Jacob Redington, Sr.

Biography

“John Redington of Topsfield, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants ...”. By Mrs. Redington Carter. Page 9. < GoogleBooks >

5. JACOBS REDINGTON (Dea. Daniel, John) was born at Topsfield, 5 Sept., 1695, and died at Richmond, Mass., in 1773, before 21 May of that year. He was constable 1735; and selectman and jury-man 1736.

Animated by “the Great desire ... to promote good learning among the Children and Youth in the Neighborhood," he made over to the town of Topsfield, 28 Sept., 1738, a tract of land on the “South side of Ipswich River for the purpose of a School House,"* which is the first school-house of record in Topsfield. On 11 Mar., 1740, he sold his residence and lands in Topsfield, and removed with his family to Connecticut, where he purchased, 3 Aug., 1741, one hundred acres of land with mansion house thereon, in Ellington Parish, Windsor, being then styled as “late of Topsfield ;” † and, on 26 Apr., 1748, he acquired an equal acreage in Tolland, Conn., on the “road leading from the Keating House to Beaver Brook,” I and disposed of the same to his sons, all of whom, for a time at least, were residents of Tolland. About 1760, the Berkshire hills began to attract settlers from Connecticut, and between 1765 and 1770, he and his surviving sons removed to Richmond, where he died, intestate, the inventory of his estate being filed 21 May, 1773.

He married, at Topsfield, 12 Nov., 1719, Elizabeth, born at Berwick, Me., 13 Feb., 1697, daughter of Philip Hubbard of the Parish of St. Saviour, Isle of Jersey, and of Berwick, Me., by his wife Elizabeth (Goodwin), widow of Zachariah Emery. She was admitted to membership in the Church of Topsfield, 3 May, 1730, and was dismissed to the Fourth Church of Windsor, 8 Apr., 1742. §

Children, all, except the youngest, born at Topsfield :

• i. DORCAS, 4 bapt. 9 Aug., 1724; d. 1 Dec., 1729.
• 10. ii. DANIEL, bapt. 26 Feb., 1726; d. at Albany, N. Y., 1760; m. Hannah Haynes.
• 11. iii. JACOB, bapt. 25 May, 1729; d. 7 Mar., 1804.
• iv. NATHANIEL, b. abt. 1731; d. 1762 ; m. Sarah Haynes.
• v. Dorcas, bapt. 11 June, 1732; d. 16 May, 1751; m. at Tolland, 6 Sept., 1750, John West, Jr.
• vi. PHEBE, bapt. 28 Dec., 1735; d. at Tolland, 24 Sept., 1770; m. there, 8 Dec., 1757, Jacob Fellows.
• 13. vii. ELIPHALET, bapt. 11 June, 1738; d. 30 May, 1814; m. Anna Kingsbury.
• viii. OLIVE, b. at Windsor, 23 Dec., 1741; m. 3 Sept., 1761, Eleazer West, b. at Tolland, 20 Nov., 1739, d. at Clarksburg, Va., 16 May, 1788. Issue: 1. Charles. 2. Thankful. 3. Olive, b. at Glass Work Grants, Conn., 11 July, 1775; d. at Paris, Ky., 10 June, 1831; m. at Clarksburg, 9 May, 1795, Dr. George Selden.