America's FIRST SETTLERS
and all are Direct Ancestors
of Sarah Elizabeth Rose
9th Great Grandfather of Sarah Elizabeth Rose
A First Settler of Wethersfield, CT
(Thanks to Cousin Joel Ettinger for sharing this research
with us)
1) Recorded in; History of Ancient Wethersfield, CT".
2) Lewis appears on a list of "additional
settlers prior to 1641" in Wethersfield.
His name appears with a "?", which is
not defined. Also listed are Henry
Palmer and William Palmer. It
states that some of the names for
the first settlers are listed
in Bond's "History of Watertown",
MA P-29.
3) Lewis Jones is listed as
"Not a church member" P-161),
and as the son-in-law of Henry
Palmer P-281, from whom he
received land in 1659.
4) The settlers of Wethersfield,
CT came from Watertown, MA. there was
another Lewis Jones in Watertown, MA,
who some sources state was born in 1605.
This Lewis Jones was married to Anna Stone.
Question; Could the Lewis Jones born 1605,
be the father of Lewis Jones born 1635 "of
Wethersfield, CT"? The earlier Lewis Jones
does not appear to have a son named Lewis
Jones in other sources. Until someone
finds the Will belonging to Lewis Jones
of 1605, to check for a son names Lewis,
the mystery will remain.
5) According to Brockway Newsletter,
Winter 1990, P 4, research by Bill Reese,
Lewis was born about 1638, possibly in
Guilford, CT, "apparantely" the son of
Thomas and Mary JONES of Guilford. Joe
York's note; Stephen Brockway entered
Thomas and Mary Jones as the parents of
Lewis, and added his comment "conjecture".
No further explanation was given. (Joel
ETTINGER'S note; "I checked all indexes
for vital records in the Guilford, CT town
hall. there is no Lewis JONES in ANY vital
records index in this time period. Guilford
was settled in 1639, prior to that it was
inhabited only by Indians.) Some of the
old vital record books are in poor
condition; it is possible that some records
were illegible, and therefore could
not be indexed.
6) Recorded in the Genealogical Dictionary
of the First Settlers of New England, by
James Savage, 1977, Genealogicl Pub. Co., Vol
II, p 564 "Lewis was born c. 1638,
possibly in Guilford, Ct "apparently"
the son of Thomas and Mary
Jones of Guilford.
10th Great Grandfather of Sarah Elizabeth Rose
1) This ancestor has qualified his
descendants for membership in
"First Families of America".
2) Recorded in "founders of Early
American Families, Emigrants From
Europe 1607-1657" by
Meredith B. Colket Jr. Pub 1975
3) Recorded in; "Palmer Families in
America, P 12" by Horace Wilbur Palmer.
\"Now in Mead's 'Ye Historied of Ye Town
of Greenwich,' Henry Palmer of
Wethersfield has been called the first
American ancestor of the Greenwich
Palmers, a distinction to which he is in
no way entitled and which conclusion is
incorrect. This Henry first appears in
Wethersfield as having a homestead on
Broad Street by 1640-41 next to
William Palmer, at about which time
he was married, his wife being named
Katherine. Four children are given on the
Wethersfield records for Henry, their
births being from 1643 to 1650.
This William Palmer of Wethersfield is
of a different family from Lieut. William
(see the family of william Palmer of
Westchester, NY). Henry appears on
the Wethersfield records up to 1665-6.
What became of him is not certain but he
evidently did not go to Greenwich as
there is no mention of his name on the
Greenwich records. We believe he went to
Newport, RI, as a Henry Palmer appeared
there in 1668. The statement in Mead's
history that he died in Greenwich in 1650
is certainly in error, for he was living in
Wethersfield at this time with wife
Katherine. Mead also says Henry married
a second wife, Judith Feake, by whom
he had 5 children; John, James, Judith
(Judah), William, and Joseph. Henry
never married Judith, for his wife
Katherine wa living with him in
Wethersfield at the very time
that Mead gives as the births of
these 5 children by Judith. The
error in this conclusion is due to
the fact that Henry of Wethersfield
had a son Ephraim and Lieut.
William and wife Judith also had
a son named Ephraim. The greenwich
Palmers were clearly the children of
Lieut. William Palmer and Judiith
feake... For further account of
Henry Palmer of Wethersfield,
see the William Palmer Family
of Wethersfield or
Westchester, NY."
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