Case Family of Connecticut
The Case family legend sets the family as far back as the year 1200 in
York, England. They eventually settled in Aylesham, England,
holding all the land surrounding the town, giving them the name "Case"
because they "Cased in" the town. According to lore (for the time
being), they are connected to the Boleyn family by marriage and the
Cromwell family by noteriety. At the time of this writing, I've
only been able to trace the family as far back as a one John Case in
Connecticut, born about 25 Jul 1616 in Aylesham, England. We know
that he was in the Hartford area in 1636-37 and was likely in the
Pequot Indian War of the time because he was granted two parcels of
land for his military service. There are other Cases in the area:
Henry, Richard, Thomas and William who MAY be his brothers (all being
sons of William Case and Susan Rodich and sailed over on the "Dorset"
in 1635), but at the time of this writing there is no solid evidence
that allows for this presumption.
For a time John moved to Newtown, Long Island, NY,
but then returned to Windsor, Connecticut in 1656 where he married
Sarah Spencer, daughter of William Spence and Agnes Harris (though her
father died when she was quite young and was raised by her step-father
William Edwards).
In 1666, John was granted rights as a Freeman.
In 1669, John and his family moved to Simsbury (then Massacoe) where he
served as constable. Unfortunately, due to a misunderstanding
between the Natives and the representatives of King Phillip, their
property was destroyed in 1675 because it was on hunting grounds.
On 3 Nov 1691, Sarah died in Simsbury. John
married Elizabeth Moore Loomis, widow of Nathaniel Loomis and daughter
of John Moore in 1692.
On 21 Feb 1703, John died in Simsbury and was likely
buried next to his wife in Hop Meadow Cemetery. Elizabeth
survived him by 25 years, dying on 23 Jul 1728.
Children of John and Sarah are:
Elizabeth b. 1658, Windsor
(though, there is some speculation that Elizabeth may have been born on
Long Island. Apparently a letter dated 17 Aug 1656 John Case sent
a letter from Maspeth Creek, Long Island (now part of Brooklyn, NY) to
"my honored father William Edwards" at Hartford. So there is a
good chance John and Sarah were married before this date and puts
Elizabeth's birth possibly in New York) d. 9 Oct 1718, Simsbury
Mary b. 22 Jun 1660, Windsor d. 22 Aug 1725, Simsbury
John b. 5 Nov 1662, Windsor d. 22 May 1733, Simsbury
William b. 5 Jun 1665, Windsor d. 31 May 1700, Simsbury
Samuel b. 1 Jun 1665, Windsor d. 30 Jul 1725, Simsbury
Richard b. 27 Apr 1667, Simsbury d. 27 Apr 1746, Simsbury
Batholomew b. 1 Oct 1670, Simsbury d. 25 Oct 1725, Simsbury
Joseph b. 6 Apr 1674, Simsbury d. 11 Aug 1748, Simsbury
Sarah b. 20 Apr 1676, Simsbury d. 2 May 1704, Simsbury
Abigail b. 4 May 1682 Simsbury (Our ancestor)