1. Jerusha MERRICK b. 3 Mar 1733, Branford, Connecticut..
2. Minor MERRICK b. 23 Jun 1735, Branford, Connecticut..
3. Chloe MERRICK b. 3 Apr 1738, Branford, Connecticut..
4. Mary MERRICK b. 20 Mar 1740, Branford, Connecticut.; d. 2 Dec 1761, Branford, Connecticut..
5. Lucretia MERRICK b. 5 Jan 1742/1743, Branford, Connecticut..
6. Sarah MERRICK b. 9 Nov 1746, Branford, Connecticut..

Name Suffix: Jr

1. Sarah MINOR b. 23 Feb 1701/1702, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; c. 22 Jun 1701, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 27 Sep 1724, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
2. 1. Jerusha MINOR b. 27 Jan 1702/1703, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; c. 28 Mar 1703, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 23 Jul 1777, Branford,,Connecticut.
3. Mary MINOR b. 15 Mar 1704/1705, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 10 Jun 1705, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; d. Aft Aug 1747.
4. Grace MINOR b. 20 Nov 1707, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; c. 2 May 1708, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
5. Christopher MINOR b. 11 Mar 1711, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 6 Apr 1711, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
6. Joseph MINOR b. 26 Feb 1712, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; c. 19 Jul 1712, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
7. Jabez MINOR b. 30 Mar 1714, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 16 Jun 1714, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
8. Thankful MINOR b. 27 May 1717, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 10 Jul 1717, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.

Name Prefix: Dr

1. 2. Joseph MINOR b. 19 Sep 1669, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 18 Apr 1675, First Church, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Feb 1730, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Taugwonk, New London, Connecticut.
2. Marie MINOR b. 6 Oct 1671, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 17 Sep 1672, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 24 Nov 1704, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Togwonk, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
3. Benjamin MINOR b. 25 Jun 1676, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 25 Jun 1676, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 28 Feb 1711, Stonington, , Ma; bur. , , Connecticut.
4. Sarah MINOR b. 1679, Stonington, Ma; c. 30 Mar 1679, Stonington, Ma.
5. Joanna MINOR b. 12 Dec 1680, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 30 Mar 1681, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Jan 1726, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Richardson Cem., Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
6. Christopher MINOR b. 28 Dec 1683, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 13 Jul 1684, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; d. 1707.
7. Prudence MINOR b. 6 May 1688, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 6 May 1688, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 26 May 1726, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
8. Mercie MINOR b. 21 Aug 1673, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 18 Apr 1675, First Church, Stonington, Ma; d. 6 Sep 1751, Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut; bur. Tolland, Conn.
9. Mercy MINOR b. 30 Mar 1679, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 21 Aug 1683, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
10. Marie MINOR b. 27 Jan 1692, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 24 Nov 1704, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

Thomas Minor said on Lyons Whelp from Gravesend 23 April 1629. hearrived in Salem July 1629. Then he moved to Watertown, then Charlestown.He became a freeman 4 Mar 1633/4. In 1636 he settled in Hingham,Massachusetts. In 1645 he went with John Winthrop to new London,Connecticut. in 1649 he was listed as the Sargeant in the town of Pequot.

immigrated in 1629
Thomas Miner/Minor was born in Chew Magna Somersett County,Engl
and on 23 April 1608, son of Clement Miner. He emigrated aboar
d the Lyon's Whelp (and not the Arabella as often said) which sa
iled from Gravesend,England on 25 April 1629, passed Land End o
n 13 May, and arrived at NaumkeagHarbor (Salem, Massachusetts
) on 29 June 1629.
He stayed briefly on Salemand Satertown before moving on to Cha
rlestown, Massachusetts where in 1632 hebecame a founder of th
e First Church. He married Grace Palmer on 23 April 1634 in Cha
rlestown, M.A. She was born in 1614, the daughter of Walter Pal
mer of Charlestown and their first child, John, was born in Char
lestown, and then in 1636 they moved to Hingham, MA where more c
hildren were born in 1645,they joined John Winthrop Jr. and com
pany in the settlement of New London, Ct. On 15 Oct 1652 Thoma
s sold his home lot in New London located at the headof Close C
ove and was settling in Stonington, Ct. with William Chesebrough
.Thomas Stanton, and his father-in-law, Walter Palmer.
There is a monument tothese founders (dedicated 31 August 1899
) located in the Wequetequock Cemetery with one side dedicated t
o Thomas. In 1653 he bought some land from CaryLatham and move
d from the Wequetequock area to the west side of the mouth ofQu
iambaug Cove near Mystic, CT and began one of the feeeew (abou
t 17) diaries to survive from this period. This diary covers t
he period from 1653 through 1684 and was published as a book i
n 1899.
He is the Thomas Miner who wrote back to England about 1683/4 an
d received a document which explores the Miner versus Minor spel
ling of the name and traces the Miner ancestry back to the 1300s
. The information in this document including the coat of arms i
t presents are believed to be false. After receiving this docum
ent, Thomas andhis descendants generally used the Miner spellin
g of the name although some retained the Minor spelling especial
ly his son John of Woodbury, CT.
He diedin Stonington, CT on 23 October 1690, and his wife die
d there on 31 Dec 1690.Both are buried at Stonington in the We
quetequock Cemetery under a prone inscribed granite slab which r
eads "HERE LYES THE BODY OF LIUTENANT THOMAS MINOR AGED 83 -- D
eparted 1690"
One Year in the Life of Thomas Minor, Connecticut Farmer, 1668.
Thomas Minor was born in England and came to New England in 1630
. By 1668, when this selection from his journal was written, Min
or, hiswife Grace, and their children were living in what is no
w Stonington, a townon the Connecticut coast. Indians lived nea
rby, and the journal shows Minor and his family interacting wit
h them. Minor was a farmer, and he also had a number of public r
esponsibilities. These included town treasurer, leader of themi
litia, selectman, and brander of horses. He also participated i
n churchand in town meetings. This selection records one year i
n Minor's life. He began the year in March, as people in Englan
d and New England did until the mid-eighteenth century. While hi
s spelling is idiosyncratic and therefore difficult to read, th
e journal is a valuable record of how written English looked a
t that time-and probably also of how Minor pronounced his words
.
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1668
The ffirst month is march & hath .31. d: sabath day the first an
d in the first year after the leap yeare and from the Creation .
5617. and the yeare. 1668. andthe 20th yeare of the reinge of o
ur lord Kind Charels the second the .6. dayThomas Tracie and le
affingwell was heare the .7. dai I branded .2. Coults [colts
] I sowed hemp & pease in the orchard sabath day the .8. day: sa
bath daythe 15. The 13. I was at mr palmes I had A barell of ma
llases [molasses] wensday the 18. we made an End between Jossept
h & Marie Averie monday the 30 dayI ffecthed [fetched] my wife
s mare and 26. day

Relationship to Ulysses Simpson Grant.
Thomas Miner( Minor) b 23 Apr 1608 married Grace Palmer
John Miner b 1636 brother to Joseph Miner b 1644
Grace (Miner) Grant b 1669 1st cousin of Benjamin Minor b 1673
Noah Grant b 1693 2ndcousin of Clement Miner b 1706
Noah Grant, Jr. b 1718 3rd cousin of Benjamin Miner b 1742
Noah Grant III, b 1748 4th cousin of William Bott Miner b 17
70
Jesse Grant b 1794 5th cousin of James Miner b 1805
Ulysses S.Grant b 1822 6th cousin of Helen (Miner) Wilder Sch
illing b 1882
Please not: As remarkable as it seems, when my great grandmothe
r Helen (Miner) Schilling was born, her father James Miner was 7
7 years old. Her grandfather, Benjamin fought in the American R
evolution (Sources Schilling/Miner family Bible. HIstory of St
onington, Ct. by Richard A. Wheeler

1. John MINOR b. 3 Aug 1635, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts; c. 30 Aug 1635, Charlestown Ma. u.S.a.; d. 17 Sep 1719, Woodbury, Connecticut..
2. Clement MINOR b. 1638, Hingham, Ma; c. 4 Mar 1638, Hingham, Ma; d. 8 Oct 1700, New London, Connecticut..
3. Thomas MINOR b. ABT. 10 May 1640, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
4. Ephraim MINOR b. ABT. 1 May 1642, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; c. 1 May 1642, Hingham, Ma; d. 16 May 1724, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Taugwonk, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
5. Thomas MINOR b. Abt 1642, Hingham,Ma; c. 1 May 1642, Hingham,Ma; d. Apr 1662, Narragansett,R.I..
6. 4. Joseph MINOR b. 25 Aug 1644, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; c. 25 Aug 1644, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England; d. 31 Jan 1711, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Stonington, New London, Connecticut, New England.
7. Manassah MINOR b. 28 Apr 1647, New London, Connecticut.; d. 29 Apr 1728, Stonington,New London,Ct..
8. Judah MINOR b. ABT. 1646, hingham, Ma.
9. Ann MINOR b. 28 Apr 1649, New London, Connecticut.; d. 13 Aug 1652.
10. Marie MINOR b. 4 May 1651; d. 24 Jan 1659/1660.
11. Samuel MINOR b. 4 May 1653, New London, Connecticut.; d. 1682.
12. Hannah MINOR b. 15 Sep 1655, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. ABT. 1692, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
13. Eunice MINOR b. Abt 1651, New London, Connecticut..
14. Mary MINOR b. 5 May 1651, New London, Connecticut.; d. 24 Jan 1666, Stonington,New London,Ct..

Capt. James Avery was a grantee of lands in Pequot (New London,Connecticut) in 1650. He and his father Christopher became Freemen 14 Oct1669. He is an ancestor of John D. Rockefeller. He served as a Lieut. in1669 and a Captain in 1675 in the army for battles with Indians.

1. Hannah AVERY b. 12 Oct 1644, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; c. 13 Jun 1686, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; d. 22 Aug 1721, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Taugwonk, North Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
2. James AVERY, Jr. b. 16 Dec 1646, Gloucester, Essex, Ma; d. 22 Aug 1728, Groton, New London, Connecticut; bur. 24 Aug 1728, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
3. 5. Mary AVERY b. 19 Feb 1648, Gloucester,Essex,Massachusetts; d. 31 Jan 1707/1708, Stonington,New London,Connecticut; bur. 2 Feb 1707/1708, Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
4. Thomas AVERY b. 6 May 1651, Groton, New London, Connecticut; c. First Church of New London; d. 5 Jan 1736, Montville,New London,Connecticut; bur. Jan 1737, New London County, Connecticut.
5. John AVERY b. 10 Feb 1654, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 17 Apr 1724, North Groton, New London, Connecticut.
6. Rebecca AVERY b. 6 Oct 1656, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
7. Jonathan AVERY b. 5 Jan 1658, Groton, New London, Connecticut; bur. 15 Sep 1681, , New London, Connecticut.
8. Christopher AVERY b. 30 Apr 1661, New London, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Dec 1683, , New London, Connecticut.
9. Samuel AVERY b. 14 Aug 1664, Gloucester, Essex, Ma; d. 1 May 1723.