The Kirtland Family

NATHANAEL KIRTLAND, born in 1616, in Buckinghamshire, Eng­land. Nathanael came to New England with an older brother, first living in Lynn, Massachusetts, and then in Southold, Long Island, with other first
settlers. After a few years he returned to Lynn and lived there permanently. He married Parnell (surname unknown) but whether in Lynn or Southold, it is not known. Parnell died in 1672; Nathanael in 1686. Seven children were born of this marriage, the third of whom was John Kirtland.
JOHN KIRTLAND, born in August, 1659, in Lynn, Massachusetts. He was adopted on July 15, 1672, with the consent of his father, by John and Susannah Westall, of Saybrook. Apparently Susannah was a relative. After his adoption, John lived in Saybrook, where, on November 8, 1679, he married Lydia Pratt, daughter of Lt. William Pratt and Elizabeth Clark. Lydia died in 1704. The youngest of the ten children born of this marriage was John Kirtland, Jr.
JOHN KIRTLAND, JR., born at Saybrook on January 11, 1681. In 1702, he married Temperence Buckingham, daughter of Rev. Thomas Buck­ingham, Jr. and Hester Hosmer. Temperence died in 1714. Three children were born of this marriage, the first of whom was Hester Kirtland.
HESTER KIRTLAND, born March 19, 1704, at Saybrook. On June 5, 1723, she married Jedediah Chapman, son of Samuel Chapman and Margaret Griswold.
The Kirtland family thus merges into the Chapman family.