Person:William Colfax (1)

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William Colfax
b.Bef 1628
d.Bef 20 Sep 1660 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
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  • H.  William ColfaxBef 1628 - Bef 1660
  • W.  Alice _____Bef 1633 - 1682/83
m. Bef 1653
  1. Elizabeth Colfax1653 -
  2. John Colfax1654/55 - Bef 1680
  3. Mary Colfax1656/57 - Aft 1692
  4. Sergeant Jonathan Colfax1658/59 - 1711
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Name[1][2] William Colfax
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1628 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1653 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Alice _____
Death[3] Bef 20 Sep 1660 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[3] 20 Sep 1660 £103-19-06. Taken by James Wakely & Samuel Welles.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Colfax, 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)
    2:246.

    "Colfax, (Colefax, Colefox) William, recorded his purchase of a homestead in Weth., 1647; was a carpenter; res. in W. until dth. In 1661; he m. Alse _____."

  2. ↑ William Colfax, 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)
    1:432.

    "William (Colfax), Wethersfield 1645, had sev. ch. b. there, and d. bef. 1661."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Colfax, William, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:109-10.

    "Probate Records. Vol. II, 1650 to 1663. Page 142.

    Colfax, William, Wethersfield. Invt. £103-19-06. Taken 20 Sept., 1660, by James Wakely & Samuel Welles.

    Court Record, Page 157—6 June, 1661: Mr. Treat, John Lattimer, William Gutridge, John Ryle are desired & appointed to consider the estate of Widdow Colfax and to Dist. & Settle the portions of ye Relict and ye several Children and make return to ye Court September next. The Widow is not to Marry another before security be given for ye Childrens portions. Report of Dist. on file 31 April, 1680: To the Mother of the Children, to Jonathan, to Mary, Joseph Bidwell and Mary his wife, give their whole right in the estate of our brother John Colfax, Dec, to our brother Jonathan Colfax; 9th March, 1680-81, Henry Arnold and wife Elizabeth also resign their right to brother Jonathan Colfax. Dist. by Richard Treat, John Riley & Wm Goodrich.

    Witness by William House, Benjamin Crane, Nathaniel Butler.

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