Individual Notes
Note for: Thomas Chatfield, 16 FEB 1620/21 - 1687
Index
Immigration: Date: 1639
Place: England to Guilford, CT in 1639
Residence: Date: 1639
Place: Guilford to New Haven, CT to Long Island, NY
Event: Type: Military
Place: Captain
Individual Note: [1.ged]
THOMAS CHATFIELD, I (1621-1687): He was b. abt 1621 in Sussex, England and d. bef. 1687 at East Hampton, Long Island, NY. He was named in the wills of both his parents and md. at New Haven,cCT abt 1648, Anne Higginson. She was b. abt. 1627, the dau. of Rev. Francis and Anna (Herbert)
Higginson of Leicester, England and Salem, MA.
He immigrated to New England in 1639, with two brothers, in the company of Rev. Henry Whitfield, and settled at Guilford, CT. A few years later he went to New Haven, and abt. 1650 he removed to East Hampton, Long Island.
"Sheffield Family --- Related Families."
"Genealogical Research in England."
"The Early History of Southampton, LI, NY", with Genealogies, by George Rogers Howell, M.A., published by Weed, Parsons and Company in 1887.
By: Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson.
Thomas Chatfield and Ann Higginson
Author: LaRae Halsey-Brooks Date: 10 Nov 2000 12:00 PM GMT
Surnames: Chatfield, Higginson, Stansborough, Stratton, King, Pelletreau
Classification: Biography
THOMAS CHATFIELD and ANN HIGGINSON
Thomas Chatfield, the first of this name on Long Island, came to East Hampton quite early. He had a brother Francis who settled in Guilford, CT, and another brother George, who settled in Killingworth. Thomas removed from Guilford to New Haven, where he married Ann d. of Rev. Francis Higginson, and thence to East Hampton.
Mr. John Chatfield of B.H. has an old parchment having thereon a picture of the arms of the family, probably brought to this country by his ancestor Thomas Chatfield above mentioned. The description of these arms in heraldic language is: Or, a griffin segreant sable, on a chief purpure three escallops argent. Crest: An heraldic antelope's head, erased, argent, attired and ducally gorged gules. Motto with coat of arms: Che sara sara.
1 Thomas d. before 1687 and had ch.
2 Anna b. 1649 (m. 1670, Josiah Stanbury/Stansborough),
3 Thomas b. 1652 and
4 John who had w. Mary, but whether ch. I know not.
3 Capt. Thomas d. Mch. 20, 1712, had s.
5 Thomas b. 1686.
5 Thomas (called Judge on the East Hampton, LI, NY records) d. Jan. 12, 1754, m. May 26, 1707, Hannah Stratton b. June, 1687, and had ch.
6 Mary (who m. 1st Joseph King who d. 1732 and m. 2nd Francis Pelletreau Sept. 4, 1734, and he d. in London 1737 leaving one d. Hannah b. Nov. 12, 1735),
7 Anna b. Oct. 8, 1709,
8 Thomas b. Sept. 12, 1712,
9 John b. Mch. 8, 1716, and
10 Esther bap. 1720.
Individual Notes
Note for: John H. Gardiner, 7 SEP 1777 - 9 JUN 1854
Index
Occupation: Place: Lighthouse Keeper at Eaton's Neck
Individual Notes
Note for: Abigail Gardiner, 18 MAY 1782 - BEF 13 JUL 1793
Index
Burial: Date: 13 JUL 1793
Individual Notes
Note for: John Gardiner, 9 JUN 1714 - 19 MAY 1764
Index
Education: Place: 5th Owner Of "Gardiner's Island"
Residence: Place: Gardiner's Island, NY
Individual Note: [1.GED]
[gardiner.GED]
[Davis.GED]
(Will Of John Gardiner Dtd 14 Dec 1737)
Individual Notes
Note for: Matthew Mulford, 1689 - 28 APR 1774
Index
Event: Type: Died note
Date: 1754
Place: or d. Apr 28, 1774
Event: Type: Military
Place: Capt. in Colonial Militia
Individual Notes
Note for: George Havens, 1653 - 25 FEB 1706
Index
Event: Type: Ancestral File Number
Place: VBFZ-28
Burial: Place: Old Cemetery, New London, Ct
Burial: Place: Old Cemetery, New London, New London Co., Connecticut
Individual Note: [1.GED]
[1.ged]
George Havens was the son of William and Dennis, was born 1653
Jamestown, Rhode Island, lived Portsmouth, died February 21/25 1706,
Shelter Island, but a New York Historical Society records says letters of
administration were issued February 11, 1706-7 to wife Eleanor and the
estate was inventoried April 4, 1706. H.C. Havens says he is buried in
the Old Cemetery, New London, Connecticut. He married 1674, Eleanor or
Elinor Thurston daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Mott) Thurston of
Newport, Rhode Island. Eleanor was born March 1655-8, died November 7,
1747, at age 93; she married (2) Thomas Terry of Southold. Mallman says
his will was dated January 11, 1704, proved March 12, 1707. Moore's
Index says he was a Newport, Rhode Island, that he bought 1,000 acres on
Shelter Island in 1699, and that he deeded in 1701 200 acres of it to his
son Jonathan and 240 acres in 1706-7 to his son John. (Mallman says
Edward Thurston b 1617 died March 1 1707, married June 1647 to Elizabeth
daughter of Adam Mott; she was born 1629, died September 2, 1694)
George was a freeman 1680 and was taxed at Kingstown, Rhode Island,
September 6, 1687, and was a constable there July 15, 1695. In 1696, he
sold farms on Boston Neck. He was on Shelter Island in 1701 and the
following year sold a farm near E. Greenwich, Rhode Island.
He was 53 when he died in 1706-7. He was buried in the New London,
Conn., cemetery. He died intestate and letters of administration were
issued February 11, 1706-7 to widow Eleanor.
Individual Notes
Note for: Mary King, 7 AUG 1669 - 4 JUL 1707
Index
Burial: Place: Easthampton, Suffolk Co. LI, NY
Individual Notes
Note for: David Gardiner, 3 JAN 1690/91 - 4 JUL 1751
Index
Education: Place: 4th Owner, Gardiner's Island (Aka"Isle Of Wight"), Suf. Co.
Individual Note: [1.GED]
DAVID GARDINER SON OF JOHN GARDINER, THE THIRD PROPRIETOR OF GARINER'S
ISLAND WANTED TO MARRY MEHETABLE BURROWS, WIDOW OF SAYBROOK CT. WHO WAS
HIS COUSIN, BY HIS MOTHER. hIS PARENTS OBJECTED SO HE MARRIED RACHEL
SCHELLINGER. WHEN SHE DIED HE THEN MARRIED MEHETABLE.
HE CAME INTO POSSESION OF THE ISLAND WHEN HE WAS 48 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS KNOWN AS A GENTLEMAN AND A VERY GOOD FARMER.
HE LIVED AT THE " OTHER HOUSE" WHILE HIS SON JOHN LIVED AT "GREAT POND".
DAVID WAS THE FIRST GARDINER TO BE BURRIED ON THE ISLAND.
[gardiner.GED]
[Gardiner6.GED]
DAVID GARDINER SON OF JOHN GARDINER, THE THIRD PROPRIETOR OF GARINER'S
ISLAND WANTED TO MARRY MEHETABLE BURROWS, WIDOW OF SAYBROOK CT. WHO WAS
HIS COUSIN, BY HIS MOTHER. hIS PARENTS OBJECTED SO HE MARRIED RACHEL
SCHELLINGER. WHEN SHE DIED HE THEN MARRIED MEHETABLE.
HE CAME INTO POSSESION OF THE ISLAND WHEN HE WAS 48 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS KNOWN AS A GENTLEMAN AND A VERY GOOD FARMER.
HE LIVED AT THE " OTHER HOUSE" WHILE HIS SON JOHN LIVED AT "GREAT POND".
DAVID WAS THE FIRST GARDINER TO BE BURRIED ON THE ISLAND.
Individual Notes
Note for: Rachel Shellinger, 8 NOV 1691 - 16 DEC 1744
Index
Individual Note: [1.GED]
[gardiner.GED]
[Davis.GED]
(Will Of David Gardiner Dtd 16 May 1751)