John Deming (abt. 1632 - 1712)

Born about 1632 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Mygatt) Deming — married 12 Dec 1657 in Northampton. Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1712 at about age 80 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut

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Biography

Nathaniel Goodwin's "Notes"^[1] supplied the birthdate of Sept. 9, 1638. Frank Starr^[2] points out that there is no such birth date on record in the town. The date was mistakenly read, and was, instead, Sept. 9, 1658. Sept. 9, 1658, is the birth of this John's son, that is John³ (John², John¹.) Sgt. John Deming testified on August 25, 1682 and gave his age at about 50 years, which makes him born about 1632.^[3]

If John the oldest son of John was born about 1632, was Honor Treat his mother? She was baptized Mar 1615/16^[4]. Following the customs of the times she would have been born at about the time of her baptism, and would have been about 16 at John's birth and only about 15 at her marriage. There is also a seven year gap between John and Jonathan, plenty of time for the death of a first wife and remarriage to Honour.^[5]

John was the son of John Deming and Honor Treat^[6] he was known as Sergeant John Deming indicating he may have taken part in the Indian Wars of that time. From 1669-1672 he was a representative in the General court. He married Mary Mygatt on the 12 December 1657 in Northampton Masschusetts she was the daughter of Joseph and Ann Mygatt^[7]

Sargeant John Deming and his wife Mary Mygatt were members of the newly formed Wethersfield Congregational Church in 1694. He died Jan 23, 1712, age 74, according to the church records.^[8]

Extract from archive.org - Decendants of John Deming of Wethersfield, Connecticut

According to Savage, John Deming Jr. was bom in 1638, but the authority for this statement is not given. Hinman says that he was born in 1632, and if this earlier date is correct, he must have been bom before his father moved to Wethersfield. To distinguish him from his father upon the early records of the town, he is called "Sergeant John Deming," this title indicating that he may have taken part in the Indian wars of the period. In 1662 he became one of the selectmen of the town, and was Representative from Wethersfield to the General Court from 1669 to 1672. In 1694, he and his wife appear among the members of the church at Wethersfield.According to one authority, Sergt. John Deming was a packer in 1692. As he inherited his father's tools a few years later, it is possible that this was also his father's trade. His brother David, to whom his father first bequeathed his tools, and later withdrew the gift is described as a knacker, which is defined as a maker of small work, or a rope-maker. Perhaps both John and David followed the trade of their father, and the copyist has mistaken the word knacker for packer.^[9]

Extract from the Will of John's father, John Deming Sr. dated June 26, 1690:^[10]

"having already done well by my son John, I now give him my Great Bible, Geneva print, and my feather bed and bolster, and my Great Ketle"

And codicil dated Februray 3, 1692/3:^[10] "Codicil February 3d 1692: "whereas I gave my son John my great Bible my teather bed & Boulster, & my great Ketle I doe now with draw that Guift & I give unto my sayd son John all my materiall & tooles in my shop & my book debts he paying those debts I owe about my Trade."

John Deming and Mary his wife, were married Sept 20, 1657. They had:

1. John, b Sep 9 1658
2. Joseph, June 1 1661
3. Jonathan, Feb 12, 1663
4. Mary, July 1, 1666
5. Samuel, Aug 25, 1668{NEHGR} or Aug 21, 1668{Barbour}
6. Jacob, Aug 26, 1670
7. Sarah, Jan 17, 1672

John Deming died Jan 23, 1711/12.^[11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ Goodwin, Nathaniel. Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Hartford: F.A. Brown, 1856. p 233.
2. ↑ Source: #Starr p 245
3. ↑ Source: #Starr p 245. Citing Document 163 in volume 2 of "Private Controversies" in the Conn. State Library.
4. ↑ Honor's profile
5. ↑ Source: #Starr p 238
6. ↑ Google Books - New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial page 1195
7. ↑ Genealogy of the Decendants of John Deming Of WethersField Conneticut. Compiled and Edited by; Judson Keith Deming, Dubuque Iowa. Publishers; Mathis - Mets & Co 1904. Pages 9 & 10
8. ↑ Connecticut Church Records Index. Wethersfield Congregational Church 1694-1908. Hartford: Conn. State Library, 1962
9. ↑ Genealogy of the Decendants of John Deming Of WethersField Conneticut. Compiled and Edited by; Judson Keith Deming, Dubuque Iowa. Publishers; Mathis - Mets & Co 1904. Pages 10
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Manwaring, Charles William A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-1906), vol. 2, p. 55, citing Hartford Probate Records, vol. 6, p.135, 6-9.
11. ↑ "Records of Wethersfield, Connecticut." (RR Hinman communicator). New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol 16, p 264. Boston: NEHGS, 1862.
12. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records: Wethersfield. Transcribed by Coralynn Brown.

• Source: [Starr], Starr, Frank Farnsworth (compiler). Various Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut. Volume II - Morgan Lines. Hartford, Conn: 1915.

See Also:

• Historic Buildings of Connecticut The saltbox house of Sgt. John Deming in Wethersfield, built in the 1660s, was originally located on Jordan Lane, but was moved to Hartford Avenue in 1951.
• Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910 FamilySearch index, John Demmon and Mary Magot, 12 Dec 1657; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference ; FHL microfilm 0014766, 0186161, 186162.
• Find a Grave, database and images ( accessed 9 February 2021), memorial page for Sgt Jonathan Deming (9 Sep 1639–8 Jan 1700), Find A Grave: Memorial #139578999, citing Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Dorothy (contributor 47601262) .
• S-2096867049 Repository: #R-2140972362 Ancestry Trees
• Mackenzie, George Norbury (ed.). Colonial Families of the United States of America, In which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families who Settled in the American Colonies from the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775 Vol VI (Baltimore, Maryland: The Seaforth Press, 1917) p. 179