Person:John Caldwell (30)
John Caldwell
b.1688 Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland (possibly)
d.Bef 28 Sep 1734 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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  1. Captain James Caldwell1727 - 1814
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Name[1] John Caldwell
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1688 Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland (possibly)
Emigration[1] Abt 1718
Marriage Bef 1727 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (James).
to Hannah Stillman
Death[1][2] Bef 28 Sep 1734 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesBefore date of probate.
Probate[3] 28 Sep 1734 Administration to the widow.
Estate Inventory[3] 9 Dec 1734 £5405-10-10. Taken by Benjamin Stilman, John Edwards and John Skinner.
Probate[3] 7 Jan 1734/35 Inventory exhibited.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Caldwell, Edith I. Descendants of Charles and John Caldwell: brothers who came from Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland to New England, 1718. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Gateway Press, c1996).

    Charles and his brother John Caldwell came to New England from Beith, Scotland around 1718. Charles married in 1724 to Anna Ruggles, the daughter of Thomas and Sara (Fiske) Ruggles. They settled in Guilford, Connecticut and had five children. Charles died in 1765 while his wife died in 1760. John Caldwell was married when he came to New England but nothing is known about his first wife. He married Hannah Stillman who married Neil McLean after John's death. John died in 1734 in Hartford, Connecticut. John and Hannah had six children.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Caldwell, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
    155-56.

    "John Caldwell born 1688 died Sept 1734 mar Hannah Stillman who m Dr. Neill Maclean Jan 5, 1736-7 (1 Ch Rec). She was born Nov 7, 1792 (Hadley) died Apl 23, 1755 ae 52 bur Center Ch dau of George Stillman & Rebecca Smith. Hannah Caldwell ad full com 1 Ch Jan 26, 1734-5."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Caldwell, John, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:147.

    "Probate Records. Vol. XII, 1732 to 1737. Page 278.

    Caldwell, John, Hartford. Invt. £5405-10-10. Taken 9 December, 1734, by Benjamin Stilman, John Edwards and John Skinner.

    Court Record, Page 11—28 September, 1734: Adms. granted to Mrs. Hannah Caldwell, widow, who gave bond with Nathaniel Stilman of Wethersfield in £8000.

    Page 18—7 January, 1734-5: Invt. exhibited by Hannah Caldwell."

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