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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Thomas Gregson Note Born: at Derby, , , England Married: Died: 1646 at At Sea, , ,
WIFE
Name: Jane Born: Died:
CHILDREN
Name: Rebecca Gregson Born: Died: Husband: Rev. John Bowers
Name: Sarah Gregson Born: Abt 1646 at New Haven, , New Haven County, CT Died: 1697 at New Haven, , New Haven County, CT Husband: John Gilbert
NOTES
1). The East Haven, or west, shore of the lake consi s t s o f a h igh rocky ridge, formerly known as the Pond R o c k or P ond R ocks, and which, though the pond has n o w a n obler d esigna tion, is still called by its ancien t n ame. O n the no rthwest erly side of the lake and roc k bei ng in t he northe rly par t of the township is a fe rtile p lain, o n some port ion of w hich it is supposed th at an In dian sag amore name d Foxon ha d his residence a t an earl y day. Th e plain was c alled Foxon sFarms fro m this circ umstance , and the farm s there lyin g are stil l so designa ted. Th e name is on reco rd of the dat e of 1 644.1 Throug h this pl ain, and coursin g thence along t h e foot of th e rock i n a southwesterly dir ection, flow s a s mall strea m calle d Stoney river, which, t urning t o the sout heast b elow th e rock, flows thence int o the s ound, forming , i n its lowe r portion, the boundary l in e between Branfo r d and East Ha ven. This township was formerly a part of the ancient co l o n y o f New Haven, and was connected with that colony a n d t ow n, i n all its domestic and foreign concerns, abo u t on e hun dre d and forty years. It was in part original l y purc hase d of M omauguin, then sachem of that part o f th e count ry, a nd hi s counsellors, by Theophilus Eaton , Rev . John D avenpo rt, Th omas Gregson, Edward Hopkins , and ot her Engli sh plan ters , 2 on the 24th Nov., 1638 . These pe rsons ha d arrive d in Bo ston the previous year , where the y were st rongly ur ged to c ontinue, but cam e to this wild erness i n accordanc e with the ir design o f founding a ne w colony , a New Have n for their p ersecut ed brethren of t he mothe r country. T o this, their fi rs t purchase, they s hortly af ter added ano ther large trac t , three miles lon g north an d south, and th irteen mile s in b readth the tw o tracts co sting the purcha sers alt ogether tw enty five c oats of Engl ish cloth, an d a few a rticles of mer chandis e of small val ue. Lost at sea in 1646 on the Lamberton Ship, Phantom.

						

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