Individual Details
Jonathan Porter
(1594 - Abt 1660)
A Jonathan Porter was admitted as a freeman in Massachusetts Bay colony in 1641. His parents are possibly Samuel and Sarah Porter. A Jonathan Porter sold land to Osmand Trask in 1653 in Essex County, Massachusetts.
Jonathan Porter of Salem and his wife Eunice removed to Huntington, Long Island. NEHGR, Volume 7, p. 359, Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk
In 1636 Jonathan Porter and his wife Eunice, with their children, moved from Beverly to Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. About 1654, after eighteen years of active civic life in Salem, he left the Massachusetts Bay Colony with his wife and three married daughters to settle in Huntington, Long Island, New York. He left no posterity in Massachusetts.
After the death of her husband in 1660 in Long Island, Eunice filed suit in Salem for return of value of property that her husband sold to Osmand Trask in 1653. Her claim was that one-third the value of the property was her dowry. The details of this legal case can be found in Records and Files of Quarterly Courts of Essex County, volume 2, pp 251-152.
Some information is available in Long Island Genealogies, by Mary Bunker, p. 54.
Jonathan Porter of Salem and his wife Eunice removed to Huntington, Long Island. NEHGR, Volume 7, p. 359, Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk
In 1636 Jonathan Porter and his wife Eunice, with their children, moved from Beverly to Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. About 1654, after eighteen years of active civic life in Salem, he left the Massachusetts Bay Colony with his wife and three married daughters to settle in Huntington, Long Island, New York. He left no posterity in Massachusetts.
After the death of her husband in 1660 in Long Island, Eunice filed suit in Salem for return of value of property that her husband sold to Osmand Trask in 1653. Her claim was that one-third the value of the property was her dowry. The details of this legal case can be found in Records and Files of Quarterly Courts of Essex County, volume 2, pp 251-152.
Some information is available in Long Island Genealogies, by Mary Bunker, p. 54.
Events
| Birth | 1594 | England | |||
| Marriage | By 1620 | England - Eunice Porter mnu | |||
| Immigration | Bef 1636 | Salem, Massachusetts Bay | |||
| Death | Abt 1660 | Huntington, Long Island |  |
Families
| Spouse | Eunice Porter mnu (1600 - 1670) |
| Child | Eunice Porter (1621 - 1661) |
| Child | Elizabeth Porter (1623 - 1671) |
| Child | Mary Porter (1625 - 1661) |