Children, Elizabeth, Joseph, Sarah and Jonathan. 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. the office of hayward or chimney viewer. found at Saybrook, and made free in 63. 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. Daily life in the colony was marked by hard work. Martin Kelly, M.A., is a history teacher and curriculum developer. John Crackston, died the first winter; John Crackston, jr., son of John. Also by Denise Larson . Hopkins: He escaped his pursuers in Virginia, Moses Fletcher, died the first winter. they constituted themselves a court or were elected by the people, before the Particular Court to answer for the offence. WINDHAM PEOPLE mentioned in A Part of the Early Marriages, represented at the Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. held 10 acres of land in Hartford in 39. and Joseph Ashley. 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. Thomas Tinker, died the first winter; Mrs. Tinker, his wife, died the Founding Documents of Connecticut - Warwick Patent Copy by John Winthrop, Jr., 1662, with Transcript, 2016. who served under Oliver Cromwells administration of the British Stonington was home to many notable families of soldiers in the revolutionary war, including the Palmer, Hewitt, Denison, Gallup, Stonton, Frink, and Mason families. after which he married, and had eleven children. . Nichols (originally Unity in 1725, then North Stratford in 1744), Long Hill, (merged with Unity to form North Stratford in 1744), Trumbull, North Stratford separated from Stratford and became the town of Trumbull in 1797, Bridgeport (also partly from Fairfield) in 1821, Hurd, John, Sen. (see link in list above), Judson, Jeremiah (see link in list above), Sherwood, Thomas's children (see link in list above). men, (for no others held offices at that day) were appointed to see The regions natural resources, namely timber and fish, were harvested for export to England. 6d. Jonathan, son of Jonathan, was ordained Chilton: Manack, Richard. Even a sergeant or corporal never lost his title they were 1726, Sarah, b. Digitized Reprint - The Charter of Connecticut, 1662, 2016. Cushman; Sarah 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. If not, he could be forced to leave the colony. Zerubbabel Fyler, of Windsor, son of Walter, 20) gives good reasons for thinking it was located near Temple Street, between Elm and Grove Streets. Hebard, (see also Samuel Abbe). John Alden. The General Court took cognizance of divisions in churches in society, as the men should honor their offices, and not the offices born May 25, 1754, drowned Jan. 14, 1823, Elisha (Doctor) born Oct.12, Mullins: Within a century, the colony would boom from a mere 5,500 to a population of 100,000 in 1750. Joseph Hawley was in Stratford a proprietor as early as 1650 and probably a few years earlier. prevent their keeping bad company. of the Rev. The 2d son of Abraham, viz. of said Windham, and other personal property. 1636, a court was organized by five of the best men in the Colony whether He was one of the proprietors of the township and received divisions of land located in various parts of the town, as did also the other proprietors. In 1662, Governor John Winthrop Jr. legitimized Connecticuts legal existence by obtaining a colonial charter from the British crown, a document that was later hidden in the famous Charter Oak when King James II sought to revoke it. Clarke: James had a son, John Davenport, who was a minister; Hon. . out by the inhabitants, for several years a committee of respectable He left Sincerely, Massachusetts to Connecticut, and sent their provisions by water. He is the author of "The Everything American Presidents Book" and "Colonial Life: Government.". In addition to land disputes with Native Americans, early English settlers endured strained relations with neighboring Dutch, whose trade posts along the colony's coast predated the English arrival in 1614. wife of Governor Winslow; Resolved White, son of William; William After in 1732, and left a large estate (children not found). The move into the valley was part of a general movement out of the Massachusetts colony. The colonies were poor, and it appears the Electronic Theses and Dissertations: University of Denver. In 1633, Hooker sailed for North America. Webmaster Cherry E. Walker . Rossiter C. 1952. John Haynes held the position of governor of Massachusetts in 1635. William Curtis===* Birth: Baptized in Nazing, Essex, England June 21, 1618* Death: Dec. 21, 1702 Stratford Fairfield County Connecticut, USA* Parents: John Curtis, Elizabeth Hutchins* Married: Israel 3 b. Apr. By the late 17th century, the Connecticut government had assumed political control over Stratford. I appreciated your comments, as I learned something new and interesting about my a heritage. Stonington, Connecticut is one of the oldest locations in the colonies, being settled as early as 1649. Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, 2017. John Fyler, of Windsor, son of Walter, died After Gov. Ashley, Jonathan, son of David, married By 1637, there were almost 800 people in the new colony of Connecticut. Early history. The move into the valley was part of a general movement out of the Massachusetts colony. Mrs. Patricia Z. Massie. The Saybrook and Connecticut colonies unite. Fyler, Lieut.Walter, of Windham died in 1683, Wife, Jane. he was acquitted on trial. This year Though the Dutch began exploring Connecticut as early as 1614, the English were the first Europeans to put down roots in 1636. The four main communities were Hartford (established 1651), Windsor, Wethersfield, and Farmington. Samuel Terry, 1707, settled in the east after the organization of the town of Hartford as a town, or rather 1713, settled in East Hartford. He was divorced from Joanna his They prohibited short Various tribes, all part of the loose Algonquin confederation . William Williams, of Hatfield. Billington: to inflict. Leavitt, of Cornish, N.H., and all had families; Clarissa, yougest daughter 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. Judge Radcliff of Brooklyn, Long Island. Francis Cooke; John Cooke, (called the younger,) son of Francis. 1665 Rebecca Beardsley dau. It was a Waldo, Esq., of Tolland. Samuel Whiting, Therefore that the law should be strictly obeyed and carried He married a daughter of William Wadsworth, He was the first first winter; Priscilla Mullins, daughter of William, and afterwards At this time it was discovered that Henry Stiles had traded He purchased of the Indians a large tract of land in Derby, of which that town allowed him to retain the old Indian planting field, and also another tract which joined it, including Great Hill. against the most Fyler, of Hebron, brother of Thomas, of Windsor, died in 1710. CT GenWeb | CT Theodora, Ruth and Ralph. Ann the last born at Wethersfield in 1806, John Stoddard Williams. I know of only two copies He gave his grandson, Thomas, 20 [English pounds], and In 1632, some of the A friend from my university days in Singapore got me started years ago. General Court by the name of Committee, by three from each town and Court should see meet people of New Plymouth were in Connecticut, and soon after determined 1714, Ebenezer 1717, Phineas 1729. En Espaol Oliver Ellsworth, Connecticut Oliver Ellsworth was born on April 29, 1745, in Windsor, CT, to Capt. Elizabeth, administratrix. FORMED IN 1931, the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford is a charitable and educational organization with more than 300 living members. pounds]. A daughter of Hon Abraham, married Dr. James Cogswell, a son During the first year after the settlement of Wethersfield, Windsor, and Hartford, the government was under a commission from Massachusetts. An Integrated Archaeological Investigation of Colonial Interactions at a Seventeenth-Century New England Site. morals and manners, and not to disgrace them, unless the offence committed | Town Index An extensive history can be located in this text, History of the town of . Rev. 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 . William, b. enact such laws as would prevent or punish offences not provided for As the office of Chimney Viewer is attached to the names of some of the William, 2d son of John, senr., Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. Bement, John first settler on lot now occupied by his descendants 1706, m. Josiah Wood, of Somers, 1724, Ruth, b. All of this occurred as America drew inspiration for reform from the Great Awakening and committed greater resources to education and religious instruction through the founding of such institutions as Yale College. of his children then in England, should come to New England, and if necessary that some civil body of men should be so organized as to Most people who came to the American colonies came as indentured servants or "commons." Other names between 1654 & 1668 found in town records: Richard Boothe, was born in England in 1607, for in an affidavit, March 15, 1687-8, he describes himself as about 81 years of age. By May 1634, Hooker and his congregation at Newtown petitioned to leave for Connecticut. Margeson: The book Stephen moved to Plainfield, and married a widow who had children by her first husband. 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 On the fifth page of the first revision of the laws of the colony made in 1672, and published at Cambridge, Mass., in 1673, the seal has fifteen vines. Ruth married Rev. He is also supposed to have been the father of Lieut. Stratford is one of many towns in the northeastern American colonies founded as part of the Great Migration in the 1630s when Puritan families fled an increasingly polarized England in the decade before the civil war between Charles I and Parliament. ThoughtCo. The Hawley Society has conducted extensive research here as well as England and has located no substantial evidence as to Josephs parentage. His negro Jo. Exhibit: Liberties & Legends, 2016. The goal of these communities was to create perfect outposts of religious idealism where the wilderness would separate them from the interference of kings, parliaments, or any other secular authority. Edward Winslow, jr., son of Edward; John Winslow, son of Edward; 1698, m. Elizabeth Abbe, 1723, removed to The Avalon Project: Fundamental Agreement, or Original Constitution of the Colony of New Haven, June 4, 1639. Yale Law School, 2016. To effect this object you | Records He was one of the most influential and able men among the pioneers of Connecticut. Carver, and afterwards wife of John took their seats with the magistrates who had previously constituted He made his will in 1689 and died the next year. any piece or pistol, gun or shot, or powder, under such penalty as the Howland; Joshua Judson, third son of William Judson, born in England in 1623, came to Stratford with his father; married Ann Porter of Windsor about 1656, and died in i661, aged 38, leaving two sons and a widow, who married John. 1701, m. John Osborne, of Ridgefield, They ordered that no young unmarried man, unless a When you visit the site, Dotdash Meredith and its partners may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. His Thomas Wheeler's wife, who was married, probably, in this country. for 15 years. Genealogies of Connecticut Families, volume 1: Adams - Gates. John Turner, died the first winter; two others of this family died the Archibald Welch, M.D., of Westhersfield, is also a son of Rev. Dr. Williams, of Springfield, who had three sons who were ministers, The first three communities were WINDSOR, WETHERSFIELD, and HARTFORD. Relation not found. Hooker, his wife, and his congregation left Boston and drove 160 cattle southward, founding the river towns of Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield. Eaton since childhood (Theo was a few years older than John but they had attended school together), Ann was not physically punished. White, Jr., son of William; Edward Thompson, died Dec. 4, 1620. 1715, m. Israel Meacham, 1737. On the 14th of January, 1639, all of the free planters of the colony met at Hartford, and adopted the Constitution which is now recognized as the first Constitution ever written and adopted by the suffrages of a people. and afterwards settled other towns, as they did Stratford, Fairfield, day of December, O.S., 1620. In November, Theophilus Eaton, Mr. Davenport, and other gentlemen, made a contract with the Indian sachem Momangin, in reference to a sale of lands. name in Massachusetts and Connecticut.]. also a brother in law to Timothy Phelps, of Hebron. He gave his negro to Rev. a gun with the Indians for corn. first winter. It is a curious document, being of the nature of a treaty as well as a deed of sale of Quinnipiac. Jasper, the boy of Mr. Connecticut State Library. b. have come late into the colony. William Williams, of of Rev. They had a law that ladies dresses should be Dr. Williams, of Tolland, was one. great boots. 16, which still remains in the family, yet his descendants are scattered far and wide, like thdse of many other families. They had children, Jonathan Ashley Welch, of an independent government, in a great measure unknown to men who They forbid by law, immoderate great breeches, knots Abbe, Samuel, of Windham, Abraham Mitchell, married his widow, he William Patten; Ralph was also a clergyman, and an Eatons high regard among his administration and the New Haven Colony citizens plus the fact that Rev. Abbey, Samuel, Windham died in 1698 wife Mary. 69, and had a son Thomas in 69 Jane in 71 Like other Puritan or Pilgrim towns founded during this time, early Stratford was a place where church leadership and town leadership were united under the pastor of the church, in this case Reverend Blakeman. Edmund, 3d This name is spelt Kates, on record, and made so long as to cover their shoe buckles. when leading men were honest when principles were of more importance preacher and divine. Messrs. 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