Silliman, Robert

1666 - 1748  (82 years)

• Name	Silliman, Robert
  Birth	1666
  Gender	Male
  Death	Apr 1748	New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Person ID	I2536	Shane and Beck
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Silliman, Daniel,   b. 28 Mar 1621, Geneva, Switzerland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eggledon, Peacable,   b. 1630, Kent, England d. 1663 (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Jul 1661	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hull, Sarah
  Children	1. Silliman, Sarah,   c. 16 Sep 1694   d. 6 Feb 1770, Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 75 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Silliman, Nathaniel,   b. 10 Aug 1696   d. 1763, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Silliman, Ann,   c. 12 Mar 1698/99  [Father: natural]   4. Silliman, Martha,   c. 24 Aug 1701   d. 18 Mar 1753 (Age ~ 51 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Silliman, Robert,   c. 19 Mar 1703   d. 1767, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 63 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Silliman, Rebecca,   c. 8 Apr 1705   d. 2 Jan 1790 (Age ~ 84 years)  [Father: natural] + 7. Silliman, Ebenezer,   c. 21 Sep 1707   d. 11 Oct 1775 (Age ~ 68 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F1034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - Apr 1748 - New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  "Here followeth ye names of ye freeman allowed by ye Townsmen of Fairfield, & Sworn this 18th of March 1689/90. Robt. Silleman" (History of Fairfield) "Robert I., s. of Daniel Silliman I. m. Sarah d. of Cornelius Hull I.. Their children were Sarah bapt. 16. Sept. 1694; Nathaniel 27. Sept. 1696; Anne 12. March 1689/9; Martha 24. Aug: 1701; Robert 19 March 1703/4; Rebecca 8 April 1705; Ebenezer 21 Sept. 1707. Robert the father died in 1748". (History of Fairfield) "His wife, Sarah was named as dau. in will 1695 of Cornelius Hull. She was prob. widow of John Knapp, for Silliman entered caveat against Knapp estates, claiming a right in Est. of John Knapp and also in Est. of "his Mother-in-law" Elizabeth Knapp. Robert also purchased a right from Moses Knapp, and in 1718 made a distribution agreement with Daniel Knapp, bro. of Moses. Deputy of Fairfield, May 1722, May and October 1723, May 1724, May and September 1727, May 1728. Will 26 July 1746, proved 10 August 1748; grandson Samuel Sherwood; daus. Sarah, wife of Samuel Hall, Martha wife of Nathaniel Burr, and Rebecca wife of Ebenezer Jennings; sons Robert, Nathaniel, Ebenezer; dau. Ann; three sons-in-law Exec'rs." (Families of Old Fairfield, Volume I) Sources: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Compiled and Edited by Donald Lines Jacobus, 1930, Vol. I, Pages 90, 91, 127, 128, 252, 255, 333, 334, 424, 535, 536, 551, 552, 555, 563, 564, 597, 598, 614 & 615; 1932, Vol. II, Part 1, Page 186. Early Connecticut Marriages, Edited by Frederic W. Bailey, Sixth Book, 1904, Page 37. History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, by Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck, Vol. I, 1889, Pages 346 & 407; Vol. II, 1905, Page 519. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, By Rev. Samuel Orcutt, Part I, 1886, Page 578. Fairfield, Connecticut [Records of Fairfield County], Volume I, Copied by Mrs. Harvey Tyson [Elizabeth S.] White, 1925, Pages 89 & 90. The Old Burying Ground of Fairfield, Conn., By Kate E. Perry, 1882, Pages 72, 100 & 101. The Hull Family in America, Compiled by Col. Weygant, [1913], Pages 20, 21, 26 & 27. A Genealogical History of the Jennings Families, Volume II, By William Henry Jennings, 1899, Page 400. Biography of The Sillimans, By Robert T. Silliman, 1995, Page 3. Silliman Genealogical Chart, By Robert B. Silliman, D.S. I, October 12, 1961; D.S. II, October 12, 1961; D.S. II-2a. Sherwood Family, By Donald F. Notley, Volume 1, 1983, Page 23. Andrew Wards and His Descendants, Compiled by George K. Ward, A.M., 1910, Page 45.