James Eggleston immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
James was christened 21 Sept 1615 in New Malton, York, England[1] to Bigod Egglestonne.
James and his father Begatt Eglstone were declared Freemen, 21 May 1657.[2]
James Eggleston served in the [Pequot War][3][4] and was granted 50 acres of land for his service.[5][6]
James was involved in a few court actions:
1. Jeames Egleston, defendt in an Action of the Case dammages 39s.[7]
2. Jeames Egleston, ‘’In the Action betweene John Bissell plt Contra Jeames Egleston defendt the Courte findes for the defendt[8]
James Eglstone sworne Counstable in Windzor for the yeare insuing. (1658)[9] James contributed to help the poor of Connecticut.[10]
Egleston, James, Windsor died on the 1st of December, 1679 as listed in his will. Invt. £275-16-06. Taken 24 December 1679, by Benjamin Newbery, Daniel Clarke, Jonathan Gillett, Mark Kelsey. Legatees: The Relict (his wife); John, age 21 March next; Thomas 13, Ester 16, Nathaniel 13, Isaac 10, Abigail 8, Deborah 5, Hanna 3 years of age.[11] His date of death is listed as 2 December 1679 in Windsor town records.[12][13][14]
James' wife was Hester Kelsey, daughter of William and Hester (Unknown) Kelsey, early settlers of Hartford. It is reported that she was the first English child born in Hartford. She became the wife of Jacques Eno and John Williams.[15]
Children of James and Hester (Kelsey) Eggleston:[16]
↑ Connecticut; Connecticut. General Assembly; Connecticut. Council; United Colonies of New England. Commissioners; Council of Safety (Conn.), The public records of the colony of Connecticut from 1636-1776. Volume 2, pg 162. Case, Lockwood and Brainard Publishers, 1850. https://archive.org/stream/publicrecords02conn#page/162/mode/2up
↑EGGLESTON, JAMES-Service mentioned (C.R., Vol 2, p. 162.) Enlisted from Windsor. (Tarbox, Tuttle, Bodge and Stiles, Win.) Son of Begat Eggleston, freeman, 1637; died at Windsor, 1679. Nine Children. Gen., Savage, Manwaring, Vol. 1, Pg 300, and Schenck, 11. 68. [Downloadable Copy Connecticut Soldiers in the Pequot War of 1637 (1913)]
↑ Connecticut Historical Society, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol 22, Pg 64. Pub Hartford Connecticut, 1860. Article Title: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663’’. https://archive.org/stream/collectionsofcon22conn#page/64/mode/2up
↑ Connecticut Historical Society, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol 22, Pg 65. Pub Hartford Connecticut, 1860. Article Title: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663’’. https://archive.org/stream/collectionsofcon22conn#page/65/mode/2up
↑ Connecticut Historical Society, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Vol 22, Pg 186. Pub Hartford Connecticut, 1860. Article Title: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663’’. https://archive.org/stream/collectionsofcon22conn#page/186/mode/2up
↑ Welles, Edwin Stanley, Births, marriages, and deaths returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and entered in the early land records of the colony of Connecticut : volumes I and II of land records and no. D of colonial deeds. Pg 29. Case, Lockwood, & Brainard, Publishers, 1898. https://archive.org/stream/birthsmarriagesd00well_1#page/n59/mode/2up
↑ "The Family of William Kelsey of Hartford, Connecticut with notes on Hester Kelsey, Wife of James Eggleston, James Eno, and John Williams of Windsor, Connecticut." TAG Vol 68 (1993), page 208 - 215 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
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This person immigrated to New England between 1621-1640 as a Minor Child (under age 21 at time of immigration) of a Puritan Great Migration immigrant who is profiled in Robert Charles Anderson's Great Migration Directory (or is otherwise accepted by the Puritan Great Migration (PGM) Project).
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I have now added them (with links to their profiles). However, I can't figure out why their names (as well as Thomas) are in black type and the rest of the children's names are in green type.
They look fine to me, Kenneth. All of the children in the list in the bio are green for me. Perhaps you've clicked on them and your settings make a clicked link go black?
Also in "A Scattered People: An American Family Moves West", by Gerald W. McFarland, two of Owen Brown's ancestors are named as James Eggleston and Nathan Gillett. They joined an expedition with Captain John Mason of Windsor against the Pequots on May 10, 1636.
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This appears to be a good clue connecting these profiles, but need research.
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Also in "A Scattered People: An American Family Moves West", by Gerald W. McFarland, two of Owen Brown's ancestors are named as James Eggleston and Nathan Gillett. They joined an expedition with Captain John Mason of Windsor against the Pequots on May 10, 1636. -- This appears to be a good clue connecting these profiles, but need research.