Individual Details
DEBORAH WATHEN
( - Aft Jul 1679)
From the Essex Co MA Court Files as printed in the NEHGR, Vol. 32, 1878.
I Zeblon Hill formerly living in Bristall in ould England being heare deposed testifieth that Thomas Wathing son of Edman Wathin. ...said Thomas Wathing is Cusen to William Seargant the said William being his fathers sister son.
27 of 7th mo, 1652.
Debora Joy aged about 27 years, the wife of Walter comeing before the the 17th of the 7th mo 1652 saith that Thomas Warren who dyed ...cousen to William Sergant of Glocester and that there is none neere of kin in this County & I beling alike related do desire William Sergent may administer the estate and be accountable. Taken upon oath before me. Signed: Increase Nowell.
The last record of Deborah as wife of Walter Joy is the John Winthrop's Medical Journal with the notation that Winthrop treated the wife of Walter Joy at Milford [Connecticut] in 1657.
Sometime between 1660 and 1667, Thomas French of Guilford acquired a second wife named Deborah by whom he had two children, Samuel in 1667, and Abigail in 1669.
On 10 Mar 1678 and again on 21 Jul 1679, Thomas French and his wife Deborah, of Guilford, conveyed property to Joseph Joy.
The following is also stated in Families of Old Fairfield but cannot be correct unless the dates of one or more of the deeds is incorrect. Deborah could not have been the wife of John Jordan and died in 1677 if she was signing deeds with Thomas French in 1678 and 1679.
Deborah may have married (3) to John Jordan and died in 1677. John Jordan and Deborah his wife of Guilford conveyed to John French [her stepson] on 12 Apr 1766. Jonathan Pitman witnessed the deed, which then stated that Deborah died before the ensealing and delivery - Guilford Deeds.
Events
| Christen | 13 Mar 1625 | Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1644 | prob Salem, Massachusetts - WALTER JOY | | ||
| Death | Aft Jul 1679 | prob Guilford, Connecticut | | ||
| Marriage | Thomas French | |
Families
| Spouse | WALTER JOY ( - ) |
| Child | JACOB JOY (1645 - 1691) |
| Child | Mary JOY (1645 - 1683) |
| Child | Isaac JOY (1650 - 1675) |
| Child | Joseph JOY (1652 - 1690) |
| Child | Abraham JOY ( - 1687) |
| Spouse | Thomas French ( - ) |
| Child | Samuel French (1667 - 1732) |
| Child | Abigail French (1669 - ) |
| Father | GEORGE WATHEN (1598 - 1642) |
| Mother | MARGERY Hayward ( - 1644) |
| Sibling | John WATHEN ( - ) |
| Sibling | Dorothy WATHEN ( - ) |
| Sibling | William WATHEN ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth WATHEN ( - ) |
| Sibling | Ezekiel WATHEN ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (The New England Historic & Genealogical Society).
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (The New England Historic & Genealogical Society).
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (The New England Historic & Genealogical Society).
4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (The New England Historic & Genealogical Society).