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Mr. John Crow, early m. Elizabeth Goodwin, the only child of Elder William Goodwin, one of the pioneers, proprietors and settlers of Hartford, and one of its large land-holders. Mr. Crow after a few years, removed to East Hartford. After Mr. Goodwin and his son-in-law, Crow, had resided at East Hartford and Hartford, until 1659, they became dissatisfied, though Mr. Goodwin was then a pro- prietor of Hartford and Farmington, he wished in his old age to become the proprietor of Hadley. And " at a meeting at Goodman Ward's house in Hartford, April 18, 1659," (see page ante, 97, note.) Mr. Goodwin and his son-in-law, Mr. John Crow, signed the agree- ment entered into, by many of the Hartford, Wethersfield and Wind- sor settlers, to remove themselves and their families out of the juris- diction of Connecticut, into the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, and settled the town of Hadley. As they had stipulated they both removed with their families to Hadley, in 1659, though Elder Goodwin, in his old age returned to Farmington, and soon after d. there March 11, 1673-4. By the death of Mr. Goodwin, his large estate in land and the original right of Bartholomew Greene, by vote of Hartford, fell into the hands of Mr. Crow, and his wife, which made him one of the largest land-holders in the Colony, and of great wealth. Mr. Crow and his wife Elizabeth, had children, viz. :
1, John, Jr., settled at Fairfield, and was concerned in trade and commerce
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in company with his brother-in-law Hon. Giles Hamlin, and died at sea in 1667, supposed unmarried, left no issue.
2. Daniel, settled in East Hartford.
3. Nathaniel C., also settled in East Hartford, and was there with Daniel Crow, 1683.
4. Samuel, m. Hannah Lewis, at Hadley, May 17, 1671 ; remained in Hadley, where he d. ; widow Hannah Crow, m. Daniel Marsh, Nov. 5, 1675 ; Samuel and Hannah, had Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1671; Hannah, b. Dec. 6, 1673; Samuel, Jr., b. Feb. 11, 1674.
5. Esther, or Hester, m. Hon. Giles Hamlin, of Middletown, in 1655. (See Hamlin.)
6. Hannah, m. Thomas Dickinson, son of Nathaniel, of Hadley, formerly of Wethersfield.
7. Mehitabel, m. Mr. Samuel Partridge, of Hatfield, son of Worshipful Wil- liam, of Hadley, Sept. 24, 1668.
8. Elizabeth, m. 1st, William Warren, or Marvin, of East Hartford, and 2d, Phineas Wilson.
9. Mary, m. Noah Coleman of Hadley, Dec. 27, 1666; Noah, d. July 20, 1676, (or his father.)
10. Sarah, b. at Hartford, March 1, 1646-7, m. Daniel White, at Hadley, Nov. 1, 1661, and lived in Hatfield.
11. Ruth, m. Wm. Gaylord, at Hadley, Dec. 21, 1671.
12. Anna, b. July 13, 1649, born at Hartford.
John Crow, d. in 1685.
CROW, JOHN, JR., son of Mr. John Crow, of Hartford and Had- ley, was concerned in trade and commerce at Fairfield, Conn., with Hon. Giles Hamlin, of Middletown ; he d. at sea, in 1667. He left no children and probably never married. The inventory of his prop- erty taken at Fairfield, Jan. 1, 1667. In part, viz., New England silver, £5 5s .; English money, £6 3s .; Spanish money, £9 1s. 10}d .; 2 silver cups, a silver hat-band £1 10s. ; silver shoe buckles ; silver stopper and seal, £0 12s. 00d .; 5 gold rings, &2, &c .; Inven- tory, £298 11s. 1d. Feb. 5, 1667, Mr. Marvin and his wife, Eliza- beth Marvin, John Crow, sen'r, Giles Hamlin and Hester his wife, stated to the Court their agreement for the division of the estate of John Crow, Jr., deceased, in New England, Barbadoes, or else- where ; Ist, all debts being first paid; that one-third of the whole should be allowed to Esther, sister of the deceased and wife of said Giles Hamlin, and their children ; and the other two-thirds of said estate should be left to his father, John Crow, sen'r, and by him dis- tributed to his other children at his discretion. The Court approved of the proposition, and allowed John Crow, sen'r, and his son-in-law Giles Hamlin, to close the estate as had been proposed. The pro- perty was finally distributed to his brothers and sisters. John
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Crow's daughters m. into the best families, but his sons did not do as well. The name has become extinct in Connecticut.
CROW, CHRISTOPHER, first came to Hartford, not as early as some others ; he remained a few years and then removed to Windsor. He m. Mary Burr, dau'r of Benjamin, of Hartford, Jan. 15, 1656. He had two tracts of land recorded in Hartford, one " where his house standeth," in 1652, and a piece of wood land he purchased of Wm. " Heirs " ( Ayres,) in 1659. He was made a freeman, May, 1656. His children, found on the distribution of his estate, were,
1. Samuel, aged 21 years in 1683, m. Martha Moses, Jan. 30, 1689, and had Martha, b. at Windsor, Nov. 13, 1690.
2. Mary, aged 18, Oct., 1683.
3. Hannah, aged 15, Feb., 1683.
4. Martha, 14 years, May, 1684.
5. Benoni, 12 years, 1683.
6. Margaret, 11 years, April, 16S4.
7. Thomas, 5 years, 1684.
He was made freeman at Hartford, May 1658.
Christopher Crow, remained many years in the Conn. Colony at Hartford and Windsor. His farm where he last resided in Connec- ticut, was at Greenfield, in Windsor. In 1675, Major Treat, ap- pointed commander of the troops raised to repress the Indians, and ordered to march to Westfield and Northampton, in Mass .; on his way at Windsor, he learned that four Indians between Windsor and Simsbury, had assaulted and shot at Christopher Crow ; that the whole company of Indians were eight. Major Treat halted his troops long enough to consult the council, and they ordered him to leave 30 of his men at Windsor, and proceed with the remainder. But on the following day the council learned other signs of Indian hostilities ; that John Colt had been shot at by them, &c. ; that Indians were lurking about the Hartford meadows, &c. These facts considered, the council ordered Major Treat forthwith to return to Hartford with his troops. (See Record of Council.) For some cause Christopher left the Colony, and afterward, about 1680, his wife also left, and left behind her three young children in a suffering state; in mercy to the children an order was made Dec. 11, 1680, to preserve the estate the parents had left, to pay his debts, and Samuel and Thomas Burr, were appointed by the court to take an inventory of the estate and dispose of the children the best way they could, and pay the debts, &c. An inventory was returned to the Court in Hartford, in 1681. In 1684, administration was granted on his estate to Josiah Clark, 1 administrator, who had £73, besides some property in the hands of
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Samuel Burr, and an axe and gun in Samuel Crow's possession, and was ordered to distribute £10 of the personal estate to the relict and her heirs, and one-third of the real estate for her life. To the eldest son £16; to her other children £8 each, to the sons at 21 years of age, and to the daughters at 18 years. Inventory dated March 6, 1683; amount of inventory, £109 16s. 6d.
There was a Christopher Crow, who had a son Reuben, bap. at West Hartford, Feb. 11, 1739, and Roger, bap. at West Hartford, July 19, 1740. There was also a John Crow, who d. about 1715. Hannah, his relict and son Nathaniel.
CROW, NATHANIEL, of Hartford, d. and distribution made to John his only son, presented by Daniel Dickinson and Debora Crow, Oct. 4, 1714, and received by the court, though he probably d. as early as 1709. Daniel Dickinson's children in right of their mother Elizabeth, deceased. Lieut. Olcott, guardian for Debora Crow ; dis- tribution in 1711. This is a rare name in Conn., at this time, 1854. Philip Crow, deputy, 1642. Wm. Crow, May 1, 1663, with Eph'm Treckham, took the inventory of Francis Cook, of Plymouth. Deliv- erance Crowe, aged 30 years, in 1654. (Hist. Reg.)
The sons of Mr. John Crow, of Hartford and Hadley, partook very little of the blood of Elder Goodwin, or his daughter. Crow, or Crowe, Ireland, has 1 coat of arms; Crow, 4; Croe (Croestoun, Scotland.) Gu. three buckles or.
Crowe, (Llanherne Co., Carmarthen, as borne by Sir Sackville Crowe, of that place, created a Baronet, in 1627, and allowed to Gyles Crow, of Brasted Co., Kent, in 1586.) Gu. a chev. or, betw. three cocks arg. Crest, a cock ar, combed, wattled and membered, or. Nathaniel Crow, son of John, of Hadley, d. before 1697, and Andrew Warner, administrator in right of his wife Deborah, relict of Nathaniel Crow, deceased, and presented to the Court several sums as debts due from his estate. Daniel Crow, of East Hartford, d. Aug. 12, 1693, inventory taken Aug. 24, 1693, £330 19s.
NOTE .- A list of many of the soldiers in the famous battle against the Pequot Indians, in 1637, can most of them be seen on pages, 117 and 118, in " Hartford in Olden Time," by Scava. Though Jonathan Ince, shared in soldier's field lands in Hartford. He did not share in the first house-lots in Hartford, with the original proprietors, in 1639. And his lands in Hartford, were afterward assigned to Mr. John Cullick, for the reason that Mr. Ince, did not come and possess and improve them. I have supposed he never settled in Hartford, yet he might have been in the Pequot battle, as several others, who came to Hartford, left there before the first house-lots were distributed. Thomas Fisher, John Friend, Samuel Whitehead, (to New Haven,) and John Gibbs, of Wethersfield, (to New Haven,) and others, and perhaps others left before any record was made of them.
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CROW, JOHN, supposed a grandson of John, sen'r, of East Hart- ford, m. Mabel, and had a son Nathaniel, b. July 11, 1711.
CROWFOOT, CROFUT, CROFOOT, JOSEPH, of Springfield, m. Mary Hillier, dau'r of John, of Windsor, April 14, 1658 ; and had issue b. in Springfield, viz., Joseph, b. 29th of 4th mo., 1660 ; Mary, b. 4th of 10th mo., 1661 ; John, b. Aug., 1663 ; Samuel, b. Oct. 13, 1665 ; James, b. Jan. 23, 1667 ; Daniel, b. Jan. 23, 1669 ; Mathew, b. April, 5, 1672, and David, b. Oct. 11, 1674 ; (seven sons and one dau'r.) Joseph, d. at Northampton, 1678.
CROFOOT, JOSEPH, son of Joseph, of Springfield, b. 1660, removed and settled at Wethersfield, Conn., and the town of Weth- ersfield granted him 20 acres of land there in 1697. His wife was Margaret, m. Dec. 30, 1686, and had children b. in Wethersfield, viz., Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1687, d. 1689 ; Margaret, b. March 8, 1689 ; Joseph, b. June 12, 1692; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 14, 1693 ; 2d Mary, b. Jan. 11, 1695 ; Mehitabel, b. July 1, 1697 ; Sarah, b. March 19, 1700, d. young, and Ephraim, b. July 27, 1705 ; widow Margaret, d. in 1733.
CRAWFOOT, STEPHEN, son of Joseph Crawfoot, of North- ampton, who d. there in 1726, and grandson of Joseph, sen'r, of Springfield, who died in Northampton, in 1678 ; this Stephen settled in Belchertown, Mass., (says Doolittle,) before 1737, and was a soldier in the French war from that place, baptized May 16, 1756, and d. 1765, aged 55. His daughter Abigail, married Joseph Billings, in 1756, d. 1813, aged 80. Ebenezer Crawfoot, son of Stephen, m. Elizabeth Billings, she d. 1783, aged 42. Ebenezer was killed by the fall of a barn in Pittsfield, in 1764. (Dool. ) the name at Belchertown, is spelled Crawfoot. Ebenezer Crowfoot, of Lebanon, m. Joanna Smith, of Suffield, Nov. 5, 1724; Stephen Crowfoot, m. Abigail Graves, of Hatfield, March 14, 1716 ; Cro- foot, Stephen, of West Springfield, had a son Stephen, bap. there April 30, 1727, and Ebenezer, bap. Nov. 7, 1725; Benjamin Crow- foot, of the east parish, had a dau'r Eunice, b. June 30, 1734. There was a Joseph Crowfoot early at Windsor ; Joseph Crofoot, m. Esther St. John, of Norwalk, Conn., May 15, 1776, and had Ebene- zer, b. May 10, 1777. This Ebenezer, m. Sarah Gregory, of Norwalk, Sept. 3, 1795, and had Esther, b. at Norwalk, Aug. 20, 1796 ; perhaps others. The name of Crofoot, went from Wethers- field, to Middletown, at an early period, and where it yet continues. Dr. Eveline, now of Hartford, is a descendant of the Middletown family. The Crofoots, Crawfoots and Crofuts, of Conn., all appear to have descended from Joseph and Mary, of Springfield, Mass., but
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so early scattered to distant places, it is expensive collecting them in form, being in two states.
CROWFOOT, (as borne by William John Crowfoot, of Beccles, Esq., M. D.,) has 1 coat of arms ; Craufurd, has 3 ; Crawfurd, has 28 ; Crawfurde, 1. (Perhaps originally Crawford.)
CROWELL, BENJAMIN, from Wethersfield, settled at Middle- town ; he m. Sarah Johnson, of Middletown, Sept. 30, 1708, and had children, Benjamin, Jr., b. June 16, 1709; William, b. Sept. 25, 1712; one other son perhaps John, obliterated. Mr. Benjamin, the father, d. Jan. 24, 1752, and Sarah, his widow, d. Dec. 5, 1767.
CROWEL, JOHN, JR., of Windham, m. Mary Hows, March 18, 1747, and had issue b. there ; Ebenezer, b. Jan. 8, 1748; Lydia, b. March 18, 1750 ; Eliphalet, b. April 8, 1752; Deborah, b. Feb. 8, 1755 ; John, b. Feb. 28, 1757; Susannah, b. May 26, 1759, d. in '59 ; Silas, b. June 20, 1760 ; Mary, wife of John, Jr., d. Aug. 18, 1762. This has been an old name at East Haddam.
CROWELL, REV. ANDREW, was settled at Groton, 1736, and dismissed.
CROWELL, ROBERT, graduated at Dartmouth College, 1811 ; Judah, at Harvard College, 1844 ; Josiah B., at Yale College, 1845 ; Edward P., at Amherst, 1853.
CRUMP, THOMAS, of Hartford, was a servant of Gov. Hopkins, and d. in 1644-5. Andrew Bacon and George Graves, March 5, 1644-5, testified in Court, that they were with Thomas Crump, when he was sick, not long before his death ; he said " his debts being paid, he desired his master would doe w'th yt as he pleased," (his estate,) probably left no family. Thomas, was a defendant in Court, at Hartford, in an action of slander, in 1643 ; Gov. Hopkins settled his estate, 1644-5 ; George Crump, of Hartford, d. in 1644 ; Crombe, Alexander, 1663 ; Crompe, Bridget, &c., aged 18, embarked in the Merchant's Hope, Hugh Watson, Master, for Virginia, in 1635. This name is now found at New London, in Conn., and in Virginia.
NOTE .- In July, 1665, Robert Chapman, Major Mason, Ensign Avery, Thomas Minor, or any three of them, were appointed by the General Court, a committee to consider some way to dis- cover the approach of the enemy, from Southerton, to Guilford, in Conn., at the time De Ruyter, the Dutch Admiral was expected on the coast.
John Chatfield, of Derby, was granted by the town of Derby, a piece of swamp land, near horse-hill, in Derby, about 1681, and was the first of the name there.
Collins, Daniel, had three acres of land in his list in Derby, in 1681, two acres of which was his home or house-lot at £3 10s. 00d., two loads of wood to the minister ; and George Beman, at the same date, was listed, two acres home-lot ; and John Beach, three acres of home-lot, £1 10s., in Derby, 1681, and two loads of wood to the minister.
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CROMPE, has 4 coats of arms; Crumpe, Crump, or Crompe, (Kent,) has one.
CULLICK, HON. JOHN; (this name is occasionally spelled Cul- lit.) He was for a time in Mass., and did not come to Connecticut to reside with the first company of settlers at Hartford. He was a citizen of Hartford, about 1641, and soon after became one of the prominent men of the Colony of Connecticut. In 1642, he was fore- man of the jury, at a particular court at Hartford ; deputy to the General Court, in 1644, '46, '47, &c .; magistrate and assistant, in 1648, '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, &c .; and Secretary of the Colony from 1648 to 1657, inclusive. He was one of the selectmen of Hart- ford, in 1643. He, with Major John Mason, were appointed by the General Court of Conn., Commissioners for the Colony, and " Mr. Tailecoat," chosen as a reserve, May 17, 1655, to agitate with other Colonies, &c. He appears by the colony records to have been called upon by the General Court, with other leading men of Conn., to many important places of trust. He was uniformly after 1643, while he remained in Conn., a member of the General Court, either as deputy or magistrate, or juror, or judge, which he performed, even after he held the office of Secretary of State, to the satisfaction of the good people of the Colony. Capt. John Cullick and Hon. Roger Ludlow, were appointed commissioners to the convention, of the United Colonies, of New England, in May, 1653. Yet Capt. Cullick, was absent from the General Court, May 18, 1653, and Mr. Ludlow and Mr. Cullick, were desired by the General Court, to attend the next meeting of the commissioners, at Boston, in Sept., 1653.
Major Mason and Mr. John Cullick, were chosen commissioners, June 3, 1654, and desired to go down to the bay and attend the ser- vice there, as occasion should present, " men of approved fidelity and discretion." July 11, 1654, the General Court appointed Mr. Welles, Mr. Webster, "Mr. Tailcoat," Mr. Steele, Andrew Bacon, Mr. John Cullick and Samuel Fitch, a committee to draw and send one letter to the " Caratyon," one to Gen. Monck, and one to Mr. Hopkins, and to provide for the commissioners. (See Col. Rec.)
Mr. Cullick, Mr. Steele and Mr. Allyn, were a committee on Mr. Whitting's will, Sept., 1654, which was approved by the General Court, as far as they all agreed. The same court gave Mr. Cul- lick liberty to draw and sell a hogshead of claret, and a quarter cask of red wine to his friends and neighbors, free from the country excise, at the same time had free license for the future to draw and sell to his neighbors and friends what wines and liquors he see cause free of 67
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duty. At this court a severe law was enacted against selling wines, liquors, cider and strong beer to the Indians. Sept., 1654, Mr. Cul- lick, Mr. " Tolcoat," Allen and Hollister, were to receive the amounts for the Fort-rate, of the constables for the several plantations for the year past, upon the river, &c. In Sept., 1654, Mr. Cullick, (if his occasions permitted him, if not,) Mr. Clark and Mr. Mason were appointed to go to Pequot, and with Mr. Winthrop, to hold a particu- lar court, before winter, &c. In March, 1654-5, Mr. Webster and Mr. Cullick, were appointed by the General Court to audit the treas- urer's account for the preceding year. (At this time and for many years after, there was no such officer as controller of public accounts in Connecticut.) A committee was appointed by the General Court and with auditors to adjust the business, now performed by the controller. March 7, 1654-5, Mr. Welles, and Nathaniel " Dicker- son," were appointed for Wethersfield ; Mr. Webster, and Mr. Cul. lick, for Hartford ; Mr. Clark and Mr. Allyn, for Windsor ; Mr. Steel and Stephen Harte, for Farmington ; Thomas Allyn and Robert Webster, for Middletown; to receive, allow and sign to the treasurer the bills of debts from the country, to any particular person presented to them in their several towns, (against the Colony, ) and Mr. Cullick and Mr. Webster, to audit the treasurer's account. The General Court appointed Mr. Cullick, Major Mason and Mr. " Tailcoat," to go to Pequot, to hold a court there and perform other services. In 1656, Mr. Cullick, with the Governor and Mr. Steel, used all their power and exertions to heal the bitter quarrel in the
NOTE .- As there is so large a number of facts connected with the life of Mr. Cullick, in Con- necticut and Massachusetts, in a work of this kind, it can not be expected, that but few of them, can be published. Mr. Cullick, (as agent of his brother-in-law, Mr. Fenwick,) after the return of the latter to England, had received from the several towns their annual payment, to the "Fort-rate," stipulated for in the agreement between Mr. Fenwick and the Colony of Conn., in 1644. By one of the articles of this agreement Mr. Fenwick, had engaged to secure to the Colony, " if it came into his power," the right of jurisdiction to the territory, embraced in the Earl of Warwick's grant to Lord Say and Sele and his associates. This engagement remaining unfulfilled at the death of Mr. Fenwick, the General Court sought to recover from his agent a portion of the monies which had been paid, as was alleged, without valid consideration, They therefore, refused to surrender Mr. Fenwick's estate, which by his will had been devised to his sister, (Mrs. Cullick,) or to grant administration thereon, until an equitable settlement of accounts should be effected. By the conditions of this settlement, Capt. Cullick, compromised with the Colony, by the repayment of £500, and an acquittance of all claims against the Colony grow- ing out of the agreement for the purchase of the river, &c., and the court released the estate of Mr. Fenwick, from the restraint formerly imposed, and discharged Mr. and Mrs. Cullick from all existing liabilities " so far and no further, as the estate bequeathed to them had any reference to the agreement." (See Appendix. Note by Trumbull, of first volume of printed Records of Connecticut, pages 573-4. Also, pages 318-329, 338, 345, and 357.)
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church at Hartford. Mr. Cullick and Mr. Lord, were requested by the General Court, March 24, 1657-8, to take in the treasurer's account for the Commonwealth. This was the last record of Mr. Cullick, as secretary, in his hand-writing, and the Hon. Daniel Clark, of Windsor, is recorded as deputy and recorder, under date of May 20, 1658. In May, 1657, the General Court requested Mr. Cullick, to write a letter to Mr. Winthrop, of New London, forth- with ; informing him to what place the country had chosen him, (Governor,) and desire his present assistance, as much as may be.
The General Court, October session, 1649, desired Mr. Hopkins, Capt. Mason, Mr. Cullick, Mr. Allyn, and " Mr. Taylcoate," to prose- cute the works to be about the fort (at Saybrook) and dwelling- house to be erected for the service of the country with effect, as had been before ordered. In 1651, the Governor and Mr. Cullick, with Mr. Clark, were desired by the General Court to hold a court at Stratford, for the trial of Goody Bassitt, for her life, (supposed for witchcraft,) and if the Governor could not go, to have Mr. Welles supply his place. These facts from the Colony record, show the estimation of the people of Connecticut, of the exalted character of Mr. Cullick, without a recapitulation of the history of the purchase of the Fort at Saybrook, and the lands which were claimed by Mr. Fenwick, and the useful part taken in that purchase and final settle- ment by Mr. Cullick. A Mistress Cullick, d. at Hartford, about 1648, perhaps the first wife of Hon. John Cullick. Mr. Cullick, m. Elizabeth Fenwick, a sister of Mr. George Fenwick, of Saybrook, May 20, 1648. She became a large legatee in the will of Mr. Fen- wick ; they had children b. in Hartford, viz., John, b. May 6, 1649 ; Elizabeth, b. July, 1652 ; she m. Benjamin Batton, of Boston.
John, son of Hon. John Cullick, graduated at Harvard College, in 1668, and Farmer says, d. before 1698. Secretary Cullick, though he signed to remove to Hadley, removed with his family to Boston, about the time his friend Elder Goodwin removed to Hadley, in 1659 or 60, where Hon. John d. Jan. 23, 1663. In Oct., 1660, the General Court of Conn., after a long controversy as to the settlement of the estate of Mr. Fenwick, empowered Capt. Cullick, in behalf of his wife Elizabeth, and their children, freely to possess and improve the estate in the Colony of the late Hon. George Fenwick, deceased, according to the true intent of the will, with power to administer on said estate in behalf of himself, his wife and children, as legatees to said estate ; Mr Cullick, in Oct., 1660, with his wife Elizabeth, then of Boston, for themselves, heirs and legatees to this estate of said
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Fenwick, in New England, discharged and acquitted the Colony of Conn., the General Court, and all and every plantation therein, from all sum or sums of money paid, or any way payable to George Fen- wick, Esq., or his assigns, by virtue of the agreement and purchase made of the river, &c. (See discharge Col. Rec .; also, see Trum- bull, Col. Rec., p. 573 and 4 ; also 345, 327 and 329 ; also, see Col. Rec. as to Cullick and Fenwick.) Richard Sawyer, a hired ser- vant of Mr. Cullick, d. in 1648.
Mr. Cullick has but two children recorded at Hartford, though he must have had. at least two sons, in 1657, as Mr. Fenwick, the brother of Mrs. Cullick ; in the codicil of his will, speaks of his " sister Cullick and her children," and of " her eldest sonne," hav- ing a double portion, &c. Hon. John Cullick was an early, import- ant and most useful citizen of Hartford, in the early settlement of the town of Hartford and Colony of Conn. He acted as captain, juror, deputy, magistrate, judge, secretary of the Colony, and often a mem- ber or commissioner of the United Colonies of New England, and upon many of the signal committees appointed by the General Court, and by the Governor. His son John, graduated at Harvard College, in 1668, and died soon after 1690. There was an ELI CULLICK, who m. Sarah Foote, of Colchester, Conn., in 1758, not a known descendant of Hon. John, of Hartford and Boston.
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