The Founders of Hartford
William Lewis, Sen., Cambridge, 1632; came in the “Lion,” with Wadsworth, Talcott, Goodwin,
and others. He belonged to the Braintree company which in August, 1632, removed from Braintree to Cambridge; adm.
freeman Nov. 6, 1632 ; removed to Hartford, one of the original proprietors here ; his home-lot in 1639 was on Main
St., next south of John Talcott's; he was juror in 1642; townsman, 1641; removed about 1659 to Hadley; rep. for
Hadley, 1662, and for Northampton, 1664. His wife, Felix, d. in Hadley, April 17, 1671. Prior to Nov. 29, 1677,
he had removed to Farmington, where lie d. Aug. 2, 1683.
