Hannah NORTH

Hannah married Timothy NORTH on 25 Jan 1738/9. Timothy (son of Thomas NORTH and Hannah WOODFORD) was born on 21 Sep 1714; died on 31 Jul 1788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He settled in Kensington and was one of the founders and one of its "seven pillars" of the church there in 1712. He was a man of wealth and standing. He left a very large estate for those days, the inventory amounting to 1335 pounds, 2 sh. 5d. (Conn. Genealogies p. 622; also the Newell Family.) By deed dated Jan. 24, 1709, he sold Rev. William Burnham two parcels of land, one of eighteen acres, and one of twenty-two acres at Great Swamp; and by deed of Feb. 1, 1709, he sold land in Beech Swamp, Great Swamp, to Samuel Seamore, who had married his sister, Hannah North. (North's Hist. of Berlin, p.27) He lived near the Seymour Stockade, and not far from the church.

Thomas North was a pioneer settler in that part of Berlin known as Christian Lane, where he owned much land, possibly a part of the grant made to his father. His name appears among those who petitioned the General Assembly at Hartford, Oct. 16, 1705, to settle in Great Swamp, now Berlin, and to have a meeting house there. he was one of the seven pillars of the original Congregational Church of Kensington, which was formed in 1712. The other six were William Burnham, pastor, Stephen Lee, Dr. Anthony Judd, Samuel Seymour, Thomas Hart and Caleb Cowles.

Thomas North was a man of wealth and influence. Attempts to find his dwelling place have failed. Records give it as Kensington and Farmington, but we know that he lived near the Seymour Stockade in Christian Lane just back of the residence of the late Mr. John Goodrich of Berlin. It was built of sixteen foot palisades, sharpened to points and stuck in the ground, and affording protection against the Indians. Around this stockade clustered many families, including the Harts, the Standleys (Stanley), the Nortons, Cowles, Porters, Gridleys, Newells and others less closely connected with the Norths.

Thomas North and Thomas hart were a committee to whom Rev. William Burnham deeded land Jan. 7, 1716/7, for a burying place in Christian Lane "To e theirs and their heirs forever, for the above said use." This graveyard, fallen into a condition of sore neglect, was restored in 1909 by the Emma Hart Willard Chapter of the D.A.R.

By deed of Jan. 24, 1709, Thomas North conveyed to William Burnham two parcels of land, one of 18 acres, the other of 22 acres, described as being in Great Swamp. By deed of Feb. 1, 1709, he sold land in Beach Swamp, Great Swamp, to Samuel Seamore, who married his sister Hannah North.

Thomas married Martha ROYCE on 1 Dec 1698. Martha (daughter of Isaac ROYCE and Elizabeth LATHROP) was born on 1 Jun 1679. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Son of John North and Mary Bird

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After his marriage and the birth of two sons, Thomas North enlisted under Captain Henchman in King Philip's War. He was stationed with Connecticut troops in the vicinity of Boston in 1675, and was with the garrison at Hadley, Mass., in the summer of 1676. He was made freeman there Feb. 8, 1678, and received a grant of land for his military services in or near Northington, Now Avon, where he and Joseph Woodford were pioneer settlers. There he lived on the east side of the river near the old Marshall's tavern, "under the mountain" and north of the Hartford and Albany turnpike. He was a magistrate of the colony of Connecticut.

Thomas married Hannah NEWELL in 1669. Hannah (daughter of Thomas NEWELL and Rebecca OLMSTEAD) was born in 1656; was christened on 11 Apr 1658; died on 4 Nov 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Elizabeth LATHROP on 15 Dec 1669 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel LOTHROP and Elizabeth SCUDDER) was born on 27 Mar 1648 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died about 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John North sailed from London at the age of 20 in the SUSAN AND ELLEN and landed at Boston April 16, 1635. Among his fellow voyagers were many of the founders of the sturdy New England families so intimately connected with the development of the colonies and the United States. The ships lists were often headed with the words: "The men have taken the oath of allegiance and supremacie," or they swear "that they are no Subsedy men." This is explained by the fact that King James issued a proclamation that no person take passage in any ship to America (being subsidy men or their value) without license from his Majesty's Commissioners for the plantations, nor any under the degree of subsidy men, without a certificate that they have taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy, and a testimony from the ministers of the parish of their conformity to the orders and disciple of the Church of England.

John North and his wife were members of the Farmington Church, which she joined in 1656. He was made freeman of Connecticut, May 21, 1657.

There is a mystery surrounding John North's marriage. Did he marry twice? There is no authentic record. He was married before leaving Ipswich, for his first child was born, there in 1641. But the vital records of that town contain no births or marriages of any Norths or Birds. Most records state that his wife was Hannah, daughter of Thomas Bird. In the distribution of the latter's estate, August-September, 1662, portions were set to Mary Northe and to Hannah Scott, again mentioned March 3, 1663, as good wife Northe and Hannah Scott. From this statement is probably drawn the conclusion in the "Goodwin and Morgan Ancestral Lines," by F.F. Starr, that Mary Bird was John North's second wife, and that Hannah was probably the first wife of Edmund Scott. Savage does not give the name of Edmund Scott's first wife and says his second wife was Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Upson. John North's oldest daughter was named Mary. None bore the name Hannah, but both names occur among his granddaughters.

No satisfactory explanation being obtainable from this meagre information, it perhaps strengthens the reliability of the various old family records, which state that Hannah Bird was John North's wife.

It is interesting to conjecture when and where the Norths and the Birds came in contact with each other. From Mr. Starr's book we learn that the first record of Thomas Bird in America was in 1639, when he bought land in that part of Boston later set apart as Braintree, and that by May, 1644, he was in Hartford, and shortly afterward removed to Farmington, where he bought land. But the present compiler believes that the Thomas Bird who was granted in April, 1639, a house and lot in Ipswich, and six acres of planting land in "reedy marsh," according to the Ipswich town records, was this same Thomas Bird, and that he probably went to Braintree later in the same years. His stay in Ipswich therefore probably covers the period when the two families were in contact. But there is always the interesting possibility that the families may have known each other in England, as previously suggested by the fact that early in the seventeenth century there were families of Norths and Birds in Yorkshire, whence both may have come.

John married Hannah BIRD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He is said to have been of Hertfordshire, England; was a settler at Farmington not long after 1640. His name is on the list of Farmington Freemen of October, 1669, and also in the list of 84 proprietors, 1672. United with the church, Jan. 30, 1652/3 and wife joined July 12, 1653. He was constable in 1660 and 1673, he served on the preliminary committee that visited Mattatuck, now Waterbury, to examine the land with a view to making a settlement there, and signed a petition for "liberty of planting the same." He also signed the articles providing for the settlement, but did not go to the new town. His house was just at the north part of the village fronting on the main street. Tradition says an Indian fort was located just back of it.

Thomas married Rebecca OLMSTEAD between 28 Sep 1640 and Jan 1643. Rebecca (daughter of Richard OLMSTEAD and Frances SLANY) died on 24 Feb 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mary SIMS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He came with his father to Scituate in 1634, thence to Barnstable, where he married and commenced life as a house builder. He afterwards became an extensive farmer. At Barnstable, his house stood next to that of John Scudder, who was probably a brother of his wife. (Miss Caulkins' Hist. of New London, edition of 1852, p. 57.) Feb. 25, 1647/8, he was chosen a townsman of New London and in the recorded vote, it is stated that the four so chosen served the previous year, so he must have been a townsman in 1647. This would indicate that he was in New London as early as 1646. New London was then called Pequot. He is mentioned in two letters from Gov. Winthrop to his son John at Pequot. In one of them dated Aug. 14 1648, he says "Your neighbor "Lothrop" came not at me," (as I expected), to advise about it," (the selecting of a minister)." HIs house at New London was the third in order from that of John Winthrop, Jr., and was located northwest of it, and his name is one of the first eighteen to whom lands were assigned on the east side of "the great river' (Meaning the Thames). Almost at once he was appointed to places of responsibility and honor. He was one of the three judges for a court of minor cases When in 1657, Uncas routed by the Narragansetts had taken refuge in the fort at the head of the Nahantick and was there besieged, Lieut. James Avery, Mr. Brewster, Samuel Lothrop and others, well armed succeeded in throwing themselves into the fort and aided in its defense. (See Lothrop Family, pp. 38-40.) Although he removed to Norwich about 1668, his farm "at Namucksuck on the west side of the Great River," remained in the family until 1735, when his grandson, nathaniel, sod it.

Samuel married Elizabeth SCUDDER on 28 Nov 1644 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. Elizabeth died before 1691. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Sister to John Scudder, b. 1619

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Mrs. Lothrop before her marriage, had been dismissed from the church at Boston, NOv. 10, 1644 and removed her church relations to that of Barnstable. Her husband had made her acquaintance in Boston Their marriage was recorded by his father on the Barnstable Church Register as follows: "My sonn Samuel and Elizabeth Scudder marryed at my house by Mr. Freeman, Nov. 28, 1644." She was a sister of John Scudder of Barnstable, who was born in England, 1619 and came from London in 1635, locating first at Chrlestown.