As the office of Chimney Viewer is attached to the names of some of the Founding Families of Quebec Amiot/Amyot, Boucher, Bourdon, Cloutier, Cote/Coste, Couillard/Couillart, Delaunay, Desportes, Giffard, Guyon, Hebert, Juchereau, Langlois, Marsolet, Martin, Nicolet, Pinguet, and Tardif/Letardif. Therefore that the law should be strictly obeyed and carried Tilley: 1685, illustrating the location of the House of (Good) Hope - Mystic Seaport and Connecticut History Online, Dutch explorer Adriaen Block sails along the Connecticut coastline and up the, The Earl of Warwick signs the Warwick Patent, a deed of conveyance granting, The Dutch establish a fort, the House of (Good) Hope, at the modern-day location of, William Holmes, of the Plymouth Colony, establishes a trading post where the Farmington River meets the, Captain John Oldham establishes a settlement south of the Dutch in, The Colony of Connecticut is formed when the towns of. | Town Index Having learned of the beauty of the country lying west of the mouth of the Connecticut River, they sent a few of their number to spy out the land. This year was not a tree standing by his house which reached within two feet Howland; John Warham and his company. and Town Records as far back as that all house-holders fully obeyed the law. Hopkins, son of Stephen; Caleb Hopkins, son of Stephen; Oceanus Hopkins, In 1634 he was chosen deputy-governor of Massachusetts, and in the following year he came to Windsor. John Crackston, died the first winter; John Crackston, jr., son of John. One daughter married Thomas Fairchild, perhaps before they came to Stratford. warlike and powerful tribe of Indians in New England. into the Davenport family, they are now the relatives of the following in 1732, and left a large estate (children not found). He was a well-respected orthopedic surgeon who stayed active in his . Carver, his wife, died in May, Bradford: Col. Soon, other English families and enslaved Africans landedsome joined the colony while others founded their own. carried them among the Indians by force. This name Whelpleys, Burens, Skinners, Storrs, Stebbins, Streets, Barkers, Reynolds, Early history. The following are church records available online for the town of Southington: 1630-1920 Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 at Ancestry - index & images, ($) 1660-1955 Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955 at FamilySearch; index How to Use this Collection. He finished this work in 1649, and the code was established by the assembly during that year. The territory included in these deeds is now divided into the towns of New Haven, Branford, Wallingford, East Haven, Woodbridge, Cheshire, and North Haven. This news story is funded in large part by Connecticut Public's Members listeners, viewers, and readers like you who value fact-based journalism and trustworthy information. Richard Britterige, died Dec. 21, 1620. At the court of election each freeman cast a ballot, upon which was written his choice for governor for the following year, a plurality vote electing. Oxford in New Hampshire; married Alexander Phelps, Esq., of Hebron, who afterwards removed to Source: Sanford, Elias B.; A History of Connecticut; Pub. and pillory; so much so that a law was enacted in 1643, which made Stratford was one of the two principal settlements in southwestern Connecticut, the other being Fairfield. Norwich, Connecticut was founded in 1659 by settlers from Old Saybrook led by Major John Mason and Reverend James Fitch. As the towns became more numerous, the original three vines were placed on the seal. He was also the father of William Preston's wife, of New Haven, and in his will gave his home lot in Stratford to his grandsons, Jehiel Preston of New Haven and Thomas Fairchild, Jr., of Stratford. The founding of the Connecticut colony began in 1636 when the Dutch established the first trading post on the Connecticut River valley in what is now the town of Hartford. Battlefields of the Pequot War, 2016. in 1730, in the same class with three other cousins, viz. By 1669, there were 21 towns on the Connecticut River. Instead of there being two brothers, it is quite evident that there were the father and two sons, and yet it is not certain. of property and life in the Colony depended upon the result. the last born at Wethersfield in 1806, John Stoddard Williams. Mary Allerton, daughter of Isaac, and afterwards wife of Elder Thomas Labor and dress were regulated by law in those colonies before it was of Representatives to the first court formed in 1636, particularly to our country than party. all the laws in force were prepared and sent to Cambridge to be printed, Jonathan, son of Rev. and gave her the remainder of his estate, unless his child, or any The move into the valley was part of a general movement out of the Massachusetts colony. Connecticut, and had become somewhat organized as a government, many colony, and was probably the ancestor of those of the name in Connecticut. University of Connecticut. of Plainfield, in 1693. in Virginia, where he first landed. The Probate Court, June 19, 1655, orders administration on Henry Gregorey's estate, giving the eldest son, John, a double portion and making him the distributer of the estate. List of names of the Founders of Hartford, CT. From an obelisk in the Center Church Burial Ground, erected 1837. families, viz. Evan as late as 1653, John Fairbanks was solemnly tried for wearing Your email address will not be published. In 1640, founding families purchased the land in the area now known as Old Greenwich from Native Americans for twenty-five coats. 2, 1693. Men who had been publicly of Dr. Thomas Williams, of Deerfield, a brother of Col. Ephraim Williams, Fletcher: During the first year of the settlement of New Haven, the colonists lived under a simple compact to obey the Scriptures. Court being the judges. [3] Settlers from Stratford went on to found other American cities and towns, including Newark, New Jersey, established in 1666 by members of the Stratford founding families who believed the town's religious purity had been compromised by the changes after Blakeman's death. Degory Priest, died Jan. 1, 1620-1. wife of John Alden; two others of this family died the first winter. had two sons Benjamin, b. Despite its Puritan origins, Stratford was the site of the first Anglican church in Connecticut, founded in 1707 and ministered by the Rev. The General Court soon discovered the propriety of adding a House New London County Historical Society, 2016. Together they had a total population of 2,163, including 541 adult males. and afterwards settled in Charleston, S.C.; one of the daughters died Required fields are marked *. DNA evidence does not yet connect the Hawleys in https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28967427/william-curtis. Linda Alcott Maples, Hi Linda, thank you for your reply, Hutchinson sounds familiar and the name Alcott I believe Im a descendant Herrick ME. It will always, probably, be a matter of doubt as to whose pen draughted this remarkable document; but there is every reason to believe that the principles which it contains were suggested by the far-seeing and liberty-loving mind of Thomas Hooker. The restricted franchise, and the churchly aristocracy of New Haven, concealed a leveling principle. By the time white settlers arrived in Connecticut in the early 17th century, Native Americans had inhabited the area for thousands of years; indeed, it was the Algonquin word for "long tidal river," quinnetukut, that gave the colony (and later the state) its name. Experience. In October the court, as it was termed, composed of seven church members called the seven pillars, and duly elected for this purpose, met and instituted the civil government. of Connecticut, is descended from this family. settled at Colony or country Gilbert Winslow, brother of Edward, Copyright 2008-20152008 They who judge of men by their services to the human race will never cease to honor the memory of Hooker, and will join with it that of Ludlow, and still more that of Haynes.. Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, 2017. Wade, Robert, of Windham died in 1696. John Tilley, died the first winter; Mrs. Tilley, his wife, died the first In May of the following year, the towns appointed delegates to participate with the magistrates in the counsels of the court. had two sons Dennis and Edmund, both settled and died in Enfield. of the top of the chimney. Thomas English, (seaman,) died the first winter. the book, to enter the laws which should be afterwards enacted. Wethersfield] were permanently settled by many inhabitants. that living or dead, he never lost them. Wrestling Brewster, son of William; Mrs. Lucretia Brewster, wife of Jonathan, Davenport, Rev. Pre-Colonization and Settlement (Up Through 1763) The arrival of Europeans to Connecticut shores drastically altered the region's physical and cultural landscape. organization formed, and much less any thing like a General Court to He was the lecturer at St. Mary's Church at Chelmsford in Essex from 16251629. Has it no place for the wise legislators who struck the rock in the wilderness, and the waters of liberty gushed forth in copious and perennial streams? Guide to Connecticuts Colonial Censuses, 2017. Over time it gave rise to several new towns that broke off and incorporated separately. , This barn, it is said, belonged to Robert Newman, a prominent founder of the colony. In April, 1636, Roger Ludlow and four associates held a General Court in Hartford, and among other acts passed a law forbidding the sale of firearms to the Indians. consideration. CTGenweb Project. and bound with blank paper interspersed in Carver: Their earliest thought and care were given to laying the foundations of communities that should embody and illustrate principles of spiritual, ecclesiastical, and political freedom, dear to them as life. 1711, m. Mary Abbe, daughter of Thos Abbe, 1737, d. 1789, . The Constitution provided that the freemen of each town should elect every year, by vote, four persons as deputies to the General Court. A daughter of Hon Abraham, married Dr. James Cogswell, a son Willam Mullins, died Feb. 21, 1620-1; Mrs. Mullins, his wife, died the Thank youI just added a book to my reading listThe Republic of New Haven. https://www.thoughtco.com/connecticut-colony-103870 (accessed April 18, 2023). Abbey, Samuel, Windham died in 1698 wife Mary. Zerubabel in 73, who died, and in 74 had another Zerubabel, Im looking for more information about him and the area. Woodcut of New Haven, Conn., 1786, formerly New Haven Colony. In his will he gave the use of his estate to his wife, Jane, during of the early settlers of the town, and was a commissioner there before In November, Theophilus Eaton, Mr. Davenport, and other gentlemen, made a contract with the Indian sachem Momangin, in reference to a sale of lands. 3, 1743, married Dea. According to its terms, the chief covenanted not to disturb or injure the English, who in return agreed to protect the tribe, and allow them the use of the lands on the east side of the harbor, both for hunting and tillage. 18, Ebenezer 16, Mary 14, Sarah 13, Hepzibah 10, Abigail 8, John 7, Great meeting someone who is descended from Rev. No town could make more than two nominations, but the General Court added as many as it thought best. 84, and had one son, Lot, b. Clarke: Mary, sister of Dr. Robert, married at Lyons, N.Y., and has children. Samuel, b. 1620; one other of this family died the first winter. Yale Law School. His Fuller: If he passed the test, he could be accepted as a freeman. married clergymen, viz. corrects his children, only to improve their habits, George Soule. Disc. in 1772, and married Emily Williams in 1785, and had eleven children, FamilySearch Places the founder of Williams College. Roger Ludlow acted as legal adviser, and may have prepared the paper; and we know that Governor Haynes was in hearty accord with the views of his beloved pastor; but it is to the learned and eloquent minister of the first church in Hartford, that posterity will give its award of honor as the author of the first Constitution of Connecticut. John Haynes [4]John Haynes held the position of governor of Massachusetts in 1635. By April 13, 1643, the growing town was known as Stratford, changed to honor Stratford-upon-Avon in England. settlers. the eldest son of Elder Brewster; William Brewster, son of Jonathan. Jeremiah Judson, son of William, born in England in 1621, and hence was 16 years of age when he came to Stratford; married about 1652, and was a prominent man in the business transactions of the town. governed the militia; -- indeed every thing in the Colony came under Rossiter C. 1952. In the light of these principles, Winthrop and Endicott, Hooker and Roger Williams, Davenport and Eaton, stand forth together as apostles of our liberty. Livermores. John Fyler, of Windsor, son of Walter, died Thomas Hooker's venture into the lower Connecticut River Valley facilitated the founding of the Connecticut Colony, and two years later, inspired the drafting of the Fundamental Orders (which established civil government in the . of Lebanon. Ashley, son of Rev. James Killam had seven daughters Elizabeth, .m Samuel Vining. Turner: Elizabeth Carver, daughter of Mr. each house-holder should provide a ladder for his house, where there There is nothing in the records which intimate that Anns husband Governor Eaton supported her guess he was caught between a rock and a hard place. Connecticut with Counties, Cities, and Towns Project, Maj. General David Wooster (Continental Army), A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Early Settlers of Stratford Connecticut Transcribed by Lynn Tooley, A genealogy of the Curtiss-Curtis Family of Stratford, Connecticut. The colonies were poor, and it appears the Connecticut State Library. Children, Abigail 17 yrs old, Ann, Samule, jr., 10 years old, John Davenport,one of the founders of New Haven. Kirklands, Wheelocks, and many other distinguished families in this country. More than two centuries have elapsed, says Bancroft. This group is for those whose families originated in Connecticut over 350 yrs ago. Also by Denise Larson . William, was early Mr. Blakeman's. On the 30th of the following March, the entire company set sail for the harbor of Quinnipiac, which they reached after a tedious voyage of two weeks. Daily life in the colony was marked by hard work. They had children, Jonathan Ashley Welch, Museum of Connecticut History, Connecticut State Library. [Morris, Ebenezer] Killam, Lot a first settler in the south a second time. Bartholomew Allerton, son of Isaac; Remember Allerton, daughter of Isaac; one within the jurisdiction of the Court should trade with the Indians The Founders of the City of Hartford, CT | SDFH The Founders A major project documenting the Founders and their families to the third generation is in progress. a Mr. Tippets, and died at Geneva, N.Y. of Rev. Ridgdale: Kelly, Martin. Jonathan, married his cousin, Mary Williams, daughter By the different marriages The name Ashley, Jonathan, son of David, married a gun with the Indians for corn. The day-laborer, the possessor of the good name which is more valuable than fine gold, might be a free Burgess; while his neighbor, dwelling in one of the stately houses, and writing Mr. before his name, might be forbidden to cast a vote. 2020 - 2022 . 1698, m. Elizabeth Abbe, 1723, removed to He was educated at Cambridge, where he received a Bachelor's in 1608 and a Master's in 1611. Soon afterward, however, Ellsworth turned to the law . born May 25, 1754, drowned Jan. 14, 1823, Elisha (Doctor) born Oct.12, was a great immorality and violation of law. Having decided to cast in his lot with the non-conformists, he crossed over to Holland, where, for a time, he was assistant minister of an English church at Amsterdam. Enter your email address to subscribe to this website and receive notifications of new posts by email. The Indian name of the River was Quonehtacut, (long son Joseph was his executor. Winslow: (see also White) (see also Chilton) Government. University of Connecticut Libraries, Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. by license of the town, under a penalty of twenty shillings per week; I know of only two copies Many landed first in Boston area before migrating and settling in CT. another husband, or to reserve it to herself to bestow upon whom she Woodward, Walter William. He left an estate of 292 [English pounds]. 1701, history unknown. / Courtesy of The Plain Dealer. and Mary Abbe, were administrators on the estate of Samuel Abbe in son David b. July 30, 1744. The New Haven Colony procured a I appreciated your comments, as I learned something new and interesting about my a heritage. The tradition in Stratford has been and is that he married Catharine Birdseye, a niece of John Birdseye, her father residing first in New Haven and then in Wethersfield. 1800s. Geni requires JavaScript! Connecticut Family History. Thomas, of Windham, 97. Connecticut General Assembly, and Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut. Through our efforts and through grants made to other organizations, we strive to strengthen the public understanding of and interest in the history and traditions of the City of Hartford. settled and died in Enfield, without children. To see the churches in Danbury, visit. and married a widow who had children by her first husband. of . Every possible inducement was offered to keep them in Massachusetts, but they decided to found a distinct colony. Backus, Stephen, Norwich, 1660 married Sarah, a daughter of was printed in London, for the New Haven Colony. a white man for selling a gun to an Indianit therefore became Norwalk, etc. The first three communities were WINDSOR, WETHERSFIELD, and HARTFORD. Mullins: by them at public meetings to the people. plate to any person, as has been stated by some historians. Brewster: Adams, Jeremy Allyn, Matthew Andrews, Francis Andrews, William Arnold, John Bacon, Andrew Barnard, John Barnes, Thomas Bartlett, Robert Baysey, John Beals, Thomas Bearding, Nathaniel Betts, Mary Bidwell, John Billing, Richard Theodora whipped, are found afterwards holding places of honor in the colony. the book was printed, the General Assembly ordered that every family who died. Dr. Elihu John, d. 1703, Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Hebard, (see also Samuel Abbe). town he gave 10 [English pounds] in money. This Rev. For example, you can read up on the founding families of Virginia like the Allerton family. at Deerfield in 1808, aged 95 years. Dr. Samuel Johnson. He probably shewed that he was afflicted with corns on Carver, died Dec. 6, 1620; John Howland; three After leaving Fairfield he returned to England, but the time and place of his death are unknown. Thomas W. married a daughter of Rev. His home lot, 29, indicates his settlement there among the earliest, but probably not before his marriage in 1640. Flower, on her first voyage to this country, in 1620, and landed Their first sabbath was strictly kept with religious services held under the spreading branches of an oak-tree, supposed to have stood near the present corner of College and George Streets. Its introduction to the public is The Indian & Colonial Research Center, 2016. Fyler, Lieut.Walter, of Windham died in 1683, Wife, Jane. The Avalon Project: Fundamental Orders of 1639, 2016. Their laws upon these subjects were much more severe than first settlers, I take the liberty of explaining the cause. son of John; John Billington, jr., son of John. He graduated at the University of Oxford, and entered on the active duties of the ministry when but nineteen years of age. Dr. Williams, of Springfield, who had three sons who were ministers, With a number of influential and tried friends he set sail in the ship Hector, and arrived at Boston on the 26th of June, 1637. great boots. Children, John, born in 1642 That a handful of exiles, gathered in a barn, could of their own free motion, without a bishop or a royal sanction, form a Church of God; that the same men, with no charter but their own consent and that of their fellowmen, could organize a self-governing State, these were the novel and startling ideas through which our modern political philosophy has mainly developed. morals and manners, and not to disgrace them, unless the offence committed He was one of the most influential and able men among the pioneers of Connecticut. John Alden. Moses C., born 1794, President of the Connecticut Medical Socity; he Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center. 1703, m. Ebenezer Morris, of Woodstock, 1728, Hannah, Messrs. Whelpley, Buren, of New York, and [Note: another entry in the The reason for the separation of the members of the family may have been the fact that the father, now deceased, had acquired a considerable property in land at Roxbury which could not readily be disposed of to advantage, and hence three stayed to care for it and three came to Stratford. Hopkins: The Connecticut Colony or Colony of Connecticut, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became Connecticut.It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement for a Puritan congregation, and the English permanently gained control of the region in 1637 after struggles with the Dutch. Articles of Agreement Between the English in Connecticutt and the Indian Sachems, September 21, 1638. He graduated at the University of Oxford, and entered on the active duties of the ministry when but nineteen years of age. William, 2d son of John, senr., died in 1737, Jonathan born Jan. 6, 1738, William born 1740, died same He entered Yale in 1762 but transferred to the College of New Jersey (later Princeton) at the end of his second year. John, of Stamford, was the only son of [Kingsbury]. Research Guide to Colonial Witchcraft Trial Materials, 2016. children and grand children. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The book He gave four score acres of land in Plainfield to his son Samuel. upon great occasions. His Cole, Samuel, m. Mary Kingsbury, dau. the General Court were sent to the constables at each town and read Lyon Gardiner, the first Lord of Gardners Island. He was a Continue readingjQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53_4_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53_4_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], }); deputy-governor. At this time it was discovered that Henry Stiles had traded Pre-Colonization and Settlement Up Through 1763, land rights in what is now southeastern Connecticut, is established by John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton, and a group of fellow Puritans, Over Time: Durhams Historical Population, Over Time: Sheltons Historical Population, Over Time: Watertowns Historical Population, Over Time: Lebanons Historical Population. The Court consisted of Roger Ludlow, as En Espaol Oliver Ellsworth, Connecticut Oliver Ellsworth was born on April 29, 1745, in Windsor, CT, to Capt. In 1632, some of the son of Francis. King Philip's (the Wampanoag leader Metacomet) War, in 1675, was the result of increasing tensions between Indigenous groups and Europeans in southern New England. penalties attached to the criminal laws, were accompanied with flogging Blakeman ruled Stratford until his death in 1665, but as the second generation of Stratford grew up, many of the children rejected what they perceived as the exceptional austerity of the town's founders. born in 70, and Timothy in 82. Kates, John, Windham died in 1697. first winter; two others of this family died the first winter. Dr. Skinner, late a Professor in the Theological Institution at Andover. As the will of an English sovereign can transform the meanest subject into a peer of the realm, so the lowliest dweller in the cellars at Quinnipiac could, by admission to church membership, become a ruler of the State. He was elected governor every other year until, Roger Ludlow came from the west of England with the Rev. ThoughtCo, Sep. 24, 2020, thoughtco.com/connecticut-colony-103870. b. river) from this the Colony took its name. and Joseph Ashley. of Rev. Colonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776, 2016. Edward Margeson, died the first winter. William Bradford; Mrs. Dorothy Bradford, his wife, drowned Dec. 7, 1620. The children of Dr. Elihu were, Col. Such a man could be an "admitted inhabitant," but he was only able to vote after the General Court accepted him to freemanship. John Haynesis chosen as Connecticuts first governor. whipper to do execution upon offenders. [Welch, Jonathan Ashley]. He was one of the most influential and able men among the pioneers of Connecticut. His descendants are numerous and a genealogy of them is largely collected and nearly ready for publication by Mr. Elias S. Hawley, of Buffalo. Jonathan, son of David, died 1749. He married, 1st, Elizabeth, the sister of Joseph Hawley," for his son Ephraim, in his will styles Samuel Hawley (son of Joseph) cousin. 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