John Brockway

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family History: From The Brockway Family, Francis E. Brockway, 1890, Page 9. II. JOPIN. BROCKWAY, b. at Lyme, Conn., 10 May 1697; married there 1 March 1727, with ELIZABETH BANNING, who was born about 1705. She died at Brockway's Ferry, in Lyme, 26 April 1738, in her thirty-third year, aud was buried there in the Brockway cemetery. He married (2d), at Lyme, 22 March 1739, with SARAH SCOVIL, of Saybrook, who was born about 1708. Shc died 12 June 1770, in her sixty-second year, and was buried in the family cemetery at Brockway's Ferry. She was a large, resolute woman, and tradition says that her husband once went hunting, and on his return, without game, found that she had caught two deer on the smooth ice, cut their throats, and drawn them home. He married (3d) with a widow AVERY. He bore the military title of lieutenant. He died 27 Nov. 1777, in the eighty-first year of his age, and was buried in the family cemetery at Brockway's Ferry. He also signed the paper, 7 Dec. 1724, relating to ecclesiastical matters in Lyme North Quarter.

John married Elizabeth Banning on 1 Mar 1727 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. (Elizabeth Banning was born in 1705 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut and died on 26 Apr 1738 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: From Family Search org, 1 Mar 1727, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Name: John Brockway
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Banning
Event Type: Marriage
Date: 1 March 1727
Event Place: Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
Event Place (Original): Lyme, Connecticut

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Elizabeth Banning Spouse U

Digital Folder Number: 008272222
Image Number: 00652

Citing this Record
"Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4R-VBVF : 15 April 2022), John Brockway, ; citing Marriage, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272222.