Person:John Wakeman (2)
John Wakeman
chr.29 Mar 1601 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
d.Bef 14 Sep 1661 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 6 Oct 1589
  1. Mary Wakeman1591 -
  2. Sarah Wakeman1593 - 1662
  3. Martha Wakeman1596 - 1664
  4. John Wakeman1601 - Bef 1661
  5. Samuel Wakeman1603 - 1641
  6. Isaac Wakeman1606 - 1609
  7. Joseph Wakeman1609 -
  8. Priscilla WakemanEst 1610 - Bef 1671
  9. Anna Wakeman1614 - 1693
  10. Esther Wakeman1617 - Bef 1693
Spouse and Children
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m. 28 Jan 1628/29
  1. John Wakeman1630 - 1636
  2. Helena Wakeman1632 - 1674
  3. Rev. Samuel Wakeman1635 - 1691/92
  4. Elizabeth Wakeman1638 - Bef 1679
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][4] John Wakeman
Gender Male
Christening[1] 29 Mar 1601 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
Marriage 28 Jan 1628/29 Bewdley, Worcestershire, Englandto Elizabeth Hopkins
Emigration[1] Est 1641
Residence[1] Bef Oct 1641 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Will[1] 18 Jun 1660 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Residence[1] 1661 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][3][5] Bef 14 Sep 1661 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesBefore date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[1] 14 Sep 1661 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 John Wakeman, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:630-31.

    Wakeman, John. Magistrate (New Haven), Oct. 1641, Apr. 1642, Oct. 1642, Apr. 1643, Oct. 1643, Mar. 1644, Oct. 1644, May 1655, May 1656, May 1657, May 1658, May 1659, May 1660; Deputy (New Haven) to New Haven Leg., Apr. 1646, Oct. 1646, Oct 1647, May 1648, May 1655, May 1656, May 1657, May 1658, May 1660; Treasurer, New Haven Col., May 1655, May 1656, May 1657, May 1658, May 1659, May 1660; Assistant, New Haven Col., May 1661 (declined). Son of Francis and Anne (Goode) Wakeman, bapt. at Bewdley, co. Worcester, Eng., 29 Mar. 1601, d. at Hartford in 1661; m. 28 Jan. 1628/9, Elizabeth dau. of William and Helen (Vickaris) Hopkins, bapt. at Ribbesford Church, co. Worcester, 7 Oct. 1610, d. at New Haven in 1658. An early but not original signer of the New Haven compact; sold his house and homelot to John Punderson, June 1659, and in May 1660 it was doubtful whether he should remain in New Haven; was on the eve of moving, May 1661; so d. soon after settling in Hartford. The religious preamble to his will indicates that he was thoughtful and tolerant to a degree unusual in his generation. Will of John of New Haven, 18 June 1660; dau. Helena wife of John Talcott of Hartford, and their children John, Elizabeth and Samuel; son Samuel and his sons Samuel and John; dau. Elizabeth wife of Samuel Kitchell and her dau. Elizabeth; bro.-in-law Adam Nichols of Hartford, his wife Anna Nichols my sister, and their children John, Hannah, Sarah, Ebenezer; Hannah Cheever (under 18), £5; servant Thomas Huxley; mentioned cousin John Walker; friends and brethren Henry Glover and James Bishop, overseers; sisters Davis and Glover to assist with counsel. Witnesses: Martha Davis, Ellen Glover. Inv. taken at Hartford, 14 Sept. 1661.

  2. ↑ Wakeman, Robert P. Wakeman genealogy, 1630-1899: being a history of the descendants of Samuel Wakeman, of Hartford, Conn., and of John Wakeman, treasurer of New Haven colony : with a few collaterals included. (Meriden, Conn.?: unknown, 1900)
    159-61.
  3. ↑ Capt John Wakeman, in Find A Grave.
  4. ↑ The Find A Grave memorial says that John Wakeman was Captain of the New Haven trainband and deacon in the New Haven church. Neither Jacobus, in his sketch, nor the Wakeman genealogy confirm those two titles.
  5. ↑ Probably not buried at New Haven since he died at Hartford.
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