Samuel Wakeman

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Biographical Summary:

Samuel Wakeman, Roxbury, came in the "Lyon," in 2 November 1631; freeman, Massachusetts, August 7, 1632; probably removed to Cambridge; deputy, May, 1635; constable for Newtown, April, 1636; an original proprietor at Hartford, 1639, when his home-lot was on the south bank of the Little River; chosen townsman, 1638; appointed with George Hubbard, Senior, and Ancient Stoughton, in 1636, "to consider the bounds and survey the breadth of Dorchester (Windsor) towards the Falls, and of Watertown (Wethersfield) towards the mouth of the River." he was killed in 1641 by a shot from the Spanish fort at Providence in the Bahamas, where he had been sent " to buy cotton." His widow, Elizabeth, married (2) Nathaniel Willett, of Hartford, before Jan. 1643, and the estate of Wakeman was settled on him December 4, 1645, on condition that he pay £40 to the son when he reached the age of 21, and £20 to each of the dad's at the age of 18.

Children:

i. Ezbon, freeman at Stratford, 1669; married Apr. 1, 1669, at Guilford, Hannah Jordan; removed to Fairfield before 1671, where he died in 1683.

ii. Elizabeth; married Joseph Arnold, of Haddam.

iii. Grace; married John Kelly, of Hartford,

iv. Joanna; married Francis Hacklcton, of Hartford,

v. Hannah.

SOURCE: James Hammond Trumbull, editor, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1 (Boston, Massachusetts: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), pages 265-266. Retrieved: 3 May 2011 from Google Books

Biographical Summary #2:

Samuel Wakeman, son of Francis, of Bewdley, Worcestershire, England, came to New England in November, 1631, in the ship Lion, Captain Pierce, and settled in Roxbury, November 2, 1631, and was made a Freeman the seventh of August following, being one of the founders of the first church in Roxbury.

He probably removed to Cambridge, and was representative at the May session, 1635, and removed with Governor Haynes, or rather, as his forerunner, to Hartford, in April, 1636.

He was made constable and was engaged in adjusting the bounds of the first settlement of Windsor and Wethersfield. He was killed in the summer of 1641, with Captain Pierce at Providence in the Bahamas, as told by Winthrop, vol. ii., p. 43.

The Captain Pierce referred to above went with others to relieve English colonists in the Bahamas who were suffering from the cruelties of the Spaniards.

SOURCE: Unknown.

Property:

It is quite certain, however that in the spring of 1636, after having secured rights through the Warwick patent, lots were actually located on the south side, those of John White and Samuel Wakeman being the first.

SOURCE: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genepool/websjohn.htm#hartford

Death:

Having joined a small group of New Englanders who wished tosettle at Old Providence Island in the summer of 1641, and not realizingthat the Spaniards had recently taken the island, Samuel Wakeman was on the ship mastered by William Pierce; when they reached Old Providence and sailed into the harbor, they came under the Spanish guns, and Pierce "threw himself in at the door of the cuddy, and one Samuel Wakeman, a member of the church of Hartford, who was sent with goods to buy cotton,cast himself down by him, and presently a great shot took them both. Mr.Peirce died within an hour; the other, having only his thighs tore, lived ten days"

SOURCE: John Winthrop, The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, JamesSavage, ed., 2 volumes (Boston 1853).
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• [S01785] Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Donald Lines Jacobus, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).

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• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 1 edited by William Richard Cutter, p.72 _________________________

Birth: Oct. 27, 1568 Ribbesford Wyre Forest District Worcestershire, England Death: Jan. 21, 1621 Ribbesford Wyre Forest District Worcestershire, England

Anne Goode's CHILDREN:

1) Mary Wakeman b. Abt. 1591 Chaddesley, Worcestershire, England; d. (date/place unknown); buried: (place unknown); m. 04 or 14 JAN 1622 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England; John Wowen b. Abt. 1586 England; d. (date/place unknown); buried: (place unknown). TWO CHILDREN (birthdates & places unknown): Mary Wowen; Sarah Wowen.

2) Sarah Wakeman b. 23 APR 1593 Chaddesley, Worcestershire, England; d. 1662 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England; buried: England; m. 30 APR 1621 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England; Richard Hubbell b. Abt. 1600 England; d. OCT 1699 (place unknown); buried: (place unknown). ONE CHILD: Richard Hubbell b. 22 JAN 1626 Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England.

3) John Wakeman b. Bet. 1594-1601 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England; Emigrated: (date/place unknown); d. 21 OCT 1661 Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; buried: buried: (place unknown); m. 28 JAN 1628/29 (place unknown); Elizabeth Hopkins b. 10 OCT 1610 (place unknown); d. 1658 (place unknown); buried: (place unknown). FIVE CHILDREN: John Wakeman b. 25 JUL 1630; Helena Wakeman b. 23 DEC 1632; Dorothy Wakeman b. 1634; Samuel Wakeman b. 07 JUN 1635; Elizabeth Wakeman b. 16 SEP 1636.

4) Martha Wakeman b. 27 MAR 1596 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England; Emigrated: (date/place unknown); d. 1664 New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; buried: (place unknown); m. 30 NOV 1621 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England; William Davis b. 1592 Upper Ardley, Worcestershire, England; Emigrated: (date/place unknown); d. 1659 New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; buried: (place unknown). TWO CHILDREN: Sarah Davis b. 1624 New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; John Davis b. Abt. 1625 New Haven, New Haven Co., CT.

5) Samuel Wakeman b. 25 SEP 1603 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England; Emigrated: Left London 23 AUG 1631 with his wife and firstborn child aboard the "Lyon" arriving on the penisula of Nantasket on 02 NOV 1631; d. 1641 Isla de Providencia, Columbia; buried: (place unknown); m. (date/place unknown); Elizabeth ____ (maiden surname unknown) b. (date/place unknown); d. (date/place unknown); buried: (place unknown). FIVE CHILDREN (birthplaces unknown): (name/gender unknown) Wakeman b./d. 1631 at sea; Elizabeth Wakeman b. 1633; Ezbon Wakeman, Lt. b. 1635; Joanna Wakeman b. 1637; Grace Wakeman b. 1640.

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• page 158-159 of Wakeman genealogy, 1630-1899 : being a history of the descendants of Samuel Wakeman, of Hartford, Conn., and of John Wakeman, treasurer of New Haven colony, with a few collaterals included by Wakeman, Robert Peel, 1849- Published 1900
• page 44-45 of Wakeman genealogy, 1630-1899 : being a history of the descendants of Samuel Wakeman, of Hartford, Conn., and of John Wakeman, treasurer of New Haven colony, with a few collaterals included by Wakeman, Robert Peel, 1849- Published 1900

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Wakeman, Samuel, the first constable of Hartford, 1636—surveyor of Dorchester and Watertown with George Hubbard in 1636. He was directed by a law of the landholders, to attend to the watch, and warn them in their turn to do duty as a watch against the Indian depredators upon the lives and property of the settlers. He with George Hubbard, sen'r., 'in 1636, were appointed to survey the breadth of Windsor, and say how far it should extend above the house of Mr. Stiles; he was also to survey the breadth of Watertown. He died in 1645, and left one son and three daughters. He was an original proprietor of Hartford, and in the division of the land in 1639.

Wakeman, Samuel, a clergyman at Fairfield in 1665. His name is rarely found in the State except in Fairfield county. (A relative?) Page 87
Citation:
Hinman, R. R. "W." A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut: With the Time of Their Arrival in the Colony, and Their Standing in Society, Together with Their Place of Residence, as Far as Can Be Discovered by the Records, Clearfield, 2002, pp. 86-109. Gale Genealogy Connect, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GENVRL&sw=w&u=azgcldo&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CCX2950900029&it=r&asid=35ead11a20b79280118fcd3547eab258. Accessed 30 Oct. 2017. <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=&searchType=BasicSearc...|CX2950900029>

Samuel Wakeman BIRTH Sep 1603 Worcestershire, England DEATH 1641 (aged 37–38) New Providence District, Bahamas BURIAL Ancient Burying Ground Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map MEMORIAL ID 34877900 · View Source

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Baptized Bewdley, Worcestershire, 25 September 1603, son of Francis and Anne (Goode) Wakeman. Migraged from Bewdley, Worcestershire to Massachusetts Bay in 1631 on the "Lyon." First settled in Roxbury; moved to Cambridge & then Hartford in 1635. Having joined a small group of New Englanders who wished to settle at Old Providence Island in the Caribbean in the summer of 1641, and not realizing that the Spaniards had recently taken the island, Samuel Wakeman was on the ship mastered by William Pierce; when they reached Old Providence and sailed into the harbor, they came under the Spanish guns, and Pierce "threw himself in at the door of the cuddy, and one Samuel Wakeman, a member of the church of Hartford, who was sent with goods to buy cotton, cast himself down by him, and presently a great shot took them both. Mr. Peirce died within an hour; the other, having only his thighs tore, lived ten days." Married by 1630 Elizabeth _____; "Elizabeth Wakeman, the wife of Samuell Wakeman," was admitted to Roxbury church as member #25. She married (2) by 4 December 1645 Nathaniel Willett

Family Members

Parents Francis Wakeman, 1565–1626 Anne Goode Wakeman, 1568–1621

Spouse Elizabeth Wakeman Willett, (m. 1630)

Siblings Mary Wakeman Wowen, 1591 – unknown Sarah Wakeman Hubbell, 1593–1662 Martha Wakeman Davis, 1596–1664

Photo John Wakeman, 1601–1661 Isaac Wakeman, 1606–1609 Ellen Wakeman Glover, 1607–1698 Joseph Wakeman, 1609 – unknown Priscilla Wakeman Richards, 1610–1659 Anne Wakeman Nichols, 1614–1699 Hester Wakeman Warner, 1617–1693

Children Elizabeth Wakeman Arnold, 1630–1696

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GEDCOM Note

Category:Bewdley, Worcestershire
Category:Founders of Hartford Category:Lyon,_sailed_June_22,_1632
1899

Biography

WorcestershireSamuel Wakeman was baptized 25 Sep 1603, in Bewdley, Worcestershire, England, son of Francis and Anna (Goode) Wakeman.<ref>Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930.) page 631.</ref><ref>Anderson: citing Brainerd, Thomas Chalmers. Ancestry of Thomas ChalmersBrainerd. Donald Lines Jacobus, ed. (Montreal 1948) pp. 290-292 </ref><ref>Jacobus, Donald Lines. Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd. Montreal, 1948. pp 290-291. Cites Families of Old Fairfield and the Wakeman Genealogy.</ref><ref name=Wakeman>Wakeman, Robert Peel, Wakemangenealogy, 1630-1899 : being a history of the descendants of Samuel Wakeman, of Hartford, Conn., and of John Wakeman, treasurer of New Haven colony, with a few collaterals included (Meridan, Conn. : Journal Publishing Co. , 1900) p. 158 See also p 44</ref>
He married by 1630 Elizabeth _______. After Samuel's death, Elizabethmarried Nathaniel Willett.<ref> Great Migration Begins: Immigrants toNew England, 1620-1633, Volume I-III, Robert Charles Anderson, Boston: NEHGS, 1995. </ref><ref name=probate /><ref name=Trumbull /> A maiden name of Hopkins has not been proven. Samuel, Elizabeth and one child emigrated on the Lyon in 1631.<refname=Anderson /> The Rev. John Eliot's Record of Church Members, Roxbury, Mass. contains the following: "Samuell Wakeman. he came to N.E. in the 9th month. 1631. he buryed his only child at sea: he was one of the first foundation of the church at Rocksbry Elizabeth his first borne here was borne about ______ in the yeare. ... Elizabeth Wakeman, the wife of Samuell wakeman.<ref>A Report of the Record Commisioners containing the Roxbury Church and Land Records. (second edition) Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1884. pp 74, 75</ref> Samuel became a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 7 Aug 1732,<ref name=Winthrop /><ref name=Shurtleff>Shurtleff, Nathaniel. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in NewEngland (Boston: William White, 1853) freeman p. 367; Deputy p. 145</ref> and served as a Deputy to the Colony General Court from Roxbury 6 May 1635.<ref name=Shurtleff /> A parcel of land, twelve acres on the west side of the river, was granted to Samuel at Cambridge, 1 Sept 1634,<ref>Anderson: Citing Cambridge Town Records (CaTR) p. 10</ref> and still in his possession 10 Oct 1635.<ref>Anderson: citing The Register Book of the Lands and Houses inthe "New towne" and the town of Cambridge (CaBOP) p. 29</ref> Hartford was at first called Newtown and at a court there 26 Apr 1636,Samuel Wakeman was chosen constable. At the next court held at Dorchester (later Windsor) Samuel Wakeman and George Hubbard were ordered tosurvey the breadth of Dorchester plantacion, and Samuel should do thesame for Watertown (later Wethersfield). They made their report 21 Feb 1636, at which time the names of the towns were changed: Newtowne toHarteford Towne, Watertowne to Wythehrsfeild, and Dorchester to Windsor.<ref name=Trumbull>, J. Hammond. (transcriber). The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony May 1665. Hartford: Brown and Parsons, 1850. AKA Colonial Records of Connecticut. Volume I. 1636-1665. pp 1,2,3,7; Google Books estate p. 135] </ref> February 1639/40 he had several parcels of land recorded to him in Hartford, including a house (on lot 103 on the west side of the Little River.)<ref>'Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society (The Connecticut Historical Society and the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford 1860-1928) Vol. 14 Original Distribution of The Lands in Hartford Among the Settlers 1639. p. 362/3</ref> Samuel was a merchant,<ref name=Anderson /> and in 1640 was a partner in the voyages of the Charles of Bristol and the Hopewell of London.<ref>Anderson: citing the [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Note-Book_Kept_by_Thomas_Lechfo.... Note-Book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq.,] p. 324 and Suffolk Deeds 1:12</ref> Samuel joined a small group of New Englanders who planned to settle atOld Providence Island in the summer of 1641. They were warned that a large SpanishFleet was abroad and were somewhat surprised that sailing into port their hail was not returned. The deck was full of "passengers, women and children, and hearing one cry out, they are traversing a piece at us, he [Mr. Pierce, the ship's master] threw himself in at the door of the cuddy, and one Samuel Wakeman, a member of the church of Hartford, who was sent with goods to buy cotton, cast himself down by him, and presently a great shot took them both. Mr. Peirce died within an hour; the other, having only his thighs tore, lived ten days."<ref name=Winthrop>Winthrop, John. The History of New England from 1630 to 1649.James Savage, ed., Volume 2 (Boston 1853). freeman p. 443; deathp. 39/40 </ref> The rest of the passengers were unharmed and eventually returned home.<ref name=Winthrop /> His estate was settled 4 Dec 1645 on Nathaniel Willette (who had married his widow). At this time his eldest son was under 21 and 3 daughters were still under age 18. In 1657, Ezbon Wakeman acknowledged receiptof his share, £40. The husbands of Samuel's daughters, and/or his daughters, acknowledged receipt of their shares of £20: John Kelly on 10 Jun 1663, Joseph Arnold and wife Elizabeth on 6 Sep 1662; Hannah Hackleton on 6 Sep 1662.<ref name=probate>Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the EarlyConnecticut Probate Records.Volume 1. Hartford District 1635-1700. Hartford, Conn., R.S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904. 39/40</ref><ref name=Trumbull />

A number of Samuel's siblings followed him to New England:<ref name=Anderson /># Ann m. Adam Nichols [the 1982 Families of Early Hartford claims she was daughter of John Wakeman and Elizabeth Hopkins]

1. Martha m William Davis
2. Priscilla m. Thomas Richards# Esther m1 Thomas Seldon; m2 Andrew Ward [the 1982 Families of Early Hartford claims she m2 Andrew Werner]
3. John Wakeman of Hartford

Children

Those in bold are recognized by R.C. Anderson (GMB):# A child of Samuel Wakeman died at sea between 23 Aug 1631 and Nov 1631. Sex and name are unknown.<ref name=Anderson /># Bethia Wakeman, b abt 1634; m1 by 1655 John Kelly; m2 by 1665 David Phillips<ref name=Anderson>Anderson</ref> The Wakeman Genealogy also listed Grace m. John Kelly and d. prior to 1663,<ref name=Wakeman /> quoting Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, which does not name the daughter but names Elizabeth, Joanna "and the other m. John Kelly."<ref>Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862) Vol 4 p. 387</ref># Ezbon Wakeman b by 1636; m in Stratford 28 Jun 1666 Hannah Jordan, dau of John Jordan<ref name=Anderson /># Joanna (Hannah) Wakeman, b abt 1638; m1 btw 18 Mar 1656/7 and 8 Jul 1658 Francis Hackleton; in 1664 Hannah, while still married, had a child by Henry Fraesser; she m2 about 1672 Edward Whittaker of Esopus, New York<ref name=Anderson /># Elizabeth Wakeman b/ about 1640. 10 April 1659 she was age 19. She m by 11 Feb 1659/60 Joseph Arnold.<ref name=Anderson />

Sources

<references />*Anderson: Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Vol III pp 1899-1901. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)link at American Ancestors ($)

See also===* Barbour, Lucius Barnes, 1982, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., and Glastonbury, Connecticut: Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc., (1982), pp. 630;* Hartford Town Votes, Vol. 1, 1635-1716, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society (The Society, Hartford 1897) Vol. 6, Page 4. "Samuell wakma hath discharged wt was in his hand of thetownes when he was townesman."