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Samuel and Hannah Morgan Terry

The first marriage in Enfield, Connecticut, was that of Captain Samuel Terry, 1661-1730-31, to Hannah Morgan, 1656-1696-7, daughter of Captain Miles Morgan, defender of Springfield against the Indians in 1675. This marriage, celebrated on May 17, 1683, links Enfield to Springfield, where Captain Morgan's statue stands in Court House Square.

Statue of Captain Miles Morgan

Terry, Samuel a first settler, married Hannah Morgan, daughter of Isaac M. 1682-the first marriage in the settlement-died 1730, had seven sons; Samuel b. 1690, went to N. York State, Ebenezer b. 1696, d. 1780, had three sons who settled in Enfield, Ebenezer b. 1722, d. 1817, aged 94, left children, Selah b. 1732, d. 1803, left children, Christopher Healms d. 1770, aged 34, left children. By his first wife, Samuel Terry, sen'r., had two daughters; Hannah m. William Bement, 1707, Rebecca m. John Pasko, 1713.

By his second wife Martha Credan, Samuel, sen'r. had five sons; Benjamin b. 1698, m. Hannah Pease, 1721, died in Enfield, had three sons who settled in Enfield, Benjamin b. 1728, m. Hannah Olmstead, 1756, died in Enfield, left children, Gideon b. 1737, died without posterity, Shadrach b. 1741, d. 1799, left children. Ephraim, 4th son of Samuel, sen'r., b. 1701, m. Ann Collins, 1723, d. 1783, left five sons, Samuel b. 1725, died in Enfield, 1798, left a family, Ephraim b. 1728, d. 1807, left children, Nathaniel b. 1730, d. 1792, left children, Elijah b. 1736, died in Enfield, left children, Eliphalet b. 1742, d. in Enfield, 1812, left children. Jacob, 5th son of Samuel, sen'r., b. 1704, m. Mary Pease, 1730, settled in Terry lane, d. 1779, had four sons, Jacob b. 1731, left town, Joseph b. 1732, died in Enfield, left children, Daniel b. 1743, died in Enfield without children-one son living in 1831, died soon after. Jonathan, 6th son of Samuel, sen'r., b. 1707, Sarah Pease, 1738, d. 1793, had two sons and two daughters. Isaac, youngest son of Samuel Terry, sen'r., b. 1713, died in Enfield in 1782, left children.-Dr. John C. Pease.

51 CAPTAIN SAMUEL TERRY of Enfield, Mass. (later Connecticut)

51 SAMUEL TERRY b 18July1661 Springfield MASS d 2Jan1730/31 Enfield County of Hampshire in the Province of Massachusetts and buried in the Enfield St. Cemetery, Enfield, Mass. (and now Connecticut) on 16May1682 Town of Enfield MASS m (1) HANNAH MORGAN b 1656 d 7Jan1697 d/o PRUDENCE ??? and MILES MORGAN on 4Jan1697/8 Wethersfield CT m (2) MARTHA (BOARDMAN/BOREMAN) CRANE [widow of BENJAMIN CRANE] b ca 1666 d 29May1743 Enfield MA

The birth of CAPTAIN SAMUELL TERREY was recorded as follows:

"Samuell Terrey sonne of Samuell Terrey borne the 18th day of the 5 mon 1661." Pynchon Book

Goodwin at page 221,:SECOND GENERATION. I. SAMUEL TERRY, of Enfield, Conn., was twice married. 1. To Hannah Morgan, daughter of Miles Morgan, of Springfield, 1682, being the first marriage in the settlement. She was born 1656, and died January 7, 1698. 2. To Martha Credan, daughter of ------Credan, of -----. Mr. Samuel Terry died in 1730. Mrs. Martha Terry died May 29, 1743."

CAPTAIN SAMUELL TERREY on 17May1682 Pynchon Marriage Book being the first marriage in Town of Enfield, Mass. married HANNAH MORGAN daughter of PRUDENCE ??? and MILES MORGAN b 21Apr1656 [Note: Your compiler might not have figured this out correctly fron the old dates cjmc] and recorded in the Pynchon Marriage Book as "HANNAH MORGAN daughter of MILES MORGAN borne the 11 day of the 2 mon. 1656" d. 17 Jan 1697/8 at Enfield and buried in the Enfield Street Cemetery. MILES MORGAN "dyed the 28th day of May, 1699" and "Prudens Morgan wife of Miles Morgan dyed the 14th of ye 11 mon 1660." Pynchon

Known children of Hannah (Morgan) and 51 Samuell Terry:

511 Hannah Terry b 18Nov1684

512 Samuel Terry b 26Mar1690

513 Rebecca Terry b 15Nov1692

514 and 515 Twin sons b Enfield MASS 6Jan1694-5 and both d 13Feb1694-5.

516 Ebenezer Terry b 31Mar1696

Known children of Martha (Boreman/Boardman) Crane and 51 Samuell Terry:

517 Benjamin Terry b 13Oct1698 m Hannah Pease

518 Ephraim Terry m Ann Collins

519 Jacob Terry b 20Feb1703/4 Enfield MA [now CT] d 28Apr1779

Enfield CT

51(10) Martha Terry died as a baby

51(11) Jonathan Terry m Sarah Pease

51(12) Isaac Terry m Margaret Downing

From a copy of "Historical Papers read before the Penelope Terry Abbey Chapter of the Conn. Society, Daughters of the American Revolution" which included "The Terry Family of Enfield" read by Mrs. Leon Abbe on 29 March 1924, I quote in part from Mrs. Abbe's paper:

"The Terry family of America at least our local branch of the Terrys are the descendants of Samuel Terry who was born in Barnet, England. He came to America in his youth with William Pynchon of Springfield and in 1654, Jan. 7th was granted 10 acres of land on Chicopee Plain. He served as surveyor of highways and constable and held other offices in Springfield. Jan. 3 1660 he married in Springfield Ann Lobdell. They had ten children. Samuel the eldest born July 18, 1661 is the progenitor of the Enfield Terrys. The rest of the children who came to maturity settling either in Springfield or Lebanon, Conn. Several died in early infancy and childhood. When Pynchon was apportioning the land in his newly purchased Enfield Samuel1 Terry received a grant which was forfeited in 1690 because he had not settled upon it.

His son Samuel Terry2 struck out for himself and took up the Enfield land laid out to his father and much more that was his own allotment. He was a very prominent man in the early history of Enfield. In 1690 he with Isaac Morgan and Benjamin Parsons was granted a parcel of land near Sawmill brook on the Scantic River for a sawmill. This seems to be near the site of Stowe's Paper Mills. He was to erect a sawmill by Michalmas tide some twelve months, saw boards for settlers houses at 4 s per hundred-and they had 20 acres of land near the mill or within one half mile of it for a grant. His marriage May 17, 1682 was the first one to be celebrated in Enfield for he married Hannah Morgan dau of Isaac [other sources show Miles. cjmc] Morgan the famous defender of Springfield against the Indians during the terrible days of 1675. This marriage brings a Welsh strain into the blood of the Terry descendants of this line as Isaac Morgan was pure Welsh. They had 6 children-Hannah b. Nov. 18, 1684 m. Wm. Bement. They settled in the eastern part of the town near Buckhorn brook. Samuel, Mar. 26, 1690. Became a clergyman and lived in Dutchess Co., N. Y. Rebecca, Nov. 15, 1692 m. John Pasco. Twin sons lived only a short time. Ebenezer b. 1696 m. Mary Helms. Then Hannah Morgan Terry died Jan. 7, 1697 leaving a little flock motherless, a 9 mo. old baby among them, but not for long for Jan. 4, 1698 Samuel married his second wife, Martha Boardman, widow of Benj. Crane of Wethersfield. Benjamin was drowned in 1693 and left two little children, Benjamin and Isaac. Benjamin the little son had died, but Isaac was brought up in the Terry family. They also had children. As there was but two years between Ebenezer the youngest of Hannah's children and Benjamin the first of Martha's, the break in the family was scarcely one to be noticed. Benjamin b. Oct. 13, 1698 m. Hannah Pease. Ephraim- m. Ann Collins. Jacob m. Mary Pease. Martha died as a baby. Jonathan m. Sarah Pease. Isaac m. Margaret Downing. These three brothers, Benjamin, Jacob and Jonathan all married sisters, daughters of James and Hannah Harmon Pease. These children had a very different heritage through their mother for she was of English descent,from Samuel Boardman thro William Boardman of Banbury, England 1525. Her people were very prominent in Wethersfield, being wealthy and cultured..." ABBE

From Allen's History of Enfield at page 39, we learn about the principal founder of Enfield:]

"Col. John Pynchon the principal founder of Suffield & Enfield was born in Springfield 1647 he was the grandson of the Hon. William Pynchon one of the patentees of the Colony of Massachusetts who came to New England with Gov. Winthrop & others in 1629 & in the year 1636 was the principal leader of the first settlers that came from Mass. Bay to Springfield. He returned to England in 1652 & died 1662 aged 72.1

Col. John Pynchon together with his father Col. John Pynchon sen. were distinguished agents & patrons of the first settlement of Enfield & are entitled to the gratitude of the Inhabitants of Enfield for perserverance & enterprise in converting a dreary wilderness into a flourishing Colony...

1 [Interlined.] He erected a Warehouse at Warehouse Point 1636. Col. John Pynchon had a grant of land 80 rods wide at the southward of the town extending 3 miles eastwardly bounded North on the Davisson or Saltonstall farm which was settled before the town. The Saltonstall farm was abandoned & forfeited to the town..."

1674-1691 "The first mills. The year 1674 marked the appearance of a sawmill on Freshwater, erected by Major John Pynchon of Springfield. It seems to have been burned by the Indians the next year. In 1679 a Springfield committee made allocations of land for settlement and these plans persuaded two white men, John and Robert Pease, to spend the winter of 1679-80 in a hillside dugout, not far from the Congregational Church. By 1683 there were thirty families in town: a petition was made, with the agreement of Springfield, to the General Court in Boston, and on May 16, 1683, the Town of Enfield was established by that Court.

Isaac Meacham and Jonathan Bush erected a sawmill on Freshwater, and the former also built a fulling mill. The first corn mill on Freshwater was in 1688. Totaps, the Podunk Indian chief (alias Nottatuck) on March 16, 1688, sold to the English the land between Asnuntuck (Freshwater) and Poggetoffee (Boleyn Brook?), eastward to the hills, reserving the right to share hunting and fishing with the English.

In 1689, Benjamin Jones settled just east of Somers center, returning to town during winters. Two years later,

Benjamin Parsons, Samuel Terry, and Isaac Morgan received a grant for a sawmill at Sawmill Brook (Terry Brook) at a site which was later used by Gowdy distillery. Israel Meacham erected an iron works about 1714 at Powder Hollow to smelt bog iron, and Nathaniel Gary built a grain mill in Scitico.

The next half century saw the continuation of the agricultural-personal artisan activity on a laborious and humble scale. The settlers were struggling just to maintain their existence. Heavy pine forests in the east were wastefully burned off to clear land for cultivation-the ashes were good potash fertilizer-while turpentine and pine tar were produced for local use and to support the flourishing shipbuilding industry along the coast. To this day, turpentine, pine tar, and rosin-in fact, all the terpene derivatives-are referred to as 'naval stores.' Lumber was cut. There were no luxuries, and only river boats, horses, and a few farm wagons for transportation. In 1749, when Massachusetts relinquished claims to Woodstock, Enfield, Somers, and Suffield, colonial Connecticut assumed jurisdiction over these towns. By 1756 the population was 1,050..." Challenge of Change at page 171. [Note: Citations omitted by our compiler as the person who sent this page did not include the page with citations thereon. cjmc]

1683 "By 1683 as many as thirty families had settled in Enfield (an English place name meaning cleared land). The boundaries extended six miles down the Connecticut River from Longmeadow Brook and thence to the east to include what is now the Town of Somers. Even before a local governing body ws established, a church building twenty feet square was built in 1683. This was subsequently replaced by the old Town Hall that is still standing.

These thirty families petitioned the General Court at Boston for the incorporation of the plantation with Town privileges by the name of Enfield. Their petition was granted and in 1688 the first Town Meeting was held. At that time the people chose John Pease, Jr. and Samuel Terry as their Select Men.

The early church was by far the town's most important building. It was not only used as the meetinghouse for services of worship, but also as the town hall and the civic center. In early America the church was the government and the government was the church. The church was the Congregational and one has only to look at these towns that are truly early New England to identify their white spires rising so majestically above the tallest trees to understand a bit about the church's influence on the lives of New Englanders. The choicest spot of land in town was chosen as the site for the church, and the land nearest the church was chosen by those who could afford it for their homes. Even those living away from the village chose land that afforded a view of the church. For many years, in fact until 1818, the Congregational Church was the established denomination in Connecticut, fostered and provided for by the government.

From the very beginning, not only Enfield but all of New England carried on lengthy boundary disputes. So that it was not unusual that Enfield together with Suffield, Woodstock, and Somers (which had become a separate town in 1734) felt more comfortable and compatible with Connecticut than Massachusetts. Enfield petitioned in 1715 that 'we be joined to Connecticut where we properly belong.' This request was not realized until 1749. There was much argument about the way the original surveying had been rather arbitrarily done and in the end Enfield 'joined with' Connecticut.

The early settlers were all farmers. Even the minister, the school teacher, and the surveyor farmed. Here at Enfield settlers found the rich agricultural land of the Connecticut River Valley. Each community had to be self-sustaining, each town must and did take care of its own affairs..." The Challenge of Change, three centuries of Enfield, Connecticut history Page 125 "Years of growth."

"April 10 1683. At a meeting of the Committee for freshwater Plantation. Present John Pynchon, Thomas Stebbins, Benj. Parsons, Jonn Burt. Being at freshwater Plantation and Scantuck in order to lay out of meadow on Scantuck and having gone to the line of Mr. Soltonstalls or Davisons farm, where we take that farm to come at Scantuck beginning at Scantuck River clear of that farm land we agreed to lay out the low land there on Scantuck for meadow lots and all the lots there shall be laid seven acres, and to run from hill to hill across the river taking all the low land on both sides of Scantuck except from Robert Pease upwards where a marked tree states the west end and what the Committee now on view adjudge for meadow on each lot be accounted and entered to each man as so much meadow and the rest to go for field land, and it is agreed and ordered now before any mans meadow is measured or settled to him that a passage for carts and teams shall be and is allowed across all mens meadow lot there for liberty of going in the most convenient places for passage and for going up the hill and over the river where it may be the most feasible and all the lots here whoever they shall fall to are now before they take them up declared to be, granted them with this reserve, beginning southward nigh to Mr. Davisons farm which is on the south of the after mentioned lots and coming northward and staked out lots by guess 7 acres to a lot which are afterwards to be rectified and numbered every one on a stake or tree on thenorth side No.1:2 &.

On the first which hath-- meadow field land

No. 1 is Daniel Collins. . . . . . . . . . . 3 4"

and down to "No. 12, Isaac Morgan, 3-;No. 13 Jonathon Bush 3-3; No. 14 Thomas Terry 4-3; No. 15 Samuel Terry Jur, No. 16 Samuel Terry Senr." ENFIELD HISTORY, at page 104.

And at page 109 supra:

"March 28th 1687. By the Comtee for Enfield. Upon the desire of the inhabitants of Enfield, Isaac Gleason, Benja Parsons and Samel Terry are allowed and appointed to officiate in Enfield for the year ensuing as select men according to former usage under the Commee."

And at page 121 supra:

"...The Inhabitants of Enfield presented as chosen by the town Feby 11th 1689 for the year ensuing Isaac Gleason Isaac Meacham and Benja Parsons as select men, SAMUEL TERRY chosen Constable, Simon Rumril and Wm. Booth surveyors for the highways. Thomas Howard and Thomas Abbe viewers of fences." [Emphasis added. cjmc]

And at page 122 supra:

"May 22, 1690. At a meeting of the Committee for Enfield. Present John Pynchon, Jonn, Sam Marshfield. The inhabitants of Enfield moving that we would consider of several that by their not attendance to the terms of their said grants whereby the place is oppressed for want of inhabitants in this day of trouble, and that we would execute our orders concerning the same by taking the forfeiture of several lots which lie vacant, those that had them granted on condition of settling on them not attending thereto, we have accordingly considered the same, do therefore declare forfeited as followeth...Isaac Morgan, his home lot that he had of Terry if not his whole allotment thereof, yet if any of these persons will speedily carry on and settle according to their grants, we shall be ready and willing to continue unto them, but not unless they really perform and be in good earnest therein, that the place may be filled up with inhabitants for the comfort of the whole,...

SAMUEL TERRY SNR. also his grant forfeited, only he having given the home lot on the west side of the way to his son Samuel Terry jur being next to him who hath been according to order 7 years and above on the place we do confirm and grant said home lot to Samuel Terry jur that hath broken up most of it, he settling a dweller on it in convenient time, when his son comes of age as also so much of Samuel Terry senr the father his field land so intended which was measured out with young SAMUEL TERRY'S land being about 5 acres. This land part of SAMUEL TERRY SNR. his grant about 5 acres, we do now grant and confirm to SAMEUL TERRY JUNR. Though forfeited by SAMUEL TERRY SNR. yet he being one of the petitioners to the General Court for the place we do allow it and grant it to his son SAMUEL TERRY JUNR. at his desire as aforesaid, all the rest of SAMll TERRY SNR. his grant being hereby declared void, nun and forfeited, by reason of his..." [Sentence not completed here. Also emphasis added. cjmc)

And at page 123: "...That home lot on the north of Samuel Terry..."

"Sept. 3, 1690. William Randal who wants his meadow to be settled and says he cannot find any, the Committee finding a meadow lot on Scantuck, that was intended for SAMUEL TERRY SENR. which becomes null as to said SAMUEL TERRY SENR. and so is at the Committees disposal, do now grant said meadow, being the 26 meadow lot on Scantuck and is lying between the meadow of SAMUEL TERRY JUNR. on the south and John Burroughs on the north unto Wm Randall which he is to get measured and make return what it proves, how much field land, how much meadow that it may accordingly be recorded..."

And at page 124 supra:

"April 7th 1691. By the Committee for Enfield...Granted to John Trumbull the lot intended for Benja Denslow who soon decsd which hath been offered his brother if he would come the place and though forfeited,upon several accounts, particularly the purchase money is not which the grant was upon the condition of paying the purchase price within three months notwithstanding if yet his brother come there to build and settle he may enjoy otherwise John Trumble to have it wherefore this message shall by SAMUEL TERRY and John Trumbul be declared to Denslow...Accordingly SAMll TERRY and John Trumbull delivered the message as above and made return that some of the Denslows they spoke with, and acquainted them therewith, also sent word to another brother who lives toward the ferry...would not engage to come

and settle nor offered purchase money so that it falls-John Trumbull who is ordered and allowed to enter upon it accordingly planted corn thereon further having waited longer 3 months more even till mowing time almost over and the Denslows neglecting wholly and rejecting the purchase which this 24 day of July 1691 John Trumbull hath brought and paid whereby the land passeth fairly to him..."

And at page 128 supra:

"Benjamin Parsons SAMUEL TERRY and Isaac Morgan having on the 28th of December 1691 at a town meeting in Enfield had liberty by and of the Major Part of the town for setting up a sawmill on Scantuck Stream where they shall find it most convenient above or beyond Isaac Meachams Meadow, and now addressing themselves to the Committee for confirmation thereof and what is further necessary and belongs to the Committee in respect for there security & we do therefore hereby confirm said grant and liberty to them provided they afford boards which the inhabitants need for their necessary occasion in said town to them for four shillings p hundred at said mill which doing we grant the liberty of the commons for timbers, & as they shall have occasion and need of it for improving of said mill when built; as also grant them 20 acres of land by said mill or where it may be most convenient, within half a mile of it, they building and setting said mill agoing sawing by the melestide come 12 months if extraordinary Providence hinder not, and continue the improvement of the same and then all is granted to them, and to their heirs and assigns forever, and to such as they shall take in with them."

And at page 129 supra:

"There being some persons presented for being defective in not cutting up the bushes and clearing up the brush in the street against the fronts of their lots...it is ordered that warning and notice be given them by the select men for doing it only in the spring, and that if they neglect and not do it April next, well and sufficient, then the select men shall take notice thereof and inform Mr. Pynchon under their hands, whom of them they find deficient in clearing the brush the half of the street against the front of their lots (viz) six rods all the breadth of their lots, whereupon Mr. Pynchon shall forthwith issue forth warrant and require the constable to levy the penalty according to order (viz) 5 shillings upon each person who shall not by that time attend and perform the order, or remains deficient therein on the last day of April next..."

And at page 130 supra:

"March 16th 1692/1691 By the Committee for Enfield. Present John Pynchon, D. Jonath Burt, Sam Marshfield. The Committee do allow and approve of all the aforementioned persons to the aforesd offices who are for the year ensuing to officiate therein accordingly. The viewers of fences being the select mens work to choose and appoint them, we therefore leave them: not at all disallowing them nominated (viz) Samuel Terry and Simon Rumril." [emphasis added. cjmc]

The following excerpts are from the Chapter "Land Grants" in The History of Enfield:

At page 141:" Also in the North Field in the west division that fronts upon the Country road, 7 acres more or less, Length 60 rods bredth 18 south bounded by SAM TERRY JUNR. North Jonn Bush, west by the Land of Mr. John Pynchon."

The following all recorded under title of SAMUEL TERRY JUNIOR.

At page 147: "1700 SAMUEL TERRY JR. besides Those persels of Land which is recorded in the next and following pages, he is by purchase from Isaac Morgan possessed of 40 acres of Land more or less It lyeth in two parsels 3 acres more or les Lying on ye North side of Freshwater brook which lot is 80 rods in length and is 20 rods in bredth bounded south on his own Land west on ye Country road North and East with Common land. The other [ ] Lot Lyeth the North side grape brook bounded south with grape brook, 50 rods in bredth there bounded with the Hill on the East at ye upper Highway, the Length is 180 rods to the upper side of Pot brook swamp to the brow of the Hill, and from thence to the Grate River west, in bredth 30 rods there, bounded on the river West and pot brook south and then to the brow of the Hill on the west side of the County road, to the river Cum to the River and by the River to grape brook.

June 1700 He is possessed of a percell of meadow granted by the Town March 5th 1700 and it is measured out to him on Freshwater brook Containing 4 acres more or less bounded west on the land Called Capt Meachams Northerly by

the brook and southerly by the upland-and so runs East 28 rods.

March 1701 he is possessed of a lot of land by the grant of ye Town which land lyeth between the south field and Coll Pynchons land at the foot of the falls which is 50 acres more or less the length is 200 rods and bredth 50 bounded East with the Country road west with the Grate river, south with Ephraim Terry, North with vacant land.

SAMUEL TERRY JNR. besides his Home lot as in page 24 possessed by grant and measuring out to him as followeth of 20 acres of Land in the south field in the 2nd division then Bounded Westerly with ye middle Highway which runs from North to south, Eastwardly with the Peases Land, at ye North end with the first Highway which runs through the field from East to West Length 120 rods and bredth 28 rods.

Also in the North field of 7 acres more or less on the West side of the Country road from the Town to freshwater brook length 63 rods." (will have to finish this when I get hold of Allen's book as I evidently did not copy the next pages..cjmc)

5Mar1697-98 "On the 5th day of March, 1697-98, Mrs. Martha Terry, formerly Martha Crane, Widow of Benjamin Crane Jr., Decd., personally appeared before Capt. John Hamlin and my self (Caleb Stanly) at Hartford, and presented the Invt. of Houseing & Lands at Hartford above apprised, to be added to the former Inventory of her former Husband Benjamin Crane, Decd..." Probate Records 1687 to 1695 at p. 433

13Apr1699 "Page 34 (Vol. VI) 13 April, 1699: This Court being moved by Samuel Terry of Enfield, who married Martha the Widow of Benjamin Crane of Wethersfield, Decd, for distribution of the Estate of sd. Crane, Order 1-3 part of the personal estate to the Widow forever, and 1-3 part of the Real Estate during life; and to Isaac Crane, the child 2-3 of the Moveable and 2-3 of the Real Estate to him and to his heirs forever. This Court grant to Samuel Terry Adms. in right of his Wife, and Order that Samuel Terry shall have the use and benefit of two-thirds of the Houseing and Lands for bringing up of the child till he come of age." Probate Records at page 433.

1May1710 "Page 10 (Vol. VIII) 1 May1710: Isaac Crane, a minor 17 years of age, son of Benjamin Crane Jr., late of Wethersfield, Decd. chose Jonathan Boreman of Wethersfield to be his Guardian."

and at page 36 (Vol. VIII) "2 July 1711: This Court order that the Clerk, upon the request of Lt. Jonathan Boreman, Guardian of Isaac Crane, son of Benjamin Crane Jr., late of Wethersfield, Decd, shall Issue forth a writ to cite Samuel Terry of Enfield and Martha his wife, Adms. on the Estate of sd. Benjamin Crane, Decd, to appear in Court and render account of their Adms."

1705 Appointed as a Sgt. and promoted to Ensign in local militia. Colonial Dames in the State of New York

1708-10; 1712; 1714-18;720; 1724; and 1725 Deputy from Enfield to the General Court of Massachusetts. Colonial Dames in the State of New York

6Oct1712 "This Court orders that Samuel Terry, Adms. on the Estate of Benjamin Crane Jr., Decd. do render to this Court an Account of his Adms. on or before the 1st Monday of March next ensueing." Probate records VIII at page 89.

and at page 117 same vol.:

2Mar1712/13 Samuel Terry of Enfield and his wife Martha Terry, Adms., exhibit now an account of their Adms., whereby it appears that they have in Debts and Charges (including what has been by them expended in bringing up and subsisting Isaac Crane, only Child of the sd. Benjamin Crane, Decd., and also what is spent for the necessary support of the family & Reparing the Buildings and Fences) amounting to the sum of -L-195-08-01, including what was by this Court formerly allowed, and that there is due and paid into the sd. Estate for the Rents and Profits of houseing and Lands, the sum of -L-57-00-00. This Court having examined the Account (and also heard and Considered the several Objections against the same by William Warne, Jr.of Wethersfield and others) do approve and allow the sd. Account. William Warner (who is one of the legal Representatives of the sd. decd) appealed from this Resolve and order of this Court to the Superior Court." and at page 140 said vol.:

4May1713 "Samuel Terry of Enfield and Martha his wife, Adms. on the Estate of Benajmin Crane, Jr., are granted a Quietus Est. supra at 433.

"Captain Samuel Terry 3d Captain of the Militia of Enfield & one of the first representatives to the Gen. Court at Boston, often sustaining various Town offices, he died 1730 aged 70, left 7 sons, all but one settled in Enfield." Page 40 History of Enfield in Chapter "Historical Sketch of the Town of Enfield."

Identified as being one of the oldest houses now standing in Enfield in 1829 was "The house that was formerly owned by Col. Nathaniel Terry which was built by his grandfather Capt. Samuel Terry." Page 49 supra

1716 Elected Captain in local militia.

9Mar1724 "At a legal Town meeting in Enfield March ye 1724 Those voted to Joyne with Suffield to send agent down to Connecticut general court with a petition or prayr for our Rights. afore copy attest Lochair Booth Clerk.

Att ye same meeting ye Town chose Capn Tairy to be their agent to joyne with Suffield to Petition or pray for Those Privileges that do Belong unto us. afore: copy attest Lothair Booth Clerk."

12Mar1724 The Town of Suffield, by a close vote, chose John Kent* to be the agent to procure for the town of Suffield the privileges of Connecticut Government.

*[Query: Could it have been descendants of this John Kent who were very early settlers in the portion of Dutchess Co. NY which later became Putnam Co. NY and where there is located a Town of Kent named after the early settlers? Descendants of 512 Reverend Samuel Terry lived in that town also cjmc]

[Note: Originals of the above and following are located in the papers of the General Court in the Connecticut Archives and copies made by the compiler in 1985. Since the copy of the original Petition is being included herein, including the page containing the signatures of Captain Samuel Terry and John Kent thereon as Exhibit I, will abstract petition as follows: cjmc]

14May1724 Samuel Terry of Enfield and John Kent of Suffield petitioned the Governor and Council and Representatives of the General Court of Connecticut on 14May1724 stating that the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut had run a dividing line between the said government and erected monuments. Said line was decreed and recorded as the true line by charter granted and that the said towns and plantations are in fact by said "Line Manifestly within the Charter of Conecticut..." and "which Charter was a gracious privilege granted without reserve by our late Sovereign King Charltes the 2nd of glorious memory to all inhabiting or that should inhabit the limits of the same..." "Yet notwithstanding your Honorables in conjection with the above said province [meaning Massachusetts cjmc] enacted and decreed that the said towns should remain under the jurisdiction of the said province."

1. We think we have never done anything whereby we have forfeited that right and privilege granted in common to all his Majesties Loyal subjects that do or should inhabit within the said limits.

2. We never have consented to the giving up our birthright nor to the subjection that is expected of us from the Massachusetts etc.

3. We are humbly of opinion that we cannot contrary to our minds be derprived of said privileges unless the whole charter be vacated.

4. If we continue as we are we cannot discern by what authoritiy the Government of the Massachusetts can regularly command us. So that we shall seem to be left without authority over us or government among us what is far from our hearts and desire. Nay, we abhor the thoughts of it.

Your Honorables having graciously heard this our humble prayer we patiently wait for a gracious answer of Peace that we may approve ourselves dutyfull and obedient to your Honorables as well as Loyal Subjects to our glorious sovereign King George and your humble supplicants as bound shall ever pray. /s/ Samll Terry and John Kent.

[Note: Mr. Allen in his History of Enfield informs that the first petition was for inclusion in the Colony of Connecticut was made by the Town of Enfield in 1715 but it was not until 1749 that the Town of Enfield became a part of Connecticut. Captain Samuel Terry did not live to see the results of his and other petitions. cjmc]

12 Dec. 1730 Captain Samuel Terry executes Last Will and Testament in Enfield, Mass. [now Conn. cjmc].

"In the name of God Amen I Samuel Terry of the Town of Enfield & County of Hampshire being weak of body and of sound and disposing memory and mind do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament

Imprimis I resign my soul to God that gave it and my body to the Dust to be decently buried by my Executors & for my outward Estate of Wordly Goods I giveth is po---- as followeth:

Item I give to my loving wife Martha the one half of my household goods and also my black mares two cows & Six sheep

Item I give to my son Samuel Terry all that he oweth me upon book account

Item I give to my son Ebenezer Terry all that he oweth me upon book account provided he acquits my Estate from all that he demands of me upon book account but if he demands any thing due to him from me upon book account my will is that he pay to my Executor what he oweth me upon book account

Item I give to my daughter Hannah Bement five shillings & to my daughter Rebeckah Pasco five shillings & to my son Jacob Terry five shillings & to my son Isaac Terry five shillings.

Finally after my debts and funeral expenses are Paid I give & bequeath all the rest & residue of my Estate both real & Personal unto my three sons Benjamin Terry Ephraim Terry and Jonathan Terry to them & to their Heirs forever & I hereby nominate & appoint them that is Benjamin Terry Ephraim Terry & Jonathan Terry to be Executors of this my Last Will & Testament hereby revoking all former Wills whatsoever Sealed with my seal and dated in Enfireld Dec. 12th Ann. Domini 1730 in Presence of us

/s/ Saml Terry & a Seal

Ephraim (his mark) Terry Joseph Pease Marcy (her mark) Pease" HCR pp. 82-83

9Mar1730/31 Hampshire Co., Mass. Probate Court

"Hampshire Co.: At a Court of Probates Helden at Northampton within & for the County of Hampshre on the Second Tuesday of March Anno. Domini 1730/31 being the ninth day of sd month (a symbol) John Stodard Esq. Judge of sd Court the foregoing Will was presented by the three Executors therein named for Probate & Ephraim Terry & Joseph Pease who signed as witnesses to sd Will being present made oath that they saw the said Testator sign & seal and heard him pronounce the same to be his Last Will & Testament & that to the best of their judgment the sd Testator was of a sound mind & memory when he said it & that they both saw Marcy Pease sign as a witness to sd Will & that they all signed as witnesses in presence of the sd Testator wherefore I approve ratifie & confirm the same as the Last Will and Testament of the sd. Deceased. John Stoddard." HCR p. 83

9Mar1731. Hampshire Co., Mass. Probate Court

"At a Court of the Probate Holden at Northampton within & for the County of Hampshire on the Second Tuesday of March being the Ninth day of the month (a symbol) John Stoddards Esq. Judge of sd Court. Messrs. Barony (?) Ganes Thomas Jones & Joseph Pease all of Enfield in sd County were appointed to make an appraisement of the Estate of Samuel Terry Late of Enfield aforesd. Gent Dec: as it shall be Presented to them by Benjamin Terry Ephraim Terry & Jonathan Terry Executors of the Last Will & Testament afsd. (a symbol) John Stoddard."

18Mar1731 Enfield March 18th 1731. The above named Persons Barony Ganes & Thomas Jones & Joseph Pease were Sworn to the true performance of sd above Trust.

(symbol) John Aplay (?) Jus. Peace"

7June1731 "An Inventory of the Estate of Capt. Samuel Terry Late of Enfield Deceased Taken & apprized by us the Subscribers June the 7th anno Domini 1731.

To 25 acres of Land on the South Side of the North Branch of Grapebrook at 50 pounds.

To 20 acres of land on the south side of the north branch of Grape book at 50 pounds.

To 9 acres of land joyning to Springfield line at a place called Wakhoagat 13 pounds and 10 shillings.

Barony Ganes Joseph Pease and Thomas Jones )Apprzrs.

Excepting several pieces of land that now ---- under the Incumbrance of a Mortgage & also several debts due from sundry persons to the deceased the certainty of which we cannot as yet come at Enfield June 7th 1731 Benjamin Terry Emphraim Terry. The foregoing Inventory was lodged with me the Subscriber. Jonathan Terry Executor of the Last Will & Testament of sd Deceased. Certified (symbol) John Stoddard Judge of Probate."

4 August 1731

"Hampshire County: at a Court of Probate Holden at Northampton within & for the County of Hampshire on the Second Tuesday of August being the Fourth day of Anno Domini 1731 (symbol) John Stoddard Esq. Judge of sd Court Benjamin Terry Ephraim Terry & Jonathan Terry Executors of the Last Will & Testament of their Hon. Father Mr. Samuel Terry Late of Enfield Deceased presenting the foregoing Inventory made oath that it is a true & the fact Inventory of the Estate of sd Deceased so farr as at present they can come at & if any more appear of like nature they

will readily make and of ---- thereof to the sd Judge or to his successors in sd office from time to time. (symbol) John Stoddard." 10Aug1731. Probate Court, Hampshire Co., Mass.

"At a Court of Probate Holden at Northampton within & for the County of Hampshire on the Second Tuesday of August being the Tenth day of sd month anno domini 1731 (symbol) John Stoddard Esqr. Judge for sd Court Benjamin Terry Emphraim Terry Ephraim Terry & Jonathan Terry Executors of the Last Will & Testament of their Hon. Father Capt. Samuel Terry Late of Enfield Deceased making request for some further time to make up accnt. & finish & perfect their Inventory they find the Estate much ---------- & many accnts. & some of them at ------- ----- distance their motion is considered & they are allowed three months time more in order to compleat their Inventory. John Stoddard"

9Sept1731 Additional Inventory, Hampshire Co., Mass.

"An additional Inventory of the Estate of Capt. Samuel Terry late of Enfield Deceased taken & Apprized by us the Subscribers Sept. 9th Anno. Domini 1731.

To 5 acres & 1/4 11 rods & 1/2 of Meadow Land lying on both sides of freshwater book about two rods left of the Country Road at 13 pounds per acres 69 pounds 3.5 shillings

To one piece of land lying on the west side of the Country Road near Fresh water book at 16 acres at 6 pounds per acre 96 pounds.

To two Indentures one of Aron Younglove & one of Bethia Younglove both at 7 pounds

The above tracts of land lye under the Incumbrance of a Mortgage made to Mr. Jonathan Waldo of Boston.

Thomas Jones Barony Ganes & Joseph Pease) Apprizrs

Benjamin Terry Ephraim Terry & Jonathan Terry Executors of the Last Will & Testament of sd Deceased."

"An account of debts to the Estate of Capt Samuell Terry Late of Enfield in the County of Hampshire."

[Note: Your compiler will not set out the entire document with amounts due and owing from the estate but only list the persons who owed and the persons to whom money was owed. cjmc)

Debtors: James Wood, John Tousley, Joshua Booth, Samuel Doolittle, Obadiah Miller, Thomas Abby, John Abby, Thos. Perkins, Abel Wright, Timothy Riatt, William Simons, Samuel Pease, Ebanezer Warriner, Ebenezer Jones, Joseph Hale, Jonathan Bush Sr., Estate of Capt. Goodrich late of Tolland, deceased; From Jonathan Terry 200 (which he is to Pay to Mr. Waldo's estate towards & discharge of a mortgage his Father made to sd Waldo by bond dated Sept. 13, 1731 [Query: Is this an error and should it have been 1730/1? cjmc), from Jonathan Terry the sum of 329:3:1 by a bond dated March 16th 1730 for which he is to pay to Mr. Waldo's estate in consideration of some cattle & other moveable estate his father conveyed to him by a Bill of Sale in order to discharge a mortgage his father had made to sd Waldo, Christopher & Jacob Lawton, John Pierce, Daniel Weld (?), Jonathan Jink, Benjamin Selton, Stephen Minor, Thos. Colton, Robert Pease, Nath. Pease., John Allen, Eben Wariner, Samuel Gilbert, Samuel Keep (?), Abraham Pease, Israel Phelps, Samuel Cooley, George Hall, David Burt, Henry Woolcot, Natn. Bliss, Caleb Allen, of Capt. C. Frisbees of Branford, Jcabo Kibby, ----Sikor, Jr., Caleb Booth, James Simons, Nathn. Pease, of Saml. Hall, Eben Chapin, Joseph Pease.

Total accounts receivable 857 pounds 15 shillings and six pence. Following are the persons to whom the estate was indebted:

John Gunn, Doct. Matthews(?), Jedidiah Watons, Isaac Pease, deceased, John Lawton, Jonathan Pierce, Col. Pynchon, Mr. Harris of Springfield, Asaph Leavit, Mr. John Beauchamp, Jacob Adams, Ebanezer Burbanks, ZahCarisus Booth, John Prior, Junr. ----Lawton, Shubael Geer, Widow Hannah Glaston, John Prior, Capt. Strong, Daniel Markham, Luke Parsons, Benj. Bement, Richard French, John Kibby, Barony Ganes, John Pease, Richard Comes, Josiah Shelton, Thomas Ingersole, Thomas Hale, John Meacham, Ephraim Terry, Col. Fitch, Estate of Mr. Waldo of Boston, late deceased, Mr. Caleb Lyman of Boston, Benjamin Terry, James Kibby, Jonathan Pierce. Debts totalled 1484 pounds 7 shillings and of this 975 pounds 19 shillings seven pence went to the estate of Mr. Waldo evidently to pay off the mortgage referred to in the additional inventory.

14Sept1731. Probate Court, Hampshire Co., Mass.

"At a Court of Probate Holden at Northampton within & for the County of Hampshire on the second Tuesday of Sept.

anno Domini 1731 being the 14th day of sd month (symbol) John Stoddard Esqr. Judge of sd Court Benjamin Terry Ephraim Terry & Jonathan Terry Executors of the Last Will & Testament of their Honr. Father Mr. Samuel Terry Late of Enfield in sd County Gent. Deceased all personally appearing Made Oath that the foregoing acct. of debt & credit of the Estate of Deceased is a true accnt. as farr as already come to their knowledge & that if any more debt or credit of sd Estate should hereafter appear they will readily make discovery of the same to this Judge of Probate or his Successors in sd office from time to time. Commr. John Stoddard Judge of the Probate" HCR pp. 92-93

11Sept1731 Additional Inventory "An Additional Inventory of the Estate of Capt. Samuel Terry Late of Enfield Deceased taken & apprized by us the Subscribers Sept. 11 1731

To 196 acres of land on both side of Grapebrook at 294 pounds To 76 acres & 40 rods of land on the south side of Grapebrook 114 pounds and 7 shillings

To 20 acres of land upon the south branch of Grapebrook 60 pounds

To 1 acre of land between the Branches of Grapebrook at 1 pound ten shillings. Thomas Jones Baroni Gaines & Joseph Pease apprizers

Benjamin Terry Ephraim Terry Jonathan Terry Executors to the Last Will & Testament of sd deceased." HCR:111 28Mar1733 Additional Inventory

"An Additional Inventory of the Estate of Capt. Samuel Terry Late of Enfield Decd Taken & apprized by us the Subscribers March 28th Anno Dom 1733,To Seventy Six Acres and one quarter of land that is yet to take up in the Second Division in the forward(?) Comons at 10 per acre 98 pounds and five shillings Thomas Jones, Barony Gaines, Joseph Pease) Apprizers Benjamin Terry Ephraim Terry & Jonathan Terry) Executors of the Last Will & Testament of sd deceased" HCR p. 138

Frederick W. Sawyer III, 8 Sachem Drive, Glastonbury, Ct. 06033 on 2Oct1985 sent the following to the compiler. Mr. Sawyer is a descendant of both wives of Captain Samuell Terry. Mr. Sawyer cites Allen's The History of Enfield Connecticut; Willard S. Allen's Longmeadow (Mass.) Familes; NEHGR Jan. 1879 33:68-133; James Savage's A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England; Henry M. Burt's The First Century of the History of Springfield and Stephen Terry's Notes of Terry Families

 "The Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield Ct. The Enfield Street Cemetery is located on U. S. Route 5 (Enfield Street) near Spier Street in Enfield, Connecticut. It is maintained by the Enfield Cemetery Association (P. O. Box 45, Enfield CT 06082) and has been in constant use since the first half of the 17th century.

The cemetery has three entrances from Route 5, the right most of which has a stone archway. To the left of the central entrance and 15 rows back one will find a stone seat (dedicated to a sister of Selah mentioned below) under a tree; immediately in front of this monument is the stone for Isaac Terry (d. 1782), an Enfield shoemaker. Isacc's parents Captain Samuel Terry (d. 1731) and Martha Boreman Terry (d. 1743) are buried side by side in row 19 in the section to the right of the road. On that side of the road there is a large Terry monument with a Grecian urn on its top; if one faces this monument with back to the cemetery entrance, then Samuel and Martha's stones are in front of and to the left of the monument. Samuel was a farmer who served at various times as constable and selectman; in 1716 he was made captain of the local militia. Martha was the daughter of Samuel Boreman of Wethersfield.

Martha's stone has sunken into the ground and is loose. In a talk at the 1985 meeting of the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, gravestone conservator Lance Mayer identified Samuel's stone as the work of Thomas Johnson, Senior, who produced gravestones between 1723 and 1736. In analysing Johnson's work, Ernest Caulfield (Connecticut Gravestones V, Bulletin of the Connecticut Historical Society, January 1956, 21(1):1-21) has stated:

The outstanding feature of these stones, particulary when compared with other Connecticut gravestones of that period, is that they show the hand of a master craftsman. From the stern cynical skulls with their gnashing teeth as well as from the feathered wings, fig borders and careful lettering, one may conclude that this artist was exceedingly proud of his work and wished each stone to be considered as a finished product. The edges of each stone were carefully chamfered, and even the backs were often made unusually smooth and occasionally decorated with a border. Martha was Samuel's second wife. A child by his first wife (Hannah Morgan Terry, daughter of Miles Morgan of Springfield) was Dr. Ebenezer Terry (d. 1780), who is buried next to his wife Mary Helme Terry (d. 1762) in row 20 on the left side of the

central road, immediately below and to the right of a large evergreen tree. Ebenezer was a physician who lived for a time in South Kingston RI but settled in Enfield around 1722, representing the town in the legislature (of the Massachusetts colony). Mary was the daughter of Samuel Helme of South Kingston RI.

Ebenezer and Mary's son Selah (d. 1803) married his half first cousin Michal Terry (d. 1810), a daughter of Isaac and Margaret (Downing) Terry. Selah and Michal are buried together in row 21/22 to the right of the central road, to the left of the Terry Monument and behind the stones for Samuel and Martha.

[Your compiler visited the Enfield St. Cemetery in 1983 and took several photographs of the various Terry stones. The scenery surrounding the cemetery is so breathtaking and in such a lovely and tranquil setting and I felt so at home where my Terry ancestors rest in peace. cjmc]

THE ENFIELD STREET CEMETERY,ENFIELD CONNECTICUT

The Enfield Street Cemetery is located on U.S. Route 5 (Enfield Street) near Spier Street in Enfield, Connecticut.  It is maintained by the Enfield Cemetery Association (P. O. Box 45, Enfield CT 06082), and has been in constant use since the first half of the 17th century. The cemetery has three entrances from Route 5, the rightmost of which has a stone archway. To the left of the central entrance and 15 rows back one will find a stone seat (dedicated to a sister of Selah mentioned below) under a tree; immediately in front of this monument is the stone for Isaac Terry (d. 1782), an Enfield shoemaker. Isaac's parents Captain Samuel Terry (d. 1731) and Martha Boreman Terry (d.1743) are buried side by side in row 19 in the section to the right of the road. On that side of the road there is a large Terry monument with a Grecian urn on its top; if one faces this monument with back to the cemetery entrance, then Samuel and Martha's stones are in front of and to the left of the monument. Samuel was a farmer who served at various times as constable and selectman; in 1716 he was made captain of the local militia. Martha was the daughter of Samuel Boreman of Wethersfield.

Martha's stone was sunken into the ground and is loose.  In a talk at the 1985 meeting of the Society of the

Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, gravestone conservator Lance Mayer identified Samuel's stone as the work of Thomas Johnson, Senior, who produced gravestones between 1723 and 1736. In analyzing Johnson's work, Ernest Caulfield ("Connecticut Gravestones V," Bulletin of the Connecticut Historical Society, January 1956, 21(1):1-21) has stated:

The outstanding feature of these stones, particularly when compared with other Connecticut gravestones of that period,is that they show the hand of a master craftsman. From the stern cynical skulls with their gnashing teeth as well as from the feathered wings, fig borders and careful lettering, one may conclude that this artist was exceedingly proud of his work and wished each stone to be considered as a finished product. The edges of each stone were carefully chamfered, and even the backs were often made unusually smooth and occasionally decorated with a border.

Martha was Samuel's second wife. A child by his first wife (Hannah Morgan Terry, daughter of Miles Morgan of Springfield) was Dr. Ebenezer Terry (d. 1780), who is buried next to his wife Mary Helme Terry (d. 1762) in row 20 on the left side of the central road, immediately below and to the right of a large evergreen tree. Ebenezer was a physician who lived for a time in South Kingston, Rhode Island but settled in Enfield around 1722, representing the town in the legislature (of the Massachusetts colony). Mary was the daughter of Samuel Helme of South Kingston, Rhode Island.

Ebenezer and Mary's son Selah (d. 1803) married his half first cousin Michal Terry (d. 1810), a daughter of Isaac and Margaret (Downing) Terry. Selah and Michal are buried together in row 21/22 to the right of the central road, to the left of the Terry monument and behind the stones for Samuel and Martha.

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References include Francis O. Allen's The History of Enfield Connecticut; Willard S. Allen's "Longmeadow (Mass.)

Families," NEHGR, Jan. 1879, 33:68-133; George Chandler's The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler; James Savage's A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England; Henry M. Burt's The First Century of the History of Springfield; and Stephen Terry's Notes of Terry Families.

Note: See Mr. Sawyer's Terry line query #111285 this issue, editor.]