HESS & WILLIAMS FAMILY GENEALOGY


John Hollister [Parents] was born about 1642/1644 in Wethersfield, , Connecticut. He died on 24 Nov 1711 in Glastonbury, , Connecticut. He married Sarah Goodrich on 20 Nov 1667.

Sarah Goodrich [Parents] was born on 8 Aug 1649. She died in 1700 in Glastonbury, , Connecticut. She married John Hollister on 20 Nov 1667.

Sarah was a twin of William Goodrich

They had the following children:

  M i John Hollister
  M ii Thomas Hollister was born on 14 Jan 1672.
  M iii Joseph Hollister was born on 8 Jul 1674.
  F iv Sarah Hollister was born on 25 Oct 1676.
  F v Elizabeth Hollister was born on 30 Mar 1678. She died in 1678.
  M vi David Hollister was born on 20 Nov 1681.
  M vii Ephraim Hollister was born on 15 Mar 1684.
  M viii Charles Hollister was born on 29 Jul 1686. He died about 11 Nov 1711.
  F ix Elizabeth Hollister.
  F x Mary Hollister.

John Hollister Lieutenant [Parents] was born in 1608/1612 in near Bristol, England. He died on 3 Apr 1665 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. He married Joanna Treat on 19 Feb 1642.

References and Notes:

1. "The Hollister Family of America - Lieut. John Hollisterm of Wethersfield,
Connecticut and His Descendants." Compiled by Layfayette Wallace Case, M.D.,
Chicago, Fergus Printing Co., 1886, 805 pages.

2. Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of some of the
first settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts by Nathaniel Goodwin, Hartford
1856.

3. The Hollister Family by Bruce L. Cartter, "A Story of the Wisconsin
Cartters", Topeka, KS Historical Library

4. "Genealogies of Connecticut Families" Gary Boyd Roberts, Vol. II, Riley Co.
Genealogical Society Library & Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983

5. Hale Family, pages 106-12, "Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the
Family History (See # 2 above)

6. The New England Ancestry of H.R.H. The Princess of Wales by Gary Boyd
Roberts

7. "The History of Connecticut," by G. H. Hollister Two Volumes Vol II
Hartford: Published by Brown & Gross, 1859

8. "History of Maritime Connecticut" During the American Revolution 1775-1783
by Louis F. Middlebrook, Vol II Salem, Mass. The Essex Institute, 1925

9. Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut Vols. I & II by Henry R. Stiles, A,M.,
M.D., New York, The Grafton Press, 1904

Lt. John Hollister was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn. as was
his father-in-law, Richard Treat. Richard Treat was one of the Patentees of
the Connecticut Charter granted by King Charles II of England. A group of
Puritans of Massachusetts made their way to the Connecticut River to found the
Plantation Wethersfield, the first such town on the river.

Mr. Hollister was a native of Bristol, England and emigrated to New England
in 1635. In 1643, he was admitted as a free man at Weymouth Mass. and was a
representative in the General Court of Massachusetts at the session immediately
following. In June of 1644 he was a member of the jury of a particular court
held in Hartford, he having a short time previous to that date, become a
resident of Wethersfield. He attended as a deputy of the General Court of
Connecticut for the first time as the September session of the last named year,
a post to which he was subsequently re-elected fourteen times.

Joanna Treat [Parents] was born on 24 May 1618 in South Trundle, Pitminster, Somerset, England. She died in Oct 1694 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. She married John Hollister Lieutenant on 19 Feb 1642.

They had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Hollister
  M ii John Hollister
  M iii Thomas Hollister Lieutenant
  M iv Joseph Hollister died on 29 Aug 1673/1674.
  M v Lazarus Hollister was born in 1656. He died in Sep 1709.
  F vi Mary Hollister
  F vii Sarah Hollister.
  M viii Stephen Hollister was born in 1658.

John Hollister [Parents] was born on 9 Aug 1669 in Wethersfield, , Connecticut. He died on 13 Dec 1741. He married Abiah Hollister on 7 Jun 1693.

Abiah Hollister [Parents] was born about 1670. She died on 28 Aug 1717. She married John Hollister on 7 Jun 1693.

She was a first cousin to her husband

They had the following children:

  M i Benjamin Hollister
  M ii Jeremiah Hollister was born on 21 Oct 1696. He died on 2 Oct 1769 in Glastonbury, , Connecticut.
  F iii Sarah Hollister was born on 6 Jan 1699. She died in Glastonbury, , Connecticut.
  F iv Abigail Hollister was born on 11 Aug 1701. She died on 17 Nov 1712.
  M v Abraham Hollister was born on 5 May 1705. He died on 16 Dec 1785 in Glastonbury, , Connecticut.
  F vi Prudence Hollister was born on 3 Mar 1707.
  F vii Mehitable Hollister was born on 4 Feb 1709. She died in Dec 1728.
  M viii Martha Hollister was born on 20 Mar 1712.
  F ix Abigail Hollister was born on 26 Jan 1713.
  F x Elizabeth Hollister was born on 5 Dec 1715. She died on 19 Dec 1737.

Thomas Hollister Lieutenant [Parents].Thomas married Elizabeth Latimer.

Elizabeth Latimer.Elizabeth married Thomas Hollister Lieutenant.

They had the following children:

  F i Abiah Hollister

Benjamin Hollister [Parents] was born on 5 Feb 1694 in Glastonbury, , Connecticut. He married Ruth Hale in 1717.

He settled on "the Oblong," N.Y., near the village of Leedsville, Dutchess Co.,
in 1741.

Ruth Hale [Parents] was born about 1698 in Glastonbury, Connecticut. She married Benjamin Hollister in 1717.

They had the following children:

  M i John Hollister was born in 1719. He died on 19 May 1769.
  M ii Jerusha Hollister was born about 1721 in Glastonbury, Connecticut.
  M iii Benjamin Hollister
  M iv Gideon Hollister was born about 1729 in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Thomas Hale [Parents] was born in 1653 in Glastonbury, , Connecticut. He died on 23 Dec 1723. He married Naomi Kilbourn on 30 Oct 1679.

Naomi Kilbourn [Parents] was born in 1656 in Hartford, , Connecticut. She died on 17 May 1735. She married Thomas Hale on 30 Oct 1679.

They had the following children:

  F i Naomi Hale was born on 30 Sep 1680.
  F ii Mary Hale was born on 20 Nov 1682.
  M iii Thomas Hale was born on 17 Sep 1684. He died on 4 Jul 1750.
  M iv Timothy Hale was born in 1692.
  M v Nathaniel Hale was born in 1694.
  F vi Ruth Hale
  F vii Eunice Hale.

John Bissell was born about 1591 in , , , France/England. He died on 3 Oct 1677 in Windsor, , Connecticut.

He had the following children:

  M i John Bissell Lt.
  F ii Mary Bissell.
  M iii Thomas Bissell.
  M iv Samuel Bissell.
  M v Nathaniel Bissell.
  F vi Joyce Bissell.

Benjamin Hollister [Parents] was born about 1727 in Glastonbury, , Connecticut. He died on 3 Oct 1801.

He had the following children:

  M i John Hollister.
  M ii Elisha Hollister was born on 15 Jan 1757. He died on 23 Dec 1823.
  M iii Benjamin Hollister
  M iv George Hollister died about 1819.
  F v Zaide Hollister.
  F vi Lydia Hollister was born in 1772. She died in 1866.
  F vii Sally Hollister.
  M viii Nathaniel Hollister was born on 22 Feb 1774.

Benjamin Hollister [Parents] was born on 16 Aug 1760 in Amenia, Dutchess, New York. He died on 6 Dec 1825 in New Marlboro, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He was buried in New Marlboro, , Massachusetts. He married Sarah Hall.

Gravesite at base of east mound

Sarah Hall was born on 3 May 1758. She died on 10 Apr 1852 in New Marlboro, Berkshire, Massachusetts. She was buried in New Marlboro, Berkshire, Massachusetts. She married Benjamin Hollister.

In the history compiled by Dr. Wallace Case on page 81, he shows her date of
death as April 10, 1855, aged 97. However her tombstone shows 1852 and age 94
years

They had the following children:

  U i Philathely Hollister was born in 1784.
  M ii Milo Hollister
  M iii Mason Hollister was born on 15 Sep 1787. He died on 27 Oct 1846.
  F iv Zada Hollister was born in 1790.
  U v John Hall Hollister was born in Apr 1793. John died on 30 Jun 1880.
  M vi Hiram Hollister was born on 29 Mar 1789. He died on 5 Jun 1870.
  F vii Sarah Hollister.
  F viii Lydia Hollister.

John Hyde was born about 1739. He married Lois (Wheeler)? in 1769.

Lois (Wheeler)?.Lois married John Hyde in 1769.

They had the following children:

  M i John Hyde was born on 16 Aug 1777.
  M ii John Hyde was born on 2 Sep 1783.
  F iii Lydia Hyde

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