The Founders of Hartford
Deacon Paul Peck, b. about 1622 (depos. on will of Widow Barding). A proprietor “by courtesie of
the town” in 1639 ; his home-lot was on “the road from George Steel's to the Great Swamp.” He was
surveyor of highways, 1658, 1665; townsman, 1661, 1668; chimney-viewer, 1667; deacon of the First Ch., April, 1691.
He d. Dec. 23, 1695, a. 87; inv. £536. 5. ; named wife Martha in his will. Ch. : i. Paul, b. 1639; m. Elizabeth, dau.
o1 John Baysey; lived in the West Division; d. 1725. ii. Martha, b. 1641 m. June 8, 1665, John Cornwall, of Middletown;
d. March 1, 1708-9. iii. Elizabeth, b. 1643 ; m. - Howe, of Wallingford. iv. John, b. Dec. 22, 1645; Hartford,
West Division; m. and had children. v. Samuel, b. 1647 ; lived in the West Division; m. Elizabeth -; d. Jan. 10, 1696.
vi. Joseph, bapt. Dec. 22, 1650; m. Ruth-; settled in Windsor, where he d. June 26, 1698. vii. Sarah, b. 1653 ; m.
Thomas Clark, of Hartford. viii. Hannah, b. 1656 ; m. May 12, 1680, John Shepherd, of Hartford. ix. Mary, b. 1662; m.
John Andrews, of Hartford; d. 1752. x. Another dau., m. Joseph Benton, of Hartford. xi. Another dau., m. - Beach,
of Wallingford.
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