Jonas Weed (1668 - abt. 1706)

Born 5 Feb 1668 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Scofield) Hoyt — married 5 Apr 1695 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 18 Nov 1706 at about age 38 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Jonas Weed (1668-1706)

Caution: Two Jonas Weeds

There were two Jonas Weeds, who lived at different times at Stamford, Connecticut, grandfather and grandson. They both married Marys. The grandfather Jonas Weed (1610-1672) married Mary Unknown He was the immigrant.

This Jonas Weed (1668-1706) married Mary Scofield who married as her 2nd to Samuel Hoyt.^[1]

Please discuss any changes to these families before making them. A lot of misinformation is "out there." Only the most primary sources are appropriate for any pre-1700 profiles, and especially these.

Unfortunately these errors and more have been repeated throughout various user-submitted data bases and websites.

Origin

Jonas was born 5 February 1667/8 at Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, son of John Weed (p 654).^[2]

Marriage and Children

Jonas married to Mary Scofield, daughter of Daniel Scofield.^[2] After his death, his widow Mary married on 31 December 1707, as her 2nd, and as his 2nd, to Samuel Hoyt.^[1]

Children of Jonas and Mary (p 654):^[2]

1. Abigail Weed b 5 Apr 1695; mar Jeremiah Scofield
2. John Weed b 19 Nov 1698
3. Miles Weed b 24 Feb 1700/01; mar Joanna Weed
4. Sarah Weed b 10 Mar 1702/3; mar Nathan Scofield
5. Nathan Weed b 20 May 1705; mar Isabel Youngs

After Jonas died, Mary married, as her 2nd, to Samuel Hoyt.^[1]

Death and Legacy

According to Jacobus, Jonas died on 18 November 1706 at Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.^[2] Inventory was taken on 8 Jan 1706/7, states that "he died 20 November 1706."^[2] The probate abstract by Mead reports a third death date, 26 November 1706.^[3]

WEED, Jonas, late of Stamford, son of John Weed, died Nov. 26, 1706, and on Jan. 28, 1706/7, letters of administration on his estate granted to his widow Mary Weed and Samuel Weed, pages 112 and 394.

Inventory taken Jan. 8, 1706/7, and filed Apl. 11, 1707, page 112.

Dec. 25, 1707, account filed, and estate ordered distributed by Davis Scofield, Steven Bishop and Elisha Holly to his widow Mary Weed, and children, No Names, page 112.

Dec. 25, 1707, the court appointed Samuel Weed guardian of John and Nathan, sons do decedent, and the widow Mary Weed guardian of Miles and Sarah, other children of decedent, page 112a.^[3]

Weed, Jonas, late of Stamford, Jan. 3, 1708/9, land distributed by Elisha Holly, Daniel Scofield and Stephen Bishop to his son John, page 216.

Research Notes

Some early genealogists were mistaken in regards to the earlier Jonas Weed (grandfather to this Jonas). Savage turned him into father and son, with the father at Watertown and Wethersfield and the son at Stamford. Manwaring's abstracts of Connecticut probate refer to Jonas Weed of Southampton, Long Island, but Anderson believes this was almost certainly a mis-reading of the name Jonas Wood.^[4] Because of these errors, we have additional difficulty in separating the early from the later Jonas Weeds of Stamford.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Hoyt, David Webster, A genealogical history of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight families... (Page 319) Providence: Printed for the author by the Providence press, 1871, Archive.org accessed 3 Jan. 2016.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Jacobus, Donald Lines, (1932) Families of Old Fairfield, Connecticut. AmericanAncestors.org. accessed 25 June 2016 NEHGS (Vol 1, Pages 296-97, 654).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Mead, Spencer P., [1929] Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, 1648-1750. Geri Ryerson K., transcriber, CTGenWeb.org accessed 25 June 2016 (Pages 228-29).
4. ↑ Anderson, Robert C., "Jonas Weed," Featured Name. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Volumes I-III. (Vol I-III, Pages 1956-59) (Online database accessed 15 February 2016: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)

See also:

• Abstract of probate records at Fairfield, Connecticut, down to 1721. [s.l. : s.n.] Archive.org accessed 25 June 2016 (Page 424) different abstract - no death date reported.
• "Descendants of Daniel Scofield I." Barbara Kaye, manager, CTGenWeb (In this site I found in Generation 3).
• James Savage, A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England. Internet Archive. Digital images. (1860) (http://archive.org: n.d.) Page: 78.
• Savage Dictionary Title: James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Volume IV. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1862), (http://archive.org)
• Stamford Town Records Title: Stamford Town Records: Volume 1 - 1641-1723 Author: Paul R. Finch Publication: Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
• Stamford Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths Author: Rev. E. B. Huntington Publication: Stamford, Connecticut: Wm. W. Gillespie & Co., 1874.