John Catlin

M, b. 21 July 1643, d. 29 February 1704
     John was born on Tuesday, 21 July 1643 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He was the son of John Catlin & Isabella Ward. His father died shortly after his birth. John married Mary Baldwin, daughter of Joseph Baldwin and Hannah Whitlock, circa 1662 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, at the first Church of Milford. Mary's father, Joseph Baldwin marred about this same time, as his 2nd wife, John's mother, Isabella.1 John & Mary had children: John [7/21/1663], Mary [7/10/1666-3/09/1704] [m. Thomas French], Elizabeth [1667-3/09/1704] [m. 1690 James Corse], Hannah [2/24/1671/__/1746] [m. Thomas Boscum], Joseph [1673-2/29/1704] [m. 6/26/1701 Hannah Sheldon], Sarah [1675-12/12/1733] [m. 1694 Michael Mitchell], Ester [1677-12/12/1733] [m. 1694 Ebenezer Smead], Jonathan [1679-2/29/1704/], Ruth [1684], John [1/08/1687-1/12/1766] [m. 1715 Jemima Hall] & Ruth.2 John & Mary resided at Arthur Kill, New Jersey in 1680. On 31 August 1681, John was Justice of the Peace in Newark.3 1670, John were listed on the Town Census at Newark Township, Essex County, New Jersey. Enumerated in this household were.4 John died on Friday, 29 February 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, with his two sons, Jonathan and Joseph, during the massacre while tring to save his home and his family.5 Two of the sisters, Mary and Elizabeth were taken and killed on the march to Canada. Siblings John and Ruth survived the march to Canada and were able to return in 1706.

Family

Mary Baldwin b. 1644, d. 4 Apr 1704

Citations

  1. [S701] U.S & International Marriage Records 1560-1900: John Catlin born: 1643 Connecticut married 1662 Connecticut Mary Baldwin born: 1644 Connecticut.
  2. [S702] Family Data Collection: Children of John & Mary Catlin: Elizabeth, Ester, Hannah [24 February 1669/1670], John [8 January 1686/1687], John [21 July 1663], Jonathan [1680], Joseph, Mary, Ruth, Sarah,.
  3. [S706] Calendar of New Jersey Records - Records, Deeds & Early Records 1664-1703
    , page 45 [East Jersey Deeds: Liber 3] - John Catlin was Justice of the Peace 31 August 1681 in Newark, New Jersey
    *ages 52-53 [East Jersey Deeds: Liber A] - Indenture of lease & relace John Catlin of Newark and wife Mary to Henry Lyon of Elizabrthtown for several parcels of land in the limits of Newark
    page 256 [East Jersey Deeds: LiberF] - do. to Thomas Peirson Sr. of Newark for the following tracts there, vizt: I, a lot on the hill near Mrs. Craine, m. Benjamin Baldwine, s. John Catlin & unsurveyed land.
  4. [S705] New Jersey Census Index.
  5. [S702] Family Data Collection: Deaths: John Catlin died: 29 February 1704 Deerfield, Massachusetts; his father John Catlin died: 1644 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.