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- From Coe Case's web site:
From an article in a BriefCase VOL.III,#1, dd September 1983 attributed to "Pioneers of Riverhead Town, (1981) compiled by Virginia Wines": "The first Henry Case, born in Lancastershire, England in 1630, married Martha Corwin, the daughter of Matthias Corwin, in November 1658. He died in Southhold in 1664 and his widow Martha became the wife of Thomas Hutchinson. Henry and Martha's son, Henry, was born September 5, 1659, and died April 16, 1720." He was married to Martha Corwin in Nov 1658 in Southold, Suffolk Co., NY.
There is controversy as to the father of Henry 1, and as to whether Henry was born in England. Some contend that William of Newport, who
may have been on the ship "Dorset" from England in 1635 was the father. William had brothers John and Thomas, and possibly Richard. Their father, believed by some to be a William Soloman Case, may have died on the ship "Dorset". William was known to have three sons, William, Joseph, and James. Thomas was a Quaker preacher/teacher, had no children, and left his estate to William's son William. There was another William Case in Edgartown and a John Case in Tisbury (both Martha's Vineyard) at the same time. No son Henry has been verified for any of the above. John Case once testifieded in Hartford, CT court in 1655 to support Henry's request for release from servitude to John Knott.
I have attached Henry to William Case, until proven otherwise, primarily for convenience in producing charts and reports from FTM. (JTC)
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