Deborah Gardiner, daughter of Thomas Gardiner and Elizabeth …, was born in 1622 in Eng. and died on September 5, 1689 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA at the age of 67. She married George Colton in 1640 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA. He was born about 1622 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwick, Suttancefield, Eng. and died on December 17, 1699 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.

Ephraim Colton, son of George Colton and Deborah Gardiner, was born on April 9, 1648 in Springfield, Hampden, MA and died on May 14, 1713 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA at the age of 65. He married 2 times. The first time he married Mary Drake, daughter of Job Drake and Mary Wolcott, on November 17, 1670 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA. She was born on December 12, 1649 in Windsor, Hartford, CT and died on October 19, 1681 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA at the age of 31. The second time he married Esther Marshfield on March 26, 1685 in Windsor, Hartford, CT. She was born in 1643 in Windsor, Hartford, CT and died in 1690 at the age of 47.

Thomas Colton, son of George Colton and Deborah Gardiner, was born on May 1, 1651 in Springfield, Hampden, MA and died on September 30, 1738 in MA at the age of 87. He married Sarah Griswold, daughter of Matthew Griswold and Anna Wolcott, on September 11, 1671 in Lyme, New London, CT. She was born in 1653 in Lyme, New London, CT and died on September 12, 1690 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA at the age of 37.

Ephraim Colton, son of Ephraim Colton and Mary Drake, was born on February 8, 1672 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA and died on September 22, 1753 in Springfield, Hampden, MA at the age of 81. He married Mary Noble, daughter of Thomas Noble and Hannah Warriner, on February 1, 1700 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. She was born on June 29, 1680 in Westfield, Hampden, MA and died after 1749 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.