Moulthrop, Matthew IV

Family/Spouse: Grannis, Sarah. Sarah was born in 1707; died on 22 Jun 1745 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Moulthrop, Thankful was born on 06 Nov 1728 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT; died on 12 Sep 1742 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT.
2. Moulthrop, Joseph was born on 11 Dec 1730.
3. Moulthrop, Sarah was born on 10 Jan 1733 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT; died on 13 Sep 1742.
4. Moulthrop, Mabel was born on 06 Sep 1735 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT; died before Dec 1762.
5. Moulthrop, Matthew V was born about 1738; died on 12 Sep 1742 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT.
6. Moulthrop, Mary was born about 1740; died on 13 Sep 1742 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT.
7. Moulthrop, Matthew was born on 09 Nov 1743 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT; died on 03 Aug 1745 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT.

Family/Spouse: Way, Hannah. Hannah was born about 1707; died on 23 Dec 1781 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Moulthrop, Matthew V was born about 1738; died on 12 Sep 1742 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT.
2. Moulthrop, Matthew was born on 09 Nov 1743; died on 03 Aug 1745.
3. Moulthrop, David was born on 23 Mar 1747 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT; died on 26 Dec 1826.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: twin to Abigail

Matthew married Brockett, Mary. Mary (daughter of Brockett, Benjamin and Barnes, Elizabeth) was born on 06 May 1675 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT; died on 15 Aug 1745 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married by:: King Phillips War
• Baptised: 24 Feb 1633, Wrawby, England

Notes:

Matthew Moulthrip, (Matthew) born in England; died East Haven, 1st February, 1690-1 age 53. He was at East Haven in 1638; married 26th June, 1662 Hannah Thompson, daughter of John and Eleanor Thompson. Authorities differ as to Matthew's birth. His death record, shown above, places his birth in 1638, but history refers to his birth in England as stated. His will, distributing an estate, was probated 10th June, 1691, and recorded in Volume II of the New Haven Records. Allen Bull and Isaac Bradley were appraisers. He took the Oath of Fidelity in 1644. He lived in New Haven until his purchase of a farm in East Haven Village. His residence in 1648 was in the Oystershell-fields Quarter.

Matthew married Thompson, Hannah on 26 Jun 1662 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT. Hannah (daughter of Thompson, John Jr. and ( ), Dorothy, daughter of Thompson, John, daughter of Thompson, John Jr. and ( ), Eleanor) was born about 1643 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT; died on 17 Jan 1713 in East Haven, New Haven Co., CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Barnes, Elizabeth on 24 Mar 1669. Elizabeth was born in 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Matthew Moulthrop, born, England. Was at New Haven in 1639; died, New Haven, 22nd December, 1668. Admitted to the First Church of New Haven before 1644. His wife, Jane, who died May, 1672, was admitted to the same church before 1661. Record of marriage, which took place in England, has not been found. Will in Volume i, page 143, of New Haven Probates, through which he disposes of comfortable estates for that period of time. Jane his widow, left a will recorded in Volume i, page 156, of the New Haven records.
The family name is thought to be of Danish origin and it seems probable that the family came from Denmark through England. The name is spelled variously in existing historical records as Moulthrip, Molthrop, Moultrop, Moulltrop, Moltroup, Moultroup, Moultrep, Moulthropp, and the latter would seem to be the original form.
Matthew, the immigrant, moved from New Haven to Stony River, East Haven, in 1662. Of the child Mary no further record has been found.
Matthew and his wife were members of the First Church at New Haven, and in Atwood's History of New Haven, their names are recorded in the seating of the meeting-house, from 1646 to 1665. The same history contains a map of the early New Haven Colony on which is shown the plot of land owned by Matthew Moulthrop.
Baker's History and Antiquities of New Haven gives authority for the statements of residence.

Matthew married Nicholl, Jane on 13 May 1633 in Wrawby, England. Jane (daughter of Nicholl, Thomas and George, Dorothy) was born before 04 Dec 1605 in Wrawby, Lincolshire, England; died on 13 May 1678 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptised: 04 Dec 1605, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• DAR Number: 771

Notes:

Free planter of Quinnipiac,CT,

John married ( ), Eleanor. Eleanor died before 29 Mar 1666. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• DAC Number: 1394, 16623, 18736

Notes:

According to a widespread tradition among the descendants of John Brockett, of New Haven, he was the eldest son of Sir John Brockett , of Brockett Hall, Hertfordshire, who had been knighted by Queen Elizabeth and disinherited his son on account of his Pruitanical ideas. The son gave up all claims to the title and estates of the Brocketts in England and joined a group of his coreligionists which came to America with the Rev. John Davenport. It is also claimed from similar sources that he loved a Puritan maiden and on her account gave up his rights. After providing a home at New Haven, he returned to England, married her and brought her to this country.

These traditions are quite interesting, but would seem more valid if it were not for the fact that Sir John Brockett, of Brockett Hall, died October 2, 1598, and that John Brockett, the American pioneer, died at Wallingford, Connecticut, March 12, 1690, aged eighty years. He was, therefore, born in 1609 or 1610 and could not have been a son of a man who died in 1598. According to "Victoria History of Hertfordshire," Brockett Hall was owned by the family as early as 1477 and held by them until the death of Sir John Brockett in 1598, his heirs being five daughters and a grandson, child of his sixth daughter. Brockett Hall and the manor passed to his daughter Mary and her husband, Sir Thomas Reade.

John Brockett was born in England in 1609 and died at Wallingford, Connecticut, March 12, 1690, "aged eighty years." He came to America in 1637, probably in the ship "Hector," with the Rev. John Davenport. The vessel reached Boston, June 26, 1637. The following year John Brockett, the Rev. John Davenport, and others, left for Connecticut and purchased from the Indians land at Quinnipiac, the site of the present city of New Haven. There they founded an independent government under the " Plantation Covenant," which was based on strictly religious principles. John Brockett was one of the leading men of the Colony. He was an able engineer and surveyor, laying out in June, 1639, the large square, now center of the city, in nine equal sections. The same boundaries are still in use, and at the time the excellence of the work was especially mentioned in the early records. He continued such service, surveying other lands in 1645 and, in October, 1647, as inspector of highways. he was appointed one of the commission to settle troubles with the Indians in June, 1654, and helped them to survey their lands and fence them. Six years later he was a member of the commission to settle the boundaries between the New Haven Colony and the Hartford Colony. He was also a surgeon and, in June 1654, was appointed surgeon of the troops which were to cooperate with Cromwell's fleet in protection against the hostile intentions of the Dutch. During King Philip's War from June, 1675, to 1676, he was surgeon of the Connecticut troops. When the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was laid out, he was appointed by the Governor of that Colony to make the survey and allot the lands to the settlers. For this reason he resided there from December, 1667, to 1670 and received for his services a grant of land which he later sold to Samuel Hopkins. While in Elizabeth, he was elected member of the first General Assembly of New Jersey. He also held a similar office in Connecticut, after his return serving in the General Court in 1671, 1678, 1680, and from 1682 to 1685. The town of Wallingford, Connecticut, was founded towards the close of his stay at Elizabeth and he was appointed to the committee which managed its affairs. He resided there and received twelve acres in the first allotment of land. Four acres were utilized in the raising of hoop poles, which was a leading industry. The poles were received by the New Haven merchants as cash. His house lot was in the extreme south end of the village and was forty rods long and twenty rods wide. May 24, 1681, he and three others purchased land from the Indians, two miles in breadth and extending the length of the Wallingford bounds. The name of this wife is not known.