Lucius Augustus Bingham

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• Alternate birth: 1 Sep 1804, Vergennes, Addison, Vermont
• Alternate birth: 7 Sep 1804, Vergennes, Addison, Vermont
• Alternate birth: 27 Sep 1804, Vergennes, Addison, Vermont
• Alternate death: 11 Apr 1857, Iowa

Notes:

From The Bingham Family in the United States, citation details below:

With his brothers Reuben and Jeremiah 2nd Jr., and his mother and her second husband, Abner Whipple, Lucius Augustus and his family moved west to near Brockville, Upper Canada about 1829. None of them appeared on the NY 1830 Federal census. The group remained in Canada until the late 1830s when they decided to embrace the Mormon religion and moved to Henderson, Knox Co IL, near Nauvoo. They may have passed through Oswego Co NY where brother Aaron lived. Lucius, Reuben, and Jeremiah 2nd Jr. were all enumerated on the IL 1840 U.S. census. By 1850, part of the group had moved on to near Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co IA, but it is not clear what happened to Lucius Augustus. He was not named on the IA 1850 Federal census, but his oldest son was. There is also a record of a child born to him and second wife Rebecca White at Harrison Co IA in 1853. Instead of going on to Utah, Lucius Augustus remained in IA and died in 1857.

Lucius married Sarah Stone in 1826 in Fowler, St. Lawrence, Jefferson, New York. Sarah (daughter of Josiah Stone and Sarah Darby) was born in 1804 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died in 1849 in Pottawattamie, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Calvin Bingham was born on 7 Sep 1827 in Fowler, St. Lawrence, Jefferson, New York; died on 27 May 1883 in St. David, Cochise, Arizona; was buried in St. David Cemetery, St. David, Cochise, Arizona.

Lucius married Rebecca White after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Bingham was born in 1853 in Little Sioux, Harrison, Iowa.

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• Alternate birth: 17 Apr 1760, Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

From The Bingham Family in the United States, citation details below:

Jeremiah was born in the Franklin section of Norwich, New London Co CT where his parents, Joseph and Rachel Ween Bingham, then lived. Based upon his date of entry into military service, he was probably born on 17 Apr 1760, but the Norwich records cite the name James, and not Jeremiah. [PNH: see note below.] By 1776 Jeremiah was apprenticed to Henry Baldridge in Bennington VT, but when the army recruiting sergeant came to Bennington, Jeremiah broke his apprentice agreement and joined the army. He served his first thirty-four months in Maj. Allen's company of Col. Rufus Putnam's MA regiment of the Continental Line, 20 Feb 1777 to 31 Dec 1779. He signed up for another year and a month, consequently, his final date of service was 31 Jan 1781. He would have been almost twenty-one when he was discharged. Jeremiah returned to Bennington where he stayed until about 1784 and then followed his uncle Jeremiah to Cornwall, Addison Co VT.

Jeremiah married in Cornwall, Mary Ives, 27 Nov 1786. The next month, they purchased nearly four acres adjoining their house lot. Near the end of 1788 when Jeremiah received his back military pay, he bought twenty-five acres from Edward Harris. This deed is most intriguing as it also recorded Harris's gift of five acres to Joseph Bingham. Joseph could have been Jeremiah's father or brother.

The births of Jeremiah and Mary's first three children were recorded in Cornwall, but not the births of the other children. The 1800 U.S. census for Cornwall credited the family with three boys under 10, one girl under 10, and one girl 10-16. The family was also enumerated in Cornwall in 1810. Several Cornwall deeds between 1789 amd 1793 indicate that Jeremiah sold portions of his twenty-five acres. In 1794, he bought thirty-four acres from Jared Ives, but sold it five months later in 1795. That deed was the last record for Jeremiah in Cornwall. His pension application file contains a statement by his uncle Jeremiah of Cornwall that he lived "here" in 1806 and his son, Aaron, stated that he died in 1813 during the late war with England.

Mary, his wife, married second, Abner Whipple, about 1820. Jeremiah's sons Reuben, Lucius and Jeremiah lived in Ontario, Canada in the late 1820, but by 1840 they had returned to the U.S. and all three lived in Knox Co IL. Son Jeremiah moved on to IA in 1845 where his mother Mary died.

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We are a little skeptical about Donna Bingham Munger's assertion that "[b]ased upon his date of entry into military service, he was probably born on 17 Apr 1760", since, as Munger observes, "the Norwich records [for a Bingham birth on that date] cite the name James, and not Jeremiah." It seems clear from records cited by Munger herself that James Bingham was a separate individual. We find it entirely plausible that Jeremiah was born in 1761, was an apprentice at fifteen, and ran away to join the army at approximately sixteen.

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Some online sites state that this Jeremiah Bingham fought in the War of 1812 as well as in the Revolution. We believe this is based on a misreading of son Aaron's 1849 statement, referred to in our entry for Jeremiah Bingham's wife Mary Ives, that Jeremiah "died during the late war with England in 1813." It seems clear that Aaron was merely noting the period of history during which his father died, not claiming that he father actually fought in that war. Most notably, after their mother's death, Aaron Bingham and his brothers Jeremiah, Joseph, and Lucius Augustus Bingham put a great deal of energy into proving their father's Revolutionary War service in order to obtain their portions of their mother's pension. If their father had also fought in the second war with England, this surely would have been mentioned in their various statements about his military history.

Jeremiah may, however, have been a recruiter during the war of 1812. Via Barbara Nielsen, we have a photocopy of a Federal Bureau of Pensions form, undated but clearly produced between 1900 and 1909, since the pre-printed date line on top of the document reads "Washington, D.C., 190__". The top of the document is a form letter aimed at persons who have written to the Bureau in search of information about an ancestor's service in the Revolution or the War of 1812, and it requests that the correspondent please fill out the form at the bottom of the page and return it. The form at the bottom has been filled out by one Perry P. Young, requesting information about the service of this Jeremiah Bingham, and in the "additional information" space, Young writes that "family tradition" says that Jeremiah Bingham was a recruiter for the war of 1812. Young also states as a matter of fact that three of Jeremiah's sons, Calvin, Perry, and Joseph, fought in that war.

Jeremiah married Mary Ives on 27 Nov 1786 in Cornwall, Addison, Vermont. Mary (daughter of Enos Ives and Anne Cook) was born on 25 Apr 1766 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 15 Feb 1845 in Pottawattamie, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 25 Apr 1766, Norwich, New London, Connecticut

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On 15 Oct 1849, in Oswego County, New York, Aaron Bingham testified in open court that his father was Jeremiah Bingham who fought in the Revolution "for such a term as te entitle him to bounty land"; that this Jeremiah died in 1813; that this Jeremiah's widow (who was Aaron's mother) Mary then married Abner Whipple "about 1820"; that Abner Whipple died "in 1825 or in 1824"; that Mary died a widow on 15 Feb 1845, leaving the following married children over the age of twenty and all alive at the time of Aaron Bingham's testimony: Lucius A. Bingham, Jeremiah Bingham, Joseph Bingham, and Aaron Bingham himself. The record of Aaron Bingham's testimony also notes that the court has received a "judge's certificate" from probate court in Pottawattamie County, Iowa as proof of Mary Whipple's death. A copy of this handwritten document, annotated by Barbara Allen Crandall, was provided to us by Barbara Crandall Nielsen.

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From The Bingham Family in the United States, citation details below:

Joseph's birth on 14 Apr 1738 was recorded in the Norwich records, but he was baptized on 16 Apr in the Franklin church. He grew up in the Franklin section of Norwich and may have served in the militia in the French and Indian War. When he was twenty-one he married Rachel Ween 5 Jul 1759. In 1760, their first child was born and the birth recorded in the Norwich records under the name James. Joseph's other children's births are not recorded in Norwich and other records have not been found to document Joseph's life after 1760. Neither are there records for James. However, it is known that Joseph's parents moved to Charlemont MA in 1760 and to Bennington VT between 1773 and 1779 and that Joseph's son, Jeremiah 2nd, was an apprentice in Bennington in 1777.

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A document at familysearch.org claims that "Joseph served in the French and Indian war as a Quartermaster of a troop of horses, fifth regiment in May 1757. He was Cornet in Oct 1761, and Lieutenant in Oct 1764."

"The town of Bennington voted each year from 1768 to 1771 to aid Joseph who has been under confinement. This Joseph, wife Rachel, and their named children were warned out of Bennington in 1768. The town discussed moving Joseph back to Norwich and to try to recover costs from Norwich in 1770. The town, again, voted assistance for the doctoring, nursing, and board for Joseph in 1771." [Early Vermont Settlers to 1784, citation details below.]

The town records of Charlemont, Massachusetts show payments in Dec 1773 to "Joseph Bingham, for work at the Road 6/ [shillings/pence], Calvin Bingham, for work at the Road 13/6, Daniel Kinsley, for work at the Road 30/6." If these Binghams are ours, this would be more likely to be this Joseph, as his father Joseph was 64 in 1773.

Joseph married Rachel Ween on 5 Jul 1759 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Rachel was born in of Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her origins are the single puzzle that Teresa's maternal grandmother Barbara Allen Crandall most regretted never solving. The vital records of Norwich, Connecticut, recording her marriage to Joseph Bingham, clearly identify her as "Rachel Ween" and call her "of Norwich." No other individual with the surname "Ween" appears in any Connecticut vital records. This has led some to speculate that "Ween" was a typographical error for "Weed" and to identify her with the Rachel Weed who (according to the Rev. Elijah B. Huntington's Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Stamford Families) was born 31 Aug 1737, a daughter of David Weed and Mary Weed who married one another in Stamford, Connecticut on 8 Nov 1733. But although this is attractive on chronological grounds, it is difficult to understand how a woman born of a couple in far-to-the-west Stamford would be referred to as "of Norwich", a town in the nearly-easternmost part of Connecticut. And furthermore, no daughter Rachel is mentioned in the will (9 Feb 1763 -- 17 Aug 1764) of David Weed.

We are in possession of a "family group record" sheet based on research performed by Lea (James) O'Neal and Elaine Smart that asserts that Rachel Weed married Joseph Bingham and that she was indeed a daughter of the aforementioned David and Mary Weed. The sources given are the aforementioned Rev. Huntington, the vital records of Norwich, and the 1917-23 Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, none of which actually say anything about the parentage of Joseph Bingham's wife. Also cited are "Records of Frederick Weed, 374 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass."

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Revolutionary War soldier: private, Vermont. DAR ancestor #A060729. "Service Description: 1) Capt. James Claghorn, Col. Mead".

Enos married Anne Cook on 16 Mar 1749 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Anne (daughter of Israel Cook and Elizabeth Clark) was born on 4 Jan 1727 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 4 Jul 1727

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From The Bingham Family in the United States, citation details below:

Joseph was only ten months old when his father, Thomas, died in 1710. His uncle Jonathan was appointed his guardian in 1713 when Joseph's father's will was probated. But his mother, Hannah, had married, second, Daniel Tracy, who became the only father Joseph would have known.

At age twenty-two, Joseph married Ruth Post. They were admitted to the Second Church in Norwich, also called the Franklin Church, 4 Jan 1736. Their children Mary, Eunice, Joseph, Stephen, and Esther were also baptized in the Franklin Church. The family lived in the Franklin section of Norwich for over twenty years.

Joseph fought in the French and Indian War in 1758 as a 2nd Lt, 8th company, 2nd regiment under Capt. John Durkee and Col. Nathan Whiting and in 1759 as 1st Lieutenant, 3rd company, 4th regiment under Major John Durkee.

When Joseph left military service, he moved his family to Charlemont, then Hampshire Co MA, with the first party of settlers. This may have been as early as 1760 or as late as 1764. Children Lucretia, Jeremiah, and Calvin moved to Charlemont, with their parents. Esther and husband, and Lois and husband either went with Joseph and Ruth or joined them later.

About 1773, the two youngest sons, Jeremiah and Calvin, went to Bennington VT where they purchased a partially cleared farm which had an unfinished house. They soon brought their parents to live with them. Joseph and Jeremiah joined the First Church in Bennington 3 May 1776. Jeremiah and Calvin were voted freeman 10 Sep 1778 and as of 21 Jan 1779 Joseph was a freeman in Bennington. At the annual town meeting 31 March 1779, the freemen voted to pay Joseph Wilkins £4.04 for keeping Joseph Bingham's wife in 1770 (sic?).

When Joseph was a young man he was described as being six feet two inches tall, not fleshy, with a keen penetrating eye, an indomitable will, and uncommon muscular strength. He was a church member and deacon for many years, his conversation abounded in moral and religious instruction and he was a man of prayer. Thus it was that recovering from a broken hip at age sixty-eight, Joseph had his son Calvin carry him to town and from there called the older men, women, and children to the church and led them in prayer during the Battle of Bennington, Saturday 16 Aug 1777. Joseph's hip healed and he lived for ten more years.

From Early Vermont Settlers to 1784, citation details below:

Joseph enlisted as a private in Maj. William White's Company of Norwich on 12 September 1755, promoted to sergeant on 22 October, and discharged on 13 December 1755. Sgt. Joseph served now Lt. Col. William White from 5 April to 3 December 1756, and at one point was listed as sick at Fort Edward. Lt. Joseph next served "on command" [i.e. not on active duty at that date] Capt. John Durkee of Norwich in the 9th Company dated at Fort Edward on 19 October 1758 and again dated Norwich on 23 April 1759.

Joseph Bingham (1709-1787) = Ruth Post (1711-1796)
Jeremiah Bingham (1748-~1841) = Abigail (d. 1817)
Sylvia Bingham (1778-1812) = Aaron DeLong
Abigail DeLong (1799-1862) = Luman Field (1794-1846)
Lucinda Field (1819-1899) = William Heath (1815-1882)
James W. Heath (b. ~1847) = Alma Miranda Rhodes (1845-1904)
Charles R. Heath (1872-1933) = Alice Adaline Maria Oriel (1874-1902)
Charles F. Heath (1901-1980) = Nellie Marie Brandt (1900-1988)
Charles Richard Heath (1938- ) = Sarah Sheeran (1940- )
Sarah Louise Heath Palin (1964- )

Deacon married Ruth Post on 25 Nov 1731 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Ruth (daughter of Samuel Post and Ruth Lathrop) was born on 15 Oct 1711 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 11 Aug 1796 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont; was buried in Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Bennington, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Rebecca Hotchkiss on 15 Nov 1720 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Rebecca (daughter of Sgt. Daniel Hotchkiss and Esther Sperry) was born on 14 Feb 1697 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 23 Jan 1762 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Israel married Elizabeth Clark on 15 May 1717 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Ebenezer Clark and Elizabeth Parker) was born on 24 Sep 1697 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 24 Sep 1698

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• Alternate death: 5 Apr 1710

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From The Bingham Family in the United States, citation details below:

Thomas died age forty-two. As Thomas's widow, Hannah refused to administer his estate on 8 July 1712 when inventory was filed, brother Stephen was administrator. Thomas's will was filed 26 Sep 1713; distribution of personal and real property valued at £1401 was to wife and children.

Thomas's early death compared to his siblings has caused much speculation. This genealogy, however, shows a pattern of early male death in selected heirs of Thomas. Cause of death was invariably heart disease, or more specifically, endocarditis. Evidence points in favor of a genetically transmitted rheumatic fever ending in early heart attack for those who survived childhood.

Thomas married Hannah Backus on 17 Feb 1692 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Lt. William Backus and Elizabeth Pratt) was born about 1675 in New London, New London, Connecticut; died on 25 Feb 1752 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1676, Norwich, New London, Connecticut

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She and her half-brother John Backus married on the same day.

"She was a younger sister of John Backus who was to marry Thomas [Bingham's] sister, Mary." [The Bingham Family in the United States, citation details below.]

The Granberry Family (citation details below) shows that she was a daughter of William Backus's second wife, Elizabeth Pratt, while John Backus was a daughter of the first wife, Sarah Charles.

Samuel married Ruth Lathrop on 17 Mar 1698. Ruth (daughter of John Lathrop and Ruth Royce) died on 10 Aug 1750 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 14 Oct 1674, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Deacon married Esther Benedict on 11 May 1697 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Esther (daughter of Thomas Benedict and Mary Messenger) was born about 1679 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut; died on 1 Jan 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 10 Mar 1710, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Notes:

Mistakenly given in History of Wallingford as "David Hotchkiss".

Daniel married Esther Sperry on 21 Jun 1683 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Esther (daughter of Richard Sperry and Dennes) was born on 16 Sep 1654 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; died in 1707 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 9 Mar 1703, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Samuel married Mary after 1690. Mary died on 4 Sep 1695 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Elizabeth Parker on 22 Dec 1696 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of John Parker and Hannah Bassett) was born about 1673; died on 10 Sep 1751 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Came to Saybrook in 1658 with his mother and her second husband, William Backus. The family moved on to Norwich, Connecticut with that latter town's first settlers, and Thomas Bingham became an original proprietor despite still being a minor.

Removed to Windham, Connecticut in 1693, "where he became prominent in civil and church affairs; selectman, deacon of the church and sergeant of the military company." [Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, citation details below.]

Deacon married Mary Rudd on 12 Dec 1666 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Lt. Jonathan Rudd and (Unknown wife of Jonathan Rudd)) was born about 1648; died on 5 Aug 1726 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1649, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Made freeman at Hartford 8 Oct 1663.

William married Elizabeth Pratt about 1664. Elizabeth (daughter of William Pratt and Elizabeth Clark) was born on 1 Feb 1641 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died in 1730 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1 Feb 1642, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• Alternate birth: 1 Feb 1642, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut

John married Hester Hyde on 31 Mar 1652 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut. Hester (daughter of William Hyde) was born in England; died on 13 Nov 1703 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ruth Royce on 15 Dec 1669. Ruth (daughter of Robert Royce and Mary) was born on 7 Dec 1645 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut; died after 19 Feb 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 5 Jun 1695

Notes:

Quite a few online sources have Ruth Royce's death date as 19 Feb 1690 (or 1689). This probably derives from E. B. Huntington's 1884 Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in This Country (citation details below):

"[John Lothrop] died, as the Wallingford records show, Aug 25, 1688, Æt. 44. Ruth, his widow, in Feb. 19, 1689-90, drew lot no. 4, in the distribution of that date."

In other words, 19 Feb 1690 is merely the last date on which Ruth Royce shows up in the records, but the qualifier "after" has fallen off that date in some transmissions.

In fact, as Huntington does not note but Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 does, by 19 Feb 1690 Ruth Royce was not only the widow of John Lothrop; she was also the wife of Abraham Doolittle, who she had married on 12 Feb 1689. They were each other's second spouses. Doolittle subsequently married Elizabeth Thorp on 5 Jun 1695, so Ruth has to have died between 19 Feb 1690 and that date.

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John Ives (1644-1682) = Hannah Merriman (b. 1651)
John Ives (1669-1747) = Mary Gillett (1671-1716)
John Ives (1694-1745) = Hannah Royce (1701-1770)
John Ives (1729-1816) = Mary Hall (1742-1788)
Isaac Ives (1764-1845) = Sarah White (1773-1851)
George Ives (1799-1862) = Sarah Wilcox (1808-1899)
George Edward Ives (1845-1894) = Mary Elizabeth Parmalee (1850-1929)
Charles Ives (1874-1954), American composer

John married Hannah Merriman on 12 Nov 1668 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Merriman and Joan) was born on 16 May 1651 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Messenger in Jan 1665 in Jamaica, Long Island, New Netherland. Mary (daughter of Andrew Messenger and Rachel) was born about 1642 in Jamaica, Long Island, New Netherland; died in 1699 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1646
• Alternate death: Aft 1698

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Samuel Hotchkiss (1623-1663) = Elizabeth Cleverly (d. 1681)
Samuel Hotchkiss (1645-1705) = Sarah Talmage
Mary Hotchkiss (1680-1723) = Caleb Tuttle (1674-1751)
Eliphalet Tuttle (1718-1755) = Desire Bradley (1722-1778)
Esther Tuttle (b. 1747) = Nathaniel Lewis (b. 1740)
Elizabeth Lewis (1767-1842) = Isaac Hale (1763-1839)
Emma (Hale) Smith (1804-1879), wife of LDS founder Joseph Smith

From The Harmon and Perry Genealogy:

Samuel HOTCHKISS was born in 1623 in Dodington, parish of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. He died on 28 December 1663 at the age of 40 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. He was buried on 28 December 1663 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Samuel was christened in Dodington, Whitchurch, England.

[…W]as a resident of New Haven, CT in 1641, being among the first to locate there, and remaining there until his death.

Emigrated to the American colony of New Haven about 1638. May have been sent with the New Haven Colony founders at the behest of an older brother, Thomas, a Puritan minister and possible associate of John Davenport, one of the founders of New Haven. Sailed for New World in May, 1637 on the Hector. Samuel and Elizabeth Cleverly were allowed to marry September, 1642 without their parent's permission even though underage because they had spoiled one another for everyone else due to their "filthy dalliance". They had been whipped in August 1642 after being caught in said "filthy dalliance", so marriage was probably a necessity.

Samuel married Elizabeth Cleverly after 7 Sep 1642 in First Congregational Church, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Elizabeth died in 1681 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1670, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Or Caverly, Cloverly.

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• Baptised: 16 Feb 1606, Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England
• Alternate birth: 1607

Notes:

"Richard Sperry was a proprietor of New Haven in 1685 and a member of the 'Night Watch.'" [Spooner Saga, citation details below.]

"[T]he most famous incident involving Richard Sperry concerns the regicide judges, Edward Whalley and William Goffe. They had been denied amnesty for their part in the execution of Charles I and were being pursued for retribution by agents of his son, the restored King Charles II. New Haven was, perhaps, the most Puritan of all the colonies and, accordingly, Whalley and Goffe fled there for protection in the late spring and summer of 1661. In the period between May 13th and June 11th, they hid in the 'Judges' Cave' near the West Rock. Atwater's history [Edward E. Atwater, History of the Colony of New Haven to its absorption into Connecticut, 1881] states that this was located about a mile from Sperry's farm and that he and his family provided them with shelter in inclement weather as well as food, which it is told they left on a nearby stump. From a tradition handed down in the family, it has been said that Whalley and Goffe left the cave on June 11th because they had been frightened by a wild animal (supposedly they saw the 'glaring eyes' of a 'panther' at the entrance of the cave). However, this is probably merely a legend since Atwater makes no mention of it and indicates that they left their hiding place and showed themselves openly so that Davenport and others who might have been thought to be concealing them would be relieved of suspicion. It is not known where Whalley and Goffe went between June 11th and the following 22nd, however, on the latter date they returned openly to New Haven. At this time, they considered surrendering to the authorities, but by June 24th on the advice of friends they had changed their minds and, again, went into hiding at the Judges' Cave. Undoubtedly, as before the Sperry family provided sustenance for the regicides. Atwater reports that they remained in secret at the West Rock until August 19th 'when the search for them being pretty well over', Whalley and Goffe went to Milford where they stayed two years and afterward went to Hadley, Massachusetts. They were never captured by royal agents." [David R. Evans, Richard Sperry, immigrant. Evans's essay at that URL is a good overview of the facts and legends around Richard Sperry.]

Richard married Dennes about 1648 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Dennes was born about 1631 in England; died in Mar 1707 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1625

Notes:

Also called Dennis.

It has been persistently asserted over the years that Richard Sperry's wife Dennes was the daughter of the affluent London merchant Stephen Goodyear who emigrated to New Haven in or before 1638. In 1646 Goodyear's wife embarked back to England and was lost at sea. Goodyear himself returned to London in 1656 and died shortly thereafter.

It appears to be actually the case that Sperry's passage to New England was paid by Goodyear, that Goodyear had a house built for Sperry on the Connecticut lands that Goodyear had purchased, and that Sperry farmed those lands for Goodyear and later acquired them in his own right. Certainly all of this makes sense if Sperry was the man who married "the boss's daughter", as W. M. Bollenbach puts it in The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson (citation details below). Unfortunately no record exists to confirm this, and no "Dennes" or variant thereof has ever been found listed among the documented offspring of Stephen Goodyear.

Notes:

He was a butcher.

Henry married Judith Birdsell in Jun 1639 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Judith (daughter of Henry Birdsall and Agnes Kempe) was born before 2 Jun 1611; was christened on 2 Jun 1611 in St. Stephen, Norwich, Norfolk, England; died on 11 Sep 1689 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Birdsall.

James married Sarah about 1631. Sarah died on 17 Oct 1661 in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her maiden name may have been Harvey, or Fernes, or neither of these.

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In 1711-1712, he discovered and began to mine copper deposits to the southeast of Cheshire, Connecticut.

John married Hannah Bassett on 8 Nov 1670 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of William Bassett and Hannah) was born on 13 Sep 1650 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was christened on 15 Sep 1650 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 7 Jun 1726 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]