Thomas Colton and Sarah Griswold

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42. Captain Thomas Colton (1651–1728), son of George Colton and Deborah Gardner

Thomas, the son of George Colton, was born on 1 (3) 1651 in Springfield. [1, 1:13) Captain Thomas Colton died, age 77, on 30 September 1728 in Springfield and was buried in the Longmeadow Cemetery. [1, 3:2300] He married first Sarah Griswold on 11 September 1677 in Springfield. [1,2:1683] He married second Hannah Bliss on 17 December 1691 in Springfield. [1,1:25] Hannah was his stepsister, the daughter of his stepmother Lydia (Wright) (Bliss) (Norton) (Lamb) Colton. [2, 1]

43. Sarah Griswold (b. say 1655–1690), daughter of Matthew Griswold and Anne Wolcott

Sarah, the wife of Thomas Colton died [apparently in childbirth] on 12 September 1690 in Springfield. [1, 1:68]

Children of Captain Thomas Colton and Sarah Griswold:

i. Sarah Colton was born on 25 September 1678. She died on 20 June 1754. She married Samuel Keep.

ii. Anna (Hannah) Colton was born on 27 December 1680 in Springfield. [1, 2:1673] She married Thomas Horton after 14 January 1698 (int.) in Springfield. [1, 1:5]

iii. Ensign Thomas Colton was born on 27 March 1683 in Springfield. [1, 2:1674] He died on 14 August 1760, age 78, in Springfield and is buried in the Longmeadow Cemetery. [1, 3:2295] He married Joanna Warriner on 14 April 1708 in Springfield. [1, 1:135]

iv. Benjamin Colton was born on 19 February 1684 in Springfield. [1, 2:1675] He was “sicke & dyed” on 7 April 1685 in Springfield. [1, 2:1691]

v. Elizabeth Colton was born on 5 April 1686 in Springfield. [1, 1:39] She married Joseph Kellogg, Sr. on 5 July 1701 in Springfield. [1, 1:137]

vi. Matthew Colton was born on 13 February 1687 in Springfield. [1, 1:40]. He was “sicke & dyed” on 6 June 1690 in Springfield. [1,1:68]

vii. Unknown daughter Colton was born on 11 September 1690 and died that day or the next in Springfield. [1, 2:1679]

Children of Captain Thomas Griswold and Hannah Bliss:

viii. William Colton was born on 7 July 1694 in Springfield. [1, 1:44] He married Mary Merrick on 24 January 1716/7 in Springfield. [1, 1:151]

ix. Ebenezer Colton was born on 23 July 1696 in Springfield. [1, 1:49]

x. Joseph Colton was born on 27 August 1698 in Springfield. [1, 1:51] He died on 10 September 1698 in Springfield. [1, 1:70]

xi. Isaac Colton was born on 10 October 1700 in Springfield. [1, 1:59]

xii. Hannah Colton was born on 11 July 1703 in Springfield. [1, 1:56]

xiii. Dinah Colton was born on 31 January 1705/6 in Springfield. [1, 1:77] She was sick and died on 5 May 1706 in Springfield. [1, 1:121]

xiv. Abner Colton was born on 17June 1709 in Springfield. [1, 1:83] He was sick and died on 24 February 1709/10 in Springfield. [1, 1:123]

Endnotes:

1. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 2003).

2. George Woodworth Colton, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton (Philadelphia: John Milton Colton, 1912).

Revised 15-Dec-2019