John Porter + Deborah Hand

6 children

Nathaniel Porter

1752–

Birth: about 1752 23 19 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Death:

Ruth Porter

1754–1829

Birth: 1754 25 21 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Death: September 10, 1829 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

John Porter

1756–1830

Birth: about 1756 27 23 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Death: before 1830 — Steuben, New York, United States

Elizabeth Porter

1758–1834

Birth: about 1758 29 25 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Death: 1834 — Genesee, New York, USA

Benjamin Porter

1760–1841

Birth: May 10, 1760 31 28 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Death: August 24, 1841 — Batavia, Genesee, New York, USA

Robert Porter

1764–1843

Birth: 1764 35 31 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Death: December 3, 1843 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

John Porter

1728–1793

Birth: September 6, 1728 36 35 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death: before 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Nathaniel Porter

1692–1758

Birth: March 28, 1692 41 29 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death: May 28, 1758 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Joanna Smith

1692–1744

Birth: October 16, 1692 37 26 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death: August 20, 1744 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Deborah Hand

1732–1774

Birth: April 2, 1732 33 30 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Death: before 1774 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

John Hand

1698–1739

Birth: June 12, 1698 25 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Death: April 1739 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Deborah Bishop

1702–1750

Birth: February 19, 1702 47 29 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Death: September 16, 1750 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Facts and events

Marriage	January 14, 1751 Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
LDS spouse sealing	October 28, 2007 LDS temple: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Note	Barbour Collection of Woodbury Vital Records, "John Porter m. Deborah Hand." (Family History Library book 974.6 V2wL, Vol. 53, p. 213.) The great confusion surrounding this marriage is that her mother was also named Deborah (Bishop) Hand, wife of John Hand. When John died Deborah and her daughters Elizabeth and Deborah moved to Bethlehem, where she married John's father Nathaniel Porter, as his third wife. She moved her household into the Porter home, and in time her daughters married the Porter Brothers, Thomas and John. Thus, the Deborah Hand who married Nathaniel Porter was the mother and the Deborah Hand who married John Porter was the daughter. Also found in Bethlehem Congregational Church Records, 1738-1850, (Family History Library film 3803, p. 32.) In the Talcott Genealogies the Hand family of Guilford is listed in detail. The marriage of Deborah to Nathaniel and her daughter Deborah to John Porter were noted. (Family History Library film 4352) PROBATE of John Hand, Deborah's father: At a court of probate held in Guilford May 3, 1751 John Porter of Woodbury, husband to one of the daughters of John Hand, late of Guilford, dec’d exhibited the d-ris-ron (distribution) of the real estate of the said dec’d which was mede? by the freeholders appointed by this court to divide the same which was appointed in court and recorded to the recorded distribution on the real estate of John Hand, dec’d. Land distribution between all children, Elizabeth, John and Submit Hand and Deborah Porter. Land bounds on Abraham Doude, East on Hammanost River, “the dividing line between Killingly and Guilford,” Benjamin Hand and land formerly belonging to the heirs of old aged Joseph Hand which he willed to his grand children, John Hand and Esther Hand.” Dated May 2, 1751. (Guilford Probates, Vol. 4, p. 692, FHL film 4354.)