Person:Robert Porter (33)

Robert Porter
b.Est 1619
  • HRobert PorterEst 1619 - Bef 1689
  • WMary ScottEst 1624 - Bef 1675
m. 7 Nov 1644
  1. Mary Porter1646 - 1707
  2. John Porter1648 -
  3. Thomas Porter1650 - 1718
  4. Elizabeth Porter1653/54 -
  5. Sarah Porter1657 -
  6. Benjamin Porter1659/60 - Bef 1689
  • HRobert PorterEst 1619 - Bef 1689
  • WHannah AstwoodAbt 1636 - Aft 1691
m. Aft 22 Oct 1675
Facts and Events
Name[1] Robert Porter
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1619 Estimate based on date of first marriage.
Marriage 7 Nov 1644 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Mary Scott
Marriage Aft 22 Oct 1675 Administration on first husband's estate granted to her that date.
to Hannah Astwood
Death[2] Bef 19 Sep 1689 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[2] 19 Sep 1689 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States£253-00-01
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Robert Porter, 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)
    3:462-463.

    "Robert (Porter), Farmington, one of the first sett. m. 1644, Mary, d. of Thomas Scott of Hartford, had Mary, b. 24 Feb. 1646; John, 12 Nov. 1648; Thomas, 29 Oct. 1650; Robert, 12 Nov. 1652, d. young; Eliz. 11 Jan. 1654; Joanna, bapt. 6 Jan. 1656; Sarah, 20 Dec. 1657; Benjamin, 18 Mar. 1660; Ann, Apr. 1664; and Hepzibah, b. 4, bapt. 11 Mar. 1666. He took sec. w. Hannah Freeman,a wid. of Stephen of Newark, and d. 1689, for inv. was giv. 18 [error for 19] Sept. of that yr. Sarah m. Abraham Andrews of the same; and his br. Thomas m. ano. d. Eliz."

    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage, 4:696] [Vol. 3] P. 462. l. 6 from bot. bef. 1644 ins. 7 Nov.
    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage, 4:696] [Vol. 3] P. 462. l. 4 from bot. strike out young; and ins. without ch. soon aft. his f.
    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage, 4:696] [Vol. 3] P. 462. last l., strike out a─also, aft. wid. ins. of Stephen of Newark.
    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage, 4:696] [Vol. 3] P. 463. l. 1, erase his br.─also, aft. Thomas, ins. not his br. of Milford,─also, aft. Eliz. add, and Ann m. 1 Apr. 1685, John Brown of Middletown."

  2. 2.0 2.1 Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:499.

    "Probate Records. Vol. V, 1687 to 1695. Page 11.

    Porter, Robert. Invt. £253-00-01. Taken 19 September, 1689, by John Hart and Thomas Hart; in Farmington by John Stanly, Thomas Judd, Thomas Smith and Benjamin Barnes. The children: Thomas, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Annah.

    Court Record, Page 3—6 November, 1689: Invt Exhibited. Adms. to Thomas Porter, son of the deceased. Dist: To the Widow one-third; the Adms. to pay to Mary Hubbard £5; to Abraham Andrews his Wife, £9; to Ann Browne, £31; to his second sister, Elizabeth Andrews, 5 Shillings, she having received her full portion; and the remainder to Thomas Porter forever.

    Page 56—12 April, 1693: Thomas Porter in Court presented discharges From Thomas Andrews and Wife, Mary Hubbard, Abraham Andrews and his Wife, & John Browne, of all Claims against the Estate of Robert Porter Decd."