Lieut. Jonathan Boreman, s. of Samuel Boreman and Mary Betts, b. of record Feb 4, 1660/1 at Wethersfield, where he d. testate Sept. 21, 1712, Æ 52, not 51 as inscribed on his gravestone. He left an unsigned (nuncupative, oral) will at Wethersfield. His estate was inventoried on Nov. 3, 1712 and partially distributed in 1718 and 1720, but whether Jonathan's widow was still living in either of the latter two years is not apparent by the record.
On Oct. 22, 1685 at Hatfield, Mass. (by Peter Tilton), Jonathan m. Mercy Hubbard, dau. of John Hubbard, latter formerly of Wethersfield who relocated his family to Hadley, Mass. in 1660 as one of the dissenters during the Hartford 1st Church controversy. She was b. at Hadley Feb. 23, 1663/4. They had five children of record b. at Wethersfield:
• i. Mercy Boardman, b. July 4, 1687; m. July 4, 1706 at Wethersfield (by Rev. Steph. Mix), John Wright, s. of Dea. Joseph Wright and Mary Stoddard, b. May 19, 1679 at Wethersfield. He d. intestate Mar. 8, 1713/4 at Wethersfield. Four children of the family. Mercy remarried but the identity of her 2nd husband is unclear.
• ii. Joseph Boardman, b. Apr. 18, 1690, died in infancy Feb. 15, 1691/2.
• iii. Jonathan Boardman Jr., b. May 16, 1697; m. 1) June 30, 1725 at Wethersfield (by Rev. Steph. Mix), Mabel Holmes, who d. Nov. 15, 1741 at Wethersfield. Four children of the marriage. Jonathan m. 2) Mar. 10, 1742/3 at Wethersfield, Elizabeth Beckley, by whom he had at least one child, perhaps others.
• iv. Abigail Boardman, b. May 20, 1700; d. unmarried prior to Sept. 18, 1718 when her sister, Mercy (Boardman) Wright requested that Abigail's portion of their father's estate be distributed to the surviving heirs.
• v. Hepzibah Boardman, b. Feb. 16, 1701/2, d. Dec. 9, 1783 at Rocky Hill, Conn. (g.s.); m. Dec. 21, 1721 at Wethersfield (by her father-in-law), Dea. David Goodrich, Jr., s. of Col. David Goodrich and Hannah Wright, b. Dec. 8, 1694 at Wethersfield. He d. July 14, 1785 at Rocky Hill (g.s.) Eight children of the family.
Lieut. Jonathan Boreman, s. of Samuel Boreman and Mary Betts, b. of record Feb 4, 1660/1 at Wethersfield, where he d. testate Sept. 21, 1712, Æ 52, not 51 as inscribed on his gravestone. He left an unsigned (nuncupative, oral) will at Wethersfield. His estate was inventoried on Nov. 3, 1712 and partially distributed in 1718 and 1720, but whether Jonathan's widow was still living in either of the latter two years is not apparent by the record.
On Oct. 22, 1685 at Hatfield, Mass. (by Peter Tilton), Jonathan m. Mercy Hubbard, dau. of John Hubbard, latter formerly of Wethersfield who relocated his family to Hadley, Mass. in 1660 as one of the dissenters during the Hartford 1st Church controversy. She was b. at Hadley Feb. 23, 1663/4. They had five children of record b. at Wethersfield:
• i. Mercy Boardman, b. July 4, 1687; m. July 4, 1706 at Wethersfield (by Rev. Steph. Mix), John Wright, s. of Dea. Joseph Wright and Mary Stoddard, b. May 19, 1679 at Wethersfield. He d. intestate Mar. 8, 1713/4 at Wethersfield. Four children of the family. Mercy remarried but the identity of her 2nd husband is unclear.
• ii. Joseph Boardman, b. Apr. 18, 1690, died in infancy Feb. 15, 1691/2.
• iii. Jonathan Boardman Jr., b. May 16, 1697; m. 1) June 30, 1725 at Wethersfield (by Rev. Steph. Mix), Mabel Holmes, who d. Nov. 15, 1741 at Wethersfield. Four children of the marriage. Jonathan m. 2) Mar. 10, 1742/3 at Wethersfield, Elizabeth Beckley, by whom he had at least one child, perhaps others.
• iv. Abigail Boardman, b. May 20, 1700; d. unmarried prior to Sept. 18, 1718 when her sister, Mercy (Boardman) Wright requested that Abigail's portion of their father's estate be distributed to the surviving heirs.
• v. Hepzibah Boardman, b. Feb. 16, 1701/2, d. Dec. 9, 1783 at Rocky Hill, Conn. (g.s.); m. Dec. 21, 1721 at Wethersfield (by her father-in-law), Dea. David Goodrich, Jr., s. of Col. David Goodrich and Hannah Wright, b. Dec. 8, 1694 at Wethersfield. He d. July 14, 1785 at Rocky Hill (g.s.) Eight children of the family.
Inscription
Here
Lieth the
Body of Liev't
Jon'th Borman,
who died Sept.
21, 1712, aged 51
years.
On the day Jonathan died he was 51 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 52, not 51 as inscribed.