Henry Case, of Southold

Henry Case

• M, b. 1630, d. 1665

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Case-16

Henry Case was one of the original planters of New Haven, along with several others who would also settle in Southold. So many of the names on that first list of New Haven Planters will look familiar to people who have done 1600s research in Southold. [1] [Note: this reference suggests it is possible he was in New Haven in 1639, but no records were found for him, and he is not listed along with those who signed the Fundamental Agreement of the Colony of New Haven, June 4, 1639.

Immigrated before June 1639,[citation needed] and settled in Southold, where he was given land on Town Street. On April 14, 1659, bought a dwelling house on the west end of Town Street, Southold.

In Nov. 1658, he married Martha Corwin. In 1656, two years before his death, Martha's father Matthias Corwin appointed Henry Case, Barnabas Horton, William Wells, Lieut Budd, and William Purrier to order Town affairs. "This body of officers was possessed of almost unlimited powers passing laws and ordinances for the government of the Colony and adjusting local difficulties Corwin and Purrier appears to have been citizen farmers of sound substantial judgment and commanded the respect of all classes." [2]

Occupation

Henry worked as a "Cordwainer" (Shoemaker).

Legacy

He died in 1665 leaving Henry Case and TheophilusCase the Southold property. To give a record of all his descendants would far exceed our limits, but one branch deserves special mention: Henry 2nd had a son Samuel Case who has a son Lieutenant Moses Case who died 1814 aged ninety-one years leaving Gilbert, Matthias and Moses Luther This last was the father of Hon Joseph Wickham Case whose knowledge of the local history of the town was by that of any living man and assistance the writer is under the deepest obligation." [3]

Will

He died before 16 November 1665 when his widow Martha was empowered to take administration of the estate of "my first husband Henry Case." She was named sole executrix of the estate of her second husband Thomas Hutchinson by the court in Southampton on March 7-9, 1676. [1]

Family

From https://mccurdyfamilylineage.com/ancestry/p3249.htm

He may have been the son of William Case who had settled in Rhode Island. Henry married, daughter of Matthias Curwen and Margaret (?), in November 1658 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. The last week in November 1658. The family resided in the town of Southold where Henry was a shoemaker. Henry departed this life in 1665 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.

• Martha Corwin b. c 1636

Children

1. Henry Case II+ b. 5 Sep 1659, d. 16 Apr 1720
2. Theophilius Case b. c 1660, d. 27 Oct 1716

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Henry Case was born in 1630 in Leicestershire, England. Henry immigrated to America before 1658 settling in Southold, Long Island, New York. He was married to Martha Corwin on December 15, 1658 in Southold, Long Island, New York. Henry and Martha had Henry, Theophilus and Hannah. Henry's occupation was probably that of a shoemaker (cordwainer). Henry died in 1664 in Southold, Long Island, New York.

http://genealogy-tree.us/Case.html

When Henry Case was born on 10 June 1632, in [Lancashire], England, United Kingdom, his father, William Solomon Case, was 49 and his mother, Ruth James, was 39. He married Martha Corwin in November 1658, in Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonies.

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References

1. McCracken, George E. The Case Family of Connecticut and Long Island. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Apr 1958) 34:66. (document attached). Full article: < AmericanAncestors >
2. https://mccurdyfamilylineage.com/ancestry/p3249.htm cites
   1. [S133] Virginia Wines, Pioneers of Riverhead Town, pages 59-60.
   2. [S342] Wayland Jefferson, Southold Town, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, page 29 - HENRY CASE - A shoemaker m. Martha Corwin the last week in Nov., 1658. He d. in 1665 and his widow married Thomas Hutchinson, Jan. 11, 1666. Issue: Henry-2; Theophilus-2; Hannah-2.

• [S344] Josephine C Frost, Ancestors of James Wickham and his Wife Cora Prudence Billard, pages 28-29 - 1. HENRY CASE, supposed by Moore, p. 11, to have been the son of William of Rhode Island, is first mentioned in Southold, L. I., when he married the last week in November, 1658, Martha, daughter of Matthias Curwin. (Southold Town Records, Vol. 1, p. 464.) On December 15, 1658, the town granted him a home lot of four acres at the east end of the Town Street. The compiler of the Town Records states "it is doubtful if he ever occupied that lot as on April 14, 1659, only four months later, he purchased a dwelling-house, barn and home lot of Thomas Mapes at the west end of the Town Street and here he probably died." (Southold Town Records, Vol. 1, pp. 74, 75.) He died in 1664 and his widow, Martha, married second, Thomas Hutchinson, and was again a widow in 1676 as per the following, taken from Southold Town Records, Vol. 2, pp. 244-5: "I, Martha Hutchinson of Southold, widow, being empowered by the Court of Sessions held at Southampton, November 16, 1665, to take administration of the estate of my first husband, Henry Case, who died intestate; and also being admitted by the Court of Sessions held at Southampton, 7th, 8th, and 9th days of March, 1676, to be sole executrix of the estate of my second husband, Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, who also died intestate, and allowed to take administration of said estate and empowered to dispose of same or any part thereof, &c." "Therefore, I, the above said Martha Hutchinson, do give my eldest son, Henry Case, his full portion," land in Southold, old field, Acquabauk, home lot, at her decease, where she is living, &c. Confirmed June 14, 1681. When she died has not been found. Thomas Hutchinson died in 1676, aged 83 years, per Corwin Genealogy, p. 148. Issue : (Case) Henry, Theophilus

1. findagrave #101104217
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Case-16 Cites
   1. https://loricase.com/case/case-corwin-time-line.html Case Family Time line beginning with Matthias Curwin compiled by Anne Thompson Goddard
   2. http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/new_haven6.htm
   3. https://books.google.com/books?id=X5Q-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA26#v=snippet&q=... Southold Town Records, Volume 1 By Southold (N.Y.)
   4. https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_Long_Island/Y4c-A... A History of Long Island: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time By Peter Rosswin/
   5. Case, Joseph. Southold Town Records Copied and Explanatory Notes Added (N.Y., 1882) Vol. 1, Page 464 Vol.2, p.244,245
   6. Edward Tanjore Corwin, The Corwin Genealogy in the United States (1872; reprint, Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books Inc., 2000), 148.
   7. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org), entry for Martha Corwin (PIN 77257); submitted by Dean & Sharon Salmon, Bountiful, Utah. Cit. Date: 28 Aug 2011; Compact Disc #71. This Pedigree Resource File, has an incorrect birth location of 1632 at Southold, NY. Impossible since Southold was not founded/settled until 1640, and Mr. Case did not arrive there until 1658.
   8. AFN: 9JVK-SK and L3LG-XF