Person:Robert Hempstead (2)

Robert Hempstead
b.Est 1621
  • HRobert HempsteadEst 1621 - 1655
  • WJoane UnknownEst 1626 -
m. Bef 1646
  1. Mary Hempstead1647 - 1711
  2. Joshua Hempstead1649 - 1688
  3. Hannah Hempstead1652 - 1729
Facts and Events
Name[1] Robert Hempstead
Gender Male
Birth[3] Est 1621 Estimate based on approximate date of marriage
Marriage Bef 1646 Estimate by birth dates of known children
to Joane Unknown
Death[2] Jun 1655 New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. Hempstead, 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)
    2:401-2.

    Hempstead...ROBERT, New London 1645, one of four inhab. to assist. Winthrop in sett. of the place, had Mary, b. 26 Mar. 1647, first ch. b. in that town; Joshua, 16 June 1649; and Hannah, 11 Apr. 1652; and Caulkins, 272, tells, that he d. June 1655; and that his wid. m. Andrew Lester. But when, 310, that. dilig. writer makes her to be d. of Isaac Willey, my confidence is shak. especial. when a romant. connex. is by tradit. attempt. to be fix. by ano. union between the Lester and the Willey. Mary m. 1665, Robert Douglas; and Hannah m. Abel Moore.

  2. Hempstead, in Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. History of New London, Connecticut: from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1852. (New London Conn.: F.M. Caulkins, 1852)
    272.

    Robert Hempstead, died in June, 1655.

  3. Hempstead sketch, in Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. History of New London, Connecticut: from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1852. (New London Conn.: F.M. Caulkins, 1852)
    272.