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" There was then chosen to order the affairs of the town for one year, William Westwood, William Spencer, Nathaniel Ward, John Moody. There was also chosen constables, Nathaniel Ely, Thomas Hos- mer.
" It was then ordered as follows :
1. That the said townsmen should have the same power that those had the year before.
2. That they should be exempted from training, watchings and wardings.
3. That they should have liberty to choose two men for either side of the river, who shall attend them in such things as they appoint about the town affairs, and be at a public charge."
At a meeting in February following,
" Arthur Smith and Thomas Woodford were then chosen to attend the townsmen in such things as they appoint, and their principal work to be as followeth :
1. To view the fences about common field so often as they shall be appointed by the townsmen, and to have 3d. an hour for the time they spend about the same. And if either of them find any [down or broken,] they shall sufficiently mend up the same, and shall have 4d. an hour for all the time they spend about the same, to be paid by the parties whose pales they mend.
2. To view the common fields so often as they shall be appointed by the townsmen, and to have 3d. an hour for the same; and if they or either of them take any cattle or swine in the same, then to do their best to bring them to the pound, either by themselves or any help they shall need; and shall have 3d. an
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hour for himself and the help he shall need, and 2d. a head for the same, to be paid by the parties which own the cattle or swine : also if at any other times, they or either of them see or know of any beast or swine, in any common corn field, on this side the great river, they shall do their best to pound them, and shall have for their pounding a piece, also they shall take for the damage which the cattle or swine shall do, before they shall be released, or pay it them- selves, and shall repay the same to the parties who hath been [the sufferers] according to an order for that [purpose."]
3. [The old record is here so mutilated and partly torn off, that their next duty cannot be learned.]
4. [This duty appears to relate to giving notice of meetings.]
5. To do their best to search into the breach of any such order as shall be given them in charge by the townsmen, and to return truth of the same so near as they can, and to have 3d. an hour for the same.
6. Whosoever else shall at any time bring any cattle or swine to the pound, they shall severally attend to help pound the same, and shall receive the pay due to the party for pounding, according to an order for that purpose, and for the damage which shall be done by them, and shall repay it to the several persons, and shall have 2d. a head for themselves.
7. They shall give notice to the parties whose corn or grass the damage is done in, that so they may have . it prized according to an order for that purpose.
8. They shall do any other special public service which is within their power to do, being required by the townsmen-as to warn men to public employment, or to gather some particular rates or the like; and to have 3d. an hour for the same."
The following are the orders referred to above :
" It is ordered that whatsoever damage is done in any man's corn or meadow by any cattle or swine, it shall be prized by two indifferent men, and the owner of the cattle or swine shall pay for the damage, and for the time which is spent in viewing.
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" It is also ordered, that whosoever finds any cattle or swine in any corn field, and brings them to the pound, shall have 2d. a head for the same ; and if the premium be little, by reason of the small number, then to be farther recompensed according to their desert, to be set down by the townsmen.
"It is further ordered, that all common fences about corn fields, shall be sufficiently made up as shall be judged by two men, before the 2d of April if the flood do not hinder, and also set a stake with the two first letters of their name on the further side from the town, upon the forfeiture of 2s. by the rod, 12d. a stake, and 6d. a week, so long as it shall remain so, and pay double for mending the pales if they do not.
" It is further ordered, that whosoever breaks open the pound, or shall use any unlawful means to take his beast or swine, or shall oppose any that shall be driving them to the pound, shall forfeit for every such fault 10s. and be otherwise dealt withal as the nature of the offence shall require."
PRICES OF LABOR. The prices of labor were regu- lated by votes of the town. After speaking of some public officers, it is added :
" Nor any day laborer above 1Sd. in the winter, and 2s. in the summer, except planting time, and then not above 2s. 6d. a day ; and the inferior sort under : also for draft cattle, not above 14d. a pair a day the best, in winter, and 1Sd. in the summer, and the inferior sort under, to be ranked in the several sorts by the town : and for the cart, if four cattle or above, 6d. a day ; if but three, then 4d. a day ; but if but two, then 3d. a day.
And the winter to be accounted from the first of November to the first of March, and the planting time from the 15th April to the 15th July. Also, all day laborers, which work without doors, in the winter shall work nine hours for one day ; and in the summer, eleven hours; and the draft to work eight hours from the fifteenth of May to the first of November, and six hours from the first of November to the fifteenth of May.
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" And whosoever takes any work by the great, when it is ended, if either party have cause to com- plain, he may make the case known to the townsmen; and if they judge either party to have oppressed the other in the work, to have it viewed by indifferent men, and to compel the parties to stand to the arbiter- ment.
" Also, no man shall take above 4s. 6d. for sawing of boards, and 5s. 6d. for slit work, the timber being squared and laid at the pit; nor above Sd. a C. for riving six foot pales or clapboards, and 6d. a C. for three foot : nor above 7s. for boards, and 2s. 6d. for three foot clapboards; and 3s. 6d. for six foot pales, and 4s. 6d. for six foot clapboards : and whosoever gives or takes more, directly or indirectly, shall for- feit for every time 5s.
[Sawing was then done by hand. A pit was dug. in the ground, in which one of the sawmen stood, over whom the timber to be sawed was placed on a frame, on which stood the other sawman.]
" Also, whosoever sells any commodity, and takes unreasonable fair or work in men's necessity, shall be liable to be fined by the townsmen, according to the offense."
ENTERTAINING STRANGERS. " It is further or- dered, that whosoever entertains any person or family in his house which is not admitted an inhabitant in the town, above one month, without leave from the town, shall discharge the town from any cost or trouble that may come thereby, and be liable to be called in question for the same."
SHADE TREES. " It is further ordered, that whoso- ever hath any trees planted upon any lot which was given him for planting ground, and they be prejudicial to those which lie next, he shall fall the same; or if he either neglect or refuse, he who lies next may do it, and to be either paid in [money] the worth of the same work, or in work again. If the party be not able to do it presently, then the townsmen have power to give him some time for the [same.]"
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The following orders were passed in Jan. 1639, [1640.]
MEETINGS. "It is ordered that every inhabitant which hath not freedom from the whole to be absent, shall make his personal appearance at every general meeting of the whole town, having sufficient warn- ing ; and whosoever fails to appear at the time and place appointed, shall pay six pence for every such default: but if he shall have a lawful excuse, it shall be repaid him again : or whosoever departs away from the meeting before it be ended, without liberty from the whole, shall pay the like [fine].
"It is ordered that there shall be a set meeting of all the townsmen together, the first Thursday in every month, by nine of the clock in the forenoon, that so if any inhabitant have any business with them, he may repair unto them: and whosoever of them do not meet at the place and time set, to forfeit two shillings six pence for every such fault. .
" It is ordered, that hereafter no order to stand in force, until it hath been published at some general meeting, or sent from house to house. To that end, whensoever the townsmen shall give notice to stay after lecture, whosoever shall neglect so to do, shall be liable for the breach of any order as if he staid and heard the same."
The town kept a surveyor's chain for the use of the inhabitants, subject to the following regulation :-
"It is ordered, that whosoever borrows the town chain, shall pay two pence a day for every day they keep the same, and pay for mending it, if it be broken in their use."
ORIGINAL LAYING OUT OF THE TOWN.
THE original town plot occupied nearly the same space as the present city. The central part was di- vided into house lots, called two acres each, and dis- tributed among the original purchasers; and on the borders of these were half acre house lots granted to
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other settlers. The names and locations of the ori- ginal streets are given below. The present names of the streets are prefixed in brackets.
[Main, north of the bridge.] "Road from the Cen- tinel Hill to the Palisado."
[Front.] " Little River to North Meadow."
[State, to Front.] " Meeting House to Little Mead- OW."
[Kilbourn.] "Road to the Ferry."
Another "Road to the River," extended from Front street to the Connecticut river, between State street and Potters' lane ; and another "In the Little Meadow," extended north and south from the above to Kilbourn street; both which were subsequently closed.
" Road to the Neck," and " to the Soldiers Field," lay on the west side of the North Meadow creek, and probably extended to Windsor ; an- other
" Road to the Neck," on which Matthew Allyn's house lot lay, extended from the bend in the present Village street, bearing a little west of north, obliquely to and over the hill, which has been entirely closed within a few years.
[Burr.] " Centinel Hill to the Cow Pasture." [Trumbull.] "Centinel Hill to Seth Grant's house." [Pearl.] "Meeting House to the Mill." This street originally extended to the front of the pres- ent jail, then turned south to the river, and con- tinued northwesterly on the bank of the river to the mill which stood near the foot of West Pearl street ; thence continued nearly the same course, up the hill and onward in front of the Asylum to the Commons, and was called the
" Road from the Mill to the Country." [The street commonly called Work-house lane, was laid out about A. D. 1725; and was the only new street laid out in the limits of the present city, from the settlement of the town to the close of the Revolu- tion and the incorporation of the city.]
[High, north of Church street.] "Cow Pasture to Mr. Allen's land."
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[School and Mill.] " Highway by the Little river." [Sheldon.] "Highway by Little river."
[Part of Bliss, Elm, &c.] " Mill to the South Meadow."
[Bliss.] " George Steele's to Mill."
[Washington.] "George Steele's to Great Swamp." [Buckingham, as it was, Charter, &c.] " George Steele's to South Meadow."
[Charter.] " Giles Smith's to Wm. Gibbons's." [Main, south of bridge.] "Town" or "Bridge" or " Moody's to Wethersfield ;" also "Road to the Ox Pasture."
[Cole.] " Road to Wethersfield," " to Ox Pasture," " Wm. Hill's to Ox Pasture," and parts of it were called, " Wm. Gibbons's to Thomas Judd's" and " Thomas Hosmer's to Country." [Meadow lane.] " Road to the Indians' land."
[Oil Mill lane.] " Road from George Steele's to Thomas Richards's," or "John Biddell's."- Another east and west highway lay south of this, probably where Russ's lane now is; which met another
" Road from Holton's to Savell's," or " to John Bar- nard's land," that extended south from the riv- er west of the College lot, in the rear of the present house lots, now closed.
LOCATIONS OF THE ORIGINAL PROPRIE- TORS, AND SETTLERS.
THE most distinguished families among the first settlers, were located on the east side of Cole street ; on the two sides of the Little river, and on Main street in front of the State House, and south to the river.
For the convenience of future reference, I shall di- vide these house lots into tiers on euch side of the river, and number the several lots, as follows :-
On the NORTH SIDE, the
1st Tier lies on the north side of Little river, and is numbered 1 to 4, from Front to Main street.
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2d Tier lies on the north side of Little river, and is numbered 5 to 8, west from Main street.
3d Tier lies on the east side of Main street, and is numbered 9, 10, from the 1st Tier to the original Meeting House yard.
4th Tier lies on the west side of Front street, and is numbered 11 to 13, from 1st Tier to State street. 5th Tier lies on the west side of Front street, and is numbered 14 to 21, from State to Village street. 6th Tier lies on the east side of Main street, and is numbered 22 to 28, from the original Meeting House lot to Village street.
7th Tier lies between Main and Trumbull streets, and is numbered 29 to 34, from Pearl to Burr street. 8th Tier lies on the west side of Trumbull street, and is numbered 35 to 43, from Burr street to the river.
9th Tier lies on the east side of Mill or Trumbull street, and is numbered 44 to 46, south from Pearl street.
10th Tier lies on the west side of Main street, and is numbered 47 to 49, south from Pearl street.
11th Tier lay on a street now closed, which extended from Village street to the Neck, and is numbered 50 to 54, North from Village street, and 55 on the West side of the street.
12th Tier lies on the east side of Burr street ; and is numbered 56 to 70, northerly from Village street.
13th Tier lies on the west side of Burr street and Al- bany turnpike, and is numbered 71 to 76, north- erly from Trumbull street.
14th Tier lies on Tower hill, and is numbered 77 to 80, from the Little river northward.
On the SOUTH SIDE, the
1st Tier lies east of Cole street, and is numbered 1 to 7, from the Little river, south.
2d Tier commences at the junction of Main and Cole streets, and extends north to Charter street, numbered S to 11.
3d Tier lies between Charter and Sheldon streets, and is numbered 12 to 16, from Cole to Main street.
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4th Tier lies between Elm and old Buckingham streets, and is numbered 17 to 26 from Main to Bliss street.
5th Tier lies on the south side of old Buckingham street, and is numbered 27 to 36 from Main to Washington street.
6th Tier lies on the west side of Bliss street, and is numbered 37 to 41, from the south end of the street to the river.
7th Tier lies north of Elm street, and is numbered 42 to 46, East from Bliss street.
8th Tier lies on the west side of West street, and is numbered 47 to 51, south from Oil Mill lane to Russ's lane.
9th Tier lies on the west side of West street, and is numbered 52 to 56, south from the lane.
10th Tier lay on a north and south street, west of Tier 8th, now closed, numbered 57 to 59, south from Oil Mill lane.
11th Tier lay west of the above street, now closed, and is numbered 60 to 63, south from Oil Mill lane.
The original proprietors of the above lots, and the settlers on them, are given below. The original pro- prietors who did not settle on their respective lots, or who deceased or removed from town before 1640, are included in brackets.
NORTH SIDE.
1 [Richard Webb,]
1 John Haynes,
2 Thomas Hooker,
3 Samuel Stone,
4 Wm. Goodwin,
5 Thomas Standley,
6 Thomas Lord,
7 Richard Lord,
9 Jolin Steele,
10 Clement Chaplain,
11 James Olmsted,
12 Wmn. Pantry,
13 Thomas Scott,
14 Edward Stebbins,
SOUTH SIDE.
1 Edward Hopkins,
2 John White,
3 Wm. Gibbons,
4 Wm. Whiting,
5 John Webster,
6 Thomas Welles,
7 Thomas Hosmer,
8 James Cole,
9 Thomas Judd,
10 George Wyllys,
12 Wm. Hills,
13 Samuel Wakeman,
14 Andrew Warner,
15 Nathaniel Ward,
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15 Timothy Standley,
16 [John Stone,]
17 Samuel Greenhill,
16 John Marsh,
18 Gregory Wolterton,
17 Wm. Butler,
19 John Barnard,
18 [John Barnard,]
20 Arthur Smith,
18 [Matthew Allen,]
21 George Graves,
19 Wm. Westwood,
22 James Ensign,
20 [Stephen Hart,]
23 Jeremy Adams,
22 Richard Goodman,
23 Wm. Lewis,
24 John Talcott,
25 Edward Elmer,
26 Nathaniel Ely,
30 John Arnold,
27 Robert Day,
31 Richard Lyman,
28 Wm. Kelsey,
29 [Edward Hopkins,]
29 Thomas Olcott,
30 {John Haynes,]
35 George Stocking,
36 George Steele,
37 Joseph Mygatt,
38 Wm. Blumfield,
34 Dorothy Chester,
35 Thomas Hale,
37 Thomas Birchwood,
38 John Clark,
39 Wm. Parker,
40 Wm. Ruscoe,
41 Wm. Wadsworth,
42 Thomas Stanton,
47 William Holton,
43 Nathaniel Richards,
56 Richard Rizley,
57 Thomas Selden,
47 [Samuel Whitehead,] 63 Robert Bartlett, 47 Richard Lord,
4S John Skinner,
49 Richard Olmsted,
50 Nicholas Clarke,
51 Matthew Allen,
52 Wm. Hayden,
55 Stephen Hart,
57 Thomas Spencer,
32 Thomas Bull, ف
33 [Even Davie,]
34 Stephen Post,
30, 31, John Pratt,
32 John Maynard,
33 Richard Webb,
39 [John Friend,]
41 John Wilcock,
42 William Andrews,
43 John Hopkins,
45 [Jonathan Ince, for- feited and granted to] 45 John Cullick,
44 Seth Grant,
16 Andrew Bacon,
24 Joseph Easton, 25 John Baysee,
26 Richard Butler,
27 John Moody,
29 Wm. Hyde,
21 Matthew Marvin,
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5S Richard Church,
59 Zachariah Field,
60 Thomas Root,
77 Wm. Spencer,
The following are the house lots of those first set- tlers, who were not the original proprietors.
NORTH SIDE. SOUTH SIDE.
8 Thomas Lord, Jun., 11 Giles Smith,
18 Thomas Woodford,
28 Thomas Gridley,
36 Ozias Goodwin,
45 John Biddell,
48 Paul Peck,
46 Mary Betts,
49 Henry Walkley,
53 John Bronson,
64 William Cornwell,
51 William Watts,
56 [Thos. Fisher, forfeit.]52 William Westley,
56 John Hallaway,
53 Edward Lay,
61 Benjamin Munn,
54 John Olmsted,
55 John Pierce,
64 John Warner,
66 Nicholas Ginnings,
67 John Pierce,
67 Robert Wade,
68 Daniel Gappad,
69 Nicholas Disbro,
70 Richard Seymor,
71 John Purchas,
72 William Phillips,
72 Nat. Kellogg,
74 Thomas Hungerford,
75 Thomas Barnes,
76 Thomas Upson,
77 [John Hall,]
78 John Morrice,
79 Nathaniel Barding,
80 John Ginnings,
Thus it appears that on the first of Jan. 1640, there were nearly 150 families settled on so many house lots in Hartford, which must have contained 600 or 800 people.
The inhabitants on the North and South sides of the Little river, constituted, in many respects, two distinct communities, from the first settlement of the town.
63 Benjamin Burr,
58 Thomas Bliss,
59 Thomas Bliss, Jun.,
60 Thomas Bunce,
61 John Savell,
62 Thomas Richards.
62 Samuel Hale,
65 Wm. Pratt,
40 Ralph Keeler,
50 Richard Watts,
GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY
OF THE 1136940
FIRST SETTLERS OF HARTFORD.
NOTE .- The names of heads of families are printed in small capitals, and those of their children immediately follow. The numbers at the left hand refer to the succeeding heads of families, and to the corres- ponding notices. The dates preceding and following the names denote the times of birth and death. m. stands for married, d., died, and b., born.
1 ADAMS, JEREMY,
2
Ann,
3 John 1669,
5 Elenor,
3 1643 Samuel.
6 JOHN,
7 1658 Rebekah,
8 60 Abigail,
4 62 Sarah,
9 64 Jeremy,
10 66 John,
11 68 Jonathan,
1 Jeremy was in Cam- bridge. Mass., in 1632, and an original proprietor and settler of Hartford. He married Rebekah, the widow of Samuel Green- hill, and came into pos- session of the Greenhill estate, by entering into a bond to pay over a stipu- lated sum to the two mi- nor children when of age. He sold his house lot to
12 70 , Thomas Catlin, and removed to the Greenhill house, on the west side of Main street, next south of the bridge. But about 1651, he purchased the John Steele lot, on the east side of Main street, about half way from the bridge to the State house, where he kept tavern many years. He was an active man of some note, and received the appointment of harbor- master from the General Court. He became em- barrassed, and the colony came into possession of his: house and lot; which were redeemed in 1635 by his. grandson Zechary Santord. He died in 1683.
2 Ann, married Robert Sanford.
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3 John died young, and his descendants became scattered. Jeremy lived in Huntington, L. I. John lived in Great Egg Harbor, N. J., and had a son Jo- nas in Trenton, in 1753.
4 Elenor married Nathaniel Willett.
BAYSEY, JOHN, an original proprietor and set- tler. His house lot was No. 25, between Bucking- ham now College and Elm Streets. He was by trade a weaver. He died in 1671 and his wife Eliz- abeth in 1673. He had no sens ; his daughters were, Lydia, m. John Baker,
Mary, m. Samuel Burr,
Elizabeth, b. 1645, m. Paul Peck.
John Baker had a son, and Samuel Burr a grand- son, named Baysey, to preserve the name.
CHAPLAIN, CLEMENT, was elder of the church in Wethersfield, and probably never resided in Hart- ford, though he was one of the original purchasers. He was admitted freeman in Cambridge, in 1635, and elected representative in Massachusetts, in 1636. In 1637, he was a member of the Committee of the Colony of Connecticut, and chosen Treasurer. He also represented Wethersfield in the General Court in 1642 and 1643, when he died.
1 CHURCH, RICHARD,
2
John, 1691.
2 JOHN, 3 Richard 1730,
4 Sarah,
5 John 1735,
6 Mary,
7 8
Ruth,
Samuel 1719,
9 1673 Ann,
10 74 Elizabeth,
11 76 Joseph,
12 79 Deliverance,
3 RICHARD, Colchester, 13 James 1751.
5 JOHN, Mr.
14 1701 John,
1 Richard was an ori- ginal proprietor and set- tler, and lived on the east side of Burr Street. He removed to Hadley.
2 John m.Sarah daugh- ter of Richard Beckley of New Haven in 1657.
3 Richard of Colches- ter may have had other children.
4 Sarah m. George Knight, and Samuel Hub- bard ?.
5 John m. Abigail Cad- well in 1699.
6 Mary m. Standish.
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15 1703 Caleb 1760,
16
4 Abigail,
17
6 Mary 1667,
18
8 Joseph,
10 Daniel.
19 8 SAMUEL,
20 1699 Joseph,
21
Samuel,
22
Ebenezer,
23 Elizabeth,
24
Sarah.
13 JAMES, East Hartford,
25
1724 Joseph, James,
26
Mary,
27 28
1728 Abigail,
29
30 Jerusha.
15 CALEB,
30 31
1754 Asher,
32 ?Russell 1778.
25 JOSEPH,
33 Joseph 1777.
22 Ebenezer, Norwalk.
23 Elizabeth m. Henry Bass, Windham.
24 Sarah m. John Paine, Plainfield.
26 James graduated at Yale 1756.
23 Abigail m. Wm. Pitkin.
33 Joseph, jun. graduated at Yale, 1768. He left no children. His wife Mary m. Wm. Imlay.
1 CROW, JOHN, Mr.
2
John 1667, Esther,
3 4 1646 Sarah,
5 49 Anna,
6
50 Elizabeth1727, (daughter,)
7
Mary,
8 9 Nathaniel 1695,
10 Daniel 1693.
9 NATHANIEL, E. Hart. 11 1685 Eliz. in 1710,
S Samuel married wd. Elizabeth Clark in 1710, his second wife.
9 Ann m. Benj. Cleve- land, Canterbury.
10 Elizabeth m. Jona. Clark.
11 Jos. probably had no children.
12 Deliverance lived in Westfield.
13 James from Col- chester owned slaves and an estate in Bedford, Mass., and had a family of note. He married Ab- igail, daughter of Caleb Standley, Esq. in 1722.
?George,
19 Daniel lived in New- Hartford.
21 Samuel lived in Bethlehem.
1 John Crow became possessed, by vote of the town; of the original right of Bartholomew Greene, which was forfeited by his removal from the town. This, together with the property of Elder Wm. Goodwin, whose daugh- ter and only child Eliza- beth he married, render- ed Mr. Crow the greatest
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12 1687 John 1714,
landholder in Hartford. 13 94 Deborah. He was one of the first 12 JOHN, East Hartford, settlers in East Hartford, 14 1711 Nathaniel. but afterwards removed 14.NATHANIEL to Hadley, and died in 15 Nathaniel. 1685. His surviving sons in Hartford became extravagant and dissipated, and squandered the property ; but the daughters married some of the first men of Connecticut, and on the riv- er in Massachusetts, whose descendants are numer- ous.
2 John was a wealthy West India merchant, and had an establishment in Fairfield. He died at sea without children.
3 Esther m. Giles Hamlin, Esq. of Middletown.
8 Mary m. Samuel Partridge of Hatfield.
6 Eliz. m. (1) William Warren, who died in 1689 ; and (2) Phineas Willson a wealthy merchant from Dublin. On his death in 1691, she continued her husband's business, and became the most extensive banker in the state. She was accustomed to loan money on mortgage, not only to citizens of Hartford, but in the adjacent towns. Her daughters married some of the first men in New England.
4, 5 and 7 m. Thomas Dickinson, Noah Coleman, and Daniel White of Hatfield.
9 Nathaniel's widow, Deborah, m. Andrew Warner of Windham, and died in 1697.
10 Daniel left a widow but no children.
11 Elizabeth m. Daniel Dickinson.
12 John left a widow Hannah, and an only child.
CULLICK, JOHN, Capt. one of the most noted men in the colony, had, by vote of the town, conferred on him the estate assigned to Jona. Ince. He lived on the north side of Elm street. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. George Fenwick in 1648. He represented Hartford in the General Court from 1644 to 47, when he was chosen assistant and secretary of state, which offices he filled for ten years. He was one of the commissioners to the united colonies from 1652 to 54. He removed to and died in Boston in 1663, and
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