Person:John Thompson (348)

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John Thompson
b.Bef 1619
d.Est Jun 1657
m. Bef 1644
  1. Elizabeth ThompsonCal 1644 - Aft 1704
  2. Esther ThompsonCal 1654 -
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Name[1] John Thompson
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1619 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1644 Based on calculated date of birth of eldest known child (Elizabeth).
to Elizabeth Unknown
Death[1] Est Jun 1657
Estate Inventory[1] Jun 1657
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 John Thompson, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:603-04.

    Thompson, John. He had a grant of 2½ acres in Fairfield, recorded 7 Jan. 1660 [1660/1]. Inv. June 1657. Widow; ages of children: Elizabeth 13, Mary 8, John 6, Hester 3. The widow Elizabeth made marriage covenant, 25 Dec. 1657, with Daniel Finch of Fairfield, and was dead in 1658. Francis Hall and George Godwin were appointed feofees, and at Godwin's death, William Heyden was appointed in his room. Hall and Heyden were appointed Adm'rs of John Thompson's Est. in room of Elizabeth Finch. On 28 Jan. 1673 [1673/4], Elizabeth wife of Thomas Bennett, Mary wife of John Bennett, and Esther Thompson, entered for record land which was theirs by virtue of execution in William Heyden's estate; and John Bennett purchased from Thomas Bennett a third part, and from Hester Thompson a third part. On 4 Apr. 1672, in a sale from Turney to Wheeler, the bounds mention "land of John Tomsons Children sometimes the land of Willm Hayden."