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| John Wheadon | see FAMILY TREE |
Born: 01 Sep 1694 Branford, New Haven, CT |
Connecticut Church Record Abstracts "Jno, (s. Thomas), bp. Sept, 1694" |
| Married: 10 Jan 1716/7 to Mary Crowfoot, Branford, New Haven, CT Married: 9 Jul 1728 to Dinah Seward, Branford, New Haven, CT |
Connecticut Town Records (Barbour Collection) "John Wheaton of
Branford married 10 Jan 1716/17 Mary Crowfoot of Weathersfield" Connecticut Town Records (Barbour Collection) "John Whedon, Sr. m. Dinah Seward b. of Branford, July 9, 1728 by Rev. Jonathan Merrick." |
Died: maybe before 1783 Hebron, Washington, NY |
FATHER
MOTHER
WIFE
Dinah Seward
(alive in 1747)
CHILDREN with Mary Crawfoot
1. Mary Wheadon
b. 18 Nov 1718
2. Priscilla Wheadon
b. 24 Aug 1715 Branford, New Haven, CT
m. 06 Jul 1739 to Israel Linsley, Branford, New Haven, CT
d. 3 Nov 1773 Branford, New Haven, CT
3. Jonathan Wheadon
b. 15 Jul 1721 Branford, New Haven, CT
m. 3 Dec 1749 to Anna Cook, Branford, New Haven, CT
d. Abt.1783
4. Elisabeth Wheadon
b. 27 Jul 1725 Branford, New Haven, CT
CHILDREN with Dinah Seward
1. Jehoiada Whedon
b. 25 Aug 1729 Branford, New Haven, CT
d. maybe 1777 in Canada
Biography of John
Whedon
by Susan Brooke
April 2020
John Whedon was born Sep 1, 1694, the 4th child of Thomas and Hannah
Wheadon. He had two older sisters and an older brother, Thomas, and three
younger siblings when his father died in 1707. John was 13 and his brother
Thomas was 15, and they became the men of the family since their mother did not
remarry until the brothers were in their 30's. The youngest sibling,
Martha, was born 3 months after her father's death. From the estate
records of his father, Thomas Wheadon, Jr., we learn that when the inventory of
his estate was taken on Nov 1, 1707, his estate was valued at £549 8s. (1)
His mother, Hannah, was the administrator. At the same time, the estate of
his grandfather, Thomas Wheadon, Sr, was also being settled and the amount
due from his grandfather's estate was added to his father's estate. With
that and some adjustments by 1715 his father's estate had grown to £597.15.10.
By this time, John Whedon was 21 years of age.
When Hannah, widow of Thomas Wheadon, Jr, as administrator filed a report in New
Haven Probate Court on Jan 5, 1713/4 she was to receive 1/3 of her late
husband's estate (2) and the rest was to be divided among her eight children
with the oldest son getting his double share. The next year, on Aug 1,
1715, there was another court appearance, (3) but this time the estate was to go
to only seven children. Her son Jonathan must have died. Finally his
father's estate was settled on Nov 6, 1715 and John Whedon received £49:18.9
worth of land. (4)
A year later John Whedon married Mary Crowfoot on Jan 10,
1716/17 in Branford. They had four children together, the last,
Elizabeth, being born on Jul 27, 1725. Mary Crowfoot must have
died shortly thereafter, possibly as a result of childbirth. At
this time John Whedon was probably living in Saybrook which is about 22 miles
from Branford. In 1723 he was named as "of Saybrook" when selling the 1/4
acre of 5th Div. Land in "Scotch capwood" for £39 that he had inherited from his
father's estate, to his brother, Thomas Whedon. It had only been valued at 7
shillings when he inherited it, but now it had "appurtenances." (5) On Dec 13,
1726 John Whedon is recorded as "of Branford" in Branford Deed BK 5 pg 10-11.
His siblings are signing off on any claim to their father's land in the 6th
Division. (See page for his father.)
John Whedon remarried to Dinah Seward on July 9, 1728. She may have
been a widow as no records have been found for her in Branford.
John Whedon and Dinah had a son, Jehoiada, on Aug 25, 1729. "Jehoida
Wheadon" fought in the French and Indian War and rose at least to
Sergeant Major under Col. Nathan Whiting in 1762. (6)
We know John Whedon was still living in Branford in 1751 when he paid £10 to Isaac Cook Jr for some land in the Seventh Division. (10) A month later his son, Jonathan Whedon, paid Isaac Cook Jr £20 for some land in the 7th Division of Branford. (11) "being ye remainder of the pieces of which I sold to John Whedon Senior, at Easterly End bounded by Sd. John Whedon land." On Jan 29, 1752 John Whedon sold some land for £7 to Nathan Palmer which "occurred to me by right of my Honorable Father Thomas Whedon late of Branford." (12) A previous sale of 2 acres "from the estate of Thomas Whedon" to Josiah Harrison which took place in 1738/9 was recorded March 11, 1754. (13) Then on Oct 9, 1756 John Wheadon gave his lands to his son-in-law, Israel Linsley who was married to his daughter Priscilla. (14)This is the last time John Whedon shows up in the land records of Branford, New Haven, CT. Many Ancestry.com trees have him dying in Hebron, Washington, NY after 1783.
John Whedon does not seem to appear in either the tax or land records of Hebron, Washington, NY. However, his nephew Daniel Wheadon, born May 6, 1726, son of John's brother Thomas Whedon, may have been one of the original settlers of Hebron. Daniel Wheadon sold 3 acres of land with a "mantron house standing thereon" to John and Benjaman Plant on July 4, 1757. (15) The three acres had come to him from the "Estate of my Honored Father Thomas Wheadon, Dec'd" and it was bounded by land of Nathan Wheadon.. He also mentions some swamp land "of my brother Thomas Wheadon.." Daniel Wheadon may have gone to Easthaven, Connecticut about this time for he too, as did his uncle John Whedon, disappears from the land records of Branford after this time. By the time of the American Revolution, Daniel Wheadon is possibly in Charlotte Co, NY (now part of Vermont) and then moved to Hebron. (16) John Whedon's brother Nathaniel is also supposed to have died in Hebron in 1793. (17) He is found in Branford in 1768 selling land to his son Nathaniel Whedon, Jr. (18)
Sources
(1) New Haven Probate Record BK 3 pg 113
(2) New Haven Probate Record BK 4 pg 225
£490:16:0 and the above two sums which make the whole £584:11:6 be divided to the widow one 3rd in Real Estate During Life and one 3rd In the personal for ever, and y remainder be divided into 9 equal parts two whereof to the eldest son and a single part to each of the other Legatees which rule yields to the widow £194:17:2 and to the Eldest Son £86:12:1 and to each of the other Legatees £43:6:0 1/3 a piece
(3) New Haven Probate Record BK 4 pg 356
£597:15:10 1/2 do therefore order the widow one 3d in the Real Estate during Life and 1/3 in the personal for ever and ye the remainder be Divided among the seven surviving children of the Dec into eight equal parts. Two to the Eldest son and a single part to each of the other Legatees which Rule yields to the widow £199:5:3 1/2, to the eldest son £99:12:6 6/8, and £49:16:3 3/8 to each of y other Legatees
(4) New Haven Probate Record BK 4 pg 370
6 Nov 1715
For John 3 acres of
y Lott formerly Sutcliffe at end
next the Country Road
17.10:0
1/4 part of the Swamp to be at ye Northerly
side of the widdow Swamp
9:00:0
1/8 of pasture Land at ye north side of ye road
12:00:0
1/2 of dutch house Lot to be at the East End
4:10:0
In the Little field
6:11:3
1/4 acre of 5th Div Land in Scotch capwood
0:07:6
Total
£49:18:9
(5) Branford Deed BK 4 pg 634 Feb 16, 1722/3
Know all men by these present that I John Whedon of ye Town of Saybrook in ye Collony of Connecticut in ye County of New London in New England, Yeoman for and in consideration of ye sum of thirty nine pounds, currant mony of this Collony to me in hand paid by Thomas Whedon of Branford, etc. "of fifth Division and in Scotch cap"
(6)
(7) 4 May 1741 Branford Deed BK 6 pg 304
John Whedon Senr of Branford for £20 paid by John Plant sells "my Dwelling house and homelot where I now Dwell lying at a place called and known by ye name of Stony Creek in Sd. Branford. " 2 acres more or less.
(8) Apr 1747 Branford Deed BK 6 pg 654
John Plant of Branford sold "for a valuable sum of
money" to "Dinah Whedon wife of John Whedon" the "Dwelling House and
homelot I purchased of John Whedon," lying in a place called Stony
Creek. About 2 acres.
(John Plant was married to Hannah Whedon, sister to John Whedon.)
(9) 5 May 1747 Branford Deed BK 6 pg 668
John Whedon and Dinah his wife both of Branford (husband and wife) sell to Stephen Foot for "a valuable sum of money" that dwelling house and homelot "which sd. Dinah Whedon purchased of John Plant, Lying at a place called Stony Creek in Branford." 2 acres. Recorded June 6, 1747
(10) Branford Deed BK 7 pg 191 Aug 22, 1751
(11) Branford Deed BK 7 pg 195 Sep 21, 1751
(12) Branford Land BK 7 pg 248. Jan 29, 1752
(13) Branford Land BK 7 pg 395 recorded March 11, 1754
(14) Branford Deed BK 7 pg 545 written Feb 14, 1756
"For Diverse Good Causes & Consideration So Thereunto moving Have Promised & forever quitclaim and by these presents do revise release and forever quitclaim unto Israel Linsly , all ye Estate right Title interest Claim or Demand whatsoever that of now have Ever had or in time to come ought to have of in or unto ye Lands caled ye Highway or Comon Lands in ye Township of Branford accruing to me from the Estate of my Hon Father Thomas Wheadon ye 2d Late of Branford Dec: and also my right in ye Eighth Division So Caled, To Have & To Hold ye sd promises with ye rights privileges & appurtenances thereof unto him ye sd Israel Linsly his heirs & assigns forever, etc. ----Set my hand & seal this 14th Day of February A D 1756. Recorded Oct 9, 1756
(15) Branford Land (BK 7 pg 623) July 4, 1757
(16) From Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Vol 4 by William Richard Cutter 1908
"Thomas Whedon, son of Thomas Whedon, was born at Branford, Connecticut in 1691, --- Daniel Whedon, son of Thomas Whedon, was born in 1726. He married Abigail Granger, and resided at Easthampton, Connecticut. ---- Denison Whedon, son of Daniel Whedon was born in Easthampton, about 1750. He married Mary Parish. -- He removed when a young man to what was then Charlotte county, New York, now in the state of Vermont, and settled in Bennington or vicinity. In the New York State Revolutionary records we find him credited with service in Charlotte county regiment along with Edmund, Ansell, David and Daniel Whedon. Daniel was doubtless his father and others his brothers."
(17) "Landholders of Northeastern New York" 1739-1802 by Fred Bowman on pg 198.
Thomas Whedon, brother of John Whedon, had a son named Daniel Wheadon and
this Daniel Wheadon had a son named Dennison, Wheadon
Nathaniel Whedon, brother of John Whedon, had a son named David Wheadon who had
a son named David Wheadon, Jr.
gee refers to "grantee"
gor refers to "grantor"
Information obtained from a list of patents and lands to be sold in Jan 1822 for
arrears quit rents. So, not all landowners are listed.
(18) Branford Deed Record 9 pg 326
Nathaniel Whedon for £50 to his son Nathaniel Whedon. March 4, 1768.
Proved March 1, 1773