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John Wakeman

Male 1599 - 1661  (~ 63 years)


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  • Name John Wakeman 
    Birth Between 1598 and 1599  Bewdley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Baptism 29 Mar 1601  Bewdley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 1661  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Siblings 2 siblings 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Mother Anne Goode   d. 29 Jan 1621 
    Marriage 6 Oct 1589  Eastham, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Family ID F11641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

  • 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 
    1. [S4970] Wakeman Genealogy 1630-1899 by Robert P. Wakeman. Meriden, Connecticut, 1900.

    2. [S474] History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus. Fairfield, Connecticut, 1930-32.

    3. [S2519] Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd by Dwight Brainerd, ed. Donald Lines Jacobus. Montreal, 1948.