First person named Weed to come to North America (1630).
Sailed on the flagship of the "Bradford Fleet" numbering seven ships in all. Flagship was the "Arbella".
Jonas Weed was born in England about 1610 and died in Stamford, Connecticut 7 November 1676. He came to America in the Winthrop fleet in 1630 to Watertown, Massachusetts in the Flagship Arbella with John Winthrop and Richard Saltonstall He married about 1637, MARY (----), who died in Sramford by March 1690. R.C. Anderson, in The Great Migration Begins, notes that Jonas must have been born by 1610, since he was made freeman in May of 1631 and also notes that he signed his will with his name, not his mark, so he must have had some education. He lived first at Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he was one of the six founders of Wethersfield on 20 May 1635, the oldest white settlement in Connecticut, and then he was in the group that founded Stamford in 1640. Charles Weed, in the History of the Weed and Allied Families, says that Jonas was evidently a close friend of Richard Saltonstall and that "they were too liberal to get along in Watertown."
In his will, written in 1672 and probated in 1676, he mentions his wife and his children, sons,married daughters and husbands and single daughters. The daughters were each given five pounds except for Sarah,.who got just five shillings unless "she do return again to the truth." Weed gives a few more details about Sarah; she was twenty-two at the time of her father's death, but did not marry until she was 44, David Waterbury, and then married again in 1706 and yet again in 1711; her full story would be interesting to learn.
Children of Jonas Weed, dates of birth approximate
i. MARY2 WEED,b. ca 1637.
ii. JOHN WEED, b. ca. 1639; m. JOANNA WESTOTT.
iii. DORCAS WEED, b. ca. 41; m. JAMES WRIGHT.
iv. DANIEL WEED, b. ca. 1643; m. RUTH (----).
v. JONAS WEED, b. ca. 1645; m. BETHIA HOLLY.
vi. ELIZABETH WEED, b. ca.1647; m. JOHN ROCKWELL.
vii. SARAH WEED, b. ca. 1649, m. (1)DAVID WATERBURY; m. (2) BENJAMIN FERRIS; m.(3) NATHANIEL POND.
viii. HANNAH WEED, b. ca. 1651; m. BENJAMIN HOYT.
xi.. SAMUEL WEED, b. ca. 1653; m. MARY (----).
Sailed on the flagship of the "Bradford Fleet" numbering seven ships in all. Flagship was the "Arbella".
Jonas Weed was born in England about 1610 and died in Stamford, Connecticut 7 November 1676. He came to America in the Winthrop fleet in 1630 to Watertown, Massachusetts in the Flagship Arbella with John Winthrop and Richard Saltonstall He married about 1637, MARY (----), who died in Sramford by March 1690. R.C. Anderson, in The Great Migration Begins, notes that Jonas must have been born by 1610, since he was made freeman in May of 1631 and also notes that he signed his will with his name, not his mark, so he must have had some education. He lived first at Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he was one of the six founders of Wethersfield on 20 May 1635, the oldest white settlement in Connecticut, and then he was in the group that founded Stamford in 1640. Charles Weed, in the History of the Weed and Allied Families, says that Jonas was evidently a close friend of Richard Saltonstall and that "they were too liberal to get along in Watertown."
In his will, written in 1672 and probated in 1676, he mentions his wife and his children, sons,married daughters and husbands and single daughters. The daughters were each given five pounds except for Sarah,.who got just five shillings unless "she do return again to the truth." Weed gives a few more details about Sarah; she was twenty-two at the time of her father's death, but did not marry until she was 44, David Waterbury, and then married again in 1706 and yet again in 1711; her full story would be interesting to learn.
Children of Jonas Weed, dates of birth approximate
i. MARY2 WEED,b. ca 1637.
ii. JOHN WEED, b. ca. 1639; m. JOANNA WESTOTT.
iii. DORCAS WEED, b. ca. 41; m. JAMES WRIGHT.
iv. DANIEL WEED, b. ca. 1643; m. RUTH (----).
v. JONAS WEED, b. ca. 1645; m. BETHIA HOLLY.
vi. ELIZABETH WEED, b. ca.1647; m. JOHN ROCKWELL.
vii. SARAH WEED, b. ca. 1649, m. (1)DAVID WATERBURY; m. (2) BENJAMIN FERRIS; m.(3) NATHANIEL POND.
viii. HANNAH WEED, b. ca. 1651; m. BENJAMIN HOYT.
xi.. SAMUEL WEED, b. ca. 1653; m. MARY (----).
First person named Weed to come to North America (1630).
Sailed on the flagship of the "Bradford Fleet" numbering seven ships in all. Flagship was the "Arbella".
Jonas Weed was born in England about 1610 and died in Stamford, Connecticut 7 November 1676. He came to America in the Winthrop fleet in 1630 to Watertown, Massachusetts in the Flagship Arbella with John Winthrop and Richard Saltonstall He married about 1637, MARY (----), who died in Sramford by March 1690. R.C. Anderson, in The Great Migration Begins, notes that Jonas must have been born by 1610, since he was made freeman in May of 1631 and also notes that he signed his will with his name, not his mark, so he must have had some education. He lived first at Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he was one of the six founders of Wethersfield on 20 May 1635, the oldest white settlement in Connecticut, and then he was in the group that founded Stamford in 1640. Charles Weed, in the History of the Weed and Allied Families, says that Jonas was evidently a close friend of Richard Saltonstall and that "they were too liberal to get along in Watertown."
In his will, written in 1672 and probated in 1676, he mentions his wife and his children, sons,married daughters and husbands and single daughters. The daughters were each given five pounds except for Sarah,.who got just five shillings unless "she do return again to the truth." Weed gives a few more details about Sarah; she was twenty-two at the time of her father's death, but did not marry until she was 44, David Waterbury, and then married again in 1706 and yet again in 1711; her full story would be interesting to learn.
Children of Jonas Weed, dates of birth approximate
i. MARY2 WEED,b. ca 1637.
ii. JOHN WEED, b. ca. 1639; m. JOANNA WESTOTT.
iii. DORCAS WEED, b. ca. 41; m. JAMES WRIGHT.
iv. DANIEL WEED, b. ca. 1643; m. RUTH (----).
v. JONAS WEED, b. ca. 1645; m. BETHIA HOLLY.
vi. ELIZABETH WEED, b. ca.1647; m. JOHN ROCKWELL.
vii. SARAH WEED, b. ca. 1649, m. (1)DAVID WATERBURY; m. (2) BENJAMIN FERRIS; m.(3) NATHANIEL POND.
viii. HANNAH WEED, b. ca. 1651; m. BENJAMIN HOYT.
xi.. SAMUEL WEED, b. ca. 1653; m. MARY (----).
Sailed on the flagship of the "Bradford Fleet" numbering seven ships in all. Flagship was the "Arbella".
Jonas Weed was born in England about 1610 and died in Stamford, Connecticut 7 November 1676. He came to America in the Winthrop fleet in 1630 to Watertown, Massachusetts in the Flagship Arbella with John Winthrop and Richard Saltonstall He married about 1637, MARY (----), who died in Sramford by March 1690. R.C. Anderson, in The Great Migration Begins, notes that Jonas must have been born by 1610, since he was made freeman in May of 1631 and also notes that he signed his will with his name, not his mark, so he must have had some education. He lived first at Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he was one of the six founders of Wethersfield on 20 May 1635, the oldest white settlement in Connecticut, and then he was in the group that founded Stamford in 1640. Charles Weed, in the History of the Weed and Allied Families, says that Jonas was evidently a close friend of Richard Saltonstall and that "they were too liberal to get along in Watertown."
In his will, written in 1672 and probated in 1676, he mentions his wife and his children, sons,married daughters and husbands and single daughters. The daughters were each given five pounds except for Sarah,.who got just five shillings unless "she do return again to the truth." Weed gives a few more details about Sarah; she was twenty-two at the time of her father's death, but did not marry until she was 44, David Waterbury, and then married again in 1706 and yet again in 1711; her full story would be interesting to learn.
Children of Jonas Weed, dates of birth approximate
i. MARY2 WEED,b. ca 1637.
ii. JOHN WEED, b. ca. 1639; m. JOANNA WESTOTT.
iii. DORCAS WEED, b. ca. 41; m. JAMES WRIGHT.
iv. DANIEL WEED, b. ca. 1643; m. RUTH (----).
v. JONAS WEED, b. ca. 1645; m. BETHIA HOLLY.
vi. ELIZABETH WEED, b. ca.1647; m. JOHN ROCKWELL.
vii. SARAH WEED, b. ca. 1649, m. (1)DAVID WATERBURY; m. (2) BENJAMIN FERRIS; m.(3) NATHANIEL POND.
viii. HANNAH WEED, b. ca. 1651; m. BENJAMIN HOYT.
xi.. SAMUEL WEED, b. ca. 1653; m. MARY (----).
