John Deming

John Deming (c. 1615 – 21 November 1705) was an early Puritan settler and original patentee of the Connecticut Colony

Life
Deming was born in Shalford, Essex, England. He arrived in New England during the Great Migration with his older sister Elizabeth and her husband Nathaniel Foote. Deming and the Footes first settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, but left for the Connecticut River Valley in 1636, where they helped found the town of Wethersfield.

Deming was brother-in-law to Connecticut governors Robert Treat and Thomas Welles. After Foote died Deming's sister Elizabeth married Welles in 1646.

Benjamin Trumbull named Deming one of the "fathers of Connecticut."

Descendants
John Deming's descendants number in the thousands today. Some of his notable descendants include:


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