John Wakeman

1599 - 1661  (~ 63 years)

• Name	John Wakeman
  Born	Between 1598 and 1599	Bewdley, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptised	29 Mar 1601	Bewdley, Worcestershire, England   [1, 2]
  Died	1661	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  + 1. John Wakeman ,   b. Between 1598 and 1599, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England ,   d. 1661, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age ~ 63 years) + 2. Priscilla Wakeman ,   b. Abt 1611, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England ,   d. 1671, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age ~ 60 years) + 3. Hester Wakeman ,   b. Bef 15 Jun 1617,   d. Bef 1 Dec 1693, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age < 76 years)
  Person ID	I31174	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Francis Wakeman,   b. Abt 1565,   d. 2 Sep 1626, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Anne Goode,   d. 29 Jan 1621
  Married	6 Oct 1589	Eastham, Worcestershire, England   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F11641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Hopkins,   b. Bef 7 Jul 1610,   d. 1658, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut  (Age > 47 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1629  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Helena Wakeman,   b. Bef 23 Dec 1632,   d. 21 Jun 1674, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age > 41 years)
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F18504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "An early but not original signer of the New Haven compact; sold his house and homelot to John Punderson, June 1659, and in May 1660 it was doubtful he should remain in New Haven; was on the eve of moving, May 1661; so d. soon after settling in Hartford. The religious preamble to his will indicates that he was thoughtful and tolerant to a degree unusual in his generation." [Donald Lines Jacobus, citation details below] Deputy to the New Haven legislature, Apr 1646, Oct 1646, Oct 1647, May 1648, May 1655, May 1656, May 1657, May 1658, May 1660; treasurer of the New Haven colony, May 1655, May 1656, May 1657, May 1658, May 1659, May 1660; assistant, New Haven colony, May 1661 (declined).

  
  

• Sources

  [S4970] Wakeman Genealogy 1630-1899 by Robert P. Wakeman. Meriden, Connecticut, 1900. [S474] History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus. Fairfield, Connecticut, 1930-32. [S2519] Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd by Dwight Brainerd, ed. Donald Lines Jacobus. Montreal, 1948.