John Hawley1

M, b. 14 June 1661, d. 27 July 1729
FatherLieut. Joseph Hawley b. c 1603, d. c May 1690
MotherKatherine Birdseye b. c 1626
     John was born on Tuesday, 14 June 1661 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. John married Deborah Pierson on 23 April 1723 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.2 John made his will on 16 March 1728 at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

. . . He bequeathes to his daughters Hannah & Mary; his wife; lands in Durham, Haddam and Stratford to four sons Henry [eldest], John, Nathan, and Joseph;l children of daughter Deborah deceased, all lands in Newtown; grand child John Porter, son of daughter Sarahdeceasded, 10 pounds, which I have delivered to his grand father John Porter.3

John departed this life on Wednesday, 27 July 1729 in Athens Township, Ringgold County, Iowa. He was buried at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the Old Congregational Church Burying Ground. His will was probated on 23 December 1729 at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Family

Deborah Pierson b. 8 May 1666, d. 3 Dec 1739

Citations

  1. [S80] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of The Families of Old Fairfield, page 266-267.
  2. [S80] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of The Families of Old Fairfield, page 266.
  3. [S80] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of The Families of Old Fairfield, page 267 - Will of John Hawley.