Forty six years later, the following ancestors and their first cousins were listed as proprietors of New Haven 1685. Jonathan Atwater, William Thomson, and Nathan Andrews were the selectmen who attested to the list. A few of the original signers and early settlers were still present and the second generation had taken an active role. Direct ancestors are in bold and the others are first cousins. Original signers have an asterisk.
David Atwater, Sr. (1615-1692)*
David Atwater, Jr. (1650-1735)
John Atwater (1654-1748)
Jonathan Atwater (1656-1726)
John Bassett (1652-1713)
Samuel Bassett (1654-1716)
James Bishop (1625-1691)
John Bishop (1662-1725)
John Cooper, Sr. (1610-1689)*
John Cooper, Jr. (1642-1703)
Lt. Abraham Dickerman (1634-1711)
John Humiston (1659-1696)
Samuel Humiston (1653-1690)
Thomas Humiston (1656-1715)
Joseph Ives (1647-1694)
William Peck (1604-1694)*
Joseph Peck (1641-1718)
Thomas Smith (1634-1724)
Issac Turner (1640-1699)
John Yale (1646-1711)
Nathaniel Yale (1651-1710)
These families continued to grow. Between 1647 and 1754 each had a significant number of children born in New Haven alone: Atwater – 128, Peck – 90, Bassett – 76, Bishop – 73, Ives – 68, Cooper – 57, Humiston – 50, Dickerman – 47, Turner – 35, Yale – 25. (Continued)
Descendent from John Howland, through Thom. Barnes, joshua, joel, and Ashahel who married Patty Ives.
Their son Charles A Barnes married Marcia Bosworth
Their grandson Wm. Mason Barnes was my grandfather
Posted by: Raymond H. Ford | July 22, 2007 at 12:58 PM
Raymond - Thanks for sharing this. I guess we are distant cousins. Bill
Posted by: Bill Ives | July 23, 2007 at 10:12 PM