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John Porter Jr (1623 - 1688)

John Porter Jr
Born in Felsted, Essex, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1650 in Connecticutmap
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Died at age 65 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticutmap
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Biography

John Porter Jr immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

John Porter was baptized at Felsted, Essex, England on February 9, 1622[/3], the son of John Porter and Anna White.[1] [2] The family came to New England and were settled at Windsor, Connecticut by 1639.[3]

His father John Porter Sr., of Windsor, Connecticut, wrote his will on April 20, 1648, leaving eldest son John L100.[4]

John Porter married Mary Stanley about 1650, as their eldest child was born at Windsor, Connecticut on June 3 of that year. [5] [6] [7] Mary was baptized on February 2, 1633/4 at Ashford, Kent, England, daughter of Thomas and Bennet (Tritton) Stanley. [8] Her family came to New England about 1634 when her father was first at Lynn, Massachusetts. The family settled at Hartford, Connecticut in 1636. John's brother Samuel married Hannah Stanley, his wife Mary's sister. [8] [5]

After Mary's father Thomas Stanley's death in 1663, her mother remarried to Gregory Wolterton. [9] In her mother Bennett Wilterton/Wolterton's will, dated November 1, 1664, bequests were made to son John Porter and daughter Mary and their children, and to Samuel and Hannah Porter and their children. [5]

Mary's step-father, Gregory Wolterton of Hartford, also left legacies to Mary Porter, wife of John Porter, and Hannah Porter, wife of Samuel Porter, among others, in his will written on July 17, 1674. [9]

John Porter Sr. died at Windsor on August 2, 1688. [6][10]

John died intestate and his children mutually agreed on the distribution of their father's estate according to what they believed was his intent. The document, submitted to the court on January 12, 1688/9, was signed by:

  • sons John, James Nathaniel and Samuel Porter
  • Samuel Grant Sr. as guardian to Hezekiah Porter
  • Thomas Bissell as guardian to Joseph Porter
  • Enoch Drake in behalf of wife Sarah
  • Thomas Loomis in behalf of wife Hannah
  • Rebecca and Ruth Porter[10]

The agreement was granted and approved on March 16, 1689/90, John Porter being appointed administrator.[10]

Widow Mary Porter died there on September 13, 1688.[6][7]

Children

  1. John born January 3 1651; died January 4, 1698/9; married Joanna Gaylord December 16, 1669. [6] [7]
  2. Mary born July 17, 1653; died in July 1725; married Joseph Phelps June 26, 1673. [6] [7]
  3. Sarah born September 5, 1655; married Enoch Drake on November 11, 1680. [6] She married second Josiah Barber. [7]
  4. James born December 22, 1657; married Sarah Tudor on January 15, 1679. [6] [7] ? died September 29, 1727.
  5. Nathaniel born April 20, 1660; married Deborah Buell about 1700. He married second, Eleanor Gillett of Colchester on June 4, 1712. [6] [7]
  6. Hannah born June 1, 1662; died January 1, 1739; married Thomas Loomis on January 2, 1682/3. [6] [7] [10]
  7. Samuel born March 5, 1664; [6] [7] ? died September Nov. 16, 1694.
  8. Rebecca born March 8, 1666; died April 21, 1730; married Timothy Loomis, brother of Thomas, on May 20, 1689/90. [6] [7] [10]
  9. Esther/Hester born May 8, 1669; died unmarried February 5, 1687. [6] [7]
  10. Ruth born August 7, 1671; died February 16, 1633; married Nathaniel Loomis on March 20, 1689. [6] [7] [10]
  11. Hezekiah born November 9, 1673; died June 3, 1757; married Mary Buell on June 27, 1700. [6] [7]
  12. Joseph born February 7, 1675; married Hannah Buell, sister to Mary, on December 5, 1699. [6] [7]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
    Essex Record Office; Chelmsford, Essex, England; Essex Church of England Parish Registers
    Ancestry Record 61698 #4729145 (accessed 6 September 2023)
    Johannes Porter baptism on 9 Feb 1622, son of Johannis Porter & Annå“ Porter, in Felsted, Holy Cross, Essex, England.
  2. ↑ Holman, Winifred Lovering, "John Porter of Windsor" in The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vol. 16, 1939, pp. 49-52. AmericanAncestors.org($) (see Notes, p. 122)
  3. ↑ The Children of Robert White of Messing Co., England, Who Settled at Hartford and Windsor in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 55, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1901, p.22-31
  4. ↑ Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1750, Volume 1: p. 29-30. Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1730. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006-2019), (A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, by Charles W. Manwaring, R. S. Peck & Co. Printers, Hartford, CT, 1904.).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Anderson, Robert C. Thomas Stanley in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009, p. 456-62 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.)
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 Windsor, CT: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn. 1635-9, Volume 1, compiled by Henry Porter Andrews, G.W. Ball, printer, Saratoga, New York 1893
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Mahler, Leslie. Re-examining the English Origin of the Stanley Brothers of Hartford Connecticut in: The American Genealogist, Volume 80, Donald L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 2005, p. 217-23 : (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Sandborn, Melinda Lutz, R. C. Anderson & Dean Crawford Smith. The English Woltertons - Ancestors of the Waller and Brockaway Families of Connecticut in: The American Genealogist, Volume 68, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 1993, p. 170-2 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Connecticut: Early Probate Records, - 1687-1695: p. 100-3: Early Probate Records, 1635-1750, Volume 1, p. 498 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006-2019), (A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, by Charles W. Manwaring, R. S. Peck & Co. Printers, Hartford, CT, 1904.) View with NEHGS Membership

Caution: contains many errors and should not be used unless information can be confirmed elsewhere.

  • Andrews, Henry Porter. The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn. 1635-9, Volume 1, G. W. Ball, Sarasota Springs, New York, 1893
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #34134201

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Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
This person immigrated to New England between 1621-1640 as a Minor Child (under age 21 at time of immigration) of a Puritan Great Migration immigrant who is profiled in Robert Charles Anderson's Great Migration Directory (or is otherwise accepted by the Puritan Great Migration (PGM) Project).

Please feel free to improve the profile(s) by providing additional information and reliable sources. PGM encourages the Profile Managers to monitor these profiles for changes; if any problems arise, please contact the PGM Project via G2G for assistance. Please note that PGM continues to manage the parent's profile, but is happy to assist on the children when needed.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Chris Hoyt
I added a bio and sources, with correct children as far as known. Porter Descendants is full of errors as noted.
posted by Chris Hoyt
M Cole
I've heard that from other people as well. I added a note to the Free Space page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_Descendants_of_John_Porter_of_Windsor%2C_Conn._1635-9

If you have specific examples to highlight, feel free to add a comment to that page.

posted by M Cole
edited by M Cole
Fann-206 Porter Fann
On his father's FamilySearch profile, this christening is attached, which may be another false-positive?

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch: indexed 11 Feb 2018, John Porter in entry for John Porter, 26 Apr 1629); citing index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 595,417.

Note, however, that a competing christening - if correlated with birth - would suggest that either John christened 15 Nov 1629 (St James, Clerkenwell, London) or Anna christened 4 Oct 1629 (Braham, York) might belong to different families. If either seems correct, perhaps the probable, invalid competing child's christening ought to be removed from the FamilySearch profile.

It could very well be mixed data (more than one John Porter, across generations, too), cf. below that is location-similar to the christening, matching loosely on the wife's name, but not quite meshing unless a few of their children were born before the marriage...(?)

posted by Porter Fann
edited by Porter Fann
Fann-206 Porter Fann
This may be just a coincidence (the wife's maiden name is quite similar), but certainly is a possible match worth examining:
"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch: indexed 10 Feb 2018, John Porter and Mary Standley, 05 Jul 1663; citing Gedney, Lincoln, England, reference index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1542145 IT 2.

If you're real familiar with the descendants, did any of this Porter line become/were Quakers who relocated first to Virginia and then later to North Carolina?

posted by Porter Fann
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
This may help, Anderson's GM Directory gives:
Porter, John: Felsted, Essex; 1639; Windsor [Grant 57; WiLR 1:64; Manwaring 1:29-39; TAG 16:49-58, 122, 17:86-87, 18:56-60; NEHGR 55:22-31; FOOF 1:487].

Let me know if you need any of the abbreviations identified.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Lois (Hacker) Tilton
Odd that he seems to have been christened twice

Anderson has him arriving in 1639, plenty of sources in the Directory

posted by Lois (Hacker) Tilton
Fann-206 Porter Fann
He wasn't. One was an entry for the date that belonged to one of his brothers. I've updated and cited was seems to be supported by the available data. The other FamilySearch matches are apparent duplicates that don't coincide. I'll check again for the archaic spelling of Felsted that would have applied. (Not sure who thinks it's Felstead - WikiTree doesn't have that place name in the index.)
posted by Porter Fann

Rejected matches › John Porter (abt.1642-abt.1700) › John Porter (abt.1580-) › John Porter (abt.1540-) › John Porter (abt.1621-)

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