Captain Captain Thomas COLTON

1651 - 1728  (77 years)

• Name	Captain Thomas COLTON
  Prefix	Captain
  Birth	1 May 1651	Longmeadow, Hampden, MA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	11 May 1651  [4]
  Death	30 Sep 1728	Springfield, Hampden, MA   [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   [6]
  	Find A Grave e-Memorial
  Person ID	I2468	MM
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	George COLTON,   b. Between 1620 and 1635, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, ENGLAND d. 13 Feb 1699, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Deborah GARDNER,   b. 1624, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 5 Sep 1689, Springfield, Hampden, MA (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   [2, 3, 7]
  Children	1. Sarah COLTON,   b. 25 Sep 1678, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 20 Jun 1754 (Age 75 years)   2. Anna COLTON,   b. 27 Dec 1680, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA   3. Ensign Ensign Thomas COLTON,   b. 27 Mar 1683, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 4 Aug 1760 (Age 77 years)   4. Benjamin COLTON,   b. 19 Feb 1684, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 7 Apr 1685 (Age 1 year)   5. Elizabeth COLTON,   b. 5 Apr 1686, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA   6. Matthew COLTON,   b. 13 Feb 1688, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 6 Jun 1690, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (Age 2 years)   7. Daughter COLTON,   b. 11 Sep 1690, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 11 Sep 1690, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (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 d. 6 Nov 1737 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1691	Longmeadow, Hampden, MA   [2, 3, 4, 7]
  Children	1. Hepzibah COLTON,   b. 26 Oct 1692, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 7 Mar 1760, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (Age 67 years)   2. William COLTON,   b. 7 Jul 1694, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 4 Dec 1770, Hampden Co., MA (Age 76 years)   3. Ebenezer COLTON,   b. 23 Jul 1696, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 19 Aug 1765 (Age 69 years)   4. Joseph COLTON,   b. 27 Aug 1698, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 10 Sep 1698, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (Age 0 years)   5. Captain Captain Isaac COLTON,   b. 10 Oct 1700, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 23 Jan 1757, Hampden Co., MA (Age 56 years)   6. Hannah COLTON,   b. 11 Jul 1703, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. Monson, Hampden, MA   7. Dinah COLTON,   b. 31 Jan 1706, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 5 May 1706, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (Age 0 years)   8. Abner COLTON,   b. 17 Jun 1709, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA d. 27 Feb 1710, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F1099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 May 1651 - Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Marriage - 11 Sep 1677 - Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Marriage - 17 Dec 1691 - Longmeadow, Hampden, MA Death - 30 Sep 1728 - Springfield, Hampden, MA Burial - - Springfield Cemetery, 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. [S383] Colton Genealogy, (Privately Published, Philadelphia, PA, 1912), 383. [S33] Bliss, Aaron Tyler, Bliss Family, (Published by the Author, Midland, Michigan, 1982), 33. [S27] NHGS, Vol. 33, p. 204, 1879., 27. [S500] Find A Grave, 500. [S27] NHGS, Vol. 33, p. 203, 1879., 27.