John Amos was born on 16 July 1665 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His parents were Hugh and Anna (Unknown) Amos[1]. He was baptized in the Boston Second Church in June 1666[2]
The Amos family was in Norwich, New London, Connecticut by 1677, and in Preston, New London, Connecticut in 1686. John married there, in April 1694, Sarah Morgan, daughter of John and Rachel (Deming) Morgan[3].
John and Sarah had children, all born in Preston[4]
John, born 29 August 1697
William, born at 12 August 1700, married Sarah Millington
Sary, born 30 June 1703
Margaret, born 6 September 1708, married Ephraim Jones
Esther, born 16 April 1711, married Ebenezer Leonard
Hannah (transcribed as Ames, born 18 Feb 1714/5; died 1 Sept 1717
In 1709 John brought a lawsuit against Henry Stevens, claiming that Henry was living on property that John and his father Hugh had bought from Owaneco in 1693. A jury did not find the Indian deed valid, so found for the defendant.[5]
The death of John's wife Sarah is recorded in the town records without a readable date. John died on 22 January 1758[4]. The town record says at age 101, but John died at 92 years of age.
Sources
↑ Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883.; [1]
↑ “Boston, MA: Church Records, 1630-1895” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .); [2]
↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.; TEXT: AMOS, John (?1665, 1658-1758) & Sarah MORGAN (1678-); Apr 1694; Preston, CT {Preston CT VR 4, 141; Putnam's Mag. 6:170}; [3]
↑ 4.04.1 Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.; [4]
↑ Connecticut: Minutes of the Court of Assistants, 1669-1711. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.) Originally published as: Colony of Connecticut, Minutes of the Court of Assistants, 1669-1711, by Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.; vol 58, pages 527-8 and 562-3;
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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