Mary LEETE

Mary married James HOOKER on 1 Aug 1691. James (son of Rev Samuel HOOKER and Mary WILLETT) was born on 27 Oct 1666 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 12 Mar 1740/1 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary HOOKER was born on 5 Nov 1693 in Connecticut; died on 6 Sep 1756.

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He was a Deputy from Guilford to the General Court nearly every year while his father was Governor of the Colony.

William married Mary FENN on 11 Jan 1671. Mary (daughter of Benjamin FENN and Sarah BALDWIN) was christened in 1647; died on 20 Jun 1701 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Hon. Benjamin Fenn and Sarah Baldwin of Milford, Conn.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of John Leete of Dodington, England

William married Anna PAYNE on 1 Aug 1636 in Hail-Weston, England. Anna was born in England; died on 1 Sep 1668. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Rev. John Payne of Southhoe, England

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Will dated Sep 14 1672, Inventory Nov. 13 1672, he died between those dates.

He came from the Parish of Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England, arriving probably in 1630 (Savage surmises in the "Mary and John"); was a proprietor at Dorchester, Mass., 1638; removed to Milford, Conn., was one of the original settlers there in 1639, but soon went to New Haven, thence returning to Milford. He became one of the most important men of the colony. He was Deputy from Milford to the General Assembly of the New Haven colony, 1653 and 1654; Magistrate for Milford, 9 years from 1654 to 2663; Assistant, 1665-1672; Commissioner of United Colonies of New England for the New Haven Colony with Gov. Leete, in 1661/2 and 3.

he left a large property both in this country and England, valued at 600 pounds rents. (Savage) The English estate was left to his son Samuel. This consisted of lands within the parishes of Cheddington, Marsworth, Irvinghoe and Wing in Buckinghamshire, which fell to him by the will of Agnes Sears of that Parish and Shire. He also left Samuel his lands and residence in Milford. To James, he left his house and lands in New Haven, and the land which had been given to him by the Legislature. Hinman is probably wrong in saying that he was dismissed from the church at Milford to Boston Church, February, 1669, for in the records of New Haven Colony, he is uniformly spiken of as from Milford, and in his will, he is also called of Milford.

Benjamin married Sarah BALDWIN in 1638. Sarah (daughter of Sylvester BALDWIN and Sarah BRYAN) was born on 22 Apr 1621 in England; died on 29 Apr 1663. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Anna SHUTE. Anna was born in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Robert Shute, a Justice on the King's Bench

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Sylvester Baldwin and Jane Wells or Willis
• Death: 21 Jul 1638, on the ship "Martin"

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He was well off and left a liberal provision for his wife and children, all of whom were with him except Richard, "on the maine ocean, bound for new England." He devised by his muncupative will, certain estates in England to his wife, Sarah. One of these estates she subsequently conveyed by deed to Edward Baldwin of Guilford, co. Surrey, England, describing it as having been "indentured" to Richard Baldwin of St. Leonard's in the parish of Aston Clinton, for 1000 years, and by the said Richard bequeathed to Sylvester and by him to her. The latest date at which he appears in England is November 29, 1636, when he proved his uncle Richard's will, and he was then described as of Aston Clinton. That appears to have been his only residence, as his children were baptized and those who died, buried there. He received a substantial estate from his uncle Richard, whose will is printed in full in the New England Rec., 38, p. 167. Savage makes him son of this uncle and the father of John Baldwin of Milford, 1639. "Among the first settlers at Milford, Connecticut were Timothy, Joseph, John and Richard Baldwin, all of whom were at that time or soon after, heads of families. According to the Milford records, nathaniel and Timothy were brothers, and it is known that Richard had only one brother, John, who at the time of settlement was about six years of age. Richard and the younger John, were sons of Sylvester Baldwin, who died on the ocean in 1638, and were born in the parish of Aston Clinton, in the county Bucks, England. As the Milford settlers came over with the New Haven Company, it is a reasonable supposition that the Baldwins among them were nearly connected and were from London and its vicinity; the counties of Buck and Surrey."

Sylvester married Sarah BRYAN on early in 1620 in England. Sarah was born in England; died in Nov 1699 in Milford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]