Eleventh Generation

1702. John PORTER was born on 21 June 1594 in Felsted, Essex, England. He died on 21 April 1648 at the age of 53 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He and his family came from England and settled in Windsor, CT, in 1639. He was one of the original settlers of Windsor.

John Porter was born in Felsted, Essex County, England where he married, in Messing, Anna White in 1620. Both were of fairly prosperous families. They had nine children born in Felsted and the marriage and birth records are found in Essex County records. In 1638, when John was 44, the family emigrated to New England, probably with the Huit party on the "Susan and Ellen", and removed soon to Windsor.
In April of 1639 John acquired a home lot in Windsor on the Island. He resided next door to Joseph Loomis, whose wife, Mary White, was a sister to John's wife. Both John and Joseph were influential and prosperous men in Windsor and by 1641 John had grants from the town totaling 400 acres, ranking among the top quarter in Windsor. John Porter and Joseph Loomis were also brother-in-laws to William Goodwin and John White, both influential men in Hartford.
John had two more children born to him in Windsor and was active in the community serving in both town and colony offices. He was involved in the merchant trade, probably in cloth, and probably traded with his son James, who was a merchant in London. James would also eventually act as agent of the Colony of Connecticut in London. Children of John Porter and AnnaWhite
AnnPorter+
b. 22 Sep 1621, d. 1653
John Porter Jr.+
b. 9 Feb 1622, d. 2 Aug 1688
Sarah Porter b. 15 Mar 1624, d. 19 Mar 1695/96
James Porter b. 20 Feb 1627
Rebecca Porter b. 16 Sep 1630, d. 9 Jan 1682/83
Samuel Porter b. 26 May 1632
Rose Porter b. 24 Jun 1633, d. 1649
Samuel Porter b. 2 Jun 1635, d. 6 Sep 1689
Mary Porter b. 1 Oct 1637, d. 16 Dec 1681
Nathaniel Porter b. 19 Jul 1640, d. Jan 1679/80
Hannah Porter+
b. 4 Sep 1642, d. 19 Sep 1677 Citations
[S100] NEHGR, (1901), 55:22-31, "Children of Robert White" .
[S154] Newton H. Winchell and Alexander N. Winchell, Winchell Gen., p. 516.
[S141] TAG.
[S125] Charles Edwin Booth, One Branch of the Booth Family, 73.
[S278] NEHGR, "Children of Robert White of Messing", 55(1901):29.

The Line of Robert and Bridget White became ancestors of USA Presidents
Grant, Cleveland and Ford through their daughter Anna who married John
Porter.
Through the marriage of daughter Mary White and Joseph Loomis came the
13th USA President Millard Fillmore, Joseph Smith, founder of LDS church,
and Roy O. Crutcher family.

Robert and Bridget were also ancestors of Reverand Solomon Williams,
father of 'signer' William Willams and of author Richard Henry Dana
through same daughter. Anna WHITE and John PORTER were married on 18 October 1620 in Messing, Essex, England.¹⁷²

1703. Anna WHITE was born before 13 July 1600 in Shalford, Essex, England.¹⁷³ She died on 11 May 1647 at the age of 46 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

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