Original Proprietors
Descendants of the Redwood
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The Redwood's Founders Numbered 46
     Their descendants are legion. As an important part of its 250th Anniversary celebration, the Redwood Library hopes to locate as many living descendants as possible, to attend a reunion in 1997 [since changed to 1998]. Charts of the descendants of various Founders will be linked to their names below as time permits. 

The original 46:


 
Daniel Ayrault, Jr.
(1707-1770; m. Susannah Neargrass, Hart Brenton) 

John Bennett
(d. 1769; m. Susannah Cornell) 

Abraham Borden
(1719-1777; m. Martha Bagnal) 

Peter Bours
(ca 1705/6-1761; m. Ann Fairchild) 

Jahleel Brenton 
(1691-1767; m. Frances Cranston, Mary Neargrass) 

John Brett 
(ca 1707/8-1755; m. Mary Howland) 

John Brown 
(d. 1753; m. Elizabeth Sanford) 

John Callender 
(1706-1748; m. Elizabeth Hardin) 

John Channing 
(1714-1771; m. Mary Chaloner) 

David Chesebrough 
(1702-1782; m. Abigail Rogers, Margaret Sylvester) 

Henry Collins* (1699-1765) 

John Easton 
(1713-1767; m. Patience Redwood) 

John Gardner 
(1697-1764; m. Frances Sanford) 

Patrick Grant* (d. 1755/6) 

Ebenezer Gray 
(1697-1773; m. Mary Gardiner, Mary Prentice) 

Joseph Harrison
(1709-1789; m. Eleanor Ridgway) 

Benjamin Hazard 
(1702-1768; m. Mehetable Redwood) 

James Honyman 
(ca 1675-1750; m. Elizabeth Carr, Elizabeth Cranston) 

James Honeyman, Jr. 
(1710-1778; m. Elizabeth Goulding) 

Joseph Jacob* 
(1691-1778; m. Sarah Newberry) 

Josias Lyndon* 
(1704-1778; m. Mary Carr) 

Thomas Moffatt (1702-1787) 

Jonathan Nichols 
(1712-1756; m. Mary Bull) 

 William Paul 
(1714-1775; m. Mary Harwood) 

Simon Pease 
(d. 1769; m. Martha Willett) 

Joseph Phillips 

Abraham Redwood 
(1709-1788; m. Martha Coggeshall) 

Clarke Rodman 
(1699-1752; m. Anne Coggeshall) 

Samuel Rodman 
(1703-1749; m. Mary Willett) 

Walter Rodman* 
(1719-1753; m. Rebecca Redwood) 

Edward Scott* (1703-1768) 

Joseph Scott 
(1709-1764; m. Ruth Gould, Elizabeth Bennett) 

James Searing 
(1704-1755; m. Mary Ellery) 

Joseph Sylvester 
(1712-1769; m. Mary Whipple, Mercy Davenport) 

John Tillinghast* (1696-1775) 

Daniel Updike 
(ca 1693-1757; m. Sarah Arnold, Anstis Jenkins, Mary Godfrey) 

Samuel Vernon
(1711-1792; m. Amey Ward) 

William Vernon 
(1719-1806; m. Judith Harwood) 

William Vinal 
(1718-1781; m. Elizabeth Fisher) 

Stephen Wanton 
(d. 1769; m. Mary Clarke) 

Samuel Ward 
(1725-1776; m. Anna Ray) 

Thomas Ward 
(1711-1760; m. Content Coggeshall) 

Benjamin Wickham 
(1701-1779; 
m. Rebecca Watmough, Mary Gardner) 

Charles Wickham 
(1703-1787; m. Rebecca Brewer) 

Samuel Wickham 
(1693-1753; m. Elizabeth Collins) 

Thomas Wickham 
(1700-1777; m. Hannah Brewer)

* not known to have left descendants


 
    Robert Behra headed the Committee which researched the Founders' descendants and planned the reunion. Other members of the Committee are Frank Carpenter, Richard Dunlap, Bertram Lippincott III, and Robert Bowerman. The Committee would be happy to hear from anyone who counts one of these original proprietors among their ancestors. 

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