Sergeant
John
Chittenden
I
Born in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of William Chittenden
and Joanna (Sheaffe) Cruttenden
Brother of
Thomas (Chittendon) Chittenden, Elizabeth (Chittenden) Wright, Nathaniel Chittenden, Joanna Chittenden, Mary (Chittenden) Leete, Deborah Chittenden, Hannah Chittenden and Joseph Chittenden
Husband of
Hannah (Fletcher) Chittenden
— married
12 Dec 1665 in Guilford, Connecticut
Descendants 
Died
at about age 73
in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 31 May 2013
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Biography
John Chittenden was born in the New Haven Colony to William and Joanna Sheaffe Chittenden about 1642. His parents had emigrated to America in 1639 in the company of Reverend Henry Whitfield aboard the St. John, commanded by Captain Russell. William Chittenden was a founder of Guilford and a signer to the "Guilford Covenant."
John married Hannah Fletcher, daughter of John Fletcher and Mary Ward Fletcher, in Guilford, Connecticut in 1665. They had children John, Elizabeth, Joseph, Gideon, Abel and Lydia Chittenden.
John acquired land in 1667: "Nathan Bradley hath sold and alienated his house, house lot and orchard, 2 acres, to John Chittenden.." House was deeded by John in 1712 to son Abel Chittenden.
A list of Freemen was drawn up in Guilford in 1669 by the constable and townsmen at the order of the court. John Chittenden's name was included.
John Chittenden died about 1715.
Sources
- The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, Volume 160, page 212.
- Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) for Hannah Fletcher - Guilford Vital Records 1639-1850, page 121.
- Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) page 151
- Book of Terriers (A Book of the Terryers of all the Divided landes in Guilford according as they were at first Division..) Volume 1, page 60.
- William Chittenden of Guilford, Conn. and his descendants compiled by Alvan Talcott, A.M., M.D., Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, 1882, p 14.
- Smith, Ralph. The History of Guilford, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1639 (Munsell, Albany, 1877) page 186.
- Connecticut, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, 1792.
- Lloyd, Abigail Parkman. Family of Aaron and Sarah Bradley of Guilford, Conn. (Case, Lockwood & Brainard and Co., Hartford, Conn., 1879) Page 11
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Thomas 1635 had issue: William 1666-1738 & Joseph 1677-1727. William 1666 fathered Ebenezer 1699-1756 who fathered Gov. Thomas Chittenden 1730-1797. Nathaniel 1640 had issue: Joseph 1672-1727 who fathered Gideon 1698-1781 (issue-Abigail 1726-1760) & Joseph 1702-1794 mar. Patience Stone 1703-1767 (Benajah, Benajah, William)