Daniel Wetherell (1630 - 1719)

Born 29 Nov 1630 in Maidstone, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Brewster) Wetherell — married 4 Aug 1659 in New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1719 at age 88 in New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Daniel Wetherell was born November 29, 1630, at Free Schoolhouse, in Maidstone, Kent, England. He is the son of William Wetherell and Mary Fisher.^[1]

Daniel and his two siblings emigrated to America in 1634 with their parents aboard the ship Hercules. ^{[2] [1]}

In 1638, the family moved to Duxbury in Plymouth Colony.^[1]

In 1644, they moved on to Scituate in Plymouth Colony. On September 2, 1645, his father was ordained as the first minister of the church organized there.^[1]

Daniel took up residence in New London, in the Colony of Connecticut, where he showed himself to be possessed of superior executive abilities, combined with a trustworthy character, and that community proceeded to make use of him accordingly. He served in one office after another, often in more than one at a time. We as Town Clerk, Moderator, Justice, Assistant Judge of Probate, and Judge at the County Courts.^[1]

Daniel married Grace Brewster on August 4, 1659.^[1]

Daniel Wetherell died April 14, 1719, in New London.^[1]

Will

Daniel Wetherell of New London in the Collony of Connecticut. Names grandson John Pickett, grandsons Daniel Denison and Wetherell Denison, granddaughter Mary Buttler, granddaughter Grace Hallem, granddaughter Phebe Denison, granddaughter Hannah Hough, granddaughter Boradell Denison, youngest granddaughters Anne Denison and Sarah Denison, son in law George Denison executor. Dated 11 April 1719. Proved 4 May 1719.^[3]

Military Service

Military Service: Captain

• Fact: Burial Ancient Cemetery, New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA^[4]

Children

Children born in New London.^[4]

1. Hannah Wetherell b. 21 Mar 1659/60; bpt Scituate 24 Jun 1660; m. Adam Pickett
2. Mary Wetherell b. 1662; died 1662 aged 2 mos.
3. Son Wetherell died at birth
4. Son Wetherell died at birth
5. Son Wetherell died at birth
6. Mary Wetherell b. 7 Oct 1668; bp 11 Jun 1671; m. (1) Thomas Harris; m. (2) George Denison
7. Daniel Wetherell b. b. 26 Jan 1670; bp 11 Jun 1671; died young
8. Samuel Wetherell b. bpt. 19 Oct 1679; died young.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Benton, Charles Edward, Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton: Their Life and Ancestry, A.V. Haight Company, 1912 On Archive.org Page 53
2. ↑ Hotten: James C. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874, Intro p.xix
3. ↑ Connecticut. Probate Court (New London District); Probate Place: New London, Connecticut Probate Records, Vol A-B, 1675-1725. Daniel Wetherell. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Mayflower Families through Five Generations. Volume Twenty-Four The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Part 1. (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014.)

• Benton, Charles Edward, Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton: Their Life and Ancestry, A.V. Haight Company, 1912 On Archive.org

See Also:

• Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11368092 : accessed 23 November 2016), memorial page for Capt Daniel Wetherell (1630 - 1719) - Find A Grave Memorial.
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862)
• Family History: Samuel Denison Late of Oneida County, New York. [imported by WT user Allice Reynolds]
• General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994, History of William Brewster of Mayflower Fame, Wetherell Family History, [imported by WT user Allice Reynolds]
• Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Mayflower Families in Progress: William Brewster of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations. United States, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997.
• A Record For Imitation, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1849) Vol. 3, Page 147. citing New London Records, Vol. I. p. 72.