William Chittenden and Joanna Sheafe

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Husband William Chittenden ¹

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     Christened: Mar 1594 - Cranbrook, Kent, England 1
           Died: Feb 1660 1
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Wife Joanna Sheafe ¹

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           Died: 16 Aug 1668 - Guilford, New Haven Co, CT 1
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         Father: Dr. Edmund Sheafe (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Joanna [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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   Other Spouse: Abraham Cruttenden (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Thomas Chittenden ¹

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2 F Elizabeth Chittenden ¹

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3 M Nathaniel Chittenden ¹

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           Died: Jun 1691 2
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         Spouse: Sarah [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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4 M John Chittenden ¹

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5 F Mary Chittenden ¹

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6 F Hannah [1] Chittenden ¹

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           Born: 15 Nov 1649 1
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           Died: 1650 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Joseph Chittenden ¹

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           Born: 14 Apr 1652 1
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           Died: 22 Jun 1652 1
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         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Hannah [2] Chittenden ¹

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           Born: 14 Apr 1652 1
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           Died: 13 Sep 1674 1
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         Status: Twin

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9 F Deborah Chittenden ¹

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           Born: 12 Dec 1653 1
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           Died: 16 Sep 1674 1
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10 F Joanna Chittenden ¹

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General Notes: Husband - William Chittenden

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This surname is derived from the corrupt British and Welsh words chy, meaning "house," and tane, "lower," and din or dun, "hill," the low house on the hill. The name is quite common in England, and the spelling, which has been greatly varied, is almost always Chittenden at the present [1913] time. Only two families of the name were early immigrants to America. Thomas Chittenden, a linen weaver, came with his son Isaac from Wapping, in county Kent, and settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, where his descendants are still [1013] found. It is not known whether he was related to William Chittenden.

The immigrant ancestor of this family, he came to New England in May, 1639, with a company of twenty-five, and in the autumn of the same year settled at Guilford, Connecticut. He came from the parish of Cranbrook, county Kent, about thirty-five miles southeast of London.
He was one of six persons to purchase land at Guilford from the Indians and one of the four in authority over the settlement. He was lieutenant of the militia and he had been a soldier in the English army in the Netherlands and reached the rank of major. He was magistrate of the plantation and deputy to the general court until his death. His land in Guilford remained in the family and was owned at last account by Hon. Simeon B. Chittenden, of Brooklyn, New York, who made it his summer home.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 603.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 604.