Sarah Deming

Sarah married Samuel Moody before 1659. Samuel (son of John Moody and Sarah Cox) was born about 1634; died on 22 Sep 1689 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Moody was born in Jul 1661; died on 19 Sep 1689.
2. Mary Moody was born in 1662; died on 20 Jun 1725; was buried in Colchester Burying Ground, Colchester, New London, Connecticut.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1693, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
• Alternate death: 1694

Notes:

He was many times a deputy to the Connecticut assembly, and in 1662 was named as a patentee of the colony's royal charter. Genealogist Gary Boyd Roberts has shown him to be an ancestor of, among others, Cole Porter and Archibald MacLeish. His brief Wikipedia article lists several more notable descendants including Louisa May Alcott, Humphrey Bogart, Nancy Reagan, Tennessee Williams, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

John married Honor Treat about 1637 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Honor (daughter of Richard Trott and Alice Gaylard) was born before 19 Mar 1616 in Pitminster, Somerset, England; was christened on 19 Mar 1616 in Pitminster, Somerset, England; died before 1693 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1669, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
• Alternate death: Bef 3 Mar 1670, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Notes:

He was one of the patentees in Connecticut's royal charter in 1662. He owned a great deal of land in and around Wethersfield and frequently held various public offices. He is consistently styled "Mr." in public documents. Descendants asserted in his Wikipedia article include Stephen Crane, Thomas Edison, Samuel Colt, and J. Pierpont Morgan.

He was baptized under the name Trott, married as Trett. His children were baptized as Trott and Tratt. He was called Treat at his death.

From Wikipedia:

He was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1637 and was an extensive landowner in the town (over 900 acres). He represented Wethersfield in the first general court in 1637. He was appointed in 1642 by the general court, in connection with Gov. George Wyllys, Messrs. Haines, Hopkins, Whiting, and others, to superintend building a ship, and to collect a revenue for that object.

In the list of Freeman (Colonial) of Wethersfield for 1659, only three besides Richard Treat, Sr., are styled Mr., and he bore that title as early as 1642, and perhaps earlier. Mr. Treat must have been a man of high social standing and of much influence in the town of Wethersfield, and in the colony of Connecticut.

He was chosen a juror, June 15, 1643 and grand juror, on September 15 of the same year.

In April, 1644, he was chosen deputy, and was annually elected for fourteen years, up to 1657-8. From 1658 to 1665, he was elected assistant magistrate of the colony eight times, and was named in the royal charter of Charles II as one of the original patentees of the Charter of the Colony of Connecticut. On Oct. 25,1644, he and Mr. Wells were the committee and the revenue collectors of the Fenwick tax a fund for the support of students in the college at Cambridge. In 1654, he was chosen on a committee to lay out lands granted by the town and in 1660, he was elected a townsman, an office answering to the present selectmen.

Richard married Alice Gaylard on 27 Apr 1615. Alice (daughter of Hugh Gaylard) was born before 10 May 1594 in Pitminster, Somerset, England; was christened on 10 May 1594 in Pitminster, Somerset, England; died after 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Honora. Honora died before 17 Sep 1627 in Pitminster, Somerset, England; was buried on 17 Sep 1627 in Pitminster, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicholas married Joan. Joan died between 29 Aug 1572 and 31 Aug 1572. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]