Descendants of Ephraim MINOR

Notes

1. Ephraim MINOR

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

Hannah AVERY

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

2. Hannah MINOR

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Sources: The Miner Family by John A. Miner
        Miner Family
        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

4. Thomas MINOR

Thomas never married.

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Sources: The Miner Family by John A. Miner
        Miner Family
        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

9. Samuel MINOR

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Sources: The Miner Family by John A. Miner
        Miner Family
        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

10. Deborah MINOR

The records show three Deborahs are born to this family. The first, a twin to Rebekah lives four years. The 2nd name, this girl, named  after the twin but who but only lived one year and a third surviving childhood and marrying later.

12. Samuel MINOR

Samuel was an Ensign in the train band, 2nd company, Stonington, Oct 1715.

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Sources: The Miner Family by John A. Miner
        Miner Family
        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

16. Son MINOR Twin

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Sources: The Miner Family by John A. Miner
        Miner Family
        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

17. Daughter MINOR Twin

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Sources: The Miner Family by John A. Miner
        Miner Family
        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