John Catlin (abt. 1617 - abt. 1644)

Born about 1617 in England

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Died about 1644 at about age 27 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

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This profile is part of the Catlin Name Study.

^[1] "It will be recollected, that the town of Hadley, in Massachusetts, was settled from the Connecticut Colony, and entered into an agreement, signed by each emigrant, in 1659, as follows, viz. "At a meeting at Goodman Ward's house, in Hartford, April 18, 1659. The Company here met engaged themselves under their own hands, or by their deputies, (whom they had chosen,) to remove themselves and their families out of the jurisdiction of Connecticut, into the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts, as may appear in a paper dated the day and year above said. The names of the engagers are these: John Webster, (Govr.) William Goodwin, (Elder.) ... Nathaniel Ward, ......John Catlin, (did not go.)..." [NOT SURE IF THIS IS FATHER OR SON] Pages 476 & 477

First settlers of Newark, New Jersey, from Connecticut. May 11, 1665, the union of the Connecticut and New Haven Colonies was effected, to which Rev. Ab'm Pierson and others of Branford, Guilford, New Haven, and Milford, were so violently opposed, that they determined to remove, and in 1665, agents were sent from these towns to examine the country on the Passaic River, in New Jersey, and make purchases of the Indians, and other arrangements necessary for a removal. The Committee were Capt. Robert Treat, John Curtis, Jasper Crane, and John Treat. They purchased the land comprising the ancient town of Newark, N. J. The price paid was œ130, New England currency, twelve Indian blankets, and twelve guns. Preparatory to a removal, the emigrants from Guilford, Branford and Milford, met and adopted the following 'PLANTATION COV??ANT.' of the Conn. and New Haven Colonies, removed to Newark, N. J., with his family, where the name is now numerous, particularly in Newark and Orange. His son Samuel remained at Norwalk, as appears by a deed to him by his father Matthew, when Matthew describes himself late of Norwake, now resident of Newarke, in the Colony of New Jersey, dated April 1, 1669. Hon. Matthew was an early magistrate in Newark. Deuteronomy, i: 13. Exodus, xviii: 21. Deut., xvii: 15. Jeremiah, xxvi: 21.

“1. None shall be admitted freemen or free burgesses within our town upon Passaic River, in the Province of New Jersey, but such planters as are members of some or other of the Congregational Churches; nor shall any but such be chosen to magistracy, or to carry on any part of civil judicature, or as deputies or assistants to have power to vote in establishing laws, and making and repealing them, or to any chief civil trust or office. Nor shall any but such church members have any vote in any such elections, though all others admitted to be planters have right to their proper inheritances, and do and shall enjoy all other civil liberties and privileges, according to all laws, orders, grants, which are or hereafter shall be made for this town. 2. We shall with care and diligence provide for the maintainance of the purity of religion professed in the Congregational Churches. Whereunto subscribed from time to time, until the removal, which happened June 24, 1667, the following persons: Abraham Pierson, Branford. ... John Ward, " John Catlin...” Note John Ward is listed above John Catlin. Could this be the father of his wife? A brother? [NOT SURE IF THIS IS FATHER OR SON]

Page 510 CATTELL, CATTEILL, JOHN, of Wethersfield, was a juror at Hartford, in 1644. This fact proves his respectability and character in Wethersfield. The goods of John Catteel were appraised July 17, 1644. He had a home lot and barn, œ12 and six acres in Mile Meadow, and three acres in Great Meadow, and garden, œ12, 12s. in Wethersfield, all presented to the court by the relict and Wm. Gibbons, adm'rs, total œ69; widow's name not given; no family or distribution found, except his relict. I conjecture he might have left an infant son, John, who was afterward the John Catlin who was m. at Wethersfield, and removed to Branford and Newark, in 1667, and changed his name to Catlin, (see JOHN CATLIN,) as the changing of names at that time was not uncommon, as Burnap changed to Burnet, Boreman to Boardman, Lankton to Langdon and Landon, &c.

"John Catlin and John Ward, turner, administrators of the estate of the late Deacon Lawrence Ward, convey to Abraham Pierson, Jr., Clericus, with consent of Elizabeth Ward, relict of Deacon L. Ward, the dwelling house, well, yard, barn, garden and orchard with one acre and three rods of land, contained by and adjacent to the same according to a bill of sale bearing date of February 1, 1672, as also one great wainscott chair, two hogsheads, one kneading trough and two joint stools, formerly belonging to the said Lawrence Ward.” ^[2]

Research Notes

Isabella married 1 John Catlin. Married 2 James Northam. Married 3 Joseph Baldwin. Children with John Catlin: John (1643), Joseph (1643), Jonathan (1645), Elizabeth (1647).

It seems the first place John Catlin went from England was Barbados.

It's hard to tell who is who in baptism records: there were quite a lot of John Catlins born at about the right time in England. According to several genealogists, John's parents were John Catlin as found at [1] and Marianne Costa as found at [2]. The Catlins of Barbados are probably his siblings and cousins - they may show whether this connection is correct or not.

Sources

1. ↑ Hinman, Royal R. Conneticut Puritan Settlers. Press of Case, Tiffany and Company. Hartford. 1852. Page 97
2. ↑ Narratives of Newark in New Jersey, 1666-1916 These narratives were revised from a series of articles originally appearing in the Newark Evening News, written by David Lawrence Pierson, Historian General, Sons of the American Revolution, in the winter of 1915-1916 in anticipation of the 250th Anniversary Celebration of Newark, New Jersey. Page 42

• Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904) Vol. 1, Page 4.
• The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford, Brown & Parsons, 1850) Vol. 1, Page 110 & Page 457. This is the source of the information referenced by Manwaring.
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004) Birth: 1617 England. Marriage: 1641 CT.