[203] Martha Corning

b. 21 August 1714

[PSC 714]

[Giddings 187] Married 1) Mary Williams, dau of Capt Williams of England, married 12 June 1728, died 1733, age 21. MC married second Ephraim Hyde of Stafford. Seems to have been an important man in Norwich. Colonial Records 1746 ``The Assembly do establish Mr. Nathaniel Giddings to be Captain of the 5th company or train band of the town of Norwich, and order taht he be commissioned accordingly. Giddings Bridge was built in 1757 across the Shetucket; the undertakers were NG of Preston and Nathaniel Backus Jr of Norwich.

[405] Sarah Goodhue

[Giddings 24] Removed from Mass to Norwich Conn between 1714 and 1722. In 1736, he divided his property between his two sons, the title to take effect at his death. 3 children.

[809] Elizabeth Andrews

	b. 1652	Ipswich Mass	[Andrews1]
	d. after 1709		[Andrews1]

[TorreyCD] GIDINGS, James (1641-) & Elizabeth [ANDREWS] (1652-1709+); ca 1668/72?; Ipswich {Giddings 20, 22; Manning 688; Essex Ant. 3:97; Reg. 6:206, 90:104; Andrews (1890) 69; Andrews (1918) 5}

[Andrews1] Still living in 1709. Was married to James Giddings of Ipswich. .br [Giddings 22] 5 children.

[1617] Jane Lawrence

	bp. 18 December 1614	St Albans, Co Hertford	[NEHGR 135:274-86]
	d. 1 June 1676	Ipswich Mass	[NEGHR 86:98]

[TorreyCD] GIDDINGS, George1 (1610-1676) & Jane [LAWRENCE] (bpt 18 Dec 1614-); lic 20 Feb 1634, by 1635; Ipswich {Tuttle xxxiv; TAG 22:207; Cushing (ms) 285, 286; Gen Mag. 1:118, 2:7; Holman Ms: Proctor; Farr Anc. 13; Hale (1952) 773; Warner-Harrington 394; Piscataway; Dawes-Gates 1:64, 401; NYGBR 42:442, 45:191; Reg. 86:98; Hammatt: Ipswich 116; Giddings 13; Chickering Anc. (Chart); Essex Ant. 13:192-3; Thomas (#4) 399}

[NEHGR 86:98] GG came with wife JL in the Planter in 1635 and settled in Ipswich Mass. He was admitted as a freeman in 7 September 1638. He was a selectman from 1661 to 1675 and 10 times a deputy to the general court.

[Savage 2:249] Came, aged 34, with wife Jane (in pencil, Lawrence, step-) daughter of John Tuttle, aged 20 Had Thomas, John, James, Samuel, Joseph and Mary. He died leaving a good estate and his wife outlived him. Name is often spelled Gittings. He had a lawsuit on a very great question of which [Hutch Coll 287] gives a full and interesting report.

[Giddings 14-20] Of St. Albans, Herts, England, and Ipswich Mass. 9 children. Came with 3 servants: Thomas Carter, 25. Michael Willinson 30, and Elizabeth Morrison, 12. Came in the Planter, Nicholas Trarice, 2 April 1635. Was one of Major Denison's subscribers in 1640. A commoner in 1641. One of the 20 freeholders who paid the highest rates out of 230 in 1664. Deputy to the general court in 1641, 54, 55, 59, 61, 63, 64, 68, 72, 75. Selectman 1661-75. For a long time a ruling elder in the church. Inventory of the estate 19 June 1676 1021-12-00, 152 acres. Widow Jane died 2 March 1680 in Ipswich. St Albins is about 20 miles northwest of London.

[NEHGR 135:274-86] A substantial discussion about which of the two George Giddings this one is. Well documented circumstantial evidence, capped with the marriage bond as key evidence in which GG mentions his future step-father-in-law. GG died intestate; the records of his estate are abstracted in the probabe records of Essex County 3(1921):63-65. GG had married into a substantial family, had transported three servants with him, was among the highest rate paers in Ipswich in 1664, and left an estate valued at over 1020 pounds.

{see Hammatt's Early Inhabitants of Ipswich Mass (Ipswich 1880P pp166+ and Popes Pioneers of Mass (Boston 1890) p 186}

[3233] Joan Purrier

	bp. 1 May 1588	Oakley, Co Bedford	[NEHGR 135:274-286]
	d. a1625		[NEHGR 135:274-286]

[NEHGR 135:274-286] Clapham was a parish that had no cemetery, so the people from there were buried at Oakley. JG is mentioned in the will of his father Michael and of his sister Elizabeth (1630). His will was proved 3 April 1620. The Clapham Manorial Roll of 2 April 1623 about 30 acres of land'' and ``that George Giddinge is his son and heir and of full age'' -- though George was only thirteen. JP married 7 months later at Clapham, 3 September 1620, Robert Phage of Fage. Children of JG and JP, baptized at Clapham: George, Mary, Martha, and Rebecca; Children of JP and Robert Phage: Thomas and William.

[6465] Catherine --

d. bd 14 February 1625/6

Oakley, Co Bedford

[NEHGR 135:274-286]

[NEHGR 135:274-286] MG's will was proved 17 April 1615. AS there were only token sums left it is assumed that he provided for most of his family earlier. Children: Henry, Joan, John, Robert, William James, Elizabeth and Richard.