First Generation
GEORGE COLTON (d 1699) of Springfield
Parents: Unknown
George Colton died on 13 Feb 1699. [Ref][Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref, "17 Dec", at
night] He married first Deborah Gardner. [Ref]
She was of Hartford. [Ref] She died
on 5 Sep 1689 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref]
He married second Lydia (Wright) (Bliss) (Norton) Lamb as her fourth husband
on 1 Mar 1691/2 [Ref][Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref: "Widow Lydia Lamb"]
She died on 13 Feb 1699 in Springfield. [Ref]
Lydia, the mother of George's daughter-in-law Hannah Bliss, married first Lawrence
Bliss. [Ref] He died in 1676 and she
married second John Norton on 26 Jan 1687/8. [Ref]
He died on 24 Aug 1687 and she married third John Lamb on 7 Jan 1688. [Ref]
He died on 28 Sep 1690. [Ref]
George was referred to as 'Quartermaster' Colton. [Ref]
He came first to Windsor. [Ref]
George was a planter in that part of Springfield that is now Long Meadow. [Ref]
He was in Springfield as early as 1644. [Ref]
George Colton was a freeman on 3 May 1665 in Springfield. [Ref]
Quartermaster George Colton took the oath of allegiance on 31Dec/1 Jan 1678/9
in Springfield. [Ref] He was a representative
to the General Court in 1699. [Ref] He was often
a Selectman. [Ref]
George was one of the inhabitants of Springfield who signed a 1688 petition
against duties on imports into and exports out of the colony. [Ref].
Children of George Colton and Deborah Gardner. All recorded
- Isaac Colton [Ref] was born on
21 Nov 1646 in Springfield. [Ref][Ref]
He died on 3 Sep 1700 [Ref: "Naathe"
] in Springfield. [Ref] He married Mary Cooper
on 30 Jun 1670 [Ref][Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] Mary was the daughter
of Thomas Cooper. [Ref][Ref]
She was born on 15 Nov 1651 and died on 29 Aug 1742. [Ref]
She married second Edward Stebbins on 18 Oct 1701 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] Isaac and Mary had
nine children. [Ref]
- Ephraim Colton was born on 9 Apr 1648 in Springfield. [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] He died on 14 May 1713.
[Ref] He married first Mary Drake on 17 Nov
1670 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref]
She died on 19 Oct 1681 in Springfield. [Ref]
Ephraim and Mary had four sons. [Ref] Ephraim
married second Hester Mansfield on 26 Mar 1685 [Ref:
"Mansfield"][Ref] in Springfield.
[Ref] Hester, the daughter of Samuel and
Catherine Marshfield was born on 6 Sep 1677. [Ref]
Ephraim and Hester had seven sons and four daughters. [Ref]
Ephraim was a freeman on 11 May 1681 in Springfield. [Ref]
some descendants of Ephraim Colton
- Mary Colton was born on 22 (7) 1649 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] She
married Samuel Barnard on 30 Oct 1678 in Springfield. [Ref]
- Capt. Thomas Colton was born on 1 (3) 1651
in Springfield. He died
on 30 Sep 1728 in Longmeadow. He married first Sarah
Griswold. He married second Hannah Bliss.
- Sarah Colton was born on 24 (12) 1652 in Springfield. [Ref]
She died on 17 Aug 1763. [Ref] She
married Samuel Graves of Hatfield on 30 Oct 1678 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref]
- Deborah Colton was born on 25 (11) 1654 in Springfield. [Ref]
She died on 26 Nov 1733. [Ref] She
married Nathaniel Bliss on 28 Dec 1676 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] Nathaniel, the son
of Nathaniel and Catherine Bliss, died on 23 Dec 1736 and is buried in the
Longmeadow burying ground. [Ref]
Nathaniel and Deborah had no children. [Ref]
- Hepzibah Colton was born on 7 (11) 1656 in Springfield. [Ref]
She married Jonathan Wells of Deerfield. [Ref]
- John Colton was born on 18 (2) 1659 in Springfield. [Ref]
He died on 3 Feb 1726/7 in Springfield. [Ref][Ref]
He married first Abigail, the daughter of Dea. Benjamin Parsons, on 19 Feb
1684/5 in Springfield. [Ref]
She was born on 3 Sep1666 in Northampton. [Ref]
She died on 27 Jun 1689 in Springfield. [Ref][Ref]
John and Abigail had two daughters. [Ref]
He married second Joanna Wolcott on 2 Sep 1690 [Ref][Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] Joanna was the daughter
of Simon Wolcott of Winsor and the sister of Roger Wolcott, Governor of Connecticut
1754-9. [Ref] She died on 10 Jan
1755. [Ref] John and Joanna had nine
children. [Ref]
A John Colton is the Springfield section of the 19 Dec 1690 list of freemen.
[Ref]
some descendants of John Colton
- Benjamin Colton was born on 26 (2) 1661 in Springfield. [Ref]
He is 'supposed to have died young'. [Ref]
Second Generation
CAPT. THOMAS COLTON (1651 - 1728)
Parents: George Colton and Deborah Gardner
Capt. Thomas Colton was born on 1 (3) 1651 in Springfield. [Ref]
He died on 30 Sep 1728 in Longmeadow. [Ref][Ref]
He is buried in the Long Meadow burying ground. [Ref]
He married first Sarah Griswold on 11 Sep 1677
[Ref] in Springfield. [Ref]
She became sick and died on 12 Sep 1690. [Ref]
He married second Hannah Bliss on 17 Dec 1691 [Ref][Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] Hannah was daughter of
Lawrence Bliss and her husband's later stepmother Lydia Wright. [Ref]
She was born on 26 May 1655. [Ref]
She died on 6 Nov 1737 [Ref] in Springfield.
[Ref]
Thomas took the oath of allegiance on 31 Dec/1 Jan 1678/9 in Springfield. [Ref]
He was a freeman on 11 May 1681 in Springfield. [Ref]
On 28 Sep 1693 Thomas Colton, Captain for Springfield, was one of the men of
Hampshire colony who signed a letter thanking Connecticut colony for military
assistance since King Philip's war. [Ref]
Children of Thomas Colton and Sarah Griswold:
- Sarah Colton was born on 25 Sep 1678 in Springfield
or Lyme. She died on 20 Jun 1754. She married Samuel
Keep.
- Anna Colton was born on 27 Dec 1680 in Springfield. [Ref]
She married Samuel Porter of Hadleigh on 13 Oct 1708 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref]
- Ens. Thomas Colton was born on 27 Mar 1688. [Ref]
He died on 4 Aug 1760. [Ref] He married
Joanna Warriner on 14 Apr 1708 in Springfield. [Ref]
She died on 29 Jan 1755 in Springfield. [Ref]
- Benjamin Colton was born on 19 Feb 1684. [Ref]
He died on 7 Apr 1685. [Ref]
- Elizabeth Colton was born on 5 Apr 1686. [Ref]
She married first Joseph Kellog of Hadleigh on 5 Jul 1710 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] She married second
Unknown Billing of Hatfield. [Ref]
She had no children. [Ref]
- Matthew Colton was born on 13 Feb 1687/8 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] He became sick and
died on 6 Jun 1690 in Springfield. [Ref]
- Stillborn daughter Colton was born on 11 Sep 1690 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref][Ref:
"died the same day or the day after"]
Children of Thomas Colton and Hannah Bliss:
- Hepzibah Colton was born on 26 Oct 1692 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] She died on 7 Mar 1760.
She married Capt. Samuel Chandler of Enfield on 22 Dec 1726 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref]
- William Colton was born on 7 Jul 1694 [Ref]
in Sprinfield. [Ref] He died on 4 Dec 1770.
[Ref] He married Mary Mirick after
24 Nov 1716 (int.) in Springfield [Ref] or
Esther Marshfield of Hartford after 9 Jun 1722 (int.) in Springfield. [Ref]
- Ebenezer Colton was born on 23 Jul 1696 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] He died on 19 Aug 1765.
[Ref]
- Joseph Colton was born on 27 Aug 1698. [Ref]
He died on 10 Sep 1698. [Ref]
- Capt. Isaac Colton was born on 10 Oct 1700 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] He died on 23 Jan 1757
[Ref: no day] in Springfield. [Ref]
He married Mary Burt after 19 May 1722 (int.) in Springfield. [Ref]
- Hannah Colton was born on 11 Jul 1703 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] She married Nathial
Mun of Springfield on 28 Dec 1721. [Ref][Ref,
Intention, 8 Jul 1721, Springfield] They moved to Munson. [Ref]
- Dinah Colton was born on 31 Jan 1705/6 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref] She died on 5 May 1706.
[Ref]
- Abner Colton was born on 17 Jun 1709. [Ref]
He died on 24 Feb 1710. [Ref]
Third Generation
SARAH COLTON (1678 - 1754)
Parents: Capt. Thomas Colton and Sarah
Griswold
Sarah Colton was born on 25 Sep 1678 in Springfield [Ref][Ref][Ref]
or Lyme [Ref]. She
died on 20 Jun 1754 [Ref] in Springfield.
[Ref] She and her husband are buried in the
Long Meadow Cemetery in Springfield. [Ref]
She married Samuel Keep on 27 Feb 1695 [Ref]
in Springfield. [Ref]
Sarah and her sister Anna received a gift of land from their grandparents Matthew
Griswold and Anne Wolcott. [Ref]
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