The Founders of Hartford
Samuel Greenhill came from Staplehurst, Co. Kent, to N. E., May, 1634, in the same ship with William
Pantry, Timothy Stanley and wife, Mr. Simon Willard, and others; freeman, Mass., March 4, 1634-5. An original
proprietor of Hartford ; his home-lot was on the west side of Main St., stretching from the highway on the bank of
the Little River to the road from George Steele's to the South Meadow (Buckingham St.). He d. soon after his removal
to Hartford, and his widow, Rebecca, m. Jeremy Adams (q. v.).Ch. : i. Thomas, bapt. Jan. 20, 1632-3, at Staplehurst,
Co. Kent; betrothed to Sarah Fruen ; d. 1653, in Hartford, unm. ; will dated July 16, 1653.1 ii. Rebecca,
b. ab. 1634 ; m. Oct. 1, 1649, John Shepard, of Cambridge, who removed to Hartford ab. 1666 ; d. in Hartford, Dec.
22, 1689, aged ab. 55. (Judd says she d. Dec. 26, 1690.)
1 His will is referred to, Priv. Contr. ii. 2.
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