; [James Craige]; [William Craig]; [James Howerton]; [Phillip Whitten]; [John Gray]; [John Greer]; [James Montgomery]; Thomas Ewing; William Blake; James Gamble; [Edward Stapleton]; [John Gamble]; [William Huddleston]; [James Huddleston]; [Alexander Adair]; [Benjamin Willson]; [Benja. Goodman]; [Daniel Williams] Suggested identification of the Adairs who signed this petition: 1. Isaac Adair - Killed in Apr. 1781, left widow, Ruth. 2. Jms. Adair - b. 1747, son of' Joseph Adair, Sr.; mar. Rebecca Montgomery. 3. James Adair, Sr. - died before 1796; wife, Eleanor. 4. Joseph Adair, Jr. - Son of above James & Eleanor; wife Sarah. 5. Joseph Adair - died 1812; son of Joseph Adair, Sr. 6. Benjamin Adair - died 1823; son of Joseph Adair, Sr.; wife Nancy. 7. Joseph Adair, Sr. - died 1789-90; wife: Susannah. 8. James Adair, Jr., son of James - son of James Adair & wife Eleanor; died 1818, wife Hannah. 9. William Adair - died 1780-84. Estate administered 1784, Abbe. Wills, p. 10. 10. John Adair - died 1813 in Ga., wife Jane; son of Joseph Adair; grandson of Joseph Adair, Sr. 11. John Adair, Sr. - Killed in 1782, wife Sarah. Abbe. Wills, p. 10. Probable son of Joseph Adair, Sr. {Kerry's note: or maybe James Adair, Sr.} 12. Alexander Adair - Scotch-Irish immigrant in 1767? See Protestant Immigrants to SC - Janie Revill, p. 74. {Note the above suggestions are as provided by Mildred Brownlee. I make the following additions of individuals related to the Adairs: 13. James Gamble - father of William Gamble who marries Martha Adair, daughter of James Adair who was son of James Adair, Sr., the original settler and cooper. 14. Robert Long - Son of Susannah Murdough from her first marriage before she married Joseph Adair the cooper. 15. John Owens - Husband of Mary Long. Mary was the sister of Robert Long and a daughter of Susannah Murdough from her first marriage before Joseph Adair. 16. John Ramage - Husband to Jean or Jane Adair, the daughter of Joseph Adair the cooper and his first wife Sarah Laferty. 17. George Davis - Died 1781- 1783. First husband to Elizabeth Adair, daughter of Joseph Adair, Jr. and Elizabeth ___. 18. James Montgomery - Father to Rebecca who married James Adair, the saddler and son of Joseph Adair the cooper. James' other daughter Isabella married Dr. George Ross who was a physician with many of the above in their East Florida expedition in the early days of the Rev. War. 19. John Jones - There were two John Jones in the area at the time. One was the husband of Hannah Adair, daughter of James and Eleanor Adair. Unsure which John Jones this may be. Our John Jones died before Sep 1788." BIRTH: 1. Based on a marriage date of not later than 1774 and assuming an age of no younger than 18 for the groom, this would make John's birthdate before 1756. MARRIAGE: 1. From the 1790 census, the widow Hannah Jones has a son who is 16 or older which would place the marriage no later than 1774. DEATH: 1. Not in 1790 census with wife. Hannah noted in land transactions in 1795 as the widow of John Jones as noted above. | Jones, John (I3774)
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| 5198 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.] "A possible child of James Adair, Sr., cooper and his wife Eleanor is Elizabeth [is this a Brownlee typo for Hannah?], wife of John Jones, blacksmith. "Deed Bk. F. p. 10 - 25 Feb. 1784, James Adair, Sr. and wife, Eleanor, to John Jones, blacksmith, 150 a. adj. SW on John Adair, NE on James Montgomery, SE on John McCreary. his mark James x Adair; her mark Eleanor x Adair James Adair, saddler; James Adair, Jr.; James Miller Release: survey certified 3 June 1773, granted 200 a. 11 Aug. 1774, memorial entered in the Auditor General's Office, Bk. M, No. 13, p. 230, 7 Jan. 1775. "Deed Bk. F, p. 8 - 1 Aug, 1795, Hannah Jones, widow of John Jones, dec'd and her son, William Jones, and his wife Mary, to John Craig, 50 a. on Duncan Creek, part of a 200 a. grant to James Adair, Sr. 11 Aug. 1774, of which 150 a. conveyed by said James Adair and wife, Eleanor, to said John Jones in 1784, adj. John McCreary's spring branch, John Adair, James Montgomery. Wit: John Robertson, Alexander Fillson, John Owens. "Deed Bk. F, p, 9 - 1 Aug. 1795, Hannah Jones, widow of John Jones, dec'd, and her son William Jones and his wife Mary, to Alexander Fillson 100 a. of the above mentioned tract. Same witnesses. "John Jones, blacksmith, attended and made purchases at the estate sale of another John Jones of the Duncan Creek area on 16 July 1784. He died sometime prior to the census of 1790, Hannah Jones appears as head of household with: 1 male age 16 and over - (William Jones-married Mary by Aug. 1795) 3 males under age 16 5 females 0 slaves "No will or probate records for John Jones, blacksmith, have been located. No further research has been done on this Jones family. The names of the other 3 sons and probably 4 daughters are not known." 2. Jett Hanna [jettplane@aol.com] provided me on 8 Jul 2005 with a copy of his analysis of the Brownlee manuscript as follows. It mirrors my own understanding; however, anything with which I disagree I note in [brackets]. Jett entitles his paper as "Laurens County Area Adair Family Trees." It is broken down by three families: James Adair who married Eleanor, his brother Joseph who married Sarah Laferty, and a William of whom absolutely nothing is known except just his name on the Williams Petition and that Brownlee notes he died 1780-84 and that his estate was administered 1784 per Abbe Wills, p. 10. Text quoted as follows: "This tree is based on Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina, by Mildred Brownlee. This was provided to me by W. Lee Adair, who obtained it from the Laurens County Public Library. Handwritten notes show a date of 1990 on Brownlee's manuscript. I have not examined these deeds personally. In some cases, notes and questions below are my own additions. This analysis seems to discredit some of the trees in the Adair History and Genealogy, and adds significantly to what is know of the Laurens area Adairs. I have not fully finished analyzing this work, and may have left out parts that are not as critical to my work. "Based on this work, it appears very possible that the elder Joseph Adair (m. Sarah, m. Susannah) and his brother James (m. Eleanor) settled in Laurens County at the same time, as suggested by the Adair History and Genealogy. I do not believe, however, that this James was the author of the book on the Indians and reputed patriarch of the Cherokee Adairs. This James was a cooper (barrel maker) according to the deeds. Modern editions of the History of the American Indians suggest that the author James Adair was a direct immigrant to South Carolina, but with no concrete evidence. "The Williams Petition: In the tree, LCW is Laurens County Wills; LCD is Laurens County Deeds. Also mentioned is the Williams petition. This petition is a significant document in analyzing the Laurens County Adairs. Published in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. XV, No. 1 1987, p. 32-33, the original is #5767, Manuscript Department, Wm. Perkins Library at Duke University. The petition is in support of Colonel James Williams, a militia leader of the Patriots in the Laurens area (Little River Regiment). The petition, signed by members of the Little River Regiment, is directed to the Governor of South Carolina and the Privy Counsel, and attests to Williams' devotion to the Patriot cause. Williams led militia in a number of battles. I suspect that this petition was provided prior to Williams' elevation to the rank of Brigadier General following the Battle of Musgrove Mill, which was fought in what is now Laurens County. Williams had been accused of puffing his role in the battle. Williams went on to die at Kings Mountain - one of the few Patriot casualties that day on October 7, 1780. Williams had run for the South Carolina legislature as a Patriot in 1778, only to lose to Robert Cunningham, the infamous Loyalist leader. For more on Williams, see Draper, "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes," (Cincinnati, 1883). Signers of the Williams petition include the following Adairs: Isaac Adair, Jms. Adair, James Adair, Sr., Joseph Adair, Jr., Joseph Adair, Benjamin Adair, Joseph Adair, Sr., James Adair, Jr, son of James, William Adair, John Adair, and John Adair, Sr., and Alexander Adair. Comparing deed and will records to the names, Brownlee identifies the Adair signers [copies Brownlee's explanations]. Brownlee's identifications look very logical to me. "The Laurens County Adair Tree: 1. James Adair m. Eleanor: 150a land grant to James Adair-same date as Joseph 250a. Both referred to in records as coopers (barrel makers). James, cooper in LCD F/8,9,10, A/185. Eleanor released right of dower on deed dated 2/12/1796; date of transfer by James was 2/24/1784. Which deeds correspond with which dates? See Joseph below. Eleanor was also witness on deed from William Price and wife, Margaret to James Adair, son of James, 2/6/1792. 1.1 Joseph Adair m. Sarah Dillard [Surname Dillard is a Jett addition and I don't believe proven even though many LDS lines use this as well without documentation.]: Joseph Adair, Jr. to Wm. Holland, 120 ac. Release of dower by Sarah, wife of Joseph Jr., and Eleanor, widow of James Adair, dec'd, LCD F/109. Suggests land owned by James m. to Eleanor, but how does it correspond to land grants? If land belonged to Joseph junior by intestacy laws, why wasn't James m. to Hannah on deed, too? LCD G/570 has dower release for Sarah Adair, wife of Joseph. 1.1.1 Thomas Adair m. Rebecca Brown: LCD H/22, Joseph Adair of Duncan Creek to eldest son Thomas Adair. Witness Jane Adair. Dower releases for Rebecca in LCD H/129, H/209, and land purchased H/228. 1.1.2 ?Hannah m. John Jones: see F/8,9,10. 8 & 9: 8/1/1795. 10: 2/25/1784. F/10 is deed from James Sr. and wife Eleanor to John Jones, has witnesses James Adair, saddler, and James Adair, Jr. [Without giving a reason, Jett places Hannah as a possible daughter of Joseph, son of James; however, Brownlee indicates she believes her to be a daughter of the original James and Eleanor which would make her a sister to Joseph son of James. Perhaps a typo on Jett's part.] 1.2 James Adair m. Hannah: Corresponds to James son of James in the Williams petition per Brownlee. James m. Rebecca had a son James, but probably not old enough to sign petition as James m. Rebecca born 1747 per Indiana tombstone. Petition 1780 would mean James m. Rebecca was 33 in 1780; doubtful his son James could be of fighting age. Compare to Adair compilation. LCD M/77-78 reports death of James Adair, Sr., widow Hannah. Hannah Adair's will LCW F/65, proven 1826. James 115(2) 1790 Census. 2 daughters not accounted for. James Jr. was under 16 according to this census. 1.2.1 Elizabeth m. James? Parlmore (Palmer): LCD M/77-78. 1.2.2 Mary m. John Prather: LCD M/77-78. 1.2.2.1 Susannah Prather (Prater?): Witness on will of Hannah LCW F/65. 1.2.2.2 Hannah Prather m. Joseph Dollar 1.2.2.3 Linny m. William Prather 1.2.2.4 Archibald m, Susannah Meadors 1.2.2.5 Martha Prather 1.2.2.6 Betsy/Priscilla Prather m. Daniel Owens 1.2.2.7 James Prather 1.2.2.8 Mary (Molly) Prather 1.2.2.9 Bryce Prather 1.2.2.10 Elinor Prather 1.2.3 Nelly (Eleanor) m. Ramage: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65. 1.2.3.1 Benjamin Ramage 1.2.3.2 John Jewell Ramage 1.2.3.3 Washington Ramage 1.2.4 James Adair Jr.: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65. 1.2.5 Hannah m. Rueben Meadors: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65. 1.2.6 Susannah m. William Cassels (Castles): LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65. 1.2.7 Nancy m. Willis Langston: LCD M/77-78, LCW F/65. 1.2.8 Martha m. Wm. Gamble: LCD M/77-78. 1.2.8.1 Patsey Gamble: LCW F/65." 3. Censuses: 1790 US: Laurens County, South Carolina, p. 441, nearby many Adairs and other relatives: Hannah Jones 1 male age 16 and over - (William Jones-married Mary by Aug. 1795) 3 male. under age 16 5 females 0 slaves 1800 US: Can't find. Not in Laurens with her son William nor by David Little next to whom she appears in 1810. 1810 US: Laurens County, South Carolina, p. 28 of 76, living next door to David Little: Hannah Jones, males 0-0-2(16-25)-0-0; females 0-1(10-15)-1(16-25)-1(26-44)-1(45+); 0 - 0 (slaves). 4. Excerpts of "Adairs" from the book "Laurens County South Carolina - Minutes of the County Court, 1786-1789," by Brent H. Holcomb, SCMar, Columbia, South Carolina, 2004. The book notes: "This is a record that has only been recently found after being lost for so many years. It is incomplete missing the first 54 pages, pages 103-126, and an unknown number of pages at the end of the volume. There is at least one other volume, still missing, covering the years 1790-1799." It also notes: "Laurens County was formed in 1785 as a county of Ninety Six District. In that year justices of the peace were elected by the General Assembly to be administrators of the county courts. Within the pages of these court minutes are small court cases, lists of deeds presented to be recorded, applications for administrations on estates and wills proved (beginning in 1787), jury lists, petitions of various kinds, appointments for various offices, apprenticeships, estray animals tolled, and other items. The cases heard for debt or damages could not exceed £50, and cases heard for personal damages could not exceed £20. Criminal cases heard could not call for the loss of life or corporal punishment. Larger court cases were heard in the district courts, such as Ninety-Six." There are many listings of Adair and associated family members. Included in the court records below is Sarah Jones. Shawn & Lois Potter Pg. 234, 10 Jun 1788: "Sarah Jones Infant orphan of John Jones dec'd with the approbation of the Court made Choice of John Adair as Guardian, who Together with Joseph Adair his Security entered into and acknowledged their Bonds in the sum of £100 conditional to secure the said Orphans Estate and Indemnify the Court." 5. On file with me are early plats drawings of Duncan Creek prepared by Lee Adair. The Hannah (Adair) Jones noted below is this individual. From Lee Adair 13 Sep 2005 [wadair1@tampabay.rr.com]: "I have platted most of the available deed surveys up to 1846 for the Duncan Creek area of Laurens County using the software Deedmapper. The problems with such deed platting are: 1) surveyors weren't always accurate; 2) the terrain was not perfectly flat. In acquiring all the plats, I also had to acquire all the deed records and land transactions and I now have the Laurens County deed books up to Book O (about 1846). These two sources allowed me to place surveys in about the correct positions on the map. I am aided in this by the several rivers and creeks that run through the county and which are platted on the surveys. If there are any specific plats that you need, I can make copies of them and send them to you. One file (Duncan3.jpg) is included to provide a bearing. In the lower left is what looks like the streets of a city. This is Clinton. The interstate running diagonally across this image is I-26. The Duncan Creek Cemetery is located where the D in the text for Duncan Creek Cemetery is. One of the properties of Joseph Adair (wife Sarah) is in bright blue just to the right and adjoining that of James Adair (bright yellow). It was a SC land grant that he received in 1786. He sold that with the adjoining property of Samuel Ewing that he had purchased to William Holland in 1796. Whether he and Sarah actually lived there is an open question. The bright blue large tract owned by Joseph Adair is that of Joseph Adair Sr. wife Sarah Laferty. There may be additonal properties of Joseph Adair and Sarah, but I have not placed them yet. There are a number of Joseph Adair properties in which I don't have a reliable spouse name. As always there is more work to be done." From Lee Adair 16 Oct 2005 with more on the specific James Adair plat just above Joseph Adair, the cooper, who gave part of his land to Joseph his son who married Sarah ___: "The property description for the James Adair plat that I sent is as follows: SC Memorial Book 13, p. 230. 2 Jan 1775. James Adair, Sr., a Memorial on 200 acres in 96 Distr. on Duncins (sic) Creek between Broad and Saludy Rivers, bounded W on John Brotherton; NW on James Montgomery, NW on John McCrary; NW on John Adair; SE on Saml. Ewing. Survey certified 3 Jun 1773; granted 11 Aug 1774. Quit rent in 2 years. John Rodgers, DS. Delivered 14 Aug 1775 to James Adair. 150 acres of this property was later sold to John Jones (wife Hannah) in 1784. The date alone suggests that this is most likely James Adair, wife Eleanor, and this is confirmed by the following two deed book entries: Laurens Co. Deed Book F, p. 10. 24 Feb 1784. James Adair Senior and wife Eleanor to John Jones blacksmith 150 acres.) Witnesses: James Adair sadler, James Adair Jr., James Miller, Roger Brown. We know that this is part of the 200 acre James Adair grant because of the following: Laurens Co. Deed Book F, p. 8. 1 Aug 1795. Hannah Jones (widow of John Jones) & son William Jones to John Craig, 50 acres on Duncan Creek, part of 200 acre grant to James Adair Sr. 11 Aug 1774 (150 acres conveyed in by sd J.A and Eleanor in 1784 to John Jones). Bordering properties: John Montgomery, Alexander Fillson, John Owens. I have attached a zoomed out version of the Duncan Creek plat area." BIRTH: 1. Using the 1790 and 1810 censuses, we can narrow Hannah's birth date. She was 45 or older in the 1810 census meaning the latest birth date based on age 45 was 1765. On the other hand in 1790 she had one son at least 16 years of age; assuming a marriage age no earlier than 15, the latest birth date would be 1761. We can assume a birthdate before 1759 which would be the latest. MARRIAGE: 1. From the 1790 census, the widow Hannah Jones has a son who is 16 or older which would place the marriage no later than 1774. | Adair, Hannah (I3773)
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| 5199 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. "Alexander Adair - Signed the Williams petition in 1780. Rendered Revo. service - Indent Bk. S, #347. Had a state grant of 234 a. on the South Fork of Duncan Creek, 23 Dec. 1784. In 1796, his wife was Mary. 1790 census 1.- 1 - 4 - 0 slaves 1 male (16 or over) 1 male (under 16) 4 females 1800 census 30001 11000 1 male(45 or over) Alexander, b. 1755 or before.. 3 males(under age 10) 1 female (age 10-16) 1 female (under age 10) 1810 census 01201 00100 1 male(45 or over) 2 males(16-26) 1 male(10-16) 1 female(16-26)" | Mary (I3772)
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| 5200 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.] "Compensation for Revolutionary Service.. South Carolina House of Representatives-Annuities, Claims, and Pension Reports. 1785 Feb. 7 pd. Eliz. Adair, widow of Robert,* killed by Indians. Apr. 24 pd. Sarah Adair, widow of John, killed in '82. June 10 pd. Catherine Adair, widow of Benjamin, killed 10 Mar. '81. Nov. 29 pd. Elizabeth Finny. Widow of John Finny, killed at Cowpens. She mar. (2) Robert Long. 1786 Aug. 23 pd. Eliz'h Adair, wid. of Robert, killed by Indians." 2. "The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 1, p. 67, which also prefaces the list with the following comment: "Compensation for Revolutionary Service. The Following records are preserved in their original form at the South Carolina Archives. They are entitled 'House of Representatives / Annuities, Claims, and Pension Reports,' and although they are unsigned, they evidently were transmitted by the State Treasurer to the House of Representatives." "May 24, 1785, paid Sarah Adair, widow of John, killed in 82, 8.15." 3. Note from the following quotation that it appears Sarah remarried at least twice - first to John Watson and second to John Hansel. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina." Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction. [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.] "Joh Adair - killed in '82. John Adair served as a private in the Revolution and was killed in 1762 [s/b 1782]. His widow, Sarah, drew a state annuity for his service. His indent for Revo. service, No. 349, Book 8, was redeemed by James Adair, admr. of the estate of John Adair, dec'd. on 15 Sept. 1785. (Accounts Audited, SC Archives). Estate papers for John Adair are in Abbeville Co. C.H., Box 2, pkg. 30, administered 5 May 1784 by Sarah Adair, James Adair, Joseph Adair, and James Montgomery. Inv. made by Thomas Ewing, James Craig, and Benjamin Adair. Mrs. Sarah Adair furnished the hire of a wagon and salt for the use of the Militia in the Revo. Indent No. 351, Book S...£3... 5 sh... 5½ pence. John Adair left a widow, Sarah, and five children: Benjamin Adair. Jr. Joseph Adair Martha Adair Hezekiah Adair Isaac Adair All were minors in Laurens Co. Court Minutes in 1785. Benjamin Adair, Sr. was guardian of the minors, with Joseph Adair, surety. John Adair received a Royal Grant of 100 a. in Craven Co. (*Colonial Craven Co. included a part of the present Laurens Co.) on waters of Duncan Creek. The original grant certified on 18 Aug. 1772, granted 11 Aug. 1774, memorial in the Auditor General's Office, Book M, No. 13. p, 230, 7 Jan. 1775. Laurens. Co. Deed Bk, F. pp. 49-50 - 1 Dec. 1778, John Adair and wife Sarah, to James Adair for 10 shillings paid to him the said John Adair by the above named James Adair, 100 a. in Craven Co., waters of Duncan Creek, bound N by James Adair; SE on Joseph Adair & vacant land; and on all other sides vacant land ... mentions plat to the original grant... mentions that another deed is to be made and dated "the day next after the day of the date of these presents"... (s) John Adair, (s) Sarah Adair Wit: William Adair, William Ross, John Finney (Note: During this period, land transfer was made by the old form of "lease and release". The above document was the "lease" for 10 shillings. Recorded next was the "release" document by which the land was actually sold for £50.) 2 Dec. 1778 - John Adair and wife, Sarah, to James Adair, saddler, for £50, the above 100 a. in Craven Co., waters of Duncan Creek, the original grant certified 18 Aug. 1772, granted 11 Aug. 1774. etc... (deed continues with description given in first deed). (s) John Adair, (s) Sarah Adair Wit: William Adair, William Ross, John Finney Dec. 2, 1778 - Received from James Adair, Jr., the sum of £50 in full consideration. (s) John Adair Before me, George Ross. J.P., personally came William Adair & made oath that he "seen" John Adair and Sarah, his wife, sign, seal, deliver the within lease and release unto James Adair, Jr. for the intent and purposes therein mentioned. (s) William Adair John Adair evidently held title or right to other land before his death: Deed Bk. E, p. 405 - 30 Sept. 1794, John Hansel and wife, Sarah, (late wife of John Wattson and John Adair, dec'd.) and Benjamin Adair, Jr., her son and heir of the dec'd John Adair to Benjamin Adair, Sr. for £106 sterling, 173 a. on Duncan Creek, being parts of 3 different tracts: (1) 100 a. add. Joseph Adair, Sr., John Brotherton, John McCrary, & land surveyed by Andrew Paul; (2) 60 a. bounding E on James Adair, W on the other part of the Brotherton land and all other sides on vacant land; (3) 13 a. a part of a tract of 200 a. on the 8 side of Duncan Cr. laid out to James Adair, Sr. John H Hansel (his mark) Wit: James Howerton, James Adair. Jr., John Robinson Who was John Adair, killed in '82? Adair names in the estate papers of John Adair and the fact that Benjamin Adair, Sr. was guardian of his children indicate that he may have been a son of Joseph Adair, Sr., cooper. Of the 173 a. owned by John Adair at his death, tract 1 is not readily identified; tract 2 appears to have been the 60 a. purchased by James Adair, cooper, from John and Esther Brotherton in 1774; tract 3 appears to have been 13 a. of the 50 a. kept by James and Eleanor Adair when they deeded 15 a. to John Jones in 1784. So ... was John Adair son and heir of James and Eleanor?" MARRIAGE: 1. At an average age difference of no less than one and half years between all five known children and knowing John Adair died in the Revolutionary War in 1782, the marriage had to be before 1775. 2. Note from Brownlee's typescript quoted above, it appears Sarah remarried at least twice - first to John Watson and second to John Hansel. The specific part of the quote is: "Deed Bk. E, p. 405 - 30 Sept. 1794, John Hansel and wife, Sarah, (late wife of John Wattson and John Adair, dec'd.) and Benjamin Adair, Jr., her son and heir of the dec'd John Adair to Benjamin Adair, Sr. for £106 sterling, 173 a. on Duncan Creek, being parts of 3 different tracts: (1) 100 a. add. Joseph Adair, Sr., John Brotherton, John McCrary, & land surveyed by Andrew Paul; (2) 60 a. bounding E on James Adair, W on the other part of the Brotherton land and all other sides on vacant land; (3) 13 a. a part of a tract of 200 a. on the 8 side of Duncan Cr. laid out to James Adair, Sr. John H Hansel (his mark) Wit: James Howerton, James Adair. Jr., John Robinson DEATH: 1. After 30 Sep 1794 when she was involved in the deed quoted above. | Sarah (I3722)
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