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      1806. John Deming3006,3007, born Abt. 1615 in Shalford, Essex, England3008; died 21 November 1701 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT3008. He was the son of 3612. Jonathan De Ming and 3613. Elizabeth Gilbert. He married 1807. Honor Treat Abt. 1637 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT3008.

      1807. Honor Treat3008,3009, born Bef. 19 March 1615/16 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England; died Bef. 03 February 1691/92 in Probably Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of 3614. Richard Treat and 3615. Alice Gaylord.

Notes for John Deming:
According to Julie Andre Lund, 53 Franklin Street, Verona, NJ, 07044, KTLeyed@home.com : He and his wife's father were patents in the famous Oak Charter granted by King Charles II. John was a member of the Council of Bov. Wilson 1663-64.

According to ToginC@aol.com     
http://www.dimings.com/johndem.him John Deming July 2, 1988 jdeming@pcc.edu
Two possibilities have been suggested as to the origins of John Deming's ancestors. The earliest explanation suggests the Deming family were originally French Huguenots and spelled their name: De Ming. After the massacre of St. Bartholomew, the family scattered and eventually found their way to England where they began spelling their name: Deming. [One Bassett Family in America, by Buell Burdett Bassette of New Britain, Conn., 1926] A later explanation refers to early church court records in Essex County, England were the name: Demyn appears in the records of the late 1500's. Elizabethan Life: by Dr. F.G.Emmison] The word deming is an old Anglo-Saxon word for judge and suggests that the Demings are actually of Anglo-Saxon heritage and not Norman or French.
John Deming is thought to have been born near Shalford, Essex County, England about 1615. This is the year his older sister, Elizabeth, born about 1595, married Nathanial Foote, born about 1693. Records from the Nathaniel Foote family suggest he lived in Shalford, Essex County, England and would place the Demings in the same area at the close of the 16th century.
It is not known the exact year John Deming and his brother Thomas sailed from England with his sister, Elizabeth, her husband Nathaniel Foote and their 5 children, but it has been generally believed that John was a teenager. Their ship landed in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay and the Demings and Footes first settled in Watertown, Mass. near Boston.
As more imigrants swarmed into the villages around Boston the quarters became cramped and land difficult to obtain. In 1635, John, Thomas, and the Foote family set out to find a more permanent hme. A party led by John Oldham was seeking a new location where they could own their own land and worshop God more according to their own beliefs. The Demings and Footes had similar desires and joined with the Oldham party and began the adventure of moving their families across the uninhabited frontiers southwest a hundred miles to the Connecticut River. They probably followed trails made by local Indians that were too narrow for teams or herds. They would have faced unbridged streams, steep hills, the dangers from wild beasts, or from savage men. Food would never be plentiful.
Sometime during 1635 they would discover the Great Meadow along side the majestic Connecticut River at a place called Pyquag. Here the tired and suffering band of settlers could envision a beautiful village. They discontinued their journey and began to establish primitive homes near the river. The first winter would bring many hardships as the rivers and streams became locked with ice, and their fires in their temporary lodgements could no longer keep out the biting cold. Famine would stare them in the face and they would have to seek assistance from the settlements along the Coast.
Probably because they still had a special spot in their hearts for their homeland in Essex County, England they took the name of one of the villages near Shalford, and called their new settlement, Wethersfield. One might even suspect that one or more of the families actually lived at one time in Wethersfield, Essex County, England. Could that have been the Demings? These first settlers, as they referred to themselves, were looking for a place they could call their own and a place where they could practice the tenants of their religion as they saw fit. At the same time, other families were making claim on the land that would in time become the nearby villages of Hartford and Windsor, Connecticut.
These humble but very adventurous and hardworking families believed that God had given them a special commission to establish a New England with towns that would be nothing like the English provincial towns they had left behind. They wanted their society to be much more close-knit where families would willingly help and serve each other. They wanted only settlers who shared their same ideals and the same theology. They believed words should not be wasted on boasting and degrading those around them. Their society was to be shrewd and resourceful, but maintain always a new moral standard that reflected their deepest convictions. Public displays of emotions were discouraged as being distasteful.
These early settlers wanted their towns to remain small and intimate. This was not the case in Boston and New York City where the towns were becoming cramped for "soe great a number if they should continue all there long together." The small picturesque village would become the pattern for all New England settlements, remaining small, close-knit and always self reliant. In a few years, the settlers of Wethersfield would join with the settlers of Hartford and Windsor in laying the foundations of a Commonwealth in which it was their desire to "maintain and preserve the liberty and purity of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus" and "to be governed and guided by such laws, rules orders and decrees as shall be made, ordained and declared" by the General Court, to be appointed by the freemen of the Commonwealth. [Foote History And Genealogy, by Abram W. Foote, 1907] To found a new State where the equal rights of all men would be guaranteed and guarded, in a primitve wilderness where the citizens were still doing battle with frost, famine, and death , is but an indication of the power of their leadership and the determination of their every citizen.
In 1637, when John Deming was about 22 years of age, the family of Richard Treat arrived in Wethersfield from Pitminster, Somerset County, England. Richard and his wife Alice Gaylord Treat had nine children and had to have been noticed by the local residents. John Deming noticed, in particular, the eldest daughter Honor Treat. In just a few weeks they were married and she moved into the small frontier home of John Deming.
Children were born to John and Honor; John 9 Sep 1638 and Jonathan about 1639. The Demings were setting down roots in the community and would become even more interested and involved in the religious and secular education of their children.
Just across the Connecticut River from Wethersfield was a stretch of land known to the early settlers as the "Naubuc Farms." John Deming is recorded to have obtained a lot on the farm in 1640 but it is not likely that he or his family ever lived there. In time, as homes were built, the small village was incorporated into the town of Glastonbury, Connecticut.
Within six years, 1641, the Demings recorded in the public records of Wethersfield the owning a house, a barn, and five acres of land, bounded by High Street, west, and the Great Meadow, east, Thomas Standishe's homestead, north, and Richard Crabbe's homestead south. The next public record was March 2, 1642 when John was listed as a member of the jury of the "particular court." He is reported fulfilling various court related duties up until 1667. John Deming's name appears on the famous charter of Connecticut, in which King Charles grants to the inhabitants of the Connecticut colony ther lands "in free and common socage." and established the colonial government with unusual privileges.
A daughter, Frances Deming was born about 1643 and second daughter, Rachel about 1644. Samuel was born about 1646 and Mary about 1648. Mercy joined the family about 1651 and David followed about 1652.
Mr. Nathaniel Foote died in 1644 at about age 51 years, and was buried in the ancient burying ground in the rear of the Meeting House. he left behind his widow, Elizabeth and two sons and five daughters. Elizabeth would marry Mr. Thomas Welles, Magistrate, in 1646 and served with him during his Governorship of the Colony. John Deming would remain one of the Governor's closest associates in Wethersfield and he would utilize John's leadership and dedication on many occasion.
In 1668, John sold his property in Glastonbury to Samuel Wyllis, having acquired land in Eastbury and at various locations in Wethersfield which would be passed on to his sons before he died.
John Demning's death was never recorded but he did sign a codicil to his will 3 Feb. 1692 which was the last recorded act of his life. When the public lands were allotted to the citizens of Wethersfield in 1695, John Deming was not recorded as receiving a portion. It was once assumed that he had died by this time. Court documents from Hartford list John Deming, Sr. as being among 114 participattes in the Five Mile distribution of land in which he received 339 acres 169 1/2 rods and his son John, Jr. received 183 acres 91 1/2 rods. [1701, Apl. 28 vol. IVF, p 116 TV] John Deming lived until around 21 Nov. 1705 when his will was finally "proved" and the Honorable John Deming, Sr. was listed as "dec'd". [1705, Nov. 21. Vol. VII, p 72 P Ct, Hartford, Conn] The Elder Settler and Statesman had lived a very long and productive life and died in about his 90th year. The greatest Americans that ever lived were known only to their family and community. And their deeds and suffering long forgotten. So it is with John Deming.
Nothing has been found that tells future generations about the character and attributes of John Deming. The only document available to use to discover the qualities and concerns of John is his will and other court documents to which he was a party. They suggest a strong faith in Jesus Christ and his final desire for his children that they might follow in his religious foot steps. He and Honor must have frequently read to the children from the old Geneva Bible retelling the faith-promoting stories of both Testaments. His love for his children is evident as he gives to them his most beloved possessions and property.
John Deming was looked upon among the founders of New England as a man of more than ordinay intelligence and education. Historians mention John Deming as one of the fathers of Connecticut and at one time served as the Constable of Wethersfield, with the full confidence of the Governor. Public records indicate Mr. John Deming was a representative at fifty sessions of the General Court. In this service John had the opportunity to represent the colony and set an example of good citizenship and loyal patriotism which would be found among his descendants for many generations All those who are descendants of John Deming should be proud of their colonial heritage and the American spirit of sacrifice and service that had its origin in father John Deming who was always proud to be an American and a believer and founder of freedom.

From WFT 2 #3249:
!LIFE: One of earliest settlers at Wethersfield, CT in 1635. From "Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700" by Frank R. Holmes, 1923, pg. lxvi.
!WILL: From "The History of Ancient Wethersfield, CT" by Henry Stiles, 1904, Vol. 2, p.55.
Will made 26 Jun 1690. Gave five pound to "daughter Beckley" and to "granchild Ann Beckley" five pounds on day of her marriage". Author notes she was unable to find any Ann Beckley. Extensive explantation as to why people assume that Richard Beckley's wife was daughter of John Deming. Author believes that it was John Beckley RIN 864, son of Richard Beckley RIN 866, that married daughter of John Deming. Also noted that John Deming was appointed to be one of the distributors of the estate of John Beckley RIN 864. If author's belief correct, then he was appointed to distribute estate of son-in-law.
!LIFE: From "The Collins-Cadwell Genealogy" by Margaret Loquist, 1983, p. 289. From Shalford, Colchester, England. Born about 1615. Believed to be descended from French Huguenot family who used De Ming as spelling of name. Arrived in New England before 1637. In 1637 married Honor Treet RIN 869, daughter of Richard Treat RIN 971 and Alice Gaylord RIN 972 probably in Wethersfield. First obtained land in the Naubuc Farms east of Glastonbury in 1640. Probably lived in Wethersfield where in 1641 his homestead consisted of house, barn, and 5 acres of land. Believed to be rope maker along with his two sons John, Jr. and David. Held manuy offices and appointments in Wethersfield. Served as deputy to General Court over long perioud of time. One of 19 men named in the King Charles Charter. Will proved 1705 and evidently died in that year at about age 90. Ten children with birth years and spouses listed.
!+LIFE: From "Genealogy of the Descendants of John Deming of Wethersfield, CT" By Judson K. Deming, 1904, p. 3-9. Dates of birth, death and marriage unknown. In 1641 recorded a house, barn, and five acres of land in Wethersfield bounded by Hih Street on the west, Great Meadow on the east, Thomas Standish's home on the north and richard Crabbe's home on the south. Wife was Honor Treat RIN 869, daughter of Richard Treat RIN 871 and Alic Gaylord RIN 872. A will of Richard Treat dated 13 Feb. 1668 mentions a "son John Demon" a "daughter Honor Demon", and a "cousin David Deming, son of John Demon, Sr." Probably very first setter of Wetherfield. On jury at Wethersfield on 2 Mar. 1642. Deputy on 1 Dec. 1645 and in 1656 as John Dement. Deputy to General Court on 21 May 1657 and 1658 thru 1667. Litigant in several lawsuits. Named in King Charles charter to CT. One of the first to obtain lot across the river in Naubuc Farms, later Glastonbury in 1640 as John Deion. This land sold to Samuel Wyllis before 1668. Taxed for land owned in Eastbury in 1673. Listed as Freeman in Wethersfield in 1669 as John Deming, Sr. along with a John Deming Jr. and a Jonathan Deming. Gave some of Wethersfield land to his sons before he died. Signed codicil to will on 3 Feb. 1692. No other recorded acts. Did not draw a portion of public lands in 1695. Will proved 21 Nov. 1705. Copy of will dated 26 Jun 1690 provided.

Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 7 [p. 179]
John Deming of Wethersfield, Connecticut; b. circa 1610; d. circa 1705; one of the early settlers; recorded his homestead there in 1641; was one of the patentees named in the Royal Charter of Connecticut, 1662; 2d March, 1642, one of the jury of the "Particular Court;" 1st December, 1645 one of the deputies to the General Court; will proved 21st November, 1705; was a representative at fifty sessions of the General Court; his name appears upon many of the records with the prefix of "Mr." a courtesy only paid to men of some prominence; no accurate date of birth or death of where he emigrated from; Trumbull speaks of his as one of the Fathers of Connnecticut, and Hinman says that in 1654 he held the office of Constable, showing he had the full confidence of the Governor; m. 1637, Honor Treat, dau. of Richard and ---Treat.


More About John Deming and Honor Treat:
Marriage: Abt. 1637, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT3010
     
Children of John Deming and Honor Treat are:
  i.   John Deming3011,3012, born 09 September 1638 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 23 January 1711/12 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; married Mary Mygatt 20 September 1657 in Northampton3013; born 1637 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; died 04 September 1714.
  More About John Deming and Mary Mygatt:
Marriage: 20 September 1657, Northampton3013
  ii.   Johnathan Deming3014, born Abt. 1639 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 08 January 1699/00 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; married Sarah Graves 21 November 1660 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; born Abt. 1639 in Braintree, Essex, England; died 05 June 1668.
  More About Johnathan Deming and Sarah Graves:
Marriage: 21 November 1660, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT
  iii.   Sarah Deming3015,3016, born Abt. 1640 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 29 September 1717 in Hadley, MA; married Samuel Moody; born in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; died 22 September 1689 in Hadley.
  Notes for Samuel Moody:
According to "The Original Proprietors" by Society of The Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, Inc.: "...he removed to Hadley in 1659...His eldest son, John, returned to Hartford, m. Sarah Evetts, Apr. 3, 1700, and had descendants in West Hartford and New Hartford."

  903 iv.   Hannah Frances Deming, born Abt. 1643 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Aft. 04 June 1709 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; married John Beckley 1667 in Wethersfield, CT.
  v.   Rachel Deming3017,3018, born Abt. 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Abt. 1680; married John Morgan 16 November 1665; born in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.
  More About John Morgan and Rachel Deming:
Marriage: 16 November 1665
  vi.   Samuel Deming3019,3020, born 1646 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 06 April 1709 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; married Sarah Bucke 29 March 1694 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; born 01 April 1669 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 03 September 1754.
  More About Samuel Deming and Sarah Bucke:
Marriage: 29 March 1694, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT
  vii.   Mercy Deming3021, born Abt. 16513022; married Wright.
  viii.   David Deming3023, born Abt. 16523024
  ix.   Mary Deming3025,3026, born 1655 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; married John Hurlibut 15 December 1670 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; born 08 March 1641/42 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 30 August 1690 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.
  More About John Hurlibut and Mary Deming:
Marriage: 15 December 1670, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT
  x.   Ebenezer Deming3027, born Abt. 1659 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT3028; died 02 May 1705 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; married Sarah Grant 16 July 1677 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.
  More About Ebenezer Deming and Sarah Grant:
Marriage: 16 July 1677, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT


      1860. Robert Adams3029, born Abt. 1580 in Devonshire, England3029. He was the son of 3720. Richard Adams and 3721. Margaret Armager. He married 1861. Elizabeth Sharlon.

      1861. Elizabeth Sharlon3029, born 1577 in Devonshire, England3029.
     
Child of Robert Adams and Elizabeth Sharlon is:
  930 i.   Robert Adams, born 10 October 1602 in Devonshire, England; died 12 October 1682 in Newbury, MA; married (1) Eleanor Wilmot 1630 in England; married (2) Sara Short 06 February 1676/77.


      1864. John Hanchett He married 1865. Hannah.

      1865. Hannah
     
Child of John Hanchett and Hannah is:
  932 i.   Thomas Hanchett, born 1621 in Wethersfield, CT; died 11 June 1686 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; married Deliverance Laughton 22 September 1647 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.


      1866. George Laughton
     
Child of George Laughton is:
  933 i.   Deliverance Laughton, born 22 September 1627 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA; died 10 June 1718 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; married Thomas Hanchett 22 September 1647 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.


      1922. Thomas Stanton3032, born 19 January 1616/17 in Wolverton Hall, Warwickshire, England3032; died 02 December 1677 in Stonington, CT3032. He was the son of 3844. Thomas Stanton and 3845. Katherine Washington. He married 1923. Ann Lord 1637 in Hartford, CT.

      1923. Ann Lord3032, born Bef. 19 April 1621 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England3033; died 1688 in Stonington, CT. She was the daughter of 3846. Thomas Lord, Dr. and 3847. Dorothy Bird.

Notes for Thomas Stanton:
Emigrated 1/2/1635 to Virginia. He travelled to Boston, in the Massachusetts By Colony, apparently to join the Puritan congregation at New Town (later Cambridge).
He resided in New Town autumn 1635. Sixty disaffected members of the congregation moved to what is now known as Connecticut, establishing another New Town there. In 1636, under the leadership of Thomas Hooker and Samuel Stone, nearly all of the remaining parishioners moved from New Town, MA to New Town, CT. Thomas Stanton may have gone with these if he did not come with the first group. At this time Connecticut was not a colony, only a group of settlements. The following year, 1637, they renamed their new settlement "Hartford", after Stone's English home, Hertford. In 1650 he established a trading house in Stonington, CT on the Pawcatuck River. His family lived in New London for a few years until finally their permanent residence came to be on the Pawcatuck.

According to "The Original Proprietors" by Society of The Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, Inc.: "...came from Virginia, whither in 1635 he had gone from London, a. 20; an original proprietor of Hartford; his home-lot, in 1639, was on the north bank of the little River, about where the Jewell Belting Works now are. He served in the Pequot War; in 1638 he was appointed by the General Court a public officer, or county marshal, to attend the Court upon all occasions, either general or particular, and also meetings of the magistrates to interpret between them and the Indian, with a salary of L10 per annum. In 1646 he was absent and his place was filled by Jonathan Gilbert; but in 1648 he was reappointed to attend the Court, or magistrates in any of the three towns, Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield, as an interpreter, and to have L5 yearly. He was a merchant, made trading voyages to Virginia, and in 1649, the General Court granted him liberty to build a trading-house at Pawcatuck; appointed Comissioner at Mystic and Pawcatuck, Oct. 13, 1664. He removed to Stonington, perhaps, 1658; he was deputy, from Stonington, 1666; d. 1678."

More About Thomas Stanton and Ann Lord:
Marriage: 1637, Hartford, CT
     
Children of Thomas Stanton and Ann Lord are:
  i.   John Stanton, Capt.3034, born 1641; married Hannah Thompson.
  ii.   Mary Stanton3034, born 1643; married Samuel Rogers 17 November 16623034; born 12 December 1640 in Staford, CT3035; died 01 December 17133036.
  More About Samuel Rogers and Mary Stanton:
Marriage: 17 November 16623036
  961 iii.   Hannah Lord Stanton, born 1644; died 17 October 1727 in Stonington, CT; married Nehemiah Palmer 20 November 1662 in Stonington, New London Co., CT.
  iv.   Joseph Stanton3036, born 1646; died 1714; married (1) Hannah Mead 19 June 1673; married (2) Hannah Lord 23 August 1677; married (3) Unknown Aft. 1679.
  More About Joseph Stanton and Hannah Mead:
Marriage: 19 June 1673
  v.   Daniel Stanton3036, born 1648; died in Barbadoes3037
  vi.   Dorothy Stanton3038, born 1651; died 18 January 1742/43 in Stonington, CT; married James Noyes, Rev. 11 September 16743039; born 11 March 1639/40; died 30 December 1719 in Stonington, CT.
  More About James Noyes and Dorothy Stanton:
Marriage: 11 September 16743039
  vii.   Robert Stanton3040, born 1653; died 25 October 1724 in Stonington, CT; married Joanna Gardiner 12 September 1677.
  More About Robert Stanton and Joanna Gardiner:
Marriage: 12 September 1677
  viii.   Sarah Stanton3041,3042, born 1655 in Pequoit, CT3042; died 07 August 17133042; married (1) Thomas Prentice 20 January 1674/75; born 22 November 1649 in Newton, MA; died 16 April 1683; married (2) William Denison, Capt. Abt. 1688; born 1655 in Stonington, CT; died 02 March 1714/15.
  More About William Denison and Sarah Stanton:
Marriage: Abt. 1688
  ix.   Samuel Stanton3043,3044, born 16573044; died Aft. 16983044; married Boradell Denison 15 June 1680 in Preston, CT; born 20 May 1649 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA; died 11 January 1701/02.
  More About Samuel Stanton and Boradell Denison:
Marriage: 15 June 1680, Preston, CT
  x.   Thomas Stanton, Jr.3045,3046, died 11 April 1718 in Stonington, CT; married Sarah Denison 1658 in Stonington, CT; born 20 March 1640/41; died 19 December 1701.
  More About Thomas Stanton and Sarah Denison:
Marriage: 1658, Stonington, CT

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