Nathaniel Mix (1651 - 1725)

Born 14 Sep 1651 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

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Died 14 Oct 1725 at age 74 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

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Nathaniel Mix, New Haven Proprietor

Born 14 Sep 1651

Nathaniel, the son of Thomas and Rebecca (Turner) Meekes was born 14 Sep 1651 in New Haven, New Haven Colony. (p 6)^[1]

He and several of his siblings were baptized 23 May 1658^[2]

1657

Page 16 of Winthrop's medical journal. Nathaniel Meekes 6 years old son the son of Thomas Meekes that married Mrs. Goodenhouse daughter. [next item] ______ Turner, 20 years old, Mrs. Goodenhouse daughter. 1657.”^[3]

Married Mary Pantry

Nathaniel married about 1680 Mary Pantry, d/o John & Hannah. Date based on birth of child in 1682.

Death 14 OCT 1725

Nathaniel died 14 Oct 1725 in New Haven, Connecticut.(p188)^[1] He was buried at the New Haven Town Green, but his stone has been moved to the Grove St. Cemetery.^[4]

Nathaniel was a proprietor of New Haven in 1685.^[5] April 1678 Chosen fence viewer.^[6]

Children

1. Mary, b 18 Nov 1682 NHV dsp?
2. Rebecca, b 23 Nov 1684 NHV, m Matthew Rowe
3. Hannah, she may have married Daniel Brinsmade. She had no issue. Her estate distribution was recorded in 1763 and divided among her siblings' children, Mary, wife of Amos Bradley, Abigail, wife of Jos Sackett, Sarah Oldds, Hannah wife of Stephen Thompson, Rebecca, wife of Joel Tuttle, Lydia, wife of Job Smith, John Rowe, Anna, wife of Jeremiah Atwater, and Jabez Mix.^[7]
4. Sarah b 12 Jan 1690/1 NHV dsp?
5. Nathaniel b c 1693 m. Anna Bunnell & Rebecca Lines

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. pg 189. Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917
2. ↑ "Baptisms in New Haven, Conn.", NEHGR 9:361.
3. ↑ Bamks, Charles E. (abstractor) “Genealogical items from the Medical Journal of John Winthrop.” The American Genealogist 24:113.
4. ↑ Find a grave # 8702522. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mix&GSiman=1&GSsr=41&GScid=1607917&GRid=8702522&
5. ↑ "The Names of the Proprietors of New Haven, CT., in the Year 1685." NEHGR 1:158 Thomas Mix, John Mix, Nathanael Mix, Daniell Mix, Caleb Mix.
6. ↑ Dexter town records: Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor). Ancient Town Records Vol I: New Haven Town Records 1649-1662. p 373. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1917.
7. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YB2L  : 6 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 198-199, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 13, 1753-1764, Page 364-366.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven. Vol IV. p 1196. Rome,NY: Clarence D. Smith, 1927. Reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.