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John Foote (1711 - 1762)

John Foote
Born in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1731 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticutmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 51 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colonymap
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Biography

John married Amy Unknown in 1731 - their children were Mary, Amy, Lucy, Ruth, Elijah, Ezra and Isaac Foote/Foot

Birth

Birth: 20 Jul 1711[1]

Parents

Marriage: 2 Jan 1704/05[1][2]

Probate

His will is dated 24 September 1762 in Newtown and proved on 7 December 1762 in Danbury. He mentions his wife Amey, and his daughters, Lucie and Ruth, and his sons, Elijah (eldest son), Ezra, and Isaac.[3]

His inventory was taken on 8 December 1762 in Newtown and recorded in Danbury.[4]

In 1769, his real estate distribution was set out to his widow, Amy, now wife of Capt Joseph Davis of Derby, Elijah Foot (eldest son), Ezra Foot, and Isaac Foot.[5]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Abram William Foote. Foote family : comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City, v1, Rutland, VT, Marble City Press, 1907-1932. 4 Jul 2006. p 37, 60.
  2. Mildred Bradford. Moses S. Curtis Descendants and Ancestors. Baltimore, Md: Gateway Press, 2000. p. 84.
  3. “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TNSW : 16 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 134, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1739-1767, Pages 247-248.
  4. “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TNSX : 16 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 143-144, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1739-1767, Pages 266-267.
  5. “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TFT9 : 25 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 347, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1745-1775, Pages 382-383.
  • CT Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
  • CT Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
  • www.genealogyofnewengland.com
  • Newtown, CT: Vital Records, 1704-1850 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, Boston, 2021) Vol. 1, Page 45.




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