Capt. Edward Codner

Biography

From “A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of ...” By Royal Ralph Hinman. Page 629. GoogleBooks

CODNER, EDWARD, is first found in New London, in 1651, a grantee of land there. It also appears by Miss Caulkins, p. 145, he “'85 in N. L. in 1664, and applied to remain there. In 1691 there was a path in N. L. called the “Codner highway,” or “ old pathway from the meeting-house to the mill.” Lawrence Codner was of N. L. in 1704, and was there as early as 1664. Edward came first to Saybrook, a mariner, thence to N. London, and returned and died at Saybrook. His first wife, Priscilla, came with him. She d. and he m. Alice, who was his widow. Also, left a son Laurence or Laurent, who administered on his estate which he had, and he also had a daughter. Laurence had a wife Sarah, by whom he had three children, two of them sons, who died young, and dau’r Sarah, who m. Thomas Bennett, of Mystic —the only dau’r. Codner’s place was the original home-lot of Jarris Mudge. (See Caulk. His. N. L.)
This name is found only in Saybrook and N. London. There was a John Codner in Marblehead, in 1673.

Notes

Alice Grandsen, widow of John Hand, married Edward Codner, of Lyme, Connecticut sometime before 7 December 1663, when she was mentioned in a legal agreeement with eldest son John Hand. Codmer died before 22 October 1670.

From “A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register.” By James Savage. Savage, James, 1784-1873., Farmer, John, 1789-1838. link

CODNER, EDWARD, New London 1651, had w. Priscilla, rem. 1669 to Saybrook, there d. 1670; but his s. Lawrence cont. at N. L. 1666. GEORGE, New London 1664, may have been s. of the preced.

From link to FamilySearch notes

In June 1670 Wolston sold to Thomas Dunke of Saybrook twenty acres of upland and meadow at Black Point (now in East Lyme). A witness to the deed was Joseph Hand, probably the same whose mother Alice had married, as her second husband, Capt. Edward of Saybrook. What happened next may be put with other small mysteries. Codner died, and in November 1670 his stepson Joseph Hand "of Lyme" was "Impowered by [his] Mother Allic Codner" to look after part of his estate. Concurrently, Woollston Brockwaye was presented … in court for several misdemeanors and gave bond. But [he] has not attended his bond but instead broke into the house of Edward Codner and robbed it." The court ordered Wolston's "estate [be] attached to the value of 14 pounds." Then, "for breaking into Edward Codner's house of Saybrooke and stealing from a chest, Woollston Brockway [was judged] notoriously guilty and sentenced to be whipped on the naked body." There is no indication in all this what Wolston took from Codner's chest -- or why -- or that it had any lasting effect on his standing in the community.

References

• Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Page 165. “Name Edward Codner Gender Male Marriage Date About 1640 Marriage Place New England, USA Death Year 1670 Spouse 1st wife Priscilla Codner” “Name Edward Codner Gender Male Marriage Place New England, USA Death Year 1670 Spouse 2nd wife Alice Codner [Cransden] [Hand], widow of John. After 1663; New London CT/ East Hampton LI.” AncestryImage
• “History of New London, Connecticut: From the First Survey of the Coast in ...” By Frances Manwaring Caulkins. Page 289. GoogleBooks
• ”Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical ..., Volume 3”. Page 1235 - 1236. GoogleBooks