General Notes

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REFN: P3710
From The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to NE, 1620-1633.
"William Redfyn/Redfin was probably one of the early emigrants from Engla
nd to the Colony of Mass. He was a man of moderate means, perhaps mast
er of some mechanical handicraft, and we may reasonable suppose him to ha
ve been on that large body of England's Yeomanry, who, actuated by the com
bined motive of dread of the increasing encroachments of kingly and eccles
iastical power, doubt the issue of the fearful struggle then approachin
g, and the hope that bettering their worldly condition, left the Old Engla
nd for the New, during the decaDe of years which followed 1630. The ye
ar of his arrival is as early as 1639, and perhaps earlier, he occupi
ed a house and four acres of land on the south siDe of the Charles Rive
r, about six miles from Boston. He was one of the first settlers on that s
iDe of the river. The location can be readily identified, and is not far f
rom the foot of Nonantum Hill. His house and land were confirmed to h
im on the Records of the Proprietors of Cambridge in 1642, and the same re
cords show that in Sept 1646, he sold his place to Edwar Jackson. Hensefor
th his name disappears from Mass. He settled in New London, Conn. in 16
53 or sooner. The family name changed to Redfield in the next generation.
William died in April or May, 1662. It is not known how long Rebecca survi
ved him. IN June 1663, she applied to the town for a grant of a certain pi
ece of land containing six acres, which was made to her in Sept of that ye
ar. This land she sold in Dec 1666. The last record of her is 1667."
Primary Individual: Redfin, William