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Captain Captain Thomas COLTON

Captain Captain Thomas COLTON

Male 1651 - 1728  (77 years)

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  • Name Captain Thomas COLTON 
    Prefix Captain 
    Birth 1 May 1651  Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 11 May 1651  [4] 
    Death 30 Sep 1728  Springfield, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5] 
    • "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."
    Burial Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I2468  MM
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2018 

    Father George COLTON,   b. Between 1620 and 1635, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, ENGLAND Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1699, Springfield, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Deborah GARDNER,   b. 1624, Springfield, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1689, Springfield, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah GRISWOLD   d. 12 Sep 1690 
    Marriage 11 Sep 1677  Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah COLTON,   b. 25 Sep 1678, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1754 (Age 75 years)
     2. Anna COLTON,   b. 27 Dec 1680, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Ensign Ensign Thomas COLTON,   b. 27 Mar 1683, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1760 (Age 77 years)
     4. Benjamin COLTON,   b. 19 Feb 1684, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1685 (Age 1 year)
     5. Elizabeth COLTON,   b. 5 Apr 1686, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Matthew COLTON,   b. 13 Feb 1688, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1690, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     7. Daughter COLTON,   b. 11 Sep 1690, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1690, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F1093  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

    Family 2 Hannah BLISS,   b. 26 May 1665, Springfield, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1737 (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 17 Dec 1691  Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Hepzibah COLTON,   b. 26 Oct 1692, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1760, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     2. William COLTON,   b. 7 Jul 1694, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1770, Hampden Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     3. Ebenezer COLTON,   b. 23 Jul 1696, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1765 (Age 69 years)
     4. Joseph COLTON,   b. 27 Aug 1698, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1698, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. Captain Captain Isaac COLTON,   b. 10 Oct 1700, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1757, Hampden Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     6. Hannah COLTON,   b. 11 Jul 1703, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Monson, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Dinah COLTON,   b. 31 Jan 1706, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1706, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     8. Abner COLTON,   b. 17 Jun 1709, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1710, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F1099  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 May 1651 - Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Sep 1677 - Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Dec 1691 - Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Sep 1728 - Springfield, Hampden, MA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, MA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S27] NHGS, Vol. 33, p. 202, 1879., 27.

    2. [S29] History of Springfield, (Henry M. Burt, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1898), 29.

    3. [S383] Colton Genealogy, (Privately Published, Philadelphia, PA, 1912), 383.

    4. [S33] Bliss, Aaron Tyler, Bliss Family, (Published by the Author, Midland, Michigan, 1982), 33.

    5. [S27] NHGS, Vol. 33, p. 204, 1879., 27.

    6. [S500] Find A Grave, 500.

    7. [S27] NHGS, Vol. 33, p. 203, 1879., 27.