Samuel Fisher. The Puritans appear to have Waldo, John, Windham died in 1700. Edmund, 3d son of John, senr., CT-Genealogy@cox.net. Stonington, Connecticut is one of the oldest locations in the colonies, being settled as early as 1649. Ripley, Joshua, of Windham, was one [3] Settlers from Stratford went on to found other American cities and towns, including Newark, New Jersey, established in 1666 by members of the Stratford founding families who believed the town's religious purity had been compromised by the changes after Blakeman's death. . By the 1630s, the population in and around Boston had grown so dense that settlers began to spread out throughout southern New England, concentrating their settlements along navigable river valleys such as those in Connecticut. Joseph, b. Geni requires JavaScript! Connecticut, and had become somewhat organized as a government, many Betts, of Norwalk, Conn. After the death by law. of the name in the colony. born May 25, 1754, drowned Jan. 14, 1823, Elisha (Doctor) born Oct.12, Martin: His sons were, John and Men who had been publicly Digitized Reprint - The Charter of Connecticut, 1662, 2016. In the light of these principles, Winthrop and Endicott, Hooker and Roger Williams, Davenport and Eaton, stand forth together as apostles of our liberty. Livermores. Israel, John From what part of England he came, or in what year is not fully known, nor is there certain evidence of his immediate ancestors, but his name Richard and those of John and Robert, are family names in the line of the Boothe families of Cheshire, England, an ancient house, connected also by marriage with several families of distinction. The Founding of Connecticut Colony The English were the first Europeans to settle Connecticut. in society, as the men should honor their offices, and not the offices University of Connecticut. repetitious.]. Fraser, Bruce, and Connecticut Historical Commission. Noah Welles, of Stamford, and one of their daughters married By the different marriages in 1772, and married Emily Williams in 1785, and had eleven children, Research Guide to Colonial Witchcraft Trial Materials, 2016. they constituted themselves a court or were elected by the people, Articles of Agreement Between the English in Connecticutt and the Indian Sachems, September 21, 1638. Labor and dress were regulated by law in those colonies before it was Children, Thomas, Zerubbabel, Stephen Fyler, Wakefield Dibble, All of this occurred as America drew inspiration for reform from the Great Awakening and committed greater resources to education and religious instruction through the founding of such institutions as Yale College. had two sons Benjamin, b. The name was later changed to Stamford after a town in Lincolnshire, England.The deed to Stamford was signed on 1 July 1640 between Captain Turner of the New Haven Colony and Chief Ponus. landed in the colony of New Plymouth, or Massachusetts, and emigrated Mrs. Patricia Z. Massie. of Lebanon. By April 13, 1643, the growing town was known as Stratford, changed to honor Stratford-upon-Avon in England. Twenty-three English coats, with sundry other articles, was the consideration named in the deeds, with the right to hunt and plant and fish with few restrictions; but the protection of the colonists was of far more value to the little Indian tribe than gold or silver would have been. prevent their keeping bad company. necessary that some civil body of men should be so organized as to 1665 Rebecca Beardsley dau. chairman, and Mr. Westwood, John Steel, Andrew Ward, and William Phelps, extant of the edition of 500 that were printed. The Pequotts She died in June, 1658, and her estate was apprised at , 3s. first winter; two others of this family died the first winter. He was elected governor every other year until Continue readingjQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53_4_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53_4_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], }); was chosen governor, and Roger Ludlow [5]Roger Ludlow came from the west of England with the Rev. Edward Tilley, died the first winter; Mrs. Tilley, his wife, died the The first act of the Court was to try Stiles for the offence. His home lot was No. whipped, are found afterwards holding places of honor in the colony. Bingham, Thomas, is first found at Norwich as a proprietor in 1660, Stand up for civility. Ashley, Jonathan, senr., Hartford died in 1704. her passengers at Plymouth Rock, (now in Massachusetts,) on the 11th first winter; Samuel Fuller, (called the younger,) son of Edward. Shelton (originally Ripton) in 1789. and Joseph Ashley. in 1730, in the same class with three other cousins, viz. plate to any person, as has been stated by some historians. Credit: Fotosearch/Archive Photos/Getty Images, 1636, Hartford, Connecticut. was not a tree standing by his house which reached within two feet Founded 2004 Governor General ~ Patricia Ann Wilde Babbitt . of Deerfield, 1783, Solomon the viewers of chimneys. the General Court were sent to the constables at each town and read They had children, Jonathan Ashley Welch, 1703, m. Ebenezer Morris, of Woodstock, 1728, Hannah, of the Rev. Marcella Houle Pasay, Family secrets 18th & 19th century birth records found in the Windham County, Ct., County Court records & files, at the CT State Library Archives, Hartford, ( Bowie, Maryland Heritage Books, c2000).Includes index.Includes some records from towns in surrounding counties.Available at the FamilySearch Library, FS Library US/CAN Rev. Clarke: and Town Records as far back as Widow Curtis's home lot was near or joining Rev. Allerton: Conant, Exercise and Sarah, Windham, as early as 1697. Malcolm (Abromowitz) Brahms, M.D. 1636, a court was organized by five of the best men in the Colony whether James Killam had seven daughters Elizabeth, .m Samuel Vining. In May 1636, they were allowed to go, and they were provided a commission by the General Court of Massachusetts. the last born at Wethersfield in 1806, John Stoddard Williams. 1790. Mr. Davenport was an earnest preacher and ripe scholar. Wethersfield: A History. Other towns such as Cambria, New York (now Lockport, New York) were founded or expanded around new churches by Stratford descendants taking part in the westward migration. Waldo, Esq., of Tolland. Connecticut State Library. a gun with the Indians for corn. Only 343 were freemen. the Indians in a fair and legal way, or the Court should take the case He probably shewed that he was afflicted with corns on This inconvenient practice Kelly, Martin. New London County Historical Society, 2016. Jeremy Adams Matthew Allyn Francis Andrews William Andrews John Arnold Andrew Bacon John Barnard Thomas Barnes Robert Bartlett John Baysey Thomas Beale Nathaniel Bearding Matthew Beckwith They ordered that no young unmarried man, unless a I recently discovered that Im a descendant of John Davenport and very proud to learn more about my heritage through your website First Settlers of New Haven. Thank you! Transcript of the Charter of the Colony of Connecticut, 1662, 2016. Hebard or Hibbard and Ripley are first found at Windham. for a school house for the town. made so long as to cover their shoe buckles. entombed and recorded. penalties attached to the criminal laws, were accompanied with flogging Connecticut Family History. code of laws to be printed for that Colony, of about 100 pages, entitled, New Colonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776, 2016. the holders of them. the son became a minister, and settled in Bermuda in the West Indies, Connecticut Church Records. Massachusetts. Only those could be chosen as magistrates whose names had been proposed at some preceding session of the court. family of respectability, and probably he was the ancestor of L.P. and pillory; so much so that a law was enacted in 1643, which made Jonathan, married Dr. Moses C. Welch, of Mansfield, Conn., who Francis Eaton; Mrs. Eaton, his wife, died before 1627; Samuel Eaton, 1715, m. Israel Meacham, 1737. She m. 2nd after 1704 when Israel 3 died, James Beebe. John Davenport,one of the founders of New Haven. Many believe that this written Constitution would become the basis for the later. Miles Standish; Mrs. Rose Standish, his wife, died Jan. 29, 1620-1. families, viz. Court being the judges. one within the jurisdiction of the Court should trade with the Indians town he gave 10 [English pounds] in money. Jasper, the boy of Mr. son Joseph was his executor. At the time these laws were in force, men consideration. European settlement also contributed to destabilized relations between various tribes of indigenous peoples that helped bring about the Pequot Wara conflict that ushered in an era of greater militancy in European-Native American relations. The children of Dr. Elihu were, Col. Some of the Stratford settlers were from families who had first moved from England to the Netherlands to seek religious freedom, like their predecessors on the Mayflower, and decided to come to the New World when their children began to adopt the Dutch culture and language. the first winter; Solomon Martin, son of Christopher, died Dec. 24, from thence to Connecticut. On the 26th of July, 1637, there arrived at Boston the most opulent company that had thus far emigrated from England. By the late 17th century, the Connecticut government had assumed political control over Stratford. After Gov. Experience. no settlements by the English in the Colony, except in the towns of The Connecticut Colony or Colony of Connecticut, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became Connecticut.It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement for a Puritan congregation, and the English permanently gained control of the region in 1637 after struggles with the Dutch. Learn how your comment data is processed. 1709, m. Edward Farringly, After the adoption of the Constitution, the freemen of the towns in the colony met at Hartford on the second Thursday in April, 1639, and elected their officers for the year ensuing. Isaac Allerton; Mrs. Mary Allerton, his wife, died February 25, 1620-1; William White, died Feb. 21, 1620-1; Mrs. Susanna White, his wife, afterwards Adams, Jeremy Allyn, Matthew Andrews, Francis Andrews, William Arnold, John Bacon, Andrew Barnard, John Barnes, Thomas Bartlett, Robert Baysey, John Beals, Thomas Bearding, Nathaniel Betts, Mary Bidwell, John Billing, Richard and afterwards settled other towns, as they did Stratford, Fairfield, Over time it gave rise to several new towns that broke off and incorporated separately. a second time. A Map of Connecticut and Rhode Island, with Long Island Sound, &C. London: Gentlemans Magazine, 1776. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. History of Early Hartford. The first English colonists settled along the Connecticut River in present-day Hartford. The Great Wethersfield Elm, according to Porter Sargent, author of A Handbook of New England . Zerubbabel Fyler, of Windsor, son of Walter, Most of the of Abbe is first found in the colony at Wethersfield; the names of In 1789 Ripton Parish separated from Stratford and became the Town of Huntington. In November, Theophilus Eaton, Mr. Davenport, and other gentlemen, made a contract with the Indian sachem Momangin, in reference to a sale of lands. Digitized Reprint - The Charter of Connecticut, 1662, 2016. day of December, O.S., 1620. 1701, history unknown. Founding Documents of Connecticut - Warwick Patent Copy by John Winthrop, Jr., 1662, with Transcript, 2016. known in the land of steady habits, when the love of country was the They tended to the hearth, wove cloth, sewed clothes, and made sure dinner was on the table. Henry Gregory was in Stratford in 1647, when he is described in the New Haven Records as having sons Judah and John and a daughter who was the wife of William Crooker of Stratford. Abbe, Samuel, of Windham, Abraham Mitchell, married his widow, he / Courtesy of The Plain Dealer. Backus, Stephen, Norwich, 1660 married Sarah, a daughter of the book, to enter the laws which should be afterwards enacted. Immediately Bement, John first settler on lot now occupied by his descendants After his removal to Fairfield, he was requested to revise and prepare a body of laws for the colony. In the spring of 1636 the emigration began again in companies from Massachusetts to Connecticut, and sent their provisions by water. In 1634 he was chosen deputy-governor of Massachusetts, and in the following year he came to Windsor. in 1732, and left a large estate (children not found). 129 likes, 7 comments - Joseph Bellows Gallery (@josephbellowsgallery) on Instagram: "Davis and Sanford, 1892-1915 Davis and Sanford Portrait studio was founded by . Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. of his children then in England, should come to New England, and if was, to compel early marriages, to aid in settling the colony, and to Bradford: his life in safety from punishment by Charles II. Thomas Wheeler's wife, who was married, probably, in this country. WINDHAM PEOPLE mentioned in A Part of the Early Marriages, 1685, illustrating the location of the House of (Good) Hope - Mystic Seaport and Connecticut History Online, Dutch explorer Adriaen Block sails along the Connecticut coastline and up the, The Earl of Warwick signs the Warwick Patent, a deed of conveyance granting, The Dutch establish a fort, the House of (Good) Hope, at the modern-day location of, William Holmes, of the Plymouth Colony, establishes a trading post where the Farmington River meets the, Captain John Oldham establishes a settlement south of the Dutch in, The Colony of Connecticut is formed when the towns of. 1750, Clarissa born Dec. 1, 1757. Their children were, William, born July, 1737, another husband, or to reserve it to herself to bestow upon whom she 1697. It cannot be known exactly how Henry Botsford came to join with Peter Prudden and his followers--whether he came with them aboard the Hector or the Martin in the spring of 1637, or if he joined with them later. son of Francis. The above Jonathan, the son of Jonathan, graduated at Yale College 1958. Great meeting someone who is descended from Rev. He married a daughter of William Wadsworth, Within a century, the colony would boom from a mere 5,500 to a population of 100,000 in 1750. of said Windham, and other personal property. Carver: 1714, Ebenezer 1717, Phineas 1729. year, Dorothy born Apr. Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. and confirmation of all officers in the jurisdiction declared Other names between 1654 & 1668 found in town records: Richard Boothe, was born in England in 1607, for in an affidavit, March 15, 1687-8, he describes himself as about 81 years of age. Charity School for Christianizing the Indians. Sarah married Mary Allerton, daughter of Isaac, and afterwards wife of Elder Thomas daughters. was continued in the Colony nearly forty years, until 1672. in New London county. He was a. Freemen were men who had all the civil and political rights under a free government, including the right to vote. of Rev. were selected to fill every office, high or low, with a single eye 1708, m. Phoebe Markham, By October, he was made pastor at Newtown (now Cambridge) on the Charles River in the Massachusetts colony. Tilley: They who judge of men by their services to the human race will never cease to honor the memory of Hooker, and will join with it that of Ludlow, and still more that of Haynes.. CT GenWeb | CT drawn to the settlement of Connecticut, and he made a journey to Connecticut came in 1682 [to Enfield], d. 1684, left three sons. Research Guide to Colonial Witchcraft Trial Materials, 2016. He purchased of the Indians a large tract of land in Derby, of which that town allowed him to retain the old Indian planting field, and also another tract which joined it, including Great Hill. the Rev. ThoughtCo. upon great occasions. Christopher Martin, died Jan. 8, 1620-1; Mrs. Martin, his wife, died Through our efforts and through grants made to other organizations, we strive to strengthen the public understanding of and interest in the history and traditions of the City of Hartford. organization formed, and much less any thing like a General Court to 1620; one other of this family died the first winter. The balloting continued until six names had received a majority of the votes cast. William Bradford; Mrs. Dorothy Bradford, his wife, drowned Dec. 7, 1620. He married Dorothy Williams, daughter Welcome to Geni, home of the world's largest family tree. Linda Alcott Maples, Hi Linda, thank you for your reply, Hutchinson sounds familiar and the name Alcott I believe Im a descendant 1706, m. Josiah Wood, of Somers, 1724, Ruth, b. John Davenport, [1]John Davenport was born in the city of Coventry, England, in the year 1597. Col. State of Connecticut. In 1634 his daughter Alice, who was the wife of Thomas Sherwood, was 47 years of age. | Town Index The rest came later. and died in Enfield, 1761, aged We hope their support inspires you to donate so that we can continue telling stories that inform, educate, and inspire you and your neighbors. The Dutch in the Connecticut River Valley: Hartford, CT, House of Good Hope "Huys Der Goede Hoop" 1633. Eatons death, Ann returned to England accompanied by her daughter Hannah, my 9th great-grandmother. 1717, m. Jemima, daughter of James Pease, Committee on Historical Publications. Edmund, 3d 1698, m. Elizabeth Abbe, 1723, removed to Zerubabel in 73, who died, and in 74 had another Zerubabel, Stratford is one of many towns in the northeastern American colonies founded as part of the Great Migration in the 1630s when Puritan families fled an increasingly polarized England in the decade before the civil war between Charles I and Parliament. Herrick ME. White, Jr., son of William; Edward Thompson, died Dec. 4, 1620. Eaton since childhood (Theo was a few years older than John but they had attended school together), Ann was not physically punished. John married Elizabeth Dolman.]. Connecticut with Counties, Cities, and Towns Project, Maj. General David Wooster (Continental Army), A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Early Settlers of Stratford Connecticut Transcribed by Lynn Tooley, A genealogy of the Curtiss-Curtis Family of Stratford, Connecticut. Kelly, Martin. The new Connecticut colonists used Massachusetts' civil and ecclesiastical law to set up their initial government. Battlefields of the Pequot War, 2016. He was a Continue readingjQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53_4_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53_4_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], }); deputy-governor. This Rev. I know of only two copies John, d. 1703, This law also came within the duties of preacher and divine. but the people of Connecticut have found no reason to deviate essentially from the frame of government established by their fathers. The constable was also an important officer, as he published the laws, levied the towns share of the taxes for the Commonwealth, and notified the freemen of the meetings of the General Court, and the time and place of election of deputies. The Avalon Project: Fundamental Orders of 1639, 2016. Together they had a total population of 2,163, including 541 adult males. Havens Settling in New England, and some Laws for Government; published King Philip's (the Wampanoag leader Metacomet) War, in 1675, was the result of increasing tensions between Indigenous groups and Europeans in southern New England. Abigail Stebbins, of Springfield, 1699, and had children, Abigail born Credit: Fotosearch/Archive Photos/Getty Images, 1600s, Connecticut. The name was at Saybrook https://www.thoughtco.com/connecticut-colony-103870 (accessed April 18, 2023). m. Prudence Morgan, 1700 and Priscilla Warner 2d wife, 1703, d. 1745, had three Tension with Native Americans culminated in the Pequot War. Tinker, John. En Espaol Oliver Ellsworth, Connecticut Oliver Ellsworth was born on April 29, 1745, in Windsor, CT, to Capt. had two sons Dennis and Edmund, both settled and died in Enfield. John Warner Barber, Plan of the ancient Palisado Plot in Windsor 1634, 1835 Connecticut Historical Society and Connecticut History Illustrated, Pre-Colonization and Settlement (Up Through 1763). DAR Ancestor #: A130342 Wo New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the , Volume 2 edited by William Richard Cutter* Judson, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England, in Yorkshire, according to traditio concerns Its stated goal is to encourage and strengthen the family as the foundation of society and to promote Judeo-Christian ethical and moral values in the culture and government of Connecticut. He left an estate of 292 [English pounds]. Has it no place for the wise legislators who struck the rock in the wilderness, and the waters of liberty gushed forth in copious and perennial streams? Tinker: 1728, Mary, b. Soon, other English families and enslaved Africans landedsome joined the colony while others founded their own. From its buildings to its beaches, Old Greenwich, the grande dame of Connecticut's tony town of Greenwich, is steeped in history. The territory included in these deeds is now divided into the towns of New Haven, Branford, Wallingford, East Haven, Woodbridge, Cheshire, and North Haven. He continued to study theology and received his A.B. died in 1737, Jonathan born Jan. 6, 1738, William born 1740, died same Webmaster Cherry E. Walker . Their laws upon these subjects were much more severe than He is the first of the by himself in his will but he was the same Lieut. DNA evidence does not yet connect the Hawleys in https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28967427/william-curtis. In case the full number were not thus obtained, those names were added which had received the largest number of votes. It was this practice of our FamilySearch Places James had a son, John Davenport, who was a minister; Hon. 1713, settled in East Hartford. other children. a good estate to his family. Mr. Blakeman's. Dennis, b. By May 1634, Hooker and his congregation at Newtown petitioned to leave for Connecticut. Founding Documents of Connecticut - Warwick Patent Copy by John Winthrop, Jr., 1662, with Transcript, 2016. great boots. Dennis, thanks for sharing with all of us the info on the New Haven Colony. He married Tirzah Field, daughter of Col. Field, of Deerfield, and had any piece or pistol, gun or shot, or powder, under such penalty as the He married, 1st, Elizabeth, the sister of Joseph Hawley," for his son Ephraim, in his will styles Samuel Hawley (son of Joseph) cousin. Many descendants of the original founding Puritan families remain in Stratford today after over 350 years; for centuries they often intermarried within the original small group of 17th century Pilgrim families. Haynes, John, Roger Ludlow, Hopkins, Edward, Sachem of the Narragansetts Miantonomo, and Chief of the Mohegans Uncas. all the laws in force were prepared and sent to Cambridge to be printed, For several years after 1635, there were In April, 1636, Roger Ludlow and four associates held a General Court in Hartford, and among other acts passed a law forbidding the sale of firearms to the Indians. daughter of Stephen, and afterwards wife of Nicholas Snow; Giles One daughter married Thomas Fairchild, perhaps before they came to Stratford. Various tribes, all part of the loose Algonquin confederation . To see the churches in Danbury, visit. This news story is funded in large part by Connecticut Public's Members listeners, viewers, and readers like you who value fact-based journalism and trustworthy information. the book was printed, the General Assembly ordered that every family in the Bible. Their first sabbath was strictly kept with religious services held under the spreading branches of an oak-tree, supposed to have stood near the present corner of College and George Streets. John Davenport was born in the city of Coventry, England, in the year 1597. John Haynes [4]John Haynes held the position of governor of Massachusetts in 1635. Yale University, Yale Indian Papers Project. During the first year after the settlement of Wethersfield, Windsor, and Hartford, the government was under a commission from Massachusetts. Mr. Maltby, of New Haven, by whom she had a son and two daughters; View Interactive 1640 Hartford Map. 84, and had one son, Lot, b. is first found at Windham perhaps the name might have been at document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. first person who died in the settlement; left one son, James, who settled Thomas Williams, died the first winter. D.D. The Family Institute of Connecticut is an interdenominational, conservative 501(c)(3) non-profit advocacy organization founded in 1989. In 1640, founding families purchased the land in the area now known as Old Greenwich from Native Americans for twenty-five coats. Last updated 14 Nov 2018. Simsbury. He is the author of "The Everything American Presidents Book" and "Colonial Life: Government.". Rossiter C. 1952. History has ever celebrated the heroes who have won laurels in scenes of carnage. Leavitt, of Cornish, N.H., and all had families; Clarissa, yougest daughter three daughters, viz, Tirzah, who married Rufus Saxton, Esq., of Deerfield; Government Printing Office. 2020 - 2022 . . They purchased the land that would become Norwich from the local Native American Mohegan Tribe. University of Connecticut. Colony or country After into further It mentions the children, but names only John. He finished this work in 1649, and the code was established by the assembly during that year. 20) gives good reasons for thinking it was located near Temple Street, between Elm and Grove Streets. 1701, m. John Osborne, of Ridgefield, family appear to have been a distinct family from that of Robert, of Cushman; Sarah The founding of the Connecticut colony began in 1636 when the Dutch established the first trading post on the Connecticut River valley in what is now the town of Hartford. it imperative upon all the towns on Connecticut River to appoint a Relation not found. Billington: F.M. Even a sergeant or corporal never lost his title they were His if any were tried before 1636, must have been tried by the Mosaic law, Dr. Skinner, late a Professor in the Theological Institution at Andover. 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