1762. Edmund HEMPFIELD was born in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

1764. William DEVOL was born about 1610 in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. He married Elizabeth ANDERSON on 1639/1640.

Little Compton Families, page 237.
    Information taken from the Detroit Society of Genealogical Research magazine, Austin's Dictionary, Dartmouth Records, and from the book, The Devol Family, by Elbart E. Boyd.
    William first appears in America in Duxbury, MA 3 Aug 1640, when he applied for a parcel of land. He is believed to be the William Davol who was married in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England in 1639, but his wife's name is not known. The origin of the name is supposed to be French, but it has long been in England. The name of his wife has never been found to date. William was living in Newport in 1681. In June 1643, he was of Braintree, MA and in 1649 of Rehoboth MA. He was made a freeman of Newport 17 March 1653.

1765. Elizabeth ANDERSON.

Info from: Bertie Hinman Hoch, 55 Towne House Lane, Corpus Christi, TX 78412

1766. John ADLEY married Margaret OLDIN.

Little Compton Families, page 237.
    Father of Hannah, was a culter and armourer and one of the more wealthy citizens' of Boston.

1767. Margaret OLDIN.

1772. John LAWTON was born about 1650 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died before 1653. John married Mary BOOMER before 1669 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

1773. Mary BOOMER was born in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island. She died after 1715. [Parents]

George Lawton of Portsmouth RI
    Mary m. 2nd June 3, 1678 Gideon Freeborn, who d. Feb. 28, 1720; he was the son of William and Mary Freeborn.

1774. Robert DENNIS was born about 1647 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died 5 Jun 1691 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Robert married Sarah HOWLAND on 16 Nov 1672 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

Info from Milinde J. Cornwell, 10414 Healy St., Santee, CA 92071-4929 Austin's: Gen. Dict. of Rhode Island.
"Some Desc. of Robert Dennis" by Charles Howland
Vital Records of Little Compton, RI
NGS Quarterly, Vol. 75, #4 (1982) "Henry Howland of Duxbury".
    Will dated 11 May 1691; Proved 2 July 1691.

1775. Sarah HOWLAND was born about 1652 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. She died 2 Oct 1712 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

    "They" say mother not Mary Newland, just Mary

1792. Thomas BROWN was born 1628 in Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died 28 Aug 1693 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Thomas married Mary NEWHALL on 1652/1653 in Reading, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 9, 10.
    In Vol. 1, page 9, states he was the son of Nicholas Brown. This is not correct as he states in his Vol. 2.
    Mary Newhall, b. about 1637, m. Thomas Browne, of Lynn, who was b. about 1628, according to his deposition taken July 11, 1666.
(Essex Co. Court Papers, B. XIII, L. 62.)
    He d. Aug. 28, 1693. His widow, Mary, was appointed administratrix, Oct. 9, 1683, on the same day the nuncupative will of Thomas Browne was taken down (on file in the office of the Register of Probate in Salem).
    He names his eldest son, Thomas, and his sons Joseph, John, Daniel, and Ebenezer, and dau. Norwood.
    Two depositions cited by Waters, pp. 15 and 16, show her age. Her name first appears in records as wife of Thomas Browne in 1658. "Her husband was a dish-turner and was said to be of Grawton, Middlesex, in June 1663 when he bought of William Longley his house lot (6 acres), bounded E. with lands of Richard Haven, W. with land of John Newhall, S. by Mill Street, and N. by the common." - Waters, page 16.
    The Norwood referred to in the will of Thomas Brown was his dau. Mary (9), who m. Thomas Norwood, Aug. 24, 1685, and had six children: Francis, Ebenezer, Mary, Thomas, Mary, and Jonathan.
    Their children, b. Lynn, Mass.
    Eight of this family of children died young and unmarried. Seven of them reached maturity. Four of them remained in MA, while three of them came to Stonington, CT, before 1688.
    They purchased and received large tracts of land, most of which was located in the present town of North Stonington, bounded as follows: the western boundary was nearly all on Ossekonk Swamp, the northern bounds of which extended from the Ossekonk brook on the west of Shunnock River on the east, joining on the north the lands of the late Stephen Avery and lands of the Main family, to lands of the Randall family; easterly on the Randall land to the Richardson's possessions; on the south by the Palmer family land and Miner territory; and on the west by the Wheeler family land up to the said Ossekonk Swamp.
     Subsequent sales and purchases made by the Brown brothers and the distribution of these lands as they and their successors have departed this life, have greatly changed their original possessions, and other families now dwell upon the same.
    John Brown (8) located his residence west of the site of the old Roswell Brown tavern years before the New London and Providence turnpike was built.
    On the above tract of land described is one of the oldest burying grounds in the town, on the south of the cedar swamp from which this burying ground takes its name. Before the New London and Providence turnpike was built a road passed by this ancient burying ground, but after the building of the "pike" it was discontinued, making it one of the most secluded places that can be found to bury the dead.
    No interments have been made there for many years. Here are interred many of the early settlers, without headstones, and without any doubt two of the pioneers, Thomas (2) and John (8), though it is to be regretted no headstones mark their last resting-place. This burying place is on lands they originally purchased. Here are interred Ichabod Brown (309) and his wife Lucy (Palmer) Brown and many of their children, and all marked with marble headstones; also Roswell Brown (171), who married Esther Williams (31); Thatcher Brown (175), who married after the death of his brother Roswell, his widow Esther Brown, nee Williams; Jedediah Brown (238) and his three wives. The name Williams, that of the great-grandmother of the compiler, is perpetuated by her descendants through many families down to Number 697.
    The remains of many have been removed to the Union Cemetery, and to Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Conn.; and it is hoped that all others that are marked with headstones will be removed at no distant day to the Union Cemetery.

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  Sources: Brown Genealogy by C.H. Brown; Genealogical and Biographical Record of New Lond County, Conn.; Bible Records (film 862,766, Vol.10, page 9; Founders of Early American Families; NEHGR, v78, p85; A Witter Family History by Edwin D. Witter Jr. (1988); History of the Town of Stonington; AF.

  Brown Genealogy and Wheeler's History of the Town of Stonington, County of
New London, Connecticut, erroneously say Thomas Browne was born in Lynn, Mass.   Film 862,766, Vol. 10, P. 9 (Bible records copied from older record), says he and Mary Newhall were married in 1652.
  Birth in England comes from an LDS archives record. Will in a Brown, Vol. I, appendix indicates the 1693 death date.
  Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut,
says Thomas Browne accompanied his father, Nicholas, to America from England.
He should not be confused with the Thomas Browne from Malford, weaver, who came over about 1635 and is listed in Genealogy of the Puritans. Our Thomas would have only been 7 years old then, and no father is mentioned in the
Thomas the weaver reference.
  Brown Genealogy says Thomas Browne was a dish-turner. Home Life in Colonial Days says, "The dish-turner and cooper were artisans of importance in those days; piggins, noggins, runlets, keelers, firkins, buckets, churns, dye-tubs, cowles, powdering-tubs, were made with chary or no use of metal." Unknow what most of those items were or which pertained to a dish-turner.
  Founders of Early American Families: Thomas Browne. Lynn, MA, 1653. Groton, MA, 1663. Died Lynn [had become Reading by then] 28 Aug. 1693. Turner. Constable.    An AF record puts death as Aug. 28, 1686, in Lynn, but by then Lynn had become Reading (1644).
  All of Thomas Browne's children were born in Reading, Mass., which until
1644 had been Lynn or Lynn Village. Most sources say they were born in Lynn.
  NEHGR, v78, p85: Thomas Brown of Lynn, born about 1628, married Mary
Newhall, born about 1637 and died 28 Aug. 1693.
  A Witter Family History: Thomas Brown, born about 1628 in Lynn, Mass., or
England. Died 28 Aug. 1693 in Lynn, Mass. Married Mary Newhall in 1653 in Lynn.

1793. Mary NEWHALL was born Jun 1637 in Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts and was christened in Sherington, Buckinghamshire, England. She died 1727 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, by Cyrus Henry Brown, page 9, 10.
LYNN, LEWIS & NEWHALL, page 482.
Essex Co. Court Papers, B. XIII, L. 62.
    Nuncupative will of Thomas Browne was taken down (on file in the office of the Register of Probate in Salem).

THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, Vol. 73, page 121.

  Sources: NEHGR, v78, p85; Brown Genealogy; Beers, Cutter, Wheeler; A Witter Family History.

  Witter Family: Mary Newhall, born 1637, Lynn, Mass. Died 9 Oct. 1693 in
Lynn. Married 1653 in Lynn.
  NEHGR: Mary Newhall of Lynn, born about 1637. Died 28 Aug. 1693.
  Beers, Cutter and Wheeler also cite the 1637 birth date.
  New England Marriages Prior to 1700 says she was born in 1637 and died 1701+.

  Brown cites an early record: "Her husband was a dish-turner and was said to be of Grawtown (Groton), Middlesex, [Mass.] in June, 1663, when he bought of William Longley his house lot (6 acres)..."

  Cutter's New England Families says, "The Newhall family in England had estates in Wiltshire long before the Reformation in England, but those coming to America left few relatives there as the name since then has been quite uncommon in that country. At one time Oliver Cromwell owned the manor of Newhall, which he sold."

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1796. John RANDALL was born 28 May 1629 in Bath, Somerset, England. He died 1685 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. John married Elizabeth MORTON before 1666. [Parents]

THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 546.
    John Randall, the progenitor of the Randall family of Westerly and Stonington, first appears at Newport, RI from which place he came to Westerly as early 1667, where the remainder of his life was spent.

SWAMP YANKEE OF MYSTIC, by James H. Allyn, page 54.
    John Randall II came to Westerly with Mosher's group in 1667. John II was one of those complained about the third time by Harmon Garrett, who now called himself "Governor of the Pequits." This time his name was spelled Wecoscotte. The letter to Gov. Winthrop read, "Such men wear hats and clothes like Englishmen, but have dealt with us like wolves and bears." About 1670 the Indians were removed to a reservation laid out in North Stonington, and fought with the English and Mohicans during King Philip's War in 1675.

JOHN RANDALL was born May 28, 1629 in Bath (Somerset) England, and died 1684 in Westerly (Kings) Rhode Island. He married ELIZABETH MORTON 1665 in London, England. She was born September 10, 1631 in St. James Parish, Clerkenwell, London, England, and died 1685 in Westerly (Kings) Rhode Island.
    John came to America in 1666. (See Crowell's Scrapbook at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia) "John Randall first appears at Newport, Rhode Island, but removed to Westerly, the same state as early as 1667, where the remainder of his life was spent.
     Mr. Randall was born in Bath, England, May 28, 1629, the son of Matthew Randall, who was mayor of Bath in 1627. John was a silk manufacturer in England--of Seventh Day Baptist faith, and married there Elizabeth Morton, sister of Sir William Morton, who settled in New London, Conn. (see Hurd's History of New London.)" In fact, it was his grandfather who was the mayor of Bath, not his father. Brian E. Randall, of Sudbury, Ontario, indicates in his notes that both this grandfather, Matthew Randall, and John's uncle, John Randall, were involved in the textile industry.

JUST ROOTING AROUND THE RANDALL FAMILY TREE, by G. Einarson.
    "John Randall.... was in Westerly, Rhode Island in 1667. In 1670 he purchased land on the Pawcatuck River from Thomas Bell and on Nov. 30, 1670 he was admitted as an inhabitant of Stonington, Connecticut. In 1678 John and Elizabeth subscribed the letter of Westerly Baptist (accepted in Church). John took the oath of fidelity to Rhode Island in 1679 and in 1682 was a deputy to the Rhode Island Assembly. In 1685 Elizabeth, widow of John Randall petitioned for privilege to improve her deceased husband's land."

MATERNAL ANCESTRAL LINES OF HERBERT HARRIS OLDING, JR., by Herbert Olding.
    "John Randall, the progenitor of the Randall family of Westerly, Rhode Island and Pawcatuck, Stonington, Conn., first appeared at Newport, Rhode Island, from which place he came to Westerly as early as 1667, remaining in that area the rest of his life . . . In 1684 John Randall died in Westerly, and his widow died there in 1685. Their son, John, born 1666 in England removed from Westerly, on the Rhode Island-Connecticut border, in a section known as Pawcatuck. At the time John Randall, Sr. settled there, Pawcatuck belonged to Rhode Island, but in 1663 the court declared that the Pawcatuck River separated the two colonies, with the result that the Randall property eventually came under the jurisdiction of the Town of Stonington."

"On May 1, 1678, John and Elizabeth Randall signed a proclamation to organize a Baptist Church in Providence, Rhode Island."
HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., by Richard Anson Wheeler
PUBLIC RECORDS OF COLONY OF CONN., 665-1678", by J.H. Trumbull
GENEALOGY OF A BRANCH OF THE RANDALL FAMILY, 1666 to 1879", by Paul K. Randall of Cortland, printed in Norwich, New York, 1879.
GENEALOGY DICTIONARY OF RHODE ISLAND, by Austin, pp. 157-8
BELL FAMILY RECORDS, by David Bell, Winnipeg (Manitoba) Canada, 1998

Note: According to Joyce K. Lundin who wrote a book on John Randall, James is not in the descendancy of John Randall (1629-1685.
"John Randall was said by earlier researchers to have been the son of Matthew Randall, Mayor of Bath. This is an error. The will of Matthew Randall of Bath, who married Agnes Cullen on April 16, 1596 at Bath Abbey, is on file in the Genealogical Society rooms at London, England, Boyd's Units. It names a son John, baptized May 28, 1609, who married January 6, 1647 Abigail Claxton, daughter of Ed Claxton and Judith Pennington. This John Randall, born 1609, was an Alderman and died October 5, 1676, ten years after our John Randall of Westerly, Rhode Island had left England." This proof that Matthew Randall had a son John who remained in England throughout his life appears to rule out the Mayor of Bath as the father of John of Westerly. "Descendants of John Randall of Westerly, Rhode Island", by Mrs. Frank C. (Olive Randall) Buckley

"Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island", by Austin, pp. 156-7
Marriage Notes for JOHN RANDALL and ELIZABETH MORTON:
"The Connecticut Nutmegger". XXXII:1:164, Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc.

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1797. Elizabeth MORTON was born about 1630 in England. She died 1685 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.

GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF RHODE ISLAND, by Austin, pp. 156-7
THE CONNECTICUT NUTMEGGER. XXXII:1:164, Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc.

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1800. Ezekiel MAIN was born 1641 in of Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. He died 19 Jun 1714 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Ezekiel married Mary HATCH about 1670 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.

THE DESCENDANTS OF EZEKIEL MAINE OF STONINGTON CT, by Algernon Aikin Aspinwall. Washington DC 1905. pp. 3, 4.
    The first mention of him in the records is the following under date of March 9, 1660/1.
     "Ezekiel Mayn for accompanying and countenancing of the said parties in their extravagant course for the accomplishing of their eregrelar purpose", was fined twenty shillings. This referred to what was called the disorderly conduct of Robert Whitcomb and Mary Cudworth in coming together without consent of parents and lawful marriage". As Ezekiel Maine aided these parties in their elopement, it is to be presumed at this time he was a young man and unmarried.
    Under date of October 20, 1668, the Plymouth Colony Records give the following: "It was at the same time ordered likewise by the Council of War in reference unto Ezekiel Mayne of Scituate, that whereas there doth appear a willingness in the Military Company of Scituate, that in regard that he hath but one eye, it is difficult and in some respect dangerous for him to be in arms and training as formerly".
    Soon after he removed to Stonington, CT for on February 2, 1668/9, when a census of the inhabitants of that town was taken, Ezekiel Maine is enumerated as one of the forty three heads of families. A number of people from Scituate settled at Stonington about this time. His fortunes at this time were presumably at a low ebb, for the Plymouth Colony Records show under date of June 3, 1673, in the settlement of an estate there that among the accounts as "doubtful" is one of Ezekiel Main, to the amount of two pounds, four shillings and five pence. Let us hope that he subsequently liquidated this debt.
    In 1672 Ezekiel Maine received a grant of land from the town of Stonington. He subsequently purchased other land, and in 1680, he received another grant from the town. All of this land adjoined, and was located in that part of Stonington which is now North Stonington, and on the North by the land of Joshua Holmes.
    Ezekiel Maine was a farmer, and does not appear to have been conspicuous in the affairs of the town, as his name is seldom mentioned in the records. He was admitted to the Church at Stonington, September 3, 1676. In 1690, he was a Deputy to the General Court at Hartford CT. He died at Stonington June 19, 1714.
    In his will, dated May 5, 1711, which was admitted to probate July 13, 1714, he gives, "to Mary my dearly beloved wife the one third part of all my moveable estate...To my two daughters hannah Main and ffebe Kingsbury one third of moveables to be equally divided between them.
    To my well beloveed sons Ezekiel Main and Jeremiah Main, to be equally divided between them the other one third of all my moveable estate".
    The descendants of Ezekiel Maine are not in accord in their spelling of the name, some using and some omitting the final "e". The children given are all that have been disclosed on the records at Stonington, and if there were others, they undoubtedly died young, as evidanced by the Will of Ezekiel Maine.

HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN, by Richard Anson Wheeler, Call no. 929.37465 in Conejo Valley Gen. Soc. collection in Thousand Oaks, CA library. page 448.
    He came in 1670 and in 1672 received a grant of land from the town of Stonington. This history does not have his marriage date, and thinks he married shortly before his arrival in Stonington.
 
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The following Information was collected by Vera Main Robinson.
SOCIAL HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN. 1850-1700, by Eleanor E. Fuller (typscript at Westerly Public Library)
    Ezekiel Mayne was a deputy to the General Court in 1680 and 1696.

STONINGTON TOWN RECORDS, Vol. I, taken from a copy made in 1800's. Orininal copy is locked away.
    Page 88: Aug 9, 1670, Ezekiel presented certificate from Scituate -- propounded himself to town of Stonington to be inhabitant.
     Page 94: Nov. 15, 1670, Ezekiel received as inhabitant.
    Page 97: Dec. 29, 1670, Included on list of inhabitants of town.
    Page 102: April 7, 1671, Town meeting held at Goodman Mains.
    Page 131: April 28, 1674, Freeman's oath.
    Page 164: Nov 7, 1670, Mark of cattle, horses and swine: top of right ear cut off with a slit under the same ear. Jan. 31, 1771/18, Jeremiah to keep the same mark.
    Page 180: Jan. 13, 1693, Ezekiel Main, Jr. Mark: Crop off the ear and a slit on the under side of the same ear and a half penny on the underside of the near ear.
    Page 220: May 15, 1688, Twelve acre lots lottery: Ezekiel received lot #24.

STONINGTON, CONN. LAND EVIDENCE
    2:199 - From William Chesebrough to Ezekiell Mayne Cost 12 pounds 13 ___ 1688. 100 acres SE of Cowissatuk Hill.
    2:199 - Ezekiall Mayn Junior do accept this deed from my father as my portion. I Ezekiell Mayn Senior do acknowledge that I have given unto my son Ezokiell Main as my act. . . . The mark of Ezokiell Mayn Senior. Jan. 14, 1689 above act witnessed by Samuel Mason. Entered in record book Feb. 14, 1693.
    2:209 - From Samuel Lam to Jeremiah Main, Dec. 7, 1695 for 15 pounds. Land on the east side of Coxtayn Brook running between John Yoemans and Samuel Lam.
    2:209 - Feb. 18, 1703/4 -- From Jeremiah Maine to Ezekiell Main for 9pounds 2s. All my right, title in and with ye appurtinances thereto.
    2:210 - From Ezekiell Mayne to Jeremiah Main on Dec. 1698 for love Mary Main signed also. -- My dwelling house, barn, orchard, all my lands adjoining unto it -- land I bought of Thomas Bell where I now dwell in addition to land given me by the town and what I bought of Richard Cook and the 100 acres given me by the town adjoining to it which was Cook's -- reserving 1/2 the house for the use of Mary (west end), part of the cellar and the well orchard. Ezekiell Mayne his mark, Mary Mayn her mark.
    2:223 - From Ezekiell Main Sr. and Jr. to William Cheseborough May 30, 1692. Small parcel of land adjoining Edward Yeomans. Ezekiell Sr's Mark, Ezekiell Jr.'s mark.
    2:233 - To James Dean from Ezekiel Mayne Senior for 50s. The 24 lot bound on the north by Goodman Osborne, on the west by Mistucksutt Brook to Ezekiell Mayne Senior. June 23, 1702. Ezekiell Mayne his mark.
    2:259 - From James Pendleton to Ezekioll Mayn for 50s Jan. 10, 1699/1700.
A parcell of land 50 acres part of a grant given me by the Town of Stonington.
April 19, 1703, Ezekiell Mayne passed the above deed to Ephrius Minor for 3 pounds.
    2:315 - Samuel Yoemans to Ezekiell Main Junior for 12s Feb. 18, 1703/4. Land running by Jeremiah Mayn to brook.
    2:325 - Ezekiell Jr. to David Hilliard for 46 pounds. House and housing buildings - same land description as 2:315. Feb. 23, 1703/4.
    2:542 - The first deed is a copy of 2:199.
    2:542 - Ezekiell Main Jr. To David Hilliard for 30 pounds, Mar. 29, 1714, 45 acres of land +/- being part of the land given to Ezekiell Main Jr. by his honored father. James Noyes and Ezekiell Mayn agree to divide lands given to Noyes and Nehemiah Palmer by their father-in-law on behalf of Main's brothers-in-law, June 27, 1678.
    2:30 - 1671 - Four score acres of land laid out to Goodman Manye bought of Thomas Bell. No price listed. Thomas Bell, taylor to Ezekiell Mayne of the town and place . . . . four score acres of land along Shunak River . . ."the trees, wooks, underwoods, rocks, swamps, mines, minor alls, fishings, fowlings, water, water courses, sayas, commons, liberties and what forever belonging to the land. . .
     2:31 - Richard Cooke to Ezekiel Main, Nov. 1681. Cook signed over his interest in Bell's land to E. Mayne, Nov. 1681.
    2:57 - Feb. 24, 1680 - Grant to E. Mayne from town, 100 acres to E. Mayne. Thomas Bell on south, Joshua Holmes on west, east a small river to James York, Jr.
    PLYMOUTH COLONY RECORDS, Vol. 5:120
    Estate of Joseph Tilden 3 Jun 1673 doubtful account due 2 pounds 4s5p owed by Ezekiel Mayne. . . Same volume, page 8, discharged from bearing arms since he hath but one eye.
    3:279 - From Hannah and Mary Main to Jeremiah Main for 4 pounds. Hannah and Mary sold alnd left them by father Ezekiel Main, June 10, 1726.
    3:345-36, Dec. 28, 1721 - Jeremiah gave land to son Thomas.
    4:607 - Ichabod Main received of brother Elijah Jones -- Elijah to provide for Ichabod and his mother, Dec. 8, 1736*
*Why was there something wrong with Ichabod?
    
WILL OF EZEKIEL MAIN - New London Probate Volume B:86, Dated May 5, 1701 (sic) Proved July 13, 1714.
    Wife Mary to get 1/3 of moveable estate; Daughters Hannah Main and Ffeebe Kingsberry one third moveables; Sons Ezekiell Main and Jeremiah the other 1/3 of moveables. Executors Ezekiell and Jeremiah.

1801. Mary HATCH was born about 1631 in England. She died 12 Jan 1693 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

Information on HATCH from Joanne E. Woodward, 110 Gager Road, Bozrah, CT 06334. Need to get sourcees.
    Married Mary Hatch, who was the daughter of Thomas Hatch. Other accounts say she was the daughter of William Hatch of Scituate, Mass.
    Mary was born 3 Oct 1682 in Stonington.

VITAL RECORDS OF SCITUATE MASS TO THE YEAR 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1909, 1:175, FHL microfilm 0496902, FHL book 974,482/S1 V28: Dewey 929/.3744/82, LOC F74.S3S5 1976. Baptism recorded taken from church record, Second Church of Scituate, now the First Unitarian Church of Norwell.
    Not named in the estate of her father. An agreement made 25 Feb. 1702 between William Hatch, her brother, and John Barstow, her brother-in-law, specifically refers to two heirs of William, Sr.: William and Lydia, Bristol County Probate Records 2:87-88 FHL film0,903,396 and reprinted in Abstracts of Bristol Co., Mass Probate Records 1685-1745 compiled by H. L. Peters Rounds, Baltimore, 1897, page 29

RHODE ISLAND ROOTS, MARCH 1991, by Vera Main Robinson
"A Clue to the Identity of Mrs. Ezekiel Main."
    Ezekiel Main appeared in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, by 1661; was mentioned two or three times in Plymouth Colony Court Records; and in 1669 appeared in the Stonington, Conn. census.
    In 1671 he received his first grant of land from the Town; he participated in King Philip's War and received a grant of land in Voluntown for his service (even though he "hath but one eye" and was excused from train band in Scituate); he appeared to be a good, honest, hard-working citizen; he served in the Connecticut General Court at least once; and his was was probated on July 13, 1714.
    We know Mrs. Ezekiel Main's name was Mary -- In Dec. 19, 1798, Ezekiel deeded to son Jeremiah his dwelling house and all the lands adjoining unto it, reserving the west end of the house for wife Mary. Mary and Ezekiel both made their marks on the deed. I have found no record of this marriage. In studying the land evidence records of Ezekiel Mayne, I think I have found her identity.
    Let's consider the following items from Stonington Land Evidence: (I have added correct spelling and punctuation when needed to make the message clearer.)
STONINGTON LAND EVIDENCE SLE
    SLE 2:11 - James Noice of Stonington . . . doe . . . with Ezoikell Mayne of the same town (he acting in the behalf of his brothers-in-law of ye colony of Plymouth) to divide lands containing 400 acres more or less granted by will unto Nehemiah Palmer and James Noice accept of the 50 acres layed out unto the said James Noice and the hundred acres next adjacent unto said 50 acres and ye 50 acres not yet laid out as far as ye said Noice he share the said Mayn hath accepted of the remaindeer for his satisfaction as witness our hands. June 27, 1678.
    SLE 2:211 - I Nehemiah Palmer of Stonington in the county of New London in the Colony of Connetticot for divers good considerations . . . and in  . . . for twenty pounds in hand received to my good satisfaction have soule and . . . for my heirs and executors, administrators and assigns sell and make over all my right and interest in a tract of land deemed to be two hundred acres; which is that tract of land willed to my wife by her late father Thomas Stanton deceased; and in my parts of four hundred acres which is bounded betwixt Mr. Noyce and . . . which land lyeth near Ashawog and Shunako Rivers in several tracts except fifty acres which is not yet layed out; I say I have sold all my right and interest in the said tracts of land as it was willed to me And it was laid out and bounded as may appear upon record; Unto Jeremiah Hatch and Thomas Hatch of Situate and Thomas rose of Marshfield all of New Plymouth to them their heirs executors administrators and assigns; forever to have and to hold and . . . to posess with the privileges and appurtinances there unto belonging . . . to enjoy without lott hindrances or molestation by me or any other by from or under , , , And in witness Hereof I have hereunder set my hand and leal in the year of our Lord 1680, the twenty-ninth day of June.
    I do consent to the sale of the land Nehemiah Palmer above mentioned as witness my hand. Hannah Palmer.
    Signed and sealed in the pressence of Gershom Palmer and John Stanton.

    So far we have Thomas Stanton leaving his daughters Dorothy and Hannah 400 acres of land in his will. Dorothy's husband, James Noyes, and Ezekiel Main (acting for his brothers-in-law in Plymouth) then mode an agreement as to which of the 400 acres were Noyes' and which were Palmer's. Then two years later, Nehemiah Palmer, Hannah's husband, sold his 200 acres to Jeremiah and Thomas Hatch and Thomas Rose. All except 50 acres of the land was "laid out" -- that is the boundries of 150 acres were established and known. The other 50 acres were to be carved out of town holdings at some future date.
    SLE 2:208 - March 16, 1691. Layed out of Thomas Bell his land fifty acres to Goodman Mayne for his brothers-in-law part of that land bought of Goodman Palmer and bounded as follows: [The land description is the "pile of stones to the sassafrass bush" variety. The only adjacent property owner mentioned is Henry Hall. No rivers or known geographical features are mentioned.]
    This would be the fifty acres not yet laid out in the previous deed.
    SLE 2:208 - June 15, 1691. Division of land by surveyors of Jeremiah Hatch, Thomas Rose and Thomas Hatch deceased, being desired by Exekiel Mayne to divide the same in three parts we make one share of that 50 acres laid out of Thomas Bell his land to the north of Henry Hall, all of the rest on the west of the Ashawog River to another, the last share to be that on the east side of the river.
    Gershom Palmer, Ephriam Minor Survey , , , the heirs of Thomas Hatch to have the first lot and Jeremiah Hatch to have the second and Thomas Rose to have the third.

    Now, let me quote Donald Lines Jacobus in THE CONNECTICUT NUTMEGGER, 20:4, page 699: "The terms 'brother-in-law' and 'sister-in-law' are more likely to have the same meanings we give them today. For instance, 'brother-in-law' almost always indicates either a sister's husband or a wife's brother."
    Next, let me tell you a bit about the Hatch family: Thomas Hatch was born about 1596 at Tenterden, County Kent, England; married about 1622 Lydia ____, lived in Wye and probably came to America with his brother William in 1638. He settled in Scituate, Plymouth Colony and died there before June 14, 1646. A list of his children follows:
    William born about 1624
    Jeremiah baptised July 28, 1626 at Wye, England.
    Thomas baptised Nov. 9, 1628 at Wye, England.
    Mary born about 1631. Married Daniel Pryor.
    Alice baptised Sept. 25, 1636 at Tenterden, England. Married 1st Jonas Pickles, Dec. 23, 1657 at Scituate, Mass. Married 2nd Thomas Rose, Dec. 1665 at Scituate, Mass
    Hannah baptised June 14, 1646 at Scituate, Mass. Married Samuel Utley Dec. 6, 1658 at Scituate, Mass.

    Thus we have the brothers-in-laws: Thomas and Jeremiah Hatch and Thomas Rose. Old Mary Hatch Pryor married Ezekiel Main as her second husband? It would appear so, although there is no record of this marriage in either Scituate, Mass. or Stonington, Conn. There is no record of Daniel Pryor in Plymouth Colony Court Records after 1644. There is a reference in Plymouth Deeds 12:168 to land that "was sometimes the land of Daniell Pryor" in 1649. We know that there was a son of Daniel and Mary who was also named Daniel. He was baptized July 16, 1656 at Scituate, Mass. On July 1, 1680 he was living at the home of Thomas Hatch in Scituate. There is no record of the death of Daniel Pryor, Sr. I think that Mary Hatch Pryor, by then, in her mid-to-late thirties, married Ezekiel Main, perhaps in 1668, and together they removed to Stonington to start a new life.
    The other deffinition of brother-in-law: Ezekiel's sister's husband. We know nothing of brothers and sisters of Ezekiel. He may or may not have been related to the John Main family of York, Main. If a Hatch had married a sister of Ezekiel, Thomas Rose would not be a brother-in-lw=aw. We know who the daughters of John Maine of York married. Nary a Hatch in the bunch!
    Consider the names of Ezekiel and Mary's children: Ezekiel, Mary, Jeremiah, Thomas, Phebe, and Hannah. Three out of six of these names are Hatch names.
    Members of the Hatch family did appear in Stonington after Ezekiel and Mary moved there. Both of Samuel and Hannah Utley's children, Lydia and Samuel, lived and married in Stonington. There is a possibility of a daughter Mary in Stonington also.
    Jonas Pickles, Mary Rose's son by her first marriage appeared in Stonington. Ezekiel Main Jr. Married Hannah Rose, a daughter of Thomas and Mary, in Stonington. Ezekiel Jr.'s daughter, Merriam, died "at Sam Utley's" in 1729. William, the son of William Hatch, settled in Preston, Conn., the next town to Stonington.
    I'm not claiming to be the final word on this mystery. I'm sharing what I know; perhaps someone can help my case -- or totally distroy it.
    My sources: Stonington LAND EVIDENCE RECORDS as cited, Plymouth Colony COURT RECORDS 2:77, 6,45, Plymouth DEEDS 12:168, NEHGR, July, 1916, 256-57, Stonington VITALS 2:54, First Church of Christ, Stonington, RECORDS, Wheeler's, HISTORY OF STONINGTON, and Dorothy K. Stewart who taught me the importance of reading land records. Very significantly, I'm leaving out Brown's BABCOCK-MAIN GENEALOGY and Dean's HISTORY OF SCITUATE, MASS.

(It had been believed that Mary was the daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Rowley) Hatch. Please note: Thomas Hatch of Barnstable and Some of His Descendants by Charles Lathrop Peck. Pages 76-79. "Jonathan Hatch and Sarah (Rowley) Hatch appear on records of both Barnstable and Falmouth, married 11 April 1646." "Mary Hatch is listed as first child born 14 July 1647. This Mary Hatch married William Weeks, Jr. of Falmouth as his second wife. Captain Miles Standish left her a bequest. The first wife of Welliam Weeks was Mercy, daughter of Isaac Robinson, baptized July 4, 1647 at Barnstable, and married March 15, 1669. She is thought to have died early. William Weeks had six daughters and two sons.")

1824. Captain George DENISON was born Dec 1620 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England and was christened 10 Dec 1620 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. He died 23 Oct 1694 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut and was buried in Old Center Church Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. George married Ann BORODELL about 1645 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland.

George was christened 10 Dec 1620 in Bishop's, Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. [Parents]

DENISON GENEALOGY, by Denison, Peck, Jacobus, page 1
    George's bro. Gen. Danl Denison wrote in 1672 "My  two brothers, Edward and George had all the estate of my father left between them, being both married long before my father's death: my Brother George buried his first Wife in the tear 1643, went into England was a souldier there above a year, was at the Battle of York, or Marston Moor, where he did good service, was afterward taken Prisoner, but got free and having married a second Wife he returned to New England the year before our mother died, and not long afterward remobved himself to New London near whereunto at Stonington he now liveth.
    The tradition that George served in Cromwell's army is thus vertified. The story is also told that he was wounded and was nursed at the home of John Borodell, a cordwainner, (leather merchant) of Cork, by his dau Ann who he married for his second wife.
    During 15 sessions George was Deputy for New London or Stonington at the CT General Ct., and he died at Hartford, while discharging this duty. His gravestone, which was cut by an illustrious craftsman, James Stanclift, Sr., is in the yard of the old Center Church, Hartford.

ELDRED AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES, Researched by: Catherine Matson & Clarice McNiven, Compiled by: Carol & Susan Matson, pp. 56.
    George came to New England in 1633 on the "Lion". After the death of his wife Bridget, he returned to England and joined Cromwell's army. The story is told that he was wounded and was nursed at the home of John Borodell, a cordwainer (leather merchant) of Cork, Ireland, and later married his daughter, Ann. His first appearance after his return with Ann was in 1651 principally as a Guarantee of New London, CT. He had been in Roxbury, MA where he had a house lot given him on his settling there. He was a Capt. in 1647 in Roxbury and a Freeman in 1648. He was called a "young soldier lately come out of the wars in England". He was called a bold and distinguishing leader. He served as Deputy to the Connectiuct General Court from New London CT, Sept. 1653 to May 1654 and Feb. 1657. He served from Stonington CT Oct 1671, Oct 1674, 1678, 1682, 1683, and to the time of his death.
    When George was first mentioned in CT records he is called "Captain", based upon his service and commissioned in England. He served on the War Commission for New London in 1653, when war threatened with the Dutch. Although only 56, he served as Capt. in King Phillip's war in 1676 in command of the New London Troops and 2nd in command of the Conn. Army under robert Treat. He was appointed Provost Marshall in 1677.
    NEED TO GET PAGE 57.

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  Sources: Montville; Park Society Newsletter, 1978, #3; Potter-Richardson Memorial; Coe; The Great Migration Begins, v1, p523; Magna Charta Sureties 163-11; AF.
  Montville: Capt. George Denison, born 1618 in England, came to New England
about 1631 with his father and two brothers and settled at Roxbury, Mass. He
married Bridget Thompson of Stonington in 1640 and had two daughters. After her death in 1643, he returned to England "and engaged in the civil war"--side not stated. In Ireland he married Anne Brodil, daughter of John Brodil. They
had seven children: John, George, William, Anne, Margaret, Brodil and Mary.
  The daughters by Bridget Thompson were Sarah, born 20 March 1641, who married a Stanton, and Hannah, born 20 May 1643, who married a Saxton.
  He was the first representative from Stonington in the General Assembly at
Hartford. He died 23 Oct. 1694, age 76, while attending the assembly at
Hartford.
  Memorial: George Denison, 1618-1694,  son of William and Margaret (Chandler) Denison of Roxbury.
  Migration: George Denison, baptized 10 Dec. 1620 at Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. Married (1) Bridget Thompson March 1640 in Roxbury, and (2) Ann Borodell about 1645 in England. [Article on his father, William, and his family begins on page 521.]
  Sureties: Capt. George Denison, gentleman. Baptized Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire 10 Dec. 1620. Died Hartford, Conn., 23 Oct. 1694. Married (1) Bridget Tompson; (2) Ann Borodell. He was the son of William Denison and Margaret (Chandler) Monck.

1825. Ann BORODELL [scrapbook] was born 17 Mar 1615/1616 in Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland. She died 26 Sep 1712 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried ¹ in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

DENISON GENEALOGY, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page 1.
    Father John Borodell, cordwainner (leather merchance) of Cork, Ireland.

  Source: Montville.
  Montville: Anne Brodil, died 26 Sept. 1712, age 97.

1826. Robert LAY was born 1617 in England. He died 9 Jul 1689 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Robert married Sarah FENNER.

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York MCMXXII, page 142.
    Robert Lay was born in England, 1617, and was of Lynn, MA, in 1638 and married in Saybrook, CT, Dec. 1647, Sarrah Fenner, widow of John Tulley, who died in England in 1644/5, she coming to America with her son John, baptized in 1638, and a young daughter, in company with her brothers, Arthur and William. She died in Saybrook, May 25, 1676, aged 59 years. They resided in the present town of Essex, which was formerly part of Old Saybrook, on the north side of what is now the street on Essex Point, leading to the steamboat dock. He was Deputy to the General Court in 1666 and 1678, and became a large land owner, being one of the patentees of Saybrook. He died there July 9, 1689.

1827. Sarah FENNER was born 1616 in England. She died 25 May 1676 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York MCMXXII, page 141.
    Sarah Fenner, widow of John Tulley, who died in England in 1644/5, she coming to America with her son John, baptized in 1638, and a young daughter, in company with her brothers, Arthur and William. She died in Saybrook, May 25, 1676, age 59 years.

1828. Thomas STANTON [scrapbook] was born 1616 in Wolverton, Warwick, England. He died 2 Dec 1676 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Thomas married Ann LORD about 1637 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

STANTON GENEALOGY, by William Stanton, page 65, 66.
    Thomas of Stonington, embarked at London, EN, Jan 2, 1635, in the merchantman "Bonaventura". He went first to Virginia and then to Boston. In 1637, he settled in Hartford CT, where he married Ann Lord, daughter of Dr. Thomas and Dorothy Lord of Hartford.
    In 1650 he established a trading house in Stonington CT on the Pawcatuck River. His family lived in New London for a few years until finally their permanent residence came to be on the Pawcatuck.

STANTON REUNION BOOKLET, given out at the Stanton Reunion on the Davis Farm, the first house Thomas Stanton had in Stonington. August 1991.

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York, MCMXXIII, page 199.
    Thomas was born in Wolverton, England and was in early manhood, in England, educated for a cadet but not likeing the profession of arms and taking a deep interest in the religious principles of the emigrating Puritans, he left his native land in 1635 for the new world, and after staying a short time in Boston and being recognized by Winthrop and his associates as a valuable man, he was selected by the Boston authorities to accompany Fenwick and Peters, as interpreter on a mission to Saybrook, CT, to hold a conference with the Pequot Indians, after which he took up his residence in Hartford, locating there about 1637, and he became the Indian Interpreter to the General Court of CT in all controversies between the whites and the Indians. It was while thus employed, in an interview with Ninigret, in the Narragansett country, that he became acquainted with the Pawcatuck Valley, and he became the first white man to join William Chesebrough in the new settlement, and he asked the liberty to errect a trading house in that place in 1651, but he did not remove his family there until 1657.
    After the articles of confederation between the New England colonies had been established in 1643, he was selected as Interpreter General, and in this capacity he acted especially between the ministers employed by the Commissioners of the United Colonies, acting as agents of the London Missionary Society, and the Indians to whom they preached. He also aided Rev. Abraham Pierson in the translation of his catechism into the Indian tongue, certifying to the same in his official caapacity.
    After locating in Stonington he became very prominent and was elected to almost every position in public trust in the new settlement. In 1658, when Pawcatuck was included in the town of Southertown, under the jurisdiction of MA, he was appointed Selectman and magistrate.
    In 1637 he married Anne, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Lord, and he died Dec 2, 1677, aged 68 years, and she survived him about eleven years, dying at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Noyes, in Stonington CT.

1829. Ann LORD [scrapbook] was christened 18 Sep 1614 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. She died 2 Dec 1688 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

STANTON GENEALOGY, by William Stanton, page 68.
     Ann, dau. of Dr. Thomas and Dorothy Lord of Hartford.
Name: Ann/Anne/Anna Lord
THE GENEALOGY OF JANE ELIZABETH WHEELER THOMAS by Berta Jane Thomas
        Libby (1974)
Death: 1688
      Louise P. Murphy - CSG #6604 - Descends from William Lord
      Louis Preston
GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS LORD,by Kenneth Lord (1946)

ELDRED AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES, Researched by: Catherine Matson & Clarice McNiven, Compiled by: Carol & Susan Matson, pp. 90, 91.
    Ann, b. 19 Sep 1614, d. 2 dec 1688, m. 1637 Thomas Stanton.

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York, MCMXXIII, page 148.
    Ann Lord, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Lord, was born in England 1621, and in 1637 became the wife of Thomas Stanton, who died in 1677. She died about 1688.

1830. Thomas GARDINER was born 1613/1616 in England. He died 14 Jul 1689 in Brookin, Massachusetts. Thomas married Lucy SMITH on 4 Jul 1641 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

STANTON GENEALOGY, by William Stanton, page 477.
    Came to New England on the "Safety", 10 Aug 1635.

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York MCMXXII, page 104.
    Thomas Gardner, son of Thomas Gardner of Roxbury, MA, was born in England and married July 4, 1641, Lucy Smith. They are listed as members of the church in Roxbury between 1631 and 1650, but he was resideing in Brookline the year he was married, and he died there July 15, 1689. She died Nov. 4, 1687.

1831. Lucy SMITH was born about 1617 in England. She died 4 Nov 1687 in Brookline, Massachusetts. [Parents]

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York MCMXXII, page 104.
    Married July 4, 1641, Lucy Smith. She died Nov. 4, 1687.

1832. Capt. James AVERY was born 1620 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He died 12 Mar 1670 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. James married Joanna GREENSLADE on 10 Nov 1643 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. [Parents]

THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, pages 199 & 200.
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 43 through 78.
    James Avery came to America with his father in 1630 on the "Arbella". James was an early land owner at Gloucester as it is shown by extracts from the town book containing an account of "Land laid out and to whom;"
    9 mo. (16)45. "Andrew Lister had 8 acres of upland upon Planter's Neck, running from Lobster Cove to the sea, the 24th lott next to James Averies."
    1 mo. (16)47, "James Averie Given 6 acres of upland at the hed of Little River to be laide out."
    26. 3. (16)51. "Also the said Richard Beefor bought of James Avery three acres of upland."
    15. 10. (16)53. James Avery had marsh at Chebacco.
    The following items are from the Salem quarterly court records and files.
     1: 11: 1645. James Avery of Gloucester took the oath of freeman.
    25: 10: 1649. James Averey grand juryman from Gloster.
    24:  4: 1650. James Averey grand juryman.
    In studying the record of these days, the careful student is strongly impressed with the fact that Capt. James Avery was a very remarkable man. Living as he did in stirring times, he was a leader among strong men, enjoying their confidence and respect because he deserved them. Especially it is to be noted that although the state took cognizance of affairs that we now call private and interfered in the details of family life and personal relations in a way that would not now be tolerated, he was never censured or "presented" for any shortcoming or alleged dereliction of duty of propriety. Eminent in all the relations of life, his descendants look upon him with pride and affection as one "sans p[eur et sans reproche."

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York MCMXXII, page 32.

  Sources: The Averys of Groton; The Groton Avery Clan; Ancestral File;
Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut
(Beers); History of New London County, Connecticut (Hurd); A Catalogue of the
Names of Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut (Hinman); Our
Family Genealogy, Morgan-Avery (1851) by N.H. Morgan; The Red King's Rebellion
by Russell Bourne; History of Montville; Saturday's Children, A History of the
Babcock Family in America by C. Merton Babcock; Babcock and Alied Families by
Louis E. de Forest; Virkus; Savage; Nat'l Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars,
Lineage Book V.
  Our Family: James Avery came from Devonshire with Gov. Winthrop's company
in 1630.
  C.M. Babcock: James Avery, born 1620, came to New England on the Arbella in 1630 with the Winthrop fleet. This is implied, since he came with this father and Christopher is credited with the 1630 arrival. Some say, however, that they might have come in 1631 with Winthrop Jr., since he and James were great friends and may have become well acquainted on the 1631 voyage. James was 12 times deputy to the General Court (1658-1680). He died 18 April 1700. Married Joanna Greenslade 10 Nov. 1643.
  De Forest: Dates are the same as above. Freeman at Gloucster in 1645. Moved to what is now New London in 1651 after receiving some 300 acres of land in 1650 and 1651. He received more land later for his public service. In 1665 Ensign Avery was named lieutenant of the train band and during the threat of Connecticut's attack by the Dutch, he was named a captain in 1673. During King Philip's War he was appointed fifth in command of the united Army against the Indians, and he led the Pequot allies during the Great Swamp Fight 19 Dec. 1675. He was named selectman in 1660 and held that office for 23 years. He was deputy to the General Court almost continuouly from 1659 to 1689. In 1663 and 1664 he was appointed a commissioner to try small causes, and from 1666 to 1670 and from 1674 to 1695 he was judge of the county court.
  Red King: Captains James Avery and George Denison led Hartford's two newly authorized companies in a search for Canochet in 1676, the second year of King Philip's War. The English were augmented by Niantics and Mohegans, in a ratio of some 40 Englishmen to 80 native ancillaries. They succeeded in capturing the Narraganset sachem, who was condemned to death April 2 at Stonington. "Flintlock and Tomahawk" by Douglas Edward Leach mentions this campaign, saying it was led by Capt. Denison. He does not mention James Avery.
  Virkus: Capt. James Avery, 1620-1700. Captain in King Philip's War, judge, deputy to the General Court; married 1643 Joanna Greenslade.
   Information on children comes from "The Averys of Groton" and AF data. An AF record lists a 10th child, Joanna Avery, born 1669 in New London. In the Averys of Groton, someone has written in that same information.
  His land grant in Groton adjoined that of James Morgan. And Averys and Morgans are buried in the same old cemetery in Groton. Pequonnock, or Poquonnock, is now Groton.
  He married (2) Abigail Ingraham Chesbrough Holmes July 4, 1698. She married (1) Samuel Chesbrough, was widowed and then married (2) Joshua Holmes.
  The name Avere first appears in England in the Domesday Book, which was completed in 1084.
  Montville: James Avery, ensign, lieutenant and captain in the early train band. Active in King Philip's War. Twelve times deputy to the General Court.
  Savage: James Avery of Gloucester, married 10 Nov. 1643 Jane Greenslade of Boston. Removed to New London. "He was held in high esteem; lieutentant, captain, served in King Philip's War when he commanded the Pequot allied force; was living in February 1694; representative to the General Court in 1659 and often after to 1669. First three children born in Gloucester and others in New London. Savage records a daughter Joanna, born 1669, not listed in The Averys of Groton or the Groton Avery Clan.
  Colonial Wars: Capt. James Avery, born 1620 in England, died 18 April 1700 in New London. Married Joanna Greenslade 10 Nov. 1643 in Boston or Gloucester, Mass. and had 10 children. Ensign, lieutenant and captain in King Philip's War; led 40 Indians from Stonington, New London and Lyme. 1676, captain of one of four companies that protected the frontier; 23 years a town officer and 12 times deputy to the General Court, 1656-1680.

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1833. Joanna GREENSLADE was born about 1623 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. She died about 1693/1698 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut.

THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 200.
THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, page 43 & 44.
    That her name was Joane Greenslade is learned from her letter of dismissal from the church at Boston to the one at Gloucester in 1544. The first volume of admissions of the First Church of Boston contains what little information we have been able to glean concerning Joane Greenslade. On page 63 is a list of six names of which hers stands third among the admissions as follows:
    "The 18th day of ye 4th Moneth 1643 Joan Greenslade, a single woman." On page 66 of the same volume is an entry showing her dismissal to the church of Gloucester:
    "The 17th day of ye 1st Moneth 1644 Our Sister Joan Greenslade now ye wife of one James Averil of Gloster had granted hir by ye Churches silence lres of Recomend to ye Church of Gloster."
    She, however, seems to have retained her connection with the First Church at Boston, for on page 97 of the book of admissions is the record:

"be Sister Joan Avery wth ye Concent of ye whole church waas dismist unto ye church of christ at Pekot on ye 31 of ye 6th mo 1651."
    Nothing is known of her ancestry. A petition with the following heading:
    "1663, July 4, A Declaration of ye Townes of Scarborow & Tfalmouth Black point & Casco to be Presented to ye Hond Court att York," Carries numerous signatures, including that of Thomas Greenslad. At the time the province of Maine was clamed by the heirs of Sir Ferdinando Gorges and by the colony of MA Bay, the struggle for jurisdiction ending in favor of the Bay Colony in 1677. A possible relationship between Thomas Greenslad and Joane Greenslade is suggested by the fact that the first born son of the latter was named James (for the husband) and that the second born was named Thomas.
    Among those who were granted permission to go from the Barbadoes to Antigua, Hotton's "List of Early Emigrants" records the following:
    "Greenslatt Thomas (October 7, 1679) in the Sloop "Ture Friendship" for Antegua." Charles Kallahane, Comandr."
    It has also been stated that Joane's father was an Edward Greenslade of Boston, but of him nothing has been learned. The Greenslades of England are a distinctively Devon family and very numerous there, anciently and at present.

  Sources: Averys of Groton; The Groton Avery Clan; Genealogical and
Biographical Record of New London, Conn.; De Forest; C. Merton Babcock; AF.
  It is possible that her father was Edward Greenslade, born about 1600 in Devonshire.
  De Forest: Joanna Greenslade, died between 1693 and 1698.

Researching this line is Joleene Duff at [email protected]

1834. Samuel CHESEBROUGH was christened 1 Apr 1627 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. He died 31 Jul 1673 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Samuel married Abigail INGRAHAM on 30 Nov 1655 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Samuel was christened 1 Apr 1627 in Boston, England. [Parents]

A BIOGRAPHIC SKETCH OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH, by Amos S. Chesebrough, page 22.
    The fifth child of William and Anna Chesebrough. He was made a freeman of CT in 1657; signed the Pawcatuck Articles of Association in 1658, and was elected constable; selectman in 1660, and deputy to the General Court in 1665, 66, 70, 71, 72 and 73. His wifes name was Abigail to whom he married in 1655.

SWAMP YANKEE, by James Allyn, page 32.
    Samuel died in 1673 at the age of forty-six.

THE GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH, by Anna Chesebrough Wildey, 1903, page 20.
    6  Samuel-2 Chesebrough, (William-1), bap. April 1, 1627, Boston, England; buried July 31, 1673, Stonington, Conn. "Was made a freeman of Connecticut in 1657; signed the Pawcatuck Articles of Association in 1658, and was elected Constable; Selectman in 1660; Deputy to the General Court in 1665, '66, '70, '71, '72 and '73." Resided in Boston, Braintree (Quincey), Rehoboth, Mass.; m. Nov. 30, 1655. Abigail ____.

  Source: Genealogical and Biographical Record of N.L. County, Ct., film 974.65, D3bg.
  G&B Record: Samuel Chesbrough married Abigail Ingraham 30 Nov. 1655.

1835. Abigail INGRAHAM was born 12 Jan 1633 in Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island. She died 1715. [Parents]

m. 2nd 1675 Joshua HOLMES
m. 3rd      Capt. James AVERY

Swamp Yankee, by James Allyn, page 32.
    Samuel married Abigail Ingraham of Bristol, RI.

  Widow of Samuel Cheesebrough or Chesbrough. After Joshua Holmes I died, she
married Capt. James Avery, another ancestor. Above from History of Stonington
and Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Conn.
  Ancestral File family group record provides most of her stats.
  Directory of the Ancestral Heads of N.E. Families says a William Ingraham,
cooper, was in Boston in 1653 and later moved to Stonington, CT. Ancestor of
Abigail???? She would have been 15 that year.
  Abigail reportedly had 13 children: 7 Cheesebroughs, 10 Averys and 2 Holmes.
  Austin says she died 1694+.