John Hitchcock (1648 - 1716)

Born 1648 in New Haven, New Haven Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Merriman) Hitchcock — married 8 Jan 1671 (to about 1679) in New Haven Colony

Descendants

Died 6 Jul 1716 at about age 68 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

John HITCHCOCK ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} was born ^[7] 1648. He died ^[8][9] 6 Jul 1716. John married ^[10] Abigail MERRIMAN on 18 Jan 1671 in New Haven, CT.

John Hitchcock, the son of Matthew and Elizabeth Hitchcock, was born about 1649. On January 8, 1670/1 he married Abigail Merriman. He later married Mary (Thompson) Lines.^[11]

John Hitchcock, the son of Matthias and Elizabeth Hitchcock, died July 6, 1716 in Wallingford. On January 18, 1670/1 he married Abigail Merriman, the daughter of Nathaniel and Joan Merriman. John's second wife was Mary Thompson, the daughter of John Thompson and Ellen Harrison, and widow of Samuel Lines. John and his first wife Abigail had 12 children: unnamed daughter, Samuel, Abigail, Mary, Nathaniel, Margery, Elizabeth, John, Matthias, Hannah, Damaris, and Benjamin. ^[12]

John HITCHCOCK, son of Matthias Hitchcock of New Haven, Conn., was probably born in New Haven, for his father was at New Haven as early as June 1639, at which time Matthias Hitchcock was one of the original signers of the "foundamental" agreement of the New Haven colony. John Hitchcock was one of the original proprietors of Wallingford, Conn. which town was founded in 1670. He married 1st Jan 18 1670 Abigail Merriman, born April 18 1654, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Merriman who was one of the first settlers of Wallingford. John Hitchcock's first three children were born in New Haven, 1671 to 1674, and he removed to Wallingford in 1676. He calls himself landowner yeoman or planter. He married 2nd. Mary [likely bef. Apr 1676]. The inventory of his estate shows that he owned some 183 acres in different lots and that his whole property amounted to 302. In the settlement of the estate the widow is called Mary, and on Aug 12 1717, she appears as Mary Clark, alias Hitchcock. In the will Nathaniel is called the eldest son. No mention is made in the division of property of Samuel, Elizabeth, or Hannah, and they may have died; but apparently Elizabeth had married Daniel Loynes or Lines and Hannah, John Lines his brother; for Wallingford records give first, Sept 29 1708, a deed of land of John Hitchcock to his son-in-law Daniel Loynes, and later John Loynes deeds land to his father-in-law John Hitchcock, part of which came to said John Loynes from his brother Daniel Loynes, and still later Feb 10 1709, John Hitchcock gives a piece of land to his son-in-law Daniel Lines. It also appears that the widow of John Lines was Hannah. John Hitchcock died July 6 1716. His widow Mary married April 18 1717, Samuel Clark^[13].

Birth

John Hitchcock was born about 1650, (Date estimated from date of 1st marriage), prob. at New Haven, CT^[14].

Marriage

John Hitchcock married:

(1) Abigail Merriman (b. April 18 1654, at New Haven); on Jan 18 1670; she was daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Merriman who was one of the first settlers of Wallingford^[15].

John Hitchcock and Abigail had the following known children^[16]:

• i A DAUGHTER3 b Oct 1 1671 at New Haven
• ii SAMUEL b 1672 at New Haven, died young
• iii ABIGAIL b April 10 1674 m. Jacob Johnson

Note: John Hitchcock's Mary might not have been Mary Thompson but yet another Mary. Sources conflict. Until disproven we have:

(2) Mary Thompson, sometime before April, 1676, at CT. The Samuel Clark genealogy information, indicates that Samuel Clark married Mary Thompson, widow of John Hitchcock on April 18, 1717 ^[17].

John Hitchcock and Mary had the following known children^[18]:

• iv MARY b Dec 10 1676, at Wallingford; m Benjamin Beach
• v NATHANIEL b April 18 1679 m Sarah Jennings
• vi MARGERY b Sept 9 1681 m Joseph Munson
• vii ELIZABETH b April 8 1684 prob. m Daniel Lines
• viii JOHN b Oct 18 1685 m 1st Marlow Munsou
• ix MATTHIAS b May 26 1688 m Thankful Andrews
• x HANNAH b Jan 9 1690 1 prob. m John Lines
• xi DAMARIS b July 11 1698 m Sylvanns Clark
• xii BENJAMIN b March 24 1696 m Elizabeth Ives

Death

John Hitchcock died July 6 1716, His widow Mary married April 18 1717, Samuel Clark^[19].

Note

Note: John Hitchcock was one of the original proprietors of Wallingford, Conn., which town was founded in 1670. In various documents, he calls himself landowner, yeoman or planter.

Sources

1. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), Vol 3, p 474. " ... of Wallingford ..."
2. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 607.
3. ↑ Compiled by Greater Omaha Genealogical Society, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 48 - Wallingford 1670-1850, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, p. 198.
4. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 5, p 1040.
5. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 1, p 151.
6. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 41.
7. ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 471.
8. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of CT Families, vol 3, p 474.
9. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 3, p 750.
10. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 3, p 750.
11. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, “The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635”, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999-2011, Vol V M-Q, page 338.
12. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven", Vol III, pages 749-750 (Hitchcock Family).
13. ↑ The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family: Who are Descended from Matthias...
14. ↑ The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family: Who are Descended from Matthias ..
15. ↑ The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family: Who are Descended from Matthias ..
16. ↑ The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family: Who are Descended from Matthias ..
17. ↑ Families of Acient New Haven, Vol 1 Donald Lines Jacobus, Clarence Smith, Rome NY, 1923, Page 408
18. ↑ The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family: Who are Descended from Matthias ..
19. ↑ The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family: Who are Descended from Matthias ..

• Book: The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family: Who are Descended from Matthias ...; By Dwight Whitney Marsh; Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1894 - 555 pages.

• Mary (Thompson) Lines Hitchock clark Find A Grave: Memorial #64412976 Spouse's Memorial.

Acknowledgements

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