Ebenezer SILLIMAN

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• Birth: Abt 1684

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Deputy for Fairfield, Oct. 1730, May 1731, May and Oct. 1732, Feb. 1732/3, May 1734, Oct. 1735, May 1736 to Oct. 1738 inclusive (Speaker), May 1739; Assistant, 1739-66; Deputy, Oct. 1766, Jan. and May 1767, May and Oct. 1768, Jan. and May 1769, May and Oct. 1770, May 1771, May and Oct. 1772, May 1773 to May 1774 inclusive (Speaker). Justice 1734-39; Judge of Superior Court, 1743-66; Judge of Fairfield Probate Court, 1745-4, 68-75; Justice, 1767-75. Major, 4th Regt., Oct.1750; Commissary, Oct. 1744, may 1745; Committee of War, May 1744, Jan. 1755, Mar. 1756; assisted in revising laws, May 1749; Commissioner on N.Y. Boundary, 1755.

Ebenezer married Abigail SELLECK on 8 Oct 1728. Abigail (daughter of Capt Jonathan SELLECK, Jr. and Abigail GOLD) was born on 15 Feb 1706/7; died on 16 Mar 1772 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gen. Gold Selleck SILLIMAN was born on 7 May 1732 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; was christened on 14 May 1732 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died on 21 Jul 1790 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
2. Hezekiah SILLIMAN was born on 11 Mar 1738/9 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in 1804 in Huntington, Connecticut.

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• Fact: Son of Daniel Silliman and Peacable Eggleston
• Will: 26 Jul 1746
• Will Proved: 10 Aug 1748

Robert married Sarah HULL. Sarah (daughter of Cornelius HULL and Rebecca JONES) was born in abt. 1658 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1752 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": This surname was originally Sillivant, and traditionally Dutch. The first of the name in Connecticut was a Daniel Sillivant who m. (1) before 1652, Abigail Cole, dau. of James of Hartford. She soon died, and he m. (2) at new Haven, 17 Oct. 1654, Elizabeth Lamberton, da. of Capt. George. He d. in Virginia leaving a will proved June 1655, giving property to widow. She, in Oct. 1655, conveyed to john Cole the house and land given to her husband and his former wife Abigail by the latter's father in his will. She m. (2) 9 Mar. 1656/7, William Trowbridge of New Haven. It may be queried whether pershaps this Daniel had been married previously in Virginia, where early in the next century a Silliman family was located.
Daniel of Fairfield, perhaps related to the earliest Daniel, m. (by marriage contract July 1661) Peaceable, widow of John Eggleden.
Reocrd 4 Mar 1663/4: Daniel Silliman had m. the widow of John Eggleden; her son was apprenticed to Joseph Middlebrook.
Married (2) Hannica (also called hannah), widow of Henry Hendricks.
Inv. of Daniel, Sr., 2 Jan. 1690/1; widow Hannica (marriage contract referred to); adm'n granted to daniel and Robert. Heirs named: Daniel, Thomas, Robert.
Daniel Silliman was involved in the Benfield case, 1666, and the testimony contains considerable information about him. Gold wrote of him that he had small property, did little labor, and traded with the Indians. George Squire, Jr., testified that, it having been reported that a fleet of Dutch and french was coming to New England, Silliman said he "hoped he should get his foot aboard a man of warre once more." This indicates that he served in the navy in his youth. Prob. he was a man of adventurous spirit, and a shrewd trader; but the ability that soon characterized the Silliman lune seems to have derived largely from the excellent intermarriages with families of mental distinction, notably the Hull and Selleck alliances.

Daniel married Abigail COLEY before 1652. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"The Hull Family in America":....was married Nov. 19, 1653, to Rebecca Jones, 16--1696, daughter of Rev, John Jones and his wife Sarah.

Mr. Jone was born in Wales and ordained in England. He came to America on the ship "Defence" in 1635, and on April 6, 1637, was reordained and made pastor of the church at Concord, Mass. In September, 1644, he migrated with a considerable number of his Concord parishioners to Fairfield, Conn., and became the first pastor of the church at that place. When, in 1653, Cornelius Hull was married to the daughter of pastor Jones the town authorities of Fairfield immediately granted him a three acre town lot, to which his father added an adjoining or near by tract, containing 40 acres. Like his honored father he was a surveyor as well as husbandman, and early in his married life began adding to his landed estate, and was soon recognized as a man of substance and a prominent citizen. He was chosen deputy to the General Court in 1656, 1660, 1662 and 1667. In 1661 he was appointed Lieutenant for Fairfield County, and in 1675 was made Lieutenant of "The Hon. Major Threat's Life Guards," the 'crack corps" of the Connecticut soldiery of that period.....

Cornelius married Rebecca JONES on 19 Nov 1653. Rebecca (daughter of Rev. John JONES and Sarah ?) was born about 1633 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]