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Timothy Stoughton was "a sadler by trade and at times he paid his rates by mending a saddle according to entries in the Rate Book kept by his uncle, Rev. Timothy Edwards for whom he had been named". He was born in Windsor, Connecticut, and thirty years later married in Hartford, Connecticut to Hannah Olcott, daughter of thomas and Sarah (Foote) Olcott. When Hannah died seven years later, Timothy "appears to have remained (in Hartford) for the following six or seven years. By 1751 he was in Somerset County, Province of New Jersey, the county in which his son William eventually married Catherine Covert.  
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Timothy Stoughton was "a sadler by trade and at times he paid his rates by mending a saddle according to entries in the Rate Book kept by his uncle, Rev. Timothy Edwards for whom he had been named". He was born in Windsor, Connecticut, and thirty years later married in Hartford, Connecticut to Hannah Olcott, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Foote) Olcott. When Hannah died seven years later, Timothy "appears to have remained (in Hartford) for the following six or seven years. By 1751 he was in Somerset County, Province of New Jersey, the county in which his son William eventually married Catherine Covert. Subsequently he seems to have been out of touch with his relatives in Windsor for an number of years. When His brother Isaac's estate was settled in 1755, a share was left for "Mr. Timothy, if he was living att ye time of ye Deceased Death."..."He was of Provincetown, Frederick County, Maryland in 1763 when he sold his interest in his father's home lot to Oliver Stoughton, son of his cousin Nathaniel." He was not living 26 March 1780, per a letter from Jonathan to Samuel Stoughton, see below. It is addressed to Greenfield, presumably in Maryland, possibly present day Greenfield Mills area, near Baltimore.  In fact, all three brothers born to Hannah Olcott may have been more or less out of touch with one another. In the letter below dated 27 Aug, 1809, Augustus, son of John Stoughton, wrote to his uncle Samuel saying he had just received news of the death of his father, news out of date bu 20 years, likely because Augustus himself had removed to the "Province of Canada".<br>It is not surprising that the family was not close. Timothy, the father, gave up Samuel to an apprenticeship as an infant, and some years after wife Hannah died, moved to New Jersey, then to Maryland. The full letters reflect a deep religeous faith, but awkward relationships.
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<br>"Timothy Stoughton is supposed to have married a second time, but details of his History after his departure from Hartford are unknown".<br> The above notes and quotes are from Source 1, summary by [[Elizabeth Ann Wilson|EWW]]
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Revision as of 10:36, 3 February 2022


Timothy Stoughton was "a sadler by trade and at times he paid his rates by mending a saddle according to entries in the Rate Book kept by his uncle, Rev. Timothy Edwards for whom he had been named". He was born in Windsor, Connecticut, and thirty years later married in Hartford, Connecticut to Hannah Olcott, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Foote) Olcott. When Hannah died seven years later, Timothy "appears to have remained (in Hartford) for the following six or seven years. By 1751 he was in Somerset County, Province of New Jersey, the county in which his son William eventually married Catherine Covert. Subsequently he seems to have been out of touch with his relatives in Windsor for an number of years. When His brother Isaac's estate was settled in 1755, a share was left for "Mr. Timothy, if he was living att ye time of ye Deceased Death."..."He was of Provincetown, Frederick County, Maryland in 1763 when he sold his interest in his father's home lot to Oliver Stoughton, son of his cousin Nathaniel." He was not living 26 March 1780, per a letter from Jonathan to Samuel Stoughton, see below. It is addressed to Greenfield, presumably in Maryland, possibly present day Greenfield Mills area, near Baltimore. In fact, all three brothers born to Hannah Olcott may have been more or less out of touch with one another. In the letter below dated 27 Aug, 1809, Augustus, son of John Stoughton, wrote to his uncle Samuel saying he had just received news of the death of his father, news out of date bu 20 years, likely because Augustus himself had removed to the "Province of Canada".
It is not surprising that the family was not close. Timothy, the father, gave up Samuel to an apprenticeship as an infant, and some years after wife Hannah died, moved to New Jersey, then to Maryland. The full letters reflect a deep religeous faith, but awkward relationships.
"Timothy Stoughton is supposed to have married a second time, but details of his History after his departure from Hartford are unknown".
The above notes and quotes are from Source 1, summary by EWW

Date Location Notes Sources
Birth 1703 Windsor, CT [1]
1st Marriage 27 June 1733 Hartford, CT to Hannah Olcott (b.4 Aug 1707)
(d. Jan, 1740, Hartford CT) 		[1]
2nd Marriage Unknown []
Death bef. 26 Mar. 1780 []

Ancestry chart segment 

 Generation 7         Generation 8            Generation 9            Generation 10
                                                                  +-- Thomas Stoughton
                                                                  |   (1662-1749)
                                          +-- Timothy Stoughton --+
                                          |   (1703-????)         |
                  +-- William Stoughton --+                       +-- Abigail (Edwards) Lothrop
                  |   (1742-1822)         |
 John Stoughton --+                       +-- [unknown]
 (1773-1833)      |                           (????-????)
                  +-- [unknown] Vorhees
                      (????-????)

Sources: []

Children

(children with 1st wife, Hannah Olcott)

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Jonathan Stoughton M 20 April 1735 Hartford, CT d. 25 May 1813 [1]
John Stoughton M 23 Nov 1738 Troy, NY Ann Lewis d. "short time after July 1809" [1]
Samuel Stoughton M 12 Dec 1734 Hartford, CT 1)Mary Severance, 1769 in Northfield, MA;
2)Sarah Munn,1771 in Gill, MA 		d. 25 Jan 1814, Gill,MA [1]

Children

(Children with 2nd wife, Unknown)

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Stoughton []
William Stoughton []

Places of Residence

Location Dates Notes Sources
Windsor, Ct June 1703, birth with parents [1]
Hartford, Ct Jun3 1733~-1746/47 with first wife Hannah [1]
Somerset Co., NJ by 1751 [1]
Frederick County, MD by 1763 [1]
"Greenfield" by 1780 [2]

Sources

Ref. Num. Description Image of original
1 The Stoughton Family of Gill, Massachusetts compiled by Ralph M. Stoughton, 1954, original from University of Wisconsin, Public Domain. Digitized by Google at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066287988&view=1up&seq=1&skin=2021.
Biographical data beginning in England suggests John Stoughton as father of Thomas Stoughton (born ca. 1555). Thomas' son the Reverand Thomas Stoughton (b. 1593) embarked for New England with two children including Thomas Stoughton, Jr.( -1684). Thomas Jr. fathered Thomas Stoughton (1662-1749)and Thomas was father to Timothy, (b.1703- ). Details of their lives are included, including the first wife and her children with Timothy Stoughton.
2 Letter to Samuel Stoughton at Greenfield from his brother Jonathan Stoughton. This letter contained in the above document, Source 1. "Sur, ...I shall give you some Account of Your Relations and friends here at Windsor, my honoured father id Dead, uncle Thomas Stoughton is Dead, Aunt Abigail More is Dead....".
(It is unclear where Greenfield is located, but probably Greenfield Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland. The other New England possibility is Greenfield, Massachusetts.
15 Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, direct descendant and gr-granddaughter of Elizabeth A. Stoughton.
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