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Balthasar de Wolff was born 1621 in Livonia, Prussia and died 1696 Lyme, New London County, Connecticut of unspecified causes. He married Alice Marrus Peck (1620-1685) 1642 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.

Baltic Ancestry

Balthasar is rumored to be a lost son of an aristocratic family in Livonia, Prussia. Familypedia is looking for authentic sources for the ancestry of that family "Wolff".


Connecticut Settler

The name of Balthazar DEWOLF appeared first in the records of the Court of Hartford, Connecticut, when he, with others, was, on 5 March 1656, brought before a "Perticular" Court for "smoaking in the street, contra to law." Tradition says he paid his fine and lit his pipe as he walked out! He was at that time living in Mattbesick, now Middleton, and he was presented at the Court by the constable as "Balthazar de Woolfe."

In September 1661 a man and wife by the name of Jennings were indicted, charged with the offense of "having familiarity with Sathan, the great enemy of God and mankind," and by evil works and spells having caused the loss of the lives of several persons, among them being a child of Balthazar DeWolf, which was spoken of as having been "bewitched to death."</tng>. In May the same year, Balthazar was made freeman in Hartford, and three years later we find him one of the Wethersfield settlers. In 1666 he is first named in the records of Lyme, Connecticut, where he lived until his death.

The name of his wife, whom he married in 1645, was Alice Marrus Peck. Some of their children were born before the first records we have found of Balthazar in Connecticut. His wife was living in 1687. He died in 1696. Of the family it is said:

"There was some condition or quality, either in education, character, family respect, ability, personal attraction, or other unknown quality, which enabled them to marry into some of the best families of Lyme and the neighboring towns. Energy and ambition carried them away from Lyme. They were noted for habits of enterprise and industry, love of change and adventure, freedom from ostentation, domestic virtues, numerous progeny, healthiness, and frequent instances of longevity."


Children


Offspring of Balthasar de Wolff and Alice Marrus Peck (1620-1685)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Hannah DeWolf (1644-1712)
Edward Nathan DeWolf (1646-1712) 1646 Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States 24 March 1712 Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States Rebecca Tinker (1650-1722)
Simon DeWolfe (1650-1695)
Stephen de Wolfe (1650-1711) May 1650 Lyme, New London County, Connecticut 17 October 1711 Lyme, New London County, Connecticut Hannah Jones (1662-1762)
Balthazar DeWolf (1653-1661)
Mary de Wolfe (1656-1724)
Susannah de Wolfe (1664-1704)
Joseph de Wolfe (1668-1719)
Peter de Wolfe (1670-1702)



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