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GEORGE HUBBARD, son of George Hubbard, of Milford and Guilford, born 1601; said to have been at Hartford as early as 1639, although he had no house- lot then. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Watts, of Hartford; removed to Middletown ab. 1651 ; he sold his house-lot in Hartford, and land on the east side of the Great River, in or before 1650; freeman, Middletown, 1654; d. in Middletown, March 18, 1684-5 ; his son Samuel settled in Hartford.
THOMAS HUNGERFORD (HUNGERFOOT), a proprietor "by courtesie of the town ;" his home-lot was on the west side of the road to the Cow Pasture ; removed to New London ab. 1650, where he d. 1663. He m. as his 2d wife, Hannah, dau. of Isaac Willey, of New London, ab. 1658 ; she survived him, and m. (2) Peter Blachford, of New London and Haddam (q. v.); (3) 1673, Samuel Spencer, of Haddam.
WILLIAM HYDE, an original proprietor ; his house-lot, in 1639, was on the south side of " the road from George Steel's to the South Meadow " (old Buck- ingham St.) ; chosen surveyor of highways, 1641 ; he removed to Saybrook, and thence in 1659 or '60 to Norwich ; d. 1681.
JONATHAN INCE, an original proprietor ; received a lot in 1639, on what is now the East Park, but it was forfeited, and given to Mr. John Cullick, July 28, 1640. He probably lived in Boston.
NATHANIEL KELLOGG, Hartford, 1639, one of those who received land " by the town's courtesie ;" his lot lay west of the road to the Cow Pasture, near the road from the Cow Pasture to Mr. Allyn's land. He removed to Farmington in 1653 ; joined the Farmington church, with his wife Elizabeth, about Jan. 30, 1652 or '53. He d. in Farmington, 1657 ; his will, dated June 4, 1657 ; inv. Dec. 21. His will mentions wife Elizabeth ; brother John, sister Jane Hallisun, and sister Rachel Cave, "all dwelling in old England ;" cousin
1 He gave by will £5 towards a free school in Hartford "to be paid when there is any such settled effectually."
2 Also Chief Justice Stephen Titus Hosmer, of Middletown.
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Joseph Kellogg's1 three children ; adopted dau'rs Susan Newton (perhaps dau. of Rev. Roger and Mary (Hooker) Newton) and Rebecca Mervel.
RALPH KEELER, Hartford, 1639, "granted a lot at the town's courtesie ;" his home-lot was on what is now the West Park, north of the present site of the Capitol ; he was chimney-viewer, 1645 ; one of the signers of the agreement for planting Norwalk, June, 1650, and there 1652 ; freeman, 1668 ; d. 1672, between Aug. 20 and Sept. 10.
WILLIAM KELSEY, born ab. 1600; Cambridge, 1632 ; freeman, Mass., March 4, 1635 ; removed to Hartford, where he was an original proprietor ; his home- lot in the distribution of 1639 was on the road from Centinel Hill to the North Meadow (now Village St.) ; removed to Killingworth, ab. 1663 ; rep. in 1671 from K. ; he was living in June, 1674. - Ch. : i. John; Killing- worth. ii. Abigail, b. April 19, 1645. iii. Stephen, bapt. Nov. 7, 1647 ; m. Nov. 15, 1672, Hannah, dau. of John Ingersoll ; his father gave him his dwelling-house, and he remained in Hartford ; d. Nov. 30, 1710. iv. Daniel, b. July, 1650.
EDWARD LAY received a lot in the distribution of 1639, on the west side of "the road from George Steel's to the Great Swamp." On Feb. 18, 1640, Edward Lay, having forfeited his lot by not building upon it, the town ordered that it be given him again, and "to have the like liberty of lots that be new given." Savage says that he removed to Saybrook, 1648, on the east side, or Lyme ; d. before 1657, or perhaps removed to Portsmouth, R. I. He is men- tioned in Colonial Records (vol. i. p. 302), when, Aug. 12, 1657, the court consid- ered the engagement of Edward Lay to this jurisdiction, several years before, at Hartford, that he would answer for his abusive carriage and expressions at Saybrook ; and as he had not attended, and Robert Codnam having given bonds for him, Codnam was ordered to pay £5, and they judge that Lay's estate would reimburse Codnam.
WILLIAM LEWIS, SEN., Cambridge, 1632 ; came in the "Lion," with Wads- worth, Talcott, Goodwin, and others. He belonged to the Braintree com- pany which in August, 1632, removed from Braintree to Cambridge ; adm. freeman Nov. 6, 1632; removed to Hartford, one of the original proprie- tors here ; his home-lot in 1639 was on Main St., next south of John Tal- cott's ; he was juror in 1642; townsman, 1641; removed about 1659 to Hadley ; rep. for Hadley, 1662, and for Northampton, 1664. His wife, Felix, d. in Hadley, April 17, 1671. Prior to Nov. 29, 1677, he had removed to Farmington, where he d. Aug. 2, 1683.
THOMAS LORD, smith, embarked April 19, 1635, in the " Elizabeth and Ann," at London, aged 50, with wife Dorothy, aged 46. - Ch. : Thomas (16), Ann (14), William (12), John (10), Robert (9), Aymie (6), Dorothy (4), in same ship with Clement Chaplin, William Swayne, and others. He was an original proprietor at Hartford, and his home- lot in 1639 was on the highway on the bank of the Little River, now Wells St. He m. ab. 1610, Dorothy. The time of his death is unknown. Mrs. Dorothy Lord d. in 1676, a. 87. Her will, executed Feb. 8, 1669- 70, is sealed with the above coat of arms.2 - Ch. : i. Richard, b. ab. 1611. ii. Thomas, b. 1619. iii. Ann, b. 1621; m. Thomas Stanton, of Hartford, afterward THE LORD ARMS. of Stonington, ab. 1637; d. in 1688. iv. William, b. 1623; removed to that part of ancient Say brook now called Lyme; married ; d. May 17, 1678. v. John, b. 1625; m. (1) Rebecca, dau. of Francis Bushnell, of Guilford, who d. before 1647 ; (2) May 15, 1648, Adrean Basey, of Hartford, prob. a sister of John Baysey ;
1 Joseph Kellogg, of Hadley, ancestor of many of the name.
2 These arms correspond exactly with those of Laward, alias Lord, given in Burke's Armory.
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he abandoned his wife, and in September, 1651, the General Court ordered the Townsmen of Hartford to require of John Lord the wearing apparel of his wife and a bed "for her to lodge on." He probably had fled to Virginia ; Porter (p. 11) prints a letter, dated at Apomatixe (Appomattox), Feb. 20, 1663-4, from him to his nephew, Richard Lord, promising to pay his debts if the next season was favorable to tobacco. Oct. 17, 1648, John Lord, Taylor, was bound over to good behavior, his brother, Thomas Lord, giving bonds for him. vi. Robert, b. 1627 ; he was a sea-captain, supposed to have been living in 1670, and to have d. abroad after that year unmn. vii. Amy, b. 1629 ; m. May 6, 1647, John Gilbert (q. v.), of Hartford ; d. Jan. 8, 1691. viii. Dorothy, b. 1631 ; m. ab. 1651, John Ingersoll, of Hartford, afterward of Northampton, where she d. January, 1657.
CAPTAIN RICHARD LORD, Cambridge, 1632 ; freeman, Mass., March 4, 1635 ; came to Hartford in 1636, an original proprietor ; his home-lot in 1639 was next west of his father's. He m. ab. 1635, Sarah -. He was one of the most energetic and efficient men in the colony ; when the first troop of horse was organized, he was chosen commander, March 11, 1658, and distinguished himself in the Indian wars. He was constable, 1642; townsman, 1645 ; represented Hartford in the General Court from 1656 until his death. He was the captain relied on, in conjunction with John Pynchon, for securing the persons of the regicides Goffe and Whalley. He d. in New London, May 17, 1662, in the 51st year of his age, and his gravestone may still be seen there, with the following epitaph : -
" The bright Starre of our Cavallrie lyes here : Unto the State, a Counselour full Deare And to ye Truth a Friend of Sweet Content, To Hartford Towne a silver Ornament. Who can deny to Poore he was Reliefe, And in composing Paroxysmes was Chiefe. To Marchantes as a Patterne he might stand, Adventring Dangers new by Sea and Land."
His inv. taken May 10, 1662 ; amount, £1,539. 9. 5. His widow, Sarah, d. in 1676. - Ch. : i. Richard, b. 1636 ; m. April 15, 1665, Mary, dau. of Henry and Ann (Pynchon) Smith, of Springfield ; deputy, 1669, and often afterward : he was one of the wealthiest merchants of his time, made many trading-voyages, and was lost at sea, Nov. 5, 1685, aged 49, leaving a large estate to his widow and his only child ; the inv. of his property amounted to £5,786, and was with one exception the greatest up to that time in Hartford. His widow m. (2) ab. 1686, Dr. Thomas Hooker, of Hartford, son of Rev. Samuel Hooker, of Farmington, died May 17, 1702, æ. 58. His only child, Richard, b. 1669, m. Jan. 14, 1692, Abigail, dau. of William Warren and his wife, Elizabeth Crow, afterward Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson. She, too, inherited a large property, and together they were one of the wealthiest couples of that period. Richard Lord was Treasurer of the Colony at the time of his death, Jan. 29, 1712, and the heaviest and costliest monu- mental table in the old burial ground is his. His widow m. (2) Rev. Tim- othy Woodbridge, pastor of the First Church. Seven of Lord's ten children lived and married into prominent families. Asylum Hill was formerly called Lord's Hill, as a large portion of it was owned by the descendants of Elisha Lord, the oldest surviving son of Richard and Abigail. Their son Richard m. Ruth, dau. of Hezekiah Wyllis, Esq., - apparently removed to Wethers- field, and d. there ab. 1740. The youngest sons, Epaphras and Ichabod, removed to Colchester. iii. Sarah, b. 1638 (dau. of Capt. Richard, who d. 1662) ; m. ab. 1668, Rev. Joseph Haynes, of Hartford ; d. Nov. 15, 1705, aged 67. iv. Dorothy, b. 1640.
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THOMAS LORD, JR., was one of those who owned land " by the town's courtesie ;"
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his home-lot was on what is now Wells St., next west of his brother, Capt. Richard Lord. Thomas Lord m. at Boston, Sept. 28, 1652, Hannah Thurs- ton, perhaps this Thomas, but his wife is supposed to have been related to Gregory Wolterton, as the latter bequeaths in his will, July 14, 1674, to Dorothy, Hannah, and Mary Lord, dau'rs of Thomas Lord, dec'd, things "in the trunk, that was their mother's." In 1652 he was engaged by the General Court "to continue his aboade in Hartford for the next ensuing year, and to improve his best skill amongst the inhabitants of the Townes uppon the River within this jurisdiction, both for setting of bones and otherwise." He was to be paid a salary of £15 ; in addition to receive for visiting at any house in Hartford, 12d., in Windsor, 5s., and in Mattabeset (Middletown), 8s., Farmington, 6s., Wethersfield, 3s. He d. in 1662 ; called of " Wethers- field " in will dated Oct. 28, 1661 ; he names wife Hannah, and eldest dau. Dorothy ; leaves house and land in Hartford as well as in Wethersfield; inv. April 5, 1662; amount, £202. 18. His widow, whom Porter (8) calls Mary, m. Nehemiah Olmsted. - Ch. : i. Dorothy, b. Aug. 17, 1653. Thomas Lord, in his will dated Oct. 28, 1661, leaves his house and land in Hartford to " eldest dau. Dorothy, incapable of caring for herself." ii. Hannah, b. 1656.1 iii. Mary, b. 1659 (all mentioned in Gregory Wolterton's will). iv. Sarah, b. 1648. Hannah and Mary Lord, dau'rs of Thomas Lord, sometime of Wethersfield, dec'd, wards of George Gardner, of H., convey, May 21, 1677, to Phineas Wilson, a lot of land, which was evidently their gr.f. Thomas Lord's home-lot.
RICHARD LYMAN, b. and bapt. at High Ongar, Co. Essex, Oct. 30, 1580; son of Henry Lyman and his wife, Phillis - this Henry was buried at Nav- istoke, in Essex, April 15, 1587. Richard Lyman sold, in 1629, to John Gower, two messuages, a garden, orchard, and divers lands arable, also a meadow and pasture at Norton Mandeville, in the parish of Ongar. His wife was Sarah, dau. of Roger Osborne, of Halstead, Co. Kent; came with Eliot in the "Lion," 1631 ; settled at Roxbury ; 2 freeman, Mass., June 11, 1633 ; the Church record at Roxbury tells how he went to Conn. "when the great removal was made," and suffered greatly in the loss of his cattle. He was one of the original proprietors of Hartford, and in 1639 his home-lot was on the south side of the "road from George Steel's to the South Meadow." He d. in 1641, will dated April 22, 1640; inv. Sept. 6, 1641, £83. 16. 2. ; the will mentions his wife, but she d. before Jan. 27, 1642-3. - Ch. : i. Phillis, bapt. at High Ongar, Sept. 12, 1611 ; mentioned in her father's will, as the wife of William Hill. ii. Richard, bapt. at High Ongar, Feb. 24, 1618; settled in Windsor ; m. Hepzibah, dau. of Thomas Ford ; removed to Northampton in 1655 ; he d. June 3, 1662 ; his widow m. John Marsh, of Northampton, who soon after removed to Hartford. iii. Sarah, bapt. Feb. 8, 1621 ; mentioned in her father's will. iv. John, b. Sept., 1623. Savage says his wife Dorcas was a dau. of John Plum, of Wethers- field ; m. Jan., 1655 ; removed soon after to Northampton ; d. there Aug. 20, 1690. v. Robert, b. Sept., 1629, at High Ongar ; m. Nov. 5, 1662, Hepzi- bah, dau. of Thomas Bascom ; settled in Northampton, where he died.
JOHN MARSH was one of the original proprietors of Hartford ; his home-lot in the distribution of 1639 was on what is now Front St., then the road from the Little River to the North Meadow. Chosen chimney-viewer, 1658; removed the next year to Hadley with the " withdrawers," under the lead of his father-in-law, Gov. Webster. He went from there to Northampton, and united with the church there, June 18, 1661. He m. in Hartford, ab.
1 Savage says (vol. iv. p. 166) that Joseph Stanton, b. 1648, son of Thomas and Ann (Lord) Stanton, m. Hannah Lord, possibly this Hannah. 2 Charlestown, according to the family genealogy. See Genealogy of Lyman Family, pp. 13-33.
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1640, Anne, dau. of Gov. John Webster; she d. in Northampton, June 9, 1662 ; and he m. (2) Oct. 7, 1664, Hepzibah, widow of Richard Lyman, and dau. of Thomas Ford, of Windsor; she d. April 11, 1683, and he d. in 1688, in Hartford. He had a brother Joseph, who was a clothier, in Braintree, Co. Essex, England, where he made his will, May 22, 1676, in which he men- tions several of the children of John Marsh. - Ch. : i. John. b. ab. 1643; m. in Northampton, Nov. 28, 1666, Sarah, dau. of Richard and Hepzibah Lyman ; he returned to Hartford ; freeman, 1669 ; lived upon the old home- stead ; d. 1727. His eldest son, John, was much concerned in the settlement of the "western lands," and explored Litchfield, where he was one of the first settlers. Descendants of this family are still living in Hartford. ii. Samuel, b. ab. 1645; Hatfield, where he was made freeman, 1690 ; m. May 6, 1667, Mary Allison; d. Sept. 7, 1728, æ. 83. iii. Joseph, bapt. Jan. 24, 1647-8 ; d. young. iv. Joseph, bapt. July 15, 1649 ; d. young. v. Jonathan, b. ab. 1650, Hadley ; freeman, 1690 ; m. 1676, Dorcas, dau. of Azariah Dickinson ; d. July 3, 1730, a. 80; vi. Daniel, b. ab. 1653; Hadley ; freeman, 1690; m. Nov. 5, 1676, Hannah, widow of Samuel Crow, of Hadley, and dau. of William Lewis, of Farmington ; d. Feb. 24, 1725, æ. 72. vii. Hannah, m. Jan. 28, 1675, Joseph Loomis, of Windsor. viii. Grace, m. Jan. 26, 1672-3, Timothy Baker, of Northampton ; d. May 31, 1676. ix. Lydia, b. Oct. 9, 1667 ; m. Dec. 8, 1692, David Loomis, of Windsor.
MATTHEW MARVIN came to New England, 1634, in the " Increase," a. 35 ; with wife Elizabeth, a. 31 ; children, Elizabeth, a. 31 [? prob. 11]; Matthew, 8; Mary, 6 ; Sarah, 3; and Hannah, 6 mos. He was an original proprietor at Hartford, and his home-lot in 1639 was on what is now on the corner of Front and Pleasant Sts. ; he was surveyor of highways in 1639, 1647; he was one of the signers of the agreement for planting Norwalk, June 19, 1650 ; his name is among those of the planters who received a deed from Runckinheage, Feb. 15, 1651, and he was one of the original proprietors of the town ; he m. (2) Mrs. Alice Kellogg ; 1 he was deputy, 1654, and d. 1687 .- Ch. : i. Elizabeth, m. (1) Thomas Gregory ; (2) John Olmsted (q. v.). ii. Matthew, b. ab. 1626 ; freeman, 1664 ; m. Mary -; deputy from Nor- walk, 1694, 1697 ; his name is among those who proposed to " begin a plan- tation near the back-side of Norwalke," and were authorized to do so by the General Court, May 9, 1672. iii. Mary, b. ab. 1628, m. (1) Oct. 11, 1648, Richard Bushnell, of Saybrook; (2) Dea. Thomas Adgate, of Say- brook, who removed to Norwich ab. 1660; d. March 29, 1713, æ. 84. iv. Sarah, b. ab. 1630 ; m. Oct. 4, 1648, Ensign William Goodrich, of Wethers- field ; he d. in 1676; (2) Capt. William Curtis, of Stratford ; she d. at Stratford, 1702. v. Hannah, b. ab. 1632 ; m. Jan., 1653-4, Thomas Sey- mour, of Norwalk. vi. Abigail, m. Jan. 1, 1657, John Bouton, of Norwalk. vii. Samuel, bapt. Hartford, Feb. 6, 1648-9. viii. Rachel, bapt. Hartford, Dec. 30, 1649 ; m. Samuel Smith, of Norwalk.
REINOLD MARVIN, called a brother of Matthew Marvin ; an original settler, but removed to Saybrook before 1639; Savage says he removed to Farmington, and soon after to Subrook; freeman, 1658; d. 1662 ; will dated May 13; inv. Oct. 28, over £800 .- Ch .: i. Reinold, freeman, 1658; Lyme; was deacon; deputy, 1670, 1672, 1673, 1674, and 1676, in which year he died. His wife was Sarah, dau. of George Clark. ii. Mary ; m. William Waller, of Lyme.
JOHN MAYNARD, Cambridge, 1634, an original proprietor at Hartford ; his home- lot in 1639 was on the west side of Main St., about where Christ Church now is ; surveyor of highways, 1641, 1648 ; freed from watching, etc., Sept., 1646 ;
1 Marvin Genealogy, p. 37.
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m. after May, 1648, Editha, widow of Robert Day, and sister of Deacon Ed- ward Stebbins. He d. 1657-8 ; will dated Jan. 23, 1657-8; inv. Feb. 24, same year, £450. 4. He names wife Editha, her eldest son Thomas Day, youngest son John Day, daurs. Sarah and Mary Day. John Day received the property of Maynard, and it is probably in remembrance of him that he named a son Maynard Day. He gives his dwelling-house and lands in Hart- ford to his wife, and after her decease to go to her youngest son, John Day. JOHN MOODY, second son of George Moody, of Moulton, Co. Suffolk, who " was famous for his good housekeeping and plain dealing," by his wife, Lydia,1 came in 1633 to Roxbury, says the Church record ; freeman, Mass., Nov. 5, 1633 ; was an original proprietor, Hartford, 1639, and his home-lot was on Main St., opposite to George Wyllys's lot ; townsman 1639, 1640; Lieut. in 1640 ; he d. prob. in 1655 ; will dated July 23, 1655; inv. Dec. 6, 1655 ; £300. 14 : mentions wife Sarah, son Samuel, and leaves £25 to Elizabeth Pepper. Mrs. Sarah Moody d. in Hadley in 1671 .- Ch. : i. Samuel ; he removed to Hadley in 1659; m. (1) Hannah -; (2) Sarah, dau. of John Deming, of Wethersfield. He d. in Hadley, Sept. 22, 1689. His widow d. Sept. 29, 1717.2 His eldest son, John, returned to Hartford, m. Sarah Evetts, Apr. 3, 1700, and had descendants in West Hartford and New Hartford.
JOHN MORRIS (MORRICE) was one of the settlers to whom land was granted " by the town's courtesie." His lot was next south of Nathaniel Barding's in the West Field (on the brow of Asylum Hill). Very little is known of him.3 He d. in 1668, will dated Nov. 13-22 ; inv. Jan. 15, 1668-9 ; will names his wife, sons Joshua, John not yet 21; dau. Mary ; brother Robert. His widow, Martha, m. (2) Roger Jepson, of Saybrook, and (3) Thomas Allyn, of Middletown. Joshua Morrice, æ. about 14, was killed by the fall of a log from a wood-pile, Dec. 2, 1681. Mary, m. Nov. 25, 1680, John Tillotson, of Saybrook. Robert Morris of H., his brother, died Nov. 19, 1684, leaving no children, but mentions a number of people in his will, Stanleys, Andrews, Spencers, and Diggins, who may have been relatives.
BENJAMIN MUNN served in the Pequot War, 1637 ; was one of those who re- ceived land in 1639 " by the town's courtesie," and his lot was on the east side of the " road to the Cow Pasture " (North Main St.), between Samuel Hale and Thomas Root. He was viewer of chimneys and ladders in 1647; removed to Springfield in 1649 ; m. that same year, Abigail, widow of Francis Ball, and dau. of Henry Burt, of Springfield. He d. Nov., 1675, and his widow m. Dec. 14, 1676, Thomas Stebbins.
THOMAS MUNSON. His land was forfeited, sold to John Marsh, Nathaniel Kel- logg, and Zachary Field, before Feb., 1639-40. He removed to New Haven, was a signer of the fundamental agreement there June 4, 1639; was a man of position in the plantation and colony.
JOSEPH MYGATT came in the " Griffin," in 1633, with Cotton and Hooker ; set- tled in Cambridge ; freeman, Mass., May 6, 1635 ; one of the original pro- prietors of Hartford ; his home-lot in 1639 was near the junction of what are now Washington and Lafayette Sts. He was townsman 1642, 1647, 1652, 1660, and held other offices, deputy, 1658; also deacon of the First Church ; he was licensed to " sell strong liquors by retail," May, 1656. His wife's name was Ann ; she was b. about 1602, aged about 65 in Oct. 1667, and her husband testified in Oct., 1666, that he was a. 70, so b. about 1596. He d. Dec. 7, 1680 ; inv. £368. 11. 6. His widow d. in 1686. - Ch. : i. Jacob, b. 16334; m. about 1654 or '55, Sarah, dau. of William Whiting, of Hart-
1 See pedigree in Gen. Reg. xxxix. 69. 2 Savage says, 1714.
8 William Goodwin, son of Ozias, gives in his will, June 25, 1689, to his son William, land " formerly belonging to my uncle, John Morris, in Hartford."
4 a. about 34, Oct., 1667, Priv. Contr. i. 38.
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ford ; the time of his death is unknown; his wife m. (2) John King, of Northampton ; d. about 1704. His only son, Joseph, m. Sarah, dau. of Lieut. Robert Webster, 15 Nov., 1677 ; they had 9 children, and after that time the name is frequently met with on the Hartford records. ii. Mary, b. 1637 ; m. Sept. 20,1 1657, John Deming, Jun., of Wethersfield.
THOMAS OLCOTT, an original proprietor of Hartford ; his home-lot in the distri- bution of 1639 fronted on Meeting House Square ; this was land which he had bought of Edward Hopkins, his first location having been directly east of the Square. This lot comprised the square, fronting on Main St., now bounded by Pearl, Trumbull, and Asylum Sts. On the southeast corner he erected a dwelling for his own occupation, which continued in possession of his family for several generations. Mr. Goodwin, in his "Descendants of Thomas Olcott," p. v., says that this dwelling was demolished in 1824, to make room for the large block called Union Hall, which was in its turn re- moved when the great pile of the Connecticut Mutual building was erected. He was a merchant, and carried on trade with parties in Virginia, for tobacco ; constable, 1641 ; he died in 1654 ; his will is dated Nov. 20, 1653 ; in it he mentions his " beloved mother Mrs. Margrett Charlfount, sister Mrs. Mary Hardey (?), mother Hoare, Brother Will. Wadsworth, Brother Will. Lewis, Senr., deare Brethren and friends, John Talcott and Edward Stebbin, Over- seers ;" inv. Feb. 13, 1653-4, £1,466. 8. 5. Mrs. Abigail Olcott carried on her husband's business after his death. She bought, let, and sold lands, loaned money on mortgage security, " made contracts for delivering goods, etc." She d. May 26, 1693, æ. 78. - Ch .: i. Thomas, freeman, May, 1658 ; m. Mary -; he was living in 1719, prob. d. soon after. ii. Samuel, free- man, May, 1664 ; m. Sarah, dau. of George Stocking; d. in Hartford, 1704. iii. John, b. about Feb. 3, 1650-1 ; m. in 1695, Mary, widow of Thomas Welles, and dau. of John Blackleach ; he d. in 1712. iv. Elizabeth, bapt. Dec. 7, 1645 ; m. Timothy Hyde, of Wethersfield. The Olcott family were prominent and influential in Hartford for many generations.
JAMES OLMSTED (HOLMSTED), arrived in Boston, Sept. 16, 1632, in the " Lion," from London, with Goodwin, Wadsworth, and others ; there came also with him his two sons, two nephews, Richard and John, and a niece, Rebecca. He was made a freeman, Mass. Nov. 6, 1632 ; and was constable 1634-5, at Cambridge ; removed to Hartford in June, 1636 ; an original proprietor. He received 70 aeres in the distribution of 1639; his home-lot was on the highway now Front St. He d. before Nov., 1640 ; will dated Sept. 28; inv. £397. 19. 2. Mr. Hooker mentions his death in a letter, "slept sweetly in the Lord, having carried himself gratiously in his sickness." -Ch. : i. Nicholas, b. about 1619 ; served in the Pequot War, 1637 ; m. before 1640, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Loomis, of Windsor ; surveyor of highways, 1647 ; townsman, 1654, 1658, 1667; list and rate maker, 1669 ; freeman, 1669; deputy, 1672-3; Lieut., 1673 ; townsman, 1671, 1679, 1683; appointed Capt. of a com- pany sent to New London in 1675; was in active service in King Philip's War. His second wife was Mary, widow of Dr. Thomas Lord. He d. Aug. 31, 1684. ii. Nehemiah, probably under age when his father died ; he re- moved to Fairfield in 1649 ; was a sergeant in 1657 ; he m. Elizabeth -; he d. in 1658, leaving one child ; his widow m. Obadiah Gilbert. Deacon Joseph Olmsted, son of Nicholas, settled in East Hartford, and his descend- ants have been among its most influential citizens. Prof. Denison Olmsted, of Yale College, and the late John Olmsted belonged to this branch.
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