Eleventh Generation

1072. William Alderman Sr.^1571,1572 was born about 1640.¹³⁵⁵ He died on 1 August 1697 at the age of 57 in Connecticut Colony, Hartford Co., Farmington.¹³⁵⁵ The first ancestor to whom we definitely trace without further research is William Alderman, who was born about 1640 (this date by one other said to have been about 1656), probably in England but perhaps in Masachusetts or in Windsor, Conn. He was known to have been in Windsor in 1672, later removing to Farmington, and still later to Simsbury, Conn., wher he married Mary Case.
William Alderman was already in the midst of business engagements in Simsbury when we first learn of him. The records show that he had business interests in Farmington, Windsor, and Hartford, as well as in Simsbury. He traded in land and was holder of extensive real estate.
He left no will and his estate was probated August 25, 1697, insolvent. Power of Administration was given to Mary, the widow. The children in 1698 were Thomas, aged 14, William aged 12, John aged 3, Joseph aged 1, Mary aged 17 and Sarah aged 6.
STATE OF WILLIAM ALDERMAN OF SIMSBURY MAY WILLIAM ALDERMAN OF SIMSBURY
DESIRED THAT ADMINISTRATION ON THE ESTATE OF HIS FATHER WILLIAM BE GRANTED
LATELY CITED MARY HILLIER HILLIER TO GRANTED TO THE SON WILLIAM
A THOMASA MINOR SON AGED 18 CHOSE HIS BROTHER WILLIAM AS
YEAR GUARDIAN-YEAR GUARDIAN YEAR 1724

Mary Case and William Alderman Sr. were married in 1679 in Connecticut Colony, Hartford Co., Simsbury.¹³⁵⁵

1073. Mary Case¹⁵⁷³ was born on 22 June 1660 in Connecticut Colony, Hartford Co., Windsor.¹⁵⁷⁴ She signed a will on 12 August 1725 in Connecticut Colony, Hartford Co., Simsbury.¹⁵⁷⁴ Will of Mary Hillyer, Widow, of Simsbury, Conn., August 12, 1725:

"To my three sons, William Alderman, junior, John Alderman, and Joseph Alderman, my lands - two pieces or parcels lying in Simsbury aforesaid. The first is a piece of pine land or plain on the west side of the river, given me by my father, John Case, deceased. The other is five acres of marsh land lying under West Mountain, which fell to me by division of my father's estate. To be equally divided among them.
"All my movable estate, except my wearing apparel, I give to my daughter, Elizabeth (Hillyer).
"And I appoint my well beloved son, John Alderman, my Executor."

Mary Hillyer; L. S.

Witnesses:
Samuel Pettibone
John Humphrey
Samuel Humphrey

She died on 22 August 1725 at the age of 65 in Connecticut Colony, Simsbury.¹⁵⁷⁴

Children were:

i.
Mary Alderman¹⁵⁷⁵ was born on 22 September 1680 in Connecticut Colony, Hartford Co., Simsbury.¹³⁵⁵ Mary, the eldest child, was accepted into full communion by the church at Simsbury on December 11, 1698. Nothing further has been learned about her except that the court records show that at the time of the settlement of her father's estate in 1698 she was 17 years of age, but her mother made no mention of her in her will which was dated August 17, 1725. There is neither a church record of her marriage nor a gravestone record of her death.
ii.
Thomas Alderman Jr.¹⁵⁷⁵ was born on 11 January 1683 in Connecticut Colony, Hartford Co., Simsbury.^1355,1572 He died on 15 August 1715 at the age of 32 in New Jersey Colony, Salem Co., Cohansey.¹³⁵⁵ Thomas, Jr. went to Long Island, and later to Cohansey, N. J. His son Daniel was the progenitor of the southern branch of the Alderman family. The late Hon. Edwin A. Alderman, a former president of the University of Virginia, was perhaps the outstanding representative of this branch.
iii.
John Alderman was born about 1684 in Connecticut Colony, Simsbury.¹⁵⁷² He died before 1695 at the age of 11 in Connecticut Colony, Simsbury.¹⁵⁷²
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iv.
William Alderman Jr..
v.
Sarah Alderman¹⁵⁷⁵ was born in 1692 in Connecticut Colony, Hartford Co., Simsbury.^1355,1572
Sarah married Thomas, a son of John Moses, Sr., all of Simsbury, Conn.
vi.
John Alderman¹⁵⁷⁵ was born in 1695 in Connecticut Colony, Hartford Co., Simsbury.^1355,1572 He died on 25 February 1758 at the age of 63 in Connecticut Colony, East Granby.^1355,1576 He was buried in Connecticut Colony, East Granby, East Granby Cemetery.¹⁵⁷⁶ John Alderman married his cousin, Sarah Case, and they made their home in Windsor. Their descendants have been people of excellent standing and worth. We find them in central New York and in many sections of the west.
vii.
Joseph Alderman¹³⁵⁵ was born on 30 June 1697 in Connecticut Colony, Hartford Co., Simsbury.¹³⁵⁵ He died on 23 September 1782 at the age of 85 in USA, Connecticut, Hartford Co., Simsbury (Turkey Hills).¹⁵⁷⁷ Joseph married Mindwell Case, his cousin, and continued to live in Connecticut where many of their descendants may yet be found. Some removed to New York state, some to Pennsylvania, and others to Ohio, while a few went farther west, perhaps to Michigan.