Jonathan Ince (abt. 1600 - abt. 1666)

Born about 1600 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1666 at about age 66 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Jonathan Ince migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 179) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Jonathan Ince - Founder

In 1637, as the colonies went to war against the Pequot Indians, Jonathan Ince, was among the Hartford settlers who were part of the Connecticut colony levis who fought in that war.^[1]

Jonathan was an early member of the church and an original proprietor at Hartford.^[2] He was granted a lot in 1639,^[2] #98 on the map, although the map calls him Jonas. Jonathan left Hartford, and his lot was forfeited and then granted to John Culick 28 July 1640.^[2]

The church records in Hartford recorded that Jonathan Ince died in 1666, but an official record or probate document has not been located, nor is it known where he died.^[3][2]

It is believed that Jonathan went to Boston. Savage says he removed there and died there, but does not give a date.^[4] We do know there was a younger Jonathan Ince at Harvard in 1652. The coincidence of this unusual name leads one to believe that these two men were probably father and son.

• Probable Child: Jonathan Ince went to Harvard, married Mary Miles, and went missing at sea in 1657.

When was Jonathan born? Jonathan was old enough to fight in the Pequot war 1637, so before 1619. He had a land grant in 1639, so before 1618. If the Jonathan of Harvard was his son, and that Jonathan was born circa 1630-35, based on his 1654 marriage and his presence at Harvard in 1650, so before 1610, but certainly could be 20 years prior to that say 1590.

Who was his wife? Unknown. There are few records for Jonathan and none for a wife.

Sources

1. ↑ "Dr. Thomas Starr, Surgeon in the Pequot War. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 89:175. 1915.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Barbour, Lucius Barnes, 1982, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland and Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut pp.335
3. ↑ Historical Catalogue of the First Church in Hartford. 1633-1885. Published by the Church, 1885 p. 12
4. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862.

Research Notes:

• Looked at: Walker, George Leon. History of the First church in Hartford, 1633-1883. Hartford, Conn. : Brown & Gross, 1884. The only reference was a list of original proprietors of Hartford on p. 420
• Searched at NEHGS July 2016, and have abstracted everything for the two Jonathans. No probate records found.
• There is no mention of Jonathan Ince in the Colonial Records of Connecticut