unknown Easton

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brief biography and family

Deacon Joseph Easton, born about 1602, Cambridge; freeman, March 4, 1635; an original proprietor at Hartford; his home-lot, in 1639, was on the south side of the highway, now Elm St., near the west end. Chosen chimney-viewer, 1649; surveyor of highways, 1652, 1656, 1666; constable, 1658. [He married Hannah, daughter of James Ensign, of Hartford.] [This is a mixup with Joseph ll] He bought land on the east side of the river, of Richard Goodman, and was one of the committee on fencing the meadow in 1683; died August 19, 1688, aged 86.

Joseph Easton, a husbandman who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 & First settled in Cambridge; moved to Hartford CT in 1639, where he probably married _____ _____ by about 1639. She was living (but unnamed) on 10 January 1660[/1], when Winthrop treated her for pain and ague. She predeceased her husband. They had four children: John, Mary Skinner, Sarah Sherly & Joseph. The family frequently sought the medical advice of John Winthrop Jr. Winthrop prescribed for Joseph Easton's wife on 25 December 1657, his eighteen year old son, John, in 1657/8, his daughter Mary, about 18 years old in 1658 and 1659, and at least one of Joseph's grandchildren.

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i. Joseph, settled in East Hartford; lived in the North Meadow about 1700; chimney-viewer, 1669; townsman, 1704; deacon; died December 30, 1711. Colonel James Easton, of Hartford, afterward of Pittsfield, who was associated with Colonel Ethan Allen in the taking of Ticonderoga, was a great-grandson of Joseph Easton, of East Hartford.

ii. John, Hartford; admitted to the South Church, August 28, 1670; surveyor of highways,1671; townsman, 1693; married Elizabeth ____, who died June 10, 1710. He died November 2, 1716.

iii. Mary, in. John Skinner, of Hartford; died June 18, 1695.

iv. Sarah, married Robert Shirley, of Hartford.

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Given name has been reported to be:

• Hannah
• Mary

sources

• James Hammond Trumbull, editor, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1 (Boston, Massachusetts: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), page 237. Retrieved: 3 May 2011 from Google Books

links

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36881272/hannah-ensign
• FamilySearch AFN MT5K-68

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This NN is the same as unknown Easton. Merge must be performed by a curator.