One of the 60 families st meeting of Goodman Ward's house on Apr 18, 1659. Agreed to start town Hadley, MA.

Born
Died 1689 Sep 22

Father Deacon John Moody of Hartford
Born 1593 Apr 8 1655 Suffolk, England
Died 1655 July 25 Hartford, CT
Burial Ancient Burial Ground, First Congregational Church, Hartford, CT
Name also appears on the Founders Monument
Grandfather George Moody of Moulton, England
Mother Sarah Cox Moody
Born 1598
Died 1671 Nov 4 Hadley, MA

Siblings:
John Moody (1617 - ____)*
John Moody (1618 - 1618)*
John Moody (1621 - 1621)*
Hannah Moody (1624 - 1624)*
Samuel Moody (1631 - 1631)*
John Moody (1632 - ____)*
Samuel Moody (1634 - ____)

Married 1658 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
Sarah Deming
Born 1640
Died 1717 Sept 29 Hadley, MA
Father John Deming 1615-1705
Mother Honor Treat 1615-1705

Children:
1. Sarah Moody KELLOGG
Born 1661 Jul 24 Farmington, CT
Died 1689 Sep 10 Amherst, MA
Age 29
Married 1680 Amherst, MA
John Kellogg
Born 1656
Died 1723

2. John
Born 1661 Jul 24 Hartford, CT
Died 1732 Nov 5 Farmington, CT
Married
Sarah Everts
Born 1673
Died 1751

3. Hannah
Born 1663 Mar 5 Hadley, MA
Died 1713 Jan 6 Hartford, CT

4. Mary
Born 1669 Jan 30 Hadley, MA
Died 1725 Jun 20 Colchester, CT
Married First 1689
Alexander Panton
Married Second 1698
James Munn
Born 1656
Died 1744

5. Samuel Moody
Born 1670 Nov 28 Hadley, MA
Died 1748 Nov 10 Hadley, MA
Married
Sarah Lane
Born 1684
Died 1759

6. Capt. Ebenezer Moody
Born 1675 Oct 23 Farmington, CT
Died 1757



John Moody (1593-1655) and Sarah Cox (1598-1671) were born and raised and married in England. They had and lost 6 children in England. They immigrated in 1633 to Roxbury, MA with no children, but with 2 servants (both ungodly, both drowned gathering oysters 06 Aug 1633). John Moody joined the church at Roxbury, MA as member #69 and Sarah Cox Moody joined as member #70. John Moody was on the 05 November 1633 Massachusetts Freeman list. In about 1634 their son Samuel Moody (1634-1689) was born at Roxbury, MA and he is the only one of their children to live to adulthood. In 1635 John Moody was a Deputy representing Roxbury at the General Court of Massachusetts.

In 1639 this family moved to Hartford, CT and John Moody was an original proprietor there. He was granted 6 parcels of land that included the homelot, upland, meadow, neck land, and more. He also purchased 2 parcels of swamp land from Nathaniel Cole that he soon exchanged for other swamp land with John Graves. In 1640 John Moody was a Lieutenant for the Hartford Train Band. John Moody was a Deacon at the Hartford church and he was always called "Mr" which was a sign of eminence in colonial times. John Moody's will was dated 25 Jul 1655 and he apparently died soon after writing it as his estate inventory was 06 Dec 1655. The inventory revealed him to be an educated man and included books.

Widow Sarah Cox Moody moved with son Samuel Moody (1634-1689) to Hadley, MA in 1659 and lived there for the rest of her life.

Son Samuel Moody (1634-1689), son of John Moody (1593-1655), was raised in Hartford, CT. In about 1658 he married Sarah Deming (1641-1717) at Wethersfield, CT. By 1659 they moved to settle in Hadley, MA and they raised their 6 children there.

Granddaughter Mary Moody (1664-1725), daughter of Samuel Moody (1634-1689), married first in Hadley, MA in 1689 to Alexander Panton and they had one child before Alexander Panton died in 1698. Widow Mary Moody Panton married second in Hadley, MA in 1698 to James Munn (1656-1744). They settled briefly in his home at Springfield, MA and soon moved to settled at Colchester, CT and to raise their 5 children there.

Sources: Genealogical Dictionary, Savage, 1860; records at Roxbury, MA and Hartford, CT and Hadley, MA and Colchester, CT; Moody Ancestry pieces by L. J. Redstone in NEHGR 80:313-327 and by F. J. Nicholson in TAG 64:1-11 and TAG 66:197-204
Immigrants John Deming (1615-1705) and wife Honor Treat (1615-?)

John Deming (1615-1705) was born and raised in England. In the early to mid-1630s John Deming, brother Thomas Deming (1613-1683), and sister Elizabeth Deming (1595-?) and her husband Nathaniel Foote (1593-1644) and their 5 children immigrated from England to America. They were first at Watertown, MA for a short time. In 1635 they set out in search of a new place to farm and call home and in which to worship as they saw fit. After traveling approximately 100 miles they came to a Great Meadow on the Connecticut River at a place called Pyquag that they felt would make a nice home. They began building structures and preparing for winter at the place that would soon be called Wethersfield, CT. In 1637 the Treat family arrived (originally from England) and a short time later John Deming married Honor Treat (1615-?) and they settled at Wethersfield, CT to raise 11 children. John Deming was a farmer and a knacker (one who made horse collars and harnesses and ropes). He was the first person to have a lot across the River from Wethersfield at what was known as Naubuc Farms. John Deming probably never lived there, but in 1668 he sold this Glastonbury, CT property to Samuel Wyllis. In 1641 John Deming had his homestead recorded as a house, a barn, and 5 acres of land bounded by High Street on the west, the Great Meadow on the east, Thomas Standish's house on the north, and Richard Crabbe's house on the south. In 1642/1643 John Deming served on a jury. In 1645 John Deming was elected Deputy to General Court from Wethersfield, CT and he served in that way for 1646-1665. John Deming was the costable at Wethersfield in 1654 and in 1656 served on an Indian Advisory Committee. In 1662 John Deming was named in the Charter of 1662 in which King Charles II granted the settlers the lands that are Connecticut and the right to establish a colonial government there. John Deming and his 2 oldest sons were on the 1669 Freeman list. John Deming owned much land in and about Wethersfield, CT. His will was dated 26 June 1690 and there was a 03 February 1692 codicil and as his wife was mentioned in neither it is possible that she predeceased him. John Deming lived to be about 90 years of age and his will was proved 21 Nov 1705.

John Deming is variously listed as Demon, Dement, Demion, etc. He was referred to as "Mr." which was a courtesty paid to persons of prominence in colonial times and he was, by all accounts, a prominent and influencial man. John Deming was called "one of the father's of Connecticut" and one of the "chief civil and religious pillars" of his community. John Deming's sister Elizabeth's second husband, Thomas Welles, was Governor of Connecticut for 1655-1656 and for 1658-1659. Thomas Welles also served as Connecticut Treasurer 1639-1641, Connecticut Secretary 1641-1648, and Connecticut Deputy Governor 1654-1655 and 1565-1657 and 1659-1660. John Deming's wife's brother, Robert Treat, was Governer of Connecticut for 1683-1687 and 1689-1698. Robert Treat was also Connecticut Deputy Governor for 1678-1683 and 1698-1708. John Deming was a close associate and advisor to both of these men.

Father-in-law Richard Treat's 13 February 1668 will divided property between "sons" John Demon and Robert Webster who were married to his daughters. He left daughter Honor Treat Deming his "great Bible".

Daughter Sarah Deming (1641-1717), daughter of John Deming (1615-1705), was born and raised at Wethersfield, CT. She married at Wethersfield, CT in about 1658 to Samuel Moody (1634-1689) and they settled at Hadley, MA and raised 6 children there. Sources list Sarah Deming's birth in the early 1650s, but, with her first child born in 1660, her birth is listed as 1641 here and elsewhere.

Sources: Genealogical Dictionary, Savage, 1860; A Complete History of Connecticut, B. Trumbull, 1818; John Deming and His Descendants, J. K. Keith, 1904; Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut; John Deming, the Settler, 1615-1705, J. Deming (online)

Immigrants John Moody (1593-1655) and wife Sarah Cox (1598-1671)
1500s - 1700s
MA & CT
John Moody (1593-1655) and Sarah Cox (1598-1671)
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