John Colton I (1659 - 1727)

Born 8 Apr 1659 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Parsons) Colton — married 19 Feb 1684 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Husband of Joanna (Wolcott) Colton — married 2 Sep 1690 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1727 at age 67 in Longmeadow, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Descendant of PGM Migrant George Colton.

Birth and death are also found at Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, four miles north of Longmeadow.

John was born Apr 8 1659 in Longmeadow, Massacusetts ^[1]

He married 1st Abigail Parsons, dau of Deacon Benjamin Parsons, of Springfield, Feb 19 1684. She was born Aug 6 1666 and died Jun 27 1689.^[1]

John and Abigail had the following children, all born in Longmeadow: ^[1]

1. Abigail, b Jan 4 1685, mar Francis Griswold
2. Mary, b May 1 1689, d Jun 16 1690

He married 2nd Joanna Wolcott, dau of Simon Wolcott, of Windsor, Connecticut, Sep 2 1690. She died Jan 10 1755.^[1]

John and Joanna had the following children, all born in Longmeadow: ^[1]

1. Sarah, b Sep 6 1692
2. Martha, b Jun 4 1694, mar Luke Hitchcock, d May 11 1754
3. Joanna, b 1695, mar Jonathan Cooley, d May 21 1765
4. John, Lt, b May 9 1697, mar Mercy Stebbins, d jan 5 1766
5. Mary, b 1699, mar Samuel Keep, d Feb 15 1737
6. George, b May 27 1702, d Feb 15 1725
7. Eunice, b Feb 22 1705, mar 1st John Ely, mar 2nd Hon. Roger Wolcott, mar 3rd Capt Joel White, d mar 30 1778
8. Simon, b and d Oct 26 1707
9. Roger, twin of Simon, b and d Oct 26 1707
10. Simon, Capt, b 1709, mar 1st Abigail Burt, mar 2nd Rebecca Hale, d May 29 1796

He died Feb 3 1727 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Colton: pg 4 Colton, #9 viii, pg 10-12 #9 John Colton, pg 475 Wolcott

• "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJJ-BMQ : 12 December 2014), John Colton and Joanna Woolcot, 02 Sep 1690 (marriage); citing p 126, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.
• "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJ4-JXM : 12 December 2014), John Colton, 03 Feb 1726 (Death); citing v 1 p 107, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #113331962 for John Colton (1659 - 1727)
• Wolcott, Samuel. Memorial of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, and of Some of His Descendants (A.D.F. Randolph & Co., New York, 1881) Page 52
• Colton, George Woolworth. A Genealogical Record of the Descendents of Quartermaster George Colton (Wickersham Print. Co., Lancaster, Pa., 1912)
• Hawley, Elias. The Hawley Record (E. H. Hutchinson & Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1890) Page 453