Henry Wakeley

Birth:  1620  England Birth of Son:  1652  Name:  Deliverance Wakeley Place:  Stratford, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Birth of Daughter:  1651 Name:  Patience Wakeley Birth of Son:  1653 Name:  Jacob Wakeley Birth of Daughter:  1657 Name:  Mercy Wakeley Birth of Daughter:  1657 Name:  Mary Wakeley Place:  Killingworth, Middlesex Co, Connecticut Birth of Daughter:  ABT 1660 Name:  Abigail Wakeley Place:  Brookhaven, Sufolk Co, New York Birth of Son:  1660 Name:  James Wakeley Place:  Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut Death:  11 JUL 1689  Stratford, Fairfield Co, Connecticut parents are James Wakelee and Alice Boosey

From A history of the old town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport, CT - Henry Wakelee, was, probably an original proprietor of Stratford, and was there before 1650. His home lot was No. 15, indicating him to have been among the first settlers. In 1663 he was attorney before the General Court in behalf of his son James, but the matter was withdrawn from court.

In 1660 Henry was appointed to "watch over the youths or any disorderly carriages in the time of public exercises on the Lord's day or other times and see that they behave themselves comely, and note any disorderly persons by such raps or blows as he in his discretion shall see meet."

From The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Bosworth - Henry married Sarah (Burt) widow of Judah Gregory of Springfield, Mass., and lived for a time in Hartford. He removed to Stratford and in May 1669 received a colonial grant of fifty acres, presumably for service in the Pequot War (1637), since the veterans of that war were at that period receiving such grants. In May 1681 he received a grant of 200 acres for service to the Colony in or about Mattebeseck (Waterbury). This probably refers to an expedition of 100 men who were dispatched on a punitive expedition to Mattebeseck in Aug. 1639, as a sequel to the Pequot War. Henry died before 8 Nov 1690 when his will was probated, and his will, dated 11 Jul 1689, named his wife Sarah,; sons Deliverance, James and Jacob; unmarried daughters Patience and Abigail; gave five sheep to Thomas Lattin, a cow to Elizabeth Squire, a cow to daughter Mary Stevens, and a cow to Henry Summers who lived with him.
 

Sarah Burt

Birth:  14 JAN 1620/21  Harberton, Devonshire, England 1st Marriage:  to Judah Gregory Birth of Daughter:  1644 Name:  Sarah Gregory Place:  Stratford, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Birth of Son:  1646 Name:  Samuel Gregory Birth of Daughter:  1648 Name:  Joanna Gregory Place:  Springfield, Massachusetts Death:  09 OCT 1689  Stratford, Fairfield Co, Connecticut parents are Henry Burt and Eulalia Marche

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