MOSES BARBER 1670-1726

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Polly Barber (Child), daughter of Ichabod Barber, son of Thomas Barber, son of Thomas Barber, son of Moses Barber.]

Barbers Pond, Rhode Island

Birth: January 5, 1652, Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Death: April 15, 1728, Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA

Moses Barber was born 1652 in South Kingston, Rhode Island, and died 29 March 1728 in South Kingston, Rhode Island. He married (1)Ann Babcock in 1673. She died at 23 years of age. He then married (2) Susannah West. Susanna was a daughter of Francis West and Susanna Soule, and a granddaughter of the Mayflower passenger, George Soule. She was born c.1666 in probably North Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, which is where they wed on 24 March 1691/92.

Notes for MOSES BARBER:
His first wife, Ann Babcock died young.

In 1691 he moved from Newport, Rhode Island to North Kingston, Rhode Island.

In 1693, he purchased three hundred and thirty acres of the Pettequanscut Purchase within the limits of the present town of South Kingston, Rhode Island. A pond near the site of his house still bears the name "Barbers Pond." He died in 1728. His first wife was the mother of: William, Sarah and Moses Barber.

Children of MOSES BARBER and Ann Babcock are:
i. WILLIAM BARBER, born 05 January 1679, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 17 May 1748, South Kingston, Rhode Island.
ii. SARAH BARBER, born 25 March 1682, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 29 June 1729, Rhode Island.
iii. MOSES BARBER, born 1683, Kingston, Rhode Island; died about 1758, Kingston, Rhode Island.

Children of MOSES BARBER and SUSANNAH WEST are:
iv. DINAH BARBER, born 15 January 1692/93, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died Charlestown, Rhode Island.
v. LYDIA BARBER, born 24 February 1693/94, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 29 March 1728, South Kingston, Rhode Island; married BENJAMIN MOWRY, 1714, South Kingston, Rhode Island; born Rhode Island.
vi. SAMUEL BARBER, born 08 November 1695, Westerly, Rhode Island; died 27 May 1760, Westerly, Rhode Island.
vii. SUSANNA BARBER, born 23 October 1697, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 1749, Rhode Island.
viii. THOMAS BARBER, born 19 October 1699, Exeter, Rhode Island; died 1762, Exeter, Rhode Island.
ix. JOSEPH BARBER, born 13 October 1701, Exeter, Rhode Island; died 14 April 1779, Exeter, Rhode Island.
x. MARTHA BARBER, born 30 November 1703, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 04 March 1773, South Kingston, Rhode Island.
xi. RUTH BARBER, born 23 June 1705, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 21 September 1755, Stonington, Connecticut; married GEORGE BENTLEY, 04 March 1723/24, South Kingston Rhode Island; born 1702, Rhode Island.
xii. BENJAMIN BARBER, born 10 March 1706/07, Hopkinton, Rhode Island; died 26 March 1792, Hopkinton, Rhode Island.
xiii. MERCY BARBER, born 13 March 1708/09, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 1792, South Kingston, Rhode Island; married SAMUEL TEFFT, 07 October 1727, South Kingston, Rhode Island; born 1703, South Kingston, Rhode Island.
xiv. EZEKIEL BARBER, born 06 March 1709/10, South Kingstown, Rhode Island; died 07 January 1786, Richmond, Rhode Island.
xv. ABIGAIL BARBER, born 06 January 1712/13, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 11 July 1714, Rhode Island.
xvi. DANIEL BARBER, born 22 April 1715, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 28 June 1805, Exeter, Rhode Island.
xvii. ANN BARBER, born 08 October 1717, South Kingston, Rhode Island; died 21 September 1755, Sterling, Connecticut.

Will of Moses Barber:

In the name of God, Amen, the 29th day of March 1728: I, Moses Barber, Sr., of S. Kingstown, R.I. in the Colony of R. I., yeoman, being aged and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to given until God for it - therefore calling to mind and memory the mortailty of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it to me and my body to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executrix and executor hereafter names nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner -primus after my just debts and charges and legacies are duly discharged and paid by the executrix or executor -The use of the rest of my movable estate I give and bequeath to Susannah my wife so long as she remains my widow as also the use of my homestead farm and house with all the privileges and profits thereunto belonging and further my will is that at the decease of my wife, Susannah, that then all the remaining part of my said estate shall be equally divided between the daughters of my said wife or their children.Item - I give unto my son William Barber one shilling in token of my live, he having received his portion already in land.Item - I give unto my son Moses Barber one shilling in token of my live, he having received his portion already in land.Item - I give unto my son Samuel Barber one shilling in token of my live, he having received his portion already in land.Item - I give unto my son Thomas Barber one shilling in token of my live, he having received his portion already in land.Item - I give unto my son Joseph Barber one shilling in token of my live, he having received his portion already in land.Item - I give unto my son Benjamin Barber a certain tract of parcell of land scituate lying and being in Westerly by estimation 146 acres which I bought of Francis Colgrove to be to him my said son Benjamin and to his heirs and assigns forever.Item - I give unto my son Ezekiel Barber 25 acres of land being the North West corner of my homestead bounded Westerly on the Petequemmecut line - Easterly Yaucup Pond. I also give to my son Ezekiel Barber 25 acres of land on the South East corner of my homestead farm to be the same more or less - butted and bounded as followeth... beginning at a certain rock by the pond where the brook runs out of the pond to the westward to a large oak tree and heap of stones and so to extend the same course to Samuel Barber's land and so bounded westerly on Samuel Barber's land - Southward on the land of Willcox and Eastward on the sd brook and the brook is the boundary to the before mentioned rock and both the above mentioned parcells of land which I give said son Ezekiel Barber to be to him his heirs and assigns forever, I also give to my said son Ezekiel Barber one loom and all my weaving utensils.Item - I give until my son Daniel Barber all remaining part of my homestead farm with all the housing, orchard and fencing and all others to the same - belonging to my sd son Daniel Barber and to his heirs and assigns forever.Item - I give to my youngest daughter Ann Barber one good feather bed well fixed and 1 20 in money to be paid to her when she comes of age of 18 years.Item - I give to all my daughters which are married to each of them 5 shillings in token of my love, they having received their portions already; also I give to the heirs of my daughter Lydia Mory deceased 5 shillings.Item - Lastly my will is and I do hereby order constitute and appoint my true and loving wife my executrix as also my son Benjamin Barber my executor of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments wills legacies and bequests and executions by me.In any ways before named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.Witnesses: Benjamin Potter, Moses Barber,Isaac Sheldon

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Burial: Moses Barber Lot, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Plot: moses
Find A Grave Memorial# 61290119
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MARGARET HYCKES (PEASE) 1539-1612

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Olive Pease (Child), daughter of Daniel Pease, son of Robert Pease, son of John Pease, son of Robert Pease, son of Robert Pease, son of Margaret Hyckes (Pease).]

Cemetery Photo

Birth: 1540
Death: October 1612, Great Baddow, Essex, England
Daughter of Richard Hyckes and Emma ? Her father died before she was married. She married June 23, 1560 to John Pease "the Clothier."
Burial: Great Baddow, St. Mary's Church, Great Baddow, Essex, England
Find A Grave Memorial# 65251494
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RACHEL (MESSENGER) 1617-

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of Hannah Carter (Benedict), daughter of Hannah Benedict (Carter), daughter of Thomas Benedict, son of Thomas Benedict, son of Mary Messenger (Benedict), daughter of Rachel (Messenger).]

Birth: 1617, England
Death: unknown, USA

She was the first wife of ANDREW MESSENGER and might have been the daughter of Lieut. Robert Seeley of Watertown, Massachusetts since Andrew Messenger was with Captain Seeley in New Haven in 1639 and in New Amsterdam (Long Island) and Indian Country in 1640 and almost continually until the Captain died.

The exact date of her death is unknown, but it was after 1650 when the last child was born.
Burial: Unknown
Find A Grave Memorial# 65745564
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HANNAH BENEDICT (CARTER) 1733-1780

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of Hannah Carter (Benedict), daughter of Hannah Benedict (Carter).]

Carter Street

Birth: December 13, 1733, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Death: February 22, 1780, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Wife of Capt. John Carter [She married John Carter on in October of 1753. 10 Children.

Hannah Benedict Carter can be claimed as a Revolutionary War patriot (DAR records). -courtesy of Mary Harrell-Sesniak]

Burial: Carter Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 11891509

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Hannah Benedict Carter made her home a refuge for the soldiers, and died February 21, 1780, from overexertion in their behalf.  Her memory is now honored by the Chapter bearing the name of this patriotic "Foremother."
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 284

Hannah Benedict Carter died February 22, 1780.  Her last work was given to the service of her country, and a Chapter bears the name of the patriotic mother.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

Hannah Benedict Carter, who died in 1780, was one of the many patriotic mothers who gave their lives for liberty. Her memory will ever be cherished by the Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution that bears her name.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 257

Hannah Benedict Carter was a patriotic mother who died February 21, 1780, from over-exertion for the soldiers.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 143

Hannah Benedict Carter died February 21, 1780, from over-work for the soldiers and a Chapter of the Daughters now bears the name of this patriot mother.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 75

Hannah Benedict Carter gave her home and service to the soldiers and died from overexertion in this patriotic work.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 277

Hannah Benedict Carter is a patriotic mother whose service is memorialized by the Chapter bearing her name.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

Hannah Benedict Carter died 1780, from overwork for the soldiers.  A chapter of the "Daughters," at New Canaan now bears the name of this patriot mother.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 248

Hannah Benedict Carter (His wife) was a heroine of the revolution.  The chapter of New Canaan, Connecticut, her old home, is named in her honor, and each of her nine children gave her name to a child.  Some of the fine linen she spun is still preserved in the family.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 253

Hannah Benedict Carter, (1733-1780), was an able helpmeet and the last work of her hands was given to her country.  A chapter of the Daughters of New Canaan, now bears the name of this patriot mother.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 61

Hannah Benedict Carter Story

Contributed By jessicanicolevandreew1 · 22 September 2013 on FamilySearch

Hannah was the daughter of Thomas Benedict, Jr. and Mary Bridgum and the daughter-in-law of Captain Ebenezer Carter, first leader of the Norwalk "Train Band." (Train Bands were common in colonial times. They were the local militia established originally to protect against Indian attacks.)

Hannah was born on December 13, 1733, and lived with her family in Norwalk, Connecticut on what is now known as West Avenue. This home was occupied by nine generations of this family, and this was where Hannah Benedict married Captain John Carter in October 1753. They built their home on what is now Carter Street in New Canaan, Connecticut, opposite to the home of John's father. And it was here that they raised nine children, seven daughters, and two sons. She was beloved by her children and was a devoted mother. All nine children lived to a mature life, married, and in honor of their mother's character and love they all named one of their own daughters Hannah.

Hannah Benedict Carter was a true patriot. She often aided and entertained soldiers. Many military gatherings occurred at their home and in their neighborhood. On February 21, 1780, thirty mounted soldiers arrived at their home to stay overnight. In the morning, Hannah fed them breakfast and then watched from her front stoop as the troop departed.

She was taken very ill from a congestive chill, followed by a cerebral stroke, usually caused by a hemorrhage in the brain. She died a few hours later on Captain John Carter's birthday, February 22, 1780. She was buried on the church hill facing the Congregational Church where her grand-daughter Hannah Carter St. John planted an Elm tree beside her grave and a bed of myrtle around it in 1876. She was later moved to a Carter Street burial ground where she rests today with her husband, Captain John Carter who died in January 1819.

JOHN CARTER 1730-1819

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of Hannah Carter (Benedict), daughter of John Carter.]

Carter Street

Birth: February 2, 1730, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 2, 1819, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Revolutionary Soldier

[He was the son of Ebenezer and Hannah (St. John) Carter, and he married Hannah Benedict in October 1753. Their children were: Hannah, Rachel, Deborah, Sarah, Mercy/Marcy, Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Samuel, Mary and John Carter. -courtesy of Mary Harrell-Sesniak]

Burial: Carter Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 11891335

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The family resided in Canaan Parish, Connecticut. John served as a Captain in the Connecticut Militia. The family resided in Canaan Parish, Connecticut.
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John: born 2-22-1730 Connecticut; died 1-2-1819 Connecticut; married Hannah Benedict; Captain Connecticut
DAR Patriot Index

John Carter (1730-1819) was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774; served as lieutenant and captain in the Connecticut militia.  He died in Canaan.  His wife was an heroine of the revolution.  The Chapter of New Canaan is named in her honor and each of her nine children gave her name to a child.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 232

John Carter, who had served in the militia, was captain of minute men, in 1777, to guard the coast of Long Island, and commanded a party in the successful midnight attack at Morisania, capturing Colonel Hatfield, his staff and eleven privates.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 284

John Carter was on the Committee of Safety when he entered the militia.  He was lieutenant in the Fifth Company, Colonel Swift's battalion, raised for services at Ticonderoga, and was on duty in New York, 1776, under Captain Daniel Benedict, and commanded the company after the captain was captured.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 263

John Carter, 1776, was lieutenant in Captain Daniel Benedict's company in the New York campaign, where the captain was taken prisoner.  His commission, dated 1777, as Captain of the Ninth Company is still in the family.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

John Carter served on the Committee of Safety of Norwalk, and his commission as captain the family still possesses, as well as the original order "to march his company to Horseneck and report to Colonel John Mead."  He aided in the midnight attack at Morrisania, a brilliant and successful exploit.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 257

John Carter, 1774, was on the Norwalk Committee of Safety.  In 1776 he was lieutenant at Ticonderoga and 1777-80 served as Captain in New York.  He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 142

John Carter, 1774, was a member of the Norwalk Committee of Safety.  He was a lieutenant at Ticonderoga and served at New York under Captain Damiel Benedict when that officer was captured.  His commission as captain of the Ninth Company, Ninth Regiment of militia, dated May 13, 1777, is still in the family.  He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island and in 1780 lead the midnight attack capturing Colonel Hatfield, his staff and eleven privates.

Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 75

John Carter served at Ticonderoga as lieutenant, and was captain of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 277

John Carter commanded a company and his commission is still in the family.  He died in 1819, aged eighty-nine.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

John Carter, (1730-1819), was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774.  He entered the army as lieutenant and his commission of captain, 1777, is still in the family.  He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast, and, 1780, led a midnight attack and captured a British colonel, his staff and eleven privates.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 247

John Carter, (1730-1819) was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774; served as lieutenant and captain in the Connecticut militia.  He was born in Canaan, where he died.  His wife was a heroine of the revolution.  The chapter of New Canaan, Connecticut, her old home, is named in her honor, and each of her nine children gave her name to a child.  Some of the fine linen she spun is still preserved in the family.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 253

Captain John Carter Revolutionary War

Contributed By jessicanicolevandreew1 · 22 September 2013 · on FamilySearch

John Carter (1730-1819) was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774; served as lieutenant and captain in the Connecticut militia. He died in Canaan. His wife was an heroine of the revolution. The Chapter of New Canaan is named in her honor and each of her nine children gave her name to a child. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 232

John Carter, who had served in the militia, was captain of minute men, in 1777, to guard the coast of Long Island, and commanded a party in the successful midnight attack at Morisania, capturing Colonel Hatfield, his staff and eleven privates. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 284

John Carter was on the Committee of Safety when he entered the militia. He was lieutenant in the Fifth Company, Colonel Swift's battalion, raised for services at Ticonderoga, and was on duty in New York, 1776, under Captain Daniel Benedict, and commanded the company after the captain was captured. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 263

John Carter, 1776, was lieutenant in Captain Daniel Benedict's company in the New York campaign, where the captain was taken prisoner. His commission, dated 1777, as Captain of the Ninth Company is still in the family. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

John Carter served on the Committee of Safety of Norwalk, and his commission as captain the family still possesses, as well as the original order "to march his company to Horseneck and report to Colonel John Mead." He aided in the midnight attack at Morrisania, a brilliant and successful exploit. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 257

John Carter, 1774, was on the Norwalk Committee of Safety. In 1776 he was lieutenant at Ticonderoga and 1777-80 served as Captain in New York. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 142

John Carter, 1774, was a member of the Norwalk Committee of Safety. He was a lieutenant at Ticonderoga and served at New York under Captain Damiel Benedict when that officer was captured. His commission as captain of the Ninth Company, Ninth Regiment of militia, dated May 13, 1777, is still in the family. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island and in 1780 lead the midnight attack capturing Colonel Hatfield, his staff and eleven privates. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 75

John Carter served at Ticonderoga as lieutenant, and was captain of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 277 John Carter commanded a company and his commission is still in the family. He died in 1819, aged eighty-nine. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127

John Carter, (1730-1819), was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774. He entered the army as lieutenant and his commission of captain, 1777, is still in the family. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast, and, 1780, led a midnight attack and captured a British colonel, his staff and eleven privates. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 247

John Carter, (1730-1819) was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774; served as lieutenant and captain in the Connecticut militia. He was born in Canaan, where he died. His wife was a heroine of the revolution. The chapter of New Canaan, Connecticut, her old home, is named in her honor, and each of her nine children gave her name to a child. Some of the fine linen she spun is still preserved in the family. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 253

JOHN BENEDICT 1676-1766

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of John Benedict, son of Daniel Benedict, son of John Benedict, son of John Benedict.]


Birth: March 3, 1676, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 16, 1766, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

The son of Deacon John and Phebe Gregory, he married Anna St. John, daughter of Mark and Elizabeth (Stanley) St. John in 1693 in Norwalk, Connecticut. He married second, Mary Haite (Hoyte). He was active in the Norwalk settlement, elected selectman in 1705 and 1715, surveyor in 1709 and 1711, fence viewer in 1713 through 1718, and townsman in 1722 and 1724. He became sergeant of the trainband in 1717, and was a deacon of the Norwalk church for many years.

Burial: East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 33587470
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ROBERT PEASE 1656-1744

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Mark Anthony Child, son of Olive Pease (Child), daughter of Daniel Pease, son of Robert Pease.]




Birth: 1656
Death: 1744
Burial: Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 68905289

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SARAH RUGGLES (LYON) 1629-1677

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Mark Anthony Child, son of Increase Child, son of Mary Lyon (Child), daughter of Joseph Lyon, son of Joseph Lyon, son of Sarah Ruggles (Lyon).]

Birth: 1628, Nazeing, Essex, England
Death: February 9, 1688, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

William Lyon married: (1) Roxbury 17 June 1646 Sarah Ruggles, daughter of THOMAS RUGGLES {1637, Roxbury}.

They had 7 children: John, Thomas, Samuel, William, Joseph, Sarah, and Jonathan.

The dates given above for the births of John and Thomas, the two eldest sons of this immigrant, are presented in the published Roxbury vital records as baptisms. The Roxbury church records, however, do not include these records, and neither parent was a member of Roxbury church before 1650. These dates are more likely birth dates, and are so entered here. Some authors have included two sons named Jonathan in this family, but the Roxbury town and church records show only one son of this name.

Burial: Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 45344670
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JOSEPH LYON 1654-1721

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Mark Anthony Child, son of Increase Child, son of Mary Lyon (Child), daughter of Joseph Lyon, son of Joseph Lyon.]

Hill Cemetery Road

Birth: November 30, 1654, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: January 7, 1721, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
He married Mary Bridge at Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 13,1681.
Burial: Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 59846564

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JUDITH TORREY (HUNT) 1655-1693

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of William Elmer, son of Sarah Peake (Elmer), daughter of Joanna Ellingwood (Peake), daughter of Joanna Hunt (Ellingwood), daughter of Ephraim Hunt, son of Judith Torrey (Hunt).]

Birth: unknown
Death: October 18, 1693

Note: Judith Hunt, maiden name Torrey, died 18 Octber 1693 (according to New England Historic and Genealogical Register 164:66).GravRidr (#46594477)

Burial: Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 8448306
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MEHITABLE CHILD (PERRIN) 1669-1752

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of William Elmer, son of Sarah Peake (Elmer), daughter of Lemuel Peake, son of Mehitable Perrin (Peake), daughter of Mehitable Child (Perrin).]

In Memory of
Mrs Mehetable
ye wife of Mr.
Samuel perin
dieD September
ye 7d AD 1752.
in ye 84th Year
of her Age.

Hill Cemetery Road

Birth: August 29, 1669, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: September 7, 1752, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Burial: Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 31756152
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MARY WOOD (PRATT) 1698-1776

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of William Elmer, son of John Elmer, son of Mary Kibbe (Elmer), daughter of Mary Pratt (Kibbe), daughter of Mary Wood (Pratt).]

Inscription:Wife of Ebenezer

Birth: 1699
Death: March 3, 1776
Burial: North Cemetery, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 16319136

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EBENEZER PRATT 1695-1769

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of William Elmer, son of John Elmer, son of Mary Kibbe (Elmer), daughter of Mary Pratt (Kibbe), daughter of Ebenezer Pratt.]

Birth: 1695
Death: September 7, 1769
Burial: North Cemetery, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 16318950

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WILLIAM KELSEY 1600-1680

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of William Elmer, son of John Elmer, son of Mary Kibbe (Elmer), daughter of Daniel Kibbe, son of Hannah Kelsey (Kibbe), daughter of Stephen Kelsey, son of William Kelsey.]

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Founder of Hartford Memorial

Birth: 1600, Chelmsford, Essex, England
Death: 1680, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
His name appears on the Founders of Hartford monument in the Center Church Cemetery in Hartford.
Burial: Indian River Cemetery, Clinton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 39228884

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JOHN ELMER 1646-1711

[Ancestral Link: Lura May Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of William Elmer, son of John Elmer, son of William Elmer, son of William Elmer, son of John Elmer, son of John Elmer

Birth: 1644, USA
Death: unknown

JOHN, eldest known child of Edward and Mary Elmer, was born about 1644 (aged twenty-one on 5 May 1665). He married about October 1669 Rosamund Ginnuarie. On 2 September "Mr. Eliezer Way" complained against "John Elmore for his abusive expressions of him and his wife in a letter to which his the said Elmor's name is subscribed and for publishing a determined and concluded contract of matrimony betwixt himself and Roseman the said Mr. Waye's maid without his the said Way's leave, consent and against his good liking" [Hartford PD 3(courtside):89]. On 23 September 1669 "Edward Elmor acknowledgeth himself bound in a recognizance of forty pounds to the county of Hartford the condition is that Roseaman Ginniaure shall personally appear at the next county court ... to answer Mr. Way's complaint against her for stealing his goods &c."
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

Burial:Unknown
Find A Grave Memorial# 55391075
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EDWARD ELMER 1610-1676

[Ancestral Link: Lura May Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of William Elmer, son of John Elmer, son of William Elmer, son of William Elmer, son of John Elmer, son of John Elmer, son of Edward Elmer.]

Edward Elmer 1613 died 1676
Founders Monument, Centre City Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut

Edward Elmer 1613-1676

Founders Monument Detail

Erected by

The Society of the Founders of Hartford
AD 1986
To Commemorate the 350th Anniversary of the City
This Stone Replaces the Original Sandstone Monument of 1837

Entrance on Gold Street

Birth: 1613, England
Death: 1676, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Born by about 1613, based on grants of land at Cambridge (and as early as 1608 if he was sixty years old when relieved of watching and warding and training). Came to Massachusetts Bay in 1632 on the "Lyon," and first settled in Cambridge. Moved to Hartford, Connecticut, then Northampton, Massachusetts in 1655, and Podunk, Connecticut in 1660. Died in Hartford by 6 June 1676 (said to have been killed by the Indians). Married by about 1644 Mary _____; she outlived her husband and married (2) Thomas Catlin. William W. Johnson claimed in 1899 that Edward Elmer was from Braintree, Essex, England, as did Theo. J. Elmore in 1880. This is certainly possible given his presence on the Lyon in 1632, but there is no direct evidence for this proposed origin. Banks suggested that Elmer was from St. Mary Bow, London, citing only "Banks Mss."

Burial: Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

Find A Grave Memorial# 35817379

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Edward Elmer
During the tyrannical reign of Charles I of England, thousands of pious and wealthy persons left their homes in Great Britain to make new homes in the wilderness of the New World.  Among those who came to New England was Edward Elmer, the No. 1 of the family line traced in this work.  No record of his birth and parentage has yet been found, but he probably was born about 1610.  He came from Braintree, Essex County, and took passage for new England from the Port of London in the ship Lion, Captain Mason, master, June 22, 1632*, and arrived in Boston September 16, 1632.  Settled first in Newton, now Cambridge, but in 1636 he was one of the company who went with Reverend Thomas Hooker through the wilderness to the Connecticut River and settled at Hartford, Connecticut, and Mr. Elmer was one of the original proprietors of that town, where some of his descendants still live, one of whom is Hon. Samuel E. Elmore, President of The Connecticut River Banking company, who collected the records of the early generations found in this book, and has in his possession other Elmer records sufficient to make a large volume.  Edward Elmer was probably married in Hartford.  His wife's name was Mary ___.  Her family name is not known.  He was killed by Indians during King Philip's war at Podunk, now South Windsor, Connecticut, in June, 1676.

CHILDREN, SECOND GENERATION.

I. John, born about 1645, died December 24, 1711
II. Samuel, baptized March 21, 1647, died April 1691
III. Elizabeth, baptized July 15, 1649
IV. Edward, born 1654, died October 31, 1725
V. Joseph, born 1656, died in infancy.
VI. Mary, born 1658
VII. Sarah, born 1664.

*In the Original List of Persons who left Great Britain form the American plantations between 1600 and 1700, edited by John C. Hotten, published in London, 1874, is found on page 150 as follows:  XXIJ Junij 1632, the names of such men transported to New England to the plantation there P cert: from Capt. Mason, have tendered and taken the oath of allegiance, according to the Statute," In this list is found the name of Edward Elmer.
Elmer Elmore Genealogy, Records of the Descendants of Edward Elmer, of Braintree, England, and Hartford, Connecticut, through his Son Edward 1632-1899.  Compiled by Rev. William W. Johnson.
Found in catalog of

Edward Elmer and his immigration to the United States on the ship Lyon:

Lyon/Lion - the ship is spelled both ways in the history books.  The history of Cambridge, Massachusetts has Lion, as does the history of Hartford, Connecticut.  One ship passenger list has Lyon, another has Lion.

The ship Lyon/Lion is famous in the immigration early to Massachusetts under Captain William Pierce.  Captain Pierce was equally noted for his skillful seamanship and his sympathy with the policies of the Puritan leaders.

In 1630, 1631, and 1632, the ship Lion made four voyages in quick succession under Captain Pierce's guidance with regularity and safety.  On one voyage, the arrival of the Lion saved the new settlement from starvation and death by its timely arrival of provisions and anti-scorbutics.

Captain Pierce had previously sailed to Plymouth in 1623 as master of the Anne of London, bringing the last lot of passengers to the pilgrim settlement.  Captain Pierce came from the Ratcliffe Parish of Stepney, London.  He made a voyage in 1629 as master of the Mayflower (not the Pilgrim ship) to Salem.  Thereafter, Captain Pierce was in constant traffic of passengers and merchandise across the Atlantic.

Captain William Pierce was killed by Spaniards in 1641 while on a voyage to the island of New Providence in the Bahama group.  Some records list Captain Mason as master of the Lion because he was the one who endorsed certificates of men who had tendered and taken the oath of allegiance to the statute.  Captain Mason did not, however, make the trips.

On Edward Elmer (Elmore) it is stated on one list of immigrants that he came from the parish of St. Mary Bow and sailed from London.

In one of the  more detailed ship lists of passengers arriving on the Lion, it states that there were 123 passengers, including 50 children.  This would indicate that the original Edward Elmore was married before coming to the United States.  Possibly the Edward we now of who was killed by Indians is a son of the first Edward, and possibly Richard is his brother, and possibly Samuel, Sheriff of Suffolk, England, is the first Edward's father???

(The above information was gathered by Charles Miller.)
The Elmer Family, Compiled by Ellison L. Elmer, April 1993