The history of Waterbury, Connecticut - citizen hylbom blog

154: HISTOKY OF WATERBURY.
Timothy Hopkins, after his marriage, lived with his father, the latter having
conveyed to him, in June, 1719, by deed, one half of the house and homestead of two
acres, valuing them to him at £40 advancement. After the decease of the father,
the son became the owner of the whole ;
and in April, 1740, added to it the lot (with
a house) adjoining on the south, two and three quarter acres, bought of John Pun-
derson of New Haven, and which Punderson purchased of James Johnson, bound-
ed west on highway, &c. The entire lot, then called four and a half acres, the
son conveyed "with the buildings, fencings, orcharding," &c., April 4th, 1743,
to Lieut. John Bronson, for £540 old tenor, bounded southerly on Stephen Upson,
easterly on Jonathan Baldwin's home lot, &c.
After the sale of his homestead, Capt. Hopkins appears to have owned a house
and other buildings beyond the hmits of the village, out East, whither he, per-
haps, removed.
6. Samuel; b. Dec. 27, 1693. He settled in West Fpringfield.
7. Mary; b. Jan. 27, 1696-7; m. Samuel Hickox.
8. Hannah ; b. April 23, 1699, and m. Daniel Porter, 2d.
9. ; b. at same date as the last, and d. an infant.
10. Dorcas; b. Feb. 12, 1705-6, and m. James Porter.
BENJAMIN JONES.
He was accepted in the place of Jolm Andruss, and was not
one of the first company of settlers. His name is first mention-
ed among those who had allotments in the fourth division of
fence, about 1680-81. But little is known of him. His house
and lot of two acres were on the west side of Willow street,
south of William Brown's dwelling. The land was bounded,
in 1687, southwest on "a great lot," northeast on Thomas
Judd's land and highway, westwardly on Ensign Thomas,
Judd's land and eastwardly on highway. He removed to New
Haven about 1689, where he bought of William Johnson of
]^. H., for £50, sixty-six and a half acres of land at a place on
" West Side," (West Haven,) called Shepherd's Hill, " running
to a highway next the sea." His propriety right of £100 was
sold by his son Benjamin, in 1715, to Dea. Thomas Judd, for
forty shillings, and was conveyed by the latter, in April, 1717,
to his son William.
Whence Benjamin Jones came, and from whom he descended,
I am not informed. He was married to Hannah
Spencer, at Milford, May 2d, 1661, and had a son Benjamin
born there, in June, 1662. (S. Judd.) He died in New Haven,
Dec. 30, 1690, and his estate was settled in the County Court of
N. H. His widow, Hannah, was administratrix, and guardian
of the only child, Benj amin. This minor son was not, of course,