John Hadden Sr (abt. 1635 - abt. 1718)

Born about 12 May 1635 in London, England

Descendants

Died about 29 May 1718 at about age 83 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York Colony

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Biography

He was a son of John Hadden (born ~1595, London, Middlesex, died 16 Oct 1671 in England) and Jane Nichols, daughter of Robert Nichols who married 16 Feb 1622, in Whitechapel, London, England.

John Haden/Hadden Sr. of Yunghers (Yonkers) Plantation is mentioned as early as Feb 1668, when he witnessed a deed for Elias Doughty^[1]

7 Jun 1668: Date of a deed received by John Hadden for purchase of three parcels, 320 acres in total, lying directly north of Van der Donck's planting-field and extending across from the Albany post road to the road to Mile Square. the Van Cortland estate now includes the whole of it. For 200 acres Hadden gave a horse and for the remainder £5.^[2]

Dec 1668: Hadden bought 24 acres adjoining his "house in the old field" from William Betts, a son-in-law of Elisa Doughty.

Mr Hadden was a carpenter by trade. He settled in the Yonkers with his sons-in-law, George Clevenger and William Smith, and in 1672 he was made overseer of the village of Fordham. His sons-in-laws dying a few years later, Mr Hadden sold out and returned to Westchester, where he and his descendants were respected citizens.^[3]

He married Elizabeth Smith. The couple had the following children:

1. Sarah Hadden (1656-1691) m George Clevenger 1656–1691
2. Edward Hadden 1653–1700
3. John Hadden 1661–1749
4. Elizabeth Hadden Smith 1662 - m. Wm Smith^[4]
5. Thomas Hadden 1666 -

Research Notes

The exact birth and death dates are from the FindAGrave memorial. But there is not a grave shown; the source for these dates is unknown.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Boston Transcript, 1 Aug 1932
2. ↑ Thomas H Edsall. History of the Town of King's Bridge New York (1887), p.11. [https://kingsbridgehistoricalsociety.org/bibliography/historyoftownofkb.pdf
3. ↑ Edsall (1887), p. 11
4. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WX-3984 : 8 March 2023), Westchester > Deeds 1681-1698 vol A-B > image 250 of 396; multiple county courthouses, New York.
5. ↑ FindAGrave for John Hadden (1635-1718)

• Griffiths (1980), p. 18.