Moses Husted (abt. 1659 - aft. 1716)

Born about 1659 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 13 Dec 1716 after about age 57 in Fairfield Township, Cumberland, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

Name Variations

Moses

• Husted
• Hewstead
• Hewsteed
• Huestis
• Heustis
• Hustace

Origins

Moses Husted was born say 1659 presumably in Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Angell Husted. His mother's name is unknown.^[1]

In Angell Husted's 5 May 1706 will

"I will unto my son Moses Husted five shillings Current money as the whole of his portion with what I have don for him"^[2]

In West Jersey Records

Moses moved with Jesse Seeley from Fairfield, Connecticut to Fairfield, New Jersey, a distance of about 200 miles.

According to Remington, Moses removed from Connecticut about 1698 to Cedar Creek, West Jersey.^[1]

The earliest land record for him is 1696, however.

• "Moses Hewsteed" received a land grant from Jeremiah Bacon in Salem County 24 Oct 1696.^[3]

• "Moses Hughtis" received a land grant from Robert Barrow in Salem County on 31 Jan 1704.^[4]

Uncertain Marriage

Moses certainly married, but the name of his wife is unknown. Angell Husted (abt.1624-abt.1706)'s profile has his wife as Susanna (no specific citation, possibly TAG); that's possibly a conflation with his nephew by his brother Angel, Jr., the Moses Husted (abt.1705-) who married Susanna Mead and moved to Westchester. Incidentally, the nephew also named a son Moses Husted (abt.1705-).

Children

Children of Moses Husted and an unknown wife

1. Moses Husted II (1710-1773)
2. David Husted, 1713-1775
3. Abigail Husted, no further record

Uncertain Date of Death and Other Amibguities

Moses Husted's date of death is not clear. His father lived to 82 so possibly he was long lived as well.

As of 2023, we have an estimated DOB of 1710 for son Moses Husted II (abt.1710-1773) and 1713 for David Husted (abt.1713-1775).

Based on that reasoning, it seems probable then that he was the Moses Husted who (with Josiah Fithian) conducted the inventory for Levi (Leavy) Preston of Cohansey, Salem County 31 Jul 1731.^[5] The estimated 1710 DOB for his son would make him too young to serve. This Moses would be about 72 at the date of this inventory.

Records are sparse for early Cumberland County. If Moses was born in 1659, why did he wait until his 50s to have children? This seems unusual, and it's possible we are missing a generation or the sons were also older when they became fathers.

Research Notes

Supposedly a will of Moses Husted was transcribed and posted on Rootsweb but link was not saved by Wayback Machine and has been deleted; this might be for his son though. (plan to check for it at the State Archives Husted-87 16:24, 25 January 2023 (UTC))

Moses Husted was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1659, the son of Angell and Rebecca Husted, and little is known of his early life. Any marriages are unknown. By the year 1710, Moses would have been 51 years old when his son Moses was born in 1710 and 54 years old when his son David was born in 1713.

Moses was granted 6 acres of land in Greenwich Connecticut on March 2, 1693, and on September 15, 1697, he sold the land to Joseph Marshall. Colonial History Documents Vol. XXI 1664-1703 [Nelson], records show a deed of sixteen acres of land from Jeremiah Bacon to Moses Hewsteed, late of Chohansey, Salem County, New Jersey on October 24, 1697.
Moses Husted and Captain Joseph Seeley founded the settlement in Fairfield Township, Cumberland County [then Salem County], New Jersey.
January 10, 1701-1702, Enoch Moore, for 16 acres in said town, on the street and branch of Mill Creek, adjoining Moses Hughstis.
These records also list January 31, 1703-1704, Robert Barrow to Moses Hughstis of Greenwich, Salem County, husbandman, of the within granted land and premises.^[6]

Joseph Seeley was at Stratfield and Fairfield, Connecticut up to 1697 when he went to Cohansey, NJ and bought land there May. 3, 1697. The last record of him there was Dec. 13, 1716, when he was one of the 16 signers to the "agreement of Fairfield" concerning the settlement at Cohansey. There are several deeds and other papers on record at Fairfield where he signed as of Cohansey, NJ between 1697 and 1716. Joseph settled at Fairton, near Bridgeton in Cumberland Co. NJ and his name appears on records there. Joseph was one of the signers of the "Cohansey Compact" June 10, 1697. He was also an elder in the old Cohansey Church and his name appears on a monument which stands on the original church site. Joseph was a Captain of Militia, and some early records refer to him as "Captain Seeley" This information from SGS VOL 1, page 8,9.^[6]

The book " History of Cumberland County" tells of Deerfield Township, and "Husted Station" located on the West Jersey Railroad, seven miles north of Bridgeton, and close to the Salem County line.^[6]

Unconnected contemporary relatives in West Jersey

• Walter Hughstis was a contemporary also in Salem County, origins unknown
• Mary Hughstis was a daughter of Timothy Brandreth of Cape May, will dated 3 Jul 1714^[7]

Later relatives (need to connect)

• Sarah Swing married on July 11, 1831 at Cumberland Co., NJ, to Moses Husted, Jr.^[8]
• See also profile for his descendant Moses.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Remington, Gordon L., 1998 "Rebecca Revisited: The Unidentified Wives of Angell2 Husted and Jonathan2 Reynolds of Greenwich, Connecticut." The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. AmericanAncestors.org. accessed 7 June 2016, (Vol 73, Pages 201-06, citing p 204).
2. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627300_00637). Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line], Fairfield, Probate Records, Vol 1-5, 1648-1750, image 637. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. (Free image by Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26094352?h=b16193&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url)
3. ↑ New Jersey State Archives. Early Land Records database. https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx. Citing Sal Deeds, Book 6 : Folio 105 (SSTSE023)
4. ↑ New Jersey State Archives. Early Land Records database. https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx. Citing Sal Deeds, Book 7 : Folio 234 (SSTSE023)
5. ↑ https://archive.org/details/calendarnewjers00edgoog/page/n394
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Moses Husted Sr. Husted, Gene, January 17, 2016, Husted Family Lines, accessed 7 June 2016.
7. ↑ page 58
8. ↑ Ankenbrand, Frank, 1940 "Notes on the Swing Family of Southern New Jersey." The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. AmericanAncestors.org. accessed 7 June 2016 (Vol 17. Page 101).

• Mead, Spencer Percival. Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich (Knickerbocker Press, Greenwich, Conn., 1911), page 592