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• Died	1685/1691	Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   [1]
  Birth	1638/1840	England or Swampscott/Lynn, , Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I129716	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2002 00:00:00
  Father	William WITTER, b. 17 Dec 1584/1587, Broomehall, Sussex, England
  Mother	Hannah CHURCHMAN, b. 1595/1616, Huntington, Suffolk/Broomehall, Sussex, England
  Family ID	F19051	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Elizabeth WHEELER, b. 8 Jul 1641/1648, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Married	25 Dec 1662	Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	1. Elizabeth WITTER, b. 15 Mar 1661/1663   2. Mary WITTER, b. 20 Feb 1664/1665 > 3. Ebenezer WITTER, b. 25 Mar 1668, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F40042	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Sarah CRANDALL, b. 1654, Westerly, , Connecticut/Newport, , Rhode Island
  Married	1676	Westerly, , Connecticut/Salem, Mass   [1]
  Children	1. John WITTER, b. 11 Mar 1676/1678, Stonington, Conneticut/Swampscott, Massachusetts   2. Sarah WITTER, b. From 7 Feb 1678 to 9 Feb 1680, Stonington, , Conneticut/Preston, , Conneticut   3. Hanna-Hannah WITTER, b. 17 Mar 1681   4. Abigail WITTER, b. 14 Aug 1684, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F40047	Group Sheet

• Notes

  JOSIAH WITTER 160 Allied Families, page 75. Son of William and Annie Witter. Swamp Yankee, by James Allyn, page 36. Soon after his marriage in 1662, he bought a large tract of land in the center of Stonington; now the south part of North Stonington, where he lived for the rest of his life. One Hundred & Sixty Allied Families, page 276. Married 2nd Sarah Crandall daughter of John. Genealogical and Family History of CT: "He settled at Stonington, CT, soon after his marriage. He bought large tracts of land and built a house near Thomas Wheeler's, where all his children were born. His house was at what is now North Stonington near the place lately owned (1911) by James T. Brown." Lists his second marriage and children. Daughters of Am. Colonists Lineage Books, Vol. 10: Josiah Witter (1638-90).Deputy to the General Court from Stonington, 1667-71. Married 1662. Vol.15 reports most of the above and adds he was an original landowner in Stonington,1667. Gen. Dictionary of 1st Settlers of N.E., Vol. 4: Josiah Witter, married Feb. 25, 1662. N.E. Marriages Prior to 1700: Lived 1638-1690; married (1) Feb. 25, 1661/62 Elizabeth Wheeler; (2) Sarah Crandall, after Aug. 5, 1672, implying Elizabeth died that date, since it lists a 1672 death date for her. Josiah and Elizabeth resided in Lynn after marriage. Boston Evening Transcript: Married 25 Feb, 1662, Lynn, Mass.; died before the end of 1689. History of Stonington indicates he was born in Lynn area of Essex County and came to Stonington soon after marriage. He bought land near the residence of Thomas Wheeler, his father-in-law. Lived there the rest of his life, and all his children were born there. Genealogies of Connecticut Families: "Died at Stonington About Middle aged." C.M. Babcock: Josiah Witter's name was on a 15 Nov. 1670 register of the inhabitants of Stonington, CT, on the Pawcatuck River. De Forest: Josiah, probably born in 1640; died perhaps in 1685, but certainly before 1690, at Stonington. Married (1) 25 Feb. 1662, Elizabeth Wheeler; (2) Sarah Crandall. 160 Families: Josiah Witter, died before 1691; married (1) 25 Feb. 1662 Elizabeth Wheeler, (2) Sarah Crandall, daughter of John Crandall. Virkus: Josiah Witter (probably 1640-1685); married (2) Sarah Crandall. NEHGR: Josias (sic) Witter married Elizabeth Wheeler 25 Feb. 1662. They had Elizabeth, born 15 March 1663, and Mary, born 20 Feb. 1665 (Lynn, MA, records). Harold J. Witter: Josiah Witter, born in 1638 in Swampscott, Mass., or in England; died Stonington, Conn., probably in 1685. Married Elizabeth Wheeler 25 Feb. 1662, at Lynn. Josiah, his mother, wife and child moved from Lynn to Stonington between 1662 and 1666. Listed in the 2 Feb. 1666 census of Stonington. He purchased 80 acres in what is now North Stonington and near the residence of his father-in-law, Thomas Wheeler. On 12 April 1670 he bought 100 acres from Thomas Park (Parke) of New London, land Park(e) had been granted by the town of Stonington. He also owned large tracts of land on which the town of Hopkinton, R.I., was founded. [This may be land that came to him through his second wife, Sarah Crandall, whose father was among the original purchasers of land comprising Westerly, from which Hopkinton was formed. Witter Family: Josiah Witter, 1638-1685. From Lawrence Bentley: (Source: WITTER GENEALOGY Georgia Cooper Washburn 1929, Pg. 15 & 19, #2 Josiah Witter, b 1638, Probably Swampscott, died 1690; Married Elizabeth Wheeler, Feb. 25, 1662.) was born 1638 in Swampscott, Essex, Massachusetts, and died 1690 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He married (1) ELIZABETH WHEELER (Source: WHEELER FAMILY IN AMERICA, -Descendants of Thomas Wheeler--Stonington, CT Inez E. Coolby-Brayton, 1934, Pg. 290, #3902 Elizabeth Wheeler, b. 1648, d. Aug. 5, 1672; married Josiah Witter, Dec. 25, 1661.) February 25, 1661/62 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts (Source: HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT Richard Anson Wheeler 1900, Pg. 686, "Josiah Witter (No. 2) m. 1st, Elizabeth (No. 3), daughter of Thomas & Mary Wheeler, in Lynn, MA, Feb. 25, 1662."), daughter of THOMAS WHEELER and MARY BECKLEY. She was born 1648 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, and died August 05, 1672 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He married (2) SARAH CRANDALL (Source: WITTER GENEALOGY Georgia Cooper Washburn 1929, Pg. 20, "second wife , Sarah, daughter of Rev. John Crandall.) Aft. 1672, daughter of JOHN CRANDALL. Notes for JOSIAH WITTER: From Pg. 19 WITTER GENEALOGY On April 12, 1670, Thomas Park of New London, sold to "Josiah Witter of Stonington" one hundred acres of land which had been granted to the said Park by the town of Stonington. It is said that Josiah Witter's first house in Stonington was a little north of the modern residence of Colonel James Brown. (This would be in North Stonington) More About JOSIAH WITTER: Note 1: 1638, Birth is recorded in 1638 at Swampscott, near Lynn. However, old record by Samuel Witter states that Josiah came on the ship with his father. Note 2: Witter Genealogy, Pg. 19 confirms marriage information given in HISTORY OF STONINGTON Note 3: February 26, 1665/66, Mentioned as being in Stonington in Thomas Minor Diary Will: November 24, 1685, Will indexed in Salem, MA on this date Marriage: February 25, 1661/62, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts (Source: HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT Richard Anson Wheeler 1900, Pg. 686, "Josiah Witter (No. 2) m. 1st, Elizabeth (No. 3), daughter of Thomas & Mary Wheeler, in Lynn, MA, Feb. 25, 1662.") More About JOSIAH WITTER and SARAH CRANDALL: Marriage: Aft. 1672 Winget: Shows 1638 Swampscott-1690 Stonington, Ancestral File #: 25JR-MH

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