TWELFTH GENERATION
"MIX, or MEEKS, ...(2512) THOMAS, New Haven 1643, m. 1649, (2513) Rebecca, d. of (5026) capt. Nathaniel Turner, had (2513i) John, the eldest, b. 1649; (2513ii) Nathaniel, 14 Sept. 1651; (2513iii) Daniel, 8 Sept. 1653; (1256) Thomas, 30 Aug. 1655; (2513v) Rebecca, 4 Jan. 1658, all bapt. 23 May 1658; (2513vi) Abigail, 1659, bapt. 22 Jan. 1660; (2513vii) Caleb, bapt. 15 Dec. 1661; (2513viii) Samuel, b. 11 Jan. 1664, bapt. 21 Feb. foll.; (2513ix) Hannah, 30 June 1666, bapt. 12 Aug. foll.; (2513x) Esther, 30 Nov. 1668, d. within 2 yrs. and (2513xi) Stephen, 1 Nov. 1672, H. C. 1690. He d. early in 1691, his inv. wh. shows good est. being of 9 June, nam. all the ten. liv. ch. in his will of Apr. preced. made s. John and Stephen excors."
-- James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary Of the First Setlers of New England Before 1692", c/o http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/
"ROCKWELL, ...JOHN, Windsor, s. of William prob. b. in Eng. m. 6 May 1651, Sarah Ensign, perhaps d. of James, had Sarah, b. 12 May 1653; (2513iii[1]) Ruth, 5 Mar. 1655; and Lydia, 27 Nov. 1656. His w. d. 23 June 1659. He m. 18 Aug. 1662, Deliverance Haynes of Dorchester, rem. to Stamford, had John, b. 6 Sept. 1663; Hannah, 30 May 1665; Joseph, 8 July 1668; and Elizabeth 5 Feb. 1671; and he d. 3 Sept. 1673, aged 46, all his ch. exc. John, being then liv. Sarah, m. 8 Oct. 1676, John Crampton of Norwalk, unless Hall, in his Hist. 188, be wrong. But Stiles, 762, says that she m. David Hall; Ruth, m. (2513iii) Daniel Mix; Lydia m. Joshua Atwater, 24 June 1680, and h. and w. d. next yr.; Elizabeth m. 1 Feb. 1694, James Ward."
"YALE, JOHN, New Haven, eldest s. of (5027i[1]) Thomas of the same, is in the list of proprs. 1685, and that was all that could be seen of him bef. the appear. of the Geneal. 1850, by a descend. of the same ancest. In that tract we learn, that, by w. (2513v) Rebecca, whose surname is not told, he had John, b. 3 June 1694, when both parents had acquir. mature age (and of this s. it is carefully told, [[vol. 4, p. 667]] that he d. 11 Dec. 1711, aged 17 yrs. 6 mos. and 7 ds); Elihu, 30 Mar. 1696; Abigail, 16 Nov. 1697; and David, 8 Oct. 1699; and d. 16 Dec. 1711, so few days aft. his s. of the same name, aged 65. His wid. d. 17 Oct. 1734, aged 78."
"PANTRY, or PANTREE, (2513vi[1]) JOHN, Hartford, s. of the (10083v[2]b[1]) preced. had John (who d. bef. his f. leav. only ch. Abigail, b. 1712); and ds. Abigail, b. 11 Jan. 1679; Hannah; and Rebecca. He d. 4 Apr. 1736, and so the name ceased in that quarted."
"CHEDSEY, or CHIDSEY, JOHN, New Haven 1644, by w. Elizabeth had Mary, b. 22 Sept. 1650, d. soon; John, 21 Oct. bapt. 10 Nov. 1651; a d. 1653; Joseph, b. 5 Dec. 1655; Daniel, 30 July 1657, d. young; Mary, again, 21 Nov. 1659; Caleb, 20, bapt. 24 Nov. 1661; (2513vii[1]) Hannah, 7 Jan. bapt. 28 Feb. 1664; Ebenezer, 10 Feb. bapt. 25 Mar. 1666; Elizabeth b. 16 Dec. 1668, d. under 20 yrs. and Sarah (not, as Dodd says, 1670, but 12 Oct. 1653), wh. m. 26 Oct. 1683, Samuel Alling, as his sec. w. Mary m. 20 Oct. 1692, William Wilmot, and Hannah m. (2513vii) Caleb Mix. He was deac. and d. 31 Dec. 1688, aged 67, his w. hav. a. the same yr."
"BRADLEY, or BRADLEE, ISAAC, Branford 1667, rem. to New Haven 1683, where his name was long cont. by a mult. of descend. He had Isaac; William; Samuel; Daniel, b. 20 Dec. 1696; Sarah; and Elizabeth"
"PARDEE, GEORGE, New Haven, a young, apprent. 1644 to Francis Brown, of whose orig. or coming nothing is kn. m. 20 oct. 1650, Martha, d. of Richard Miles, had John, b. 20 Aug. 1651, d. young; John, again, 2 Sept. 1653, d. bef. his f. George, 15 Jan. 1656; Mary, 18 Apr. 1658 [[vol. 3, p. 345]] Elizabeth 10 June 1660, the last three bapt. 18 May 1662, I presume; and he m. sec. w. 29 Dec. 1662, Dodd says, Rebecca (but Catharine, reads ano.) Lane, had Joseph, b. 27 Apr. 1664; (2513viii[1]) Rebecca, 18 Apr. 1666, bapt. I judge, four days aft. but surely not, as the ch. rec. in Genal. Reg. IX. 361, says, Monday, 23; Sarah, b. 2 Feb. 1668; and Hannah, 7 July 1672; and he d. Apr. 1700, aged 71. His will, of 14 of that mo. names all the ds. and s. George and Joseph. Mary m. 1677, Joshua Hotchkiss; Elizabeth m. 25 Dec. 1679, Thomas Gregory, and in the will of her f. is call. an Olmstead; Rebecca m. 1699, Samuel Alling; and Hannah m. Edward Vickers."
"MIX, or MEEKS, ...(2513xi) STEPHEN, Wethersfield, youngest s. of (2512) Thomas the first, ord. 1694, m. 1 Dec. 1696, (2513xi[1]) Mary, d. of Rev. Solomon Stoddard of Northampton, Sarah, b. early in 1698; 1700; Rebeeca, 1702; Esther, 1704; EIisha, 1706; and Christian, 1709; and he d. Aug. 1788."
"MIX, or MEEKS, ...(2513vii) CALEB, (2513iii) DANIEL, (2513i) JOHN, and (2513ii) NATHANIEL, proprs. of New Haven 1685, tho. Daniel, wh. m. (2513iii[1]) Ruth, d. of John Rockwell, liv. at Wallingford, were all s. of (2512) Thomas, but my means furnish account only of John, wh. was the oldest. He m. (2513i[1]) Elizabeth d. of sec. Benjamin Wilmot, wh. d. 20 Aug. 1711, had John, b. 25 Aug. 1676, Esther, 25 Dec. 1678; Elizabeth 18 Feb. 1681; Joseph, 18 Dec. 1684; Abigail, 17 Apr. 1687; and Mercy, 16 Apr. 1691. He d. 21 Jan. 1712, his will being of the 19th, and all the six ch. within ten days aft. agreed as to the est."
REF: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lydieanderson/DMix.htm
SRC: Paul E. Mix; 13116 Billiem Drive
Austin, TX 78727; Fax: (512) 835-1708; E-Mail: paulmix@prodigy.net
"(2512) Thomas Meekes' descendants were instrumental in the founding of Yale College in New Haven. Of the four cornered "Green" Yale College was founded on, three corners of it were owned by Mixes. Thomas Meekes died a very wealthy man, and left an estate of £686."
(2512) Thomas and (2513) Rebecca were called before the court 3 July 1649, "to answer to their sinful miscarriage in matter of fornication, with sundry lies added thereto by them both in a gross and heinous manner."
2513. Rebecca Turner
2 May 1678 Wallingford, New Haven, CT
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-- James Savage, op. cit.
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s/o Jn Belden & Lyd Standish
d/o Josiah & Han Hosmer
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"MASON, ...JOHN, Dorchester, tho. thot. by some to have come 1630, with Winthrop prob. came early in 1632... [1636] rem. with Warham to Windsor... From Windsor he rem. 1647 to Saybrook, thence to first sett. of Norwich 1659. By first w. wh. d. at W. we kn. not of any ch. but he took sec. w. in July 1639, nam. Peck, and had, perhaps, Isabel; certain. (2514[2]) Priscilla, b. Oct. 1641; Samuel, July 1644; John, Aug. 1646; Rachel, Oct. 1648; Ann, June 1650; Daniel, Apr. 1652; and Elizabeth Aug. 1654; and d. at N. 30 Jan. 1672, in 72d yr... Isabel m. 17 June 1658, John Bissell of Windsor; Priscilla m. 8 Oct. 1664, (2514) Rev. James Fitch; Elizabeth m. 8 May 1671, Thomas Norton; Ann m. John Brown of Swanzey, and Rachel m. 12 June 1678, Charles Hill..."
"GIFFORD, ...(4995ii[1]) STEPHEN, Norwich 1660, an orig. propr. m. May 1667, Hannah Gove, had Samuel, b. 1668; Hannah, 17 Jan. 1671; his w. d. 24 Jan. foll. and he m. 1672, (4995ii) Hannah, d. of (4994) John Gallop, had John, b. 1673; Ruth, 1676; Stephen, 1679; and Aquila, 1682. The sec. w. d. 1721, aged 79; and he d. 27 Nov. 1724."
"FITCH, ...(2514) JAMES, Saybrook, b. 24 Dec. 1622, at Bocking, Co. Essex, was brot. a. 1638, to N. E. but where he was prepar. for the min. is unkn. tho. prob. with Hooker and Stone of Hartford, as the inscript. on his gr.st. tells, mak. the period of study seven yrs. and is in Mather's sec. classis. ord. 1646, by w. (2515) Abigail, d. of Rev. Henry Whitfield, had (2515i) James, b. 2 Aug. 1649; (2515ii) Abigail, 5 Aug. 1650; (2515iii) Elizabeth 2 Jan. 1652; (1257) Hannah, 17 Dec. 1653; (2515v) Samuel, early in Mar. 1655; and (2515vi) Dorothy, Apr. 1658.
"His w. d. 9 Sept. 1659; and next yr. he rem. to sett. Norwich with large pt. of his S. people, m. 2 Oct. 1664, Priscilla, d. of Maj. John Mason, had (2514[2]a) Daniel, b. Aug. 1665; (2514[2]b) John, Jan. 1668; (2514[2]c) Jeremiah, Sept. 1670; (2514[2]d) Jabez, Apr. 1672, H. C. 1694; (2514[2]e) Ann, Apr. 1675; (2514[2]f) Nathaniel, Oct. 1679; (2514[2]g) Joseph, Nov. 1681; and (2514[2]h) Eleazur, 14 May 1683; all ment. as liv. in the will, 1696, and all but the last had fam. He gave up his office 1696, rem. to Lebanon, and d. 18 Nov. 1702. His d. Abigail m. prob. the sec. John Mason of Norwich; Elizabeth m. 5 Sept. 1674, (2515iii[1]) Rev. Edward Taylor of Westfield, and d. 1689; Hannah m. it is said, (1256) Thomas Meeks, or Mix; Dorothy m. (2515v[1]) Nathaniel Bissell; and Ann m. 5 Oct. 1698, (2514[2]e[1]) Joseph Bradford; but this makes strange discord with the Geneal. Reg. IV. 46 and 49."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"TAYLOR, TAYLOUR, or TAILER, ...(2515iii[1]) EDWARD, Westfield, b. 1642, at Sketchley Co. Leicester, near Hinckley, (no Sketelby, as Farmer prob. from some descend, had giv. and as reverent. repeat. in Geneal. Reg. II. 395) came 1668, arr. at Boston 5 July, and was gr. at H. C. 1671, and late in that yr. went by invit. to W. a new plana. m. 5 Sept. 1674, (2515iii) Elizabeth d. of (2514) Rev. James Fitch of Norwich, had Samuel, b. 1675; Elizabeth 1676, d. soon; James, 1678, Abigail, 1681, d. young; Bathsheba, 1683; Elizabeth again, 1684, d. soon; Mary, 1686, d. young; and Hezekiah, 1687, d. young.
"His w. d. 1689, and he m. 2 June 1692, Ruth, d. of Hon. Samuel Wyllys, had Ruth, b. 1693; Naomi, 1695; Ann. 1696; Mehitable, 1699; Keziah, 1702; and Eldad, 1708. He had preach. some yrs. there bef. he was ord. 27 Aug. 1679, was freem. 1678, or 1680, for his name is in both lists, and d. 29 June 1729. His wid. d. Jan. foll. Bathshua or Bathsheba m. 18 Feb. 1702, John Pynchon; Ruth m. 1713, Rev. Benjamin Cotton; Naomi m. 1720. Rev. Ebenezer Devotion; Ann m. 1720, Rev. Benjamin Lord; Mehitable m. Rev. William Gager; and Keziah m. Rev. Isaac Stiles, and was mo. of Presdt. Stiles."
Came To America 1638
James was a chaplain in King Phillip's War. He founded Norwich, Connecticut, and was the first minister ordained in Saybrook, in 1646. He studied in Hartford with Thomas Hooker and Samuel Stone (Jame's brother, Jospeh, married Stone's daughter Mary.
In 1660, a company of Saybrook planters, under the spiritual direction of Reverend Fitch and the assistance of John Mason, purchased land just above the Indian fort.
He apparently spent some energy on helping the Indians.
He is mentioned petitioning on behalf of them to the Royal Commission headed by Governor Dudley of Massachuesetts. And, of course, he saw it as his mission to convert the heathen to Christianity.
But he did not make any great headway until in 1676 when a great drought ruined all the crops. The Mohegans called in the services of a medicine man but all his whirlings and howlings did not draw down a drop of moisture.
(Chief) Uncas then appealed to the white man to see what his God could do. The Reverend Fitch saw his chance. He promised to try if Uncas would give credit where credit was due in case of sucess. Then the planters set a day for prayer. They prayed and they prayed but not a cloud veiled the brassy sun until just as it was going down, and then a tiny one drifted across it's face. For several days it was overcast. And then came the deluge. It rained and it rained and it rained. And then it rained some more.
Indian stories with Fitch involved continue.
During early land grabs, one Chief Uncas' minnions, somewhat drunk, set fire to the Norwich jail. For retribution, Fitch and company were given an additional 100 acres of Mohegan land. This and other land acquisions gave then quite a parcel. Fitch, Mason and others proceded to survey the rattlesnake-infested land and assign Home-lots. It is said that this was the first selltement in America to be surveyed and planned before families actually moved in.
-- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=banker1&id=I05071 c/o Marv Banker marvbanker@msn.com
Some of the names and dates were borrowed from. "Ancesstors of Peter James Hill and their decendants" list on rootsweb.com.
2514. Rev. James Fitch
2 Oct. 1664 Windsor, Hartford,/ Norwich, New London, CT
-- James Savage, op. cit.
-- James Savage, op. cit.
2515. Abigail Whitfield
Jan. 1676/77 Norwich, New London, CT
2 Oct. 1734 Stonington, New London, CT
19 Dec. 1675 Norwich Twp., New London, CT
-- James Savage, op. cit. (1660-1725) 28 Nov. 1678 Norwich Twp., New London, CT
REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jimsnow1&id=I03431
4 July 1683 Windsor, Hartford, CT
25 Sep. 1662 Windsor, Hartford, CT
NOTES ON JAMES FITCH:
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MIX & TURNER LINES continued
FITCH & WHITFIELD LINES continued
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