Quartermaster George/1 Colton

M, #29867, (say 1615 - 17 December 1699)
Last Edited1 Jan 2009
       Quartermaster George/1 Colton, of Springfield, MA, married (1), 1644, Deborah Gardner of Hartford, CT.1,2 Juror in the paternity trial of Sgt. Samuel/2 Wright Jr., 24 Mar 1654.3 One of 16 petitioners for the establishment of a plantation at Stony River, now Suffield, CT presented to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay, May 1670, and granted the following year. "Not one of the petitioners became a settler, but many of them labored faithfully for more than ten years to fill the complement of settlers, as required by the Grant."4 One of six men appointed by the Court, 12 Oct 1670, a committee to order the settlement of Stony River (now Suffield, CT).5 His wife died at Springfield 5 Sep 1689.1,2 There he married (2), as her 4th husband, 1 Mar 1691/92, Lydia/2 Wright, immediate widow of John/2 Lamb.6,7 She died 13 Feb 1698/99.2 He died 17 Dec 1699 at Springfield, MA.2

Family

Deborah Gardner b. s 1625, d. 5 Sep 1689
Children
  • Isaac/2 Colton+8 b. 21 Nov 1646, d. 3 Sep 1700
  • Ephraim/2 Colton+9 b. 9 Apr 1648, d. 14 May 1713
  • Mary/2 Colton10 b. 22 Sep 1649
  • Capt. Thomas/2 Colton+11 b. 1 May 1651, d. 30 Sep 1728
  • Sarah/2 Colton12 b. 24 Feb 1652
  • Deborah/2 Colton13 b. 25 Jan 1654, d. 26 Nov 1733
  • Hepsibah/2 Colton14 b. 7 Jan 1656
  • John/2 Colton+15 b. 18 Apr 1659, d. 3 Feb 1727
  • Benjamin/2 Colton16 b. 26 Apr 1661

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 45, Deborah Colton d.
  2. [S27] Warren, "Springfield Families", 174, Quartermaster George Colton.
  3. [S31] The Pynchon Court Record, 104 (summary), 230–31 (transcript).
  4. [S810] Sheldon, Hist. Suffield, 46-47.
  5. [S810] Sheldon, Hist. Suffield, 49.
  6. [S930] Pynchon Manuscript Records, 4, George Colton/Lidiah Lamb m.
  7. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 45, Quartermaster George Colton/wid. Lydia Lamb m.
  8. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 46, Isaac Colton b.
  9. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 45, Ephraim Colton b.
  10. [S106] NEHGR, "Records of Springfield, Mass.", 18:85 (Jan 1864): Mary Coulton b.
  11. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 46, Thomas Colton b.
  12. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 46, Sarah Colton b.
  13. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 45, Deborah Colton b.
  14. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 45, Hephzibah Colton b.
  15. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 46, John Colton b.
  16. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 45, Benjamin Colton b.
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