TRACY, Hannah H.

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Jonathan was born in 1646, in Saybrook, Connecticut. His parents were Thomas and Mary Conway Tracy. He was one of the founders of Preston, New London, Connecticut. The first recorded Town Meeting took place on 30 March 1687. The first order of business was to choose a Recorder [town clerk]. Jonathan Tracy was chosen for this position. No other officials were appointed at the first meeting. The business that followed dealt with the granting of land; thus the need for the Recorder being the first official chosen. The records of Preston say that Jonathan Tracy married Mary Griswold on July 11, 1672. Since the first recorded town meeting took place in 1687 and Jonathan was chosen to be town clerk, he might have decided to put the record of his own marriage in the records of Preston, even though it did not occur there. They were married in Lisbon, New London County, in the Newent Congregational Church. The births of their first five children also occured before 1687, but are also found in the records of Preston. Those children were probably also born in Lisbon.

Jonathan was Commissioned Lt. of the Preston militia, May 1690. Jonathan was Selectman of Preston in 1698, and served as Town Clerk until his death. Colony law required that every town have an 'ordinary'. This term was used very early but changed to the more familiar 'tavern'. Jonathan Tracy was the first Ordinary Keeper. From the town records, 1698 jenewary 25: Jonathan Tracy was chosen ordinary keeper. Jonathan and Mary had at least nine children. Three of their sons married daughters of John and Mary (Wattell) Parish: Christopher married Lydia Parish, David married Sarah Parish, and Francis married Elizabeth Parish. Jonathan's will, dated Nov. 1711, mentions wife Mary, sons David and Samuel of Preston, and daughter Mary, wife of Benjamin Parrish. Jonathan signed a deed on November 29 and his will was proved on December 24, 1711. His place of burial is unknown.

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Jonathan married GRISWOLD, Mary on 11 Jul 1672 in Norwich, CT. Mary was born on 26 Aug 1656 in Saybrook, CT; died on 24 Apr 1711 in Preston, CT; was buried in Sep 1723 in Preston, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 7 Nov 1610, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England

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Lieutenant in King Philip's War. He was of Salem in 1637, and later of Saybrook, Wethersfield, and, in 1662, Norwich,CT. He was a carpenter.

"In 1645 he went to relief of Uncus, Sachem of Mohegans, when he was besieged at Shattucks Point by Naragansetts. Appointed in 1661 by General Court to try the Bond of New London; 1662 he was chosen on of the Court of Commission; in 1666 he was appointed Ensign at Norwich 1667-1678 deputy from Norwich to Colonial Assembly (Connecticut) in which he sat as member for more than twenty sessions. In 1673 appointed Lieut. of Forces in New London County to fight Dutch and Indians. 1674 was Quartermaster of Dragoons and in 1678 was appointed a Justice. He was one of the founders of both of the towns of Saybrook and of Norwich, Connecticut."

Thomas married CONWAY, Mary in 1641 in Wethersfield, CT. Mary (daughter of CONWAY, John and VERNEY, Catherine) was born in 1611; was christened on 8 Dec 1611 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died before 1654 in Saybrook, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married CONWAY, Mary in 1601 in Virginia Colony, VA. Mary (daughter of CONWAY, John and GREVILLE, Helen Eleanor) was born in 1580 in Arrow, Warwickshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married VERNEY, Catherine in 1619 in New London, CT. Catherine was born in 1598 in Norwich, CT; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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