Person:John Stoddard (7)

Sergeant John Stoddard
b.Abt 1620 England
  • HSergeant John StoddardAbt 1620 - 1664
  • WMary FooteEst 1622 - Aft 1685
m. Bef 1644
  1. Mary Stoddard1643/44 - 1683
  2. John Stoddard1646 - 1703
  3. Joshua Stoddard1648 - 1725
  4. Caleb Stoddard1648 -
  5. Mercy Stoddard1652 -
  6. Elizabeth Stoddard1654 -
  7. Nathaniel Stoddard1660/61 - 1714/15
Facts and Events
Name[1] Sergeant John Stoddard
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1620 England
Marriage Bef 1644 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Mary).
to Mary Foote
Death[1][2] Dec 1664 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[1][3] 20 Dec 1664 £407-08-00. Taken by John Chester, William Gutteridge, Samuel Halle, John Deminge, Townsmen.
Probate[3] 2 Mar 1664/65 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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)
    2:684.

    "John (Stoddard), an early sett, in Weth., b. abt. 1620, in Eng., was a juror 2 Mch., 1642-3; as pltf. in an action of trespass. agst. John Plum—claiming 20s., 6 Apl., 1643; as having lds. rec. to him, 18 June, 1645 … (See, also, Chapt. VII, Vol. I; as deft. in action bro't by Wm. Boreman, 4 Dec., 1645 and 5 July, 1646; his cattle-earmark rec. W. T. V., I, p. 2; Hinman terms him 'Sergeant' in 1639. He m. abt. 1642, Mary (dau. Nath'l and Elizabeth Deming) Foote, and he d. at Weth., Dec., 1664; Invent. £407-08-00, taken 20 Dec., 1664, by John Chester, Wm. Guttridge (Goodrich), Samuel Hale, John Deming, townsmen; adm. gr. to wid. Mary; John Deming and Samuel Hall, overseers; children ment.: Mary, ae. abt. 21; John, abt. 19; Josiah, abt. 16; Mercy, abt. 12; Elizabeth, abt. 8; Nathaniel, abt. 4 yrs.; his wid. m. (2) 1674, John Goodrich, Sen., of Weth.; and (3) 1683, Lieut. Thomas Tracy; was living Aug., 1685."

  2. John Stoddard, 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)
    4:200.

    "John (Stoddard), Wethersfield, m. 1642, Mary, sec. d. of Nathaniel Foote of the same, had Mary. b. 12 May 1643; John, 12 Apr. 1646; Caleb, and Joshua, tw. 12 Sept. 1648, of wh. the former d. young; Mercy, Nov. 1652; Eliz. July 1656; and Nathaniel, 1661; and d. Dec. 1664; and his wid. m. John Goodrich Apr. 1674. His d. Mary m. 10 Dec. 1663; and Mercy m. 10 Mar. 1685, as sec. w. the same man, Joseph Wright; Eliz. also m. a Wright."

  3. 3.0 3.1 Stoddard, John, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:241-42.

    "Probate Records. Vol. III, 1663 to 1677. Page 40.

    Stoddard, John, Wethersfield. Invt. £407-08-00. Taken 20 December, 1664, by John Chester, William Gutteridge, Samuel Halle, John Deminge, Townsmen. Six children: Mary age 21 years, John 19, Josiah 16, Mercy 12, Elizabeth 8, Nathaniel 4 years of age.

    Court Record, Page 27—2 March, 1664-5: Adms. to Mary the Relict. Dist. Order to the Relict £129 during life, to the eldest son £63, to Josiah £49, to Nathaniel £40, to each dau. £36. John Deming and Samuel Hall, Overseers."