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Early Settlers of Middletown, Connecticut

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  • Deacon Solomon Adkins (1678 - 1748)
    "ADKlNS DEA SOLOMON son of Josiah and Elizabeth m Phebe Edwards of Northampton Mass May 18 AD 170__ children Abigail b April 11 1711 Samuel b Sept 21 1713 Hannah b May 26 1715 Solomon Jr b Feb 10 1717 ...
  • Mary Adkins (1684 - 1755)
    Married in Middletown, CT on December 16, 1708 to Josiah Adkins, son of Josiah Adkins of Middletown. Married second John (?) Stedman, born 1701 (?).
  • Elizabeth Stowe (1717 - 1767)
    "Benjamin Adkins/3 (1682-?), father of Elizabeth Adkins Stow, was himself the son of Josiah/2 Adkins (d. 1690; s/o William/1 Adkins) and Elizabeth/2 Wetmore (1648-?)... The Adkinses came from Wales, ju...
  • Daniel Stowe (1701 - 1750)
    Daniel Stow and Elizabeth Adkins Stow had their first six children in Middletown, Connecticut and then they moved to Waterbury, Connecticut. Daniel, Stow, Jr. married Elizabeth Adkins May 7, 1735 in Mi...
  • Josiah Adkins, Sr. (c.1630 - 1690)
    The October 8, 1673 marriage in Middletown, Connecticut of Josiah Adkins and Elizabeth Wethmer/Whitmore is recorded in Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. He gives Josiah Akins' date of death...

In researching members of the Stowe family, I realized that there were a number of families from Middletown that intermarried, about whom there is some confusion on Geni. In order to straighten out these families, I began this project about early families in Middletown circa the late 1600s. I will begin with Stowe, Wheeler, Adkins/Atkins, Whitmore. It appears that some of these families originated in Concord, Massachusetts.

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