Gurdon Saltonstall Jr. (1708 - 1785)

Born 22 Dec 1708 in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Winthrop) Saltonstall — married 15 Mar 1733 in New London, New London, CT

Descendants

Died 19 Sep 1785 at age 76 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Gurdon Saltonstall...son of Gov. Gordon Saltonstall and Elizabeth Rosewell. He was born the year his father took office.

The Saltonstall family is a Boston Brahmin family from the U.S. state of Massachusetts, notable for having had a family member attend Harvard University from every generation since Nathaniel Saltonstall—later one of the more principled judges at the Salem Witch Trials—graduated in 1659. The family originated in Yorkshire, England, where the name was sometimes spelled Saltingstall. The name originates from the hamlet of Saltonstall in Halifax, West Yorkshire. The meaning is derived from Sal-ton-stall in Old English. The translation being "Farm in the willows".

Gurdon Saltonstall Jr. became the ancestor of all of the Connecticut Saltonstalls so well known in local history.

From the pen of F.G. Saltonstall: "Gurdon Saltonstall, son of Governor Gurdon Saltonstall by his second wife...was graduated from Yale College in 1725. "Mr. Saltonstall was prominent in all the affairs of New London. ... "In the year 1740, war having been declared by England against Spain, Gurdon Saltonstall was promoted to the rank of Colonel of the Militia. In 1744-5 he superintended the raising of troops for the expedition against Cape Breton. "In all the measures relating to the Revolution he took a prominent part." (Mumford Memoirs)

Brig. Gen. Gurdon Saltonstall was 68 years old during the Revolution. In the burning of New London by Benedict Arnold, the valuable homesteads of both General Gurdon Saltonstall and of his father were destroyed.

General Gurdon Saltonstall married Rebekah Winthrop, descendant of John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.

Brigadier General Gurdon Saltonstall Jr. served with 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Gurdon Saltonstall Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A099412.

Children listed in DAR Record

1. Roswell m. Elizabeth Stewart
2. Winthrop m. Anne Waton
3. Rebecca m. David Mumford
4. Martha m. Daniel Buck

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Gurdon Saltonstall", Ancestor # A099412.
• Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 316
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55988358
• New London Vital Statistics, from the Collated Copy from the Original Records, Vol. 1., ~ Transcription - pages 40-49 ~ http://tinyurl.com/o4wtd29
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltonstall_family
• Mumford Memoirs : Being the story of the New England Mumfords from the year 1655 to the present time, pgs. 200-209

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of HOAGUE.GED on 22 May 2011.