Sunday, February 21, 2021

Ahnentafel #1079 - Mary Norton

Mary Norton

Born: ca. 1635 Bedfordshire, England
Died: Unknown

Buried: Unknown

Married: Samuel Rockwell, April 7, 1660, Windsor, CT

Friday, February 19, 2021

Ahnentafel #1078 - Samuel Rockwell

Samuel Rockwell

Born: March 28, 1631 Dorchester, MA
Died: 1711 Windsor, CT

Buried: Unknown

Married: Mary Norton, April 7, 1660, Windsor, CT

Records:
1637 - Windsor, CT - Rockwell family moved from Dorchester, MA to Windsor, CT.

1652 - Sept. 13 - Windsor, CT - Samuel Rockwell & Isaac Shelden granted permission to "keep house together in the house that is Isaac's, so they carry themselves soberly and do not entertain idle persons, to the evil expense of time by night or day." 

1662 - April 6 - Windsor, CT - Samuel admitted to Church

1668/69 - Jan. 18 - Windsor, CT - Account of town debts that have to be paid by a town rate to be made,

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Ahnentafel #1077 - Elizabeth Moore

Elizabeth Moore

Born: by 1635 Windsor, Connecticut
Died: 1728 Connecticut

Buried: probably in Windsor, CT

Married: 
1) November 24, 1653 Nathaniel Loomis in Windsor, Connecticut
2) after 1688 John Case of Simsbury, Connecticut

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Ahnentafel #1076 - Nathaniel Loomis

Nathaniel Loomis

Born: ca. 1626 Essex, England
Died: Windsor, Connecticut, August 19, 1688

Buried: Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, CT

Married: Elizabeth More, November 24, 1653, Windsor, Connecticut

Immigration: April 11, 1638 from London to July 17, 1638 to Dorchester, Massachusetts on the Susan & Ellen 

Records:
Nathaniel was a member of the Windsor Troop of Horse during King Philip's War.

1640 - Hartford, CT - Nathaniel purchase land from George Phelps estate - 14 acres in breadth seventeen rods in length, towards Hartford. 

1654 - Windsor, CT - Nathaniel admitted as freeman.

Saturday, February 13, 2021

Ahnentafel #1075 - Mary Steele

Mary Steele

Born: by 1637 probably in Hartford, Connecticut
Died: October 27, 1718, Farmington, Connecticut

Buried: unknown

Married: William Judd, March 31, 1657

Records:
1690 - December 27 - Farmington, CT - Mary is given her widow's dower in the distribution of William's estate: 

A Distribution of ye Estate of Sergt William Judd Late of ffarmington Deceast as it was made by us ye subscribers Decemb'r ye 27th 1690. pursuent to an act of ye adjourned Court held at Hartford Novemb'r 5, 1690

To ye widdow for her Dower during life yn ye Reale Estate:
  • by ye Now 2nd of ye house with halfe ye bredth of ye lott viz: ye south sid[e] of it from ye Street soo farr as ye orchard extends with ye use of ye ciller & oven yn ye other Rooms and the use of

Ahnentafel #1074 - William Judd

William Judd aka Sergeant William Judd

Born: by 1635
Died: 1690 Farmington, CT

Buried: probably in Farmington, CT. 

Married: March 31, 1657 Mary Steele

Records:
1663/34 - January 30 - Farmington, CT - William was mentioned in his father-in-law John Steele's will:

to "my son-in-law William Judd one third part of my land called Cock's Crook" . . . to "my sons-in-law William and Thomas Judd my now dwelling house and barn, house lot, yards, garden, orchard" after "mine and my wife's departure out of this natural life"; . . . residue to "my two sons-in-law William and Thomas Judd and do make them my sole executors." 

1656 - May 15 - Farmington, CT - William was made a freeman. 

1679 - May - Farmington, CT - William received land from his father Thomas Judd:

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Ahnentafel #1073 - Mary (--?--)

Mary (--?--)

Born: ca. 1610 England
Died: April 4, 1662 Northampton, Massachusetts

Buried: in the minister's plot in the Northampton cemetery

Married: by 1635 in England William Janes

Immigration: ca. 1637 with William and son Joseph.

Records:
1639 - New Haven, CT - settled there with her husband William.

1656 - Northampton, MA - the family moved with 9 children between ages of newborn and 26 years of age. 

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Research Notes - Northfield Settlement & Raids

Northfield, Massachusetts

The town, as granted by the General court in 1672, was eight miles long by four and a half miles wide, extending 3/4 of a mile from the river west, and 3 3/4 miles east.  . . . The outlines were not regular. 

The river is the Connecticut river which runs north to south.

Second settlement - 1685 - added a tract of land to the south, on the east side of the river.  Another addition was made so that the town bounded Deerfield to the south.

River Indians:
In the 1670s thought to be have been about 1200 people and of that 300 warriors

Agawam - occupied region above & below Springfield. 

Nonotucks / Norwottucks - head of the falls of the Connecticut to Mount Wequomps / Sugarloaf

Squakheags - claimed area of Northfield

Pacomptocks - valley of the Deerfield river, largest, most warlike, best known

Sunday, February 7, 2021

Ahnentafel #1072 - William Janes

signature of William Jeanes
William Janes

Born: 1610, Essex, England
Died: September 20, 1690, Northampton, MA

Buried: Northampton, MA

Married: 1) Mary (--?--) by 1635 in England - a William Janes md. Marie Hewes June 12, 1632 in London. This is a possibility as William may have been a member of Rev. John Davenport's church in London. 
2) Hannah (Bascom) Broughton, November 20, 1662, Northampton, MA

Occupation: teacher and teaching elder/minister in the church

Immigration: 1637 

Biography:  William Jeanes or Janes, came from England in 1637, settled in New Haven, June 4, 1639, and was admitted a freeman in 1648. He was by profession a school-master, and taught in New Haven for a number of years. In 1651, he proposed that the town should pay a portion of the salary of the teacher, instead of the whole being paid by the parents of the children. He went to Wethersfield soon

Friday, February 5, 2021

Ahnentafel #1061 - Hannah Little

Hannah Little

Born: by 1641 Plymouth, Massachusetts
Died: May 13, 1710, Scituate, Massachusetts

Buried: Unknown

Married: Stephen Tilden Jan. 25, 1661/62 in Scituate, MA

Children:
Hannah

Thursday, February 4, 2021

In Memoriam - Dean Wilson


Dean Chauncey Wilson

Born: April 11, 1959, Concord, California
Died: February 1, 2021, Riviera, Texas

Buried: February 8, 2021 Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery, Corpus Christ, Texas

Married: Rebecca Schubert 1985

Children:
Chauncey md. Berenice (--?--)
Cassie md. Michael Stastney

Ahnentafel: 
1. Dean Wilson md. Rebecca Schubert
2. Dean Harlane Wilson
3. Josephine "JoAnn" Spielmann

1. Rebecca Schubert

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Ahnentafel #1060 - Stephen Tilden

Stephen Tilden

Baptized: October 11, 1629, St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent, England
Died: August 22, 1711, Scituate, MA

Buried: Unknown

Married: Hannah Little, January 25, 1661 in Scituate, MA

Religion: Member of the 2nd Church of Scituate

Residence: Occasionally Stephen is listed as being of Marshfield, and he did have land there.  However, in the probate records he is said to described as "Stephen Tilden Late of Sittuate."  It's possible that the family moved to Marshfield for a time and that he moved back to Scituate to live with one of his children.  He was, after all 82 when he died. 

Records:
1635 - March 4 - Sandwich, England - Immigration at age 6 with his family:

"Nathaniel Tilden of Tenterden in Kent, yeoman, & Lidia his wife," children "Joseph, Thomas,

Monday, February 1, 2021

Ahnentafel #1058 - Joseph Truman

Joseph Truman or Trueman

Born: Nottinghamshire, England
Died: between 1697 & 1699 New London, CT

Buried: New London Ancient Cemetery

Married: (--?--) probably in England

Biography: He was born in Nottinghamshire, England. He married in England but neither his wife's name, nor the name of her family has yet been ascertained. He appeared with his wife, and perhaps some of his children, at New London, Connecticut in 1666. In the following year he was chosen constable, a position of considerable honor in those days. He purchased in 1667 from Alex. Piggins, and about 1670 from Hugh Roberts, some pits for tanning, which were located in a meadow near the entrance of Cape Ann Lane. Truman Brook and Truman Street are named after him and his family. The brook ran into Bream Cove near the Hempstead lot. He appears as plaintiff in law suits in October 1682, May 1683, October 1683 and May 1685. He died in 1697 at New London, Connecticut. In his will, executed in September 1696, he mentions four children, Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary, his daughter Ann having died before the will was made. In a note-book now [1901] in the possession