1711 American CONNECTICUT COLONY Handwritten COLONIAL Signed WETHERSFIELD CT
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1711 American CONNECTICUT COLONY Handwritten COLONIAL Signed WETHERSFIELD CT:
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[ 1711-14 AMERICAN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT; CT; WETHERSFIELD-GLASTONBURY; STRICKLAND-BUCK DEED; WELLS/HALE/ROCKWELL]. Original and extremely rare early 1700s American deed, penned in 1711 for a land agreement between Jonah Strickland and Daniel Buck. 100% guaranteed original and not a copy!
This early 18th Century American document is a rarely found document from the Colonies with important early town history and genealogical value. Paper document concerns a real estate transaction involving a tract of land in what is now Glastonbury/ Wethersfield CT; Land transfer from Daniel and David Buck to Jonah Strickland. Additional settlers/ persons mentioned are Thomas Hale (Pequot War Veteran), Joseph Rockwell, Robert Wells and Gideon Wells. Please see a detailed genealogy below. It truly is fascinating.
Piece remains in great shape for age; large double folded rag paper piece, the document measures roughly 15\" x 12\". Penned in original ink on paper with early American-English penmanship. Interesting wax seal remnant of Stricklands at the bottom right. Minor splits and holes at the folds, also some water stainingbut nothing major. Old fold marks, as shown. The ink remains bold and completely legible. Pics taken with and without flash.
A rare and important piece of American history. Good luck!
PROVENANCE
John STRICKLAND, born February 14, 1647/48 in Wrentham, Suffolk, England; died Abt. 1719 in Glastonbury, Hartford Co, CT. He was the son of 904. Thwait STRICKLAND and 905. Elizabeth SHEPHARD. He married 453. Esther SMITH September 01, 1676 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co, CT.453. Esther SMITH, born 1648 in CT; died Abt. 1725 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co, CT. She was the daughter of 906. Richard SMITH and 907. Mary WEED.Child of John STRICKLAND and Esther SMITH is:
Immediate Family
- Martha Strickland wife
- Martha Torrey daughter
- Esther deWolfe daughter
- Richard Strickland son
- Jonah Strickland son
- Ruth Strickland daughter
- Jemima Strickland daughter
- John Strickland father
- Esther Strickland mother
- Rebecca Strickland sister
- Samuel Strickland brother
- Joseph Strickland brother
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Rev Daniel Buck[Parents] was born on 13 Sep 1695 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co, CT. He died about 11 Apr 1726. He married Elizabeth Perkins on 11 Jun 1722. [Notes]
Elizabeth Perkins was born in of Norwich, New London Co, CT. She died after 05 May 1726. She married Rev Daniel Buck on 11 Jun 1722.
They had the following children:
FiElizabeth Buck was born on 11 May 1723.
FiiHannah Buck was born on 04 Feb 1724/1725. ----------------------
Thomas (3) HALE was born about 1654 in Wethersfield, CT. He died on 23 Dec1723 in Glastonbury, CT. Like Samuel (1) HALE, this Thomas HALE served in thePequot war, according to William DeLoss, *The Colonial History of Hartford*,Hartford, 1935 (rep 1974), p 146.The Thomas Hale House may be one of the oldest central-chimney colonial houses in Glastonbury. Thomas, who was licensed as a tavern keeper in 1715, was a founder of the town and one of the petitioners for separation from Wethersfield in 1690. From his house in 1757 Daniel Hale, grandson of Thomas, rode horseback with the 6th Regiment’s Troop of Horse to the besieged Fort William Henry near Albany in the French and Indian War, and later he marched to Boston in the Lexington Alarm at the start of the Revolution.----------------------
ROCKWELL FAMILY. The Rockwell family of England to which the emigrant ancestor of the American family belonged is an ancient and distinguished one. Some branches of the Rockwell family have this coat of arms: Az. upon a chief sable; three boars\' heads couped or, langued, gules. The crest: Upon a wreath of the colors of the shield a boar\'s head as in the arms. Motto: \"Tout pour Mon Dieu et Mon Roi.\" (All for God and King )
(I) William Rockwell, the immigrant ancestor of the American Rockwells, and of Edward Munson Rockwell\'s branch of the family, was probably descended from Sir Ralph de Rocheville, the founder of the family, who crossed the channel with the Norman Knights when Empress Maude went to England to lay claim to that kingdom. He joined the forces of Henry II and received a grant of land in the county of York, which is known to the present day as Rockwell Hall and is situated near Borough Bridge, York, England.
William Rockwell doubtless came with the original church colony that settled Dorchester in New England. He was on the jury there as early as November o. 1630. He was deacon of the church formed by Rev. Mr. Marham and his friends in the New Hospital at Plymouth. England, and who came over to Dorchester in 1630. He was one of the first board of selectmen of Dorchester. He also served on the first committee to lay out lands for • his fellow-colonists at Dorchester. His own grant was near Savin Hill June 27, 1636. He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1631, one of twenty-four who took the oath on that day. He had a half acre next Mr. Stoughton\'s, near the fish house, granted December 17, 1635. ITe had eight acres granted July 5. 1636. on Indian Hill. He removed to Connecticut in the spring of 1637 with Mr. Marham and half of the Dorchester Church. He died May 15, 1640. at Windsor, Connecticut.
He married, April 14, 1624. at Holy Trinity Church. Dorchester, England, Susan Capen, probably daughter of Bernard Capen. She was born April 11. 1602. and died November 13, 1666. She married (second) Matthew Grant, the ancestor of General U. S. Grant, May 20. 1645. and died November 1666. The children of William and Susan Rockwell were: Joan, born in England, April 25, 1625, married Jeffry Baker, of Windsor; John, born July 18. 1627, in England: Mary, died young; Samuel, of whom later; Ruth, horn August, 1653, at Dorchester, married Christopher Huntington, October
7, 1652, one of the first settlers in Norwich; Joseph, born 1635, died unmarried; Sarah, born at Windsor, July 21, 1638, married Walter Gaylord.
(II) Samuel Rockwell, son of William Rockwell (r), was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, March 28, 1631. He was among the first settlers in East Windsor, Connecticut, where he was admitted to the church April 6, 1662. He was one of the contributors to the fund for the relief of the poor of other colonies. He died in 1711. He married, April 7, 1660, Mary Norton, daughter of Thomas and Grace (Wells) Norton. Their children were: Mary, born January 18, 1661-2, married Josiah Loomis, October 23, 1683; Abigail, born August 23, 1664, died unmarried May 3, 1665; Samuel, born October 19, 1667; Joseph, of whom later; John, born May 31, 1673-4; Abigail, born April 11, 1676, married, November 9, 1704, John Smith; died October 12, 1741; Josiah, born March 10, 1678.
(III) Joseph Rockwell, son of Samuel Rockwell (2), was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, May 22, 1670, and died there June 26, 1733. He settled in Windsor and was a farmer. He married Elizabeth Drake, who was born November 4, 1645, the daughter of Job and Elizabeth Alvord. The children of Joseph and Elizabeth Rockwell, all born in Windsor, were: Joseph, of whom later; Elizabeth, born December 12, 1698, unmarried. Benjamin, born October 26, 1700; James, born June 3, 1704; Job, born April 13, 1709: Elizabeth, born July 24, 1713, married Jonathan Huntington.
(IV) Joseph Rockwell, son of Joseph Rockwell (3), was born at Windsor, Connecticut, November
23> t695. He was a farmer at Windsor. He married, March 25, 1693-4, Hannah Huntington, daughter of John and Abigail (Lathrop) Huntington, grandchild of Christopher and Ruth (Rockwell) Huntington and great-granddaughter of Deacon William Rockwell (I). Hannah died January 18, 1761, aged sixty-seven years, of small pox. Joseph died October 16, 1746, in his fifty-first year. The children of Joseph and Hannah Rockwell were: Joseph, of whom later; Hannah, born December 25, 1717, married Joseph offerwell; Jerusha, born June 5, 1720 (twin), and a twin son, died same day; Jonathan, born May 2, 1723, removed about 1763 with four sons and two daughters to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia; their children were: Jonathan, born 1747, Asahel, born 1749, Joseph, born 1751, ancestors of two-thirds of the Nova Scotia Rockwells; Benjamin, born 1753, Sarah, Hannah, Samuel, born March 9, 1725-6; Samuel, born January 19, 1728.
(V) Captain Joseph Rockwell, son of Joseph Rockwell (4), was born at Windsor, Connecticut, March 15, 1715-6, died July 6, 1776, aged sixty-one years. He was the second settler in Colebrook, Connecticut, in 1766. He was the captain of the first militia company there October 4, 1774, commissioned by Governor Jonathan Trumbull. He married Anna Dodd. Their children were: Anna, married Nathan Bass; John, born September 7, I743> was a lieutenant in the revolution; settled in Southwick, Massachusetts: Elijah, of whom later; Mary, married William Goodwin; Jerusha, Elizabeth, Gurdon, Joseph, Elihu, resides at Winchester, Connecticut, and baptized there February 17, 1765. One of the foregoing children died October 24, 1757.
Gov. Thomas Wells, the American ancestor of the family was born in England, 1598, and died in Wethersfield, Conn., 14 January, 1659-60. He married in England (1) a Miss Hunt and (2) about 1646, Elizabeth Deming, widow of Nathaniel Foote. She died 28 July, 1683. Gov. Thomas Wells was the ancestor of three distinct lines of the Wells family: by his eldest son, John, the Stratford-Wethersfield family; by his second son, Thomas, the Hartford family; by the third son, Samuel, the Glastonbury family.
Children, all but one born in England by the first marriage:
2. Anne, b. about 1619. m. (1) 14 Apr., 1646, Thomas Thompson of Far.; m. (2) Anthony Hawkins. X3. John, b. about 1621.
4. Robert, b. 1624.
5. Thomas, b. 1627. m. Hannah Tuttle, widow of John
Pantry. He d. 1668.
6. Samuel, b. about 1630. m. (1) Elizabeth Hollister. m. (2)
Hannah Lamberton. He was drowned 15 July, 1675.
7. Sarah, b. 1631-2. m. Feb., 1653, Captain John Chester of
8. Mary, b. 1634.
9. Joseph, b. 1637.
3. John2 Wells, {gov. Thomas1) b. about 1621; removed to Stratford; m. Elizabeth Bourne; died at Stratford 7 Aug., 1659.
10. John, b. 1648; m. Mary Hollister of Wethersfield.
11. \"deacon\" Thomas, b. 1651; resided in Stratford; inherited
lands from his grandfather; m. Elizabeth ;d. 7 Jan.,
1720, without children. X12. Robert, twin to Thomas.
13. Temperance, b. 1654; m. 21 Nov., 1681, Jona Pitman of
14. Samuel (Ser\'gt), b. 1656, m. (1) Abigail ;(2) (3)
Abigail ;d. 1729.
15. Sarah, b. 28 Sept.. 1659; m. (1) Benjamin Beach; m. (2)
Ambrose Thompson.
12. Captain Robert3 Wells (john,2 Thomas1) b. 1651; m. (1) 9 June 1675, Elizabeth Goodrich, daughter of \"Ensign\" William and Sarah Marvin Goodrich; she died 17 Feb. 1697-8. He m. (2) in Boston 13 Oct. 1698, Mary Stoddard. He died in Wethersfield 22 June 1714.
Children, all by the first wife:
16. Thom-as, b. 1676; m. 28 Sept., 1699, Hannah Warner who
died 18 Sept., 1738; m. (2) Sarah, widow of Captain Joshua Robbins. He died 21 Sept., 1741.
17. John, b. 16 June, 1678; d. unmarried. X18. Mr. Joseph, b. Sept., 1680.
19. Prudence, b. ;m. 20 Oct., 1700 Rev. Anthony Stoddard
of Woodbury. Conn.; she died May, 1714.
20 \"captain\" Robert, b. 1684; m. Dec. 1706, Sarah Wolcott of
Wethersfield. (Record has been found of two other
\"Captains.\" Robert Wells, the first baptized 29 Dec.,
1700, the second baptized Aug., 1702).
21. \"captain\" Gideon, b. 1686; m. 30 Nov., 1716, Hannah
Chester of Wethersfield; he died 28 March, 1740. (Both
Captain Wells and his wife were great grand children of
Gov. Wells).
18. Mr. Joseph4 Wells, (Captain Robert,3 John,2 Gov. Thomas1) b. 1680; settled at Wethersfield; m. 6 Jan. 1708-9, Hannah Robbins, daughter of Captain Joshua Robbins, who was the son of John Robbins and Mary Wells. He died 1744.
22. John, b. 13 Nov., 1710.
23. Prudence, b. 12 Feb., 1712-3.
24. Esther, bap. 20 May, 1716.
25. Hannah, b. 5 Aug., 1718.
26. Joseph, b. 17 Sept., 1720; m. March, 1744, Mary Robbins.
He died 1 April, 1788.
27. Eunice, b. 25 March, 1723. X28. Joshua, b. Sept., 1726.
29. Christopher, bap. 14 Dec., 1729; died young.
28. Joshua6 Wells (Joseph* Captain Robert,3 John,2 Gov. Thomas1) b. 1726 m. 1757. Experience Dickenson, daughter of Elihu Dickenson [probably son of Thomas, son of Nathaniel] and Lucy Deming, daughter of Thomas son of Jona, son of John. She died 27 June 1773.
30. Experience, b. 14 Aug., 1758; m. Noah Stanley.
31. Hannah, b. 26 Oct., 1759; m. Simeon Goodrich.
32. Joshua, b. 28 March, 1761; d. 4 March, 1804. His wife died
6 Dec., 1783.
33. Levi, b. 7 Oct., 1762; m. Sarah Welles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Welles1st Treasurer of the Colony of ConnecticutIn office
1639–1641Succeeded byWilliam Whiting2nd Secretary of the Colony of ConnecticutIn office
1641–1648Preceded byEdward HopkinsSucceeded byJohn CullickDeputy Governor of the Colony of ConnecticutIn office
1654–1655In office
1656–1657In office
1659–166017th Governor of the Colony of ConnecticutIn office
1655–1656Preceded byEdward HopkinsSucceeded byJohn Webster20th Governor of the Colony of ConnecticutIn office
1658–1659Preceded byJohn Winthrop the YoungerSucceeded byJohn Winthrop the YoungerPersonal detailsBorn1590
Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, EnglandDied14 January 1659/1660
Wethersfield, Tomes
Elizabeth Deming FooteChildrenJohn Welles (1622–1659)
Thomas Welles
Samuel Welles
Anne Welles
Sarah Welles
Mary Welles (1590 – 14 January 1659, OS/1660, NS) is the only man in Connecticut\'s history to hold all four top offices: governor, deputy governor, treasurer, and secretary. In 1639, he was elected as the first treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut, and from 1640–1649 served as the colony\'s secretary. In this capacity, he transcribed the Fundamental Orders into the official colony records on 14 January 1638, OS, (24 January 1639, NS).[1]
BiographyLife
Welles was born in Stourton, Whichford, Warwickshire, England around 1590, the son of Robert Welles and Alice (unknown) of Stourton, Warwickshire, England, born about 1543.[2] He married Alice Tomes soon after 5 July 1615 in Long Marston, Gloucestershire, England. She was born around 1593 in Long Marston, Gloucestershire, England, the daughter of John Tomes and Ellen (Gunne) Phelps. A brother of Alice Tomes-Welles, also named John Tomes like his father, was a faithful royalist who during the escape of Charles II sheltered him in his home on the night of 10 September 1651 when the king was a fugitive after the Battle of Worcester.
After the death of Alice, Welles married again about 1646 in Wethersfield, Connecticut. His second wife was Elizabeth (Deming) Foote,[3] who was a sister of John Deming[3] and the widow of Nathaniel Foote (Who founded Wethersfield). Elizabeth had seven children by her previous marriage; there were no children from the second marriage.
The first appearance of Governor Thomas Welles\'s name in Hartford was on 28 March 1637, according to the Connecticut Colonial Records. Welles came to Hartford with Reverend Thomas Hooker in June 1636. Some believe a copy of a grant in which he is named confirms this statement. He was chosen a magistrate of the Colony of Connecticut in 1637, an office he held every successive year until his death in 1660, a period of twenty-two years. He was elected deputy governor in 1654, and governor of the Connecticut Colony in 1655, and in 1656 and 1657 was deputy governor to John Winthrop the Younger; in 1658 governor, and in 1659 deputy governor, which position he held at his death on 14 January 1660 at Wethersfield, Connecticut.[4]
It is thought that he was buried in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Some sources indicate that his remains were later transferred to the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford. In either case, his grave is presently unmarked. His name appears on the Founders of Hartford, Connecticut Monument in Hartford\'s Ancient Burying Ground.
Children- John (1622 – 7 August 1659), settled in Stratford in 1645, serving as a magistrate and a probate judge there before his death in 1659.[4][5][6] His son, John, married Mary Hollister the daughter of Lt, John Hollister and Joanna Treat,[7][8] the daughter of Richard Treat.[9]
- Thomas, settled in Hartford, Connecticut; his daughter Rebecca married Captain James Judson and settled in Stratford, Connecticut in 1680[2] James and Rebecca\'s son David, also a Captain, built the Captain David Judson House, located on the same spot where his great grandfather William had built his first house, made of stone, in 1639.
- Samuel, became a Captain and settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut.[2] He married as his first wife, Elizabeth Hollister, the daughter of Lt, John Hollister and Joanna Treat,[7][8] the daughter of Richard Treat.[9] Elizabeth and Samuel were the parents of six children. Elizabeth died in 1659 and he married as his second wife,Hannah, the daughter of George Lamberton of the New Haven Colony. There were no children by the second marriage. His son Samuel married Ruth Rice, daughter of Edmund Rice, on 20 June 1683 and they had six children.[10]
- Captain Samuel\'s daughter Sarah married Ephraim Hawley of Stratford and settled in what is now Trumbull in 1683. Sarah and Ephraim\'s Great-Granddaughter was Abigail Wolcott, (8 February 1756 – 4 August 1818) who married on 10 December 1772, Oliver Ellsworth (29 April 1745 – 26 November 1807), Princeton University 1764, who was an American lawyer and politician, a drafter of the United States Constitution, and the third Chief Justice of the United Welles\'s descendants number in the thousands today. Some of his notable descendants include;
- James Phinney Baxter III,[12] PhD, Litt.D., L.H.D., D.Sc., LL.D., (1893–1975), American historian, educator and academic, He won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for history, for his book Scientists Against Time. He was the Director of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (1942–1943). He also served as president of Williams College from 1937—1961.
- Lyman Beecher,[13] was a Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader, and the father of many noted leaders, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and Catharine Beecher, and a leader of the Second Great Awakening of the United States.
- Robert Foster \"Bob\" Bennett,[14] is a former United States Senator from Utah and a member of the Republican Party. He is the son of Frances Marion Grant and U.S. Senator Wallace F. Bennett.
- Emily Newell Blair,[15][16][17] a U.S. political activist, American feminist, suffragist and writer. From 1925 to 1934 she was an Editor of Good Housekeeping magazine.
- Dr. C. Loring Brace IV,[18][19][20] Biological anthropologist.
- Gerald Warner Brace,[18][19][20] was an American writer, educator, sailor and boat builder.
- Seth Wells Cheney, an American artist, a pioneer of crayon work in the United States
- Lydia Cornell,[21] (born 23 July 1953) is an American actress, writer, novelist, comedienne, blogger and talk-radio host.
- Bruce Dern,[22] is an Academy Award-nominated American film actor.
- Laura Dern,[22] is an American actress, film director and producer.
- Gerald R. Ford,[23] was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974.
- Dr. John Franklin Gray,[18][19][20] the first practitioner of Homeopathy in the United States.
- Dr. Jethro A. Hatch,[19][24] was the first physician in Kentland, Indiana and a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana\'s10th district.
- William Welles Hollister,[25][26] (1818–1886), a Californian rancher, entrepreneur and founder of Hollister, California.
- Archibald MacLeish,[22] was an American poet, writer and the Librarian of Congress. He is associated with the Modernist school of poetry. He received three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.
- Helen Schermerhorn Morris,[27] 5th wife of American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian, Martin Scorsese.
- Raphael Pumpelly,[9][28] was an American geologist and explorer
- Nancy Davis Reagan,[29] is the widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan and served as an influential First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
- Roxana Barry Robinson, is an American novelist and biographer.
- Henry Shelton Sanford,[30][31][32][33][34] was an American diplomat and businessman who founded the city of Sanford, Florida.
- Gideon Welles,[1] the United States Secretary of the Navy, 1861–1869.
- Sumner Welles,[35] U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1937–1943.
- Daniel H. Wells,[14] (1814–1891) was an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and the third mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States.
- Dr. Henry Wells, was an American author, professor and leading expert on Latin America politics.
- Henry Wells,[36] (12 December 1805 – 10 December 1878) founded the American Express Company, Wells Fargo & Company and Wells College, a nationally recognized private coeducational liberal arts college located in Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, on the Eastern shore of Cayuga Lake.
- Wilford Woodruff,[37] (1 March 1807 – 2 September 1898) was the fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1889 until his death in 1898.
- Utica Celestia Welles,[38] Lady Beecham, 1st wife of Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, CH was a British conductor and impresario. From the early twentieth century until his death, Beecham was a major influence on the musical life of Britain and, according to Neville Cardus, was the first British conductor to have a regular international career.
1711 American CONNECTICUT COLONY Handwritten COLONIAL Signed WETHERSFIELD CT:
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