Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell - (PDF ... - Adkinshorton.net

HastingsFreeman, the English historian, states that there are but five families inEngland that can really trace lineage back to Edward III and that the Hastingsfamily is one of these. As a surname Hastings is older than the NormanConquest 1066, the castle and seaport being held by the family when Williamthe Conqueror landed in England. The main line has held 19 peerages includingthat of the Earl of Huntington in 1629. But at the present in England the nameis not common.Sir Henry and George Hastings, grandsons of the first Earl had sons whobecame Puritans and who fled to America Thomas Hastings and his wifearrived in New England in 1634 and John Hastings and his family came in 1638.Thomas Hastings was 29 years old when he left England 1634 on the"Elizabeth" from Ipswich. His wife Susanna was with him but there is no recordof her children. She died in 1650 and Thomas mar. Margaret Cheney dau. ofWm. & Martha Cheney of Roxbury, Mass. She was the mother of at least 8children. Thomas settled in Watertown and also had a lot in Dedham, Mass.In his will he gave his son Thomas Jr. 5 pounds only with the explanation thathe had been at "great expense to bring him up a scholar".Thomas Hastings Jr. born 1652 and died 1712 was this scholar. He livedat Hatfield, Mass, and was the one very well educated man of his communityto judge from the accounts. The mother of his children was Anna Hawks,daughter of John Hawks of Hadley, Mass. She died in 1705 and Thomas'second wife was Mary Burt.Margaret Hastings born 6 July 1674 married 7 May 1707 Nathaniel Evertsof Guilford, Conn. They were the parents of the John Everts who moved fromGuilford to Salisbury, Conn.MeigsVincent Meigs born 1583 came to America from Weymouth, England about1634 with his wife whose surname was Churchill. In England he was an activefoe of the Crown and if captured would have suffered the fate of the "Regicides".He settled first on the border of Guilford Green; (Conn.) later about 1650moved to Hammonassett where he died in 1658. He had 3 sons, John Meigslater of East Guilford, Vincent Jr. of Killingworth, and Mark Meigs born 1609.John was born near Bradford, England 29 Feb. 1612 and died 4 Jan. 1672.He was allotted land in East Guilford in 1653 and married Tamazine Fry ofGuilford; their children were Mary, Concurence, Elizabeth, Tryal and John Jr.From the daughter Mary Meigs born 30 April 1633 who married WilliamStevens, one can easily trace the source of the name Mary through severalfollowing generations until it was given to Mary (Molly) Hurd who marriedDaniel Everts. The name goes back thus: the mother of Molly Hurd Evertsb. 1753 was Mary Wilcox Hurd b. 1734. Her mother was Mary StevensWilcox b. 1696 whose grandmother was Mary Meigs Stevens born 1633 inEngland.48