The Founders of Hartford
Nicholas Clarke, Cambridge, 1632, arrived at Boston in the “Lion,” Sept. 16, 1632; was one of
the earliest settlers of Hartford. Lt. Col. John Talcott states in his memorandum-book that his father's house was
the first built in Hartford, “and was done by Nicholas Clark, the first winter any Englishmen rought or built
in Hartford, which was the year 1635.” An original proprietor, his home-lot in 1639 was bounded on the N. E. by
the road to the Soldier's Field, and on the S. W. by the road to the Neck. He served in the Pequot War; d. July
2, 1680.-Ch.: i. Thomas, Hartford; freeman, 1658; d. 1695. Inv. £456. 15. 9. ii. A dau., m. Alexander Douglass,
of Hartford; iii. A dau., m. Leister, of New London.
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