The Founders of Hartford
Nathaniel Ward, Hartford, 1638; an original proprietor; Ilia home-lot in 1639 was on the south bank of the
Little River. Chosen townsman, 1639, 1640; constable, 1652, 1657. He m. (prob. for 2d wife) Jane, widow of John Hopkins,
of Hartford ; freed from training, etc., March, 1657-8. He was called “of Norwattock,” Sept. 11, 1660. One of
the "with-drawers" to Hadley, 1659; he d. there, buried June 1, 1664; he d. childless, and in his will, dated May 27,
1664, he leaves half his estate to kinsman, William Markham,1 and mentions kinswoman Elizabeth Hawks,
sister Cutting, sister Allen and her son Daniel, kinsman Noyes, and the Hadley school. His widow m. (3) Gregory
Wolterton, of Hartford.
1 Wm. Markham, of Hadley, called Nathaniel Ward uncle, and had much estate from him.
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