Individual Notes

Note for: Sylvanus Seely, 5 JUN 1764 - 21 SEP 1819 Index

Individual Note:
Came to North Walton in 1795.

Seeley - Darius, 20 yrs. in May last; Joseph 18 yrs. April inst., Rebecc a, 16
yrs. April 10 inst., children of Silvanus Seely of Walton, decea sed. Jonathan
Weed of Walton appointed April 16, 1822.

Individual Notes

Note for: Jonas Seely, 22 JUL 1652 - 27 MAR 1703 Index

Individual Note:
Jonas was one of the original 22 proprietors of Bedford, NY. 1680/1, where he
received a home lot. He sold his Bedford property between 1680-85 to Cornelius
Seeley, Sr. and Jonathan Miller, and returned to Stamford, CT. Jonas' will
dated Mar.20,1702/3, was not allowed. Inventory of his estate was taken Mar.
5,1704/5; his widow Mary and 8 children were mentioned. Apr. 22, 1719,
Jonathan Holmes of Horse Neck was appointed administrator. Feb. 13,1721 / 2, it
was represented that Jonas, Jr, Martha and Susanna had died after distribution
was granted 1705; surviving children: Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Eliphalet, Samuel
the eldest son, Sarah. Some records also give him a dau. Elizabeth, supposed
twin to Eliphalet. She m. Nathaniel Sanford in 1728. She is not mentioned in
any documents concerning the children of Jonas. She was actually the dau. of
John (3) (#9). She is #46. ( Taken from SGS files) VOL 1 ,page, 11 Data from
Roselyn Whitman who states that her data came from Barbara Seidl, descendant
of Obadiah Seeley by Elizabeth White. Barbara White 4880 Newcastlle Way,
Anchorage, AK 99508

Individual Notes

Note for: Obadiah Seely, 5 JUN 1614 - 25 AUG 1657 Index

Individual Note:
Note: Obadiah arrived in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, August, 25t h, 1637

Individual Notes

Note for: Joseph Hoyt, 2 AUG 1725 - 11 JUN 1820 Index

Burial:
Place: Hoyt Cemetery, New Canaan, C
T

Individual Notes

Note for: Jane King, 18 MAR 1729/30 - 25 JAN 1809 Index

Burial:
Place: Hoyt Cemetery, New Canaan, C
T

Individual Notes

Note for: Thomas Pennoyer, 29 MAR 1658 - 21 NOV 1724 Index

Individual Note:
Source: Abstracts of Stamford Probate Records - Book One compiled by Spencer P. Mead:

Pennoyer, Thomas, late of Stamford, will dated Nov. 13, 1723, probated Feb. 16, 1724, mentions his wife Mary, and children Samuel, John, Reuben, Abigail Reynolds, Mary Weed, Millicent Hait, Mercy Holly, and Martha Whelpley. Executor his son Samuel. Witnesses John Bell, Peter Knapp, and William King, page 91.

Individual Notes

Note for: William King, ABT 1701 - 1753 Index

Individual Note:
Source: Abstracts of Stamford Probate Records - Book One compiled by Spencer P. Mead:

King, William, late of Stamford, Jan. 1, 1754, letters of administration on his estate granted to Deborah King, page 129.

King, William, late of Stamford, inventory taken Feb. 25, 1759, by John Holly and James Bell, and filed Mar. 5, 1759, by Deborah King, administratrix, page 10.

King, William, late of Stamford, agreement dated Dec. 2, 1758, as to the division of his estate between his widow, Deborah King of Stamford, of the one part, and Jabez Frost and Deborah, his wife, Lieut. Joseph Hait and Jane, his wife, Abraham Demille and Mary, his wife, William Munday and Hannah, his wife, and Elizabeth King, singlewoman, of the other part, said Deborah, Jane, Mary, Hannah and Elizabeth, being daughters of decedent.

Individual Notes

Note for: Nicholas Knapp, ABT 1606 - 1647 Index

Will:
     Date:   15 APR 1670
     Place:   Stamford, CT

Individual Note:
     NICHOLAS KNAPP

ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown
REMOVES: Stamford 1646
EDUCATION: Signed will by mark. His inventory included books valued at 6s. 6d.
ESTATE: Granted thirty acres in the Great Dividend in Watertown, 25 July 1636 [WaBOP 4]; granted six acres in Beaverbrook Plowlands, 28 February 1636/7 [WaBOP 6]; granted seven acres in Remote Meadows, 26 June 1637 [WaBOP 9]; granted a farm of 117 acres, 10 May 1642 [WaBOP 12].
      In the Watertown Inventory of Grants "Nicholas Knap" held seven parcels of land: sixteen acre homestall; two acres in Pine Marsh; one acre of meadow; thirty acres of upland in Great Dividend; six acres of plowland in the Hither Plain [Beaverbrook Plowlands]; seven acres in Remote Meadows; and thirteen acres of upland beyond the Farther Plain [WaBOP 86]; in the Composite Inventory he held eight parcels, comprising the seven parcels of the Inventory of Grants plus the 117 acre farm [WaBOP 29].
      On 29 September 1645 "Nicholas Knap of Watertowne" sold to Edward Garfield one acre of meadow [SLR 1:71].
      On 6 May 1646 "Nicholas Knapp of Watertowne" sold to Bryan Pendleton "all his land in Watertowne granted by the town as by the transcript may appear with all the housing thereupon (only one acre in Pond Meadow formerly being sold excepted) with all the privileges thereunto belonging" [SLR 1:71].
      In his will, dated 15 April 1670 (date of probate not shown), "Nicolas Knap of Standford" bequeathed to son Moses Knap "my house and land in Standford with all the meadows and upland belonging unto me," with some moveables; to son Timothy money due to Nicholas; to son Caleb "the loom and half the gears"; to son "Josuah" the other "half of the gears"; to "daughter Sarah Disbrowe the money due to me from her husband"; to "daughter Hanna" one mare; to daughter "Lidea the mare that was Mr. Bishop's with the increase she hath"; to daughter Ruth 20s.; to "my two daughters-in-law viz: Sarah & Uneca Buxton" clothes, a Bible, and their share of the estate of their father Clement Buxton; son Joshua to be executor [Fairfield PR 2:55].
      The inventory of "Nicolas Knap" was taken 27 April 1670 and totalled Ł166 13s. 11˝d., of which the "house and lands" totalled Ł50 [Fairfield PR 2:56].
BIRTH: By about 1606 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: Stamford between 15 April 1670 (date of will) and 27 April 1670 (date of inventory).
MARRIAGE: (1) By 1631 Elinor _____; she d. Stamford 16 August 1658 [TAG 10:45].
      (2) Stamford 9 March 165[8/]9 Unica (_____) (Buxton) Brown [TAG 10:113]. She was widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown [Gillespie Anc 61-63], and had apparently died by 15 April 1670, as she is not mentioned in her third husband's will.
CHILDREN:
       i JONATHAN, b. Watertown early November 1631 (calc.); bur. Watertown 27 December 1631 "aged 7 weeks" [WaVR 3].

       ii TIMOTHY, b. Watertown 14 December 1632 [WaVR 3]; m. by about 1658 Bethia _____ (said to have been Bethia Brundish).

       iii JOSHUA, b. Watertown 5 January 1634/5 [WaVR 3]; m. Stamford 9 June 1657 Hannah Close [TAG 10:45].

       iv CALEB, b. Watertown 20 January 1636/7 [WaVR 4]; m. by 1661 Hannah Smith (eldest child b. Stamford 24 November 1661 [TAG 10:174]; in his will of 4 July 1687 Henry Smith of Stamford bequeathed to grandson John Knapp [FOOF 1:575]).

       v SARAH, b. Watertown 5 January 1638/9 [WaVR 5]; m. Stamford 6 April 1657 Peter Disborough [TAG 10:112].

       vi RUTH, b. Watertown 6 January 1640/1 [WaVR 8]; m. Stamford 20 November 1657 Joseph Ferris [TAG 10:112].

       vii HANNAH, b. Watertown 6 March 1642/3 [WaVR 11]; named in father's will, 15 April 1670; no further record.

       viii MOSES, b. say 1645; m. by 1669 Abigail Westcott (on 4 January 1669[/70] Moses Knapp receipted, in the right of his wife, for his share of the estate of Richard Westcott [FOOF 1:660]).

       ix LYDIA, b. say 1647; m. Fairfield 16 January 1666/7 Isaac Hall [FOOF 1:250].

ASSOCIATIONS: See WILLIAM KNOPP for a discussion of suggestions of a relationship between William and Nicholas.
COMMENTS: 1 March 1630/1: "Nich: Knopp is fined Ł5 for taking upon him to cure the scurvy by a water of no worth nor value, which he sold at a very dear rate, to be imprisoned till he pay his fine, or give security for it, or else to be whipped, & shall be liable to any man's action of whom he hath received money for the said water" [MBCR 1:83]; on 7 August 1632 "Ł3 of Knop's fine of Ł5 remitted" [MBCR 1:99]; at the general amnesty of 6 September 1638 it was noted that part of this fine "was paid, & the rest was remitted" [MBCR 1:243].
      In the Beaverbrook Plowlands Nicholas Knapp received six acres, and in the Remote Meadows seven acres. Since these lands were granted in part on household size, this would suggest a birth in the interval between the two grants; the birth of Caleb fell exactly one month before the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, and it may be that this was not taken into account for the Beaverbrook Plowlands grant, but was for the Remote Meadows grant.
      At the date of the Remote Meadows grant of seven acres, the Nicholas Knapp family was known to have five members: Nicholas, wife Elinor, and sons Timothy, Joshua and Caleb. This permits the possibility that there were one or two more persons in the household, not necessarily children; but the difference might also be explained if Nicholas had sufficient wealth in cattle, the other criterion for the size of these grants.


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Individual Notes

Note for: Abigail Westcott, 1647 - 1741 Index

Alias: Abigail /Westcoat/

Individual Notes

Note for: Peter Disbrowe, - Index

Alias: Peter /Disborough/

Individual Notes

Note for: Thomas Howard, 7 JUL 1585 - 26 SEP 1646 Index

Burial:
     Date:   4 OCT 1646
     Place:   Arundel, Susssex, England

Individual Note:
     Title: Earl of Arundel
Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, 4th Earl of Surrey and 1st Earl of Norfolk (7 July 1585–4 October 1646) was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as an art collector rather than as a politician. When he died he possessed 700 paintings, along with large collections of sculpture, books, prints, drawings, and antique jewellery. His collection of marble carvings, known as the Arundelian Marbles, was left to the University of Oxford.

He is sometimes referred as the 2nd Earl of Arundel; it depends on whether one views the earldom obtained by his father as a new creation or not. He was also 2nd or 4th Earl of Surrey, and later, he was created 1st Earl of Norfolk.

Individual Notes

Note for: St. Phillip Howard, 28 JUN 1556 - 19 OCT 1595 Index

Baptism:
     Place:   Whitehall Palace, England

Burial:
     Date:   19 NOV 1595
     Place:   Tower Hill Chapel, London, Middlesex, England

Individual Note:
     Title: Earl of Arundel 1557-1595

Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel
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Saint Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel (28 June 1557 – 19 October 1595) was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He is variously numbered as 20th or 13th Earl of Arundel.

Born in Strand, London, he was the eldest son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Lady Mary FitzAlan, daughter of Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel. He was baptized at Whitehall Palace with the Royal Family in attendance, and was named after his godfather, King Philip II of Spain.

At the age of fourteen, he was married to his foster sister, Anne Dacre. After years of estrangement, they were reunited and built a very strong marriage.

His father was attainted and executed in 1572, but Philip Howard succeeded to his mother's heritage upon the death of his grandfather, becoming Earl of Arundel in 1580.

Howard, and much of his family, remained Catholics during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when it was very dangerous to do so. They also attempted to leave England without permission. While some might have been able to do this quietly, Howard was second cousin of the Queen. He was committed to the Tower of London on 25 April 1585. While charges of high treason were never proved, he was to spend ten years in the Tower, until his death of dysentery. He had petitioned the Queen as he lay dying to allow him to see his beloved wife and his son, who had been born after his imprisonment. The Queen responded that if he would return to Protestantism his request would be granted. He refused and died alone in the Tower. He was immediately acclaimed as a Catholic Martyr.

He was buried without ceremony beneath the floor of the church of St Peter ad Vincula, inside the walls of the Tower. Twenty nine years later, his widow and son obtained permission from King James I of England to move the body to the FitzAlan Chapel just below Arundel Castle. His tomb was moved to the Catholic cathedral in Arundel in 1971 and remains a site of pilgrimage.

He was attainted in 1589, but his son Thomas eventually was restored in blood and succeeded as Earl of Arundel, and to the lesser titles of his grandfather.

[edit] References
Malcolm Brennan, "Martyrs of the English Reformation."
Sigrid Undset, "Stages on the Road," copyright 1934.

[edit] See also
Howard's great-grandson, also named Philip Howard, was a Catholic cardinal.

Individual Notes

Note for: Anne Dacre, 12 APR 1557 - 13 APR 1630 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Arundel, Sussex, England

Individual Note:
     Title: Countess of Arundel