The Founders of Hartford
Edward Elmer, Cambridge, came in the “Lion,” arriving Sept. 16, 1632, with Talcott, Goodwin, Olmsted,
and others ; one of the original proprietors of Hartford ; his home-lot, in 1639, was on the east side of Main Street,
next north of John Talcott. Chosen chimney-viewer, 1651 ; removed to Northampton about 1656 ; went from there to
Windsor, on the east side of the river; freed from watching and warding, March 5, 1667-8; killed by the Indians in
King Philip's war, in 1676, leaving a widow,1 Mary, who m. Thomas Catlin, of Hartford, as 2d wife. Inv.
£471. 15. 3.-Ch.: i. John, b. ab. 1646; m. ab. 1669, Rosamond Ginivare, of Hartford, Mr. Eliezer Way's maid; d. in
Windsor, Dec. 21, 1711. ii. Samuel, bapt. Hartford, March 21, 1646-7; settled in East Windsor; m. and had descendants.
iii. Elizabeth, bapt. Hartford, July 15, 1649; died before her father. iv. Edward, b. 1654; m. Rebecca - before
March, 1685-6, of Windsor; of Northampton in 1729. v. Joseph, b. 1656, Northampton; d. July, 1657. vi. 6. Mary,
b. Northampton, 1658; m. Joseph Garrett, or Garrard, of Hartford, 1696, afterward of Glastonbury, 1729. vii. Sarah,
b. 1664, in East Windsor; m. Thomas Long, of Hfd. (q. v.).
1 See County Court Records, iv. 25, 39 ; Colonial Records, vol. iii. Hook D. ; Windsor Land
Records, i. 242.
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