Joseph Crampton (abt. 1686 - abt. 1720)

Ancestors

Husband of Patience (Canfield) Wood — married 29 Dec 1714 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about 1720 at about age 34 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Joseph Crampton was born in 1686. His parents were John Crampton and Sarah Rockwell.

He married Patience Canfield on 29 Dec 1714 in Norwalk, Connecticut Colony.^[1]

Together they had 3 girls:

1. Mary Crampton^[2]
2. Sarah Crampton, b. 1717^[3]
3. un-named son Crapton, b. 11 Aug 1718, d. 12 Aug 1718^[4]
4. Abigail Crampton^[5]

He died around September of 1720.

Inventory was done on 8 September 1720.^[6][7]

On 13 Dec 1720,^[7] it was decided that the widow was allowed to bring up the children until they were 7 years old.

On 17 Mar 1720/21,^[7][8] the widow has remarried to Isaac Wood, who is appointed guardian of the three daughters.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP79-VW1J : 21 September 2019), Joseph Crampton in entry for Patience Camfield, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272225.
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WZ-PHJ : 7 January 2020), Joseph Crampton in entry for Mary Crampton, 1715.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WZ-PZS : 7 January 2020), Joseph Crampton in entry for Sarah Crampton, 1717.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74N-XRM : 7 January 2020), Joseph Crampton in entry for Crampton, 1718.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WZ-PHP : 7 January 2020), Joseph Crampton in entry for Abigail Crampton, 1719.
6. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TKY9 : 14 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 79, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1721-1750, Page 94.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007628156_00959?pId=242996). Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line], Hartford, Probate Packets, Coley, H-Curtiss, B, 1648-1880, Images 959-964. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. (Free Ancestry.com image: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26258611?h=e3d352&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url)
8. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TKT2 : 16 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 86, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1721-1750, Page 104.

• The American Genealogist, vol. 73 no. 2 (April 1998):146-155. Sorting Out Some Boutons: A New Look at the Family of John ⁴ Bouton and Mercy (Hickock Bouton of New Canaan, Connecticut, (part 2, cont from p. 43), by Gary A. Boughton and Frederick C. Hart. AmericanAncestor.org LINK (paid)

• Connecticut Nutmegger, vol. 37 (March 2005):542-564. Joseph Crampton, Proprietor of Ridgefield, his (probable) parents John Crampton and Sarah (Rockwell) Crampton, his wife, Patience (Canfield) Crampton) Wood and the families of their daughters (Bouton Webster), by Robert W. Hull. AmericanAncestors.org LINK (paid)