Joanna Porter, 1716–1770 (aged 54 years)

Name
Joanna Porter
Given names
Joanna
Surname
Porter
Birth about 1716 23 23
Birth of a sisterRuth Porter
December 1, 1717 (aged 1 year)
Death of a grandfatherThomas Porter
December 19, 1718 (aged 2 years)
Death of a grandmotherAbigail Cowles
December 19, 1718 (aged 2 years)
Birth of a sisterAbigail Porter
November 1, 1719 (aged 3 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Porter
February 27, 1722 (aged 6 years)
Birth of a brotherNathaniel Porter
January 20, 1724 (aged 8 years)
Birth of a sisterEsther Porter
March 19, 1726 (aged 10 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Porter
September 6, 1728 (aged 12 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Porter
July 22, 1730 (aged 14 years)
MarriageJames Frisbie — View this family
June 16, 1743 (aged 27 years)
Death of a motherJoanna Smith
August 20, 1744 (aged 28 years)
Marriage of a parentNathaniel Porter — Deborah Bishop — View this family
June 20, 1745 (aged 29 years)
Birth of a sonWalter or Walker Frisbie
about 1750 (aged 34 years)
Marriage of a parentNathaniel Porter — Elizabeth Gilbert — View this family
January 29, 1752 (aged 36 years)
Birth of a half-brotherBoy Porter
about 1755 (aged 39 years)
Birth of a sonJames Frisbie
about 1758 (aged 42 years)
Death of a fatherNathaniel Porter
May 28, 1758 (aged 42 years)
Birth of a sonWilliam Frisbie or Frisbey
about 1760 (aged 44 years)
Birth of a sonJonathan Frisbie
about 1762 (aged 46 years)
Death about 1770 (aged 54 years)
Unique identifier
7E87F2C51F0D49ECB4C81754FEBD4DD0DC0E

Last change September 18, 2015

Family with parents
father
1692–1758
Birth: March 28, 1692 41 29 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 28, 1758 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
mother
1692–1744
Birth: October 16, 1692 37 26 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: August 20, 1744 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: June 1, 1715 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
19 months
herself
1716–1770
Birth: about 1716 23 23 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: about 1770 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
23 months
younger sister
1717–1794
Birth: December 1, 1717 25 25 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 1794 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
23 months
younger sister
1719–1796
Birth: November 1, 1719 27 27 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: August 17, 1796 — Bridgewater, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
2 years
younger sister
1722–1806
Birth: February 27, 1722 29 29 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: November 21, 1806 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
23 months
younger brother
1724–1790
Birth: January 20, 1724 31 31 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: about 1790 — Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
2 years
younger sister
1726–
Birth: March 19, 1726 33 33 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death:
3 years
younger brother
1728–1793
Birth: September 6, 1728 36 35 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: before 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
23 months
younger brother
1730–1800
Birth: July 22, 1730 38 37 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: before 1800 — Harpersfield, Delaware, New York, USA
Father’s family with Ruth Woodruff
father
1692–1758
Birth: March 28, 1692 41 29 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 28, 1758 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
step-mother
1692–1713
Birth: February 15, 1692 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: November 14, 1713 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: January 1, 1713 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
10 months
half-brother
1713–1713
Birth: November 4, 1713 21 21 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: December 1, 1713 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Father’s family with Deborah Bishop
father
1692–1758
Birth: March 28, 1692 41 29 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 28, 1758 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
step-mother
1702–1750
Birth: February 19, 1702 47 29 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 16, 1750 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: June 20, 1745 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Father’s family with Elizabeth Gilbert
father
1692–1758
Birth: March 28, 1692 41 29 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 28, 1758 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
step-mother
1700–1793
Christening: September 8, 1700 — Greenfield-Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: October 9, 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: January 29, 1752 — Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
4 years
half-brother
1755–
Birth: about 1755 62 54 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
Family with James Frisbie
husband
1722–1814
Christening: August 20, 1722 40 — Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: March 17, 1814 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
herself
1716–1770
Birth: about 1716 23 23 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: about 1770 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: June 16, 1743 — Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
8 years
son
1750–
Birth: about 1750 27 34 — Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death:
9 years
son
1758–1777
Birth: about 1758 35 42 — Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 27, 1777 — Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
3 years
son
1760–1817
Birth: about 1760 37 44 — Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: before 1817 — Morgan, Ohio, USA
3 years
son
1762–1821
Birth: about 1762 39 46 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: 1821 — Marietta, Washington, Ohio, USA
James Frisbie + Clamis Darin
husband
1722–1814
Christening: August 20, 1722 40 — Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: March 17, 1814 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
partner’s partner
1750–1828
Birth: 1750
Death: July 28, 1828 — Poultney, Rutland, Vermont, USA
Marriage
Marriage: March 11, 1772 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
3 years
step-son
1774–
Birth: 1774 51 24 — Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
Death:
3 years
step-daughter
1776–
Birth: about 1776 53 26 — Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
Death:
3 years
step-daughter
1778–
Birth: about 1778 55 28 — Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
Death:
6 years
step-son
1783–1840
Birth: 1783 60 33 — Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: February 9, 1840 — Tinmouth, Rutland, Vermont, USA
Note

BIRTH: There is no record for her birth in Farmington. Since all her brothers and sisters have vital records to prove their birth, she has never been proved to be in the family. However, land records prove she is the daughter of Nathaniel and Joanna Porter: Nathaniel mentioned her in a land record on 20 April, 1748 as "my beloved daughter Joanna, wife of James Frisbie," settling the question forever. Woodbury Deeds, Vol. 8, p. 51 - (Land records, v. 8-9 1748-1755, FHL film 6152) "James and Joanna his wife of Branford quit claim to Peter Welton and Samuel Church land lying in Bethlehem, 2nd or 3rd tier, bounded by John Minor, Tousey or Attins, Perry's land and "east by land our Father Porter gave to Mother Porter containing 10 acres and a quarter, being the whole of what land we have in that place." 28 March 1754. (9:210, FHL film 6152.) She is left out of the family in "Some Descendants of Robert Porter with Female Lines, Farmington, Connecticut 1640," Compiled by Margaret Porter Miller, FHL book 929.273 P835m, p. 3. DATE OF BIRTH In every single list from church records to land records, where she and her sister Ruth are named, Joanna is named first. It is obvious she is the oldest child in the family. BRANFORD: Admitted to the church in 1749: Joanna Frisbie and Ruth Frisbie, entered in that order one after the other. Their husbands (brothers married Porter sisters) were on the same page, but unreadable on this film. (Branford Ct. First Congregational Church Records, Vol. 1, p. 18, FHL film 3713, item 3.) BETHLEHEM: "The names of persons once members of neighboring churches of which the church in Bethlehem was formed:" Nathaniel Porter and one female in 1740. Additional females in 1740: "Joanna Porter, Ruth Porter and Sarry Porter from Woodbury Church," (Bethlehem Congregational Church Records, 1738-1850, FHL film 3803, Vol. 1, p. 2.) The appearance of her name first on every single list makes it almost certain she was the oldest child in Nathaniel's family. In Land Records Joanna appears with husband James Frisbie several times: Vol. 7, p. 150, (FHL film 6151.) James Frisbie and Joanna his wife of Branford sold John Minor of Woodbury 5 acres in Bethlehem Sept 28, 1745 Vol. 9, p. 136, (FHL film 6152) "James and Joanna Frisbie of Branford, husband and wife" sold for 105 pounds to Peter Welton of Waterbury and Samuel Church of Woodbury "as equal partners" land in Woodbury North Purchase bounded by John Minor, Daniel Perry, Thomas Porter. 3 Feb. 1753. Vol. 9:210, (FHL film 6152.) James and Joanna his wife of Branford quit claim to Peter Welton and Samuel Church land lying in Bethlehem, 2nd or 3rd tier, bounded by John Minor, Tousey or Attins, Perry's land and "east by land our Father Porter gave to Mother Porter." 28 March 1754

DEATH: She was dead by 1772 when James remarried.

Note

Barbour Collection of Branford Vital Records: "James Frisbie of Branford mar. Joanna Porter of Woodbury 16 Jun 1743, by Philemon Robbins." Citing Branford Vital Records 3:165. Also in "Edward Frisbie of Branford and his Descendants," Vol 1, by Nora G. Frisbie, FHL book 929.273 F917fn, Vol. 1, p. 39-40. It was noted there there were no children, but that in the second edition of the book he had married Clamis Darin and there were children of both marriages.

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