Catherine (Craig) Judson (abt. 1632 - 1706)

Born about 1632 in England

Wife of Thomas Fairchild — married 15 Dec 1662 in London, England

Wife of Jeremiah Judson — married 8 Nov 1675 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died May 1706 at about age 74 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Catherine Craig was born about 1632 in England.

Catherine (25) married Thomas Fairchild (47) (born in 1610 in England) 15 Dec 1662 in London, England. Their children were:

• Joseph Fairchild (1664–1713)
• John Fairchild (1666–1762)
• Priscilla Fairchild (1669– )

A copy of marriage contract between Thomas Fairchild of Stratford, merchant, and Catherine Craig, a sister of Elizabeth Whiting, widow of London, Executed in England December 22, 1662.

The ceremony was performed in St. Stephen's Church in London. That church has long since burned and was never rebuilt ^{[1] [2]}

A footnote in the Col. Rec. Vol. 2 page 199, gives the following facts:

"A copy of the marriage contract between Thomas Fairchild, of Stratford, merchant, and Katherine Cragg, a sister of Elizabeth Whiting, widow, of London, (executed in England, 22nd Dec. 1662) is in Priv. Controv. Vol. I. Doc. 10. Mr. Fairchild binds himself to convey to the said Katherine, a life estate in his lands at Stratford, or, in case of his death before his arrival in N. England, to cause to be paid to the said Katherine, the sum of 200 pounds out of his estate

He died December 14, 1670 without fulfilling the agreement, and the matter was brought before the General Court; that body after examining the contract ordered it paid, but directed that shee will secure meet portions out of the same to the sayd three children, as shee may be able.

Thomas had seven children by his first wife, and three by his second, but in his will dated one week before his death, only his children by the first wife are mentioned.^[3] It appears that after the death of his first wife, he returned to England where the contract above referred to was executed, and where no doubt his second marriage was performed."^[4]

The contract was carried out and settled after Thomas' death by the General Court, ordering the money be paid. The estate was valued at 350 pounds. The Stratford land records give the settlement.

On May 22,1677 Mrs. Katherine Judson, by virtue of a contract with Mr. Thomas Fairchild, late deceased, by the consent of the General Court of Connecticut, "hath a dwelling house, barn, orchard and homelot of 2 acres".

Catherine (42) married Jeremiah Judson (53) (born in 1621 in Kirby, Yorkshire, England; son of William Judson and Grace (Unknown) Judson) (widower of Sara Foote) on November 8, 1675 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony.

Catherine died in May, 1706 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, aged 73.

Sources

1. ↑ A footnote in the Colonial Records, II:199
2. ↑ William H. Wilcoxson's HISTORY OF STRATFORD
3. ↑ William H. Wilcoxson's HISTORY OF STRATFORD
4. ↑ A History of Stratford, Page: p. 80-91

• A footnote in the Colonial Records, II:199
• William H. Wilcoxson's HISTORY OF STRATFORD
• William H. Wilcoxson's HISTORY OF STRATFORD
• A History of Stratford, Page: p. 80-91
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 195, Page 350.
• Campbell, Rev. Hollis A., Seymour Past and Present (W. C. Sharpe, Seymour, Conn, 1902) Page 447.
• Talcott, Alvan. Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1984) Vol. 2, Page 1248.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55.
• London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
• Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Page 1197.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Judson Family of Stratford and Woodbury, Conn., The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1944) Vol. 21, Page 269.