Kirtland Family branch

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in loving memory of my grandmother, Elizabeth Howard Longman (1905-1999).

note : most of these and other Kirtlands are buried at the cemetery (marked 'Cypress') on the east side of Route 154 in Saybrook Point, which is south of Old Saybrook CT. When you walk in through the gate, look immediately left, John Kirtland's grave is the second nearest, set off to the left, facing the road. Others are buried throughout the cemetery, mostly among the Pratts, Harts and Chapmans, in bunches. Many of the graves are illegible. Several have small standardized pietisms on their stones. If not killed early on by disease, it was common for Kirtlands to live actively into their 60s and sometimes into their 80s -- this in an era when life expectancy was short, even for those who made it to adulthood. The women often had twenty-plus year bearing spans -- again, not common in a day when so many women died at childbirth. Some Kirtlands, especially from Gideon's generation on, often spelled their name "Kirkland", and many of their descendants bear that name. My line is in red.

If you see a ? that you can clarify, please send a note to rlongman1@aol.com

Ruth Kirtland (b. 03 Apr 1768, Old Saybrook CT; d. 06 Jan 1830, Claremont NH)
parents : Gideon Kirtland, Lydia Wilcox
husband : Daniel Bond Sr. (m. 04 Oct 1790, Claremont NH)
children :
---------- Daniel Bond Jr.
---------- George Bond
---------- Ruth Bond (b. 30 Jan 1796, Claremont NH)
---------- Deborah Bond (b. 15 Nov 1799, Claremont NH; d. 22 Oct 1846, Claremont NH)
---------- Job Bond (b. 08 Jul 1801, Claremont NH; d. 11 Sep 1870)

Gideon Kirtland (b. 17 May 1731, Old Saybrook CT; d. 18 Apr 1805, Claremont NH) In Claremont NH in 1790 census; household : 2 males over 16, 2 females. (Note that Ruth got married in Oct 1790.) Captain in Revolutionary War, 1779
parents : Phillip Kirtland, Lydia Marvin
wife : Lydia Wilcox (orig. Wilcoxson)(d. 22 Apr 1807) m. 17 Dec 1761, Old Saybrook CT
children :
---------- Gideon Kirtland Jr. (b. 14 Apr 1763, Old Saybrook CT; d. 1834) m. Sally Ackley
---------- Lydia Kirtland (b. 13 Oct 1764, Old Saybrook CT; d. 23 Nov 1829?, Old Saybrook CT) m. Ziba Stevens 26 May 1785 Claremont NH. Children : Ziba, Cynthia, Charles (b. 15 Jun 1793), Ely (b. 13 Jun 1796; d. 1838; m. Clarinda Fisher), Daniel, Sylvia, Henry (b. 31 Dec 1806; m. Dorothy Gove)
---------- Sarah Kirtland (b. 13 Feb 1766, Old Saybrook, CT) m. Thomas Osgood (b. 01 Aug 1761; d. 10 Nov 1843 Cabot VT)
---------- Ruth Kirtland (see above)
---------- Philip Kirtland (b. 17 Jun 1770, Old Saybrook CT)

A Samuel Kirtland, of this generation, was "Revolutionary War, Capt. Callups Co.". B. 1731/2, d. 04 Sept 1805, Old Saybrook CT). There are two people described on graves as 'wife of Samuel Kirtland'; I could not tell whether they were both wives of this particular Samuel or of a cousin or even a son : for instance, the undecipherable gravestone of a Samuel Kirtland who appears to have died in Oct of 1830-something. The time frames make for a lot of strange things. One wife was named Thankfull (d. 06 Jun 1784), the other Statira (b. 1757, d. 28 Jan 1839).

Phillip Kirtland (b. 28 May 1693, Old Saybrook CT; d. 23 Sep 1764, Old Saybrook CT
shipper/trader, and a husbandman in his early years
parents : John Kirtland, Lydia Pratt
wife : Lydia Marvin (b. 12 Jan 1704) m. 16 Jun 1726, Old Saybrook CT
children :
---------- Phillip Kirtland Jr. (more at link)
---------- Nathan Kirtland (b. 24 June 1729, d. 30 Dec 1749) (spelling is correct)
---------- Gideon Kirtland (see above)
---------- Lydia Kirtland (b. 12 Jan 1732)
---------- Esther Kirtland (b. 03 Mar 1734)
---------- Hannah Kirtland (b. 13 Feb 1736)
---------- Elizabeth (Lizzy) Kirtland (b. 23 May 1740) m. Eleazer Warner 14 Jan 1762. Children : Andrew, Ebenezer, Philip, Sylvester, Kirtland (as a first name), Nathan, Elizabeth (Betty), Lydia.
---------- Sarah Kirtland (b. 27 Oct 1742; d. 07 Aug 1749)
---------- Abner Kirtland (b. 06 Dec 1745) (more at link)
---------- Mary Kirtland (b. 12 Dec 1748)

John Kirtland (b. Aug 1659, Lynn MA; d. 20 Jan 1715/6, Old Saybrook CT)
parents : Nathaniel Kirtland, Parnell ?
raised by : John Wastall (Westall) (d. 12 Feb 1682) and Susannah (Kirtland) Wastall (d. 18 Mar 1683) in Old Saybrook CT). Susannah was daughter of Phillip Kirtland (b. 1580; see below). In 1659, John Wastall is listed as a Customs House officer. They were childless, and this John became their sole heir. He also received his own colonial allotment.
wife : Lydia Pratt (m. 18 Nov 1679, Old Saybrook CT)
children :

---------- John Kirtland (b. 11 Jul 1681) (more at link)
---------- Priscilla Kirtland (b. 01 Feb 1682, Old Saybrook CT) m. Thomas Jones. Ch.: Thomas; Martha (b. 1711, m. Josiah Bushnell).
---------- Lydia Kirtland (b. 11 Oct 1685, Old Saybrook CT; d. 27 Jan 1743 Southold NY) m#1 : Robert Griffing, 1708; d. 27 Mar 1729. m#2 : Joseph Conklin(g), 25 Apr 1732; d. 20 Jan 1740. Children : Lydia, Samuel (m. Elizabeth Landon), Elizabeth (m. Martin Bates), Robert (m.1. Elizabeth Baldwin; m.2. Sarah Fowler; m.3. Rhoda Parmelee), Jasper (m. J. Mindwell Stone; 5 children)
---------- Elizabeth Kirtland (b. 27 Jun 1688, Old Saybrook CT) m. 11 Jan 1715 to John Shipman, Saybrook CT. Child : Elizabeth.
---------- Nathaniel Kirtland (more at link)
---------- Phillip Kirtland (see above)
---------- Martha Kirtland (b. 11 Aug 1695, Old Saybrook CT; d. after 19 May 1738) m. 27 Oct 1718 to Henry Wills or Willis (?).
---------- Samuel Kirtland (b. 19 Jan 1698, Old Saybrook CT; d. 11 Feb 1760) m. Martha Whittlesey 31 Mar 1731. Children: Samuel (m. Thankfull Bushnell), Martha, Martin, Ambrose, Charles.
---------- Daniel Kirtland, Rev. (b.17 Jun 1701; Yale grad. 1720/1. d. 17 May 1763) m. Mercy Perkins 15 Jul 1723. Son Samuel (b. 20 Nov 1741) was missionary to the Oneida Indians, and was father to a president of Harvard University.
---------- Parnell Kirtland (b. 16 Oct 1704, d. 26 Jul 1748, Old Saybrook CT) m. John Tully, 17 Feb 1730 (Son of William Tully & Abigail Mavarick.) Children: Parnell (b. 28 Jun 1732), John (b. 12 Mar 1736), Anne (b. 24 Nov 1737), Charlotte Elizabeth (b. 23 Apr 1739; m. Ambrose Whittlesey), Mary (b. 21 Jul 1742; m. Richard Dickinson), Sarah (b. 26 Jun 1745).

Nathaniel Kirtland (b. 14 Nov 1613, Sherrington, Bucks. England; d. 27 Dec 1686, Lynn MA)
Came over on the ship Hopewell, to Lynn MA, 1635, then to Southampton NY in 1641, and back to Lynn MA ca. 1644.
parents : Philip Kirtland and unknown
wife : Parnell ? (b. ca 1624 in England; m. 1642, Southampton NY; d. Lynn MA, w. conflicting death reports) May have lived to 1691-ish; m.2 John Laiton 31 Oct 1687, no children. That would have also been Laiton's second, his first being Martha Booth (b. 12 Apr 1645, d. ca. 1682).

Parnell may have been related to the John Shipman who married Elizabeth Kirtland (b. 1688; see above). Or, she may have been the daughter of a Mr. Rand who was in the same social circle, but that could be a name problem relating to Nathaniel Jr's wife who was a Rand. They may have been married by Rev. Abraham Pierson (one of Southampton's first settlers and father of Yale's first president). Apparently Nathaniel's brothers Philip and John had come with him to Southampton by 1641 and had received land there, but left almost immediately. Nathaniel was offering to sell his brothers' Southampton land in 1642. Nathaniel continued to own land in Southampton after he had moved back to Lynn; legal documents about a fence on the property of Nathaniel Kirtland "of Lynn" were filed in 1648.

children :
---------- Nathaniel Kirtland (b. 1647-1650; d. Apr 1690, Lynn MA) m. Mary Rand 20 Jan 1675, who married John Burchsted almost immediately upon Nathaniel's death. Children : Nathaniel (b. 03 May 1677), Mary (b. 01 Feb 1679; m. Samuel Clarke 02 Feb or 14 Dec 1699), Priscilla (b. 09 Apr 1683); Eliza (b. 22 Jun 1685).
---------- Hannah Kirtland (b. 15 Apr 1652, d. 19 May 1691) m. Capt. William Pratt 20 Feb 1678, Saybrook CT. Children : Benjamin (m. Anna Bates, 12 Nov 1702, Old Saybrook), Hannah (m. Milano Pratt), Prudence (m. William Brockway), Ebenezer (m. Abigail), Jabez (m. Deborah, 24 Nov 1710 Old Saybrook).
---------- Priscilla Kirtland (b. 1655; d. 28 Oct 1676) Engaged to Daniel Knight, who died before wedding; m. Benjamin Collins, 25 Sep 1673.
---------- Ann Kirtland (b. 16 Apr 1658, Lynn MA; d. before 1685) m. Samuel Bass (grandson of John Alden)
---------- John Kirtland (b. Aug 1659, Lynn MA; d. 20 Jan 1715/6, Old Saybrook CT) (see at link)
---------- Sarah Kirtland (b. 1662) m. John Daws, 1681.
---------- Elizabeth Kirtland (b. 20 Mar 1664; d. 1690? poss. Braintree MA?) m. Francis Legare 1687. The name is French. Child : Daniel (b. 04 Apr 1689). Legare prob. had a different Daniel by a prev. marriage.
---------- Martha Kirtland (b. 15 May 1667; d. 07 Feb 1737). m.1. Joseph Blague II, 10 Feb 1685. Blague was an innkeeper, descended from a high-ranking servant of King Charles I. m.2. William Southworth 14 Nov 1705.
---------- Mary Kirtland (b. 15 May 1667; d. after 1743) m. John Bread 28 Apr 1686.

Philip Kirtland (b. 1585?, Codford, Bucks. England; d. 01 Oct 1652 prob. Lynn MA) Resided at Sherrington, Bucks. England (between Warminster and Salisbury, across the stream from the current A36 road at Codford St Mary's, not far from Olney). Shoemaker. Came to MA at some time near that of his children, though on ship unknown. Received 10 ac. allotment of land around Lynn MA in 1638, as "Senior".
wife : (Rose?, m. 1605??)
children :
---------- Nathaniel Kirtland (b. 16 Nov 1613; to America, 1635; see above)
---------- Philip Kirtland Jr. (b. 25 May 1617; to America, 1635; in Southampton, 1641; d. Jul 1659) m. Alice M. Oct 1639?. children : Mary (m.1. Nathaniel Sherman, m.2. John Cox, m.3. Thomas Roote), Sarah (m. Joseph Davies / Davis?), Susannah, Hannah. Received 10 ac. land in 1638 in Lynn MA area (as "Junior").
---------- Susannah Kirtland (b. ca. 1620, d. 18 Mar 1683, Old Saybrook CT) to America, 1639; m. John Wastall; see 'John Kirtland' above)
---------- John Kirtland (b. 1606-7; d. before Sep 1680) To America; was reportedly in Southampton NY in 1641 and in Easthampton NY ca. 1658-1660. m. Sara.

John Kirtland (b. 1554, Eng.)
Children :
-------- Philip Kirtland
-------- John Kirtland (b. 1578-82 Tickford, Newport Pagnell Eng.; d. 12 Dec 1616) m. Mary unknown, 1605.

Kirtlands of other interest :

Elizabeth Kirtland (b. 1750; d. 25 Dec 1818)
parents : Nathaniel Kirtland III, Eunice Pratt
husband : John Bull (m. 20 Dec 1772)
children : incl.
--------- Frances Bull (b. 17 Feb 1779; d. 23 Aug 1865) m. 11 Nov 1809 to Taylor Pratt Bushnell.

Phillip Kirtland Jr. (b. 17 Dec 1727, Old Saybrook CT; d. 09 Aug 1764, Saybrook CT)
parents : Phillip Kirtland, Lydia Marvin
wife : Sybil Pratt (b. 10 Dec 1725), m. 20 Nov 1757, Old Saybrook CT
children :
--------- Sybil Kirtland (b. 01 Oct 1758, d. 1796) m. Lebbeus Chapman II 21 Nov 1752. Children: Mercy (b. 08 Apr 1779), Nathan (b. 1787)
--------- Phillip Kirtland (b. 03 Jan 1761, d. 08 Jan 1765)
--------- Nathan Kirtland (b. 14 Jan 1763; d. 05 Aug 1844, Old Saybrook CT) m. Rachel Towner 07 Aug 1796. Children : Sybil Towner Kirtland (b. 31 Dec 1797), Phillip Marvin Kirtland (b. 19 Mar 1799; m. Lucy Ann Kelsey); Rachel Kirtland (b. 05 Jan 1802; m. Samuel Chalker), Almira Kirtland (b. 12 Jan 1804; m. James Pratt), Electra (Electa) Kirtland (b. 24 Oct 1809).
Electra married Augustus Giles Bushnell; her name is found on the large, hard-to-miss monument for her husband (his first of two wives) in the Cypress Cemetary in Saybrook Point CT, and she is buried next to it.

Abner Kirtland (b. 06 Dec 1745, Old Saybrook CT)
parents : Phillip Kirtland, Lydia Marvin
wife : Mercy Doty Pratt (m. 03 Dec 1770, Old Saybrook CT)
Children :
--------- Mercy Kirtland (b. 13 Jul 1771; d. 1847)
--------- Mary Kirtland (b. Nov 1773; d. 1803) no known children.
--------- Abner Kirtland Jr. (b. 13 Apr 1776; d. 1861)
--------- Elisha Kirtland (b. 30 Jan 1779; d. 1856 CT) m. unknown
--------- Daniel Kirtland (b. 01 Apr 1781, d. 1857?, Old Saybrook CT)
--------- Philip Kirtland (b. 08 Jan 1784; d. 1848)
--------- Lydia Kirtland (b. Mar 1786; d. 1849 PA) m. Anselm Hill 29 Jul 1806 Westbrook CT. Moved to : Silver Lake PA. Ch. : Elizabeth (Betsey), Lydia, Michael, Anselm.
--------- Deborah Mary Kirtland (b. July 1788)

Nathaniel Kirtland III (b. 11 Dec 1719; d. 11 Jan 1788)
parents : Nathaniel Kirtland, Phoebe Marvin DeWolf
wife : Eunice Pratt (b. 13 Nov 1723)
children :
--------- Elizabeth (Betty) Kirtland

John Kirtland (b. 11 Jul 1681; d. Jan 1737?)
parents : John Kirtland, Lydia Pratt
wife #1: Temperance Buckingham (d. 06 Jul 1713) m. 04 Mar 1702, Old Saybrook CT
children :
---------- Hester Kirtland (b. 10 Mar 1703) m. Jedidiah Chapman 06 Jun 1723. Chapman held the post of 'Mayor'. Children : Hester, Jedidiah, Temperance, Ann, Ruben, Charity
---------- John Jedidiah Kirtland (b. 05 Jul 1708) m. Lydia Gilbert. Children : Lydia, Temperance, John, William, Joseph, Hester, Ann, Asa.
---------- Temperance Kirtland (b. 10 Nov 1710) m. Andrew Southworth 17 Dec 1731) Children : Andrew, Nathan, Temperance, Otis, Ann, Prudence, Martin, Gideon.
wife #2 : Lydia Belden (m. 29 Aug 1716, Old Saybrook CT; d. 07 Nov 1749, Old Saybrook CT). Described as 'gdaughter of Deacon William Parker'.
children :
------------- Elias Kirtland (b. 21 Jan 1717; d. 08 Apr 1718)
------------- Elisha Kirtland (b. 11 Aug 1719) m. Deborah Lay
------------- Lidia Kirtland (b. 28 Oct 1721) m. Elisha DeWolf
------------- Parnell Kirtland (b. 29 Jan 1723) m. Simeon DeWolf 23 Jul 1741. Children : Belle, Benjamin
------------- Constant Kirtland (b. 24 Jan 1726; d. 09 Feb 1726)
------------- Ezra Kirtland (b. 11 Oct 1730; d. ca. 1800) m. Olive Wakeley 1752.
------------- Elisabeth Kirtland (b. 13 Sep 1732; d. 1739)
------------- Dorothea Kirtland (b. 21 Apr 1735; d. 1739)
------------- Constant Kirtland II (b. 24 Dec 1727) m. Rachel Brookett 20 Apr 1753. Son John? (b. 1759)

Nathaniel Kirtland (b. 24 Oct 1690, Old Saybrook CT)
parents : John Kirtland, Lydia Pratt
wife (1st) : Sarah Chapman (d. 05 Feb 1716, from effects of childbirth) m. 26 Nov 1713.
-- children :
------------- Sarah Kirtland (b. 01 Sept 1714)
------------- infant (unknown name) (b. 05 Feb 1716 d. 09 Feb 1716)
wife (2nd) : Phoebe Marvin DeWolf (m. 22 Aug 1716), widow of Daniel DeWolf
--- children :
------------- Mary Kirtland (b. 11 Mar 1717/8)
------------- Nathaniel Kirtland III (see above)
------------- Daniel Kirtland (b. 24 Dec 1721)
------------- Jedidiah Kirtland (b. 25 Mar 1724)
------------- Phebe Kirtland (b. 13 Apr 1726) (spelling is correct) m.? Bezabel Cleaveland ?
------------- Reynold Kirtland (b. 20 Jan 1728)
------------- Jerusha Kirtland (b. 25 Mar 1730)
------------- Stephen Kirtland (b. 28 May 1732)
------------- Priscilla Kirtland (b. 12 Feb 1740)

Susannah Kirtland
parents : Philip Kirtland Jr. (b. 25 May 1617) and Alice M.
husband : Benjamin Thompson, 1669. Of Braintree MA. Schoolmaster, physician, Harvard class of 1662.
Children :
--------- Elizabeth Thompson (b. 14 Jun 1685; d. 1774 NH) m. John Parsons. 21 Oct 1701, Dedham MA.
--------- Abigail Thompson, m. Joseph Belcher, 08 Mar 1693/4
--------- Susannah Thompson, m. John Sanders, 24 May 1669
--------- Anna Thompson
--------- Ellin (Eleanor) Thompson, m. Eleazer Moody 13 Apr 1716
--------- Benjamin Thompson, m. Elizabeth, 1704
--------- Philip Thompson, m. Mary Mountjoy, 1714
--------- Sarah Thompson, m. Benjamin Allen, 02 Oct 1702
--------- Mary Thompson (b. 29 Oct 1692; d. 28 Mar 1700)

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