Edward Wooster
Birth: 1622  Cheddington, Bucks Co, England Name Var: Edward Worcester Note: Nothing is known of his life as a youth in England. However, it is possible that, with his two brothers, William and Thomas, there were problems with the father. This conjecture comes from the will, which cuts off all three older sons in favor of the two youngest sons. Immigration: AFT 1636 Note:  From England to Connecticut - at this time, changed the spelling of his last name from Worcester to Wooster. Lived in: ABT 1642 Place: He was one of the first settlers of Milford, Connecticut Moved:  On 24 October 1651, he obtained permission from the general court to settle in Paugasset, Connecticut on condition that he grow hops there.  Note: The first permanent settler in Paugasset (later named Derby) Note2:  Within the next year or two he and his brother-in-law, Thomas Langdon, built houses at Paugasset, thus founding what became in 1675 the town of Derby.  The growing village at Paugasset was not viewed with favor by the authorities at Milford and New Haven, and occasional lawlessness on the part of some of the villagers intensified their disapproval.  In this situation, Edward Wooster conducted himself with prudence, for in 1669 the General Court appointed him constable of Paugasset.  His social position is indicated by the face that at least one record refers to his as "goodman."  The article in the NEHGR contains a great deal of information on his descendants and numerous marriages of Wooster descendants with members of the Hawkins family.  1st Marriage:  ABT 1652   possibly to Elizabeth (Dorothy) Langdon Birth of Daughter:  ABT 1652 Name:  Elizabeth Wooster Birth of Daughter:  2 NOV 1654 Name:  Mary Wooster Birth of Son:  1656 Name:  Thomas Wooster Birth of Son:  1658 Name: Edward Wooster Birth of Son:  1660 Name: David Wooster 2nd Marriage: ABT 1666 to Tabitha Tomlinson Birth of Son:  18 AUG 1666 Name:  Henry Wooster Birth of Daughter:  08 APR 1668 Name:  Ruth Wooster Religion: 27 DEC 1669 Details:  Edward joined the church in Milford Birth of Son:  12 NOV 1670 Name:  Timothy Wooster Birth of Son:  BEF 16 MAR 1672/73 (baptism) Name:  Abraham Wooster Birth of Daughter:  BEF 31 OCT 1675 (baptism) Name:  Hannah Wooster Birth of Son:  1678 Name: Sylvester Wooster Birth of Daughter:  1679 Name: Tabitha Wooster Birth of Son:  1682 Name:  Lieutenant Jonas Wooster Birth of Son:  BEF 05 AUG 1688 (baptism) Name:  Ebenezer Wooster
Death:  08 JUL 1689  Derby, Connecticut Burial:  Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground, Derby, New Haven Co, Connecticut   parents are unknown

 

Tabitha Tomlinson
Birth:  Religion: 27 JUN 1669 Details:  Tabitha joined the church in Milford 2nd Marriage:  ABT 1690  to John Hull parents are Henry Tomlinson (from Stratford) and Alice ?

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