Edward STEBBINS

   Ancestral File Number: 2P9Q-0G.

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Will Proved Hartford Hartford CT, Will Probated.

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EDWARD STEBBINS
ORIGIN: (probably) Braintree, Essex
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge
REMOVES: Hartford 1636
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship. He would have remained a member of this church when it moved to Hartford, and at some point he became deacon.
FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 (as "Edm: Stebbins") [MBCR 1:369].
EDUCATION: He signed his will. His inventory included "books" valued at £2. Appointed commissioner for Hartford to collect money for "the maintenance of scholars at Cambridge," 25 October 1644 [CCCR 1:112].
OFFICES: Deputy from Hartford to Connecticut General Court, 11 April 1639, 9 April 1640, 8 February 1640/1, 9 April 1641, 9 September 1641, 9 November 1641, 18 May 1648, 17 May 1649, 13 September 1649, 16 May 1650, 12 September 1650, 15 May 1651, 11 September 1651, 20 May 1652, 28 July 1653, 11 August 1653, 8 September 1653, 14 September 1654, 17 May 1655, 4 October 1655, 15 May 1656, 2 October 1656 [CCCR 1:27, 46, 58, 64, 67, 69, 163, 185, 195, 207, 211, 218, 224, 231, 245, 246, 264, 274, 278, 281, 282].
Jury, 2 March 1642[/3], 9 November 1643, December 1644, 5 June 1645, 5 March 1645[/6], 19 May 1647, 7 June 1655, 5 May 1658, 5 September 1661, 9 October 1661 [RPCC 18, 23, 24, 30, 34, 39, 46, 145, 188, 238, 240]. Coroner's jury, December 1651 on the body of Henry Stiles [RPCC 106].
On 18 May 1654 "Edward Stebbing and Tho[mas] Coleman are appointed to draw up some rules for sealing leather etc." [CCCR 1:259]. On 8 October 1663 the "court doth approve of Deacon Stebbing and Lt. Bull paying what doth [appear] to be due from Mr. Hopkins estate to Mr. Bournes or Mr. Dallye" [CCCR 1:413].
ESTATE: On 5 August 1633 "Edward Stebinge" was granted one acre for a cowyard in Cambridge [CaTR 5]. Granted a proportional share of 1½ in the undivided meadow, 20 August 1635 [CaTR 13]. In the 8 February 1635/6 list of those with houses in town he was credited with one [CaTR 18].
In the Cambridge land inventory on 5 October 1635 "Edward Stebinge" held seven parcels: "in the town one house and garden with backside about half a rood"; one acre in Cowyard Row; three acres on Small Lot Hill; seven acres and three roods in the Neck of Land; one acre in the Ox Marsh; three acres in the Long Marsh; and nine acres in the Great Marsh [CaBOP 21-22].
On 2 May 1636 "Edward Stebinge of the New Towne" sold to Nicholas Danforth "one dwelling house with garden and backside, about half a rood"; one acre in Cowyard Row; three acres on Small Lot Hill; eight acres in the Neck of Land; three acres in the Long Marsh; and seven acres and a half in Alewife Meadow [CaBOP 38-39]. On 2 May 1636 he sold to Nicholas Danforth ("for the use of Edward Collins") six acres in the Great Marsh [CaBOP 39]. On 2 May 1636 he sold to Nicholas Danforth "about four acres and half of land lying in the Neck of Land lately the land of Richard Webb" and "about five acres of land lying in the Great Marsh lately the land of Richard Webb" [CaBOP 39]. By 25 September 1637 William Wadsworth had purchased of "Edward Stebine" nine acres of marsh [CaBOP 41]. By 1639 Thomas Marriot had purchased of "Edward Stebin of Hartford in Connectecote" three roods in "cow lot row" and one acre in the Ox Marsh [CaBOP 52].
In the Hartford land inventory of February 1639/40 "Edward Stebbin" held twenty-eight parcels (most of which were acquired after the date of the inventory) [HaBOP 103-08]. He also held another six parcels in partnership with four other men [HaBOP 65-66].
On 14 March 1660/1 the "court having heard the case respecting Jeremie and John Adams and Edward Stebbing, respecting the sale of the homelot of Thomas Greenhill, at Hartford, do sentence and conclude, that the said sale of that lot by Edward Stebbing to Mr. Goodwin is a legal sale" [CCCR 1:362].
In his will, dated 24 August 1663 and proved 3 September 1668, Edward Stebbins bequeathed to "my well beloved wife Francis my housing & lands in Hartford (except such lands as are hereafter mentioned as appointed to be sold) which she is to enjoy for term of her natural life, as also two best cows & three of the best swine ... also in the end of her natural life she shall have liberty to dispose of £40 according as she shall think fit"; to "our beloved son John Chester" £40; "after my wife's decease, my housing & land ... to Edward Cadwell, my son Cadwell's child, and John Wilson" (if John Wilson dies before 21 his share to go to Samuel Wilson, and if Edward Cadwell die before 21 his share to "the rest of my daughter Cadwell's children," and if both John and Samuel Wilson die before 21 then the whole to go to "my daughter Cadwell's children"); to "my son & daughter Cadwell for the use & benefit of their children" £20; to "John Wilson a featherbed & furniture & such things as belong to my shop & trade"; to "Samuell Wilson" £30; to "the 4 children of my dear sister Holyoke" 40s. apiece; to "my son Gayler's children, Joseph & Benjamin & Joanna, £8 apiece; "also Mary Gayler I do order to be with her grandmother" and to have £20; "John Wilson shall be with his grandmother to help her ... during which time I desire ... he be instructed in my trade by Caleb Stanley"; "my wife to be my executrix"; "honored Mr. Samuell Willis & my well beloved brother & friends Eleazer Holyoke, Lieut. Bull and Lieut. Robert Webster to be executors"; residue at the death of wife to "my daughter Cadwell's children & to John Wilson & Mary Gayler"; to "Richard Weller 20s. having formerly delivered into his hands about thirty pounds for the benefit of his children"; to "my executors 50s. apiece" [Hartford PD Case #5153; Manwaring 1:237 (which makes many errors of transcription)].
The inventory of the estate of "Deacon Edward Stebbing late of Hartford deceased" was taken 19 August 1668, and totalled £639 2s., including £364 in "housing & lands" [Hartford PD Case #5153].
In her will, dated 20 May 1670 and proved 20 January 1673/4, "Frances Stebbing, living in Hartford ... widow, being aged and under many weaknesses of body," bequeathed to "my dear and beloved son Mr. John Chester, now living in or near unto London in old England," £24, or if deceased, to his wife and his two sons John and Sampson Chester, in equal portion, to be paid in Hartford; to "my four grandchildren, Thomas, William, Matthew and Mary Cadwell, £4 apiece," to be paid by "my loving son Thomas Cadwell"; to "my daughter Cadwell all my wearing apparel"; "my loving friends Lt. Thomas Bull and James Ensign," executors. In a codicil dated 12 November 1673, she bequeathed seven acres of land in the South Meadow to "the three children of my son & daughter Cadwell: viz. Thomas, William and Mary," along with four acres more in the south meadow; two of these four acres to go to "the now two youngest children of my son and daughter Cadwell, viz. Matthew and Abigail Cadwell and the other two acres I leave to the dispose of my two friends in trust, Lt. Bull and Lt. Robert Webster," executors; "to my daughter Cadwell only my wearing gown, and the rest of my apparell to be divided betwixt the wife of John Wilson, Mary Day, and Mary Cadwell"; to "Mr. John Whiting 40s. and my husband's cloak to John Wilson" [Hartford PD Case #5154; Manwaring 1:238].
The inventory of the estate of "Francis Stebbing," taken 23 December 1673, totalled £82 11s. 2d., with no real estate included [Hartford PD Case #5154].
BIRTH: Probably the Edward Stebbing baptized at Black Notley, Essex, 24 February 1594/5, son of William Stebbing [TAG 193-201].
DEATH: Between 8 October 1663 [CCCR 1:413] and 19 August 1668 (date of inventory), and probably closer to the latter date.
MARRIAGE: By about 1629 Frances (Tough) (Chester) Smith, daughter of Ralph Tough of Burrough-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, and widow of Sampson Chester and Thomas Smith [TAG 30:193-204]. She died between 12 November 1673 (date of codicil to will) and 23 December 1673 (date of inventory).
CHILDREN:
i MARY, b. say 1629; m. Windsor 29 April 1648 Walter Gaylord [Grant 42], son of WILLIAM GAYLORD.
ii ELIZABETH, b. say 1631; m. (1) by about 1650 Robert Wilson [TAG 52:76-79]; m. (2) by 1659 Thomas Cadwell [TAG 52:76-79].
ASSOCIATIONS: Edith (Stebbins) (Day) (Maynard) Holyoke, wife successively of Robert Day, John Maynard and Eliazer Holyoke, was a younger sister of Edward Stebbins [TAG 31:193-201; Hale, House 644-46]. Edward and Edith Stebbins may have been related to the brothers Rowland and Martin Stebbins [TAG 31:193-201].
Sampson Chester, the first husband of Frances (Tough) (Chester) (Smith) Stebbins, was brother of John Chester who married Dorothy Hooker, sister of THOMAS HOOKER; John and Dorothy (Hooker) Chester were parents of LEONARD CHESTER [TAG 30:193-96].
COMMENTS: On 7 September 1652 Edward Stebbing paid the fine of John Masters [RPCC 112].
Edward Stebbins was frequently involved in his neighbors' probates and took the trusted position of executor or administrator at least four times between 1654 and 1662 (on the estates of Thomas Greenhill, William Crosse, Mr. Haines's children, Mrs. Dorothy Chester [RPCC 124, 178, 180, 223, 251]).
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: John Insley Coddington published in 1954 and 1955 two brilliant articles which provide much information on Edward Stebbins and his wife [TAG 30:193-204, 31:193-201, 256]. Although Coddington did not consider the evidence conclusive that he had found the English origin of Edward Stebbins, the connection with Braintree and therefore with Hooker makes his conclusions highly probable.

   Events:

1. Immigration; 1633, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. From Braintree Essex England.

2. Freeman; 14 May 1634, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

3. Removed; 1636, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.