Generation 1

GEORGE COLTON (d 1699) of Springfield

Parents:

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

1. 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]
2. 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
3. Mary Colton was born on 22 (7) 1649 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref] She married Samuel Barnard on 30 Oct 1678 in Springfield. [Ref]
4. Capt. Thomas Colton was born on 1 (3) 1651 in Springfield. [Ref] He died on 30 Sep 1728 in Longmeadow. He married first Sarah Griswold. He married second Hannah Bliss.
5. 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]
6. 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]
7. Hepzibah Colton was born on 7 (11) 1656 in Springfield. [Ref] She married Jonathan Wells of Deerfield. [Ref]
8. 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
9. Benjamin Colton was born on 26 (2) 1661 in Springfield. [Ref] He is 'supposed to have died young'. [Ref]

Generation 2

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:

1. Sarah Colton was born on 25 Sep 1678 in Springfield or Lyme. She died on 20 Jun 1754. She married Samuel Keep.
2. 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]
3. 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]
4. Benjamin Colton was born on 19 Feb 1684. [Ref] He died on 7 Apr 1685. [Ref]
5. 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]
6. 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]
7. 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:

1. 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]
2. 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]
3. Ebenezer Colton was born on 23 Jul 1696 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref] He died on 19 Aug 1765. [Ref]
4. Joseph Colton was born on 27 Aug 1698. [Ref] He died on 10 Sep 1698. [Ref]
5. 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]
6. 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]
7. Dinah Colton was born on 31 Jan 1705/6 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref] She died on 5 May 1706. [Ref]
8. Abner Colton was born on 17 Jun 1709. [Ref] He died on 24 Feb 1710. [Ref]

Generation 3

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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