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JOHN CASE
This early settler came to Tisbury from parts unknown about 1681, as the first knowledge we have of him is found in a town vote on December i6th of that year, when a home lot was granted to him on the north side of New Mill river, adjoining the Chilmark boundary line. His connection with any of the contemporary families of this name in other parts of New England has not been established/ He married, probably after his settlement here. Desire (13) daughter of John Manter, by whom he had eight children of record as shown by his will. His career was uneventful and scarcely any references to him appear in the town or county books. He was undoubtedly a young man, perhaps had just reached his majority when he came to Tisbury, and his death occurred in 1705 or 1706, when he was in the prime of life. His will, dated Feb. 5, 1704-5, was probated February 11, 1706, but the estate was not divided until 1720, when the minor children became of age. The estate was inventoried at £105, and his son William, a weaver by trade, was made administrator in 1719, before the final settlement was effected. Descendants of this son William remained in Tisbury till about 1800, but the name became extinct here after that time.
'There were several Case families in Connecticut and Rhode Island before 1700 and the indications point to the former colony as the early home of our settler. Most
of his children removed there after his death.
From Vol 3:67-8
JOHN CASE, b. abt. 1660 whose antecedents (see Vol. II Annals of W.T. pp. 40-41) is the progenitor of a family which resided in T. from 1681 to abt. 1800. He m. DESIRE MANTER (13) abt. 1683, who was b. 1 Jan. 1663. He d. 1706 and his will 5 Feb. 1704-5 was pro. 11 Feb. 1706. The estate was not divided until 1720.
20. ELIZABETH, b. (1684); m. BENJAMIN DUFFY 23 Feb. 1716.
21. WILLIAM, b. 1686.
22. BARNARD, b. 29 Oct. 1688.
23. DESIRE, h (1690); m. GIDEON DUNHAM (52).
24. JOHN, b. (1692).
25. EBENEZER, b. (1695); prob. rem. to Warwick, Mass.
26. MERCY, b. (1698); m. ELEAZER ALLEN 8 Mch. 1718.
27. BENJAMIN, b. 4 Dec. 1703.
