Wakeman

 

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William William Roger John Francis PriscillaWakeman
c1435- c1466- c1500- c1527- 1565-1626 1610-1671
“The word " Wakeman " is defined in Worcester's dictionary as "the title of the chief magistrate of the town of Ripon, Yorkshire, England." It seems to have meant "wide awake man." At one time it was pronounced as if to rhyme with Parkman, or rather with what the latter would be—Pa'kman—if the "r" was silent; but by about 1650 the pronunciation had changed to " Wackman." At Ripon the title descended from father to son and gave rise to the surname of Wakeman.”  Source: Wakeman Genealogy (1900) [1] p. 6
GENERATION 1
01. William Wakeman [1] was born abt. 1435 in England.
GENERATION 2
02. William Wakeman [1] son of William was born abt. 1466 in England. 
GENERATION 3

03. Roger Wakeman  [1] son of William was born abt. 1500 in in Drayton, Worcestershire, England.  He married Joan Haselwood. Roger died after 1550.

“Of Roger we learn from the " Visitation " that he had an heir, William, and that he was himself an heir to the family lands at Drayton, though apparently residing elsewhere, as he is not described as " of Drayton." He must have been the Roger Wakeman who studied at All Souls' college, Oxford, about 1516. His will of 1552 describes his residence as at Forthampton, and disposes of an amount of property which shows him to have been better off than all others of his name at that time. It names a wife, Joan, William, the eldest son, and John and Thomas, younger sons, besides various daughters, one of them named Anne; and enjoins upon William to grant the Drayton lands to John on a forty years' lease at the nominal annual rental of three peppercorns, to begin after the death or marriage of the wife Joan.” [1] p. 11

The children of Roger and Joan include:

1 William Wakeman (abt. 1522 - )
2 Thomas Wakeman
3 Anne Wakeman
4 John Wakeman (See Below)
GENERATION 4

04. John Wakeman, [1] son of Roger and Joan was born bef. 1527 in Drayton, Worcestershire, England.  He married Joan Spencer Beauchamp and died in Bewdley, Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England.

"John Wakeman of Drayton, second son named in the will of Roger, was living, obviously on his father's property, in Chaddesley, for years before his father's death, and had doubtless been left in charge of the old home when the rest of the bishop's family went to Gloucestershire. By his father's will he was to have the Drayton estate as his own property for forty years after the death or marriage of the widow, but meanwhile he would be under the necessity of paying regular rent to his eldest brother William. The situation was not satisfactory, and soon after 1557 he removed with his family from the parish. The names of his children identify him perfectly. He was a son of Roger and nephew of Richard (of Beckford), and had a sister Anne; and the parish record of Chaddesley states that on August 9, 1545, he married Joan , and that his children were baptized as follows: Roger, September 12, 1546; Anne, March 7, 1548-9; John, May 10, 1552 (buried May 20, 1554); John February 20, 1554-5; Richard, January 1, 1556-7 (buried February 15, 1556-7) No trace of any of the five survivors is found later in the well-kept parish register of Chaddesley, except that it bears evidence to the subsequent return of the younger John, no doubt after the beginning of the term of forty years during which John of Drayton was to possess the ancestral estate. The nature of the evidence relating to the return of the younger John cannot be indicated clearly without due mention of other Wakemans then in the parish." [1] p. 12

The children of John and Joan are:

1 Roger Wakeman (abt. 1546 - )
2 Anne Wakeman (Mar 7, 1548/9 - )
3 John Wakeman (May 10, 1552 - May 20, 1554)
4 John Wakeman (Feb 20, 1554/5 - )
5 Thomas Wakeman (1554-)
6 Richard Wakeman (Jan 1, 1556/7 - Buried Feb 15, 1556/7)
7 Francis Wakeman (See below)  
GENERATION 5

05. Francis Wakeman, [1] son of John and Joan was born on October 6, 1565 in Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England.  On October 6, 1589 he married Anne Goode (1568-1621). Anne died in 1621.   Frances died on September 2, 1626 in Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England.

"Francis appears next in Chaddesley, where his son John was buried in May, 1595. Why he should retire to Chaddesley, far from his wife's connections, unless because it was his own family's home, is inconceivable. His next son also was named John, and his persistence in naming his sons John accords well with the other facts which indicate that that was his father's name. In 1596 he reappears at Bewdley, on the occasion of another baptism, and at this time, and uniformly until his death in 1626, he is noted as " the cooper." In his will he left a legacy to his brother John, of whom no other trace appears on the records at Bewdley. One simple explanation fits all the known facts: Francis was son of John and Joan, of Drayton, and brother of the younger John, of Drayton; the elder John being son of Roger and brother of William, who were successively recognized as the heads of the Wakeman family." [1] p. 17

The children of Frances and Anne are:

1 Mary Wakeman (1591 - ) [1] p. 156 
Married John Wowen in Jan 1622
     1. Mary Wowan
     2. Sarah Wowen 
2 Sara Wakeman (Apr 23, 1593 - 1662)   [1] p. 156 
Married Richard Hubbell on Apr 30, 1621
    1. Richard Hubbell (Jan 22, 1626 - Oct 23, 1699)
        Founder of the Hubbell/Hubble family in North America.  Arrived by ship
        from England in the 1640's, settling in Connecticut.
        Married (1) Elizabeth Meigs (2) Elizabeteh Hull (3) Abigail Prudden
3 Martha Wakeman (Mar 27, 1596 - 1664 in New Haven, CT) [1] p. 157
Married William Davis (-1659) on Nov 30, 1621
    1. Sarah Davis (1624 - Dec 3, 1664)
        Married William Russell, Sr. (1611-1664)
              1.
Rev. Noadiah Russell (Jul 22, 1659 - Dec 3, 1713)
                 
Married Mary Hamlin
                     
1. Rev. William Russell (1690-1761)
                          Married Mary Pierpont
                              
1. Mary Russell (1720-1799)
                                   Married Matthew Talcott
                               2. Esther Russell (1722-1796)
                                   Married Samuel Johnson
                               3. William Russell, Jr. (1725-1775)
                                   Married Abigail Andrews
                               4. Rev. Noadiah Russell (1731-1795)
                                  
Married Esther Talcott
   
2. John Davis (1625-1657 at sea) Married Mary Ann Bilyeu
4 Capt. John Wakeman (Mar 29, 1601 in Bewdley, England - 1661 in New Haven, CT) [1] p. 157
Married Elizabeth Hopkins (1610-1658) on Jan 28, 1628 in Bewdley, England.

"His family immigrated from England in 1638, settling in New Haven Colony...He signed the New Haven Compact in 1638, was a deacon of the First Congregational Church of New Haven, served as treasurer of the Colony of New Haven, and was Captain of the New Haven trainband. In 1641 he was appointed magistrate of the court at New Haven. Several times between 1646 and 1660, he was chosen to represent New Haven at the General Court in Hartford. He was chosen assistant in 1661, but declined." Source

     1. Helena Wakeman (1632-1674)
         Married John Talcott (1630-1688) in 1650
             1.
John Talcott (1653-1682)
             2.
Elizabeth Talcott (1656-1710) married Joseph Wadsworth
            
3.
Mary Talcott (1661-1723) married Richard Edwards
             4.
Hannah Talcott (1663-1696) married Nathan Gold
            
5.
Joseph Talcott (1669-1741) married (1)
Abigail Clark (2) Eunice Howell
                
Governor of Connecticut from 1724-1741.
           
 
6.
Helena Talcott (1674-1702) married Cyprian Nichols

    
2. Rev. Samuel Wakeman (Jun 7, 1635 - Mar 8, 1692)
         Married Hannah Goodyear (1637-1721) in 1656
             1.
Samuel Wakeman (Oct 12, 1657 - 1691) married (1) Mary Burr (2) Sarah Knowles
            
2.
Capt. John Wakeman (1657 - Feb 15, 1709) married
Martha Hubbell
                   
1. Lt. Samuel Wakeman (Feb 24, 1693 - Oct 19, 1771)
                       
Married Elizabeth
                              1. Eleanor Wakeman (Aug 8, 1726 - )
                              2. Moses Wakeman (Aug 8, 1726 - May 14, 1764)
                              3. Anne Wakeman (Aug 8, 1726 - )
                              4. Elizabeth Wakeman (1729-)
                              5. Sarah Wakeman (Oct 5, 1731 - Jan 18, 1769)
                              6. Samuel Wakeman (Mar 10, 1734 - Aug 6, 1809)
                              7. Martha Wakeman (Aug 15, 1736 - Mar 9, 1766)
                   
2. Martha Wakeman (Sep 24, 1700 - 1737)
            
3.
Ebenezer Wakeman (1668-1690)
            
4.
Capt. Joseph Wakeman (1670 - Dec 5, 1726) married Elizabeth Hawley
                  
1. Ebenezer Wakeman (1698-1726)
                       Married Sarah Sturges
                   2. Catherine Wakeman (1700-1753)
                       Married John Burr
                   3. Elizabeth Wakeman (1702-1753)
                       Married Seth Samuel Burr
                   4. Joseph Wakeman (1704-1762)
                       Married Abigail Allen
                   5. Mary Wakeman (1710-1742)
                       Married William Burr
                   6. Samuel Wakeman (1713-1752)
                       Married Ruth Rogers
                   7. Stephen Wakeman (1717-1760)  
                      
Married (1) Mary Booth (2) Sarah Jessup
            
5.
Rev. Jabez Wakeman (1678 - Oct 8, 1704) married Eunice Howell
            
6.
Mary Wakeman - married
Michael Clugstone
            
7.
Ann Wakeman - married
Abraham Howell
            
8.
Elizabeth Wakeman - married
Albert Denny

    
3.
Elizabeth Wakeman
(1638-)
5 Samuel Wakeman (Sep 26, 1603 in Worcestershire, England - 1641 in the Bahamas) [1] p. 44-45, 157
Married Elizabeth Willett in 1630.

"Migrated from Bewdley, Worcestershire to Massachusetts Bay in 1631 on the "Lyon." First settled in Roxbury; moved to Cambridge & then Hartford in 1635. Having joined a small group of New Englanders who wished to settle at Old Providence Island in the Caribbean in the summer of 1641, and not realizing that the Spaniards had recently taken the island, Samuel Wakeman was on the ship mastered by William Pierce; when they reached Old Providence and sailed into the harbor, they came under the Spanish guns, and Pierce "threw himself in at the door of the cuddy, and one Samuel Wakeman, a member of the church of Hartford, who was sent with goods to buy cotton, cast himself down by him, and presently a great shot took them both. Mr. Peirce died within an hour; the other, having only his thighs tore, lived ten days." Source
  
     
1. Son Wakeman (Died at sea in 1631)
     
2. Elizabeth Wakeman (Jul 25, 1630 in Haddam, CT - Oct 22, 1696 in Haddam, CT)
         Married (1) Joseph Arnold (1628-1691) on Sep 6, 1662
              1. Deacon Joseph Arnold (Mar 12, 1666 - Jan 8, 1752)
                  Married Susanna Smith (1669-1742)
         Married (2) Daniel Brainerd (1641-1715) on Mar 30, 1693  
6 Isaac Wakeman (Aug 3, 1606 - Apr 14, 1609) [1] p. 157
7 Joseph Wakeman (Apr 23, 1609 - ) [1] p. 157     
8 Priscilla Wakeman (See Below) [1] p. 158
9 Anne Wakeman (Jul 3, 1614 in Bewdley, England - 1699 in Hartford, CT) [1] p. 157
Married Adam Nichols abt. 1644 in new Haven, CT
     1. John Nichols (Aug 1645 - )
     2. Barachiah Nichols (Feb 1647 - )
     3. Anna Nichols (bet. 1648-1654 - )
     4. Esther Nichols (Mar 1650 - )
     5. Lydia Nichols (Feb 1652 - )
     6. Sarah Nichols (1656 - )
     7. Ebenezer Nichols (1658 - )
10 Hester Wakeman (Jun 15, 1617 - Mar 1693) [1] p. 157
Married (1) Thomas Selden (1616-1655) in 1643
     1. Thomas Selden/Selding (Aug 31, 1645 - Nov 24, 1734)
     2. John Selden (Mar 26, 1647 - May 1650)
     3. Mary Selden (Mar 26, 1648 - Jan 7, 1713)
     4. Esther Selden (Mar 3, 1649 - 1651)
     5. Joseph Selden (Nov 2, 1651 - Jul 14, 1724)
     6. Hannah Selden (1653-1695)
     7. Sarah Selden (1655-1693)
Married (2) Andrew Warner (1595-1684) in 1657
     1. Jacob Warner, Sr. (1666-1711)
         Married Elizabeth Goodman

 

GENERATION 6
06. Priscilla Wakeman, [1] daughter of Francis and Anne was born in 1610 in Bewdley, Worcestershire, England.  On January 3, 1630 in Hartford, CT she married Thomas Richards.  Priscilla's brother Samuel was one of the founders of Hartford. She died before June 12, 1671 in Hartford, CT.

I descend from their son John Richards who married Lydia Stocking.

 

Migration pattern of my Wakeman family/font>
England -- CT

 

Wakeman Materials
Wakeman Genealogy (1630-1899) by Robert Wakeman (1900) - on Archive.org

 

Surnames that married into my Wakeman family

BEAUCHAMP

GOODE

HASELWOODE RICHARDS

   

My Descent From The Wakeman Line

Generation Father Mother
18 William Wakeman (c1435-)  
17 William Wakeman (c1465-)  
16 Roger Wakeman (c1503-1552) Joan Haselwood ( )
15 John Wakeman (bef. 1527-)  Joan Beauchamp ( )
14 Frances Wakeman (1565-1626)  Anne Goode ( )
13 Thomas Richards (1600-1639)  Priscilla Wakeman (1610-1659)
12 John Richards (1631-1712)  Lydia Stocking (1627-1712)
11 Thomas Richards (1666-1749) Mary Parsons (1670-1758)
10 John Turner (1703-) Abigail Richards (1702-)
9 Jedediah Turner (1733-1819) Rachel Thompson (1737-1771)
8 Asa Turner (1765-1847)  Isabel Ketchum (1769-1842)
7 Miles Jones (1794-1885) Pamelia Turner (1805-1883)
6 Darius Benjamin Jones (1834-1918) Marquerite Cowan (1835-1906)
5 Nathaniel Henry Hawk (1858-1944) Anna Irene Jones (1868-1936)
4 Ernest August Schwiening (1873-1944) Grace Myrtle Hawk (1885-1984)
3 William Edward Marshall (1901-1981) Irene Sophia Schwiening (1908-1992)
2 William Edward Marshall
1 Tod Howard Marshall

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