Thomas immigrated in 1629 aboard "Lyon's Whelp", sailing from Gravesend 25 Apr
1629, "with above forty planters out of the Countyes of Dorset and Somerset,"
and arrived at Salem in the middle of July. She brought "6 fishermen from
Dorsetshire."Shortly after his arrival in Salem a serious outbreak of Typhus Fever prompted
him to relocate to Watertown, MA. This stay was also brief and Thomas moved to
Charlestown where he founded the First Church in 1632. His name was the 34th
on the roll.Two years later he was granted four acres of land at the Newtown line and in
1637 he owned a ten-acre lot. In 1636, he moved once again, settling in
Hingham where he remained until 1645, at which time he joined John Winthrop
Jr.'s colony of Massachusetts Puritans in the settlement of New London, CT. He
made his home here for a short period. Thomas appears to have been a close
companion to Winthrop, Jr., judging from his many references to him in his own
diary.In 1649, he was appointed "Military Sargeant in the towne of Pequett",with
power to call forth and train the inhabitants. In 1650, Jonathan Brewster and
Thomas Miner were made the first deputies to the General Court from Pequot.On 15 Dec 1651 Thomas was granted a small island near Mystic, CT. His
possession of it was contested and he surrendered the grant.In 1652, he and Grace moved to Pawcatuck, now Stonington, CT., becoming a
co-founder of the town with three associates: William Cheeseborough,Thomas
Stanton, and Walter Palmer. Thomas assisted with the organization of
Wicketaquoc Cove, built a house there, and acted twice as Commissioner todeal
with the Indians.Thomas bought some land at the neck east of Mason from Cary Latham about1653.
On 19 Jun 1655 he was granted two hundred acres by the Court, in Pequot,and in
1657 a grant was made jointly to Thomas and his son Clement:"from StonyBrook
easterly 108 pole joining his former grant, thence north one mile and 60 pole,
thence east 108 pole to his son Clement's grant."At New London, Thomas served as Deputy in the Connecticut General Courtin 1650
and 1651. He also served in Stonington as Deputy at various times from
1665-1689.He was appointed chief military officer of the Mystic Trainband in July1665.
During King Philip's war he served as a Lieut. and was referred to by that
title in Feb and Apr 1676. In August 1676 he was called Captain, but is
usually mentioned in later years as Lieutenant.By Colonial appointment in May of 1649, he served as a magistrate in the town
of New London, and in Stonington in Oct 1664 and May 1665. He also held
various other positions of trust and honor. In May 1666 Thomas received a
colonial grant of 100 acres, and in October 1667 50 acres more. Suchgrants
were made to those who had performed distinguished public service.Thomas was co-founder of the church at Stonington. He was active inchurch,
politics, and military affairs and served as a Lieut. during KingPhilip's War.Thomas and Grace were the 5GG of President Ulyssis S. GRANT.
Thomas, the pioneer of the Miner name in America, asked a genealogical
question not unlike those asked by us, his descendants many generations later.
His concern was the correct spelling of his surname. The name was variously
spelled MINOR, MINER, MYNOR. For example, in April 1654, Thomas purchased a
piece of land from a Cary Latham. The deed transfer spells his name MYNOR.
Other deeds spell it MINOR, or MINER.Six years before his death this question became a matter of some
discussion in his family. So far as Thomas was concerned, the answer could
only come from "home". So in 1684 Thomas sent a letter to his place of birth,
Chew Magna, requesting information as to the correct spelling of his name and a
copy of his coat of arms.The material he received in response to his inquiry furnishes us with
valuable information about the English beginnigs of his family. The
manuscript, supplying the answer to Thomas' questions, is on deposit today in
the library of the Connecticut Historical Society.Thomas is buried in the graveyard near his Stonington house, and it issaid
that he selected the granite boulder from his own fields. The boulder bears
this inscription: "here lyeth the body of Lieutenant Thomas Miner, aged 83
years. Departed 1690." Nearby stands a monument commemoration his services to
Stonington, together with his associates Cheeseborough, Stanton, and Palmer.SOURCES:
Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. IV , List of Officials inConnecticut and New Haven Colonies 1635-1665, pg. 991, Family History:Connecticut Genealogies #1, CD #179
Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. II, The Grant Family, pg 79,Family History: Ct Genealogies #1, 1600s - 1800s, cd #179
The Miner Family by John A. Miner
Thomas Minor Descendants, by John A. Miner
Ancestors and Descendants of Charles Lewis Miner.... by W. Avery Miner
The Lyon's Whelps, Descendants of Thomas Miner by John A. Miner
Massachusetts Colonial Records, 1, 395
Sprague Genealogy, 1923, pp. 43-48
The Planters of the Commonwealth by Charles Edward Banks
One Branch of the Miner Family by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck
Genealogy of Branches of Minor (Minor), Waters, O'Hare and Theis in
England, Ireland, Germany and America by Lulu Irene Waters Hare
Facts and Fancies of the Glen Bryant Miner and Caroline Eyring Miner
Family
A Brief history of the Minor/Miner Migration from Chew Magna, England,
to Long Beach, California by Melvin Douglas Miner
Miner Genealogy by Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Miner
Ancestors of Alton M. Blake by Janet Abbey Engel
Betsey Heath Howes howel115@bcn.net
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
World Family Tree, Bruderbund, Vol. 1, Pedigree #5371
World Family Tree, Broderbund, Vol. 2, Pedigrees #3049
World Family Tree, Broderbund, Vol. 3
World Family Tree, Broderbund, Vol. 4, Pedigrees #1278, 2747, #2829, #187
World Family Tree, Broderbund, Vol. 6, Pedigrees #2062, #3945, #2611Served in the military between 1665 and 1676 in Stongton CT. Servd in King Philps Ware. Arrived on the ship Lions Whelp
Wequetequock Cemetery - in Stonnington,Conn.
This cemetery is located on the eastern side of (Wickety-quock) Cove. It is noted as being the oldest cemetery in Stonington, and is in very good condition.
To get there take Route 1, east from Stonington, west from Pawatuck. When you reach the head of the cove, at the stop light, turn on to Greenhaven rd, then take an immediate right onto Palmer rd. the yard is on your left.
This is the oldest cemetery in Stonington and is in very good condition. There is a large founders monument located near the entrance, with some general information inscribed about Chesebrough, Palmer, Minor, Stanton, all of whom I descend (to Palmer from three of his children).
From the monument of Leut. Thomas Minor:
Born in Chew Magna, Somerset County, England, April 23, 1608. He was first by the name of Minor to migrate to this country coming on the ship Arabella which reached Salem Harbor June 14, 1630. He married Grace, Daughter of Walter Palmer at Charlestwon, April 23, 1634. He took up his permanent abode in Quiambaug where he lived until his death Oct 23, 1690. One of the founder of New London and Stonington. Prominent in public office and organizer of the church.
Thomas Minor or Miner was the son of Clement Minor. He came to the colonies in 1629. He married Grace Palmer in Charlestown, MA on 23 April 1634. He was one of the first settlers in New London County, CT. The inscription on the stone reads "Here lyeth ye body of Lieut. Thomas Minor departed 1690 age 83." The small upright stone next to his was likely placed there for Grace Palmer, his wife.
THOMAS MINER / MINOR was born in Chew Magna, county of Somerset, England on 23 April 1608, son of Clement Miner. He emigrated to Massachusetts, USA perhaps in 1629 on the Lyon's Whelp as Banks 9 states or maybe a couple of years later on the Arabella as many older writings claim, all apparently without any real proof.
The first clear reference to Thomas is in Charlestown, Massachusetts where he became a founding member of the church in November 1632. He married Grace PALMER on 23 April 1634 in Massachusetts. She was born about 1612, the daughter of Walter Palmer of Charlestown. Their first child, John, was born in Charlestown, and then in 1636 they moved to Hingham, MA where more children were born. In 1645, they joined John Winthrop Jr. and company in the settlement of New London, CT. On 15 Oct 1652 Thomas sold his home lot in New London located at the head of Close Cove and settled in Stonington, CT with William Chesebrough, Thomas Stanton, and his father-in-law, Walter Palmer. The Stonington Historical Society has more information on the settling of the town.
There is a monument to these founders (dedicated 31 August 1899) located in the Wequetequock Cemetery with one side dedicated to Thomas. In 1653 he bought some land from Cary Latham and moved from the Wequetequock area to the west side of the mouth of Quiambaug Cove near Mystic, CT and began one of the few diaries to survive from this period. This diary covers the period from 1653 through 1684 and was published as a book11 in 1899.
He was among those who began the church at Stonington in Jun 1674.
He is the Thomas Miner who wrote back to England about 1683/4 and received a essay which explores the Miner versus Minor spelling of the name and traces the Miner ancestry back to the 1300s. The information in this document including the coat of arms it presents are believed to be false. After receiving this document, Thomas and many his descendants generally used the Miner spelling of the name although some retained the Minor spelling especially his son John of Woodbury, CT.
He died in Stonington, CT on 23 October 1690, and his wife died there on 31 December 1690. Both are buried at Stonington in the Wequetequock Cemetery under a prone, inscribed granite slab which reads "HERE LYES THE BODY OF LIUTENANT THOMAS MINOR AGED 83 -- DEPARTED 1690".
There is a document written about 1683 and titled "An Herauldical Essay Upon the Surname of Miner" which traces the Miner ancestry back to Henry Bullman in the 1300s. The purported line of descent was Henry (died 1359) -> Henry (m. Henrietta Hicks) -> William (b. ca 1375) -> Thomas -> Lodowick (m. Anna Dyer) -> Thomas (1436-1480, m. Bridget Hervie) -> William (m. Isabella Hartope) -> William (Buried 23 Feb 1585) -> Clement (died 31 March 1640) -> Thomas (the immigrant).
A study, named "The Curious Pedigree of Lt. Thomas Minor" by John A. Miner and Robert F. Miner and published in the NEHGS Register of Jul 1984 (volume 138, pages 182-5), indicates that the contents of this document and the coat of arms it presents are FALSE.
The Curious Pedigree of Lt. Thomas Minor
From New England Historical and Genealogical Register of July 1984, pages 182-185
1. THOMAS4 MINOR (CLEMENT3 MYNER, THOMAS2, WILLIAM1)1,2 was born April 23, 1608 in Chew Magna, Somerset, England, and died October 23, 1690 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He married GRACE PALMER April 23, 1634 in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of WALTER PALMER and ELIZABETH BREWSTER. She was born May 09, 1612 in Yetminster, Dorset, England, and died October 31, 1690 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.
Notes for THOMAS MINOR:
HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 507, 466, 467.
THOMAS MINOR DESCENDANTS, by John Augustus Miner, pp. 15, 17.
He embarked for the Colonies aboard the Lyon's Whelp, sailing from Gravesend, EN on 25 Apr 1629, and arrived at Salem, MA in the middle of July 1629.
Very shortly after his arrival in Salem (then called Pequot harbor),there was a serious outbreak of Typhus, and Thomas moved on to Watertown. His stay there was brief also; from Watertown, Thomas moved on to Charlestown where in 1632 he became a founder of the First Church, his name appearing 34th on the roll. Two years later was granted four acres of land at the line of Newtown (now Cambridge), and by 1637 owned a 10 acre plot.
On 4 March 1633/34, Thomas was made a freeman, and on 23 April 1632 he married Grace Palmer, daughter of Walter Palmer of Charlestown. Two years leter in 1636 the young couple moved once again settling in Hingham, MA, where they remained until 1645.
In 1645 Thomas joined John Winthrop Jr.'s colony of Massachusetts Puritains in the settlement of New London, Conn.
WALTER PALMER, by Doris Palmer Buys, page 48, 49. 50.
TM was appointed military sergent; and was one of the first deputies to the General Court from his area, in 1650 and 1651. In May of 1649 by Colonial appointment he served as a magistrate, or justice, in the Town of New London and thereafter when he resided in Stonington he held these same positions representing that Town.
In 1652 TM took up a tract of land east of and adjoining the Wequetequock Cove, on which he erected a house in the area which became known as Stonington.
Grace and Thomas Minor apparently removed to Stonington after the birth of their 9th child, Samuel, who was born 4 mar 1653/3 in New London; their 10th and last child, Hannah, was born 15 Sept 1655 in Stonington.
By the arrival there in 1653 of Grace's father, Walter Palmer, the town was firmly established and thus the foursome, William Chesebrough, Thomas Stanton, Thomas Minor and Walter Palmer, became forever known as the "founders of Stonington".
TM was captain of the Stonington Militia in 1665 and a lieutenant in the Narragansett Campaign of King Phillip's War in 1675-76 and took part in the "Swamp Fight" near Kingstown, RI. In Stonington he received grants of acreage which were given to those who had performed distinguished public service; his land there totalled at least 150 acres.
He was Chief Military officer of the Mystic Trainband in July 1665. He previously had been granted 200 acres of land in Pequot (New London) by the Court. He was selected Commissioner in dealings with the Indians and settlers inasmuch as he had mastered the language of the Indians so he could act as interpreter in dealings between them and the white settlers.
ONE BRANCH OF THE MINER FAMILY, by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner)Selleck, page 4.
A PLANTING OF NEW ENGLAND, by John A. Miner, p. 21.
Thomas Minor died at Stonington, CT, on 23 Oct 1690. He is buried in the Wequetequock Cemetery. Lying on his grave there is a long granit rock with an inscription reading;
"Here lyeth the body of Lieutenant Thomas Minor aged 83 years. Departed 1690."
Nearby stands a monument commemorating his services to Stonington and that of his associates Chesebrough, Stanton and Palmer. Grace, wife of Thomas, died 31 December 1690.
Researching this line is cscox@gci.net
Sources: Thre Great Migration Begins; The Groton Avery Clan; The Averys of Groton.
Migration: Has five pages on Thomas and his family, beginning on page 1262. Lists his 10 children.
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1. Thomas was baptized "Thomas Mynor".
2. The ancestry of Thomas Minor, or Myner (1608) presents a major problem for some. The "Heraldical Essay Upon the Surname of Miner" was accepted as authentic for over 300 years. This manuscript is held by the Connecticut Historical Society. It is a work of art, but probably is a work of creativity. Research in 1979 failed to substantiate it. Therefore, all claimed ancestors of Thomas prior to those listed below are at best questionable:
Clement Myner -- father
Thomas Myner -- grandfather
William Myner -- great-grandfather
3. Thomas, the immigrant, spelled his name "Minor" when he arrived in the colonies in the "Lyon's Whelp" June 14, 1630. When he later received the "Essay", for some time he changed the spelling to "Miner" to conform to the spelling in the "Essay". Some of the descendants changed the spelling, some didn't. Spelling frequently changed back and forth. He apparently finally settled for "Minor" as his gravestone, mentioned below, indicates.
4. Thomas was of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1632. He was one of the church founders in Frothingham and Budington, freeman March 4, 1634, removed to Pequot, New London in 1643 and then to Stonington soon after 1645 where he was Deputy to the General Court 1650. William Chesebrough induced him to join William in 1652 and Thomas removed to Mystic in 1653 where he spent the rest of his days. He is buried with his wife under a large wolf stone from his house, on which is cut:
"Here lyes the body of Liutenant Thomas Minor aged 83 -- departed 1690"
5. Thomas was successively Magistrate, Deputy, Selectman, Chief Military Officer and Town Clerk. As Captain of Militia he did good service in the Indian Wars.
6. General and President Ulysses S. Grant is a lineal descendant through Thomas' son, John Miner.____________________________________________________________
More About THOMAS MINOR:
Burial: Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut
Notes for GRACE PALMER:
HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 507.
WALTER PALMER, by Doris Palmer Buys, page 44.
THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, THE AVERYS OF GROTON.
VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT., Vol. 1, page 78.
Minor, Grace, Mrs., d. Dec. 31, 1690.
REFERENCES: Genealogy:PG/p. 20---Dr. BS{/p. 2---PF/pp. 9, 10---Savage/Vol. 3, p. 216---HIST. STON./1916, pp. 466, 507.
Grace Palmer was born in England between 1608 and 1610. She became a member of the First Church in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA on 1 Jun 1632 with her father and setep-mother, Rebecca. She married Thomas Minor who was born in Chew Magna, Sommerset Co., England on 23 Apr 1608. He came in John Winthrop's fleet which landed at Capt Ann, now Salem, Essex Co., MA on 12 Jun 1630.
Thomas Minor received lot 18 in the first division of land at Mystic side, now Charlestown, MA. on the sixth of the first month 1637. His future father-in-law Walter Palmer, receiving lot 15. From Charlestown Thomas Minor migrated, first to Hingham, where four of his children were born and thence to Stonington, New London Co., CT. where he bought a large tract of land lying on the border of Wequetequock Cove, in 1652. He thereon built his house. In 1645 he went to New London, CT, where he had a grant of one home lot and built a house, but sold the whole to settle at his final abode in Stonington, where he met with some difficulty. By the fact that a grant of three hundred acres of land from the town of New London to Governor Haynes and sold later to his father-in-law being found to cover Thomas Minor's lot. He, however, signed the coveyance, qualitfing it by the reservation that he should inhabit the place until he should have time to erect another dwelling at Mistupet, he held a very prominent place in all the stirring events which ensued in the settlement of this plantation where he died 23 Oct 1690. Grace also died in Oct 1690, and is said to have been born in the same year as her husband. A long stone of rough granite lies in the Ancient Burial Ground at Wequetequock, hwich bears the inscription "Here Lyeth the Body of Lieut. Thomas Miner, aged eighty three years, departed 1690". Thomas Minor and family located themselves at Quimbog and at Tongwonk.
Researching this line is cscox@gci.net
Thomas Minor Lt b. 23 Apr 1608 Chew Magna, Somerset, Eng d. 23 Oct 1690 Thomas, the immigrant, spelled his name "Minor" when he arrived in the colonies in the "Lyon's Whelp" 1629 [some accounts claim the Arabella] and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. ( The Lyon's Whelp left Gravesend Eng 24 April 1629 and arrived in Salem mid-July 1629, under Master John Gibbs/Gibbon. It was one of six ships; the others including the Talbot, George Bonaventure, Lyon, and a ship called the Mayflower (though not the Mayflower of the Pilgrims)) He served in the colonial wars. TM was captain of the Stonington Militia in 1665 and a lieutenant in the Narragansett Campaign of King Phillip's War in 1675-76 and took part in the "Swamp Fight" near Kingstown, RI. In 1636 he removed to Hingham, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1646, when he settled in , New London (Pequot), Connecticut. In 1652 he settled in, Stonington, where he remained until his death in 1690. Lieutenant Thomas Minor's wolf stone of 1690 at Wequetequock Cemetery... The inscription for Thomas Minor reads, “HeRe Lyes THE BODY OF LIVTENANT / THOMAS MINOR AGED 83 DEPARTED / 1690.” It is quite long and hewn of granite. It sits up, with a crest and a subtle sinuousness running its length. The surface of the stone is rough and jagged. The editors of The Diary of Thomas Minor offer a brief narrative of questionable authenticity to go with the wolf stone: the most touching of all in that old consecrated ground [i.e. Wequetequock Burial Ground] is the stone over the grave of Thomas Minor, a piece of broken ledge said to be taken by his own selection from his own farm, of about the length of a man’s body, with rudely cut letters said to have been done by one of his sons...” Small, private quarries can be found throughout New England, so it is possible that Minor chose the stone from his own property. Thomas Minor’s son, Manasseh, is recorded to have carved gravestones in addition to other tasks he performed on the Minor farm, and Craig Miner has suggested that the wolf stone may be his work. We also have evidence that Thomas Minor hunted wolves near his property in order to preserve his livestock—protection from wolves, therefore, may have been important to him as much in death as in life and may have led him to select this particular type of monument. Although Thomas Minor was a Puritan, few of the entries in his diary, among the earliest we have from colonial New England, have to do with religion or the state of his soul. His diary is mainly about his farm. His Puritan conscience was to take a second place there to the problems of a New England farm, and the practice of the therapy of hard work.
Some sources give their marriage place as Rehoboth, but this site was not settled until 1836.
Daughter of Walter Palmer and Ann Elizabeth.
Grace's birth date is sometimes given as 9 May 1608. Grace immigrated by1628 with her father.
She lived in Rehoboth (now Bristol County) Mass.
SOURCES:
Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. II, The Grant Family, pg 79,Family History: Ct Genealogies #1, 1600s - 1800s, cd #179
Thomas Minor Descendants by John A. Miner
Loomis: Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion AbbottGunderson
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
World Family Tree, Bruderbund, Vol. 1, Pedigrees #5371, #3681, #811
World Family Tree, Broderbund, Vol. 2, Pedigrees #3049
World Family Tree, Bruderbund, Vol. 3, Pedigree #6250, #1511, #94, #6004
World Family Tree, Broderbund, Vol. 4, Pedigrees #1278, #2747, #2829, #187
World Family Tree, Broderbune, Vol. 5, pedigrees #
World Family Tree, Broderbund, Vol. 6, Pedigrees #2062, #3945, #2611Some list additional children: Elizabth is listed in the "Herauldicall Essay Upon the Surname Miner" (abt 1653) and Eunice (abt 1651)Grace was born about 1608 in England, the daughter of Walter Palmer. Walter emigrated with the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629, although there is no record of children of Walter among passenger lists. Grace became a member of the First Church in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Mass on June 1, 1632 with her father and step-mother Rebecca. Thomas Minor and Grace were married April 23, 1634.Thomas emigrated in the same fleet as Walter in 1629.
Grace was born about 1608 in England, the daughter of Walter Palmer. Walter emigrated with the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629, although there is no record of children of Walter among passenger lists. Grace became a member of the First Church in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Mass on June 1, 1632 with her father and step-mother Rebecca. Thomas Minor and Grace were married April 23, 1634.Thomas emigrated in the same fleet as Walter in 1629.
FamilySearch showed this additional information:
Birth - Date: 9 May 1612 Place: Parham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
See article in "Minor Mirror," Winter 1999 (No.33), p. 14.
John and Elizabeth settled first in Stratford, CT, and moved on to
Woodbury, CT, in 1682. John served as Deputy for Stratford, Oct 1676, and
for Woodbury Nov 1683., May and Oct 1684, May and Oct 1685, May and Oct1686,
May and Jun 1687, May 1689, May 1692, Oct 1695, May 1696, May 1697, Oct1698,
May 1703, Oct 1705 May and Dec 1707, May and Oct 1708, May and Jun 1709,and
May 1710. He was appointed Captain of the Woodbury Train Band, May 1684;
Commissioner (Justice) for Woodbury, 1679-1687, 1689-1697; and a Justice
for Fairfield County from 1698 until his death in 1719.He served for many years as an Indian interpreter.
John and Elizabeth were the 4GG of Ulysys GRANT.
SOURCES:
Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. V, Family Statistics, Miles, pg 1183,Family History: Connecticut Genealogies #1, CD #179
The Miner Family by John A. Miner
Thomas Miner Descendants by John A. Miner
The Lyon's Whelp, Descendants of Thomas Miner by John A. Miner
One Branch of the Miner Family by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck
Loomis:Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion AbbottGunderson
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
World Family Tree, Bruderbund, Vol. 1, Pedigree #5371
See article in "Minor Mirror," Winter 1999 (No.33), p. 14. The article reports that she died (1732) at the age of 96 or 98. That would make her birth year 1636 or 1634.
Daughter of Richard Booth (1607-1639) and Elizabeth Hawley.
Martin Haines Irons gives her death date as 19 Dec 1749. That would make her 100 years old at death.
He may have had a sixth child, Marie, b. 20 Jan 1663/64, Stonington, New London; died Dec 1706.
Clement settled in New London in 1658 where he was active in military,
church, and public affairs. He was a member of First Cong. Church of New
London.When his father moved from New London to Quiambog and Togwonk in Stonington,
CT, Clement remained behind and became a permanent resident. He receiveda
grant of land near that of Walter Palmer's, whose land it abutted on the south.
In Sep 1669, Clement applied for a house lot next to that of George Chappell.
He was a very active man and held many public offices in the town. He was a
Lieutenant in the Militia which was a considerable honor in his day. In the
records of New London, Clement is mentioned as "Deacon" or "Ensign", but the
record of his appointment as Ensign has not been found.In October, 1692, and in May, 1696, Clement served as a Deputy for New London
in the Connecticut General Court. On 30 Apr 1691 he joined the First
Congregational Church at New London. It is thought that his election to the
office of Deacon was soon after the death of Deacon Hough, 10 Aug 1683.
Shortly after this date, the pastor, Rev. Mr. Bradstreet, died and this
probably explains why no record of Clement's election to the Diaconate was
made. At a town meeting on 19 Dec 1683 Clement and several others formed a
committee to seek advise in securing a minister for the town to replace Rev.
Bradstreet. Ensign Clement was one of those appointed to assign seats inthe
meeting house.Clement and Johanna are buried in the Old Burying Yard with a plain,
rough-surfaced granite stone lying flat on a foundation, marked simply,
"CM 1700".SOURCES:
The Miner Family by John A. Miner
Thomas Miner Descendants by John A. Miner
The Lyon's Whelp - Descendants of Thomas Miner by John A. Miner
One Branch of the Miner Family by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck
A Brief history of the Minor/Miner Migration from Chew Magna, England,
to Long Beach, California by Melvin Douglas Miner
Loomis: Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion AbbottGunderson
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
World Family Tree, Bruderbund, Vol. 1, Pedigree #5371
SOURCES:
Miner Family
Loomis: Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion AbbottGunderson
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
SOURCES:
Miner Family
Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of some of theFirst Settlers of CT and MA by Nathaniel Goodwin
Loomis: Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion AbbottGunderson
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
Thomas' father wrote in his Diary: Apr 8th "Thomas first fell sick at
narraganset as he was looking the mares." The 17th: "I went tonarraganset."
The 19th: "Thomas departed." The 20th: "he buried." The 22nd: "I camewhome
& brought the mare & Coult." Into these few unemotional words arecompressed
the sad story of the first great loss suffered by the first AmericanMiner.SOURCES:
The Miner Family by John A. Miner
Thomas Miner Descendants by John A. Miner
The Lyon's Whelp - Descendants of Thomas Miner by John A. Miner
One Branch of the Miner Family by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
World Family Tree, Bruderbund, Vol. 1, Pedigree #5371
Served in military during King Philip's War and for his services received
arable land and cedar swamp. Was a farmer. He became
a freeman in 1669. Public Service: Deputy to the General Court: 1676, 1677,
1690-93, 1699, 1701-05, 1713. Leiutenant of the train band. He was one of nine
who founded the church at Stongington in June 1674, and the church often met at
his house.
Ephraim and Hannah had 15 children.Ephraim served as a volunteer in King Phillip's War, 1676, and was called
Ensign in the colonial records as early as 1694, and several timesthereafter.He was Deputy for Stonington numerous times between Oct 1676 and June of1711.
He was a Justice for New London County, 1703-1711.SOURCES:
The Miner Family by John A. Miner
Thomas Miner Descendants by John A. Miner
The Lyon's Whelp, Descendants of Thomas Miner by John A. Miner
One Branch of the Miner Family by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck
Miner Genealogy by Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Miner
Ancestors of Alton M. Blake by Janet Abbey Engel
The Groton Avery Clan
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
Joan Verdoorn verdoorn@inreach.com http://home.inreach.com/verdoorn
PeterA5884@aol.com
World Family Tree, Bruderbund, Vol. 1, Pedigree #5371
Father: James Avery (1620-1700), capt. Mother: Joanna Greenslade (d.1693)
SOURCES:
Genealogy of the Groton Avery Clan 1590-1987
The Groton Avery Clan
The History of Stonington
Joan Verdoorn verdoorn@inreach.com http://home.inreach.com/verdoorn
PeterA5884@aol.com
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
Joseph was a farmer and physician in Stonington, CT. He was active in
politics and served in the militia during King Philip's War.He moved from Nameaug to Southerton (now Stonington) with his father'sfamily,
and some years later maaied and had a large family. His descendants aremostly
located in the vicinity of Stonington; but owing to the large proportionof
females among them, the descendants from his branch bearing the name ofMiner
are few in number compared to those from the other branches.SOURCES:
Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. II, The Descendants of RobertLay of Saybrook, Conn., pg 395, Family History: Ct Genealogies #1, 1600s- 1800s, cd #179
The Miner Family by John A. Miner
Thomas Miner Descendants by John A. Miner
The Lyon's Whelp, Descendants of Thomas Miner by John A. Miner
One Branch of the Miner Family by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck
The Groton Avery Clan
The History of Stonington
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
PeterA5884@aol.com
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Mary was married first to Joseph Denison.
SOURCES:
Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. II, The Descendants of RobertLay of Saybrook, Conn., pg 395, Family History: Ct Genealogies #1, 1600s- 1800s, cd #179
Genealogy of the Groton Avery Clan 1590-1987
Thomas Miner Descendants by John A. Miner
The Groton Avery Clan
The History of Stonington
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
PeterA5884@aol.comDaughter of James Avery and Joanna Greenslade; md 1 Nov 1643. Gloucester, Essex, Mass.
Death date may be 28 Nov 1720.
Bridget was the daughter of Nathaniel Chesebrough and Hannah Denison andthe widow of William Thompson.SOURCES:
The Miner Family by John A. Miner
Thomas Miner Descendants by John A. Miner
The Lyon's Whelp, Descendants of Thomas Miner by John A. Miner
Manasseh, a weaver, was the first male child born in New London. Hewas
the first son of the town admitted to the privileges of an inhabitant 28Feb
1669/70.
Throughout his father's diary there is frequent mention of this son,
sometimes written as Manaseth. On page 195 "the second of November, 1663,
Manaseth began his time with Richard Dart for two years." Later, Thomaswrote,
"Manaseth is to be with Thomas Bell for 6 moneth and to have 18s p.moneth and
his diet washen and lodging." He undoubtedly had gone with Dart and Bellto
learn to weave.From the entry on page 98 of Thomas' diary, 26 Sep 1670, "Manaseth was
married," and though he doesn't say to whom, we know from other recordsthat it
was to Lydia Moore.Manassah was elected Deacon of the First Congregational Church atStonington 12
Mar 1701 and served the church faithfully until his death. He was moreoften
known by his church title of Deacon than by his military title of Captain,
though some records give the latter.Judge Wheeler, in his history of Stonington, notes that Manassah lived inthe
old homestead at Quiamboug and was buried at Wequetequock and that heserved in
King Phillip's War in 1676.He was commissioned Ensign of the Troop raised for the Indian War in Feb.
1692/3, and was adviser of the Pequots in May 1694. He served as Captainin
the Expedition against Canada in 1709.Manasseh served as Deputy of Stonington at numerous times from Oct 1710to Oct
1718.SOURCES:
The Miner Family by John A. Miner
Thomas Miner Descendants by John A. Miner
The Lyon's Whelp, Descendants of Thomas Miner by John A. Miner
One Branch of the Miner Family by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck
Ancestors of Alton M. Blake by Janet Abbey Engel
History of New London
Miner Genealogy by Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Miner
Loomis: Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion AbbottLoomis
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
Betsey Heath Howes howel115@bcn.net
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SOURCES: Loomis: Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion Abbott Loomis, Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org.
Daughter of Miles Moore and Isabel Joyner.
Frances was married to a Mr. Werden prior to her marriage to Manassah.
SOURCES:
Mary's father wrote under the date Jan 8th: "Marie was sicke." The 15th:
"Marie continued verie sicke & I fetched honie at starts & tusday the 22.
thusday24. marie died aboute six oclocke we had 40 bushells of wheate we
fetched in the pease." The loss of the elder surbibing girl in thefamily was
doubtless a severe blow; but the business of life, under the hardprimitive
conditions only a degree removed from the wilderness, had to go on.
.
SOURCES:
The Miner Family by John A. Miner
Thomas Miner Descendants by John A. Miner
The Lyon's Whelp, Descendants of Thomas Miner by John A. Miner
One Branch of the Miner Family by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck
Loomis: Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion AbbottLoomis
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
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Samuel and Mary had no children.
Samuel served in King Philip's War.
On 29 Aug 1678, Samuel's father wrote: "samuel was at New London: hanahwas
heare my wife was sick." On 19 Mar 1682/3: "Joseph pemerton now Rezidingin
Stonington and the widow marah minor were maried." On 16 Apr 1683: "Iwas at
our daughter pembertons."
.
SOURCES:
The Miner Family by John A. Miner
Thomas Miner Descendants by John A. Miner
The Lyon's Whelp, Descendants of Thomas Miner by John A. Miner
One Branch of the Miner Family by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck
Loomis: Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion AbbottLoomis
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
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Married (2) Joseph Pemberton, in 1683.
SOURCES:
Loomis: Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion AbbottLoomis
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
SOURCES:
The Miner Family by John A. Miner
Thomas Miner Descendants by John A. Miner
The Lyon's Whelp, Descendants of Thomas Miner by John A. Miner
One Branch of the Miner Family by Lillian Lounsberry (Miner) Selleck
The Groton Avery Clan
The History of Stonington
Loomis: Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion AbbottLoomis
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
PeterA5884@aol.com
World Family Tree, Bruderbund, Vol. 1, Pedigree #5371
Thomas distinguished himself during the King Phillip's War. He was an
Indian interpreter.Late in life he moved to Montville, CT.
SOURCES:
Genealogy of the Groton Avery Clan 1590-1987
The Groton Avery Clan
The History of Stonington
Loomis: Ancestors and Descendants of Milford Loomis by Marion AbbottLoomis
Albert Richardson bf140@lafn.org
PeterA5884@aol.com