George Colton1,2,3,4
#1872, b. circa 1620, d. 17 December 1699
BMDB
George
Colton was born circa 1620 at
England. He married
Deborah Gardner circa 1644 at
Springfield, Hampden, Mass. George Colton married
Lydia Wright, daughter of
Samuel Wright and
Margaret (?), on 1 March 1691/92 at
Springfield, Hampden, Mass; This was her fourth marriage. Her previous married names were BLISS, NORTON, and LAMB.
5 George Colton died on 17 December 1699 at
Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
6 He was buried on 19 December 1699 at
Longmeadow Cemetery Longmeadow, Hampden, Mass.
7Other Events
Before 1644 George
Colton emigrated from England to
Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
3 George Colton became a Freeman at
Springfield, Hampden, Mass., on 3 May 1665.
8Citations
- James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), 1:438.
- Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 2011), 1:359.
- Meredith B. Colket, Jr, Founders of Early American Families, 2nd rev. ed. (Cleveland: Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 2002), 078.
- George Woolworth Colton, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton, 1644-1911 (Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1912), 001-004.
- Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 2003), 1:026.
- Colton, Colton Genealogy, 001.
- Find A Grave Memorial.
- Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, 5 vols. in 6 (Boston: The Legislature, 1853-1854), 4:2:582.
- Springfield VR's, 1:011.
- Springfield VR's, 1:013.
- Springfield VR's, 1:068, 2:1692.
- Springfield VR's, 1:070.