1. Elizabeth MINOR b. 18 Aug 1720, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; d. 18 Oct 1720, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a..
2. Rebecca MINOR b. 18 Aug 1720, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a..
3. Samuel MINOR b. 14 Mar 1722/1723, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a..
4. Nathan MINOR b. 16 Jul 1724, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 22 Oct 1727, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 26 Sep 1794, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
5. John MINOR b. 22 Dec 1728, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; d. 15 Feb 1729, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a..
6. Elizabeth MINOR b. 24 Nov 1730, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
7. Jonathan MINOR b. 18 Feb 1732/1733, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; d. 26 Apr 1754.
8. Anna MINOR b. 26 Jun 1735, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
9. James MINOR b. 14 Apr 1737, North Parish, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.; c. 17 Apr 1737, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
10. Robert MINOR b. 4 Jul 1740.

he is also recorded in New London Ct. as born 5 Oct 1672
he is also recored inNew London CT as born 5 Oct 1671, son of M
anassah. He was baptized at FirstChurch of New London on 10 Ma
rch 1671/2. On 21 March 1694 he married Rebecca Baldwin. The
y had 4 children born in Stonington Ct. She died on 12 mar 1700
/1, and he married second Prudence Richardson daughter of Amos a
nd widowof John Hallam, on 17 Mar 1702/3 they had 1 child bor
n in Stonington. She died 6 Aug 1716 and he married third Tamse
n Wilcox on 14 Oct 1718, they had 1 child born in Stonington. H
e died on 11 Oct 1756.

1. 1. Samuel MINOR b. 12 Dec 1694, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 1 Apr 1695, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 25 Jan 1761, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
2. Manassah MINOR b. 1 Dec 1695, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; c. 7 Feb 1695, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; d. 27 Jul 1750, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a..
3. Elnathan MINOR b. 24 Jan 1696/1697; c. 28 Feb 1696/1697, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; d. 22 Jul 1758.
4. Rebecca MINOR b. 13 Feb 1698/1699, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; c. 7 May 1699, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a..

the first white male child born in New London, Ct. his headston
e read
Here lieth the body of Deacon Manasseh Miner, who died April 29t
h, 1728 in ye 82ndyear of his age.

1. 2. Elnathan MINOR b. 28 Dec 1673, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 10 Mar 1671/1672; d. 11 Oct 1756, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
2. Samuel MINOR b. 20 Sep 1674; c. 15 Nov 1674; d. 17 Nov 1693.
3. Hannah MINOR b. 1 Dec 1676, , New London, Connecticut; d. 22 Aug 1751, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
4. Lydia MINOR b. 1679, New London, Connecticut.; c. 17 Aug 1679, New London, Connecticut.; d. 21 Apr 1707, New London, Connecticut..
5. Thomas MINOR b. 20 Sep 1683, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; c. 14 Nov 1683, Stonington, Ct. u.S.a.; d. Between 9 Apr 1739 and 4 Aug 1739.

1. 3. Rebecca BALDWIN b. 20 May 1673, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. 12 Mar 1700/1701, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
2. Mary BALDWIN b. 24 Feb 1674/1675, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; d. Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
3. Sylvester BALDWIN b. 4 Mar 1676/1677, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
4. Sarah BALDWIN b. 8 Dec 1680, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
5. Jane BALDWIN b. 1681, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
6. Theophilus BALDWIN b. 1 Jun 1683, 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. 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. 4. 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..

Various descriptions of Walter have appeard in print ranging from aheight of six feed to 6'6" and in weight from 200 to 300 pounds. Walterarrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts abt 1631 the wife of Governor JohnWinthrop (Margaret). If his birth date is correct he would have been 48when he married Rebecca.
on 15 July 1653 Walter and his family moved to the house inStonington, Connecticut.

1. Hannah PALMER b. Bef 15 Jun 1634, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Ma; c. 15 Jun 1634, Charlestown,Suffolk Co.,Massachusetts; d. Aft 25 Aug 1681, Stonington,New London Co.,Connecticut.
2. Elihu PALMER b. ABT. 24 Jan 1635/36, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. 5 Sep 1665, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
3. Nehemiah PALMER b. 23 Nov 1637, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts; c. 23 Nov 1637, Charlestown,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts; d. 17 Feb 1717/1718, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Wequetequock Burying Ground,Stonington,New London Co.,Connecticut.
4. Moses PALMER b. ABT. 6 Apr 1640, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. 6 Jul 1701, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
5. Benjamin PALMER b. ABT. 6 Jun 1642, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts; c. 6 Jun 1642, Charlestown,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts; d. 10 Apr 1716, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. Wequetequock Burying Ground,Stonington,New London Co.,Connecticut.
6. Gershom PALMER, Sr. b. 14 Apr 1644, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 27 Sep 1718, Stonington, New London, Connecticut; bur. 30 Sep 1718, Wequetequock Burial Yard, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.
7. 7. Rebecca PALMER b. ABT. 1647, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; c. 1 Jul 1647, Rehoboth,Bristol Co.,Massachusetts; d. 2 May 1713, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.