Later Settlers
Edward Alleyn, 1684; b. in Boston, Sept. 21, 1661, son of Edward and Martha Alleyn; shop-keeper; m. Rachel,
dau. of James Steele, of Hartford.
Jonathan Ashley, 1682 ; son of Robert Ashley, of Springfield ; m. Nov. 10, 1669, Sarah, dau. of
William Wadsworth; lived at the north end; d. 1705.
John Baker, 1665, Baker's Lane (now Ward Street); chimney-viewer, 1666 ; m. Lydia, dau. of John Baysey;
had 6 ch
Bartholomew Barnard, 1647; m. Oct. 1647, Samb, dau. of Thomas Birchard; constable, 1655, 1665 ; d. 1698 ;
had 6 ch.
Andrew Benton, 1660, Wethersfield lane; came from Milford; m. (1) Hannan, dau. of George Stocking, of
Hartford ; (2) Ann (prob. dau. of John Cole) ; d. July 31, 1683, c, 63. 'His widow d. April 19, 1686; had 9 ch.
John Bigelow, 1668, son of John, of Watertown, who came from Wrentham, Co. Suffolk; b. Oct. 27, 1643 ;
m. Rebecca, dau. of George Butler; died ab. 1707.
Jonathan Bigelow, 1670; brother of John, b. Dec. 11, 1646; m. (1) 1671,
Rebecca, dau. of John and Rebecca (Greenhill) Shepard, of Hartford ; (2) Mary, dau. of Samuel Olcott, of H.; (3)
Mary Benton ; d. Jan. 9, 1710-11.
Mr, John Blackleach, 1661, son of John, of Boston; adm. inhabitant, Sept. 1661 ; his father had bought
the howe-lot of Elder Wm. Goodwin, on the corner of Main and Arch Sts., and conveyed it to him, June 20, 1661 ; he
sold it to Thomas Welles, 1666, and perhaps then rem. to Wethersfield ; he was master of the “Hartford
Merchant” in 1677, and partner with Richard Lord in his enterprises; constable, 1664; went to England, 1678,
returned next year; m. (1) perhaps, Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Webb, of Boston; (2) Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin Herbert,
of Hartford ; d. in Wethersfield, Sept. 7, 1703, c. 77. His widow d. June 12, 1708. They had 3 ch.
Stephen Bracy (Brace), 1672 ; came from Swanzey; d. 1692 ; inv. £400.
Thomas Cadwell, 1652; m. 1658, Elizabeth, widow of Robert Wilson, and dau. of Deacon Edward Stebbin ; lived on
a portion of Des. Stebbin s home-lot on the corner of the streets now Front and State Sts.; constable, 1662 ; licensed
to keep the ferry in 1681 ; d. Oct. 9, 1694 ; had 10 ch.
Isaac Cakebread was a soldier in King Philip's War; in Hartford bef. 1680; lived on the highway now Elm St. ;
m. Hepzibah Jones, 1677 ; died 1698. JOHN CAMP, 1668 ; lived on Wethersfield lane ; m. Mary, dau. of Robert Sanford ;
d. March 14, 1710-11.
Joshua Carter, 1691 ; son of Joshua Carter, of Deerfield ; b. June 6, 1668; m. May 21, 1691, Mary, dau. of
John Skinner, of Hartford ; lived on Rocky Hill.
Richard Case, 1669, East Hartford ;. freeman, 1671 ; hayward of Hockanum meadow ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of
John Purkas, of Hartford; d. March 30, 1694 ; inv., £203. 2. 6 ; had 3 ch. (Names kinsman Thomas Olcott in
his will.)
Thomas Catlin, b. ab. 1612 ; first mentioned in Col. Rec. in 1644 ; chimneyviewer, 1647, 1648, 1653; surveyor
of highways, 1655; townsman, 1659; constable, 1662-1674; m. (l) Mary; (2) Mary, widow of Ed. Elmer; d. 1690.
John Cole, b. ab. 1612 ; Hartford 1655 ; constable, 1657 ; d. 1685.
Joseph Colder, 1666 ; chimney-viewer, 1669 ; m. as 2d w. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Sandford, bet 1676 ; d.
Nov. 16, 1691 ; his widow d. 1695-6.
Aaron Cooke, 1686, son of Aaron and Sarah (Westwood) Cooke, of Hadley, b. 1663; m. Martha, dau. of Mr.
John Allyn ; townsman, 1686, 1689, 1693, 1699, 1703 ; d. April 15, 1725, c, 61 ; had 7 ch.
Humphrey Davie, Esq., son of Sir John Davie, of Creedy, Co. Devon, came to Hartford from Boston ; m. as
2d w. Swab, widow of James Richards, Esq., and dau. of William Gibbon; d. in H. Feb. 18, 1688-9; his eldest son, John,
who grad. from Harvard Coll. 1681, succeeded to the baronetcy in 1707.
Jacob Deming, 1696, son of John Deming, of Wethersfield, b. Aug. 26, 1670; m. March 14, 1694-5, Elizabeth,
dau. of Richard Edwards; his widow m. Jonathan Hinckley before 1714. D. had 4 ch.
Alexander Douglass, 1669; lived “up Neck;” chimney-viewer, 1672; m. a dau. of Nicholas Clark,
of Hartford; d. Oct. 3, 1688; had 3 dau.
Mr. Joseph Fitch, 1655 (Savage says 1660) ; m. Mary, dau. of Rev. Samuel Stone, bef. 1663; townsman,
1662; in 1669 he made Sam'l Wyllys his attorney to sell his lands at Great Birch, Co. Essex, when he went to England ;
he removed to Windsor, east side of the river, prob. bef. 1672.
Mr. Samuel Fitch, 1650; engaged to keep school for three years from Jan. 1, 1649-50; freeman, May, 1651 ;
m. 1651, Susanna, widow of William Whiting; deputy, 1654, 1655; d. 1659; had 2 ch.
Lamorock Flowers, 1686, West Division ; m. Lydia, dau. of Joseph Smith, of Hartford; d. June 19, 1716;
had 8 ch.
Mr. George Gardner, 1673; m. ab. 1671, Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Samuel Stone, as his 2d wife; d. Aug. 20,
1679 ; inv. £3001. 0. 6. ; his widow d. 1681.
John Gilbert, 1648; m. May 6, 1647, Amy, dau. of Thomas Lord, of Hartford; VOL. I. - 18.
freeman, 1657 ; constable, 1660 ; townsman, 1663, 1667, 1675, 1679, 1684; d. Dec. 29, 1690; his widow d. Jan. 8, 1691.
Mr. Jonathan Gilbert, d. 1618; brother of John; m. Jan. 29, 1645-6, Mary, dau. of Elder John White; his wife
d. ab. 1650, and he m. (2) Mary, dau. of Hugh Wells; townsman, 1658, 1664, 1670, 1674, 1678; deputy, collector of
customs, and Marshal of the Colony; d. Dec. 10, 1682, a'. 64; his widow d. July 3, 1700; they bad 11 ch.
Peter Grant, 1677, Wethersfield lane; d. 1681 ; leaving widow, Mary.
Nathaniel Greensmith, 1655; he end his wife were both executed for witchcraft at H. ; his execution took
place Jan. 25, 1662-3; hers in 1662 ; as a part of his effects were claimed by Hannah and Sarah Elson, it is prod.
that he m. the widow of John Elson, of Wethersfield, whose 2d husband, Gervase Mudge, d. 1652; inv. 1181. 18.5.
Henry Grihmes, or Graham, 1661, Wethersfield lane; chimney-viewer, 1661; freeman, 1669; d. 1684; inv.
£745; his widow, Mary, d. 1685; had 8 ch.
Henry Hayward, or Howard, 1663; d. ad. 1623; came from Wethersfield; maltster ; m. Sept. 28, 1648, Sarah
Stone, in H.; will proved April 4, 1709; inv. £531. 14. 6. ; had 7 ch.
Arthur Henbury, 1691 ; d. ad. 1646; had been of Simsbury; m. (1) May 5, 1670, Lydia, den. of Luke Hill, of
S. ; (2) ad. 1689, widow Martha Bement; buried in H., Aug. 1, 1697; bad 5 ch. His widow m. Jobn Shepherd, son'.
John Henderson or Hannison ; m. Martha, dau. of George Steele ; d. 1688.
Benjamin Herbert, or Harbert, 1644 ; m. Aug. 22, 1644, Christian Nethercott ; chimney-viewer, 1652, 1656, 1660 ;
his wife's will dated Sept. 10, 1670, leaves property to her kinsmen, Abel and John Nethercoat, “living in
old England, near Banbury;” he m. (2) Jane-; living in 1685 ; one ch.
Thomas Hill, 1685; from Middletown; d. 1704, leaving w. Mary and 6 ch.
Barnabas Hinsdale, 1693, Rocky Hill; d. Fed. 20, 1668 ; son of Barnadas Hinsdale, of Deerfield; m. Nov. 9,
1693, Martha Smith, dau. of Joseph, of H., d. “in the great sickness,” Jan. 25, 1725 ; his widow d. 1738 ;
had 9 ch.
Isaac Hinsdale, brother of Barnabas, d. Sept. 15, 1673; settled in West Hartford, 1697; m. Jan. 6, 1715,
Lydia Loomis; d. 1739; had 4 ch.
Samuel Kecherell, 1644; house-lot or the highway on the dank of the Little River, bounded east by
the “Burying plat”; he died prob. bef. 1656, and his widow sold her dwelling-house to Ozias Goodwin ;
one ch.
Samuel Kellogg, son of Lieut. Joseph, rem. to H. from Hadley, where he was d. Sept. 28, 1662; m. Sarah, dau.
of John Merrills, of H., Sept. 22, 1687.
John Kelly, 1655, south side; freeman, 1658; m. (l) Grace, dau. of Samuel Wakeman, of H.; (2) Bethiah-; d.
bef. Fed., 1663-4; inv. £14.11. 9.
Thomas King, 1688 ; d. in Northampton, son of John and Sarah (Holton) King; m. (l) Nov. 17, 1683, Abigail,
dau. of Jedediah Strong; she d.1689, and he m. (2) 1690, Mary, den. of Robert Webster, of H., who d. Sept. 27, 1706;
(3) -; lie d. Dec. 26, 1711 ; his widow d. Jan. 2, 1711-12; had 5 ch.
George Knight, 1674; lived "up Neck;" d. bef. May 13, 1698; inv. £257. Widow Sarah, and several dau.
Thomas Long, 1665; m. (1) Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah (Wadsworth) Wilcox; rem. to Windsor, east side of
the river, bef. 1694; divorced, and m. (2) Sarah, dau. of Edward Elmer; d. Nov. 8, 1711.
Joel Marshall, 1682; will proved Jan., 1721 ; had 5 ch.
Thomas Marshall, 1668, Wethersfield lane; will proved Dec. 30, 1692; bad 7 ch. JOHN MASON, 1678; d. ad. 1652 ;
m. Hannah (dau. of Daniel Arnold 1) ; d. Fed. 19, 1697-8; inv. £245. 11. ; had 8 ch.
John Merrills 1657; tanner; son of Abraham Merrills, of Newtown; adopted by Gregory Wolterton; freeman,
1658; chimney-viewer, 1664, 1673; townsman, 1684,1694,1700; m. Sarah, dau. of John Watson, of Hartford; mm. to the
West Division; d. July 18, 1712; bad 10 ch.
Cornelius Merry, 1698 ; son of Cornelius Merry, of Northampton, an Irishman ; settled in the West Division;
d. there, Aug. 9, 1760, c. 94.
John Mitchell, 1655 ; d. July 28, 1683 ; inv. XI 32 ; left widow, Mary, and 6 ch.
Thomas Morgan, 1690, West Division; m. Rachel -; had 4 ch.
Serg't Joseph Nash, 1658, son of Thomas, of New Haven; freeman, 1658; his first wife, Mary, d. in New Haven,
in 1654 ; in. (2) bef. June 15, 1665, Margaret, widow of Arthur Smith, of Hartford ; appointed sealer of weights for
the counties, and for H., Oct. 1670; granted liberty to set up a shop, Aug. 8, 1671 ; constable, 1661 ; townsman, 1672 ;
d. 1678; had one child.
Timothy Nash, 1661, brother of Joseph; m. ab: 1657, Rebecca, dau. of Rev. Samuel Stone; rem. to Hadley,
1663 ; d. March 13, 1699 ; his widow d. 1709.
Adam Niccols, 1655; came from New Haven; m. Anna, sister of Mr. John Wakeman; d. Aug. 25, 1682 ; had 5 ch.
Cyprian Nichols, 1664, b. 1642 ;' came from Witham, Co. Essex ; bought house and land of William Whiting,
of London, on the highway now Governor St., which had been his father's house-lot, April 6, 1664 ; freeman, May 21,
1668; townsman, 1670, 1675, 1676, 1685, 1688, 1692, 1696, 1697; had 3 ch.
Timothy Phelps, 1692, son of Samuel, of Windsor; m. (1) Nov. 18, 1686, Sarah, dau. of Walter Gaylord, of W. ;
(2) Nov. 13, 1690, Sarah, dau. of Daniel Pratt ; d. 1712.
Mr. William Pitkin 1659, son of Roger, of London ; East Hartford ; liberty granted him to keep school
in Hartford, March, 1660; freeman, Oct., 1662; m. Hannah, dau. of Ozias Goodwin, of Hartford ; he was bred a
lawyer; Attorney for the Colony; deputy, 1675 ; treasurer, 1676, 1677 ; Assistant several years; d. Dec. 15, 1694,
c, 58; had 8 ch.
William Randolph (Randall) ; m. Mary, widow of Peter Grant, of Hartford; d. Dec., 1684 ; his widow d. 1688.
Robert Reeve, 1655; m. (1) Mary, dau. of John Skinner, of H. ; (2) Elizabeth, dau. of John Nott, of
Wethersfield ; freeman, 1658 ; chimney-viewer, 1661 ; surveyor of highways, 1667; constable, 1671 ; d. Feb. 1680-1 ;
had 9 ch.
Mr. James Richards, 1663; son of Thomas Richards, of Plymouth, Mass.; m. Sarah, dau. of William
Gibbons ; townsman, 1662 ; freeman, 1664; magistrate, 1664-1680; Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1672, 1675;
“in calling he was a merchant, and traded extensively in real estate;” d. June 11, 1680. He gave £50 to
the Latin School in H., £20 to the poor of H. His gravestone is in the old Centre burying-ground, having on it
his coat of arms, - Argent four lozenges conjoined in fesse gules, between two bars sable ; those of the family
of Richards, of East Bagborough, Co. Somerset ; he had 5 ch.
John Roberts, 1682; m. after 1674, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Samuel Stone, and divorced wife of William
Sedgwick, of Hartford; he rem. to New Jersey.
Samuel Robinson (Robertson) 1665; house-lot on the Neck; d. Aug. 30, 1682 ; inv. £55. 9. ; left a widow
and 5 ch.
John Sadd, tanner, 1674; came from Earl's Colne, Co. Essex ; house-lot on the present Park; m. ab. 1690,
as 2d wife, Hepsibah, widow of John Pratt; d. Dec. 20, 1694 ; inv. £1901. 5. 10. ; his widow, Hepsibah, d. Dec.
20, 1711.
Nathaniel Sandford, 1655, Wethersfield lane; chimney-viewer, 1657; surveyor of highways, 1663, 1667; d. 1687;
one child.
Robert Sandford, 1646; house-lot on the road to the Cow Pasture; m. Ann, dau. of Jeremy Adams; d. 1676. His
widow d. 1682; they had 8 ch.
Adrian Scroop “of Hartford,” witnesses a deed from Simon Wolcott to Richard
Lord, March 31, 1665, and again May 8, 1667. Dr. Stiles in his book or the regicides offers the opinion that this is
Col. Adrian Scrape, who signed King Charles's death-warrant; but he was executed in London, Oct. 17, 1660.
Robert Shirley, b. ab. 1647 ; 1677 was a servant to Mr. James Richards, who gave him land; lie owned the
house-lot of “his father, Marshall George Grave, Dec,”1 and land near Rocky Hill divided with him
by his “ brother,, John Grave;” he m. (2) Sarah, dau. of Joseph Easton, Sr.; d. 1711.
1 He testified, in 1707, that he lived for thirteen years in the same house in Hartford with
William Westwood (q. v.).
Sergeant John Shepard, 1670; son of Edward, of Cambridge; cooper; houselot on highway now Lafayette St. ; m.
(l) Oct. l, 1649, Rebecca, dau. of Samuel Greenhill, of H. ; (2) Susannah, widow of William Goodwin, of H. ; (3)
Sept. 8, 1698, Martha, widow of Arthur Henbury ; d. June 12, 1707 ; 11 ch.
Joseph Smith, 1655 ; m. April 20, 1656, Lydia, dau. of Rev. Ephraim Huit, of Windsor; died, 1689-90;
had 14 ch.
Gerard Speck, 1665 ; m. Mary, dau. of John Parkas, before 1663 ; chimneyviewer, 1671 ; an agreement
made between him and Thomas Burr, Feb. 22, 1685-6, provides that Burr will maintain Speck with all the
“necessaries comely and convenient for such an aged person,” and Speck agrees, for these conditions,
and for the love lie bears to Burr and his wife, to give them all his estate, house, barn, and home-lot.
Thomas Thornton, 1677 ; house-lot on the highway now Elm St. ; he had lived at Milford; there m. 1674,
Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel Farrand; chimneyviewer, 1680 ; in 1699 he owned the house and laud which formerly belonged
to “my Brother” Marshal George Grave; d. Sept. 22, 1703; had one ch.
Thomas Tomlinson 1665 ; house-lot or the Neck ; d. March 27, 1685 ; his widow Elizabeth m. (2) John Long,
bef. Oct. 23, 1685 ; they had 7 ch.
John Turner, 1675 ; m. Susanna, dau. of John Merrill.
Bevil Waters,1 1661, Wethersfield lane; b. ab. 1648; apprenticed to Thomas Watts, carpenter,
1661-67 ; freeman, 1669 ; townsman, 1682; 1n. (l) unkn. ; (2) Dec. 13, 1722, Sarah, widow of Joseph Mygatt, dau. of
Robert Webster; d. Feb. 14, 1729-30 ; had 3 ch.
1 “Bevil Waters, alias Waters,Š in a deed dated Nov. 14, 1681
Caleb Watson, 1674 ; b. at Roxbury, 1641 ; son of John ; gr. H. C. 1661 ; taught school at Hadley, 1665-1667 ;
m. Dec. 15, 1665, Mary, dau. of George Hyde, of Boston ; taught school in Hartford, 1674-1105; d. 1725-6 (s. p.).
John Watson, 1644; juror, 1644; surveyor of highways, 1647; d. 1650; inv. June 4, £126. 1. 6. His
widow, Margaret, d. 1683 ; they had 3 ch.
Mr. Eliezer Way, 1666; freeman, 1669; surveyor of highways, 1671 ; d. July 12, 1687 ; inv. Aug. 9, £867.
3. 11 ; his widow, Mary, d. 1 701 ; had 4 ch.
Thomas Whaples, 1653 ; d. ab. Dec. 10, 1671, leaving a widow and 7 ch.
Samuel Wheeler, 1687; m. Sarah, dau. of Peter Grant, of Hartford; d. June 29, 1712 ; inv. £46. 4 ;
had 7 ch.
Giles Whiting, 1644 ; freed from training, Jan. 3, 1643-4; d. 1656 ; by a nuncupative will left all his estate
to his “brother William Leawes” (Lewis).
Nathaniel Willett, 1642; m. (l) Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Wakeman; (2) Hannah, dau. of Jeremy Adams, of H.
; (3) Ellinor, widow of Jasper Clements, and Nathaniel Browns, of Middletown; constable, 164.5, 1659 ; townsman,
1654, 1666, 1670, 1675, 1678, 1682; d. Jan. 4, 1698; had 4 ch.
William Williams, 1645 ; cooper; b. ab. 1625 ; m. Nov., 20, 1647, Jane Westover; d. Dec. 17, 1689; his
widow d. Dec. 25, 1689; they had 9 ch.
John Wilson, 1675 ; b. ab. 1650 ; son of Robert, of Farmington ; freeman, 1675; house-lot on the highway
now Front St., part of that of his gr.-f. Deacon Edward Stebbin ; m. Lydia, den. of John Cole, of H. ; chosen Deacon
of the South Church, 1688 ; townsman, 1690 ; d. 1698 ; inv. March 1 ; had 3 ch.
Phineas Wilson, 1675, a wealthy merchant from Dublin; m. (1) Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Sandford ; (2)
Elizabeth, dau. of John Crow, widow of William Warren, of Hartford; d. 1692; inv. £2204; his widow d. July 10,
1727. aged 87.
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