TENTH GENERATION
"Need par of Edw/James Poisson in CT c1715. Edward's Will incl. Fr Bibles. James counterfited RI Bonds."
-- Dorothy Nehlsen http://genforum.genealogy.com/poisson/messages/23.html
If the wife's name were Pinkney, she may have been descended from Philip Pinkney (1618-1688/89), who immigrated to Fairfield, CT ABT 1640 from Dinton, Wilts, England
The original proprietors of the township of Winchester, Litchfield, CT (1744):
"... £. s. d.
...Jomes Poisson 18 : 00 : 00"
"HARRIS, ...GABRIEL, New London, s. of Walter, b. prob. in Eng. m. 3 Mar. 1654, Elizabeth Abbot, b. prob. in Eng. also, had Walter, b. 24 Nov 1654, d. next mo.; (1240[2]) Elizabeth 5 June 1656; Thomas, 19 July 1658; Peter, 8 Dec. 1660; John, 12 June 1663; Samuel, 14 July 1665; Mary, 21 May 1667; James, bapt. 3 Sept. 1671, d. prob. young; and Joseph, 16 Jan. 1673. He d. 1684, and his wid. Elizabeth d. 17 Aug. 1702. He left good. est."
"WHEELER, ...MOSES, Stratford 1648, is found in the list of freem. 1669, was a shipwright and thriving man, had Elizabeth b. 1 Aug. 1642; Miriam, 28 Mar. 1647; (1240[2][1]) Samuel, 28 Apr. 1649; Moses, 5 July 1651; Mary, 13 Sept. 1655; and Joanna, 1659. His inv. bears date 1 Mar. 1698, but his will of 1690. Perhaps wrong date is giv. to Miriam, for she m. 1667, James Blackman. He may have liv. at New Haven 1643."
"WHEELER, ...(1240[2][1]) SAMUEL, sw. freem. of Conn. 1667, s. of Moses of Stratford, m. 29 May 1678, (1240[2]) Elizabeth Harris, but I kn. not of any ch. He made his will Nov. 1698, and inv. was ret. 29 Mar. foll. was of Newtown, L. I. 1686."
"BLACKLEACH, ...(1240[2][4]) RICHARD, Stratford 1685, then call. hims. 30 yrs. old. He m. Dec. 1680 Abigail, eldest d. of John Hudson of New Haven, wh. d. Mar. 1713, had Richard, Jael, and Joseph. He m. 1717, a (1240[2]) wid. wh. had two hs. bef. and he d. 1731."
Harris Marriage SRC: Hist. & Gen. of the Fam. of Old Fairfield, 3 Vol.
"Poison, Alias Delaport, (1240) Edward, late of Stratford, will dated Nov. 25, 1712, probated Nov. 6, 1716, all to his wife (1240[2]) Elizabeth, and appointed her executrix. Overseers Joseph Curtiss and (1240[2][4]) Richard Blacklatch. Witnesses Joseph Curtiss, Thomas Bennet, and Caleb Galpen, page 34. Inventory taken Jan. 11, 1716/7, by John Moss and John Leavenworth, and filed Feb. 20, 1716/7, page 34a"
-- ABSTRACT OF PROBATE RECORDS AT FAIRFIELD, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, AND STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
BY SPENCER P. MEAD, L.L.B. Volume 6, 1717 - 735 http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctfairfi/pages/probate/vol_1-6/ctfairfi_prob.v6p274.html
* Perquimans, NC, on Albemarle Sound, had a large Quaker community in the last quarter of the 17 Century, their only church at the time. There are no Poissons on the 1702 & succeeding Tax Lists, which suggests that the (1240) Edward Poisson who married (1241) Hester Knight there the year before was Edward, a merchant who probably plied the seas between Connecticut and Barbados.
REF: http://perqtax.homestead.com/
"James Forbus(Forbes) proved 11 rights: Himself, Alice (= Elas Forbush) his wife, John Forbus, James Forbus jr., Eliz Forbus, Tho. Forbus, Bayley Forbus, Edward Forbus, Lewis Knight, (1241) Hester Knight, Maria Knight and assigned in Court to Isaac Guilford..."
-- "Colonial Court Records, Land Papers-Wills 1665-1746", State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh: #7 Pasquotank Precinct Rights proved Oct Court held 20 Oct 1701, c/o Bob Stokley 13stars@adelphia.net, http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.camden/355.2
According to "Life along the Eastern Shore", the Forbes family lived with the Knights for six months before their move together to NC, so there is speculation that they are related. James Forbus' wife's pre-marriage name was apparently Clason.
REF: http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?hester::knight::964.html
Lewis and (1241) Hester Knight were the same as the followiing, seeing that the Forbes family quit their land in Accomack Co., VA and moved at the same time (cf. http://www.geocities.com/heartland/fields/8162/forbes.html and http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/FORBES/2000-04/0954951016):
ye. Seal
Hester Knight (////)
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presents of Tully Robinson, William Willett.
The above written acknowledged in open Court of Accomack county April ye. first 1701 by Hester Knight wife of the said Lewnies Knight as her free real voluntary act and deed unto Stephen Warrington. Teste: John Washbourne Clerk of Court
Recorded April 23rd 1701 p me John Washbourne Clerk of Court. Accomack County, Va.
Accomack County, Va. Orders 1703 - 1709 pg 129
"I have some information found while researching the Knight family that may connect towhat you're looking for. In William Saunders, ed., _Colonial Records of North Carolina_ there is a description of a court transaction in April 1702 involving a (1241[1]a) Lewis Alexander Knight in Perquimans Precinct. A Captain James Coles had sold land to a (1241) Hester Perssone (prob. = Poisson) for the use of her two sons, Lewes Alexsander Knite and (1241[1]b) Emanewell Knite (i.e., Lewis and Emanuelle Knight). Apparently, this same Lewis Alexander Knight later, as an adult, left a will in Pasquotank County dated April 1732 (I obtained a copy of the will from the NC State Archives.) He mentions his wife, Ann, and his son Lewis in this will. Perhaps this Lewis Alexander is the son of your (1241[1]) Louis Chavalier, alias Knight, especially since he was the son of a woman named Hester. I would suggest that you peruse Saunders' volumes of colonial NC records for more possible references, if you haven't already."
-- Vikki Bynum vb03@swt.edu, http://genforum.genealogy.com/knight/messages/298.html
"The Poisson family traces their ancestral roots back to French origin, and first appeared in ancient medieval records in Normandy"
1240. poss. Edward de la Ponte Poisson/ Delaport
-- James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary Of the First Settlers of the New England Before 1692" c/o http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-- James Savage, op. cit.
1241. poss. Hester unknown
REF: LDS Pedigree Resource File, Submitter: Sandra Newell
P. O. Box 1733, Crestview, FL
[b. ABT 1655]
b. ABT 1690 of Accomack Co., VA
Author: Donald L. Jacobus
Publication: Fairfield, CT, 1930
Repository: www.GenealogyLibrary.com
Vol 1, p. 677
Title: "Warren, Little, Lothrop, Park, Dix, Whitman, Fairchild, Platt, Wheeler, Lane, Avery pedigrees of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1847-1920"
Author: AVERY, Samuel Putnam
Publication: New York: NYGBS, 1925\ http://www.heritagequestonline.com/prod/genealogy/fullcitation?docID=Genealogy-glh16934144
Media: Book
Accomack County in Virginia. To all whome these presents witting shall come. know ye that I (1241) Hester Knight lawful wife of (1241[1]) Lewnies Chavalier, alias Knight, for divers, good causes, one thereunto moveing do release and quit claim to Stephen Warrington Sen'r. and his heirs and assigns for ever all my right, title, or interest of dower that I now have or that I may or shall by any way or means hereafter be come due in or to ye. within mentioned two hundred acres of land and premises, but that I and my heirs and every person or persons claiming any right, title or interest by from or under me for ever to be debarred and excluded. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and affixed my seal this first day of April anno domini (A.D.)1701.
The above lines look the most promising, as the parents of (621) Sarah Pingky, but I have no evidence of any connection.
"In the name of God, Amen, the 28 October, 1731. I, Lewis Guyon, of East Chester... I leave to my daughter Leah, wife of Philip Pinckney, £20...."
1242A. Ferris Pinckney
-- "Colllections of the New-York Historical Society For the Year 1894" p. 195 c/o Google Books
In 1685, Thomas Pinckney was assessed £1 for the maintenance of a minister.
"HUNT, ...THOMAS, West Chester, in jurisdict. of N. Y. but claim. by Conn. at whose gen. court he was made freem. 1663, and was rep. Oct. 1664."
"In the name of God, Amen, the 10 day of March, 1731. I, Joseph Drake, of East Chester... Also a small slip of meadow I bought of John Pinckney, deceased, and a piece of meadow called Great Hammock. My lot of land of 6 acres, bounded north by land formerly of Louis Guion..."
In 1685, Thomas Pinckney was assessed 5s for the maintenance of a minister.
There appears to be a conflict with the above: Most websites show Caleb married to a different Sarah; or a Caleb Jr. (much younger) married to Sarah Pinckney "WARD, ...SAMUEL, Fairfield, among the freem. in the list of 1669, s. of the first Andrew, and d. bef. 1693, leav. wid. Hannah, and ch. Edmund, Samuel, and ds. Hannah, and Sarah, if not more. His wid. had been w. of Jonathan Nichols of Stratford, and was not mo. of any of these ch."
The above lines look the most promising, as the grandparents of (621) Sarah Pingky, but I have no evidence of any connection.
2484A. John Pinckney
-- Robert Bolton, "A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the..." c/o Google Books
2485A. Abigail Hunt
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-- "Colllections of the New-York Historical Society For the Year 1894" p. 289 c/o Google Books
2484B. Thomas Pinckney
-- Robert Bolton, "A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the..." c/o Google Books
2485B. Hannah unknown
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"PINCKNEY, (4968) PHILIP, Fairfield 1650, perhaps he was not there much [[vol. 3, p. 438]] aft. 1653, certain, was at East Chester, 1665. His s. (2484A) John liv. there 1690, and perhaps he had other ch. beside (4969iv) Abigail, wh. m. (4969iv[1]) David Osborn."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
4969. Jane Phippen
"OSBORN, OSBOURN, or OSBURN, ...(4969iv[1]) DAVID, Fairfield, s. of Richard of the same, m. (4969iv) Abigail, d. of (4968) Philip Pinckney of East Chester, then claim. as of Conn. Jurisdict. whither he rem. and d. 1679; had Richard, and prob. no more ch. Yet he made up the length of his life for one or two more, if the fact be clear, that he d. not bef. 1779, at Ridgefield."
1"On March 10, 1691/2, Mary Warford of Bronkshes (Bronx?) sold a black cow to Yhomas Veale of Eastchester."
"PELL, (4969vi[1]) JOHN, Fairfield, s. of Rev. Dr. John of London, came in 1670, to rec. the est. wh. his uncle Thomas left him at F. but no more is kn. of him. A letter of introd. for him to Gov. Winthrop by his friend William, Lord Brereton, from London, 23 June 1670, is in my possess."
"BURR, ...(4969vi[1]) DANIEL, Fairfield, s. of Jehu the sec. left wid. (4969vi) Elizabeth and ten ch. to div. his est. (which [[vol. 1, p. 306]] was quite large), acc. inv. of 14 July 1727. Of six s. we may judge the order of success. in age to concur with the arrangem. at pro. office, Jehu; Stephen; Peter; David; Moses, Y. C. 1734; and Aaron, Y. C. 1735; and more confid. can we presume, that sev. of the ds. Hannah, Mary Wheeler, Elizabeth Hull, and Jane Sherwood were b. bef. sev. of the s. i wish the hs. of the m. ds. could be respectiv. assign.
Moses and Aaron were minors; and their brs. Stephen and Peter were several. made guardns. Nine of these ch. had ea. L545. and double that sum was sh. of the eldest s. The youngest s. Aaron, b. 4 Jan. 1717, was the disting. good man, presid. of N. J. coll. f. of the more disting. (but not as a good man), Aaron of N. Y. the great manager of the more polit. change for our country in 1800, wherein he was made third Vice-Presid. of the U. S."
-- James Savage, op. cit. Aaron Burr was prob. the second cousin, six times removed (512/M), of (9) Emma Rosetta Duncan (Emma descendant) through Philip Pinckney and Jane Phippen
"DIMAN, DYMOND, DIAMOND, DYAMONT, or DIMOND, ...MOSES, Fairfield 1670, s. of Thomas, had large est. w. Abigail, s. (4969iii[1]) 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."
After moving from Fairfield, CT to Westchester Co., NY, at least some members of the family returned to Fairfield Co., CT: A Jean Pinkney is recorded as being baptized in Fairfield in the late 1690's. Philip bought land from Thomas Pell in Westchester Co. in 1664, as evidenced by the following grant:
"Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas Pell, have granted to James Euestis and Philip Pinckney, for themselves and their associates, to the number of ten families, to settle down at Hutchinsons, that is where the house stood at the meadow and uplands, to Hutchinson's river, they paying according to ye proportion of the charges which was disburst for the purchase, and other necessary charges, only liberty to have the disposing of two lotts upon the same terms with them, because that I might provide them some tradesmen for their comfort, as a smith, or weaver, or what else with their approbation, witness my hand, this 24th of June, 1664.
-- Thomas Pell"
REF: IGI, North America
Marriage REF: http://www.rays-place.com/marrage/stratford-christ-episcopal.htm
"This is from a book "GENEALOGY of the HILL, DEAN, PINCKNEY, AUSTIN, BARKER, ANDERSON, RHOADES AND FINCH FAMILIES" by Franklin Couch, LL. B., printed for private circulation by Newburgh Journal Company, 1907. There is a copy at the State Historical Library in Albany, N.Y....
"On page 70 it refers to his parents: Philip Pinckney was a lineal descendant of the Pinckneys of Tattersat, Pinckney Manor, Norfolk County, England, whose ancestor came into that country at the time of William the Conqueror. As early as 1649, Philip Pinckney was in Fairfield, Connecticut. June 24, 1664, Thomas Pell granted to Philip Pinckney and James Eustis, for themselves and their associates, land on Hutchinson River, Westchester County, N. Y...."
-- http://genforum.genealogy.com/pinckney/messages/293.html
Philip and his wife Jane had sons William, John & Thomas
INDEX
4968. prob. Capt. Philip Pinckney
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stormchaserj&id=I05529
2 "...The will of Edward Barber of St. Mary's Co., MD, 1693 ...named his sister "Mary Nichols". (Maryland Inventory & Accts, Liber XIV, p.155)
-- Willard Arthur Warford c/o Pedigree Resource File Pin submission 2888264- 1025104114330
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-> Rev. Aaron Burr (1714/15-1757) m. Esther Edwards -- WELLS LINE
--> Aaron Burr, Vice-President of the United States (1756-1836)
-- James Savage, op. cit.
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