1024. Henry NORMAN was born 1683 in Halse, England. He married Ann on 2 Apr 1703 in Halse, England. [Parents]

1025. Ann was born in Halse, England.

This is one of my BRICK WALLS! Does anyone know who the parents of Ann are?

1088. Nathaniel BROWN was born 20 May 1660 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died before 16 May 1731 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. Nathaniel married Mary WHEELER on 4 Jun 1685 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. 2, by Cyrus Henry Brown, pp. 408.
    He sold his homestead in Rowley to the brother of his wife, Jonathan Wheeler, 29 Jun 1707. He and his wife, Mary, were dismissed from the church in Rowley to the church in Groton CT 29 June 1707; in Essex deeds it is stated, Jan 8, 1707/8, as of Groton CT late of Rowley. He is first mentioned in Groton land records in 1709. In 1712 he was made an inhabitant of Groton.
    July 1, 1712, his name appears among those who owned lots at "Nawayank" (Lot 3, probably Noank). Feb. 28, 1709, he bought of Gershom Rice, of Sudbury, MA "a certain tract of upland and swamp" in Groton, located on the west side of the "Great Brook that runneth into Popuonock Cove," originally part of the two hundred acres of land owned by Daniel Lane, of New London CT. In his will he bequeaths his homestead to his sons Benjamin, Abner and William. To Benjamin he gave the dwellinghouse, William sold his portion to Benjamin; it was located "near a small ledge of rocks, 190 rods to the Great Brook."
    He owned land on Fort Hill, Long Hill by the ferry, and by "Nawayank." His homestead farm on a portion of it is now owned by George Miner, of Groton.

    page 409, Will of Nathaniel Brown.
    In the Name of God Amen the 19th day of April A.D. 1731. I Nathaniel Brown of Groton in the county of New London & Colony of Connecticut being week in body, but of perfect mind and menory, Calling unto mind the morality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all me once to Die. Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament That is to say principally and first of all I give & Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian burial at the descretion of my Executors not doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such a Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in the Life I Give Demise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form, after my just Depts are paid.
    Imprimis: I Give and Bequeath to Mary my Loving Wife one third part of all my Moveable Estate and a good maintainance out of my Estate so long as she remain my widow.
    Item: I give to my son Greshom Brown's children twenty shillings which with what I have already given my son Gershom is their full portion.
    Item: I give to my daughter Mary Hodskin five shillings which with what I have already given her is her full portion.
    Item: I give to my daughter Martha Hartwell five shillings which with what I have already given her is her full portion.
    Item: I give to my son Nathaniel Brown five shillings which with what I have already given him is his full portion.
    Item: I give to my son Benjamin Brown thirty acres of Land lying across the North end of my Farm with my Dwelling house and all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, he well maintaining his mother so long as she shall continue my widow, and also paying to my daughter Sarah Brown Forty pounds to be paid to her within two years after my decease and to allow her a Room in the house and the keeping of a Cow a long as she remain unmarried.
    Item: I give to my daughter Sarah Brown Fourty pounds and the Liberty of a room in my house and the keeping of a Cow as long as she remain unmarried.
    Item: I give to my daughter Mehitable Woodworth three pounds which with what I have already given her is her full portion.
    Item: I give to my daughter Ruth Woodworth Ten pounds which with what I have already given her is her full portion.
    All the above s'd Legacies to be paid within two years after my deceased by my exector.
    Item: I give to my son William Brown Thirty seven Acres of Land Lying across my farm next to the land I gave to Benjamin, to him his heirs and assigns forever he paying to my daughter Ruth Woodworth Ten pounds within two years after my deceased.
    Item: I give to my son Abner Brown all the remaining part of my farm Lying South of the Land I gave to William to him his heirs and assigns forever and also half my Right in the Sequestered Land and all the Remaining part of my Estate which I have not above disposed of I give to my son Benjamin Brown with the thirty acres of Land aforementioned and half my Rights in the Sequestered Land to him his heirs and assigns forever. And I do hereby make and obdain my son Benjamin Brown my sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament and I do hereby utterly Revoke and Disanul all other and former Wills and Testaments Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Lans Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and seal the day and year above written.
                                   his
                           Nathaniel (N) Brown.
                                   mark
    Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the s'd Nathaniel Brown as his Last Will & Testament in presence of
Christopher Avery
Peter Lester      Witness
Jeremiah Smith
    Witnesses took oath May 26, 1731 before James Morgan Justice of Peace.
    The above will was exhibited in court, proved and ordered to be recorded June 24, 1731.
    Recorded in the 6th book of Wills for New London County, folios 80, 81, May 10, 1732.
                             Rich'd Christophers, Clerk Inventory of Estate, 519 pounds 17 shillings 3 pence.
    Note. - Ledyard, as now known, was called No. Groton.

  Source: Brown Genealogy, v2; O'Keeffe.
  BG: Nathaniel Brown, born 20 May 1731, Rowley, MA. Will probated 16 May 1731 at Groton. Married Mary Wheeler. [Error on birth year. It would be
after the deaths of his parents. 1731 was his death date.]
  O'Keeffe: Nathaniel Brown, born 20 May 1660 and died May 1731 in Groton, New London, Conn. Married Mary Wheeler in Rowley 4 June 1685, daughter of David Wheeler and Sarah Wise (From Brown genealogy, Vol. 2). Had 11 children besides Nathaniel.

1089. Mary WHEELER was christened 4 Sep 1670 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. 2, by Cyrus Henry Brown, pp. 408.

  Source: Brown Genealogy, v2.
  BG: Mary Wheeler, daughter of David and Sarah (Wise) Wheeler.

1090. Josiah HAYNES was born 27 Apr 1655 in Sudbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died about 1719 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. Josiah married Elizabeth STARKE on 2 Mar 1693 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. 2, by Cyrus Henry Brown, pp. 411, 412 & 413.

(COPY BOOK A OF WILLS, p. 347. Will of Josiah Haynes.
    In the name of God, Amen. I, Josiah Haynes, being week of body and perfect in mind and of a good understanding, do make and constitute this my last will and testament.
    Imprimis: I recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, hoping and trusting that through the merits of Jesus Christ it shall be reunited again at the resurrection to my body, in life everlasting, and my body to the dust to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors, after my just depts are first paid and such worldly estate as God has been pleased to bestow on me. I bequeath as follows:First I give to my beloved wife, the improvement of my farm in Groton, now in my possession, and improvement during her natural life and all the stock, both cattle, sheep and horses, ans swine, forever.
    Item: I give to my eldest son Josiah all my lands at Conjuggamug in the province of the Machune Bay near Olberry, to him and his heirs forever.
    Item: I will and appoint that at the decease of my wife, that my son Caleb shall have my farm now in my improvement in Groton, to him and his heirs forever.
    Item: I give to my four daughters, Elizabeth, Anah, Cazieh, Deborah, and each of them forty pounds apeace, with what they have had and what the lands above mentioned are short in paying my four daughters aforesaid, I order that my wife shall make it up out of the estate I leave her.
    Finally, I appoint and constitute my beloved wife Elizabeth and my eldest son Josiah to be my lawful executors and of other thing not above disposed of I give to my beloved wife Elizabeth for the perfecting of the payments of the portions and depts and I also hereby revoke and annul all other wills and constitutes this as my last will and testament.
    In Witness Whereof I have set my hand and seal in Groton, this Sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Nineteen.
                                       Josiah Haynes (Seal) In the presence of us
Ephraim Woodbridge
John Seabury
    Mr. Ephraim Woodbridge and Deacon John Seabury, you and each of you Do Sware by the Great and Dredfull Name of the Ever Living God that you being present did see Mr. Josiah Haynes the deceased, sign and seal the within written instrument and that he did then declare it to be his last will and testament and that he was then of a disposing mind and that you did then sign as witness thereunto, so help you God.
    Sworn before me, Groton September 21 Anno Domini 1719.
              Nehemiah Smith - Justice of the Peace.
    Recorded in the 4th Book of Wills in Ye County of New London, folio 142, Oct. 7, 1719.

Researching this line is Frank Campbell at [email protected]

1091. Elizabeth STARKE was born about 1662 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 8 Aug 1727 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

M. 2nd Micah/Michale Lambert

Researching this line is Frank Campbell at [email protected]

1096. John MORGAN was born 30 Mar 1645 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He died before 12 Feb 1712 in Preston, New London Co., Connecticut. John married Rachel DEMING on 10 Nov 1665 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

m. 2nd Elizabeth Jones Williams
A History of James Morgan of New London, CT, 1607-1869 by Nathaniel H. Morgan
    [Hartford] (1869)

Swamp Yankee, by James Allyn, page 30.
    John was twelve when his family moved from New London to Groton; and was twenty when he married Rachel Dymond, who had come to New London with her brothers from Fairfield.

  Sources:  History of James Morgan; Ancestry of Earl Leslie Morgan, Sanford
Line, a typewritten manuscript in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City;
Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Conn.; Ancestral
File; History of Stonington, Conn.; History of New London County by Frances M.
Caulkins; The Morgan Family by American Genealogical Research Institute;
Genealogical Notes on New York and New England Families; 500 First Families of
America.
  Notes on NY and NE Families: John Morgan, married 16 Nov. 1665.
  Caulkins: He and Rachel had eight children.
  He had eight children by his second wife, Elizabeth Jones Williams.
  Morgan Family: Of Groton and Preston, Conn.; lieutenant in militia, 1692;
called "captain." No mention found of service in King Philip's War.
  500 Families: John Morgan, born 30 March 1645; died 1712 in Preston, Mass.
[obviously should be Connecticut]. Indian Commissioner and Advisor. Deputy to
the General Court, 1689-90.
  (See biographical sketch in Morgan notebook.)

1097. Rachel DEMING was born about 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She died 2 Jun 1712 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

VITAL RECORDS OF NEW LONDON, NEW LONDON CO., CONN.
    John Morgan ye sonne of James Morgan married Rachel Dymon ye - 10th Nov. 1665.

The Deming Family, by S. V. Talcott (1912).
Goodwin and Borgan Ancestral Lines, Vol II
Connectuct Genealogy, by R. Cutter, Vol. I, page 135 Swamp Yankee, by James Allyn, page 30.
    John Morgan was twenty when he married Rachel Dymond, who had come to New London with her brothers from Fairfield.

 Sources: Cutter's New England; John Deming of Wethersfield; Genealogical Notes on New York and New England Families; IGI; Ancestral File; American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales by Gary Boyd Roberts and William A. Reitwiesner. Also see Capt. John Morgan (RIN 130) notes.
  In some records, name is listed as Deming, Dimond or Dymon. Most later
sources go with Deming.

  Diary of Joshua Hempstead: 1 June 1712--"Goodwife Morgan Died Suddenly." 2 June 1712--"I Sheered 4 Sheep in ye morn & then went to Jno Morgans to & (sic) made a Coffin for his mother. I went to ye funerall & then came home..."

1098. James AVERY Jr. was born 15 Dec 1646 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 22 Aug 1728 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried 24 Aug 1728. James married Deborah STALLYON on 20 Feb 1669 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

VITAL RECORDS OF NEW LONDON, NEW LONDON CO., CONN.
    James Avery Jun. sonn of James Avery, was marryed unto Deborah ye daughter of Edward Stallyon - 20th of February 1669.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. Found in the DAR Library, Washington DC. Pages 80-102.
   Was born Dec. 16, 1646, at Gloucester, Mass. He married Feb. 20, 1669, at New London, Conn Deborah Stallyon, daughter of Edward and Margaret Stallyon. The New London town records for 1669 contains the following entry:
    "James Avery jun, sonn of James Avery was marryed unto Deborah ye daughter of Edward Stallyon - 20 of February."
Feb. 12, 1670, James Avery's wife Deborah was baptized in the First Church, New London.
    Jan. 12, 1670/1, Edward Stallyon and Margaret, his wife, deeded land to their son-in-law, James Avery, jun., which land they gave him with their daughter. "Debora, his now wife." Also a farm, upland and meadow, in or about Birch Playne on both sides of the river or creek which Stoney Brook runs into, with house and barn, &c.; provided it is agreed James Avery is to keep for the use of the said Edward Stallyon and Margaret his wife during their life 12 head of cattle which he is to keep and look to both summer and winter. This document is signed by Edward Stallyon and James Avery. (New London Deeds, 5:18)
    He received numerous tracts of land from his father, one (March 28, 1679) being enough to make up a hundred acres "near the cart path that goes to John Morgans, near the county road." May 29, 1702, Capt. James-3 and Capt. John-3 Avery, Ephraim and Joseph Myner sold three hundred acres of land in Preston called Pachaug.
  James-3 Avery early disposed of his land on the General Neck, land that came to him from his father and grandfather, and lived on the east side of the river. Like his father, he took an important part in the affairs of the colony. The took the oath of freeman, Oct. 14, 1669. He was several times selectman of Groton, also justice of the peace; he was deputy from New London to the general court seven times (1690-1702), and from Groton nine times (1707-12); he was made sergeant of the train band, New London, June 5, 1683; he was commissioned lieutenant in May, 1690, and later became captain; he was counselor and advisor of the Pequot tribe and, in 1720, became their guardian; in 1723, he instituted suits to recover lands of which they had been deprived; he several times acted as interpreter to the council; he was often on committees to settle boundary disputes and the location of public lands, and often served on the grand jury. (See Conn. Col. Rec.)

  Sources: The Groton Avery Clan; New London Vitals; Beers; The Averys of
Groton; NEHGR, Vol. 50; History of New London County, Conn. (Hurd); A
Catalogue of the Names of Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut
by Hinman; Virkus; Savage; Diary of Joshua Hempstead; National Society,
Daughters of Colonial Wars.
  Groton Clan: When James married Deborah Stallion, her father, Edward, gave
them land. It included "a farm, upland and meadow, on or about Birch Playne on
both sides of the river or creek which Stoney Brook runs into, with house and
barn, etc."
  NL Vitals: Married 20 Feb. 1669.
  Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut,
by Beers says all of James Jr.'s children were born in New London, in the area
that is now Groton, Conn.
  Info on children is from "The Averys of Groton."
  NEHGR, Vol. 50, p485: a New London County court record at Norwich says
Daniel Wetherell, commissioner, married 18 Feb. 1669 James Avery Jr. and
Deborah Stullion (sic).
  Col. Wars: James Avery Jr., married Deborah Stallyon, 20 Feb. 1669, in New
London.
  Virkus: Lt. James Avery, born 1646; captain in the Connecticut colonial
forces, judge, deputy to the General Court, peace commissioner. Married 1669,
Deborah Stallyon.
  Savage: James Avery of New London, born 16 Dec. 1646; married Deborah,
probably eldest daughter of Edward Stallion.
  Hempstead, page 201: 24 ??? 1728--"Capt Ja Avery of Groton & Dea Manasseh
Minor of Stonington both buried & upwards of 80 years."
  (See biographical sketch of James Avery Jr. on printout in notebook.)

1099. Deborah STALLYON was born 20 Feb 1649/1650 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 27 Mar 1729 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Avery & Avery, page 80 & 81.
    Daughter of Edward and Margaret Stallyon.
    Feb 12, 1670, James Avery's wife Deborah was bap. in the First Chruch, New London.
    Jan. 12, 1670/1, Edward Stallyon and Margaret, his wife deeded land to their son-in-law, James Avery, Jun., which land they gave him with their daughter, "Debora, his now wife;" also a farm, upland and meadow, in or about Birch Playne on both sides of the river or creek which Stoney Brook runs into, with house and barn, &c.; provided it is agreed James Avery is to keep for the use of the said Edward Stallyon and Margaret his wife during their life 12 head of cattle which he is to keep and look to both summer and winter. This document is signed by Edward Stallyon and James Avery. (New London Deeds, 5:18.)

  Sources: Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London, CT; Early
History of the 1st Church of Christ of New London; New London Vitals; NEHGR
50/485; Diary of Joshua Hempstead; Groton Avery Clan; National Society,
Daughters of Colonial Wars.
  Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London, Connecticut, says three
things in three different places: Name is (1) Stallyon and (2) Stallyon or
Sterling, and that (3) she was the daughter of Edward Sterling of Stallyon
Others also say she was a Sterling. There was a place name in Connecticut
called Stallion Hill. Some say the name could originally have been Sterling.
  Deborah was baptized in the 1st Church of New London on Feb. 12, 1670 (which
is about a year after her marriage), according to The Groton Avery Clan.
  "The Early History of the 1st Church of Christ of New London, Conn." says
she was baptized 1 Feb. 1670. Her husband, James Avery, was listed as a member
of the church before 5 Oct. 1670.
  Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Conn., calls her
Deborah Stallyme.
  NL Vitals: Married 20 Feb. 1669.
  NEHGR 50/485: Marriages performed by Daniel Wetherell, commissioner, in New
London County included that of James Avery Jr. and Deborah Stullion (sic) on 18
Feb. 1669 (found in New London County Court records in Norwich).
  Hempstead: 26 March 1729--"Ms Avery died aged 78 yr Wid of Capt James."
Page 208.
  Col. Wars: Deborah Sterling or Stallyon, born 1651, New London; died 27
March 1729.

1100. Captain John LEEDS was born about 1645 in Staplehowe, Kent, England. He died before 1 Aug 1697 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. John married Elizabeth LATHAM on 25 Jan 1678 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

VITAL RECORDS OF NEW LONDON, NEW LONDON CO., CONN.
John Leeds of Staple hows in Kent, old England was marryed unto Elizabeth ye daughter of Cary Latham of New London ye 25 of June 1678.

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. II, 1915, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 426.
    John Leeds came from Kent, England, in 1674, and settled at New London, Conn., where he engaged in shipbuilding, and trading with the West Indies. The Leedses were probably NOrmans, and when they entered England they must have done so as knights. Some member of the family was given the Manor of Leeds, probably as a reward for services rendered the Norman chief, William, in battle. The early Leedses had but a single name, as Ralph or John, to which was added de Leeds, as holder of the manor. The manor lands are now cut up into town lots just within the town of Leeds, England.

  Sources: Boston Evening Transcript, Note 2359; N.L. town births, marriages and deaths, 974.65/N2, V2a; History of New London by Caulkins; Savage; Worden;
Brown Genealogy, Vol. 2; AF.
  BET: John Leeds came from Staplehowe, Kent, England. (A Staple, Kent, is listed in the British Road Atlas.) He is first mentioned in New London, Conn., in 1674, when he was commander of the Success, bound for Nevis. He later engaged in shipbuilding and had a shipyard in Groton. Married Elizabeth Latham 25 Jan. (sic) 1678.
  New London records: John Leeds of Staple hows, Kent, England, married Elizabeth, daughter of Cary Lathem of New London, 25 June 1678.
   Caulkins, p335, p336: "John Leeds of Staplehowe, in Kent, Old England, was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Cary Latham, June 25th, 1678." "John Leeds is first introduced to use in 1674, as a mariner, commander of the Success, bound for Nevis. He engaged afterward in building vessels, and had a ship-yard on the east side of the (Thames) river. "Mr." Leeds' children baptized: John, 13 March 1680/81; Elizabeth, 16 Oct. 1681; William, 20 May 1663. "Widow Leeds' two children baptized, Gideon and Thomas, 1 Aug. 1697. The above is all the information gathered from town and church records.  Capt. Leeds probably died in 1696.   Page 265: Among new New London inhabitants that appeared between 1670 and 1700: John Leeds, from Kent Co., England, 1674.
  Savage: John Leeds, in New London in 1674; mariner, from Staplehoe, Kent, England; called himself 39 years old in September 1680. Died 1 Aug. 1697. He married Elizabeth Latham, daughter of Cary, 25 Jan. 1678.
   Worden: John Leeds of England.
                              *****
  Brown Gen: John Leeds came from Kent. He was a ship builder and a trader to the West Indies.
  "The Leedses probably were Normans, and when they entered New England, they must have done so as knights. Some member of the family was given the Mamor of Leeds, probably as a reward for service rendered William I in Battle. The early Leedses had but a single manor, as Ralph or John, to which (whom) was added de Leeds, as holder of the manor."

1101. Elizabeth LATHAM was born 1646 in New London, New London Co., , Connecticut. She died 1728. [Parents]

ANCESTRY SERVICE, KACMARCZYK-LYTLE VOL. 7, 1985 (DAR LIB) CONN. FAMILIES,
    page 151.
    LATHAM, Elizabeth (John Leeds) Cary (Chart: 2978S-18; also #965)
    Connecticut Society of Genealogists Inc., 2906 Maine St., P.O. Box 435, Glastonbury, CT 06033.

  Sources: N.L. town births, marriages and deaths, 974.65/N2, V2a; Boston
Evening Transcript, Note 2359; Savage; Worden; National Society, Daughters of
Colonial Wars; Parkhurst Manuscript.

  Savage: Elizabeth Latham, born in New London; married 25 Jan. 1678, John
Leeds.
  Worden: Elizabeth Latham, daughter of Cary and Elizabeth (Masters) Lockwood
Latham; married John Leeds of England.
  Colonial Wars: Elizabeth Latham, married John Leeds, 1671.
  Parkhurst: Elizabeth Latham, born 1647; died 1728 (October or December???),
age 81-2. Married 25 June 1678 to John Leeds.

1102. Richard WILLIAMS Sr. was born about 1670. He died 1722. Richard married Sarah WHEELER on 9 Jan 1688. [Parents]

  Source: A Genealogy of Williams Families by J. Oliver Williams (929.273,
W67wj); Boston Evening Transcript, Note 2359; A Williams Family Line; Worden;
NEHGR, v54, p106.
  BET: A Richard Williams leased Fairfield, CT, land 26 Oct. 1658--History and
Genealogy of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, p432.
  Williams Family Line: Richard Williams, died 1733.
  O. Williams: Richard Williams, died 1733; married Sarah Wheeler, daughter of
John, 9 Jan. 1688. He was a Captain of Dragoons in 1690. He owned land in
Stonington, which he sold in 1709, and lived in Plainfield in 1713 where he had
a grant of land. Will dated 29 June 1733. His administration of his father's
estate was termed questionable. Named administrator in 7 June 1704, he gave an
account of the estate 8 June 1705, a year after the estate was inventoried.
As oldest son, he said, he should receive a double share and the other four
siblings single shares. His next account was not made until 13 Aug. 1717. It
showed 14 payments of bills totaling 7 pounds, 9 shillings, 10 pence. This
accounting apparently was precipitated by a court action filed 1 June 1717 by
Samuel Packer, husband of Richard's sister Mary, saying that, 13 years after
her father's death, she had not received her portion of the estate. Not until
21 July 1721 did Mary Packer receive 18 pounds, 14 shillings. Richard
evidently had the use of Mary's share of the estate for 17 years before he paid
up--although Mary's original single share was listed on the 1717 account as
10 pounds, 4 shillings, 10 pence. (Richard was listed as from Groton in the
1721 probate settlement.) He was named a freeman of Groton in 1708.

1103. Sarah WHEELER was born 1666 in London, England. She died 10 Apr 1754. [Parents]

  Source: A Genealogy of Williams Families by J. Oliver Williams (929.273,
W67wj); Worden; NEHGR, v54, p106.
  O. Williams: Sarah Wheeler, born 1664 in London, died 10 April 1752/54, age
88 years. She said she came to New London with her father John, who came at
the invitation of a brother who lived in New London. Her father lived in New
London the rest of his life.
  NEHGR: Note from F.C. Johnson says a pamphlet printed in 1754 prints a
"sermon preached at Groton, CT, in 1754 by Rev. Jacob Johnson, A.B., over his
parishioner, Mrs. Sarah Williams, who died April 10, 1754, aged 88. As the book
is so rare, I send the names mentioned in the sermon:
  "Sarah Williams, wife of Richard Williams, who was the brother of William,
Henry and Stephen, all of Groton. She and her father came from London, England,
when she was sixtten, and they lived with her uncle Wheeler at New London,
Conn.
  "Children:
  "Sarah. David, m. Experience Bailey. Elizabeth, m. Obadiah Bailey, brother
of Experience. Richard. Mary, m. Capt. Thomas Leeds. John. Nathan, m. Deborah
Avery. Deborah.
  "In the back is a list of subscribers, 123, mostly residents of Groton.
  "Rev. Jacob Johnson was pastor of the church at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., from 1772
to 1797."

1104. William WILBORE was born 1630 in Braintree, Essex, England. He died 1 Mar 1710 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. William married Martha POTTER on 1653. [Parents]

LITTLE COMPTON FAMILIES, page 707.
    Cousin of Samuel Wilbore of Boston and descendant of John, Joseph, Nicholas and maybe Thomas Wilbore.
    He was called cousin several times in the will of Samuel Wilbore, Jr., the son of Samuel Wilbore of Boston, who was born in Braintree, England, the son of Nicholas and Elizabath Wilbore of Sible Heddingham, Essex County, England and grandson of Nicholas and Ann Wilbore of Colchester, Essex County , EN.
   He first appeared in the legal records when his cousin Samuel of Boston transferred to him a piece of land in Portsmouth, 10 July 1654. He also owned land touching the land of Samuel Sr. and also of Samuel Jr. in Portsmouth, on the west road there near the coal mines. He lived on the farm which later became the Burrington Anthony farm, on the road that leads to the ferry, bound on the south of Freeborne Street.
    Besides owning land in Portsmouth, he bought much land in LC and about 1690 four of his sons settled there--Samuel, William Jr., John and Joseph. He had two other sons, Daniel who settled in Swansea, and Benjamin who settled in Dartmouth.
    Samuel owned what is now the Oliver H. Wilbor Place, Joseph settled on what was later the Isaac W. Howland place on the road south of the Commons, John settled on the place later owned by Walter Bullock on the Long Highway, and son William owned what was afterwards the Ephraim Sisson place near the South Shore.
    In the will of William Wilbore of Portsmouth, recorded there, dated 1 March 1710 and proved 15 Aug. 1710, he gives as follows: "...To son John Wilbore's two children, John and Mary Records, 30 pounds; to son Daniel Wilbore all land in the first division, great neck in Swansea; to son Samuel 43 pounds which he owes me; to daughter Mary Mowrey money that she owes me and then to her children; to son Joseph Wilbore 100 pounds in money; to son John Wilbore 20 pounds in money; to son Benjamin Wilbore the money which is due me from Daniel Wilcox; to daughter Martha Sherman 10 pounds and to daughter Joan 10 pounds; to four sons, John, William, Joseph and Samuel, all my lands that I now have in the township of LC equally divided between them..."
    Children, recorded in Tiverton although William lived in Portsmouth:

"THE WILDBORES IN AMERICA" pub 1933 gives William as son of Samuel, but the Commerative Biographical Record of Dutchesses Co., NY page 530 gives the following.
    An early settler in New England was William Wilbur who in 1630 came to America with his Uncle Samuel Wilbur from Doveaster, Yorkshire, England.
    They were Quakers and settled first in Boston, were driven out by religious persecutions, William Wilbur settled in Portsmouth, RI in 1656. And died there in 1710. He had a family of ten children, several of whom settled in Little Compton, RI where they owned large tracts of land some of which is still in possession of descendants. He made his will Dec. 15, 1701.

THE WILDBORES IN AMERICA, Vol. 1, by John Reid Wilbor and Benjamin Franlin Wilbour, 1933, page 36.

1105. Martha POTTER.

This is one of my BRICK WALLS! Does anyone know who the parents of Martha Potter are?

1106. Thomas BROWNELL was christened 5 Jun 1608 in Rawmarsh Parish, Yorkshire, England. He died 24 Sep 1664 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island and was buried in Brownell Cemetery, Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Thomas married Anne BOURNE on 20 Mar 1637 in St. Benet's, Paul's Wharf, London, EN. [Parents]

THE HISTORY OF THE BROWNELLY FAMILY, by William R. Brownell, 1975. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Page 6, 7.
    Thomas Brownelly, the ancestor of most, if not all, of the Brownells in America, was born in England. The date of his birth is not known, but he was baptised on 5 June 1608 at Rawnarsh Parish, Yorkshire. Thomas was the youngest son of Robert and Mary (Wilson) Brownell, who lived in Sandal Magna Parish, Agbrigg Waberntake, Yorkshire.
    On 20 March 1637, Thomas Brownell married Anne Bourne at St. Benet's, Paul's Wharf, London.
    The earliset record of Thomas Brownell in Rhode Island is in 1647 when he was a witness to the will of John Walker on 16 March 1647. That same year he was appointed a water bailey for the colony. In 1655 he was on the roll of freemen (citizens having full political rights and privileges) of Portsmouth. He was a member of the General Court of Commissioners for the colony in the years 1655, 1661, 1662, and 1663.
    In 1661, a dispute arose betwseen Thomas Brownell and John Porter concerning the boundary of land which Thomas had purchased from Richard Carder. At a town meeting on 11 May 1661, it was ordered that the dispute be submitted to arbitration. The decision was given 1 Oct 1661, but no record was made of what that decision was.
    Thomas Brownell died on 24 Sep 1664 at Portsmouth. The cause of his death was given as a fall from a house. He was buried there in the Brownell Cemetery.

1107. Anne BOURNE was christened 15 Feb 1606 in St. Michael, Cornhill Parish, London, England. She died after 24 Oct 1666 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island and was buried in Brownell Cemetery, Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

THE HISTORY OF THE BROWNELLY FAMILY, by William R. Brownell, 1975. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Page 6.
    Anne was born in London and was baptised on 15 February 1606 at the Parish of St. Michael Cornhill in London.
    The date of Anne (Bourne) Brownell's death is not known. The last record of her is in 1666 when the Court of Tryalls of Newport, RI, on 24 Oct 1666, stated that "Anne Brownell, widow of Thomas, was prohibited from marrying one William Long." Anne was buried in the Brownell Cemetery in Portsmouth.

1108. William GIFFORD died 27 Dec 1687 in Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth GRANT.

THE GENEALOGY OF THE GIFFORD FAMILY FROM MASS. TO MAINE, By Christine R. Brown, 1981, Campball Printing Inc., Knoxville, TN. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, UT. 929.273 9366b. page 1.
    The families of some of the pioneer settlers of Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass. have received little attention. However, the opposite is ture of the New England Gifford family. Harry E. Gifford published, in 1896, his Gifford Genealogy in which he gives an account of the descendants of William Gifford of Sandwich. However, the compiler of that work was handicapped by what was evidently an inability to search thoroughly in original records, and the enormous site of the family caused confusion. A great many others have done work on the Sandwich Grifford Family and also on the other New England Giffords.
    William Gifford evidently arrived in New England after 1643, as he does not appear among those able to bear arms in that year. The first original record we find of him is among a list of debts due on the inventory of Joseph Holiway "of Sandwidg", which shows: "It, dew from Willi Gifford" 3s, 4d, 4 Dec 1647 (Plymouth Colony Probates Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 7, p. 208 (1906).
    William Gifford served on the Grand Enquest, 4 June 1650 (Nathaniel B. Sourtleff, ed. The Records of Colony of New Plimouth in New England, Vol. 2, p. 155.
    The original deed for the Sandwich plantation was excuted by Governor William Bradford 22 May 1651. It was ordered that four men: Goodman (Thomas) Tupper, Goodman (Thomas) Burges, Senr., Nathaniel Willis, and William Gifford "shall have power to call a town meeting". (Annals of Sandwich, History of Cape Cod, Vol. 2, p. 48, Rev. Frederick Freemann). This is the third and last reference to our William Gifford before there were Quaker missionaries in New England. Subsequant data proves that, although William Gifford became an active member of the Society of Friends, it is evident from other data that by 1651 he was married and the father of a family. In attempting to discover the name of this first wife one must keep in mind that she probably married William in England, and it is not necessary to limit search to the families who later were Quakers in Sandwich. In this connection it is also worth noting that a Guilielm Gifford married 11 Feb 1635, Elizabeth Grant. (Record of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London (1619-1636) transcribed by J. V. Kitte, in Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 25, p. 153 (1936). In the same work, p. 133, is shown the marriage of an Ananies Gifford 18 Nov 1621 to Maria Read. The rare name Ananisa (also spelled Hananies, Hannaniah, Annaniah) was given to William Gifford's son and was carried down in the family. It also turns up in the family of the Giffords of Dry Drayton, Co. Cambridge. England Giffords can be traced back to Normandy at the time of William the Conqueror when most branches usually spelled the name Giffard. Inevitably the tempetation to connect the Sandwich Giffords with these celebrated families has produced a rash of printed accounts in which the connection is stated as fact but without solid references. In view of the fact that highly skilled professional genealogists have found no proof as yet of such connections, it can only be said that evidence has yet to be found to confirm these thoughts.
    In 1658 The Plymouth Court ordered that a record be made of all land holdings, and this was done in June at Sandwich. William Gifford's land is there listed. It is an interesting coincidence that in that same month, 1 June 1658, William Gifford was one of a dozen men who "all of Sandwich were summoned, appeared to give a reason for their refusing to take the Oath of Fidelitle to this government and unto the State of Engtland, which again being tendered them in open court, they refused, saying they held it unlawful to take any oath at all". At the same Court the notorious consiable of Sandwich was appointed Marshall of Sandwich, Barnstable and Yarmouth. William Gifford and the others were fined 5 pounds each, 2 Oct 1658. This was the beginning of the vigorous persecution of the Sandwich Quakers, described by Otis and by Joseph Besse in his A Collection of The Sufferings of the People Called Quakers.
    By a deed of 6 May 1683 William Gifford conveyed to his sons Robert and Christopher the tract of Dartmouth land which he had bought from the widow Warren in 1670. The facts in this transaction, oddly enough are related fully in a deed of 1736 by which Christopher Gifford conveyed land to his son Enos Gifford. This 1736 deed also refers to William Gifford as a tailor by trade "of Sandwich" (Bristol County Deeds, Vol. 4, p. 136).
    It seems that the data of this 1683 conveyance may have been related to the fact that William Gifford, now perhaps in his sixties, was about to marry again.
    The Sandwich Friends Monthly Meeting, held at William Allen's 4: 3 mo: 1683 records on page 33, the intention of marriage of William Gifford to Mary Mills, "both of Sandwich". At the same meeting, Gifford contributed 50 shillings to the meeting for the purchase of a cow. The marriage took place at the Meeting of 16 day 5 mo. 1683, the couple "having expressed their intentions at two meetings". Both, again, are coalled "of Sandwich", and both signed the certificate (not by mark). It is interesting to note that there were thirty witnesses: William and John Newland: Goerge, William, Francis, Jedediah and Zacchariah Allen; Stephen Wing; Edward Perry, Lodwick Hauksie, Jedediah Jones, Thomas Grennell, Issac Turner and John Goodspeed. Also Rose Neland; Susannah, Hannah and Elizabeth Jenkins, Priscilla, Hannah, Mary and two Elizabeth Allens; Lydia Gaunt, Jane Landers, Sarah Wing, Mary Perry, Mary Hauksie, Experience Goodspeed and Mary Turner. But none of the children of William Gifford signed the document, nor did James Mills, brother of the bride.
    We find no birth date of Mary Mills, but she certainly was some years younger than her husband. She was living 21 Jan. 1718/19 and the Friends records indicate that she died on 10 Feb. 1734. She died intestate. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Mills of Blackpoint, Mass. (now Scarborough, ME).
    The births of only Christopher Gifford and the two young sons by the last wife, Jonathan and James are of record. By a careful calculation of the dates of births of the first born grandchildren and by other recorded data, it is believed likely that this William Gifford married his first wife, probably in England, and that he arrived in Sandwich with his first three children, John, Patience and Hannariah. It seems that there is a gap of some eight years before the birth of the next child, William, and it is thought that he and his brothers Robert and Christopher were perhaps by a second wife.

1109. Elizabeth GRANT.

1110. Edward PERRY was born 1630 in England. He died before 12 Apr 1695 in Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. Edward married Mary FREEMAN on 7 Mar 1653/1654.

SOME OF THE ANCESTORS OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY OF LOWELL, MASS., PART I, PERRY ANCESTRY, Compiled by Mrs. F. W. Brown, Boston, Mass., Edited and Published by Charles H. Pope, Pope Building, 1911. Found in Joseph Smith building, Salt Lake City, UT. 929.275 P4286. page 1.
    Edward Perry of Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, was a Quaker, and probably fled from England about 1650 to escape the perscution which was then fiercely raging there. The little town of Sandwich was a favorite resort of that persecuted sect; and though Plymouth Colony afforded les liberal conditions that Rhode Island yet her settlers fared far better than those of Mass. Bay Colony.
    The first mention of Edward Perry in the Plymout6h Colony Records presents him as on the "Grand Inquest", at the court held June 7, 1653; it is probable that he had been living several years in the town and was favorably known.
    The next outcry containing his name shows that he had been married by the Quaker ceremony, which was not considered legal. It reads:
    "Edward Perry, for vnorderly proceeding contrary to order of Court, about his marriage, is fined five pounds. And Mr. Prence is ordered by the Court to see his marriage ratifyed as hee goeth home..... "Thomas Tupper, for his negligence in not causing Edward Perry of Sandwich to bee by him orderly married, being by the Court appointed to mary psons there, was required henceforth to desist, and is not entrusted with that business any more."
    This court was held the 7th of March, 1653/4. Following the list of cases presented by the Grand Jury to the court is the statement by the jury. "Wee understand that the honored Court hath taken notice of the marriage of Edward Perry, and therefore for the present wee leave it."
    The wife's name does not appear in those records. She was Mary, the daughter of Mr. Edmund Freeman, on of the most prominent men in the little town. he was on of the "tenn men of Saugust" (Saugus, now Lynn) appointed by the Court in 1637 to "view a place to sitt downe & have sufficient lands for three score famylies"...a grant which was prepartory to the founding of Sandwich. Edmund Freeman, Jr., Mary's brother, married a daughter of Governor, Thomas Prence, who was instructed by the Court to see Edward Perry's marriage "ratifyed as he goeth home."

1111. Mary FREEMAN. [Parents]

1120. William HOLDRIDGE was born 15 Mar 1646/1647 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died 1691 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. William married Lydia QUIMBY on 10 Apr 1674 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

THE HOLDREDGE FAMILY, book in Library of Congress, page 59.
    William, born March 15, 1647, is said to have lived at Exeter, NH, and was undoubtedly the father of William Holdredge who was in Stonington CT in 1696.

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY AND AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, by David W. Hoyt, page 203.
    William, b. March 15, 1647 (S); m. April 10, 1674 (Sv), Lydia Quinby (Robert-1); res Exeter.

1121. Lydia QUIMBY was born 22 Jan 1657/1658 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died before 23 Feb 1695/1696 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY AND AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, by David W. Hoyt, page 295.
    Lydia, b. Jan. 22, 1657/8 (S); m. April 10, 1674 (Sv), William-2 Holdridge; living in 1700.

1122. Henry ELLIOT was born 20 Nov 1650 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 1701 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Henry married Deborah BELL on 27 Mar 1679 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

SAVAGE GEN. DICT., Vol I, page 190, Vol. 2, page 109, 111.

ELLIOT-ELLIOTT 1625-1976, By Sara Jane Beamish. 929.273 EL57a, Found at the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, UT, page 5.
     Henry Elliot, b. 11-20-1650 in New London, Conn. d. in Stonington, Conn. Son of Joseph and Deborah (___) Elliot.
     Records say he was a soldier in King William's War in 1675, but the war took place in 1689-1697. He was a merchant in Stonington.
    Married 3-27-1670. Int. 3-12-1679. Deborah (Bell) York, b. 11-29-1650. Dau. of Thomas and Anna (__) Bell of England. M (1) 1-19-1669, James York, b. 6-14-1640, d. 10-26-1678. James York and Deborah had five children.

1123. Deborah BELL was born 29 Nov 1650 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

1124. Isaac FELLOWS was born 1635 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died 6 Apr 1721 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Isaac married Joanna BOURNE on 29 Jan 1672 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

HISTORY OF MONTVILLE, CONNECTICUT, FORMERLY THE NORTH PARISH OF NEW LONDON FROM 1640 TO 1896, Compiled and arranged by Henry A. Baker, Hartford, Conn, Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company 1896, page 346.
    Isaac, son of William Fellowes and ____ _____, married Joanna Brown, 29 Jan 1672

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY & AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Providence, RI, 1897, by David W. Hoyt, page 155.
    Isaac-2, b. abt. 1637; m. Jan. 29 1672 (Ip), Joanna (Bourne?)(Boardman?); res. Ip.p; served in King Philip's war, Aug. 1676; d. Apr 6, 1721. 6 chil. of whom Ephraim-3 presented, May 3, 1708, (Prob. the Sam Fellows of Hampton who m. Nov. 15, 1698, Deborah Sanborn and had several child., the youngest, Sam., b. Oct 1707 (see D. Hm.) was son of (2) Isaac-2. Jonathan Fellows of IP. was ap. guard of Sam. Fellows, age 15, son of Sam. Fellows, late of Hm., "sadler," June 14, 1723.) inv. est. bro. Isaac-3, Jr., b. Nov. 27, 1673 (Ip).

1125. Joanna BOURNE was born 1646. She died 22 Mar 1732 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

This is one of my BRICK WALLS! Does anyone know who the parents of Joanna Bourne are?

HISTORY OF MONTVILLE, CONNECTICUT, FORMERLY THE NORTH PARISH OF NEW LONDON FROM 1640 TO 1896, Compiled and arranged by Henry A. Baker, Hartford, Conn, Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company 1896, page 346.
    ... married Joanna Brown, 29 Jan 1672

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY & AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Providence, RI, 1897, by David W. Hoyt, page 155.
    ... m. Jan. 29 1672 (Ip), Joanna (Bourne?)(Boardman?);

1126. Nathaniel WARNER was born 1646 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died 29 Apr 1684 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Nathaniel married Hannah BOYNTON on 24 Nov 1673. [Parents]

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY & AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Providence, RI, 1897, by David W. Hoyt, page 341.
    Nathaniel-3, b. ___; m. Nov. 24, 1673, (19) Hannah-2 Boynton; prob. d. abt 1684, and wid. Hannah m. ____ Batchelor. Child: Nathaniel-4, and Hannah-4, both liv. 1688.

REGISTER OF THE ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL WARNER OF WILBRAHAM, MASS. WITH DESCENDANTS TO THE SEVENTH GENERATION OFJOHN (WILLIAM) WARNER OF IPSWICH, MASS. by Katharine Warner Radasch and Arthur Hitchcock Radasch, Second Edition, 1956. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, UT. page 4.
    Nathaniel, d. 1684; m. Nov. 24, 1673, Hannah Boynton.

1127. Hannah BOYNTON was born 26 Mar 1654 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died Feb 1694. [Parents]

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY & AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Providence, RI, 1897, by David W. Hoyt, page 69.
    Hannah-2, b. March 26, 1654; m. Nov. 24, 1673, Nathaniel Warner of Ipswich.

THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY & AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Providence, RI, 1897, by David W. Hoyt, page 341.
    ...m. Nov. 24, 1673, (19) Hannah-2 Boynton; prob. d. abt 1684, and wid. Hannah m. ____ Batchelor.

1152. Allen BREED was christened 27 Jan 1630/1631 in Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire, England. He died Jan 1707. Allen married Mary Elizabeth OSBORN on 28 Mar 1656 in Massachusetts. [Parents]

History of Stonington CT., by Wheeler, page 244.

Breed Genealogy, number 2.

1153. Mary Elizabeth OSBORN was born about 1630 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died 30 Nov 1671 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

1154. Deacon Gershom PALMER was born 16 Jun 1644 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He died 27 Sep 1718 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried 30 Sep 1718 in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Gershom married Ann DENISON on 28 Nov 1667 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 509.

WALTER PALMER OF CHARLESTOWN AND REHOBOTH, MA & STONINGTON CT, a 400-Year (1585-1985) Family History, Compiled, Edited, Typed and Partly Researched by Doris Palmer Buys, pages 103-4.
    Following the path of his parents, brothers and sisters, Gershom was devoutly religious and he and his wife, Ann, were admitted 19 Aug 1677 to the First Congregational Church at Stonington (known as "The Road Church") according to the church records.
     In 1675 Gershom Palmer, then aged theiry-one years, particiated in King Philip's War and served as a lieutenant of a Stonington company. The Pyron Plamer typescript manuscripts, page 997, "His name appears as a soldier in that war on the records of the town of Voluntown, which town was given by the General Court of Conn. to the soldiers of that war."
    The comprehensive account of that conflict was written by George Madison Bodge, A.B. in his book entitled "Soldiers in King Philip's War" reprinted in 1976 by Genealogical Publishing Co., of Baltimore, Maryland. In a chapter headed "The Narraganset Townships, Grantees and Claimants" page 406, is recorded on 10th December 1675 a proclamation was made to the soldiers, in the name of the Governor of the Mass. Colony that "if they took the fort and drove the enemy out of the Narraganset country, . . . they should have a gratuity of land, besides their wages."
    On 4 June 1685 (ten years later) a petition was presented to the General Court in session at Boston for the grant of land which had been promised byt many years passed before this was accomplished.
    On 5 June 1684 Gershom received from his brothers Nehemiah, Moses and Benjamin, 500 acres of land in Stonington as part of their father's estate. (Town Records, Vol. 1, page 129).
    
ELDRED AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES, Researched by: Catherine Matson & Clarice McNiven, Compiled by: Carol & Susan Matson, pp. 102.
    Gershom Palmer on 5 Jun 1684 received from his brothers, Nehemiah, Moses and Benjamin 500 acres of land in Stonington, CT as a part of their partent's estate. Also on 3 May 1693 was laid out to Lt. Gershom 50 acres, then 100 acres, and then another 50 acres. On 23 Dec 1708, he have his sons George and Walter all his farm, they to allow him, for the rest of his natural life, one-third of the produce of the land, to dwell in the east end of the new dwelling house, and they were to fulfill the agreement he made his new wife, Elizabeth, before their marriage. This agreement was drawn up 1 Nov 1707, but on 16 Jun 1718 he made another deed, in which he states that he had, before marriage, agreed to give his wife 20 pounds before his own deceased and that he had ordered his sons to pay this, but since he had been boarding his wife's 2 daughters for some time he had caused different arrangements to be made. Ann (Borodell) Denison's mother, Mrs. Ann Denison, was of a fine old family and from her, young Ann inherited such stately and gracious manners that she was commonly called "Lady Ann."

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1155. Ann DENISON was christened 20 May 1649 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died 17 Nov 1706 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried 18 Nov 1706 in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Conn.. [Parents]

DENISON GENEALOGY, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page 1, 2.

THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, Vol. XII, 1859, page 27.

WALTER PALMER OF CHARLESTOWN AND REHOBOTH, MA & STONINGTON CT, a 400-Year (1585-1985) Family History, Compiled, Edited, Typed and Partly Researched by Doris Palmer Buys. pages 106.
    Most published records give the year as 1694 as the year of the deathof Gershom's first wife, Ann, merely adding that he thereafter married the widow Mrs. Elizabeth (Peck) Mason. The Wheeler Chronology of families, page 461, in Stonington gives 30 Mar 1705 as the date of death of Elizabeth's husband, Jamor Samuel Mason and the year 1699 as the birthdate of her last child by him.
    Manasseh Minor's Diary records for 20 March 1704/5 'mr John masan departed." and also records for 17 November 1706 "Deaken pallmors wife dyed;" and on 18 November "She was buryed."
    page 109.
    The January 1859 publication for the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (the Register) had an article by J. D. Champlin, Jr., of Stonington entitled "Ancient Burial-Ground at Stonington" in which he set forth the inscriptions taken from some of the very early markers in the Wequetequock Burial Yard, pages 23 to 29. In addition to those of Thomas Miner and his wife, Grace Palmer Miner, those included some of particular interet to those descended from Deacon Gershom Palmer although his was not included:
    "A rough unhewn stone, about fourteen inches wide and six feet long, and nearly imbedded in the turf, is supposed to mark the resting palce of Ann, wife of Gershom Palmer, it is inscribed simply -- Ann Palmer

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