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Descendants of John Deming

Generation No. 2

2. ELIZABETH² DEMING (JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1595 in ENGLAND, and died July 28, 1683 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.. She married NATHANIEL FOOTE Abt. 1615 in ENGLAND.
Notes for NATHANIEL FOOTE:
IT APPEARS THAT SOME TIME BETWEEN 1630 - 1635, THE FOOTE BROTHERS BY THE NAMES OF NATHANIEL, CALEB AND PASCO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY FROM COLCHESTER, ENGLAND AND SETTLED AS FOLLOWS: PASCO SETTLED IN SALEM, MASS., WHERE THERE ARE NOW SOME DESCENDANTS. CALEB IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE DIED IN BOSTON WITHOUT ISSUE. NATHANIEL, THE ELDEST, FIRST SETLED AT WATERTOWN, MASS. IN 1636. HE WITH A NUMBER OF OTHERS, REMOVED TO WETHERSFIELD, CT., AND WERE AMONG THE FIRST THAT SETTLED THERE. NATHANIEL HAD TWO SONS, NATHANIEL AND ROBERT. ROBERT SETTLED IN THE TOWN OF BRANFORD IN THE COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, NATHANIEL, THE ELDEST, WHO SETTLED IN WETHERSFIELD, MARRIED MARGARET ----LISS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS

Children of ELIZABETH DEMING and NATHANIEL FOOTE are:

	i.		ELIZABETH³ FOOTE, b. Unknown, ?; d. Unknown, ?; m. JOSIAH CHURCHILL, Unknown, ?.
	ii.		NATHANIEL FOOTE, b. Unknown, ?; d. Unknown, ?; m. ELIZABETH SMITH, Unknown, ?.
	iii.		MARY FOOTE, b. Unknown, PROB. WETHERSFIELD, CT.; d. Unknown, ?; m. JOHN STODDARD, Unknown, ?.
	iv.		ROBERT FOOTE, b. Unknown, PROB. WETHERSFIELD, CT.; d. Unknown, ?; m. SARAH POTTER, Unknown, ?.
	v.		FRANCES FOOTE, b. Unknown, PROB. WETHERSFIELD, CT.; d. Unknown, ?; m. (1) JOHN DICKINSON, Unknown, ?; m. (2) FRANCIS BARNARD, Unknown, ?.

3. THOMAS² DEMING (JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1613 in SHALFORD, ESSEX, ENGLAND, and died Unknown in ?. He married MARY SHEAFFE July 24, 1645 in ?.
Notes for MARY SHEAFFE:
THOMAS WAS A SHIP-BUILDER, OR CARPENTER. ON SEPT 2, 1645, THE TOWN VOTED THAT THOMAS DEMON, SHIP-CARPENTER, SHOULD HAVE A LOT UPON THE COMMON, BY THE LANDING PLACE (THE PRESENT COVE) TO BUILD A HOUSE ON AND FOR A WORK YARD; AND LIEUT. BOSIE (JAMES BOOSEY) AND NATHANIEL DICKINSON WAS APPOINTED TO SET OUT THIS LOT. - HISTORY OF ANCIENT WETHERSFIELD - STILES

THOMAS DEMING, OF WETHERSFIELD, PERHAPS BROTHER OF FIRST JOHN, MARRIED JULY 24, 1645, MARY SHEAFFE; WAS OF FARMINGTON AND REMOVED TO SOUTHHAMPTON, L.I. THENCE TO EASTHAMPTON, WHERE POSTERITY IS STILL LIVING. SOMETIMES IN THE RECORDS THE NAME IS DEMON OR DEMENT, AND THE AFFINITY IS EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT TO BE TRACED WITH EXACTNESS. EIGHT OF THIS NAME HAD IN 1828, BEEN GRADUATED AT NEW ENGLAND COLLEGES. - GENEALOGICAL GUIDE TO THE EARLY SETTLERS OF AMERICA - WHITTEMORE

Children of THOMAS DEMING and MARY SHEAFFE are:

	i.		ABIGAIL³ DEMING, b. August 22, 1652, Farmington, Hartford Co., Ct.; d. Unknown, ? (Source: Barbour Coll. Farmington Rec., Daug. of Thomas.).
	ii.		JOHN DEMING, b. February 04, 1652/53, Farmington, Hartford Co., Ct. (Source: Barbour Coll. Farmington Rec., Daug. of Thomas ?); d. Unknown, ?.

4. JOHN² DEMING (JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1615 in SHAFORD, ESSEX, ENGLAND, and died Abt. 1692 in WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.. He married HONOR TREAT Abt. 1637 in WETHERSFIELD, CT., daughter of RICHARD TREAT and ALICE GAYLORD.

Notes for JOHN DEMING:
WAS DEPUTY NINETEEN TIMES FROM 1646-1665, AND HAD THE TITLE OF MR. (TREAT GEN.)

SETTLED IN WETHERSFIELD, CT. AS EARLY AS 1635 OR 36 TOGETHER WITH HIS BROTHER THOMAS. HIS OLDER SISTER ELIZABETH HAD BEEN MARRIED IN ENGLAND AND CAME TOGETHER WITH HER 6 OR 7 CHILDREN AND HER HUSBAND, NATHANIEL FOOTE (ONE OF THE FIRST TEN MEN TO SETTLE WETHERSFIELD). JOHN RECEIVED LANDS BY TOWN GRANTS IN 1636 AND 45. WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN 1645. WAS SELECTMAN IN 1647-8. WAS REPRESENTATIVE TO GENERAL COURT 1649-61. WAS ONE OF THE PATENTEES NAMED IN CHARTER OF 1662. (LETTER FROM ROBERT E. HULL)

IT HAS BEEN STATED BY SOME GENEALOGISTS THAT JOHN DEMING WAS AMONG THE VERY FIRST SETTLERS OF WETHERSFIELD IN 1635, AND SUCH IS PROBABLE THE CASE, BUT THE PROOF IS LACKING. HIS FIRST APPEARANCE UPON THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE COLONY, AFTER RECORDING HIS HOMESTEAD, WAS IN 1642, MARCH 2ND, WHEN HE WAS ONE OF THE JURY OF THE "PARTICULAR COURT". IN 1645, DEC. 1ST, HE APPEARS AMOHG THE DUPUTIES AS JO. DEMON, AND IN 1656 AS JOHN DEMENT, WHEN AS A DEPUTY HE IS APPOINTED ONE OF A COMMITTEE "TO GIVE THE BEST ADVISE THEY CAN TO THE INDIANS." IN 1657, MAY 21ST, HE APPEARS AS A DEPUTY TO THE GENERAL COURT AS JOHN DEMING, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS JOHN DEMENT. HE WAS DEPUTY AS VARIOUS COURTS UNTIL1667, UNDER VARIOUS NAMES, THE NAME DEMING PREVAILING AT THE LAST. HE WAS ALSO A LITIGANT IN SEVERAL LAWSUITS. HE IS ONE OF THOSE NAMED IN THE FAMOUS CHARTER OF CT. IN WHICH KING CHARLES GRANTED TO THEM AND TO THOSE WHO SHOULD AFTERWARDS BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, THE LANDS OF CT., "IN FREE AND COMMON SOCAGE," AND ESTABLISHED A COLONIAL GOVERNMENT WITH UNUSUAL PRIVILEGES.

ACROSS THE RIVER FROM WEHTERSFIELD, AND WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES, LAY THE "NAUBUC FARMS," AFTERWARDS INCORPORATED INTO THE TOWN OF GLASTONBURY. HERE AMONG THE FIRST TO OBTAIN A LOT, WAS JOHN DEMING IN THE YEAR 1640, HIS NAME APPEARING AS JOHN DEMION. IT IS NOT AT ALL LIKELY THAT HE EVER LIVED HERE, FOR HE HAD A HOIUSE IN WETHERSFIELD, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND HE SOLD THE LAND ON THE EAST OF THE RIVER TO SAMUEL YLLIS BEDORE 1668. HR ALSO OWNED LAND IN EASTBURY, OF WHICH HE WAS TAXED IN 1673. IN 1669 HE IS LISTED AMONG THE FREEMEN OF WETHERSFIELD, AS JOHN DEMING SENIOR, TOGETHER WITH JOHN DEMING JUNIOR, AND JONATHAN DEMING. HE BOUGHT CONSIDERABLE LAND IN WETHERSFIELD AT VARIOUS TIMES, SOME OF WHICH HE GAVE TO HIS SONS BEFORE HE DIED. THE ACTUAL DATE OF HIS DEATH HAS NEVER BEEN DISCOVERED. HE SIGNED A CODICIL TO THIS WILL FEB 3, 1692. AND THIS THE LAST RECORDED ACT OF THIS LIFE. WHEN THE PUBLIC LANDS WERE ATTOTED TO THE INHABITANTS IN 1695, HE DID NOT DRAW A PORTION. IT IS PROBABLE THAT HE DIED SOON AFTER 1692, ALTHOUGH HIS WILL WAS NOT PROVED UNTIL 21 NOV. 1705. AND SAVAGE AND OTHER GENEALOGISTS HAVE ASSUMED THAT HE LIVED UNTIL THAT YEAR. NO PUBLIC RECORD HAS BEEN FOUND OF THE BIRTHS OF THE CHILDREN OF JOHN DEMING, BUT THEIR NAMES, AS FAR AS KNOWN, HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM HIS WILL, WHICH IS PRESERVED IN THE PROBATE COURT OF HARTFORD. (THE DEMING GEN. BY JUDSON KEITH DEMING)

I, JOHN DEMING, SENIOR, DO DECLARE THIS TO BE MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT: I HAVING ALREADY DONE WELL BY MY SON JOHN, I NOW GIVE HIM MY GREAT BIBLE, GENEVA PRINT, AND MY FEATHER BED AND BOSTER, AND MY GREAT KETTLE. I GIVE TO MY SON JONATHAN MY FIFTY-ACRE LOT AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE BOUNDS, TO BE TO HIM AND HIS HEIRS FOREVER. I GIVE TO MY SON SAMUEL MY HOUSE AND HOME LOT, WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS UPON IT, CONTAINING NINE ACRES BE IT MORE OR LESS, AND BOUND AS IN THE RECORD; AS ALSO MY MEADOW ADJOINING CONTAINING ABOUT 17 ACRES, AND ABUTTING ON MR. WILLIS SOUTH, THOMAS STANDIDGE HIS LAND EAST, THE HIGHWAY NORTH, AND MY HOMELOTT WEST; AND 12 ACRE IN THE WEST SWAMP, AT THE REAR OF MY SON DAVID'S LOTT. ALSO I GIVE UNTO HIM MY FLOCK OF SHEEP, AND MY NEAT CATTLE AND ALL MY HORSES AND SWINE, AND ALL MY MOVEABLES, WITHIN DOORS AND WITHOUT (NOT OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF BY THIS MY LAST WILL), AND ALL MY HUSBANDRY TOOLS, HE PAYING MY JUST DEBTS, FUNERAL CHARGES AND SUCH LEGACIES AS I DO HEREBY APPOINT HIM TO PAY. I GIVE TO MY SON DAVID ALL MY MATERIALS AND TOOLS IN MY SHOP, AND MY BOOK DEBTS, HE PAYING THOSE DEBTS I OWE ABOUT MY TRADE. IGIVE TO MY SON EBENEZER MY BEST COAT AND MY BEST HAT. I GIVE TO MY DAUGHTER MORGAN, MY DAUGHTER BECKLY, MY DAUGHTER HURLBUT AND MY DAUGHTER WRIGHT, FIVE POUND APIECE, TO BE PAID BY MY EXECUTOR WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF MY DECEASE. I GIVE TO MY COUSIN UNIS STANDIDGE, AND TO MY COUSIN SARAH WYER, WIFE OF JOHN WYER, TWENTY POUNDS APIECE, TO BE PAID WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER MY DECEASE. I GIVE TO MY DAUGHTER MOODY 10S, HAVING ALREADY GIVEN HER A GOOD PORTION. I GIVE TO MY GRANDCHILD ANN BECKLEY 5S. I APPOINT MY SON SAMUEL EXECUTOR, AND DESIRE CAPT. SAMUEL TALCOTT AND MY SON EBENEZER DEMING TO BE OVERSEERS.
WITNESS: JOHN ALLYN, GEORGE GRAVE JOHN DEMING, SEN. LS

CODICIL, DATED 3D FEBRUARY, 1692: WHEREAS, I GAVE TO MY SON JOHN MY GREAT BIBLE, MY FEATHER BED AND BOSTER, AND MY GREAT KETTLE, I NOW WITHDRAW THAT GIFT AND GIVE UNTO MY SON JOHN ALL MY MATERIALS AND TOOLS IN MY SHOP AND MY BOOK DEBTS, HE PAYING THOSE DEBTS I OWE ABOUT MY TRADE. AND WHEREAS, IN MY WILL I GAVE MY GRANDCHILD ANN BECKLEY 5S, SHE HAVING MISCARRYED, I WITHDRAW MY GIFT FROM HER, AND THE 5S I GIVE TO MY SON DAVID.

WITNESS: JOHN ALLYN, ZACHARIAH SANDFORD JOHN DEMING, LS.

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF RICHARD TREAT
......ITEM, MY DEBTS BEING PAID, I GIVE TO MY LOVING SONS JOHN DEMON AND ROBERT WEBSTER, EQUALLY, ALL THE REST OF MY GOODS AND CHATTELS WHATSOEVER, EXCEPT MR. PERKINS BOOK, WHICH I GIVE TO MY SON JON DEMON AND MY GREAT BIBLE TO MY DAUGHTER HONOUR DMON. AND THAT MONEY IN MY COUSIN SAMUEL WELLES, HIS HAND, UNTO MY COUSIN DAVID DEMING, SON OF JOHN DEMON, SENIOR AND MY DESIRE IS THAT MY SON-IN-LAW, JOHN DEMON, ROBERT WEBSTER AND RICHARD TREAT WOULD BE MY OVERSEERS FOR THEIR MUTUAL HELPFULLNES TO MY LOVING WIFE AND ENDEAVORE TO SEE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, AND FOR THE RATIFICATION HEREOF I HAVE THIS THIRTEENTH DAY OF FEB 1668, SET TO MY HAND AND SEALE.

DEMING, JOHN (d. c. 1694) DEPUTY (WETHERSFIELD) TO CONN LEGISLATURE, DEC. 1645, OCT. 1646. SEPT 1649, MAY 1650, MAY 1651, SEPT 1651, MAY 1652, SEPT 1652, OCT 1653, MAY 1655, OCT 1656, FEB 1657, MAY 1657, MAY 1658, OCT 1658, MAY 1659, OCT 1659, MAY 1660, OCT 1660. MAY 1661, OCT 1667, MAY 1668, OCT 1668, MAY 1669, OCT 1672. PATENTEE ROYAL CHARTER, 1662.
JACOBUS - LIST OF OFFICIALS

THE SETTLER, CAME TO WETH. FM. WATERTOWN (?) 1635; FM. 1659-61, OFTEN A MEMB. OF GEN CT..; WAS ONE THE GRANTEES NAMED IN HTE CHARTER 1662; REC. HIS HOMESTEAD IN 1641, A HOUSE, BARN AND 5 ACRES LAND BORDERED BY HIGH ST., W.; THE GREAT MEADOW, E.; THOS. STANDISH'S HOMESTEAD (LATER PROPERTY OF FRED BUTLER'S HEIRS) N.; RICH CRABB'S HOMESTEAD, S.; HE ALSO BORDERED RICH. BELDEN'S HOMESTEAD, E. SIDE OF HIGH ST. BORDERED ROBT. BURROUGH'S HOMESTEAD IN 1645, OR EARLIER, (IN THE FORK OF SANDY LANE AND WHAT IS NOW PRISON ST.); HE GAVE THE BELDEN PROPERTY TO HIS SON JOHN,IN 1659-60; M. HONOR TREAT; HE WAS A TOWNSMAN (SELECTMAN) 1647-8 AND LATER, THE TOWN ADDED TO HIS HOMESTEAD NEXT TO STANDISH'S CORNER 1670; HE DREW LAND IN THE ALLOTMENT OF THAT YEAR. GOODWIN SAYS HE D. 1705. STILES. HIST. OF ANC. HIST. VOL. 1 P. 204-205. LAND HOLDINGS.

Children of JOHN DEMING and HONOR TREAT are:

5.	i.	JOHN³ DEMING, b. September 09, 1638, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.; d. January 23, 1711/12, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT..
6.	ii.	JONATHAN DEMING, b. Abt. 1639, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.; d. January 08, 1698/99, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT..
7.	iii.	RACHEL DEMING, b. Abt. 1644, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.; d. Abt. 1680, ?.
8.	iv.	SAMUEL DEMING, b. Abt. 1646, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.; d. April 06, 1709, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT..
9.	v.	MARY DEMING, b. Abt. 1648, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.; d. Unknown, MIDDLETOWN, Middlesex Co., Ct..
	vi.	MERCY DEMING, b. Abt. 1650, WETHERsFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.; d. December 17, 1714, WETHERsFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.; m. THOMAS WRIGHT, Unknown, WETHERsFIELD, Hartford Co., CT..
10.	vii.	DAVID DEMING, b. Abt. 1652, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.; d. May 04, 1725, BOSTON, MA..
11.	viii.	SARAH DEMING, b. Abt. 1654, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.; d. September 29, 1717, HADLEY, MASS..
	ix.	HANNAH DEMING, b. October 15, 1656, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.; d. Unknown, ?; m. THOMAS WRIGHT, Unknown, ?.
12.	x.	EBENEZER DEMING, b. Abt. 1659, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT.; d. May 02, 1705, WETHERSFIELD, Hartford Co., CT..

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