my 8g-grandparents
Daniel SILLIMAN was born about 1660 to 1663 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT. The date is a guess, since no record seems to exist. He died in 1697, in Fairfield. His parents were Daniel and Peaceable SILLIMAN/SILLIVANT.
Daniel SILLIVANT, SILLEMAN or SILLEMANT, was in Fairfield 1658. The name is derived from a silly-man, not silly or witless, as the word is used in modern times, but innocent, free of guile,—a good man. About 1690 the name came to be spelled SILLIMAN. [HF, Vol. I, p. 406]
Daniel SILLIMAN Jr married in 1687 to Abigail OGDEN, daughter of Richard OGDEN. They lived in Fairfield and had 6 children. Abigail's birth and death dates are uncertain. Some have claimed that she was born in 1666 and died in 1705, but I have not seen any evidence. She must have had some of her 6 children by the time she was baptized, on 30 Dec 1694. The first 5 children were all baptized on 12 May 1695, and the 6th on 11 Apr 1697.
Daniel's estate inventory was signed by his wife, Abigail, on 4 Feb 1697, so he died before that date, and she after. The youngest child was baptized 2 months later, so she may have been born after her father died. At any rate, Abigail was left with 6 children age 10 or under. It seems that they were distributed to other family members for upbringing.
The eldest child, Peaceable SILLIMAN, married Jonathan HUBBELL, and they were my 7g-grandparents. See the Jonathan HUBBELL page. Also see the other HUBBELL pages for more information about Fairfield.
1 Daniel SILLIMAN b: 1660, d: bef. 4 Feb 1697
+ Abigail OGDEN m: 1687, d: aft. 4 Feb 1697
......2 Peaceable SILLIMAN bapt. 12 May 1695 in Fairfield, CT, d: Bef. 1766
...... + Jonathan HUBBELL b: 25 Mar 1692 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, m: 18 Nov 1713 in Stratfield, Fairfield, CT, d: 08 Sep 1766 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT
......2 Daniel SILLIMAN b: 1686, d: Bef. 01 May 1717 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
...... + Thankful HOWES b: Apr 1692, m: 20 Jan 1714 (she married Capt. John OSBORN after Daniel died.)
......2 Capt. John SILLIMAN b: 31 Dec 1687, d: 29 Nov 1752
...... + Annah BURR b: Bef. 05 Apr 1696, d: 01 Oct 1740
...... + Anna b: Abt. 1686, m: 04 Oct 1741, d: 14 Aug 1756
......2 Abigail SILLIMAN bapt. 12 May 1695 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
...... + David ADAMS
...... + John HIDE m: 22 Mar 1737
......2 Mary SILLIMAN b: Abt. 1692 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, d: 26 Jun 1648 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
...... + Lieut. Samuel SQUIRE m: 1714
......2 Jemima SILLIMAN bapt. 11 Apr 1697
...... + Thomas GILBERT (of Stratford) m: 19 Dec 1717 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT
Sources
[HF] The history of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the settlement of the town in 1639 to 1818, by Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck, Vol I Vol II
[HGF] History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield, compiled and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus, M. A., for the Eunice Dennie Burr chapter, Daughters of the American revolution, Fairfield, Connecticut. There are 2 volumes in several parts.
[HH1] History of the Hubbell Family, Containing a Genealogical Record (1881) by Walter Hubbell (the title page is image 13)
[HH2] History of the Hubbell Family, Containing Genealogical Records of the Ancestors and Descendants of Richard Hubbell (1915) by Walter Hubbell
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