Daniel Cone (1694 - 1776)

Born 26 Dec 1694 in East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Barnes) Cone — married 25 Dec 1718 in Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Abigail (Griswold) Cone — married 7 May 1760 in East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 27 May 1776 at age 81 in Moodus, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

Daniel Cone was born on 26 Dec 1694 in East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, son of Deacon Daniel Cone (~1666 - 1725) and Mary (Gates) Cone (1674 - 1742).

His siblings were:

1. Sarah Hungerford (Cone) Gates (1697 - 1770)
2. Mehitable (Cone) Williams (1699 - 1742)
3. Mary (Cone) Fuller (1701 - 1739)
4. Dorothy (Cone) Gates (1704 - 1774)
5. Abigail (Cone) Rowley (1706 - 1735)
6. George Cone (1708 - 1793)
7. Deborah Cone (~1709 - )
8. Joseph Cone (~1711 - 1804)
9. Jared Cone (~1715 - 1781)

Daniel married Mary Barnes (1697 - ~1763) in 1718 in Haddam, Hartford. Their children were:

1. Jeremiah Cone (1720 - ~1721)
2. Capt. Jonah Cone (1721 - 1809)
3. Captain William Cone (1723 - 1793)
4. Eunice Cone (1727 - 1741)
5. Mary (Cone) Borden (1729 - 1818)
6. Lois Cone (1731 - )
7. Daniel Cone (~1733 - 1788)
8. Oliver Cone (1736 - 1755)
9. Statira Cone (1740 - 1749).

Daniel married Abigail Griswold (~1730 - ) on 7 May 1760 in East Haddam.

Daniel removed to the parish of Millington in East Haddam in 1732, becoming one of its earliest settlers. Was Lieutenant in the Militia, Justice of the Peace and held the office of Deacon in the Congregational Church for 30 years.

Daniel died on 27 May 1776 in Moodus, Middlesex, Connecticut aged 81. His sons Jonah and William were appointed administrators of his estate in his will, which was admitted to probate July 4, 1776.

Sources

• First Congregational Church of Haddam, The Two Hundredth Anniversary (Haddam, 1902) Page 256
• Find A Grave: Memorial #22691057
• Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 Publication: Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013. Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
• "Some Account of the Cone Family in America: Principally of the Descendants of Daniel Cone, Who Settled in Haddam, Connecticut in 1662", by William Whitney Cone, (Topeka, Kan., Crane and Company, 1903), p 14