On This Day in the Colonies: December 7

English: John Rogers House, Branford CT on National Register of Historic Places (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

December 7, 1645- My eighth great granduncle, Daniel Hubbard, is born to George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts in Hartford, Connecticut.

December 7, 1664- My ninth great grandmother, Sarah Hall, wife of Deacon Thomas Wetmore, dies at the age of 42 in Middletown, Middlesex County,Connecticut.
Born in England, she was the daughter of John Hall & Esther Willoche.

December 7, 1696- Connecticut Route 108, third oldest highway in Connecticut, is laid out to Trumbull.

December 7, 1703- A daughter, Mary, is born to Daniel Maltby & Esther Moss in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.
Mary is my second cousin 9 times removed.

December 7, 1708- A daughter, Margaret, is born to Matthias Tyson & Mary Potts in Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Margaret is my second cousin 8 times removed.

December 7, 1724- My ninth great grandmother, Deborah Allen Buckland, wife of Hugh Cole, dies at the age of 64 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Joseph Buckland & Deborah Allen.
She is buried in Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

December 7, 1732- A son, James, is born to Robert Harlow & Susannah Cole in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America.
James is my second cousin 9 times removed.
William Penn, son of William Penn & Mary Jones, marries Christiana Forbes, daughter of Alexander Forbes, a merchant, in London, England.
William Penn is my fourth cousin 8 times removed.
The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.

December 7, 1747- A daughter, Mary, is born to Thomas Adamson & Mary Burson in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Mary is my second cousin 6 times removed.

December 7, 1749- Peleg Sisson, son of George Sisson & Elizabeth Sherman, marries Ruth Sherman, daughter of John Sherman & Grizzel Fish, in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. They are married by William Sanford, Justice.
Peleg is my second cousin 8 times removed.

December 7, 1751- A son, Samuel, is born to Benjamin Tallman & Elizabeth Gorton in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Samuel is my third cousin 8 times removed.

December 7, 1755- A son, John, is born to Jarvis Brown & Ann Kinnicut in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
John is my third cousin 7 times removed.

December 7, 1760- A daughter, Sarah, is born to Giles Sanford & Elizabeth Smith in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Sarah is my third cousin 7 times removed.

December 7, 1763- A daughter, Ann, is born to Jeremiah Walton & Margaret Tyson in Moreland Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
Ann is my third cousin 7 times removed.

December 7, 1767- A son, Seth, is born to Joseph Blake & Marnara Grant in Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut.
Seth is my third cousin 7 times removed.

December 7, 1768- Stephen Brownell, son of Joseph Brownell & Rebecca Tripp, marries Susanna Fish, daughter of David Fish & Jemima Tallman, in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Stephen and Susanna are my third cousins 8 times removed.

December 7, 1771- A daughter, Tabatha, is born to Joseph Hoxie & Abigail Sherman in Dutchess County, New York.
Tabatha is my fourth cousin 7 times removed.

December 7, 1773- A daugher, Elizabeth, is born to Squire Seamans & Elizabeth Lee in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth is my third cousin 6 times removed.

December 7, 1776- David Potts and his wife Alice Schull, moved to York County, Pennsylvania, He, along with his wife and children Jonathan, Ann, Hannah, Rachel, Joseph and Stephen, made a request to be received into Friends Meeting. Their request was granted February 8, 1777. They were members of Menallen Particular Meeting, (now included in Adams County,) then under the care of the Warrington Monthly Meeting.
David Potts is my second cousin 7 times removed.
Marquis de Lafayette attempts to enter the American military as a major general.

December 7, 1780- Josiah Seymour marries Dinah Doolittle, daughter of James Doolittle & Sarah Andrews, in Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut.
Dinah is my third cousin 7 times removed.
Ebenezer Cole, son of Ebenezer Cole & Prudence Miller, marries Martha Ingraham, daughter of Joshua.
Ebenezer is my second cousin 8 times removed.

December 7, 1782-  A son, Robert, is born to Reverend Robert Hubbard & Lucy Hubbard in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts.
Robert is my third cousin 6 times removed.

December 7, 1787- Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
 

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August 2, 1742- A daughter, Mary, is born to Jacob Whitmore & Rebecca Hurlbut in Middletown, Connecticut.

August 8, 1742- Robert, infant son of Robert Hubbard & Elizabeth Sill, dies in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. He is five months old. He is buried in Mcdonough Cemetery.




Gravestone of Hubbard children.

(Robert Hubbard is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts and Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall. Marty Whitmore is his fourth cousin.
Mary Whitmore is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Whitmore and William Cornell & Mary Bailey.)



Religious affairs formed one of the most important problems in the life of Connecticut. The established ecclesiastical system was the Congregational. The Code of 1650 (Connecticut) taxed all persons for its support, provided for the collection of church taxes, if necessary, by civil distraint, and forbade the formation of new churches without the consent of the general court. The New England Half Way Covenant of 1657, which extended church membership so as to include all baptized persons, was sanctioned by the general court in 1664.
 The custom by which neighbouring churches sought mutual aid and advice, prepared the way for the Presbyterian system of church government, which was established by an ecclesiastical assembly held at Saybrook in 1708, the church constitution there framed being known as the “Saybrook Platform.” At that time, however, a liberal policy towards dissent was adopted, the general court granting permission for churches “soberly to differ or dissent” from the establishment. Hence a large number of new churches soon sprang into being. In 1727 the Church of England was permitted to organize in the colony, and in 1729 a similar privilege was granted to the Baptists and Quakers.
 A religious revival swept the colony in 1741. The very existence of the establishment seemed threatened; consequently in 1742 the general court forbade any ordained minister to enter another parish than his own without an invitation, and decided that only those were legal ministers who were recognized as such by the general court. Throughout the remaining years of the 18th century there was constant friction between the establishment and the nonconforming churches. 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

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Official seal of Middletown, Connecticut (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

March 2, 1742- A son, Robert, is born to  Robert Hubbard & Elizabeth Sill in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
The child will not survive infancy.

(Robert Hubbard 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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View of East Haddam, Connecticut looking north from the Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, showing some buildings and a cemetery in a rural scene. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

October 1, 1741- John Cotton marries 24 year-old Rachel Cornwall, daughter of Benjamin Cornwall & Hannah Merry, in Connecticut.

October 12, 1741- Elijah Ackley, son of Samuel Ackley & Bethia Adams, marries Abigail Blakesley, daughter of Samuel Blakesley & Elizabeth Doolittle, in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.

October 13, 1741- Jemima Atkins is born to Thomas Atkins & Martha Miller in Middlesex County, Connecticut.

October 31, 1741- Jared Abernathy is born to Caleb Abernathy & Lois Gaylord in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
"Jared sonne of Caleb and Lois Ebenatha was borne Oct last day 1741"
Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, Births, Marriages, and Death Records (1670-1850), Volume 8, page 532


(Rachel Cornwall is my first cousin 9 times removed. Abigail Blakesley is her first cousin once removed. Abigail Blakesley is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Jemima Atkins is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall and George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts.
Jared Abernathy is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Sergeant Abraham Doolittle.)

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