The Founders of Hartford
Richard Watts, Hartford, 1639; one of the inhabitants who received land “by the courtesie of the
town;” his home-lot was on the west side of the “road from George Steel's to the Great Swamp.” He d.
in 1655, prob. ; will dated Oct. 29, 1650; inv., March 20, 1654-5, £114. 17. His widow, Elizabeth, d. 1666 ; will
dated Feb. 28, 1665-6 ; inv. April 17, 1666 ; she mentions “cousin Mary Smith,” in
Banbury, Oxfordshire,“cousin Geo. Haines that is blind,” cousin Daniel Hubbard, dau. Browns, dau. Hubbard,
cousin Elizabeth Hubbard, cousin Nath'l Browns.-Ch.: i. William, Hartford, 1639; one of those who received land
“by the courtesie of the town;” his home-lot adjoined his father's on the south. He was granted two acres of
land at Hockanum in 1641 ; he m. in Hartford, but returned to England, and d. there before 1668. ii. Elizabeth, m.
George Hubbard (q. v.). iii. Ellinor, m. Dec. 23, 1647, Nathaniel Browns, of Hartford, who removed to Middletown 1654;
(2) Jasper Clements, of Middletown; (3) Nathaniel Willett, of Hart ford. iv. Capt. Thomas Watts, b. about 1626; m.
May l, 1645, Elizabeth, dau. of George Steele, of Hartford ; chimney-viewer, 1651 ; surveyor of highways, 1653,
1673; townsman, 1657, 1662, 1667; successively appointed Sergeant, Ensign, Lieutenant, and Captain, of the
Hartford trainband; he headed his company in the Narragansett fight, Dec. 19, 1675, and commanded the forces that went
up the river in 1677. He d. (a. p.) in 1683 ; will dated Aug. 6 ; inv. Oct. 22 ; left his house and lot to his
brother's son, Samuel Hubbard, whom he had brought up from a child. His widow d. Feb. 25, 1684-5, leaving her property
to her brother, James Steele, and his four daughters
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