The Founders of Hartford

Here are the 163 men and women listed in the Book of Distribution of Land as being those who settled in Hartford before February 1640. Their names are on a monument in Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground. Click on each of these names for more information about the person.

Click here for an informational list of later settlers who lived in Hartford in the 17th century, but are not considered Founders of Hartford.

Jeremy Adams		William Gibbons		John Pierce
Matthew Allyn		Deacon Richard Goodman		Thomas Porter
Francis Andrews		Elder William Goodwin		Stephen Post
William Andrews		Ozias Goodwin		John Pratt
John Arnold		Seth Grant		William Pratt
Andrew Bacon		George Grave		John Purchas (Purkas)
John Barnard		Bartholomew Greene		Nathaniel Richards
Thomas Barnes		Samuel Greenhill		Thomas Richards
Robert Bartlett		Thomas Gridley		Richard Risley
John Baysey		Samuel Hale (Hales)		Thomas Root
Thomas Beale		Thomas Hale		William Ruscoe (Reskoe, Rescue)
Nathaniel Bearding (Bardon)		John Hall		Nathaniel Ruscoe
Mary Betts		Stephen Hart		John Sable (Savell, Sables)
John Bidwell		William Hayden		Thomas Scott
Richard Billing		Hon. John Haynes		Thomas Selden
Thomas Birchwood (Birchard)		Rev. John Higginson		Richard Seymour
Peter Blachford (Blatchford, Blackfield)		William Hills		John Skinner
Thomas Blackley (Blatchley, Blacksley)		John Holloway		Arthur Smith
Thomas Bliss, Sr.		William Holton (Houghton, Holten)		Giles Smith
Thomas Bliss, Jr.		Rev. Thomas Hooker		Sergeant Thomas Spencer
William Blumfield		Governor Edward Hopkins		William Spencer
James Bridgeman		John Hopkins		John Stanley
John Bronson (Brownson, Brunson)		Thomas Hosmer		Thomas Stanley
Richard Bronson		George Hubbard		Timothy Stanley
Capt. Thomas Bull		Thomas Hungerford (Hungerfoot)		Thomas Stanton
Thomas Bunce		William Hyde		Deacon Edward Stebbins (Stebbin)
Benjamin Burr		Jonathan Ince		George Steele
Deacon Richard Butler		Thomas Judd		John Steele
William Butler		Ralph Keeler		George Stocking
Clement Chaplin (Chaplain)		Nathaniel Kellogg		John Stone
Mss. Dorothy Chester		William Kelsey		Rev. Samuel Stone
Richard Church		Edward Lay		John Talcott
John Clarke		William Lewis, Sen.		Thomas Thompson
Nicholas Clarke		Captain Richard Lord		Thomas Upson
William Clarke		Thomas Lord		Robert Wade
James Cole		Thomas Lord, Jr.		William Wadsworth
Sergt. William Cornwell		Richard Lyman		Henry Wakeley (Walkley)
John Crow		John Marsh		James Wakeley
Captain John Cullick		Matthew Marvin		Samuel Wakeman
Philip Davis		Reinold Marvin		Nathaniel Ward
Fulke Davy		John Maynard		Andrew Warner
Robert Day		John Moody		John Warner
Nicholas Desborough (Disbro, Desbrough, Disborow Desbrow)		John Morris (Morrice)		Richard Watts
Deacon Joseph Easton		Benjamin Munn		Richard Webb
William Edwards		Thomas Munson		John Webster
Edward Elmer		Joseph Mygatt		Governor Thomas Welles
Nathaniel Ely		Thomas Olcott		William Westley
James Ensign (Ensigg)		James Olmsted (Holmsted)		William Westwood
Zachary Field		Dr John Olmsted		Elder John White
Thomas Fisher		Capt. Richard Olmsted		Samuel Whitehead
John Friend		William Pantry (Peyntre)		Major William Whiting
Samuel Gardiner (Gardner)		William Parker		John Wilcock (Wilcox)>
Daniel Garret (Garrard, Garwood)		Deacon Paul Peck		Gregory Wolterton (Wilterton)
John Gennings (Ginnings)		William Phillips		Thomas Woodford
				Governor George Wyllys

Unscribed Founders of Hartford

Nicholas Gennings (Jennings)

Nicholas Olmstead (Son of James Olmsted)

Abraham Pratt

Priscilla (Wakeman) Richards (Widow of Thomas Richards)

William Watts

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