John Russell I (1687 - 1757)

Born 24 Jan 1687 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Trowbridge) Russell — married 17 Dec 1707 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1757 at age 70 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Ancestor of Rutherford B. Hayes 19th US President

Biography

Colonel of the Militia, judge and general assemblies for 41 sessions.

24 January 1686

John Russell ^[1] was born in

17 December 1708

John Russell and Sarah Trowbridge married in

7 July 1759

John Russell died in

• Burial Branford Center Cemetery, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Presidents - p530

• Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F762-Y5M : 3 December 2014), John Russell, 07 Jul 1757; citing Branford, Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,195.
• Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents; New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; 2009; Footnote Abbreviation: Presidents
• Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence (subscription). CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Vol. Yale page 10
• Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery memorial #11486377 in Branford Center Cemetery, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1885) Vol. 1, 1701-1745 With Annals of the College History. Page 26-7
• Collins, James Wade Ferris. The Family and American Descendants of Deacon Edward Collins of Cambridge, Medford, and Charlestown, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2020) Vol. 174, Page 185.