Theodia Porter

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name
Theodia Porter
aka
[Theoda Porter, Theodia Walbridge, Theodia Wallbridge]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Probably the eldest child of Experience Porter of Hadley, Massachusetts, and Abigail Williams of Roxbury, born at Hadley in 1699. She married Amos Walbridge of Preston and Norwich, Connecticut, in 1719, bore eight children at Norwich, Canterbury and Stafford, and died of smallpox at Stafford in December 1760. Probably the mother of Maj. Amos Walbridge.
born
date
15 Aug 1699
place
Hadley, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-judd-1905-history-hadley, book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin]
died
date
16 Dec 1760
place
Stafford, Connecticut
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin]
note
"In the night between the 15th and 16th of Dec. 1760, ye wife of Ensign Ames Wallbridge died of the small pox aetat. between 60 and 70" (Stafford First Congregational Church records); her tomb gives her age as 63.
buried
place
Stafford Village Cemetery, Stafford, Connecticut
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy]
residences
date
1722
place
Norwich, Connecticut
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy]
note
Her first children were born at Norwich after her marriage in 1719.
date
c. 1730
place
Canterbury, Connecticut
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy]
note
She bore children "at Norwich, Canterbury and Stafford."
date
1735
place
Stafford, Connecticut
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy]
note
Moved with her husband to Stafford; died there of smallpox in 1760.
father
id
experience-porter-1676
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-judd-1905-history-hadley, book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy, article-american-monthly-magazine-1903-browne]
research
research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
mother
id
abigail-williams-1674
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-judd-1905-history-hadley, book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy, article-american-monthly-magazine-1903-browne]
research
research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md

Mother of Maj. Amos Walbridge. She was the eldest child of Experience Porter of Hadley and Abigail Williams of Roxbury, and her grandmother Williams was born Theodia Park. Judd's Hadley genealogy lists her as "Theoda, b. Aug. 15, 1699, m. 1719, Walbridge" (source). She married Amos Walbridge of Preston and Norwich in 1719, bore eight children at Norwich, Canterbury and Stafford, and died at Stafford in the smallpox of December 1760: "In the night between the 15th and 16th of Dec. 1760, ye wife of Ensign Ames Wallbridge died of the small pox" (source). Two of her daughters and a granddaughter were named Theodia.

Research: Patricia Hatten's Browne–Chapin side: the pedigree, notable ancestors and famous kin.

  1. ---
  2. name: Theodia Porter
  3. aka: [Theoda Porter, Theodia Walbridge, Theodia Wallbridge]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Probably the eldest child of Experience Porter of Hadley, Massachusetts, and Abigail Williams of
  8. Roxbury, born at Hadley in 1699. She married Amos Walbridge of Preston and Norwich, Connecticut,
  9. in 1719, bore eight children at Norwich, Canterbury and Stafford, and died of smallpox at Stafford
  10. in December 1760. Probably the mother of Maj. Amos Walbridge.
  11. born:
  12. date: 15 Aug 1699
  13. place: Hadley, Massachusetts
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-judd-1905-history-hadley, book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin]
  17. died:
  18. date: 16 Dec 1760
  19. place: Stafford, Connecticut
  20. basis: documented
  21. confidence: proven
  22. sources: [book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy, book-dixon-1922-kith-and-kin]
  23. note: '"In the night between the 15th and 16th of Dec. 1760, ye wife of Ensign Ames Wallbridge died of the small pox aetat. between 60 and 70" (Stafford First Congregational Church records); her tomb gives her age as 63.'
  24. buried:
  25. place: Stafford Village Cemetery, Stafford, Connecticut
  26. basis: compiled
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy]
  29. residences:
  30. - date: "1722"
  31. place: Norwich, Connecticut
  32. basis: inferred
  33. confidence: probable
  34. sources: [book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy]
  35. note: "Her first children were born at Norwich after her marriage in 1719."
  36. - date: "c. 1730"
  37. place: Canterbury, Connecticut
  38. basis: inferred
  39. confidence: probable
  40. sources: [book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy]
  41. note: "She bore children \"at Norwich, Canterbury and Stafford.\""
  42. - date: "1735"
  43. place: Stafford, Connecticut
  44. basis: documented
  45. confidence: probable
  46. sources: [book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy]
  47. note: "Moved with her husband to Stafford; died there of smallpox in 1760."
  48. father:
  49. id: experience-porter-1676
  50. basis: compiled
  51. confidence: probable
  52. sources: [book-judd-1905-history-hadley, book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy, article-american-monthly-magazine-1903-browne]
  53. research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
  54. mother:
  55. id: abigail-williams-1674
  56. basis: compiled
  57. confidence: probable
  58. sources: [book-judd-1905-history-hadley, book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy, article-american-monthly-magazine-1903-browne]
  59. research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md
  60. ---
  62. Mother of Maj. Amos Walbridge. She was the eldest child of Experience Porter of Hadley and Abigail
  63. Williams of Roxbury, and her grandmother Williams was born Theodia Park. Judd's Hadley genealogy lists her
  64. as "Theoda, b. Aug. 15, 1699, m. 1719, Walbridge" ([source](/files/sources/book-judd-1905-history-hadley/)).
  65. She married Amos Walbridge of Preston and Norwich in 1719, bore eight children at Norwich, Canterbury
  66. and Stafford, and died at Stafford in the smallpox of December 1760: "In the night between the 15th and
  67. 16th of Dec. 1760, ye wife of Ensign Ames Wallbridge died of the small pox"
  68. ([source](/files/sources/book-wallbridge-1898-wallbridge-genealogy/)). Two of her daughters and a granddaughter
  69. were named Theodia.
  71. Research: `research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md`.
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