Person:Moses Dimon (1)

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Moses Dimon
b.Est 1638
d.Bet 21 Mar 1683/84 and 15 Apr 1684
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m. Bef 1638
  1. Moses DimonEst 1638 - Bet 1683/84 & 1684
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Moses DimonEst 1638 - Bet 1683/84 & 1684
  • W.  Abigail WardEst 1642 - 1718
m. 2 May 1670
  1. Abigail Dimon1676 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Moses Dimon
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1638
Marriage 2 May 1670 to Abigail Ward
Alt Marriage Bef 1672 to Abigail Ward
Will[1][2][3] 21 Mar 1683/84
Death[1][2][3] Bet 21 Mar 1683/84 and 15 Apr 1684 Between date of will and date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[1][3] 15 Apr 1684
Probate[2] 17 Apr 1684
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Dimon, Thomas; Dimon, Moses, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:184-85.

    "Moses (Dimon), b. [say 1638]."

    "Dimon, Moses, s. of Thomas.

    He purchased land from John Purdy, 19 Dec. 1670; and witnessed deed from John Burr to Jehu Burr, 1672/3.

    He m. [2 May 1670 by Ward Gen.] Abigail Ward, dau. Andrew. She m. (2) (by marriage contract, 2 June 1685 Edward Howard.

    Will 21 Mar. 1683 [1683/4]; wife Abigail; son Moses; daus. Abigail, Hester, Grace; brethren John Burr and Samuel Ward, overseers. Inv. 15 Apr. 1684.

    The overseers by the will complained 9 Feb. 1685 [1685/6] against Edward Howard, Exec’r by marriage. Howard thereupon engaged to pay the portions to the children. On 16 Mar. 1687/8, Abigail Howard complained that she wanted comforts and provisions for herself and child; the Court ordered her to live with one of the overseers of Moses Dimon’s estate at the charge of her husband Howard until he provides."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Moses Diman, 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)
    2:50.

    "Moses (Diman), Fairfield 1670, s. of Thomas, had large est. w. Abigail, s. Moses, and ds. Abigail, Esther, and Grace. His will was dat. 21 Mar. 1684, and the inv. is a few wks. later. This name is often writ. without final d, always at Yale. His wid. m. 1685, Edward Howard."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dimon, Moses, in Mead, Spencer P. (Spencer Percival). Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, 1648-1750. (Spencer P. Mead (Typescript), 1929)
    37.

    "Dimon, Moses, late of Fairfield, will dated Mch. 21, 1683, probated Apl. 17, 1684, mentioned his wife Abigail, {who in 1685, married Edward Howard), and children Moses, Abigail, Hester, and Grace. Overseers brethem John Burr and Samel Ward. Witnesses William Hill, Sr., and Nathaniel Burr, page 127.

    Inventory taken Apl. 15, 1684, by John Banks and Nathaniel Burr, and filed Apl. 17, 1684, page 127.

    Feb. 9, 1685/6, that part of his estate belonging to his children ordered to be delivered to the management of Samuel Ward and John Burr, page 190.

    His widow Abigail, now the wife of Edward Howard, asked for a larger allowance for herself and child, page 244. (1685)

    Mch. 2, 1685, legacies to the children of deceased paid by John Burr and Samuel Ward to Edward Howard, Clerk. Witnesses John Sturgis and Briant Realy, page 256."

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