Angell Husted (abt. 1624 - abt. 1706)

Born about 1624 in Bridport or Pilsdon, Dorset, England [uncertain]

Husband of Unknown (Unknown) Husted — married about 1645 (to before 1673) in Connecticut Colony

Husband of Rebecca (Unknown) Husted — married after 1673 in Fairfield County, Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 5 Apr 1706 at about age 82 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Angell Husted immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Angell Husted AKA various including Heustis, Huestis, Huested, Heusted, Huste, Hustead, Hewstead, Hustice, Hustis

"HUESTED, or HUSTED, ANGEL, Greenwich 1672, s. of Robert, d. Apr. 1706. His will of 5 of that mo. names w. Rebecca, ch. Jonathan, Joseph, Angel, Moses, John, Samuel, and Eliz. Baldwin. JONATHAN, Greenwich, m. Mary, d. of Robert Lockwood. ROBERT, Boston 1640, had gr. for eight heads that yr. at Mount Wollaston, now Braintree, rem. soon after to Stamford, had w. Eliz. and ch. Robert, Angel, and Ann. He made his will 8 July 1652, and his wid. two yrs. after made hers, nam. the sam ch. calls Ann, w. of Richard Hardy. ROBERT, Stamford, s. of the preced. was freem. of Conn. 1663, and next yr. at Westchester. Sometimes it is spell. Heustis."^[1]

Origin

Angell was born "say" 1624 at Bridport or Pilsdon, Dorsetshire, England, a son of Robert Husted and his second wife, Elizabeth Unknown.^[2]

Marriages

Angell married twice. His first wife, whose name is unknown, was the mother of all his children.

• He married by about 1645, as his 1st, to Unknown Unknown.^[3] She was the mother of all his children.^[3]

• He married after 1673, as his 2nd, and as her 2nd, to Rebecca (Unknown) Reynolds, widow of Jonathan Reynolds.^[3]

Remington also shows that Rebecca (Unknown) Reynolds (widow of Jonathan Reynolds) was Angel's second wife and not the mother of Angell's children.^[3] Mahler^[4] builds on his work, and it was referenced by Anderson in The Great Migration.^[2]

Children

Children of Angell and his unidentified 1st wife (note the birth dates were "arbitrarily assigned by Mead"):^[3][5]

1. Jonathan Husted, b. ca. 1647; m. Mary Lockwood.
2. David Husted, b. ca. 1649; d. sp. prior to 1706.
3. Joseph Husted, b. ca. 1652; m. Sarah ___
4. Angell Husted, Jr., b. ca. 1656; m. twice.
5. Elizabeth Husted, b. ca. 1656; m. ___ Baldwin.
6. Moses Husted, b. ca. 1659; m. Susanna ___
7. John Husted, b. ca. 1662; m. Mary ___
8. Samuel Husted, b. 1665; m. 1st Elizabeth ___, 2nd Sarah Knapp.

Second Wife Rebecca

Angell Husted mentioned his wife in his will, but did not state her name.^[3] Our only evidence of her name is from the inventory of Angell Husted's estate:^[3]

Rebecca Husted widow made oath to the truth of the above Inventory before Samll Peck Justice of the peace in Greenwich.^{[3] [6]}

Rebecca was once assumed to have been a daughter of Angell Husted. Mead in Ye Historie of ye Town of Greenwich ... reports an eldest daughter named Rebecca,^[7] and he was followed by Elizabeth Leach Richford in Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors ...^[8] This was based on the misunderstanding of Angell's will in which he mentioned his "son-in-law," Jonathan Reynolds. Jonathan's wife's name was Rebecca, so "Rebecca Husted" was invented to explain why Jonathan Reynolds was called "son-in-law." Remington points out that the term "son-in-law" was used as we use step-son today. In fact, Jonathan Reynold's widowed mother, Rebecca (Unknown) Reynolds, was the second wife of Angel Husted, making Jonathan Reynolds the step-son of Angell Husted.^[3] Angell Husted had no daughter named Rebecca.

She has also been assumed to have been Rebecca Sherwood (daughter of Thomas and Alice (Tiler) Sherwood), but Gordon Remington convincingly argues this is chronologically impossible.^[3]

Positions and Property

Angell's father, Robert Husted, left a will (written on 8 July 1652 and proved on 4 November 1654) in which he bequeathed to his son, Angell, "all my lands lying in Grennich with the housing upon it ... also a third part of my cattle."^[2] This was the Greenwich property which Robert Husted had purchased on 5 October 1648 from Andreu Messenger on sixteen acres of upland and five acres of meadow on Myanos Neck ... homelot & housing on it with ten acres of meadow & upland [GreenwichLR 1:8].^[2] Angell left his property at Stamford to son Robert, Jr.^[2]

By 6 October 1656, Angell was living at Greenwich when he signed as one of the Greenwich residents willing to submit to the authority of the Newhaven Colony.^[9]

Last Will & Testament

Angell Husted's will is dated April 5, 1706:^[6]

The last Will and Testament of Angell Husted Sen^r of Greenwich being under Weakness of body notwithstanding through gods mercy in the lnjoyement of my understanding I do cause to will & dispose of what movable Estate god in his bounty hath bestowed upon me as followeth vz: I will that my body be decenly [sic] burryed & the charge defrayed out of my Estate & Respecting my dear & loving wife I will that shee be paid what is her due from my Estate as may appear due to her I further will yt all my just debts be paid out of my estate Respecting my severall children which god hath given me I will to them as followethe vz: I will unto my son Jonathan Husted & to my son Joseph Husted & to my son Angell Husted and unto my dafter Elizabeth Bawldin I say I will unto each of them one shilling in Current Money haveing formerly Given unto each of them their portion I will unto my son Moses Husted five shillings Current money as the whole of his portion with what I have don for him and respecting what Estate may be remaining after my decease the above written being [strikethrough] comprised [/strikethrough] accomplished I say I will that the remainder of my estate movables be given unto my son John Husted and to my son Sam^ll Husted to be equally devided between them At the discretion of my Adm^rs I farther make choice or appoint my son Sam^ll Husted and my son in law Jonathan Renolds to be administrators to this my last will and testament and for the confirmation of this my Will I said Angell Husted Sen^r do hereunto set to my hand and seall in Greenwich Anno 1706 Aprill the 5th day.
[Angell Husted signed with his characteristic AH mark, and the will was witnessed by Samuel Peck and Nathaniel Bowers.]^[3]

Death and Legacy

Angell wrote his will on 5 April 1706 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.^[3][6] On 19 April 1706, his wife, Rebecca testified to the accuracy of the inventory, and on 26 April 1706, the will was probated.^[3][6] His will mentioned "my dear & loving wife" and named his children: Jonathan, Joseph, Angel, Moses, John, Samuel, and Elizabeth Baldwin.^[3][6]

He was perhaps buried in the Tomac burial ground in Greenwich, but there is no proof of this.

Angel Husted is a minor character in Anya Seton's historical novel about Elizabeth Fones, The Winthrop Woman. He was one of the real-life protagonist's neighbors in early Greenwich, Connecticut. His father Robert also makes an appearance at the sale of Greenwich in 1640.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. (Vol 2, Pages 489-90) Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1860, Archive.org accessed April 15, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Anderson, Robert Charles, "Robert Huestis," Featured Name. Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H. AmericanAncestors.org accessed 21 June 2016 NEHGS (Vol G-H, Pages 448-50)
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13} Remington, Gordon L., "Rebecca Revisited: the Unidentified Wives of Angell Husted and Jonathan Reynolds of Greenwich, Connecticut." The American Genealogist, New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1998) AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS, (Vol 73, Pages 201-206).
4. ↑ Mahler, Leslie. "The English Home of Thomas Sherwood of Wethersfield, Stamford, and Fairfield, Connecticut." The American Genealogist. (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 2005) AmericanAncestors.org (Vol 80, Pages 278-282).
5. ↑ Doherty, Frank J. Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, ten volumes. (NEHGS, 1990–2003) AmericanAncestors.org, (Vol 7, Pages 29-30).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627300_00637). Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line], Fairfield, Probate Records, Vol 1-5, 1648-1750, image 637. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. (Free image by Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26094352?h=b16193&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url)
7. ↑ Mead, Spencer P., (1911) Ye Historie of ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut with Genealogical Notes ... New York: Knickerbocker Archive.org (Page 577).
8. ↑ Rixford, Elizabeth M. Leach, (1934) Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors and War Service. Vermont: Tuttle Company. Archive.org (Pages 175-76) Incorrectly references Mead with daughter named Rebecca.
9. ↑ Mead, Spencer P. (1911) Ye Historie of ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut with Genealogical Notes ... New York: Knickerbocker Archive.org accessed 21 June 2016 (Page 25).
10. ↑ Seton, A. (1958). The Winthrop woman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

See also:

• Feinstein, Estelle F., (1976) Stamford from Puritian To Patriot--The Shaping of a Connecticut Community.
• Huntington, E.B., (1868) History of Stamford, Connecticut, From It's Settlement in 1641, To The Present Time. Archive.org Page 35.
• The Husted Family (National) Association.
• McCracken, George E., "Rebecca, Wife of Angel2 Husted of Greenwich." The American Genealogist. (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1953) AmericanAncestors.org Pages 127-28 "corrected by Remington in places" per R.C. Anderson.
• Remington, Gordon. (1998-1999) "Robert(2) Huestis of Westchester County: His Ancestry and Descendants." (1998, July). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. 129: 1-12, 97-108, 191-206, 276-84; 130: 54-60.
• Mead, Daniel M., A History of the Town of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. (Baker & Godwin, New York, 1857) Page 66: "27 Proprietors of 1672"