The Founders of Hartford
William Hayden, Dorchester, came prob. in the “Mary and John,” 1630; removed to Connecticut; served
in the Pequot War; land granted to his heirs, 1671, for his services; an original proprietor at Hartford; his bome-lot,
in 1639, was on the road to the Neck ; he sold this lot Feb. 9, 1642-3, at about which time be bought lands in
Windsor, “towards Pine Meadow.” He remained in Windsor until 1664, when he removed to Fairfield, and from them
to Killingworth, in 1665 ; deputy from K. 1667. His first wife d. in Wind - son, in 1655, and he m. (2) Margaret, widow
of William Wilcockson, in Fairfield. He d. in Killingworth, Sept. 27, 1669.
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