The son of Samuel & Hannah (Goodyear) Wakeman, he married Elizabeth Hawley in 1697/8 in Fairfield. She married (2) John Burr in 1727 in Stratford, Conn.
He was appointed Leut. in Fairfield in 1704 and Captain in 1708. He was a Commissioner for the committee that set the boundaries between Conn. & New York, deputy to the court in Hartford several times between 1705 and 1722, Assistant 1724-6, Probate Judge and Judge of the County Court for Fairfield.
In 1706 he conveyed land which my mother-in-law, Esther Lord of Fairfield, sold to Robert Silliman, which formerly belonged to her former husband, Ebenezer Hawley.
His will dated Dec. 3, 1726 & proved Jan. 4, 1726/7 names wife, Elizabeth; sons: Jabez Wakeman, Samuel Wakeman - to be educated at College, Stephen Wakeman, and Ebenezer Wakeman; bequeaths to Fairfield church, Rev. Joseph Webb of Fairfield, & Rev. Samuel Cooke of Stratford.
He was appointed Leut. in Fairfield in 1704 and Captain in 1708. He was a Commissioner for the committee that set the boundaries between Conn. & New York, deputy to the court in Hartford several times between 1705 and 1722, Assistant 1724-6, Probate Judge and Judge of the County Court for Fairfield.
In 1706 he conveyed land which my mother-in-law, Esther Lord of Fairfield, sold to Robert Silliman, which formerly belonged to her former husband, Ebenezer Hawley.
His will dated Dec. 3, 1726 & proved Jan. 4, 1726/7 names wife, Elizabeth; sons: Jabez Wakeman, Samuel Wakeman - to be educated at College, Stephen Wakeman, and Ebenezer Wakeman; bequeaths to Fairfield church, Rev. Joseph Webb of Fairfield, & Rev. Samuel Cooke of Stratford.
The son of Samuel & Hannah (Goodyear) Wakeman, he married Elizabeth Hawley in 1697/8 in Fairfield. She married (2) John Burr in 1727 in Stratford, Conn.
He was appointed Leut. in Fairfield in 1704 and Captain in 1708. He was a Commissioner for the committee that set the boundaries between Conn. & New York, deputy to the court in Hartford several times between 1705 and 1722, Assistant 1724-6, Probate Judge and Judge of the County Court for Fairfield.
In 1706 he conveyed land which my mother-in-law, Esther Lord of Fairfield, sold to Robert Silliman, which formerly belonged to her former husband, Ebenezer Hawley.
His will dated Dec. 3, 1726 & proved Jan. 4, 1726/7 names wife, Elizabeth; sons: Jabez Wakeman, Samuel Wakeman - to be educated at College, Stephen Wakeman, and Ebenezer Wakeman; bequeaths to Fairfield church, Rev. Joseph Webb of Fairfield, & Rev. Samuel Cooke of Stratford.
He was appointed Leut. in Fairfield in 1704 and Captain in 1708. He was a Commissioner for the committee that set the boundaries between Conn. & New York, deputy to the court in Hartford several times between 1705 and 1722, Assistant 1724-6, Probate Judge and Judge of the County Court for Fairfield.
In 1706 he conveyed land which my mother-in-law, Esther Lord of Fairfield, sold to Robert Silliman, which formerly belonged to her former husband, Ebenezer Hawley.
His will dated Dec. 3, 1726 & proved Jan. 4, 1726/7 names wife, Elizabeth; sons: Jabez Wakeman, Samuel Wakeman - to be educated at College, Stephen Wakeman, and Ebenezer Wakeman; bequeaths to Fairfield church, Rev. Joseph Webb of Fairfield, & Rev. Samuel Cooke of Stratford.
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Here lyes Buried ye
Body of Joseph
Wakeman, Esqr, Aged 56
Years. Decd. December
ye 5th 1726.
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