256. Robert NORMAN was born 1705 in Winsford, England. He married Grace. [Parents]

257. Grace.

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

272. Comfort BROWN was born 4 Oct 1718 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. He died Dec 1790 in No. Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. Comfort married Temperance BROWN about 1750 in Connecticut. [Parents]

THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. 2, by Cyrus Henry Brown, pp. 413.

  Sources: Brown Genealogy; Mrs. A.M. Stewart of North Stonington's Morgan
Library; CT births & marriages, film 2,897..
  B.G., v1,  cites the New London probate records, Vol. G, p. 170; Dec. 2,
1757. Vol. 2 says born 4 Oct. 1718. Married (1) Margery Morgan, (2) Temperance Brown. Died December 1790 in North Groton, CT. [Did he and brother Nathaniel marry Morgan sisters?]
  CT vitals: Comfort Brown, son of Nathaniel and Anna, born 11 Oct. 1718.
Groton vitals, v1, p118.

273. Temperance BROWN was born 15 May 1731 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 14 Nov 1736 in 1st Church of Stonington, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 24 Oct 1805 in Leyden, Hampstead Co., Massachusetts.

Temperance was christened 14 Nov 1736. [Parents]

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 3, page 69.

  Sources: Brown Genealogy, v.2, p. 266; Congregational Church of North
Stonington records, 5,080, It. 1 and 5,081; Mrs. A.M. Stewart of North
Stonington's Morgan Library; Stonington vitals, Vol. 3, film 1,309,972, Item 2, and film 1,309,871, Item 2, page 69; CT births & marriages, film 2,898; Leyden Town Records (town clerk's records), film 886,466
  Stonington vitals, both films: Temperance Brown, born 15 May 1731.
  CT births: Temperance Brown, born 15 May 1731. Stonington vitals, v3, p69.    Church: Baptized 14 Nov. 1736.
  Leyden Records: "Widow Temperance Brown died 24 Oct. 1805 in the 75th year
of her age."

  [Temperance and Comfort Brown had a son Amos who moved to Leyden,
Mass. Leyden town records (film 866,466), page 250, records births of six
children of Amos and Esther Brown, one of them a son named Comfort, born
September 1797. And page 204 notes the death of widow Temperance Brown 24 Oct. 1805 "in the 75th year of her age." It looks, perhaps, that Temperance was cared for by her son, Amos. Also Temperance's half-brother Peleg was in Leyden until about 1797.]

274. Timothy MORGAN Sr. was born about 1723 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 13 Oct 1795 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Packer-Burrows, Cemetery, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. Timothy married Deborah LEEDS on 1748 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

MORGAN GENEALOGY, pg. 41.
    Settled in Groton and died 13 Oct 1795, age 73. His will dated 6 Jan. 1794, proved in Stonington probate, 2 Nov 1795; names wife, Deborah, and 9 children, but does not mention Aaron or Daniel.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. Found in the DAR Library, Washington DC. Page 129.
    January 21, 1744, Timothy Mogran, of Groton, deeded to his brothers, Samuel and Elijah, land that had belonged to his honored father, Samuel Morgan. Jan. 25, 1739-40, Abijah, Hannah, and Lucy Morgan deeded to their brothers, Samuel and Elijah, land inherited from their father. April 18, 1734, Samuel Morgan deeded land to his brother Elijah. In the deed he mentioned his brother, Abijah, and called his honored father "deceased" (Groton Deeds, 3:142, 4:29 & 5:14). I can find no trace of Theophilus and Experience except the record given to the Morgan Genealogy.

 Sources: Groton Avery Clan; A History of James Morgan of New London, Conn.; Brown Gen., Vol. 2, which reports his will; Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Conn; Hale Collection; Ancestry of Earl Leslie Morgan; Ancestral File; Connencticut land records, Book 7, film 4,297.
  Hale: Timothy Morgan, died 13 Oct. 1775, age 72. Buried in the Packer-Burrows Cemetery in Groton, CT.
 Clan: Born about 1702. Died 13 Aug. 1795, age 73. (Sic).
  Batch #: A537339, Source Call #: 537339. 537293, 53729(4)?, 537295
 He was a farmer. Native of Groton and settled there. His will was dated Jan. 6, 1794, and proved in Stonington probate Nov. 2, 1795; names wife and 9 children but does not mention Aaron or Daniel. Daughter Experience Brown willed 15 shillings. Two sons, Theophilus and Jesse, served during the American Revolution.
 AF: Gives place of birth and marriage date.
 Land records: Timothy bought 60 acres from Samuel Wallworth, paying 180 pounds, 14 April 1763.

 There was a Timothy Morgan in Leyden in 1781 at the same time as Peleg Brown and his wife, Experience Morgan. He probably was the brother of Experience. The Leyden Morgan was the father of Dr. Morgan. It appears that a son (Timothy) and daughter (Deborah) of Timothy Morgan married a daughter (Elizabeth) and son
(Nathaniel) of Comfort Brown.

275. Deborah LEEDS "Polly" was born 21 Oct 1729 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 11 Aug 1786 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Burrows Cemetery, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

ANCESTRY SERVICE, KACMARCZYK-LYTLE VOL. 7, 1985 (DAR LIB) CONN. FAMILIES, page 185.
    LEEDS, LEIDS: Deborah (Timothy Morgan) John, Thomas (chart 965-8, 60)
    Connecticut Society of Genealogists Inc., 2906 Maine St., P.O. Box 435, Glastonbury, CT 06033.

  Sources: "Ancestry of Earl Leslie Morgan, Sanford Line," by Ernest Lee Morgan and Mabel Jacques Hadler; Hale Collection; Barbour Collection; Boston Evening Transcript, Note 2359; James Morgan of CT by Boyce M. Morgan; Mrs. Dorothy Stewart; CT Vitals (film 2932); A Genealogy of Williams Families by J. Oliver Williams (929.273, W67wj).
  O. Williams: Deborah Leeds, born 21 Oct. 1729.
  Hale: Deborah Morgan, wife of Timothy, died 22 Aug. 1794, age 69.
  CT Vitals: Deborah Leeds, daughter of Thomas and Mary, born 21 Oct. 1729 (Groton Vitals, v1, p124.
  Sanford Line: Lists Leeds as a surname for Deborah. It is a typewritten manuscript that cites no sources.
  Stewart: Also says her surname was Leeds. No sources cited. See letter of 9 Aug. 1993.
  Boyce Morgan: Also says her surname was Leeds. Again no sources.
  BET: Lists the "probable ancestry of Deborah, wife of Timothy Morgan." Says she was the the daughter of Thomas Leeds, son of John Leeds, a sea captain and shipbuilder. Gives particulars and says she died 1794, age 65 (fudging to get right age? This would make her born in 1729, matching Deborah Leeds' birth
record from Groton vitals. Hales Collection says she died age 69).
  "Reasons for thinking that Deborah, daughter of Thomas Leeds, married Timothy Morgan:
  "First. Descendants of Aaron Brown, son of Nathaniel and Deborah (Morgan) Brown, claimed for Aaron a Leeds grandmother. His grandfather was Comfort Brown. Capt. Theophilus Morgan Brown, son of Aaron, said this grandmother was Temperance, second wife of Comfort Brown, but research proved that Temperance
was daughter of Eleazur and Temperance (Holmes) Brown of Stonington. This cut off the Leeds grandmother on the Brown side. The mother of Deborah Morgan, wife of Nathaniel Brown, remained, surname unknown. Her name was Deborah, and from her death date we find she was born 1729. She was undoubtedly the Leeds
grandmother.
  "Second. A descendant of Elisha Brown, brother of Comfort Brown, stated some years ago, when writing for information of her Groton ancestors, that Elisha married Content Leeds, daughter of Thomas Leeds, that Content had a sister who married a Morgan, and a daughter of said sister removed to Leyden, Mass., at the time her ancestor Elisha went there to live. Another sister married a Hiscox. Experience Morgan, daughter of Timothy and Deborah Morgan, married Peleg Brown (younger brother of Temperence) and they removed to Leyden, Mass.,
prior to 1776. There is a tradition in the family of Theophilus, son of Aaron Brown, that `their folks' aided in this removal with ox sleds.
  "Although no records have been found to prove Deborah Leeds married Timothy Morgan, I feel that the foregoing proves that she did."

  ALTHOUGH THIS IS IFFY, WILL ADD TO MY DATABASE. WILL CHECK ALL LEEDS RECORDS
IN THE FHL. No Deborah in Ancestral File.
  Barbour Collection, page 92, has a Deborah Leeds, daughter of Thomas and Mary Leeds, born 21 Oct. 1729. She this woman?
  NL Vitals: John Leeds of Staple hows (sic), Kent, England, married Elizabeth, daughter of Cary Latham of New London on 25 June 1731. William, son of John and Elizabeth, was born 3 March 1682.
   Burke's American Families, No. 2785 , shows two Leeds lines to Massachusetts in 1637.
  Directory of Ancestral Heads of N.E. Families says a John Leeds, mariner, born in England in 1641, came to New London in 1674 from Staplehoe, Kent.
  NEHGR, Vol. 6, p241, notes Dorchester tombstone inscription: Priscilla Leeds, d. of Isaiah and Rebeccah Leeds, d. 12 July 1749, age 9 mo.
   A query in the Boston Evening Transcript asks if Deborah, wife of Timothy, was an Allen from Rhode Island or an Allyn from New London County, Conn. G&B Record of New London Co., Conn., notes a Deborah Allyn, born 23 Dec. 1735, died 23 Feb. 1755. She could have lived long enough to have 11 children, but death date doesn't tally with Hale Collection tombstone record.
  The Groton Avery Clan (page 195) lists a Deborah Allyn, born 1755, who married (1) John Wiley and (2) _________ Spring.

276. Benjamin WILBUR was born 20 Jun 1699 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died 1772 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Benjamin married Deborah GIFFORD on 9 Nov 1724. [Parents]

THE WILDBORES IN AMERICA, Vol. 1, by John Reid Wilbor and Benjamin Franlin Wilbour, 1933, page 44.
    Benjamin Wilbore removed to Westerly, where as Benjamin Wilbor of Westerly, yeoman, he made his will March 19, 1772. It was proven April 20, 1772.
    He died between March 19 and April 20, 1772.
    He bequeathed to sons Christopher "Silver spoon marked B.W.
To wife Ruth, money left her by her first husband.
To son John my farm in Westerly and 1/2 of land I purchased of James Babcock. To son Joseph 1/2 of land bought of James Babcock.
To son David land I purchased of my son Joseph? He also made bequests to daughter Judity Hall and to Grandchildren Benjamin Coon, Jeremiah Coon, Joseph Coon, John Coon and Ann Coon.
In April 1, 1742 he with wife Deborah sold 96 acres of land in Westerly to William Wilbour, weaver of Little Compton.

277. Deborah GIFFORD was born 2 Feb 1700. She died in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

280. Samuel HOLDRIDGE was born 17 May 1705 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He married Sarah FELLOWS on 23 Sep 1731 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut by Rev. Ebenezer Rossiter. [Parents]

CONNECTICUT VITAL RECORDS, STONINGTON, BIRTHS-MARRIAGES-DEATHS, BARBOUR COL. page 128, Vol. 2, page 18.
    Samuel, s. William, b. May 17, 1705.
         Vol. 3, page 31.
    Samuel, m. Sarah Fellows, Sept. 23, 1731, by Rev. Ebenezer Rosseter.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, NEW LONDON CO., CT, Vol. 3&4, Book C, page 13.

281. Sarah FELLOWS was born 3 Jan 1710/1711 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 19 Mar 1711 in 1st Church of Stonington, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 17 May 1803 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

CONNECTICUT VITAL RECORDS, STONINGTON, BIRTHS-MARRIAGES-DEATHS, BARBOUR COL. page 128. Vol. 3, page 31.
    Samuel, m. Sarah Fellows, Sept. 23, 1731, by Rev. Ebenezer Rosseter.
page 93, Vol. 1, page 96.
    Sarah, d. Ephraim, b. Oct. 4, 1710/11.

282. James THOMPSON was born 1716 in Scotland. He married Mary DIXON on 19 Feb 1746 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connceticut. [Parents]

Researching this line is Joyce E. Thompson Luscomb at joycee@bignet.net
Researching this line is Colby Thompson at colbythompson@prodigy.com

283. Mary DIXON was born in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

Researching this line is Joyce E. Thompson Luscomb at joycee@bignet.net
Researching this line is Colby Thompson at colbythompson@prodigy.com

288. Capt. John BREED [scrapbook] was born 26 Jan 1699/1700 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 31 Mar 1700 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 24 Jan 1781 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried 26 Jan 1781 in Old Breed Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. John married Mary PRENTICE on 14 Oct 1725 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 543 & 244, 245 & 247.

STONINGTON BRANCH OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ALLEN BREED, p. 230.
    5. V. John-4 b. Jan 26, 1700, m. 1725 Mary Prentice.

DAR PARTIOT INDEX, pp. 82.
    BREED, John Sr. b. 1-26-1700 d. 1-24-1781 m. Mary Prentice PS CT

Probate 4:197

Married: 14 Oct 1725 Stonington CT records 2:67

BREED FAMILY: ALLEN BREED OF LYNN, MASS, AND HIS DESCENDANTS, page 30, 31.
     John Breed, 4th from Allen Breed, the second John of Stonington, known first as Junior and later as Captain - the hero of our sketch - was born Jan. 26, 1700 and baptized in the First Congregational Church of which his father had been a staunch member for ten years. Captain John Breed lived to perform a service for his country so patriotic that it is a privilege to relate it here, to be recorded with similar data of more than family tradition. He married Oct. 11, 1728 Mary Prentice, daughter of Samuel and Esther (Hammond) Prentice, and of their eleven children three were sons: John 3rd, born Sept. 5, 1729 (married Silence Grant); Nathan, born Dec. 13, 1731 (married Lucy Babcock); Amos, born Dec. 23, 1744 (married Lucy Randall).
    Capt. John and Mary (Prentice) Breed were amoung the members of the First Church who united with Mr. Eells in organizing a new society, a necessity arising from the need of a church at East of town, Jan. 4, 1733. They had "owned the covenant" May 11, 1729, and on Aug. 2, 1741 "Capt. John Breed and wife were admitted to full communion." All their children were baptized. Capt. John Breed served as Representatives from Stonington in 1735, 1741 and 1746, and was Selectman in 1736, 1740 and 1764.
    It was in the twilight of his years that the young and stalwart men were answering to the call to arms. For Stonington was bonbarded by the British in 1775 and it was with dismay that citizens learned that one half of their force on defence duty had been ordered to New London. On Oct. 14, 1776, the Committee of Correspondence of Stonington "and sundry of the inhabitants thereof" petitioned the General Assembly at New Haven in a Memorial to return cannon, calling the British "those sons of tyranny and despotism sent by that more than savage tyrant George the 3rd." Among the 105 signers of this Memorial were John Breed Jr. and so many familiar familys names as to claim the interest of every descendant of Capt. John and Mary Breed.
     Many by the name of Breed have been recorded as Connecticut soldiers, sailors and patriots in the Revolutionary War. One of the most ardent and certainly the oldest patriot in Stonington was our brave and faithful Capt. John Breed, who, with 76 or more summers behind him, and with sons, grandsons, nephews and cousins marching to the front, remaining at home, bravely protecting his family, his invalid son Amos and his family and the stores of ammunition and supplies hidden within his old mansion home; for it was here where he fired upon the red coats through port holes near his roof. It is easier to believe than to prove that his son Amos loaded the muskats and Amos' mother, his wife and his children all contributed their share in defending this old home. Alas! that no one now remains who can tell us the thrilling tales about that family circle incident to those exciting times in Stonington!
    With the Revolution over and peace prevailing once again, the vast wilderness of the west attracted the younger and raising generation from all parts of Connecticut. Amos Breed had died in 1785 at the age of forty, only four years after his old father had passed away....

BREED FAMILY page 98,
    In the colonial records of CT, it appears that "Mr. John Breed, Jun." was made captain of the 3d Military Co. at Stonington in 1736. The "junior" makes it certain that this reference is to the son of the 1st Stonington John Breed, for the oldest John Breed in the next generation was only 7 years old in 1736. From the date 1736, this John was usually called "Capt. John Breed".
    On the records of the First Congregational Church of Stonington, it appears that "Aug. 2, 1741 Capt. John Breed and wife Mary were admitted to full communion".
    In the year 1780, the three sons of Capt. John Breed were living on three adjoining farms: his eldest son, Capt. John, Jr. in the house built in 1689 by the first Stonington John Breed, his 2nd son, Nathan, on the farm immediately north of it, and his youngest son, Amos, and Amos' family, whith himself and his wife Mary, on the next farm, north of Nathan's farm. We learn with regret none of the old Breed houses on these three Breed farms are now standing. But, on the first farm, the site of the bark mill built in 1689 by the first Stonington Breed was pointed out, and the mill stone from the old mill, with a round hold in the middle, was seen in the walk leading up to the house which was erected in 1900 when the first Stonington Breed house was torn down, after standing 211 years.
    On the next farm, the one once owned by Nathan Breed, is found the old Breed Family burying ground, now sadly neglected, the gravestones at all angles, and accessible to cattle running in the pasture from which it opens. Yet here are inscriptions, plainly decipherable, recording the deaths of twenty-four members of the Breed family, and some are records that have been sought for elsewhere in vain.
    Here is the gravestone of Captain John Breed. The inscription does not call him "Captain" as the probate records do, but "Deacon" This gravestone has been uprooted and lies flat upon the ground. The inscription reads: In memory of/Deacon John Breed/Who died Jan. 24. A.D. 1781/in 82 yr. of his age/The sweet rememberance of the just/When they sleep in dust.
    The stone for his wife reads
In memory of/Mary, wife of Dea. John Breed/Who died Nov. 5, 1799/in the 93d year of her age/Righteous live long on earth/And in old age resign their breath.

Researching this line is Debbie at phillips@futura.net

289. Mary PRENTICE was born 12 Apr 1708 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. She died 5 Nov 1799 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Old Breed Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 543.

BREED FAMILY, page 593/99.
    Breed Cementary along side of her husband.
In memory of
Mary, wife of Dea. John Breed
Who died Nov. 5, 1799
in the 93d year of her age
Rightous lived long on earth
And in old age resign their breath.

290. Oliver GRANT was born 30 Sep 1703 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 7 May 1757 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Oliver married Silence WILLIAMS on 18 May 1729 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 401.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON CT, Vol 2, page 13.

291. Silence WILLIAMS was christened 8 Dec 1703 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 7 Dec 1771 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

History of Stonington CT, by Wheeler, page 401.

292. Lieut. Isaac SHEFFIELD was born 30 Sep 1695 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died 1773 in Charlestown, Kings Co., Rhode Island. Isaac married Jane CARD about 1720 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

Wildley: CHESEBROUGH GENEALOGY, p. 538.

Vickus: COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY, Vol. I, pp 479, 592.

GENEALOGIES OF R.I.FAMILIES, VOL. II, ONE BRANCH OF THE RHODE ISLAND SHEFFIELDS, by G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., page 164.
    Lieut. Isaac,(2) of Westerly and Charlestown, RI., born 30 Sept. 1695; died in 1773; m. (1) about 1720 Jane Card, b. 18 Sept. 1703, d. between 8 June 1725 and 20 April 1727, daughter of Jobe Card of New Shoreham, Westerly, and Charlestown, R.I.; m. (2) 20 April 1727 her sister, Sarah Card, b. 9 Aug. 1705 (cf. The Register, vol. 67, p. 286, vol. 83, pp. 92-93.)
    His house in Quonacontaug (in Charlestown) was still standing a few years since.
    Children by first wife:
1. Mary, 2. Martha, 3. Isaac (probably).
    Child by second wife:
4. Sarah. Perhaps other children.

 

293. Jane CARD was born 18 Sep 1703 in Charlestown, Kings Co., Rhode Island. She died before 20 Apr 1727 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

THE DESCENDENTS OF RICHARD-4 CARD IN KINGS COUNTY NOW HANTS COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA, BY THOMAS A. CARD, M.D., 1973 IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NEWPORT LIBRARY, 8/5/97. PAGE 3.

GENEALOGIES OF R.I.FAMILIES, VOL. II, ONE BRANCH OF THE RHODE ISLAND SHEFFIELDS, by G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., page 164.
    Lieut. Isaac, of Westerly and Charlestown, RI...m.(1) Jane Card, b. 18 Sept. 1703, d. between 8 June 1725 and 20 April 1727, daughter of Jobe Card of New Shoreham, Westerly, and Charlestown, RI.

GENEALOGIES OF R.I.FAMILIES, VOL. I, III THE CARD FAMILY, page 106.
     Jane, b. 18 Sept. 1703; d. prior to 20 Apr. 1727; m. prior to 21 Sept. 1721 Capt. Isaac Sheffield of South Kingstown and Westerly.

294. Col. William PENDLETON Sr. was born 23 Mar 1704 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island and was christened 28 May 1704 in 1st Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 23 Aug 1786 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. William married Lydia BURROWS on 10 Mar 1725/1726 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

DAR PATRIOT INDEX, pp. 525.
    PENDLETON, Sr. b 3-23-1704 d 8-23-1786 m. (1) Lydia Burroughs PS RI  (2) Mrs. Mary McDonald Cheeseborough DAR NATIONAL NUMBER 725017 A716.
Services during the Revolutionary War were:
    President of Westerly, RI Town Council, 1762-1781.
    Subscribed L40 to Continental Loan Office in 1779 "to make up deficiency at Westerly. (Town Meetings iv, 135, 5)
    Was in charge of local defense.
    In July, 1780, Rhode Island Assembly appointed him recruiting officer. (Rhode Island County Record IX, 126)
    "All 9 sons fought in Revolution" - (Brian Pendleton and His Descendants, page 103).
    Outfitted 2 privateers captured by British (Brian Pendleton and His Descendants, page 56).
    Fought in French and Indian War (Rhode Island county Record).

DAR NATIONAL NUMBER 531071
Rhode Island County Record, Vol. IX, page 126.
Town Meetings, Westerly, RI, Vol. IV, page 131.

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett Hall Pendleton, Privately Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington, DC. Page 44, 56, 57, 58.
    Admitted freeman at Westerly, 4 May 1731, and his long life was spent in that town as one of the most prominent citizens.
    In 1742 he was one of the Council of the First Church of Stonington appointed to form a church at Westerly. The records of this church state that on the 8th of April, 1752, "Deacon William Pendleton desired to commune with us which was granted." March 22, 1752, "The Revd. Mr. Park being returned from Boston, at the desire of Deacon Pendleton preached from Jeremiah ye 8-2."
    In June 1746, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace at Westerly and served as such for several years thereafter. On the 11th of Nov., 1746, he was directed by the Rhode Island Assembly to repair at cost of colony the government's part of the Pawcatuck Bridge; his appointment refers to him as "Captain." In 1747 he was a Deputy from Westerly to the Assembly and in May of that year was appointed Major in the third regiment of the King's County Militia.
    The following year he was re-elected to the Assembly and in June was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment. He continued as such during 1749 and in 1750 became Colonel of the regiment, as office which he held for ten years. In 1757, during the French and Indian War, he was appointed muster Master, and in 1758, the Assembly voted to pay Col. Pendleton 71 Pounds, 4 shillings for expenses in raising his regiment in 1756 (RI Col. Rec.). Among various items in the Westerly records relating to him we find that on "February 9, 1787, Col. Wm. Pendleton Col. of the Regiment of King's Country Appeared before this Council & pray allowance of 12 pounds for Numbering the  Inhabitants of this town accd to act of assembly, had an order" (West C & P Rec., iii. 509). It also appears that on the 30th of August, 1762, it was "Voted that Col. Wm. Pendleton have an order to the town treasurer for the sum of 55 pounds, 1s. old tendor for his expenses the Last Inferior Court he being Imployed in behalf of the town: (West. C & P Rec., iv. 12).
     Col. Pendleton was one of the wealthiest men in Westerly. The tax list for the town in 1757 shows that he was assessed 2,P, 12s-a greater sum than that paid by all the other Pendletons there combined-and the Rhode Island census of 1774 says that he owned a slave. There is also a tradition to the effect that during the Revolution he fitted out two privateers which were captured by the British. However that may be, it cannot be denied he served his country faithfully in that struggle while acting as President of the Westerly Town Council.
    This office Col. Pendleton held continuously from 1762 to 1731, and while the war was in progress, the councilors, besides their usual duties raised soldiers for the army, furnished them with clothing, and had charge of all matters relating to the local defense.
    Col. Pendleton further showed his patriotism by subscribing 40P to the Continental Loan Office in 1779, and 4P more at a later date to help make up the deficiency at Westerly ("Town Meeting," iv. 131,5). In July, 1780, the Rhode Island Assembly appointed his to receive recruits at Westerly. (RI. Col. Rec., ix, 126).
    Another tradition relating to Col. William Pendleton says that he was a good deal of a sportsman spending much of his time in hunting, accompanied by a negro slave, "Jack," and two dogs, "Prince" and "Granger." He carried two horns of powder with him, which he considered a day's sport to employ. There is much likelihood that there is more than a grain of truth in this tradition, as the Colonel's great-grandson, Hadlai F. Pendleton, of Norwich, NY, who is the authority for this anecdote, as well as many others relating to the early Pendletons, has Col. William's old powede-horns, and we have seen that the Rhode Island Census showed that he was the owner of a slave. We have, however, found no records to the dogs.
    Col. William Pendleton's will, dated at Westerly, RI, 18 August 1785 (See Appendix VIII), was probated 30 October 1786.
    William-4 Pendleton married (1), at Stonington, Conn., 10 March 1725/6, Lydia Burrows, daughter of John, Jr. and Lydia (Hubbard) Burrows. She was born at Groton, Conn., 19 April 1703, and died Westerly, RI 18 August 1750. On the 27th of July, 1752, Col. William Pendleton requested the Town Council of Westerly to appoint him guardian of his children by his former wife, so that he could receive the legacies given said wife by her father, John Burrows, late of Groton, dec. (C & P Rec. iii, 323).
    William married (2), at Stonington, Conn, 4 April 1751, (25 April in First Ch. Stonington Rec.), Mrs. Mary Chesebrough, widow of Zebulon Chesebrough, Sr., and daughter of John and Lucia (Stanton) McDowell. (History of Stonington).
    Issue data taken from Westerly Records.

  Source: National Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars; R.I. Genealogical
Register, v4, #4, p355.
  Colonial Wars: Col. William Pendleton, born 23 March 1704, Westerly, R.I.;
died 23 Sept. 1786, Westerly, R.I. Married 10 March 1725/6 in Stonington,
Conn., to Lydia Burrows, born in Groton.
  RIGR: William Pendleton, under age, named in his father's will.

295. Lydia BURROWS was born 19 Apr 1703 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 18 Aug 1750 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

PENDLETON GENEALOGY, page 57.
    On the 27th of July 1752, Col. William Pendleton requested the Town Council of Westerly to appoint him guardian of his children by his former wife, so that he could receive the legacies given said wife by her father, John Burrows, late of Groton, dec. (C. & P. Rec. iii, 323.)

296. Elkanah HEWITT I was born Mar 1699/1700 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 7 May 1699 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died after 1776 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Elkanah married Hannah STERRY on 1722 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

THE CONNECTICUT NUTMEGGER, Vol. 24, #2 Sept. 1991
    ELKANAH HEWITT, SR. AND FAMILY OF STONINGTON CONNECTICUT, CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. by Walter R. Buss, CSG #9363.
    For many years we had been searching for additional information on the wife of Elkanah Hewitt, Sr. who was born March 1999/1700 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, the son of Benjamin and Marie (or Mary) Fanning Hewitt. Until three or four years ago, the only record we had was in Richard Anson Wheeler's HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, NEW LONDON COUNTY, CONNECTICUT where on page 419 Elkanah is called Elkana and his wife is identified as Temperance Kenney, and on page 421 where, when listed with eight children, she is called Temperance Keeney, married 1722. (Notice the difference in the spelling of her surname.) Wheeler gives no sources for his information, but there are at least three glaring errors in this data. One is an actual error and two are errors of omission.
    1. Elkanah's wife and mother of the children is not Temperance Keeney, but Hannah, maiden name unknown, as shown by the christening of the children in the North Stonington First Congregational Church (LDS FHL #005081). Here, except for Elkanah, Thankful, and Sarah, and either Jonas or Simeon, they are identified by name and as "son or daughter of Elkanah Hewitt and his wife Hannah." Also, a Mrs. Hannah Hewitt was baptized in this church about two months before the christenings of the three oldest, Elkanah, Thankful, and Sarah.
    2. Silas, six child of this couple, is not listed in Wheeler, though his birth is recorded in the Stonington Town Records (LDS FHL #1309872).
    3. There are three still younger children in the family whose christenings appear in the records of the North Stonington First Congregational Church - Hannah, Samuel, and Rogger. Samuel and Rogger do not appear in any other record found to date, but Hannah is named in her father's will dated 14 February 1776 (LDS FHL #1032097).
    There is still another problem with this family, which has been cleared up with recent research. In his will, dated 14 February 1776, Elkanah names his wife as Temperance. At first glance is might appear that his wife was Temperance at home and Hannah at church. Actually, however, his wife at the time of the will was Temperance Grant of Norwich, whom he married in the Lisbon (New London Co.) Congregational Church. 16 September 1773 (LDS FHL #0004706). This marriage was reported in the New London Gazette 1 Oct 1773 where he is stated to be "of Stonington" and "age 70" (three years too young), but it adds that he was attended by his older brother, Israel, thus identifying him definitely as the son of Benjamin and Marie Fanning Hewitt.
    The marriage is listed also in the Charles R. Hale Collection of Marriages in Connecticut Newspapers (LDS FHL #0003402), though the names are not in the general index.
    Two other errors concerning the marriage of Elkanah Hewitt and Temperance Grant occur in Frederick W. Bailey's EARLY CONNECTICUT MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1800 (LDS FHL #974.6 V25b). On page 87 of his "5th Book", (1) Elkanah is called Elkanah Hunt and (2) the date is given as 16 September 1773-75. In the original record in the Lisbon Congressional Church, it is clearly Elkanah Hewitt and the date is 1773, not 1775, which is further proved by the date of the newspaper item in the New London Gazette cited above.
  
DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 10 & 11.
    Born in Stonington, Conn in March 1699 (VR), son of Benjamin Hewitt and Marie Fanning, and baptized at the 1st Congregational Church of Stonington, 7 May 1699; died at Stonington in 1776, between 14 Feb. and 16 May of that year. Elkanah married 1st, HANNAH STERRY, about 1722, Hannah was born in Stonington, 22 Feb. 1704 (VR), daughter of Samuel Sterry and Hannah Rose; she died before 1773. Elkanah married 2nd, Temperance (Lanthrop) Bishop Grant, widow of John Bishop and Capt. James Grant, 16 Sept 1773 at Lisbon, Conn (Lisbon CR). Temperance was born in Norwich, Conn., 6 Oct. 1704 (VR), daughter of Joseph Lathrop and Elizabeth Watrous; no date of death has been found for her but she was known to be living in Feb. 1776.
    Elkanah owned and operated a sawmill on the east side of Cossaduck Creek near Stonington. He wrote his will on 14 Feb. 1776, and probated 11 June 1776 (Stonington Probate Records, docket #1623). An inventory of his estate was taken 16 May 1776. The will bequeathed a 54-acre parcel of land to his sons, Elkanah, Henry, Silas, Jonas and Simeon. That land was divided by consent of the 5 sons in April 1777. Temperance, the widow, and Elkanah's daughters, Thankful Kinne, Sarah Coye and Hannah Kinne were mentioned in the will. Sons Henry and Jonas were named executors of the estate. Not mentioned, because they had apparently died before Elkanah wrote his will, were his children, Arthur, Tabitha, Samuel and Rogger. Although it is assumed that Elkanah and his two wives were buried in the Stonington area, no grave markers have been found for them.
    Wheeler, in the HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., omitted Elkanah's 1st wife, Hannah, who was the matter of all his children. Mrs. Hannah Hewitt was baptized as an adult at the 1st Congregational Church of Stonington on 28 Nov. 1729, a few months before the baptism of their first 3 children at the same church. By 1733, Elkanah and Hannah had transferred their membership to the 2nd Church of Christ in North Stonington, which was organized under Rev. Joseph Fish. Hannah was listed as the mother of their last 9 children baptized 1733 to 1751 by Rev. Fish.
    Walter Burges Smith, in THE STERRY FAMILY OF AMERICA, identified Elkanah's 1st wife as Hannah Sterry. It is to be noted that Elkanah and Hannah named their 10th child Sterry to honor Hannah's father, Samuel Sterry. In anticipation of an early death and too weak to be brought to the church, this child was baptized by Rev. Fish at the parent's home (CR). Elkanah and Hannah's son Henry also carried on the name of his maternal grandfather by naming one of Henry's sons Sterry.
    Charles Allen Converse, in his book on descendants of Samuel Converse, identified Temperance Lathrop as first marrying John Bishop as his 2nd wife, 22 Aug. 1727. After his death, Temperance married Capt. James Grant, 14 Dec. 1763 and thirdly, Elkanah Hewitt, 16 Sept. 1773.
References:
Vital Records of Stonington, North Stonington, Norwich and Preston, Conn. Stonington Probate Records, LDS film #1,032,097.
Records of 1st Congregational Church of Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5615. Records of 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5081. Records of Lisbon, Conn. Congregational Church, LDS film #4706.
Stonington Town Records, LDS film #1,209,872.
Wheeler, HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., pp. 419 & 421.
Walter Burges Smith, THE STERRY FAMILY IN AMERICA (private printing in Isreal:1973) pp. 8 & 9.
Joan S. Gilford, ANCESTORY OF DR. J.P. GILFORD Franklin, N.C. 1990, p. 477. Charles Allen Converse, SOME ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL CONVERSE, Boston: 1905, p. 828.
Cemetery Records of Gilford, Chenango Co., NY.
Charles R. Hale, Collection of Cemeteries in Conn., LDS film #3139.

297. Hannah STERRY was born 22 Feb 1704 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 1742 in Preston, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

History of Stonington CT, by Wheeler, page 421.

298. Deacon Samuel PRENTICE was born 25 Nov 1702 in Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. He died 11 Oct 1773 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Prentice Cemetery, No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Samuel married Abigail BILLINGS on 22 Sep 1725 in Stonington, New London Co., Conn.. [Parents]

DENISON GENEALOGY, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page 5 & 349.
PRENTICE CEMETERY,
    Prentice, Samuel, died Oct. 11, 1773, age 69, French-Indian War.
    Prentice, Samuel Capt. John Denison's 12th Co. died Oct. 11, 1773 69. VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 2, page 66.
    Samuel, m. Abigail Billings, Sept. 22, 1725, by Rev. Ebenezer Rosseter.

299. Abigail BILLINGS was born 1 Mar 1706/1707 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 22 Jun 1707 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 30 Oct 1789 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Wequetequock Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

DENISON GENEALOGY, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, pages 2, 5 & 349.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 2, page 23.
    Billings, Abigail, d. Ebenezer, b. Mar. 1, 1706/7.
              Abigail, m. Samuel Prentice, Sept. 22, 1725, by Rev. Ebenezer
                          Rosseter Vol. 2, page 66.
    Prentice, Abigial, Wid., d. Oct. 31, 1789. Vol. 3, page 145.

DENISON GENEALOGY, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, pages 2 and 5.

VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT, Vol. 2, page 23.
    Billings, Ebenezer, s. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 1, 1684
              Ebenezer, m. Phebe Denison, Apr. 2, 1706, by Rev. Salmon Treat.
              Ebenezer, Lt., d. July 20, 1760.

GENEALOGIES OF CONN. FAMILIES, A-Ga, page 142.

300. Nathan BABCOCK was born 25 Nov 1726 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island. He died 24 Jan 1804 in Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island and was buried in Babcock Burying Ground, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. Nathan married Deborah STAFFORD on 19 May 1748 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island, by Elder Joseph Maxson. [Parents]

BABCOCK GENEALOGY, by Stephen Babcock, pae 29.
    Col. Nathan-5 Babcock, son of Samuel-4 and Ann (Pendleton) Babcock (James-3, John-2, James-1), b. Westerly, RI, Nov. 25, 1726; d. Westerly, Jan. 24, 1804 (date from gravestone in Babcock burying ground); m. (1) May 19, 1748, Deborah Stafford, of Warwick, b. 1718, d. Nov. 28, 1763; m. (2) Westerly, May 29, 1764, Elizabeth Brown, of Stonington; d. Apr. 23, 1779, in her fifty-first year (record from gravestone); m. (3) Aug. 26, 1779, Nancy (or Anne) Lewis, daughter of Nathaniel Lewis of Hopkinton; m. (4) Feb. 6, 1782, Dorcas Babcock, dau. of 41 Daniel and Dorcas (Brown) Babcock, of S. Kingston, RI, b. Mar. 14, 1745.
    Col. Nathan Babcock represented Westerly in the Rhode Island General Assembly 1760-1. He was appointed by the General Assembly in May 1761, Colonel of Kings County Regtment of Militia. (C.R. of RI, Vol. VI). He was Justice of the Peace in 1755.
    The town of Westerly, Feb. 12, 1776, voted that 'the two field pieces ordered by the General Assembly to be deposited in this town be stationed near the sea on the land of Nathan Babcock, 2d Esq., and to be used on any sudden invasion as needed required."
    June 3, 1777, Nathan Babcock was appointed one of a committeed of three to secure materials for an "Amunition Cart."
    It is noticed that Oliver Babcock, youngest son of John and Mary (Lawton) Babcock had a son Nathan, b. Oct 12, 1715. It is possible that some of the records given apply to him.
   Children all born in Westerly (See A.V.R.).

BRIAN PENDLETON AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1599-1910, Compiled by Everett Hall Pendleton, Privatley Printed MCMX, found in the DAR Library, Washington, DC. Page 73.
    i. Nathan-5 Babcock, b. 24 Jany 1726/7. He was a leading citizen of Westerly for many years, representing it in the RI Assembly in 1760 and 1761, and serving as Col. of the King's Co. Militia in the later year. He m. (1), 19 May 1748, Deborah Stafford; (2), 20 May, 1764, Elizabeth Brown; (3), 26 Aug. 1779, Nancy Lewis; (4), 6 Feby, 1782, Dorcas Babcock. He had issue by each marriage, sixteen ch. in all, and died at Westerly, 24 Jany, 1804.

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301. Deborah STAFFORD was born 1718 in Warwick, Kings Co., Rhode Island. She died 28 Nov 1763 in Hopkinton, Kings Co., Rhode Island and was buried in Babcock Burying Ground, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

Of Warwick, Rhode Island.

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302. Joseph BILLINGS Jr. was born 17 Dec 1716 in Preston, New London Co., Connecticut. He died about Dec 1797. Joseph married Thankful DENISON on 10 Nov 1737 in Preston, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L. Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 17.

GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH OF BOSTON, REHOBOTH, MASS., by Anna Chesebrough Wildey, New York, Press of T. A. Wright, 1903. Page 40.
    103. Thankful--5 Denison (Mary Avery, 23), m. Nov. 10, 1737, Joseph Billings, Jr., of Preston, Conn. (son of Joseph and first wife, Comfort (Denison) Billings, who m. (2) Sarah Larabee of Norwich), b. Dec. 17, 1716. (See Apendix--Wills) Children born in Preston, Conn.
Page 557.
    Joseph Billings, Jr. (103S), of Preston, Conn--Will proved Dec. 11, 1797; recorded in Norwich, Conn.; mentions "my granddaughters Tabitha Wells; Amy Killam; Comfort and Desire Hewitt--my daughters, Sarah Edwards; Desire Babcock; my son Nathan Billings; my grandsons Samuel & Jonas Hewit; and Thomas, Nathan, and Joseph Billings." Witness, Sanford Billings.

303. Thankful DENISON was born about 1714 in Preston, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 29 Jan 1727 in 1st Church of Preston, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut. [Parents]

DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L. Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 5.

GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH OF BOSTON, REHOBOTH, MASS., by Anna Chesebrough Wildey, New York, Press of T. A. Wright, 1903. Page 40.
    103. Thankful--5 Denison (Mary Avery, 23), m. Nov. 10, 1737, Joseph Billings, Jr., of Preston, Conn. (son of Joseph and first wife, Comfort (Denison) Billings, who m. (2) Sarah Larabee of Norwich), b. Dec. 17, 1716. (See Apendix--Wills) Children born in Preston, Conn.

304. Capt. Samuel SLOCUM was born 11 Feb 1738 in No. Kingstown, Kings Co., Rhode Island. He died after 23 Jan 1824 in Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island. Samuel married Hannah TEW on 11 Mar 1760 in Jamestown, Newport Co., Rhode Island. [Parents]

SLOCUMS IN AMERICA, by Charles Slocum, page 101 & 78.
    //was born in North Kingstown Township RI, 11 Feb 1738. He removed, when quite young, with his father to Canonicut Island, Jamestown Township, RI and he was there admitted freeman in 1760 and was married, March 11, 1760, to Hannah, dau. of William and Dean Tew. He married second, Sophia (ASTOR, name comes from other sources). He is recorded as a resident of Jamestown in the year 1774 with a household of eight hands; see note on page 75. He was a sea-captain for some years, then removed to Hopkinton Township, RI probably during the Rev. War, and there died about the year 1821.
    Child by first wife:
    Peleg, born 1661, mar, Anna, dau of John Dyer.

A SHORT HISTORY OF SLOCUMS, SLOCUMBS, AND SLOCUMBS, 1637-1881, two volumes.
    Samuel Slocum, born North Kingstown Feb. 11, 1737/38, died bef July 5, 1825, Hopkinton, RI, married (1) Hannah Tew, daughter of William and Jane/Jean Carr Tew on March 11, 1760 at Jamestown. Hannah was born Aug. 6, 1743 at Jamestown and died after 1787 in Hopkinton. He married (2) Sophia Astor, who was, the genealogy says, the daughter of a whaling ship captain. She was still living in 1834. While he lived in Jamestown Samuel was a sea captain.

    Cook's PIONEER LEWIS FAMILIES, notes that he was a merchant in New London in 1780.  (Vera Main Robinson notes "I am unable to verify.) He purchased land in Hopkinton in 1785 and became a farmer. He was certainly was wealthy since he paid 1380 Sp[anish silver dollars for his land. (He was over charged!).

JAN. 23, 1824, WILL OF SAMUEL SLOCUM OF HOPKINTON, WASHINGTON CO., RI.
    1. To son Azeriah, all the land I own lying the west side of the road running by my house, also 30 acres of the south part of my house by the road running from thence easterly to the northwest corner of the little meadow east of my house, thence by the north side of said meadow to the northeast corner of said meadow, thence running easterly in such direction as will make the above quantity of 30 acres together with all buildings, privileges, and appurtedances thereto belonging except the west half of my house which I give to my wife , the improvement of during her widowhood to him the said Azariah, his heirs and assigns forever.
    2. I give to my wife Soffa Slocum, the improvement of a certain tract of land lying through the middle of my farm bounded as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of land belonging to Henry Lewis running west to highway thence southerly by said highway till it comes to the corner of land I have given to my son Azariah, thence easterly by said Azeriah's line till it comes to my east line thence northerly till it comes to Henry Lewis land, thence westerly and northerly by said Lewis land till it comes to first mentioned bound and my will is that my son Azariah impress and occupy the above described land for my siad wife to the halves as long as she remains my widow.
    Also I give her 2 cows and all the sheep and provisions that I have at my deceased along with household furniture which she brought me at the time of marriage - all which I give my wife in lieu of dower.
    3. I give son Ebenezer Slocum one silver dollar.
    4. I give my sons Richard and Wm. Slocum all the land that I have given my wife, the improvement of reference being had thereto for the bounderies thereof, which land I give to my two sons after my wife's widowhood shall cease.
    5. To my grandson Samuel Slocum all my land lying north of a stonewall running from the land of the heirs of Stephen Cole called the Lewis lot westerly to the highway to him forever.
   6. I give to my daughters Polly Crandall and to the representetives of my daughter Pamy Mory and to my daughter Nabby Maine and to my grandson Stephen Slocum all the remaining part of my land not hereto given away and is bounded westerly on highway, northerly on land I have given hereinto so my grandson Samuel Slocum, easterly on land of heirs of Stephen Cole, northerly partly on land of Henry Lewis, and partly on land I have given my wife the improvement of to them, their heirs forever.
   7. I give to my daughter Sally Lewis $50. - $10 a year until paid.
    8. I give to children of my daughter Ruth Lewis $1 each.
    9. I give to my son Azariah all the rest and residue of my personel property. Son Azeriah to be executor.
Wintesses: John Fry, Deborah Fry & Isaac Wilbur.

VITAL RECORDS OF RHODE ISLAND, VOL. 4, WASHINGTON CO., RI BIRTHS FROM PROBATE RECORDS, page 289.
    SLOCUM: Samuel had wife Sophia and children Isaiah, Ebenezer, Rhichard, William, Polly, Nancy, Abigail, Sarah & Ruth ment his will dtd 23 Jan 1824 pvd Ho 5 Jul 1825 Ho 5:267.

305. Hannah TEW died 1787. [Parents]

306. John ECCLESTON.

308. Joseph ECCLESTON Jr. was born about 1713 in Kingston, Kings Co., Rhode Island. He died before 17 Nov 1815 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Joseph married Coran about 1742. [Parents]

Land Records of #111

MARCH 17, 1748/9, VOL. 6, PAGE 148. #4
    Simeon Miner to Joseph-111 Eccleston, Jr. dated Mar. 17, 1748/9, Vol. 6, page 148, 20 acres -- Beginning at a stake with stones about it, which is the southeast corner of Joseph-111 Eccleston, his land, thence south bounding with land laid out to James Covey til it comes to John MacDowell's, his land, thence Westerly bounding with MacDowell's land to the river, thence northwardly bounding with the river to the said Joseph's land, thence easterly bounding with Joseph Eccleston land to the first mentioned bound.

MAR. 26, 1753, VOL. 6, PAGE 359. #5
    From Samuel Prentice, a justice of the Pease, on Mar. 26, 1753, appointed Joshua Rathbun, Benjamin Clark, and Joseph Palmer (6-359) to renew the bounds between land of Joseph-111 Eccleston, Jr. and John McDowell. "We find line starts at the east side of a brook where stands a bush of maple trees, where we laid stones, round them, and marked one of them, which bunch of maples we find to be in the north line of said McDowell's land, thence from said maples southeast about 90 rods to a heap of stones by us erected where we judge is the northeast corner of McDowell's land. Viewed Apr. 4, 1754.

SEPT. 5, 1767, VOL. 8, PAGE 218. #6
    Joseph-111 Ecclestone and Ichabod-113 Ecclestone to Isaac-112 Eccleston, land which was my father's Joseph-11 Eccleston, 42 acres, beginning at the NE corner of the premises and the SE corner of Ichabod Eccleston's land thence S 7 W 67 rods, thence W 8 N 104 rods to a merestone by a brook, thence N 12 E 48 rods to a merestone, a corner of Ichabod Eccleston land, thence E 2.5 S 104 rods to the first mentioned. Dated Sept. 5, 1767, Vol. 8, page 218. Witnesses; Sam Prentice and Joshua Prentice

SEPT. 5, 1767, VOL. 8 PAGE 218. #7
    Joseph-111 Ecclestone and Isaac-112 Ecclestone to Ichabod-113 Ecclestone Sept. 5, 1767, Vol. 8, page 218, land our father Joseph-11, died seized of, 21 acres, -- beginning at a merestone the NE corner of the premises and SE corner of Joseph-111 Eccleston's land, thence S 7 W 30 rods to a merestone, a corner of Isaac-112 Eaglestone's land, thence W 2.5 S 108 rods to the first mentioned bound.

MARCH 17, 1748/9, VOL. 8, PAGE 219. #8
    Isaac Ecclestone-112 and Ichabod-113 Ecclestone to Joseph-111 dated Mar. 17, 1748/9, Vol. 8, page 219, land formerly our father Joseph-11's, 42 acres --  beginning at a merestone the __ corner of the premises, thence E __ N 71 rods to a merestone, thence S 7 W 83 rods to a merestone, a corner of Ichabod-113 Ecclestone's land, thence W 2.5 S 108 rods to a merestone, thence N __ E 36 rods to a merestone, thence E. 10 N 36 rods to a merestone, thence N 10 E 30 rods to a merestone, thence N 10 E 30 rods to the first mentioned bound.

JULY 3, 1772, VOL. 9, PAGE 260. #9
    From Daniel Brown to Joseph-111 Eccleston dated July 3, 1772, Vol. 8, page 260, 27 acres  --  Beginning at a stake with stones about it which was erected by the freeholders, as the northeast corner of a tract of land formerly belonging to Fergue McDowell, from thence running southeast about 93 rods to the west line of land laid out to James Covey, thence about north bounding with said land laid out to James Covey until it comes to land laid out to Simeon Miner, thence westerly bounding with said land laid out to Simeon Miner til it comes to the line of the said tract of land that was formerly McDowell's, thence bounding with said land that was McDowell's to the stake and stone first mentioned. Witnessed by Thomas and Eunice Wells.

1774 RHODE ISLAND CENSUS, HOPKINTON, RHODE ISLAND, page 221.
    EAGLESTON, Joseph: 1 male above 16, 1 male under 16, 1 female above 16, 2 females under 16. No Indians or Blacks, total 5 persons.
(This was probably, Joseph, male above 16; John b. 1770, 4 years old, male under 16; Coran female above 16; Desire b. 1772, 2 years old, female under 16; Coran, b. abt 1774, just born, female under 16.
His other children: Rebecca, b. abt 1743, already married; Patience, b. 1744, married 1765; Joseph, b. 1750, married 1769; Gershom, b. 1862, 12 years old WHERE WAS HE?)

JAN. 9, 1781, VOL. 11, PAGE 94. #10
    Joseph-111 Ecclestone to Collins Wilcox for 20 acres of land dated Jan. 9, 1781, Vol. 11, page 94 -- Beginning at the NE corner of Francis Wilcox's land, thence westerly by said Francis's land until it comes to Samuel Nun's land, thence south by said Nun's land until it comes to said Nun's SE corner, thence westerly by said Nun's land until it comes to the river, thence southwardly by said river until it comes to a birch tree marked on 4 sides, thence eastwardly by John Ecclestone's land until it comes to Samuel Plumbe land thence northwardly by said Plumbe and Daniel Wilcox land until it comes to first mentioned bound. Exclusive of a privilege I have reserved to bury the dead near where I have buried hereto fore and also of the highway which runs through said premises.

MAR. 26, 1784, VOL. 11, PAGE 94. #11
    Joseph-111 Ecclestone to Collins Wilcox dated Mar. 26, 1784, Vol. 11, page 94, one certain lot of land with buildings thereon containing about 1 acre more or less -- Beginning at a heap of stones standing on the north side of a highway and about 4 rods SE of a corn mill, thence northwardly till it comes to the said Collins land, leaving suffient and convenient room to the west for the dam and pond, thence eastwardly leaving said Collins land till it comes to the NE corner of said lot, thence southwardly by said Collins land till it comes to said highway, thence westerly by said highway to first mentioned bound. (quit-claim)

JAN. 27, 1790, VOL. 12, PAGE 85. #12
    Elihu Rose of Preston to Joseph-111 Eccleston, 2nd., of Stonington dated Jan. 27, 1790, Vol. 12, page 85, for 41 pounds, 41 acres -- Beginning at a maple tree blown down at the edge of Mr. Joseph Billings upper or Great Hill Pond which is a corner of Nathan Killams land, thence running eastwardly abutting northwardly on said Killam's land 47 rods to a merestone in the line of Tift's land, thence S about 19 W by Tift's and Crandall's land 156 rods to a large wot, thence running westerly a straight line with a wot marked on 4 sides an ancient bound tree standing near said adjoining land laid out according to the grant to Elihu Chesebrough about 72 rods to a cedar swamp, thence northerly butting west on said swamp and said pond to the first mentioned bound. Witnessed by Elizabeth Morgan and Daniel Morgan, Jr.

RECORDS OF VOLUNTOWN, WINDHAM CO., CONNECTICUT, Vol. 1, page 3, June 16, 1794.
    Committee formed to meet a Sterling, Ct. Committee to establish boundary line between Sterling and Voluntown. The following persons were admitted as Town Inhabants:
William Smith, William Main, Joseph Coon, Elisha Palmer, *Joseph Egleston, Thomas Weaver, Income Potter, Same Phillips, Ephraim Gates, Mr. Tanner, Paul Main, William Pierce, Chris Crandall, John Larkham, Charles Wylie, Isaac Randal, Joseph Palmer, Thos. Larkham, James Kinne, Jr., Jesse Palmer, Thomas Gordon, Elisha Brown, Jabez Newton, Uriel Randal, & Wheeler Morgan.

VOLUNTOWN TOWN MEETING RECORDS, Vol. 1, page 4.
    At a freeman's meeting holden in Nazarith Society in the Town of Voluntown on the 5th day of Sept. AD 1794. The following persons were admitted freeman vis:
    Jesse Palmer, Abel Wilkinson, Elisha Palmer, Simeon Stevens, William Smith, Isaac Randal, Benjamin Colgrove, Jonathan Hiliard, Garshom Ray, Cris Crandal, Joseph Coon, *Joseph Egleston, Sam Phillips.
    The above persons took oath required by law.

1800 CENSUS - NEW LONDON CO., CONNECTICUT
     EGGLESTON Joseph, New London Co., CT, page 684 - 00001-00001-00   

WILL OF JOSEPH-111 EGGLESTON, #1179, CT State Library, Hartford CT.
MAR. 1, 1801, VOL. 10, PAGE 44 AT STONINGTON
    I give to my son Joseph-1112 Eccleston one dollar, the reason of my not giving him more, as I have already given him his portion before.
    I give to my grandson, John Lamphier, one dollar
    I give to my four daughters, namely Rebecca-1115 Ecclestone, Patience-1111 Main, Desire-1116 Lewis, and Coran-1117 Covey, $71.00, to be paid by my executor here-after named, immediately after my deceased, after my debts and funeral expenses are paid.
    I give to my well beloved wife Coran Eccleston, all the east part of my house and the profits of half my lands, during her natural life, Furthermore, I give to my wife all the indoor moveables, one cow, five sheep, one hog, to be at her disposal.
    I give to my son, Gershom-1113 Eccleston, all my lands and house where I now live, excepting what I give to my wife her natural life, with all the privileges, etc., and all my farming tools.
    I make my son, Gershom-1113 Eccleston, and Benjamin Corning of Voluntown, to be my sole executors of this, my last will and testement.
    Witnessed by Samuel Northrup, Asel Coats, and Elizabeth Northrup

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309. Coran was born about 1722. She died after 1815.

She might be Karin Springer.