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Maj. William CHITTENDEN

Male 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]
    Prefix Maj. 
    Baptism Mar 1594  [2] 
    Christening 17 Jul 1608  Hawkhurst, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 24 Oct 1660  Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Joanna CHITTENDEN,   c. 19 Oct 1634, Hawkhurst, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 15 Feb 1688 (Age ~ 53 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Thomas CHITTENDEN,   c. 20 Nov 1636, Hawkhurst, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1683, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 46 years)  [Birth]
     3. Elizabeth CHITTENDEN,   b. 1638   d. 17 Feb 1675, Wethersfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Nathaniel CHITTENDEN,   b. 1640, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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 Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Birth]
    +6. Mary CHITTENDEN,   b. 1645   d. 9 Mar 1712, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Birth]
     7. Deborah CHITTENDEN,   b. 15 Nov 1649, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1654, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)  [Birth]
     8. Joseph CHITTENDEN,   b. 14 Apr 1652, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1652, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
     9. Hannah CHITTENDEN,   b. 14 Apr 1652, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1674, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F25315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 17 Jul 1608 - Hawkhurst, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Bef 24 Oct 1660 - Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - - England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.

    2. [S00059] Alvan Talcott, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" Vol. I, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;).

    3. [S02786] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2006, Vol. 160 July.


  

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