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1608 - Bef 1660 (~ 52 years)
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Name |
William CHITTENDEN [1, 2] |
- He came from East Gilford in county Sussex, adjoining Rye on the British Channel, near the border of Kent, or perphaps from Kent, with wife, Joan, dau. of Dr. Jacob Sheaffe of Cranbrook, Kent, and sister of Jacob Sheaffe, and the wife of Rev. Henry Whitfield; and in 1639, he and his brothers-in-law took up their residence at guilford. Was one of the founders of the church there, June, 1, 1639; Representative at 27 sessions between 1643 and 1661, (Savage, Gen Dic. of N.E., I, p 382.) and a magistrate unitl his death. He was one of the six persons selected to purchase the lands in Guilford from the Indians, also one of four who received "full power and authority to act, order and dispatch all matters respecting the publick weal and civile government of the plantation until a church is gathered amonge us." he was the principal military man in the plantation. He had been a soldier in the English army in the Netherlands in the Thirty Years' War and had reached the rank of Major. His home lot was on the south side of Broad Street at the turn west of the Green. [1]
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Maj. |
Baptism |
Mar 1594 [2] |
Christening |
17 Jul 1608 |
Hawkhurst, Kent, England [3] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Bef 24 Oct 1660 |
Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut [3] |
Death |
Feb 1661 [2] |
Person ID |
I11402 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
8 Jun 2021 |
Family |
Joanna SHEAFFE, b. Abt 1614 d. 16 Aug 1668, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut (Age 54 years) |
Marriage |
England [3] |
Children |
| 1. Joanna CHITTENDEN, c. 19 Oct 1634, Hawkhurst, Kent, England d. Aft 15 Feb 1688 (Age ~ 53 years) [Birth] |
+ | 2. Thomas CHITTENDEN, c. 20 Nov 1636, Hawkhurst, Kent, England d. Oct 1683, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut (Age ~ 46 years) [Birth] |
| 3. Elizabeth CHITTENDEN, b. 1638 d. 17 Feb 1675, Wethersfield, Connecticut (Age 37 years) [Birth] |
+ | 4. Nathaniel CHITTENDEN, b. 1640, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut d. Jun 1691 (Age 51 years) [Birth] |
+ | 5. John CHITTENDEN, b. 1642/3 d. Bef 14 Apr 1716 and 7 Oct 1717, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut (Age 73 years) [Birth] |
+ | 6. Mary CHITTENDEN, b. 1645 d. 9 Mar 1712, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut (Age 67 years) [Birth] |
| 7. Deborah CHITTENDEN, b. 15 Nov 1649, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut d. 16 Sep 1654, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut (Age 4 years) [Birth] |
| 8. Joseph CHITTENDEN, b. 14 Apr 1652, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut d. 22 Jun 1652, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut (Age 0 years) [Birth] |
| 9. Hannah CHITTENDEN, b. 14 Apr 1652, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut d. 13 Sep 1674, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut (Age 22 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F25315 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
8 Jun 2021 |
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Sources |
- [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.
- [S00059] Alvan Talcott, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" Vol. I, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;).
- [S02786] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2006, Vol. 160 July.
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