William WEED

1814 - 1886  (72 years)

• Name	William WEED  [1]
  	"Connecticut Ancestry": Fortunately, Edward Franklin Weed was able to obtain information directly from members of this branch of the Weed family. In particular, three letters to E.F. Weed from Alanson Lockwood Weed Sr. have survived, relating some of his direct knowledge of his father's career. Based on these letters and the E.F. Weed Notebook entries derived from them, we fid that William Weed and his brother Ira went together to Illinois in the 1830's. While in Illinois, William married (1) Margaret Winfield on 13 June 1839, and they had a single child, Alanson Lockwood Weed (Sr.) Margaret was the daughter of Silas and Nellie (?) Winfield, born 21 December 1819, and died 24 May 1842. She died when Alanson was an infant, and the father went back East, leaving the child in the care of others in Illinois, where he grew up not knowing either of his parents. Alanson Weed said that his father returned to "New York", but he has not been clearly identified in any New York City Directories during this time period. William married (2) on 20 December 1843 (place not yet evident) Lydia Jansen, daughter of Clyman Jansen, born on 17 Nov. 1812, and died 23 oct 1889. They were living in Darien at the time of the 1880 Census, where her place of birth, that of both of her parents, and of their daughter Margaret are all given as "New York". All information in the following list of children is fro the E.F. Weed Notebook and is considered to be reliably based on direct information from descendants of the family. [1]
  Birth	22 May 1814	Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Dec 1886  [1]
  Person ID	I68822	Main Tree
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Jacob WEED,   b. Abt 1769, Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut d. May 1842, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah SMITH,   b. 6 Aug 1776, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 11 May 1859, Connecticut, USA (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Bef 1797  [1]
  Family ID	F27716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret F. WINFIELD
  Marriage	13 Jun 1839  [1]
  Children	1. Alanson Lockwood WEED,   b. 22 Aug 1840, Pulaski, Illinois
  Family ID	F27721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Lydia JANSEN
  Marriage	20 Dec 1843  [1]
  Children	1. Andrew Smith WEED,   b. 29 Nov 1845, New York, USA d. 1 Sep 1881 (Age 35 years)   2. Sarah Jane WEED,   b. 12 May 1849, New York d. 12 v 1850 (Age 0 years)   3. Margaret WEED,   b. 8 May 1852, New York d. 18 Oct 1884 (Age 32 years)   4. Josephine WEED,   b. 27 Sep 1855, New York d. 8 Feb 1886 (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F27722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S4911] Connecticut Ancestry 2007 August Vol. 50 No. 1.