The Founders of Hartford
Thomas Porter was not one of the original proprietors of Hartford, but a lot was granted to him conditionally, in
Jan. 1639-40, and his name appears on W. S. Porter's map of Hartford, 1640, when his lot was on what is now Albany Ave.
He m. Nov. 20, 1644, Sarah, dau. of Stephen Hart; removed to Farmington, where he and his wife joined the church, July
19, 1653 ; d. 1697.
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