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More About John Noble
By 5th Great Grandson Edward K. Hine, Jr. ("Ted")
- April 2018
JOHN NOBLE, b. in Springfield, MA, 6 Mar 1662; d. 17 Aug 1714; son
of Thomas and Hannah (Warriner) Noble.
From: HISTORY OF THE TOWNS OF NEW MILFORD AND
BRIDGEWATER , CONNECTICUT , 1703 - 1882,
BY SAMUEL ORCUTT.
HISTORY OF NEW MILFORD. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Transcribed by
Richard M. Clarke of New Milford .
"1. John Noble, Sen., came here when forty-five years of age, having
a family of nine or ten children living, some of whom did not settle
in this town. He was a brave, enterprising, noble hearted man, or he
would never have ventured into the wilderness to make a home for his
family as he did. His dwelling house stood on the site of the
present dwelling of Col Charles D. Blinn, or near it, which was a
log-house, erected, probably, in the autumn of 1707. In 1714, he
gave the north half of this home-lot to his son Stephen, who came at
that time from Massachusetts, and upon this lot Stephen erected a
house, a little north of his father's, and, after dwelling in it
about a year, removed to that of his father's, and, after some
years, sold his first one to his brother David.
Prosperity, for a few brief years, filled his hands with work, in
many public offices, as well as private labors, and his home with
comparative comforts; but the great destroyer Death was destined to
make a beginning in this new plantation as well as in all others,
and, as he "loves a shining mark," made choice of the brave yet
kindly heart that first raised a white man's home in this dense
forest; and therefore, on the 17th day of August, 1714, his
life-work closed, and his home was clouded with mourning, and his
place left vacant. He was the first Town Clerk elected by vote of
the town; was a surveyor of lands, a member of the Woodbury Church,
and the first adult person' to be carried to the beautiful cemetery
that now adorns the village of which he was the first civilized
ornament.
The land of his first home-lot remained in possession of his
descendants until a very few years since."
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From "New Milford Town History" posted on the New Milford Historical
Society web site 8/27/08:
"The settlement of the town of New Milford began in 1706 when on
June 22 John Noble, Sr., of Westfield, Massachusetts, purchased a
"Right" from Richard Bryan of Milford, Connecticut. This "Right" was
a "one hundred and one fourth part of the undivided territory then
recently bought off the Native Americans, lying in the dense,
sublime, primitive forests, nearly on the western border of
Connecticut, where, unto that day, none by the wild Native American
had made a habitation for the rest and security of man." This was
also the year that the first meeting of the proprietors (the
original purchasers of the land known as Weantinogue) town was held
in Milford.
In the next spring or summer, 1707, John Noble, Sr., and his eight
year old daughter, Sarah, made their way through the wilderness to
New Milford. He built a fortified hut among the Native Americans at
the foot of Fort Hill for them to live in while he worked on a house
across the river where the town would be. The first house was
erected in the town in 1707 or 1708. The second family to come to
New Milford was that of John Bostwick. They were followed by several
more families. During this time, the lots and plots were being laid
out in the order of the arrival of the settlers.
On October 17, 1711, when the "Plantation" included 12 families and
about 70 persons, the inhabitants petitioned the General Assembly
for town rights and also the privilege of levying a tax to obtain a
minister. The town was organized the next year. Shortly thereafter
Mr. Daniel Boardman was secured to preach as a candidate. By this
time the Town was laid out with a public Green and a cartway on what
is now Bennett Street. Aspetuck Avenue was also laid out at this
time. Log houses had been built for the twelve families.
In 1714 John Noble, Sr., who was the first elected town clerk, died
and was the first adult to be buried in Center Cemetary. As the
years passed, settlers continued to come to the town and as the town
green additional buildings were built. In 1716 the first church was
established in New Milford when "The First Church of Christ" was
organized."
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From "New Milford Town History" posted on the New Milford Historical
Society web site 8/27/08:
Noble Family Genealogy
JOHN NOBLE, b. in Springfield, MA, 6 Mar 1662; d. 17 Aug 1714; son
of Thomas and Hannah (Warriner) Noble.
John came to New Milford from Westfield, MA in 1707. The next year
he settled on the west side of the Green at the northwest corner of
present Bank Street. He served as Town Clerk from Nov 1713 until his
death.
He m/1, in Westfield, 13 Sep 1682, ABIGAIL SACKETT, b. in
Northampton, MA, ca. 1664; d. at Westfield, 3 Jul 1683
He m/2, in Westfield, in 1684, MARY GOODMAN, dau. of Richard and
Mary (Terry) Goodman of Hadley, MA. She was still living on 15 Mar
1717.
Child, by first wife:
Abigail, b. 30 Jun 1683
Children, by second wife:
John, b. 15 Feb 1685; m/1, ca. 1710, Hannah Pickett; m/2, ca. 1716,
Abigail Buck; m/3, 23 Mar 1733, Sarah (Drake) Slaughter of
Ridgefield, Ct.
Stephen, b. 15 Aug 1686; m. 21 Apr 1709, Abigail Morgan.
Elizabeth, b. 23 Jun 1689; prob. d.y.
Mary, b. 16 Oct 1692; m. 29 Aug 1711, Andrew Hinman of Woodbury, Ct.
David, b. 25 Jan 1695; m/1, 15Jun 1720 Lydia Forward; m/2, 4 Jun
1722, Susannah Sherman; m/3, Jerusha Bostwick.
Hannah, b. 2 Nov 1697; m. 30 Jun 1736, Solomon Johnson of Woodbury.
She was Sherman Boardman's "School Dame" about 1734.
Sarah, b. 22 Mar 1699; m. ca. 1720, Titus Hinman, Jr. of Woodbury.
William, b. 25 Oct 1702; d. 30 Jun 1703, ae. 8 mos.
Margaret, b. 12 Apr 1704; m. 23 Dec 1726, Lt. James Hine.
Mabel, b. 28 Feb 1706; m. 21 may 1729, Matthew Benedict of Danbury,
Ct.
John's ear mark for cattle, etc. was recorded on 29 Jan 1713/14
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