Ancestors of Andrew Gilbert Waid


Generation No. 1

1. Andrew Gilbert Waid, born May 11, 1818 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co., PA; died Aft. 1894 in Washtenaw Co., MI. He was the son of 2. Pember Waid and 3. Anna Lord He married (1) Jane DeCamp Aug 27, 1840 in PA or NY. She was born Jun 29, 1820 in Tompkins Co., NY, and died May 19, 1884 in Dexter, Washtenaw Co., MI. She was the daughter of Abraham DeCamp and Abigail Butler.

Notes for Andrew Gilbert Waid:
Andrew was a carpenter and joiner by trade, having worked several years with George Roudebush, his sister Clarissa's husband. He moved to Dexter, MI in the spring of 1847. His wife's parents had moved there earlier in the 1840's. He sold his home in Blooming Valley to James Wygant. He wrote the following letter home to friends and relatives after arriving in Michigan:
WEBSTER, WASHTENAW CO., MICH., May 10, 1847.
Mr. George Roudebush and Friends: We are all well, and hope you are the same. We took the boat Saturday morning at 2 o'clock at Erie; stopped at Cleveland, Sandusky and Detroit, and arrived all safe, none of us seasick. Traveled from Detroit across the country to Webster; sold the wooden bowels; traded horse and wagon for 25 acres of land. It is good land. I like it very well, and I have got three acres to put in with corn, and a piece for potatoes. I have a job to do for eighteen dollars, and am going to do it as soon as I get my corn and potatoes planted. Tell my brother, Samuel, I like the country very well, what little I have seen; there are good crops of wheat, and it looks well. Tell father we are all well and hearty. I am satisfied this is a good country, and we are not discouraged. ANDREW G. WAID (Third Souvenir)
To this point, he has not been located in the 1860 census. He is listed in the 1870 census as Henry G. Wade, living in Scio, Washtenaw Co., MI., with Jane, Elnora, and Clarissa. How or why his brother's first name was used is not known. That it is him, however, is shown by the other family members. He also wrote letters to his nephew, Francis C. Waid dated Dec. 10, 1889 and aft. Sept. 6, 1890 (possibly living in Ann Arbor when the last letter was written). He was in poor health, but desired to return to Crawford Co. to visit friends and relatives. He also appears in the 1880 census, but is only listed as .... Wade. Birth place for him and parents are correct. Wife's information is correct. Only one daughter at home, but again no first name given, but it must be Clarissa since the others are married (the age is right for her too). The last known date we have for Andrew with certainty is in 1894 Michigan State census. I found an Andrew G. Wade living in Pittsfield at the Washtenaw County Home in the 1900 census. The age is off by three years and place of birth is wrong, but it could be our Andrew. No actual death date is known.

More About Andrew Gilbert Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842; 442548
Census: 1850, Webster Township, Washtenaw Co., MI
Census3: 1870, Scio Township, Washtenaw Co., MI - Henry G. (why?)
Census4: 1880, Dexter, Washtenaw Co., MI - only way I found it was a search on Jane; no first name given for Andrew
Census5: 1884, Dexter, Washtenaw Co., MI - State Census
Census6: 1894, Washtenaw Co., MI - State Census
Occupation: Carpenter and joiner

More About Jane DeCamp:
Burial: May 1884
Census: 1850, Webster, Washtenaw Co., MI
Census3: 1870, Scio Township, Washtenaw Co., MI
Census4: 1880, Dexter, Washtenaw Co., MI

More About Andrew Waid and Jane DeCamp:
Marriage: Aug 27, 1840, PA or NY

Generation No. 2

2. Pember Waid, born Jan 21, 1774 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 15, 1852 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA. He was the son of 4. John Waid and 5. Elizabeth Phelps. He married 3. Anna Lord May 19, 1799 in Hamburgh, New London Co., CT.
3. Anna Lord, born May 22, 1776 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 02, 1844 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA. She was the daughter of 6. Samuel Lord and 7. Elizabeth Bates.

Notes for Pember Waid:
There is some confusion as to who Pember's father was. The following statement is in a genealogical chart in the Historical Society Library in Meadville, PA: "Pember, son of John (Revolutionary Veteran) and Elizabeth (Phelps) Waid, of Joshuatown, North Lyme, Conn. born at Lyme Rock, Litchfield County, Conn. (John Wade was the son of Durant and Phebe [Ransom] Wade, son of John and Mercy [Pember] Wade). Pember was a shipwright and built early canal boats used on Meadville area canals. Anna Lord, born North Lyme, his wife. They were married Hamburg, North Lyme, CT." Another position is that he was the son of Josiah (first cousin of John), son of Jonathan and Hannah (Ransom) Waid, son of John and Mercy (Pember) Wade. Celesta Pember Hazen in, John Pember, The Pember Family in America, states, "Prob. grandson of Jonathan b. 1720, for it is known that either his father or grandfather was named Jonathan" (pg. 15). In the Pember Supplement, however, it states that Pember's father was John Waid. Strangely, though there is mention of Anna's parents in the Souvenirs by Francis C. Waid, there is no mention of the parents of Pember. Family tradition has been that Joseph Ransom was the great-grandfather of both Pember and Anna (whose grandmother was Catherine (Ransom) Lord). This identification does not help solve the problem, however, since Durant and Jonathan married sisters. Until further information can be obtained, I maintain the strongest case rest with his being the son of John and Elizabeth. Either way, it appears Pember's relationship with his parents was not strong.
There is also some confusion over where Pember was born. Both the Second and Third Souvenir state that Pember was born in Lyme, Middlesex Co., CT (Lyme has never been in Middlesex Co., though it is across the river from Saybrook, Middlesex Co. from which it was taken). The History of Crawford County, PA 1885, states Lyme, Litchfield Co., CT (again the county designation is incorrect). In The First 100 Years of Townville, it is said he was born in Lime Rock, Litchfield Co., CT (Hazen states that Lime Rock may have been called New Lyme at one time). When Francis records his visit to Connecticut with his parents, he sites Saybrook as the birth place - which would be Middlesex Co. As noted, at one time Lyme and Saybrook were one town.
Pember Waid married at Hamburg in 1799 and raised his family in a house he bought the same year. It was located with a blacksmith shop at Tantomorantum, later named Joshuatown. The house was still standing in 1939 and is about two miles from Hamburg in North Lyme (Hazen, pp. 15-16). By 1817, Pember had reports from his son Ira and his brother-in-law Samuel Lord about opportunities in Crawford Co., PA. He sold his Joshuatown property and moved to Meadville in the Spring of 1817. He first appears to have resided in Meadville The oldest city map reproduced by the City Engineer in 1879, shows a house lot on the East side of Diamond Park, where the courthouse now stands, to P. Wade. Pember was a ship carpenter, a vocation he chiefly followed until he went to Crawford Co, PA, where, after constructing canal boats for a short period, he withdrew from active life. He reverted to farming and purchased a large farm about a mile west of Blooming Valley. After the death of his wife, he continued to live on the farm, renting it and generally making his home with the occupant until the close of his life (Second Souvenir). Upon his death in 1852, he was buried in Blooming Valley Cemetery.
Based on IGI Record - LDS web site, Pember and Anna had a daughter named Elizabeth Eliza may be a shorten form for Elizabeth and someone may have assumed a different child, or there may have been another child that died. If the latter is correct, there is no record of her birth in F. C. Waid's writings. In the 1820 census for Mead Township, (males) 3 2 1 2 - 1 (females) 2 1 1 - 1 - (foreigners) 3. In the 1830 census, he is listed as Pember Ward.
During the War of 1812, the Militia was often called into service as the British ranged along the coast. Pember served several short periods. The first time was as a Private in Captain Charles P. Miller's Company of Lt Col Asa Comstock's 33rd Regiment Connecticut Militia from June 23 to 25, 1813 (Connecticut Men in the War of 1812). Pember said he saw the British troops when they burned the American ships at Pettibaug ([sic. Potapoug Quarter], now Essex), CT (History of Crawford County, PA, 1885). The British raid on the harbor on April 8, 1814, is testament to the importance of this area, as they destroyed 28 ships ($160,000 in value), including 5 being built as privateers. It was one of the worst losses the American side suffered in the War of 1812 (Essex, CT web page). "A party of about 200 men (Royal Marines) in ships barges started up the Connecticut River at 10:00 PM on 7 April 1814 to attack a quantity of shipping laid up six miles above the river's mouth. They brushed off a light Militia attack, but adverse winds and current delayed them reaching their quary until 3:00 AM on 8 April. By 10:00 AM they had destroyed 27 vessels of 5,110 tons, pierced for 134 guns ... By the tine the destruction was done, a rather amorphous defense had formed, which kept up a fusillade from the shore and lit the river with bonfires. Never the less, the ships boats ran the narrows after dark and escaped with a loss of two killed and two wounded" (War of 1812 - J. K. Mahon pg. 253--254). Undoubtedly the local Militia, including Pember Waid was active in this defense. "... earthworks were hastily thrown up at the heights of Mather's Neck and at the end of Ferry Road" (Landmarks of Old Lyme - G. S. Barker, pg. 4). The British continued to harass the coast near New London and Stonington during the next summer. Pember Waid was again called out from August 19 to 25, 1814 with Captain Charles Harrison's Company of Comstock's 33rd Regiment Connecticut Militia (Connecticut Men in the War of 1812) (1812 Vet - Comstock's 33rd Regiment Connecticut Militia 1813-1814).

More About Pember Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Batch 442548, p. 397, Ref. # 8337
Burial: Feb 1852, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA - living with Edward Burns
Comment 1: Some sources have August 21, 1774 as birth
Death record: Tombstone inscription; Souvenir, 3 vols.; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

More About Anna Lord:
Burial: Feb 1844, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Comment 1: History of Crawford County, PA, 1885
Death record: Tombstone inscription; Souvenir, 3 vols.; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

More About Pember Waid and Anna Lord:
Marriage: May 19, 1799, Hamburgh, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: IGI Record - LDS Batch A456842; Film number 456842

Children of Pember Waid and Anna Lord are:
i. Erastus S. Waid, born May 24, 1800 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; married Elvira Simmons Aft. 1820; born Feb 13, 1806 in Granville, Washington Co., NY; died Mar 28, 1882 in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY.

More About Erastus S. Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842; 442548

More About Elvira Simmons:
Burial: Mar 29, 1882, Lakeview Cemetery - Jamestown, NY
Census: 1850, Ellicott, Chautauqua Co., NY
Census2: 1860, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY
Census3: 1880, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY
Death record: Death Certificate; Lakeview Cemetery Index

More About Erastus Waid and Elvira Simmons:
Marriage: Aft. 1820

ii. Ira Canfield Waid, born Aug 15, 1801 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died Jan 27, 1871 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co., PA; married Elizabeth Priscilla Morehead Jun 12, 1825 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co. PA; born Aug 26, 1804 in Farmington, Hartford Co., CT; died Jan 07, 1882 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co., PA.

Notes for Ira Canfield Waid:
Ira C. came with Jared Shattuck, driving a four-horse team from Connecticut to Meadville, in the fall of 1816. The rest of the Pember Waid family came in the spring of 1817. He worked three years and six months for Mr. Shattuck after coming to Meadville. In the summer of 1817 he helped to haul brick to build Allegheny College.
Ira C. was a very plain man, as regarded his own person, not only in dress, but also in manner and mode of doing business; for others and to the memory of others he was gracious, not seeking to out-do his neighbor, and never exceeding his means. It was characteristic of him to do well whatever he undertook, and to succeed remarkably well in accomplishing his object. Yet he was no extremist, more such a man as David speaks of when he says: I have not exercised myself in matters too high for me. He was kindhearted and generous, not among his own kindred alone, but to everyone, especially the poor; and his memory is held in great endearment by all (Second Souvenir).
In August of 1864, Ira, son Francis, and their wives visited relatives in CT. They visited with Ira's first-cousin, Frederick A. Tiffany (son of Lois Lord) and three living aunts. No mention is made as to whether these aunts were on the Lord side, the Waid side, or both. Mr. Tiffany had earlier visited his relatives in PA.
Will of Ira C. Waid
I, Ira C. Waid, of Woodcock Township, in the County of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania. being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.
And first I direct that my body be decently interred, and that my funeral be conducted in a manner corresponding with my estate and situation in life. As to such estate as 1t bath pleased God to intrust me with, I dispose of the same as follows:
Item. I give and bequeath to ray beloved wife, Elizabeth P. Waid, all my household goods, furniture, money, and personal estate of every kind or nature whatsoever for her to use and enjoy the same as she may think proper for and during her natural life, and whatsoever there may be left of the same at her decease to be disposed of as hereinafter directed. I also give, devise and bequeath to her, my said wife, the use, improvement, occupancy and income of my homestead farm on which my dwelling is situate, in Woodcock Township, containing about fifty-seven acres of land, more or less, with the appurtenances; and also the use, improvements and occupancy of all my real estate wheresoever the same may he situate, of which I may die possessed, with the appurtenances. To have and to hold the said several messuages of land above mentioned for and during her natural life, and at her decease the same to be disposed of by me as follows:
Item. I give, devise and bequeath to my son, R. L. Waid, his heirs and assigns forever, the reversion or remainder of fifty-five acres of land in Woodcock Township, to be taken off and from the north side of the 105 acres which I purchased from John Reynolds, Esq., by deed dated February 22, 1855, and recorded in Deed Book K, No. 2, page 610-11, with the appurtenances; also a small piece of land lying adjoining the same on the west end and extending to the public road so as to give him free access to and from the same to the public road; also one-third (1/3) part of my interest in the two lots and buildings with the appurtenances situate in the city of Meadville (my interest in said two lots being one undivided half interest); the foregoing bequests are subject to the life estate heretofore given to my said wife, he to come into possession of the same at the decease of her, my said wife. Whereas my son, G. W. Waid, has heretofore sold out his prospective interest or share in my entire estate to my son, Francis C. Waid, receiving from him, as they each supposed, his full share of my estate by and with my full knowledge and consent, I therefore feel that he has already received a full share of my estate, and that I ought not in justice to my other children give him anything further.
Item. I give, devise and bequeath to my son, Francis C. Waid, his heirs and assigns, the reversion or remainder of my homestead farm, with the appurtenances, situate in Woodcock Township, containing about fifty-seven acres more or less. Also fifty-acres of hand to be taken off and from the south side of the 105 acres, with the appurtenances, which I purchased from John Reynolds, Esq., aforesaid; also five acres adjoining the same, being part of a certain piece of about twelve acres which I purchased from A. Bradshaw, extending to the public road, including all that lies south of the south line of the piece devised to R. L. Waid; also two-thirds of my interest in two lots and buildings, with the appurtenances, situate in the city of Meadville. All the foregoing bequests are subject to the life estate heretofore given to my said wife, he to come into possession of the same at the decease of my said wife.
Item. Whatever other property I may have at the time of my decease, whether real, personal or mixed, I give, devise and bequeath the same to my wife for and during her natural life, and the reversion or remainder of the same at and after her decease, I give, devise and bequeath to my son, Francis C. Waid, two-thirds (2/3) thereof and the remaining one-third (1/3) to my son, R. L. Waid, and to their heirs and assigns forever; and I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons, R. L. Waid and Francis C. Waid, executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of May, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-eight (1868). IRA C. WAID. [SEAL.]
COUNTY OF CRAWFORD, I, A. M. Smith, register of wills, etc., for said county, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the last will and testament of Ira C. Waid, late of the township of Woodcock. deceased, as proved, filed and registered in this office. Witness my hand and official seal at Meadville this 21st day of February, A. D., 1871. A. M. SMITH, Register. [SEAL.]

More About Ira Canfield Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842; 442548
Burial: Jan 1871, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census2: 1860, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census3: 1870, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Death record: Tombstone inscription; Souvenir, 3 vols.; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

More About Elizabeth Priscilla Morehead:
Burial: Jan 1882, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census2: 1860, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census3: 1870, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census4: 1880, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Death record: Tombstone inscription; Souvenir, 3 vols.; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

More About Ira Waid and Elizabeth Morehead:
Marriage: Jun 12, 1825, Woodcock Township, Crawford Co. PA

iii. Mary Ann Waid, born Feb 26, 1803 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died Apr 04, 1890 in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY; married Philander S. Simmons Jan 18, 1821 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA; born Mar 20, 1798 in Granville, Washington Co., NY; died Dec 13, 1882 in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY.

More About Mary Ann Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842
Burial: Apr 06, 1890, Lakeview Cemetery - Jamestown, NY
Census: 1850, Portland, Chautauqua Co., NY
Census2: 1860, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY
Census3: 1880, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY
Death record: Death Certificate; Lakeview Cemetery Index

Notes for Philander S. Simmons:
Information on the Simmons family is from History of the Simmon's Family, by Lorenzo Albert Simmons. Some information is also found in Francis C. Waid's book, Second Souvenir.

More About Philander S. Simmons:
Burial: Dec 15, 1882, Lakeview Cemetery - Jamestown, NY
Census: 1850, Portland, Chautauqua Co., NY
Census2: 1860, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY
Census3: 1880, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY
Death record: Death Certificate; Lakeview Cemetery Index

More About Philander Simmons and Mary Waid:
Marriage: Jan 18, 1821, Meadville, Crawford Co., PA

iv. Martha L. Waid, born May 18, 1804 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died Jun 22, 1833; married Lathrop M. Allen Sep 28, 1820 in Crawford Co., PA; born Jun 19, 1793 in NY; died Jan 09, 1870 in Athens, Bradford Co., PA.

Notes for Martha L. Waid:
Page from notebook in Crawford Historical Society Library lists birth date as May 8, 1804.

More About Martha L. Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842; 962431, p. 955, Ref. # 20040
Burial: Jun 1833

More About Lathrop M. Allen:
Burial: Jan 1870, Tioga Point Cemetery
Census: 1850, Athens, Bradford Co, PA
IGI: 452808; Reference 52783

More About Lathrop Allen and Martha Waid:
Marriage: Sep 28, 1820, Crawford Co., PA

v. Eliza Emeline Waid, born Jan 11, 1806 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died Jul 24, 1887 in Townville, Crawford Co., PA; married (1) Gamaliel Phillips 1825; born Sep 30, 1799 in Pittsford Township, Rutland Co., VT; died May 04, 1853 in Townville, Crawford Co., PA; married (2) Hiram Baldwin Aft. 1860; born May 25, 1802; died Feb 24, 1870 in Townville, Crawford Co., PA.

Notes for Eliza Emeline Waid:
Page from notebook in Crawford Historical Society Library lists birth date as January 18, 1806.

More About Eliza Emeline Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 962431, p. 952, Ref. # 19973
Burial: Jul 25, 1887, Baker Cemetery - Townville, PA
Census: 1850, Troy, Crawford Co., PA
Census3: 1880, Troy, Crawford Co., PA

Notes for Gamaliel Phillips:
Also in the Baker Cemetery are: Jonathan and George R. Phillips. No dates, but are listed with Lewis, Nathan, and Delila. In correction, they are all listed as children of Gamaliel and Eliza (Waid) Phillips.
Gamaliel Phillips who settled on land a short way south of Townville was born Sept. 30, 1799, died May 4, 1853. His grandson George Washington Phillips says, "I am very sure he was born in Connecticut." He married in 1825 Eliza Emaline Waid, born Jan. 11, 1806, died July 24, 1887, daughter of Pember who lived just west of Blooming Valley and Anna, daughter of Samuel Lord. Pember Waid was born at Lime Rock, Litchfield Co., Conn., Aug. 21, 1774. Gamaliel bought from 0. B. Power in 1837 the east 138 acres of Tract 1373. Amby Higby bought the west part. Gamaliel sold the next year, fifty acres adjoining Higby, to Hiram Baldwin. He built a house near a fine large spring, and cleared up the land. Gamaliel was industrious and successful. He had children, Lewis J., born Apr. 20, 1826, who died in early youth; Mary Ann, born Apr. 17, 1827, who married Silas Clark, eldest son of Joseph and Sybil (Phillips) who came to New Richmond Township from Whitehall, N. Y.; Salmon, born May 14, 1829, who married Elizabeth Pike, and had a son and two daughters; Lucinda, born Mar. 14, 1831, who married John Winston; Rebecca, born June 1, 1833, who married Charles Arnold, son of Alanson and Lovina (Higbee); Rachel, born May 7, 1835, who married Wilson Phillips, and had two sons; Emeline, born Nov. 30, 1837, who married Samuel Gillett as his second wife, his first wife, Rhoda (Thoms) separating from him, and marrying Isaac Daniel Gillett as his second wife; Pember Waid, born Feb. 13, 1840, died 1914, married Emma M. Davison, born Feb. 16, 1844, died Dec. 4, 1902, eldest daughter of Loren Davison and Abigail (Hodge), and had two sons, George Washington, born Nov. 7, 1861, living at Meadville, and Charles Henry, born Oct. 1, 1864, died at Townville in 1906; Delilah, born Feb. 11, 1841, died in 1866; George Washington, born Mar. 19, 1844, died. in early youth; Nathan, born Apr. 8, 1846, died in 1856; and Evelina, born July 8, 1848, who married Sylvanus H. Davison, brother of Pember W.'s wife. Gamaliel died on his farm Mar. 4, 1853. His widow continued on with the farm, raising the family. Late in life she married Hiram Baldwin whose farm adjoined, but they did not live together long. Her son Pember W., took charge of the farm, and cared for his aged mother. She died on the farm July 24, 1887 (The First Hundred Years of Townville and Vicinity, pp. 93-94).

More About Gamaliel Phillips:
Burial: May 1853, Baker Cemetery - Townville, PA
Census: 1850, Troy, Crawford Co., PA

More About Gamaliel Phillips and Eliza Waid:
Marriage: 1825

vi. Samuel L. Waid, born Jun 11, 1808 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died Abt. 1862 in MI; married Mary Polly Smith Feb 28, 1833; born Jun 07, 1812 in PA; died Sep 28, 1883 in London, Monroe Co., MI.

Notes for Samuel L. Waid:
Based on the 1850 census of Crawford Co., Woodcock Township, I have included the dates and names of his family. Francis C. Waid also gives the children's names in his First Souvenir. He moved to MI in the spring of 1858 and there died. Possibly in Lenawee or Monroe County.

More About Samuel L. Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842; 442548
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA

Notes for Mary Polly Smith:
Mary is in the 1870 census for London, Monroe Co., p. 348. She is living with son-in-law James Reeves and his family.
Wait, Mary
Date of death: 28-Sep-1883; Ledger Page: 270; Record Number: 28; Place of death: London; County of Death: Monroe; Sex: Female; Race: White; Marital Status: Widowed; Age: 71 years 3 months 21 days; Cause of Death: Old Age; Birthplace: Pennsylvania Occupation: Housekeeper; Father's Name: Unknown, First name not recorded; Father's Residence: Unknown; Mother's Name: Unknown, First name not recorded; Mother's Residence: Unknown; Date of record: 6-May-1884.

More About Mary Polly Smith:
Burial: Sep 1883
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA - Polly
Census3: 1870, London, Monroe Co., MI - living with James Reeves
Census4: 1880, Dundee, Monroe Co., MI - living with James Reeves
Death record: GENDIS Index (Michigan)

More About Samuel Waid and Mary Smith:
Marriage: Feb 28, 1833
Marriage Record: Courier, March 6, 1833

vii. George Washington Waid, born Jan 21, 1810 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died Dec 04, 1861 in Crawford Co., PA; married Lorinda Goodwill Abt. 1836; born Abt. 1817 in MA; died 1868.

Notes for George Washington Waid:
The 1850 Crawford Co., Woodcock Township census includes a G. W. Waid, age 42 (the index says G. N. Waid, but a careful study of the penmanship of the census taker shows it to be a W not an N). Though the age is off by one year, I believe this to be George Washington Waid, so I have included the information in this tree. The name of the second child is difficult to make out. Listed as a male child; looks like Eelesta, but could be Celesta - neither name seems to be a male child's name.
The 1860 census record lists the following: Washington Waid, age 48; Lorinda (wife), age 46; Homer (son), age 19; Ann (daughter), age 15; Mary (daughter), age 15 [I believe the census taker listed two names for the same girl Mary Ann]; Lewis (son), age 11; George (son), age 8; and Job (son), age 5.
There was a death record on file in the Historical Society records: George W. Waid, October 11, 1920, age 69. This could be the above son of Washington Waid. Blooming Valley Cemetery records also indicate this same individual as birth abt. 1851 listed after George Waid and Molly.
The index for Blooming Valley Cemetery shows a Molly Waid buried with or near him. No other record of who she might be, i.e. wife or daughter or daughter-in-law.

More About George Washington Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842; 442548
Burial: Dec 1861, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census2: 1860, Mead Township, Crawford Co., PA
Death record: Tombstone inscription; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

Notes for Lorinda Goodwill:
Nathaniel and Mary Bell Goodwill had a son, Justin. Justin had a daughter, listed as "Loriender", and she was born about 1830 in Massachusetts. Justin had moved to Pennsylvania at the time of his death in 1839. Her date of birth is estimated; Justin's is recorded as 1795, so it is conceivable (no pun intended) that she was born as early as 1817, since that would follow her parents' marriage date, but it doesn't always happen that way
The 1830 census shows Nathaniel's household to include three females aged 15-20. As you know, the relationship is not listed. They could be daughters, granddaughters, nieces, or not even related. In any event, that would place them at about 1810-1815 for birth years.
The 1860 census (researched by Forest W. Goodwill before 1985, my notes page 1367) showed the household of Washington Waid, aged 48. That would put him as born about 1812, but the Souvenirs all list his year of birth as 1810. So this could mean that the census taker erred, or the birth date just happened to fall in such a way that it doesn't allow you to simply deduct the age from 1860 to get a birth year. His wife is listed as Lorinda, age 46, so she may have been born in 1814 (but if Washington's birth year could be off by 2, so could hers). That would put her at 1812-1814 for a birth year. The couple had the following children with them: Homer (19), Ann and Mary (both 15), Lewis (11), George (8), and Job (5).
Forest did further research, at the Crawford County Registrar and Recorders Office (my notes, page 1283) and found land deeds related to Nathaniel Goodwill. He deeded land to the following:
Sarah and Abel Ellis
George and Lorinda Waid
Bathsheba Goodwill
Sarah and Bathsheba are daughters of Nathaniel, so I am making the supposition that Lorinda may have been a daughter, too. Another possibility is that Lorinda could be the daughter of Justin, and may have lived with Nathaniel. In that event, it would be likely that he would have been close enough to a granddaughter to deed her some land. It's curious that they were the only people to receive deeds, but it could be because not all of Nathaniel's children moved to Pennsylvania; the other children may have already established themselves; Nathaniel may have simply liked them more. Here's a good place for a reminder ... Sarah was Abel's second wife. His third wife was Bathsheba (these notes from Tom Goodwill).

More About Lorinda Goodwill:
Burial: 1868
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA - Locinda
Census2: 1860, Mead Township, Crawford Co., PA

More About George Waid and Lorinda Goodwill:
Marriage: Abt. 1836

viii. Phebe Matilda Waid, born Sep 24, 1811 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died May 20, 1900 in Sanford, Warren Co., PA; married Cyrus Goodwill Feb 08, 1829 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA; born Apr 05, 1810 in Chester, Hampden Co., MA; died May 16, 1855 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co. PA.

Notes for Phebe Matilda Waid:
Phebe is listed in the index of two cemeteries and appears to have stones in both cemeteries: Blooming Valley and Sanford. It is most probable that she is in Sanford since she died in Warren County.

More About Phebe Matilda Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842; 962431, p. 1147, Ref. # 24071
Burial: May 1900, Sanford Cemetery - Eldred Township, PA
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census4: 1880, Eldred, Warren Co., PA - living with Albert
Death record: Sanford Cemetery Index; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

More About Cyrus Goodwill:
Burial: May 1855, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Death record: Tombstone inscription; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

More About Cyrus Goodwill and Phebe Waid:
Marriage: Feb 08, 1829, Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA

ix. Clarissa Ursula Waid, born Jan 26, 1813 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died Jun 16, 1853 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA; married George Roudebush Jun 13, 1836 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA; born May 11, 1813 in PA; died Nov 15, 1865 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA.

More About Clarissa Ursula Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842; 962430, p. 658, Ref. # 13812
Burial: Jun 1853, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Death record: Tombstone; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

Notes for George Roudebush:
George served as a Postmaster. He was a manufacturer of window sash. The 1860 census was not readable in Fort Wayne.

More About George Roudebush:
Burial: Nov 1865, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census2: 1860, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Death record: Tombstone; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

More About George Roudebush and Clarissa Waid:
Marriage: Jun 13, 1836, Meadville, Crawford Co., PA
Marriage Record: Courier, June 21, 1836

x. Henry Augustus Waid, born Jan 25, 1816 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT; died Bet. Jan 22, 1863 - Aug 30, 1865 in IL; married Roxey ----- Bef. 1846; born Jan 1820 in NY.

Notes for Henry Augustus Waid:
Moved to the West in early life, served his country in the war of the Rebellion, and died in Illinois. Page from notebook in Crawford Historical Society Library lists birth date as January 5, 1816. From Third Souvenir, we find the following: "... where we met Temperance Gibbs, who told me of Augustus Waid's three children--two boys and one girl. Horace Waid is now thirty years old, is married and living on a farm; Aunt Roxey is married to John Tolle, and lives in Rushville, Schuyler County, Ill." This would seem to indicate that Henry's wife's name was Roxey.
I found a Henry A. Wade that served A Company, 99th Infantry Regiment of Illinois as a private. He enlisted on July 30, 1862 and was discharged on January 22, 1863. He was from Pittsfield, Pike Co., IL. Henry was in Pike Co., in the 1850 and 1860 census returns. Roxey Tolle, on Henry A. Waid, filed pension applications #334662 for her and one for minor, Horace A. Waid, #383651.
Complete record
WADE, HENRY A
Rank PVT Company A Unit 99 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence PITTSFIELD, PIKE CO, IL Age 42 Height 6' 1 Hair DARK
Eyes BLUE Complexion FAIR Marital Status MARRIED Occupation FARMER
Nativity LINN CO, CT
Service Record
Joined When JUL 30, 1862 Joined Where PITTSFIELD, IL
Joined By Whom CPT EDWARDS Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 23, 1862 Muster In Where FLORENCE, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out N/A
Muster Out Where N/A Muster Out By Whom N/A
Remarks DISCHARGED JAN 22, 1863 AT HOUSTON MO


More About Henry Augustus Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842; 442548
Census: 1850, Sny Island, Pike Co., Ill.
Census2: 1860, Pleasant Vale Township, Pike Co., IL
Military service: PVT A 99 IL US INF PITTSFIELD - Discharged January 22, 1863
Petition: Nov 30, 1889, 334.662 filed by Roxie Tolle, widow; 388.651 filed by Horace A. Waid, minor

Notes for Roxey -----:
I wonder if her maiden name was Wheeler. There was a Roxanna Wheeler b. January 10, 1822 in NY. Her sister married Robert L. Waid, a nephew to Henry.

More About Roxey -----:
Census: 1850, Sny Island, Pike Co., IL
Census2: 1860, Pleasant Vale Township, Pike Co., IL
Census4: 1880, Bainbridge Township, Schuyler Co., IL
Census5: 1900, Bainbridge Township, Schuyler Co., IL

More About Henry Waid and Roxey -----:
Marriage: Bef. 1846

1 xi. Andrew Gilbert Waid, born May 11, 1818 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co., PA; died Aft. 1894 in Washtenaw Co., MI; married Jane DeCamp Aug 27, 1840 in PA or NY.
xii. Horace Franklin Waid, born Jul 12, 1820 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co. PA; died Dec 29, 1893 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co., PA; married Charlotte H. Stewart Apr 25, 1844 in Crawford Co., PA; born Jul 1825 in PA.

Notes for Horace Franklin Waid:
He served his country in the war of the Rebellion. The 1860 census shows the following: Horace Wade, age 28; Charlotte (wife), age 25 [these ages must certainly be in error since they were married in 1844]; Daniel (son), age 10; and Franklin (son), age 8.

More About Horace Franklin Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842; 442548
Burial: Dec 1893, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census2: 1860, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census3: 1870, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census4: 1880, Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA
Death record: Tombstone inscription; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index
Military service: 83rd PA Infantry
Petition: Jan 11, 1896, 589.435 filed by Charlotte H. Waid

More About Charlotte H. Stewart:
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census2: 1860, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census3: 1870, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census4: 1880, Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA
Census5: 1900, Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA

Marriage Notes for Horace Waid and Charlotte Stewart:
Announcement of marriage is in Crawford Journal, April 30, 1844:
On Thursday last by J. Dewey, Esq. Mr. Horace Waid, of Woodcock, to
Miss Charlotte Stewart, of Richmond.

More About Horace Waid and Charlotte Stewart:
Marriage: Apr 25, 1844, Crawford Co., PA
Marriage Record: Crawford Journal


Generation No. 3

4. John Waid, born Jun 09, 1749 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Aug 01, 1823 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. He was the son of 8. Durant Wade and 9. Phebe Ransom. He married 5. Elizabeth Phelps Feb 06, 1770 in New London Co., CT.
5. Elizabeth Phelps, born Abt. 1750 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Bef. 1820 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. She was the daughter of 10. Charles Phelps and 11. Elizabeth Tiffany.

Notes for John Waid:
It is possible that John was in a party with his cousins, children of Jonathon, who went to northern Litchfield County about 1770, probably with his new bride. It may also be that his son Pember Waid was born there in 1774 (F. C. Waid in his Souvenirs repeats several times that his grandfather's birthplace was New Lyme or N. Lyme in Litchfield County. In the Supplement to the Pember Genealogy, it states that this may have been an early name for Lime Rock, Litchfield County a mining territory opened shortly before the Revolution). With the beginning of the Revolutionary War, John and his family would have returned to the Joshuatown area.
Based on his Revolutionary Pension Application (S 35378 - my copy is very difficult to read), John Waid enlisted at Lyme on January 1, 1776 in Captain Jewett's Company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Regiment for a term of one year. He was discharged December 31, 1776 at Peekskill, NY. He immediately reenlisted on January 1, 1777 for the duration of the war (see Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 148, 364, 344). After a short leave, he rejoined his unit in February 1777 and served until June 1, 1783 when the Army was disbanded. His service encompassed all the major actions of the Continental Army from Long Island to Yorktown.
His military records, found in the National Archives, indicate that he served in Captain Richard's Company of the 1st Connecticut Continental Regiment. He was promoted to Corporal on July 5, 1780, but reduced to Private on April 16, 1781. In the reorganization of the Army, his company was absorbed into the 5th Regiment on January 1, 1781. In March and April of 1781, he was sick in quarters. He was able to rejoined his company for duty in May 1781 just in time for the final Yorktown Campaign.
After returning with the Army to West Point in April 1782, he was transferred to the elite Light Infantry Company in August 1782. These companies consisted of the best and strongest men of each regiment. In the next reorganization of the Army, he was transferred to Captain Billing's Company of the surviving 2nd Regiment of Connecticut Continentals. He served on duty until April 1783 when it appears he again got in trouble as he was said to be "in Provost." He received his discharge when the entire Continental Army was disbanded at Newburgh, NY in June 1783. He returned to his family in Lyme (Revl Vet - 1st, 5th, 2nd Connecticut Continental Regiments 1776-1783).
John Waid and his wife Elizabeth on November 24, 1789 sold to Nathan Tiffany (her uncle) land in Joshuatown "formerly belonging to our honored mother Elizabeth (Tiffany) Phelps" (Lyme Land Records, 20:144). The family resided near Joshuatown Pond and the foundation and cellar of the house are still there, though badly over-grown with brush and weeds. This property, about one half acre, was sold on February 22, 1803. On the same day, John purchased a house and two acres about a mile or so further north on the same road. This house was still standing when C. P. Hazen visited, but was in bad repair. I tried to locate the property in the Fall of 2002, but was unsuccessful. On September 18, 1803 he conveyed this property to John Wood, reserving the house thereon during his lifetime (Letter, Town Clerk of Lyme in Pember Supplement, p. 4).
According to his application, by 1820 he was 72 and alone: his wife had died and his children had left the area (Pember Waid's family left in 1817). There was by his statement "an idiot child" still living who was being supported by the town. Upon his death on January 30, 1822, his estate apparently amounted only to his pension arrears. Bond was furnished by Charles and Henry Wait and is on file at Hartford in the Connecticut State Library. Their relationship with John is not known, though they may be nephews residing in the area or the clerk may have misspelled the last name and they may be sons of John (Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files; Pember Supplement, p. 4).
Connecticut Pensioners of 1835 page 72
County: New London Co.
Name: John Waid
Rank: Private
Annual Allowance: 96 00
Sums Received: 511 98
Description of service: Connecticut line
When placed on the pension roll: May 6,1818
Commencement of pension: April 2, 1818
Age: 76
Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks: Died August 1, 1823
RXTPYJK - reference code for DAR lookup. The lookup produced no information.
1790 census for Lyme
John 1-1-4 Assuming this is John son of Durant and not the John Wade born to John in 1753, we get a small glimpse of his family. Unlike Josiah Waid who had no males in his household in the 1790 census, this John does and this son could be Pember, though he would have been 16, not under 16 at the time of the census. The other possibility is that again Pember is gone from the house and this male is Lyman (see note for him).

More About John Waid:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 14 - Wade
Burial: Aug 1823
Pension File: Apr 02, 1818, S35378 - Revolutionary War

More About Elizabeth Phelps:
Birth Record: Lyme Land Records, 20:144

More About John Waid and Elizabeth Phelps:
Marriage: Feb 06, 1770, New London Co., CT

Children of John Waid and Elizabeth Phelps are:
i. Phebe Waid

Notes for Phebe Waid:
A possible daughter of John. Lived at Joshuatown in 1803 in a leased home.

ii. Lyman Waid

Notes for Lyman Waid:
A possible son of John. Lived nearby in 1810, and was called a son of John by cousins. A Lyman Wade/Waide of Lyme married Sarah Beckwith of Waterford on Feb. 21, 1836, by Rev. Squire B. Hascall (Barbour Collection).

iii. Idiot Child Waid

Notes for Idiot Child Waid:
When John applied for his military pension in 1820, he stated that he had an idiot child living who was being supported by the town of Lyme, CT.

2 iv. Pember Waid, born Jan 21, 1774 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 15, 1852 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA; married Anna Lord May 19, 1799 in Hamburgh, New London Co., CT.


6. Samuel Lord, born Jul 16, 1737 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died 1811 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. He was the son of 12. Samuel Lord and 13. Catherine Ransom He married 7. Elizabeth Bates Dec 01, 1768 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.
7. Elizabeth Bates, born Aug 03, 1750 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT; died May 30, 1821 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA. She was the daughter of 14. Stephen Bates, 3rd and 15. Mindwell Seward.

Notes for Samuel Lord:
Information about Samuel and Elizabeth in Hartford Times. In 1784, the town of Lyme sold his property for taxes (Lyme, Connecticut, Stark, p. 106). Nathan Tiffany was granted administration of the Estate on January 7, 1812, and the inventory was presented on August 7, 1812 at $192.63 with 49.50 in debts.

More About Samuel Lord:
Burial: 1811
Military service: Revolutionary War

Notes for Elizabeth Bates:
From History of Durham CT 1662-1866, "July 29th 1750. Stephen Bates, with Mindwell his wife owned ye covenant." "August 5th, 1750 Elizabeth Bates daughter of Stephen and Mindwell Bates was baptised." Based on what I have seen, this couple may not be the parents of this Elizabeth Bates. More research needs to be done.

More About Elizabeth Bates:
Baptism: Aug 05, 1750, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852
Burial: Jun 1821

More About Samuel Lord and Elizabeth Bates:
Marriage: Dec 01, 1768, Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT
Marriage Record: Early Connecticut Marriages, book 1 - Samuell of Lyme

Children of Samuel Lord and Elizabeth Bates are:
i. Samuel Lord, born Jun 11, 1769 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Dec 02, 1840 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA; married (1) Sarah Robinson 1791 in Pittsburg, Allegheny Co., PA; born 1775 in Pittsburg, Alleghany Co., PA; died May 05, 1806 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA; married (2) Rebecca Dunham Jan 14, 1807 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA; born Sep 11, 1789 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ; died Feb 29, 1852 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA.

Notes for Samuel Lord:
Samuel Lord, Luke Hill and John Wentworth, three well-remembered pioneers of Crawford County, were soldiers in Capt. Hart's Company, while about a dozen hardy frontiersmen accompanied the corps with the intention of settling in the vicinity of the fort (page 164).
The foregoing account of this event (my note, where Darius Mead was captured by two Indians in a field close to Fort Franklin) was taken principally from Mr. Alfred Huidekoper's "Incidents in the Early History of Crawford County." In the Van Horne manuscript a somewhat different account is given. It says that John Wentworth and Samuel Lord followed the trail of Darius Mead and the Indians from near Fort Franklin to the vicinity of Conneaut Lake, where they found the bodies of Mead and one of the savages. They continued on the trail of the remaining Indian whom they discovered in a dense thicket badly wounded. On seeing the two scouts the savage uttered a cry of despair. Wentworth deliberately drew his ken hunting knife, and approaching the Indian stabbed him to the heart, thus avenging the killing of Mead (page 186).
In an old cash-book kept at Fort Franklin from 1792 to 1798, William Reynolds, Esq., found the names of many of the first settlers of Crawford County, such as David Mead, John Mead, Samuel Lord, John Wentworth, Luke Hill, Jonathan Titus, Samuel and Andrew Kerr, Joseph Hackney, Dr. Thomas R. Kennedy, William McGrady, William Eachus, James Herrington (page 255).
Early Murders - The only murder ever perpetrated within the limits of Meadville was the killing of his squaw by a drunken Indian, at the door of Samuel Lord's store in 1805. This store was kept in a small one-story log building on the northwest corner of Walnut and Center Streets, where the cottage residence of John A. Sergeant now stands. Mr. Lord was an experienced frontiersman, spoke the Indian language and had a large share of their custom. Their principal purchases consisted of whisky, for which most of them possessed an intense and ungovernable appetite. When under the influence of liquor the Indians were regarded as very dangerous, and it was while in this state that the savage sunk his tomahawk into the brain of his inoffensive squaw. If punished for the deed, it must have been by his own brethren, as noting regarding it appears on the court records of that day (page 291).
On page 314, of the same section, in a list of County Commissioners:
Samuel Lord, October 1815 to October 1818
Samuel Lord, October 1830 to October 1833
An express arrived at Meadville from Harrisburg, September 14, 1812, with orders for Brigade Inspector Clark to call out his quota of 2,000 men, to be taken from the counties west of the Allegheny Mountains, Pittsburgh and Meadville being he places of rendezvous. The latter was selected as a convenient point at which to collect a force for service in the contemplated invasion of Canada. Accordingly instructions were issued to accepted companies of Pennsylvania volunteers to rendezvous at Meadville in early autumn, form a brigade, elect officers and await orders. Ground for the camp was offered by Samuel Lord, and accepted, and as the companies arrived they formed their encampment, beginning at the French Creek Road, now know as "The Terrace," and extending in crescent form to a point east of Allegheny College. These companies were from the western and central counties of the State, and several of them had been long organized and were well disciplined. Maj. Gen Tannehill was elected to the chief command, but several weeks elapsed before he arrived to assume control. Early in the fall of 1812, Meadville assumed a warlike appearance as the brave volunteers were rapidly answering the call to arms. The following officers were in command of companies encamped on the farm of Mr. Lord, now partly occupied by the beautiful grounds of Hon. William Reynolds: Capts. Sample, Miller, Warner, Thomas and Buchanan, of Washington County; Capt. Thomas Forster, of Erie; Capts. Vance and Patterson, of Green; Capt. McGerry, of Mifflin; Capt. Kleckner, of Center; and Capt. Samuel Derickson, of Northumberland. It was doubtless a cheering spectacle to the citizens of this county to behold such a body of freemen at the call of the nation, forsaking the comforts and ease of domestic life for the privations and hardships of the tented field, to defend the rights and avenge the wrongs of their beloved country (pp. 334-335).

More About Samuel Lord:
Burial: Dec 1840
Death record: Dec 03, 1840, Crawford Statesman

More About Sarah Robinson:
Burial: May 1806

More About Samuel Lord and Sarah Robinson:
Marriage: 1791, Pittsburg, Allegheny Co., PA

ii. Elizabeth Lord, born Jun 11, 1769 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

Notes for Elizabeth Lord:
Died in infancy.

iii. Nicholas Lord, born Feb 17, 1771 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Nancy Bates; born 1777; died 1855 in Crawford Co., PA.

More About Nancy Bates:
Burial: 1855

iv. Katharine Lord, born Sep 06, 1772 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (1) Seth Miner; married (2) John Phelps Mar 04, 1790 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT; born in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About John Phelps and Katharine Lord:
Marriage: Mar 04, 1790, Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT

v. Solomon Lord, born May 29, 1774 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 13, 1843 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA; married (1) Sila Tiffany Feb 04, 1794 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Abt. 1773; died Jun 04, 1829; married (2) Rhoda Lovett Nov 15, 1832 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA; born Abt. 1792 in NY.

More About Solomon Lord:
Burial: Feb 1843

More About Sila Tiffany:
Burial: Jun 1829

More About Solomon Lord and Sila Tiffany:
Marriage: Feb 04, 1794, Lyme, New London Co., CT

3 vi. Anna Lord, born May 22, 1776 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 02, 1844 in Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., PA; married Pember Waid May 19, 1799 in Hamburgh, New London Co., CT.
vii. Betsey Lord, born May 17, 1778 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Joseph Pratt Abt. 1800; born Abt. 1775 in Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Joseph Pratt and Betsey Lord:
Marriage: Abt. 1800

viii. Lydia Lord, born Aug 03, 1780 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Unknown Gillette; born Abt. 1780.
ix. Lois Lord, born Aug 06, 1782 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Mar 14, 1866 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Nathan Tiffany Abt. 1799; born Abt. 1773 in CT; died May 07, 1857 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Lois Lord:
Burial: Mar 1866, Joshuatown Cemetery - Joshuatown, CT
Census: 1850, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Death record: Grave Stone - age 83

Notes for Nathan Tiffany:
Not sure about the name of the cemetery. It was located on the corner of Tantomorantum Road and Joshuatown Road facing Joshua Town Road.

More About Nathan Tiffany:
Burial: May 1857, Joshuatown Cemetery - Joshuatown, CT
Census: 1850, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Death record: Grave Stone - age 84

More About Nathan Tiffany and Lois Lord:
Marriage: Abt. 1799

x. Martha Lord, born Nov 22, 1784 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Amos Hungerford; born Abt. 1780.
xi. Perlina Lord, born Aug 21, 1787 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Mar 03, 1879 in Burlington, Hartford Co., CT; married Curtis Graham 1810 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born 1783 in Derby, New Haven Co., CT; died Sep 15, 1825 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Perlina Lord:
Burial: Mar 1879

More About Curtis Graham:
Burial: Sep 1825

More About Curtis Graham and Perlina Lord:
Marriage: 1810, Lyme, New London Co., CT


Generation No. 4

8. Durant Wade, born Apr 07, 1716 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died 1805 in Waitsfield, Washington Co., VT. He was the son of 16. John Wade and 17. Mercy Pember He married 9. Phebe Ransom Jan 03, 1741/42 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.
9. Phebe Ransom, born Dec 03, 1721 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Oct 04, 1807 in Waitsfield, Washington Co., VT. She was the daughter of 18. Joseph Ransom and 19. Jane -----.

Notes for Durant Wade:
Durant purchased on July 28, 1750, from Richard Ely III, land and a mansion house in the Third Society (North Lyme). On May 27, 1761, he sold these properties to Abraham Perkins (Pember Supplement, p. 3). It is likely that at this time he removed, with others from his family, to Litchfield County area By the mid-1760's, Durant had moved with the large parties to the north along the Connecticut River. He was one of the proprietors of Gilsum (later divided to form Surry Township, Cheshire Co., NH). In the drawing of lots, he received three 50 acre plots on Carpenter Hill. He built on that land before 1770. In 1772, he was chosen Fence Viewer. On March 19, 1770, he sold a portion of his South Farm to his son Thomas, and the remainder to Dr. Gideon Tiffany of Keene, in 1773. At about that time, he removed to Walpole, Chester Co., NH where he lived until 1789. He removed to Waitsfield, Washington Co., VT where he died in 1805.

More About Durant Wade:
Baptism: Oct 28, 1716, New London, New London Co., CT
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. L-7 p. 85
Burial: 1805

More About Phebe Ransom:
Birth Record: Barbour Collection, Bk. L-2, p. 267; Probate File #428, New London
Burial: Oct 1807
Death record: History of town of Waitsfield, VT, 1782-1908

More About Durant Wade and Phebe Ransom:
Marriage: Jan 03, 1741/42, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 14; NEGHR, vol. 23

Children of Durant Wade and Phebe Ransom are:
i. Anna Wade, born Jan 27, 1742/43 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Anna Wade:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 14

ii. Phebe Wade, born Mar 18, 1744/45 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married John Still Mar 19, 1772 in Surry, Cheshire Co., NH; born Abt. 1745 in Eng.

Notes for Phebe Wade:
Barbour Collection calls her Pheby, d. of Duran and Phebe.

More About Phebe Wade:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 14 - Pheby

Notes for John Still:
It is stated that as a lad of 14, he was kidnapped, impressed into British service and placed aboard a British man of war. He escaped in CT where he joined the Americans and fought for the cause of independence in the Colonies.

More About John Still and Phebe Wade:
Marriage: Mar 19, 1772, Surry, Cheshire Co., NH
Marriage Record: Index to marriages, early to 1900, NH - Phebee Waid

iii. Thomas Wade, born Apr 01, 1747 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Dorothy Mack Feb 06, 1770 in Cheshire Co., NH; born Abt. 1748; died 1775.

More About Thomas Wade:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 14

More About Dorothy Mack:
Burial: 1775

More About Thomas Wade and Dorothy Mack:
Marriage: Feb 06, 1770, Cheshire Co., NH

4 iv. John Waid, born Jun 09, 1749 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Aug 01, 1823 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Elizabeth Phelps Feb 06, 1770 in New London Co., CT.
v. Henry Waid, born Abt. 1753.

Notes for Henry Waid:
He is a possible son of Durant. Received notification of John's pension in 1820. A Charles and Henry Wait furnished Bond for John at his death. The clerk may have misspelled the last name. A Henry Waid (certainly could not have been John's son as some suggest, but a brother or cousin?) served in the Revolutionary war on the CT line. He made a pension application (S35705), May 7, 1818 at Eastport, Washington Co., MA (ME). He died October 21, 1826.
Maine Pensioners of 1835 page 243
County: York Co.
Name: Henry Waid
Rank: Private
Annual Allowance: 96 00
Sums Received: 811 73
Description of service: Connecticut line
When placed on the pension roll: May 26, 1818
Commencement of pension: May 7, 1818
Age: 73
Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks: Died October 21, 1826

vi. Abraham Waid, born Abt. 1757.

Notes for Abraham Waid:
He is a possible son of Durant. He enlisted as a drummer from Lyme in the same unit as John Waid (Revl Vet - 1st, 5th Conn Contl Regts 1777-1780). He was a resident of Lyme in 1818, and appeared on the same day as John Waid before the court to apply for his pension (Revl Pension Record S 35381).
Connecticut Pensioners of 1835 page 72
County: New London Co.
Name: Abraham Waid
Rank: Drummer
Annual Allowance: 96 00
Sums Received: 136 79
Description of service: Connecticut line
When placed on the pension roll: November 28, 1818
Commencement of pension: April 2, 1818
Age: 62
Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks: Dropped under act May 1, 1820.
1790 census for Lyme
Abe 1-1-3

More About Abraham Waid:
Pension File: Apr 02, 1818, S35381 - Revolutionary War


10. Charles Phelps, born Abt. 1730 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Abt. 1779 in New London, New London Co., CT. He was the son of 20. Charles Phelps and 21. Margaret -----. He married 11. Elizabeth Tiffany Abt. 1748 in Lyme, New London, CT.
11. Elizabeth Tiffany, born Abt. 1729 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Abt. 1790. She was the daughter of 22. Nathan Tiffany and 23. Elizabeth Brockway.

Notes for Charles Phelps:
Charles and Elizabeth sold land for father's estate May 19, 1759 (see Lyme records).

More About Charles Phelps and Elizabeth Tiffany:
Marriage: Abt. 1748, Lyme, New London, CT

Children of Charles Phelps and Elizabeth Tiffany are:
i. Thaddeus Phelps, born Abt. 1749 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 23, 1795.

More About Thaddeus Phelps:
Burial: Feb 1795

5 ii. Elizabeth Phelps, born Abt. 1750 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Bef. 1820 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married John Waid Feb 06, 1770 in New London Co., CT.
iii. Charles Phelps, born 1753 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.
iv. Nathan Phelps, born 1757 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Dec 29, 1827 in Canandaigua, Ontario Co., NY; married (1) Hannah -----; born Abt. 1759; died Nov 22, 1845 in Ontario Co., NY; married (2) Jerusha Wade Nov 04, 1773 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT; born Oct 18, 1750 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Nathan Phelps:
Burial: Dec 1827, Hopewell Pioneer Cemetery - Hopewell, NY

More About Jerusha Wade:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 56

More About Nathan Phelps and Jerusha Wade:
Marriage: Nov 04, 1773, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT
Marriage Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 140 - Grindall Rawson, Clerk


12. Samuel Lord, born Dec 22, 1705 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Bef. Jul 13, 1762 in Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of 24. Thomas Lord and 25. Mary ----- He married 13. Catherine Ransom Jun 26, 1735 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.
13. Catherine Ransom, born Mar 08, 1716/17 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Jan 02, 1800 in Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of 18. Joseph Ransom and 19. Jane -----

Notes for Samuel Lord:
Information about Samuel and Catherine in Hartford Times. Birth date recorded in Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334. For list of children and birth dates see Lyme Deeds vol. 6, p. 184

More About Samuel Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334
Burial: 1762
Will: May 24, 1762, Inventory made July 13, 1762

More About Catherine Ransom:
Birth Record: Barbour Collection, Bk. L-2, p. 267; Probate File #428, New London
Burial: Jan 1800

More About Samuel Lord and Catherine Ransom:
Marriage: Jun 26, 1735, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Early Connecticut Marriages, book 3; Lyme Land records, vol. 6, p. 182

Children of Samuel Lord and Catherine Ransom are:
6 i. Samuel Lord, born Jul 16, 1737 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died 1811 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Elizabeth Bates Dec 01, 1768 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.
ii. Phebe Lord, born Feb 24, 1738/39 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Abner Mack Mar 30, 1758; born Aug 12, 1734; died 1784 in Hebron, Tolland Co., CT.

More About Phebe Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 6, p. 184

More About Abner Mack:
Burial: 1784

More About Abner Mack and Phebe Lord:
Marriage: Mar 30, 1758

iii. Nathan Lord, born Apr 10, 1741 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Unknown.

More About Nathan Lord:
Military service: Revolutionary War

iv. Nicholas Lord, born Jan 20, 1742/43 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Nicholas Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 6, p. 184

v. Jabez Lord, born Apr 16, 1745 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Apr 02, 1794 in West Haven, Hartford Co., CT; married Elizabeth Clark Nov 14, 1765 in Hartford Co., CT; born Apr 07, 1745 in Hartford Co., CT; died Feb 18, 1826 in West Haven, Hartford Co., CT.

Notes for Jabez Lord:
Lineage found in Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Jacobus, vol. iv-vi, p. 1107. see also Connecticut Men in the Revolution, pp. 212, 341.

More About Jabez Lord:
Burial: Apr 1794
Military service: Revolutionary War

More About Elizabeth Clark:
Burial: Feb 1826

More About Jabez Lord and Elizabeth Clark:
Marriage: Nov 14, 1765, Hartford Co., CT

vi. Betsey Lord, born Apr 09, 1747 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Isaac Butler; born Abt. 1745.
vii. Mercy Lord, born Aug 21, 1749 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Theophilus Curwin; born Abt. 1745.
viii. Lucia Lord, born Aug 01, 1751 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.
ix. Sarah Lord, born Jul 01, 1753 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married William Butler Nov 1770; born Abt. 1750.

Notes for Sarah Lord:
Her birth was recorded in Lyme Vital Records vol. 1, p. 23.

More About Sarah Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records vol. 1, p. 23

More About William Butler and Sarah Lord:
Marriage: Nov 1770

x. Theophilus Lord, born Sep 16, 1756 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (1) Ruth Pelton in Chatham, CT; born Jan 17, 1758 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died May 27, 1785; married (2) Abigail -----; born Abt. 1769.

More About Theophilus Lord:
Military service: Revolutionary War
Pension File: Apr 07, 1818, S 37187

More About Ruth Pelton:
Burial: May 1785

More About Theophilus Lord and Ruth Pelton:
Marriage: Chatham, CT


14. Stephen Bates, 3rd, born Mar 20, 1722/23 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT. He was the son of 28. Stephen Bates, Sr. and 29. Patience Seward. He married 15. Mindwell Seward Mar 1748/49 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.
15. Mindwell Seward, born Bef. Mar 23, 1728/29 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT. She was the daughter of 30. John Seward and 31. Ruth Fowler.

Notes for Stephen Bates, 3rd:
Curiously, a Stephen Bates is baptised July 29, 1750 (Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852). If this is same Stephen, and one would think that it is since wife Mindwell was baptised the same day, why would he be baptised again? Also confusing is the fact that another Stephen, Jr. is present in Durham at the same time having children. He is married to a Lois -----. Their children are: Phinehas s. b. 7/26/1749; Linus s. b. 9/6/1751; Lois dau. b. 1/7/1754; Phebe dau. b. 2/4/1756; and Stephen s. bap. July 29, 1759. A Lois, widow, had a daughter named Lament Crane, 1/7/1762, bap. 4/4/1762. It would appear that Stephen, Jr. had died before this date, while the above Stephen continued to have children with the reference 3rd after his name removed (actually the reference 3rd does not appear after the birth of Lemuel).

More About Stephen Bates, 3rd:
Baptism: Mar 20, 1722/23, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

Notes for Mindwell Seward:
Curiously, Mindwell, wife of Stephen Bates is baptised July 29, 1750 (Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852). Why would she be baptised again?

More About Mindwell Seward:
Baptism: Mar 23, 1728/29, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

More About Stephen Bates and Mindwell Seward:
Marriage: Mar 1748/49, Durham, Middlesex Co., CT
Marriage Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852 - Stephen 3rd

Children of Stephen Bates and Mindwell Seward are:
7 i. Elizabeth Bates, born Aug 03, 1750 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT; died May 30, 1821 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA; married Samuel Lord Dec 01, 1768 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.
ii. Keziah Bates, born Sep 06, 1753 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

Notes for Keziah Bates:
The town records in History of Durham states " Keziah, the daughter of Stephen Bates 3rd, and Mindwell his wife was born Sept 6, A. D. 1755", page 372.

More About Keziah Bates:
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

iii. Lemuel Bates, born Aug 29, 1755 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Lemuel Bates:
Baptism: Aug 31, 1755, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

iv. Aaron Bates, born Bef. Nov 06, 1757 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Aaron Bates:
Baptism: Nov 06, 1757, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

v. Ann Bates, born Bef. Mar 02, 1760 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Ann Bates:
Baptism: Mar 02, 1760, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

vi. Bela Bates, born Bef. Jul 04, 1762 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Bela Bates:
Baptism: Jul 04, 1762, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

vii. Stephen Bates, born Bef. Apr 14, 1765 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Stephen Bates:
Baptism: Apr 14, 1765, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

viii. Rachel Bates, born 1767.

Notes for Rachel Bates:
No record of this child in the vital records.


Generation No. 5

16. John Wade, born Abt. 1686 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Abt. 1765 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. He was the son of 32. John Wade and 33. Elizabeth Durant He married 17. Mercy Pember Jan 08, 1706/07 in New London, New London Co., CT.
17. Mercy Pember, born Abt. 1688 in New London, New London Co., CT. She was the daughter of 34. Thomas Pember and 35. Agnes Way.

Notes for John Wade:
John, along with his brother George, served as the town miller following their father in that trade. On Jan. 17, 1715, John and his brother George were admitted as inhabitants (Lyme Records 1667-1730, p. 137). John, beginning in 1705, operated his father's mill at Niantic in East Lyme. When his father died in 1728, he quit claimed, along with his brother and sister, on the estate and received the interest in the mill property at Niantic. In 1729, he sold land in the East Society to Hezekiah Beckwith. In 1735, he sold his one third interest in the corn mill and 18 1/2 acres of land to John Huntley, Jr. That same year, the town granted him a piece of land adjoining what he already had. He moved his family to Old Lyme in 1739 and bought a house from Captain Elisha Sheldon. He also obtained an interest in the toll bridge over Lieutenant River. In 1752, he sold his interest in the toll bridge, and in 1760, he sold the land to Jonathon Rogers. In 1759, he quit claimed a Cooper's shop in Joshuatown in the North, or Third Society, and his family settled there. His will was divided to his children in 1765. A John Wade, Jr. married Hannah Huntley March 31, 1768. Several Johns could be this individual, but if this John died before his will was divided it could not have been him. Hazen states that tradition says that John Wade lived to be 91. His father, however, seems to fit this tradition better, since this John would have only been about 79 years old at death (some information provided by L. R. Pierson; see also, John Pember, The Pember Family in America, by Celeste Pember Hazen, p. 15; Laura Wade M/S; Caulkins M/S Baptisms of First Church of Christ, New London).

More About John Wade:
Comment 1: Named in father's will, June 25, 1722

More About Mercy Pember:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Batch 8666602, sheet 10; Batch 5005422, sheet 42
Christening: May 15, 1692, New London, New London Co., CT

Marriage Notes for John Wade and Mercy Pember:
See also Film number 5016205, sheet 3.

More About John Wade and Mercy Pember:
Marriage: Jan 08, 1706/07, New London, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: New London Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 33 - John's name missing in the New London records

Children of John Wade and Mercy Pember are:
i. John Wade, born Bef. May 28, 1710 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Aft. 1760; married Unknown Abt. 1732.

Notes for John Wade:
One researcher has his wife's name as Margaret Atwell, b. Sept. 8, 1714, and m. Aug. 14, 1735.

More About John Wade:
Baptism: May 28, 1710, New London, New London Co., CT
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, pp. 267-268

More About John Wade and Unknown:
Marriage: Abt. 1732

ii. Elizabeth Wade, born Bef. Jun 03, 1711 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Nathan Frisbie Dec 12, 1738 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Apr 03, 1712 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died Nov 15, 1755 in Branford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

Notes for Elizabeth Wade:
See Ancient Families of New Haven, Jacobus, p. 628.

More About Elizabeth Wade:
Baptism: Jun 03, 1711, New London, New London Co., CT
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, pp. 267-268

More About Nathan Frisbie:
Birth Record: NEHGS, vol. 58, p. 179
Burial: Nov 1755
Death record: NEHGS, vol. 58, p. 179

Marriage Notes for Elizabeth Wade and Nathan Frisbie:
The marriage record says Nathan Grisbie of Branford. Also see NEHGS "Edw. Frisbie of Branford, CT, vol. 58, p. 183. Date given is Jan. 12, 1738.

More About Nathan Frisbie and Elizabeth Wade:
Marriage: Dec 12, 1738, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Branford Vital Records, vol. 3, p. 130 - Rev. Jonathan Parsons; Early CT Marriages, Third Book, p. 133

8 iii. Durant Wade, born Apr 07, 1716 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died 1805 in Waitsfield, Washington Co., VT; married Phebe Ransom Jan 03, 1741/42 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.
iv. Thomas Wade, born Bef. Oct 28, 1716 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Dec 14, 1733 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

Notes for Thomas Wade:
It is possible that he was a twin to Durant and that he died at the age of 17 years.

More About Thomas Wade:
Baptism: Oct 28, 1716, New London, New London Co., CT
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, pp. 267-268
Burial: Dec 1733

v. Ann Wade, born Dec 13, 1718 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Abt. 1788; married Nathaniel Joslin Dec 01, 1743 in New Haven Co., CT; born Sep 19, 1721 in New Haven Co., CT; died 1794.

Notes for Ann Wade:
See Ancient Families of New Haven, Jacobus, p. 1067.

More About Ann Wade:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. L-7 p. 85

More About Nathaniel Joslin:
Burial: 1794
Comment 1: Last name also spelled Josselyn

More About Nathaniel Joslin and Ann Wade:
Marriage: Dec 01, 1743, New Haven Co., CT
Marriage Record: Branford Vital Records, vol. 3, p. 128 - Rev. Jonathan Merick

vi. Jonathan Waid, born Feb 15, 1720/21 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Bef. Apr 1792 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Hannah Ransom Abt. 1745 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Abt. 1725 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Jun 06, 1794 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

Notes for Jonathan Waid:
A deed dated February 14, 1794, Lyme Land Records, 20:355, names children of Jonathan and Hannah (-----) Wade, including son Josiah "of Litchfield" Jonathan was b. February 15, 1720/1, Lyme (Land Records, 7:85), son of John and Mercy (Pember) Wade. Jonathan's estate was administered in April, 1792; the papers name his wife Hannah and his children, all with the surname Waid: Josiah (his eldest son), Mehitable, Timothy H., Increase, Hannah, Nathan L., and Polly (John Pember, The Pember Family in America, Celeste P. Hazen, p. 14; Pember Supplement, p. 5). Jonathan, through his son Josiah, is a possible candidate for Pember's grandfather. Hazen states in her book, "it is known that either [Pember's] father or grandfather was named Jonathan" (p. 15).

More About Jonathan Waid:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. L-7 p. 85
Burial: Abt. Apr 1792
Comment 1: Compendium of American Genealogy, Virkus
Property: Deed, February 14, 1794, Lyme Land Records, 20:355

Notes for Hannah Ransom:
Even though there is no record of Joseph and Jane Ransom having a daughter named Hannah, proof that Hannah she was their daughter is found in a document of October 17, 1769 where the daughters of Joseph signed for probate. Her husband is also named (Jona Wade).

More About Hannah Ransom:
Birth Record: Probate File #428, New London - no birth date
Burial: Jun 1794

More About Jonathan Waid and Hannah Ransom:
Marriage: Abt. 1745, Lyme, New London Co., CT

vii. Stephen Wade, born Dec 13, 1724 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 08, 1817 in Winchester, Litchfield Co., CT; married Abigail Hoadley Feb 06, 1747/48 in Branford, New Haven Co., CT; born May 14, 1731 in Branford, New Haven Co., CT.

Notes for Stephen Wade:
See Revolution Vet - Capt Barber's Company of Branford 1777; Branford Records, vol. 1; Pember Supplement, p. 5; Laura Wade M/S; DAR L1 1919, p. 177. Centennial edition of DAR Patriot Index: Stephen: b 1720 CT d 2-8-1817 CT m Maria Abigail Hoadley Pvt CT.

More About Stephen Wade:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. L-7, p. 85
Burial: Feb 1817
Death record: Winchester Vital Records, vol. 3, p. 344
Military service: Private - Revolutionary War

Notes for Abigail Hoadley:
One source gave her name as Mary.

More About Abigail Hoadley:
Birth Record: Barbour Collection

More About Stephen Wade and Abigail Hoadley:
Marriage: Feb 06, 1747/48, Branford, New Haven Co., CT
Marriage Record: Branford Vital Records, vol. 3, p. 135 - Rev. Philemon Robbins; Early CT Marriages, Second Book, p. 104

viii. Lucy Wade, born Oct 27, 1727 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Lucy Wade:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. L-7, p. 85 - Leucy


18. Joseph Ransom, born Jan 10, 1683/84 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Bef. Oct 17, 1769. He was the son of 36. Mathew W. Ransom and 37. Hannah Jones. He married 19. Jane ----- 1708 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.
19. Jane -----, born Abt. 1687 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

Notes for Joseph Ransom:
The IGI records give his birth as January 10, 1683. The Probate file shows a division of property by Jane Ransom, Administratrice, to the following female children and their spouses who signed: Jane Sterling (Starlin); Kate Lord; Hannah Wade and Jona Wade; Ruth (?) Beckwith and (?) Beckwith; Benjamin Graves and Mary Graves; and Duren Wade for wife Phebe, by hand of Woolston Brockway of Surry, NH, dated Jan. 8, 1770. One record states that Joseph died in battle on the Plains of Abraham, Quebec, Canada in September 1759.

More About Joseph Ransom:
Birth Record: Barbour Collection, Book 1, p. 51
Comment 1: Ancestral File - Latter Day Saints Web
Probate: Oct 17, 1769, New London Probate File #428

Notes for Jane -----:
It is possible that her maiden name was Huntley, the daughter of Aaron and Mary (Champion) Huntley, b. September 10, 1686.

More About Joseph Ransom and Jane -----:
Marriage: 1708, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT

Children of Joseph Ransom and Jane ----- are:
i. Mary Ransom, born May 13, 1709 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Jul 05, 1732 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Peter Huntley Mar 01, 1728/29 in New London Co., CT; born Mar 04, 1704/05 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Mary Ransom:
Birth Record: Barbour Collection, Bk. L-2, p. 267
Burial: Jul 1732

More About Peter Huntley and Mary Ransom:
Marriage: Mar 01, 1728/29, New London Co., CT

ii. Mathew J. Ransom, born Aug 23, 1711 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Oct 05, 1760 in Swagon, Cataraugus Co., NY - with Colonial Troops; married Sarah Way Dec 16, 1736 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Mar 25, 1719 in New London, New London Co., CT; died Jan 06, 1799 in South Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT.

More About Mathew J. Ransom:
Birth Record: Barbour Collection, Bk. L-2, p. 267 - Matthew
Burial: Oct 1760
Death record: Barbour Collection, Bk. L-7, p. 41

More About Sarah Way:
Burial: Jan 1799, Kendall S. W. Cemetery - South Woodstock, VT

More About Mathew Ransom and Sarah Way:
Marriage: Dec 16, 1736, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Barbour Collection, Bk. L-2, p. 41

iii. Jane Ransom, born Jan 24, 1713/14 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died 1802 in CT; married John Starling Dec 30, 1731 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Oct 28, 1704 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Oct 08, 1790 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Jane Ransom:
Birth Record: Barbour Collection, Bk. L-2, p. 267; Probate File #428, New London
Burial: 1802

Notes for John Starling:
He was the son of Daniel and Mary (Ely) Starling. Family records can be found in History of the town of Waitsfield, VT, 1782-1908.

More About John Starling:
Birth Record: Lyme Town Records, NEGHR vol 23, Rev. F. A. Chapman
Burial: Oct 1790

More About John Starling and Jane Ransom:
Marriage: Dec 30, 1731, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Barbour Collection, Book 1, p. 21 - Sterling

13 iv. Catherine Ransom, born Mar 08, 1716/17 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Jan 02, 1800 in Hartford Co., CT; married Samuel Lord Jun 26, 1735 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.
v. Joseph Ransom, born Jul 11, 1719 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Mar 17, 1797 in Catham, Middlesex Co., CT; married Mary Sinnock 1740; born Abt. 1724; died May 08, 1791 in Catham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Joseph Ransom:
Birth Record: Barbour Collection, Bk. L-2, p. 267
Burial: Mar 1797, Gartia Cemetery - Catham, CT

More About Mary Sinnock:
Burial: May 1791, Gartia Cemetery - Catham, CT

More About Joseph Ransom and Mary Sinnock:
Marriage: 1740

9 vi. Phebe Ransom, born Dec 03, 1721 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Oct 04, 1807 in Waitsfield, Washington Co., VT; married Durant Wade Jan 03, 1741/42 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.
vii. Stephen Ransom, born May 08, 1724 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 14, 1796 in Hudson, Columbia Co., NY; married (1) Lydia Lord Abt. 1750; born Mar 19, 1728/29 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 14, 1765; married (2) Susannah Huntley Aft. 1765; born Dec 18, 1742 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Jan 12, 1825 in Hudson, Columbia Co., NY.

More About Stephen Ransom:
Birth Record: Barbour Collection, Bk. L-2, p. 267
Burial: Feb 1796

More About Lydia Lord:
Birth Record: Birth extracts from Lyme Town Records; NEGHR vol 23 (1869) & subsequent
Burial: Feb 1765

More About Stephen Ransom and Lydia Lord:
Marriage: Abt. 1750

viii. Hannah Ransom, born Abt. 1725 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Jun 06, 1794 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Jonathan Waid Abt. 1745 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Feb 15, 1720/21 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Bef. Apr 1792 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

Notes for Hannah Ransom:
Even though there is no record of Joseph and Jane Ransom having a daughter named Hannah, proof that Hannah she was their daughter is found in a document of October 17, 1769 where the daughters of Joseph signed for probate. Her husband is also named (Jona Wade).

More About Hannah Ransom:
Birth Record: Probate File #428, New London - no birth date
Burial: Jun 1794

Notes for Jonathan Waid:
A deed dated February 14, 1794, Lyme Land Records, 20:355, names children of Jonathan and Hannah (-----) Wade, including son Josiah "of Litchfield." Jonathan was b. February 15, 1720/1, Lyme (Land Records, 7:85), son of John and Mercy (Pember) Wade. Jonathan's estate was administered in April, 1792; the papers name his wife Hannah and his children, all with the surname Waid: Josiah (his eldest son), Mehitable, Timothy H., Increase, Hannah, Nathan L., and Polly (John Pember, The Pember Family in America, Celeste P. Hazen, p. 14; Pember Supplement, p. 5). Jonathan, through his son Josiah, is a possible candidate for Pember's grandfather. Hazen states in her book, "it is known that either [Pember's] father or grandfather was named Jonathan" (p. 15).

More About Jonathan Waid:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, vol. L-7 p. 85
Burial: Abt. Apr 1792
Comment 1: Compendium of American Genealogy, Virkus
Property: Deed, February 14, 1794, Lyme Land Records, 20:355

More About Jonathan Waid and Hannah Ransom:
Marriage: Abt. 1745, Lyme, New London Co., CT

ix. Samuel Ransom, born Abt. 1726 in CT.
x. Ruth Ransom, born Abt. 1728 in CT; married Joshua Beckwith; born Abt. 1726 in New London Co., CT.

More About Ruth Ransom:
Birth Record: Probate File #428, New London - no birth date

xi. Mary Ransom, born Abt. 1733 in CT; married Benjamin Graves; born Abt. 1730 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Mary Ransom:
Birth Record: Probate File #428, New London - no birth date


20. Charles Phelps, born Oct 13, 1708 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; died Bet. Apr 26 - Jul 16, 1745 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. He was the son of 40. William Phelps and 41. Hannah Hayden. He married 21. Margaret ----- Bef. 1730.
21. Margaret -----

Notes for Charles Phelps:
Purchased land in Lyme 29 May 1728 from Nathan Tiffany in Joshua Town. Charles bought various parcels between 1749 and 1760. He gifted land to his son, Charles Jr, Apr. 26, 1745; "new house & land from father" (Phelps Family in America, Oliver Phelps and Sevrin).

More About Charles Phelps:
Probate: Jul 16, 1745, New London Co., CT; bonds given to Margaret and Charles on Aug. 1, 1745

Notes for Margaret -----:
Last name is possibly Tiffany.

More About Charles Phelps and Margaret -----:
Marriage: Bef. 1730

Children of Charles Phelps and Margaret ----- are:
10 i. Charles Phelps, born Abt. 1730 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Abt. 1779 in New London, New London Co., CT; married Elizabeth Tiffany Abt. 1748 in Lyme, New London, CT.
ii. Samuel Phelps, born Abt. 1735 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died 1777; married Sarah Tiffany Bef. 1761 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Abt. 1734 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Bef. 1791.

More About Samuel Phelps:
Burial: 1777

More About Samuel Phelps and Sarah Tiffany:
Marriage: Bef. 1761, Lyme, New London Co., CT

iii. Bernhard Phelps, born Abt. 1740 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.


22. Nathan Tiffany, born Jun 14, 1701 in New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI; died Jun 14, 1750 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. He was the son of 44. Consider Tiffany and 45. Abigail Niles. He married 23. Elizabeth Brockway Bef. 1727.
23. Elizabeth Brockway, born Mar 02, 1701/02 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Abt. 1733. She was the daughter of 46. William Brockway and 47. Elizabeth Wolterton.

More About Nathan Tiffany:
Burial: Jun 1750

More About Nathan Tiffany and Elizabeth Brockway:
Marriage: Bef. 1727

Children of Nathan Tiffany and Elizabeth Brockway are:
i. Timothy Tiffany, born Abt. 1727.
11 ii. Elizabeth Tiffany, born Abt. 1729 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Abt. 1790; married Charles Phelps Abt. 1748 in Lyme, New London, CT.
iii. Lois Tiffany, born Abt. 1730; married Joseph Mack; born Jul 22, 1729 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died 1792.

More About Joseph Mack:
Burial: 1792

iv. Dorothy Tiffany, born Abt. 1732.


24. Thomas Lord, born Dec 1645 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Jun 22, 1730 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. He was the son of 48. William Lord and 49. Unknown He married 25. Mary ----- Dec 22, 1693 in Lyme, New London, CT.
25. Mary -----, born Sep 16, 1670 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 28, 1733/34 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

Notes for Thomas Lord:
He settled in Lyme, CT, where in 1672, he was voted a Freeman. He was granted a 20 acre home lot near Lord's Cove beside those of his father and brothers on October 24, 1672. He also received a tract of land at Voluntown for services in the King Phillip's War. He was one of the signers of the agreement between the town of Lyme and John Wade on May 25, 1685, in which Wade was selected as the town's miller. In the Andros Tax List of 1688, he is listed as: 1 person, with house, land and cattle, taxed on L26. For children and birth dates see Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334.

More About Thomas Lord:
Birth Record: Vital Records of Saybrook 1647-1834
Burial: Jun 1730, Duck River Cemetery - Old Lyme, CT
Military service: King Phillip's War
Will: Mar 10, 1719/20, Inventory made November 16, 1730

More About Mary -----:
Burial: Mar 1733/34, Duck River Cemetery - Old Lyme, CT
Death record: Lyme Congregational Church records vol. 1, p. 56

Marriage Notes for Thomas Lord and Mary -----:
The marriage of Thomas and Mary (surname not given) is recorded on Dec. 22, 1693, Lyme, CT (Lyme Deeds, vol. 2, p. 334). That her surname was not Lee was proven by Col. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. It is still not known.

More About Thomas Lord and Mary -----:
Marriage: Dec 22, 1693, Lyme, New London, CT
Marriage Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334

Children of Thomas Lord and Mary ----- are:
i. Thomas Lord, born Sep 22, 1694 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Aug 04, 1762 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Esther Marvin Dec 28, 1727 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Apr 03, 1707 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 03, 1792 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.

Notes for Thomas Lord:
For children and birth records see Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 98.

More About Thomas Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334
Burial: Aug 1762

More About Esther Marvin:
Burial: Feb 1792

Marriage Notes for Thomas Lord and Esther Marvin:
Date recorded in Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 98.

More About Thomas Lord and Esther Marvin:
Marriage: Dec 28, 1727, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 98

ii. Mary Lord, born Mar 20, 1694/95 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Bef. 1720.

More About Mary Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334

iii. Joseph Lord, born Oct 17, 1697 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Nov 25, 1736 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Abigail Comstock Mar 11, 1724/25 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Abt. 1700; died Oct 16, 1773.

Notes for Joseph Lord:
For children and birth dates see Lyme deeds vol. 7, p. 366.

More About Joseph Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334
Burial: Nov 1736

More About Abigail Comstock:
Burial: Oct 1773

Marriage Notes for Joseph Lord and Abigail Comstock:
Date recorded in Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 8 and vol. 7, p. 366.

More About Joseph Lord and Abigail Comstock:
Marriage: Mar 11, 1724/25, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 7, p. 366

iv. Theophilus Lord, born Dec 19, 1698 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 28, 1761 in Hamburg, New London Co., CT; married Deborah Mack May 08, 1728 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Oct 11, 1706; died Feb 04, 1776.

Notes for Theophilus Lord:
For list of children and birth dates see Lyme deeds vol. 2, p. 22.

More About Theophilus Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334
Burial: Mar 1761

More About Deborah Mack:
Burial: Feb 1776

More About Theophilus Lord and Deborah Mack:
Marriage: May 08, 1728, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Marriage extracts from Lyme Town Records; NEGHR vol 23 (1869) & subsequent

v. Elizabeth Lord, born Oct 01, 1701 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Elizabeth Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334

vi. Daniel Lord, born Dec 19, 1703 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Feb 29, 1743/44 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Elizabeth Palmer Jul 07, 1743 in Branford, New Haven Co., CT; born Jun 02, 1701 in New Haven Co., CT; died Feb 15, 1759 in New London Co., CT.

More About Daniel Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334
Burial: Mar 1743/44

More About Elizabeth Palmer:
Burial: Feb 1759

More About Daniel Lord and Elizabeth Palmer:
Marriage: Jul 07, 1743, Branford, New Haven Co., CT

12 vii. Samuel Lord, born Dec 22, 1705 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Bef. Jul 13, 1762 in Hartford Co., CT; married Catherine Ransom Jun 26, 1735 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.
viii. Martha Lord, born Abt. 1706 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Benoni Hilliard Jul 06, 1740 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Martha Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334

More About Benoni Hilliard and Martha Lord:
Marriage: Jul 06, 1740, Lyme, New London Co., CT

ix. Abigail Lord, born May 1708 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Zachariah Marvin Mar 20, 1731/32 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Dec 27, 1701 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Sep 12, 1792.

More About Abigail Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334

More About Zachariah Marvin:
Burial: Sep 1792

More About Zachariah Marvin and Abigail Lord:
Marriage: Mar 20, 1731/32, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Marriages extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23 - Zecariah

x. David Lord, born Jun 09, 1715 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Mar 09, 1785 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT; married Lydia Lee Abt. 1743 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT; born Mar 09, 1725/26 in Fairfield Co., CT; died Dec 10, 1784 in Litchfield Co., CT.

More About David Lord:
Birth Record: Lyme Deeds vol. 2, p. 334
Burial: Mar 1785

More About Lydia Lee:
Burial: Dec 1784

More About David Lord and Lydia Lee:
Marriage: Abt. 1743, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT


28. Stephen Bates, Sr., born Jun 01, 1689; died Jul 1767. He married 29. Patience Seward Dec 09, 1715 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.
29. Patience Seward, born Apr 18, 1694; died 1770.

More About Stephen Bates, Sr.:
Burial: Jul 1767

More About Patience Seward:
Burial: 1770

More About Stephen Bates and Patience Seward:
Marriage: Dec 09, 1715, Durham, Middlesex Co., CT
Marriage Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852 - James Wadsworth, JP

Children of Stephen Bates and Patience Seward are:
i. Patience Bates, born Jan 11, 1716/17 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Patience Bates:
Baptism: May 05, 1717, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

ii. Anna Bates, born Feb 05, 1719/20 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Anna Bates:
Baptism: Feb 08, 1718/19, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

iii. Lucy Bates, born Bef. Feb 12, 1720/21 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Lucy Bates:
Baptism: Feb 12, 1720/21, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

iv. Stephen Bates, Jr., born Bef. Feb 12, 1720/21 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Stephen Bates, Jr.:
Baptism: Feb 12, 1720/21, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

14 v. Stephen Bates, 3rd, born Mar 20, 1722/23 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT; married Mindwell Seward Mar 1748/49 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.
vi. Ephraim Bates, born Bef. Aug 03, 1729 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Ephraim Bates:
Baptism: Aug 03, 1729, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

vii. Mary Bates, born Jun 11, 1732 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Mary Bates:
Baptism: Jun 11, 1732, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

viii. Oliver Bates, born Aug 26, 1734 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Oliver Bates:
Baptism: Sep 01, 1734, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852


30. John Seward, born Aug 31, 1682 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT; died Dec 06, 1748 in Middlesex Co., CT. He married 31. Ruth Fowler 1718.
31. Ruth Fowler, born Sep 11, 1694 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. She was the daughter of 62. Ambrose Fowler and 63. Mary Baker.

More About John Seward:
Burial: Dec 1748

More About John Seward and Ruth Fowler:
Marriage: 1718

Children of John Seward and Ruth Fowler are:
i. Ruth Seward, born Jun 01, 1719.
ii. Abigail Seward, born Dec 02, 1720 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Abigail Seward:
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

iii. Deborah Seward, born Jun 02, 1722 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT; died Jun 15, 1722 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Deborah Seward:
Baptism: Jun 03, 1722, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852
Burial: Jun 1722
Death record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

iv. Mary Seward, born Feb 17, 1724/25 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Mary Seward:
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

v. John Seward, born May 15, 1726 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About John Seward:
Baptism: Jun 19, 1726, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

vi. Moses Seward, born Nov 07, 1727 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Moses Seward:
Birth Record: Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

15 vii. Mindwell Seward, born Bef. Mar 23, 1728/29 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT; married Stephen Bates, 3rd Mar 1748/49 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.
viii. Esther Seward, born Bef. Jun 21, 1730 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Esther Seward:
Baptism: Jun 21, 1730, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

ix. Submit Seward, born Bef. Aug 22, 1731 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Submit Seward:
Baptism: Aug 22, 1731, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

x. Aaron Seward, born Bef. Feb 24, 1732/33 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Aaron Seward:
Baptism: Feb 24, 1732/33, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852

xi. Elizabeth Seward, born Bef. Dec 07, 1734 in Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Elizabeth Seward:
Baptism: Dec 07, 1734, Durham Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852


Generation No. 6

32. John Wade, born Abt. 1643 in possibly Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died Mar 24, 1727/28 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. He was the son of 64. Nicholas Wade and 65. Elizabeth Hanford. He married 33. Elizabeth Durant Abt. 1680.
33. Elizabeth Durant, born Bet. 1654 - 1657 in Prob. Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; died Dec 06, 1704 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. She was the daughter of 66. George Durant and 67. Elizabeth Blake.

Notes for John Wade:
To date, no primary document has surfaced to validate that this John Wade was the son of Nicholas Wade of Scituate. The source for this information, Compendium of American Genealogy, is based on genealogical information supplied to Virkus which has never been authenticated or documented (see also Guilford, p. 799). A family tradition is that a John Wade of Lyme lived to be about 91. This fits the tone of John's will dated June 25, 1722 (about 80 at the time if he is the son of Nicholas, though only about 85 when he died - no other John seems to have lived longer), his "being by the Decayes of old age and bodily Infirmities Brought very Low and weak, though In perfect understanding and mind." The records about John have his name spelled a variety of ways: Waed, Waede, Wad, Wade, Waide, and Waid.
There is present in Plymouth County during the right time period a John Wade who is the servant of John Barnes: Edward Homan was accused by John Barnes of "entertaining" Barnes' servant, John Wade - Barnes vs. Holman, 2 Feb. 1657; 23 July 1661. It appears John got himself into trouble a few times with his owner (master) and was taken to court. The court ruled that his father was to be notified, which may suggest that John's father lived in or close to Plymouth County, MA. February 2, 1657/1658; PCR 3: 126: John Barnes complained against Edward Holman for intertaining John Wade, his seruant, and for carrying the said Wade to Duxborrow in his boate without his masters concent. The Court finding the said Holman, vpon examination of him, to bee faulty both att this time and att other times in the like manor, hee was fined ten shillings; and the next time hee, the said Holman, shalbee found faulty in such like carryages, on due proofe, towards any of the seruants of the said John Barnes, hee is centanced by the Court to pay vnto him the sume of twenty shillings. Att the same Court, the said John Barnes complained against his said seruant, John Wade, he ran vp and downe like vnto a runagate, and hee could haue noe comaund over him, and therfore desired hee might bee freed from any further care or inspection ouer him; on which the Court ordered the said Barnes to keep his said seruant vntill hee could send word to his father, and take further order with him about him (Servants and Masters in the Plymouth Colony, Appendices I, II, and III on Plymouth Colony Laws, Court Orders, and Descriptive Statistics, 1998 Copyright and All Rights Reserved by Jillian Galle, The Plymouth Colony Archive Project online).
A number of people bearing the Wade name were in New England before the earliest date our subject, John Wade, has been found on record there. His marriage with Elizabeth Durant from Middletown, CT suggests to some the possibility of his being the son of William Wade and Sarah Phelps of Windsor, CT who were married, June 9, 1658. She died July 10, 1659. If John lived to be almost 90, then he could not have been their child. It should also be noted that there is no record indicating that this couple had a child before her death, though it would have been possible.
Some have demonstrated that the name Wade was common in the 1600's in the eastern counties of England. It may be, therefore, more than a coincidence that Wade, Tinker, and Durant families were dwelling in the parish of Brundish, county Suffolk, England, early in the seventeenth century. The best that can be said to date, however, is that no conclusive evidence exists, nor may it ever exist, to give a clear indication of the ancestry of John Wade.
John Wade was the only person of the Wade name at Lyme in Sir Edmund Andross' tax-list of August 27, 1688. This is evidence that no other of this name was then living there of full age. In that list the names Shether, Wade, and Widow Durant stand together, possibly dwelling in that order, and were neighbors. These Shethers were likely the brother and sister-in-law of John and Elizabeth. John's tax was: one person £20, House and corn mill £O3, one cowe and three swine £06; in all £29.
On March 31, 1680, John Waede of Southhold (variously described as a carpenter, millwright, and miller - one should note that Thomas, son of Nicholas, was also called a carpenter) entered into an "Article of Agreement with the inhabitants of Brookhaven to build a mill on the same stream where the town mill stood. The townsmen to build the dam" (Brookhaven Records, B:37-38,61). The need for a gristmill was acute. During the first few years, grain was transported to Connecticut to be ground; however, after an accident that claimed three lives on one such trip, an urgency arose for the necessity for a mill at Setauket. The first gristmill was built in 1659 (Setauket, The First 300 Years - Edwin P. Adkins). This earlier mill may have been destroyed. The village was known as Ashford or Conscience Bay (Early History of Suffolk County Long Island - H. Nicoll). Adkins writes: "The most famous of Setauket mills was built through a grant made to John Waede in 1680. It descended through the Futhys, the Woodhulls, the Satterlys, the Hudsons, and to the Hawkins." The location of the mill was in the west part of the village on a stream flowing into Conscience Bay (Map of Long Island, Hyde & Co., Brooklyn N.Y. 2nd Ed, July 1879).
As part of the agreement, the town granted John several tracts of property. He received two lots. The first was about 100 acres at Bigg's Hill (later Mount Misery or Belle Terre). The second was a 5 acre lot at the Little Neck (now Strong's Neck). These properties are described as lots 16 and 44 in the Proprietor's list of 1734/5 as "starting on the north side of the country road beginning at the Smithtown line and running eastward to Wading River" (Brookhaven Records, C:122). John, probably with his new wife Elizabeth, moved to Setauket about October 15, 1680 when he rented a house and home lot from Robert Goulsbery for two years (Brookhaven Records, B:61). His cattle mark was registered on November 3, 1680.
The work on the mill went slowly, and it was not until April 27, 1681 that they were ready for the machinery. At that time, John entered into a contract with John Tomson, the blacksmith, to trade 50 acres of the Mount Misery property for the ironwork to build a double-gear water mill. Wade was to furnish the patterns for the work (Brookhaven Records, B:71-72). On May 17, 1681, he sold the other 50 acres at Mount Misery to John Lee (Brookhaven Records, B:154). Work on the mill continued slowly to progress, and there were arguments as to the efficiency of the mill and the condition of the dam. On November 21, 1681, it was necessary for John to mortgage to Isaac Arnold of Southhold the 5 acre lot on the Neck (Brookhaven Records, B:61).
John appears to have become disgruntled with the situation because by April 10, 1684 he was preparing to leave the area. He and his wife Elizabeth signed over their interest in the mill to Arthur Futhy for £60 (Brookhaven Records, B:189). The arguments continued as to the acceptance of the dam, so on the 12th and 13th of May, 1684 the townsmen appointed arbiters from Oyster Bay to come and view the efficiency of the mill and the condition of the dam (Brookhaven Records, B:192-193). John continued to look for other prospects, and on September 25, 1684, the Town of Lyme, CT offered him an agreement to move there and operate their mill (Lyme Land Records, vol. 1, p. 146). It should be noted that John had direct ties with Lyme. His father-in-law, George Durant, was living there as well as his wife's sisters and their husbands. His brother-in-law, Amos Tinker, was a witness to the covenant between John and the town. The agreement was as follows: "At a Town Meeting held in Lyme Sept 25 1684 the following Vote was passed Viz: Att the same Meeting it was voated that Mr John Wade shall have the one halfe of the grist mill excepting twenty shils in ye house and three pound in ye same provided ye sd wade doe keep ye sd mill in repaire continually for to grinde the Townes Corne all winter and sumer: and also enter into Covenant thereby binding himself in bond of twenty pound for ye mill after performance of the same one halfe in Moyses Noyse and Mr Richard Ely senr are appointed to take this bond or obligation et" (Lyme Records 1667-1730, Jean Chandler Burr, 1968, p. 47). He appears to have kept this agreement, because he never forfeited his rights in the mill. The mill stayed in the Wade family until at least 1872 and was still standing in the 1940s (The Lieutenant River, Susan H. Ely and Elizabeth B. Plimpton, p. 51-52).
John proceeded to liquidate the remaining property at Setauket. He sold his 5 acre lot at Little Neck to Isaac Daiton on December 30, 1684 (Brookhaven Records, B:216-217). He remained that winter at Setauket, probably because his wife was pregnant with Deborah. On May 1, 1685, he sold his Bay mare to Arthur Futhy (Brookhaven Records, B:511).
Preparing to move his family from Long Island, he recorded the agreement with the Town of Lyme on May 12, 1685 to buy one half the corn mill. This mill was located at the headwaters of the Lieutenant River, and was originally erected in 1672 by William Waller and Renold Marvin, two of Lyme's first settlers. These men died in 1674 and 1676 respectively (The Lieutenant River, p. 50-51). This location is off Sill Lane at the end of Mill Lane in Old Lyme village (Landmarks of Old Lyme, p. 22-23). The town tried to help in the operation of the gristmill, and on January 21, 1677, they entered into an agreement with Thomas Terry of Block Island (Lyme Records, vol. 1, p. 68). As usual, the mill and the grinding of corn had been a constant source of argument among the townspeople. Consequently, they now sought a better miller who could fix the machinery and operate it properly. On May 25, 1685, at a town meeting, John Wade was given possession of the mill by a vote of 16 yes to 14 no (Lyme Records, p. 47-48). On November 26, 1685, Ensign Peck and Sergeant Thomas Lee were directed to plot out a lot for the miller (Lyme Records, p. 48). Wade received a land-grant next this mill site from the Town, July 30, 1686: "Laid out to John Wade at the Corn mill 102 rods and a half of upland, bounded Easterly on a great rock and a stake; Northerly by the lands of William Terry; Westerly and Southerly by the highway -- being 20 rods in length and seven rods and a half at the west end, and 2 rods and 12 feet at the end next the mill" (Lyme Land Records, vol. I, p. 146).
A Covenante betwixt the Towne of Lyme and John Wade
Whereas the inhabitants of the towne of Lyme at a towne meetting on the 25 of this Instant Septem by a generall voat have given, granted and Conferred to Mr. John Wade mill Right, hairs and succesers for ever one halfe part of thayr corne mille with the benifit of the streame and as by the sd vaote recorded in the towne book more fully may appear know all men by thes presents that I the said John Wade for myself ad Sucesours does hearby Covenant and engage to ad with Capt. Joseph Sill and Petter Pratt ad all ad each of the Inhabitants of the towne of Lyme Joyntly and Severally that I will withall posable Speed remove myself and family from Brookhaven to the town of Lyme and will use my utmost care ad diligence to Repayer the said mille so that she may be fit for Sarvice ad further I engage from time to time and at all times when thar shall be water sufficent and wether will permit to grind all the corne into good meal that they or any of them shall bring to the said mille tacking tolle according to the law that is to say all the time which shall to my share to improve ad use the sd mill as halfe owner thereof and furder I engage to inhabit as near the sd mill as I can and attend dilligently upon her to keep her gooing and from time to time Repayr her as thar shall be ned ad what thar shall be accasion to buld a new ad for the true performance of the perticulars a bove sd I doe here bind mt Selfe my hairs executors administrators ad assigns and in case of neglect of any part thereof to forfeitt the sd part of the mill to return again to the towne ad also to pay twenty pound sterling to the partes agreved in testimony whereof I have hear unto sett my hand and seale Sept 26 1684. Signed Seled and delivered in presents of us John Wade Mosis Noys Richard Ely Sener. Amos Tinker (Lyme Land Records, vol. 1, p. 146).
At the town meeting of February 26, 1694, John is called "Corporal Wade" indicating his position in the Military Company or Trainband. He was granted "a piece of land lying on the right hand side of the cart path from Corporal Wade's to the corn mill not exceeding six acres, to be a free gift of the Town" (Lyme Records, p. 77). On December 7, 1696, the townspeople were directed to deliver to Corporal Wade the mill stream running (Lyme Records, p. 82). At a town meeting on December 15, 1698 John Wade Sr. was chosen Constable for the next year (Lyme Records, p. 85). On December 14, 1697, John bought from Lieut. Abraham Brunson "one half part of the corne mill and stream" for £11, 10s (Lyme Land Records, vol. 2, p. 315; Middletown Records, vol. 3, p. 159). On February 4, 1708-9, he bought 3 acres near his mill from Joseph Peck (Lyme Land Records, vol. 2, p. 340).
Complaints were brought against Wade concerning the grinding of corn. On January 13, 1701/02, the town meeting directed Captain Ely, Lieutenant Brunson, and Joseph Peck to address these complaints and resolve the issues (Lyme Records, p. 93). Interestingly, the town, on December 15, 1701, authorized Edward Dewolfe to build a second gristmill on Mill Brook (The Lieutenant River, p. 54). One wonders if this in some way affected John's operation for the town. It may also be why Wade began to look for another location to build a second gristmill himself. By December 11, 1702, another "Corne mill at Nauautick [Niantic]" was built, and on that date he engaged to keep the mill going, by covenant with Thos. Bradford, Joseph Beckwith (on whose land the mill stood), George Way and Roger Alger; covenanting also that Joseph Beckwith and Roger Alger should have first refusal to purchase the mill and its privileges. John Wade Jr., who possibly married a granddaughter of this George Way, later operated this mill. At the town meeting of December 11, 1705, John Sr. was chosen Collector of the Minister's Rate for the next year (Lyme Records, p. 111).
John inherited a considerable amount of land that had been the property, or the right, of his father-in-law, George Durant. Three records, out of a number, are here given in part. On June 26, 1705, John Wade of Lyme and Elizabeth his wife, Amos Tinker of Lyme and Sarah Durant his wife, and Samuel Tinker of Shelter Island and Abigail Durant his wife, conveyed to Francis Whitmore of Middletown, 19 acres and 20 rods of land, near the town plot in Middletown, "which was fundamentally layed out for George Durant, father to all the above females" (Lyme Land Records, vol. 3, p. 286). On March 9, 1705-6, John covenanted with "Sarjent Amose Tinker," that Tinker should take "a fourth part of the land that was father Durand's above the Cove northward of Mr. Seltings [Selden's?] farm, which is the said Wade's share in the right of his wife deceased; and the said Wade shall have 3 pounds north of the land granted to their father Durant near the Stage plaine in exchange besides his share." On July 27, 1720, he had laid out to him in his own and his wife's right, and in the "right of George Durant" certain lands (Lyme Land Records, vol. 3, p. 286; see also transactions on December 5, 1705 and December 16, 1705, Lyme Records, p. 111-112).
It is likely that John's public activity came to a close by 1722. The six years longer that he lived appear to have been a period of feebleness as indicated on June 25, 1722 when he wrote his will and made separate deeds as gifts to his sons. In the deed to his son George, a covenant was made for George to care for his father in old age (Lyme Land Records, vol. 3, p. 286). The will itself was not probated until April 24, 1728. The inventory was dated on the 11th of that month. He divided his property as follows: to his daughter "Elizabeth Champion" all of his household goods and his sheep. "I have given to my wife Hannah, a sufficient consideration by a writing under my hand before marriage. ... Also to my two sons John and George I gave their shares of my estate by deed of gift." His son George was made executor. If John had other children, only these three appear to have survived his death (see The Durant Family, by William Durant; Letter from L. Richard Pierson - it was disappointing to learn that the Lyme Records Grant Book, also known as vol. 1, was stolen about 1982 and that the material is no longer available). There is no mention of Deborah who would have still been alive if indeed she is the Deborah that married John Waller.
The home built by John continued in the Wade family in the male line until 1837 and an interest remained in descendants through the female line until 1922. This house was built sometime between May 2, 1686 when the town granted him the land and June 5, 1697 where it is referred to as his "whom lott" (see Lyme Land Record, vol. 2, p. 139).
From Karel Buck: Are you aware that there is a plot plan of the Saconett Necke distribution in Mayflower Families, Volume Sixteen, Part 2. It is a map of Little Compton, RI and Nicholas' name is mentioned in three areas. This must be the land that John inherited.

More About John Wade:
Burial: Mar 1727/28
Comment 1: Compendium of American Genealogy, Virkus
Death record: Lyme Vital Records, L-2, p. 138
Will: Jun 07, 1722, Probated April 24, 1728, inventory April 11, 1728

Notes for Elizabeth Durant:
I have assumed that Elizabeth is the first born, though she could have been the second. With all the females being married around 1680, it is hard to know how to place them. Mary was married first, 1678, then Elizabeth in ca 1680, and finally Abigail and Sarah in 1682. Mary was ca 20 when she was married, so I have estimated the others, except Elizabeth, to be 18-20 when they were married. This is purely hypothetical.

More About Elizabeth Durant:
Burial: Dec 1704
Death record: Land Record 2:139; Barbour

Marriage Notes for John Wade and Elizabeth Durant:
See also Film number 2034651

More About John Wade and Elizabeth Durant:
Marriage: Abt. 1680
Marriage Record: Lyme Records, vol. 1, p. 146

Children of John Wade and Elizabeth Durant are:
i. George Wade, born Abt. 1683 in Brookhaven, Long Island, NY; died Apr 28, 1762 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (1) Elizabeth ----- Jul 14, 1708 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Abt. 1688 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Dec 11, 1725 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (2) Sarah Tucker Apr 13, 1726 in Lyme, New London, CT; born Abt. 1705; died Sep 22, 1726 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (3) Sarah Miller Dowley Aug 31, 1727 in Lyme, New London, CT; born Abt. 1707.

Notes for George Wade:
See also Film numbers 2034516 and 2034556, and Lyme Duck River Cemetery Records, pg. 25, where George is listed as 79 at death.
John deeded to George 28 acres of land, his house and the gristmill of which he had become the sole owner. It reads in part:
Know ye, That I John Wade especially for the parental Love and affection which I have for my Dutyfull son George Wade and for his taking care of me for me in my old age, have therefore given unto my said son to say a certain Tenemant in ye Township of sd Lyme - viz my now dwelling house in sd Lyme with all my land belonging to it which tract of land by estimation contains Twenty-eight acres and is bounded as followeth; Southwardly by ye highway coming down to my mill and westerly by ye highway going northwardly to ye head of Lt.s River and partly on sd georges land and northwardly by ye lands formerly belonging to Edward DeWolf, easertly by ye mill stream, with my grist mill standing near my dwelling house with all the utensils belonging to sd grist mill and the dam; and all my right in and unto the stream belonging to sd mill (Lyme Land Records, vol. 3, p. 286). This deed was recorded June 22, 1722.

More About George Wade:
Burial: Apr 1762, Duck River Cemetery - Lyme, CT
Death record: Lyme Records, vol. L-2, p. 138; NEGHR, vol. 23

Notes for Elizabeth -----:
In Barbour, Lyme Vital Records, concerning Elizabeth's maiden name it says, "Durant is handwritten correction to original." This is almost certainly a confusion with the last name of his mother.

More About Elizabeth -----:
Burial: Dec 1725
Death record: Barbour; NEGHR, vol. 23

More About George Wade and Elizabeth -----:
Marriage: Jul 14, 1708, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Lyme Land Records, vol. L-2, p. 138; NEGHR, vol. 23

ii. Deborah Wade, born Abt. 1685 in Brookhaven, Long Island, NY.

Notes for Deborah Wade:
According to information from Lyme Archives, a Deborah Mather (wife of Samuel) sold, along with George and John Wade, and Elizabeth Champion, land in Middleton, Middlesex Co., CT, which had probably belonged to their mother's father George. Deed dated April 19, 1723 (see LLR vol. 3, p. 132). There is some question whether this Deborah was indeed the daughter of John and Elizabeth. Some have her as the daughter of Mary Durant and Samuel Sheather (this causes one to ask why the other grandchildren of George Durant were not involved in the sale - such as Tinkers and Deborah's sister Mary Pierson). If she was Deborah Wade, why was she absent from John's will written in 1722? William Marvin has her marrying 1st John Waller. Could he have been the son of John Waller and Mary Durant?

16 iii. John Wade, born Abt. 1686 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Abt. 1765 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Mercy Pember Jan 08, 1706/07 in New London, New London Co., CT.
iv. Elizabeth Wade, born Abt. 1688 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Thomas Champion Jun 21, 1709 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Jan 21, 1690/91 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Elizabeth Wade:
Birth Record: Lyme Vital Records, p. 226

More About Thomas Champion:
Birth Record: Birth extracts from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23

More About Thomas Champion and Elizabeth Wade:
Marriage: Jun 21, 1709, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Barbour Collection - Elizabeth's last name not given


34. Thomas Pember, born Abt. 1662 in county Hereford, England; died Sep 22, 1711 in New London, New London Co., CT. He was the son of 68. John Pember and 69. Anna Edwyn. He married 35. Agnes Way Abt. 1687 in New London, New London Co., CT.
35. Agnes Way, born Abt. 1660 in Providence, Providence Co., RI; died Feb 1732/33 in New London, New London Co., CT. She was the daughter of 70. George Way and 71. Elizabeth Smith.

Notes for Thomas Pember:
Savage, (V.3, pg 387) says Thomas Pember was in New London, 1686. He had baptized in 1692 three children: Mercy, Thomas and Elizabeth. In 1694 Ann was baptized; 1696, John was baptized. Only four of these, with wife Agnes, were living at his death by drowning September 22, 1711 (body found September 29, 1711, see Joshua Hempstead's diary). IGA says Thomas Pember was born in County Hereford, England. He first appears on New London records as a freeman and voter in 1686, and in the list of new inhabitants between 1670 and 1700, "Pember, Thomas, 1686." He lived near Nehantic Bay.
One researcher wrote: "He and his twin brother Henry, lived in London, England. He was enticed by the captain of a merchant vessel to come on board. The captain detained them and took them to America. He sent a letter home and received a response that his mother nearly mourned herself to death over the loss. She referred to her sons as Thomas and Henry in the letter."
A John Pember and wife Ann christened their son Thomas on Feb. 17, 1667 in Kington, county Hereford, Eng (Parish registers for Kington, 1667-1957).

More About Thomas Pember:
Burial: Sep 1711
Probate: Nov 13, 1711, New London, A. 584

Notes for Agnes Way:
Savage (Vol. 2, pg. 363) says Samuel Harris, married 1st Agnes Way May 14, 1679, son of John Harris of Charleston, and died the next month. Agnes Way was the daughter of John Way ("Samuel, New London, eldest son of John of Charlestown, married 14 May 1679, Agnes, daughter of John Way and died next month"). John Harris, father of Samuel, was on Malden Selectboard (7,28 NEHS).
Look up: CT-American Marriages, pg 226 re. Agnes Way, b. 166? PG. Savage: 440: Way: James, Newtown, L. I. is first found there in 1656, and had large estate soon, was a Quaker, had children James, Francis, John, Hannah, Elizabeth and Martha, and died 2 Oct 1665. Riker, 378 makes Hannah marry Jeremiah Burrought; Elizabeth marry Arthur Albertis; and Martha marry Thomas Taylor.
Was Agnes Way the daughter of this John Way, son of James? Other Ways: Aaron, Dorchester, son of Henry the first, married probably Joan, daughter of William Sumner, had Susannah, 1660, Aaron and William (Aaron, son of Henry, was same age as John Way, father of Agnes, so need to look at children of Henry).
Henry, the first: Dorchester, probably brother of the first Aaron, came in Mary and John (Note: Look up descendants in Desc. of M & J) 1630, says Roger Clapp, a fellow passenger, well advanced in life, bringing wife Elizabeth and probably children Samuel, Henry, Richard and Elizabeth beside another of his sons who was lost in the winter passage hither of the Lion, that had been chartered here soon after the Gov. and comp. to go to Bristol for food, and was coming back in Dec. and Jan 1630-1. He had good estate never desired to be freemam living to 1667, aged 84, as Blake's Annals tell. His wife had died 1665, at the same age. There was an Eliezer, only son of George, brother-in-law of Thomas Purchase, who was in Connecticut: Son Ebenezer, b 1673 (Our Agnes must be same age as Eliezer).
IGA says Agnes Way was born 1653; married 1st Samuel Harris, in 1679; 2nd married Thomas Pember in 1687-88 (Family History Center, Pittsfield). Further shows George Way her father. However, George Way was born in 1614, and married 1654 (age. 40 yrs) to Elizabeth Smith, daughter of John Smith. George Way died 1684 [There was a George Way who was alive in 1702 who, along with some other men, made a deal with John Wade, Sr. on a mill site in Niantic - possibly a brother to Agnes]. Elizabeth was born in 1630, died 4/20/1713, New London, Ct. Elizabeth Smith was the daughter of John Smith (d. Oct 4 1670) and Joanna, who died 1687. Was this a second marriage? George Way was claimed to be the son of Henry Way, b. 1583 in England. d. March 24, 1667 in Dorchester.
Celeste Pember Hazen writes: Agnes studied medicine under her grandmother, Joanna Smith, became her assistant, and took over the practice when the grandmother became enfeebled" (see also Calkin's History of New London, pp. 323, 355).

More About Agnes Way:
Burial: Feb 1732/33

More About Thomas Pember and Agnes Way:
Marriage: Abt. 1687, New London, New London Co., CT

Children of Thomas Pember and Agnes Way are:
17 i. Mercy Pember, born Abt. 1688 in New London, New London Co., CT; married John Wade Jan 08, 1706/07 in New London, New London Co., CT.
ii. Thomas Pember, Jr., born Bef. 1690 in New London Co., CT; died 1767 in New London, New London Co., CT; married (1) Hannah Turner Mar 18, 1711/12 in New London, New London Co., CT; born Sep 08, 1694; died Oct 01, 1732 in New London, New London Co., CT; married (2) Elizabeth Hackley Feb 05, 1732/33 in New London, New London Co., CT; born Feb 01, 1708/09 in New London, New London Co., CT.

More About Thomas Pember, Jr.:
Birth Record: New London Vital Records, p. 54; Church record says 1716
Burial: 1767
Christening: May 15, 1692, New London, New London Co., CT
Probate: New London, CT, Book 3, pp. 607-608
Will: Apr 25, 1765, Proved June 9, 1767

More About Hannah Turner:
Burial: Oct 03, 1732

More About Thomas Pember and Hannah Turner:
Marriage: Mar 18, 1711/12, New London, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: New London Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 54; Early CT Marriages, Second Book, p. 9

iii. Elizabeth Pember, born Bef. May 15, 1692 in New London Co., Ct; died Bef. 1730; married Joseph Beckwith Sep 24, 1714 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born 1688 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Elizabeth Pember:
Christening: May 15, 1692, New London, New London Co., CT

Notes for Joseph Beckwith:
There is a will for Joseph Beckwith, but there is no evidence that it is this Joseph's will. There were many Beckwith families and their children's names paralleled. The will of Joseph was probated March 10, 1746. The inventory was performed in April, 1746.

More About Joseph Beckwith and Elizabeth Pember:
Marriage: Sep 24, 1714, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Marriages - 1st Church, New London, New London Co., CT, by Frederick W. Bailey

iv. Ann Pember, born Bef. 1694 in Norwick, New London Co., CT; died Aft. 1750; married Jonathan Calkins Dec 08, 1719 in New London, New London Co., CT; born Jan 09, 1678/79 in New London, New London Co., CT; died Jul 17, 1750 in New London, New London Co., CT.

More About Ann Pember:
Christening: 1694, New London, New London Co., CT

More About Jonathan Calkins:
Burial: Jul 1750
Will: Jan 27, 1742/43, Probated July 31, 1750 Book F, p. 133

More About Jonathan Calkins and Ann Pember:
Marriage: Dec 08, 1719, New London, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: New London Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 61 - Caulkins

v. John Pember, born Bef. Apr 12, 1696 in New London, New London Co., CT; died Jan 26, 1782 in Norwich, New London Co., CT; married Mary Hyde Oct 16, 1719 in Norwick, New London Co., CT; born Feb 21, 1697/98 in Norwick, New London Co., CT; died Apr 17, 1782 in CT.

More About John Pember:
Burial: Jan 1782, Plains Cemetery
Christening: Apr 12, 1696, New London, New London Co., CT

More About Mary Hyde:
Burial: Apr 1782

More About John Pember and Mary Hyde:
Marriage: Oct 16, 1719, Norwick, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Norwick Vital Records, vol. 1, p. 11 - Hide


36. Mathew W. Ransom, born Abt. 1659 in Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA; died 1685 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT. He married 37. Hannah Jones Mar 07, 1682/83 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.
37. Hannah Jones, born Abt. 1662 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of 74. Lewis Jones and 75. Deborah Palmer.

Notes for Mathew W. Ransom:
Matthew's trade abt. April 11, 1681 was listed as a dresser of leather (Vital Records of Saybrook 1635-1860). Some trace his lineage back through Robert Ransom, but this is highly questioned. Land was given to Matthew by the town of Saybrook on April 11, 1681 (Saybrook land records, vol. 1, p. 51): "four acres more or less lying at a plce called Julians brook, and bounded eastwood with the brow of the hill on the east side of the brook, and bounded southward partly with the land of Julian Bulliar, deceased, and with the lands of Francis Bushnell, and bounded northward and westward with the highway going up the mill, which land was given him in consideration of setting up his trade of dressing leather."

More About Mathew W. Ransom:
Burial: 1685

More About Mathew Ransom and Hannah Jones:
Marriage: Mar 07, 1682/83, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT
Marriage Record: Vital Records of Saybrook 1635-1860

Child of Mathew Ransom and Hannah Jones is:
18 i. Joseph Ransom, born Jan 10, 1683/84 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Bef. Oct 17, 1769; married Jane ----- 1708 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.


40. William Phelps, born Nov 03, 1660 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; died Nov 21, 1711 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of 80. Samuel Phelps and 81. Sarah Griswold. He married 41. Hannah Hayden Jan 04, 1692/93 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.
41. Hannah Hayden, born Nov 06, 1668 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of 82. Daniel Hayden and 83. Hannah Wilcockson.

Notes for William Phelps:
Name: William Phelps Location: Windsor
Invt. œ288-15-00. Taken 31 January, 1711-12, by Benajah Holcomb, Thomas Griswold and William Phelps.
Court Record, Page 51--4 February, 1711-12: Adms. granted to Hannah Phelps, widow, and Samuel Hayden.
Page 136 (Vol. IX) 6 September, 1720: Hannah Phelps and Samuel Hayden, Adms., exhibit an account of their Adms. Order to dist. the estate as followeth:
To Hannah Phelps, widow, 19-07-03
To William Phelps, eldest son, 57-03-07
To Daniel, John, Charles, Hannah, Phebe and Elizabeth Phelps, the rest of the children, to each of them, 28-11-09
And appoint Nathaniel Pinney, Timothy Loomis and William Phelps, distributors.
Page 13 (Vol. X) 2 April, 1723: Report of the distributors (A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records).

More About William Phelps:
Burial: Nov 1711

More About William Phelps and Hannah Hayden:
Marriage: Jan 04, 1692/93, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT
Marriage Record: NEHGR, vol. 5, Jan. 1851

Children of William Phelps and Hannah Hayden are:
i. Hannah Phelps, born Oct 13, 1694 in Hartford Co., CT; married Harry Man.
ii. Phebe Phelps, born Sep 01, 1696 in Hartford Co., CT.
iii. William Phelps, born Jan 13, 1697/98 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; died Sep 23, 1775 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married Mariah Holcombe Jan 04, 1739/40 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; born Nov 08, 1722 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; died Dec 12, 1776 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

More About William Phelps:
Burial: Sep 1775

More About Mariah Holcombe:
Burial: Dec 1776

More About William Phelps and Mariah Holcombe:
Marriage: Jan 04, 1739/40, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT
Marriage Record: Early Connecticut Marriages As found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, vol. 4 - Rev. Hezekiah Bissell

iv. Daniel Phelps, born Mar 21, 1700/01 in Hartford Co., CT; died Sep 07, 1777 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married Mindwell Buckland Nov 09, 1728 in Hartford Co., CT; born Jun 20, 1700 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; died Aug 21, 1775 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

More About Daniel Phelps:
Burial: Sep 1777, Old Burial Ground - Windsor, CT

More About Mindwell Buckland:
Burial: Aug 1775, Old Burial Ground - Windsor, CT

More About Daniel Phelps and Mindwell Buckland:
Marriage: Nov 09, 1728, Hartford Co., CT

v. John Phelps, born Mar 21, 1702/03 in Hartford Co., CT; died Sep 01, 1777; married Sarah Cornish Nov 24, 1728 in Hartford Co., CT; born Apr 19, 1709 in Hartford Co., CT; died Sep 05, 1777.

More About John Phelps:
Burial: Sep 1777

More About Sarah Cornish:
Burial: Sep 1777

More About John Phelps and Sarah Cornish:
Marriage: Nov 24, 1728, Hartford Co., CT

vi. Elizabeth Phelps, born Jul 23, 1706 in Hartford Co., CT.
20 vii. Charles Phelps, born Oct 13, 1708 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; died Bet. Apr 26 - Jul 16, 1745 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Margaret ----- Bef. 1730.


44. Consider Tiffany, born Jun 14, 1675 in Milton, Norfolk Co., MA; died Jan 07, 1707/08. He was the son of 88. Humphrey Tiffany and 89. Elizabeth -----. He married 45. Abigail Niles Abt. 1695 in New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI.
45. Abigail Niles, born Abt. 1675; died Mar 22, 1738/39 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. She was the daughter of 90. John Niles and 91. Abigail -----.

Notes for Consider Tiffany:
Information from, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 153 October 1999, p. 454; "Block Island Settlers of Joshua's Town Lyme, Connecticut, 1701-1800" by Mary Banning Friedlander, Dec. 16, 1999.

More About Consider Tiffany:
Burial: 1708

More About Abigail Niles:
Burial: Mar 1738/39

More About Consider Tiffany and Abigail Niles:
Marriage: Abt. 1695, New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI

Children of Consider Tiffany and Abigail Niles are:
i. Elizabeth Tiffany, born Feb 23, 1696/97 in New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI; died Mar 30, 1742 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Richard Brockway May 05, 1720 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Sep 30, 1673 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Bef. Mar 16, 1761 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Elizabeth Tiffany:
Burial: Apr 1742

More About Richard Brockway:
Birth Record: Births extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23

More About Richard Brockway and Elizabeth Tiffany:
Marriage: May 05, 1720, Lyme, New London Co., CT

ii. Sarah Tiffany, born Mar 05, 1698/99 in New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI; married Ebenezer Day Feb 03, 1717/18; born Abt. 1695.

More About Ebenezer Day and Sarah Tiffany:
Marriage: Feb 03, 1717/18

22 iii. Nathan Tiffany, born Jun 14, 1701 in New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI; died Jun 14, 1750 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (1) Elizabeth Brockway Bef. 1727; married (2) Sarah Harvey Abt. 1733.
iv. Silence Tiffany, born Abt. 1703 in New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI; married Silas Sears Abt. 1728 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Abt. 1700.

More About Silas Sears and Silence Tiffany:
Marriage: Abt. 1728, Lyme, New London Co., CT


46. William Brockway, born Jul 25, 1666 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Mar 29, 1755 in CT. He was the son of 92. Wolston Brockway and 93. Hannah Briggs He married 47. Elizabeth Wolterton Bef. 1701.
47. Elizabeth Wolterton, born Abt. 1668.

Notes for William Brockway:
1755 will names grandchildren Timothy, Dorothy, and Elizabeth Tiffany.

More About William Brockway:
Birth Record: Births extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23
Burial: Mar 1755

More About William Brockway and Elizabeth Wolterton:
Marriage: Bef. 1701

Child of William Brockway and Elizabeth Wolterton is:
23 i. Elizabeth Brockway, born Mar 02, 1701/02 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Abt. 1733; married Nathan Tiffany Bef. 1727.


48. William Lord, born Bef. Dec 27, 1618 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng.; died May 17, 1678 in Lyme, New London Co., CT. He was the son of 96. Thomas Lord and 97. Dorothy Bird. He married 49. Unknown Abt. 1642.
49. Unknown, died Bef. 1664.

Notes for William Lord:
He moved to Saybrook, CT about 1645 and in 1678, voted to build a new stone meeting house measuring 50 feet by 30 feet. William Lord was appointed to the committee to "consider the capacity of the town for erecting of a new meeting house". William's son by his first marriage, Lt. Richard Lord, married Elizabeth Hyde of Norwich and settled in Lyme where his two sons became the progenitors of numerous Lord families of Lyme and his seven daughters married into leading Lyme families.
In 1650 Saybrook records tell us that William's share of the land division extended along the west side of Main Street from Capt. Morgan's Corner to where Mrs. Day now lives (1984). His house probably stood where Mrs. Bull now lives (1984).
William's first wife died and he married Lydia (Buckland) Brown of Rehoboth, Massachusetts on June 3, 1664. William and Lydia had a pre-nuptial agreement in which William promised to double her estate which was valued at 85 pounds guaranteeing that on his death it would be worth 170 pounds. In 23 years of marriage from 1643 to 1776 William fathered 15 children with two wives! Aside from his busy schedule raising and producing children William was acquiring land. He died in Saybrook but the location of this burial is not known. He died at age 60. Perhaps family life just wore him out (Lyme Miscellany, Warner Lord's web page).
He was a friend of the Indians. On April 6, 1669, Chapeto, a kinsman of Uncas, gave him a tract of land 8 miles square, known as the Paugwonk Lands. The town of Salem, CT now resides on this property. He was one of Lyme's largest landowners.
William, Saybrook, son of the first Thomas, by him brought from England in 1635, had William, b. Oct. 1643; Thomas, Dec. 1645; Richard, May 1647; Mary, May 1649; Robert, Aug. 1651; John, Sept. 1653; Joseph, Sept. 1656; Benjamin; Daniel; James; Samuel; and three more daughters: 14 children. He d. 17 May 1678 (Savage).

More About William Lord:
Baptism: Dec 27, 1618, Towcester, Northton Co., Eng
Birth Record: Vital Records of Saybrook 1647-1834
Burial: May 1678
Death record: Saybrook vital records
Military service: Lieutenant of the Trainband

Notes for Unknown:
A very recent article (Burton N. Derick, "The Fictional Hattie (Nickerson) Lord," The Connecticut Nutmegger, vol. 32, No. 2 (Sep 1999), pp. 189-192) has exploded the myth that the first wife of William Lord had that name. There was no such person, and his first wife's name is not known, either her given name or maiden name.

More About William Lord and Unknown:
Marriage: Abt. 1642

Children of William Lord and Unknown are:
i. William Lord, born Oct 1643 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Dec 04, 1696 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT; married Sarah Brooks Abt. 1678 in Middlesex Co., CT; born Dec 1662 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.

Notes for William Lord:
Name: William Lord Location: Haddam
Died 4 December, 1696. Invt. œ141-02-00. Taken by James Bates and Daniel Brainard Jr. The children: William, age 16 years, Jonathan 11, Nathaniel 9, John 3, Mary 18, Sarah 14, Hannah 7, Dorothy, 9 months old. The Estate was indebted to John Arnold, Richard Christophers, William Eley, Samuel Joanes sen., Benjamin Scoville, Samuel Emmons, John Scovell and Thomas Shaylor to the full amount, including rates, œ25-01-00.
Court Record, Page 141--(Vol. IV) 4 December, 1696: Adms. to the Widow and her Brother Thomas Shaylor. Page 40--(Vol. VIII) 2 March, 1702-3: This Court order the Clerk to grant a Citation requireing Samuel Ingram of Haddam, Adms. in Right of Sarah his wife, & Thomas Shaylor, also Adms. on the Estate of William Lord Decd, that they appear at the adjourned Court to be holden in Hartford on ye 1st Tuesday of April next. (A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records)

More About William Lord:
Birth Record: Vital Records of Saybrook 1647-1834
Burial: Dec 1696

More About William Lord and Sarah Brooks:
Marriage: Abt. 1678, Middlesex Co., CT

24 ii. Thomas Lord, born Dec 1645 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Jun 22, 1730 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Mary ----- Dec 22, 1693 in Lyme, New London, CT.
iii. Richard Lord, born May 16, 1647 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Aug 20, 1727 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Elizabeth Hyde 1682 in Middlesex Co., CT; born Aug 1660 in Norwich, New London Co., CT; died Jul 22, 1736 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Richard Lord:
Birth Record: Vital Records of Saybrook 1647-1834
Burial: Aug 1727, Duck River Cemetery - Lyme, CT
Military service: Lieutenant of the Trainband; King Phillip's War

More About Elizabeth Hyde:
Burial: Jul 1736, Duck River Cemetery - Lyme, CT

More About Richard Lord and Elizabeth Hyde:
Marriage: 1682, Middlesex Co., CT

iv. Mary Lord, born May 1649 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Sep 14, 1736 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT; married Samuel Olmstead 1675; born 1653 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT; died Jan 13, 1725/26 in East Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Mary Lord:
Birth Record: Vital Records of Saybrook 1647-1834
Burial: Sep 1736

More About Samuel Olmstead:
Burial: Jan 1725/26, Cove Cemetery - East Haddam, CT

More About Samuel Olmstead and Mary Lord:
Marriage: 1675

v. Robert Lord, born Aug 16, 1651 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died 1739; married Esther Ward Jan 20, 1695/96; born Apr 18, 1660.

More About Robert Lord:
Birth Record: Vital Records of Saybrook 1647-1834
Burial: 1739
Military service: King Phillip's War

More About Robert Lord and Esther Ward:
Marriage: Jan 20, 1695/96

vi. John Lord, born Sep 1653 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Nov 25, 1689 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About John Lord:
Birth Record: Vital Records of Saybrook 1647-1834
Burial: Nov 1689

vii. Joseph Lord, born Sep 1656 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Nov 25, 1685 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Joseph Lord:
Birth Record: Vital Records of Saybrook 1647-1834
Burial: Nov 1685
Death record: Deaths extracted from Lyme Town Records, transcribed by Rev. F. A. Chapman, NEGHR, vol. 23
Military service: Captain

viii. Sarah Lord, born Abt. 1658 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Bef. Dec 02, 1746; married John Coult Jul 16, 1684 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born 1658 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; died Jan 02, 1750/51 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About John Coult:
Burial: Jan 1750/51, Duck River Cemetery - Lyme, CT

More About John Coult and Sarah Lord:
Marriage: Jul 16, 1684, Lyme, New London Co., CT


62. Ambrose Fowler, born May 08, 1658 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; died Jul 01, 1712 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. He married 63. Mary Baker Sep 11, 1693 in CT.
63. Mary Baker, born Sep 05, 1670 in Hampshire Co., MA; died in Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Ambrose Fowler:
Burial: Jul 1712

More About Ambrose Fowler and Mary Baker:
Marriage: Sep 11, 1693, CT

Child of Ambrose Fowler and Mary Baker is:
31 i. Ruth Fowler, born Sep 11, 1694 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA; married John Seward 1718.


Generation No. 7

64. Nicholas Wade, born Abt. 1615 in Denver Parish, County Norfolk, Eng.; died Bet. Feb 07 - Mar 11, 1683/84 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA. He was the son of 128. Thomas Wade and 129. Unknown. He married 65. Elizabeth Hanford Abt. 1642 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.
65. Elizabeth Hanford, born Abt. 1621 in Fremington, county Devon, Eng; died Oct 09, 1711 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA. She was the daughter of 130. Jeffery Hanford and 131. Eglin Hatherly.

Notes for Nicholas Wade:
The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; And Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700, by John Camden Hotten states: "xiiijo Aprilis 1635, Theis vnder-written names are to be transported to the Barbadoes imbarques in the Faulcon de London, THO: IRISH Mr p Certificate from the Minister of the pish of their conformity to the orders of the Church of England, The Men have taken the oaths of Allegeance & Supremacie" (p. 63). The 17th name on the list is Nicho Wade ... 19. Nicholas settled at Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA. According to the Plymouth Colony Records, he took the Oath of Allegiance at Scituate on February 1, 1638/39 (1:110). No records have surfaced to date that show that he joined Lothrop's Church; however, from his will it would appear he was God-fearing. On October 6, 1657, he was licensed to keep an ordinary (a tavern-inn) at Scituate (Plymouth Colony Records, 3:123). In 1662, he was among those former servants and ancient freemen given land at Saconett Neck (Plymouth Colony Records, 4:18). Inclusion for this land grant was based either on his own contributions to the Scituate colony or his connection to a family that had made early contributions to the colony. Wade's marriage to the niece of Timothy Hatherly, Elizabeth Hanford, would classify him in this latter category. The will of Timothy Hatherly, dated October 30, 1666, shows clearly that Nicholas was married to Elizabeth Hanford and not to Elizabeth Ensign.
Nicholas' will is as follows:
The Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Wade of Sittuate mad this seventh day of February in ye yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty & three, 1683. I, ye said Waed, being weake of body and yet in perfect memory and understanding, and not knowing ye time of my departing, make this my Last Will. Imprimis, I committ my soule to God that gave it me and my body to ye dust from whence it was taken. And after all my debts are satisfied and paid and my buriall expences discharged, then as for all my worldly estate I dispose of it as in manner as followeth:
Item, I give to my eldest son, John Wade, ye grant of fifty acres of land tht was given to me by ye Ancient Freemen of Sittuate and a five pound debt which was due to me upon bill, all which said land and debts [he is] to have and to hold, injoy and possess, to him and his heirs or asignes for ever. Item, I give to my son, Thomas Waed, all my land that lyeth on ye westerly side of ye Country Road that goeth over ye Brushe Hill, except that land that I formerly gave to my daughter, Susannah Wilcom, and her Husband [William] Wilcome, to have and to hold, possess and injoy, to him and his heirs or asignes for ever. Item, I give to my son, Nicholas Waed, all ye rest of my upland and medow and housing, excepting five acres of upland that lyeth next to ye Cuntry Road that goether over Brush Hill, two acres of meadow that lyeth next to Old Goodman [William?] Willis' meadow, to him and to his heirs lawfully begotten of his body, to have and to hold, to injoy and possess for ever. Item, I give to my son, Nathaniel Waed, five acres of upland lying on ye westerly side of my house and next to ye Cuntry Road that goeth over Brush Hill and two ackers of meadow lying next to old Goodman Wills' meadow, to him and to his heirs lawfully begotten of his body, to have and to hold, posess and injoy for ever after my wife's decease.
And as for my daughter, Susannah White, I have given her her portion in land already in her former husband's dayes. And as for all ye rest of my estate, excepting one cow and eight sheep and my wife's buriall expences discharged, I give it all to my sonn's children, namely Nicholas, Nathaniel, Elizabeth and Hannah, to be equally devided among them. I give to my daughter, Elyzabeth, one cow and eight sheep after my wife's decease.
And further I doe by these presents ordaine, constitute, and appoint my beloved wife [Elizabeth] to be my lawfull Executrix who is to have ye whole use and benefitt of my estate during her life as may appear by an Agreement made with my son Nicholas Wade. And further I doe ordaine, constitute, and appoint my well beloved friend Samuell Clapp, to be my Overseer of this my Last Will and Testament.
My will is that my son, Nicholas, shall have a hy way through my son Nathaniell's land in ye most convenient place and my son, Nicholas, allowing as much land for it. In witness hear of I have her unto sett my hand and seal (Plymouth Colony Records, Book 14, p. 14).
Nicholas' will was probated in 1712 after the death of his wife, Elizabeth. Son, Nicholas, was appointed administrator of his father's estate, and the settlement states that his son, Nathaniel, had died without issue before his mother, and that the estate was divided between the four living children (Speculation: John, Thomas, Nicholas, and one of the daughters; see Plymouth Colony: Its History & People 1620-1691, Eugene Aubrey Stratton). That the youngest son was appointed administrator may suggest that sons John and Thomas were not in the area. It has been maintained that Thomas had moved to Bridgewater by 1680, but most certainly by 1694 (on this matter see notes under Thomas), and son John would have been in Brookhaven, Long Island when the will was written and in Lyme, New London Co., CT when it was probated. I have yet to figure out to whom the reference "all to my sonn's children, namely Nicholas, Nathaniel, Elizabeth and Hannah" refers. Neither John nor Thomas had children by those names. That leaves only Joseph, and there are no records to indicate that he had children. Neither Nathaniel nor Nicholas were yet married, and as before stated, Nathaniel died without issue. Should it read: "all to my sonns and children, ..."?
Inventory of Nicholas Wade 1684
An Inventory of ye estate lands good Chattles of Nicolas Wade deceased taken ye 11 day of march 1683 by vs whose names ar vnderwritten £ s d
Imprmis one dwelling house & barne vpland and meadow lands 60 00 00
purse & aparrel 04 00 00
the best bed & bedsteed & furniture 06 00 00
Two flock beds & bedsteed & furniture 06 00 00
A peice of woollen Cloth 02 10 00
Two Ioyne Chests 01 00 00
In sheets & other linnen 03 00 00
linnen & Cotton yarne 01 00 00
In pewter & Tin 03 13 00
In Brass 03 10 00
In Iron potts Kettles 01 00 00
Trammell tongs & other Iron things 00 12 00
Armes & amunition 01 00 00
Books 00 08 00
one long Table formes ioynt stools 01 10 00
In sett worke Tubbs & pailes 00 06 00
In beefe & porke 01 00 00
ffower Cowes one bull Two young cattell 13 15 00
In sheep 02 10 00
Two mares 03 10 00
two young swine 00 10 00
lumber belonging to ye house 01 00 00
one bridle & saddle Collar & Traces 00 12 00
In Rye & Indian Corne 00 16 00
a saw chaine & Crow & other Iron tooles 01 00 00
one Hatchell 00 06 00
spinning wheeles & cards & earthe ware 00 08 00
one looking glass & a box Iron 00 03 00
debts due to ye estate 04 00 00
Totall is 120 19 00
Isaack Buck senior
Samuel Clap
debts due from ye estate are
It to mr Iohn Wing of Boston 11 00 00
It to Margrett Collman 02 00 00
It to Ensigne Allin 01 10 00
It to Ephraim little 01 06 00
more in smale debts 04 10 00
[total] 20 06 00
This 24 of Iune 1684 apeared Elyzabeth Wade ye Relict of Nicolas Wade deceased & gaue oath to this Inuentory yt it is a true Inuentory of all ye estate of her late husband deceased & as far as she knows & yt if after ward ther due Come more to light she will make discouery of it Taken before me Iohn Cushing by order of Court (Plymouth Colony Wills, Vol. IV, part II, folio 137).
It is from Savage that we get the names of Joseph and Jacob as children of Nicholas and Elizabeth (1860). There was a Joseph Wade among those killed in the war on March 26, 1676 (Bowen, Early Rehoboth 3:14-15), as was John Ensign. The Ensign family seems closely connected with the Wades. Thomas Wade married Hannah Ensign, John's sister. The suggestion by some, however, that John Ensign was married to Elizabeth Wade must be ruled out since John's wife was dead when he wrote his will in 1676, while Elizabeth Wade was still alive in 1683. It is also maintained that Joseph married John's sister Sarah who later married Thomas Mann (Stratton, TAG 61:46-49). The other son Jacob, listed as b. 1661 and d. bef. 1683, was possibly confused with the son of Thomas Wade (see Guilford, p. 799).
The only primary dates we have in regard to Nicholas' children for establishing births are baptism records for Hannah and Nicholas. From the will, we also know that John was his eldest son. The marriage of Nicholas and Elizabeth is variously stated from 1638-1642. If we use Briggs' date, who states that Elizabeth was 21 at the time of the marriage, it would occur in ca 1642. Assuming the first child was born the next year and using two-year spacing increments, I have put together a proposed birth date for all his children. The dates assigned and the proposed order of births are mere speculation and should be treated as such. If will order was followed, Nathaniel would be the youngest son, not Nicholas. It is also possible that Joseph was older than Thomas since Joseph married the older of the two Ensign sisters.
References to Nicholas Wade include the following:
1) Peirce's Colonial Lists, p. 59 - Nicholas Wade, Inn Keeper, Oct. 6, 1657
2) Peirce's Colonial Lists, p. 74 - Nicholas Wade, Scituate Company, Non-commissioned officers and privates
3) Records of the Descendants of James Ensign and His Wife Sarah Elson, p. 502.
4) The Wade Genealogy, p. 61 mentions wealthy yeoman of the English county of Norfolk, Jonathan, Nathaniel, and Nicholas Wade that settled around the present site of Boston, MA.
5) Scituate Town Records, pp. 162, 326, 379, 380, 417, 441 (these last two may be to his son, Nicholas). Throughout the land records of Scituate in which Nicholas, Elizabeth, or his son Thomas is mentioned, the last name is variously spelled: Wade, Waed, Wead, and Weade.
6) Unrecorded deed dated 1672, William Holmes to Nicholas Wade, presented to MA Society of Mayflower Descendants by Mrs. Jetson Wade.
Since Joseph Savage's work (1860), a mistake in the identity of Nicholas' wife has been perpetuated. A number of Wade researchers set out to correct this error, and Holman (1948) offered what has been determined the correct solution. For a comprehensive discussion on the issue, see the two-volume work, Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and His Wife Frances Helen Miller, by Mary Lovering Holman and Winifred Lovering Holman, published 1948-1952, especially volume I, pages 485-487. One can also check out The Ancestry of Dr. J. P. Guilford, by Joan S. Guilford (1990). As well, Robert E. Bowman, "Ensigns Revisited," TAG 292 (1998), 241-255; Eugene A. Stratton, "Mann-Ensign Notes," TAG 61 (1985), 46-49. These works demonstrate that Nicholas was married to Elizabeth Hanford and not Elizabeth Ensign.
A researcher of the John Wade family that moved to Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Paul Wade, wrote a book entitled, Exodus of the Wades, which can be seen in the archives at Scituate. In it he postulates that Nicholas was from Fremington, county Devon, England. He offers no proof for this position, but rather, mere speculation based on the maritime nature of some of Nicholas' descendants and the environment of Scituate. A casual look at the vital records of Fremington, county Devon, England has turned up no Wades at all in that time period. For the time being, then, nothing beyond the voyage record has been discovered that gives us proof of where Nicholas originated from in England.

More About Nicholas Wade:
Birth Record: Compendium of American Genealogy, Virkus
Burial: 1684
Will: Feb 07, 1683/84, Inventory on March 11, 1683/84; approved June 24, 1684

Notes for Elizabeth Hanford:
Came from England with her mother and sister at age 14 on April 10, 1635 from London to Boston on the Planter - Master Traice, Captain.

More About Elizabeth Hanford:
Burial: Oct 1711
Death record: Scituate Vital Records
Probate: 1712, Number 21715 Plymouth Colony Probate Court

Marriage Notes for Nicholas Wade and Elizabeth Hanford:
They were married when Elizabeth was 21 (see L. Vernon Briggs, History and Genealogy of the Briggs Family, 1254-1937, 1938, Three volumes).

More About Nicholas Wade and Elizabeth Hanford:
Marriage: Abt. 1642, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA
Marriage Record: Briggs, History and Genealogy of the Briggs Family

Children of Nicholas Wade and Elizabeth Hanford are:
32 i. John Wade, born Abt. 1643 in possibly Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died Mar 24, 1727/28 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (1) Elizabeth Durant Abt. 1680; married (2) Hannah Brockway Bet. Jan 17 - Feb 06, 1705/06 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.
ii. Elizabeth Wade, born Abt. 1645 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; married Thomas Marmaduke Stevens 1665 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.

Notes for Elizabeth Wade:
Bigamy, too, was found in Plymouth Colony. Nicholas Wade of Scituate in 1680 complained his daughter Elizabeth had married Thomas Stevens not knowing of his earlier marriages. It appeared that at the time Stevens married her, he already had a wife at Boston, a wife and children in England, and another wife in Barbados. The court agreed that this was sufficient reason to dismiss Elizabeth from the aforesaid marriage bond, and it dissolved the covenant of marriage between them. Elizabeth was granted the liberty of marrying again, while Stevens received the sentence of severe whipping at the post (Plymouth Colony, Stratton).
Briggs places her birth as ca. 1650 (L. Vernon Briggs, History and Genealogy of the Briggs Family, 1254-1937, 1938). Several researchers list her as the firstborn child.

More About Elizabeth Wade:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 2034507

Notes for Thomas Marmaduke Stevens:
This marriage was annulled because of bigamy.

More About Thomas Stevens and Elizabeth Wade:
Annulment: 1680, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA
Marriage: 1665, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA
Marriage Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 2034651

iii. Thomas Wade, born Abt. 1647 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died Bet. Mar 14, 1725/26 - Nov 24, 1726 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; married (1) Hannah Ensign Abt. 1670 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; born Abt. 1652 in Plymouth Co., MA; married (2) Elizabeth Curtis Aft. 1692; born Aug 19, 1649.

Notes for Thomas Wade:
It has been stated by many researchers of Thomas, that he moved to Bridgewater about 1680. This, however, does not align well with the Scituate Town Records. On November 11, 1687, in a land transaction with Timothy White, he says, "I Thomas Wead of Sittuate Carpentor" (Scituate Town Records, vol. C-1, p. 353). Also on March 26, 1690, in a land transaction with Joseph Otis, he says, "I Thomas Wead of Sittuate" (Scituate Town Records, vol. C-1, p. 375-376). There are also vital records for the births of both daughters Deborah and also Rachel in Scituate that appear to have been overlooked (last name spelled Wead as was Jacob, Joseph, and Sarah). Deborah for May 10, 1691, and Rachel for January 29, 1693. In 1693, he purchased the farm of Samuel Staples near Nippenicket Pond. So the move to Bridgewater may not have occurred until 1693 after the birth of Rachel. This would place the birth of all his children in Scituate, except for the last child, Hannah - unless he moved back and forth from Scituate to Bridgewater during this time frame.
The will of Thomas:
"In the name of God Amen the 14th Day of March 1726 I Thomas Wade of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth In New England being old and full of ____ though of Sound mind and memory knowing that I must shortly Die and Leave the world do make and Ordain this my last will and Testament that is to Say-- principally and first of all I give my Soul back again unto that God that gave it-- hoping for the pardon of all my Sins through Jesus Christ and my body I Commit to ye Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors and as Touching my worldly Estate I dispose of the Same in manner following that is to Say-- 1. I Give unto my Oldest Son Joseph Wade Twenty Shillings and no more-- 2. I give unto my daughter Sarah Wade Twenty Shillings and no more-- 3. I give unto my son Thomas Wade five pounds and One third part of all my right in the West Cedar Swamp together with all my Carpenter tools this I give unto my Son Thomas his heirs and assigns for Ever-- 4. I give unto my daughter Rachel Wade five pounds and no more-- 5. I Give unto my daughter Hannah Lothrop wife to Edward Lothrop five pounds and no more this I give unto her and her heirs-- 6. I Give unto my Son Ichabod Wade (whom I appoint Sole Executor to this my last will and Testament), unto him his heirs and assigns all my homestead on homeliving in sd Bridgewater Excepting a small tract or parcell of Land that Lies on the West Side of the Road together with One third part of my Right in the West Cedar Swamp and all my Meadow land and all my moveable Estate which I shall not by these presents dispose of and my will is that my sd Son Ichabod Shall pay all the debts that I owe and all the legacies given away in this my last will & Testament-- 7. I give unto my Daughter Deborah Wade One feather bed with all ye furniture belonging to it and my loom to weave with together with all the (Lackling?) that doth belong unto it I also Give her One Cow a brass kettle an Iron Pot and an Iron-- together with One full half of all the use of ye moveable Goods within the house and a privilege of enjoying the East End of my now dwelling house till She shall Marry and my will further is that beside this my Son Ichabod shall pay her Ten pounds in Good pay Equivalent to money-- 8. I Give unto my Son Moses Wade his heirs and assigns that tract or parcel of land that lies on the Westerly side of ____ part of all my Right in the west Cedar Swamp and ____ utterly revoke and ____ all other or former Wills and I do declare this ____ to be my last will and Testament In Witness and Confirmation herof I have Set to my hand and put to my Seal ye day and year ___ above written." (Editor-- Typed just as it appears, spelling errors and no punctuation)
This will was signed, sealed, etc. in the presence of Benjamin Allen, Robert Luscombe, and Josiah Edson III (calling himself "tertius"). The ____ entries represent illegible words. On November 23, 1726, Benjamin Allen and Robert Luscombe made oath that they saw the above written Thomas Wade "sign seal and heard him declare the above written instrument to be his last Will and Testament...." Ichabod was appointed by the court to take inventory and deliver his account, the will being accepted on April 24, 1727.
The three children by Hannah Ensign are noted in the will of John Ensign. Guilford writes: "There are many strange things relating to the children of Thomas that raise questions for which we have no answers. We will simply publish the facts as known and the speculations others have made" (1990). One obvious question is why is Silence absent in the will? Confusion also extends to his supposed second wife, Elizabeth Curtis (see notes under her). No matter who his wife may be, she is not mentioned in the will, and can be presumed dead. Also, there are five children in the Vital Records of Scituate, MA to the year 1850 listed as children of Thomas Wead: Jacob, Joseph, Sarah, Deborah, and Rachell. The parallel of these names are too close to those for this Thomas Wade to ignore. Again, there is no mention of the mother's name.
From Karel Buck: In Volume Three of The Seventeenth-Century Town Records of Scituate, Massachusetts as compiled by Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs and published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society I found the birthdates of the following children:
Page 579 - B: Wead, Jacob, s. Thomas, Nov. 13, 1673
Page 581 - B: Wead, Joseph, s. Thomas, Feb. 2, 1675
Page 584 - B: Wead, Sarah d. Thomas, Sept. 22, 1678 [Waide, C.R.2]
Page 600 - B: Wead, Deborah, d. Thomas, May 10, 1691
Page 603 - B: Wead, Rachell, d. Thomas, Jan. 29, 1692
These dates are not new, but what is interesting is to be found on Page 600: M: [Waide, Thomas, and Deborah -- , Aug. 11, 1690. C.A.B.] On this same page is the birth of Deborah Wead 9 months later so logic would say that Thomas married a Deborah in 1690. Since these were all Scituate records, if one is to believe Mitchell's rendition that the younger children were born in Scituate one would have to assume that Hannah was the last child born and was born in Bridgewater and thus Mitchell's statement should have been that the last child was born in Bridgewater.

More About Thomas Wade:
Burial: 1726
Probate: 1726, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA - 21728
Will: Mar 14, 1725/26, Proved November 23, 1726

Notes for Hannah Ensign:
Hannah was the mother of at least Thomas' first three children, Silence, Jacob, and Joseph. It is not known whether she was the mother of the later children.

More About Thomas Wade and Hannah Ensign:
Marriage: Abt. 1670, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA
Marriage Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 537691; A537690

iv. Joseph Wade, born Abt. 1649 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died Mar 26, 1676 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA - King Philip's War; married Sarah Ensign 1670 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; born Abt. 1650 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.

More About Joseph Wade:
Burial: Mar 1675/76

Notes for Sarah Ensign:
On Oct. 3, 1665 Sarah Ensigne, who was probably no older than 15 at the time, was convicted of 'whoredom aggreuated with diuerse cercomstances' and sentenced to be whipped (Plymouth Colony Records, 4:106). On the same date Elizabeth Ensigne, widow, complained against Thomas Summers for £500 damage for "inticing and drawing away her daughter vnseasonably, and by vnlawfull meanes, against her will, and abusing her daughter." The jury awarded her only 50s and the cost of the suit (Plymouth Colony Records, 7:126).

More About Joseph Wade and Sarah Ensign:
Marriage: 1670, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA
Marriage Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 2034651

v. Nathaniel Wade, born Abt. 1651 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died Bef. Oct 10, 1711.

Notes for Nathaniel Wade:
Based on the execution of Nicholas Wade's will in 1712, Nathaniel preceded his mother, Elizabeth, in death and had no issue.

vi. Susanna Wade, born Abt. 1653 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died 1698 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; married (1) William Wilcomb Bef. 1676 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; born Abt. 1653; died Mar 26, 1676 in King Philip's War; married (2) Joseph White Abt. 1678 in Plymouth Co., MA; born Abt. 1644 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died Nov 1711 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.

More About Susanna Wade:
Burial: 1698

More About William Wilcomb:
Burial: Mar 1675/76

More About William Wilcomb and Susanna Wade:
Marriage: Bef. 1676, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA

vii. Hannah Wade, born Bef. Aug 03, 1656 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.

Notes for Hannah Wade:
Hannah Wade's absence from the will of Nicholas Wade, February 7, 1683/84, is curious. Was she dead? There is a Vital Record that lists just Nicholas Wade as father that gives her a baptism date as August 3, 1656. None of Nicholas Wade's children would be old enough to have a legitimate child at this point, so it is postulated she belongs to Nicholas and Elizabeth. If a "correction" is made to Nicholas' will in regard to "all my sonn's children," as was queried in the notes under Nicholas, then this dilemma goes away since Hannah would be mentioned.

More About Hannah Wade:
Baptism: Aug 03, 1656, Second Church of Scituate, . Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850

viii. Nicholas Wade II, born Bef. Jul 01, 1660 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died Mar 16, 1723/24 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; married (1) Mary Ripley 1686 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; born May 01, 1660 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA; died Aft. 1705 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; married (2) Bathsheba Pinson Apr 12, 1723 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; born Nov 15, 1673 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA; died May 17, 1756 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.

Notes for Nicholas Wade II:
There are at least two references to Nicholas in the Land Records of Scituate. The first is on July 27, 1695, but recorded November 25, 1695. The other is December 24, 1695. Both deal with the transfer of 4 acres of land to Thomas Pincen Junior that had been granted to Nicholas "by the Towne Agents or present Commitie." The property was sold for 30 shillings current silver money. Throughout the documents the name is spelled Nicholas Wade, but the last transaction is signed Nicolas waed. The land was surveyed by Jeremiah Hatch and Samuel Clap, and witnessed by James Torrey, town clerk.
There is a will for Nicholas in Scituate, docket #21714, filed in 1724. His son Nathaniel was named executor. Nathaniel was left "all my estate both real and personal" and all that "share of land that I bought of my cousin Abraham Ripley's daughters." To daughter Mary Woodworth, 1 cow. To daughter Margaret Sherman, 2 cows and 12 sheep. To daughter Ruth Merritt, 1 cow. All to be paid by Nathaniel six years after Nicholas' decease (Scituate archives).
I have included a marriage to Bathsheba Nichols for this Nicholas. I know of no other legitimate candidate, though some suggests his son born in 1696. If this Nicholas is the one who married widow Bathsheba Nichols, then why is there no mention of her in the will? One would expect even a statement that she was to receive nothing based on a pre-nuptial agreement. Also, she must have been some younger than he, since she did not file her will until 1761.

More About Nicholas Wade II:
Baptism: Jul 01, 1660, Second Church of Scituate, . Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Burial: Mar 1723/24
Death record: Scituate Vital Records; Cohasset Vital Records, p. 233
Probate: Apr 06, 1724, Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 406

More About Mary Ripley:
Birth Record: Vital Records of Hingham, MA to 1850

More About Nicholas Wade and Mary Ripley:
Marriage: 1686, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA
Marriage Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 2034651


66. George Durant, born Abt. 1632; died Jun 15, 1687 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT. He was the son of 132. Thomas Durant and 133. Katterin -----. He married 67. Elizabeth Blake Abt. 1653 in probably MA.
67. Elizabeth Blake, born 1632 in Eng; died Feb 1690/91 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT.

Notes for George Durant:
George appears first in the Colonial records in 1662 as a tenant on Dexter property at Malden, Middlesex Co., MA (see Origin of Early Settlers, Before and in 1670 those in the latter year being householders and acknowledged as Proprietors Centennial Address David D. Field, D.D. Middletown, Conn., 1853 pp 143-149). A George Duren is also listed as an original settler in Lyme, New London Co., CT who may be George Durant (some of the VR's and LR's spell Durant as Duren). In 1663, he settled in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, being admitted in April, and he received a large land-grant on both sides of the Connecticut River, the parcels extending over several modern counties. In the public records at both Malden and Middletown, he is called a "blacksmith."
Grant to George Durant, Town Blacksmith.
"At a town meeting the 16 of aprall 1663 the town having accepted georg Durant living in moldin an inhabitant of Middletown do grant to him a hows lot containing fiv acors which leyeth next goodman Bows lot with five acors adition jeyning to it at the rear of it and also two acors and a thurd of mddow leying in the lon gmedow between sammevell Stockin and John Curbeys, and als fowr acors of swamp leying a the rear of mr. Hambling, between Gargant Cornall and Goodman Allin buting upon the weast riverrit and also won peac of bogey meddow lying between William Warde and Thomas Cowchis meddow between the two creackes and also six acors of the pond beginning at mr. Stows lin with a slip of meddw lying by it on the weast side of it, this six acors of pond and slip of medow lyeth on the east side of great river and on peace of upland containing twenty acors leiing on the east side of the great river and also won peace of upland liing on the hunting hill containing fifty or thre scor acors to be laid owt as the towns committee and Goodman Durant shall judg fit for his conveneyene withowt predijis to the town, which land is to be apart of his proportion of undevided upland" (Town and City of Middletown, Henry Whittemore, from The History of Middlesex County 1635-1885, transcribed by Janece Streig).
As taken March 22, 1670, he was 15th in a list of 52 freeholders and proprietors of Middletown, where he was assessed £34 on a value of £4,332, 10s, covering his property in that district (NEHGR, vol. 14, p. 139). Soon after that, he was found dwelling on his land at what is now Hadlyme, with a mill at what is now North Lyme. According to the Middletown Land Records, he died on June 15, 1687, and his son Edward was born June 2, 1671 (see TAG, 12:155).
It is assumed at this point, that he is the son of Thomas and the grandson of Richard, though there are no primary documents to support this assumption. There is no present evidence that he is the son of Thomas. This is based on pure speculation in that George is in Malden, MA and Thomas was granted fishing rights in Newfoundland. The will of Thomas, 1650, does not mention a son George. So presently, the parents of George are unknown.
104 Name: George Durant Location: Middletown
Invt. 1120-07-00. Taken 23 February, 1690-1, by Samuel Collins and William Sumner.
Court Record, Page 25--5 March, 1690-1: Invt. Exhibited and approved. Edward Durant, son of the deceased, personally appeared with an affidavit of the Correctness of Invt. (See Invt. side, Page 104). An agreement to the division of his lands and property was signed on August 20, 1691 by Edward Durant, John Wade, Samuell Shether, Amos Tinker, and Samuel Tinker - his son and sons-in-law (TAG, 38:254).
There is a John Durant who married Margerett -----, Jan. 14, 1679, listed in the NEHGR, vol. 15, "Records of Wethersfield, Connecticut." There is no knowledge whether this John and George are related. Children for John are: Ebenezer, b. Jul. 22, 1681; Eunice, b. Nov. 12, 1682; John, b. Nov. 30, 1685; Miles, b. Jan. 24, 1687; and Daniel, b. Sept. 16, 1688.
People constantly get this George and his children mixed up with the one in NC. George of NC was married to Ann Marwood and his will was proved Feb. 26, 1693/94. It is as follows:
Will of George Durant, Albemarle Co NC.
In the name of God, Amen, the ninth day of October 1688. I, George Durant, of the Countie of Albemarle, i the Province of Carolina, Marriner, being in perfect health and memory, thanks bee to Allmighty God for the same, and calling to mind the uncertain state of this transitory life and that all flesh must yield unto Death when it shall please to call and being desirous to Settle things in order, Doe make this my las will and Testament in Manner and forme following.
Revoking and Absolutly un willing by these presents, all and every testament and testaments, will and wills, heretofore by me made and declared, either by word or by wrighting, not withstanding any promise to the contrary or clause derogatory in the same, and this to bee taken only for my last will and testament and non other.
First, I bequeath my soule to God, my maker and to Jesus Christ my Redeemer and to the Holy Ghost my sancifier; and my bodie to the Earth from which it came, to bee buried in such decent and christian manner as to my Executor shall bee fit and convenient, there to rest untill my body and soul shall meete again at the Joyful Resurection; and for my worldly estate I give and bequeath as followeth:
1st. I bequeath to my son John Durant my plantation whereon I now live with the equal part of on half of the tract of belonging thereto to him and his Heiyrs male, lawfully begotten of his own bodie for ever, and the other half of the said tract of land I give to my son Thomas Durant, and to his Heiyres male, of his body lawfully begotten, forever, and in case of failing of Heiyrs as Aforesaid, that then the of _ _ either of them is _ _ . My will is that my Nephew George Durant, the son of my brother John Durant, of London, Shall enjoy the whole tract of land, to him and his Heiyrs male, of his own body begotten, for ever and for want of such heyers as aforesaid, tht then the said plantation and land to fall to Henry Durant, the son of my Brother John Durant aforesaid, and for want of Heyre male as aforesaid in him, then my other nephew John Durant, the sone of my Brother John Durant aforesaid, and his Heyres male as aforesaid, to have hold and enjoy for ever, and for want of Heyers in him I doe give and bequeath my said plantation and tract of land there to belonging _ _ . Rights and priveledge for ever.
2nd. I doe give and grant to my loving wife, Ann Durant, my Said plantation, with all benefitts and profitts during hir natural life, without controule or any molestation whatsoever, and that all the remainder of my estate be equally divided between my loving wife, Ann Durant, and my Daughters Sarah, Matytya, Pertyenia and Ann Durant, and likewise I doe here make my loving wife, Ann Durant, to bee my whole and sole Executrix to see this my last will performed, leaving her the trust of my Children untill they shall come to age of married.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the day and year first above written.
George Durant (Seal)
Signed sealled and delivered in
presence of
John Philpott
The marke of Francis X Hossten
The marke of John C. Cully

More About George Durant:
Burial: Jun 1687
Death record: Barbour Collection - Middletown, CT, Deaths Extracted From the Land Records

Notes for Elizabeth Blake:
Her maiden name is not known. She was referred to as widow Blake.

More About Elizabeth Blake:
Burial: Feb 1690/91

More About George Durant and Elizabeth Blake:
Marriage: Abt. 1653, probably MA
Marriage Record: IGI Record - LDS File number 1903838; 1903844

Children of George Durant and Elizabeth Blake are:
33 i. Elizabeth Durant, born Bet. 1654 - 1657 in Prob. Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; died Dec 06, 1704 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married John Wade Abt. 1680.
ii. Mary Durant, born Abt. 1658 in Prob. Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; died Mar 19, 1741/42 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; married (1) John Waller Dec 28, 1678 in Lyme, New London, CT; born Abt. 1652; died Bef. Feb 28, 1685/86 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (2) Samuel Shether Bef. Aug 27, 1688 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Feb 03, 1657/58 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT; died Bef. Oct 1694 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT; married (3) Robert Chapman, Jr. Oct 29, 1694 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; born Sep 16, 1646 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Nov 10, 1711 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.

Notes for Mary Durant:
Death stated by researcher as being in Saybrook, March 19, 1742, age 84 (Lyme Archives).

More About Mary Durant:
Burial: Mar 1741/42

More About John Waller:
Probate: Feb 28, 1685/86, Inventory of Estate

Marriage Notes for Mary Durant and John Waller:
Last name of Mary given as Durine.

More About John Waller and Mary Durant:
Marriage: Dec 28, 1678, Lyme, New London, CT
Marriage Record: Lyme Records, vol. 1, p. 95 - last name Durine

iii. Abigail Durant, born Bet. 1660 - 1662 in Prob. Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; died Dec 24, 1728 in Southhold, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY; married Samuel Tinker Abt. 1682; born Apr 01, 1659 in New London, New London Co., CT; died Apr 28, 1733 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Abigail Durant:
Burial: Dec 1728

Notes for Samuel Tinker:
Franklin Dentz found his gravestone in the Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme in 1999. It reads "Here lieth - y body of Mr Samuel Tinker sen v died - April ye 28-1733 in y 71 year of his age. Stone in excellent condition. The very first stone from the entrance grave. This would put his birth as 1662.
In Samuel's will, he said that his son Samuel had been given his estate by deed as had Abigail when she married His 4 other daughters each received 50 pounds, Alice's going to her children equally. All of his movable estate was to be sold at a public vendue to be divided equally to the 4 girls as above. The lands at Middletown were to be divided equally to all his children, each to be at their proportion of costs to recover the same. In 1687 Samuel paid taxes on 2 hogs, 10 sheep, 2 oxen, 1 cow, 3 horses, yearlings. He was a Townsman and the assesment was 1 penny a pound.

More About Samuel Tinker:
Birth Record: TAG vol. 38, Apr. 1962, p. 254
Burial: May 1733, Duck River Cemetery - Lyme, CT
Will: Apr 28, 1733, Probated June 16, 1733

Marriage Notes for Abigail Durant and Samuel Tinker:
One reseasrcher stated that they were married when they were found guilty of incontinence before marriage. This needs tobe verified.

More About Samuel Tinker and Abigail Durant:
Marriage: Abt. 1682

iv. Edward Durant, born Jun 02, 1661 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; died Mar 28, 1718 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; married (1) Anne Hall Abt. 1684; born Nov 20, 1661; married (2) Sarah Whale Jun 02, 1714 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA - Old South Church; born Abt. 1694 in MA; married (3) Mary ----- Aft. 1714.

Notes for Edward Durant:
Birth date of June 2, 1661 is based on his mother's word. The Boston record states that he was 66 at his death which places his birth abt. 1652. In a deposition he made September 25, 1696 before Judge Sewall, he was described as 40, which places his birth in abt. 1656.

More About Edward Durant:
Birth Record: Middletown Vital Records in Land Records, Vol. 1, TAG, Vol. 12, 1936, Donald L. Jacobus
Burial: Mar 1717/18
Death record: Deaths in Boston 1700-1799, Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, 1999

More About Edward Durant and Anne Hall:
Marriage: Abt. 1684

v. Sarah Durant, born Bet. 1662 - 1664 in Prob. Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; died Jan 19, 1748/49 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Amos Tinker, Sr. Jun 01, 1682 in Lyme, New London, CT; born Oct 28, 1657 in Lancaster, Worchester Co., MA; died Bet. Aug 19, 1729 - Jun 22, 1730 in New London, New London Co., CT.

More About Sarah Durant:
Burial: Jan 1748/49, Old Baptist Meeting House Cemetery

Notes for Amos Tinker, Sr.:
In his will Amos left Sarah the improvement of the west end of his dwelling house and barn and 10 acres of land as well 1/3 of farm profits to be paid by John and Jonathon and his personal estate. To John 10 pounds of inventory plus 5 pounds. To grand-daughter, Elizabeth Smith a bay mare and a red heifer. To Amos, Samuel, John and Jonathan they have already received their deeded portion of the estate. His two daughters had been given their bequest and would divide anything left at their mother's death. His widow sold the house on December 5,1746. In 1688 Amos had 2 sheep, 2 horses, 2 hogs, 3 oxen, 2 cows and 1 person house with land that he had to pay taxes on (1 cent a pound). He was # 51 on the list.

More About Amos Tinker, Sr.:
Birth Record: TAG, vol. 38, Apr. 1962, p. 254
Will: Aug 19, 1729, Probated June 22, 1730, New London, New London Co., CT

Marriage Notes for Sarah Durant and Amos Tinker:
The marriage record indicates Sarah Blake, but that was her mother's maiden name. Lyme Deeds (1:95) states her name as Sarah Duren.

More About Amos Tinker and Sarah Durant:
Marriage: Jun 01, 1682, Lyme, New London, CT
Marriage Record: American Marriages Before 1699; Lyme Land Records, vol. 1, p. 95 - last name Duren


68. John Pember, born Abt. 1630 in county Hereford, Eng. He married 69. Anna Edwyn.
69. Anna Edwyn, born Bef. Jan 10, 1631/32 in Marden, county Hereford, Eng.

More About Anna Edwyn:
Christening: Jan 10, 1631/32, Parish Registers, 1600-1983, Church of England, Church of Marden - William and Penelope Edwine

Child of John Pember and Anna Edwyn is:
34 i. Thomas Pember, born Abt. 1662 in county Hereford, England; died Sep 22, 1711 in New London, New London Co., CT; married Agnes Way Abt. 1687 in New London, New London Co., CT.


70. George Way, born Abt. 1614 in Eng; died Abt. 1690 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT. He was the son of 140. Henry Way and 141. Elizabeth -----. He married 71. Elizabeth Smith Abt. 1650.
71. Elizabeth Smith, born Abt. 1630 in MA; died Apr 20, 1713 in New London, New London Co., CT.

Notes for George Way:
John is identified as father of Agnes who married Samuel Harris in 1679 (Harris was of Cambridge. We find the Pembers in Maldon/Cambridge area early, also). IGA gives father as George, not John.
According to Gov. Winthrop's journal, a Mr. Way with 5 sons were passengers on the ship "Lyon," Captain Pierce, master, which arrived at Boston February, 1631. During the voyage, one son was lost overboard from the rigging during a hurricane. It is possible that one of the surviving sons was George Way. This theory is reinforced in William Richard Cutter, Genealogical & Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. IV, (Orig. publ. NY, 1911; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997), pp. 1902-03. There it is stated that George was son of Henry Way & his wife Elizabeth [who settled at Dorchester] and names other sons Samuel, Henry, Jr, Richard and an unnamed son "lost in the winter passage of the ship 'Lion' chartered by the governor and council to go to Bristol, England for food for the colonies, December or Jan. 1630-1631." According to Cutter, George was born "about 1620;" according to Harry Abel Way II, The Connecticut Way Family, Being the Descendants of Sgt. George Way of Maine & Providence, (Decorah, IA: 1989), pg. 1, he was born in 1614.
A George Way apparently had a grant at one time in Dorchester, mentioned in the records Jan. 1637-1638. Cutter speculates that he was a brother of Henry Way and that his widow was living in Dorchester 23 Feb. 1646, perhaps mother of Aaron and Richard, both also of Dorchester.
This George Way seemed to live in many places, if various sources are accurate. He lived in Boston for a time, allegedly, where he shared in a division of the Neck lands, now South Boston, in 1637 (Cutter pg. 1903). He was a fisherman along the Maine coast; he was at the Isle of Shoals in 1649, at Neddock and Winter Harbor in 1650 and at Pemaquid in 1653 with a Thomas Way. A William Way was also buried at Pemaquid. George later moved to Providence, RI where, on 19 Feb. 1645 he was among 27 men granted 25 acres of land. He may have lived at one time in Lyme, CT as he is described as being of this place when he married Elizabeth Smith, per Savage, and as having been of Saybrook, CT where he removed after Providence was burned in 1676. He is described as being "of Lyme or Saybrook" in Frances Manwaring Caulkins, History of New London, Connecticut, (New London, 1895), pg. 362. According to Cutter, he died in Saybrook in "about 1690;" according to Harry Abel Way II, The Connecticut Way Family, Being the Descendants of Sgt. George Way of Maine & Providence, (Decorah, IA: 1989), pg. 1, he died in Providence between 1684 and 1689.
Along with Thomas Wallen and Richard Seeley, George was arrested in Barnstable 4 April 1650 for helping Katherence Warner and Mary Mills run away from their husbands. After being examined by Gov. Wm. Bradford, they confessed and George was sent, with the 2 women, to the place from which they came, called Winter Harbor, near Richmans Island; the other 2 men were committed to ward (Plymouth Court Orders, 1641-1651, Vol 2., pg 149).
In Feb. 1654 at Providence, George petitioned the town to become an inhabitant, a request which was granted 18 Feb. 1661. Although his house lot was not recorded until 1668, other deeds of abutters refer to George's home share in 1658 and 1662. He lived at the north end of Main St. just north of the present Olney St., close to the junction of the West & Moshosick Rivers. In 1663 he was allowed a small parcel of 1 1/2 acres between the two rivers.
George lived in Providence for about 30 years during which time he was town sergeant for 12 years and he bought, swapped and sold many pieces of land. Providence was attacked during King Philip's War, 29 & 30 March 1676 and 100 buildings were burned, probably including George Way's home. No will or probate of his estate has been found.
George may have been a less than savory character. In Frances Manwaring Caulkins, History of New London, Connecticut, (New London, 1895), pg. 252 is quoted from 1682 New London, CT court records: "Elizabeth Way presented for not living with her husband. The court orders her to go to her husband or to be imprisoned." The text goes on to say "Her husband resided in Saybrook, and she persisted in remaining with her mother, at New London. She was the only daughter of John and Joanna Smith. A remonstrance against her desertion of him is on record at Saybrook. The court order was disregarded."
Further, from The Connecticut Way Family: "In a deposition made by Richard Smith of New London for the probating of John Smith's several wills, he quotes John Smith (added: father-in-law of George Way) as follows: 'his wife had been very earnest with him to make one of her daughters children his heir but ... he wholly declined it because his wife's daughter was a Quaker and he could not abide Quakers: & also her husband (George Way) was a rude & lewd man in his life.'"

Notes for Elizabeth Smith:
Elizabeth Smith was the only daughter of John & Joanna Smith. She was a Quaker, based on the following: "In a deposition made by Richard Smith of New London for the probating of John Smith's several wills, he quotes John Smith as follows: 'his wife had been very earnest with him to make one of her daughters children his heir but ... he wholly declined it because his wife's daughter was a Quaker and he could not abide Quakers: & also her husband (George Way) was a rude & lewd man in his life.' ("The Connecticut Way Family").

More About Elizabeth Smith:
Burial: Apr 1713

More About George Way and Elizabeth Smith:
Marriage: Abt. 1650

Children of George Way and Elizabeth Smith are:
i. Elizabeth Way, born Mar 19, 1650/51 in Boston, MA.
ii. Joanna Way, born 1653.
iii. George Way, born Abt. 1655 in Providence, Providence Co., RI; died Abt. Feb 23, 1716/17 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Susannah Neist; born Abt. 1660 in New London Co., CT; died 1711 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

Notes for George Way:
George, New London, married Susanna, daughter of Joseph Nest, and died about 23 Feb. 1717, for reason of the "marvelous deep snow." His corpse could not be brought for burial before 7 March, 1717 (See Caulkins, 362).

More About George Way:
Burial: Aft. Mar 07, 1716/17

Notes for Susannah Neist:
Her last name is also given as Nest.

More About Susannah Neist:
Burial: 1711

iv. Alice Way, born Abt. 1658 in Providence, Providence Co., RI.

Notes for Alice Way:
Alise, m. George CHAPPELL, son George, Oct. 3, 1676 (Barbour Collection, new London, New London Co., CT). This could be George's daughter, but the timing seems to be a problem since it is believed that George did not move his family from Providence until after it was burned in the King Philip's War on March 29 and 30, 1676.

35 v. Agnes Way, born Abt. 1660 in Providence, Providence Co., RI; died Feb 1732/33 in New London, New London Co., CT; married (1) Samuel Harris May 14, 1679 in New London Co., CT; married (2) Thomas Pember Abt. 1687 in New London, New London Co., CT.
vi. Thomas Way, born Abt. 1666 in Providence, Providence Co., RI; died Oct 30, 1726 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT; married Ann Lester Abt. 1687 in New London Co., CT; born 1670 in New London Co., CT; died 1746 in New London Co., CT.

More About Thomas Way:
Burial: Oct 1726

More About Ann Lester:
Burial: 1746

More About Thomas Way and Ann Lester:
Marriage: Abt. 1687, New London Co., CT

vii. Mehitable Way, born 1670 in Providence, Providence Co., RI.


74. Lewis Jones, born 1635 in Hartford Co., CT. He married 75. Deborah Palmer Dec 04, 1660 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT.
75. Deborah Palmer, born Feb 05, 1642/43 in Hartford Co., CT.

More About Lewis Jones and Deborah Palmer:
Marriage: Dec 04, 1660, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT

Child of Lewis Jones and Deborah Palmer is:
37 i. Hannah Jones, born Abt. 1662 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; married (1) Mathew W. Ransom Mar 07, 1682/83 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; married (2) Stephen DeWolfe Aft. 1685.


80. Samuel Phelps, born Bef. Aug 05, 1621 in Crewkerne, county Somerset, Eng; died May 15, 1669 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of 160. William Phelps and 161. Mary -----. He married 81. Sarah Griswold Nov 10, 1650 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.
81. Sarah Griswold, born Bef. Jan 10, 1634/35 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng; died Nov 06, 1715 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of 162. Edward Griswald and 163. Margaret Hicks.

Notes for Samuel Phelps:
Information from Henry R. Styles, The History of Ancient Windsor, 1891.

More About Samuel Phelps:
Baptism: Aug 05, 1621, Crewkerne, county Somerset, Eng
Burial: May 1669, Palisade Cemetery - Windsor, CT

Notes for Sarah Griswold:
Sarah's will
I, Sarah Pinney of Windsor, widow, being aged and weak, doe make this my last will and testament: I give to my four daughters, Sarah Moore, Mary Addams, Abigail Winchell and Sarah Grant, the wife of Thomas Grant, the whole of my estate, to be equally divided between them. I make my brother Ensign Joseph Griswold and Sergt. Benajah Holcomb executors (Charles William Manwaring, Manwaring).

More About Sarah Griswold:
Baptism: Jan 10, 1634/35, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng
Burial: Nov 1715

More About Samuel Phelps and Sarah Griswold:
Marriage: Nov 10, 1650, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT
Marriage Record: NEHGR, vol. 5, Jan. 1851

Children of Samuel Phelps and Sarah Griswold are:
i. Samuel Phelps, born Bef. Sep 05, 1652 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; died Oct 21, 1741 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married (1) Sarah Eno; born Jun 16, 1649 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married (2) Abigail Williams Jun 21, 1678; born May 31, 1658 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

More About Samuel Phelps:
Baptism: Sep 05, 1652, NEHGS, vol. 5, January 1851
Burial: Oct 1741

ii. Sarah B. Phelps, born Mar 16, 1653/54 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; died Oct 26, 1732 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married John Mansfield Dec 13, 1683 in Hartford Co., CT; born Abt. 1648 in Hartford Co., CT; died May 15, 1726 in Hartford Co., CT.

More About Sarah B. Phelps:
Birth Record: NEHGS, vol. 5, January 1851 - only month and year
Burial: Oct 1732

More About John Mansfield:
Burial: May 1726

More About John Mansfield and Sarah Phelps:
Marriage: Dec 13, 1683, Hartford Co., CT
Marriage Record: NEHGR, vol. 5, Jan. 1851

iii. Timothy Phelps, born Oct 26, 1656 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; died Bef. May 05, 1714 in Hartford Co., CT; married (1) Sarah Gaylord Nov 18, 1680 in Hartford Co., CT; born Apr 13, 1665 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; died Nov 10, 1685; married (2) Sarah Pratt Nov 13, 1690 in Hartford Co., CT; born 1662 in Hartford Co., CT.

More About Timothy Phelps:
Birth Record: NEHGS, vol. 5, January 1851 - only month and year
Probate: May 05, 1714, Hartford Co., CT

More About Sarah Gaylord:
Burial: Nov 1685

More About Timothy Phelps and Sarah Gaylord:
Marriage: Nov 18, 1680, Hartford Co., CT
Marriage Record: NEHGR, vol. 5, Jan. 1851

iv. Mary Hester Phelps, born Oct 26, 1658 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married Daniel Adams Dec 20, 1677 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; born Abt. 1652 in Middlesex Co., MA; died Nov 07, 1713.

More About Mary Hester Phelps:
Birth Record: NEHGS, vol. 5, January 1851 - only month and year

More About Daniel Adams:
Burial: Nov 1713

More About Daniel Adams and Mary Phelps:
Marriage: Dec 20, 1677, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT

40 v. William Phelps, born Nov 03, 1660 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; died Nov 21, 1711 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; married Hannah Hayden Jan 04, 1692/93 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.
vi. John Phelps, born Jul 07, 1662 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; died Apr 30, 1679 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.

More About John Phelps:
Bat Mitzvah: NEHGS, vol. 5, January 1851
Burial: May 1679

vii. Ephraim Phelps, born Nov 01, 1663 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; died Oct 27, 1697 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; married Mary Jaggers May 11, 1691 in Hartford Co., CT; born Abt. 1665 in Hartford Co., CT.

More About Ephraim Phelps:
Birth Record: NEHGS, vol. 5, January 1851
Burial: Oct 1697

More About Ephraim Phelps and Mary Jaggers:
Marriage: May 11, 1691, Hartford Co., CT
Marriage Record: NEHGR, vol. 5, Jan. 1851 - Joggers

viii. Abigail Phelps, born May 16, 1666 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; died Apr 1726; married (1) David Marshall Dec 09, 1686; born Jul 24, 1661; married (2) Stephen Winchell Mar 10, 1697/98 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; born Aug 13, 1677 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; died Dec 18, 1725 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.

More About Abigail Phelps:
Birth Record: NEHGS, vol. 5, January 1851
Burial: Apr 1726

More About David Marshall and Abigail Phelps:
Marriage: Dec 09, 1686

ix. Josiah Phelps, born Dec 15, 1667 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; married Sarah Winchell Apr 26, 1690 in Hartford Co., CT; born Dec 26, 1674 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

More About Josiah Phelps:
Birth Record: NEHGS, vol. 5, January 1851

More About Josiah Phelps and Sarah Winchell:
Marriage: Apr 26, 1690, Hartford Co., CT
Marriage Record: NEHGR, vol. 5, Jan. 1851


82. Daniel Hayden, born 1640; died 1712. He was the son of 164. William Hayden. He married 83. Hannah Wilcockson.
83. Hannah Wilcockson, born 1646. She was the daughter of 166. William Wilcockson and 167. Margaret Birdseye.

More About Daniel Hayden:
Burial: 1712

Child of Daniel Hayden and Hannah Wilcockson is:
41 i. Hannah Hayden, born Nov 06, 1668 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married William Phelps Jan 04, 1692/93 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.


88. Humphrey Tiffany, born Jun 04, 1630 in Eng; died Jul 15, 1685 in Bristol Co., MA. He married 89. Elizabeth ----- 1662.
89. Elizabeth -----, born Abt. 1645.

Notes for Humphrey Tiffany:
Some information on family from Ancestry.com. Umphre Tiffany in the tax list for Milton, Norfolk Co., MA in 12/13/1678.

More About Humphrey Tiffany:
Burial: Jul 1685

More About Humphrey Tiffany and Elizabeth -----:
Marriage: 1662

Children of Humphrey Tiffany and Elizabeth ----- are:
i. James Tiffany, born Abt. 1666.
ii. Thomas Tiffany, born Jun 11, 1668.
iii. Hezekiah Tiffany, born Aug 18, 1670.
iv. William Tiffany, born Feb 23, 1671/72.
44 v. Consider Tiffany, born Jun 14, 1675 in Milton, Norfolk Co., MA; died Jan 07, 1707/08; married Abigail Niles Abt. 1695 in New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI.
vi. Ephraim Tiffany, born Dec 26, 1677 in Milton, Norfolk Co., MA.
vii. Ebenezer Tiffany, born 1678 in Milton, Norfolk Co., MA.
viii. Elizabeth Tiffany, born Apr 11, 1680.
ix. Sarah Tiffany, born Jul 06, 1683.


90. John Niles, born Mar 04, 1638/39 in Norfolk Co., MA; died Sep 07, 1683 in RI. He was the son of 180. John Niles and 181. Jane Reed. He married 91. Abigail ----- Abt. 1660.
91. Abigail -----, born Abt. 1639.

More About John Niles:
Burial: Sep 1683

Notes for Abigail -----:
Last name is possibly Ambrose.

More About John Niles and Abigail -----:
Marriage: Abt. 1660

Children of John Niles and Abigail ----- are:
45 i. Abigail Niles, born Abt. 1675; died Mar 22, 1738/39 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married Consider Tiffany Abt. 1695 in New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI.
ii. John Niles, born Abt. 1680.
iii. Ambrose Niles, born Nov 28, 1683.


92. Wolston Brockway, born 1638 in London, England; died Sep 14, 1718 in Lyme, New London, CT. He married 93. Hannah Briggs 1663.
93. Hannah Briggs, born Aug 28, 1642 in Boston, Suffolk, MA; died Feb 06, 1686/87 in Lyme, New London, CT.

More About Wolston Brockway:
Burial: Sep 1718

More About Hannah Briggs:
Burial: Feb 1686/87
Death record: NEGHR Vol 23 (1869) - Lyme Town Records - "Goodwife"

More About Wolston Brockway and Hannah Briggs:
Marriage: 1663

Children of Wolston Brockway and Hannah Briggs are:
i. Hannah Brockway, born Sep 14, 1664 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Mar 02, 1749/50 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (1) Thomas Champion Aug 23, 1682 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Apr 1656 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; died Apr 05, 1705 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (2) John Wade Bet. Jan 17 - Feb 06, 1705/06 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Abt. 1643 in possibly Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died Mar 24, 1727/28 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Hannah Brockway:
Birth Record: Births extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23
Burial: Mar 1749/50

More About Thomas Champion:
Birth Record: Saybrook Vital Records
Burial: Apr 1705

More About Thomas Champion and Hannah Brockway:
Marriage: Aug 23, 1682, Lyme, New London Co., CT
Marriage Record: Marriages extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23

46 ii. William Brockway, born Jul 25, 1666 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Mar 29, 1755 in CT; married Elizabeth Wolterton Bef. 1701.
iii. Wolston Brockway, born Feb 07, 1666/67.

More About Wolston Brockway:
Birth Record: Births extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23

iv. Marah Brockway, born Jan 16, 1668/69.

More About Marah Brockway:
Birth Record: Births extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23

v. Briget Brockway, born Jan 09, 1670/71.

More About Briget Brockway:
Birth Record: Births extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23

vi. Richard Brockway, born Sep 30, 1673 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; died Bef. Mar 16, 1761 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (1) Rachel Fox Oct 25, 1697 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Abt. 1677; died Apr 09, 1718 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (2) Elizabeth Tiffany May 05, 1720 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; born Feb 23, 1696/97 in New Shoreham, Washington Co., RI; died Mar 30, 1742 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

More About Richard Brockway:
Birth Record: Births extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23

More About Elizabeth Tiffany:
Burial: Apr 1742

More About Richard Brockway and Elizabeth Tiffany:
Marriage: May 05, 1720, Lyme, New London Co., CT

vii. Elizabeth Brockway, born May 24, 1676.

More About Elizabeth Brockway:
Birth Record: Births extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23

viii. Sarah Brockway, born Sep 23, 1679.

More About Sarah Brockway:
Birth Record: Births extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23

ix. Deborah Brockway, born May 01, 1682.

More About Deborah Brockway:
Birth Record: Births extracted from Lyme Town Records, NEGHR, vol. 23


96. Thomas Lord, born Abt. 1585 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng; died Aft. Jan 1643/44 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of 192. Richard Lord and 193. Joan -----. He married 97. Dorothy Bird Feb 23, 1610/11 in Towcester, County of Northampton, Eng.
97. Dorothy Bird, born Abt. May 25, 1588 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng; died Bef. May 12, 1675 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of 194. Robert Bird and 195. Amy -----.

Notes for Thomas Lord:
In 1632, he sent his oldest son, Richard, to New England to select a place for the followers of Thomas Hooker to settle. On April 29, 1635, Thomas registered to leave London for New England in the ship Elizabeth and Ann captained by Robert Cooper. Thomas was 50 at the time. Dorothy was 46. They stayed the first winter in Newton, MA (now Cambridge) where his son had a home and shop at the northwest corner of Brighton and Mt. Auburn Streets (History of Cambridge, Paige, p. 600). Their children's ages were as follows: Thomas, Jr. 16, Ann 14, William 12, John 10, Robert 9, Aymie 6 and Dorothy 4. At this time, the Plymouth Colony had grown beyond its early boundaries and the Massachusetts colony was thriving.
The reason for Thomas and Dorothy's willingness to abandon their apparently comfortable life is England becomes more evident when it is known tat that one of their fellow passengers aboard the Elizabeth and Ann was the Reverend Thomas Hooker. Reverend Hooker was a powerful and devout man who left England to preserve his own life for the crown was not happy with his belief and preaching. A group of loyal followers, Thomas and Dorothy among them, accompanied Rev. Hooker.
Settlement in Newtown did not last for long and Rev. Hooker, and his group resolved to find their own settlement away from the influences and controls of others. On May 31, 1636, they set off into wilderness and journeyed westward to the Connecticut River. Their trek has become legendary and perhaps represents the first step in the westward expansion of our country. Driving their cattle and carrying Thomas Hooker's wife in a litter they walked from Newtown to the present site of Hartford, Connecticut where they built their first homes, small cave-like dwelling dug into earthen banks. The one hundred who made the trip arrived in June of 1636. Land was purchased from the Indians and divided into lots. Thomas Lord became an original proprietor and founder of the city of Hartford. The monument to the founders of the Hartford Colony contains his name. His home lot and home were on what is now Willis Street near the home of his friend Thomas Hooker. Thomas Jr and Richard had lots next to their father.
There are no records to tell us of the death and burial of Thomas, Sr. although we know he was living in 1634/5 as he is mentioned in Hartford records. Dorothy died in 1675 at the age of 86. Her will exists and lists her possessions valued at 187 pounds, 17 shillings, 8 pence. The will suggests Thomas and Dorothy lived well and were important members of the Hartford colony.
Thomas, Jr. became the first recorded doctor in Connecticut. William, Thomas, Sr.'s fourth child, remained in Hartford, marrying first to Hattie Nickerson in 1642. They moved to Saybrook in about 1645. William acquired considerable land in Saybrook and across the Connecticut River in Lyme. (see also Warner Lord's web page)

Notes for Dorothy Bird:
Inventory of her estate was taken May 12, 1675, see Charles W. Manwaring, Early Connecticut Probate Records, vol. 1, p. 215.
Name: Mrs. Dorothy Lord Location:
Invt. œ187-17-08. Taken 12 May, 1675, by George Grave, John Shepherd. Will dated 8 February, 1669/70.
I Dorothy Lord of Hartford do declare this to be my last Will & Testament: First, that all my Just Debts be paid out of my Estate. I do give my now Dwelling house & Barne and my Homelott and my lower Lott in the lower Meadow unto the Children of my son Thomas Lord, Decd, at the age of 18 years. Item: I give unto my daughter Amy Gilbert and her Children 3 acres of Meadow & Swamp land in the upper Lott in the Long Meadow next to that Mrs. Olcott hath now in possession. It. I give unto my son Robert Lord, if he live after my decease so long as to have notice of this my Will, 3 acres in my upper Lott adjoining to that which I have given my daughter Gilbert. It. I give unto my son William Lord 2 acres in my Great Lott in the Long Meadow next adjoining to that which I have given to my son Robert. It. I give unto my son John Lord œ10 in Current Pay of the Country. It. Whereas my gr. son Richard Lord hath disbursed several sums of Money or Country pay for the Building of my Chimneys and Shingling my House & repayers about it, I doe for the payment of him, Give, Grant & Confirm unto him & his heirs forever all that my Meadow Lott in the Long Meadow which abutts upon the Great River East, the Little River West, Mr. Westwood's Land North, & Barth Barnard's Land South. I do also give to my sd. gr. son Richard Lord all the remainder of my upper Lott in the Long Meadow which I have not given to my sons Robert and William and my daughter Gilbert and their Children, he paying the Legacies hereafter expressed. To my son John, œ10. I give unto my gr. Child Hannah Ingersoll my youngest Cow, and my 3 Cows I give unto my gr. children, Dorothy and Margaret Ingersoll. I give all my Moveable Estate & Cattle to my son William Lord, my gr. son Richard Lord, my daughter Stanton, my daughter Gilbert, and the Children of my daughter Ingersoll, the whole to be divided into five parts, and my daughter Ingersoll's children to have one part and the rest each of them one part. I give unto the wife of Nicholas Clarke 10 Shillings. I Constitute my son William and my gr. son Richard Executors, and desire my friend Mr. John Allyn to be Overseer.
Witness: John Allyn, Steven Hopkins.
Dorothy X Lord.
Dorothy Lord doth order the Dispose of her household stuff, after her decease, as followeth: I give to Richard Lord's wife my iron Drippin pan & Great Pewter Pye Plate. Unto Richard Lord Jun. my Great Brass Pott. I give unto Mr. Haynes one payre of my best Sheets & two Napkins & a pewter pye Plate (smaler one) & one pewter Candle Stick. I give unto my daughter Stanton my Great Brass Pann & my great Bible. I give to my son William Lord my Silver Drinking Bowle & my Great Brass Kettle. I give to my daughter Gilbert my lesser Brass Pann & a Brass Scummer & a Brass Chaffing Dish; a great pewter platter to Elizabeth Gilbert, & Two Joynt stooles. I give to my daughter Lord, widow, my bed I ly on & A feather boulster & a brass Skillett. I give to Dorothy Phelps my Coverlid & a feather pillow beere. I give to Margery Ingersoll a white blankett & a pillow. I give to Hanna Kellsey my hood, a scarfe, a Hatt, & a great white Chest, a feather bed & Two Blanketts, a Bowlster & Two pillows, Two payre of sheets, one small pott, one small Brass ketle, one warming pann, & one payre of Curtains & Curtain rods, & one brass Candlestick, & all my Earthern ware. I give to my son Thomas his Children all the utensills about the fire that are now in my house, & my Table & forme & Chayres. I give to Mary Lord Jun., daughter of my son Thomas, my bedstead. I give to Marjory Ingersoll & her Sister Dorothy, to Each twenty shillings (Court Record, Page 149--14 May, 1675: Will proven. (A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records).

More About Dorothy Bird:
Baptism: May 25, 1588, St Lawrence Church, Towcester, Eng
Death record: Early Connecticut Probate Records vol. 1, p. 215
Will: Feb 08, 1669/70, Hartford County Probate Records, Bk.3, p.142; Court Record, pg.149 (May 14, 1675)

More About Thomas Lord and Dorothy Bird:
Marriage: Feb 23, 1610/11, Towcester, County of Northampton, Eng
Marriage Record: License Book of Peterborough, p. 25

Children of Thomas Lord and Dorothy Bird are:
i. Richard Lord, born Nov 15, 1611 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng.; died May 17, 1662 in New London, New London Co., CT; married Sarah Graves 1635 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; born 1615 in Towchester, County Northampton, Eng; died Aft. Aug 02, 1676 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT

Notes for Richard Lord:
He came to New England ahead of the Lord family, and settled in Newton, MA. He moved to Hartford and was an original proprietor there in 1636. He served as Deputy and Representative to the General Court from 1657-1662. As Captain of the First Troop of Horse, he was sent to New Haven to search out the Regicides, but he did not find them (The Original Proprietors of Hartford, p. 249).

More About Richard Lord:
Baptism: Jan 05, 1611/12, Towcester, County Northampton, Eng
Burial: May 1662
Military service: Mar 11, 1658/59, Captain of the First Troop of Horse

Notes for Sarah Graves:
Name: Sarah Lord Location: Hartford
Will dated 2 August, 1676.
I Sarah Lord of Hartford doe make this my last Will & Testament: For ye Continuance of Love & Peace amongst my Relations, dispose of my Outward Estate as followeth: My Wearing Apparrel I doe give unto sundry persons hereafter mentioned. I give unto my daughter Haynes my silk Gown, my Mohaire Petticoat and my red Parragon Petticoat. I give to my daughter Lord my best Broad Cloth Gown and my Red Broad Cloth Petticoat. I give unto Dorothy Ingersoll (alias Phelps) my Coat & Wastcoat of Black Serge. I do give to Hannah Ingersoll (alias Kelsey) my dark Cloth Gown, my Haire Tamy Petticoat, and my green Apron. The rest of my Clothes I give for ye Use of Dorothy Lord Jun. I do give unto my Cousin Priscilla Brackett (alias Renolds) of Boston œ10, to be paid at ye End of 5 years next after my Decease. I do give unto my cousin Sarah Brackett (alias Shaw) œ10, to be paid at Hartford within 5 years after my Decease. I give unto my Kinsman William Chapman œ12, to be remitted him of ye Debt he oweth. I give unto my Cousin Margaret Ingersoll, when she is 18 years of age, one Cow. I do give unto Mary Lord (alias Olmsted) two Eues. I doe give unto Sarah Lord, the daughter of my brother William Lord, 2 Eues. I do give unto Mary Lord, the daughter of my Brother Thomas Lord, at ye age of 18 years, 2 Eues. I do give unto Richard Lord, ye sonne of my Brother Richard Lord, œ4, to be paid him at the end of 6 years after my Decease. All which Legacies are to be paid at Hartford out of my Estate. I do give unto my daughter Sarah Haynes and her children ye sume of œ180. I give unto my daughter Haines and her Children ye sume of œ50 more, in all œ230. Lastly, I doe give unto my sonne Richard Lord the whole remaining Estate, both Real & Personal, and appoint him sole Executor, ordering him to discharge all and every of ye Legacies above mentioned, as also to maintain and take ye Care of Dorothy Lord, daughter of my Brother Thomas Lord, Decd, during her natural life, yt she be comfortably and decently provided for. I request my honoured & respective friend Capt. John Allyn and Brother George Graves to be Supervisors.
Witness: Joseph Haynes, George Graves.
Sarah X Lord. Ls.
Court Record, Page 154--7 September, 1676: Will exhibited, and Mr. Richard Lord accepts Executorship.

More About Sarah Graves:
Will: Aug 02, 1676, Hartford Probate Records

More About Richard Lord and Sarah Graves:
Marriage: 1635, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT

ii. Anne Lord, born Bef. Sep 18, 1614 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng; died 1688 in Stonington, New London Co., CT; married Thomas Stanton 1637 in Hartford Co., CT; born Jan 19, 1615/16 in Wolverton, County Warwick, Eng; died Dec 02, 1677 in Stonington, New London Co., CT.

More About Anne Lord:
Baptism: Sep 18, 1614, Towcester, County Northampton, Eng
Burial: 1688, Wequetequock Cemetery - North Stoninghton, CT

Notes for Thomas Stanton:
Information on Thomas and his family taken from Stanton and Related Families web page by Brian Bonner Mavrogeorge. Clarence Almon Torrey in TAG, v.14, p.86-87, disputes the claim that the Thomas Stanton, who came on the Bonaventure and married Anne Lord, was a son of Thomas and Katherine (Washington) Stanton. Others claim that he was.
1650 - The General Court appointed Thomas Stanton "interpreter to the elders," who required him to preach the gospel to the Indians at least twice a year.
1650 - Thomas Stanton, being licensed by the General Court, established a trading house in Stonington, at the Rock on the west bank of the Pawcatuck River, and was granted a house lot of 6 acres in New London, which he never occupied, his family remaining in Hartford.
Mr. Stanton's wife and children resided in New London after 1650, until their residence was permanently fixed on the Pawcatuck. His trading house prospered; he became a very extensive landholder. As he was endowed with very superior mental qualities, was well educated and had great force of character, he became naturally a chief personage in that part of the colony (Baldwin, John D., Thomas Stanton of Stonington, Conn. (1882), pp.5-6).

More About Thomas Stanton:
Burial: Dec 1677, Wequetequock Cemetery - North Stoninghton, CT
Military service: Peqot War in 1637

More About Thomas Stanton and Anne Lord:
Marriage: 1637, Hartford Co., CT
Marriage Record: American Marriages Before 1699

iii. Thomas Lord, born Bef. Nov 15, 1616 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng.; died Oct 23, 1661 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; married Hannah Thurston Sep 28, 1652 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; born Abt. 1623 in Hartford Co., CT.

Notes for Thomas Lord:
He was a schoolmaster and the first regularly educated physician in Connecticut (The Original Proprietors of Hartford, pp. 249-250).
His will:
Name: Thomas Lord Location: Wethersfield
Invt. œ202-18-00. Taken 5 April, 1662, by Richard Lord & Samuel Boreman. Will dated 28 October 1661. (Thomas Lord brother of Richard Lord):
I Thomas Lord of Wethersfield, being of perfect memory and understanding though weake of body, make this my Last will: And then considering the inability of my elder daughter Dorothy Lord in an ordianry way uncapable of ever carringe for it selfe in this world, seeing that extraordinary payns and Care must be taken with it, I, for the incouragement of my Dear and Tender wife to breed up and take the Care of my sd. Daughter, doe freely give my whole Estate during her natural life. I mean my house and Land at Hartford and all that part and portion of Goods and Chattells wch shall appeare to belong to me after the death of my Honoured and beloved Mother, and my house & Lott at Wethersfield, with all my Moveables & Cattell & Debts due either by Booke or Bill, my Just Ingagements being satisfied, trusting she will have a motherly Care of my Sweet Babes; and, if she can, Will dispose part to them that survive; and that She may Sell either of the houses for the supply of herselfe and children. Moreover I doe Intreat my beloved brother Capt. Richard Lord of Hartford and Mr. Samuel Boreman of Wethersfield to be Supervisors of my will, and to Assist, councill and act for my Loving wife Hannah Lord as her occasion shall require their helpe. Soe I comitt my spirit to God.
Not witnessed. (See File.) Thomas Lord (Court Record, Page 69 (Vol. III)--29 October, 1667: Adms. granted to Gregory Wilterton on the Estate of Thomas Lord, Decd, according to the Will of the Deceased. Gregory Wilterton accepts).

More About Thomas Lord:
Baptism: Nov 15, 1616, Towcester, County Northampton, Eng
Burial: Oct 1661
Will: Oct 28, 1662, Inventory taken April 5, 1662

More About Thomas Lord and Hannah Thurston:
Marriage: Sep 28, 1652, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA

48 iv. William Lord, born Bef. Dec 27, 1618 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng.; died May 17, 1678 in Lyme, New London Co., CT; married (1) Unknown Abt. 1642; married (2) Lydia Buckland Jun 03, 1660 in Rehoboth, MA.
v. Robert Lord, born Bef. May 12, 1620 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng.; died Jul 13, 1678 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA; married Rebecca Stanley 1650 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; born Abt. 1630 in Stonington, New London Co., CT.

More About Robert Lord:
Baptism: May 12, 1620, Towcester, County Northampton, Eng
Burial: Jul 1678

More About Robert Lord and Rebecca Stanley:
Marriage: 1650, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA

vi. John Lord, born Bef. Jan 21, 1623/24 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng.; died 1692 in Strafford Co., VA; married (1) Rebecca Bushnell; born 1621 in Horsham, County Sussex, Eng.; died Bef. 1647; married (2) Elizabeth Vincent; born Abt. 1627; married (3) Adrean Baysey May 15, 1648 in Hartford, CT; born Abt. 1626.

More About John Lord:
Baptism: Jan 21, 1623/24, Towcester, County Northampton, Eng
Burial: 1692

vii. Aymie Lord, born Bef. Nov 30, 1626 in Towcester, Northampton, Eng.; died Jan 08, 1689/90; married John Gilbert May 06, 1647 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; born Abt. 1626 in Eng; died Dec 29, 1690 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.

More About Aymie Lord:
Baptism: Nov 30, 1629, Towcester, County Northampton, Eng
Burial: Jan 1689/90

More About John Gilbert:
Burial: Dec 1690

Marriage Notes for Aymie Lord and John Gilbert:
Births, Marriages, & Deaths Contained in the volume lettered
"Original Distribution of the Town of Hartford (Ct.) among the Settlers, 1639."
New England Historical & Genealogical Register,
Vol 13, p. 141,
transcribed by Lucius M. Boltwood.
John GILLBERD was maryed to Amy LORD May the sixth one Thousand six hundreth forty & seven.

More About John Gilbert and Aymie Lord:
Marriage: May 06, 1647, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT

viii. Dorothy Lord, born Bef. Jul 01, 1629 in Towcester, Northampton, Eng; died Jan 03, 1656/57 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA; married John Ingersoll Abt. 1651 in Hartford Co., CT; born Abt. 1615 in County Bedford, Eng; died Sep 03, 1684 in Westfield, Hampton Co., MA.

More About Dorothy Lord:
Baptism: Jul 01, 1629, Towcester, County Northampton, Eng
Burial: Jan 1656/57

More About John Ingersoll:
Burial: Sep 1684

More About John Ingersoll and Dorothy Lord:
Marriage: Abt. 1651, Hartford Co., CT


Generation No. 8

128. Thomas Wade, born Abt. 1590 in Eng. He married 129. Unknown.
129. Unknown

Notes for Thomas Wade:
There is no evidence, other than secondary references, to any of the information listed here. This information should only be used as clue material. Joan Guilford more confidently states: "Although we know where our immigrant ancestor, Nicholas came from in England and we know that he was a brother of Jonathan who came earlier and settled at Ipswich, Mass., we know very little other than that it has been accepted that their father was Thomas and that another brother named Thomas remained at home" (The Ancestry of Dr. J. P. Guilford).
Thomas Wade is reported to have visited Boston in 1630. He then returned to England. There is record of him as a passenger on the Winthrop Fleet from Northampton in England, and as an Adventurer (Partner) of the Massachusetts Bay Company. He is believed to be the father of Jonathon Wade who came in 1632, and of Nicholas Wade who came in 1635. There is an IGI record - LDS File number 2034687 - that states Nicholas' father to be Thomas Wade. In Jonathon's will of 1657, a brother, Thomas, who remained in Northampton, England is mentioned. Both Jonathon and Nicholas named sons Thomas. Another possible brother, Nathaniel, is said to have come to New England with Jonathan and Nicholas; "wealthy yeoman of English county of Norfolk, Jonathan, Nathaniel, and Nicholas Wade that settled around the present site of Boston, MA" (both Jonathon and Nicholas also named sons Nathaniel) (The Wade Genealogy, Stuart Charles Wade , p. 61) (Winthrop Fleet of 1630, Banks, p. 95) (Pioneers of Massachusetts, Pope, p. 472).
A search conducted by Charles Farrow Research for information about Jonathan and Thomas Wade in England has produced the following summation.
Search through the Bedford Level Registers of Conveyances from 1657-1688. This produced a Conveyance dated 15 June 1665 between the Commissioners of the Great Level and Jonathan Wade of Charltowne in New England, Gent. & Sir William Peake, Knight, Alderman of London, confirming to Jonathan 256 acres of feen & marsh in Denver which he claimed to own. I suspect that this is the same land which he bought in 1657, in the time of the Commonwealth, and which was being confirmed because the Restoration of the Monarchy under Charles II made all Commonwealth transactions possibly void. The presence of Sir William Peake, who was probably Jonathan's London agent, is significant, because he was said to be a witness of the 1657 Will. His Will was proved in the PCC in 1676, but he does not mention any land in Norfolk, or Jonathan Wade. However, he does have Northamptonshire connections according to his Will, having been born in Achurch.
Searching further, I found two more Conveyances with a Jonathan Wade of London, but nothing to indicate whether this was the same man. 18 May 1671 between Samuel Sandys the elder of Ombersley, Worcestershire, Samuel Sandys the younger, & Edwin Sandys Gents. and Jonathan Wade of London Gent. conveying 256 acres of marsh in Denver lying between the River Ouse, the well Creek and the New or Bedford River at Salters Load, for which Jonathan paid £100. On 13 July 1671 Jonathan Wade, still of London, conveyed 5 acres called the Brickyard, with the properties erected on it, part of the lands he had just bought, to John Saffrey of Downham Market, Gent. for £47 10s. There are no further Conveyances by Jonathan or his Executors up to 1688.
I have also read 22 Wade Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury for any reference to Jonathan. None of them have produced any positive references, although there are several with possible links, which would need further research to eliminate or confirm them.
I have looked at the Northampton Archdeacomy Wills Calendars, but can find no helpful Wade Wills, nor are any in the PCC of Northamptonshire men or women. However, the Peterborough Consistory Court Wills have no printed Calendar, so work will have to be at Northamptonshire Archives.
I went to Northampton to look at Wade Wills. There are 20 Wills listed in the Indexes for this name 1600-1700, and I read all of them. One turned out to be WOOD, but all the others were Wade. I was looking for the father of Jonathan and Thomas in the earlier period, and for a Will of brother Thomas in the later period. Only at Walgrave did I find a combination of sons Thomas and John, but a search of the Parish Registers eliminated this.
I also searched the Parish Registers of Thorpe Achurch, mentioned in the Peake Will, but again drew a blank. A search of the Parish Registers of the four Northampton Parishes, All Saints, St Giles, St Peter and St Sepulchre, produced only a few Burials, with nothing relevant to our quest. The Register of Freemen of Northampton produced no Wade entries.
Having drawn a complete blank on this line, I re-examined my Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills work, and returned to the Will of Thomas Wade of Portbury, Somerset, proved in 1683. Thomas has sons Thomas, Samuel, Nathaniel & Daniel, similar to those of Jonathan. Having to work in the southwest, and at both Bristol and Taunton, I decided to investigate this family. The Registers of Portbury are held at the Somerset Record Office at Taunton, and these were searched. I found the baptism of Thomas, son of Thomas, but there was no brother Jonathan/John. There was a John Wade baptised there in 1621, son of George Wade, but he was buried a few days later.
Thomas also mentioned lands at adjoining Abbots Leigh, whose Registers are at the Bristol Record Office. Unfortunately, I discovered that they do not survive early enough for us, and there are no Bishops Transcripts for the period either. However, as Abbots Leigh was a Chapel of Bedminster, I searched the Bishops Transcripts of Bedminster (Registers do not survive so early), but found no Wade entries.
I suggest that if you wish to pursue this further, that perhaps we should look at the London Testamentary Courts (Research provided for by Charles Labarage).
A Thomas and Elizabeth (Woodward) Wade married in county Lincoln, Eng. 1586, may be a family to pursue. Though this couple is not likely the parents of the four males we have listed, they could be grandparents. They had children Nathaniel, John, Thomas, and Mary. County Lincoln is next to county Norfolk. Another researcher, Mike Wade, has the parents as Thomas Wade, son of Alan, and Elizabeth Ashlyn of Boston, county Lincoln, Eng.

Children of Thomas Wade and Unknown are:
i. Nathaniel Wade, born in Eng.

Notes for Nathaniel Wade:
Speculated brother of Nicholas and son of Thomas.

ii. Jonathon Wade, born Abt. 1612 in Eng; died 1683 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA; married Susanna Francis Abt. 1630; born Abt. 1610 in Eng; died Nov 29, 1678 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA.

Notes for Jonathon Wade:
Jonathan Wade (possible brother of Nicholas) is said to have been born abt. 1605, in the Parish of Denver, county Norfolk, England. He sailed June 22, 1632 on the ship "Lyon," William Pierce Master, from London to Boston, arriving September 16, 1632. With his wife Susannah, he joined the Charlestown Church on March 25, 1633. He was reported as a freeman May 14, 1634. He moved to Ipswich, MA in 1635. On April 1, 1666, he sold the Wade Farm to Henry Bennett for £237. His wills were probated September 25, 1683, with the second will of May 22, 1669 being accepted. His total estate was valued at £7,859, 5s, 3d, homelot, woodmill, cattle and two Negro slaves at £783, 5s, 11d, lands at Mistick £3,560, 72 acres at Osbun £77, lands in England £1,500. He was a very rich man for his times. (The Hammatt Papers - History of Ipswich, pp. 379-384) (Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 472) (Winthrops Fleet, pp. 99-100, 102) (American Ancestry, I) (Genealogical Dictionary of New England, IV:377-378) (Wade Quarterly) (American Marriage Records before 1699, Clemens) (Register Society of Colonial Dames, 1922:377, 1927:478) (Genealogies and Families of Connecticut, p. 478)
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1632 on Lyon [Hotten 150]
FIRST RESIDENCE: Charlestown
REMOVES: Ipswich 1636
RETURN TRIPS: To England 1657 and 1658 and back soon; to England 1669 and back soon
OCCUPATION: Merchant and tavern keeper [EQC 3:5, 309, 402]. In 1647 he made a five-year agreement to conduct joint trade in Ipswich with Robert and William Paine, John Whittingham, John Whipple and William Bartholomew [SLR 3:357-58].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Jonathan Wade and Susanna his wife" were admitted to Charlestown church 25 May 1633 [ChChR 8].
FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 [MBCR 1:369]. Took the oath of allegiance to the King, 1678, at Ipswich [EQC 7:158].
EDUCATION: He signed his 1682 petition.
BIRTH: About 1612 (deposed about September 1678 aged "about sixty-four years" [EQC 7:87]).
DEATH: 13 June 1683 [EQC 9:267]. (Sewall reported the burial on November 8, 1684 of "Dom[inus] Wade" [Sewall 56], which Savage has taken to be for Jonathan Wade [Savage 4:378]. The date of death given by his sons in the administration of his estate must be accepted, and so this burial date must be incorrect, or be for some other man named Wade.)
MARRIAGE: By 1633 Susanna _____; she died at Ipswich on 29 November 1678.
CHILDREN:
i Mary, bp. Charlestown October 2, 1633 [ChChR 45]; m. (1) by 1669 William Simonds; m. (2) (after 1683) by 1689 Francis Littlefield.
ii Jonathan, b. about 1637 (d. November 24, 1689, in 53rd year [Wyman 984]); m. (1) Ipswich December 9, 1660 Dorothy Buckley; m. (2) by 1665 Deborah Dudley, daughter of Thomas Dudley (called daughter Wade in her mother's will); m. (3) as her first husband say 1687 Elizabeth Dunster.
iii Prudence, b. say 1639; m. (1) Rowley December 28, 1659 Anthony Crosby; m. (2) July 9, 1673 Seaborn Cotton [NEHGR 33:35], son of John Cotton; m. (3) Rowley November 7, 1686? John Hammond, son of William Hammond.
iv Sarah, b. say 1641; m. Ipswich November 13, 1661 Samuel Rogers, son of Rev. Nathaniel Rogers [NEHGR 5:142, 316].
v Elizabeth, b. about 1644 (deposed April 21, 1670 aged twenty-six years [EQC 3:242]); m. Ipswich May 26, 1665 Elihu Wardwell.
vi Nathaniel, b. about 1648 (deposed aged about thirty-six by March 1684 [EQC 9:210]); m. Andover October 31, 1672 Mercy Bradstreet, daughter of Simon Bradstreet (Dudley Bradstreet testified that when Mr. Wade came to speak to his father about a marriage between his son Nathaniel and deponent's sister Mercy "I heard him tell my father that he would forthwith settle his said son upon one half of his farm at Mistick which part of said farm should be his, also that one third of the land in England should be his, but he refused then to make the conveyance, saying that he himself might live to spend it" [EQC 9:124-25]).
vii Thomas, b. about 1650 (deposed November 25, 1678 aged "about twenty-eight years" [EQC 7:117]); m. Ipswich February 22, 1670 Elizabeth Cogswell.
OFFICES: Grand jury, September 19, 1637 [MBCR 1:203].
Grand jury, September 19, 1646 (fined for absence), September 25, 1649, March 1677 (fined for absence, perhaps the son) [EQC 1:102, 109, 175, 3:249]. Petit jury, March 31, 1646, March 29, 1653, September 26, 1654 [EQC 1:93, 276, 362].
ESTATE: On June 6, 1639 the court granted to Mr. Jonathan Wade two hundred acres of land [MBCR 1:262]. In 1639 Jonathan Wade, "sometime of Charltowne, being lawfully possessed of ten acres of land in Mistick Field upon the long hill by Mistick river," sold them to Thomas Allin, teacher of the church of Christ in Charlestown [ChBOP 96].
On May 2, 1649 Jonathan Wade was granted four hundred acres of land "where he shall find it undisposed of" [MBCR 2:273]. This land was ordered laid out on any side of Nashaway bounds [MBCR 3:271]. At court March 1652 Jonathan Wade sued the town of Ipswich for trespass "for interrupting him about a sawmill" [EQC 1:248].
On May 28, 1659 Humphrey Griffin of Ipswich, butcher, sold to Mr. Jonathan Wade, merchant, six acres of marsh near Hog Island [ILR 4:168].
In the late 1660s Jonathan Wade acquired several marsh lots at Plum Island: Lot #65, three acres, from William Buckley of Ipswich, shoemaker, October 16, 1666 [ILR 4:121]; Lot #8, from Nicholas and Anna Clap, "late wife unto John Annable," April 15, 1667 [ILR 4:119]; Lot #9, from Abraham Fitt of Ipswich, husbandman, June 8, 1667 [ILR 4:118]; three acres "which I bought of John Pindar," from Samuel Hunt of Ipswich, May 2, 1667 [ILR 4:244]; Lot #23, six acres, from Samuel Appleton of Ipswich, gent., July 26, 1667 [ILR 4:120]; and Lot #64, from Nathaniel Rust of Ipswich, April 4, 1669 [ILR 4:244].
On October 9, 1673 Joseph Bigsbie Senior of Rowley Village sold to Mr. Jonathan Wade of Ipswich one-sixteenth part of the ironworks in Rowley Village [ILR 4:168]. On February 11, 1674 Thomas Lovell of Ipswich sold to Jonathan Wade his "right of commonage which now is or hereafter might be due unto me by virtue of the town's grant unto John Hassall" [ILR 4:245]. On April 16, 1679 William Symonds of Ipswich, gent. sold to Jonathan Wade a houselot in Ipswich [ILR 4:267]. On November 11, 1682 John Perkins of Ipswich, quartermaster and innholder in Ipswich sold to Mr. Jonathan Wade of Ipswich (and confirmed to Thomas Wade son of Jonathan Wade) one acre of land "of my farm of Chebacco next adjoining to the sawmill of said Wade" [ILR 5:88].
The probate of the estate of Mr. Jonathan Wade touched off an enormous wrangle. He had made several wills over the years, all with varying provisions. The court had no choice but to declare him intestate, since there were flaws in each. With property in both New England and old England, the matter was quite complex. In September 1683 Mr. Jonathan Wade's three sons appeared in court and desired administration upon their father's estate. "Court offered to appoint all three, but the second asked to be excused and the eldest refused to join with the rest, so court appointed the third son, Mr. Thomas Wade, he being most acquainted with his father's affairs in Ipswich. He was ordered to bring in an inventory to the next Salem court" [EQC 9:97]. But at the next court, "Capt. Jonathan Wade appeared and asked for sole administration upon the estate" stating that he was the eldest son and entitled to administer without his brother and requested the removal of his brother Thomas. Court appointed all three sons administrators and they gave bond for £1000" [EQC 9:122-23].
Eldest son Jonathan complained that he had brought a valid will to court and seen it disallowed, and now was greatly damaged by the fact that the court was treating him as though he was not to be trusted with the estate, so that he could not be acknowledged as a claimant to land in other jurisdictions, including England.
Among the several wills produced was one in which the signature was torn off, made by Jonathan Wade of Ipswich, dated May 22, 1669, presented December 27, 1683 by Mr. Thomas Wade, who with Mr. Nathaniel Wade, affirmed that it was in their father's handwriting, and Capt. Jonathan Wade acknowledged he believed it, but said "it was cancelled":
I Jonathan Wade of Ipswich in New England being to go a voyage to sea and not knowing the day of my death, do ordain this as my last will and testament ... my land in England should be equally divided betwixt my three sons Jonathan, Nathaniel and Thomas, only that land I had of Mr. Drury for rent should be sold to pay Sir William Peak what is due to him & the remainder to be sent over in goods to my executrix, whom I do hereby appoint to be my beloved wife Susana, also I give to my son Jonathan the one half of my farm at Mistick with the one half of all the stock upon it, also I give to my son Nathaniel the other half of the said farm at Mistick & half of the stock on it to be equally divided betwixt them. I give to Thomas all my housing Land & mills at Ipswich & all the stock on it. I give to Jonathan all my land at Malden, to Nathaniel my land at Wemeseck, to Thomas my grant of land of 800 acres. I give to Anthony Crosby my son £50. I give to Thomas Crosby, Nathaniel Crosby, & Jonathan Crosby £50 apiece to be for the use of Prudence Crosby their mother during her pleasure. I give to Elihue Wardell my son £200 to be laid out in housing & land to be for the use of his wife Elizabeth during her life, & his two children after these legacies to be appointed out of my debts abroad ... I give equally to my three natural sons to be possessed of as at the pleasure of my executrix or at her death or at the day of her marriage with another man which shall first fall out [EQC 9:154-55].
Another will, dated London June 17, 1657, provided that all the land in "Norfolk in parish of Druer [sic - probably Denver]" was to go to eldest son Jonathan, after his mother had her thirds [EQC 9:268]. The younger two sons petitioned the court that they had been to seven sessions of court with no settlement yet and would the court please make up its mind [EQC 9:125]. The case was not settled until November 1684 when the 1669 will was annexed to the letters of administration already granted [EQC 9:410].
History of Ipswich, Essex, & Hamilton, Felt, 1991, p. 167-8 (APPARENT DISCREPANCY IN DEATH, BURIAL DATES - BURIAL FROM BUTTERS RECORD, DEATH FROM "HISTORY")
Left brothers, Nathaniel and Thomas; and children, Jonathan, Nathaniel, to both of whom he had given a farm at Mystick, where they lived; Thomas, to whom he willed lands and mills in Ipswich; Prudence, wife of Anthony Crosby, wife of Samuel Rogers; Susannah, wife of William Symonds; Elizabeth, wife of Elihu Wardwell. In January, 1630, he put 50# into the colony stock, and afterwards 10#, for which he petitioned the General Court in 1682, that his proportion of land might be allowed. He was accordingly granted 800 acres. His estate was 7,859#, 5s. 3d. He sustained the chief offices of the town, and was Representative to the Legislature in 1681, 1682. He was an enterprising promoter of mechanical employments in the town. He took an early and deep interest in the colony, and sought to advance its welfare both in word and deed. While sharing largely in the blessings of Providence, he was careful to make them a benefit to others.

More About Jonathon Wade:
Burial: 1683

More About Susanna Francis:
Burial: Nov 1678

More About Jonathon Wade and Susanna Francis:
Marriage: Abt. 1630

iii. Thomas Wade, born Abt. 1614 in Eng.

Notes for Thomas Wade:
Speculated brother of Nicholas and son of Thomas.

64 iv. Nicholas Wade, born Abt. 1615 in Denver Parish, County Norfolk, Eng.; died Bet. Feb 07 - Mar 11, 1683/84 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; married Elizabeth Hanford Abt. 1642 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.


130. Jeffery Hanford, born Abt. 1585 in Fremington, county Devon, Eng; died May 1626 in England. He married 131. Eglin Hatherly Mar 31, 1611 in Fremington, county Devon, Eng.
131. Eglin Hatherly, born Bef. Jun 08, 1586 in Winkleigh Parish, North Tawton, county Devon, Eng; died 1666 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA. She was the daughter of Robert Hatherly and Ellinor Tanner.

More About Jeffery Hanford:
Burial: May 12, 1626, Alverdiscott, county Devon, Eng

Notes for Eglin Hatherly:
Born in Devonshire ca. 1589, Eglin Hatherly probably died at Scituate after 1653. Her first two husbands, Unknown Downe and Jeffrey Hanford, died in England, and she sailed on April 10, 1635 from London to Boston on the Planter - Master Traice, Captain - then age forty-six, with her daughters Margaret, sixteen, and Elizabeth, fourteen, from Sudbury in Suffolk County, England. She resided in Scituate, and she and her children joined Lothrop's Church there. She married (3) December 15, 1637 Richard Sillis (Sealis), but they had no children. Her Hanford children were named in the will of her brother, Timothy Hatherly, q.v. Additional information on her can be found in Mary Lovering Holman, Ancestry of Col. John H. Stevens (Concord, N. H., 1948), [p. 300] 1:485-87, which gives Eglin's children by Jeffrey Hanford as Susanna, who married (1) John Whiston and (2) William Brooks; Lettice, who married (1) Edward Foster and (2) Edward Jenkins; Margaret, who married Isaac Robinson, q.v.; Elizabeth, who married Nicholas Wade, q.v.; and Thomas, who married (1) Hannah Newberry and (2) Mary (Miles] Ince (see Plymouth Colony, Stratton).

More About Eglin Hatherly:
Baptism: Jun 08, 1586, Winkleigh, Devonshire Co., England
Burial: 1666

Marriage Notes for Jeffery Hanford and Eglin Hatherly:
Marriage record states Jefrey Hanforde and Eglin Downe.

More About Jeffery Hanford and Eglin Hatherly:
Marriage: Mar 31, 1611, Fremington, county Devon, Eng
Marriage Record: Parish Church of Fremington, Church of England, 1602-1837

Children of Jeffery Hanford and Eglin Hatherly are:
i. Susanna Hanford, born Abt. 1615 in Eng; died Aft. 1682 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; married (1) John Whiston Abt. 1635 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; born Abt. 1616 in Eng.; died Bef. Oct 04, 1664; married (2) William Brook Bef. 1664 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; born Abt. 1615 in Eng; died Jul 07, 1680 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.

More About John Whiston and Susanna Hanford:
Marriage: Abt. 1635, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA

ii. Lettice Hanford, born Bef. Jun 08, 1617 in Fremington, County Devon, Eng; died Feb 22, 1690/91 in Plymouth Co., MA; married (1) Edward Foster Apr 08, 1635 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; born Jan 24, 1589/90 in Frittenden, County Kent, Eng; died 1644 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; married (2) Edward Jenkins Aft. 1644 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; born Abt. 1618 in co. Kent, England; died 1699 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.

More About Lettice Hanford:
Baptism: Jun 08, 1617, Alverdiscott, County Devon, England
Burial: Feb 1690/91

Notes for Edward Foster:
Edward had practiced law in England before emigrating to New England, which he did before 1628, with the first of the 'Men of Kent,' who explored the lands around Satuit that year, if not a little earlier. He was assigned lands on the Second Cliff in 1633, also the first house lot on Kent Street south of Satuit Brook, upon which lot he built his house. He was the first lawyer in the settlement. In 1636 when the 'greate lottes' on the North River were granted to the first comers, Edward Foster received a lot of eighty acres, between that of Anthony Annabel on the east, and Humphery Turner on the west. Edward was constantly employed in public affairs. With Anthony Annable he was Deputy to the first Colony Court in 1639.

More About Edward Foster:
Burial: 1644

More About Edward Foster and Lettice Hanford:
Marriage: Apr 08, 1635, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA

iii. Margret Hanford, born Abt. 1619 in Fremington, County Devon, England; died Jun 13, 1649 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA; married Isaac Robinson Jun 27, 1636 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; born 1610; died 1704 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA.

More About Margret Hanford:
Burial: Jun 1649

Notes for Isaac Robinson:
Isaac Robinson was the son of the venerable John Robinson, the Puritan founder. He was freeman in Scituate 1636. His house lot was on the south east of Colman's hills near the first Herring brook and opposite to Schewsan's Neck. This house and land he sold to John Twisden 1639, and removed to Barnstable. He was a highly respectable man: an Assisstant in the government: but having fallen under the displeasure of the stern Thomas Prince, Gov. 1659, on account of his opposition to the laws against the Quakers, he was disfranchised: but he lived to be restored under Gov. Josiah Winslow 1673.

More About Isaac Robinson:
Burial: 1704

More About Isaac Robinson and Margret Hanford:
Marriage: Jun 27, 1636, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA

65 iv. Elizabeth Hanford, born Abt. 1621 in Fremington, county Devon, Eng; died Oct 09, 1711 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; married Nicholas Wade Abt. 1642 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.
v. Thomas Hanford, born Bef. Jul 22, 1621 in Fremington, County Devon, Eng; died Dec 1693 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT; married (1) Hannah Newberry Bef. 1652 in CT; born Abt. 1633 in Eng; died Bef. 1661 in CT; married (2) Mary Miles Oct 22, 1661 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; born Abt. 1635; died Sep 12, 1730 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT.

Notes for Thomas Hanford:
Thomas was on the list of those able to bear arms in Scituate in 1643. He was later minister at Norwalk, CT. In 1673 he relinquished his claim to the estate of his uncle, Timothy Hatherly for a consideration of 20 pounds to Nathaniel and John Tilden. The release declared him to be 'the alone son of Eglin Sealis deceased, who was the natural sister of my unkle Mr. Timothy Hatherly deceased.'

More About Thomas Hanford:
Baptism: Jul 22, 1621, Fremington, County Devon, Eng
Burial: Dec 1693

More About Thomas Hanford and Hannah Newberry:
Marriage: Bef. 1652, CT


132. Thomas Durant, born Bef. Aug 17, 1584 in Bodmin, County Cornwall, Eng; died Abt. May 06, 1661 in Bodmin, County Cornwall, Eng. He was the son of Richard Durant and Jowdy Michell. He married 133. Katterin -----.
133. Katterin -----, died Abt. Aug 12, 1663 in Bodmin, County Cornwall, Eng.

More About Thomas Durant:
Baptism: Aug 17, 1584, Bodmin Parrish Church
Burial: May 06, 1661
Will: Sep 18, 1650, Proved October 4, 1661

More About Katterin -----:
Burial: Aug 12, 1663

Children of Thomas Durant and Katterin ----- are:
i. Loudy Durant, born Bef. Feb 08, 1614/15 in Bodim, county Cornwall, Eng.

Notes for Loudy Durant:
There is a Loveday Durant who was buried September 11, 1661 according to the Bodmin Parrish Church records. This could be Loudy.

More About Loudy Durant:
Baptism: Feb 08, 1614/15, Bodmin Parrish Church

ii. Richard Durant, born Bef. Jul 02, 1617 in Bodim, county Cornwall, Eng.

More About Richard Durant:
Baptism: Jul 02, 1617, Bodmin Parrish Church

iii. John Durant, born Bef. Feb 08, 1619/20 in Bodim, county Cornwall, Eng.

More About John Durant:
Baptism: Feb 08, 1619/20, Bodmin Parrish Church

iv. William Durant, born Bef. Nov 28, 1621 in Bodim, county Cornwall, Eng.

More About William Durant:
Baptism: Nov 28, 1621, Bodmin Parrish Church

v. Ralph Durant, born Bef. Aug 12, 1624 in Bodmin, County Cornwall, Eng; died Abt. Jul 12, 1632 in Bodmin, County Cornwall, Eng.

More About Ralph Durant:
Baptism: Aug 12, 1624, Bodmin Parrish Church
Burial: Jul 12, 1632

66 vi. George Durant, born Abt. 1632; died Jun 15, 1687 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; married Elizabeth Blake Abt. 1653 in probably MA.


140. Henry Way, born Abt. 1589 in Eng; died May 24, 1667 in Suffolk Co., MA. He married 141. Elizabeth ----- Abt. 1607 in Eng.
141. Elizabeth -----, born Abt. 1581 in Eng; died Jun 23, 1665 in Suffolk Co., MA.

Notes for Henry Way:
Henry Way came to New England on the ship "Mary and John" in 1630. He was accorded the title "Mr." in town records, indicating a higher social standing He carried on a fishing business in Dorchester. "His boat saved three shipwrecked men off the coast 26 July 1631 and two other boats of his were lost, five men being killed by the Indians and two drowned in 1632." [from William Richard Cutter, Genealogical & Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. IV, (Orig. publ. NY, 1911; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997), pg. 1902. He was admitted to the church at Dorchester 5 May 1643.

More About Henry Way:
Burial: May 1667

Notes for Elizabeth -----:
Last name is possiblty Batchelar.

More About Elizabeth -----:
Burial: Jun 1665

More About Henry Way and Elizabeth -----:
Marriage: Abt. 1607, Eng

Children of Henry Way and Elizabeth ----- are:
i. Elizabeth Way, born Abt. 1608.
ii. Henry Way, Jr., born Abt. 1610.
70 iii. George Way, born Abt. 1614 in Eng; died Abt. 1690 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT; married Elizabeth Smith Abt. 1650.
iv. James Way, born Abt. 1616; died in Fell overboard while in transit to States.
v. Richard Way, born Abt. 1624.
vi. Samuel Way, born Abt. 1626.


160. William Phelps, born Abt. 1593 in poss Crewkerne, county Somerset, Eng; died Jul 14, 1672 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married 161. Mary ----- Abt. 1618 in Eng.
161. Mary -----, born Abt. 1596 in Eng; died Aug 1626 in Crewkerne, Somerset, Eng.

Notes for William Phelps:
Volume III of The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, by Robert Charles Anderson (Boston NEHGS: 1995) is of particular interest to many with Phelps connections. First is Richard Phelps, origin and date of immigration unknown, who is mentioned in only two records. The earliest is in Dorchester, MA, 1633, and mentions his fence as a boundary. The second entry is a fine for drunkenness in 1635-36. Anderson states that no evidence exists for the hypothesis that Richard had a relationship to William Phelps or George Phelps who also lived in Dorchester. Indeed he states the possibility that each incident refers to a different individual [In 1650, Dorchester was renamed Windsor].
Second, William Phelps, has a far more extensive entry and is of special interest to many Phelps Connections members. Of special significance is the recognition of his origin as Crewkerne, Somerset, and his birth date, about 1593. Twenty five years was the approximate age of the first marriage of the man so his estimated birth was calculated from his marriage date. This marriage date is unknown but is presumed to have occurred by 1618, since he had a child baptized at Crewkerne, 9 September 1618.
Mary (__) Phelps, the first wife, was buried at Crewkerne, 13 August 1626. She was the mother of four children, all baptized at Crewkerne: William bapt. 9 Sep 1618; Samuel bapt. 5 Aug 1621; infant, bur. Crewkerne, Jan 1623-24; and Nathaniel bapt. 6 Mar 1624-25. William married 2) at Crewkerne, 14 Nov 1626, Ann Dover. Ann was the mother of seven children: Cornelius, bapt. 13 Oct 1627; Joseph (a twin) and Mary (a twin), bapt. 13 Nov 1628; another Mary, bapt. 6 Dec 1629, all baptized at Crewkerne. The first Mary died soon after birth and there is no further record of Cornelius and the second Mary, both of whom are presumed to have died young. Ann had three additional children born in America: Sarah, b. about 1632; Timothy; and Mary. The latter of the two were born in Windsor, CT. See The American Genealogist 65:161-166 (1990) for Myrtle Stevens Hyde's article, "The English Origin of William Phelps of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor Conn, With Notes on His Marriages," which resolves the problem of the identity of the wives of William Phelps and contains all the Crewkerne records cited by Anderson. (The Origin of William and George Phelps in England, From the Phelps Connections newsletter, Volume 6, No. 1, Winter 1997, Page 409; Phelps entries in The Great Migration Begins, by Margaret P. Swanson).

More About William Phelps:
Baptism: Aug 19, 1599, Abby Church, Tewkesbury, Eng
Burial: Jul 15, 1672

More About Mary -----:
Burial: Aug 13, 1626

More About William Phelps and Mary -----:
Marriage: Abt. 1618, Eng

Children of William Phelps and Mary ----- are:
i. William Phelps, born Bef. Sep 09, 1618 in Crewkerne, county Somerset, Eng; died Feb 10, 1680/81 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married (1) Isabel Willson Jun 04, 1646 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; born Abt. 1618 in Eng; died Jul 1674 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married (2) Sarah Pinney Dec 20, 1676 in Hartford Co., CT; born Nov 19, 1648 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; died Nov 02, 1711 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

More About William Phelps:
Baptism: Sep 09, 1618, Crewkerne, county Somerset, Eng
Burial: Feb 1680/81

More About Isabel Willson:
Burial: Jul 1674

More About William Phelps and Isabel Willson:
Marriage: Jun 04, 1646, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT
Marriage Record: NEHGR, vol. 5, Jan. 1851

80 ii. Samuel Phelps, born Bef. Aug 05, 1621 in Crewkerne, county Somerset, Eng; died May 15, 1669 in Poquonock, Hartford Co., CT; married Sarah Griswold Nov 10, 1650 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.
iii. Joseph Phelps, born Bef. Jan 1623/24 in Crewkerne, county Somerset, Eng; died Jan 1623/24 in Crewkerne, county Somerset, Eng.

Notes for Joseph Phelps:
No documentation for this child. Though there was an infant b. Jan. 8, 1623/24 who is likely this son.

More About Joseph Phelps:
Burial: Jan 1623/24

iv. Nathaniel Phelps, born Bef. Mar 06, 1624/25 in Crewkerne, county Somerset, Eng; married Elizabeth Copley Sep 17, 1650 in Hartford Co., CT; born Abt. 1630 in Eng.

More About Nathaniel Phelps:
Baptism: Mar 06, 1624/25, Crewkerne, county Somerset, Eng

More About Nathaniel Phelps and Elizabeth Copley:
Marriage: Sep 17, 1650, Hartford Co., CT
Marriage Record: NEHGR, vol. 5, Jan. 1851


162. Edward Griswald, born Jul 26, 1607 in Eng; died Aug 30, 1691 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT. He married 163. Margaret Hicks Abt. 1629 in Eng.
163. Margaret Hicks, born Abt. 1609 in Eng; died Aug 23, 1670 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., CT.

More About Edward Griswald:
Burial: Sep 1691, Indian River Cemetery - Killingworth, CT

More About Margaret Hicks:
Burial: Aug 1670

More About Edward Griswald and Margaret Hicks:
Marriage: Abt. 1629, Eng

Children of Edward Griswald and Margaret Hicks are:
81 i. Sarah Griswold, born Bef. Jan 10, 1634/35 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng; died Nov 06, 1715 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married (1) Samuel Phelps Nov 10, 1650 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married (2) Nathaniel Pinney Jul 21, 1670 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.
ii. Ann Griswold, born Bef. Jun 19, 1642 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

More About Ann Griswold:
Baptism: Jun 19, 1642, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT - History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton from 1642-1845

iii. Mary Griswold, born Oct 05, 1644 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; married Timothy Phelps Nov 19, 1661 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; born Aug 1639 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; died Abt. Sep 1719 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

More About Mary Griswold:
Baptism: Oct 13, 1644, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT - History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton from 1642-1845

More About Timothy Phelps:
Birth Record: NEHGS, vol. 5, January 1851
Burial: 1719

More About Timothy Phelps and Mary Griswold:
Marriage: Nov 19, 1661, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT
Marriage Record: NEHGR, vol. 5, Jan. 1851

iv. Deborah Griswold, born Bef. Jun 28, 1646 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

More About Deborah Griswold:
Baptism: Jun 28, 1648, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT - History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton from 1642-1845

v. Joseph Griswold, born Bef. Mar 12, 1646/47 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

More About Joseph Griswold:
Baptism: Mar 12, 1646/47, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT - History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton from 1642-1845

vi. Samuel Griswold, born Bef. Nov 18, 1649 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

More About Samuel Griswold:
Baptism: Nov 18, 1649, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT - History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton from 1642-1845

vii. John Griswold, born Bef. Aug 01, 1652 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

More About John Griswold:
Baptism: Aug 01, 1652, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT - History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton from 1642-1845


164. William Hayden, born 1605.

Child of William Hayden is:
82 i. Daniel Hayden, born 1640; died 1712; married Hannah Wilcockson.


166. William Wilcockson, born 1601 in Eng; died 1652 in Fairfield Co., CT. He married 167. Margaret Birdseye Abt. 1632 in Eng.
167. Margaret Birdseye, born 1611 in Eng; died 1655 in Fairfield Co., CT.

More About William Wilcockson:
Burial: 1652

More About Margaret Birdseye:
Burial: 1655

More About William Wilcockson and Margaret Birdseye:
Marriage: Abt. 1632, Eng

Child of William Wilcockson and Margaret Birdseye is:
83 i. Hannah Wilcockson, born 1646; married Daniel Hayden.


180. John Niles, born 1602 in Eng; died Feb 08, 1693/94 in MA. He married 181. Jane Reed Abt. 1636.
181. Jane Reed, born Abt. 1610 in Eng; died Abt. 1654. She was the daughter of William Reed and Lucy Hennage.

Notes for John Niles:
Information on family from Ancestry.com

More About John Niles:
Burial: Feb 1693/94

More About John Niles and Jane Reed:
Marriage: Abt. 1636

Children of John Niles and Jane Reed are:
i. Hannah Niles, born Feb 16, 1636/37.
90 ii. John Niles, born Mar 04, 1638/39 in Norfolk Co., MA; died Sep 07, 1683 in RI; married Abigail ----- Abt. 1660.
iii. Joseph Niles, born Aug 15, 1640.
iv. Nathaniel Niles, born Aug 16, 1642.
v. Samuel Niles, born May 12, 1644.
vi. Increase Niles, born Dec 16, 1646.
vii. Benjamin Niles, born Mar 11, 1650/51.


192. Richard Lord, born Abt. 1555 in Towcester, co. Northampton, Eng; died Oct 1610 in Towcester, co. Northampton, Eng. He married 193. Joan ----- Abt. 1582 in Eng.
193. Joan -----, born Abt. 1557 in Towcester, co. Northampton, Eng; died Sep 1610 in Towcester, co. Northampton, Eng.

Notes for Richard Lord:
Main references for this family: Kenneth Lord, Descendants of Thomas Lord, 1946 and Ernest Flagg, The Founding of New England, 1926, pp. 273-4; 328-331.

More About Richard Lord:
Burial: Oct 16, 1610, Towcester, co. Northampton, Eng
Will: May 30, 1610, Probated February 7, 1611

More About Joan -----:
Burial: Sep 22, 1610, Towcester, co. Northampton, Eng

More About Richard Lord and Joan -----:
Marriage: Abt. 1582, Eng

Children of Richard Lord and Joan ----- are:
i. Elizabeth Lord, born Abt. 1583 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng.
96 ii. Thomas Lord, born Abt. 1585 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng; died Aft. Jan 1643/44 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; married Dorothy Bird Feb 23, 1610/11 in Towcester, County of Northampton, Eng.
iii. Ellen Lord, born Abt. 1587 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng.
iv. Alice Lord, born Abt. 1590 in Towcester, co. Northampton, Eng; married Richard Morris May 20, 1611 in Towcester, co. Northampton, Eng; born Abt. 1587 in Eng.

More About Richard Morris and Alice Lord:
Marriage: May 20, 1611, Towcester, co. Northampton, Eng


194. Robert Bird, born Abt. 1555 in Eng; died Jul 18, 1622 in county Northampton, Eng. He married 195. Amy -----.
195. Amy -----, born Abt. 1560 in Eng.

Notes for Robert Bird:
Robert Bird of Toceter, co. Northants, joiner, desire to be buried in churchyard of Towcester; to wife Amye Bird, all my household goods, I possessed when my daughter Perris Tighte, widow, was married to her late husband, George Tighte. To my daughter Lord, wife of Thomas Lord of Towcester, 40 s. All the residue to my daughter Perris Tighte, to bring up her seven fatherless children, and I make her my executrix. Signed: Robert Bird.
Witnesses: John Hastings, the elder, Richard Wood.
Proved 1 Oct 1622, by the executrix.

More About Robert Bird:
Burial: Jul 22, 1622

Notes for Amy -----:
Her last name may be either Hill or Marsead. There is no proof for her maiden name.

Child of Robert Bird and Amy ----- is:
97 i. Dorothy Bird, born Abt. May 25, 1588 in Towcester, County Northampton, Eng; died Bef. May 12, 1675 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; married Thomas Lord Feb 23, 1610/11 in Towcester, County of Northampton, Eng.