Person:John Wadhams (2)

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John Wadhams
b.Cal 1614 Somerset, England (possibly)
d.19 Dec 1676 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
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  1. John Wadhams1655 - 1718
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Name[1][2] John Wadhams
Gender Male
Birth[2] Cal 1614 Somerset, England (possibly)Freed from training, watching and warding 1674.
Emigration[2] Bet 1645 and 1650
Marriage Bef 1655 Estimate based on date of birth of only known child.
to Susannah Unknown
Will[2][4] 19 Dec 1676 Nuncupative (date approximate).
Death[2][3] 19 Dec 1676 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Probate[2][4] 19 Jan 1676/77 Will proved.
Estate Inventory[2][4] 20 Feb 1676/77 £239-05-00. Taken by John Belden and Samuel Wright.
Probate[2][4] 1 Mar 1676/77 Administration to the widow and son John.
References
  1. ↑ Stevens, Harriet Weeks Wadhams. Wadhams genealogy : preceded by a sketch of the Wadham family in England, with illustrations. (New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, c1913)
    13.

    "… a careful search of the available records, both in England and America, made under the author's direction, has failed to establish the connection. We only know that John Wadham, the settler in Connecticut, was a colonist from England and is said to have come from Somerset. We do not know in what ship he came, in what company, nor from what port he sailed. …"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Stevens, Harriet Weeks Wadhams. Wadhams genealogy : preceded by a sketch of the Wadham family in England, with illustrations. (New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, c1913)
    17-20.

    "John Wadham came from Somersetshire, England, and settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut, between 1645 and 1650. … At the General court held May 20, 1658, at Hartford, 'John Wadom,' with others, was made free before the Court. At the County Court on March 5, 1667-8, he was appointed Constable for Wethersfield, and at the General Court on April 1, 1674, he was freed from training, watching and warding. … John Wadham died December 19, 1676, and in his will, proven at Wethersfield, January 19, 1677, the name of his wife is not mentioned."

  3. ↑ Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    265.

    "Wadham, … John, d. Dec. 19, 1676 [LR2:30]"

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Waddams, John sen., in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:246.

    "Probate Records. Vol. III, 1663 to 1677. Page 181.

    Waddams, John sen., Wethersfield. Invt. £239-05-00. Taken 20 February, 1676-7, by John Belden, Samuel Wright, Selectmen of the Town of Wethersfield.

    John Waddams, on his death bed, gave his small Estate to his wife and his son John Waddams, but in her control during life. Dated 19 January, 1676-7.

    Witness: William X Morrice, Nathaniel X Graves.

    Court Record, Page 161—1st March, 1676-7: Adms. to the Widow and son John. The Estate to them both; and if John out-live his Mother, the Estate then to be his."

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