John Welton (1633 - 1726)

Born 25 Dec 1633 in Metfield, Suffolk, England

Husband of Mary (Upson) Welton — married 1667 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1726 at age 92 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut

Biography

John WELTON was born in Somerset England on December 25, 1633^[1].

He married Mary Upson in 1667 in Connecticut and they had six children. As an original landowner of Waterbury, Connecticut, John became one of 34 proprietors of the new plantation and later became the town constable in 1708. ^[2].

He died^{[3][4] [5]} 18 Jun 1726 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, and was also buried there in Riverside Cemetery.

John Welton.^[6]

"The family tradition is that he was originally from Saybrook. He was an early, but not a first settler of Farmington. He was one of the eighty-four proprietors of that town in 1672, and a signer of the articles in 1674. He had fence in all the allotments except the first, and was probably in Mattatuck as early as 1679. I do not learn that he was backward in complying with the conditions to which he had subscribed. Though not perhaps a leading man, he may have been a valuable one notwithstanding. At any rate, he did not run away when he found that difficulty and danger were to be encountered. He was one of the twenty-five that pledged themselves to pay Mr. Peck's salary. At one time (in 1691) he got upon the road of military distinction, but some how ended where he began, with the rank of corporal. He was select man in 1708, and town constable for eight years between 1698 and 1714.

John Welton lived on the south side of "West Main street, near where Mrs. Giles Ives' house stands. His house lot contained two acres, and was bounded, in 1687, east on Thomas Judd, Jr., west on Abraham Andruss, Sen.,* north and south on highway. In his old age, by deed dated March 2, 1726, he conveyed to his eldest son John and to John's youngest son Oliver, (the latter to be " the proper heir," at the decease of his father,) his house and home lot, and his " three acer lot lying within the meadow fence," (next east of the old burying yard,) and another lot over the river, on condition that he the said John should take care of the father (then living with the son) and provide for him during his natural life.

• A record, made in June, 1703, when there had been changes of ownership, bounds the lot east on Robert Scott, and west on Thomas Judd, Jr.

John Welton's wife's name was Mary. They had six children before they left Farmington ; or at any rate, the first one born in Waterbury is called the seventh. He died June 18, 1726, and his wife, Mary, Oct. 18, 1716. His son George was administrator.—Estate £136, 14s.

Children :—(I am unable to find but five of the six born before the father came to Waterbury.)

1. Abigail; m. about 1691, Cornelius Bronson of Woodbury. She was living a widow in 1742.

2. Mary; m. Aug. 17, 1692, John Richards.

3. Elizabeth ; m. Thomas Griffin, and d. about the time of her father.

4. John; m. "March 13, 1706," Sarah, d. of Ezekiel Buck, Jr. of Wethersfield, and d. April 3, 1738. His widow d. Sept. 5, 1751. He had a grant of a house lot from the proprietors as early as Jan. 1692-3, he to build and remain six years in the town. He had probably then just completed his twenty-first year. Afterwards, (in 1707-8,) he was made a £40 proprietor. He was a weaver by trade ; surveyor in 1709 ; grave digger in 1726, 1727 and 1729, and wrote by proxy. He lived with his father, and probably improved the homestead after the death of the latter.

5. Stephen ; m. March 4, 1701-2, Mary, d. of Joseph Gaylord, and Jan. 28, 1712-13, Joanna Wctmorc of Simabury. He died March 13, 1713. He was admitted a bachelor proprietor in due course, (March 26, 1699 ;) was chimney viewer in 1700, and collector of town and ministerial rates several times. His trade was that of a weaver. In Sept. 1701, he bought of Ephraim Warner a house and lot on the corner of Grove and Willow streets, (marked Francis H. Pratt.) Afterwards, he resided on the corner of East and North Main streets, in a house he bought Feb. 2, 1703-4, of his father Gaylord.

7. Richard; b. "March, 1680," (reputed the first male child of European parents born in Waterbury,) and d. in 1755. His wife was Mary, d. of Stephen Upson. He received bachelor accommodations in May, 1699 ; was (apparently) a builder by trade, a townsman in 1723, and a sergeant of militia. He first bought the house and a lot of three acres on the corner of Grove and Willow streets of his brother Stephen, for which he gave " a horse and a young stear and a parcel of timber," the date of the purchase being Aug. 1, 1703. He afterwards, in 1711, " in consideration of a two year old heffer " conveyed the land (nothing is said of a house) to John Scovill. Before this, or in 1708, he bought the house of Joseph Gaylord, Jr., on Buckshill, to which place he removed.

8. Hannah ; b. April 1, 1683, and m. Thomas Squire, Jr. She was living in 1742.

9. Thomas; b. Feb. 4, 1684-5 ; m. March 9, 1714, Hannah, d. of Josiah Alford, and d. April 19, 1717. He had two sons, both of whom d. young, and his estate was distributed in 1730 to his brothers and sisters. He received a bachelor lot in 1705-4,.

10. George ; b. Feb. 3, 1686-7, m. Elizabeth , and d. Jan. 1, 1773.—Estate £31 1, 5s. When he was sixteen years of age, his father bound him, for two years, to his brother Stephen to learn the weaver's trade. When the two years were completed, Stephen was to give him " a loom and all things or geers suitable for working one sort of plain worck." George was the fifth of his father's sons who received bachelor privileges, he being accepted Jan. 1705-6. When his right was secured, he removed to Stratford, where he was residing in 1715. He returned to Waterbury before Dec. 1721, and afterwards lived near Scott's Mountain, (northeastern part of Watertown.)

11. Else; b. Aug. 1090; m. Griffin and lived in Simsbury in 1733

Name

John Welton^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

Birth

1646 Somerset, England^[9][10]

Marriage

1667 CT^[9][10]

Death

18 Jun 1726 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States^[8][9][11]

Notes

• John Welton the landowner
• History of Waterbury
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• Notes
• John Welton
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• Immigration Notes
• John Welton - Brenda's Notes

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLF-MYBG : accessed 13 February 2016), John Welton, 1726; Burial, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Riverside Cemetery; citing record ID 98188979, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
2. ↑ The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America page 561
3. ↑ Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 50 - Waterbury, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, p. 395.
4. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 2, p 407.
5. ↑ Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Ap150.
6. ↑ Henry Bronson, "The History of Waterbury, Connecticut", Bronson Brothers, Waterbury (1858), pages 200-202.
7. ↑ Sons of the American Revolution
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Barbour Collection
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Edmund West
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Yates
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Edmund West

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Birth: 1645 CT. Marriage: 1667

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Birth: 1647 EN. Marriage: 1667 Sh

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Birth: 1647 EN. Marriage: 1667 Sh

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Birth: 1652 Farmington, CT.

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Birth: 1652 Farmington, Hartford, CT

Death: 18 October 1716 Waterbury, New Haven, CT

Marriage: 1667 CT

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Death: 1724 Waterbury, CT, USA

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Death: 18 Jun 1726 Waterbury

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Residence: United States