Michaell Taintor (abt. 1625 - 1672)

Born about 1625 in Wales

Husband of Elisabeth (Rose) Taintor — married 1649 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1672 at about age 47 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Michael Taintor was born in Wales.

Michael was born about 1625 in Wales and migrated to New England with his parents in 1638.

Michael settled in Branford before 1650, where he had a house lot. He was a master of a vessel trading with Virginia. ^[1]

He was Commissioner, Judge, Deputy to Gen. Assembly, Recorder, Select-man, &c. ^[2]

Michael, with his son John, then seventeen years of age, signed the new plantation and church covenant. In 1669 he was Judge of the Court of Branford and commissioner to arrange the bounds between Branford and New Haven; also between Branford and Guilford; and for several sessions a member of the Connecticut General Assembly.

"In him we find the ship-master and man of enterprise, the legislator and consistent Christian professor, the commissioner and judge, the puritan and patriarch; evidently bringing up his family in the fear of God. "

Children

Children of Michael Taintor and Elizabeth Rose: ^[3]

1. John, b. March 26, 1650; m. Dorcas Swaine.
2. Michael, b. Oct. 12, 1652; m. Mary Loomis, of Windsor; (2) Mabel Butler.
3. Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1655; m. Noah Rogers, April 8, 1673.
4. Johanna, b. April 29, 1657; m. Josiah Gillet, of Windsor, June 30, 1676.
5. Sarie, b. Oct. 12, 1658.

Marriage

1649 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut to Elizabeth Rose.

Death

He died in 1673, and his estate was inventoried on 20 March 1672/73 at 166 pounds, 4 shillings,10 denarius (pence) and recorded in New Haven.^[4][1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Taintor, Charles M., Early Records of Brainford, Now Branford, CT., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1849) Vol. 3, p. 154.
2. ↑ Taintor, Charles Micaiell, Extracts from the Records of Colchester (Case, Lockwood & Co., Hartford, Conn., 1864) Page 7.
3. ↑ Atwater, Edward E. History of The Colony of New Haven, to its Absorption into Connecticut (The Journal Publishing Co., Meriden, Connecticut, 1902).
4. ↑ “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9NJ-S : 9 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 164-165. New Haven Probate Record, 1647-1687, Vol. 1, Part 2, page 45-46.