Alexander Chalker (abt. 1625 - 1672)

Born about 1625 in England

Husband of Unknown (Unknown) Chalker — married about 1647 (to about 1648) in Guilford, Connecticut

Husband of Kateren (Post) Hill — married 27 Sep 1649 in Saybrook, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 25 May 1672 at about age 47 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

Alexander's parents; Laurance Chalker, 1605 - 1632, born in Cranbrook, Kent, England, and Ellen Frost born ab. 1605 - 1646, in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.

Alexander Chalker was an early settler of Guilford, CT and was made freeman on 22 May 1648.^[1]

He married his first wife, whose name is unknown, at Guilford, Connecticut about 1647. She died after giving birth to a son.

Son of Alexander Chalker and 1st wife:

1. Samuel Chalker^[1]

He married (2nd) at Guilford or Saybrook on September 29, 1649 to Kateren (Katherine) Post of Saybrook; daughter of Stephen and Eleanor (Panton) Post. He sold his lands in Guilford between 1652-55 and moved to Saybrook "where he became a prominent inhabitant."

Children of Alexander Chalker and wife Kateren (Post): ^[2]

1. Stephen, who was born September 8, 1650 and died 1711.
2. Mary who was born April 27, 1653; married Richard Cozens of Block Island on March 7, 1677.
3. Abram or Abraham was born October 19, 1655.
4. Kateren or Katherine was born November 8, 1657.
5. Sarah was born October 19, 1659.
6. Jane was born March 25, 1662.
7. Alexander was born February 25, 1666; and died May 25, 1727.

He died before 1673 as his widow Katherine married 23 Sep 1673 to John Hill of Guilford (as his 2nd wife).^[3][1]

Katherine died between January 9, 1693/4 and September 18, 1694.^[1]

Research Notes

• The names of Guilford settlers that came to New Haven in the second ship in July 1639 lists Alexander Chalker.^[4][5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT Vol. 68 (1993) pp 225 - 231"Alexander Chalker of Saybrook, Connecticut His Wives and Children" by Ingham, Norman W. subscribers$
2. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
3. ↑ Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 1, by Judith McGhan, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1983, p. 299.
4. ↑ Edward E. Atwater. "History of the Colony of New Haven, To It's Absorption into Connecticut."
5. ↑ Geni "Original Planters: Guilford, Connecticut, 1639" lists those who are believed to be on the second ship. Alexander Chalker on the list.link
6. ↑ The Connecticut Nutmegger. Glastonbury, CT: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1970-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Elaine F. Staplins "Saybrook Colony" Vol. 24 (1991) pp 442, 443.subscription needed

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)subscription site

• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Vol. 68, p.225 - 231.subscription site

See also:

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55.
• Carter, Steve. English Ancestry of Stephen¹ Post of Saybrook, Connecticut, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2006) Vol. 160, Page 33.