George COLTON

1635 - 1699  (79 years)

• Birth	Between 1620 and 1635	Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, ENGLAND   [1]
  Death	17 Dec 1699  [2]
  	alternate death date
  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	1657  [2]
  	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	13 Feb 1699	Springfield, Hampden, MA   [1, 4]

  
  

  Family 1	Deborah GARDNER,   b. 1624, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 5 Sep 1689, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1645	Springfield, Hampden, MA   [1]
  Children	1. Isaac COLTON,   b. 21 Nov 1646, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 3 Sep 1700, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (Age 53 years)   2. Ephraim COLTON,   b. 9 Apr 1648, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 14 May 1713, Enfield, Hartford, CT (Age 65 years)   3. Mary COLTON,   b. 22 Sep 1649, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 4 Mar 1709, Hadley, Hampshire, MA (Age 59 years)   4. Captain Captain Thomas COLTON,   b. 1 May 1651, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 30 Sep 1728, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 77 years)   5. Sarah COLTON,   b. 24 Feb 1652, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 11 Jul 1689, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (Age 37 years)   6. Deborah COLTON,   b. 25 Jan 1654, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 26 Nov 1733, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (Age 79 years)   7. Hepzibah COLTON,   b. 7 Jan 1656, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 27 Aug 1697, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (Age 41 years)   8. John COLTON,   b. 8 Apr 1659, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 3 Feb 1727, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (Age 67 years)   9. Benjamin COLTON,   b. 26 May 1661, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. (Young), Springfield, Hampden, MA
  Family ID	F664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lydia WRIGHT   d. 17 Dec 1699
  Marriage	1 Mar 1691/92	Springfield, Hampden, MA   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between 1620 and 1635 - Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, ENGLAND Marriage - Abt 1645 - Springfield, Hampden, MA Marriage - 1 Mar 1691/92 - Springfield, Hampden, MA Death - 13 Feb 1699 - Springfield, Hampden, MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S27] NHGS, Vol. 33, p. 202, 1879., 27. [S29] History of Springfield, (Henry M. Burt, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1898), 29. [S27] NHGS, Vol. 33, 1879, 27. [S33] Bliss, Aaron Tyler, Bliss Family, (Published by the Author, Midland, Michigan, 1982), 33. [S41] Pynchon's Marriage Records, 41. [S162] Baker, Ellen (info. from Mike Wright), Baker/Wright Correspondence, 162.