The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Vol. I, Part 30

Author: Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Boston, E. L. Osgood
Number of Pages: 870

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south meadow. He died Dec., 1664; inv. Dec. 26, 1664, £105. 10. His widow, Susannah, was one of the original members of the South Church. -Ch. : i. Josiah, Hartford, freeman, 1657. ii. Joseph, freeman, 1658 ; one of the first settlers of Haddam ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Wakeman, of Hartford ; d. Oct. 22, 1691. iii. John. iv. Daniel, freeman, 1665 ; d. May 10, 1691, leaving wife and ch. v. Dau. m. - Buck. vi. Dau.

ANDREW BACON was an original proprietor of Hartford, and in the distribution of 1639-40, received a lot on the east side of Main St., immediately south of the Little River. He was chosen townsman, 1641, 1658, deputy, 1642- 1656. In 1642 he, with Captain John Mason and Mr. Clark, was ap- pointed by the General Court to prepare carriages for the pieces (guns) that came from Piscataqua. In 1643 he, with Mr. Talcott, was appointed to take a record of the debts of the country. He was also a committee, with Mr. Webster, for Hartford, to join the magistrates in pressing men in each town for service, in 1654. He was exempted from training, watching, and ward- ing, May, 1656. Ile was a committee, with Mr. Steele and Mr. Boosy, "to provide at Hartford for the comely meeting of the Commissioners of the United Colonies." In 1658 a complaint was preferred in the General Court against him, Gov. Webster, and others, who were about to withdraw from the church, and from Hartford. He signed the contract to remove to Hadley, in 1659 ; freeman, Mass., March 26, 1661. He m. in 1661, Elizabeth, widow of Timothy Stanley, of Hartford ; prob. a 2d wife. He d. in Hadley, Oct. 4, 1664, s. p. His widow returned to Hartford to live with her son, Caleb Stanley ; d. Feb. 23, 1679, aged about seventy-six.1

JOHN BARNARD, Inaltster, came, probably in the " Francis," from Ipswich, 1634, with wife, Mary, aged thirty-eight ; was perhaps the freeman of March 4, 1635 ; removed, 1636, from Cambridge to Hartford, where he was an original proprietor ; he had twenty-four acres in the land division of 1639-1640, and his home-lot was on the south side of the highway, now Elm St. Chosen deputy, 1642-3 ; townsman, 1644, 1649, 1653, 1657. Exempted by the General Court from watching and warding, May, 1656. He was one of the " withdrawers," and removed to Hadley, 1659. He was buried there May 23, 1664, leaving a widow, Mary, but no children. The widow d. Feb. or March, 1664-5. John Barnard mentions in his will his kinsman, Francis Barnard, as executor, Morgan and Thomas Bedient, ch. of his sister, Mary, living in Old England, and the ch, of his kinsman, Henry Hayward, of Wethersfield. His widow left much of her property to her bros., Daniel and William Stacy, of Burnham, near Maldon, Co. Essex.

THOMAS BARNES, Hartford, 1639, a "proprietor by the town's courtesy," Feb., 1639-40, having six acres allotted to him. He lived on the corner of the highways now Albany Avenue and High St. He served in the Pequot War, 1637 ; granted fifty acres for his services, 1671. He removed to Farm- ington ; sergeant of the trainband there, 1651; joined Farmington church about Jan. 30, 1652-3. His wife, Mary, was the dan. of Thomas Andrus, or Andrews, of Farmington. He d. about 1689 ; will dated June 9, 1688.

ROBERT BARTLETT, Cambridge, 1632, if, as probable, he came in the "Lion," Sept. 16 of that year. He was an original proprietor of Hartford, receiving eight acres in the division of 1639-40. He lived on the west side of a highway, west of what is now Lafayette St. ; freeman, April 10, 1645 ; chimney-viewer, 1650 ; removed to Northampton about 1655 ; killed by the Indians March 14, 1675-6.

JOHN BAYSEY, weaver (autograph on will, Baisie), was an original proprietor ; his house-lot was on the south side of the road from the mill to the south meadow, now Elm St. He was chosen chimney-viewer, 1649 ; surveyor

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of highways, 1652; constable, 1656; fence-viewer, 1667; townsman, 1669 ; d. August, 1671 ; will dated Aug. 14 ; inv. Aug. 29, £383. 2. 6. His widow, Elizabeth, d. in 1673 ; inv. Dec. 13. - Ch. : i. Mary, m. Samuel Burr, of Hartford (q. v.). ii. Lydia, m. John Baker (q. v.), who lived on the highway afterw. ealled Baker's Lane, in Hartford; she d. May 16, 1700. iii. Elizabeth, bapt. in Hartford, Aug. 23, 1645 ; m. Paul Peck, Jr., of Hartford (q. v.). The name Baysey was handed down to the present century as a Christian name in the Burr and Baker families, and the Welles family of West Hartford.

THOMAS BEALE, Cambridge, 1634 ; freeman, Mass., Dec. 8, 1636. Had an allotment of lands, but did not remove to Hartford, and the lands sequestered for him had been given to John Marsh before Feb., 1639-40. He d. at Cambridge, Sept. 7, 1661 ; wife, Sarah, but prob. no ch.

NATHANIEL BEARDING (BARDON) was in Hartford in 1636, but not an original proprietor, having land only " by the courtesie of the town." His home-lot in 1640 was on the brow of the hill, now called Asylum Hill, comprising six acres. He was chosen townsman, 1658; surveyor of highways, 1666. The name of his first wife is unknown, but he m. (2) Abigail, widow of William Andrews, of Hartford (q. v.) ; d. in Sept., 1674; will dated Jan. 7, 1674 ; inv., Sept. 14, £282. His widow, Abigail, d. March 20, 1682-3. Inv. £19.10. - Ch. : by first wife - Sarah, m. Sept. 11, 1645, Sergeant Thomas Spencer, of Hart- ford, as his second wife.

MARY BETTS, widow, " the School Dame." She owned land "by the courtesie of the town," and received four acres in the division of 1639-40; her home- lot was on the highway, on the north side of the Little River, near what is now the corner of Trumbull and Wells streets. She d. in 1647. - Ch. : 1. John, Wethersfield, 1648 ; m. Abigail -; she was tried for blasphemy, in 1662 ; he was divorced from her, Oct., 1672, and went to Huntington, L. I. JOHN BIDWELL was a proprietor "by the courtesie of the town" in 1640, when his home-lot was south of Seth Grant's home-lot, and on the east side of the road from Seth Grant's to the Mill. He also owned a tan-yard on an island in Little River, receiving four acres in all. He m. Sarah, dau. of John Wil- cocks, of Hartford. Chosen chimney-viewer, 1655, 1661 ; freed from watch- ing, warding, and training, Nov. 9, 1670. He and his wife, Sarah, were original members of the Second, or South Church, Feb. 12, 1670. He d. in 1687 ; inv., June 4, £419. 10. 6. - Ch. : 1. John, Hartford ; m. Nov. 7, 1678, Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Tuttle) [Pantry] Welles, of H. ; admitted to the South Church, Feb. 21, 1685. He owned six saw and grist mills, - three at Hartford, one each at East Hartford, Wethersfield, and Mid- dletown ; d. July 3, 1692. Inv. £1081. ii. Joseph, Wethersfield, east side of the river ; m., May 18, 1675, Mary Colefax, dau. of Wm. ; adm. to the South Ch., Hfd., Feb. 1672 ; had a saw-mill in Glastonbury ; d. in 1692. iii. Sam- uel, b. 1650 ; Middletown ; m. (1) Nov. 14, 1672, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Stow, of Middletown ; (2) Sarah, dan. of Capt. Daniel Harris ; (3) Abigail -; he d. April 5, 1715. iv. Sarah, m. William House, of Hartford ; adm. to the South Church, March 31, 1678. v. Hannah, m. - Waddams. (John Waddams, of Wethersfield ?) vi. Mary, m. Lieut. John Makin (Meakins), of East Hartford. vii. Daniel, b. 1655 ; m. (1) Elizabeth -; (2) Dorothy -; lived in East Hartford, where he was first constable, 1699, and held other offices ; d. Nov. 29, 1719.

RICHARD BILLING, one of those to whom a lot was granted in 1639-40, "if the Townsmen see no just cause to the contrary ;" chimney-viewer, 1654, 1658; removed, 1661, to Hadley, where he d. March 13, 1679 ; his widow, Margery, d. Dee. 5, 1679. - Ch. : Samuel, Hatfield ; m. Sarah, dau. of Richard Fellows. THOMAS BIRCHWOOD (BIRCHARD) embarked for New England in the "True- love," London, Sept. 20, 1635, with wife Mary, aged 38, and six ch .; freeman at Roxbury, May 17, 1637. An original proprietor at Hartford, and

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his home-lot, in 1640, lay on the west side of the road from Seth Grant's to Centinel Hill (Trumbull St.). He remained but a few years in Hartford, and his home-lot was sold to Isaac Graves before 1652. Removed to Saybrook ; deputy from there, 1651; d. 1684.

PETER BLACHFORD (BLATCHFORD, BLACKFIELD) was prob. at Hartford in 1639 ; for he had served in the Pequot War, and his heirs received a grant from the General Court, Oct. 12, 1671, of fifty acres for pay as a Pequot soldier ; free- man, May, 1658; prob. removed to New London before that time ; removed to Haddam about 1669 ; deputy from Haddam 1669-70. He m. Hannah, widow of Thomas Hungerford, and dau. of Isaac Willey, of New London ; d. in Haddam, Sept. 1, 1671.

THOMAS BLACKLEY (BLATCHLEY, BLACKSLEY) embarked for New England in the " Hopewell," July 28, 1635, æ. 20 ; was granted a lot in Hartford conditionally, Jan. 7, 1639-40 ; removed to New Haven, 1643 ; was at Branford in 1645 ; signed the "fundamental agreement " of the settlers of Newark, in Oct., 1666, but remained in Connecticut ; in his latter days he was at Guilford, and d. in Boston, prob. on a trading visit, about 1674. His widow, Susanna, after- wards m. Richard Bristow, of Guilford.

THOMAS BLISS, Sr., was born (according to the Bliss Genealogy) in Okehampton, in the village of Belstone, Co. Devon, son of Thomas Bliss, of Belstone. He settled first at the " Mount," afterward Braintree, now Quincy ; rem. to Hart- ford, where he was one of the proprietors "by courtesie of the town" in 1639-40 ; his house-lot was on a highway west of the present Lafayette Street, and he possessed fifty-eight acres. He d. in 1650 ; inv. Feb. 14, 1650, £86. 12. 8. His widow, Margaret, removed to Springfield after a time with the larger part of her family ; d. there Aug. 28, 1684.

THOMAS BLISS, Jr., came with his father to Hartford, and was allotted a piece of land south of and adjoining his father's lot. He removed to Saybrook, where he m., Oct., 1644, Elizabeth -; from thence he removed to Norwich, about 1660 ; freeman at Norwich, 1663 ; d. there April 15, 1688.

WILLIAM BLUMFIELD prob. came in the " Elizabeth " from Ipswich, in Suffolk, in 1634, aged 30, with wife, Sarah, aged 25, and dau. Sarah, aged 1; free- man, Mass., Sept. 2, 1635. He fought in the Pequot War, 1637. An origi- nal proprietor at H., and his house-lot in 1639-40 was on a portion of what is now Bushnell Park; in 1641 he was given "the ground whereon the pound standeth, and to be made up of ground about it fower acres " over and above his share in the division. (In the map of 1640 the pound is on Cen- tinel Hill.) He was freed from training, March 11, 1657-8. He removed prob. ab. 1650 to New London, and in 1663 to Newtown, L. I.

JAMES BRIDGEMAN, a landholder in Hartford in 1640, but not an original propri- etor ; removed to Springfield in 1645, and to Northampton in 1654. His wife, Martha, d. Aug. 31, 1668 ; he d. March, 1676.

JOHN BRONSON (BROWNSON, BRUNSON), Hartford, 1639, a proprietor " by cour- tesie of the town ;" his house-lot was on the road to the Neck, now Windsor St. He served in the Pequot War. He removed to Tunxis about 1641; deputy from Farmington, May, 1651; one of the original members of the Farmington church, Oct. 13, 1652 ; d. 1680; inv. Nov. 28, £312. 1. 6.

RICHARD BRONSON, supposed to have been at Hartford, with his brother, John, removed to Farmington, 1653; joined the church there, 1654; d. 1687. Inv., Sept., 1687, £405. 8. His first wife was a sister of the wife of William Pantry, of Hartford, who mentions in her will, Sept 12, 1651, " two children of Richard Brunson, that he had by my sister, John and Abigail ;" his wife when he died was Elizabeth, widow of George Orvis, of Farmington, and before him, of David Carpenter. She d. in 1694.

CAPT. THOMAS BULL, born ab. 1605, according to his testimony, April, 1681, that he was then aged ab. 75 ; he was first at Boston or Cambridge ; accompanied

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Hooker to Hartford in 1636 ; served in the Pequot War, 1637. He became familiar with the Indian habits and language, and was therefore peculiarly use- ful to the early settlers. He was an original proprietor, and in 1640 his home- lot was on the south side of the road from George Steele's to the South Meadow, his lot being bounded N. by that road, E. by Richard Lyman's land, S. by Stephen Post, W. by Philip Davis, or Ward's lot. He was master of a vessel at Curaçoa, 1647-8; juror, Hfd., 1648-9 ; Winthrop calls him "a godly and discreet man." He received, with others, grants of land from the General Court, at Nihantecutt, in 1650, and in March, 1651-2, the Court granted to him, and the rest of the five soldiers of Capt. Mason, 200 acres of upland, which lay northward, and adjoining to the remainder of the land before laid out to them. He was appointed Lieut. of a company raised in 1653, by order of the Commissioners of the United Colonies, to fight the Dutch. In May, 1662, he was appointed one of the Grand Jurors of the colony ; chosen List and Rate Maker, 1668; Townsman, 1663. He was in command of the fort at Saybrook, when Sir Edmund Andros attempted to gain the place for his master, the Duke of York, in 1675. The bravery and wisdom which he displayed in his resistance to Andros greatly endeared Capt. Bull to the people of the colony as a gallant and intrepid officer. He and his wife, Susanna, were original members of the South Church, Feb. 12, 1670. His wife d. 1680, aged 70. He d. 1684 ; will dated April 19; inv. Oct. 24, £1,248. 11. -Ch. : i. Thomas, b. 1646, m. (1) Aug. 29, 1669, Esther, dau. of John Cowles, of Farmington ; (2) Jan. 13, 1692, Mary, or Hannah, Lewis; deacon Farmington ch .; d. 1708. ii. Jonathan, bapt. March 25, 1649; in. March 19, 1684-5, Sarah, dau. of Rev. John Whiting, of Hfd. ; was a brave soldier in the French and Indian wars. Was also engaged in trade, owning a num- ber of vessels. Capt. of the troop of Hartford County. He and his wife were admitted to the South Ch., Feb. 3, 1694-5. He d. Aug. 17, 1702. Major Jonathan had a son, Dr. Jonathan, one of the first highly educated physicians in Hartford, and his son, Judge Jonathan, was a distinguished lawyer, and held many responsible offices ; d. 1783. iii. David, bapt. Feb. 9, 1650-1 ; settled at Saybrook; m. Dec. 27, 1677, Hannah, dau. of Robert Chapman, of Saybrook. iv. Joseph, Hartford, m. (1) April 11, 1671, Sarah Manning, of Cambridge ; (2) Hannah, dau. of Michael Humphreys, of Wind- sor ; d. March 22, 1711-12. His widow m. (2) Joseph Collier. His grand- son, Caleb Bull, was the father of nine sons, who lived to mature age, and were all prominent citizens of Hartford. These sons were - Caleb, Samuel, William (" Beau Bill "), James, a prominent merchant here; Frederick, who also kept a tavern here; Hezekiah, removed to Ohio; George, a merchant ; Michael a merchant, father of John W. Bull; Thomas. v. Ruth, m. Oct. 15, 1669, Andrew Bordman, of Cambridge. vi. Susanna, m. Thomas Bunce, Jr., of Hartford. vii. Abigail, m. - Buck. David Bull, grandson of Deacon Thomas, of Farmington, was the landlord of the famous tavern "the Bunch of Grapes."

THOMAS BUNCE, Hartford, 1639, a proprietor " by courtesie of the town." His home-lot in 1639-40 was near the site of the present Capitol. He served in the Pequot War, and was granted 60 acres for good service, in 1671, and 50 more in 1672. He was chosen chimney-viewer, 1646; constable, 1648 ; juror, 1649; townsman, 1653, 1661, 1665; rate and list maker, 1669; chimney-viewer, 1670; list-maker, 1671, 1672, 1673 ; freed from training, etc., Sept. 1672, being then 60 years of age. He and his wife Sarah were original members of the South Church, Feb. 12, 1670. He d. be- fore Aug. 1683; appoints "beloved brethren, Ensign Nathaniel Standly and Steven Hosmore" overseers. Inv. July and Aug., 1683, £1,024. He names in his will wife Sarah, "cousin Elizabeth White," and "sister Katherine Clark." His widow d. Jan. 1693-4. - Ch. : 1. John, Hartford ;

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received from his father the house, barn, and home-lot, wh. he purchased of Thomas Gridley, besides other property ; he was admitted to the South Church in 1686, with his wife, Mary ; townsman, 1701, 1711, 1715 ; d. before 1734. ii. Elizabeth, m. Jacob White, of Hatfield. iii. Thomas, m. Susannah, dau. of Capt. Thomas Bull ; admitted to the South Church, with his wife, 1677; townsman, 1679, 1680, 1684, 1689, 1693, 1698, 1703 ; he owned a large es- tate in land in Hartford, on Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, etc. Will dated April 25, 1709 ; proved April 25, 1712. iv. Sarah, m. (1) John White, Jr., of Hat- field ; (2) ab. 1668, Nicholas Worthington, of Hatfield ; d. June 20, 1676. v. Mary, b. Sept. 17, 1645 ; m. (1) Thomas Meakins, of Hatfield, who was killed by the Indians, Oct. 19, 1675 ; (2) John Downing, of Hatfield. The late Deacon Russell Bunce and his sons, John L. Bunce, President of the Phoenix Bank, and James M. Bunce, were descended from John Bunce, son of Thomas.

BENJAMIN BURR was one of the proprietors " by courtesie of the town," receiving six acres in the distribution of 1639-40 ; his home-lot was on the east side of the road to the Cow Pasture, afterward called Burr St., now North Main St. He served in the Pequot War; freeman, May, 1658; chimney- viewer, 1670 ; d. March 31, 1681. Inv. £232. 12. 10. In his will, dated 1677, he names wife Anne, who d. Aug. 31, 1683. - Ch. : i. Samuel, free- man, May, 1658 ; m. Mary, dau. of John Baysey, chimney-viewer, 1665 ; d. in Hfd., Sept. 29, 1682. Inv. £521. 13. ii. Thomas, born Jan. 26, 1645-6, in Hartford ; m. Sarah, living in 1731. [See Speck.] iii. Mary, m. (1) Christopher Crow, Jan. 15, 1657; (2) Josiah Clarke, of Windsor, before 1682. iv. Hannah, m. Sept. 1681, Andrew Hillyer, of Simsbury, d. Sept., 1684. The Burrs have been prominent in Hartford ; Messrs. A. E. Burr and F. L. Burr, editors of the Hartford "Times," are descendants of Thomas Burr, above.

DEACON RICHARD BUTLER, Cambridge, 1632; freeman, Mass., May 14, 1634; removed to Hartford, an original proprietor, in 1639-40, when 16 acres were allotted to him. His house-lot was on the corner where the road from George Steele's to the South Meadow intersected the road from the Mill to the Country. He was a juror, 1643-4-7-8; townsman, 1649, 1654, 1658; one of the committee for the mill, 1661 ; grand juror, 1660, 1662 ; deputy, 1656-1660 ; one of the deacons of the 1st Church; d. Aug. 6, 1684; inv. £564. 15. His Ist wife's name is unknown, but his 2d was Elizabeth. Hinman says that he m. Elizabeth Bigelow before he came to Hartford. Mrs. Elizabeth Butler d. Sept. 11, 1691. - Ch. : i. Sergeant Thomas, freeman, Feb. 26, 1656-7 ; chimney-viewer, 1667, 1668; townsman, 1682, 1683; m. Sarah, dau. of Rev. Samuel Stone ; d. Aug. 29, 1688, leaving 4 sons and 8 daurs. ii. Deacon Samuel ; freeman, Oct. 12, 1665 ; m. Elizabeth Olmsted (?) ; settled in Wethersfield ; d. Dec. 31, 1692. iii. Nathaniel, b. prob. ab. 1641 ; freeman, May, 1668; d. in Wethersfield, Feb. 9, 1697, aged 56. iv. Joseph, b. ab. 1647 ; freeman, May, 1668 ; m. 1667, Mary, dau. of William Goodrich, of Wethers- field ; d. in Wethersfield, Dec. 10, 1732, in the 85th year of his age. v. Ser- geant Daniel ; received his father's home-lot in Hartford ; m. Mabel, dau. of Nicholas Olmsted, of Hartford ; townsman, 1685 ; d. March 28, 1692. Inv. £391. 1. vi. Mary, m. Sept. 29, 1659, Samuel Wright, of Wethersfield. vii. Elizabeth, m. Deacon Joseph Olmsted, of Hartford. viii. Hannah, m. Greene.

WILLIAM BUTLER, Cambridge, 1634; freeman, Mass., May 6, 1635; was an original proprietor at Hartford, and received 28 acres in the distribution of 1639-40 ; his house-lot was on the road from the Little River to the North Meadow (now Front St.), bounded W. by John Talcott's land. He m. Eunice, sister of Tristram Coffin, of Nantucket ; d. 1648, without wife or ch., leaving by his will, dated May 11, the greater portion of his estate to his

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brother, Deacon Richard Butler. He mentions children of his sister West, and his sister Winter, "living in Old England," and gives "three-skore pounds" to the Church of Hartford. Inv. £429. 3

CLEMENT CHAPLIN (CHAPLAIN), b. ab. 1587 ; son of William Chaplin, of Semer, Co. Essex ; was a chandler in Bury St. Edmunds, Co. Suffolk ; embarked in the " Elizabeth & Ann," from London, April, 1635, aged 48 ; freeman, Mass., March 3, 1635-6 ; deputy, May, 1636. An original proprietor at Hartford, and his home-lot, in 1639-40, was on the east side of the main street, south of the Meeting-House Yard, now Central Row. He did not settle here, and his allotment of land was declared forfeited, Jan. 10, 1639-40, and Mr. Hop- kins, Mr. Wells, Mr. Talcott, and Wm. Spencer were desired to deal with Mr. Chaplin about his lands. He had been treasurer of the colony in 1638, set- tled in Wethersfield ; deputy from there, 1643-4. His wife was Sarah Hinds, dau. of a goldsmith in Bury St. Edmunds. He returned to Eng- land after 1646, and his will is in the Registry of Probate, London. There, he is called of Thetford, Co. Norfolk, clerk ; gives to his wife, Sarah, " Houses and lands lying and being in Harford and Wethersfield, in New England ;" mentions his brother, "Mr. William Chaplaine, of Bury St. Edmunds , and " his kinsman, Mr. William Clarke, of Rocksbury, in New England ;" proved 1656. His widow sold land in Hartford to Mr. Henry Wolcott.

MRS. DOROTHY CHESTER, widow of John Chester of Blaby, Co. Leicester, Esq., was an original proprietor at Hartford in 1639; her home-lot was on the west side of Main St. near Cen- tinel Hill. She d. 1662 ; inv. taken May 27, 1662, £33.11. 8. Edward Stebbing appointed to administer the estate (personal), and to pay the debts, the remain- der to be at his dispose. She was a dau. of Thomas Hooker, of Marfield, Co. Leicester, and a sister of Rev. Thomas Hooker. - Ch. : i. Leonard, b. July 15, 1610, at Blaby ; one of the first settlers of Wethers- field ; he m. Mary Wade, widow, dau. of. Mr. Nicholas Sharpe ; d. Dec. 11, 1648, lost on Mount Lamentation. THE CHESTER ARMS. ii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1624-5.

RICHARD CHURCH, Hartford, 1637, was an original proprietor, and received, in 1639-40, a home-lot on the east side of the road to the Cow Pasture (North Main St.) ; freed from watching and warding, etc. March, 1655 ; chosen chimney-viewer, 1648; surveyor of highways, 1655. Removed to Hadley with "the withdrawers," in 1659 ; d. there, Dec. 16, 1667. His widow, Anne, d. March 10, 1684, aged 83. - Ch : i. Edward, b. 1628, Hatfield. ii. John, Hartford; b. ab. 1636 ; freeman, 1658; in. Oct. 27, 1657, Sarah, dau. of Richard Beckley, of New Haven ; died 1691; inv. Nov. 9. He was the progenitor of those of the name in Hartford. iii. Samuel, Hadley.

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The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Vol. I, Part 30

Author: Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897 Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Boston, E. L. Osgood Number of Pages: 870

Author: Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Boston, E. L. Osgood
Number of Pages: 870