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THOMAS STANLEY, probably came to New England with his brothers, John and
Timothy ; freeman, Mass., March 4, 1634-5 ; settled in Lynn ; deputy, Sept. 2, 1635; constable in 1636, in which year he probably removed to Hartford ; he was an original proprietor, and his home-lot in 1639 was on Main St., just north of the Little River, extending to the present Centre Church; he was constable, 1644, 1648, 1653. Removed to Hadley in 1659; townsman there, 1659 ; d. in Hadley, buried Jan. 31, 1663. His widow, Benet, m. (2) Gregory Wolterton, of Hartford ; d. in Hartford, Jan., 1664-5. - Ch. : i. Mary, m. John Porter, Jr., of Windsor; d. Sept. 13, 1688. ii. Sarah, m. John Wadsworth, of Farmington. iii. Nathaniel, b. 1638, removed to Had- ley with his father; was townsman there, 1665, returned to Hartford, 1669 ; m. June 2, 1659, Sarah, dau. of James Boosey, of Wethersfield ; chosen townsman in Hartford, Feb. 16, 1665-6 ; again, Dec., 1676, 1680, 1685, and May 21, 1688 ; constable, Feb., 1672-3; ensign of the trainband ; deputy, 1678-1679 ; Assistant, 1690-1712 ; judge of County Court, and Court of Probate, 1698-1702; on Council of Safety, 1689, 1707, 1708 ; on Commit- tee of War for Hartford Co. ; a man of much wealth and influence. He d. Nov. 14, 1712. His dau. Mary mn. (1) Nathaniel Hooker, son of the Rev. Samuel H. ; (2) John Austin, a wealthy merchant; and his son, Nathaniel Stanley, was a man of wealth, energy, and distinction ; Assistant, 1725-1749, and Treasurer of the colony from 1749 until his death in 1755. His youngest son, William, who d. in 1786, left the greater portion of his large estate to the Second Church. iv. Hannah, m. about 1659, Samuel Porter, of Hadley ; d. Dec. 18, 1708.
JOHN STANLEY, brother of Thomas and Timothy, "died in the way to'New Eng- land," prob. in April or May, 1634, leaving three children, the youngest of whom d. before March 3, 1634-5; when Thomas Stanley agreed to bring up the son, John, and provide for him, and Timothy took the daughter, Ruth ; John, adopted son of Thomas, b. Jan., 1624 ; m. (1) Dee. 5, 1645, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Scott, of Hartford; she d. June 26, 1661. He settled in Farmington ; m. (2) April 20, 1663, Sarah, dau. of John Fletcher, of Milford. He was deputy, 1659-1696, and fought in the Indian War, 1676 ; d. Dec. 19, 1706.
TIMOTHY STANLEY, b. March, 1603, came to New England in May, 1634, in the same ship with William Pantry, Sam'l Greenhill, Simon Willard, etc. ; his wife, Elizabeth, and son, Timothy, came with him, and perhaps one or two older children. Settled in Cambridge ; freeman, March 4, 1634-5. Removed to Hartford in 1636 ; an original proprietor ; his home lot in 1639 was on the west side of Front St., near the road to the landing, the second lot north of the present State St .; juror, 1641; townsman, 1643 ; he d. April, 1648, æ. 45 ; inv. £332. 18. 10. His widow, Elizabeth, m., in 1661, Andrew Bacon, who removed to Hadley. She returned to Hartford after his death in 1669, and lived with her son, Caleb ; d. in Hartford, Feb. 23, 1679, æ. about 76. - Ch. : i. Timothy, b. Jan. 1633; d. young. ii. Elizabeth, m. Mark Sension (St. John), of Norwalk. iii. Abigail, m. Samuel Cowles, of Farmington. iv. Caleb, b. March, 1642 ; lived on his father's homestead ; m. (1) ab. 1665,
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Hannah, dau. of John Cowles; she d. Feb., 1690, and he m. (2) Sarah, widow of Zechary Long, of Charlestown ; she d. Aug. 30, 1698 ; m. (3) 1699, Lydia Wilson, who survived him; constable, 1667, 1675 ; townsman, 1671, 1678, 1682, 1687, 1690; deputy, five or six times ; Assistant, 1691-1700 ; in 1694, a Commissioner to Albany, with Col. Allyn, on negotiations with the Indians ; in 1689, Capt. Caleb Stanley, Mr. Ciprian Niccolls, Ensign Nathan- iel Stanley, Capt. John Stanley, and Mr. James Treat were appointed a Council of Safety with the Governor and Assistants. He d. May 5, 1718. His son, Caleb, was "Mr. Secretary Stanley ;" and also "the first regular sur- veyor with a compass that resided in any town upon the Connecticut." v. Lois, b. Aug. 23, 1645 ; m. Dea. Thomas Porter, of Farmington. vi. Isaac, b. March 10, 1647-8; settled in Hadley ; m. Mary -; d. (s. p.) Sept. 23, 1671. Ruth Stanley, Timothy's adopted dau', m. Dec. 5, 1645, Isaac Moore, of Hartford, Norwalk, and Farmington ; d. in Farmington, May 26, 1691.
THOMAS STANTON came from Virginia, whither in 1635 he had gone from Lon- don, a. 20 ; an original proprietor of Hartford ; his home-lot, in 1639, was on the north bank of the Little River, about where the Jewell Belting Works now are. He served in the Pequot War; in 1638 he was appointed by the Gen- eral Court a public officer, or county marshal, to attend the Court upon all occasions, either general or particular, and also meetings of the magistrates to interpret between them and the Indians, with a salary of £10 per an- num. In 1646 he was absent and his place was filled by Jonathan Gilbert ; but in 1648 he was reappointed to attend the Court, or magistrates in any of the three towns, Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield, as an interpreter, and to have £5 yearly. He was a merchant, made trading voyages to Virginia, and, in 1649, the General Court granted him liberty to build a trading-house at Pawcatuck ; appointed Commissioner at Mystic and Paw- catuck, Oct. 13, 1664. He removed to Stonington, perhaps, 1658; he was deputy, from Stonington, 1666 ; d. 1678. He m., about 1637, Ann, dau. of Thomas Lord, of Hartford, who d. 1688.
DEACON EDWARD STEBBINS (STEBBIN), Cambridge, 1633 ; freeman, Mass., May 14, 1634 ; on Committee to consider Endicott's "defacing the colors," May, 1635 ; an original proprietor of Hartford ; his home-lot in 1639 extended from the Meeting-House Square to the street now Front St. He was con- stable, 1638; deputy various times from 1639 to 1656; leather sealer, 1659. His will is dated Aug. 24, 1663; inv. Aug. 19, 1668, £669. 2. His widow Mrs. Frances Stebbin's will is dated May 20, 1670, and Nov. 12 1673 ; inv. Dec. 23, 1673 ; both wills name "son, Mr. John Chester, now living in or near London."- Ch. : i. daughter; m. John Chester in England. ii. Mary, m. April 29, 1648, Walter Gaylord, of Windsor; d. June 29, 1657. iii. Elizabeth, m. (1) Robert Wilson, of Farmington, who died in 1656 ; (2) 1658, Thomas Cadwell (g. v.), of Hartford. iv. Lydia ; m. Deacon John Wilson, of Hartford.
JOHN STEELE, Cambridge, 1632 ; freeman, May 14, 1634; deputy, March, 1634; May, 1635 ; Sept., 1635 ; " appointed with Ludlow, Pynchon, and others to administer government over the great Exodus to Conn." He was one of the original proprietors of Hartford, and his home-lot in 1639 was on Main St., just north of the present Athenaum. He was Secretary of the Colony, 1636- 1639 ; deputy many times from 1639 to 1657; was town clerk of Hart- ford until he removed to Farmington in 1645, where he was also town clerk. He m. (1) Rachel, who d. 1653; (2) Nov. 25, 1655, Mercy, widow of Rich- ard Seymour, of Norwalk. He d. in Farmington, Nov. 25, 1665 ; will dated Jan. 30, 1663-4; inv. £182; mentions his wife, Mercy. Samuel Steele, son of John, requests his "much esteemed kinsman, Mr. John Wadsworth, of Farmington, and Capt. Sam : Talcott of Wethersfield," to be the overseers of his will, June 10, 1685.
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GEORGE STEELE, brother of John; Cambridge, 1632-3; freeman, Mass., May 14, 1634; an original proprietor of Hartford ; his home-lot, in 1639, was on the west side of what is now Washington St., extending from the present Capitol Avenue to Park St. He served in the Pequot War; was chosen sur- veyor of highways, 1641, 1651 ; townsman, 1644. He d. in 1664, "very aged ;" inv. £131. 6. 10. His will names his brother, John. - Ch. : i. Eliza- beth ; m. Thomas Watts, May 1, 1645 ; d. Feb. 25, 1684-5. ii. James, Hartford ; b. about 1623 ("aged about 58," June, 1681) ; m. (1) Ann Bishop, dau. of John, of Guilford ; townsman, 1655, 1660, 1664; fought against the Pequots in 1657-8; appointed commissary in the King Philip War, 1675, and allowed £50 per annum for his services ; he was also employed to lay out the bounds of several towns. His wife d. in 1676, and he m. (2) Bethia, widow of Samuel Stocking, and dau. of John Hopkins. She d. be- fore Nov. 1695 ; he d. 1712. iii. Richard ; d. 1639 (s. p.). iv. Martha ; m. John Hannison, or Henderson, of H.
GEORGE STOCKING, Cambridge ; freeman, Mass., May 6, 1635 ; an original pro- prietor of Hartford ; his home-lot in 1639 was on the south side of "the road from George Steel's to the South Meadow," and adjoining George Steele's lot on the west. He was surveyor of highways, 1654, 1662; chimney-viewer, 1659 ; freed from watching, etc., May, 1660; d. May 25, 1683, "at great age." His wife was Anna. - Ch. : i. Lydia, m. John Richards, of Hartford, son of Thomas. ii. Sarah, m. Samuel Olcott, of Hartford, son of Thomas. iii. Hannah, m. Andrew Benton, of Hartford. iv. Samuel, m. May 27, 1652, Bethia, dau. of John Hopkins, of Hartford ; removed to Middletown about 1655; deputy, 1665, 1669, 1674; dea. in Middletown ; d. Dec., 1683 ; his widow m. James Steele, of Hartford.
JOHN STONE, an original proprietor, had an allotment of lands, but conveyed it to Samuel Stone by gift before 1640. Lechford speaks of him as "Mr. Jolın Stone, of Hartford," Sept. 16, 1639; removed to Guilford, where he was one of the signers of the original compact in 1639. Lands were recorded to John Marsh, Feb. 1639-40; "part whereof did belong to John Stone and were by him given to Sam'l Stone, and so by the said Sam'l Stone unto John Marsh, of Hartford, and now belongeth to him and his heirs." His home-lot was on the west side of Front St.
REV. SAMUEL STONE, son of John Stone, a freeholder of that place, was b. in Hert- ford, Co. Herts (usually at that time sounded Hartford) ; bapt. July 30, 1602, in the church of All Saints ; entered at Emmanuel Coll., Cambridge, 1620; A.B., 1623; A.M., 1627. Recent discoveries show that a Samuel Stone, prob- ably this one, was curate at Stisted, Co. Essex, near Chelmsford, from June 13, 1627 to Sept. 13, 1630. He came to New England with Cotton, Hooker, and other men of note, in the "Griffin," arriving at Boston, Sept. 4, 1633 ; chosen Teacher of the church at Cambridge, Oct. 11, 1633; freeman, Mass., May 14, 1634 ; removed to Hartford in 1636, where he was an original pro- prietor, and in 1639 his home-lot was on the north bank of the Little River, between those of Rev. Thomas Hooker and Elder William Goodwin. He served as chaplain to the troops under Capt. Mason in the Pequot War, 1637. His wife d. 1640, before Nov. 2 or 3, when Mr. Hooker mentions her death in a letter to Rev. T. Shepard, saying that she "smoaked out her days in the dark- ness of melancholy." He m. (2) before July, 1641, Elizabeth Allen, of Boston. After Mr. Hooker's decease he was the sole pastor of the First Church until his death, July 20, 1663. Inv. £563. 1. His widow m. (2) George Gardner, of Salem, afterward of Hartford, and d. in 1681. - Ch. : i. John (son of the 1st wife) graduated, Harvard College, 1653 ; " he had no Commencement part when his class took their second degree, having perhaps previously gone to England, where he received the degree of M.A. from the University of Cambridge." After the Restoration a "Mr. John Stone" was silenced at
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Hellingley, in Sussex.1 "Was this the graduate ?" His name was starred on the College catalogue before 1700. ii. Joseph, bapt. Oct. 18, 1646; not mentioned in his father's will. iii. Lydia, b. Jan. 22, 1647-8; d. young. iv. Son, bapt. April 29, 1649 ; prob. d. young. v. Abigail, b. Sept. 9, 1650 ; d. young (?). vi. Samuel, was at Harvard for a time about 1659, but left before graduation. He was colleague with Rev. Gershom Bulkeley, at Weth- ersfield, 1666-1669, and again in 1676; he also preached at Simsbury and Middletown, and perhaps other places, but "fell into intemperate habits, was excommunicated from the church, and wasted his whole estate." He never married ; d. Oct. 8, 1683; " he was among his companions first at one, and then at another Taverne, and thence went in the evening to a friend's house (that of Henry Howard, who m. Sarah Stone), when his discourse was very bitter and offensive to some present; but going thence, the night being very dark, was found the next morning dead in the little River that runs through the town ; having missed the bridge. He fell down upon the Rocks, and thence rowled or some way gott into the water at a little distance and there lay dead at break of day."2 vii. Elizabeth, m. (1) William Sedgwick, of Hartford ; (2) John Roberts, of Hartford, who removed to New Jersey (q. v.). viii. Rebecca, m. about 1657, Timothy Nash, of New Haven, who removed to Hartford (q. v.). ix. Mary, m. Joseph Fitch, of Hartford, before 1663 (q. v.). x. Sarah, m. Thomas Butler, of Hartford.
JOHN TALCOTT was born in Braintree, Co. Essex, the son of John and Anne (Skinner) Talcott, and grandson of John Talcott, of Colchester, Co. Essex, living there in 1558, died in 1606, who was a son of John Talcott of Warwick- shire. The Herald's visitation of Essex in 1558 gives the pedigree and arms of this family.8 John Talcott the emigrant was a minor when his father died in 1604, and not of age in 1606, when he is mentioned in the will of his grandfather, who left him £40 to be paid when he reached the age of twenty- one. He m. in England, Dorothy, dau. of Mark Mott, of Braintree, son of Thomas Mott, of Sheme Hall, Co. Essex. He sailed from England, June 22, 1632, in the "Lion," with others of Mr. Hooker's company, and arrived in Boston Sept. 16, 1632 ; freeman, Mass., Nov. 6, 1632; deputy, May, 1634 ; March, 1634-5 ; May, 1635 ; March, 1635-6 ; May, 1636 ; removed to Hartford in 1636. His son, Lt .- Col. John Talcott, states in his memorandum book : "The kitchen that now stands on the north side of the house that I live in was the first house that my father built in Hartford, in Conn. colony, and was done by Nicholas Clark, the first winter that any Englishman rought or built in Hartford, which was in the year 1635. My father and mother and his family came to Hartford in the year 1636, and lived first in said Kitchen, which was first on the west side of the chimney. The great barn was built in the year 1636, and underpined in 1637, and was the first barn that was raised in the colony. The east side of this house that we live in, and was my father Talcott's, deceased, was built with the porch that THE TALCOTT ARMS. is, in the year 1638, and the chimneys were built in 1638." His home-lot, in the distribution of 1639, was on the east side of Main St., and his house stood on the present corner of Main and Talcott Sts. Townsman, 1638. He was one of the Committee, who for the first time sat with the Court of Magistrates, 1637, and Deputy every following
1 Rev. Ezekiel Rogers in his will, April 17, 1660, mentions his "loving nephew, Mr. Sam'l Stone of Conn., and his son John."
2 John Whiting's letter to Increase Mather, Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., vol. viii. p. 469-472.
3 See Harleian MSS., 1137, p. 148 ; also Talcott Pedigree, 7-21.
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year until 1654, when he was chosen Assistant, also Treasurer of the colony, 1654-1659 ; and one of the two Commissioners of the New England Colonies. He d. March, 1659-60; inv. £1645. 8. 4. ; his widow, Dorothy, d. Feb., 1669-70. - Ch. : i. Mary, m. June 28, 1649, the Rev. John Russell, of Wethersfield, afterward of Hadley ; d. between 1655 and 1660. ii. Lt .- Col. John, m. Oct. 29, 1650, Helena, dau. of John Wakeman, of New Haven ; free- man, 1652 ; townsman, 1653; deputy, 1660, 1661 ; chosen Treasurer to suc- ceed his father. May 17, 1660, which office he held until 1676, when he resigned, and was appointed to the command of the troops raised for King Philip's War. He was always victorious, and obtained great renown as an Indian fighter. He was one of the patentees named in the Charter of 1662, and that document was intrusted to Wyllys, Talcott, and Allyn, for safe keeping. His wife, Helena, d. June 21, 1674 ; and he m. (2) Nov. 9, 1676, Mary Cook. He d. in Hartford, July 23, 1688, leaving a numerous family. His son, Joseph, was Gov. of Conn., 1724-1741. The Governor's descend- ants now occupy the dwelling-house on Main Street, built by Col. Samuel Talcott, his son, in 1770. iii. Samuel, b. in Cambridge, about 1635 ; grad. Harvard College, 1658 ; m. Nov. 7, 1661, Hannah, dau. of Elizur and Mary (Pynchon) Holyoke, of Springfield ; freeman, 1662; townsman, Hartford, 1665 ; he settled at Wethersfield upon land given him by his father; Com- missioner for Wethersfield, 1669-84; deputy, 1670-84 ; Secretary, 1684, “in the absence of Capt. Allyn." May 16, 1676, while King Philip's War was raging, he was appointed one of the Standing Council ; appointed Capt. of the troop of Hartford County, Oct., 1681 ; Assistant from 1685, excepting under Andros's administration, until his death, Nov. 10, 1691. His wife, Hannah, d. Feb. 2, 1679, and he m. (2) Aug., 1679, Mary He is the ancestor of those of the name in Glastonbury and Wethersfield.
THOMAS UPSON, Hartford, 1639, one of the inhabitants who received land "by the courtesie of the town ;" his home-lot in 1639 was on the west side of the present Albany Avenue. He removed very early to Farmington, where he was an original proprietor ; he m. in Hartford, Jan. 23, 1646-7, Elizabeth Fuller, who was a second wife. He d. July 19, 1655. Inv. £108. 8. His widow m. (2) Edmund Scott, of Farmington.
ROBERT WADE, Dorchester, 1635, removed soon to Hartford, where he was one of those who received land "by the courtesie of the town ;" his home-lot in 1639 was on the east side of the road to the Cow Pasture, the one " seques- tered " for John Pierce; he removed to Saybrook, where he was living in 1657, when he applied for and obtained a divorce from his wife, Joan (who had deserted him for fifteen years and was then in England). In 1669 he was a freeman in Norwich. "Robert Wade, of Windham, died in 1696."
WILLIAM WADSWORTH,1 Cambridge, 1632, came in the "Lion" from London, Sept. 16, 1632 ; prob. bringing with him four children, Sarah, William, Mary, and John ; freeman, Mass., Nov. 6, 1632 ; in June, 1636, removed to Hart- ford, where he was an original proprietor; his home-lot in 1639 was on the west side of the road from Seth Grant's to Centinel Hill, prob. extending along what is now the south side of Asylum St., from Trumbull St. to Ford St. He was chosen townsman, 1642, 1655, 1661, 1673; constable, 1651; list and rate maker, 1668. He m. (1) name unknown ; (2) in Hartford, July 2, 1644, Elizabeth Stone, said to have been a sister of the Rev. Samuel Stone.2 He was deputy nearly every session between Oct., 1656, and May, 1675. He d. in 1675, will dated June 16 ; inv. Oct. 18, £1677. 13. 9. His widow,
1 " William Wadsworth, the younger brother of James, was b. in Long-Buckley, Co. Northampton ; rem. thence to Braintree, Co. Essex; emigrated to N. E." - Day's Hist. Discourse, 1843. Lt .- Col. John Talcott, in the memorandum book mentioned above, speaks of William Wadsworth as "my Oncle Wadsworth."
2 He had a sister Elizabeth, bapt. in Hertford, Oct. 21, 1621. - Hist. First. Ch. p. 47.
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Elizabeth, died in 1682. - Ch : i. Sarah, m. Sept. 17, 1646, John Wilcock, Jr., of Hartford, afterward of Middletown (q. v.). She d. 1648 or '49. ii. William, d. young. iii. John, settled in Farmington ; m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas Stanley, in 1662; he was deputy, 1672-1677; Assistant, 1679- 1689; one of the Standing Council during King Philip's War; d. in 1689, leaving seven sons, one of whom, John, was the father of the Rev. Daniel Wadsworth, pastor of the First Church, Hartford, who m. 1734, Abigail, dan. of Gov. Joseph Talcott, and was the father of Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth. iv. Mary, b. about 1632 (a. 53, 1684-5) ; m. ab. 1656, Thomas Stoughton, of Windsor. v. Elizabeth, b. May 17, 1645 ; m. Nov. 27, 1662, John Terry, of Simsbury ; d. March 12, 1715. vi. Samuel, bapt. Oct. 20, 1646 ; freeman, 1676 ; d. 1682 (s. p.) ; his will, dated Aug. 16, gave his estate of above £1100, to a brother and a sister, a nephew and two nieces. vii. Joseph, b. ab. 1647 ; this was Capt. Joseph, the hero of the Charter, a man of prominence, and some turbulence of character ; freeman, 1676; Lieut. in Philip's War, and afterward Capt. of the Hartford trainband. He m. Eliza- beth, dau. of Bartholomew Barnard, of Hartford ; she d. Oct. 26, 1710, having been the mother of his children ; he m. (2) Elizabeth, dau. of Lt .- Col. John Talcott, and (3) Mary, dau. of John Blackleach, of Wethersfield, who had been widow of Thomas Welles and John Olcott. viii. Sarah, bapt. March 17, 1649-50; m. Jonathan Ashley, Nov. 10, 1669. ix. Thomas, b. ab. 1651 (a. about 36, Sept., 1687) ; m. Elizabeth -; freeman, 1676; d. in Hartford, 1725. His father gave him, in his will, his lands located east of the Connecticut River, and he settled in East Hartford. x. Rebecca, unmarried in 1682.
HENRY WAKELEY (WALKLEY), Hartford, 1639, one of those inhabitants who received lands " by the courtesie of the town ;" his home-lot was on the west side of the road from George Steel's to the Great Swamp. March 28, 1650, Henry Wakeley, of Hartford, admitted administrator on the estate of his " wives other husband," having given a bond of £50, with Mr. Blackman of Stratford, for the payment of £20 to the two children. Ile removed to Stratford ; was freeman there, 1669 ; will dated July 11, 1689.
JAMES WAKELEY, perhaps son of Henry, who mentions a son James in his will ; one of the inhabitants who received lands "by the courtesie of the town ;" his home-lot was on the north side of the road from George Steel's to the South Meadow, " which the Townsmen bought of Arthur Smith, and was parcell of his home-lott and now settled on James Waklie by the inhabi- tants of this town," Feb. 1639-40 ; m. Oct. 5, 1652, Alice, widow of James Boosy ; removed to Wethersfield, and thence to Newport, 1665; in 1680 he sent to Connecticut from Providence a petition for a divorce ; his wife desired it also, but neither prevailed ; she d. 1683.
SAMUEL WAKEMAN, Roxbury, came in the " Lion," in Nov. 1631 ; freeman, Mass., Aug. 7, 1632 ; prob. removed to Cambridge; deputy, May, 1635; constable for Newtown, April, 1636 ; an original proprietor at Hartford, 1639, when his home-lot was on the south bank of the Little River ; chosen townsman, 1638 ; appointed with George Hubbard, Senr., and Ancient Stoughton, in 1636, "to consider the bounds and survey the breadth of Dorchester (Windsor) to- wards the Falls, and of Watertown (Wethersfield) towards the mouth of the River." He was killed in 1641 by a shot from the Spanish fort at Provi- dence in the Bahamas, where he had been sent " to buy cotton." His widow, Elizabeth, m. (2) Nathaniel Willett, of Hartford, before Jan. 1643, and the estate of Wakeman was settled on him Dec. 4, 1645, on condition that he pay £40 to the son when he reached the age of 21, and £20 to each of the dau's at the age of 18. - Ch. : i. Ezbon, freeman at Stratford, 1669 ; m. Apr. 1, 1669, at Guilford, Hannah Jordan ; removed to Fairfield before 1671, where he d. in 1683. ii. Elizabeth; m. Joseph Arnold, of Haddam. iii. Grace;
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m. John Kelly, of Hartford. iv. Joanna ; m. Francis Hackleton, of Hart- ford. v. Hannah.
NATHANIEL WARD, Hartford, 1638; an original proprietor ; his home-lot in 1639 was on the south bank of the Little River. Chosen townsman, 1639, 1640; constable, 1652, 1657. He m. (prob. for 2d wife) Jane, widow of John Hopkins, of Hartford ; freed from training, etc., March, 1657-8. He was called " of Norwattock," Sept. 11, 1660. One of the "with-drawers" to Hadley, 1659 ; he d. there, buried June 1, 1664 ; he d. childless, and in his will, dated May 27, 1664, he leaves half his estate to kinsman, William Markham,1 and mentions kinswoman Elizabeth Hawks, sister Cutting, sister Allen and her son Daniel, kinsman Noyes, and the Hadley school. His widow m. (3) Gregory Wolterton, of Hartford.
ANDREW WARNER 2 came from Hatfield, Co. Gloucester, son of John Warner, yeoman in said Shire and Town ; Cambridge, 1632, freeman May 14, 1634 ; 3 one of the Commissioners for ordering affairs at Connecticut, March, 1635-6 ; an original proprietor at Hartford, where his home-lot in 1639 was on the south bank of the Little River. He mn. in Hartford, prob. as second wife, Hester, widow of Thomas Selden ; he was chosen Deacon of the First Church, Oct., 1633 ; removed to Hadley in 1659, with Elder Goodwin and the " with- drawers ;" took the oath of allegiance at Hadley, Feb. 8, 1679, and d. there Dec. 18, 1684, or possibly the month following, a. almost 90. His widow, Hester, d. 1693.
JOHN WARNER ; a John Warner (prob. the same) was entered for passage in the " Increase," in April, 1635, "aged 20;" in the same ship came Isaac More, "aged 13," Matthew Marvin, Wm. Rusco, and others. He served in the Pequot War ; was one of the inhabitants of Hartford who received land "by the courtesie of the town ;" his home-lot in 1639 was on the east side of the road to the Cow-Pasture ; he m. in Hartford, in 1649, Ann, dau. of Thomas Norton, of Guilford, a second wife ; he was an original proprietor and settler of Farmington ; joined Farmington Church, March 15, 1656-7, with ch. : freeman, 1664 ; freed from watching and warding, etc., May, 1670; he went in 1673 to view Mattatuck to ascertain if it were desirable to plant there, and was a patentee for Mattatuck in 1674; d. before removal, in 1679, leaving a widow, Margaret.
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