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• Birth	1625/1626	Lynn,Essex,Mass.
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jun 1687	Norwich,New London,Connecticut
  Person ID	I97325	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	04 Jun 2005 00:00:00
  Father	John ELDKERKIN, b. Abt 1601
  Mother	Abigail KINGSLAND, b. Abt 1605, Lynn,Essex,Massachusetts
  Family ID	F42458	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Elizabeth DRAKE, widow, b. 1630/1631, Windsor,Hartford,Connecticut
  Married	1 Mar 1659/1660	Windsor,Connecticut,Ct
  Children	> 1. Ann ELDERKIN, b. Jan 1660/1661, Norwich,Connecticut,Connecticut   2. John ELDERKIN, b. 6 Apr 1664, Norwich,New London,Connecticut   3. Bathsheena ELDERKEN, b. 1665, Norwich,New London,Conn.   4. Bathshua ELDERKIN, b. Nov 1665, of Norwich,New London,Connecticut   5. James ELDERKIN, b. Mar 1670/1671, Norwich,New London,Connecticut   6. Joseph ELDERKIN, b. 27 Dec 1672, ,Norwich,New London,Connecticut
  Family ID	F42472	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Living
  Family ID	F42479	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John, 1630, Vol 14, 1990, p 20-21: Elderkin, John (1616-1687) of New London, CT. English home: He came on the "Recovery of London" from Weymouth, Dorset, in 1634 (NGSQ 71:172) but Snow- Estes says he came from Fenns, Lincolnshire. Savage (2:107) says he was in Lynn MA. (1637) and New London, CT. (1651) History of New London County by Hurd: He was at Dedham, Massachusetts in 1641. He was granted land in New London, Connecticut about 1650. He was a house carpenter and millwright. He worked with Thomas Wells on mills and meeting houses. The earliest vote concerning a mill in New London was 11 December 1660 which was the renewal of a contract made at Saybrook 26 February 1655 between John Elderkin and the Town of Moheagan to erect a corn mill at No-Man's Acre. The mill was soon moved to below the falls. The mill and miller's house stood there for many years. History of Norwich, Connecticut, Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1976, page 119: In 1673 the town contracted with John Elderkin to build forthwith a new meeting house. The site fixed for it was the summit of the hill, towering over the Green, and looking east and west toward the two ends of the town-plot. The country was at this period in a disturbed condition. The atmosphere was dark with the shadows of approaching evil. On the western border of New England the Dutch had assumed a threatening attitude, and several of the larger Indian tribes appeared surly and vindictive.