Experience Porter (1676 - 1750)

Born 5 Aug 1676 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Williams) Porter — married 26 May 1698 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1750 at age 74 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut

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Biography

Experience Porter was born at Hadley Massachusetts on Aug. 5, 1676, son of Samuel and Anna (or Hannah) Stanley Porter. ^[1][2]

• 1699: April 5: Experience Porter was granted a lot on the Pine Plain at Hadley, 80 by 16 rods. ^[3]
• 1701: In the first division of lands south of Mount Holyoke, Experience drew a lot of additional land 32 by 3 rods. ^[3]
• 1709: 12: 14: 7: 19: 21: 23: Served as Townsman/Selectman. ^[3]
• 1720: January: Experience taxed for the south Mount Holyoke division at L117 18 s. ^[3]
• 1721: Experience was one of the men appointed as Trustee for the lending of money of the town of Hadley at 5 percent (ie. mortgages from the town to proprietors.) ^[3]
• 1722: Experience, his father Samuel and Lt. John Smith were responsible for laying out the 21 highways for the proprietors. ^[3]

Experience married Abigail Williams at Hadley on May 2, 1698. ^{[1] [2]} Abigail was born on July 12, 1674, daughter of Samuel Williams of Roxbury. ^[3]

They removed to Mansfield, Connecticut. about 1725, where he died on Aug. 28, 1750, aged 75. ^{[3] [4]} ?He is buried in the Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. ^[5]

Abigial died on April 20, 1765, aged 91. ^[4][3] She is buried in the Olde Mansfield Center Cemetery, Mansfield, Connecticut. ^[6]

Children: born at Hadley, Massachusetts

1. Theoda born on Aug. 15, 1699 ^[1]; married 1719 (?Amos) Walbridge. ^[3]
2. Hannah born March 25, 1701 ^[1]; married first William Marsh on Feb. 28, 1722; married second in May 1735, Joseph Storrs of Mansfield; died on Aug 28, 1741.^{[3] [4]}
3. Experience born on Dec. 15, 1702 ^[1]; married on Nov. 29, 1725, Abigail Safford; died Oct. 28, 1744. ^[3][4]
4. John born on Dec. 27, 1704 ^[1]; married Abigail Arnold on Jan. 13, 1732. ^{[3] [4]}
5. Abigail born on March 19, 1707^[1]; married Nehemiah Estabrook on Oct. 18. 1742 as his second wife; died on July 31, 1770. ^{[3] [4]}
6. Nathaniel born on Aug. 26, 1709 ^[1]; married Elizabeth Storrs on Sept. 10, 1730 ^[4] and removed to Lebanon, NH. He died in Hatfield on Nov. 4, 1779. ^[3]
7. Martha born Jan. 11, 1711/12; died Feb. 18, 1711/22. ^{[1] [3]}
8. Eunice born on Dec. 30, 1712 ^[1]; married Huckins Storrs on Nov. 12, 1731. ^{[3] [4]}
9. Mehitable born on July 30, 1715 ^[1]; married Thomas Barrows April 30, 1741; died on March 25, 1742. ^{[3] [4]}
10. Martha born on Nov. 21, 1717 ^[1]; married Cornelius Storrs on Sept. 4, 1738. ^{[3] [4]}

Military

Porter, Experience Sr. (1676-1750) Hadley, Massaschusetts and Mansfield, Connecticut. In Troop under Quartermaster Dickinson 1695; for service against Indians Deputy Conn 1625-41. ^[7]

Entered by Chris Hoyt, 29 October 2013

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Hadley, Vol. 1 p. 55-6: Ref. 439; 439A: 431. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Andrews, Henry Porter, compiler. The Descendants of John Porter, of Windsor, Connecticut., in the line of his great, great grandson, Col. Joshua Porter, M.D., of Salisbury, Litchfield county, Conn., with some account of the families into which they married. George W. Ball, Printer. Saratoga Springs, New York, 1882. p. 3.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18} Judd, Sylvester and Lucius Manlius Boltwood. History of Hadley: Including the Early History of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts. Metcalf & Company, 1863; Reprint: H. R. Hunting Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1905. p. 191: 275: 278: 282: 304: 448: 554
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} Dimmock, Susan W. Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths: From the Records of the Town and Churches in Mansfield, Connecticut, 1703-1850. Baker & Taylor Company, New York, 1898. p. 208: 235: 272: 285: 305: 336
5. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67392105 Find A Grave Memorial# 67392105
6. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=129199485 Find A Grave Memorial# 129199485
7. ↑ An Index of Ancestors and Roll of Members of the Society of Colonial Wars : By General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.)

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