170. John1 Deming;119 born circa 1615 at Shafford, Essex, England;119 married Honour Treat, daughter of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord, 1637 at Weathersfield, CT;119 died circa 1692 at Weathersfield, CT.119
He "JOHN DEMING, one of the most prominent of the early settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., came, it is believed, from Watertown, Mass., in 1635.(*) It is said by some that the family were French Huguenots and that their name originally was DeMing, that they fled after the massacre of Saint Bartholomew to England and there changed their name to Deming. The Deming Genealogy, issued by Judson Keith Deming in 1904, claims that the name was a corruption of the English name, Dammon, originally D'Hammond, "an ancient and illustrious family which has flourished in Surrey and Buckinghamshire in England and at Blois, and Cherbourg in France." [Damon Memorial, and Genealogy of the Descendants of John Deming.] John, the settler, is believed to have been the son of John Deming living in England at the time of the emigration. He was born about 1615 and was twenty-two years of age when he came to New England.
His first homestead in Wethersfield, as recorded in 1641, was on High street just south of the land now owned and occupied by the heirs of Frederick Butler, Esq. It is entered in the Wethersfield Records, "2d mo. & 25th day, 1641," as follows: "One pece wheron his house & barne standeth con five acr one halfe more or lesse (for fouer acr he is to paie rates, for the rest he haue made a gate into the mea: neare the same & likewise to continue & maintayne it) the ends abutt against hie streete west & great mea: east, the sids against the house lotte of Tho: Standish North & Ric: Crabbe South." [Wethersfield Land Records, I: 223.] He purchased at later times at least two other homesteads, but probably his life was spent on the first mentioned.
John Deming was chosen a Townsman in 1647, 1648, 1651, 1654, 1662, 1667, 1668; Deputy to the General Court at nineteen sessions between 1646 and 1665; and was one of the grantees named in the Charter in 1662. He was Constable in 1654, and served many times as Grand Juror, and Juror in the Particular Court. On February 17, 1685-6, a patent for all the territory then embraced in the township of Wethersfield, was granted to the proprietors of the town. "Mr. John Deming Sr" was one of the nine proprietors particularly mentioned in the patent. The exact date of his death has not been found, but his will, dated June 26, 1690, with a codicil, February 3, 1692, was exhibited by his son Samuel November 21, 1705. He probably died in 1705. In his will, he mentions his son John, "already done well for"; Jonathan, to whom he bequeathed his "50 acre lot;" Samuel, to whom his bequest was, "My house and homelott with all the buildings upon it," containing nine acres, a meadow of 17 acres, 12 acres in West swamp, all his sheep, cattle, horses, swine and the movables in his house, he paying the debts and funeral charges; David, who received all his "materials and tools" in his shop, book debts, he to pay those debts he owed about his trade; Ebenezer; and his daughters, Morgan, Beckley, Hurlburt, Moody, and Wright. He also names his "cousin Unis Standigge," "cousin Sarah Wyse wife of John Wyse" and his grandchild Ann Beckley. [Hartford Probate Records, VII: 132, 133.]."120
Children of John1 Deming and Honour Treat were:
171. John2 Deming (John1);119 born 9 Sep 1638 at Weathersfield, CT;119 married Mary Mygatt, daughter of Joseph Mygatt and Ann Unknown, 20 Sep 1657 at Northhampton;119,61 died 23 Jan 1711/12 at age 73.119
Children of John2 Deming and Mary Mygatt were:
172. Joseph3 Deming (John2, John1);119 married Mary Bowen, daughter of Henry Bowen and Elizabeth Johnson;119 born 1 Jun 1661 at Wethersfield, CT;119 died 7 Jan 1741/42 at North Woodstock, CT, at age 80.119
Children of Joseph3 Deming and Mary Bowen were:
173. Penuel4 Deming (Joseph3, John2, John1);119 born 11 Jul 1696 at North Woodstock, CT;119 married Ann Sumner, daughter of George Sumner and Ann Tucker, 31 Mar 1723 at Pomfret, CT.119
Children of Penuel4 Deming and Ann Sumner were:
174. Esther5 Deming (Penuel4, Joseph3, John2, John1);71 married Aaron Weld, son of John Weld and Mehitable Child, 15 Mar 1756 at Sturbridge, MA; she was "of Pomfret."71
Children of Esther5 Deming and Aaron Weld were: