Joanna
Porter
Born about in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Porter
and Mary (Scott) Porter
Sister of
Mary (Porter) Hubbard, John Porter, Thomas Porter, Robert Porter, Sarah (Porter) Andrus [half], Elizabeth (Porter) Andrews, Sarah (Porter) Benedict, Benjamin Porter, Hannah (Porter) Browne and Hepzibah Porter
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Joanna was born about 1655. She is the daughter of Robert Porter and Mary Scott.
Sources
Anderson, Joseph. The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five (The Price & Lee company, New Haven, 1895), Vol. 1, Appendix, Page 165.
Robert Porter m. 1644, Mary Scott, dau. of Thomas of Hartford:
1. Mary, b. Feb 24, 1646; m. Benj. Andrus.
2. John, b. Nov 12, 1648; d. before 1686.
3. Thomas, b. Oct 29, 1650; m. May 1678, Abigail Cowles, and d. 1719.
4. Robert, b. Nov 12, 1652; d. 1689.
5. Elizabeth, b. Jan 11, 1653-4; m. Thomas Andrews, s. of Francis of Hartford. He lived in Milford, 1675-1700.
6. Joanna, bapt Jan 6, 1655-6.
7. Sarah, b. Dec 20, 1657; m. Abr. Andrus.
8. Benjamin, b. Mch 18, 1659-60; d. 1689.
9. Hannah, b. Apr 1664; m. John Browne.
10. Hepzibah, b. Mch 4, 1666.
Robert mar. after 1675, Hannah, wid. of Stephen Freeman of Newark.
Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862), Vol. 3, Page 462. [ROBERT PORTER, Farmington, one of the first sett. m. 1644, Mary, d. of Thomas Scott of Hartford, had Mary, b. 24 Feb. 1646; John, 12 Nov. 1648; Thomas, 29 Oct 1650; Robert, 12 Nov. 1652, d. young; Eliz. 11 Jan 1654; Joanna, bapt. 6 Jan. 1656; Sarah, 20 Dec. 1657; Benjamin, 18 Mar. 1660; Ann [also seen as Hannah], Apr. 1664; and Hepzibah, b. 4, bapt. 11 Mar. 1666. He took sec. w. Hannah Freeman, a wid. and d. 1689, for inv. was giv, 18 Sept. of that yr. Sarah m. Abraham Andrews of the same; and his br. Thomas m. ano. d. Eliz.]
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