De Wolf, Stephen

Stephen DE WOLF (1650-1702) and Hannah JONES (1660-1746)

my 7g-grandparents

Stephen DE WOLF was born about 1650, in Connecticut Colony, and died 17 Oct 1702. He was the son of Balthasar and Alice DE WOLF. See [ES, Vol. 2, pp. 125-133].

Stephen and his brothers Edward and Simon, and their father, Balthasar, were in a train-band, or company of militia in 1668. [CBP, p. 86] Stephen and Edward later took part in King Philip's War, 1675-8.

The first wife of Stephen DE WOLF is unknown. They had one child, Edward, born about 1686.

Hannah JONES married first, on 7 Mar 1682/3, to Mathew RANSOM, in Saybrook, CT, according to Saybrook marriage records. Mathew RANSOM was born about 1661, and died between 1686 and 1690. Hannah and Joseph had 1 child: Joseph RANSOM, b. 10 Jan 1683/4. Joseph married Jane, about 1708. They had 7 children in Lyme, and 2 of them married into the HUNTLEY family. Mary RANSOM married Peter HUNTLEY, son of John HUNTLEY and Elizabeth PEARSON. Stephen RANSOM married Susannah HUNTLEY, niece of Peter, and daughter of Joseph HUNTLEY, brother of John. See the John 4 HUNTLEY page.

Mathew may have been a son of Robert and Susanna RANSOM of Plymouth Colony. Robert RANSOM immigrated before 1654, married Susanna about 1660, and died on 14 Dec 1697, in Plymouth. Mathew RANSOM would have been the eldest of 8 children. [WCR, pp. 25-9]

Stephen DE WOLF married in 1690, as his second wife, Hannah (JONES) RANSOM, the daughter of Lewis JONES and Deborah PALMER. Hannah JONES was born in 1660 or 1668, also in Connecticut.

Stephen and his first wife had one child, in Lyme:

1. Edward, b. 1686

Stephen and Hannah had 7 children, in Lyme:

2. Deborah, b. 25 Jul 1690, d. aft. 1748; m. 27 Jul 1707 in Lyme, to Aaron HUNTLEY, b. 1 Dec 1680 in Lyme, d. 26 Sep 1748, in Lyme

3. Hannah, b. 1693, m. Benajah STONE, b. 1678, son of Benajah STONE Sr and Hester KIRBY

4. Stephen, b. 1694; d. 1723, m. Hannah

5. Benjamin, b. 1695, d. aft. 1746; m. Margaret, d. 1742

6. Lewis, b. 1698

7. Phoebe

8. Josiah

The following sections will cover each of the 8 known children of Stephen.

1. Edward DE WOLF, the only known child of Stephen and his fist wife, was born about 1686, probably in or near Lyme, CT.

2. Deborah DE WOLF, the first child of Stephen and Hannah JONES, was born on 25 Jul 1690 in Lyme, CT. She married Aaron HUNTLEY on 27 Jul 1707 in Lyme, CT. Deborah and Aaron were my 6g-grandparents. See the Aaron 5 HUNTLEY page.

3. Hannah DE WOLF was born about 1693, probably in or near Lyme, CT. She married Benajah STONE, b. 1678, son of Benajah STONE Sr and Hester KIRBY. [WRC, Vol II, p. 1152] They had at least 1 child:

i. Patience STONE, b. 1703, m. Joseph CHITTENDEN, b. 25 Jan 1702, d. 7 Apr 1794, son of Joseph CHITTENDEN Sr and Mary KIMBERLY.

4. Stephen DE WOLF was born about 1694, probably in or near Lyme, CT, and died about 1723, at age 29. His wife, like his mother, was named Hannah. Only their 4 sons are known: Lewis, Benjamin, Edward and Josiah.

i. Lewis DE WOLF was blind, and lived in Lyme. He had a daughter who married someone named HACKETT.

ii. Benjamin DE WOLF was born about 1716, and married Lucy CHAMPION, born 30 Sep 1718, daughter of Thomas CHAMPION and Elizabeth WADE. Among the children of Benjamin and Lucy was Gen. Stephen DE WOLF, who was the grandfather of Winthrop J. DE WOLF. [FBT, p. 37]

iii. Edward DE WOLF - nothing seems to be known about him.

iv. Josiah DE WOLF was born about 1723.

5. Benjamin DE WOLF was born about 1695. He married Margaret, and they had 8 children, from 1725 to 1741. Margaret died in 1742, and in 1746, Benjamin bought land and removed to Killingworth, CT, some 10 miles west of Lyme.

i. Jehiel DE WOLF was born about 1725 and died about 1727.

ii. Hester DE WOLF was born about 1726 and died about 1736.

iii. Jehiel DE WOLF was born between 1724 and 1731, and died about 1798, after emigrating to Nova Scotia. The Salisburys [ES, pp. 89-91] say that Jehiel and his cousins, Nathan DE WOLF and Simeon DE WOLF, left for Acadia, Nova Scotia, along with about 200 others, in 1760. The DE WOLF family in Nova Scotia became very influential.

iv. Stephen DE WOLF was born in 1731, a twin of Phoebe.

v. Phoebe DE WOLF was born in 1731, a twin of Stephen. She died about 1736.

vi. Elijah DE WOLF was born about 1735, and lived in Killingworth. He married Submit WILCOX.

vii. Esther DE WOLF was born about 1736, and died about 1818. She married WHEELER.

viii. Phoebe DE WOLF was born about 1741 and died about 1742, the same year her mother died.

6. Lewis DE WOLF was born about 1698. He had at least one child: Edward DE WOLF, who was baptized in 1736. Edward DE WOLF married Hannah ELY. Their eldest children were twins: Ephraim and Manassah. Ephraim DE WOLF married Elizabeth WOOD.

7. Phoebe DE WOLF

8. Josiah DE WOLF

Sources

[CBP] Charles d'Wolf of Guadalupe, his ancestors and descendants (1902) by Calbraith B. Perry

[DJH] Genealogy of Delbert James Haff and wife, Grace Isabel Barse : with monographs relative to the Champion, DeWolf, Griffin, Peck (1936)

[ES] Family histories and genealogies (1892) by Edward Salisbury and Evelyn Salisbury Vol 1 part 1 Vol 1 part 2 Vol 2 Vol 3 part 1 Vol 3 part 2

[FBT] The Champion Genealogy / A History of the Descendants of Henry Champion of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut / Together with Some Account of Other Families of the Name (1891) by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, Volume 1 Volume 2

[WCR] Historical Outline of the Ransom Family of America (1903) by Wyllys C. Ransom

[WRC] Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation (1911) by William Richard Cutter, et al Vol I Vol II Vol III Vol IV

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