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JOHN CLARKE, prob. came in the "Elizabeth," from Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, April, 1634 ; he was a soldier in the Pequot War, and was one of the owners of that tract of land in Hartford known as the "Soldier's Field." An original proprietor ; his home-lot in 1639-40 was on the west side of the highway from Seth Grant's to Centinel Hill (now Trumbull St.), near the present Allyn St. "He probably removed from Hartford previously to 1655, for his name does not appear in the list of tax-payers in the 'mill-rates,' for the years 1655, 1656, or 1657, which are preserved. His name is, however, found in the lists of 'the proprietors of undivided lands in Hartford, with such of their proportions in one division as followeth, according to which pro- portions they paid for the purchase of said lands in the years 1665, 1666, 1671, and 1672.' These divisions of the 'undivided lands' were, however, made to non-residents, and even to the heirs of deceased proprietors."1 John
1 Gay's Clark Genealogy, pp. 8, 10.
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Clark was juror at Hartford, Sept., 1641 and Oct., 1642; deputy, May, 1649. Dr. Trumbull thinks that this John Clark is the one who was at Saybrook later ; but there is an inextricable confusion between the three John Clarks, at Hartford, Saybrook, and Farmington. John Clark was directed by the General Court " to carry on the building of the fort" with Capt. Mason. The will of John Clark, of Saybrook, is recorded at New Haven, and is dated Feb. 17, 1672, at the beginning, and Jan. 19, 1673, at the end. Inv. Feb. 28, 1673.
NICHOLAS CLARKE, Cambridge, 1632, arrived at Boston in the "Lion," Sept. 16, 1632 ; was one of the earliest settlers of Hartford. Lt. Col. John Talcott states in his memorandum-book that his father's house was the first built in Hartford, "and was done by Nicholas Clark, the first winter any Englishmen rought or built in Hartford, which was the year 1635." An original pro- prietor, his home-lot in 1639 was bounded on the N. E. by the road to the Soldier's Field, and on the S. W. by the road to the Neck. He served in the Pequot War; d. July 2, 1680. - Ch. : i. Thomas, Hartford; freeman, 1658; d. 1695. Inv. £456. 15. 9. ii. A dau., m. Alexander Douglass, of Hartford ; iii. A dau., m. Leister, of New London.
WILLIAM CLARKE, Hartford, 1639, servant of John Crow; the town granted to him half of John Pearce's allotment in 1642. He removed to Haddam, where he d. July 22, 1681.
JAMES COLE, a cooper, an original proprietor, Hartford, 1639, when his house-lot was on the east side of Main Street, near the South Green, running back to the street afterwards called Cole St .; he had another house-lot in 1639, on the east side of Meeting-House Yard. He m. in England, Ann Edwards, widow, the mother of William Edwards; and he came to New England with his wife, her son William, and his dau., Abigail, by a former wife. He d. in 1652; inv. £116. 3. 4. Widow Ann Cole, d. Feb. 20, 1679-80. - Ch. : i. Abigail, m. Daniel Sullavane, or Sillivane, of New Haven, before 1652. Sullivane m. Elizabeth, dau. of George Lamberton, of New Haven, 1654.
SERGT. WILLIAM CORNWELL, Roxbury, 1634 ; Hartford, 1639, one of the proprie- tors to whom land was granted " by the courtesie of the town." He removed to Middletown about 1650; deputy from there, 1654, 1664, 1665; d. Feb. 21, 1677-8, leaving wife, Mary.
JOHN CROW was born in 1606; came to New England in 1634. He became possessed, by vote of the town, of the original right of Bartholomew Greene, forfeited by death. He m. Elizabeth, only child of Elder William Goodwin. Chosen surveyor of highways, 1656. He was one of the first settlers on the east side of the river, and the largest landholder in Hartford. "He owned a tract of land [in East Hartford] extending from near the present Hockanum bridge, north to the neighborhood of ' Smith's Lane,' and running eastward to the end of the three-mile lots. (Bolton.) Crow Hill in the river swamp still retains his name."1 He went with his father-in-law to Hadley in 1659; freeman, Mass., 1666 ; he returned to Hartford about 1675, and he and his wife were admitted to the South Church, March 31, 1678 ; d. Jan. 16, 1686. -Ch. : i. Esther, b. 1628 ; m. 1655, Giles Hamlin, Esq., of Middletown ; d. Aug. 25, 1700, aged 72. ii. John, lived in Fairfield; was a merchant in the West India trade; d. at sea, 1667, s. p. iii. Mary, m. (1) Dec. 27, 1666, Noah Coleman, of Hatfield ; (2) Sept. 16, 1680, Peter Montague, of Hadley ; she d. Oct. 12, 1720. iv. Nathaniel, lived in East Hartford ; m. Deborah -; d. July 30, 1695 ; his widow m. Andrew Warner, of Hartford, after- ward of Windham. v. Elizabeth, b. 1644; m. (1) William Warren, of Hartford ; (2) Phineas Wilson, of Hartford, a wealthy merchant from Dub- lin ; he d. May 22, 1692, and after his death she continued his business, and
1 Goodwin's East Hartford, p. 49.
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became the most extensive banker in the Colony. She was accustomed to loan money on mortgage not only to citizens of Hartford, but in the adjacent towns, and she managed her affairs with wisdom and judgment. She d. July 9 or 19, 1727, aged 86 (?), leaving a large property and many legacies. vi. Sarah, b. March 1, 1646-7, in Hartford ; m. Nov. 1, 1661, Daniel White, of Hatfield; d. June 29, 1719, aged 72. vii. Anna, or Hannah, b. July 13, 1649 ; m. March 7, 1667-8, Thomas Dickinson ; he was one of the first settlers of Hadley, but removed to Wethersfield in 1679 ; d. there, 1716. viii. Mehita- bel, b. ab. 1652 ; m. Sept. 24, 1668, Colonel Samuel Partridge, of Hadley and Hatfield ; d. Dec. 8, 1730, aged 78. ix. Ruth, m. (1) Dec. 21, 1671, William Gaylord, of Hadley ; (2) ab. 1681, John Haley, of Hadley. x. Samuel, m. May 17, 1671, Hannah, dau. of Capt. William Lewis, of Farming- ton ; slain at Fall's fight, May 18, 1676. xi. Daniel, b. ab. 1656; lived in Hartford ; d. Aug. 12, 1693, aged 37, s. p.
CAPTAIN JOHN CULLICK came from Felstead, Co. Essex. He was an original proprietor, Hartford, 1639, and received from the town the land assigned to Jonathan Ince ; his home-lot in 1639 was on what is now the East Park, lying between the river and Elm St. He also was granted a lot in the Soldier's Field, for services in the Pequot War. Chosen townsman, 1644; deputy, 1644, 1646, 1647 ; Magistrate and Secretary of the Colony, 1648, which offices he filled until 1658. His first wife d. in 1647, and he m. (2) May 20, 1648, Elizabeth Fenwick, sister of Sir George Fenwick. He served as Commissioner of the United Colonies for Connecticut, 1652-1654. Re- moved to Boston, and was received into the church there, Nov. 27, 1659, with his wife and elder children, Mary and John; d. in Boston, Jan. 23, 1662-3. His widow m. (2) Richard Ely, of Boston, afterward of Saybrook ; d. Nov. 12, 1683.
PHILIP DAVIS, tailor, held land here in 1639-40, on the south side of the road from George Steele's to the South Meadow. Chosen chimney-viewer, 1653 ; freeman, 1656; constable, 1660 ; townsman, 1667, 1671, 1675, 1680, 1684 ; fence-viewer, 1668, 1669, 1673. He m. Esther, dau. of Thomas Coleman, of Wethersfield ; d. in 1689 ; inv. Oct. 22, £375. 13. 2. - Ch. : i. Lydia, m. Nov., 1676, Nathaniel Cole, of Hartford ; d. Jan. 25, 1683-4. ii. Hannah, m. John Grave, of Hartford, 1690, as his second wife.
FULKE DAVY sold his house and lot to Nathaniel Ward before Jan., 1639-40, and probably removed from Hartford ; he witnessed a grant from Jas. Fassett to Lion Gardner, of Isle of Wight, March 10, 1639-40; signed the petition from Jamaica, Middleborough, and Hempsted, L. I., to be taken under Conn. government.
ROBERT DAY came in the "Elizabeth," from Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, to Boston, in April, 1634, aged 30, with wife, Mary, aged 28 ; freeman, Mass., May 6, 1635. An original proprietor at Hartford ; his home-lot in 1639 was on the road from Centinel Hill to the North Meadow, near the junction of the streets now Main and Village streets. He was chosen viewer of chimneys and ladders, 1643. His first wife is supposed to have died before his removal to Hartford, and he m. (2) Editha, sister of Deacon Edward Stebbins. He d. in 1648 ; will dated May 20; inv. Oct. 14, £142. 13. 6. His widow, Editha, m. (2) John Maynard, of Hartford; (3) 1658, Elizur Holyoke, of Springfield. - Ch. : 1. Thomas, removed to Springfield, 1658; m. Oct. 27, 1659, Sarah, dau. of Lieut. Thomas Cooper ; freeman, 1668 ; d. Dec. 27, 1711. ii. John, Hartford ; received the property of his stepfather, John Maynard, by his will ; m.1 Sarah, dau. of Thomas Butler, of Hartford ; in the distribution of Thomas Butler's estate, 1697, John Day's wife was one of the heirs ; freeman, May, 1680 ; d. in Hartford ab. 1730. iii. Sarah ; m. (1) Nov. 17, 1658, Nathaniel
1 Savage says he m. Sarah Maynard, but he is probably mistaken .- See Hinman, p. 456.
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Gunn, of Hartford; (2) Nov. 24, 1664, Samuel Kellogg, of Hatfield, and was killed with her son, Joseph, by the Indians, Sept. 19, 1677. iv. Mary, b. ab, 1641 ; m. (1.) Oct. 28, 1659, Samuel Ely, of Springfield ; (2) April 12, 1694. Thomas Stebbins, of Springfield ; (3) Dec. 11, 1696, Deacon John Coleman, of Hatfield ; d. Oct. 17, 1725, aged 84. The Hon. Thomas Day, Secretary of State, and president of the Conn. Historical Society, was a descendant of Thomas, of Springfield, as also was the late Hon. Calvin Day.
NICHOLAS DESBOROUGH (DISBRO, DESBROUGH, DISBOROW, DESBROW), Hartford, 1639, a proprietor " by courtesie of the town "; his home-lot was on the east side of road to the Cow Pasture (North Main St.), not far from the pres- ent tunnel. He served in the Pequot War ; received a grant of fifty acres for his services, May 11, 1671. He m. 1640, Mary Brunson, prob. sister of John. Chosen chimney-viewer, 1647, 1655, 1663, 1669 ; surveyor of high- ways, 1665 ; freed from training, etc., March 6, 1672-3, when sixty years old. He m. (2), after 1669, Elizabeth, widow of Thwaite Strickland.1 Cotton Mather (Magnalia, vi. 69) tells a marvellous story of molestations in Des- borough's house by invisible hands, in 1683. He d. in 1683 ; inv. Aug. 31, £81. 15 .- Ch. : i. Mary, m. Obadiah Spencer, of Hartford. ii. Sarah, m. Samuel Eggleston, of Middletown ; d. 1683, aged 71. iii. Phebe, bapt. Dec. 20, 1646 ; m. John Kelsey, of Hartford, who removed to Killingworth. iv. Abigail, b. Feb. 1, 1648-9 ; m. (1) Robert Flood, of Wethersfield ; (2) Matthew Barry.
DEACON JOSEPH EASTON, born ab. 1602, Cambridge ; freeman, March 4, 1635 ; an original proprietor at Hartford ; his home-lot, in 1639, was on the south side of the highway, now Elm St., near the west end. Chosen chimney- viewer, 1649; surveyor of highways, 1652, 1656, 1666; constable, 1658. He m. Hannah, dau. of James Ensign, of Hartford. He bought land on the east side of the river, of Richard Goodman, and was one of the committee on fencing the meadow in 1683; d. Aug. 19, 1688, aged 86. - Ch. : i. Joseph, settled in East Hartford ; lived in the North Meadow ab. 1700; chimney- viewer, 1669 ; townsman, 1704; deacon ; d. Dec. 30, 1711. ii. John, Hart- ford ; admitted to the South Church, Aug. 28, 1670 ; surveyor of highways, 1671; townsman, 1693; m. Elizabeth - -, who d. June 10, 1710. He d. Nov. 2, 1716. iii. Mary, m. John Skinner, of Hartford ; d. June 18, 1695. iv. Sarah, m. Robert Shirley, of Hartford. Colonel James Easton, of Hartford, afterward of Pittsfield, who was associated with Colonel Ethan Allen in the taking of Ticonderoga, was a great-grandson of Joseph Easton, of East Hartford. WILLIAM EDWARDS, Hartford, 1639, came with his mother and stepfather, Mr.
James Cole ; m. ab. 1645, Agnes, widow of William Spencer, of Hartford ; free- man, May, 1658 ; chimney-viewer, 1668 ; d. before 1672. - Ch. : 1. Richard, b. May, 1647 ; m. Nov. 19, 1667, Elizabeth, dau. of William Tuttle, of New Haven ; divorced from her in 1691 ; m. (2) ab. 1692, Mary, dau. of Lt .- Col. John Talcott, of Hartford. He was an attorney at law, and a very prominent man in his day. He d. April 20, 1718. His widow, Mary, d. April 19, 1723. His eldest son, the Rev. Timothy Edwards, of East Windsor, was the father of the great theologian, Jonathan Edwards, and through him Richard Edwards was the ancestor of many distinguished men, scholars, divines, and statesmen. EDWARD ELMER, Cambridge, came in the " Lion," arriving Sept. 16, 1632, with
Talcott, Goodwin, Olmsted, and others ; one of the original proprietors of Hartford ; his home-lot, in 1639, was on the east side of Main Street, next north of John Talcott. Chosen chimney-viewer, 1651 ; removed to North- ampton about 1656 ; went from there to Windsor, on the east side of the
1 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Shepard of Cambridge, prob. m. (1) Thwaite Strickland, of Hfd. ; (2) Nicholas Disboro, Gregory Wilterton gave her land in Hfd. by deed, with reversion to her dau. by her first husband, Thwaite Strickland, and her sons, John, Joseph, Jonathan, and Ephraim Strickland. The dau. m. John Andrews. - Gen. Reg. xxxix. 192; xxxiii. 356.
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river ; freed from watching and warding, March 5, 1667-8; killed by the In- dians in King Philip's war, in 1676, leaving a widow,1 Mary, who m. Thomas Catlin, of Hartford, as 2d wife. Inv. £471. 15. 3. - Ch. : i. John, b. ab. 1646 ; m. ab. 1669, Rosamond Ginivare, of Hartford, Mr. Eliezer Way's maid ; d. in Windsor, Dec. 21, 1711. ii. Samuel, bapt. Hartford, March 21, 1646-7; settled in East Windsor ; m. and had descendants. iii. Elizabeth, bapt. Hartford, July 15, 1649 ; died before her father. iv. Edward, b. 1654; m. Rebecca - before March, 1685-6, of Windsor ; of Northampton in 1729. v. Joseph, b. 1656, Northampton ; d. July, 1657. vi. 6. Mary, b. Northampton, 1658; m. Joseph Garrett, or Garrard, of Hartford, 1696, afterward of Glastonbury, 1729. vii. Sarah, b. 1664, in East Windsor ; m. Thomas Long, of Hfd. (q. v.).
NATHANIEL ELY, Cambridge, 1632 ; freeman, Mass., May 6, 1635 ; an original proprietor at Hartford ; his house-lot was next north of Edward Elmer, where Music Hall now stands ; constable, 1640 ; townsman, 1644, 1650 ; one of the signers of the agreement for planting Norwalk, June 19, 1650, and probably removed there soon after ; he sold land to John Talcott, Sept., 1650, and to Richard Butler, 1652. He was deputy from Norwalk, 1657 ; removed to Springfield in 1660, where he d. Dec. 25, 1675. His widow, Martha, d. Oct. 23, 1688.
JAMES ENSIGN (ENSING), Cambridge, 1634; freeman, Mass., March 4, 1635 ; an original proprietor at Hartford, 1639 ; his home-lot was on the south side of the highway now Elm St. ; chosen constable, 1649, 1662 ; chimney-viewer, 1655 ; townsman, 1656. He and his wife, Sarah, were original members of the South Church, Feb. 12, 1670. He d. 1670 ; will dated Nov. 23; inv. Dec. 23, £729. 2. 9. His widow, Sarah, d. in 1676; inv. taken May 29, 1676. - Ch. : i. Sarah, m. May 6, 1651, John Rockwell, of Windsor ; d. June 23, 1659. ii. David, b. ab. 1644, Hartford ; m. Oct. 22, 1663, Mehitabel, dau. of Thomas Gunn, of Windsor ; she obtained a divorce from him, October, 1682 ; chimney-viewer, 1666; surveyor of highways, 1669. iii. Mary, m. ab. 1662, Samuel Smith, of Northampton, afterward of Hadley. iv. Hannah, m. Joseph Easton (q. v.). v. Lydia, bapt. Aug. 19, 1649.
ZACHARY FIELD was an original proprietor, Hartford, 1639. His home-lot was on the east side of the road to the Cow Pasture ; chosen chimney-viewer, 1650; constable, 1652 ; removed to Northampton about 1659, thence to Hatfield, 1663 ; d. June 28, 1666. His wife's name was Mary.
THOMAS FISHER, freeman, Mass., March 4, 1634-5 ; owned a house in Newtown, Feb. 8, 1635-6 ; bought Win. Kelsey's lot there, April 19, 1636. The home- lot reserved for him in Hartford was settled on Thomas Spencer. Porter says John Holloway had it.
JOHN FRIEND, Salem, 1637, was at the River's mouth (Saybrook), with John Winthrop ; he owned a lot in Hartford, on the east side of the river, eight acres, which he sold to William Gibbons before Jan. 7, 1639-40, and he sold part of his house-lot to George Wyllys before that time. Savage says that he was an inhabitant of Boston in 1640. In 1651, May 14, he was plaintiff in an action for debt at Hartford, Thomas Bull being his attorney ; d. 1656.
SAMUEL GARDINER (GARDNER) was one of several persons to whom lots were granted in 1640, "if the Townsmen see noe just cause to the contrary, and they will accept of them vppon such tearmes as the Townsmen shall see cause to propose." He is said to have been at Wethersfield ; removed, 1663, to Hadley. His wife's name was Elizabeth. He d. June 21, 1676.
DANIEL GARRET (GARRARD, GARWOOD) was a proprietor "by courtesie of the town ;" his home-lot, in 1639, was on the east side of the road to the Cow Pasture, near the north end ; freeman, April 9, 1640; appointed master of
1 See County Court Records, iv. 25, 39; Colonial Records, vol. iii. Book D. ; Windsor Land Records, i. 242.
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the prison, July 11, 1654 ; chimney-viewer, 1656. Hinman says he was the first that kept the new jail, and he continued the prison-keeper for many years ; living in 1687, aged 75. - Ch. : i. Daniel, bapt. in Hartford, Jan. 24, 1646-7. ii. Joseph ; m. Mary, dau. of Edward Elmer, ab. 1678 ; living in Hartford in 1696, afterward in Windsor and Wethersfield, and in Glas- tonbury in 1729.
JOHN GENNINGS (GINNINGS) was a proprietor "by courtesie of the town," and his home-lot, in 1639, was on the brow of the hill now Asylum Hill, abut- ting on the highway on the west, on the west field on the east, on Richard Lord's land on the north, and on Nathaniel Bearding's land on the south. He probably d. not long after 1640.1 - Ch. : i. Nicholas, came in the "Francis," from Ipswich, 1634, aged 22; he also was a proprietor at Hartford, "by courtesie of the town," in 1639, and his home-lot was on the east side of the road to the Cow Pasture ; the town voted, Jan. 13, 1639-40, " that Nicho- las Genings shall be sent vnto to come vnto the Towne in a certeine tyme lymited and to take up his habitaçon heer, or else his lotts to returne vnto the Townes handes, paying him for the worth of the labour done vppon it." Oct. 28, 1640, his house-lot "and yt in the Pyne field " were given to Thomas Porter; but he was here shortly after, and owned a house-lot, which he bought of William Adams, of Farmington, "abutting on the highway leading from Thomas Stanton's to the Pound hill," on the east. He in. Mary Bedford. He appears to have left Hartford sometime between 1650 and 1660. Mat- thew Beckwith bought three parcels of land of him in 1650, apparently all he owned. Oct. 16, 1673, administration was granted to John Ginnings on the estate of his father, Nicholas Ginings, "sometime of Saybrook." ii. Joshua (prob. a son of John) bought land of Thomas Allcock (Olcott), being the western portion of Olcott's home-lot; and he owned also another parcel of land with tenement, part of which he received from the town, and part of which he bought of Olcott, "abutting on the meeting-house lott on the east, on a highway on the south, and on Thomas Olcott's land on the west and north." He m. Dec. 23, 1647, Mary Williams ; removed to Fairfield ab. 1656 ; d. there, 1676.
WILLIAM GIBBONS was Mr. Wyllys's steward, and came to Hartford in 1636, with twenty men, to build a house and prepare a garden for his employer. He was an original proprietor of Hartford, and in the distribution of 1639 received a home-lot on the east side of the highway now Governor St., south of Char- ter Oak St. Chosen juror, 1643 ; townsman, 1643, 1652; constable, 1647 ; surveyor of highways, 1648. He d. in 1655 ; will dated Feb. 28, 1654-5 ; inv. Dec. 2, 1655, £1499. 14. 5. He mentions his wife, Ursula ; daus. Mary and Sarah; brothers, Richard, Jonathan or John, and Thomas G. in England ; sister Hidgcoke, brother Hidgcoke, and their son, John ; gave land at Pennywise "towards ye maintenance of a Lattin schoole at Hartford "; 40 p. to the Artillery in Hartford. - Ch. : i. William, b. ab. 1639 (aged ab. 54, March, 1693) ; not named in his father's will. ii. Mary. iii. Sarah, b. Aug. 17, 1645 ; m. (1) Hon. James Richards, of Hartford (q. v.) ; (2) as his second or third wife, Humphrey Davie, Esq., of Boston, son of Sir John Davie, Bart., of Creedy, Co. Devon ; (3) May 30, 1706, Col. Jonathan Tyng, of Dunstable, Mass. ; d. Feb. 8, 1714. One of her daughters, Jerusha Richards, was the wife of Gov. Gurdon Saltonstall; and another, Elizabeth Richards, m. John Davie, Harvard Coll., 1681 ; he settled in Pequonnock, now Groton, in 1693; in 1707 he received the news of his accession to the Baronetcy, and went to England to take possession of his inheritance, Creedy, near Exeter, Co. Devon. Elizabeth, Lady Davie, d. at Creedy, 1713; Sir John d. 1727.
1 Savage says that John Jennings removed from Hartford to Southampton, in 1641, where he was in 1664.
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DEACON RICHARD GOODMAN, Cambridge, 1632, perhaps the freeman of May 14, 1634 ; an original proprietor at Hartford, 1639, when his home-lot was on Main St., directly north of the Meeting-House Yard; chosen townsinan, 1642, 1647, 1652; surveyor of common lands and fences, 1648; fence-viewer, 1650; juror, 1643, 1645; sergeant of the trainband, 1650; constable, 1656. He m. Dec. 8, 1659, Mary, dau. of Stephen Terry, of Windsor; was one of the first settlers of Hadley ; slain by the Indians, April 1, 1676, aged ab. 67. His widow died in Deerfield, 1692. - Ch. : i. John, b. Oct. 13, 1661 ; Had- ley. ii. Richard, b. March 23, 1663; removed to Hartford after 1678; m. Abigail, dau. of John Pantry, of Hartford ; she d. Jan. 26, 1708, aged 29 ; he d. May 4 or 14, 1730. His son, Richard Goodman, and his grandson, Lieut. Richard Goodman, ob. 1845, were both wealthy and prominent citizens of Hartford. iii. Stephen ; d. early. iv. Mary. v. Elizabeth. vi. Thomas, Hadley. vii. Samuel, b. May 5, 1675.
ELDER WILLIAM GOODWIN sailed from London in the ship "Lion," June 22, 1632, with Olmstead, Talcott, etc. ; arrived in New England, Sept. 16, 1632; freeman, Mass., Nov. 6, 1632; deputy from Newtown, May 14, 1634; came to Hartford prob. in 1636, and was an original proprietor ; his home-lot was on Main St., extending from the present Wadsworth St. to Arch St. He was a man of great influence in Church and State, and prominent in all the early transactions of the Hartford settlement ; he pur- chased large tracts of land up the river, and was one of the agents of the town employed to purchase Farmington from the Indians. Gov. Hopkins appointed him one of the trustees of his will, and he therefore was one of those who had charge of establishing the Hopkins Grammar School. He was an ardent friend of Hooker, but after his death was deeply involved in the great dissension in the church at Hartford, and after several years of controversy "the Withdrawers," as they were called, under the leadership of Goodwin and Gov. John Webster, removed to Hadley in 1659. He was Ruling Elder of the church there, and remained there about ten years, then removed to Farmington, where he d. March 11, 1673. His widow, Susanna, d. in Farmington, May 17, 1676. - Ch. : i. Elizabeth, m. John Crow, of Hartford and Hadley (q. v.).
OZIAS GOODWIN was born ab. 1596 (he testified that his age was 78, in 1674) ; a brother of Elder William Goodwin ; he m. Mary, dau. of Robert Woodward, of Braintree, Co. Essex, and very prob. came from that region himself. He was one of the proprietors "by courtesie of the town," and his home-lot was on the west side of the highway leading from Seth Grant's to Centinel Hill, now Trumbull St., containing four acres. He signed the agreement to remove to Hadley in 1659, but did not go. A home-lot of eight acres was assigned to him at Hadley, and Dec. 19, 1661, the grant was renewed, pro- vided that he should take up his residence by the middle of May ; "and Mr. Goodwin (Wm.) engages for his Brother." He d. prior to April, 1683. Inv. April 3, £129. 4 .- Ch .: i. William, b. ab. 1629; m. Susanna -; who she was is unknown, excepting the fact that she had a sister, Sarah Fruen, who was betrothed to Thomas Greenhill ; freeman, May 21, 1657 ; chimney- viewer, 1672 ; d. in Hartford, Oct. 15, 1689. In his will, dated June 25, 1689, he gives to his son, William, land "formerly belonging to my uncle, John Morris, of Hartford," but just what the relationship was is unknown. His widow, Susanna, m. ab. Aug., 1691, John Shepard, Sr., of Hartford, as his second wife. ii. Nathaniel, b. ab. 1637 ; freeman, Oct., 1662 ; m. (1) Sarah dau. of John and Hannah Cowles, of Hatfield, Mass., afterward of Farming- ton ; d. May 8, 1676, aged 29; he m. (2) Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel Pratt. Chosen townsman, 1670, 1677, 1682, 1695, 1706 ; his will is dated Aug. 21, 1712; inv. Jan. 29, 1713-14. iii. Hannah, b. ab. 1639; m. ab. 1660-1, William Pitkin, of Hartford'; d. Feb. 12, 1723-4, in her eighty-fifth year.
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