John Lamb, of Maine & New London

Please do not confuse this John Lamb (1623-1677, married Ann) with John Lamb, of Springfield (1630-1690, married Joanna Lamb)

Family

John Lamb of Maine and New London, parents unknown, was born in England about 1623, and made his Will on 14 Aug 1673, which is not preserved in Connecticut records.

John married Ann about 1654. Ann was born about 1627. She died after 1683. Her maiden name is seen as Skelton or Plaised, no evidence given for either.

Their known children were:

1. Thomas Lamb “eldest son”
2. Samuel Lamb was born about 1655 in Kittery, York, Maine. He died 5, 6 on 17 Jun 1737 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. Alternate birthplace Stoningotn, New London, Connecticut. IGI. Samuel married (1) Mercy in 1692 in Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island. Mercy was born 5, 6 in 1656 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. She died 7 in 1736 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. Samuel married (2) Martha.
3. John Lamb, Jr. was born about 1657. He was christened in 1658 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. He died on 5 Nov 1677 in Stonington, Connecticut. Alternate birth date 1659. IGI. Killed in a sawmill accident. (Not to be confused with John Lamb, son of Edward Lamb).
4. Elizabeth Lamb. Married Daniel Longbottem.
5. Isaac Lamb. Married Elizabeth Hemstead or Usher.
6. Ebenezer Lamb was born about 1666 in of Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He died on 21 Jul 1694 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Alternate death date: 24 July 1694. Ebenezer married Mary Armstrong on 6 May 1690 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.

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Identity

the following entries are copied from Volume 1 / Part 4: The Third Generation, Children of William Stark (Sr.)

Genealogist most often report the father of Isaac Lamb was John Lamb who first appears in the New London records in 1664 and further believe this John Lamb was the son of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony who arrived in New England in 1630 with the Winthrop fleet. Other New England research of the name John Lamb suggest there were two John Lambs of which one was, as stated, the son of Thomas Lamb and the other was the son of Edward Lamb of Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony who first appears in that place in 1633. Efforts of a recent discussion group trying to answer the question "Who Was The Father of Isaac Lamb?", have made a convincing argument there were three men living during this time frame named John Lamb and earlier research has combined the activities of these three men causing one of the men to loose his identity. The analysis which follows will prove the John Lamb who was first documented in New London County, Connecticut in 1664 was not the son of Thomas Lamb nor was he an offspring of Edward Lamb but in reality a third person named John Lamb who migrated to New London from Kittery, Maine and probably migrated to Maine from England. For clarity in the analysis which follows, these men will be identified as; 1) John Lamb of Maine, 2) John Lamb of Braintree, and 3) John Lamb of Springfield.

John Lamb of Maine was born in 1625,[3] most likely in England and first appears in the Kittery, Maine Court in March of 1651 accused of being a thief and a liar and appears before the Court again in 1653 accused of being a liar.[4] John "Lame" received a Maine grant of 20 acres in 1655 and another fifty acres in 1656 from the town of Kittery which was recorded as received from John Gard.[5] On July 7, 1666, York County, Maine Deed Book 2, page 49 records; "Be it known unto all men by these prsents that I John Lambe of New London Doe sell unto Edward Start of Gorgvane in the Province of Maine all my Land ...7 Jul 1666. Signed: The marke I of John Lambe. Wit: Nicholas Frost, Jos: Hamond Sr."

This document provides rather convincing proof John Lamb of Maine and the John Lamb living in New London County, Connecticut July 7, 1666 are the same individual.

Notes

From Noyes, Libby, Davis: “Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire”

John Lamb (Lame) in Court Mar 1651 Kittery and again June 1653- Has 2 land grants there. Going to York, he burned charcoal at his landing place 4n Great Works River, and had moved to New London before July 1666, when he sold house and land bought from John Garde to Edward Start. Will made 14 Aug 1673 not in Conn, records. Wife Ann living May 1683. Three known sons, likely other children.

From F.M. Caulkins “History of New London”

John Lamb - This name found on New London rate list of 1665, and on the list of freemen in 1669. In December 1664, he is styled “John Lamb, now of Pockatuck, alias Southerton.” He purchased land of Edward and Ann Culver “at a place called in Indian Wontobish, near the house of said Lamb. This land was in 1695 confirmed to Thomas, “oldest son of John Lamb, deceased,” by John, son of Edward Culver; and Thomas Lamb assigns a part of it to his brother Samuel.

Ebenezer Lamb
Names & Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com (Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont)
Text: ...Stevens of Stonington. If the term was until his majority then EbenezerLamb must have been born about 1666. This was witnessed by Thomas Lamb (mark). From 1683 to 1690 I have found no trace of the name in New London or vicinity. May 6, 1690, this EbenezerLamb married Mary...
Birth: Circa 1666
Marriage: May 6 1690
Death: 1694
Parents: John Lamb, Ann Lam
Wife: Mary Armstrong
Newspaper: The Boston Transcript
Publication: Feb 5 1932 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Article summary: Details on John Lamb, Senior, of New London, including birth, death, and residence, as well as his family connections

References

1. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LRZX-GQT
2. Whitten, Elizabeth P. A study of the John Lamb family of New London County. (1956). 75 pages, Family History Library. http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/527501
3. Isaac Lamb Appendix: John Lamb of Maine Timeline 2nd Edition; October 2006; by Clovis LaFleur, with Editorial Assistance by Donn Neal; Copyright © January 2007, Clovis La Fleur Major contributors: Pauline Stark Moore & Gwen Boyer Bjorkman < link >
4. John's will made 14 Aug 1673 (not in Conn. Records). [He came with his father Thomas in Winthrop Fleet 1630: NO] He lived in Kittery, Maine 1651; New London, Conn. 1664. In 1674, he leased, for 7 yr. Millat head of Mystic River. Has court records March 1651 & June 1653 in Kittery as thief & a liar. He moved to New London before July 1666 when he bought land on Edward Start. Vera Wozniak says Ann Powell (Chapin) Plaisted was John's wife.