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The Family Garden
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John HATHAWAY
John was born in 1629, probably in England. He and Martha married in about 1649, and they had at least six and possibly more children. Martha died between 1683 and 1692 when in December at the First Church in Braintree, Massachussetts, he married Ruth Dyer, the widow of Christopher. John died in about 1705, as did Ruth. She, too, is buried at the Fox Cemetery; her stone notes her age as 62 at death. John and Martha’s children were:
John b. 1650
Abraham b. 1652
Isaac b. 1655 m. Mary Pitts d. 1722
Ephraim b. 1661
Abigail b. 1667 m. James Phillips
Rebecca b. 1669 m. Jared Talbot
*Source: Internet
Elizabeth (Betsy) RADFORD
Data from Rosemary Shields, 337 Walsh Rd, Atherton, CA 94027, 1996.
John VADEN
WILL of JOHN VADEN
Lend to wife Ann, 1 negro and items for widowhood and then negro to my son Wilson and rest to my sons Henry and Masshel. To son Wilson, son William, and son John, each 1 negro. To 4 sons Henry, Masshel, Solomon, and Amenet, other slaves, equally when Amenet is 21. My land to Soloman and Amenet, equally. To daughter Aggy Eanes, daughter Phebe Vaden, daughter Frances Vaden, daughter Betteste Vaden and daughter Polly Vaden, each 5 shillings. Executors: brother George Vaden and John Wilson Wit: Benjamin Daves, John Archer, Thomas PollenWill; 15 April 1790; Chesterfield Co., VA
*Source: Abstract from "Chesterfield Co., VA Wills 1749-1794" by Weisiger p. 410
Stephen DODD
Stephen Dod was born Feb. 16, 1655, Branford, Conn., and died Oct 9, 1691, Guilford, Conn. Like his brothers and sisters he came to the new settlement at Milford, now Newark, probably in 1667; his brother-in-law, Aaron Blatchly, husband of Mary Dod, was one of the first settlers of the Branford group, which came that year, as was his oldest brother, Daniel. He was never admitted planter in the New Jersey town, nor is his name in the Town Records; but his name does appear in a list of Newark men over sixteen years of age who were forced in 1673 to take an oath of allegiance to the Dutch Governement when on Aug. 9 of that year, New York was captured by the Dutch and held until Feb. 6, 1794. It was all New Amsterdam and New Netherlands for a while. On this same list are also his brothers Daniel and Ebenezer, of age, and Samuel, just sixteen. Stephen was eighteen. These documents including lists from other towns were damaged by fire at Albany in 1911, but the Holland Society of New York allowed the copying of the Newark list as it now appears in the Gen. Soc. Of N.J. Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4.
Stephen went back to Connecticut and was married there five years later, but his eldest son, Daniel later settled in Newark and was the progenitor of perhaps the most numerous branch of the family, largely through the Mendham, N. J. Dods.
Stephen's will, New Haven Probate Records, 1 B, p. 194, includes the following:
“imprimis, half of all his land and meadow, with dwelling house to oldest son Daniel;
item, the other half to younger son, Samuel;
item, all moveable estate equally divided between Daniel and Samuel, except a sow to his cousin Mary Wheeler, who lived with him, and the wedding gown of his deceased wife to his sister, Anna Fowler;
item, as administrators, Deacon William Johnson and Lieut. Stephen Bradley.”
The appraisal, Nov. 3, 1691, was 337 pounds. On May 3, 1707, Daniel {son}, then of Newark, N. J., recorded a quit claim deed to all his rights in favor of his brother Samuel. (Book 2, Deeds, Town Records, Guilford). He married, May 18, 1678, Mary Stevens, of Guilford, who died before 1731.
*Source: Genealogy and History of the Daniel Dod Family in America, 1646-1940 by Allison Dodd and Rev. Joseph Fulford Folson, Secretary of the New Jersey Historical Society, Bloomfield, N. J., 1940, pp. 5-6
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Dodd, Stephen, Guilford, s. of Daniel, m. 18 May 1678, Mary or Sarah, D. of William Stevens, wh. d. bef. him, had Daniel, b. 1679; and Samuel, 1681; and d. 26 Oct. 1681.
*Source: A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register by James Savage, 1884, p. 56
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Sarah Mary STEVENS
*Sources:
Supplement to Genealogy and History of the Daniel Dod Family in America, by Avelyn Dodd Conley, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD - 1940 genealogy gives her name as Mary Stevens, but the 1997 Supplement says that was incorrect. Savage and Roberts (CONNECTICUT GENEALOGIES) idenitfy her as Sarah Stevens, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Fletcher Stevens. I have seen her name as Sarah, Mary, and Sarah Mary. So, I'm leaving her as Sarah Mary for now. We also don't know her actual lineage since 2 different sources list her as the daughter of different parents.
The lineage of the Fletcher family included here is pure speculation until I find documentation to support it.
Samuel DODD
Samuel Dod, was born about 1682, Guilford, Conn, and died May 24, 1757. He inherited half of his father's lands and tenements when Stephen died, Oct. 9, 1691, at Guilford, and received by quit-claim deed the other half from his brother, Daniel, who had settled in Newark, New Jersey. He was a farmer. With his family, the male line from Daniel Dod 1 was closed in Connecticut, the rest having gone to New Jersey. *Source: Genealogy and History of the Daniel Dod Family in America, 1646-1940 by Allison Dodd and Rev. Joseph Fulford Folson, Secretary of the New Jersey Historical Society, Bloomfield, N. J., 1940, p. 14
Joseph RIGGS
Joseph served as commander of Newark's military defensive force.
Joseph and his brother Edward, already possessing home lots in Newark,were the first to obtain grants of outside lands from the town authorities.
*Sources John H. Wallace, Genealogy of The Riggs Family
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He {Daniel Dod} married, June 17, 1702, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Brown) Riggs, of Newark, N. J.
*Source: Genealogy and History of the Daniel Dod Family in America, 1646-1940 by Allison Dodd and Rev. Joseph Fulford Folson, Secretary of the New Jersey Historical Society, Bloomfield, N. J., 1940, p. 13
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The will of Joseph Riggs, "of Newark in the Government of New England," dated January 1, 1688-9, has this certificate of proof:
"Appeared before vs, William Camp, John Browne, & Joseph Browne this 27 of November : 1689 : and took oath that this is the Last will and testament of Joseph Riggs of Newark Latly deceased "John Ward Justice "Thomas Johnson Justice." This will was subsequently probated, in solemn form, May 16, 1711, and is filed at Trenton. John Johnson and Samuell Camp were witnesses, besides the three named above.
*Source: Nelson, William (1901) DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OFTHE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, VOL. XXIII. 1688-9 Jan. 1. Riggs, Joseph, of Newark; will of. Wife -------. Children--John, Samuel, Zophar, Elizabeth. Land at Wheeler's Point, at Tompkins Point and at the Mountain. Overseers--brother John Browne and John Curtiss. Witnnesses, John Browne, Thomas Browne, John Johnson and Samuel Camp. Proved November 27, 1689. Samuel Riggs of Derby, Conn., brother of testator, consents to the execution of the will of November 30, 1692. Probated May 16, 1711.
*Source: Nelson, William (1901) DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXXIII. pp. 385-386
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Joseph Riggs (son of Edward 2, Edward 1) was born at Milford, Conn, about 1642 and was the first of the tribe to bear the much duplicated name, Joseph. He had been favored with some advantages of an early education, as was shown in his business capacity in the management of the affairs of the new plantation at Newark. He was still single in 1667, and lived with his father and mother. Although he was a "planter" and not the head of a family, no home lot had been assigned to him. His father died in 1668, and his mother, contemplating marriage, in 1671 conveyed to him one-half of the original home lot assigned to Edward's family. He then had a place for a family; and married Hannah Browne, daughter of John Browne, one of the planters with his father at Derby as well as at Newark. At that day there was abundant reason for maintaing an effective military organization, and Joseph was made commander of it. He was a man of much force of character, and looed after the moral and religious welfare of the community, and it is a matter of record that he put "the floor in the Meeting house." In his will, dated, January, 1689, he names his four children and makes provision for them on arriving at the age of maturity. He seems to have expected that his wife would marry again, and in this he was right, for she married Aaron Thompson. Although he had three sons and a daughter, as his father had, and although he was so capable in the management of men and affairs, his descendants have amounted to very little in either numbers or influence in the great tribe of his kinsmen."
*Source: The Riggs Family Genealogy" by John H. Wallace, 1901, NY, pp. 6-7
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The New Plantation of New-Ark (Newark, NJ)
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On October 30, 1666, the following residents of Branford and Milford of the New Haven Colony signed the agreement to form a common township at New-Ark on Pesayack (the number shown is the order in which they signed the document): RIGGS, Joseph (40/Milford)
Joseph RIGGS
Joseph served as commander of Newark's military defensive force.
Joseph and his brother Edward, already possessing home lots in Newark,were the first to obtain grants of outside lands from the town authorities.
*Sources John H. Wallace, Genealogy of The Riggs Family
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He {Daniel Dod} married, June 17, 1702, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Brown) Riggs, of Newark, N. J.
*Source: Genealogy and History of the Daniel Dod Family in America, 1646-1940 by Allison Dodd and Rev. Joseph Fulford Folson, Secretary of the New Jersey Historical Society, Bloomfield, N. J., 1940, p. 13
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The will of Joseph Riggs, "of Newark in the Government of New England," dated January 1, 1688-9, has this certificate of proof:
"Appeared before vs, William Camp, John Browne, & Joseph Browne this 27 of November : 1689 : and took oath that this is the Last will and testament of Joseph Riggs of Newark Latly deceased "John Ward Justice "Thomas Johnson Justice." This will was subsequently probated, in solemn form, May 16, 1711, and is filed at Trenton. John Johnson and Samuell Camp were witnesses, besides the three named above.
*Source: Nelson, William (1901) DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OFTHE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, VOL. XXIII. 1688-9 Jan. 1. Riggs, Joseph, of Newark; will of. Wife -------. Children--John, Samuel, Zophar, Elizabeth. Land at Wheeler's Point, at Tompkins Point and at the Mountain. Overseers--brother John Browne and John Curtiss. Witnnesses, John Browne, Thomas Browne, John Johnson and Samuel Camp. Proved November 27, 1689. Samuel Riggs of Derby, Conn., brother of testator, consents to the execution of the will of November 30, 1692. Probated May 16, 1711.
*Source: Nelson, William (1901) DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXXIII. pp. 385-386
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Joseph Riggs (son of Edward 2, Edward 1) was born at Milford, Conn, about 1642 and was the first of the tribe to bear the much duplicated name, Joseph. He had been favored with some advantages of an early education, as was shown in his business capacity in the management of the affairs of the new plantation at Newark. He was still single in 1667, and lived with his father and mother. Although he was a "planter" and not the head of a family, no home lot had been assigned to him. His father died in 1668, and his mother, contemplating marriage, in 1671 conveyed to him one-half of the original home lot assigned to Edward's family. He then had a place for a family; and married Hannah Browne, daughter of John Browne, one of the planters with his father at Derby as well as at Newark. At that day there was abundant reason for maintaing an effective military organization, and Joseph was made commander of it. He was a man of much force of character, and looed after the moral and religious welfare of the community, and it is a matter of record that he put "the floor in the Meeting house." In his will, dated, January, 1689, he names his four children and makes provision for them on arriving at the age of maturity. He seems to have expected that his wife would marry again, and in this he was right, for she married Aaron Thompson. Although he had three sons and a daughter, as his father had, and although he was so capable in the management of men and affairs, his descendants have amounted to very little in either numbers or influence in the great tribe of his kinsmen."
*Source: The Riggs Family Genealogy" by John H. Wallace, 1901, NY, pp. 6-7
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The New Plantation of New-Ark (Newark, NJ)
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On October 30, 1666, the following residents of Branford and Milford of the New Haven Colony signed the agreement to form a common township at New-Ark on Pesayack (the number shown is the order in which they signed the document): RIGGS, Joseph (40/Milford)
Edward (Sergeant) RIGGS II
*Source: Anderson, Robert C., THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS: IMMIGRANTS TO NEWENGLAND, 1620-1633, Military service
Anderson, Robert C., THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS: IMMIGRANTS TO NEWENGLAND, 1620-1633, Military service
"Edward Riggs {son of Edward(1) the immigrant} was born in England about 1614, and came to this country along with his father and family; landing in Boston, Mass., in the early summer of 1633. He assisted his father in preparing a new habitation and in taking care of the sick until April 5, 1635, when he married Elizabeth Roosa, quite a young girl; a daughter of a family of that name who had come over from England and settled in Boston. In August, of the same year, his mother died, and how long he remained in assisting his father is not known, but it is known that he soon set about establishing a home of his own. In 1637, he was a sergeant in the Pequot War; and he reatly distinguised himself by rescuing a body of his companions from an ambuscade into which they had been led by the Indians, and in which they all would have been cut off. By this notable act of bravery and skill the name of "Sergeant Riggs" became his well-known designation as long as he lived. Nothing is now known of his location between 1635 and 1640, but in the latter year he became a settler at Milford, Conn., and had land assigned him. In 1655, associated with Edward Wooster, Richard Baldwin, John Browne, Robert Dennison, John Burnett and perhaps others, they bought from the Indians the district of country on the Naugatuck, then known as Paugusset, some ten or twelve miles over Milford, and established a plantation which was afterward called Derby. The location of Sergeant Riggs is still known as "Riggs Hill." On this hill, which remained in the possession of his descendants until 1880-1881, he placed his habitation and built a strong stockade as a protection against Indians. The first house stood by the rock, a few rods from where the present residence stands, and in this house Sergeant Edward secreted and protected Whaley and Goff, tow of the English Parliament that condemned and executed Charles I., while the emissaries of Charles II were making most diligent search for them all along the Connecticut coast, in 1661. While Edward was not a member of the church and consequently not a voter, this brave act in the face of vengeance of the re-established English throne, establishes beyond question two points in his character, vis, that he was governed by his convictions in considering human rights, and that his sympathies were wholly with the Puritans in their struggle for liberty with the mother country. In such character it is not difficult to understand that he should mentally rebel against laws which exluded from the exercise of the rights of citizenship unless he was first a member of the church. Here we find a possible motive for his change of location in the advanced years of his life. The Province of New Jersey was named as a grant from the Crown, 1664, and it was believed to be a region specially attractive to settlers. In 1665 Edward, with some of his associates in the plantation of Derby, visited it, and were so well pleased with the prospects that they determined to found a new plantation on the Passaic that would be accessible to the outer world by the sailing craft of that day, and the site of Newark was also decided upon. The next year he spent most of the summer there preparing for the advent of the proposed colony, and his wife was with him, the first white woman to spend a summer in Newark. The fundamental agreement was executed June 24, 1667. The colony was quite large, and in it were a number of old associates in the plantation at Derby. His two sons, Edward and Joseph, were designated as "Planters", that is orginal proprietors. The former did not arrive until later in the year, and the latter had no home lot assigned to him, because he was still a bachelor. The other son, Samuel was provided for at Derby and remained there. In 1668, the next year after the colony was fully organized, Edward (NOTE: This next line is disputed by Henry Earl Riggs in his book): His widow, Elizabeth, still a healthy and well preserved woman, sometime previous to 1671 married Calbe Carwithie. Previous to her marriage she conveyed to her son Joseph one half of her home lot. (NOTE: there is another contradiction in Wallace's same book in the sketch of Edward's son Joseph) . . . "Edward seems to have expected that his wife would marry again, and in this he was right, for she married Aaron Thompson"
*Source: "The Riggs Family Genealogy" by John H. Wallace, 1901, NY, pp. 2-4 "The foregoing data is abstracted from Orcutt's "History of Derby, Conn." The volume is filled with reference to the descendants of Samuel Riggs, the son who remained in Derby. The family was prominent there for more than 200 years after Edward turned the farm over to his son Samuel in 1666. "The farm on Riggs Hill near Derby, Connecticut, is said to be a beautiful location and to be fine land. One of the writer's close professional friends and former associates in engineering work on the Burlington Railroad, the late John M. McKenzie, lived near there, visited the farm, and sent several photographs of it. The present large residence was built about fifty feet from the site of the original house built by Edward Riggs which was destroyed sometime shortly after 1800. " From the records of the town of Newark, NJ, which are intact something may be gleaned of the character of people these early ancestors or ours were. There is hardly a page of this record that is not of interest and the name of Riggs occurs with great frequency from the very first page down to and during the days of the Revolution, as one of the family, not directly, however in our line, Mr. Joseph Riggs was Moderator (Mayor) during the period of the Revolution. Edward Riggs passed away in 1668 at the age of about 54 years, and on January 25, 1669 we find a reference to Elizabeth Riggs, Widow of Sargeant Edward Riggs. The will of Edward Riggs, first generation, made in 1670 refers to "the widow of my sonne Edward." Mr. Wallace in the the Riggs Genealogy says: "His widow, Elizabeth, still a healthy and well preserved woman, sometime previous to 1671 married Caleb Carwithie . . . (see above). The writer questions the accuracy of this statement as the Records of the Town of Newark mention "Widow Riggs" on Feb. 6, 1677.
*Source: "Our Pioneer Ancestors" by Henry Earle Riggs, pub 1942
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The New Plantation of New-Ark (Newark, NJ) On October 30, 1666, the following residents of Branford and Milford of the New Haven Colony signed the agreement to form a common township at New-Ark on Pesayack (the number shown is the order in which they signed the document): RIGGS, Edward (12/Milford)
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"By 1655, Edward Riggs had built a house on the top of Derby Hill surrounded by a palisade to protect it from the Indians. In this house, Goffe and Whalley, the regicides, sought refuge for a short time in 1661. ... This war [Prince Philip's War] delayed the formal organization of town and church. The first "townsmen" or selectmen were Samuel Riggs, son of the settler; Ebenezer Johnson and John Hulls, chosen in 1677 ... Derby's first regular physician, John Durand, came to town about 1690 and remained until his death nearly forty years later. ... After the death of the illustrious Colonal Johnson, Captain Joseph Hull, Sr., John Riggs, father of Lady Humphreys, and Samuel Bassett of Great Hill were for many years the most influential citizens in town ... The third anniversary of the Declaration of Independence saw a British force descend by sea upon New Haven ... The fourth "watch and alarm" company of the Second Regiment was stationed at Derby. Daniel Holbrook, Jr., a deacon of the First Church, was captain, and Joseph Riggs, lieutenant. ... The Rev. Daniel Humphreys, pastor of the First Congregational Church for fifty years, and his distinguished wife, Sarah Riggs Humphreys, died within a few days of each other in 1787. ... The youngest son, David Humphreys, was probably the most distinguished man born in Derby. ..."
*Source: Molloy's History of Lower Naugatuck Valley, 9-13 (intro by Henry M Bradley Jr):
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"In a letter to William Bradford dated 28 July 1637, John Winthrop wrote of the exploits of Edward Riggs in the Pequot war:"
"... they gave order to surround the swamp, it being about a mile around; but Lieutenant Davenport, and some twelve more, not hearing that command, fell into the swamp among the Indians. The swamp was so thick with shrub wood, and so boggy with all, that some of them stuck fast, and received many shot. Lieutenant Davenport was dangerously wounded about his armhole and another shot in the head, so as fainting, they were in great danger to have been taken by the Indians, but Sergeant Rigges, and Jeffery and two or three more rescued them, and slew diverse of the Indians with their swords."
Source: p456 Vol.3 Winthrop Papers 1498-1654, pub in 6 vols, various ed, Orig pub Boston 1925, repr 1992 - cited by Anderson
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Drake's History of Boston describes this incident as taking place on 13 July 1637:
"... Animated by success, the English, by the aid of their Indian allies, were able to scour the country far and wide. At length, coming to "a small Indian town seated by the side of a hideous swamp, into which they all slipt, as well Pequots as natives of the place." ... Order was given to surround the swamp, but Lieutenant Davenport, rushing into the swamp with some twelve others, came near being cut off. He was "sorely wounded", as were two Ipswich men, John Wedgwood and Thomas Sherman. They were rescued at great peril by Serjeant(sic) Riggs of Roxbury."
Drake added a footnote identifying the quotations in the above excerpt as being from a Narrative by Hubbard and stating that: "The "hideous swamp" mentioned by Hubbard ... lies in the town of Fairfield on the borders of Long Island Sound ..."
Source: The History and Antiquities of Boston, by Samuel G. Drake, Boston, orig pub 1856, p. 216
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Edward, born in England, came to this country in the early summer of 1633 with his family. He settled first in Boston where he assisted his father in caring for the sick. In 1635, he married Elizabeth Roosa. In 1637, he was a sergeant in the Pequot War, rescuing a group from an Indian ambush. Because of this, he was always considered a hero and called Sergeant Riggs. In 1640, he was a settler at Milford, Connecticut, coming from Boston where he had located earlier. He and some others purchased Indian land and started Derby, Connecticut, where the site of his home is still called Riggs Hill. He built his home and a stockade there. In 1661, he housed in secret and protected Whaley and Goff, two of the English Parliament that condemned and ordered the execution of Charles I prior to Cromwell’s Puritan reign and who were sought by agents of Charles II after the Restoration. Edward was not a member of the church, but apparently considered himself a Puritan.
In 1665, Edward visited New Jersey, then spent a year preparing for the proposed colony there, his wife with him as the first white woman to spend a summer in Newark. He and his sons Edward and Joseph were original proprietors there. Agents had recruited new settlers for Newark from Milford, Guilford and other communities. Edward oversaw the building of the Common Pound, was viewer of fences, had charge of draining swamps, surveyed lots, laid out roads and owned a wolf pit in the new colony. In 1668, a year after the colony was organized, he died there. Elizabeth remarried to Caleb Carwithie.
*Source: Internet
Elizabeth ROOSA
ELIZABETH was born in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 1618. ELIZABETH was the daughter of HEYMAN ROOSA and METJE G DEROOS. ELIZABETH died 1668 Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA, at 50 years of age. Her body was interred 1668 Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
*Source: Old Town of Derby, Samuel Orcutt, p 9.
John BROWNE
Moved to 1655, Paugasuck (Derby), New Haven Co., Connecticut Source: Wallace, John H. (1901) GENEALOGY OF THE RIGGS FAMILY
Moved in 1666, Milford (Newark), Essex Co., New Jersey Source: Pierson, David Lawrence (1917) NARRATIVES OF NEWARK
Will dated 1689
*Source: GENEALOGY OF THE DANIEL DOD FAMILY
Sarah (Sally) RADFORD
Sarah....married Reuben Bennett in Georgia around 1806. Bennett, a blacksmith, followed his wife's family to Perry County, Alabama. Sarah and her husband raised several children and lived in Radfordville near the rest of her family. In the 1850 census, Sarah and her family were living next door to her widowed sister and elderly mother.
*Source: ELISHA TALMON HARBOUR HIS LIFE AND FAMILY, by Robert L. Adair Jr.
website at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/war/civwar/harbour.txt
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