John Post and Hester Hyde
John Post was baptized 13 September 1629 in Otham, Kent, England, the son of Stephen Post and Elinor Panton.
John married Hester Hyde 31 March 1652 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut. Hester was the daughter of William Hyde.
John is listed as one of the first settlers of Norwich, New London, Connecticut in 1660. He was among those men listed in the patent for the town of Norwich 21 May 1685 (signed by Gov. Robert Treat 30 March 1687).
Hester died 13 November 1703 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. John died 27 November 1710 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut and was buried in the Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
John and Hester’s children are:
- Margaret Post, born 21 Feb 1652 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, married Caleb Abell (b. abt. 1647, probably in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, to Robert Abell and Joanna —, m. 2) Mary Miller, d. 7 Aug 1731 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, will dated 30 Jul 1728 and probated 16 Sep 1731, bur. in the Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, petitioned as freeman at Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts 3 May 1665, moved to Norwich, New London, Connecticut in 1668, residing in Norwich, New London, Connecticut in 1672, constable in 1684 and 1706, selectman in 1682, townsman in 1689 (and so on), sargeant of the Norwich Train Band in 1702, appointed by the town to keep a tavern in 1694) Jul 1669 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, died Nov 1700 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
- Elizabeth Post, born 22 Feb 1654 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, married 1) John Sperry (d. 1692) 1 Sep 1676 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, 2) Benjamin Bunnell (m. 1) Rebecca --), and 3) Edmund Dorman (b. abt. 1636, d. 1 May 1711 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, bur. at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut) 19 Sep 1700 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
- John Post, born 11 Apr 1657 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, married Sarah Reynolds 24 Dec 1685 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, died 15 Jul 1690 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
- Sarah Post, born 6 Nov 1659 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, married John Hough (b. 17 Oct 1655 in New London, New London, Connecticut to William and Sarah Hough, a house builder, captain, d. 26 Aug 1715 in New London, New London, Connecticut from "a fall from the scaffolding of a house on which he was at work," "a large man, of military turn, and active also in civil affairs, extensively known and highly esteemed," "a noted man of his time, powerful in frame and energetic in character") 27 Jan 1680 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
- Abigail Post, born 6 Nov 1664 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, died Apr 1676 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
- Samuel Post, born 8 Mar 1668 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, married Ruth Lothrup (d. 10 Aug 1750 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, will probated 4 Sep 1750) 17 Mar 1697/8 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, died 23 Apr 1735 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
- Hannah Post, born Oct 1671 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
- Lydia Post, born 11 Mar 1674 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, married 1) Abel Moore (b. 14 Jul 1674 in New London, New London, Connecticut to Abell and Hannah Moore, bp. 9 Aug 1674 in New London, New London, Connecticut) and 2) Joseph Harris (b. 16 Jan 1672/3 in New London, New London, Connecticut to Gabriel and Mary Harris, m. 1) Mary Stevens 1 Dec 1696 in New London, New London, Connecticut, d. 26 Aug 1737 in New London, New London, Connecticut of dropsy, will dated 11 Aug 1731 and exhibited 27 Sep 1737, inventory May 1739, lieutenant) 30 Mar 1719 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, died 20 Sep 1753 in New London, New London, Connecticut. (See NEHGR 156:363-4.)
A possible child of John and Hester is:
- Mary Post, married Nathaniel Rudd (b. abt. 1652, probably s. of Jonathan Rudd, m. 2) Abigael Hartshorn 31 Jan 1705/6, d. 18 Apr 1727 in Franklin, New London, Connecticut, bur. at Plains Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut) 16 Apr 1685 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, died Nov 1705 in Franklin , New London, Connecticut. Reuben Hyde Walworth's Hyde Genealogy, Duane Hamilton Hurd's History of New London County, and Frances Manwaring Caulkins's History of Norwich state that Mary (Post) Rudd was the daughter of John and Hester. At least one other secondary source (The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn.) states that she was the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Andrews) Post. Savage doesn't mention a daughter Mary but Savage's Register is not always complete. Primary evidence is, unfortunately, lacking.
Sources:
Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, 1659-1848. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut, 1913.
- Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
- Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
- Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
- Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Connecticut Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
- Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Boston, 1862, retrieved from http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/, Nov 2012.
- Caulkins, Frances Manwaring, History of Norwich, Connecticut, Norwich, CT: H.P. Haven, 1874, p. 210.
- Tombstone of Caleb Abell, Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
- Tombstone of John Post, Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
- Tombstone of Edmund Dorman, Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
- Tombstone of Nathaniel Rudd, Plains Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut.
- Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002.)
- Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
- Ancestry.com. New London County, Connecticut, Cemetery Index, 1698-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2001. Original data: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Cemetery Records of New London County, Connecticut. Vol. I-II. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, 1968.
- "Names of the First Settlers of Norwich, in 1660," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, October 1847, p. 315 (reprinted at http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/norwich_ct_settlers.htm, retrieved 23 Aug 2017).
- Ancestry.com. Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Frank Watt Tyler. The Tyler Collection. Canterbury, Kent, England: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies.
- Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850.(Online database: AmericanAncestors.org.New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Hartford, CT, 1917.)
- Torrey, Clarence A., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
- Hurd, D. Hamilton, History of New London County, Connecticut, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co., 1882, pgs. 269-70, 272. This book is available online at Archive.org.
- Caulkins, Francis M., History of New London, Connecticut, New London: H.D. Utley, 1895, p. 303. This book is available online at Archive.org.
- Walworth, Reuben Hyde, Hyde Genealogy, Albany, J. Munsell, 1864, p. 13. This book is available online at Archive.org.
- Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
- Will of Ruth (Lothrup) Post, Probate Packets, Post, M-Ransom, S, 1748-1880. Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Records related to John and Hester (Hyde) Post but not copied below due to copyright considerations:
- Entry for Stephen Post; Title : Great Migration, Vol 5, M-P. Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.
- Carter, Steve, "English Ancestry of Stephen Post of Saybrook, Connecticut," New England Historical and Genealogical Record, vol. 160, Jan 2006, pgs. 30-34.
- Harris, Gail Ion, "Walter and Mary (Fry) Harris of New London, Connecticut," New England Historical and Genealogical Record, vol. 156, Oct 2002, pgs. 363-4.
Church Records
Name: John Post
Event Type: Baptism
Birth Date: 1629
Baptism Date: 13 Sep 1629
Baptism Place: Otham, Kent
Relation: Son
Father Name: Stephen
Mother Name: Ellen
Source: Ancestry.com. Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Frank Watt Tyler. The Tyler Collection. Canterbury, Kent, England: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies.
Name: Abel Moore
Father: Abel Moore
Baptism Date: 9 Aug 1674
Baptism Place: New London, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title: Volume 079 New London
Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
Town Records
The names & ages of two of the Children of John Post are as ffolloweth
Abigaell Post the Daughter of John Post & hester his wife was borne upon the 6th of November Anno Dom 1664
Samuell Post was borne upon the 8th of March Ano: 1668
Hannah Post was borne in Octob Anno 1671
William Hide Senior the father of Hester the wife of John Post Deceased upon the 6th of January Anno Dom 1681
Abigaell post Deceased in Aprill Ano: Do 1676
Lidiah post was borne in march 11th An: 1674
Hester post the Wife of John post Deceafed Novemb' 13th 1703
John Post Deceased Novembr 27th 1710
The marriage of Caleb Abell with Margaret post was in July Anno Domini 1669
The first child of the abouesd persons was a Daughter & borne in March Ano: 1671 & Deceased the same month & yeare 1671
Samuell Abell was borne in Octob Anno: 1672
Experyence Abell was borne Desem Anno 1674
Caleb Abell was borne in Aprill Anno: 1677
John Abell was borne in Desem Anno: 1678
Theophelos Abell in Novem Anno: 1680
Johannah Abell was borne Novemr Ano: 1683
Abigail Abell was born march 16th Anno 1689
Hannah Abell was born octobr 12th Anno 1692
Margret the wife of Caleb Abell Deceased Novembr 1700
Mr Caleb Abell of Norwich Died the 7th: day of Augt 1731
Caleb Abell and Mary Loomer ware Married June anno: 1701
Noah Abell the son of Caleb and Mary was born December: the 25th 1706
The marriage of John post Junr with Sarah Renalls Decembr 24: 1685
Sarah post borne first of Decembr 1686
John Post was Born July the 14th anno 1689
John Post Deceased July 15th Anno 1690
The maryage of John Hough with Sarah his wife was upon the twenty feauenth of January in the yeare of our lord 1680
Nathaniell Rudd and Mary Post were maried Aprill 16th Anno 1685
Jonathan Rudd was Born may 22a. Anno 1693
Mary Rudd was Born ffebr 3d anno 1695/6
Lidea Rudd was born June 22d anno 1697
Mary the Wife of the sd Nathaniell Rudd Deceafed Novembr 1705
Nathaniel Rudd and Abigael Hartshorn ware Married January 31st annoqedomini 1705/6
Nathaniel Rudd was Born: April: 6th 1707
Jofeph Rudd was born octobr the 31st 1708
Daniell Rudd was Born March: 12th 1709/10
Sarah Rudd was born in Janur 23d 1711/12
Abigaell Rudd was born august ye 6th 1713
Lydea Rudd born april: 12th 1715
Ann Rudd born ffebr ye 7th 1716/17:
Susanna Rudd born may 15th 1719
Gideon Rudd was born febr 2d, 1721/2
Patience Rudd was Born in novembr: 1723:
[59] Samuell Post and Ruth Lothrup ware Married March the 17th Anno Dom: 1697/8
Samuell Post was Born December 22a. anno. 1698
John Post was born 30th of Jully Anno 1700
Nathaniell Post was Born, Septemb' 6th 1702
Jabez1 Poft was Born Decembr 5th 1704
Ester Post was Born Decembr 28th 1706
Stephen Post was Born April: 5th 1709.
Ruth Post, was born the: 15th day of Octobr 1711
John Post Deceased ye 26th Day of August 1718
Jabez Post Deceased. ye 6th Day of March 1725.
Stephen Post Son of Samll Post and of his wife Ruth Died ye 14th of aprill 1735
Mr Samuell Post Died the 23d day of aprill 1735
Mrs Ruth Post, widow of mr Samuel Post Died on ye 10th of august: 1750
1[The word Hyde follows Jabez but is crossed out.]
Source: Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, 1659-1848. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut, 1913.
[Note: Some letters transcribed in the above record as F probably should have been transcribed as S (letters S's at the time often appearing a long F-like letters). So, for example, "Defember" is actually "Desember" or December, "deceafed" is "deceased," and "Marfhall" is "Marshall." MB]
John Sperry & Elizabeth Post wer marryed ye 1 of September 1676
John fperry dyed ye [1692]
Edmund Dorman & elizabeth Bunnell were maryed Sept: 19th 1700 by John Alling Justice:
Edmond Dorman Deceased May 1st 1711
Source: Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850.(Online database: AmericanAncestors.org.New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Hartford, CT, 1917.)
Name Elizabeth Post
Gender Female
Birth Date 22 Feb 1654
Birth Place Saybrook
Parent John
Parent Hester
Name: Margaret Post
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1652
Birth Place: Saybrook
Parent: John
Parent: Hester
Name: John Post
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1657
Birth Place: Saybrook
Parent: John
Parent: Hester
Name: John Hough
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1655
Birth Place: New London
Parent: William
Parent: Sarah
Name: Abell Moore
[Abell Moor]
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 14 Jul 1674
Birth Place: New London
Parent: Abell
Parent: Hanna
[Hannah]
Name: Joseph Harris
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1672
Birth Place: New London
Parent: Gabriell
Parent: Mary
Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Name: Hester Hide
Marriage Date: Mar 1652
Marriage Place: Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
Spouse: John Post
[Original Text: John, m. Hester Hide, Mar. the last, [16]52]
Name: Mary Post
Marriage Date: 16 Apr 1685
Marriage Place: Franklin, Connecticut, USA
Spouse: Nathaniel Rudd
Spouse Residence Place: Norwich West Farms
Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Name: Capt. John Hough
Death Date: 26 Aug 1715
Death Place: New London, Connecticut, USA
Name: Mary Rudd
Death Date: Nov 1705
Death Place: Franklin, Connecticut, USA
Spouse: Nathaniel
Name: Lieut. Joseph Harris
Death Date: 26 Aug 1737
Death Place: New London, Connecticut, USA
Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Names of the First Settlers of Norwich, in 1660.
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John POST*
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The Patent of the Town of Norwich, A.D. 1685
Whereas the General Court of Connecticut have forever granted unto the proprietors and Inhabitants of the Towne of Norwich all those lands, both meadows and uplands within these abuttments (viz.) from the mouth of Tradeingcove Brooke the line to run as the Brooke to the head of the Brooke to a white oake marked N: and from thence west nortwesterly to a great pond to a black oake marked N: wich stands neere the mouth of the great Brooke that runs out of the pond to Norwich river, which is about seven miles from the said Tradeing Cove; and from thence the line runns North noreast nine miles to a Black oake standing by the river side on the south of it, a little above maumeagway, and from thence the line runs south southeasterly nine miles to a white oake standing by a brooke marked N: and then the line runs south southwesterly nine miles to a white oake neere Robert ALLYN & Thomas ROSE's Dwelling houses, which tree is marked N: and from thence westerly as New London Bounds runs to Mohegen river, the whole being nine miles square, the said land haveing been by purchase or otherwise lawfully obtayned of the Indian natives proprietors. -- And whereas, the said Inhabitants and proprietors of the sd Norwich in the Colony of Connecticutt have made application to the Governor and Company of the sd Colony of Conecticutt assembled in Court May 2th, 1685, that they may have a patent for the confirmation of the aforesd land, so purchased and granted to them as aforesaid, and which they have stood seized, and quietly possesd of for many years late past without interuption. Now for a more full confirmation of the aforesd unto the present proprietors of the sd Towneship of Norwich in their possession and injoyment of the premises, know yea that the sd Governour and Company assembled in Generall Court according to the Commission Granted to them by his magestie's charter, have given and granted and by therse presents doe give, grant Rattifie and confirme unto Mr. James FITCH senr, Capt. James FITCH, Mr. Benjamine BREWSTER, Lieut. Thomas TRACY, Lieut. Tho. LEFFINGWELL, Mr. Christopher HUNTINGTON, Mr. Simon HUNTINGTON, Ensign Wm. BACKUS, Mr. Thomas WATERMAN, Mr. John BURCHARD and Mr. John POST, and the rest of the said present proprietors of the township of Norwich, their heirs, suckcessors and assigns forever; the aforesaid parcell of land as it is Butted and Bounded toghether will all the woods, meadows, pastures, ponds, waters, rivers, islands, fishings, huntings, fowleings, mines, mineralls, quarries, and precious stones, upon or within the said tract of land, and all other proffitts and comodities therunto belonging, or in any wayes appertaining; and Doe also grant unto the aforesaid Mr. James FITCH senr, Capt. James FITCH, Mr. Benjamine BREWSTER, Lieut. Thomas TRACY, Lieut. Tho. LEFFINGWELL, Mr. Christopher HUNTINGTON, Mr. Simon HUNTINGTON, Ensign Wm. BACKUS, Mr. Thomas WATERMAN, Mr. John BURCHARD and Mr. John POST, and the rest of the proprietors, Inhabitants of Norwich, their heirs, successors and assigns forever, that the foresd tract of land shall be forever hereafter deemed, reputed and be an intire towneship of itself -- to have and to hold the said tract of land and premises with all and singuler their appurtenances, together with the priviledges and immunities and franchises herein given and granted unto the sayd Mr. James FITCH senr, Capt. James FITCH, Mr. Benjamine BREWSTER, Lieut. Thomas TRACY, Lieut. Tho. LEFFINGWELL, Mr. Christopher HUNTINGTON, Mr. Simon HUNTINGTON, Ensign Wm. BACKUS, Mr. Thomas WATERMAN, Mr. John BURCHARD and Mr. John POST, and other the present proprietors, Inhabitants of Norwich, theire heirs successors, and assignes for ever, and to the only proper use and behoofe of the sayd Mr. James FITCH senr, Capt. James FITCH, Mr. Benjamine BREWSTER, Lieut. Thomas TRACY, Lieut. Tho. LEFFINGWELL, Mr. Christopher HUNTINGTON, Mr. Simon HUNTINGTON, Ensign Wm. BACKUS, Mr. Thomas WATERMAN, Mr. John BURCHARD and Mr. John POST, and other proprietors, inhabitants of Norwich, their heirs, successors, and assigns for ever according to the Tenor of East Greenwich in Kent, in free and common soccage and not in capitto, nor are they capable according to the custom of the country, yielding, rendering and paieing therefore our sovereign Lord the king, his heires and successors, his dues according to Charter. In witness whereof, we have caused the Seale of the Colony to be hereunto affixed this twenty-first of May, 1685, in the year of the reigne of our sovereign lord James the Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the faith. ROBERT TREAT, Governor. {SEAL} March 30th, 1687, pr order of the Govr & Compony of the Colony of Connecticut. Signed pr JOHN ALLYN, Secrety. Entered in the pub. records, Lib. D: fo. 138, 139, Novr 27th, 1685 pr JOHN ALLYN, Secrety.
Source: "Names of the First Settlers of Norwich, in 1660," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, October 1847, p. 315 (reprinted at http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/norwich_ct_settlers.htm, retrieved 23 Aug 2017).
Name: Caleb Abell
State: CT
County: New London County
Township: Norwich
Year: 1672
Record Type: Resident's List
Page: NPN
Database: CT 1635-1807 Misc. Records
Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Connecticut Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary
Vol. 1
ABELL
CALEB, Dedham, 1665, may have been s. of the preced. rem. 1668, to Norwich, there m. July 1669 Margaret, prob. d. of John Post of Saybrook, had a d. b. 1671, d. soon, Samuel, Oct. 1672; Experience, Dec. 1674; Caleb, Apr. 1677; John, [[vol. 1, p. 7]] Dec. 1678; Theophilus, Nov. 1680; Joanna, Nov. 1683; Abigail, Mar. 1689; and Hannah, Oct. 1692. His w. d. Nov. 1700, and he m. 1701, Mary, wid. of Stephen Loomer of New London, wh. surv. him. He d. 17 Aug. 1731.
Vol. 3
POST
JOHN, Saybrook, s. of Stephen, b. prob. in Eng. m. in the last of Mar. 1652, Esther, d. of William Hyde, had Margaret, b. 21 Feb. 1653; Elizabeth 22 Feb. 1655; John, 12 Apr. 1657; and Sarah, 6 Nov. 1659; rem. with first sett. to Norwich, there had Abigail, 6 Nov. 1664, d. at 11 yrs.; Samuel, 8 Mar. 1668; Hannah, Oct. 1671; and Lydia, 11 Mar. 1674; was in 1663, accept. to be made free, yet seems to have missed for sev. yrs. of taking the o. wh. the Dept. Gov. was requested to admin. in 1686 and again in 1668. In the list of 1669 he is includ. and his w. d. 13 Nov. 1703. He d. 27 Nov. 1710. Lydia m. Abel Moore, and next, Joseph Harris, both of New London.
JOHN, Norwich, eldest s. of the preced. m. 24 Dec. 1685, Sarah, eldest d. of John Reynolds, had Sarah, b. 1 Dec. 1686; John, 14 July 1689; and d. 15 July of next yr. His wid. d. 11 May 1703.
Source: Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Boston, 1862, retrieved from http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/, Nov 2012.
Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Bunnell, Benjamin (-1696?) & 1/wf Rebecca [Mallory]? (1649-1691), b 1667(8?); New Haven
Bunnell, Benjamin (-1696?) & 2/wf Elizabeth (Post) [Sperry] (1655-1715), w John, m/3 Edmund Dorman 1700; b 1695, aft 12 Mar 1691; New Haven
Hough, John (1655-1715) & Sarah Post (1659-); 27 Jan 1680, 1679/80; Norwich, CT/New London
Moore, Abel (1674-) & Lydia [Post] (1674-); m/2 Joseph Harris?/Hunt?; b 1705, b 1701?; New London, CT
Source: Torrey, Clarence A., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
Probate Records
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Ruth (Lothrup) Post
Local and Family Histories
1. Caleb Abell married in July, 1669, Margaret, daughter of John Post. They had eleven children. The wife died in 1700, and Mr. Abell married Mary, relict of Stephen Loomer.
He was chosen constable in 1684; townsman in 1689, and often afterwards; appointed to keep tavern in 1694; enrolled among the dignitaries with his military title, "Sargent Calib Abel," in 1702 ; died Aug. 7, 1731, leaving wife Mary, and nine children.
Enough of the broken head-stone of his grave remains to show that he was in the 85th year of his age.
Of the six sons of Caleb and Margaret Abell, the first three on the list, Samuel, Caleb and John, married sisters, Elizabeth, Abigail and Rebecca Sluman, daughters of Thomas Sluman and Mary Bliss.
Samuel, the oldest son, born in 1672, was a physician. In 1708, and again in a list of land-owners in 1726, he appears with the prefix of his profession. We assign him to the third place in the list of Norwich physicians whose names have been recovered. Though cotemporary with Dr. Caleb Bushnell, he was a few years senior in age.
Theophilus, the fourth son, died on the last day of August, 1724, aged 44. This was before his father's decease. He left a wife and two daughters. His library seems to intimate that he was a religious teacher. It consisted of about thirty volumes, and among them were the following:
A Bible with silver clasps.No single book, except the Bible, was valued over 2s. 6d.
Wise's Church Quarrels.
Doolittle on the Lord's Supper.
Henry's Communicant's Companion.
Robert Russell's Seven Sermons.
Dr. Mather on Angels ; do. on Resignation to the Will of God.
Memorial on Milk for Babes.
Cotton Mather's Day of Rain.
Stoddard on Saving Conversion.
Dr. Mather's Now or Never.
Bunyan's Forsaken Sinner.
Do. Solomon's Temple Spiritualized.
Wadsworth's Guide to the Doubting.
Dr. Mather's Ecclesiastical Councils.
Pierpont's False Hope. Henry Gearing.
Burrough's Preparation for Judgment.
Stoddard's Guide to Christ.
Flavel's Husbandry Spiritualized.
Sundry old books.
Source: Caulkins, Frances Manwaring, History of Norwich, Connecticut, Norwich, CT: H.P. Haven, 1874, p. 210.
[Under Norwich:]
John HOUGH, 1678, son of William HOUGH, of New London, and there born, Oct. 17, 1655. He was a house-builder, and much employed both in Norwich and New London, acquiring lands and houses in each place. He died at New London, Aug. 26, 1715, suddenly deprived of life by a fall from the scaffolding of a house on which he was at work. He was a large man, of military turn, and active also in civil affairs, extensively known and highly esteemed. The sudden stroke that swept him into eternity resounded through the country with startling emphasis.
The wife of Capt. HOUGH was Sarah POST, of Norwich. He had a farm in New Concord Society, the land being an original grant from the town in payment for building a school-house. His youngest son, Jabez, born in 1702, inherited this farm, and there died, Jan. 24, 1725, only seventeen days after his marriage with Anne DENISON, of New London. The farm was after this the homestead of his elder brother, John, and from him it went to his son Jabez, who married Phebe HARRIS, who died at the age of ninety-two, July 23, 1820.
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Jonathan and Nathaniel Rudd, brothers, came from Saybrook. The former settled east of the Shetucket, and the latter at the West Farms. It is probable that they were sons of that Jonathan Rudd who was married at Bride Brook in the winter of 1646-7.
Nathaniel Rudd married April 16, 1685, Mary, daughter of John Post. His homestead was in that part of the West Farms which is now Bozrah. He died in April, 1727, leaving an estate valued at £689.
Source: Hurd, D. Hamilton, History of New London County, Connecticut, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co., 1882, pgs. 269-70, 272. This book is available online at Archive.org.
[From sketch of William Hough:]
Capt. John Hough, the second son, was a noted man of his time, powerful in frame and energetic in character. His wife was Sarah Post, of Norwich and Capt. Hough was at one time a resident in that place. His death was caused by a fall from the scaffolding of a house which he was building in New London, August 26th, 1715.1 No external injury could be discovered, but he lived only an hour. Such an event was sufficient at that time to move the whole town.
1 This house, which belonged to Richard Christophers, was on State Street, the end to the street, near the corner of the present Bradley Street, but at that time no street was opened east of it, and the house fronted the water. Capt. Hough fell from the south-east corner, on the spot now occupied by W. H. Chapman, merchant.
Source: Caulkins, Francis M., History of New London, Connecticut, New London: H.D. Utley, 1895, p. 303. This book is available online at Archive.org.
111. Mary Post (18), born at Norwich in 1662, the third daughter of Hester Hyde (3) and John Post, was a granddaughter of William Hyde (1) the first of Norwich. She m. 16 April, 1685, Nathaniel Rudd of Norwich. He was a son of Jonathan Rudd of Hartford, who removed to Saybrook, and was m. 1647, at Bride Brook. He came to Norwich soon after its settlement (See No 91). They settled at Norwich, where she died in Nov., 1705.
Source: Walworth, Reuben Hyde, Hyde Genealogy, Albany, J. Munsell, 1864, p. 13. This book is available online at Archive.org.
Cemetery Records
Name: John Sperry
Death Date: 1692
Death Place: New Haven, Connecticut
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 599303
Name: John Post
Birth Date: abt 1626
Age at Death: 84
Death Date: 27 Nov 1710
Death Place: Connecticut
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 3357
Name: Edmond Dorman
Death Date: 1 May 1711
Death Place: New Haven, Connecticut
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 599303
Name: Nathaniel Rudd
Birth Date: abt 1652
Age at Death: 75
Death Date: 18 Apr 1727
Death Place: Franklin, Connecticut
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 3195
Name: Samuel Post Sr
Birth Date: abt 1668
Age at Death: 67
Death Date: 23 Apr 1735
Death Place: Connecticut
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Ruth
FHL Film Number: 3357
Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
POST: John, d. Nov. 27, 1710-aged 84 yr. (Location: Norwichtown, New London, Connecticut, United States, Cemetery: Cemetery located down Cemetery Lane)
Source: Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002.)
Name: John Post
Birth Date: abt 1626
Death Date: 27 Nov 1710
Death Age: 84
Burial Place: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, British America
Volume: I
Cemetery: Old Norwichtown Cemetery
Cemetery Notes: Cemetery, down Cemetery Lane, Norwichtown, Conn. This does not include all of the tombstones in this cemetery. The brush and woods were so high, we did not get all of the stones. Copied August, 1968 by Mrs. W. P. Ellsberry, Mrs. Thomas Stanley, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Ellsberry assisted by Mrs. G. W. Prather and Kevin P. and Lesa Ellsberry.
Name: Samuel Post
Birth Date: abt 1667
Death Date: 23 Apr 1735
Death Age: 68
Burial Place: Norwich, New London, Connecticut, British America
Comments: hus. of Ruth
Volume: I
Cemetery: Old Norwichtown Cemetery
Cemetery Notes: Cemetery, down Cemetery Lane, Norwichtown, Conn. This does not include all of the tombstones in this cemetery. The brush and woods were so high, we did not get all of the stones. Copied August, 1968 by Mrs. W. P. Ellsberry, Mrs. Thomas Stanley, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Ellsberry assisted by Mrs. G. W. Prather and Kevin P. and Lesa Ellsberry.
Source: Ancestry.com. New London County, Connecticut, Cemetery Index, 1698-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2001. Original data: Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Cemetery Records of New London County, Connecticut. Vol. I-II. Chillicothe, MO, USA: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, 1968.
Gravestone
Tombstone of John Post, Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (photo credit: Scott Coyle, findagrave.com):
Tombstone of Caleb Abell, Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut (photo credit: K Carlini (KC) - Find A Grave):
Tombstone of Edmund Dorman, Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut (photo credit: Nareen, et al, findagrave.com, "This photo may be taken from here for personal use but may not be used for profit."):
Transcription: Here Lyeth ye Body of Edmund Dorman Who Died May the 1t 1711 Aged 75 Years
Tombstone of Nathaniel Rudd, Plains Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut (photo credit: Robin (#46781740), findagrave.com):
Transcription: Here lyes ye body of Mr Nathaniel Rudd who died April ye 18 1727 in the 76 year of his age.
Tombstone of Samuel Post, Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (photo credit: Jim and Mary (#47147114), findagrave.com):
