Peter Hepburn (abt. 1705 - 1742)

Born about 1705 in Abbeymilne, Scotland [uncertain]

Husband of Sarah (Clark) Hepburn — married 13 Mar 1727 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1742 at about age 37 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Biography

Peter Hepburn may have been born in Abbeymilne, Scotland as per an unsourced ancestry tree.

Peter Hepburn m. Fairfield 13 Mar 1726/7 Sarah Clark. Sarah was admitted to the church 5 May 1728^[1]

His will is dated 16 June 1738 at Stratford, CT and proved on 4 January 1742/43 in Fairfield. Named wife Sarah to have one part of the lands, eldest son Joseph to have a double portion more that the other children Peter, George, Sarah. He names a Sarah Navol or Newal (sp?) to have 15 pounds when aged 18...lives with me. He names wife Sarah as sole executrix. Wits Jo and Martha Thompson and Prudence Wells. ^[2]

The distribution of his estate was recorded on 4 April 1744. Fairfield, CT.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 Vol 33.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6W34 : 9 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 104, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1741-1748, Page 186-187.
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6W63 : 20 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 391-392, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 10, 1748-1755, Page 182-183.

• Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Bureau of American Ancestry, New Haven, Connecticut, 1904) Book 6, Page 34: Fairfield.

• Peter Hepburn & Sarah Clark, March 13, 1726/7.

• History of Milford, Connecticut, 1639-1939 (The Milford Tercentenary Committee, Inc., 1939)
  • Page 45: "In 1761 Peter Hepburn, ferryman, was granted the right to keep a public house and tavern at the ferry. From that time until the building of the present Washington Bridge in 191 9, there was always a tavern at that location."
  • Page 46-47: "As early as 1674 the town had taken the first step toward establishing a ferry house and boat on the Milford side of the Milford-Stratford ferry, when it sequestered forty acres of land for the purpose... A boat was provided in 1759, Peter Hepburn being the first Milford ferryman..."