Person:Jonathan Colfax (1)

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Sergeant Jonathan Colfax
b.Feb 1658/59 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.17 Dec 1711 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1653
  1. Elizabeth Colfax1653 -
  2. John Colfax1654/55 - Bef 1680
  3. Mary Colfax1656/57 - Aft 1692
  4. Sergeant Jonathan Colfax1658/59 - 1711
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sergeant Jonathan Colfax1658/59 - 1711
  • W.  Sarah Edwards1671 - 1725
m. 28 May 1696
  1. Sarah Colfax1696/97 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Sergeant Jonathan Colfax
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Feb 1658/59 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 28 May 1696 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Edwards
Death[1] 17 Dec 1711 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[3] Bef 3 Mar 1711/12 £170-12-10. Taken by Michael Griswold, Abraham Kilburn and Josiah Belding.
Probate[3] 3 Mar 1711/12 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Colfax, William; Fam. 2. Sgt. Jonathan2 Colfax, in 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)
    2:246.

    "Jonathan (Sgt.) (Colfax), b. Feb., 1658-9. … dr. ld. In 1694 allot.; was surveyor Dec., 1699; … He served in several Ind. and Fr. Campaigns; d. 17 Dec., 1711, ae. abt. 53."

  2. ↑ Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    68.

    "Colfax, … Jonathan, s. William & Alse, b. Feb. [__], 1658 [LR2:4]"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Colfax, Jonathan, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:181.

    "Probate Records. Vol. VIII, 1710 to 1715. Page 125.

    Colfax, Jonathan, Wethersfield. Invt. £170-12-10. Taken by Michael Griswold, Abraham Kilburn and Josiah Belding.

    Court Record, Page 58—3 March, 1711-12: Adms. to Sarah Colfax, the relict. Invt. exhibited and allowed.

    Page 61 (Vol. IX) 1st April, 1718: Sarah Colefax, alias Webster, Adms. on the estate of Jonathan Colefax, exhibited now an account of her Adms: Paid in debts and charges, £90-14s.-07d; With loss of, 20-08-10; Which, added, amounts to, 111-03-05; Inventory, 170-12-10; There remains to be distributed, 50-09-05

    To Sarah Colefax, alias Webster; to John Colefax, the eldest son; to Jonathan, Sarah, Elizabeth and Mary Colefax, children, their single portions. And appoint James Butler, Samuel Curtis and James Belding distributors.

    Page 116—5 January, 1719-20: This Court appoint Robert Webster and Sarah his wife to be guardian to John Colefax, age 18 years, Hannah 15, and Jonathan 12 years of age, children of Jonathan Colefax, decd.

    Page 56 (Vol. X) 6 October, 1724: Report of the distributors."

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