Allen line: Robert Perrigo, revisited 1624-1683

 One of the reasons I write this blog is so others who are more knowledgeable, or who find new information, can find me and help make corrections and additions to what I've already written.  So I was thrilled when I opened my mail this morning and read an email from a man who questioned some of what I'd written in 2015, when I also wrote about Robert Perrigo.  That led me to retrace my research, and I found that I agree with some of what he told me, and am intrigued enough by what else I found to write this post.

The main fact that I had wrong in my earlier post was the place of Robert and Sarah Smart's marriage.  It was not New Barbadoes, New Jersey, but was in fact St. Michaels Parish in Barbados, West Indies.  This opens up a whole new set of questions.  Why was Robert there?  He was born in Hastings, Sussex, England in 1624.  I haven't located any records prior to his marriage, either in Barbados, in Hastings, or in Connecticut, where he and Sarah went to live.  He did purchase land in Saybrook, Connecticut in 1659. .  Did Robert go directly to Barbados, or was he already in Connecticut, or was he perhaps a merchant, or a seaman, or even an indentured servant, who was in Barbados for just a short time?  The possibilities are endless and I'm eager to find more about the early part of Robert's life.  Since Robert was 33 when he married Sarah, there is also the possibility that he had been married before.  Is that how he arrived in Barbados, through connections with that as yet unknown family?

To fill in a little of Robert's background, his parents were John and Amy Gregory Perigo of Hastings, Sussex, England. They had at least 5 living children, as well as a stillborn child, between 1612 and 1624.  Robert was apparently their youngest child. John's father, Robert, was hanged in Hastings in 1617, for burglary. It says something about the older Robert that John would name our Robert after his father, who died in disgrace.  We of course at this time can't know whether or not the older Robert was guilty, or what the extenuating circumstances might have been.  

We do know that Robert was from Picardy, France, and we know that his father, John, died in England in 1584.  I previously mentioned the possibility that the Perrigo family were Huguenots, and this information would tend to support that possibility.  The family may have come to Hastings around the time of the St Bartholomew Day's Massacre in 1572, or possibly later.  It would be interesting to figure out exactly how the family managed to make it to safety.  At any rate, life for many of the Huguenot refugees in England was hard, and if Robert was guilty, he may have been trying to keep himself and his family fed.  (These Johns and Roberts are confusing: John the earliest known was born about 1491, then Robert who was hanged was born before 1550, then John the father of our Robert was born 1587, and then our Robert in 1624.  Incidentally, John the father of our Robert was a gunsmith.  It would be interesting to learn how he came to be involved in that trade!)  

In this background, there is little I can identify to help us understand how our Robert came to be in Barbados, nor how he ended up in Connecticut.  I hope to find out more now that I have these clues, but it is possible that someone already has this information, and if so, I will update this post. I am also off to do more research on Sarah Smart, Robert's first wife, as it seems I did not identify the correct Sarah in my original post.  The marriage record doesn't even state her first name, so it may have been something else entirely.  Fun times!  

The line of descent is:

Robert Perrigo- unk Smart

Sarah Perrigo-John Royse

Moses Royse-Hannah

John Royse-Hannah Bellamy

Elizabeth Royse-William McCoy

James McCoy-Nancy Lane

Vincent McCoy-Eleanor Jackson

Nancy McCoy-George R Allen

Edward Allen-Edith Knott

Richard Allen-Gladys Holbrook 

Their descendants

 

Holbrook line: Rev. Joseph Winsor 1713-1802

 It's hard for me to believe I almost overlooked this ancestor.  He has lots of stories to tell, mostly ones we'll never know, but there is enough about him to make me stand up and take notice.  From what I can tell, regardless of his physical size, he was a giant of a man.  

Joseph Winsor was born October 4, 1713 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Rev. Samuel and Mercy Harding  Winsor.   He may have been born in what is now Glocester, but at the time it was still part of Providence Plantation.  Joseph's great grandfather, Joshua, was the immigrant ancestor.  His grandfather and his father, however, were born in Providence, so everyone in the settlement would have known Joseph and his family.  Joseph was one of nine children, so his was a busy home.  As a pastor, Samuel would have seen to it that his children, at least the boys, were able to read well enough to read the Bible, and perhaps they had more education than that.  

Joseph married Deborah Mathewson, daughter of Thomas and Martha Sheldon Mathewson, of Scituate, in 1736, when he was about 23 years old.  This was about the time of King George's War, but Joseph seems to have not been involved in that conflict, or at least the records don't reflect that name.  Joseph and Deborah had eleven children together.  There may have been more, for there is a gap of about 6 years from 1757 to 1763 in Deborah's child bearing years.  

One reason for the gap may be that Joseph was a soldier during the French and Indian War.  He was appointed Captain of a special company in September 1756, appointed and served as Captain of the sixth company of Col Hopkins' Regiment in October of 1756, and volunteered on an alarm of August 1757.  More research needs to be done, but it appears to me to be at least possible that Joseph may have been involved in the expedition that went from New York to Canada and suffered such tremendous hardships.  If he didn't go, surely some of the other men of Glocester went, and he would have heard their stories.  

Joseph's selection as Captain may have been based on his ability to recruit men, as well as his military ability.  Either way, he was already respected when he became the pastor of a "separate" Baptist church at Glocester after his ordination on October 31, 1763.  He was 50 years old at the time that he entered this second career.  Unfortunately, his father Samuel had died five years earlier.  We can hope that he knew that his son was studying for the pastorate, but we don't know that for sure.  Joseph and Deborah's last child was born in 1763 and was named Thankful.  With the war over, and Joseph's ordination in that same year, it was an apt name.

By the time of the Revolutionary War, Joseph was in his 60's, but he is recognized as a patriot because he served on a committee to secure "Continental" soldiers.  Glocester was a site for holding British prisoners of war, and one wonders if he had any role to play in seeing to the treatment of the men.  

Deborah died August 23, 1785, possibly worn out from so many births and from caring for so many children.  Joseph must have enjoyed married life, for he married widow Elizabeth Taylor Angell Potter about a year later.  Perhaps he felt that a pastor needed a wife.   Joseph served as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Glocester from 1763 until his death on September 4, 1802, when he was nearly 89 years old.  Not many men hold a pastorate for 39 years, especially when they didn't begin until the age of 50.  

We are fortunate to have Joseph's will, and even more fortunate that it's been transcribed.  It's one of the more interesting wills that I've seen.  Basically, Elizabeth was to receive what she'd brought to the marriage, and a cow, along with whatever was stated in the marriage bond (pre-nuptial agreement?).  He must have been a man of considerable wealth, because he had several parcels of land, which he divided between his four of his sons, and he gave two hundred "good Spanish dollars" to son Christopher apparently in lieu of local land. Each of his daughters was to receive 500 "good Spanish dollars". Interestingly, he had purchased land as a proprietor (member of the Ohio Company of Associates) of Marietta, Ohio, and he left that land, apparently four parcels in all, to the five sons.  He made provision for the burial grounds that was established on his land in Glocester, and also the school house that was to continue in use for his heirs and neighbors.  

There is so much information here, and it brings on so many questions.  Most prominent is how did he acquire that kind of money?  Also, what did he do in the militia?  Was he on the Canada expedition?  I think he is a fascinating man and I will work to learn more about him.

The line of descent is

Joseph Winsor-Deborah Mathewson

Lillis Winsor-Nathan Paine

Deborah Paine-Enos Eddy

Joseph Eddy-Susan Lamphire

Susan Eddy-Hiram Stanard

Louis Stanard-Mary Alice Hetrick

Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook

Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen

Their descendants

Harshbarger line: Andrew or Andreas Kramer 1712-unknown

 Andreas Kramer is another of the German ancestors who seems to have mostly gone into hiding.  It's believed that he arrived in Philadelphia in 1732.  He was on board the same ship as Matthias and Elizabetha Catherina Thiess Kramer, and many people think these are his parents.  However, I've not seen documentation for that.  My thoughts, since no records have been found, are that it is possible these are his parents.  It's also possible that Matthias was an uncle, cousin, or even a brother.  I'd love to hear from anyone who has the goods to prove that Andreas was the son of Matthias and Catherine.  

We don't know much about Andreas;s life after he arrived in America.  He married Maria Magdalene Birckel on October 5, 1738, in a ceremony conducted by Rev. John Casper Stoever of the Lutheran Church.  It's believed that Andreas was born in 1712, so he would have been about 26 at the time of his marriage.  This may have given him time to work off any indentureship he might have accepted as the price for his passage, but this is speculation.  

It appears that Andreas settled in the part of Lancaster County that was known as Lebanon township, and that his land was later moved into Berks County.  Although there are many different opinions as to where he died, (three different townships in Lancaster County, as well as Berks County), and when, we seem to be on solid ground to place him at a time and place that could include any or all of these locations. Our Andreas Kramer was surely  not the only man by that name.

Andreas lived in perilous times for Pennsylvania.  The French and Indian War meant great hardships for farmers and others on the frontier, and Lancaster County in 1756 surely qualified.  We can imagine the family, which may have included as many as thirteen children, either traveling to a nearby fort or garrison, or leaving the area entirely while the men fought to protect their homes.  I've found no records showing Andreas as a soldier but he would have been in the militia, and he would at least have served duty in a fort.  More likely he was actively involved in at least some of the skirmishes and expeditions of the time.  

Andreas lived through the Revolutionary War, and likely contributed to the war effort by giving food and supplies at various times.  The area he was in was coveted by both the Americans and the British as a supply base for their troops.  If we think that Andreas may have lived halfway between Lebanon and Reading, which is just a guess, he was about 40 miles from Valley Forge.  

As mentioned earlier, I've found various dates for Andreas's death, and I've not found a will or a burial location.  He was probably still alive in 1786, and may have been alive as late as 1797.  That is as close as I can come to narrowing it down at this point.  There is a will for Andreas Kraemer on image 79 of Berks County will book 4-5 on Family Search, but it's in German and I'm unable to even pick out names on it.  If our Andrew lived this long, he would have been about 90 when he died.  This may be his son Andrew, but I can't say for sure.  

We have just enough information, we think, to fit Andreas into the mold of many other German ancestors.  He likely came for economic reasons, he probably farmed and raised a large family.  He was part of his local church (children were baptized) and he likely took up arms to protect his family.  He was another good man who liv3ed in difficult times.

The line of descent is:

Andreas Kramer-Maria Magdalena Birckel

Daniel Kramer-Anna Maria Geise

Anna Maria Kramer-Andrew Kepler

Mary Kepler-George Harshbarger

Lewis Harshbarger-Catherine Mentzer

Emmanuel Harshbarger-Clara Ellen Harter

Grover Harshbarger-Goldie Withers

Cleveland Harshbarger-Mary Beeks

Their descendants

Holbrook line: John Snow 1638ish-1706

There are at least two John Snows who were in eastern Massachusetts at the same time.  One John Snow is associated with Eastham/Barnstable in Plymouth Colony, and his wife is a Mayflower descendant.  That is not our John Snow.  Ours is the one who is mostly in hiding, mostly in Woburn, mostlly staying out of any kind of spotlight.  This is a sad thing for someone who wants to write about him!

Among the few facts that are known about John are these:  His parents are Richard and Avis Barratt (Barrett) Snow.  He was most likely born in England, but it's barely possible he was born in Massachusetts Bay Colony.  His father was in Woburn by 1645, just a few years after the town was founded, and there are a few records for him.  He is not listed in Anderson's Great Migrations Directory, so the inference is that he arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1636 and 1645.  There is wiggle room here, for John to have been born in either of these two areas.  He was not, however, born in Woburn as Woburn was not yet a community.  

We know nothing about John's early life, other than he was likely raised as a Puritan, or at least the family attended church services as required.  He probably learned to read and write, and may have learned a trade of some sort.  He had at least four brothers and a sister, according to his father's will.  (Richard died in 1677 and left John at least two parcels of land; his wife Avis or Annis was still alive).  

We catch two brief glimpses of him during his lifetime.  In 1667, he married Mary Green, daughter of William and Hannah Carter Green, in Charlestown.  Woburn and Charlestown were about 10 miles apart, and Hannah was from Woburn prior to the death of her parents.  Perhaps she had gone to live with relatives, or to work in someone's household during the years after her parents' deaths.  She would have been about 14 when her father died, so was, by the standards of the time, quite old enough to be hired out to someone.  Also, we know that John and Mary had at least 6 children, all mentioned at the time of John's death. 

The other record we have is that he was made a freeman of Woburn on May 27, 1674, indicating church membership and some property.  Regarding the church, I found a suggestion that this was a less strict Puritan church than some of the others, and at some point I'd like to learn more about the distinctions between the different churches.  

Then we know nothing of John until his death on November 25, 1706, still in Woburn.  There is record of an agreement, although I haven't seen the actual agreement, on April 14, 1707 between Mary Snow (widow), John Snow, John Cuttler, Zerubabbel, Timothy, Nathaniel, and Mary Snow.  Perhaps this indicates that he died without a will, and that the family came up with their own division for his property, which would have mostly conformed to the widow getting one third and the oldest son getting a double portion, most likely.   

What we don't have is any mention of military service, not even during King Philip's War.  (His brother Zachariah was one of those from the town wounded in battle, but I've found no record for John.)  He was probably too old to be active in the later military conflicts.  We don't have an inventory.  We don't have any mention of any kind of civic service.  

It's hard to draw a picture in our minds of this ancestor, who was here in the early life of Massachusetts Bay Colony and by definition had to have been a hard worker.  I need to keep looking for more tidbits, to help us make him into a real person rather than the rather bland man I've written about here.

The line of descent is:

John Snow-Mary Green

Zerubabbel Snow-Jemima Cutler

William Snow-Elizabeth Stevens

Lucy Snow-Josiah Whittemore

Josiah Whittemore-Betsy Foster

Mary Elizabeth Whittemore-Joseph R Holbrook

Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown

Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard

Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen

Their descendants

 

Harshbarger line: William Farmer

 I've written earlier about William's father, Matthew Farmer, and had hoped by now that someone would contact me with more information about him, or at least to offer support and encouragement.  It hasn't happened.  So William's parentage is still unknown other than his father was Matthew.  (We know this wasn't the Matthew married to Molly Glass, but that's really all we know).  

William is reported to have been born in Shenandoah or Franklin County, Virginia, with dates given as 1770 and 1780 with no documentation.  I think it's safe to say that he was likely born sometime during that decade, as he married Jean or Jane Wyatt, daughter of John and Alice Gordon Wyatt, on October 21, 1799 in Franklin County, Virginia.  Most men married in their early 20's so that would give us a birthdate of roughly 1776, give or take a few years.  We find him in 1800 and 1810 in Franklin County, but in 1820 he is in Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio.  

We know little about William's life with Jean, other than that he farmed, and that the couple had at least 8 children.  Probably the move to Ohio took place for economic reasons.  It may have also been influenced by political reasons.  A potential date for the move would be in the summer of 1813, for that is when William sold 40 acres of land on Standefers Creek, Franklin County, Virginia, which had at one time belonged to his father in law, for $250.  Miami County was formed in 1807 but settlement was sparse until after the War of 1812.  Then land was available at a reasonable price, as the native Americans were forced from their lands.  

I've found three records that may or may not pertain to our William Farmer.  Each is interesting.  First, there was a William Farmer in the War of 1812, a private in John Williamson's First Regiment of the Ohio Militia.  Was he ours?  I don't know.  There was a William Farmer buying land in Montgomery County as early as 1813.  Was he ours?  I don't know.  And finally, there was a William Farmer of Miami County, Ohio who was admitted to the West Branch Monthly Meeting on August 18th, 1827.  This record is likely of either our man, or of his son William, but I'm unable to identify him further. If these are the same man, it provides us with an interesting question.  Why and how did a man who participated in the War of 1812 become, towards the end of his life, a Quaker?  Please note: This entire paragraph is speculation and nothing here is to be interpreted as fact, except that documents naming a William Farmer exist for each of these events.

William died in 1834 in Miami County, Ohio, shortly before his father Matthew.  It appears that daughter Margaret was not mentioned in the estate settlement, so likely she had been given a cash gift, or personal property, when she and her husband moved on to Allen and then Whitley County, Indiana.  

The line of descent is:

William Farmer-Jean Wyatt

Margaret Farmer-Solomon Eliot Bennett

Mary Bennett-John Harter

Clara Harter-Emmanuel Harshbarger

Grover Harshbarger-Goldie Withers

Cleveland Harshbarger-Mary Beeks

Their descendants

Holbrook line: John Hanchett 1679-1761

 John Hanchett is in one of those generations that seems to have disappeared from views.  We know he was the grandson of the immigrant Deacon Thomas Hanchett,  and we know that his parents were Deacon John and Ester Pritchard Hanchett.  We know he was probably born in Westfield, Massachusetts, although his parents were in the process of moving the year he was born and it's possible that he was born in Suffield, which was part of Massachusetts at the time but later became part of Connecticut.  I've seen both locations listed.

Whether or not he was actually born in Suffield, John spent his entire life (except possibly those first few weeks) in Suffield.  He was one of nine children, and the only surviving son when his father died in 1744.  By then, he had already been responsible for the maintenance of his father for eleven years, and as a reward, he was given the home in Suffield, except for a "fireroom" for his father's widow.  

John was married to Lydia Hayward, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Treadway Hayward of Waterown, Massachusetts on February 26, 1707.  (I'd love to know how this couple met.  One theory is that his father may have gone to the Boston area on business, and our John may have accompanied him.  However, that is pure speculation on my part.)  John and Lydia had property in Boston and it is probable that she had been left the property by her parents, although I don't know whether anyone has determined that for sure.

John and Lydia had at least 12 children together, all born at Suffield.  Sadly, some died before their parents, leaving grandchildren to be remembered in the estate.  We don't know much else about John's life.  He was usually either a fence-viewer or a tithing man when town elections were held, although there were several years in which he seems to be taking a year off from civic duties.  One year he was a surveyor of highways.  None of these were top level jobs, yet they required a certain amount of tact and understanding on the part of the office holder.  

His will and inventory are missing but we at least know that he owned several pieces of property, based on the distribution of his estate.  Some were grants from the town and some he seems to have purchased himself.  John died October 14, 1761 and his widow, Lydia, died in June of 1777.  The estate was settled soon after that date.  

There is much that we don't know about John.  We assume he was a church-goer because of his position as tithing man.  We don't know whether he participated in any of the colonial wars although his age indicates that there were several wars that he could have been involved in, including Queen Anne's and King William's wars.  We don't know for sure that he was literate, but suspect that he was because that's what the times required.  His father was a select man for several years and surely he would have seen to his son's education.  We also don'[t know what he did for a living, and how successful, or not, he was.  We can guess that he farmed but we don't know whether he did anything else.  

One thing we know: He had a daughter named Hannah, and she thus became part of our history.

The line of descent is:

John Hanchett-Lydia Hayward

Hannah Hanchett-John Stannard

Libbeus Stannard-Eunice Pomeroy

Libbeus Stanard-Euzebia (Luceba) Fay

Hiram Stanard-Susan Eddy

Louis Stanard-Mary Alice Hetrick

Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook

Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen

Their descendants

Harshbarger line: Valentine Geiger 1718-1777

 Actually, his name was Johan Valentine Geiger.  I don't have much to say about this ancestor so I'd better include every word that I can.  The few records I've found for him refer to him as Valentin or Valentine, rather than Johan, but we need to keep our eyes out and minds open for both possibilities.  Our Valentine was the son of another Johan Valentine, and his wife Johanna Fredericka Henckel Geiger.   He was apparently born in Pennsylvania (most trees are saying Hanover, Montgomery County, Pa but I've not found that documented yet) on June 2, 1718.  His mother was expecting Valentine when the family arrived in Philadelphia in 1717.  

What a voyage that must have been!  I certainly hope that mama was over the morning nausea and not prone to seasickness.  These voyages were not easy-sleeping quarters were cramped, food and cooking equipment were limited, there was little fuel for cooking fires, and of course, for mothers of small children, they had extra burdens in keeping their young children safe and occupied.  Valentine probably grew up hearing stories of the trip and perhaps wondering how the family made it.  

The Geigers were a Lutheran family so they undoubtedly attributed the safety of their journey to the hand of God.  Valentine grew up in what became New Hanover, Montgomery County, but at the time of their arrival it was still part of Philadelphia County.  He would have learned his catechism and other religious lessons, probably learned to read and write (in German, most likely), and was likely taught a trade since he wasn't the oldest son in the family.  He probably also learned to handle a gun and how to hunt.

Valentine married Sarah Vetatoe, a young widow, on May 1, 1747, when he was almost thirty years old.  I don't know Sarah's story, partly because her previous husband's name can be spelled so many different ways.  I saw one hint that her maiden name may have been Van Atta, but I am taking that with a grain of salt at this point.  Valentine and Sarah had 6 children during their almost seventeen years of marriage, before Sarah died in early 1764.  They were apparently still in New Hanover at this time, perhaps because of concerns that moving any further west was just too dangerous due to tensions (not to mention ambushes and massacres and battles) with some of the indigenous people.  The French and Indian War didn't do a lot to ease the tension, but by 1774 Valentin had moved on to Sunbury, Pennsylvania.  

It appears that Valentine was a bit different than many of our German ancestors, in that I haven't found record that he ever owned land.  He may have farmed as a tenant farmer, but I'm leaning toward the idea that he had a trade that he practiced in town, because in 1774 he purchased lot 285 in Sunbury.  This was just prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.  Valentine was too old to have served in this war but there is perhaps a likelihood that he would have been at least in the militia at some point during the French and Indian War, sometime between 1756 and 1763.  

Valentine remarried, to Anna Margaret Nagle, and she was named in his will when Valentine died on May 23, 1777.  She received 350 pounds Pennsylvania currency in the will, and son Jacob received 60 pounds plus one shilling sterling.  The other children received bequests ranging from 200 to 350 pounds, so perhaps Jacob, the oldest son, had received land or something else of significant value earlier.  This seems to me to be a respectable estate and it makes me wonder how Valentine accumulated such relative wealth.  I'm sure there is more to the story and that I haven't yet found the most valuable records about him.  

The line of descent is

Johan Valentine Geiger-Sarah widow Vetatoe

Jacob Geiger-Elizabeth Shultz

Anthony Geiger-Mary Kirk

Elizabeth Geiger-George Harter

John Harter-Mary Bennett

Clara Harter-Emmanuel Harshbarger

Grover Harshbarger-Goldie Withers

Cleveland Harshbarger-Mary Beeks

Their descendants

Holbrook line: Joseph Stannard 1668-1703

 Joseph Stannard is another in a line of Stannard men I appear to have overlooked in writing blog posts.  He was here, he contributed to our family tree, and he deserves a mention in this series of ancestor stories.  

Joseph was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Spencer Stannard, and was born at Haddam, Connecticut October 13, 1668, just as the town was getting organized.  He was the oldest of at least five children, and was raised in what was likely a proper Puritan home, although I've not found church records to substantiate that statement.  

We don't know how it happened, but he married Hannah Brackett, daughter of John and Hannah French Brackett, in Boston, Massachusetts on April 4, 1692.  It must make an interesting story, learning how they met, but we may never learn the details.  Was Joseph there on business, or had he moved to Boston for a short time, or...?

The couple must have gone to Saybrook, where his father had lived until his death in 1688,  to live, for their son Joseph was born there 13 months later, followed by 3 other children.  Joseph had inherited some of his father's land, which explains our Joseph's presence there.  We don't know why the older Joseph moved to Saybrook, but it was likely for a better economic opportunity.  

Unfortunately, we know almost nothing of Joseph's life in Saybrook, There are a few land records relating to his father's estate, indicating that the land was divided up between Joseph's sons, Joseph and William, and that the amount of land was about 37 1/2 acres that William had, as the fourth part of the estate.  Joseph presumably had the same about of land, but it's not clear what Hannah, the widow, had, nor is it clear whether the daughters received anything.  I haven't been able to locate a will for him.  I did find that he was given additional land shortly before his death, as it appears he or his father had been "shorted" some meadow land during an earlier division. The daughters sued in 1719, saying that they had not yet been paid anything (probably they had to be at least 16 or 18 before they could collect their inheritance, whatever it might have been.

Joseph was just 34 years old when he died on April 17, 1703.  His father and grandfather had also died at relatively young ages, but we don't know whether there was a genetic reason for the early deaths or whether each was due to a separate cause.  Life was hard in those days and there were many epidemics of everything from smallpox to influenza.  Accidents were common, too, and if Joseph was involved in the fishing or mercantile trade, that may have contributed to his death. 

Hannah had four young children at the time of her husband's death, so she remarried in 1706, to Andrew Warner of Saybrook, a widowed land-owner.  She died before 1719.

I've not found any record of military service for Joseph, nor have I confirmed a religious life other than the church in Saybrook was a congregational (Puritan) church which was well -established when the Stannards arrived there. I don't even know his occupation, other than he must have done at least some farming. There are other questions I'd like to answer, and if we could locate a copy of his will and inventory, it would certainly be very helpful.

The line of descent is:

Joseph Stannard-Hannah Brackett

John Stannard-Hannah Jordan

John Stannard-Hannah Hatchett

Libbeus Stannard-Eunice Pomeroy

Libbeus Stanard-Luceba Fay

Hiram Stanard-Susan Eddy

Louis Stanard-Mary Alice Hetrick

Etta Stanard-Loren Holbrook

Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen

Their descendants