Joanna Betts

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CAPT. RICHARD BETTS, ENGLAND TO LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK

Capt. Richard Betts b. 1613 m. Joanna Chamberlain

Thomas Betts s/o Richard m. Mercy Whitehead

Elizabeth Betts d/o Richard m. Capt. Joseph Sackett

Richard Betts, Ipswich 1648, said to have come from Hemel Hempstead, Co. Herts, removed to Newton, L.I. 1656, there was in high esteem many years and died 18 Nov. 1713, at the age of 100, to render wh. great number of years, doubtful the stupidity of tradition adds, that he dug his own grave. By wife, Joanna, Riker says, he had Richard; Thomas; Joanna, who married John Scudder; Mary, who married Joseph Swazey; Martha, who married Philip Ketchum; Elizabeth who was first wife of Joseph Sackett; and Sarah, who married Edward Hunt. Richard Betts, Newtown, L.I. son of the preceeding died 4 Nov 1711, leaving Richard, Robert, Thomas, Sarah, Elizabeth Joanna, Abigail, and Mary, beside widow Sarah, who may have been mother of all these children. (Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, p. 172)

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Daughter of Rev. Robert Chamberlayne and Elizabeth Stoughton.

Married to Captain Richard Betts.

Captain Richard (1613-1713) and wife Joanna's home stood at the southwest corner of territory now surrounded by the Betts cemetery. The home was razed in 1899. According to legend, Captain Richard Betts dug his own grave in the Betts family plot a few days before he died. His grave is not detectable.

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See: http://library.uwinnipeg.ca/people/dobson/genealogy/documents/Chamb...

GEDCOM Note

Biography

Joanna Chamberlain had a brother Samuel whose estate was admin by Joanna's husband Richard Betts in 27:1: 1649 as Joanna was heir to the estate. Ipswich Qrtly Court Records Vol 1 page 15. <ref>Page 103 Essex, MA Wills. https://archive.org/stream/probaterecordsof01dowg#page/103/mode/1up</ref> Marriage: before 27:1:1649 noting the above document. Date circa 1652as per New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Burial: March 1711 Maspeth, Queens County, New York <ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13209926</ref>

Sources

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• Swaysey, B.F. 1910. Genealogy of the Swasey Family
• Riker, James, Jr., The Annals of Newtown, in Queens County, New York (D. Fanshaw, New-York, 1852) Page 373-4
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England MarriagesPrior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) ::: Name: Joanna Chamberlyne ::: Gender: Female ::: Marriage: 1652 New England, ::: Spouse's Name: Richard Betts
• Millenium File ::: Name: Joanna Chamberlyn ::: Gender: Female ::: Birth: 1620 Hempsted, Hartford, England ::: Spouse: Richard (Capt) Betts ::: Children: Sarah Betts::: Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt LakeCity, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.
• 13209926*"The Scudder Family of Trenton," Moses Bigelow, Compiler, Somerset Press, 1948, Page 16.