Joseph Saxton

1656 - Aft 1715  (> 59 years)

• Name	Joseph Saxton
  Birth	9 May 1656	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Baptism	11 May 1656  [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 8 Jul 1715  [3]
  Alternate death	18 Jul 1715	Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Burial	Old Taugwonk Cemetery, Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I17630	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of FF, Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas Saxton   d. Abt 1686
  Mother	Ann Copp,   b. Abt 1632   d. 23 Jun 1661 (Age ~ 29 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1651  [4]
  Family ID	F10898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Denison,   b. 20 May 1643, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 18 Aug 1715, Stonington, New London, Connecticut (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	15 Jul 1680	Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [2, 3, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Mercy Saxton,   b. 30 May 1686, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F10754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2018

  
  

• Notes

  From Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire (citation details below): Joseph lived west of Anguilla Brook, Stonington, where he kept an ordiinary, "which was considered by travelers better than any other tavern for miles along the road." He is said to have engaged in the West Indies trade, "by which he was very wealthy." His will dated July 8 1715, was admitted to probate in New London, Conn. His widow withheld the will for a time, and what is described as "an interesting controversy" took place before it was probated. She objected because whe was given only her dower, one-third of the estate. The other two-thirds went to her grandsons, Saxton Palmer and Saxton Bailey.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2191] Find a Grave page for Joseph Saxton. [S253] Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire, His Wife by Robert Harry McIntire. Norfolk, Virginia, 1950. [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society. [S630] Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury by Mary Lovering Holman. Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1938. [S2191] Find a Grave page for Joseph Saxton., year only.