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Lidiah, late of Stratford, widow of Dr. Isacc, will dated 12/1/1716, probated 12/19/1716. Mentions children Abigail Jacox and others not named. Exec. son John. Estate distributed to Lt. James Bennit and Alexander Fairchild.

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Will dated 11/19/1757, proved 4/12/1759 and filed in Liber 21 of Wills at NYC. p.282

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Francis, late of Stratford, will dated 3/6/1686, probated- 3/18/1689-90, mentiomed his wife Dorithy, and bequeathed to her all that was left to her by her late husband John Blackman of Stratford, deceased and after her death her property is to go to the Blackman heirs. Mentions his children, Issac and his wife, Samuel, Mary, Eliz., Rebecca and Hannah, Executor- Samuel
Deputy for Stratford, Ct.- May 1661, May 1676, Oct. 1677, Oct. 1678, May and Oct. 1679, May and Oct. 1680, May 1685
Took oath of fidelity 7/1/1644. He held the office of Constable of Stratford in 1666, and deputy to the general court in Hartford in May 11, 1676. He served in the Indian War. Will dated 10/3/1690?

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3/9/1664 had a piece of land in England to which she was heir- Fairfield Church record

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I have two different names for Nicholas' parents- John Knapp 1570-bef. 1604 and Martha (Blosse) Blois Abt. 1574
Robert Knapp and Margaret

Left England 3/22/1630 on ship Arabella?- Captain Peter Milbourne master.
Will 4/15/11670 probated unknown (9/16/1670?) Inventory- 4/27/1670 estate valued at 166 pounds, 13 shillings,11 1/2 d.
Possibly came with the Winthrop Fleet of 1630 with his brother William?

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The codicil of his will was written 1/15/1681 mentioning his stepson, Samuel Embree. No record of his will has been found.
George was of Providence, R.I. by 1648 and in the following year was closely associated to Captain Thomas Baldwin and his son Thomas Baldwin Jr. By 5/26/1649, George was in Warwick, R.I.as he brought felony charges against two men of that settlement. In 1651, George sold land, also in Warwick, that was adjacent to land of James Sweet. George's vocation was that of a merchant trader which kept him on the high seas most of the time. This situation left Abigail at home alone and vulnerable to the suave moves of Enim Benham, a reputed Don Juan who had arrived in Gravesend from Matapanient, Maryland. The result was a small town filled with gossip and many willing to testify to what they knew or thought they knew. George was granted a divorce, one of the earliest in the New Netherlands, 1/23/1656. The decree was signed by Peter Styvesant.
A child born a year earlier was questioned, at least by George, as to paternity, however circumstantial evidence and later family relationships seem to indicate that George was the father of his namesake.
George's daughter, Mary, had a child born out of wedlock. It appears that CAptain John Jackson may have been the father as Robert Jackson wrote off a bond put up for the care of Mary and her child.

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Living in Flecknoe or Frankton England in 1643.

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Abraham Parker- We cannot tell definitely who were the parents of Abraham Parker. He is said to have been born in Yorkshire, England. Several Parkers lived on Shelter Island prio to the organization of the town. As early as 1698 a Nathaniel PArker appears as a witness on the deed of Giles Sylvester to Cornelius Payne. In 1701 a Daniel Parke appeared in the same capacity on the deed of George Havens to Jonathan his son. Abraham Parker married probably twice. His first wife was Sarah Hudson, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Hudson. His second wife was Mary Hudson, the widow of Jonathan Hudson, who was brother to his first wife. He served as Collector and Constable in 1731, as Assessor in 1736, and as Overseer of the Poor in 1738 and 1742. He died in March, 1768. (from Historical Papers on Shelter Island and Its Presbyterian Church with Genealogical Tables of the Descendants of ....) 1899.

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Since his brother Richard Ellison is known to have been from Braintree, MA. in 1646, it may be that Thomas Ellison was there also. His Father Lawrence Ellison, was recorded in Connecticut by 1643, and it is probably true that the young Thomas was there also.
Thomas first shows up on record in Hempstead, New York, in 1654. He had ten acres alotted to him in Hempstead in 11/27/1658. He was designated townsman in 1662, a part owner in Mad Nan's Neck in 1663, an owner of land in Cow Neck in 1676, and came to own considerable property.
The will of Thomas was published in abstract from in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 65, p. 246. Other information has been taken from the Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead, New York, vol. II, p.43, 233, and 254. See also ibidum, vol. I, p.171. Referances have also been found in The History of the Alison of Allison Family- L.A. Morrison, p. 247 and those following. Also records compiled by Arthur S. Wardwell.