Background
Deming was born in Shalford, Essex County, England.
Deming was born in Shalford, Essex County, England.
Deming and the Footes first settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, but left for the Connecticut River Valley in 1636, where they helped found the town of Wethersfield. Deming was brother-in-law to Connecticut governors Robert Treat and Thomas Welles. After Foote died Deming"s sister Elizabeth married Welles in 1646.
Benjamin Trumbull named Deming one of the "fathers of Connecticut." Descendants John Deming"s descendants number in the thousands today.