The Founders of Hartford
John Purchas (Purkas) Hartford, 1639, one of the inhabitants to whom the land was granted “by courtesie
of the town ;” his home-lot was on the west Side of the mad to the Cow Pasture, near the Pound. He probably served
in the Pequot War, as he owned lard in the Soldiers Field, in 1639. He d. in Oct. 1645; will dated Oct. 15 ; inv. £30.
15. His widow, Jane, or Joan, m. (2) Oct. 29, 1646, Nicholas Palmer, of Windsor; d. Apr. 16, 1683, -Ch. : i. Mary,
m. Gerard Speck, or Spicks (q. v.), before Nov. 26, 1663. ii. Elizabeth, m. before Dec. 17, 1663, Richard Case (q. v.),
who calls himself of Windsor, Dec. 17, 1663, afterward of East Hartford.
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