John
Ufford
aka Uffoote
Born about in Nazeing Parish, Essex, England
Son of Thomas Ufford
and Isabel (Unknown) Ufford
Brother of
Abigail (Ufford) Terrill and Thomas Ufford Jr.
Husband of
Hannah (Hawley) Beard
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Martha (Nettleton) Ufford
— married
25 Mar 1657 in Milford, New Haven Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Ufford, Martha (Ufford) Camp, Mary (Ufford) Picket, John Ufford, John Ufford, Samuel Ufford, Elizabeth Ufford and Lydia (Ufford) Camp
Died
at about age 65
in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
John Ufford immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
- The son of THOMAS & ISABEL (BRYAN) UFFORD, he was baptized on June 11, 1626 in Nazing, county Essex, England. He was brought to New England in 1632 on the "LION" by his parents and settled with them in Milford, New Haven Colony.
- He married first, Hannah Hawley, in 1656, daughter of JOSEPH & KATHERINE (BOOTH) HAWLEY. Hannah divorced him shortly after their marriage on the grounds that he was "unqualified for the marital relation". She then married Capt. John Beard, son of my ancestors, JAMES & MARTHA BEARD.
- In 1656/7 the court granted John permission to marry MARTHA NETTLETON who was an apprentice in the house of THOMAS UFFORD, SR. They were the parents of at least eight children, including Lieut. SAMUEL UFFORD.
- Parents: Thomas Ufford (1590 - 1660) & Isabel Bryan Ufford (1594 - 1654)[1]
- Children: John Ufford (1667 - 1712) & Samuel Ufford (1669 - 1746)[1]
Marriage
- Wife: Hannah Hawley
- BEF 1654[2]
- 1657 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut[3][2]
Divorce: [4]
Children[5]
- Thomas b. 20 Aug 1657; d. in 1683
- Martha b. 12 Aug 1659; m. Peter Carow
- Mary b. 20 Jun 1661; m. D. Picket
- John b. 3 Feb 1665 ; d. soon
- John. b. 21 Jan 1667
- Samuel b. 21 Jan 1670
- Elizabeth b. 19 Feb 1673; d. unm 1699
- Lydia
His will is dated 29 July 1689 and his inventory was taken on 4 May 1692 and recorded at New Haven.[6]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anderson
- ↑ Savage: Vol. 3, Page 268
- ↑ Hoadly, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony or Jurisdiction of New Haven, From May 1653 to the Union. (Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1858.) p. 209; p. 201
- ↑ Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Vol. 2, Page 1319 (#3)
- ↑ “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9JH-4 : 13 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 320-321. New Haven Probate Record, 1668-1703, Vol. 2, Part 1, page 112-114.
- Abbott, Susan Woodruff Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979) Page 84, Page 183.
- Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995) A-B. Vol. 1, 1999. p. 67-69.
- Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Vol. 2, Page 1319 (#3)
- Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862) Vol. 3, Page 268
- Find A Grave memorial #29436068
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. "The Nettletons in America", The Connecticut Quarterly (Hartford, Conn., 1908) Vol. 11, Pt. 2, Page 492
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