William Porter (1654 - abt. 1714)

Born 20 Oct 1654 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 1 Jan 1714 at about age 59 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

William married Sarah Church in 3 December 1697 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^[1]

William's will was dated 1 January 1713. The final distribution report was dated 6 February 1722.^[2]

William PORTER, Haddam. Invt. £138-02-08. Taken 1 Jan 1713-14, by Elijah BRAYNARD & Hezekiah BRAYNARD.

Court Record, Page 200 -- 7 Jun 1714: Adms. granted unto Sarah PORTER, widow. William PORTER, 14 years of age, chose his mother, Sarah PORTER to be his guardian. Recog., £100.

Page 254 -- 12 May 1715: Sarah PORTER of Haddam, 14 years of age, chose Hezekiah BRAINARD of Haddam to be her guardian.

Page 256 -- 7 Jun 1715: Sarah PORTER, Adms., exhibits now an account of her Adms. Also she prayes this Court for an allowance of 40 shillings for Adms. and £10 for subsisting the youngest child, Abiall PORTER, daughter of the sd. deceased, the same being a year & 4 months old, which was allowed out of the estate before the dist. Order to dist. the estate:

To the widow, Sarah Porter, £31-00-00 To William, eldest son, £41-09-04 To Amos, Sarah, Mary, Martha & Abial PORTER, to each, £20-14-08 And appint Simon SMITH, Elijah BRAINARD & Hezekiah BRAINARD, distributors.

Page 119 (Vol. IX) -- 9 Feb 1719-20: This Court appoint Joseph ARNOLD of Haddam to be guardian to Amos PORTER, age 15 years, and Mary PORTER, age 13 years. Recog., £100.

Page 143 -- 6 Dec 1720: This Court appoint Elijah BRAINARD of Haddam to be guardian unto Martha & Abial PORTER, minor children of William PORTER, decd. Recog., £100.

Dist. File: 15 Mar 1719-20: To the widow Sarah PORTER, now Sarah VENTRUS, to Abial, to William, to Amos, to Mary, to Martha, to Sarah PORTER. By Simon SMITH, Elijah BRAINARD & Hezekiah BRAINARD.

Page 162 -- 6 Feb 1721-2: Report of the distributors.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
   Citing FHL microfilm: 363889;
   FamilySearch (accessed 12 March 2022)
   William Porter marriage to Sarah Church in 3 Dec 1697 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
2. ↑ Probate: "Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1700-1729"
   Ancestry Record 4355 #431 (accessed 12 March 2022)
   William Porter probate. Page: Invt. 40 (Vol. IX)

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MZMX-9BS : accessed 2016-03-08), entry for William PORTER.