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Ancestors of Frank Nickolas Bryan

      1098. Gideon Wright, born 1633 in England; died 1685 in Oyster Bay, LI, NY. He was the son of 2196. Peter Wright and 2197. Alice Wright. He married 1099. Elizabeth Townsend.

      1099. Elizabeth Townsend, died 1698. She was the daughter of 2198. John Townsend and 2199. Elizabeth Montgomery.

Children of Gideon Wright and Elizabeth Townsend are:

549	i.	Elizabeth Wright, married Isaiah Harrison 1688 in Oyster Bay, LI, NY.
	ii.	Peter Wright
	iii.	Gideon Wright
	iv.	Anthony Wright
	v.	Silvanus Wright
	vi.	Hannah Wright
	vii.	John Wright
	viii.	Tabitha Wright

1536. William Burritt, born Abt. 1615 in Wales; died Abt. 1650 in Stratford, (Fairfield County) Connecticut. He married 1537. Elizabeth Jones Abt. 1640 in unknown.

1537. Elizabeth Jones, born Abt. 1620 in Wales; died 1681 in Stratford.

Notes for William Burritt:

Birth: 1610-15 in Wales by tradition
(parentage unknown

Marriage:
1637 to Elizabeth Jones probably in Wales (estimate based on birth of first known child).

Wife has been called Elizabeth Jones by one genealogy compiler (Virkus) but the source and proof of this naming is not given.

Death:
1650 (Undated inventory of estate is second listed in first town records of Stratford following an entry dated 2/16/1650)

TTHEORY:
William Burritt seems to have some relationship with the Hawley family, and may have been a servant of Joseph Hawley who was aearly resident of New Haven along with his brother-in-law Moses Wheeler . About 1648 they relocated to Stratford where they had other family. This was after Moses was publicly ridiculed and banished from New Haven for kissing his wife in public on a Sunday. Joseph Hawley was a well educated man from London, and became Stratford's first town recorder. Among his first entries is the death of William Burritt. Joseph Hawley then took in William Burritt's eldest son Stephen, about ten at the time, and educated him to be his successor. This suggests some familial relationship and/or loyalty, It may be that William Burritt was Joseph Hawley's servant, apprentice, or poor relative. No record of a William Burritt outside of Stratford has been found, suggesting he was a man of meagre means, and not a land or property owner.

Origins unknown, but one unproven family tradition says he came from Glamorganshire, Wales. The name was originally Baret, of French extraction, but because of Welsh spech got tranliterated into Burritt.

Listed among residents of Stratford, Ct in 1650, but dead by 1651, leaving widow, Elizabeth, and two sons, STEPHEN and John, and a daughter Mary who is said to have married a Smith. This could have been Noah Smith, son of Henry Smith of Wethersfield. No other Smith family appears to have any close association with the early settlers of Stratford , and little is known of Henry Smith's son Noah, other than he appears to have died as a young man. There also appears to be no further record of Mary Burritt Smith, and she too may have died young. John Burritt had only one son Joseph. Most of the Burritt's are therefore descended from one of the six sons of Stephen.

William Burritt is thought to be the ancestor of all the Burritts in the USA and Canada.

Notes for Elizabeth Jones:
She and son Stephen, by way of exchange with Jeremiah Judson, purchaesd 4 acres of upland on 7/30/1672.

Children of William Burritt and Elizabeth Jones are:

768	i.	Stephen Burritt, born Abt. 1641 in Connecticut?; died 1/24/1697-98 in Stratford, Connecticut; married Sarah Nicholls 1/8/1673-74 in Stratford, Connecticut.
	ii.	Mary Burritt, born 1643; married Noah? Smith Abt. 1663; died Abt. 1665.
	iii.	John Burritt, born 1645 in Stratford, CT; died 2/1/1726-27 in Stratford, CT; married (1) Deborah Barlow 5/1/1684; born 1650; died Abt. 1705; married (2) Hannah Beach 5/5/1708 in Stratford; born 12/1665; died Abt. 1725; married (3) Mercy [Wheeler] 1725 in Statford; born 1655; died 1730.

      1538. Isaac Nicholls, born 1625 in England; died 1695 in Stratford (Fairfield Cty), CT. He was the son of 3076. Francis Nicholls and 3077. wife of Francis [Nicholls]. He married 1539. Margery [Nicholls] (Margaret Washburn ?) 1646 in Stratford, CT.

      1539. Margery [Nicholls] (Margaret Washburn ?), born Abt. 1630 in England ?; died Aft. 1695 in Stratford ?.

Notes for Isaac Nicholls:
birth: 1625 in England (estimate based on life events)

marriage: circa 1646 to a woman named Margery in Stratford (year estimated based on birth of first child and wife name from will))
to Margaret Washburn ( Americana; v. 32)

death: 1695 in Stratford
will signed 9/28/1694; proved 11/5/1695
mentions wife Margery, son Benjamin, children of daughter Mary Chauncey, daughter SARAH BURRITT, children of deceased sons Isaac, , Jonathan, and Ephraim, daughters Patience,      Temperence, Elizabeth Webb, and Margery.      (Donald Lines Jacobus: Families of Old Fairfield)

Legislator in 1662 and 1664 (Jacobus)

Had soap boiling business 1650-1680. (Kingsbury and Allied Families; Americana magazine)

residence: Stratford (1639-1678); Derby (1678-1695).


Children of Isaac Nicholls and Margery ?) are:

769	i.	Sarah Nicholls, born 11/6/1649 in Connecticut; died Aft. 1697 in Connecticut; married Stephen Burritt 1/8/1673-74 in Stratford, Connecticut.
	ii.	Mary Nicholls, born 2/2/1647-48; married Israel Chauncey 1/8/1666-67.
	iii.	Josiah Nicholls, born 1/29/1651-52; died 6/25/1692; married Hannah Hawley 12/13/1678; born 5/26/1657.
	iv.	Temperance Nicholls, born 5/17/1652; married (1) Jehiel Preston; married (2) Samuel Hubbell.
	v.	Isaac Nicholls, born 3/12/1653-54; married Mary Baldwin.
	vi.	Jonathan Nicholls, born 12/12/1655; married Hannah Howkins.
	vii.	Ephraim Nicholls, born 12/16/1657; married Esther Ward 10/17/1682; born 1664.
	viii.	Patience Nichols, born 2/2/1659-60; died Aft. 1744; married (1) John Hubbell; born Abt. 1652; died 1690; married (2) Samuel Hawley; born 1647; died 8/24/1734.
	ix.	Margery Nicholls, born 11/30/1663.
	x.	Benjamin Nicholls, born 2/2/1665-66; married Abigail [Nichols].
	xi.	Elizabeth Nicholls, born 4/2/1668; married Joseph Webb 1691.

      1540. John Peat, born 1597 in Duffield (Derbyshire) England; died 9/1/1684 in Stratford, Conn.. He married 1541. ? Charles Abt. 1637 in Massachusetts ?.

      1541. ? Charles, born Abt. 1620 in England; died Abt. 1645 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut. She was the daughter of 3082. John Charles.

Notes for John Peat:
Arrived in 1635 aboard the ship "Hopewell". Settled first at Wetherfield, Ct. and then was among original settlers of Sratford, Ct.
in 1639. Bellringer and sexton of Statford Congregational church from 1639 to 1660. In 1668 he gave his homelot to John Jr. and divided lands between sons John Jr. and BENJAMIN.

birth: 1597 in England (age 38 in 1635 passenger list of the "Hopewell")

marriage: 1637 possibly to a daughter of John Charles of Branfield, CT
      (Donald Lines Jacobus; Families of Old Fairfield)
            John Charles left a share of his estate to John Peat for the       children of his deceased wife.

death: 9/1/1684 in Stratford (Terry Charles Peet; John Peet 1597-1684 of       Stratford, Connecticut and His Descendants; 1986)


Children of John Peat and ? Charles are:

	770	i.		Benjamin Peat, born Abt. 1640 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut; died 5/1/1704 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut; married Phoebe Butler Abt. 1662 in Stratford.
		ii.		John Peat, born Abt. 1638; died 1/28/1677-78; married Sarah Osborn.

      1542. Richard Butler, born 1600 in England; died Bef. 5/18/1676 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut. He married 1543. Mrs. (Butler) Abt. 1639.

      1543. Mrs. (Butler)

Notes for Richard Butler:

BIRTH:
1600 in England (general estimate based on life events)

MARRIAGE:
about 1639 at an unknown place to an unknown woman (estimate based on birth of first child)

DEATH:
1676 in Stratford, CT
Inventory taken at Stratford, CT 5/18/1676 as part of agreement between daughters Mary Hicks and PHOEBE PEAT and their husbands. Mary Hicks children, then of Flushing, LI sold their interest in their grandfather's land in 1712 and in 1713 the sons of PHOEBE PEAT, Benjamin and Samuel, inherited the land of their grandfather RICHARD BUTLER of Stratford. (Donald Lines Jacobus; Families of Old Fairfield)

Notes from Connecticut Public Records:
Appointed Customs Officer at Stratford in 1659

Notes from History of Stratford:
Owned southern part of lot 68 in early Stratford
Prominent in the organizaton of the Second Church at Stratford

Often confused with the better known Richard Butler of Hartford

Will (Wetherfield Probate Records; 1677-1687; p. 184-5)
Son Thomas Butler to have upper meadow
Son Samuel Butler to Wethersfield meadow land
Son Nathaniel to have meadow near the gate
Son Joseph to have south meadow land
Son Daniel to have dwelling house
20 shillings each to daughters Mary Wright, Elizabeth Olmstead, and Hannah Greene
Widow Elizabeth to have 1/3 of entire estate unless she remarried, in which case all her inheritance was to be divided among the children, They would naturally inherit the same upon her death if she did not remarry.


Children of Richard Butler and Mrs. (Butler) are:

	771	i.		Phoebe Butler, born Abt. 1640 in unknown; died Aft. 1725 in Stratford; married Benjamin Peat Abt. 1662 in Stratford.
		ii.		Mary Butler

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