Henry CHAMPION
1611 - 1708 (96 years)-
Name Henry CHAMPION Birth 17 Jul 1611 Norwich, Norfolk, England 
Gender Male Death 17 Feb 1708 Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A. Burial Feb 1709 Lyme, New London, Connecticut Person ID I268 kirkpatrick Last Modified 8 Apr 2007
Family Sarah UNKNOWN, b. Abt 1626, Prob England d. Bef 21 Mar 1698, Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A. (Age ~ 72 years) Marriage Aug 1647 Saybrook, Middlesex, CT, U.S.A. Children 1. Mary (Marah) CHAMPION (CHAMBERLAIN), b. 1651, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT, U.S.A. d. 10 Dec 1732, Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A. (Age 81 years)Family ID F71 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Apr 2007
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Notes - Said to have been of Huguenot ancestry, Henry Champion was born in England in 1611. He emigrated from England to the American Colonies andsettled at Saybrook, Connecticut, where he is found as early as 1647, ashe married there in August of that year. Henry settled with his family tothe east side of the Connecticut River, in that part of Saybrook thatlater became Lyme. He was one of Lyme's first and most active founders.Henry was admitted Freeman at Lyme in 1670. He was one of thosecomplained of by John Prentis, of New London, to the county court atHartford, in March, 1671-2, in the great quarrel between the people ofNew London and Lyme, as to the eastern bounds of Lyme and western boundsof New London. He had lands beyond "Little Stoney Brook" in June, 1674,and other lands.
The maiden name of Henry Champion's first wife, Sarah, is not known.Henry's second wife, Deborah Jones, was described as a "shrewd, schemingwoman, for she induced this old man to make a very advantageous marriagesettlement upon her, and finally involved him in a law suit with thewidow of his eldest son..." An agreement was reached on April 26, 1709and signed by Deborah Champion, Henry Champion, Jr., Henry Bennett, AaronHuntley, John Wade and Hannah Wade. Since Henry Champion died when he was98 years old and married Deborah Jones in 1697/98, he was about 88 yearsold when he married her. Henry died in February, 1709.
- Said to have been of Huguenot ancestry, Henry Champion was born in England in 1611. He emigrated from England to the American Colonies andsettled at Saybrook, Connecticut, where he is found as early as 1647, ashe married there in August of that year. Henry settled with his family tothe east side of the Connecticut River, in that part of Saybrook thatlater became Lyme. He was one of Lyme's first and most active founders.Henry was admitted Freeman at Lyme in 1670. He was one of thosecomplained of by John Prentis, of New London, to the county court atHartford, in March, 1671-2, in the great quarrel between the people ofNew London and Lyme, as to the eastern bounds of Lyme and western boundsof New London. He had lands beyond "Little Stoney Brook" in June, 1674,and other lands.
