Anthony Stoddard

Abt 1614 - 1687  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Anthony Stoddard  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1614  [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Mar 1687	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I15387	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2020

  
  

  Family	Mary Downing,   b. Abt 1618   d. 16 Jun 1647, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age ~ 29 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1639  [2, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Rev. Solomon Stoddard,   b. 4 Oct 1643, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 11 Feb 1729, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F9706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Probably born in London. A linen draper of Boston by 1639. In 1641 he is listed in the records of the Skinners Guild of London as being in New England. A holder of many public offices, he has said to have served Boston as a deputy to the general court at more sessions than any other individual. As constable, on 7 Sep 1641, he refused to serve a warrant against Francis Hutchinson and was fined. At his death he was called the "ancientest shop-keeper in town."

  
  

• Sources

  [S1589] The Wetmore Family of America and Its Collateral Branches by James Carnahan Wetmore. Albany, New York: Munsell & Rowland, 1861. [S1616] Myrtle Stevens Hyde, "A Study of the Downing Family in England, with Connections in Early New England." The American Genealogist 74:161, 74:299, July 1999 and October 1999. [S2044] George E. McCracken, "Who Was Aaron Burr?" The American Genealogist 40:65, April 1964. [S387] Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley by Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Historical Society, 1952. [S388] FamousKin.com.