Zachariah BOSTWICK

Birth:
25 Jul 1669
Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
Death:
Bef 27 Aug 1734
Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
Marriage:
Abt 1689
Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
Notes:
                   Extract from his will, typical for a will of those times: "In the name of God, Amen. The 6th day of August 1734. I, Zachariah Bostwick of Stratford, yewman, being sick and weak of body, calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say principally and first of all, I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my body to th Earth to be buried decently at the discretion of my executors, hereafter named, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly state as it has pleased God to bless me in this life ... I give and dispose ... ". Then follows the usual very detailed list of his goods, including house and land, £1115, aggregating £1456:8:3 comprising 52 separate items, some valued at less than £1
Elizabeth RUMSEY
Birth:
1671
Stratford, Conn.
Death:
Abt 1715
Stratford, Connecticut
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
David BOSTWICK
Birth:
16 Feb 1692
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
Death:
 
Marr:
 
2
Mary BOSTWICK
Birth:
26 Oct 1693
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
Death:
FUDDEN 
Marr:
 
3
David BOSTWICK
Birth:
26 Oct 1693
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
Death:
Fairfield, Ct.
 
Marr:
 
4
Martha BOSTWICK
Birth:
28 Nov 1695
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
Death:
CLARK 
Marr:
 
5
Jonathan BOSTWICK
Birth:
1 Apr 1697
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
Death:
1738
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   ABSTRACT OF PROBATE RECORDS AT FAIRFIELD, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, AND STATE OF CONNECTICUT.BY SPENCER P. MEAD, L. L. B. Volume 8, 1725 - 1740 page 114.
Transcribed by Geri Ryerson K. 

BOSTWICK, Jonathan, late of Stratford, will dated June 17, 1738, probated Aug. 17, 1738, mentioned his brothers Zachariah, Ephraim and Meredith Bostwick, sisters Susannah Hurd, Parnal Brown, and Abigail Sherman; daughter of my sister Martha Clark , and Zachariah Fudden, a minor, son of our sister Mary, Deceased. Executors brother Ephariam Bostwick, and Hez Gold, Witness Josiah Bears, Nathan Bears, and Hez. Watkins. page 434.Inventory taken Aug. 6, 1738, by Josiah Bears and Benjamin Bennit, and filed Aug. 17, 1738. Page 436.
6
Sussanah BOSTWICK
Birth:
22 Nov 1700
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
Death:
HURD 
Marr:
 
7
Parnel BOSTWICK
Birth:
15 Apr 1702
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
Death:
27 May 1750
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
Joseph BROWN 
Marr:
22 Jul 1727
 
8
Elizabeth BOSTWICK
Birth:
12 May 1704
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
Death:
Abt 1735
 
Marr:
 
9
Ephraim BOSTWICK
Birth:
1706
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
Death:
1755
Stamford, Fairfield, Ct.
 
Marr:
 
10
Meredith BOSTWICK
Birth:
1708
Stratford, Fairfield Co., Conn.
Death:
Bef 5 Aug 1763
Grenwich, Fairfield Co., Conn.
Hannah HANFORD 
Marr:
Abt 1755
Greenwich, Stanford, Conn. 
Notes:
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John Bostwick  b: 18 Oct 1638 d: 11 Dec 1688 /Zachariah Bostwick  b: 25 Jul 1669 d: BEF 27 Aug 1734 | \Mary Brinsmead  b: 24 Jul 1640 d: BEF 28 Dec 1704 =>  /Meredith "Merriday" Bostwick  b: 1708 d: BEF 5 Aug 1763 | | /John Bostwick  b: 18 Oct 1638 d: 11 Dec 1688 | \Elizabeth Bostwick  b: 1 Oct 1677 d: May 1716 | \Mary Brinsmead  b: 24 Jul 1640 d: BEF 28 Dec 1704 =>  Elizabeth Bostwick  b: 26 Apr 1752 \Mary Strong  b: 17 Sep 1719 d: 8 Feb 1754

BOSTWICK, Jonathan, late of Stratford, will dated June 17, 1738, probated Aug. 17, 1738, mentioned his brothers Zachariah, Ephraim and Meredith Bostwick, sisters Susannah Hurd, Parnal Brown, and Abigail Sherman; daughter of my sister Martha Clark , and Zachariah Fudden, a minor, son of our sister Mary, Deceased. Executors brother Ephariam Bostwick, and Hez Gold, Witness Josiah Bears, Nathan Bears, and Hez. Watkins. page 434.Inventory taken Aug. 6, 1738, by Josiah Bears and Benjamin Bennit, and filed Aug. 17, 1738. Page 436.
11
Zachariah BOSTWICK
Birth:
Abt 1710
Stratford, Fairfield, Ct.
Death:
 
Marr:
 
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Zachariah Bostwick - Elizabeth Rumsey

Zachariah Bostwick was born at Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. 25 Jul 1669. His parents were John Bostwick and Mary Brinsmead.

He married Elizabeth Rumsey Abt 1689 at Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. . Elizabeth Rumsey was born at Stratford, Conn. 1671 .

They were the parents of 11 children:
David Bostwick born 16 Feb 1692.
Mary Bostwick born 26 Oct 1693.
David Bostwick born 26 Oct 1693.
Martha Bostwick born 28 Nov 1695.
Jonathan Bostwick born 1 Apr 1697.
Sussanah Bostwick born 22 Nov 1700.
Parnel Bostwick born 15 Apr 1702.
Elizabeth Bostwick born 12 May 1704.
Ephraim Bostwick born 1706.
Meredith Bostwick born 1708.
Zachariah Bostwick born Abt 1710.

Zachariah Bostwick died Bef 27 Aug 1734 at Stratford, Fairfield, Conn. .

Elizabeth Rumsey died Abt 1715 at Stratford, Connecticut .