FEAKE, Robert [1602-1663] -- American colonial
Relationship to me: Cousin
FEAKE family ODT
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He purchased for NHC (New Haven Colony) the lands eventually settled
as Greenwich, CT, in 1664, the year following his death.
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Considerable controversy surrounds Feake, his illness,
his wife, ¤Elizabeth Fones, their divorce and her subsequent marriage with Will Hallett.
Anye Seton's book, "The Winthrop Woman",
tells the story from Elizabeth's viewpoint.
1630 | Immigrated with the Winthrop Fleet |
1632 | Marries Elizabeth Fones, the "Winthrop Woman" |
1640 | Purchased lands [now Greenwich, CT] in the name of New Haven Colony (with Daniel Patrick) |
1643 | Becomes mentally unbalanced on hearing that Patrick had been killed by a Dutch soldier |
1647/04 | Divorced by Fones: by reason of his insanity |
1647/10 | Returns to England |