Rachel PORTER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Dau. of Deacon Thomas Porter and Sarah Hart

Rachel married Deacon Samuel COWLES on 17 Nov 1685. Samuel (son of Samuel COWLES and Abigail STANLEY) was born on 17 Mar 1661 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 14 Oct 1748 in Kensington, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Capt Samuel COWLES was born on 6 May 1692 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 9 Jul 1777.
2. Esther/Hester COWLES was born on 18 May 1697 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 22 Jul 1776.

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He settled in Hartford but early removed to Farmington and with his wife joined the Church there, July 19, 1653. Their names stand sixth in the list of members in full communion, which was dated March 1, 1679/80, and which seems to be graded according to rank or dignity, His was a family of Deacons. A Deacon himself, he married a Deacon's daughter; his two sons, Thomas and Samuel were both Deacons. Thomas left but one son, Deacon Timothy, who married Susannah, daughter of Deacon Thomas Bull. Deacon Samuel left two sons, both of whom were Deacons; Deacon Samuel in Farmington and Deacon Joseph in Kensington.

He lived on the lot adjacent to the Deacon Hart, his father-in-law, and which remained in the family and was occupied in 1844 by Timothy Porter, his descendant.

Thomas married Sarah HART on 20 Nov 1644 in Hartford, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Deacon Stephen HART and ? UNKNOWN) was born in England; died after 1697. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]