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S.R. Durand:
"Middletown, Connecticut was established in 1650. It is fourteen miles south of Hartford, and is located where an old Indian village named Mattabesick had stood, on high ground on the west bank of the Connecticut River. There were 22 first settlers between 1650 and 1654 in Mattabesick. On November 23, 1653 it is recorded that the General Court decreed "that the name of the Plantaytyon commonly called Mattabesick shall for time to come bee Middletowne."
Land records of this town show that a house lot was granted to one Thomas Rany in 1658. Where he came from is not known, but it is believed that he may have come from Scotland, where Rany and Renny are familiar names. It is believed that he was born in Scotland in 1616 from the information on his gravestone, for he died in 1713 at age 97. The Rany homestead in Middletown was in the main street, extending south from what is now Rapello Avenue, and reaching back to the Connecticut River. His house, which stood from 1660 to 1880, was a large, plain, three-story frame house with one large chimney in the center. On the 1670 census, Thomas Rany is rated as worth 105 pounds, the ninth in wealth in a list of 52 proprietors. His father-in-law, George Hubbard, headed the list. Thomas Rany served at times on various committees.
Thomas and Mary (Hubbard) Ranney had eleven children, four boys and seven girls, between 1660 and 1682. He died June 21, 1713; his wife died December 18, 1721. His grave is in the Middletown cemetery, with a very large inscribed boulder marking it. it was the first grave in the Cromwell burying ground in the center of the cemetery. It is inscribed:
Here is
The Body of
Thomas Rany
seur. Lived 97
years. Died June
21st 1713
There is no headstone for his wife.
In his will, Thomas Ranney gave the following legacy to his son, our ancestor Thomas Ranney: "I give to my son, Thomas, the Lott on which his house stands, as it is now divided, and one acre and halfe my Lott in Wongung Meadow, and a quarter part of Butt Swamp Lott, also the whole of ye upper long meadow lott after his mother's decease. Also I give to him one acre of my boggy meadow swamp lott, the half of my timber hill lott ye south side, and a quarter part within to him by quantity and quality, also a quarter of my long lott of the east side of ye Great River. Also, I give to my son Thomas a quarter part of the round meadow and further neck after my daughter Mary [Savage's] three acres upland lying next ye meadow be taken out, also a quarter part of the half of that lott near Wongungbars, or Indian Hill, the west part of the lott with the swamp adjoining to it." The long will with many gifts to his other children closed: "In testamony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this 8th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eleven, being the tenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Ann, by the Grace of God, Queen of Great Britain, France, Ireland, defender of ye faith, etc.
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Thomas Ranney's estate was inventoried at 757 pounds, 19s, 10d. Some of the items were: "to 3 vests and an old coat 175, to a pair of britches 5s, to a gun and sword 1[pound], to ammuntion and powder horns, 5s 6d, to a bulit mould 1s, to 3 pound lead 1s, to 5 tablecloths 15s, to an ink-horn 8d, to 3 yds liney-wooley 9s, to a brass kettell 4[pounds], to brass skilits 11s, to a chees press 4s, to 2 platters 14s, to a peuter bason 5s, to 6 proningers 6s, to 3 splinter broom 1s, to a tramill and hooks 6s, to a meall troaff 1s, to 3 bushels of mault 9s, to 1 pair pot hooks 1s, to 1/2 bushels salt 2s, to hors traces and whipeltree chain 12s and collar 4s, to plow chain and double hooks 10s and plow clevis 2s6d, to cutting-knife for hay 4s6d and sheep shears 2s, to chisels and a goudg and a punch 5s, to gimblits and awls 2s, to a parcel of tand leather 14s, to one yoak oxen 9 [pounds] to a heifer 1 [pound] 5s, to the house and homestead and barn 110 [pounds] to upper lott in long meadow 42 [pounds], to 24 acres of land att Hubards hill 60 [pounds], to 315 acres att the plains or Cold Springs 150 [pounds], etc.
"The above inventory taken by us the day abve settdoune (July 27, 1713) John Sage, John Warner, Sam'll Frary - Prisers"
Thomas [Jr.] was the first child, followed by John, Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth, Esther, Hannah, Margaret, Ebenezer, Mercy, and Abigail."
Name: RANNEY, Thomas Birth Date: 1616 Birthplace: Connecticut Volume: 142 Page Number: 429 Reference: Savage, John:18 Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 5 Mar 1917, 6221; 8 May 1918, 7002; 3 Dec 1919, 7745; 25 Feb 1920, 7745; 20 Dec 1920, 8375; 21 Mar 1904, 7011
Name: Thomas Ranney Year: 1657 Place: Connecticut Source Publication Code: 1640.10.1 Primary Immigrant: Ranney, Thomas Annotation: Date and port of arrival, date and place of settlement or date and place of first mention in the New World. Date and place of birth, date and place of death or burial, names of family members, occupation, name of ship and other genealogical information may also be provided. Reference to original source is also provided. Source Bibliography: DOBSON, DAVID. Scots in New England, 1623-1873. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. 236p. Page: 182
Name: Thomas Ranney Year: 1657 Place: Connecticut Source Publication Code: 9448 Primary Immigrant: Ranney, Thomas Annotation: In the years from 1925 to 1942, Frederick A. Virkus edited seven volumes with the title, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, published in Chicago by the Institute of American Genealogy. Each volume has a section in the main body of the work, complete in itself, entitled "Immigrant Ancestors," containing much genealogical information: vol. 1, pp. 965-997; vol. 2, pp. 387-421; vol. 3, pp. 645-692; vol. 4, pp. 727-777; vol. 5, pp. 741-793; vol. 6, pp. 749-819; vol. 7, pp. 825-895. The section in vol. 7 appears to be the most complete and it has been reprinted. Thus that 1964 reprint list is the only one appearing in no. 2048, Filby, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. The Virkus work supplies facts on birth, ancestry, time and place of arrival on this continent, marriage, and death of each immigrant that it includes. A more complete list of immigrants to America before 1750 whose surnames begin with the letter A or the letter B through "Battles" is contained in the material listed in item no. 9450. Source Bibliography: VIRKUS, FREDERICK A., editor. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964. 75p. Repr. 1986. Page: 56
Name:Thomas Ranney
Year:1657
Place:Connecticut
Source Publication Code:9760
Primary Immigrant:Ranney, Thomas
Annotation:Covers era prior to 1855. Compiled from correspondence and monument inscriptions, 17th and, mainly, 18th century. Prepared for the Scottish Genealogical Society. 6,470 emigrants.
Source Bibliography:WHYTE, DONALD. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA. Vol. 1. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1972. 504p. 2nd pr., 1981.
Page:366
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