Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Family of Elizabeth Deming (1108) & Nathaniel Foote (1221)

4031. Elizabeth Foote. Born on 16 Jan 1617 in Colchester, Essex. At the age of <1, Elizabeth was baptized in St James, Colchester, Essex, on 14 Jan 1618. Elizabeth died in Wethersfield, CT, on 8 Sep 1700; she was 83.167

ca 1638 Elizabeth married Josiah Churchill, son of John Churchill (ca 1580-23 May 1659) & Sarah May. Born ca 1613 in Munston, Dorset. Josiah died on 1 Jan 1685/6 in Wethersfield, CT.167

Josiah, who spelled his name Churchell, was in Wethersfield by 1638 when he married Elizabeth.167

Their children include:
12311 i. Mary Churchill (24 Mar 1639-1690)
12312 ii. Elizabeth Churchill (15 May 1642-)
12313 iii. Hannah Churchill (1 Nov 1644-bef Jun 1690)
12314 iv. Ann Churchill (1647-)
12315 v. Sgt. Joseph Churchill (7 Dec 1649-1 Apr 1699)
12316 vi. Lieut. Benjamin Churchill (16 May 1652-)
12317 vii. (infant son) Churchill (Died soon)
12318 viii. Sarah Churchill (11 Nov 1657-)

4032. Nathaniel Foote. Born ca 1619 in Colchester, Essex. Nathaniel was baptized in St James, Colchester, Essex, on 5 Mar 1619/20. Nathaniel died in 1655 in Wethersfield, CT.167

Nathaniel lived in Wethersfield, CT, and Hadley, MA.228

In 1646 Nathaniel married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Lieut. Samuel Smith (ca 1602-17 Jan 1681) & Elizabeth Chileab (ca 1602-16 Mar 1686), in Wethersfield, CT.168 Born ca 1627 in England. Elizabeth was baptized in Hadleigh, Suffolk, Eng., on 28 Jan 1627. Elizabeth died aft 1701.

Their children include:
12319 i. Nathaniel Foote (10 Jan 1648-12 Jan 1702/3)
12320 ii. Samuel Foote (1 May 1649-7 Sep 1689)
12321 iii. Daniel Foote (ca 1652-26 Mar 1704)
12322 iv. Elizabeth Foote (1654-16 Sep 1696)

4033. Mary Foote. Born ca 1622.12

ca 1642 Mary first married Serg. John Stoddard.167 Born ca 1620 in England.167 John died in Dec 1664 in Wethersfield, CT.167

John, of Wethersfield.

Their children include:
12323 i. Mary Stoddard (12 Mar 1643/4-23 Aug 1683)
12324 ii. John Stoddard (12 Apr 1646-4 Dec 1703)
12325 iii. Caleb Stoddard (Twin) (12 Sep 1648-ca 1725)
12326 iv. Joshua Stoddard (Twin) (12 Sep 1648-)
12327 v. Mercy Stoddard (Nov 1652-)
12328 vi. Elizabeth Stoddard (Jul 1656-)
12329 vii. Nathaniel Stoddard (Mar 1661-9 Feb 1714)

ca 4 apr 1674 Mary second married John Goodrich, son of John Goodrich (ca 1575-21 Apr 1632) & Margery Howe (Sep 1588-21 Apr 1632), in Wethersfield, CT.12 Born ca 1616 in prob. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. John died in Apr 1680 in Wethersfield, CT.295

John, of Wethersfield.

ca 1681 Mary third married Lieut. Thomas Tracy, son of Paul Tracy (23 Feb 1556-4 Aug 1626) & Anne Shakerly (-10 Oct 1615). Born ca 1610 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Thomas died on 7 Nov 1685 in Norwich, CT.

Thomas, of Norwich.

4034. Lieut. Robert Foote. Born on 8 Dec 1627 in Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng. Robert died in 1681 in Branford, CT.30

Nathaniel resided in Wethersfield, Wallingford, and in 1668 Branford, CT.295

ca 1659 Robert married Sarah Potter, daughter of William Potter (ca 1608-Jun 1662) & Frances Child (ca 1610-Jun 1662).295 Born ca 1639.30 Sarah was baptized in First Congregational Society, New Haven, on 22 Aug 1641.30

Sarah, of New Haven.

Their children include:
12330 i. Ens. Nathaniel Foote (13 Apr 1660-1709)
12331 ii. Sarah Foote (12 Feb 1661[/2]-)
12332 iii. Elizabeth Foote (18 Mar 1663/4-May 1730)
12333 iv. Capt. Joseph Foote (6 Mar 1665/6-6 Mar 1751)
12334 v. Samuel Foote (14 May 1668-1696)
12335 vi. John Foote (24 Jul 1670-1713)
12336 vii. Stephen Foote (14 Dec 1672-23 Oct 1762)
12337 viii. Dr. Isaac Foote (14 Dec 1672-11 Feb 1758)

4035. Frances Foote. Born ca 1629.12 Frances died ca 1681 in Hadley or Hatfield, MA.

ca 1647/8 Frances first married Sergt. John Dickinson (4076) , son of Dea. Nathaniel Dickinson (1116) (ca 1601-16 Jun 1676) & Anna [Gull] (ca 1605-aft Mar 1670/1).53 Born ca 1624 in Lincolnshire, England. John was baptized in Billingborough, Lincolnshire, on 22 Aug 1624.53 John died on 19 May 1676 in Turners Falls, MA.167

John was a surveyer of highways 1651, one of a committy to run the S. line of Weth. 1659. He removed to Hadley with his father 1659, and was killed in the Falls (Turners) Fight in King Philip’s War.167

Their children include:
12338 i. Hannah Dickinson (6 Dec 1648-ca 1705)
12339 ii. Mary Dickinson (ca 1650-16 Mar 1708)
12340 iii. John Dickinson (1652-ca 1694)
12341 iv. Jonathan Dickinson (1654-bef Mar 1678)
12342 v. Sarah Dickinson (1656-11 Feb 1732)
12343 vi. Rebecca Dickinson (ca 1658-16 Feb 1731)
12344 vii. Elizabeth Dickinson (ca 1660-bef 1678)
12345 viii. Abigail Dickinson (1662-1714)
12346 ix. Mehitable Dickinson (ca 1666-)
12347 x. Mercy Dickinson (8 Jun 1668-30 Jun 1735)

ca 21 aug 1677 Frances second married Francis Barnard.12 Francis died on 3 Feb 1698 in Hadley, MA.

4036. Sarah Foote. Born ca 1632.12 Sarah died in 1673 in Stratford, CT.167

In 1652 Sarah married Jeremiah Judson, son of William Judson (-29 Jul 1662) & Grace [Judson] (-29 Sep 1659).167 Born ca 1621 in England. Jeremiah died on 15 May 1701 in Stratford, CT.295 Died of palsy.

Jeremiah, freeman 1658. 2

Their children include:
12348 i. Isaac Judson (10 Mar 1653-ca 1687)
12349 ii. Mary Judson (31 Dec 1655-)
12350 iii. Elizabeth Judson (24 Feb 1658-bef 19 Oct 1692)
12351 iv. Sarah Judson (7 Apr 1662-1700)
12352 v. Joseph Judson (15 Apr 1664-)
12353 vi. Mercy Judson (1 or 14 Jun 1665-1736)
12354 vii. John Judson (8 Jun 1666-)
12355 viii. Priscilla Judson (20 Apr 1669-)
12356 ix. Jeremiah Judson (1 Mar 1671-9 Feb 1733/4)

4037. Rebecca Foote. Born ca 1634 in Wethersfield, CT.167 Rebecca died on 6 Apr 1701 in Hadley or Hatfield, MA.168

On 1 Mar 1658 Rebecca first married Lieut. Philip Smith, son of Lieut. Samuel Smith (ca 1602-17 Jan 1681) & Elizabeth Chileab (ca 1602-16 Mar 1686), in Wethersfield, CT. Born on 30 Apr 1632 in England. Philip was baptized in Hadleigh, Suffolk, Eng., in Nov 1632. Philip died in Hadley, MA, on 10 Jan 1685; he was 52.168

Philip, first of Wethersfield, removed to Hadley after 1659.167

Philip was one of the first men of his time to be a lieutenant, deacon, and representative in Hadley. He was “murdered with an hideous witchcraft” according to Cotton Mather.168

Some quotations from Lawson’s web pages follow.

From The Magnalia Christi Americana, by Cotton Mather - 1702.

    Mr. Philip Smith, aged about 50 years, a son of eminently virtuous parents, a
    deacon of a church in Hadley, a member of the General Court, a justice in the
    County Court, a selectman for the affairs of the town, a Lieutenant of the troop, and
    which crowns all, a man for devotion, sanctity, gravity, and all that was honest,
    exceeding exemplary. Such a man was in the winter of the year 1684, murdered
    with an hideous witchcraft, that filled all those parts of New England, with
    astonishment. He was, by his office concerned about relieving the indigences of a
    wretched woman in the town; who being dissatisfied at some of his just cares about
    her, expressed herself unto him in such a manner, that he declared himself
    thenceforth apprehensive of receiving mischief at her hands. Early in January, he
    began to be very valetudinarious. He shewed such weanedness from the weariness
    of the world, etc.... While he remained yet of a sound mind, he solemnly charged
    his brother to look well after him. Be sure (said he) to have a care for me.... There
    shall be a wonder in Hadley.... In his distress he exclaimed much upon the young
    woman aforesaid, and others, as being seen by him in the room. Some of the young
    men in the town being out of their wits at the strange calamities thus upon one of
    their most beloved neighbors, went three or four times to give disturbance unto the
    woman thus complained of; and all the while they were disturbing her, he was at
    ease, and slept as a weary man; yea, these were the only times they perceived him to
    take any sleep in all his illness. Gally pots of medicine provided for the sick man
    were unaccountably emptied: audible scratchings were made about the bed, when his
    hands and feet lay wholly still, and were held by others. They beheld fire sometimes
    on the bed; and when the beholders began to discourse of it, it vanished away.
    Divers people actually felt something often stir in the bed, at a considerable distance
    from the man; it seemed as big as a cat, but they could never grasp it. Several trying
    to lean on the bed's head, tho' the sick man lay wholly still, the bed would shake so
    as to knock their heads uncomfortably. Mr. Smith dies; the jury that viewed his
    corpse found a swelling on one breast, his back full of bruises, and several holes
    that seemed made with awls. After the opinion of all had pronounced him dead, his
    countenance continued as lively as if he had been alive; his eyes closed as in a
    slumber, and his nether jaw not falling down. Thus he remained from Saturday
    morning about sunrise, till Sabbathday in the aftenoon. When those who took him
    out of the bed, found him still warm, tho' the season was as cold as had almost been
    known in any age; and a New England winter does not want for cold. But on
    Monday morning they found the face extremely tumified and discolored. It was
    black and blue, and fresh blood seemed running down his cheek upon the hairs.
    Divers noises were also heard in the room where the corpse lay; as the clattering of
    chairs and stools, whereof no account could be given. This was the end of so good a
    man.

From History of Hadley, by Sylvester Judd - 1863.

    Mary Webster, the woman who disturbed Philip Smith, was sent to Boston, tried
    for witchcraft, and acquitted. The young men of Hadley tried an experiment upon
    her. They dragged her out of the house, hung her up until she was near dead, let her
    down, rolled her some time in the snow, and at last buried her in it, and there left
    her. But she survived, and died in 1696. No inhabitant of Hampshire Co. was ever
    executed for witchcraft.

From Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, by Lucius Barnes Barbour - 1976.

    William Webster s. of John & Agnes died 1688 mar Feb 17, 1670 Mary Reeve who
    died 1696 dau of Thomas Reeve of Springfield. Hadley; his wife was accused of
    witchcraft and sent to Boston for trial 1684, but was acquitted and died in peace.
    s.p.

From Genealogies of Hadley Families, by Lucius M. Boltwood.

    William Webster was the son of the Hon. John Webster of Connecticut, a
    magistrate, Deputy Governor, Governor, and one of the Commissioners of the
    United Colonies. He was an influential member of the church in Hartford, took a
    deep interest in the controversy which agitated that and other churches, and was one
    of the leaders of the Hadley company.

Their children include:
12357 i. Dea. Samuel Smith (Jan 1659-28 Aug 1707)
12358 ii. (a child) Smith (-22 Jan 1661)
12359 iii. Dea. John Smith (18 Dec 1661-16 Apr 1727)
12360 iv. Jonathan Smith (1663-Oct or Nov 1737)
12361 v. Philip Smith (1665-25 Jan 1725)
12362 vi. Rebecca Smith (1668-7 Oct 1750)
12363 vii. Nathaniel Smith (2 Jan 1671-1740/1741)
12364 viii. Rev. Joseph Smith (ca 1674-8 Sep 1736)
12365 ix. Ichabod Smith (11 Apr 1675-6 Sep 1746)

On 2 Oct 1688 Rebecca second married Capt. Aaron Cook, son of Aaron Cook (ca 1586-Dec 1615) & Elizabeth Charde (1589-16 Apr 1643), in Hadley, MA.12 Born ca 1613/4 in Bridport, Dorset, Eng. Aaron was baptized in Bridport, Dorset, Eng., on 20 Mar 1613/4.5 Aaron died on 5 Sep 1690 in Northampton, MA.167 Buried in Bridge St. Cem., Northampton.

Aaron emigrated with his mother and stepfather, Thomas Ford,in 1630 on the Mary & John to Dorchester, MA, where he was made freeman 6 May 1635. He received three acres of land 1 Sep 1634 with additonal grants on 5 Jul 1636. He removed to Windsor in 1653 and was granted 50 acres at Simsbury. He served as juror many times and was made lieutenant and commander-in-chief of 65 soldiers on 21 May 1652 at Windsor. He was chosen captain in 1655. He was granted land at Northampton, MA, 1659/60, and settled there the next year. He was selectman several terms, and a deputy of the General Court many years. He was known as a wolf hunter; kept an ordinary, 1668-72; cdr. garrison at Westfield, 1675; returned to Northampton, 1678.

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