John
Bostwick
Jr.
Born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of John Bostwick
and Mary (Brinsmead) Bostwick
Brother of
Zachariah Bostwick, Joseph Bostwick, Mary (Bostwick) Judson, Elizabeth (Bostwick) Mix, Jane (Bostwick) Nichols and Benjamin Bostwick
Husband of
Abigail (Walker) Bostwick
— married
about 1687 in Stratford, Fairfield, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
Descendants 
Father of
John Bostwick, Robert Bostwick, Ebenezer Bostwick, Joseph Bostwick, Nathaniel Bostwick, Lemuel Bostwick, Sarah (Bostwick) Warriner, Abigail (Bostwick) Collins, Daniel Bostwick, Mary (Bostwick) Canfield and Hannah Bostwick
Died after
after age 79
in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Oct 2014
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
John Bostwick Jr. was born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut on 7 May 1667 to John Bostwick and Mary Brinsmade.
Marriage and Family
John married Abigail Walker (born 1673) in about 1687 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. They had 11 children.
Death and Burial
He died after 1 April 1747 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut. On that date he was 80 years old and made a deed of land to his son Robert.
Sources
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Stratford, Page 25.
- Bostwick, Henry. Genealogy of the Bostwick Family in America (Bryan Printing Co., Hudson, New York, 1901): Pages 51-55.
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WY-Y6P : 3 December 2014), John Bostick, 07 May 1667; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WR-DZF : 3 December 2014), John Bostick in entry for Mary Bostick, 08 Feb 1714; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WR-8J3 : 3 December 2014), John Bostick in entry for Abigail Bostick, 19 Sep 1707; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WY-Y6T : 3 December 2014), John Bosticke in entry for John Bosticke, 12 Oct 1688; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WY-YBS : 3 December 2014), John Bostick in entry for Joseph Bostick, 11 May 1672; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
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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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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John Bostwick was another early settler, a grandson of Arthur Bostock/Bostwick (1603). He spent his life in Connecticut, being born in Stratford, near the sea (Long Island Sound), then moving up the river Housatonic inland to Derby, and then again northwestwards to New Milford, where he lived and died. He arrived in New Milford in 1707, when he was forty years old, and the second settler in the town. He took lot no. 2. The town committee had purchased the land from the Indians. His plot cost him £5 "in current silver money of the colony". He was an energetic citizen and the town rcords show that he was elected to fill many of the offices within the gift of his fellow townsmen. Perhaps the main one was "the liberty and privilege of the highway across the Aspetuck river ... in case he erect a good grist mill sufficient for to grind the town's corn well and sasonably, within one year after the time and maintain the same in good and sufficient repair, both he and his heirs after him." Henry Anthon Bostwick, in recording this in his book, comments "It is not known whether he ever built the mill or not".