Person:Robert Flood (1)

Robert Flood
b.Cal 1646
m. Bef 1670
  1. Abigail Flood1676 - 1754
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Robert Flood
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 1646
Marriage Bef 1670 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (George).
to Abigail Disborough
Death[1][3][4] 16 Dec 1689 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[4] 6 Feb 1689/90 £117-14-00. Taken by John Chester Jr. & Samuel Butler.
Probate[4] 6 Mar 1689/90 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robert Flood, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    2:323.

    "Flood, … Robert, sett. 1677, on lds. in Rocky Hill, gr. by Town—(See Chapt. VII, Vol. I) See Savage. … he d. 16 Dec, 1689, ae. abt. 43; invent, of his est. (val. £117-14-00} taken 6 Feb., 1689-90; …"

  2. Robert Flood, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    1:269-70.

    "FLOOD, … Robert, was given by the Town, 4 acs. ld. W. side Ry-H., next S. of John Slead's [Slade] in 1677; in Mch., 1679, he was given 2 acs. more, at W. end of Wm. Mackey and Wm. Warner's lots 'by the highway leading fro. the South Field to the mill,' conditioned that he build a ho. upon it, within two yrs. thereafter, for his wife and children. He, at this time, released to the Town his Ry-H. Ids.; the Town gave him 2 acs. more in 1680, adj'g rear of first 2 acs. It was further enlarged, 1683, by the extension of the same, 4 rods westerly, and the same distance S."

  3. 3.0 3.1 Robert Flood, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:175.

    "Robert (Flood), Wethersfield, m. Hinman, 26, says, 1646, Abigail, d. of Nicholas Disbrough of Hartford (but I think she was b. in 1649), d. 1689, leav. Robert, Abigail, John, Thomas, Mary, and George. Hinman, 211, says, his wid. Abigail m. Matthew Barry [error for Barnes."

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Flood, Robert, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:444-45.

    "Probate Records. Vol. V, 1687 to 1695. Page 58.

    Flood, Robert, Wethersfield. Died 16 December, 1689. Invt. £117-14-00. Taken 6 February, 1689-90, by John Chester Jr. & Samuel Butler. The children: Robert age 16 years, Abigail 14, John 12, Thomas 9, Mary 7, George 4 years of age.

    Court Record, 6 March, 1689-90, Page 11—Adms. to the Widow. Capt. John Chester and Ensign John Chester to be Overseers.

    Page 87—2 May, 1695: Matthew Barnes, who married Abigail Flood, was this day called to account for their Adms., which this Court accepted & Order Distribution: To the eldest son, £15-02-08; to each of the other five children, £7-11-04."