Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Wakeman
1599 - 1661 (~ 63 years)-
Name John Wakeman Birth Between 1598 and 1599 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England [1] Baptism 29 Mar 1601 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England [1, 2] Gender Male Death 1661 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut [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 (Age ~ 61 years) Mother Anne Goode d. 29 Jan 1621 Marriage 6 Oct 1589 Eastham, Worcestershire, England [1, 3] Family ID F11641 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Hopkins, b. Bef 7 Jul 1610 d. 1658, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut (Age > 47 years) Marriage 28 Jan 1629 [2] Children + 1. Helena Wakeman, b. Bef 23 Dec 1632 d. 21 Jun 1674, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut (Age > 41 years) Family ID F18504 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Nov 2020
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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).
- "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]
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Sources - [S4970] Wakeman Genealogy 1630-1899 by Robert P. Wakeman. Meriden, Connecticut, 1900.
- [S474] History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus. Fairfield, Connecticut, 1930-32.
- [S2519] Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd by Dwight Brainerd, ed. Donald Lines Jacobus. Montreal, 1948.
- [S4970] Wakeman Genealogy 1630-1899 by Robert P. Wakeman. Meriden, Connecticut, 1900.