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Ensign married Sarah COLTON on 27 Feb 1695 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Sarah (daughter of Captain Captain Thomas COLTON and Sarah GRISWOLD) was born on 25 Sep 1678 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA; died on 20 Jun 1754. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Note: John, Sarah and a child, Jabez were killed coming from Longmeadow to Springfield.
John married Sarah LEONARD on 31 Dec 1663 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Sarah (daughter of John LEONARD and Sarah HEATH) was born on 13 Dec 1645 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 20 Mar 1676 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Died: "On the 6th of October following the Rev. Dr. Williams preached a sermon in which he gave Captain Colton a very extraordinary character, as having been a man eminently useful in his day, especially in the Indian wars, and as a man of eminent piety." Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Captain married Sarah GRISWOLD on 11 Sep 1677 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA. Sarah (daughter of Matthew GRISWOLD and Anna WOLCOTT) died on 12 Sep 1690; was buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Buried: Find A Grave e-Memorial
Note: Alternate death date for John Leonard = 24Feb1676.Marriage date is given as 12 Nov or 4 Sep - no year. Died: Killed by Indians
John married Sarah HEATH on 12 Nov 1640. Sarah (daughter of John HEATH and Dorothy ROYLE) was born in 1623; died on 23 Nov 1711 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Note: George Colton, known in the record by the title of Quartermaster, from whom descended all of the Coltons in this country so far as known, is said to have come from a town in England called Sunnoncofield. Came first to Windsor, married Deborah Gardner of Hartford, and was one of the first settlers in that part of Springfield called Longmeadow. Note: For seventeen years, he was one of the Selectman, having first been chosen in 1657. In 1669 he was chosen Deputy to the General Court, to which office he was twice re-elected, sitting in 1671 with Captain William Davis, a son-in-law of William Pynchon and a non-resident......From the frequency that he was called to perform public duties it is evident that he was an influential citizen. Death: alternate death date
George married Deborah GARDNER about 1645 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Deborah (daughter of John GARDNER and Mary UNKNOWN) was born in 1624 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 5 Sep 1689 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Matthew married Anna WOLCOTT on 16 Oct 1646 in Windsor, Hartford, CT. Anna (daughter of Henry WOLCOTT and Elizabeth SAUNDERS) was born about 1621 in Tolland, Somerset, ENGLAND; died on 29 Nov 1704 in New London, New London, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]