Jonathan Center (1685 - abt. 1742)

Born 8 Feb 1685 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Markham) Center II — married 26 Apr 1706 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about 1742 at about age 56 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Jonathan was born 8 Feb 1685 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He married Martha (Markham) Center on 26 Apr 1706 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut.^[1][2] Jonathan passed away in 1742.

Research Notes

• IGNORE Find A grave memorial 51148573 . The information is incorrect except for his sibling, Mehitable Center Bailey. The inclusion of the grave memorial is causing a suggestion to appear as there are differences between the memorial and his Wikitree profile. The link is disabled to avoid further sugestions.

• Parentage: The birth source cited above lists the parents of Jonathan (birth date 8 Feb 1685 in Boston) as John and Mary Center. The profile for Jonathan at FamilySource lists John Center III (1660-1706) and Ruth Todd (1657-1716) as the parents^[3] However, there is a source that states Ruth Todd and Ensign John Senter were the parents of John Center, born 8 Aug 1682.^[4] However, given the information below, this may not be reliable.

• "Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts" states "John Center (Senter) was from Boston and by his wife Mary had John (8 Aug 1682); Jonathan (8 Feb 1685) and by wife Ruth had Eleanor (6 Jul 1687), Ruth (bp 15 May 1692), Sarah (20 Jul 1695) and Jeremiah (20 Jan1697).^[5]

• It seems that the first John passed away before Jonathan was born in 1685 and Jonathan (for lack of any other sources) is the son of Mary (Unknown) Center.

• There is no death source for Jonathan. The date is from his FamilySearch Profile and is it thought he passed away in Middletown.

• The rest of the information for Jonathan appears to be well sourced. He married Martha Markham and they had eleven children.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-ZWG : 11 June 2020), Jonathan Center, 1706.
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26074573?h=2d1089
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/KNX1-KRZ
4. ↑ https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Center_%283%29
5. ↑ George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 64. Also available at: [1] - https://archive.org/details/earlysettlersofr00blod_1/page/64
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GZV8-7G5

• George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 64. Also available at: [2] - https://archive.org/details/earlysettlersofr00blod_1/page/64

• A catalogue of the names of the early Puritan settlers of the colony of Connecticut, with the time of their arrival in the country and colony, their standing in society, place of residence, condition in life, where from, business, &c., as far as is found on record [Reprint] Volume: 1 (1852) Hinman, R. R. (Royal Ralph), 1785-1868 - https://books.google.co.za/books?id=KTkBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA513&dq=Markham+Wethersfield&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Markham%20Wethersfield&f=false
• [3]
• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) - Hannah Carter - listing John and Hannah Center as parents - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1034&h=166296&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=3032

• http://trees.wmgs.org/familygroup.php?familyID=F36101&tree=Schirado
• http://www.geni.com/people/Johnathan-Center/6000000011324811324
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) - Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 22 Dec 1919, 7818 - \

• "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73P-T87 : 11 June 2020), Jonathan Center in entry for Elizabeth Center, 1708.