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).

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Comment 1: Named in father's will, June 25, 1722 173