Daniel Kellogg Sr. (bef. 1630 - 1688)

Born before 6 Feb 1630 in Great Leighs, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Bridget (Bouton) Kellogg — married 1655 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 5 Dec 1688 after age 58 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Daniel Kellogg Sr. was born before 6 Feb 1630 in Great Leighs, Essex, England, son of Lt. Martyn Kellogg Sr. (1595 - 1671) and Prudence (Bird) Kellogg (~1596 - <1635).

His siblings were:

1. John Kellogg (~1622 - <1654)
2. Nathaniel Kellogg (1624 - <1702)
3. Martin Kellogg (1624 - 1702)
4. Joseph Kellogg (~1626 - 1708)
5. Sarah (Kellogg) Jacobs (<1628 - ~1708)
6. Samuel Kellogg (1632 - 1711)
7. Jane Kellogg (1633 - )
8. Kate Kellogg (1634 - )

Daniel married Bridget Bouton (1642 - 1689) in 1655 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.^[1],^[2] Their children were:

1. Sarah (Kellogg) Betts (~1659 - )
2. Mary (Kellogg) Platt (1662 - ~1704)
3. Rachael (Kellogg) Nichols (1663 - )
4. Daniel Kellogg (1671 - <1709)
5. Samuel Kellogg (1673 - 1757)
6. Lydia (Kellogg) Oviatt (1676 - 1742)
7. Joseph Kellogg (~1678 - <1721).

Daniel died on 5 Dec 1688 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut aged 58.

Daniel Kellogg^[3] was a founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut, arriving in 1651. He was a deputy of the Connecticut General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk for many sessions. He is listed on the Founders Stone bearing the names of the founding settlers of Norwalk in the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery.

According to THE ANCIENT HISTORICAL RECORDS OF NORWALK by Edwin Hall, p. 187: "Daniell Kellogge tooke to wiffe Bridgett Bowten, the daughter of John Bowten, and was married at Norwake, Anno 1665". She was the daughter of my ancestors, JOHN & ALICE (KELLOGG) BOUTON.

In records dated March 20, 1656, the name of Daniel Kellogg was given as being present at a town meeting. He was made a freeman for Norwalk at the General Assembly in Hartford on October 13, 1664. He was a founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut. He was a deputy of the Connecticut General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1670, May 1672, October 1674, October 1675, May 1677, October 1679, May 1680, and October 1683.^[3]

On April 23, 1679, it was voted that Daniel Kellogg shall join the committee carrying out the work on the meeting house. He drew lot #30 in the Norwalk division of land in 1686. His home lot was described as being four acres bounded east by Matthew Marvin, Jr & Sr. & Thomas Fitch, Sr's home lots, west by Joseph Fenn's home lot. He was a selectman for Norwalk in 1670, representative for Norwalk to the General Court in Hartford often between 1670 and 1683. In 1673, his estate was valued at 125 pounds and he had six children.

He has been described as one of the largest men of his time in stature, muscular and athletic. He was 7 feet tall!^[3]

Baptism: 6 Feb 1630 Great Leighs, County Essex, England^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Norwalk, Page 74.
2. ↑ Hoppin: Vol 3, Page 500
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Wikipedia: Daniel_Kellogg_(settler)
4. ↑ Hoppin: Vol 3, Page 496

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• William Richard Cutter, A.M., New England Families, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 3, p 1500.
• Hopkins, Timothy. The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New (Sunset Press, San Francisco, California, 1903) Vol. 1, Page 48.
• Hall, Edwin. The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut (James Mallory & Co., Norwalk, 1847)
• Hoppin, Charles Arthur. The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson and forty other colonial American families (Greenfield, Ohio: Reprinted by Quintin Publications, Orange Park Florida, 1932). Vol 3, pages 496, 500
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