Individual Notes
Note for: Benjamin Purdy, 12 DEC 1718 - 29 NOV 1808
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Individual Note: Benjamin moved his family to Vermont in the early 1750's but the rest of Francis Purdy's descendants stayed in New York. At the time of the Revolutionary War, there were at least a score of Purdy men in New York who refused to sign the Association of 1775 and declared themselves loyalists. Many fought for England with the Westchester New York Loyalists. Some were incarcerated but most were driven to Canada. Aaron Burr threatened to "hang" Elijah Purdy if he was caught. Jotham Purdy was shot down on his doorstep during an argument with neighboring rebels. Their lands were sequestered (confiscated) by the rebel government.
Individual Notes
Note for: Francis Purdy, 1620 - BEF 14 OCT 1658
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Individual Note: FRANCIS PURDY was an early settler in Fairfield, Conn., where he died in 1658. His family located in the vicinity of Greenwich, Conn., and Rye, N. Y. Some account of the descendants is given in Mead's History of Greenwich, but this account is not entirely accurate, as it includes some known descendants of George Pardee.
Since the name "Pardee" was occasionally spelled "Pardy," there is always danger of confusion with the Purdy family, particularly in regions such as Westchester County, N. Y., where both families were numerous. In the U. S. Census returns, for instance, known Pardees are often listed as "Pardy," and in a few instances as "Purdy." In cases where the vowel was carelessly written, it is often impossible to tell whether Pardy or Purdy was intended.
Individual Notes
Note for: John Brundish, ABT 1604 - 1639
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Individual Note: According to Robert Charles Anderson (Great Migration) John Brundish emigrAccording to Robert Charles Anderson (Great Migration) John Brundish emigrated in 1634 to Watertown, later moving to Wethersfield. His occupation was tanner.
FROM: Robert Charles Anderson, "The great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634-1635" volume I, A-B. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1634
FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown
REMOVES: Wethersfield
OCCUPATION: Tanner
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Watertown church prior to 4 March 1634/5 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 4 March 1634/5 (as "John Brandishe," third in a sequence of six Watertown men) [MBCR 1:370]
EDUCATION: The inventory included "books" valued at 2 pounds.
ESTATE: The inventory of the estate of John Brundish of Wethersfield, taken 27 October 1639, totalled 304 pounds 6s., of which "her house and land" was valued at 130 pounds; at the end of the inventory was an annotation that "[s]he hath 5 children, the 2 eldest girls, the next a boy, the other two girls"; "a note brought in Court since the inventory" stated that "Rachell Brundishe hath 14 acres of meadow, her houselot 3 acres, and what upland belongs thereunto in every division, saving what her husband and she sold, vizt. her share beyond the river and 6 acres in Penny Wise" [CCCR 1:444-45]. Administration on the estate was granted on 7 November 1639 to the widow [CCCR 1:40]. On 2 April 1640, "Rachel Brundish of Weathersfield presented an inventory of her husband's estate, which amounted (all debts being paid) to 90 pounds 5s. 4d. and the house and land was rated at 130 pounds. And it was thought fit and ordere that the relict of the said Jno. Brundish shall have to her own use the 90 pounds 5s. 4d.; and the land with the house to be fore the children's portions, vizt. 30 pounds to the son and 25 pounds apiece to each of the 4 daughters to be paid into the Court for their use when each of them come to the age of sixteen years and in the meantime the widow to have the use of the land for the bringing up the children"; further provision was made for the widow to sell some of the land if necessary [CCCR 1:45-46]. (See also Manwaring 1:3-4.)
In the Wethersfield land inventory, on 27 April 1641, "Rachell Brundish widow" held eight parcels: "one piece whereon her house standeth containing three acres"; one piece in a great meadow containing ine acres & twenty poles ... this is part swamp"; "one other piece in the great meadow containing three acres
& a half & twenty poles"; "one piece in the east side of east field of dry swamp containing six acres one half"; "one piece in the west swamp containing five acres"; "one piece in the west field containing seventeen acres three roods & twenty poles"; and "one other piece in the west field containing seventeen acres three roods & twenty poles" [WetLR 1:193].
The first volume of Fairfield probate records contains the record of the distribution of the estate of the widow of John Brundish, on a page the top third of which as been lost to fire. After a preamble of which only a few words survive, there are three numbered sections. The first of these also contains only a few words, but mentions an "agreement" which "Anthony [burned]" made which was "dated 5 [burned]." The beginning of the second section is partially lost but gives to "John Brundish" land, inclluding the "house & houselot," "he paying these legacies [burned] out of the land, unto Mary Purdie the wife of Francis Purdie eight pounds ..., unto Bethia Brundish eight pounds and unto Posthume Brundish eight pounds, Posthume is to have her portion at eighteen years of age" or at marriage, Bethia is to have hers immediately. The third section is undamanged: "It is ordered that the said Anthony Wilson shall have the homelot in Fairfiled that sometimes was Rachell Brundishes with the small house that was on it to be to him and to his heirs forever in consideration of which & towards the children portions he is to pay as followeth: unto Mary Purdie the wife of Francis Purdie ten pounds presently, unto Bethya Brundish five pounds and unto Posthume Brundish ten pounds; Bethya is to have it presently and Posthume is to have hers at the age of eighteen years or at her marriage if she marry sooner. Also the said Anthony is to let the said John have the young mare according to a composition that they have made before Mr. Ludlowe the said John is to let the son of Francis Purdie have the first colt of the mare according as it was then agreed. John is to have the money that the tools of the tanner were sold for Rachell Brundishe having sold them thereupon the price 16s., those tools he was to have by the agreement in 5 August 1642" [Fairfield PR 1:88].
BIRTH: By about 1604 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: Between 20 May 1639 [FOOF 1:107, citing unrecorded deed] and 27 October 1639 (date of inventory).
MARRIAGE: by about 1629 Rachel _____. She married (2) on or soon after 5 August 1642 Anthony Wilson, and died by 1648 [Fairfield PR 1:88].
CHILDREN:
i Mary, b. say 1629, m. (1) by about 1645 Francis Purdy [FOOF 1:495-96]: m. (2) 1659 or soon after John Hoyt, son of Simon Hoyt {GMB 2:1030, citing FOOF 1:495-96; Fairfield PR 3:44].
ii Daughter, b. say 1632; d. between 1640 and 1648 (four daughters mentioned in probate proceedings of 1639 and 1640, but only three daughters in distribution of 1648).
iii John, b. about 1636 (aged 30 years on 25 June 1666 [WMJ 663]); m. by an unknown date Hannah ____ [Fairfield PR 4:141; NYGBR 49:293-94].
iv Bethia, b. about 1638 (deposed 26 April 1654 aged "sixteen or thereabouts" [NHCR 2:83]); may have married Timothy Knapp or Joseph Taylor [see COMMENTS below].
v Posthume, bl late 1639 or early 1640 (as indicated by given name); possibly m. "John Winter, of Westchester, whose wife in several deeds 1692-94 rejoiced in the unusual name of Posthumy" [FOOF 1:108].
COMMENTS: Savage has brief and identical entries for this man under "Brandisly" and "Brundish" [Savage 1:238, 281].
Our knowledge of the marriages of the childen of this immigrant remains limited, principally because most of the children moved into Westchester County, and detailed work in the records of that jurisdiction has not been carried out. The existence of two candidates for the husband of Bethia Brundish apparently arises simply because these two men had wives named Bethia. In the case of Timothy Knapp, ther is the added bit of evidence of a man named "Brundage Knapp" in the 1800 census of Salem, Westchester County [NYGBR 58:18], suggesting a genealogical connection between Brundish and Knapp, but we don't know enough to tell whether this man derived his name from the suggested marriage of Timothy Knapp.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1930 Jacobus published a brief account of John Brundish and his son John, in which he included an abstract of an important unrecorded deed [FOOF 1:107-9].
Chapter 97
THE BRUNDAGE FAMILY
The Brundage family came to Beekman from Westchester
Co. ca. 1771 and although we have traced the ancestry
we have very little on descendants. The emigrant was
JOHN1 BRUNDAGE * of Ipswich, England, who was born ca.
1585 and m. about 1620 Rachel, dau. of James and Naomi
(Cook) Hubbard of Mendleson, Suffolk Co. England. They
came to this country in 1633 and lived in Salem, MA,
Wethersfield and Fairfield, CT. John Brundage was
supposed to have been killed in a battle with Indians in
1637, (but see FOOF 108-9 which claims he d. between 20
May and 27 October 1639). His widow remarried to Anthony
Wilson ca. 5 Aug. 1642. [McKenzie primary source].
Children:
i. Mary, b. 1624; m. Francis Purdy.
ii. Deborah, b. ca. 1628: m. Josiah Brown.
1. iii. John, b. ca. 1633; m. Hannah Hunt.
iv. Bertha, b. 1637; m. Timothy Knapp.
v. Jonathan, b. 1639. (Westchester Patriarchs
37 names this child Posthume who m. John
Winter).
1. JOHN2 BRUNDAGE, (John1), was born ca. 1633 in
Salem, MA and left home while still a young man and
lived with a family in Stamford, CT. It appears that he
could not get along with his step-father. He m. Hannah
Hunt and removed to Manasung Island on Long Island
Sound. He was one of the 15 founders of Rye, NY and was
Town Clerk of that place from 1678 to 1697. He d. in
1697 and a land distribution in 1698 gives information
on his children.
Children:
i. John, b. 1656; m. Hannah
ii. Joseph, b. ca. 1658; m. Mary ____.
2. iii. Daniel, b. ca. 1660/61; m. ____ ?Galpin.
iv. Joshua, b. ca. 1665.
v. Ruth; m. Richard Schofield.
vi. Hannah, b. ca. 1669.
vii. Mary; m. John Merritt.
Source:
The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, six volumes. 1990–2001).
Individual Notes
Note for: Rachel Hubbard, - 1648
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Individual Note: Rachel married John Brandish, of Ipswioh, Suffolk, England, and came to New
England in 1688. They lived in Salem, Mass, Wetherafield, and Fairfield, Ct., and had children Mary
(b in Ipswioh, Eng., in 1628, and m Francis Purdy, of Fairfield, Ct.).
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Note for: Benjamin Horton, -
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Individual Note: What is published on the internet about the parentage of this Benjamin Horton is a nightmare of contradictions and questionable sources.
Individual Notes
Note for: Joseph Horton, ABT 1625 - BEF 12 JUN 1696
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Individual Note: I. JOSEPH, the first son of Barnabas I., was born in Mowsley, England; exact date of his birth has not been found. Probably 1625. He came to this country with his father. He married, about 1655, JANE BUDD, daughter of John Budd, one of the original thirteen Puritans, who settled in Southold in 1640. He resided near his father in Southold for several years after his marriage; but about the year 1664, he moved to Rye, Westchester County, New York, to which place his father-in-law, John Budd, had previously gone.
He was admitted a freeman of Connecticut Colony in 1662. In 1663 he witnessed a deed of Tucker and Brush to Mapes. He sold his house, and lot of four acres of land, to his father, Barnabas Horton, and also deeded land to John Youngs, in 1665. In 1671 he was chosen one of the Selectmen of Rye, and about this time he is one of a Committee of three to procure a minister. In 1678 he was a Justice of the Peace, and about this time he was a Lieutenant, and then a Captain of a Militia Company, and also authorized by the General Court to issue warrants, and to unite persons in holy matrimony. In 1690-'91 he was devisee of his brother Benjamin, and his brother Joshua was executor. In 1695 he was chosen one of the vestrymen of the church, and in 1699 he was licensed to keep a public house of entertainment. In additon to all these dignities, he also filled the office of miller, and in this useful calling he was succeeded by several of his descendants. He had five sons and several daughters, only one of whom is mentioned. (Vide "Moore's Indexes of Southold," and "Baird's History of Rye," New York.)
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Note for: Barnabas Horton, 13 JUL 1600 - 13 JUL 1680
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Individual Note: The heritage of Barnabas Horton has been carried on through the generations from Southold to Salem. What is known is that he was a man of unquestionable character and great faith, which is shown on his Tablestone and in his will. He became a freeman in Hartford before arriving in Southold where he served as a constable and then as a Deputy to the General Court in 1663 and 1664. As a founding father of the Town and of the church he was active in the affairs of both, and of the colony. It is said that he agreed to maintain the lane to the dock, which allowed him to have lots on either side of Horton’s Lane. In 1640 he received a land grant which included the land on which the Horton's Point Lighthouse now sits.
HORTON ANCESTRY
1. BARNABAS1 HORTON, born at Mousely, Lancashire, Eng., July 13, 1600. In 1635 with his wife Mary and two children immigrated to America in the ship Swallow, Capt. Jeremiah Horton, master and owner. Landed at Hampton, Mass. Moved to New Haven in 1640. On the 21st day of October, 1640, he, together with twelve others, Rev. John Youngs, William Wells, Peter Hallock, John Tuthill, Richard Terry, Thomas Mapes, Mathias Corbin, Robert Ackerly, Jacob Corey, John Conklin, Isaac Arnold and John Budd, organized a Congregational Church and sailed to Long Island where is now Southold. All had families with them except Peter Hallock.
Barnabas Horton was several times a member of the General Court of New Haven and Hartford. He built the first frame house ever erected on East Long Island, and said house was standing and occupied until 1880. His children were all born in Southold with the exception of Joseph and Benjamin, who were born in England.
Source: Ancestry of Horace Ebenezer and Emma Babcock Horton
Author: Horace Ebenezer Horton
Call Number: R929.2 H823
The genealogy and brief histories of the Horton family from 1600-1920, including allied families.
Bibliographic Information: Horton, Horace Ebenezer. Ancestry of Horace Ebenezer and Emma (Babcock) Horton. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1920.
His will mentions eldest son Joseph, second son Benjamin, eldest daughter Hannah Trevalle, Joseph, son of daughter Sarah Conckling, third daughter Mary Budd, third son Caleb, fourth son Joshua, fifth son Jonathan, youngest daughter Mercy Youngs, and wife Mary executrix. Proved at Southampton, 18 Nov 1681.
Barnabas Horton was an ancestor of William Henry Seward, New York State Governor and Secretery of State under Abraham Lincoln.
Individual Notes
Note for: John Budd, 1599 - 1670
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Individual Note:
JOHN BUDD was in New Haven, 1639, as a Freeman. The first we know of him on Long Island is in October, 1640. "Mr. Jones hath the lott granted unto him which was formerly granted unto John Budd of Yeancock (Southold)." In 1648 "it is ordered that John Budd have granted him 4 acres off new ground added to his other ground to make an 8 acre lot." In 1650 he is mentioned at Southampton as owner of a water mill and running the same, and is called Lt. His name occurs there no more after 1651. He moved to Westchester County, 1660, on account of some difficulty with his neighbors. The Budd house is still standing. In 1679 Lt. Budd sold it to John Hallock and it now belongs to Jonathan W. Huntting.
Source: Bibliographic Information: Frost, Josephine C. The Frost Genealogy. Frederick H. Hitchcock. New York 1912.
John Budd traveled with Barnabas Horton and eleven others to Southold, L. I. They arrived there Oct. 21, 1640, and drew lots as to whom should be first to set foot on shore. It fell to Peter Hallock, and the place has ever since been known as Hallock's Point.
Source: ibid
Will of John Budd, Sr.
The will of John Budd, Rye, NY and Conn. "Know all men by these presents that I, John Budd for divers considerations have given and granted to John Budd my son all my part of the mill on Blind Brook and all lands that are undisposed of, to him and his heirs forever, he or his assignees paying me John Budd or his mother Katherine Budd thirty pounds a year in good pay, that is to say, wheat twenty pounds, pork one barrel, peas the rest, and I do give John Budd all my estate in chattle and debts to be freely his, that he may dispose of all for the good of myself and wife that we may be free from trouble, and after our decease to discharge of Will and to have all debts, chattle and to pay all legacies and debts and that John Ogden, Judith (Judy) his wife and Joseph Horton and Jane (Jean) Budd Horton and John Lyons these are to enjoy their lots as firm as if no such writings had never been and the true intent of this writing is that we may have our thirty pounds a year truly paid and the benefit of the chattle while we live and after to be John Budd's, my son, to him and his heirs foreever to which I have set my hand and seal this 15 of Oct one thousand six hundred sixty nine.
John Budd and seal
Witness: Joseph Horton, Richard Bolards
His mark
From: Edward Hart Descendants and Allied Families, Clara Hart Kennedy, 1939, Pp 50-51
In August 1637, an exploring party of English settlers sailed out of Boston Harbor, went down the coast several miles, and landed at a place that the Native American Indians called "Quinnipiac" (or "Long Water Place"). The explorers liked what they saw and left seven of their men to prepare the area for occupation by Puritan colonizers. On March 30, 1638, a large company of settlers sailed out of Boston for the new site. Among them were the Budd family. On April 16, 1638, they landed at the new site to found New Haven Colony. Other ships followed, bringing more settlers.
The settlers quickly began building their new colony. In late 1638, they purchased the land from the Indians. John Budd was assigned lot no. 56. On October 25, 1639, the settlers elected their community government. John Budd was among the men signing a Fundamental Agreement formally establishing New Haven Colony.
Most of the first settlers at New Haven were Puritans -- a strict religious group that later formed the basis for the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ in the United States. John Budd, however, was a member of the Church of England, which became the Episcopal Church in America. Because he was not Puritan, Budd lived in some tension with his neighbors. At one point he was fined by the New Haven magistrates for hiding and protecting Quakers, a Christian group that the Puritans opposed and were trying to keep out of New Haven.
Town Founding No. 2: SOUTHOLD, LONG ISLAND
In September 1640, John Budd left New Haven with his and some other New Haven families on a ship bound for the northeastern edge of Long Island to establish a settlement there, which they named Southold. Once again, he was on Anglican adherent amid Puritans set on establishing a new community structured around their specific religious and moral beliefs. Most of the other Southold founders had originally sailed under the leadership of the Puritan cleric Christopher Youngs first from England to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1637 and from Salem to New Haven. In New Haven, Puritan leaders intent on establishing new religious communities in New England persuaded Rev. Youngs to sail across Long Island Sound with his followers to settle land on the island's North Fork that they had acquired from the island's Corchaug Indians.
John Budd, who was beyond doubt the wealthiest man in the new settlement, quickly established himself as one of the leaders of the new community. Because Southold was included in the United Colonies of New England, its residents were expected to select Deputies to attend the colonies' General Court in Hartford, Connecticut. Budd was the first deputy appointed to the court by the people of Southold. Budd was also the town's first authorized officer to train the local home guard, a responsibility which earned him the title of Lieutenant. Budd was apparently so highly respected and successful in this responsibility that, when he made a trip overseas in 1654, colonial records in New Haven recorded that "By reason of Budd's absence Southold is left destitute of a fitt man to exercise the military company there since Lt. Budd went to England."
In 1649, Budd built his family a four-room home east of town near a pond which became known as Budd's Pond. In 1658, he deeded the house to his daughter and son-in-law, Anna and Benjamin Horton, as a wedding gift. They moved the house 10 miles away to the village of Cutchogue. (The structure, now known as "The Old House," still stands there. It is the oldest European-style dwelling in New York State and is listed on the Register of National Historic Sites. James Van Alst, the architect in charge of its restoration, described it as "undoubtedly the finest example of English domestic origin to be found in this country.")
Despite his civic leadership, Budd's tenure in Southold apparently was one of controversy as well. He was a major landholder in Southold. As such, he was legally accountable to the local general court (composed solely of church members) who were required to review and approve or deny any settler's request to sell his home or land. Budd clearly possessed a strong independent spirit, and in 1657 he sold some of his land without asking "permission." As a result, he was sued by three other Southold settlers; the final disposition of this case is not clear.
Budd clearly grew restless during his tenure at Southold. As in New Haven, Southold's general court governed the town in accord with strict Puritan standards, and Budd was still an Episcopalian. He apparently explored the predominantly Episopalian settlements in Virginia, but decided against settling there. Budd's true desire seems to have been to, in essence, establish his own colony, where he would be answerable to no one, and he was willing to use his wealth to create this personnal domain. In 1661, he decided to leave Long Island and move to an area that was at the time on the very southwestern edge of the Connecticut Colony.
Town Founding No. 3: RYE, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK
In January 1660, three residents of Greenwich, Connecticut — Peter Disbrow, John Coe, and Thomas Stedwell — negotiated and purchased from the native Mohegan Indians a tract of land southwest of Greenwhich known as Peningo Neck. The land stretched on the west from a stream known as Blind Brook east to Long Island Sound. The sale apparently did not include an island in the Sound and just off the shore, so in June 1660, the three men purchased this land (Manussing Island) as well. In May 1661, they purchased additional land on the north edge of Peningo Neck.
Disbrow and the others in his party apparently were more interested in securing title to land than in settling it immediately. This created an opportunity for someone else to take the lead in establishing a new community, and as a successful and wealthy businessman, John Budd was quick to take advantage of the opportunity. On November 8, 1661, Budd concluded his separate negotiation with a Mohegan chief to buy a large (4,800-acre) piece of land immediately across Blind Brook from the Disbrow company's landholdings. This land became known as Budd's Neck. On November 12, 1661, Budd added to his landholdings by purchasing from the Indians some islands that were in the immediate vicinity. In June 1662, Budd then acted with Disbrow, Coe, and Stedwell jointly to purchase yet more land directly north of Budd's Neck.
One of the first buildings constructed in this new community was Budd's Mill, at the mouth of Blind Brook. He operated the grist mill, which proved to be very successful with the new inhabitants of Peningo Neck.
Disbrow selected the name of Hastings for his new holdings. He apparently also considered Budd's lands to be part of the new Hastings town, whose settlement he intended to oversee. Budd obviously had other ideas. He was determined that his personal landholdings would be a separately governed colony, and by the fall of 1664, he had assigned to his lands the name of Rye, probably because of his family's close connections with the town of Rye back in his native England. Moreover, Disbrow had planned Hastings with the idea that each settler would be given equal property. Budd took a more business-like approach and (as in Southold) preferred to sell off portions of his land without first obtaining the permission of the town. Disbrow regarded this behavior as a threat to the future of "his" colony. For the next several years, Budd and Disbrow battled in court over whose approach was to predominate. In the course of that legal action, it was agreed that the name Rye would be assigned to the entire Peningo Neck settlement area. The more substantial issues, however, were still unresolved in 1669, when John Budd turned over his landholdings in both Southold and Rye to his son, John Budd, Jr., and retired from public life.
Despite his contentiousness with Disbrow and resulting legal conflicts, Budd quickly established himself as a political leader across the entire Hastings/Rye area (again, much as he had in Southold). Biographer Lily Wright Budd describes his responsibilities as follows:
... John Budd was elected the first representative when Hastings [formally] submitted to the jurisdiction of Connecticut on 26 January 1662 and he was elected as Hastings' first Deputy to the General Court in Hartford on 26 March 1663.... At the session of the General Court in Hartford on the 8th of October 1663, "Lnt John Bud" makes his appearance, and "is appoynted Commisioner for the Town of Hastings, and is invested with Magistraticall power within the limits of that Town."
As magistrate Budd was "commissioned to grant warrants" and "to marry persons," and he had clear authority to arrest "such as are ouertaken with drinke, swearing, Sabboath breaking, slighting of the ordinances, lying, vagrant persons, or any other that shall offend in any of these."
As noted above, John Budd retired from public life 1669. He died in Rye in 1670 and is presumed to have been buried in a private family plot a short distance north of Budd's Mill.
source: website
http://members.aol.com/bbrymph/genbudd.htm
Individual Notes
Note for: Benjamin Smith, ABT 1690 -
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Individual Note: Spencer P. Mead, "Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut" (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1911 - reprint Harrison, New York: Harbor Hill Books, 1979)
Individual Notes
Note for: Joshua Knapp, 5 JAN 1634/35 - 27 OCT 1684
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Individual Note: Joshua Knapp moved to Stamford, CT, with his father in 1646, married there and lived there for sometime. In 1663, he moved to Greenwich, CT, where he was admitted Freeman in 1669, making his home there until his death in 1684. He was one of two persons who made the bargain with the Indians when Bedford Parish was bought from them. The agreement between the Indians and the Stamford Colony was witnessed by Joshua Knapp and David Waterbury and signed by seven Indian Chiefs dated December 23, 1680. He bought land in Rye in 1681. His inventory is dated October 27, 1684 and is spoken of as a good estate.
He was probably a weaver by trade as his father willed him "the other half of the gears" to his loom. Inventory of his estate in 1684 places it falue at 54 pounds. He was one of the committee of sixteen to confer about the dividing line between Greenwich and Rye.
Sources: Americana Vol. 34, Savage Vol 3, LDS Ac. File, Milwaukee Public Library Family Files, Knapp Family Association, NEHGR Vol. 6, Watertown, MA Bond, GENDEX, David Beckwith
BURIED : [prob] Knapp Cemetery, Greenwich, CT
RESIDED AT: Watertown, MA; [poss] Wethersfield, CT; Stamford, CT; Greenwich, CT
OCCUPATION(S): Weaver/Farmer
RELIGION: Congregational
CHURCH AFF: 1st Congregational Church, Greenwich, CT
MILITARY SVC: Unknown [probably local Militia]
Individual Notes
Note for: Nicholas Knapp, ABT 1606 - 16 SEP 1670
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NICHOLAS KNAPP
MASSACHUSETTS-CONNECTICUT
(c1606-1670)
Nicholas KNAPP born c1606 in England, died April 16,1670, Stamford, CT. He married Elinor (c1606-1658) ________ possibly in England c.1630. They were the parents of nine children.
Nicholas and his first wife, Elinor, departed Southampton, England March 22, 1630 to Yarmouth, England and departed April 6, 1630, to Salem, MA, arriving there June 12th and settled at Watertown, Ma. They came to New England with the "Winthrop/Saltonstall Expedition of 1630." As stated in the book,The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 (Reprint 1976), by Charles Edward BANKS, :53, QUOTE: "...As there is no known list if emigrants, who came in the Winthrop Fleet, so there is none of those who came in particular ships...."
Fortunately, for our purposes, there exists a list of seventy names of those who came with the fleet; a rough list prepared by Winthrop. Among those entered is found the names Nicholas and Elinor (????)Knapp. Possibly aboard the ARBELLA
In the Watertown Books of Town Proceedings-Books I & II he appears many times and his total inventory consisted of the following acreage: 1. An Homestall of Sixteen Acres. 2. Two Acres in Pine Marsh. 3. One Acre in Pond Meadow. 4. Thirty Acres of Upland. 5. Six Acres of Plowland. 6. Seven Acres of Meadow. 7. Thirteen Acres of Upland. 8. A Farme of One Hundred and Seventeen Acres of Upland.
The MA Colonial Records, under date of March 1, 1630/31, shows that Nicholas KNOP (KNAPP), was fined five pounds for taking upon himself to cure the scurvy by water of no worthe or value, which he sold at a very deare rate. The water had been found beneficial and the suit dropped upon payment of costs.
He sold his lands at Watertown, Ma, on May 6, 1646 and removed to Wethersfield, CT. then possibly Rye, CT,then possibly to Greenwich, CT and then finally to Stamford, CT where he settled and probably remained until his death in April 1770.
Nicholas KNAPP's first wife Elinor died in 1658 and Nicholas married 2. Unity the widow of Clement BUXTON Sr. within the year.
Submitted by PAULA LOUISE NAUJALIS 0f Grand Rapids, MI
11-Probably the most current and reliable source of information relating to Nicholas and family are the condensed bibliographic sketches on families who arrived in America between 1620-1633, and is entitled "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (1995 - in 3 Volumes), by Robert Charles Anderson, F.A.S.G.. Articles relating to the ancestry of William KNOPP [not Knapp], also appear in these volumes and in earlier articles which establish William Knopp's ancestry, etc, etc., including that of his first wife, Judith Tue. These articles give sufficient extant source references to prove and disprove the many myths and statements found in early day writings and should be adhered to by conscientious Knapp Family Researchers.
SOURCE: The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 (Reprint 1976-Genealogical Publishing Company), by Charles Edward Banks
Early research found that among the passengers that came to America in 1630, Nicholas Knapp and William Knopp, were in evidence. The immigrants came to America in 1630. The Admiral ["Arbella"-formerly the "Eagle"] of the Fleet left the waters of the Castle of Yarmouth "On Thursday, April 8, at six in the morning, weighing anchor and setting sail, followed by her three consorts in scattered formation" [The Winthrop Fleet of 1630 (Reprint 1976), by Charles E Banks, :37) NOTE: Keep in mind this is in reference only to the "Arbella," as there were other ships underway when the "Arbella" set sail. The April 6 entry refers to the boarding of the "Arbella" by Captain Milbourne, of Yarmouth Castle, "a grave, comely gentleman, and of great age"[Ibid, :36]. Fortunately for the purposes of our list of immigrant passengers, there exists a list of seventy names of those who came with the Fleet; a rough list prepared by John Winthrop, and is found entered in a "flyleaf" disconnected from the main text of the original Winthrop Fleet Journal. It was from this list that ancestors Nicholas Knapp and William Knopp, with wives and children were identified. Although it does not depict the name of the ship on which these ancestors were passengers, we can be reasonably assured they were passengers aboard the "Arbella", the Winthrop Fleet Flagship. It is also recognized, that they could have been passengers on any of the other ships in the Fleet that are known to have carried passengers, as well. As stated in the source [Ibid, :53], QUOTE; "As there is no known list of emigrants who came with the Winthrop Fleet, so there is none for those who came in particular ships....". The Fleet consisted of eleven ships as follows:
+1-"Arbella" - Admiral
#2-Talbot - Vice Admiral
#3-Mayflower
+4-Whale
+5-Ambrose-Rear Admiral
+6-Jewel-Captain
#7-William & Francis
+8-Success
#9-Hopewell
#10-Trial
#11-Charles
+=Carried Passengers #=Carried Freight & Livestock
Source:
Fred "Fritz" Knapp is a 61 year old retired US Army Veteran, hailing originally from the State of West Virginia, now residing in the State of Missouri with his family. His interest in Genealogy began on a limited basis in 1962. He began delving fully into his Knapp Line after retirement in 1981, wanting to know more about his family’s Knapp ancestry. As time passed and his interest in New England Genealogy and History became an obsession, his interest spread to the point of finding out as much as possible about the early families that in some way connected to the surname Knapp, whether related to him personally or not. Further emphasis was placed on purifying "yesteryear" mistakes found in many written compilations relating to his Knapp and Allied Family surnames, and at the same time passing his findings along to others who might have need of such information.
From: SAVAGE-COLLINS, ORIGINS & DESCENDANTS, 1630 - 1960
A Chronicle of Selected Descendants of Certain Immigrant Ancestors From
Britain, Ireland and Korea & Who Hold Connecticut In Common. Compiled &
Edited By R. Thomas Collins, Jr.
NICHOLAS KNAPP (Knap) was born in 1605 in East Anglia, probably in the
village of Bures St. Mary, Suffok. Nicholas was a weaver, one of a
growing number of Puritan weavers and artisans who not only suffered
religious persecution but also suffered economically because the long
wars in Europe cut off markets for their goods. Early spellings in
England were Cnaep, Cnepe, Knepe or Knopp. Nicholas spelled his name
Knap, the second "p" not used until the time of the American Revolution.
A Saxon name, cnoep meant hilltop, the word knob having the same origin.
Nicholas and his wife, ELINOR LOCKWOOD, a daughter of Edmund Lockwood, of
Combs, Suffolk, sailed with John Winthrop's fleet of 11 ships in 1630.
The Massachusetts Bay Company selected Winthrop governor and established
a settlement on the Shawmut Peninsula now called Boston. Nicholas and
Elinor Knapp settled in Watertown with the congregation headed by
Winthrop's associate, Sir Richard Saltonstall. Their church was
established on July 30, 1630.
On March 1, 1631, Nicholas was fined five pounds by the Massachusetts
General Court for "taking upon him to cure the scurvy by a water with no
worth nor value which he sold at a very dear rate." Unless the fine was
paid, the court said, Nicholas was to be whipped and imprisoned.
Nicholas' friend, William Pelham and his father- or brother-in-law,
Edmund Lockwood, paid three pounds of Nicholas' fine and promised the
rest later. When no one who had bought the water complained and some, in
fact, said the water helped cure their ailments, the rest of the fine was
forgiven.
By 1636, Nicholas owned 30 acres. By 1639, he owned a farm of 117 acres,
a home lot of 16 acres, 43 acres of upland, seven acres of meadow, six
acres of plowland, two acres in Pine Marsh and one acre in Pond Meadow.
On March 6, 1646, Nicholas sold everything and set out for Stamford,
Connecticut spending two years in Wethersfield before reaching his
destination in 1648. In Stamford, Nicholas owned a small mill and 16
acres of farmland. Elinor died in 1658. Nicholas later married Unity
(Buxton) Brown, the second wife and widow of PETER BROWN. Nicholas, who
died in 1670, and Elinor (Lockwood) Knapp had nine children, including a
daughter, Ruth, and a son, Joshua.
The following is from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson:
KNAPP, NICHOLAS [1630, Watertown]
NICHOLAS KNAPP
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown
REMOVES: Stamford 1646
EDUCATION: Signed will by mark. His inventory included books valued at 6s. 6d.
ESTATE: Granted thirty acres in the Great Dividend in Watertown, 25 July 1636 [WaBOP 4]; granted six acres in Beaverbrook Plowlands, 28 February 1636/7 [WaBOP 6]; granted seven acres in Remote Meadows, 26 June 1637 [WaBOP 9]; granted a farm of 117 acres, 10 May 1642 [WaBOP 12].
In the Watertown Inventory of Grants "Nicholas Knap" held seven parcels of land: sixteen acre homestall; two acres in Pine Marsh; one acre of meadow; thirty acres of upland in Great Dividend; six acres of plowland in the Hither Plain [Beaverbrook Plowlands]; seven acres in Remote Meadows; and thirteen acres of upland beyond the Farther Plain [WaBOP 86]; in the Composite Inventory he held eight parcels, comprising the seven parcels of the Inventory of Grants plus the 117 acre farm [WaBOP 29].
On 29 September 1645 "Nicholas Knap of Watertowne" sold to Edward Garfield one acre of meadow [SLR 1:71].
On 6 May 1646 "Nicholas Knapp of Watertowne" sold to Bryan Pendleton "all his land in Watertowne granted by the town as by the transcript may appear with all the housing thereupon (only one acre in Pond Meadow formerly being sold excepted) with all the privileges thereunto belonging" [SLR 1:71].
In his will, dated 15 April 1670 (date of probate not shown), "Nicolas Knap of Standford" bequeathed to son Moses Knap "my house and land in Standford with all the meadows and upland belonging unto me," with some moveables; to son Timothy money due to Nicholas; to son Caleb "the loom and half the gears"; to son "Josuah" the other "half of the gears"; to "daughter Sarah Disbrowe the money due to me from her husband"; to "daughter Hanna" one mare; to daughter "Lidea the mare that was Mr. Bishop's with the increase she hath"; to daughter Ruth 20s.; to "my two daughters-in-law viz: Sarah & Uneca Buxton" clothes, a Bible, and their share of the estate of their father Clement Buxton; son Joshua to be executor [Fairfield PR 2:55].
The inventory of "Nicolas Knap" was taken 27 April 1670 and totalled œ166 13s. 11½d., of which the "house and lands" totalled œ50 [Fairfield PR 2:56].
BIRTH: By about 1606 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: Stamford between 15 April 1670 (date of will) and 27 April 1670 (date of inventory).
MARRIAGE: (1) By 1631 Elinor _____; she d. Stamford 16 August 1658 [TAG 10:45].
(2) Stamford 9 March 165[8/]9 Unica (_____) (Buxton) Brown [TAG 10:113]. She was widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown [Gillespie Anc 61-63], and had apparently died by 15 April 1670, as she is not mentioned in her third husband's will.
CHILDREN:
i JONATHAN, b. Watertown early November 1631 (calc.); bur. Watertown 27 December 1631 "aged 7 weeks" [WaVR 3].
ii TIMOTHY, b. Watertown 14 December 1632 [WaVR 3]; m. by about 1658 Bethia _____ (said to have been Bethia Brundish).
iii JOSHUA, b. Watertown 5 January 1634/5 [WaVR 3]; m. Stamford 9 June 1657 Hannah Close [TAG 10:45].
iv CALEB, b. Watertown 20 January 1636/7 [WaVR 4]; m. by 1661 Hannah Smith (eldest child b. Stamford 24 November 1661 [TAG 10:174]; in his will of 4 July 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp [FOOF 1:575]).
v SARAH, b. Watertown 5 January 1638/9 [WaVR 5]; m. Stamford 6 April 1657 Peter Disborough [TAG 10:112].
vi RUTH, b. Watertown 6 January 1640/1 [WaVR 8]; m. Stamford 20 November 1657 Joseph Ferris [TAG 10:112].
vii HANNAH, b. Watertown 6 March 1642/3 [WaVR 11]; named in father's will, 15 April 1670; no further record.
viii MOSES, b. say 1645; m. by 1669 Abigail Westcott (on 4 January 1669[/70] Moses Knapp receipted, in the right of his wife, for his share of the estate of Richard Westcott [FOOF 1:660]).
ix LYDIA, b. say 1647; m. Fairfield 16 January 1666/7 Isaac Hall [FOOF 1:250].
ASSOCIATIONS: See WILLIAM KNOPP for a discussion of suggestions of a relationship between William and Nicholas.
COMMENTS: 1 March 1630/1: "Nich: Knopp is fined œ5 for taking upon him to cure the scurvy by a water of no worth nor value, which he sold at a very dear rate, to be imprisoned till he pay his fine, or give security for it, or else to be whipped, & shall be liable to any man's action of whom he hath received money for the said water" [MBCR 1:83]; on 7 August 1632 "œ3 of Knop's fine of œ5 remitted" [MBCR 1:99]; at the general amnesty of 6 September 1638 it was noted that part of this fine "was paid, & the rest was remitted" [MBCR 1:243].
In the Beaverbrook Plowlands Nicholas Knapp received six acres, and in the Remote Meadows seven acres. Since these lands were granted in part on household size, this would suggest a birth in the interval between the two grants; the birth of Caleb fell exactly one month before the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, and it may be that this was not taken into account for the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, but was for the Remote Meadows grant.
At the date of the Remote Meadows grant of seven acres, the Nicholas Knapp family was known to have five members: Nicholas, wife Elinor, and sons Timothy, Joshua and Caleb. This permits the possibility that there were one or two more persons in the household, not necessarily children; but the difference might also be explained if Nicholas had sufficient wealth in cattle, the other criterion for the size of these grants.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of NICHOLAS KNAPP (ca1606-1670)
Fairfield Probate Records
Vol 1665-1675, page 55 & 56
Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
In Stamford ye 15th 2mo Anno 1670 [15 Apr 1670]:
The Last Will and Testament of Nicholas Knap of Stamford concerning the disposal of his worldly estate:
1. I give to my sonn Moses Knap my house and land in Stamford with all the meadow and upland belonging to me. Also I give to my said sonn Moses my cart and plowe or plowes--with all the furniture of Irons, yokes, and chaynes belonging and a small gun in the house and a sword.
2. I give unto my sonn Timothy Knap the monies remayning due to me upon the bil for the house of John Bats [John Bates] lives in.
3.I give to my sonn Calep [Caleb] the loom and halfe the geers and the other halfe of the geers I give to my sonn Joshua Knap.
4. I give to my daughter Sarah Disbrowe the monies due to me from her husband about 37s - concerning the horss.
5. I give to my daughter Hannah one mare.
6. I give to my daughter Lidea [Lydia] the mare that was Mr Bishop's with the increase she hath.
7. I give to my daughter Ruth twenty shillings.
8. I give to my two daughters-in-law [step daughters], viz: Sarah and Uneca Buxton, all their mother's clothes as a free gift, except one hat and one new pettecote, which my will is they should have onward of their portion. Also I will and bequeath unto Uneca Buxton the new Bible as a free gift.
9. My will is that portions due my daughters-in-law [step daughters], viz: Sarah and Uneca Buston, out of the estate of their father Clement Buxton: I say that their part and portions be currently payd according to their portion of the inventorie.
10. Lastly my will is that my sonn Joshua Knap be sole executor of this my last will to receive all and pay all dues according to this my will as also debts to or for me.
If in the case that mare be not found that I have given to Lidea [Lydia] that then shee to have another mare in lue of that.
This being my last will and renouncing all other former wills made by me witness my hand.
WITNESS:
(signed) John Weed Nicholas y Knap
Eleazur Slawson (his mark)
STATE OF CONN ) SS Probate Court
Dist of Fairfield )
Individual Notes
Note for: Eleanor, 1610 - 16 AUG 1658
Index
Individual Note: Elinor, first wife of Nicholas Knapp of Watertown, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts and Stamford, CT, has been called "Lockwood", "Disbrow" and at times, "Waterbury", in older genealogies. No known record supports such claims
Extant records identify her as "Elinor" only, and ancestry unknown. Her origin and ancestry remain unknown, though no doubt her origin was England. Many early publications state she was born at Combs, Co Suffolk, England, though do so without benefit of supporting evidence. At best we can say "she was (of) England."
It is expected that the surname "Lockwood" was assumed as a result of the known relationship between the Knapps and the Lockwoods, at Watertown, Massachusetts. Thus, many believe she was a probable sister of Sergeant Robert and Edmund Lockwood. On 23 Oct 1943, a query appeared in the "Hartford Times", genealogical page, Query, A-2695, authored by Judge H. Stanley Finch, a Surrogate Judge, Stamford, Connecticut, who gave his opinion that Elinor, wife of Nicholas Knapp, was a daughter of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Combs, Co Suffolk, England, but did so without supporting evidence. While this would seem possible, proof remains lacking. Later research in 1978, and again in 1995, failed to identify that Elinor was of any identifiable surname in the early Colonial Records. At any rate, in today's jargon, the "virus" began to spread. Eventually after having been repeated enough, Pedigree Charts sprung forth claiming her as a daughter of Edmund Lockwood, yet a cited source for the entries remain lacking. Unless an extant document can be produced, to label Elinor with any surname, records should reflect her given name of Elinor, only. To do otherwise would only perpetuate the original "atrocious genealogical blunder"
As a result of Mr. William Pelham and Mr. Edmund Lockwood paying the fine of Nicholas Knapp in 1630, the assertion was made that Edmund Lockwood was his brother-in-law. Nothing could be further from the truth. Research identifies Mr. William Pelham as the person responsible for Nicholas Knapp, who belonged to his company, and that Mr. Edmund Lockwood was his Deputy, thus the reasons for paying the fine of Nicholas Knapp. Again, the "virus" was perpetuated and became fact without attending proof.
As of this writing [1998], her surname remains unknown. For further discussion on the subject of Elinor, first wife of Nicholas Knapp, consult:
1-The American Genealogist (TAG), 10:45
2-Some Descendants of Edmund Lockwood (1594-1635) of Cambridge, MA and his son, Edmund Lockwood (c1625-1693) of Stamford, CT (1978), by Harriet Woodbury Hodge, C.G., Appendix 5:82
3-The Great Migration Begins Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (1995), by Robert Charles Anderson, F.A.S.G., II:1136.
Source:
Fred "Fritz" Knapp is a 61 year old retired US Army Veteran, hailing originally from the State of West Virginia, now residing in the State of Missouri with his family. His interest in Genealogy began on a limited basis in 1962. He began delving fully into his Knapp Line after retirement in 1981, wanting to know more about his family’s Knapp ancestry. As time passed and his interest in New England Genealogy and History became an obsession, his interest spread to the point of finding out as much as possible about the early families that in some way connected to the surname Knapp, whether related to him personally or not. Further emphasis was placed on purifying "yesteryear" mistakes found in many written compilations relating to his Knapp and Allied Family surnames, and at the same time passing his findings along to others who might have need of such information.
Individual Notes
Note for: John Sprague, 25 APR 1755 - AFT 1810
Index
Individual Note: He was captured about 1780 by the British and Indians
and imprisoned at Montreal, Canada, until Oct., 1781, when he
with others was removed to Prison Island, 45 miles above
Montreal. From this place he, with about 20 others, escaped
on the night of Sept. 10, 1782, and with William Clark of Vir-
ginia, Simeon Belknap and Zadock Steele, both of Randolph,
Vt., reached Ft. Pittsford, Vt., in Oct., 1782, after 22 days of
suffering in the wilderness. This episode is fully narrated in
Steele's Indian Narratives, pub. Claremont, N. H., 1854.
About 1810 he sailed for Jamaica, W. I., as supercargo
and his family heard no more of him. They dwelt at Milton
till 1796-8 and then settled on Lot No. 17 in Pompey, where
Polly died.
Source: SPRAGUE FAMILIES
IN
AMERICA
Compiled and Published by
WARREN VINCENT, SPRAGUE, M, D.
THE TUTTLE COMPANY, PRINTERS
RUTLAND, VERMONT 1913
Individual Notes
Note for: Ebenezer Sprague, 12 DEC 1711 - AFT 1771
Index
Individual Note: In the French and Indian War he served as follows: enlisted
Apr. 16, 1759; disc. Dec. 14, 1759, 1st Regt. 8th Co., of Capt.
Brainard of Windsor. (Adams Papers in Conn. State Library,
p. 112.) In Ist Regt., 9th Co., of Capt. Walcott of Windsor,
1761.(Ibid., p. 251.)
Source: SPRAGUE FAMILIES
IN
AMERICA
Compiled and Published by
WARREN VINCENT, SPRAGUE, M, D.
THE TUTTLE COMPANY, PRINTERS
RUTLAND, VERMONT 1913
Individual Notes
Note for: Matthew St. John, ABT 1686 - 3 AUG 1755
Index
Individual Note: (The following account of Matthias St. John from the Whitney Genealogy, p. 18, pub. 1878):
22 i. MATTHEW ST JOHN, son of Matthias 3d, g son of Matthias Jr. and g.g.son of Matthias who emigrated from England and settled at Norwalk about 1650. Said Matthew St. John was born at Norwalk about 1686, married Oct. 13, 1709, Anne Whitney, daughter of John and Elizabeth Smith Whitney of Norwalk, where she was born about 1691. He, Matthew St. John, was of the company who bought Ridgefield of the Indians Sep. 30, 1708. He was chosen lister Dec. 19, 1716, and surveyor, Dec. 20, 1722. April 6, 1723, he sold his whole right at Ridgefield and settled at Pympawaug now in the town of Wilton, Conn.
They were members of the first Cong. church in Norwalk, 1725, March 10th, 1729, ensign Matthew St. John was appointed a committee of the society to visit Hartford and
lay before the Legislature a complaint against the town of Norwalk. Feb. 13, 1732, the names of Matthew St. John and wife were included in a list of members of the church of Wilton. He was chosen as clerk of the society at Wilton and served as such from 1731 to 1745, when having bought, Mar. 5, 1745, a farm of Samuel Comstock about two miles north of Sharon Village for œ655, old tenor. The church record of their removal dates June, 1745, in which he is called captain and soon after coming to Sharon he was chosen by the church to be their third deacon.
They died at Sharon, he Aug. 3, 1755, she May 9, 1773, aged 82 years, and was buried in the old cemetery, head Sharon St.
Children of Matthew and Anne Whitney St. John, of Ridgefield and
Wilton, Conn.
24 i. MATTHEW ST. JOHN, JUN., b. Ridgefield, Conn.,
June 23, 1711, m. Wilton, Dec. 14, 1737, Mary Elmer,
res. Suffield, Ct.
25 ii. MARK ST. JOHN, b. Ridgefield, Aug. 15, 1715, m.
1st, Wilton, 1737, Hannah (???); she d. Kirkland,
N. Y., 1823; m. 2d, Sharon 1747, Ann Gay, and moved
to Stockbridge, Mass., where he d. 1772.
26 iii. ANNE ST. JOHN, b. Ridgefield, May 1, 1717, m.
Sept., 1733, Ezra St. John (son of Ebenezer), he d.
Wilton, Dec 10, 1740.
27 iv. THADDEUS ST. JOHN, b. Ridgefield, May 1720, went
with his parents to Wilton, where he d Oct. 4, 1736.
28 v. LUKE ST. JOHN, b. Wilton, Aug. 28, 1721; a tailor;
m. at Sharon, Ct., Elizabeth (???), and moved to
Stockbridge, Mass., 1759.
29 vi. JOHN ST. JOHN, b. Wilton, Nov 1, 1723, m. at
Sharon, Ct., Nov. 5, 1746, Sabra Colver; d. Sharon,
Ct., Dec., 1784.
30 vii. HANNAH ST. JOHN, b. Wilton, Jan. 7, 1729-30, m.
Sharon, Feb. 20, 1745-6, Ebenezer Sprague, and had
12 children; she prob. d. Sharon.
Source:
Boughton, James. Bouton--Boughton Family. Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890.