Peter Branch, (2)^[1]

1659 - 1713  (54 years)

• Name	Peter Branch
  Suffix	(2)
  Birth	28 May 1659	Branch's Island, Marshfield, Mass.
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Dec 1713
  Person ID	I3814	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John Branch, (3),   b. 1628, High Holden, Kent County, England d. 17 May 1711 (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mary [Speed] Branch   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F55784	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah [Lincoln] Branch,   b. 15 Mar 1663   d. 16 Jan 1732 (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Branch,   b. 5 Mar 1688   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Hannah Branch,   b. 12 Jul 1688   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Branch, (5),   b. 3 Mar 1694, Norwich, Connecticut, USA d. 3 Jan   4. Joseph Branch   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Branch,   b. 28 Jan 1685   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Peter Branch, (3)   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Samuel Branch   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Sarah Branch   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Thomas Branch, (4)   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F55764	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Peter Branch the third child of John and Mary, at the age of 21 moved to Taunton, Mass. where he Married Hannah Lincoln, Daughter of Thomas and Mary Lincoln. Hannah The niece of Samuel Lincoln from whom Abraham Lincoln traced his descent and granddaughter of Thomas Lincoln, the miller. Peter moved to Norwich, Conn. in 1680 and is listed as one of the nineteen persons to petition the Legislature for the incorporation of New Preston as an independent town in Oct., 1686. The petitionwas granted in Jan., 1687. A quit-claim and confirmatory deed of the newtownship, comprising a tract five miles in length between Stonington and Norwich, was obtained from the Mogegan Sachem on Mar. 17, 1687. It purports to be from "Oaneco to Capt. James Fitch Capt. Josiah Standish, Thomas Arke. Sen., Jonathan Tracy, Joseph Morgan, and all the rest of the inhabitants living in New Preston", and is signed by the mark of Oanaco, and witnessed by John Morgan, John Stanton, and the mark of John Uncas.

  
  

• Sources

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