Edward Durant

There’s a theory he married this Anna Andrews but it is unsupported by Donald Jacobus’ genealogy.

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Name: Edward Durant 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: 02 JUN 1661 in Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony 1 3
Death: Age 66 years 28 MAR 1718 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony 1 2

Note:

Public record at Middletown CT records "was born June 2nd, 1661 as his mother saith" Boston record states that he died "March 28, 1718, aged 66 years", which puts his birth in 1651 or 1652. In a deposition he made, September 25, 1696, before Judge Sewall, he is described as then "aged fourty years", which puts his birth in 1656. His identity, however, is certain. He was recorded as an inhabitant of Boston in 1695, and on July 9, 1694, had bought the "Inn at the Sign of the Lamb" This Inn, commonly called "The Lamb Tavern", was one of Boston's most famous public houses, and stood on the sight of what was the Adams House in 1966.

In 1686 Edward Durant had a child baptized in Boston, and in 1689 another baptized in Middletown, Connecticut ~ Geanological and Personal Memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts - prepared under the editorial supervision of William Richard Cutter, A. M., historian of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society - assisted by William Frederick Adams, president of Connecticut Valley Historical Society ~ published in 1910

Father: George Durant b: 01 OCT 1631 in England Mother: Elizabeth ??? b: 1636 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony

Marriage 1 (Anne Hall b: 20 NOV 1661 in Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony) - unproven
Married: ABT 1684 1

Children

1. Anne Durant b: BEF 15 AUG 1686 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
2. George Durant b: BEF 10 NOV 1689
3. Samuel Durant b: 04 APR 1692 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony
4. Captain Edward Durant b: BET 02 MAR 1694 AND 1695 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
5. John Durant b: 29 MAR 1697 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony
6. Ebenezer Durant b: 20 SEP 1699 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
7. Abigail Durant b: BEF 10 MAY 1702 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Marriage 2 Sarah Whale b: ABT 1670
Married: 02 JUN 1714 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA 4 5

Children

1. David Durant b: ABT 1714 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony

Sources:

• Title: Durant Genealogy Page: Volume 1, Page 12 Title: Genealogies Page: Volume 3, p 1798-1799 Text: Geanological and Personal Memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts - prepared under the editorial supervision of William Richard Cutter, A. M., historian of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society - assisted by William Frederick Adams, president of Connecticut Valley Historical Society ~ published in 1910
• Title: Genealogies Page: Volume 3, p. 1798 Text: Geanological and Personal Memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts - prepared under the editorial supervision of William Richard Cutter, A. M., historian of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society - assisted by William Frederick Adams, president of Connecticut Valley Historical Society ~ published in 1910
• Title: Durant Genealogy Page: Volume 1, Page 13 Title: Marriage Record Text: Massachusetts Marriges, 1633-1850
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 ancestry.com
• https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/9039453?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a223...
• New England Marriages to 1700 < AmericanAncestors > MARRIAGE : 1692 LOCATION : Boston,Suffolk,Massachusetts,United States VOLUME : Volume 1 PAGE : 483 TEXT : DURANT, Edward (1661-) & Ann/Hannah? [HALL?] (1661-); by 1692; Boston {Reg. 52:215; Blake (1895) 3, 4; Waldo Gen. 1:75; NYGBR 43:295}