Daniel Haskins (1697 - 1754)

Born 1697 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitabel (Badger) Haskins — married 1718 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1754 at about age 57 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Daniel Haskins was born about 1697 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He is the son of Richard Haskins and Mary Tisdale.^[1]

Daniel married Mehitable Badger^[2] in September 1718 in Norwich, Connecticut. ^[3]

Daniel and Mehitable were said to have had 12 children: Anna, Richard, Mary, Mehitable, Dorcas, Dorcas 2, Elkanah, Irene, Martha, Barnabas, Enoch, and Daniel Jr. ^[4]

Daniel died on 20 April 1754, at age 57, in Franklin, New London, Connecticut. ^[5] He is buried at Old Plains Burring Grounds Franklin, New London, Connecticut. ^[6]

Probate

His will is dated 15 April 1755 and proved on 6 May 1755 in Norwich. He mentions his wife, Mehitabel, and his children, Richard (eldest son), Eleanah, Enoch, and Daniel, and his daughters, Anne Wentworth (eldest), Mary Hide, Mehitabel Fox, Dorcas, and Irenah. His inventory was completed on 15 May 1755.^[7]

In 1756, his estate was set out to the widow, Richard (eldest son), Ann Wentworth (eldest daughter), Mary Hide, Mehetable Fox, Elkanah, Dorcas, Irene (youngest daughter), Enoch, and Daniel (youngest son).^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ #Benton Page 37 gives the parents, the date is a guess.
2. ↑ #Benton Page 37.
3. ↑ Haskin, Joseph A. Haskin: The Family, 1660-1968. Little Rock, Arkansas: J.A. Hatcher, 1968, page 3: [1].
4. ↑ Haskin, Joseph A. Haskin: The Family, 1660-1968. Little Rock, Arkansas: J.A. Hatcher, 1968, page 3: [2].
5. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7N5-4T5 : 16 January 2020), Daniel Haskin, .
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 December 2020), memorial page for Daniel Haskin (1697–20 Apr 1754), Find A Grave: Memorial #50057770, citing Plains Cemetery, Franklin, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Roy Woodruff (contributor 47291486) .
7. ↑ Probate records v. 1-2 1748-1761, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-17P6 : 15 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007627366, image 222-225, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, Vol 1, Pages 400-405.
8. ↑ Probate records v. 1-2 1748-1761, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-17PB  : 15 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007627366, image 225-229, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, Vol 1, Pages 406-414.

• #Benton: Benton, Charles Edward, Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton: Their Life and Ancestry, A.V. Haight Company, 1912 On Archive.org