James
Wakelee
aka Wakeley
Born in Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of James Wakelee
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Shelton) Wakelee
— married
1715 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Ebenezer Wakelee, David Wakelee, Elizabeth (Wakelee) Johnson, Sarah (Wakeley) Hickok, Mary (Wakeley) Perry and Mary (Wakely) Shelton
Died before
before age 73
in Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Jan 2015
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Biography
James WAKELEE was born 28 Dec 1688. He died 1762 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT. James married Sarah SHELTON.
His will dated 23 Apr 1745 and proved 4 May 1762, mentions sons David and Ebenezer; daughters Elizabeth wife of Israel Johnson of Derby and Sarah wife of Joseph Hecock of Woodbury; wife Sarah; James Wakelee; and daughters Mary, Martha, Abigail, and Charity.[1]
His inventory was taken on 31 July 1762.[2]
Sources
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBFH : 13 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 340-341, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 14, 1761-1763, Page 73-75.
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBDM : 3 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 39-40, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 13, 1753-1764, Page 51-52.
- 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 2 p. 981.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, vol 1 p 629.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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Wakeley-5 and Wakelee-29 appear to represent the same person because: same wife's name, no sources to support differences in dates on Wakeley-5
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Jill (Neibaur) Olson
Wakelee-29 and Wakeley-24 appear to represent the same person because: Working on cleaning up the whole Wakelee/Wakeley thing; (the Puritan Migration Project uses Wakeley as LNAB)
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by Jill (Neibaur) Olson
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