Richard Sexton
Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Patricia Jane Loomis ← Edward Byron Loomis ← Isaac Hayes Loomis ← Juliette Cordelia Hayes ← Nelson Hayes ← Alanson Hayes ← Mabel Phelps ← Mary Eno ← Mary Gillett ← Mary Saxton ← John Sexton ← Richard Sexton
In brief
Born 1621. July 1635: Richard was to travel from England to New England aboard the ship Blessing. He married April 16, 1647. He died May 3, 1662, in Windsor, Connecticut.
Family
Children
- Sarah Sextonb. March 26, 1647[1648], in Windsor, Connecticutm. Robert Roath in October 1668d. March 20, 1687[1688]
- John Sexton · in this lineb. March 4, 1649[1650], in Windsor, Connecticutm. Mary Hill, July 30, 1677, in Windsor, Connecticutd. December 4, 1718 · Simsbury, Connecticut
- Mary Sextonb. February 27, 1651[1652], in Windsor, Connecticutm. George Sanders
- Richard Sextonb. March 1, 1654[1655], in Windsor, Connecticutd. December 19, 1675, in King Philip’s War
- Patience Sextonb. January 28, 1658[1659], in Windsor, Connecticutm. John Roberts around 1686
- Frances Sextonb. January 17, 1661[1662], in Windsor, Connecticutd. May 6, 1662
Life story
A Windsor Tradesman
Richard Sexton was born in 1621 in England and sailed for New England in July 1635 aboard the ship Blessing, settling in Windsor, Connecticut, where he bought and traded several homes and parcels of land through the 1640s, '50s, and '60s, including a homestead by the Tunxis River where he likely died. Richard was frequently involved in small debt and damage suits before the Hartford courts, both as plaintiff and in trade with neighbors like Henry Wolcott. He died in Windsor on May 3, 1662; his estate, including a house, orchard, livestock, and outstanding debts owed to him, was appraised at nearly 108 pounds.
Sources (1)
- Buell Burdett Bassette, One Bassett Family in America: Part 2 (New Britain, Connecticut: F.A. Bassette Company, 1926); image copy, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/onebassettfamily00bass_0 : accessed 13 July 2026).