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We Served, We Settled
Patriots and Pioneers - The legacies of the Shane and Beck families
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| Name |
Silliman, Daniel |
| Birth |
28 Mar 1621 |
Geneva, Switzerland  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Person ID |
I2400 |
Shane and Beck |
| Last Modified |
14 Jun 2023 |
| Family |
Eggledon, Peacable, b. 1630, Kent, England d. 1663 (Age 33 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Jul 1661 |
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Silliman, Daniel, b. Bef 1666 d. 1697 (Age > 31 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 2. Silliman, Thomas, b. Bef 1666 [Father: natural] |
| + | 3. Silliman, Robert, b. 1666 d. Apr 1748, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F984 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
14 Jun 2023 |
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| Notes |
- 1. Daniel Silliman.
Born about 1626 and died in 1690.
Married (by marriage contract July 1661) Peaceable, widow of John Eggleden, married (2) Hannic (also called Hannah), widow of Henry Hendricks.
"Inv. of Daniel Silliman, Sr., 2 Jan. 1690 [1690/1691]; widow Hannica (marriage contract referred to); adm'n granted to Daniel and Robert. Heirs named: Daniel, Thomas, Robert.
Daniel Silliman was involved in the Benfield case, 1666, and the testimony contains considerable information about him. Gold wrote of him that he had small property, did little labor, and traded with the Indians. George Squire, Jr., testified that, it having been reported that a fleet of Dutch and French was coming to New England, Silliman said he "hoped he should get his foot aboard a man of warre once more." This indicates that he served in the navy in his youth. Probably, he was a man of adventurous spirit, and a shrewd trader; but the ability that soon characterized the Silliman line seems to have derived largely from the excellent intermarriages with families of mental distinction, notably the Hull and Selleck alliances. [The compiler inclines to the view that he was of Dutch extraction. Not only did he marry a Dutch woman for his second wife, but he lived on "Holland Hill," and his bold remark about a man of war may imply that it was the Dutch navy in which he served.]" (Families of Old Fairfield)
"The names of those yt. Removed ye building Lots att ye Rear of ye Lots, into ye halfmile Comon, according to ye order ye last meeting.Jan.17.1671/2... Danil Silleiman
List for Compo Dividend Feb.28. 1671/2 ... D. Silliman 102
Sources:
History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Compiled and Edited by Donald Lines Jacobus, 1930, Vol. I, Pages 192, 308, 447, 448, 562 & 563.
History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, by Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck, Vol. I, 1889, Pages 329, 330, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 343, 344, 345, 346, 406 & 407.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1911, Volume LXV, Page 186.
Biography of The Sillimans, By Robert T. Silliman, 1995, Pages 1 & 2.
Silliman Genealogical Chart, By Robert B. Silliman, D.S. I, October 12, 1961.
A List of ye Inhabitants proportions of Lands in ye Comons granted to ye Inhabitants in ye year 1670/71 & is now Recorded December 1791
Estate 103:- Danil Silleman 270 Acres
Here followeth a list of ye building lots pasture lots, & long-lots granted to ye inhabitants of ye town Jan. 1670-71 & recorded Dec. 30. 1680.
Building Lots. Pastures. Long Lots ye Breadth
Acres. Q. Rods. Acres Q. Rods. Rods. Q. Feet.
Daniel Silliman 07 2 36 05 01 14 11 03 01
March ye 10th 1681/2 The Town by vote declared yt ye old Indian-field shall be forthwith divided to ye Inhabitants yt have right to divide according to ye List of Estates, ye Greatest part of ye Comons having been divided. A List of ye Lots for ye old Indian Field drawn this 22d March 1681/2.
53 D. Selleman
Dividend of Old Indian Field 10. Feb. 1682 3
Acres Q. Rods. Feet. Inch.
53 D. Silliman 0 1 23 13 0
A list of ye Lots at Compo neck, both ye Divisions, ye first division is 3 Rods per pound ye Second division is 5 Rods pr pound, and is as followeth 1682.
First Division Second Division
Lots. Estates. Acres. Quarters. Rds. Acres. Quarters. Rds.
2 103 00 0 Dan. Silliman 1 3 29 3 0 35
Here followeth ye Divisions of Pauls neck to ye Several Dividors in 1688, wth yt order of lying.
Rods. Feet. Inches.
49 Danil Silleman 9 0 0
Here followeth ye Lots as they are laid out In ye wolf Swamp before ye Town, with ye Reed ponds & hassucks, ye order of yr lying as on ye other Side of this leaf, being ye Same with Pauls neck, with ye number of rods in ye margent of both Sd wolf Swamp & Reeds & Pauls neck, pertaining to Each Dividor or proprietor laid out in 1688: according to an order of ye town, dated ye 6th of Apil 1688. also ye distinct number of rods Each p'son has set on y right hand of Each name as to ye Sd Swamp, reeds & hassuck.
Rods. Rods. Feet. Inches.
49 Danil Silleman 40 0 0
Here follows a draught of ye Lots for Paul's neck & ye wolf Swamp & reedy ponds, & ye two half mile of Comon, & two miles in length of ye mile of Comon, more fully appearing in an order of ye town dated ye 6th of Apil 1688., & yt each divider Should draw one Lot for his part of Said Divisions.
Danil Silleman 49
Daniel Sillivant I. of F. entered into a marriage contract in July 1661 with Peacable, the widow of John Eggleston of F. He purchased of Joseph Middlebrook sr., as administrator on the estate of John Eggleston, ten acres of land left for the use of Eggleston's son, bounded n. & w. with a highway, s. e. with a run of water lying on the other side of the mill-creek, under the hill (Uncoway creek) near the place where Samuel Morehouse's old mill stood. This lot was s. w. of the present Black Rock bridge. He was afterwards granted 2 1/2 acres "at the wading place," over the creed, bounded west by a sedge marsh, the town reserving the right to use the sons to build a bridge over said creek. By his m. with Peacable Eggleston, it is said he had sons Daniel, Thomas & Robert. His second wife was Hannara, Henichy or Hannah widow of "Hendrick" or "Henry Hendrickson." He was a man of influence, & was one of the land dividend holders in the town. He died intestate in 1690. The inventory of his estate, valued at 302£. 14s. 16d. was made 13, of Jan 1690/91. His property was divided between his widow "Hannara" & his three sons." (History of Fairfield)
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- [S220] D Jacobus, Jacobus, Donald Lines, HathiTrust, Daniel Silliman.
History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Compiled and Edited by Donald Lines Jacobus, 1930, Vol. I, Pages 192, 308, 447, 448, 562 & 563.
History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, by Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck, Vol. I, 1889, Pages 329, 330, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 343, 344, 345, 346, 406 & 407.
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