The Founders of Hartford
Nathaniel Ruscoe, an original proprietor in 1639-40 ; his home-lot was apparently the lot he bought of
Jesus Ginnings, on the highway, now Trumbull St. ; m. Nov. 11, 1645, Johanna Corlet ; signed the agreement for
planting Norwalk, June 19, 1650, but no lot there was assigned to him, and he did not go ; chosen chimney-viewer in
H. 1652 ; surveyor of highways, 1661 ; townsman, 1665, 1669; d. at Haddam, 1673 (while away from home); inv. Aug. 18,
L304; he names his wife Joanna, and son Nathaniel, kinswoman, Mary Browns, and gives to Benjamin or Benoni Newton, a
young heifer and a sucking pig.-Ch.: i. Nathaniel, of Southampton, L. L, in 1698.
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