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Captain Rosewell Saltonstall
Facts and Events
| Name[1][3][4] |
Captain Rosewell Saltonstall |
| Alt Name[2][5] |
Captain Roswell Saltonstall |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2][3] |
19 Jan 1701/02 |
New London, New London, Connecticut, United States |
| Degree[1] |
1720 |
A.B., Harvard College |
| Degree[1] |
1723 |
A.M. Harvard College. |
| Marriage |
6 Apr 1727 |
to Mary Haynes |
| Death[1][3] |
1 Oct 1738 |
New London, New London, Connecticut, United States |
| Burial[5] |
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Ancient Cemetery, New London, New London, Connecticut, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rosewell Saltonstall, in Sibley, John Langdon. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Cambridge, Mass.: C.W. Sever, 1873- 1885)
6:399.
"Rosewell Saltonstall was born at New London on January 19, 1701/2, the oldest of the sons of Governor Gurdon Saltonstall (a.b. 1684) to survive infancy. His mother was Elizabeth Rosewell, the governor's second wife. At Harvard, Rosewell established new records for disorder, culminating his career in his senior year by joining Thomas Oliver … in burglarizing Tutor Sever's chamber. His parting shot was in Tutor Flynt's direction:
:Apr 21 1720 Saltonstal Senior impudently firing a pistol twice at the foot of my Stairs after nine a clock was Ordered not to make the Valedictory Oration to which he [was] Chosen & his Class called up & ordered to Chuse another in his room he having disqualified himself for that honour by his insulting carriage & Impudent Lying.
When he returned to take his second degree with his class in 1723, he denied, as a son of the Connecticut governor should, that Potestas Regalis absoluté est Jure Divino.
On April 6, 1727, Saltonstall became the husband of Mary, widow of Elisha Lord and daughter of the Honorable John Haynes (a.b. 1689). They settled at Hartford, where Saltonstall was captain of the first trainband. By 1733 they had removed to Branford, the home of his maternal ancestors, and were building a pew in the church. He was promptly appointed a justice of the peace for New Haven County, for 'He was highly esteemed … being a man of irreproachable Christian character, and amiable in all the relations of life.' While on a visit to his brother Gurdon at New London he was taken with a fever which carried him off on October 1, 1738. He lies in the family tomb at New London. His daughters married Yale men."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 New London Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
267.
"Saltonstall, … Roswell, s. Gurdon, Esq. & Elizabeth, b. Jan. 19, 1701/2 [1:36]"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note 6, in Edes, Harry. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of Connecticut─with Notes. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1869; Jul 1870; Jan 1871)
25:81.
Children of Rev. Gurdon Saltonstall and 2nd wife Elizabeth Rosewell: 1) Rosewell, b. 19 Jan 1701-2, graduated Harvard 1720, m. Mary (Haynes) Lord, d/o John, widow of Elisha.
- ↑ Extracts from the Diary of Rev. Samuel Dexter, of Dedham. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Oct 1859; Jan, Apr, Jul 1860)
13:305.
"Rosewell Saltonstall, elder son of Gov. Gurdon [1684], born in New London, Ct., 19 Jan 1702, died in New London 1 Oct 1738, a. 36."
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Capt Roswell Saltonstall, in Find A Grave.
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