John Porter

Abt 1594 - 1648  (53 years)    Has 10 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	John Porter  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 21 Jun 1594	Felsted, Essex, England   [1]
  Christening	21 Jun 1594	Felsted, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Apr 1648	Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I102193	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2002

  
  

  Father	John Porter, Yeoman,   b. Abt 1560, Tiverton, Devonshire, England d. 26 Nov 1625, Felsted, Essex, England (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Sibyl Vessey,   b. 15 Nov 1561, Little Baddow, Essex, England d. 26 Nov 1625, Tiverton, Devonshire, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	12 Sep 1587	Little Baddow, Essex, England
  Family ID	F41321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Rosanna White,   b. 13 Jul 1600, Messing, Essex, England d. 21 Apr 1648, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1620	Messing, Essex, England   [1]
  Children	1. Joseph Porter,   b. 1644, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA d. Yes, date unknown   2. Anna Porter,   b. Abt 22 Sep 1621, Felsted, Essex, England d. 21 Jul 1653 (Age 31 years) + 3. John Porter, Jr.,   b. 9 Feb 1622, Felsted, Essex, England d. 2 Aug 1688, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 66 years) + 4. Thomas Porter,   b. Abt 1626, England d. 1697, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 71 years) + 5. Sarah Porter,   b. 1626, Felsted, Essex, England d. 16 Mar 1697, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA (Age 71 years)   6. James Porter,   b. Abt 20 Feb 1627, Felsted, Essex, England d. 27 Sep 1727 (Age 100 years)   7. Rebecca Porter,   b. Abt 16 Sep 1630, Felsted, Essex, England d. 9 Jan 1683, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 52 years)   8. Rose Porter,   b. Abt 24 Jun 1633, Felsted, Essex, England d. 12 May 1648, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 14 years) + 9. Samuel Porter,   c. 2 Jun 1635, Felstead, Essex, England d. 6 Sep 1689, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 54 years) + 10. Mary Porter,   b. Abt 1638, Felstead, Essex, England d. 16 Dec 1681, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 43 years)   11. Lt. Nathaniel Porter,   b. 19 Apr 1640, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA d. 14 Jan 1680, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (Age 39 years)   12. Hannah Porter,   b. 4 Sep 1642, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA d. 19 Sep 1677 (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F41314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

• Notes

  - 1638 - Arrived at Windsor, CT on the 'Susan & Ellen' from Felsted, Essex, England. - Settled at Windsor, 1639. Constable of Windsor, CT 1639-40. - Grand Juror in 1643. - Deputy in 1646 & 1647. - Prominent citizen of Windsor & Colony. - Left large estate, will published in "Trumbull's Colonial Rec. of Conn." - 1648 - Buried in the Windsor Congregational Church Yard. - Left a will. REF: Ralph Turner: "The records in England give his descent, in the sixteenth generation from William de la Grande, a Norman Knight who came in the army of the Norman Duke, at the conquest A.D. 1066, and that he acquired lands at or near Kenilworth in Warwickshire. His son Ralph (or Roger) became "Grand Porteur" to Henry First A.D. 1120 to 1140 from which he derived the name Porter." See print out in file from State Hist. Library Wisc.

  
  

• Sources

  [S215] Henry Porter Andrews, Descendants of John Porter of Windsor CT 1635-1639, (1893 ,). [S349] Iris Grimmett, Grimmett Letter to Turner, (Letter to Ralph J. Turner , , Repository: irisg@proaxis.com). [S116] Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, (1993), p 38 (Reliability: 0). [S224] Henry M. Stiles. M.D., History of Ancient Windsor CT, (J. Munsell, 78 State St, Albany, NY 1863 ,). [S224] Henry M. Stiles. M.D., History of Ancient Windsor CT, (J. Munsell, 78 State St, Albany, NY 1863 ,), p 753 (Reliability: 0).