Joseph BINGHAM

1688 - 1765  (77 years)

• Name	Joseph BINGHAM  [1, 2]
  	"The Bingham Family": He took care of his father and mother in their old age, succeeding to the ownership of the homestead, which at his death went to his son Elijah, who sold it off and went to new Hampshire in 1773-4. The Homestead was soon in the hands of strangers and has remained so ever since. Aug. 20, 1740, Joseph Bingham was one of a committee of three to receive from the Colony of Connecticut, funds allotted to Windham as damages for taking away Rev. Mr. Clap to be President of Yale College. He was a deacon and a quiet, pious man. the inscription on his tombstone is "Here lies the body of the dearly beloved & godly man, Joseph Bingham, who fell asleep in Jesus 4 Sep., 1765 in the 78th year of his age." [1]
  Birth	15 Jan 1688	Norwich, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Sep 1765  [1, 2]
  Burial	Windham, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I69917	Main Tree
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Deacon Thomas BINGHAM,   c. 5 Jun 1642, Sheffield, England d. 16 Jan 1729/30, Windham, Connecticut (Age ~ 87 years)
  Mother	Mary RUDD,   b. 1649   d. 4 or 5 Aug 1726 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1666  [1]
  Family ID	F28506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Abigail SCOTT,   b. Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts d. 30 Mar 1741
  Marriage	14 Dec 1710  [1]
  Children	1. Lydia BINGHAM,   b. 9 Feb 1711/12, Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut  [Birth]
  Family ID	F28503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Rachel WALCOTT
  Marriage	30 Nov 1742  [2]
  Family ID	F28259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Jan 1688 - Norwich, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5171] Theodore A. Bingham, M.A. - Brig. General, U.S. Army, "The Bingham Family in the United States Especially of the Sate of Connecticut", (Bingham Association, Easton Pa.). [S5011] Rev. E.B. Huntington, A.M., "A Genealogical Memoir of the Huntington Family in This Country: Embracing all the known Descendants of Simon and Margaret Huntington", (Stamford, Conn,; By the Author - 1863).