Eber married Jemima HUNTLEY on 26 May 1754 in Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A.. Jemima (daughter of Aaron HUNTLEY and Deborah DE WOLF) was born on 30 Aug 1728 in Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A.; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lydia LEWIS was born on 28 Oct 1770 in Marlow, Cheshire, NH, U.S.A.; and died.

John married Johanna TILLOTSON in 1709 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Johanna (daughter of James TILLOTSON and Elizabeth SCOVILLE) was born on 9 Jan 1692 in Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A.; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth HUNTLEY in 1677 in Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A.. Elizabeth (daughter of John HUNTLEY and Jane CURTIS) was born on 27 Oct 1657 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, U.S.A.; was christened on 27 Oct 1657 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 26 Dec 1741 in Groton, New London, CT, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died in her daughter's home.

James married Elizabeth SCOVILLE on 20 Apr 1692 in Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A.. Elizabeth (daughter of Arthur SCOVILLE and Johanna UNKNOWN) was born on 1 Dec 1662 in Middletown, Essex County, MA, U.S.A.; died on 30 May 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth Scovell ye Daughter of Arthur Scovell; of Joan his wife bornefirs December 1662. "New England Historical and Genealogical Resister,"13 Bromfield Street, Boston, Massachusetts, Samuel G. Drake, Publisher,1861, Vol. 15; p 350; Book in poss. of Minneapolis Public Library.

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He was very prominent. He was the first recorder, the first confirmedLieutenant, and later Captain of militia. His house was burned by theIndians in 1657. Arrived Boston September 16, 1631 with Mrs. Felix Lewisand her son William.

William married Mary HOPKINS in Jan 1644 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of William HOPKINS and Mary ANDREWS) was born about 1625 in Prob England; died on 22 Nov 1671 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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May have arrived on Hector in 1637 withy her father, William.

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John Huntley was born Abt. 1624 possibly in Aberdeen, Scotland, and diedNovember 16, 1676 in Lyme Colony, Connecticut. His parentage is unknown.

John was in Boston by July 12, 1647, when he signed as witness for aPower-of-Attorney for Thomas Bayes. On May 1, 1648, he and John Peasewere associated in connection with a cargo of fish, shipped to Barbadosin the Welcome. John apparently had a brother or other close relative,perhaps William Huntley of St. Phillips Parish, Barbados, who owned acotton plantation there and owned two slaves. Barbados was an EnglishIsland from 1605 until the middle 1900s. John has not been connected withany Huntley family in England.

John Huntley was married at this time. The evidence is a deposition madeby John Pease at Boston on July 1, 1679, when Pease was 69 years old. "29or 30 years ago, Mr. Hanniford, Mariner, lived in Boston. . .and JohnHuntley... paid the said Hanniford rent for the same and said Huntley'swife died there of small-pox."

The only clue to that first wife's name seems to be a petition signed in1649 by "diverse women of Boston." One of the women who signed was a Sarah Huntley. John married second Jane, surname unknown, (sic: Curtis)about 1651. She died before June 30, 1669 when John Huntley married (3)Mary (Hand) Barnes, divorced wife of Charles Barnes, who had abandonedhis wife and returned to England, on June 3, 1669 in New London,Connecticut. Mary was the Daughter of John and Alice (Gransden) Hand ofLong Island. She died July 5, 1687. Commissioner Thomas Minor ofStonington noted in his diary "The fouerth moneth is June and hath 30day. Tuesday the first the day the Court (at New London) began, thatcourt married Huntley and Marie Barons."

John Huntley was one of the original settlers at Lyme. He was chosen oneof the surveyors at town meetings in 1671, 1672 and 1673. He was Townsmanat a town-meeting on February 9, 1674. He took part in the NewLondon-Lyme riot of March 12, 1671/2 when the two towns, forgetting their"Loving Parting" of February 13, 1665, fought over their boundaries withsticks.

It had cost John Huntley 100 Pounds to become a settler at Lyme. Duringhis lifetime, he received about 140 acres worth 127 Pounds, according tothe inventory of his estate made by William Mesuer and Joseph Peck.Additional land, about 130 acres, was granted his estate by the Town.

John Huntley made his will in Lyme on November 16, 1676 and may have diedthe same day. Aaron Huntley and John's "dear and beloved wife" wereexecutors. The widow received the dwelling and one third of the estateduring her life. At her death, Aaron received "all the lands and meadowof mine in the Town of Lyme (he) paying unto each of my children on hispossessing of the lands, Tenn pounds apeece. ." Each child, except Aaron,also received ten pounds from the estate and Aaron received five "towardthe building of his house." It seems that Aaron was to look after thewidow, his stepmother, and receive the bulk of the estate in return.

Moses Huntley, the oldest son, felt aggrieved, it seems, by his father'swill and gave Aaron considerable trouble. "This Court having heard thecomplaint of Aaron Huntley against his Brother, Moses Huntley and findshim guilty of challenging & Threatening his said Brother & threateninghis wife and also his sister, abusing them all with very abusive language& a great disturbance of the peace & render himself a very dangerous man& showed much profanes not having any fear of God, the Court doe seethemselves bound to beare witness against such enormities & that he dothdeserve a high & severe censure. . ." (New London County Court Records3196, September 18, 1677). Moses was fined fifty shillings and posted abond of ten pounds "for his keeping the peace and good behavior." It maynot have been entirely one-sided. Aaron also was fined and paid damagesat that court, And the trouble between the two was not over.

"I, Moses Huntley, doe declare that I am hartyly sory that I shoulddishonor God and wrong my Brother Aaron Huntley and my Kinsman AaronHuntley in reporting that his son Aaron stole an axe from Francis Smithand brought it to the said Huntley and that the said Smith had it of himagain with some trouble all of which I due acknowledge to be utterlyfalse and untrue and that I never knew any such thing by my said kinsmanand brother and therefore due hertyley bege their forgiveness as witnessmy hand this 18th February 1700." (Lyme 2:48)
(SOURCE: Effie Belle Randall of Bath, Ohio: Her Ancestors andDescendants"; by Theodore N. Woods; p. 35-6; published by T.N. Woods;Phoenix, Arizona; 1991)

John married Jane CURTIS about 1651 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, U.S.A.. Jane was born about 1630 in Prob. England; died on 30 Jun 1669 in Lyme, New London, CT, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Tillotson came from Halifax, Yorkshire, England and descends fromRalph Tilston, who in turn was related to Charlemagne, William theConqueror, and other notables including the more recent (1600s) JohnTillotson, the famed Archbishop of Canterbury. This line is of specialinterest to me, as my mother is directly descended from Edmund Tilson,who arrived in America in 1636, and who is also believed to be descendedof this family.

The details of John's arrival to the new world are not known, but familytradition says that he and his sister, both orphaned, came on the Jamesof 1635, with Cotton Mather. John was 10 years old at that time, and mayhave been one of the many youngsters who were sent at the Church'sdirection to the colonies as conscripted servants.

The first reference to John In Massachusetts places him in Rowley in1639. He was one of the initial settlers and original property owners ofRowley, a proprietor there in 1645. He moved to Newbury, Mass in 1648, toWindsor, Connecticut in 1660, then to the section of Saybrook that laterbecame the town of Lyme.

John Tillotson married Dorcas Coleman in Newbury in 1648. They had threechildren, and Dorcas died in 1653/54 John re-married to Jane Evans. Theyhad four children together. Three of the four were born in Newbury,Mass., and the last was born in Saybrook, Connecticut. The family removedto Saybrook about 1660. John died in Lyme, in 1670.

The town records indicate that John had a temper and an poor dispositon.I suspect that John was avoided by many of the townfolk, and his name isincluded in numerous official entries such as the following:
- 1650: "John Tillotson, it is well knowne what he is, the town gave him30s but this winter to make a bane."
- Sept. 1650: "John Tillotson was sued by James Noyes for killing hismare, for which he had to pay 27 pounds. John did not like this. He waslater presented in a public church meeting for 'scandalous andreproachful speech cast upon the elders and authorities."
- 1656: "John Tillotson was admonished for chaining his wife to thebedpost with a plow chain to keep her within doors."
- Nov 1657: Court in Ipswich. "John Tilison sentenced to the house ofcorrection, but released and bound to "good behavior and to live with hisand prvyde for her according to his place as a husband ought to doe."
- 1659: "John Tilison, upon complaint of Mr. Drummer, fined for falseoath, and to pay fees of the Constable of Newbury."

To add to this list of black marks, John also had a child before hismarriage to Dorcas Coleman. No mother is named. The child named as MaryTillotson was born 17 Mar 1648 and probably died at birth. When Johndied he left an estate valued at eighty-four pounds.

John married Dorcas COLEMAN on 4 Jul 1648 in Newbury, Essex County, MA, U.S.A.. Dorcas (daughter of Thomas COLEMAN and Susanna RAULINES) was born about 1631 in England; died on 1 Jan 1654 in Newbury, Essex County, MA, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Very little is known of Arthur Scoville. He arrived sometime about 1660to Connecticut, where he settled with his wife and children. Lands wererecorded to him in 1671 in Middlesex County, Connecticut.

Arthur married Johanna UNKNOWN in 1658 in Shapwick, Dorsetshire, England. Johanna was born about 1639 in Prob. England; died in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]