The Founders of Hartford
William Holton (Houghton, Holten) came in the “Francis,” from Ipswich. 1634, aged 23. An
original proprietor at Hartford; his home-lot in 1631 was on “the road from George Steel's to the Great Swamp,”
now Washington St. Removed to Northampton in 1654; was the first deacon there; member of first Board of Magistrates;
deputy several years; d. in Northampton, Aug 12, 1691 ; his widow, Mary, d. Nov. 16, 1691.
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