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- Information thanks to Steve Condarcure's New England Genealogy (SC), the Pane-Joyce Genealogy (PJ), & A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Before 1692. Volume #3 by James Savage (Savage).
The Porters of Windsor, CT, and later Stratford, CT, commonly confused with the Porters of Hartford & Farmington.
Born c. Jun 1594 in Felsted, Essex, England.
Married 18 Oct. 1620 All Saints, Shalford, Essex, England to
Rosanna/Rose White (c. Jul 1600 Shalford, Essex, Eng-Jul 1647 PJ or 11 May 1647 Windsor, CT SC, dau. Robert White & Bridget Alger).
Died 21 Apr 1648 in Windsor, River Colony [CT].
Savage has that he was one of Windsor's earliest settlers, 1638, accompaning Rev. Ephraim Hewett and bringing his 8 children, having last two children at Windsor. nam. by Goodwin, constable 1640, rep. 1646 and 7.
His will left £100 to his eldest son John, £ to his second eldest James, and £30 each to sons Samuel & Nathaniel, daughter Rebecca, widow Rose, and daughters Mary and Ann, but this will was not carried to court till June of the following year. His widow was buried 20 days after him.
Ten Children:
• Ann Porter (1621-1653), m. William Gaylord
• John Porter (1621/2-1688), m. Mary Stanley/Standley**
• Sarah Porter (1623/4-1695/6), m. Joseph Judson
• Rebecca Porter (1630-1681/2), m. John Clark
• James or Samuel Porter (1632-1689), m. Hannah Stanley
• Rose Porter (1633-?)
• Joseph Porter (1643-?)
• Mary Porter (1637-1681), m. Samuel Grant
• Nathaniel Porter
• Ann or Hannah Porter (1642-?), m. John Coleman
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**SC has Thomas Porter (1621-1697) who m. Sarah Hart but Savage has this as Thomas Porter of Hartford who rem. to Farmington, and no known relation to the Porters of Windsor, the parents of the Mary Porter who married Joseph Royce and Joseph Langdon.
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