Deputy Governor Matthew Guilbert

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• History: say 1635; From Augar (1904), "From an early period for a long term of years he was in civil affairs second only to Gov. Eaton. On his broad shoulders were laid the burdens of Magistry and in those days the office was no sinecure. He was first Deputy Magistrate of New Haven Colony and afterwards Guilford and Milford were comprehended in the jurisdiction. He was afterwards Dept. Governor, a change in name only, not in office. No name except that of Gov. Eaton appears more frequently in the records in connection with public business and with high and difficult trusts. It is impossible to resist the conclusion that he was a man in whose integrity, piety, strong common sense and large capacity for public affairs his fellow citizens reposed entire confidence and with perfect safety - a confidence that was never shaken."
• Offices Held: 1639, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; He was chosen one of the two deacons of the First church, which office he held until 1658 when he voluntarily resigned.
• Will: 14 Jan 1679, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; "Mr. Mathew Guilbert His last Will & testament. I Mathew Guilbert, senior having my understanding and memory yet through ye goodness of god continued, yet being under great paynes even to ye stopping of my breath sometimes which makes me think of a sudden change, doe therefore make this as my last will & testam4 this fourteenth day of ye eleventh month commonly called January, one thousand six hundred and seventy-nine. Impr I doe give up my soule into the hands of Jesus Christ my redeemer, for I know whom I have believed & am persuaded y4 he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day. and my body to a comely buriall, in hope of a joyful resurrection, whereof he hath given this assurance in that he raysed him from ye dead. Ist, that estate which the Lord hath been pleased to continue to me (who giveth and taketh blessed be his name) my will is that it be thus disposed: After just debts be paid (which by this my will I provide not for) I give to my deare & loving wife one half of my personall estate be it more or less, and to take her half in those things ye she shall judge most usefull for her, to be hers to dispose: And I doe give to my loving wife my dwelling house, orchard and barne with all ye conveniences belonging thereunto, during her natural life or widdowhood: And I give her foure acres of land in ye quarter commonly called Mr. Davenport?s quarter neare my pasture, and five acres & a half in ye necke, & one half of my eight acres of meadow lying on this side in ye salt meadow, & I give her five acres of my meadow on the Island: And I also give her twenty acres on the playnes beyond Ed: Dormans, except my two sons would take it in to themselves, which by my will they may, provided they pay or cause to be payd to their mother ten pound, or else to lay out this twenty acres: this housing and land to improve as she sees best for her comfort, but if it should please god to follow her with aflixion in her widdowhood, that ye improvement will not yield her convenient supply my will is that she may sell some parcell or parcells of land to supply her necessitys: but if the wise disposer of all things should dispose of her in marriage, that then ye one half of my dwelling house lott and barne be delivered to my son Samuell Guilbert to possess & all ye land remaining in her hand at her marriage be kept to be disposed of according to this will. Item. I give to my son, Mathew Guilbert, an acre of my house lott with ye chimney wall & cellar & ye new house (though built by my estate to my great damage in my condition) upon these conditions: first that he pay or cause to be payd unto my two daughters twenty pounds sterling to witt: ten pounds to Mary Auger & ten pounds to Hannah Parker within four years after my death. 2lv, that he set up and maintain a sufficient fence between his lott and his mothers lott during her widdowhood: to cut short, I joine my two sons Mathew Guilbert & Samuel together in ye dividing of my land: I give to my son Mathew half my land butting on the mill lane & to Samuell ye other half; and to Mathew halfe ye land in the litle quarter & to Samuell ye other halfe. I give to Mathew half of my ten acres of land ye lies neare ye mill necke & Samuel ye other halfe. I give to Mathew halfe of five acres & a halfe of land lying on ye west side & to Samuell the other halfe: I give to Mathew thirty three acres of my land on ye playnes & Samuell thirty three more: (if they will not pay the forementioned sume to their mother and soe possess all): I give to my son Mathew seven acres of meadow in ye salt meadow lying on ye north side of ye Creeke: I give my son Samuell foure acres of meadow lying on the south side of ye creeke: y1 piece of meadow to be equally divided between his mother and hee: And I give to Samuel five acres of meadow on ye Island: and I give to Samuell my dwelling house, lott and barne to be his after his mothers death shee dying in her widdowhood: but if she change her condition then to possess one half as before mentioned: I give to my two sons Mathew & Samuell Guilbert the one half of my personal estate, to be equally divided between them: that land which my loving wife has for her improvement her life, at her death I give to Mathew. Ye five acres of meadow on ye Island, and to Samuel the foure acres of meadow which lyeth next to his own foure acres given by this will, and that land in ye quarter of the necke which my loving wife hath to improve, my will is that at her death she dispose of it to my daughters children, as she shall see best, either to sell the land and divide the money, or as she shall see most for their advantage. I give to my cousin Sarah How twenty shillings. I give to my grand child John Guilbert one acre of meadow lying on the north side of the seven acres given to Mathew & I doe constitute and make my loving wife my sole executrix. This my last will I signe and seale in the presence of these witnesses. Wieeiam Peck, Thomas Munson. by me, Mathew Guiebert [Seal]. The affidavit of the witnesses follows; also the inventory of his estate which amounted to £504 13s. 11d. Appraised by James Bishop and Moses Mansfield.

Mary married Robert Augur on 20 Nov 1673 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. Robert (son of John Augur and Ann) was born in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Land/House: 25 Feb 1709, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; He received a half division of land of 2¼ acres.
• Occupation: say 1710, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; He was a shoemaker.

John married Elizabeth Bradley on 1 Jul 1710 in East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Isaac Bradley and Elizabeth Darrish) was born on 16 Nov 1686 in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut; died on 13 Dec 1780 in East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1731; John Higgins, the son of John Higgins of Westchester, New York, who, according to Dodd, was brought to East Haven when a boy and put under the care of Daniel Bradley. Issue: 1. Timothy Higgins (1734-1801) 2. John Higgins (1744-1798) 3. Isaac Higgins (1745-1790) 4. Elizabeth Higgins (1746-1815) 5. Abraham Higgins (1748-1838)

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• Occupation: say 1740; He was a farmer and perhaps a blacksmith.
• Married: say 1745; Elizabeth Hitchcock the daughter of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Morris) Hitchcock. She was born 10 August 1721 and died 27 September 1786. Issue: 1. Lois Augur (1749-1751) 2. Philemon Augur (1754-1790) 3. Elizabeth Augur (1758-1839)
• History: 16 Dec 1747; He recorded his ?Eare mark which is a slit in the end of the left eare." He was a member of the Ecclesiastical Society, but his name does not appear on the roll of church members, of which, however, there is no record earlier than 1755. East Haven became a town in 1785. Among the thirty-three freemen who voted at the first town meeting was Daniel Augur. On Jan. 3, 1758, he was chosen to collect the salary of Rev. Mr. Street.
• Freeman: 1754
• Married: say 1785; Mabel (Brown) Havens. She was born about 1743 and died 29 February 1824.
• Probate/Proved: 7 Mar 1803, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; It mentions his wife, not by name, to whom was given a right in the house and the use of two and one-half acres with the same, and other rights. To his grandson Roswell, he gave his shop and tools and the remainder of his estate he gave equally to his son Philemon and his daughter Elizabeth, ? now married to Samuel Forbes. The inventory amounted to £384, quite a good estate for a farmer in those days. It mentions "Blacksmith?s tools," which were distributed to Roswell, his grandson.

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• History: 3 Apr 1732; After his father's death, he chose Deacon Joshua Austin as his guardian.
• Married: 5 Jan 1744, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut; Rachael Barnes. She was born 24 March 1717 and died 5 October 1805. Issue: 1. Rachel Augur (1744-1789) 2. Keturah Augur (1746-1824) 3. John Augur (1748-1827) 4. Peter Augur (1750-1837) 5. Joseph Augur (1753-1825) 6. Puah Augur (1755-1842)

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• Married: 5 Oct 1748, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut; Eunice Tyler the daughter of Abraham and Eunice (Arnold) Tyler. She was born 26 October 1729 and died 3 February 1812. Feb. 3, 1812. Issue: 1. Eunice Augur (1749-1820) 2. Justus Augur (1751-1843) 3. Isaac Augur (1753-1828_) 4. Prosper Augur (1756-1836) 5. Lois Augur (1758-1851) 6. Felix Augur (1760-_1839) 7. Elizabeth Bradley Augur (1762-1840) 8. Sarah Augur (1764-1852) 9. Mary Augur (1767-1842) 10. Joseph Augur (1767-1847) 11. Eleazer Augur (1769-1848) 12. Prudence Augur (1776-1793)
• Land/House: 14 Nov 1752, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut; He settled at Turkey Hill, in Haddam, buying one acre and the house thereon for £130.
• Census: 1790, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut; Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females: 2 Number of Household Members: 3
• Census: 1800, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut; Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 1 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 3

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• Married: say 1740; ____ Ives. He was born about 1820.

Lydia married Charles Thomas on 22 Mar 1741 in East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. Charles (son of Daniel Thomas and Eunice Brown) was born in 1722 in West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; died on 1 Jan 1773 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Graduation: 1738; : Hopkins? Grammar School
• History: 8 Jul 1740; When his father died, he chose, and the court appointed, John Potter, Jr., as his guardian.
• Married: 21 May 1746, Woodbridge, Haven County, Connecticut; Elizabeth Bradley, probably the daughter of Eldad Bradley of Woodbridge, Connecticut. She was born in 1725 and died 6 November 1764. Issue: 1. Martha Augur (1746-1820) 2. Elizabeth Augur (1748-1749) 3. Hezekiah Augur (1750-1818) 4. Rhoda Augur (1750-1821) 5. Phebe Augur (1752-1813 6. Lydia Augur (1753-1802) 7. Chloe Augur (1756-1774) 8. Huldah Augur (1758-1833)
• Religion: 4 May 1749, Woodbridge, Haven County, Connecticut; He came to Amity Parish (Woodbridge) after 1740, and was admitted to full communion there. He removed to New Haven, probably after the death of his first wife, and joined the White Haven Church, made up largely of a faction termed "New Eights" who had withdrawn from the First Church. On June 20, 1771, twenty-seven persons, most of them from the White Haven Church, on confession of their faith were organized into a new church then called the Fair Haven Church, among whom were Abraham Augur and his wife Sarah, and Timothy Ford.
• Married: 17 Feb 1765; Mrs.Sarah Alcock, the widow of Thomas Alcock. Issue: 1. Joel Augur (1766-____) 2. Jeremiah Augur (1768-____) 3. Abraham Augur (____-1795) 4. Lucie Augur (1771-____)
• Offices Held: 11 Oct 1773, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; He was chosen deacon of the White Haven Church, which office he held for twenty-five years until his death.
• Offices Held: 11 Dec 1775, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; He was chosen as one of a ?Committee of Inspection? to look after Tories and expose their machinations.
• Offices Held: 1776 to 1785; He was a selectman of the town during the years 1776-?77, ?78, ?79, ?83, ?84, ?85.
• Military: 1778 to Aug 1779; He was a Carpenter's Mate on board the ship, Oliver Cromwell.

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