Rachel Southwell

Rachel married Daniel Gillette on 17 Jan 1745 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. Daniel (son of Benjamin Gillette and Elizabeth Austin) was born on 19 Sep 1715 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 13 Sep 1791 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in West Suffield Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Daniel Gillette was born on 15 Oct 1758 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 14 Feb 1833 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in West Suffield Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut.

Ebenezer married Elizabeth Judd on 12 Jun 1721. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Judd and Maria Strong) was born on 8 Jul 1693. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She petitioned for a divorce from Ebenezer Southwell in 1750, but no records survive of any deposition or decree.

William married Sarah Stebbins on 24 Feb 1687 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Stebbins and Abigail Bartlett) was born on 4 Jun 1668 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1653

Samuel married Maria Strong before 1682. Maria (daughter of Thomas Strong and Mary Hewett) was born on 31 Aug 1663; died on 18 May 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 7 Mar 1678, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

John married Abigail Bartlett on 17 Dec 1657 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Robert Bartlett and Anne) was born about 1637; died after 10 Oct 1710 in South Hadley Falls, Hampshire, Massachuetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She died as a result from a fall from her horse.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1608

Notes:

Emigrated 1634; first at Cambridge, then Hartford 1636, Farmington 1646. He was a deacon at Farmington as early as 8 Oct 1668, and a deputy for Farmington to the Connecticut general court over thirty times between 1647 and 1677. Removed to Northampton in 1679.

Northampton 1679.

Deacon married Elizabeth before 1633. Elizabeth died before Dec 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Hewett on 5 Dec 1660. Mary (daughter of Rev. Ephraim Huit and Isabel Overton) died on 20 Feb 1671. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sometimes spelled Huit.

Notes:

Emigrated with his family on the Francis, 1634. They were among the earliest settlers of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Rowland Stebbing (1592-1671) = Sarah Whiting (d. 1649)
Thomas Stebbing (~1620-1683) = Hannah Wright (d. 1660)
Edward Stebbins (1656-1712) = Sarah Graves (1659-1700)
Thomas Stebbins (1687-1758) = Mary Ely (1689-1770)
Ruth Stebbins (1722=1775) = Samuel Hitchcock (1717-1777)
Margaret Hitchcock (1741-1820) = Richard Falley, Jr. (1740-1808)
Margaret Falley (1766-1850) = William Cleveland (1770-1837)
Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland (1804-1853) = Anne Neal (1806-1882)
Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), 22nd and 24th President of the United States

Rowland married Sarah Whiting on 30 Nov 1618 in Bocking, Braintree, Essex, England. Sarah died before 4 Oct 1649; was buried on 4 Oct 1649 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arrived 16 Sep 1632 on the Lyon. First at Cambridge, then Hartford 1639, Northampton 1656. Slain in battle with native Americans. His name is on the Founders Monument in downtown Hartford.

From Timothy Lester Jacobs at the Founders of Hartford site:

While still in Massachusetts, on 5 Jun 1638 he was arrested for cursing and swearing and received the punishment of having his tongue put in a cleft stick. In Hartford, on 30 Jun 1646 he was arrested for slandering a woman. As punishment he was put in a pillory, whipped, fined 6 shillings, and served 6 months in jail; on 21 Aug 1646 he was charged with giving ill counsel to the prisoners, and was punished by being whipped.

On 15 November 1653 he was on a committee to “receive in such inhabitants as they shall judge that for the carrying on the design” of settling Northampton. In 1656 he moved to Northampton. By the end of his life he was a prosperous and respected resident of Northampton. He was selectman of Northampton 27 April 1658. He was killed by Indians during the Northampton raid in King Philip’s War.

Robert married Anne about 1637. Anne died on 3 Jul 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1609, Chard, Somerset, England
• Alternate birth: Abt 1610, Chard, Somerset, England
• Alternate death: 14 Apr 1699, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Notes:

Emigrated 1635 on the Hopewell. First at Hingham, then Taunton 1638, Windsor 1647, Northampton 1661.

From the Wikipedia article about John Strong:

John Strong (1610-1699) was an English-born New England colonist, politician, Puritan church leader, tanner and one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut and Northampton, Massachusetts as well as the progenitor of nearly all the Strong families in what is now the United States. Often referred to as Elder John Strong to help tell him apart from his son, John Strong Jr., also present in New England in this same period.

John Strong was born in England in about 1610 in Chard, Somerset, England and emigrated to Massachusetts with his pregnant wife and a one year old child in 1635 aboard the sailing ship Hopewell. During the 70-day sea voyage, his wife, Marjory Deane (md. 1632) had a baby while they were still at sea. She and their infant child died within two months of their arrival. With a one year old son to take care of, John Strong Jr., in December of 1635 John Sr. married sixteen year old Mary & John (1630) passenger Abigail Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Charde. They settled originally in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1635. In 1638 he was made a "Freeman" (eligible to vote in town and colony elections and serve in the church), and went to Taunton, Massachusetts. While in Taunton, Strong represented the town in the General Court of Plymouth Colony for four years, from 1641 to 1644.

He later moved to Windsor, Connecticut, on the Connecticut River where he was a leading figure in the new Connecticut colony. In 1659 he moved 40 miles further up the river to the Connecticut River town of Northampton, Massachusetts--then a frontier town surrounded by Indians about 100 miles (160 km) inland from Boston. One of the early settlers of the town, he operated a tannery for many years, helped defend the town against Indian attacks during King Philip's War (1675-1676) and also played an important role in town and church affairs.

In 1661, John Strong was one of the eight men who founded the First Church of Northampton. Of their number, Eleazer Mather, the older brother of Boston minister Increase Mather, was chosen as the first pastor. Two years later, 1663, Strong was ordained an elder of the church. The Puritan pastor Mather died in 1669, and Strong was tasked with finding a suitable minister to replace him. The following year, he and several other church leaders extended a call to Solomon Stoddard, who formally accepted in 1672, and was ordained by John Strong. Stoddard served as pastor for many years, until his death in 1729, and was succeeded by his grandson, Jonathan Edwards, whose subsequent ministry in Northampton would play a major role in the Great Awakening.

John Strong died on April 14, 1699, at Northampton and is buried at the Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts.

John Strong (1610-1699) = Abigail Ford (1619-1688)
Ebenezer Strong (1643-1729) = Hannah Clapp (b. 1646)
Ebenezer Strong (1671-1729) = Mary Holton (1680-1705)
Mary Strong (1701-~1770) = Benjamin Sheldon (1697-1773)
Mary Sheldon (1731-1805) = Joseph Lyman, Jr. (1731-1804)
Joseph Lyman III (1767-1847) = Anne Jean Robbins (1789-1867)
Catherine Robbins Lyman (1825-1896) = Warren Delano, Jr. (1809-1898)
Sara Delano (1854-1941) = James Roosevelt (1828-1900)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)

John Strong (1610-1699) = Abigail Ford (1619-1688)
Thomas Strong (1637-1689) = Rachel Holton (1650-?)
Joseph Strong (1672-1763) = Sarah Allen (1672-1724)
Joseph Strong (1701-1773) = Elizabeth Strong (1704-1792)
Benejah Strong (1740-1809) = Lucy Bishop (1747-1783)
Joseph Strong (1770-1812) = Rebecca Young (1779-1862)
Eleanor Strong (1805-1863) = John Wood (1785-1848)
Ellen Wood (1831-1877) = Franklin H. Work (1819-1911)
Frances Eleanor Work (1857-1947) = James Boothby Burke Roche (1851-1920)
Edmund Maurice Burke Roche (1885-1955) = Ruth Sylvia Gill (1908-1993)
Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004) = Edward John Spencer (1924-1992)
Diana Frances Spencer (1961-1997) = Charles, Prince of Wales (1948- )
William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge (1982- )

John Strong (1610-1699) = Abigail Ford (1619-1688)
Jedediah Strong (1637-1733) = Freedom Woodward (1642-1681)
Preserved Strong (1680-1765) = Tabitha Lee (~1677-1750)
Elizabeth Strong (1704-1792) Joseph Strong (1701-1773)
Benejah Strong (1740-1809) = Lucy Bishop (1747-1783)
Joseph Strong (1770-1812) = Rebecca Young (1779-1862)
Eleanor Strong (1805-1863) = John Wood (1785-1848)
Ellen Wood (1831-1877) = Franklin H. Work (1819-1911)
Frances Eleanor Work (1857-1947) = James Boothby Burke Roche (1851-1920)
Edmund Maurice Burke Roche (1885-1955) = Ruth Sylvia Gill (1908-1993)
Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004) = Edward John Spencer (1924-1992)
Diana Frances Spencer (1961-1997) = Charles, Prince of Wales (1948- )
William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge (1982- )

John married Abigail Ford before 1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Chard) was born before 8 Oct 1619 in Bridport, Dorset, England; was christened on 8 Oct 1619 in Bridport, Dorset, England; died on 6 Jul 1688 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Hewitt, Huett.

From Stott, "The Higginson Family" (citation details below):

He matriculated sizar from St. John's College, Cambridge, Easter 1611 and was curate in Cheshire and Knowle, Warws. He was probably the "Mr. Huett" who lectured in Shotwick, Ches., in 1622. His brother-in-law Rev. Samuel Clark was also connected to Knowle and Shotwick. Ephraim was chaplain in Wroxhall, Warws., until silenced by Archbishop Laud. He was in Wroxhall on 4 Nov. 1631, when he was party to an indenture involving land in Knowle. Elizabeth Tompson of Wroxhall referred to "my Minister Mr Huitt" in her will of 1637.

The Huit family went to New England in 1639, settling in Windsor, Conn., where Ephraim was a teacher in the church until his death 4 Sept. 1644. His gravestone in the Old Burying Ground, Windsor, is reportedly the oldest surviving gravestone in Connecticut. His published works include The Anatomy of Conscience, or the Summe of Paul's Regeneracy (London, 1626), and The Whole Prophecie of Daniel Explained, by a Paraphrase, Analysis, and Briefe Comment (London, 1644). The latter book was published for his bookseller brother-in-law Henry Overton and included a dedication written by Simeon Ash, Samuel Clarke, and William Overton, the latter two being non-conformist ministers and Ephraim's brothers-in-law.

From Anderson, Puritan Pedigrees (citation details below):

In 1637, just two years before his departure from England, Ephraim Huit was one of thirteen moderate puritan ministers (including Simeon Ashe) who addressed a letter to "Their Reverend Brethren in New England" expressing their concerns that the newly founded churches of New England were tending toward separation. This letter, along with a reply from some New England ministers and a rejoinder from Simeon Ashe and William Rathband, was published at London in 1644.

Ephraim married Isabel Overton on 22 Apr 1622 in Tarvin, Cheshire, England. Isabel (daughter of Rev. Valentine Overton and Isabel Higginson) was born before 1 May 1596; was christened on 1 May 1596 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England; died on 8 Mar 1661 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1589, Dorset, England
• Alternate birth: Abt 1590, England
• Alternate death: 9 Nov 1676, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Notes:

Emigrated 1630 on the Mary and John. First at Dorchester, then Windsor 1637, Northampton 1672. Deputy to Connecticut General Court twice in 1638, and in 1639, 1640, 1641 (marked absent), 1644, 1654.

"According to [Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Library] projections, the largest family in America today is the posterity of Robert White (b. ca. 1560) & Bridget Allgar, with a Mormon posterity of 430,000 and an American posterity of 29 million. The next five families are Edward Griswold and Margaret, Joseph Loomis and Mary White (daughter of Robert and Bridget above), Gerard Spencer and Alice Whitbread, Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Charde, and Thomas Bliss and Margaret Hulins, each with a Mormon posterity of 270,000 and an American posterity of 18 million." [Michel L. Call and Gary Boyd Roberts, "Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Library Acquired by NEHGS," 1985.]

"It is possible [Thomas Ford] was the son of John FORD III and Joan BECK (m. Feb. 3, 1583, Piddlehinton, Dorset, England), and nephew of Thomas FORD, merchant of Dorchester who died Jan. 20, 1610/11. The latter's will, proved May 8, 1611 names, among others, his brother John, and "Thomas, son of my brother, John FORDE." [Freeman Family Lines, from the files of Stephen M. Lawson (via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine)]

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Thomas Ford (1591-1676) = Elizabeth Chard (1587-1643)
Abigail Ford (1619-1688) = John Strong (1610-1699)
Thomas Strong (1637-1689) = Rachel Holton (1650-?)
Joseph Strong (1672-1763) = Sarah Allen (1672-1724)
Joseph Strong (1701-1773) = Elizabeth Strong (1704-1792)
Benejah Strong (1740-1809) = Lucy Bishop (1747-1783)
Joseph Strong (1770-1812) = Rebecca Young (1779-1862)
Eleanor Strong (1805-1863) = John Wood (1785-1848)
Ellen Wood (1831-1877) = Franklin H. Work (1819-1911)
Frances Eleanor Work (1857-1947) = James Boothby Burke Roche (1851-1920)
Edmund Maurice Burke Roche (1885-1955) = Ruth Sylvia Gill (1908-1993)
Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004) = Edward John Spencer (1924-1992)
Diana Frances Spencer (1961-1997) = Charles, Prince of Wales (1948- )
William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge (1982- )

Thomas married Elizabeth Chard on 19 Jun 1616 in Bridport, Dorset, England. Elizabeth was born in Dorset, England; died on 18 Apr 1643 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Stott, "The Higginson Family" (citation details below):

He was baptized at St. Giles Cripplegate, London, 25 October 1565, the son of "Mr. Overton," as recorded in the parish register. Valentine's father was likely a near relative of Bishop William Overton, who presented Valentine with positions within his diocese. [...]

Valentine matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 17 November 1581, at the age of 16. He received a B.A. 30 March 1587 and M.A. 9 July 1590. He was installed prebendary of Tarvin, Cheshire, by William Overton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, on 31 October 1592. He was installed vicar of Bedworth, Warwickshire, by Bishop Overton on 5 July 1600. Valentine held this position until his death. He was also Archdeacon of Derby from 1603 to 1617. During Britain's Civil War, he was one of thirty Puritan ministers who took refuge in the city of Coventry to escape Royalist persecution. He was described by his son-in-law, Rev. Samuel Clark, as "a constant, and painful Preacher of God's Holy Word." Clark described Isabel as "a gracious Woman, and an excellent Huswife, who took oft the whole burden of Family affairs, both within, and without Doors from her Husband, that he might with the more freedom attend his Holy Calling."

Valentine married Isabel Higginson on 25 Jan 1592 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. Isabel (daughter of Robert Higginson) was born before 15 Nov 1569; was christened on 15 Nov 1569 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England; died before 15 Feb 1647. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]