William HAVILAND b. 7 Sep 1606 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d. 16 Oct 1697 Long Island, New York Colony, British Colonial America: Our Family History

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Name	William HAVILAND [1]
Residence	1606	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [2]
Born	7 Sep 1606	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [1]
Christened	7 Sep 1606	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [1]
Gender	Male
FamilySearch ID	LHWP-XR6
Occupation	17 May 1653	Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America [2]
Occupation	Freeman
Occupation	21 May 1656	Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America [2]
Occupation	Commissioner to the General Court
Residence	1677	Flushing, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America [2]
Buried	Abt 1697	Long Island, New York Colony, British Colonial America [1]
Died	16 Oct 1697	Long Island, New York Colony, British Colonial America [1]
Person ID	I594772727	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

Father	James HAVILAND, Sr, b. 20 Oct 1553, Poole, Dorset, England , d. 1613, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 59 years)
Mother	Thomassine MAINDONAIL, b. 5 Jun 1555, Poole St James, Dorset, England , d. 4 Sep 1641 (Age 86 years)
Married	2 Feb 1583	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [3]
Family ID	F536730153	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Hannah HICKS, b. 16 Oct 1638, Rhode Island, British Colonial America , d. 1 Sep 1688, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 49 years)

Married Abt 1654 Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America [2]

Children

	1. Jacob HAVILAND, b. Abt 1653, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America , d. 1732, Rye, Westchester, New York, British America (Age ~ 79 years)
	2. Joseph J HAVILAND, b. Bef 1654, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America , d. Bef 31 Aug 1724, Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age ~ 70 years)
	3. Benjamin HAVILAND, b. 3 Apr 1659, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America , d. 31 Jul 1726, Rye, Westchester, New York, British Colonial America (Age 67 years)
	4. Bartholomew HAVILAND, b. 1663, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America , d. 31 Aug 1724, Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America (Age 61 years)
	5. John HAVILAND, b. 1663, Flushing, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America , d. 11 Oct 1740, Hempstead Town, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 77 years)
	6. Elizabeth HAVILAND, b. 1665, of Flushing, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America , d. Flushing, Queens, New York, British Colonial America

Last Modified 14 Apr 2024

Family ID F536730148 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

William emigrated to America, about 1642. He died in 1697, aged 90 years.
William is believed traditionally to be the son of James Haviland (1553 - 1613), Mayor of Salisbury, England, and Thomassine Maindonail (ca 1560 - 1641). [1] The only evidence cited is a Christening record in 7 Sep 1606 at St. Thomas's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England for a "William Havelan." (James had other children by a previous marriage.) This relationship has been debated, with James' brother Thomas being proffered as an alternative father. See Haviland Family Mysteries.
Due to full consideration of all the facts, this profile will, for the time being, maintain William as the son of James until more evidence and information can be found and analyzed.
Marriage
William appears to have married Hannah Hicks ca 1652, a daughter of John and Horodias (Long) Hicks (a couple who suffered a divorce of notoriety) at Newport, Rhode Island

William Haviland emigrated to America between 1639 - 1646, but probably closer to 1639-1640, for in 1646 he was listed as a Church Warden in Newport, R.I. [citation needed]
He was recorded as a freeman of Newport in 1653, along with Benedict Arnold (the eventual president and then governor of Rhode Island). In 1655 he was received as Freeman from Newport in a General Election held at Providence, R.I. [4], very likely to re-elect Roger Williams as President of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, with whom William's views were almost certainly in alignment given his immigration to specifically Rhode Island and his religious beliefs.
On 21 May 1656 he was listed as a Commissioner to the General Court at Portsmouth, R.I., from Newport. [4] This station should be understood within the context of the political and religious context of Rhode Island at that time.
"While many arrived seeking freedom from religious persecution, unfortunately it continued, and by 1656 some newly arrived Quakers were quite expressive and extreme and sought to exasperate that conflict. William Haviland's colleague Benedict Arnold succeeded Roger Williams as the President of the Colonies, and was forced to respond to these matters. William Haviland, while not a Quaker at this time, was arguably Protestant and probably distressed by the events of that year, given that in the last two generations of his family there were persecutions of Protestants in England. And so he became involved in the local politics wherein the separation of Church and State and freedom of religious expression, for which Roger Williams was a strong proponent and probably William Haviland also, was a major issue

There is a reference to grants by Pettaquamscutt land purchases to William Haviland on 1 May 1663. [12]
William then removed to Long Island, ca 1667, for in that year he purchased 100 acres of land from his brother-in-law, Thomas Hicks, on what is now Little Neck, (then called "Cornbury"). [4]
On 24 Mar 1685 he signed the renewal-charter of the Patent of Flushing, as did his wife's brother Thomas Hicks. (Flushing is now a township in the borough of Queens, New York, NY.) "The first patent of Incorporation of the Town of Flushing was granted by the Dutch Governor, William Keift, and was dated October 10th, 1645. This was renewed under the English authority. The renewal-charter was dated March 24th, 1685. These manuscripts were probably lost in the fire [of October, 1789, as they were kept in the house of the John Vanderbilt, the Town Clerk, set ablaze deliberately by his slaves]. The only manuscript the Town has, relative to its Incorporation, is termed an "Exemplification of Flushing Patent." It is dated Feb. 24th, 1792; one hundred and seven years after the renewal by the English, and one hundred and forty-seven years after the original grant by the Dutch authorities. We found it in possession of Capt. George B. Roe, who kindly placed a copy at our disposal. It is only sixty-seven years old [as of 1859], but already many parts are nearly obliterated and can with difficulty be deciphered." [13] William Haviland's name was preserved in this document, as it was a reproduction of the renewal charter of 1685. A "Joseph Havyland" also signed the document. He may be Joseph, son of William.

The Will of Benedict Arnold
William Haviland is mentioned by name in the will of Benedict Arnold, the Governor of Newport, R.I., wherein we find evidence that Arnold purchased land from Haviland and had neighboring (or nearby) property:
...and to her heirs and assigns to have and to hold, possess and enjoy as her and their own true rights and lawful inheritance forever, that is to say, ye lands and tenements hereafter mentioned, namely: ye house and two acres of land, be it more or less, that I bought of William Haviland, being and lying in ye precincts of ye town of Newport, above said, bounded on ye South and on ye East parts on land now or later in the possession of Thomas Clifton or his assigns, on ye West by a highway belonging to said town, and on ye North by land that I have bequeathed to my son Josias Arnold, and I order ye said line of fence to be made and forever maintained by ye occupants of ye premises which I bought of Wm. Haviland aforesaid, as also all that land which I bought of Wm. Vaughan being and lying in ye precincts of the said town of Newport... Unto my beloved son Josiah Arnold aforenamed, I give and bequeath a certain parcell of land, being and lying in ye precincts of ye town of Newport above mentioned, ye said land containing by estimation, four acres more or less, being eight rod in breadth from North to South, and eighty rod in length from East to West, bounded on ye North by land I have bequeathed to his mother Damaris Arnold, &c. on ye East by land of Walter Clarke on ye South in part by land now or late in ye possession of Thomas Clifton or his assigns and partly by ye land above said, I bought of Wm. Haviland and bequeathed to ye said Damaris Arnold, &c.... [14]

Sources

[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Apr 2024), entry for Benjamin Haviland, person ID KGMZ-PWY. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Apr 2024), entry for William Haviland, person ID LHWP-XR6. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Apr 2024), entry for James Haviland, person ID LHC8-TSD. (Reliability: 3).