I found this at
http://www.dnai.com/~ebabcock/genealogy/biographies/JohnCase.html
Some is old, but the intro is new to me.
Dave Case
[John-Richard-Timothy-Philip-Timothy-Timothy-Abraham-Harry-Gordon-Gordon-me]
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John Case, 1616 - 1703
John Case was born in Aylesham, England circa 1616 and
died 21 Feb 1703 (or 1704 or 1705) in Simsbury, CT.
The Case family is one of the ancient and honorable
families of New England. They were noted as far back
as Oliver Cromwell (1599-1659) and accumulated a
fortune furnishing leather for the Army, being tanners
and farniers. The records show they came from York,
England to Aylesham, England in the year 1200. They
held all the land around Aylesham so the town was said
to be Cased in and were a clan by themselves. Many of
them still reside there. Their land surrounded
possessions of Anna Boleyn, who became the second wife
of Henry VIII of England, and was beheaded "for
treason" in 1536. The Cases were closely related by
intermarriage to the Boleyns.
John arrived in New England on the ship "Dorsett" on
September 3, 1635 from Gravesend, England, at the age
of 19 years. The ship landed around Long Island. He
then moved to Dorchester, MA [1]. In 1637 John married
Sarah Spencer (1636-1691), daughter of William and
Agnes (Tucker) Spencer of Hartford, CT. They next
moved to Hartford, then moved to Maspeth Kills, NY
(now Newton according to our Genealogy). John and
Sarah resided in Windsor CT from 1656 until 1669, when
they removed to Simsbury and settled in the area known
as "Weatogue" [3].
In 1667 John, with twenty others, received the first
grant of land in Simsbury which was at Meadow Plain,
Massaco (Simsbury). He lived about one mile south of
the Pettibone Tavern, the second house south. He was a
shoemaker and harness maker as well as a farmer. He
was appointed constable for Massaco by the General
Court Oct. 14, 1669, and represented his town at the
General Court in 1670 and several times afterwards. He
with six sons would go from Weatogue to what now
(1900) is West Simsbury and cultivate the land there.
Hence it was first called Case's Farms, afterwards
Farms Village, then West Simsbury. They carried their
guns with them as a protection from the Indians as
well as to shoot game which was very plentiful there.
The first of 5 children to John and Sarah were born in
Windsor, the last 5 were born in Simsbury:
Elizabeth born 1658 in Windsor; died 9 Oct 1718;
married (1) Joseph Lewis; married (2) John Tuller
Mary born 22 Jun 1660 in Windsor; died 22 Aug 1725;
married (1) 1677/9 William Alderman who died 1697;
married (2) 30 Mar 1698/9 James Hilliard who died 28
July 1720, age 76
John Jr. born 5 Nov 1662 in Windsor; died 22 May 1733;
married (1) 12 Sep 1684 Mary Alcott; married (2) 1693
Sarah Holcomb
William James born 5 Jun 1665 in Windsor; died 31 Mar
1700 in Simsbury; married Elizabeth Holcomb
Samuel born 1667 in Windsor; died Jul 30 1725; married
(1) Mary Westover; married (2) Elizabeth Thrall
Richard born 27 Apr/Aug 1669 in Simsbury; died 27 Apr
1746; married Amy Reed
Bartholomew 1 Oct 1670 in Simsbury; died 25 Oct 1725
in Simsbury; married 7 Dec 1699 in Simsbury Mary
Humphrey, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Mills)
Humphrey, born 16 Nov 1681 in Simsbury
Joseph born 6 Apr 1674 in Simsbury; died 11 Aug 1748;
married Anna Eno
Sarah born 20 Apr 1676 in Simsbury; died 2 May 1704;
married 9 Nov 1699, as his second wife, Joseph Phelps
Jr., son of Joseph and Hanna (Newton) Phelps, born 27
Aug 1667; died 20 Jan 1750
Abigail born 4 May 1682 in Simsbury; married 1 Sept.
1701 Simsbury Jonah Westover Jr.
Sarah died on 3 Nov 1691 in Simsbury, at the age of 55
[2]. Her headstone in Simsbury Cemetery is said to be
the oldest in Simsbury. John married (2) Elizabeth
(Moore) Loomis (our genealogy says Louise (Moore)
Loomis) (1638-1728), daughter of John Moore and the
widow of Nathaniel Loomis of Windsor, CT. Elizabeth
died in Windsor 23 July 1728 at the age of 90. She and
John had no issue.
John died in 1703 in Meadow Plains or the southern
part of Simsbury. His place of burial is unknown but
it is supposed to be by the side of his wife Sarah in
Simsbury Cemetery, although no stone was erected. He
had an estate of 562 pounds, making him a man of
wealth at that time. John's will, dated 21 Nov 1700
named his wife Elizabeth, six sons, and four
daughters. Samuel Spencer of Hartford (Sarah's
brother), and John Case Jr. (John's son) were
executors of the estate.
Sources:
[1] Spear's Genealogy
[2] Spencer Genealogy
[3] Case book
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