
"BULL, (2436) THOMAS, Hartford, came in the Hopewell, capt. Babb, emb. at London, Sept. 1635, aged 25, was of Boston or Cambridge first, but accomp. Hooker next May, had w. (2437) Susanna, wh. d. 1680, aged 70; serv. well in the Pequot war, 1637, and in 1675 was in command at Saybrook, when Andros attempt. to gain the place for his master, the D. of York, and he steadily and successf. resist. him. [See Chalmer's Polit. Ann. 581, and Trumbull, Hist. I. 346.] He d. 1684, in his will nam. ch. (2437i) Thomas; (2437vi) David of Saybrook, wh. was bapt. 9 Feb. 1651; (1218) Jonathan, bapt. 25 Mar. 1659; and (2437iv) Joseph of Hartford; (2437ii) Ruth, w. of (2437ii[1]) Andrew Bordman of Cambridge; (2437vii) Abigail Buck; and a third d. (2437iii) Bunce."
-- James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692" c/o http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/
"BULL, (2437i) THOMAS, Farmington, s. of the preced. m. Esther, d. of John Cowles; wh. s. 1691, aged 42, had (2437i[1]a) John, b. 1671, wh. d. bef. his f. but left issue; (2437i[1]d) Samuel, 1676; (2437i[1]e) Susanna, 1679; (2437i[1]f) Jonathan, bapt. 14 May 1682; (2437i[1]g) Sarah, b. 1684; and (2437i[1]h) Daniel, 1687. Cothern says, he m. sec. w. 1692, (2437i[2]) Hannah Lewis, wh. lov. to 1728. Descend. have been num. and respect."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
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"BORDMAN, ...(2437ii[1]) ANDREW, Cambridge, br. of the preced. freem. 1674, m. 15 Oct. 1669, (2437ii) Ruth Bull, had (2437ii_a) Andrew, b. 22 Aug. 1671, one of emin. pub. serv. as selectman, repo. town treas. 45 yrs. and near. as long steward of the coll. beside Ruth, 28 Jan. 1673, the w.of Presid. Wadsworth, and two or three other ch., was steward of the coll. d. 15 July 1687, [[vol. 1, p. 214]] aged 42."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"MANNING, ...WILLIAM, Cambridge, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. freem. 10 May 1643, by w. Dorothy had Hannah, b. 21 June 1642; Samuel, 21 July 1644, bef. ment.; (2437iv[1]) Sarah, 28 Jan. 1646; Abigail, 15 Jan. 1648, d. at 4 mos.; John, 31 Mar. 1650, wh. d. of smallpox, 25 Nov. 1678; and Mary.
"He was selectman 1667, and many yrs. aft. sent, 1670, to Eng. to induce Uriah Oakes to come over to be presid. of the coll. says tradit. with more wildness than might have been expect. of Cambridge people, wh. kn. that vacancy did not occur by d. of Chauncy until 1672. The gr.stone that tells his d. 14 Mar. 1691, aged 76 yrs. may be truer, but I suspect some exagger. in that for his w. Dorothy, when it makes her 80 yrs. at the d. 26 July 1692. Sarah m. 11 Apr. 1671, (2437iv) Joseph Bull of Hartford; and Mary m. 21 Oct. 1674, Rev. William Adams of Dedham. In the coll. of N. E. and N. J. fourteen had been gr. 1834, of wh. ten were of Harv."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"BULL, ...(2437iv) JOSEPH, Hartford, br. of the preced. m. 11 Apr. 1671, Sarah Manning of Cambridge, had Sarah, b. 11 July 1672; Joseph, 9 Aug. 1675; Daniel, 9 Nov. 1677; Caleb, 1 Feb. 1680, and may have been at Wickford, R. I. 1674. Robert, Saybrook 1649, m. Dec. of that yr. Phebe, whose name on the rec. if correct. giv. by Rev. Mr. Nash, is incredib. had Mary, b. 7 Dec. 1651; John, 10 Mar. 1653; Phebe, Aug. 1655; and Robert, 1 Mar. 1663. [[vol. 1, p. 294]] Phebe m. 1676, Samuel Chalker. From a part of Saybrook rec. giv. in Geneal. Reg. V. 249, it may be infer. that his s. John went to Eng. sett. in Co. Gloucester, there had childr. and the conject. may be indulg. that from that shire the fam. orig. name."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"BULL, (2437vi) DAVID, Saybrook, s. of (2436) Thomas, m. 27 Dec. 1677, (2437vi[1]) Hannah, d. of Robert Chapman, had Susanna, b. 4 July 1679; Hannah, 30 Apr. 1681; and Abigail, 16 Mar. 1683, d. at 3 mos. It is believ. the other ch. d. young."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"BARNARD, (2437vii[1]) THOMAS, Andover, s. of Francis, ord. as collea. with Dane 1682, d. 13 Oct. 1718, in 61st yr. He had m. 14 Dec. 1686, Elizabeth d. of Theodore Price, wh. d. 10 Oct. 1693; and next m. 28 Apr. 1696 Abigail Bull, wh. d. 1702 ; and next m. 1704 Lydia Goff. Of his ch. the dates are not all giv. nor is any d. nam. the s. were Thomas, b. 1688, wh. d. without issue, bef. his f. John, 26 Feb. 1690, H. C. 1709, wh. succeed. his f. in the pulpit at A. ord. 8 Apr. 1719, and d. 14 June 1738, leav. Thomas, H. C. 1732, min. at Newbury and Salem, and Edward, H. C. 1736, min. of Haverhill. [[vol. 1, p. 121]]"
-- James Savage, op. cit.

"GRIGSON, or GREGSON, _THOMAS, New Haven, came from London Boston 26 June 1637, in comp. with GOV. Eaton and John Davenport, was one of the chief men, an active merch. and an Assist. of the Col. first treasr. and first Commissr. for the Union with other N. E. Col. liv. on E. side of the harbor, sailed in Jan. 1646 for London, with Lamberton and "divers other godly persons," of wh. nothing was ever heard, the little vessel hav. no doubt, foundered. He left wid. Jane, [[vol. 2, p. 316]] who liv. to 4 June 1702, one s. Richard and eight ds. Mary, bapt. 26 Jan. 1640; (2438[2]) Phebe, 15 Oct. 1643; Abigail, 23 Feb. 1645; Ann, who m. Stephen Daniels; Susanna, m. 13 May 1661, Abraham Cruttenden; Sarah, m. 12 Dec. 1667, John Gilbert; and 9 May 1676, Samuel Whitehead; Phebe was sec. w. 1673, of (2438) Rev. John Whiting of Hartford; and next, of (2438[2][2]) Rev. John Russell of Hadley. Richard liv. in Eng."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"PITKIN, (2438[2]c[1]) NATHANIEL, Hartford, s. of william the first, m. Esther, d. of Stephen Hosmer, had Nathaniel, b. 1699; Esther, 1701; Ann, 1703; Dorothy, 1705; Hannah, 1707; and Deborah; by sec. w. (2438[2]c) Elizabeth d. of (2438) Rev. John Whiting, had Elizabeth b. 1720; and his son Nathaniel d. 20 Feb. 1733; and his d. Elizabeth m. Moses Porter of Hadley, and he d. 1765."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"WHITING, ...*(2438[2]d) JOSEPH, New Haven, s. of (2438) Rev. John of Hartford, m. 30 Jan. 1710, (2438[2]d[1]) Hannah, d. of Thomas Trowbridge the sec. of the same, had Hannah, b. 21 Feb. 1712; Mary, 5 Feb. 1714; Elizabeth 8 June 1717; Phebe, 23 Oct. 1720; John, 1 Mar. 1722; Sarah, 15 Apr. 1725; Joseph, 28 Jan. 1727; and Elisha, 29 July 1729; chos. rep. 1716, and sev. yrs. later, and assist. 1725-46; and d. 4 Apr. 1748, as did his wid. 9 Aug. foll."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"WHITING, ...(2438) JOHN, Salem, s. of William of Hartford, b. prob. in Eng. tho. Goodwin, 330, makes the date 1635, of wh. I much doubt, bec. 30 Sept. 1654, when he should have been of yrs. of legal discretion, agreem. relat. to distrib. of est. of his f. was sign. by him as well as his elder br. and Mr. Fitch who had m. his mo. and the gr. friends, Webster and Stone, in wh. the f. had confid. After receiv. his A. B. at Harv. 1653, and A. M. 1655, was a tutor at the coll. but soon call. to the pulpit at S. in aid of aged Rev. Edward Norris, and from 1657 to 1659, acc. Felt II. 626, preach. there, but he would not sett. and went to Hartford, where he was ord. 1660, as collea. with Stone, and was adm. freem. May 1665. Rev. Jospeh Haynes succeed. S. a controv. soon sprang up betw. him and W. a bapt. of infants, of wh. the import may, I suppose, be gather. from a letter of famous John Davenport, June 1666, to Gov. John Winthrop, in 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. X. 60-2; and Trumbull, Col. Rec. II. 120.
"The result is more intelligib. a new ch. was gather. and 1670, W. was made pastor, and serv. until his d. 8 Sept. 1689. He had m. at Cambridge, a. 1654, (2439) Sybil, d. of deac. (4878) Edward Collins of the same, had (2439i) Sybil, b. 1655, prob. at C.; (2439ii) John, 1657, prob. at C. d. young; both bapt. at C.; (2439iii) William, 1659, bapt. at C. says Mitchell's Reg. 19 Feb, 1660; (2439iv) Martha, 1662; (1219) Sarah, 1664; (2439vi) Abigail, 1666; and (2439vii) Samuel, 22 Apr. 1670.
"In 1673 he m. sec. w. (2438[2]) Phebe, d. of Thomas Gregson of New Haven, and had (2438[2]a) Thomas, b. 1674, d. soon; (2438[2]b) Mary, 1676, d. at 13 yrs.; (2438[2]c) Elizabeth 1678; (2438[2]d) Joseph, 1680; (2438[2]e) Nathaniel, 1683, d. young; (2438[2]f) Thomas, again, 1686, d. young; and (2438[2]g) John, again, 1688, who was a merch. at Hartford, and d. unm. at 27 yrs. He had been appoint. chaplain, Aug. 1675, for the troops in Philip's war, and d. not as Trumbull says, in 1700, but as bef. said. his wid. m. 1692, (2438[2][2]) Rev. John Russell of Hadley, but aft. his d. went to her s. Joseph, at New Haven; and d. 19 Sept. 1730.
"Sybil m. (2439i[1]) Alexander Bryan; Martha m. 25 Dec. 1683, (2439iv[1]) Samuel Bryan; both of Milford; Sarah m. 19 Mar. 1685, (1218) Jonathan Bull of Hartford; and Abigail m. (2439vi[1]) Rev. Samuel Russell of Deerfield, aft. of Branford."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"BRYAN, ...(2439i[1]) ALEXANDER, Milford, eldest s. of Richard, m. (2439i) Sybil, d. of (2438) Rev. John Whiting of Hartford, had Ann, b. 8 Sept. 1674; Alexander, 15 June 1677, d. soon; John, 12 July 1680; Alexander, again, 24 Nov. 1683; Ebenezer, 2 Feb. 1690; and Augustine, 25 Apr. 1694; and d. 1701. His wid. m. 1705 (2439i[2]) Hugh Gray of Huntingdon, L. I. it is said, but after his d. was liv. at Milford in 1711. This name sometimes ends with t, and in Mather's list of the Conn. magistr. has a final s, but the barbarism of the London printer is prob. charged. with it. Often in early rec. here it is Bryer."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"ALLYN, ...JOHN, Hartford, s. of Matthew, b. in Eng. m. 19 Nov. 1651, Ann, d. of Henry Smith of Springfield, gr.d. of William Pynchon, had Ann, b. 18 Aug. 1654; (2439iii[1]) Mary, 3 Apr. 1657; Margaret, 29 July 1660; Rebecca, 2 Mar. 1665, d. young; Martha, 27 July 1667; and Elizabeth 1 Dec. 1669. By sec. w. Hannah, d. of George Lamberton, wid. of Samuel Welles of Wethersfield, I suppose, he had no ch.
"He was many yrs. Secr. of the Col. after 1657, when he was lieut. rose to be col. an Assist. in 1662, and many yrs. foll. and of the Counc. under Sir Edmund Andros in 1687, and d. 6 Nov. 1696, leav. large est. to the five ds. Ann m. 1676, as his sec. w. Joseph Whiting of Hartford; Mary m. 6 Oct. 1686, (2439iii) Col. William Whiting; Margaret m. a. 1684, William Southmayd of Middletown, as his sec. w. Martha m. 3 Jan. 1684, Aaron Cooke the third; and Elizabeth m. 21 Dec. 1704, as his sec. w. Alexander Allen of Windsor; and next John Gardiner of Gardiner's isl. Increase Mather includes, in his Relat. of Ind. Wars, the Account of the troubles preced. and during that with the Pequots, writ. by Allyn, filling 19 of his pages."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"WHITING, ...*(2439iii) WILLIAM, Hartford, s. of (2438) John of the same, was capt. major, col. of the troops in the old (or Queen Ann's) French war, sheriff of the Col. 1722; m. 6 Oct. 1686, (2439iii[1]) Mary, d. of col. John Allyn, had Mary, b. 1 Apr. 1688; Charles, 5 July 1692; and William, 15 Feb. 1694. His w. d. 14 Dec. 1724; and he rem. to Newport, there prob. d.
"In suffk. Emigrants, a tract of great research, print. by Mr. Hunter in 3 Mass. Hist. coll. X. 171, he thinks that the fam. sprung from Boxford in that Co. of wh. may be count. prob. the Hartford and Dedham stocks, should incl. even the Rev. Samuel, tho. he certain, was last from Co. Line Boston in that sh. had furnish, many of our planters bef. W. and for £50. contrib. by Richard Westland, an Alderman of Boston bef. our colony of Mass. was occup. gr. of six hundred, instead of two hundr. acres, was many yrs. after giv. to his friend Rev. Samuel Whiting, as in our Col. Rec. Farmer in MS. 1834 notes that fourteen of this name had been gr. at Yale, thirteen at Harv. and eight at the other N. E. coll."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"BRYAN, ...(2439iv[1]) SAMUEL, Milford, s. of the preced. m. 20 Dec. 1683, (2439iv) Martha, d. of (2438) Rev. John Whiting, had Mary, b. 1685; Martha, 1689 ; Susanna, 1691; Abigail, 1693; Sybil, 9 June 1695; and Jerusha, 4 July 1697; and d. 1698, leav. wid. Martha."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"RUSSELL, ...(2439vi[1]) SAMUEL, Branford, s. of (2438[2][2]) Rev. John of Hadley, at Deerfield, there, I presume, serv. sev. yrs. m. (2439vi) Abigail, d. of (2438) John Whiting, a. 1685, had John, b. 24 Jan. 1687; Abigail, 16 Aug. 1690; Samuel, 28 Sept. 1693; Timothy, 18 Nov. 1695; Daniel, 29 June 1698; Jonathan, 21 Aug. 1700; and Ebenezer, 4 May 1703; was ord. Mar. 1687, and d. 15 June 1731, says Farmer; and his wid. d. 7 may 1733."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"WHITING, ...(2439vii) SAMUEL, Windham, s. of (2438) John of Hartford, m. at Norwich, when he was stud. in divin. 14 Sept. 1696, (2439vii[1]) Elizabeth d. of Rev. William Adams of Dedham, was ord. 4 Dec. 1700, first min. of W. where he had first preach. almost eight yrs. earlier, and d. 27 Sept. 1725, on a visit to Rev. Nathaniel Collins, his br.-in-law, at Enfield. His ch. were (2439vii_a) Ann, b. 2 Jan. 1698; (2439vii_b) Samuel, 20 Feb. 1700, who was lost at sea, aged 18 yrs.; (2439vii_c) Elizabeth 11 Feb. 1702; (2439vii_d) William, 22 Jan. 1704; (2439vii_e) Joseph, 17 Feb. 1705; (2439vii_f) John, 20 Feb. 1706; (2439vii_g) Sybil, 6 May 1708; (2439vii_h) Martha, 12 Mar. 1710, d. young; (2439vii_i) Mary, 24 Nov. 1712; (2439vii_j) Eliphalet, 8 Apr. 1715; (2439vii_k) Elisha, 17 Jan. 1717; (2439vii_l) Samuel, again, 15 May 1720; and (2439vii_m) Nathan, 4 May 1724. His wid. m. 1737 Rev. Samuel Niles of Braintree, and after his d. 1 May 1762, went to her youngest ch. at New Haven, col. Nathan, and there d. 21 Dec. 1766."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
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1 Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) c/o ancestry.com
2Cemetery Records of Windham County, Connecticut c/o ancestry.com




