William Brockway (1666 - 1755)

Born 25 Jul 1666 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Gregory (Unknown) Brockway — married 8 Mar 1692 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1755 at age 88 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

William Brockway, son of Wolston and Hannah Briggs Brockway was born at Lyme, Connecticut, 25 July 1666. He married at Lyme, on 8 March 1692/3, Elizabeth.

In December of 1714 he was authorized to open a tavern in Lyme, and in May of 1724 the court granted to “William Brockway who lives on the east side of the river” to operate a ferry across the Cincinnati River ^[1]

He signed a paper, 7 Dec. 1724, relating to ecclesiastical matters in Lyme, North Quarter, now Hamburgh.

Gregory Wilterton, of Hartford, Conn., by his will of 1674, gave him a legacy of 10 pounds, in consideration of which his father deeded land to him in 1709. He settled at Brockway's Ferry, in that part of Lyme to which Joshua, the son of Uucas, gave the name of Joshuatown; and died there 29 March 1755, in the 89th year of his age, as testified by his gravestone, in the family cemetery at that place.

His wife, it is said, was buried by his side, but no stone is there to tell the date.

His father deeded land to him at Tautuin Morantuin, (Joshuatown) 8 June 1697. On this laud he probably settled. At the May session, in 1724, the General Court granted to him, in connection with William Pratt, who lived on the west side of Connecticut river, the right to keep a ferry, which is still known as Brockway's Ferry.^[2]

Name

William Brockway

Birth

25 Jul 1666 Lyme, New London, Connecticut^[3][4][5]

Death

22 Mar 1755 Lyme, New London, Connecticut^[6]

Marriage

8 Mar 1692 Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA^[7][8]

Husband: William Brockway

Wife: Elizabeth Gregory Wolterton

Children of William and Elizabeth

1. William Brockway b. at Lyme 26 Dec. 1693 m. (1)Prudence Pratt m. (2) Mrs. Susanna Tinker^[9]
2. John Brockway b. at Lyme 10 May 1697; m. (1) Elizabeth Banning m. (2) Sarah Scovil^[10]
3. Richard Brockway b. at Lyme 11 Sep. 1699 m. probably Deborah Reed m.(2 maybe) Bridget^[11]
4. Elizabeth Brockway b. at Lyme 2 March 1701/2^[12]
5. Ebenezer Brockway b. at Lyme 29 Oct 1704 m. Sarah Buckingham^[13]
6. Dorothy Brockway b. at Lyme was named in her father's will.^[14]

Sources

• FEBrockway Author: Francis Edwin Brockway. Title: The Brockway Family Some Records of Wolston Brockway and his Descendants. Date: January 1, 1890; Publisher: L.L. Brockway's Power Print. A Google E-Book: FEBrockway
• S-FDC BMD: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. FDC BMD
• S-FDC Birth: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. FDC Birth
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• S-Bar Birth: Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Bar Birth
• S-Bar Mar: Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. Bar Mar
• Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) Vol. 2, Page 571
• Bassett, Buell. One Bassett Family in America (F.A. Bassett Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1926) Page 132
• Harris, Gale Ion. William¹ and Mary Briggs of Boston and The Connecticut Valley, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 93.

Footnotes

1. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11682/142/143394514
2. ↑ #FEBrockway p.6,7
3. ↑ #S-Bar Birth
4. ↑ #S-FDC BMD
5. ↑ #S-FDC Birth
6. ↑ #S-FDC BMD
7. ↑ #S-Bar Mar
8. ↑ #S-FDC BMD
9. ↑ #FEBrockway p.9,10
10. ↑ #FEBrockway p.9,10
11. ↑ #FEBrockway p.9,10
12. ↑ #FEBrockway p.9,10
13. ↑ #FEBrockway p.9,10
14. ↑ #FEBrockway p.9,10