William Sedgwick

William married Elizabeth Stone, daughter of Reverend Samuel Stone and Elizabeth Allen, in 1665 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Elizabeth Stone was born in 1644 in Hartford, Connecticut.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Divorced: Divorced. ⁵⁵⁸ Elizabeth divorced her first husband. Her mother, who died June 6, 1681, in her will "gave something to her son Samuel Stone, Jr. (who unfortunately was dissipated so that property could not safely be put in his hands) and remembered Mr. Stone's three daughters by a former marriage. The remainder she gave to her daughter, Elizabeth Roberts, and her grandsons Samuel Sedgwick and John Roberts, Jr. Birth: Sedgwick Family Papers : Page: Appendix, Stone

"William became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery in Boston in 1666. He became ruined in morals by serving in the army of England. He was of a roving disposition and spent much of his time in passing to and from the West Indies. His wife, displeased at his neglect, petitioned the court of assistants for a divorce in 1674. On October 1 of that year the court passed the following decree: Elizabeth Sedgwick is divorced from her husband upon her application, provided he does not return by the first of January next." Birth: "Family Record. The Descendants of Gordon Sedgwick," by Hubert M. Sedgwick