WAKEMAN: The Wakeman family is one that deserves a few posts. Samuel Wakeman was a native of Bewdley, Worcestershire, England. He arrived at Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts Bay Colony in the fall of 1630 with his wife and child. The Wakemans settled first at Roxbury, then Cambridge. The family moved to Hartford, Connecticut in 1636. Samuel was one of the original proprietors.
By 1641, Samuel and his wife, Elizabeth, had four children, Grace, Esburn, Joanna/Hannah and Elizabeth. That year Samuel sailed to the Bahamas with Captain Pierce to aid the English settlers being threatened by the Spanish. The ship was fired upon by the Spanish as it approached the fort at Providence. Pierce was killed and Wakeman mortally wounded. He died 10 days later.
Elizabeth married Nathaniel Willett in 1645. Samuel's estate was settled in December of that year. Esburn was to receive 40 pounds when he turned 21, the girls 20 pounds each when they turned 18.
The adventures were just beginning!
The Great Migration p. 1901 provides the children of Samuel Wakeman and Elizabeth
ReplyDelete1- child b. abt 1630, d. at sea bet 23 Aug- 2 Nov 1631
2- Elizabeth b. abt 1632 [RChR 74) died soon
3- Bethia b.abt. 1634, m. (1) John Kelly (2) David Phillips [TAG 68:2-
12]
4- Ezbon b. abt 1636, m. Hannah Jordon
5- Hannah b. abt. 1638, m. (1) Francis Hackelton (2) Edward Whittaker
6- Elizabeth b. abt. 1640 m. Joseph Arnold
This poses additional questions to Grace's identity since Elizabeth remarried after John Kelly.
10 Apr 1659 - Hartford
ReplyDelete"Wakeman Eliz. G Willet's daughter" [WMJ15]; "Arnol, Joseph his wife G: Willet's daug" [WMJ187]
probably Elizabeth Grace, used name Grace
Elizabeth Wakeman Arnold married 2nd to Daniel Brainerd on 6 Sep 1662. Daniel married his 3rd wife after Elizabeth died in 1696.
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