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| Father: ?
Mother: ...? |
Some accounts say that his parents were Francis WICKES and Willmot COFFIN of Devonshire, England, but this has never been substantiated. |
| Spouse: Elizabeth ?
Marr: bef 1640, Providence, Rhode Island |
Many accounts say Francis married Elizabeth LUTHER, but this has never been substantiated according to Clarence Almon Torrey and others. |
Children: Samuel (ca 1643-1698)
Joseph (1645-)
Elizabeth (bp. 1547-)
John (bp. 1647-ca 1699)
Ann (bp. 1651-)
Thomas
James (bp. 1652-<1713)
Daniel (-1695)
Notes: Followed Roger Williams to Providence, RI.
Was one of the signers of the Providence, RI Compact, dated 20 Aug 1637
(Weekes left his mark, since he couldn't write).
He probably came to New England as a
servant or apprentice of John Smith the miller, and resided with or worked
for him at Dorchester, MA. When John Smith joined Roger Williams,
he brought Francis Weeks with him. They helped Williams build the
first settlement on Ten Mile River, near the present Philipsdale, then
accompanied him in founding Providence.
(2) Samuel WEEKES (Or Weeks)
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Birth: ca 1643
Death: 1698, Cedarswamp, Nassua Co.,
L.I., NY
Occ: Weaver And Farmer
Spouse: Hannah RUDDICK (Or REDDOCKE) ***see
notes below***
Father: Henry RUDDICK (Or REDDOCKE)
Mother: Mabel BURROUGHS
Marr: ca 1670
Children: Samuel (ca 1670-)
Humphrey
Francis (->1742)
Philip (ca 1679-1710)
James
Notes: He was a weaver and farmer and had a house and home lot on the east side of (now) South Street in Oyster Bay, the town. (The township was Oyster Bay.) He removed to Killingworth upon Matinecock after the settlement of his Father-in-laws estate.
*** Most accounts
say that Samuel married Elizabeth (Betsy) Ruddick, but Clarence
Almon Torrey points out:
"The will [of Henry Reddick] was lost or destroyed
many years ago, but there is a copy of the agreement of his heirs in Oyster
Bay Records (printed), vol. 1, pp. 88-89. His heirs were five daughters,
three of whom were married. They are named in the order of their births
and signed the agreement in the same order: Mary Hauxhurst, Hannah Weekes,
Elizabeth Weekes, Jane Readuck, and Sarah Rudick. Christopher Hawxhurst,
Samuell Weekes and Joseph Weekes signed in that order, indicating that
Samuel signed as the husband of Hannah and Joseph as the husband of Elizabeth
Weekes. In all previous accounts which have come to this writer's attention,
it is erroneously stated that Samuel married Elizabeth Reddough and that
Joseph married her sister Hannah."
(3) Philip WEEKES (Or Weeks)
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Birth: ca 1679, Cedarswamp,Nassua
Co., L.I., NY
Death: 1710/1711, Cedarswamp,Nassua Co.,
L.I., NY
Spouse: Martha --
Marr: ca 1699
Children: Mary (Twin) (1701-)
Stephen (Twin) (1701-)
Aseal (Twin) (1703-)
Martha (Twin) (1703-)
Jonathan (1705-1781)
Betsy (Twin) (1707-)
Phebe (Twin) (1707-)
Notes: When Philip died in 1689, Martha and her three children
moved to Greenwich, CT.
(4) Jonathan WEEKS
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Birth: 8 Oct 1705,
Cedarswamp,Nassua Co., L.I., NY
Death: 21 Nov 1781, Danbury,
Fairfield, CT
Occ: Miller
Spouse: Abigail WILDMAN
Birth: 23 Aug 1714,
Danbury, Fairfield, CT
Death: Sep 1796, Wilkes-Barre,
Luzerne, PA
Father: Thomas WILDMAN (-1752)
Mother: Lydia (GREGORY) FORWARD
- (widow of Joseph FORWARD)
Marr: 1734/1736, Fairfield,
Fairfield, CT
Children: Jonathan (ca 1737-1778)
Philip (ca 1740-1778)
Lydia (1742-)
Thomas (ca 1745-)
Bartholomew (ca 1748-1778)
Abigail (ca 1750-)
Elizabeth (Or Betsey) (1754-ca 1822)
Notes: Jonathan Weeks - a resident pioneer from Fairfield,
CT, who "Feb 12, 1763, paid cash for one whole share in the Susquehanna
purchase," who made his first journey to the Wyoming Valley in that year,
and from whose house in July, 1778, seven men, including his three sons,
and son-in-law Benedict, went into the battle and massacre of Wyoming,
and all were slain.[Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and
Lackawanna Valleys, PA by Rev. Horace Hayden, Hon. Alfred Hand, John Jordan,
Lewis Pub. Co., 1906, Vol. 1, pg. 182-3.]
(5) Elizabeth
(Or Betsey) WEEKS
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Birth: 6 Mar 1754, Fairfield,
Fairfield, CT
Death: ca 16 Sep 1822, Windsor,
Broome, NY
Spouse: Nathan WALLER
Birth: 7 Mar 1753, Cornwall,
CT
Death: 11 Jul 1831, Wilkes-Barre,
Luzerne, PA
Burial: Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA
Father: Phineas WALLER I (1717-)
Mother: Rhoda TAYLOR
Marr: 4 May 1773, Wilkes-Barre,
Luzerne, PA
Children: Phineas (1774-1859)
Elied
Lydia
Lucy
Elizabeth
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