Illyce: To be honest, Chris posted the transcription of the will and I reposted it with my query. Patty suggested that the Daniel Bloomfield could have been a son born to Isabel and William after the two sons we have baptismal records for were born in the 1640s. The records we have for William Bloomfield indicate that when he arrived in New England he had only Sarah, his wife and Sarah his daughter with him. Some time ago Tom Smith posted information he had gleaned from several sources. One of them mentions "other children": Names of the Puritan Settlers of Connecticut R. R. Hinman; p. 260 Blumfield, William was freeman in Massachusetts, 1635, and early settler in Connecticut. He was in the battle against the Pequot Indians in 1637. He was in the land division of Hartford 1639. He resided in Hartford south of Little River, east of Ralph Keeler's in 1640. He had land at south meadow in Hartford in 1642. he had son John baptized in Hartford August 23, 1645 and Samuel born July 12, 1647 in Hartford, and other children...He sold a house lot in Hartford to John Hale before 1640. The two children named by Hinman appear to have been born to William and Isabel. So one could assume that Daniel was one of the "other children" mentioned by Hinman. The question would be whether or not Daniel was born before, or after the 1645 and 1647 births. When we consider that Isabel's grandson, 7-Joseph Sackett, was born 23 Feb 1655/1656; then it is possible that his Uncle Daniel Bloomfield was less than 10 years older than Joseph. Thank you for the source you gave. That, along with a quote from Joseph's will found in Weygant establishes the Uncle/Nephew relationship between Daniel Bloomfield and Joseph Sackett: "I leave to my son Samuel all my manshon where I now dwell, with all the buildings, and the lot of land and garden and orchards, and all that land that I had of my uncle Daniel Bloomfield joining my said land near the * * * and westward to the land of Nathaniel Woodward. ... [Weygant, p. 23] Thurmon On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:59:40 +0000 "Illyce MacDonald" <illycem@hotmail.com> writes: > Hi Thurmon: > In reference to Daniel Blomfield I believe he was Isabel's step-son > and > Sarah Bloomfield's (wife of Simon Sackett) brother by William > Bloomfield and > his first wife Sarah. In the book, "The Evolution of an American > Town: > Newtown, New York, 1642-1775", Jessica Kross, 1983, Temple > University, page > 145, it reads: > > "Joseph Sackett also actively engaged in Newtown's domestic land > market. He > exchanged seven pieces of land to consolidate his holdings and > engaged in a > total of fifty-nine land transactions, the most of anybody in town. > Some of > these lands were also gifts from his childless uncle, Daniel > Blomfield." > > If memory serves me correctly Daniel lived a long life. > Unfortunately it is > not information I have properly recorded or sourced but will go > through my > papers if anyone is interested in more detail. > > Thanks for posting Isabels will. I found it very interesting. > Illyce Mac Donald

Dear Illyce, Patty, Thurmon, Part of my researches at the FHL, SLC was a study of the Newtown (Long Island) Court & Town Records. I have a whole pile of photocopies which I need to sort out. However a quick look seems to answer the question about Daniel Bloomfield. In a Court action at "Midlbourg" on 2 & 3 Feb 1668/69 there is reference to "The Testimony of Dannel Bloofield aged 30 years". This would give a birth date of 1638 making him the older brother of John (bap 1645) and Samuel (bap 1647). This same Court case makes it clear that Daniel and Samuel were brothers. As far as I can recall we do not know when William Bloomfield's first wife Sarah died, nor when he married Isabel Pearce Sackett. My guess from the wording of Isabel's will would be that Daniel was indeed her natural son, indicating that her marriage to William Bloomfield would have been in 1636 or 1637 (Simon died in 1635). Also among the papers I copied is an Indenture of 1694/95 recording the transfer of land from Daniel Bloomfield to Joseph Sackett. I'll type this & post it to the List. There is a lot of other good material in these papers, including the 1669 Court action brought by John Holden against "Samuell Blomfield for Calling him sonn of a whore ...". Regards, Chris