Henry WAKELEE

Male 1620 - 1690  (69 years)


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  • Name Henry WAKELEE  [1
    Birth 1620  Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death Between 11 Jul 1689 and 08 Nov 1690  [3
    Notes 
    • "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield":
      Wakelee, heny (s. of James ?). Colonial grant of 50 acres, May 1669, doubtless for service in Pequot War (1637). Granted 200 acres, May 1681, for service to the Colony in or about Mattebeseck (Waterbury) (not laid out until 1726, and then assigned by James, son of Henry, to Benjamin Fairweather of Stratfield).
      Res. Hartford, but removed early to Stratford. Hs wervice at Mattebeseck prob. reers to a punitive expedition of 100 men sent out in Aug. 1639, as a sequel to the Pequot War.
      Married 4 Sept. 1649, Sarah, widow of Judah Gregory, and dau. of Henry Burt of Springfield. He was granted admn, 15 May 1650, on the "Estate of his wive's other husband."
      Will 11 July 1689, codicil 5 Apr. 1690, exhibited 8 Nov. 1690; wife Sarah; sons Delivernce, James, Jacob; daus. Patience and Abigail (single); to Thomas Lattin, five sheep; to Elizabeth Squire, a cow; to dau. Mary Stevens, a cow; to "Henry Sumers yt Lives with me besides what I have Given: A Cow." Witnessess: Zechariah Fairchild, Samuel Preston.
    Person ID I58859  Main Tree

    Family Sarah BURT,   b. 14 Jan 1620/21, Harberton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1696, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 04 Sep 1649  [1
    Children 
     1. Patience WAKELEE  [Natural]
     2. Jacob WAKELEE   d. Between 30 Dec 1726 and 24 Feb 1727  [Natural]
     3. Mercy WAKELEE
     4. Abigail WAKELEE,   b. Abt 1665, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1753 (Age 88 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F22903  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).

    2. [S04204] Ancestry.com: Family Trees - Davis Family Tree by johnfdavis44.

    3. [S02419] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;), 76-3279.