Person:Daniel Bidwell (4)

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Deacon Daniel Bidwell
b.Abt 1656 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.29 Nov 1719 East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1647
  1. Mary BidwellEst 1647 - 1725
  2. John BidwellCal 1648 - 1692
  3. Joseph BidwellEst 1650 - 1692
  4. Deacon Samuel BidwellEst 1651 - 1715
  5. Sarah BidwellCal 1653 - Bef 1703/04
  6. Deacon Daniel BidwellAbt 1656 - 1719
  7. Hannah BidwellCal 1658 - 1696
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Deacon Daniel BidwellAbt 1656 - 1719
  • W.  Dorothy BentonAbt 1662 - Aft 1720
m. Bef 1692
  1. William Bidwell1703 - Bet 1775 & 1778
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Deacon Daniel Bidwell
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1656 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1692 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Dorothy).
to Dorothy Benton
Will[1][3] Aug 1719
Will[1][3] 9 Nov 1719 Codicil.
Death[1][3] 29 Nov 1719 East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[2] Center Cemetery, East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[1] 30 Dec 1719 £581-17-07. Taken by Joseph Olmsted, Ozias Pitkin and Timothy Cowles.
Probate[1][3] 5 Jan 1719/20 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 5. Deacon Daniel2 Bidwell, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1952)
    474-75.

    "5. Deacon Daniel2 Bidwell (John1), born at Hartford, Conn., about 1656, died at East Hartford, 29 Nov. 1719 in 64th yr. (g. s.); … His will, dated August 1719, codicil 9 Nov. 1719, proved 5 Jan. 1719/20, named his wife; sons Daniel and William; daughters Mary, Hannah and Lydia; wife and son Daniel, executors. Inventory taken by Joseph Olmsted, Ozias Pitkin and Timothy Cowles, amounted to £581.17.7. The widow Dorothy on 4 Sept. 1720 was appointed guardian to her children, William, aged 17, and Lydia, aged 14. The estate was distributed, the same date, to the widow, Dorothy Bidwell, to Daniel, to Mary Bidwell, to Daniel Biggelow and his wife Hannah Bidwell, to Lydia Bidwell, and to William Bidwell."

  2. ↑ Deacon Daniel Bidwell, in Find A Grave.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Bidwell, Daniel, Deacon, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:355-56.

    "Probate Records. Vol. IX, 1715 to 1723. Page 348-9-69.

    Bidwell, Daniel, Deacon. Died 29 November, 1719. Invt. £581-17-07. Taken 30 December, 1719, by Joseph Olmsted, Ozias Pitkin and Timothy Cowles. Will dated August, 1719.

    I, Daniel Bidwell, doe make this my last will and testament: I give to my loving wife the improvement of 1-3 part of my improved lands during her life, 1-3 part of my stock, and likewise the improvement of my son William's part of my estate until he comes to age, he to have his maintenance out of it, bestowing his labor and industry thereon. I give to my wife all the household stuffe, the remaining part of my real and personal estate to be equally distributed between my children, my son Daniel, my son William, my daughter Mary, my daughter Hannah, and my daughter Lydia, provided that my son Daniel's house or anything that I have done towards the building of it be not reckoned of the estate above mentioned, and also 4 acres of land adjoining thereunto. And also I give him the £10 that I have paid for him towards the meadow land that he hath bought. As for my son William, whome I choose should enjoy my dwelling house and barn, which are old buildings, these to be enjoyed by him besides that estate above-mentioned. To my daughter Hannah, my will is, what she has already received be reckoned as part of her share and portion. My wife and son Daniel to be executors.

    DANIEL BIDWELL, LS.

    Witness: Samuel Woodbridge, Mary Williams.

    A Codicil, dated 9 November, 1719.

    DANIEL BIDWELL.

    Witness: Samuel Woodbridge, Joseph Benton.

    Court Record, Page 115—5 January, 1719-20: Dorothy Bidwell, widow of the decd., exhibits the last will. Proven.

    Page 134—4 September, 1720: This Court appoint Capt. Roger Pitkin, Ozias Pitkin and Timothy Cowles of Hartford to divide the estate of Deacon Daniel Bidwell according to his last will. And appoint Dorothy Bidwell of Hartford, widow, to be guardian to her children, William Bidwell, 17 years, and Lydia Bidwell, 14 years of age. Recog., £100.

    See File, 4 September, 1720: The estate was dist. to the following persons according to Daniel Bidwell's will, vizt: to the widow Dorothy Bidwell, to Daniel, to Mary Bidwell, to Daniel Biggelow and his wife Hannah Bidwell, to Lydia Bidwell, to William and to John Bidwell. By Roger Pitkin, Ozias Pitkin and Timothy Cowles."

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