Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Tree

John Moss was an early settler in New Haven and was later instrumental in the founding of Wallingford, Connecticut, where he died in 1707 at the age of 103 years. He is said by one competent authority to have come from Catheridge parish, Wiltshire, which seems most likely, Banks, Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England 1620-1650. Others - noting that Moss appears to have suggested the name "Wallingford" for the Connecticut town - believe him to have come from the English village of the same name in Berkshire, See: e.g., Wallingford Tercentenary Celebration Committee, Founders and Descendants of Wallingford, Connecticut, pp. 24-25.

John Moss was among those who signed the "Fundamental Agreement" at New Haven on June 4, 1639, followed by John Charles, known to be Moss' brother-in-law, followed immediately by Richard Beach(1). These three names appear in precisely the same order in the list of persons and estates in New Haven in 1641, and a map of the town for that year shows them to have occupied adjoining lots, See: Atwater, History of the Colony of New Haven. On June 6, 1648, John Moss conveyed to Richard Beach over an acre of meadow. A few months later, both men together conveyed land to Matthew Moulthrop, Beach Family Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, p. 7; Jacobus, Mary (Royce) Beach, p. 8. Years later, when Thomas Beach's son, John Beach(2), was left an orphan, he either went or was sent to Wallingford to live with John Moss. Finally, on February 8, 1689/90, Moss conveyed to his "well beloved cousin," John Beach(2), Thomas(1), over 61 acres of land; the consideration being "naturall affection," Jacobus, Mary (Royce) Beach, p. 10.

William and Thomas Iles (Eyles) were also early New Haven settlers. William Iles died sometime prior to March, 1647, when Richard Beach(1) took charge of his estate. The inventory shows that Iles was somewhat indebted to Goodman Charles, John Moss' brother-in-law, and that Moss himself owed the estate a small amount. The records also reveal that John Beach(1) acted as surety for his brother Richard, so that the latter might retain the Iles estate in his custody during its administration. Finally, on May 4, 1647, Richard Beach(1) complained that one Mullyner had not settled an obligation which was owed to William Iles, whom Richard Beach described in the record as his "cozn.," Beach Family Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, p. 7. In his monograph entitled Mary (Royce) Beach, Donald Lines Jacobus reviewed such facts and concluded that: "... the hypothesis seems reasonable that John Moss had two sisters, probably older than himself, of whom one may have been mother of Richard, John and Thomas Beach, and the other may have been mother of William and Thomas Iles. A third sister may have been wife of John Charles, though it is equally possible that Moss married a sister of Charles." So far this theory, or any variant of it, has yet to be proven as established fact. If the question of the three Beach brother's ancestry is to be answered, however, it will most likely be through an examination of the available English records for evidence of the intermarriage of persons named Beach, Moss, Iles and possibly Charles. Even a cursory review of Wiltshire records discloses an abundance of persons named Moss or its variants, e.g., Mosse, Morse, Moryse, Moryce, Mouryce, Mourysee, Morsse, Morris, etc. Iles and its variants are likewise common, e.g., Isles, Ayle, Ellys, Eyles, Allies, Eales, etc. While the Beach name seems less common, it or its variants are also found, e.g., Beache, Becke, Beake, etc. There is even record of the marriage of a "Thomas Alye" to "Eyedeth Beach" at Salisbury, St. Edmund parish, Wiltshire, on May 26, 1561, although this seems too early to be of immediate interest.

The Names Of The Proprietors Of New Haven, CT,. In The Year 1685; Charles William Bradley, Esq..;New England Historical & Genealogical RegisterVolume 1, April 1847, p 157-158

James BISHOP, Esq. Henry BRISTOLL Henry GLOVER William JONES, Esq. John BROCKETT Mr. John GOODYEAR Major John NASH John BROCKETT, Junr. John HANCOCK Mr. James PIERPONT John BROOKS Mr. John HARRIMAN Serjt. John ALLING Henry BROOKS James HEATON Mr. James ALLING Eleazer BROWN Nathanael HEATON Phillip ALCOCK Samuel BROWN Samuel HEMINGWAY John ALLING Senr Ebenezer BROWN Mrs. Hope HERBERT Samuell ALLING Benjamin BUNNILL Eliakim HITCHCOCK Joseph ALSUP, Senr. Samuell BURWELL Nathanael HITCHCOCK Joseph ALSUP, * Junior Zacheus CANDE Richard HIGAMBOTTOM Serjt. Nathan ANDREWS William CHATTERTON John HILL David ATWATER, Senr John CHIDSEY Ebenezer HILL David ATWATER, Junr. James CLARK Mr. John HODSON John ATWATER John CLARK John HOLT Jonathan ATWATER Samuell CLARK Eleazar HOLT Robert AUGAR William COLLINS Samuell HOTCHKIS Nathan ANDREWS, Junr. John COOPER, Senr. John HOTCHKIS John AUSTIN John COOPER Junr Joshua HOTCHKIS John BALL Mrs. ___ COSTER Thomas HOTCHKIS Hannah BALL Mr. John DAVENPORT's heirs Daniell HOTCHKIS John BARNES Mr. James DIXWELL Jerremiah HOW Thomas BARNES John DAVIDS or DIXWELL Ephraim HOW's heirs Daniell BARNES Rovert DAUSON Jerremiah HULL John BASSETT James DENISON Samuell HUMERSTON Isaac BEECHER, Senr. Edmund DORMAN Thomas HUMERSTON Isaac BEECHER, Junr. John DOWNES Bartholomew JACOBS John BEACHER Nicholas ELSEY Thomas JOHNSON Eleazar BEECHER Symon EGEARS John JOHNSON, Senr. John BENHAM, Senr. Samuell FERNS John JOHNSON, Junr. John BENHAM, Junr. Benjamin FENUS, heirs William JOHNSON John BISHOP Samuell FORD Samuell JOHNSON John BLACKLY Mathew FORD Nathanael JONES Samuel BLACKLY Mark FOWLER Joseph IVES Ebenezer BLACKLY John FROST Edward KEELY Benjamin BOUDEN Mr. ___ GIBBERT's heirs Nathanael KIMBERLY Nathanael BOYKIN Timothy GIBBERT's heirs Thomas KIMBERLY William BRADLY John GIBBS Jonathan LAMSON Joseph BRADLY Henry GIBBONS Thomas LEEK Abraham BRADLY William GIBBONS Richard LITTLE Isaac BRADLY Mathew GILBERT's heirs Ralph LOINES, Senr. Benjamin BRADLY Mathew GILBERT Samuell LOINES

Page 158 Ralph LOINES, Junr. Benjamin PECK Nathanael THORP Joseph LOINES Edward PERKINS John THOMSON's heirs Benjamin LOINES John PERKINS John THOMSON, marriner Thomas LUDDINGTON Jonathan PERKINS John THOMSON, farmer John LUDDINGTON David PERKINS John THOMSON, Junr Willaim LUDDINGTON John PERRY Mr. William THOMSON Peter MALLERY, Senr. Thomas PIMORE John THOMAS Peter MALLERY, Junr. John PONDERSON Daniell THOMAS Thomas MALLERY John POTTER Samuell THOMAS Daniel MALLERY Nathanael POTTER Joseph THOMAS John MALLERY Edward PRESTON John THOMAS, Junr. Joseph MANSFIELD Joseph PRESTON Christopher TODD Capt. Moses MANSFIELD William PRINGLE John TODD Lt. Nathaniel MARRIMAN Joseph PRINGLE Samuell TODD Ellis MEW's heirs Ely ROBBERTS Mr. Thomas TROWBRIDGE Ens: John MILES William ROBBETS John TROWBRIDGE Thomas MIX Mr. Richd ROSEWELL Mr. William TROWBRIDGE John MIX John ROE William TROWBRIDGE, Junr. Nathanael MIX John SACKET's heirs Thomas TROWBRIG, Junr Daniell MIX John SACKET, Junr James TROWBRIDGE Caleb MIX Thomas SANDFORD Isaac TURNOR John MORRIS Ens: Danl SHERMON Thomas TUTTLE Eleazer MORRIS Thomas SMITH Jonathan TUTTLE Joseph MORRIS John SMITH Joseph TUTTLE Mr. John MOSS Samuell SMITH David TUTTLE Joseph MOSS Joseph SMITH Nathanael TUTTLE Mercy MOSS's heirs Ebenezer SMITH John TUTTLE Mathew MULTROP Nathan SMITH Samuell TUTTLE Ens: Samuell MUNSON Richard SPERRY, Senr. John UMPHERVIL Richard NEWMAN John SPERRY John WATSON John NEWMAN Richard SPERRY, Junr. Samuell WHITEHEAD Mr. Jerr: OSBOURN's heirs Nathanael SPERRY William WILMOTT Mrs. Mary OSBOURN Thomas SPERRY Serjt. John WINSTON Mr. Jerr: OSBORN, Junr John STEEVENS John WINSTON, Junr. Mr. John PROUT Henry STEEVENS William WOODEN's heirs William PAIN's heirs Robert TALMAGE's heirs Jerremiah WOODEN Johnn PAIN Serjt Thos. TALMAGE John WOOLCOTT George PARDEE, Senr. Enos TALMAGE Mr. John YALE George PARDEE, Junr. John TALMAGE The Trustees of the School Estate Joseph Peck William THROP's heirs This List of names Compared with the List of 1685, and is a true Coppy, attested -- NATHAN ANDREWS, WILLIAM THOMSON, JONATHAN ATWATER, Select men of New HavenThis List of the Proprietors of the Lands in the Township of Newhaven, was Exhibited in the General Assembly on the Twentieth day of October, in the third year of her Majesties reigne, Annoq. Dom: 1704, at the Same time when a release of all of the Lands in said Township to the said proprietors was read and approved and ordered to be signed in the name of the Gouernor and Company of her Majesties Colony of Connecticutt. Test. ELEAZER KIMBERLY, Secry.The aboue written, with what is Contained in the next two aforegoing pages, relating thereunto, is a true Coppie of the Origenall, being therewith Examin'd and Compared, and here recorded, May 20th, 1707. Pr me ELEAZER KIMBERLY, Secry.I hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of record in this Office. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this sixth day of March, A.D. 1847, and in the 71st year of the Independence of the United States of America. CHARLES WM. BRADLEY, Secretary of State.