Stephen Luxford
Descendants of Stephen (HADDAM FOUNDER) Luxford
1. STEPHEN (HADDAM FOUNDER)1 LUXFORD died May 14, 1676 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT. He married .
Notes
From Probate Records, Volume III, 1663 To 1677, Page 159.
Luxford, Stephen, Haddam. Died 14 May 1676. Invt. 24-16-06. Taken by Jarrad Spencer, James Welles & Thomas Spencer.
Court Record, Page 154-7September, 1676: Adms. to Jarrad Spencer. Order to Dist. the Estate.
Debts due from the Estate 18-16-08
Extra Charges added to the above amount in all 24-08-02
So that there remains in Jarrad Spencer sen. his hands of the Estate Stephen Luxford, 24-08-02 & 2 acres of Swampe Land not prized in the Inventory, which is to remain for the Use of the heirs of Stephen Luxford when they appear, and the Court doth accept of the above and grant to Jarrad Spencer a "Quietus Est." for his Adms. so far as he hath proceeded as above.
Page 33-(Vol. XII) 7 October, 1735: Whereas, it appears to this Court that there is about 2 acres of Land belonging to the Estate of Stephen Luxford which was never inventoried, this Court grant Adms. on the same unto Thomas Brookes, who recog. 500 with Joseph Fuller of East Haddam.
Stephen Luxford lived south of Thomas Brooks, on the summit of the ridge. He died in 1676, leaving a widow, but no children. His homesteas, measuring eight rods in front and eighty rods deep, was inventoried at 18, and sold to William Spencer. The high knoll in his additional lot, west of the road, was later owned y Cephas Brainerd, and was called "Luxford Hill".
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