John Catlin III1

#2697, (8 January 1687 - 1 December 1766)
Relationship6th great-granduncle of William David Lewis
Father*John Catlin Jr1 (bt 1638 - 1643 - 1704)
Mother*Mary Baldwin1 (c 1644 - 1704)

Family

Jemima Allen b. c 1693, d. 1772
Children 1.John IV Catlin9 (1715 - )
 2.Nathan Catlin+9 (1717 - 1793)
 3.Mary Catlin9 (1719/20 - )
 4.Ruth Catlin3 (1721/22 - )
 5.Jonathan Catlin3 (1724 - )
 6.Elizabeth Catlin9 (1726 - )
 7.Abigail Catlin3 (1728 - 1772)
 8.Samuel Catlin3 (1731 - )
 9.Esther Catlin9 (1733 - 1767)
 10.Jemima Catlin3 (1735/36 - )
 11.Sarah Catlin3 (1738 - )
 12.Hannah Catlin3 (1741 - )
He was a "house wright" and rope maker.2 
Birth*8 January 1687He was born on 8 January 1687 at Wethersfield, Connecticut.1,3 
29 February 1703/4He was captured in the Deerfield Raid on 29 February 1703/4 at Deerfield, Massachusetts, and returned in 1706; Deerfield French and Indian raid.4,5,6,7 
Probate4 February 1706/7He is mentioned in the probate records of the estate of his father John Catlin Jr on 4 February 1706/7 at Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MassachusettsG; (real estate division.)8 
Marriage*1 March 1715He married Jemima Allen on 1 March 1715 at MassachusettsG.9,10 
1 August 1766He left a will on 1 August 1766 at Deerfield, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., Massachusetts BayG.11 
Death*1 December 1766He died on 1 December 1766 at Massachusetts at age 79.3,9 
BurialDecember 1766He was buried in December 1766 at Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Massachusetts.12 
Probate*3 February 1767His estate was probated on 3 February 1767 at Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., Massachusetts BayG.11 

Citations

  1. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 2 (Deerfield: E.A. Hall and Co., 1896), p. 104-105.
  2. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield II, p. 105.
  3. [S1229] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records: Deerfield 1675–1898, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), compiler, Provo, UT and Oxford, MA, Deerfield Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1675-1844, Births and Deaths (Family group pages), p. 59, img. 54/481, Births and Deaths in John Catlin's Family.
  4. [S1512] John Williams, The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion (Boston: Samuel Hall, 1795). Reprinted Springfield, Mass.: H. R. Huntting Co., 1908, pp. 171-172. Hereinafter cited as Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion.
  5. [S741] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (Greenfield, Mass.: E.A. Hall and Co., 1895), 308, 309. Has Henry Nims as age 12. He was 22.
  6. [S741] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield I, p. 304-05.
  7. [S1230] Emma Lewis Coleman, New England Captives Carried to Canada between 1677 and 1760. Two volumes (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1925).
  8. [S1693] Hampshire County Probate Records, 1660-1916; index, 1660-1971; (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 1988-1989), 93 microfilm reels, Vol. 1-4, Film 879184, img. 384/689, p. 166. Settlement and distribution of the Estate of John Catlin of Deerfield, division of real estate. To John Catlin, grandson; John Catlin, son; children of Elizabeth Corse, alias Catlin [dau.]; Thomas Bascomb, husb. of Hannah Bascomb, alias Catlin [dau.]; Michael Mitchell, husb. of Sarah Mitchell, alias Catlin [dau.]; Ebenezer Smead, husb. of Esther Smead, alias Catlin [dau.]; Ruth Catlin [dau.]. Settlement to be made by any three of Capt. Jonathan Wells, Daniel Beldin, Eliezer Hawkes, Edward Allin and Benonie Moor. Declared 4 Feb 1706/7 by Samuel Partridge, original records Hampshire County Courthouse, Northampton, Massachusetts.
  9. [S320] Donald Lines Jacobus, compiler, Families of Ancient New Haven, Originally Published As New Haven Genealogical Magazine , Volumes I-VIII [1922-1921] and Cross Index Volume [1939] IX. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (reprint), 1921-1939), vol. 2, p. 389.
  10. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield II, part II:105.
  11. [S1693] Hampshire County Probate Records.
  12. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, Old shared stone memorial. John Catlin, d. 1 Dec 1766, in his 80th year / Jemima, wid. of John Catlin, d. 6 Feb 1772, in her 79th year. Memorial 32553524, created by Kevin Avery, photo added by the moo.