Falk Relations: Weed Family

compiled by Steve Wilson, last updated May 21, 2016.
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Descendants

Outline

Jonas Weed♦ (b. c. 1607, England, d. by 5 June 1676, Stamford CT), m. by 1637 to Mary --- (b. c. 1616, d. by 10 Mar. 1690, Stamford CT)

Mary Weed (b. c. 1637, Wethersfield CT), m. c. 1657 at Stamford CT to George Abbott (b. c. 1615, England, d. c. 1689, Norwalk CT)
John Weed (b. c. 1639, Wethersfield CT, d. 31 Mar. 1714, Stamford CT), 1m. by 14 Feb. 1665 at Stamford CT to Joanna Westcott (b. 1644, Connecticut, d. 1678, Stamford CT), 2m. c. 1678 to Mary Abbott
Dorcas Weed (b. c. 1641, Wethersfield CT), m. 1660 to James Wright
Daniel Weed (b. c. 1643, Stamford CT, d. 29 Nov. 1697, Stamford CT), m. by 1675 to Ruth --- (d. 1 Apr. 1714)
Jonas Weed (b. c. 1645, Stamford CT, d. 19 Nov. 1704, Stamford CT), m. 16 Nov. 1676 at Stamford CT to Bethia Holly (b. 6 Jan. 1655, Stamford CT, d. 24 Dec. 1713, Stamford CT)
Elizabeth Weed (b. c. 1647, Wethersfield CT), m. to John Rockwell
Sarah Weed (b. c. 1649, Stamford CT)
Hannah Weed (b. c. 1651, Stamford CT), m. 1671 to Benjamin Hoyt
Samuel Weed (b. c. 1653, Stamford CT), m. by 1680 to Mary ---

Our Descent

Jonas Weed (c1607-c1676), m. by 1637 to Mary --- (c1616-c1690)

Mary Weed (c1637--), m. c1657 to George Abbott (c1615-c1689)

John Abbott (1662--), m. 1682 to Ruth Ruscoe (c1658--)

Esther Abbott (c1686-c1750), m. c1716 to Ebenezer Jackson (1698-1766)

Abraham Jackson (1726-1791), m. 1750 to Eleanor Bumpas (1729--)

Abraham Jackson (1751-1833), m. by 1782 to Mary Button (1750-1826)

Jerusha Steele Jackson (1790-1863), m. 1812 to Benjamin Felch (1790-1864)

Mary Jane Felch (1820-1898), m. 1837 to Horatio Higgins (1812-1890)

Harvey Alva Higgins (1864-1928), m. 1889 to Lillian Belle Agee (1868-1947)

Elsie Laura Higgins (1895-1959), m. 1915 to George Washington Falk (1895-1969)

Documentation ♦

Jonas Weed (c1607-c1676): m. Mary --- (c1616-c1690)

Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, 1995. In 3:1956-1958, a summary and sources for Jonas Weed, including: "... MIGRATION: 1630, FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown, REMOVES: Wethersfield 1635, Stamford 1642, CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Member of Watertown church prior to 29 March 1636, when he was dismissed from that church in order to form a new church at Wethersfield [CCCR 1:2]. FREEMAN: 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:366], EDUCATION: He signed his will, OFFICES: Jury, 1639 [RPCC 3], ESTATE: In the Wethersfield land inventory on 25 April 1641 Jonas Weed held eight parcels of land ... In November or December 1642 Jonas Weed received a grant of land in Stamford ... In his will, dated 26 November 1672 and proved 7 November 1676, Jonas Weed Sr. bequeathed to ... 'his daughter Mary Abbot the wife of Georg[e] Abbot' 30s. ... The inventory of 'widow Mary Weed of Stamford,' exhibited 10 March 1689/90 ... COMMENTS: The lack of any record of Jonas Weed between 18 May 1631 and 29 March 1636 may indicate that he had returned to England for part of this period ... Given the lack of birthdates for this family, deciding on the birth order has been especially difficult ... the possibility of there having been two wives remains."
Virkus, Frederick Adams, ed., Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750, 1986. On p. 71, "Weed, Jonas (d 1676), came in the 'Arbella,' 1630; settled at Watertown, Mass.; freeman, 1631; first settler at Wethersfield, Conn., 1635; a founder of Stamford, Conn., 1641; m Mary --- (d 1690)."