Jeremiah Judson1,2

M, b. 1622, d. 15 May 1700
FatherWilliam Judson b. 1593, d. b 15 Dec 1662
MotherGrace (?) b. c 1600, d. 29 Sep 1659
     Jeremiah was born in 1622 in Kirby Mooreside, Yorkshire, England. Jeremiah married Sarah Foote, daughter of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth Deming, in 1652 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Jeremiah & Sarah had children: Isaac [3/13/1654-1687][m. 12/05/1678 Mary Hicks], Mary [12/31/1655-d.y.], Elizabeth [2/24/1659][m. 12/13/1681 Agur Tomlinson], Sarah [4/07/1662][m. David Watkins & 2nd Joseph Sturges], Mercy [6/15/1665][m. 8/01/1687 Solomon Burton] & Jeremiah [3/01/1671-2/09/1734][m. 4/24/1695 Mary Wells]. Jeremiah's wife, Sarah, died in 1673 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, leaving him a widower. Jeremiah married 2nd Katherine Craig on 8 November 1675 in Stratford at the Congregational Church. Jeremiah departed this life on Saturday, 15 May 1700 in Stratford at age 78 years.3 He was buried there in the Old Congregational Church Burying Ground. The inscription on his tombstone reads: Here lyeth the Body of Mr. Jeremiah Judson who died in the 79th year of his Age, May 15,1700.4

Family 1

Sarah Foote b. 1632, d. 1673

Family 2

Katherine Craig d. May 1706

Citations

  1. [S69] Abram WIlliam Foote, The Foote Family, compromising the genealogy & history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford Co., Va., & John Foote of New York City., p. 24.
  2. [S17] Donald Lines Jacobus, History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, pages 350, 353-354.
  3. [S17] Donald Lines Jacobus, History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, page 350 - Jeremiah died aged 79 years.
  4. [S953] Find a grave: Courtresy of Pat Bruce. - www.findagrave.com.