On This Day, January 10th

January 10, 1683- A son, Samuel, is born to William Abernathy & Sarah Doolittle in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

January 10, 1696- My ninth great granduncle, Samuel Peck, dies at the age of 49 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British America.
The son of Deacon Paul Peck & Martha Hale, Samuel was born in Hartford. In 1672, he married Elizabeth Gilpin.

January 10, 1700- A daughter, Elizabeth, is born to John Stowe & Bathsheba Howe in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

January 10, 1701- A daughter, Phebe, is born to Ebenezer Cole & Mehitable Luther in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America.

January 10, 1702- A son, Francis, is born to Francis Whitmore & Mary Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

January 10, 1703- A daughter, Hepzibah, is born to Robert Hubbard & Abigail Adkins in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

January 10, 1704- A son, Ebenezer, is born to Samuel Salisbury & Jemima Martin in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America.

January 10, 1713- A daughter, Elizabeth, is born to Samuel Abernathy & Elizabeth Peck in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, British America.



(Samuel Abernathy is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Elizabeth Stowe is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall and Paul Peck & Martha Hale.
Phebe Cole is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hugh Cole & Mary Foxwell and Samuel Luther & Mary Abell.
Francis Whitmore is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Cornwall & Mary Bailey and John Whitmore.
Ebenezer Salisbury is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Salisbury & Susanna White.
Hepzibah Hubbard is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall and George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts.
Elizabeth Abernathy is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle)

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1715- A son, Jeremiah, is born to Nathaniel Bacon & Hannah Wetmore in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

1717- My eighth great granduncle, Joseph Cole, son of Hugh Cole & Deborah Buckland, marries Mary Eddy, daughter of Caleb Eddy & Elizabeth Bullock, in  Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

1727- My sixth great grandfather, Solomon Stimson, dies at the age of 45 in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Born in March, 1681, Solomon is the son of James Stimson & Hannah Stearns.
At the age of 18, Solomon appeared before the Court for being drunk and fighting. When asked how he pleaded, he declared he would fight again if he had like occasion.
In 1715, he married Elizabeth Finch, daughter of Guy and Rebecca Finch.

Court Records of Prince George's County, Maryland 1696-1699

In March, 1699 true bills were found against Benjamin Stephens, Solomon Stimpson, Peter Scamper, Thomas Wells and John Robinson for being drunk and fighting against
"the Goods laws of God and this Province." All except Stimpson submitted to the
court, received fines of 100 pounds of tobacco and were cleared by proclamation.
Stimpson, when asked how he pleaded, declared he would fight again if he had
like occasion; he was then put in the stocks for 3 hours and required to give security
for his good behavior and appearance at the next court. At the June court he was
cleared by proclamation, nobody appearing against him.

Will of Solomon Stimson

Stimton (Stimson), Solomon, planter, Prince George's County, 9th Jan., 1726-7; 26th Jan., 1726/7.
To son Solomon, £30.
To son Benjamin, 50 A. where he now lives and £30.
To son-in-laws William and Thomas Elder, personalty.
To wife Elizabeth, extx., son Jeremiah, daus. Sarah and Mary, personal estate equally.
To dau. Ann, £5.
to wife Elizabeth and hrs., rights in land adj. Charles Bevans; shd. any of child. die during minority, their
portion to be divided among all child. equally.

Test: Thos. Chartur (Chartor), Paul Talbart (Tabart), Elizabeth Morris. 19.67

1736- A daughter, Phebe, is born to Joseph Moss & Lydia Jones in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

1737- Ebenezer Cole, son of Ebenezer Cole & Mehitable Luther, marries Prudence Miller, daughter of Samuel Miller & Ruth Curtis, in Swansea, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

1745- A son, Benjamin, is born to William Tallman & Ann Lincoln in Berks County, Pennsylvania, British America.

(Jeremiah Bacon is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller and Deacon Thomas Wetmore.
Ebenezer Cole  is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hugh Cole & Mary Foxwell and Samuel Luther & Mary Abell.
Phebe Moss is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.
Benjamin Tallman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.)

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October 8, 1742- A son, Ebenezer, is born to Sarah Nelson Cole, recent widow of Edward Cole, in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
The child is a descendant of Mayflower passengers, John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley.

October 10, 1742- A daughter, Rachel, is born to Jonathan Sherman & Susanna Gifford in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay.

(Ebenezer Cole is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hugh Cole & Mary Foxwell and Samuel Luther & Mary Abell.)

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April 4, 1742- Curtis Cole is born to Ebenezer Cole & Prudence Miller in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
On April 21, his grandmother, Ruth Curtis Miller, dies at the age of 52.

April 15, 1742- A divorce was granted to a slave named Boston. He charged that his wife cheated on him with a white man and that she bore his child.

(Curtis Cole is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hugh Cole & Mary Foxwell and Samuel Luther & Mary Abell.)

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November 1, 1741- William Cole marries Elizabeth Luther, daughter of Ebenezer Luther & Bethiah Cole, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay.

(Elizabeth Luther is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Luther & Mary Abell and Hugh Cole & Deborah Allen Buckland. William Cole is her second cousin.
William Cole is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hugh Cole & Mary Foxwell.)

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July 2, 1741- Sybil, infant daughter of Joseph Doolittle & Rachel Cole, dies in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. She is two weeks old.

(Sybil Doolittle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Sergeant Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss, and John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)

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June 20, 1741

A son, John, is born to Nathan Hammond & Deborah Luther in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay.

(John Hammond is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Luther & Mary Abell and Hugh Cole & Deborah Allen Buckland.)

John Hammond is descended from my ninth great grandfather, Samuel Luther (1636 – 20 December 1716)
Samuel was a prominent early figure in the Massachusetts Colony. He served as the minister of the First Baptist Church of Swansea from 1685 until his death. He also served as a militia captain. Through his wife Mary Abell, daughter of Robert Abell, his descendants have richly documented English ancestry, including extensive ties to royalty and nobility.
Samuel Luther perhaps survived a raid by a group of Lenape Indians at age nine while accompanying his father on a trading voyage to Delaware Bay, and was held captive for a period. His father, Captain John Luther, was killed in the raid. Some chroniclers question the likelihood of a nine-year-old boy participating in such a risky trading endeavor, proposing that an older brother may have been the captive Luther. However, no older son of Captain Luther is acknowledged by genealogical authorities. In any event, the general circumstances of the incident are corroborated by several primary sources.

Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Luther

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June 15, 1741

A daughter, Hannah, is born to Samuel Blakesley & Elizabeth Doolittle in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

June 17, 1741

A daughter, Sybil, is born to Joseph Doolittle & Rachel Cole in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
The child did not survive, dying two weeks later.

June 22, 1741

A son, Daniel, is born to Samuel Cotton & Mary Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

June 23, 1741

A son, David, is born to David Dutton & Sarah Abernathy in  Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

June 26, 1741

A son, Robert, is born to Deacon Richard Ely & Phebe Hubbard in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.

(Hannah Blakesley, Daniel Cotton, and Sybil Doolittle are my second cousins 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss and John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
David Dutton is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Robert Ely is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts and Deacon Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall.)

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May 10, 1741

A daughter, Ruth, is born to George Sisson & Drucilla Cole in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

May 19, 1741

Elizabeth Lawton Dunn dies at the age of 67 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island. The widow of Nathaniel Dunn, Elizabeth is the daughter of Daniel Lawton & Rebecca Mott. She was born March 12, 1674 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.


(Ruth Sisson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.
Elizabeth Lawton is my first cousin 10 times removed. Ruth Sisson is her first cousin twice removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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February 6, 1741

Sarah Cole is born to Thomas Cole & Christiana Luther in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Sarah Cole is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Luther & Mary Abell and Hugh Cole & Deborah Allen Buckland.)

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