John Deming

PLEASE DO NOT GET CONFUSED WITH JONATHAN (SON OF JOHN & HONOR TREAT) WHO DIED January 08, 1700 AND MARRIED AS HIS 2ND WIFE, AN ELIZABETH GILBERT ALSO.

PARENTS: There are no references in any of the early genealogies or in any of the reputable sources listing, or even suggesting parents for immigrant Thomas (of Wethersfield, Farmington, and Long Island); Elizabeth Deming, or John Deming. Parents Jonathan Deming and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Deming are probably a confusion with Jonathan Deming (c.1639-1700) and Elizabeth (1654-1714) from a later generation. If anyone has a valid source for these parents we can easily re-attach this pedigree.

• Jonathan Deming. Born ca 1574 in Shalford, Essex, England. Jonathan was baptized on 18 Oct 1585. Alternate birth dates: b. 18 Oct. 1585 Picardy, France.
• Married: Elizabeth Gilbert (1594-1564) Abt 1613 of Shalford near Colchester, Essex, England   [4]  Their children include:

1. Elizabeth Deming. Born abt 1595 of Colchester, Essex, England; died between 16 Aug 1682 and 3 Sep 1683 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Married Nathaniel Foote. Unproven - disconnected Elizabeth Welles
2. Thomas Deming. Born abt 1613 Shalford, Essex, England; died 28 July 1683, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Married Mary Sheaffe. Unproven - disconnected Thomas Deming, of East Hampton
3. . John Deming Born abt 1615 of England; died 26 June 1690. Unproven - disconnected John Deming

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• The family of Jonathon deMing lived in Picardy, France where he was born in 1585. They were Huguenots, French Protestants who were part of the Reformation that challenged the existing order of the Roman Catholic Church. As early as 1525, shortly after Martin Luther -- and a few years later John Calvin -- launched the Reformation, the first Huguenot martyrs were burned at the stake. In 1535, ad edict was issued by the French rulers ordering the extermination of the heretics, an action that precipitated a general emigration. Succeeding decades saw period when Huguenots were allowed the liberty of their conscience to worship in their own way, interspersed with violent episodes in which many were killed. The savagery of the religious conflict reached its zenith with the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre at which an estimated 20,000 Huguenots were slain. It was during the period of vacillating policy prior to the St. Bartholomew massacre that John deMing, father of Jonathon, was born in France sometime around 1560. It would appear that he spent his entire life in that country as he also died there in Picardy. But there are those who postulate that he may have been among a group of adherents to the Reformation who went to Holland for a time during one of the periods of the greatest persecution. Despite the upheavals undoubtedly prevalent in his life, John deMing married and sired two sons and a daughter. Sometime after the turn of the century, Jonathon deMing left his native Province in northern France. He crossed the English channel and took up residence at Colchester, a town located in Essex, an English county on the channel just across from France. Upon his arrival, or perhaps before, he dropped the capital "M" in the middle of the surname and thenceforth spelled it Deming. It has been speculated that the change was made because of the Huguenot troubles, but it may simply have been a desire to simplify the name. In 1609, he married Elizabeth Gilbert of Worcestershire and they produced two known sons, one of whom, John, became the progenitor of the family in America. (Taken from: A Family History, by Donovan Faust) (Some researchers believe that Johnathan deMing died in Colchester, Essex, England.)

JOHN1 DEMING was prominent in the affairs and responsibility of the settlement and Colony, as one of more than ordinary intelligence. Sherman Adams refers to him as a “prominent pioneer,” and R.R. Hinman alludes to one with a “high reputation.” Others have stated “Mr.” and “Honorable,” a courtesy paid to men of standing, prominence, and status, not related to longevity. Mr. Benjamin Trumbull, the noted New England historian, states that he was one of the “fathers” of the Colony, and continuing, Mr. Trumbull states: Some of the principal characters, who undertook this great work of settling Connecticut, and were the civil and religious fathers of the Colony was Mr. Haynes, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Hooker, Mr. Warham, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Wells, Mr. Willis, Mr. Whiting, Mr. Wolcott, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Webster, and Captain Mason. These were of the first class of settlers, and all, except the ministers, were chosen magistrates or governors of the colony. Mr. Swain, Mr. Talcott, Mr. Steel, Mr. Mitchell, and others were capital men. Mr. John Haynes, Mr. Hooker, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Stone, Mr. George Wyllys, Mr. Wells, Mr. Whiting, Mr. Thomas Webster, and Mr. John Talcott, were all of Hartford. Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Henry Wolcott, Mr. Warham, Mr. Phelps and Captain John Mason, were some of the principal planters of Windsor. Mr. William Swain, Mr. Thurston Rayner, Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. Andrew Ward, Mr. Mitchell and Mr. JOHN DEMING, were some of the chief men, who settled the town of Wethersfield. These were the civil and religious fathers of the Colony. They formed its free and happy constitution, were its legislators, and some of the chief pillars of the church and commonwealth. They, with many others of the same excellent character, employed their abilities and their estates for the prosperity of the Colony.

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Includes NotesNotes for Jonathan Deming I: The information that John Deming of Wethersfield and his sister, Elizabeth (Deming Foote) were probably the son and daughter of a John Deming is in Americana, Vol 34 (1940), Page 264. There, it is indicated in the will of Richard Treat that, "From this is indicated that there was a John Demon, Sr. (Deming) as well as John Demon, son-in-law and that the father of John Deming, of Wethersfield, was probably also named John Deming.

I believe that the idea of John Deming (the elder) being a Huguenot and that his wife Elizabth Gilbert, came from the Huguenot society. John Deming seems to be one of the qualifing ancestors. (letter from Bernard Peck).

Much of Deming information comes from History of Ancient Wethersfield, CT. by Stiles.

Children of Jonathan Deming I and Elizabeth Gilbert are: i.+John (Demon or Dement) Deming I, b. Abt. 1615, Shalford, Essex, England, d. January 08, 1699/00, Wethersfield, Connecticut. ii.+Elizabeth Deming, b. Abt. 1595, Shalford, Essex, ENGLAND, d. July 28, 1683, Wethersfield, CT. iii.Thomas Deming, b. Abt. 1613, Shalford, Essex, England, d. date unknown.

Jonathan Deming [Parents] 1 was born on 18 Oct 1585 in France &, Shalford, Near Colchester, Essex. He was christened in Of, , , France. He died on 8 Jan 1700 in Of Shalford Near, Colchester, Essex, Eng. He married Elizabeth Gilbert on 25 Dec 1673 in Of Shalford, Near Colchester, Essex, England.

Other marriages:

Gilbert, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Gilbert 1 was born in 1578 in Of Shalford, Near Colchester, Essex, England. She died on 8 Sep 1614 in Prob. Shalford, Essex, England. She married Jonathan Deming on 25 Dec 1673 in Of Shalford, Near Colchester, Essex, England. She had other parents.

They had the following children:

  M i  Henry Deming 1 was born in 1617 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.  

  F ii  Mary Deming 1 was born on 24 Oct 1622 in , Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. She died on 2 Apr 1671 in , Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.  

  M iii  John Deming 1 was born about 1593 in , , , England. He died in 1644 in Wethersfield, , Ct.  

  F iv  Sarah Deming 1 was born in 1622 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.  

  F v  Martha Deming 1 was born in 1627 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.  

  M vi  Thomas Deming Or Deming Demon 1 was born in 1613 in Shalford, Colchester, Essex, England. He died on 28 Jul 1683 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Conn.  

  F vii  Mary Deming 1 was born on 24 Oct 1692 in , Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. She died on 22 Apr 1771 in , Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.  

  F viii  Elizabeth Deming