ABSTRACT OF PROBATE RECORDS AT FAIRFIELD CO., CT-Volume 8, 1725

MEAKER, Benjamin, (Continued from page 133) Joseph Meaker, Samuel Meaker, Jonathan Meaker, and Isaac Meaker. Executors brothers Joseph and Samuel. Witnesses George Hull, Moses Ward, and Joseph Banks, page 157.

MEAKER, John, late of Fairfield, will dated Jan. 26, 1721/2, probated June 6, 1727, mentioned his wife Elizabeth, and children Sarah Sherwood, Susannah Beers, Elizabeth Gray, John, Robert, Nathan, Ebenezer, Deborah. and Abigail. Executors, his wife Elizabeth and son John. Witnesses Daniel Wilson, Samuel Squier, and John Bartram, Jr., page 136.

Inventory taken June 12, 1727, by Daniel Wilson, John Silliman, and Samuel Squier, and filed Dec. 25, 1727, page 137.

MEAKER, Robert, late of Fairfield, inventory taken June 11, 1727, by Daniel Wilson and John Silliman, verified by Samuel Squier and Abigail Meaker, administrators, and filed Aug. 1, 1727, page 214.

MECUNE, Robert, late of Stratford, inventory taken Apl. 1, 1740, by Abiel Birdsey and Daniel Porter, verified by John Mecune, administrator, and filed Apl. 1, 1740, page 549.

MERCHANT, John, late of Stratford, inventory taken May 4, 1730, by Henry Hawley and Zachariah Tomlinson, Verified by Thomas Gilbert and Sarah Merchant, administrators, and filed Sept. 5, 1732, page 315.
Sept. 5, 1732, account filed, and distribution Ordered by Henry Hawley and Zachariah Tomlinson, both of Stratford, to his widow Sarah Merchant, and Children Gurdon, John, Ann, and Sarah, page 317.

MESSENGER, Andrew, late of Norwalk, will dated Aug. 19, 1727, probated Nov. 20, 1730, mentioned his wife Rachel, cousin Zachariah Mills, Sr., of Bedford, Westchester County, NY, cousin Samuel Messenger a son of John Messenger of Jamaica, Queens County, L. I., Nehemiah Messenger second son of Daniel Messenger of Hartford, Conn., and Abigail Messenger younger sister of said Samuel Messenger; legacies to John Bartlet and Thomas Fitch, Jr., of Norwalk. (Continued page 135.)

Special thanks to:

Barbara Kaye, CTGenWeb Stamford Town Coordinator, for compiling these abstracts from Stamford.

Geri Ryerson K, for the untold hours and days transcribing the scanned pages in order to share with the CTGenWeb Project. Thank you both!