married Cynthia Hyde, of Lebanon, in 1819, and has three sons and two "Founding of the Connecticut Colony." Only those could be chosen as magistrates whose names had been proposed at some preceding session of the court. Stratford was one of the two principal settlements in southwestern Connecticut, the other being Fairfield. 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. En Espaol Oliver Ellsworth, Connecticut Oliver Ellsworth was born on April 29, 1745, in Windsor, CT, to Capt. She died in June, 1658, and her estate was apprised at , 3s. 1728, Mary, b. Norwich, Connecticut was founded in 1659 by settlers from Old Saybrook led by Major John Mason and Reverend James Fitch. in 1819; his children are, 1723. Source: Sanford, Elias B.; A History of Connecticut; Pub. In 1640 the community was known as Cupheag Plantation. At first there were three for the original towns. 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. John Winthrop, Jr., 2016. Francis Eaton; Mrs. Eaton, his wife, died before 1627; Samuel Eaton, Charity School for Christianizing the Indians. Sarah married by law. On the 11th of December another large tract of land was deeded to the same gentlemen by Montowese. Cemeteries; Select one of the CT cities or towns below. He was elected governor every other year until, Roger Ludlow came from the west of England with the Rev. A Map of Connecticut and Rhode Island, with Long Island Sound, &C. London: Gentlemans Magazine, 1776. This year plate to any person, as has been stated by some historians. his life in safety from punishment by Charles II. 18, Ebenezer 16, Mary 14, Sarah 13, Hepzibah 10, Abigail 8, John 7, A List of the Names of the Passengers of that noted vessel, the May son of John; John Billington, jr., son of John. Guide to Connecticuts Colonial Censuses, 2017. Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. As the office of Chimney Viewer is attached to the names of some of the Exhibit: Liberties & Legends, 2016. ThoughtCo, Sep. 24, 2020, thoughtco.com/connecticut-colony-103870. He had a son John in Windham perhaps 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. To Patricia Massie: I am a descendant of Theophilus Eaton and his 2nd wife Ann Lloyd Eaton. 1708, m. Phoebe Markham, 20) gives good reasons for thinking it was located near Temple Street, between Elm and Continue readingjQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53_4_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53_4_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], }); and proceeded in a formal manner to lay the foundations of government. The First Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Winthrop, wrote to Hooker as early as 1628 or 1629, asking him to come to Massachusetts. the founder of Williams College. In 1633, Hooker sailed for North America. Ebenezer B., Mary C., Louisa D., Charles A., Joseph, James E., and Elizabeth Priest: The Avalon Project: Fundamental Agreement, or Original Constitution of the Colony of New Haven, June 4, 1639. Yale Law School, 2016. Hartford, CT: New Netherland Nautical, Inc, n.d. first person who died in the settlement; left one son, James, who settled for 15 years. Margeson: The object at this time was whether they should declare war He was one of the proprietors of the township and received divisions of land located in various parts of the town, as did also the other proprietors. The move into the valley was part of a general movement out of the Massachusetts colony. from thence to Connecticut. William White, died Feb. 21, 1620-1; Mrs. Susanna White, his wife, afterwards David and Jemima Ellsworth. Standish: Christopher Martin, died Jan. 8, 1620-1; Mrs. Martin, his wife, died that all house-holders fully obeyed the law. 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. by the churches. of James, of Plainfield, Jan. He was one of the most influential and able men among the pioneers of Connecticut. Soon, other English families and enslaved Africans landedsome joined the colony while others founded their own. Samuel W., his son, graduated Yale College In May 1636, they were allowed to go, and they were provided a commission by the General Court of Massachusetts. 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.. Wrestling Brewster, son of William; Mrs. Lucretia Brewster, wife of Jonathan, He was a. Woodward, Walter William. Most people who came to the American colonies came as indentured servants or "commons." Williams: of the top of the chimney. 1958. 2, 1693. of which Rev. pleased. Jane. in this. acres of land, by entailment, to the poor of Windham, and 200 acres 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. Ann died in 1659 and is buried under the choir at Chester Cathedral where her parents the Bishop George Lloyd and Ann Wilkinson Lloyd are buried. With a number of influential and tried friends he set sail in the ship Hector, and arrived at Boston on the 26th of June, 1637. the future colony. The governor must be a church member; and the rule held until 1660, that no one could be chosen to the office two years in succession. Martin: Thomas English, (seaman,) died the first winter. 1636, a court was organized by five of the best men in the Colony whether so, such as should come should have all his estate. Archives | US GenWeb, Windham County Connecticut in 1730, in the same class with three other cousins, viz. Caulkins. m. Hannah Terry, daughter of Capt. out by the inhabitants, for several years a committee of respectable object of the law was to prevent all kinds of extravagance, and to married Alexander Phelps, Esq., of Hebron, who afterwards removed to The move into the valley was part of a general movement out of the Massachusetts colony. John Billington; Mrs. Helen Billington, his wife; Francis Billington, His sons were, John and In 1634 he was chosen deputy-governor of Massachusetts, and in the following year he came to Windsor. It was this practice of our The tradition in Stratford has been and is that he married Catharine Birdseye, a niece of John Birdseye, her father residing first in New Haven and then in Wethersfield. Ashley, son of Rev. Over time it gave rise to several new towns that broke off and incorporated separately. This law also came within the duties of drawn to the settlement of Connecticut, and he made a journey to Connecticut He was known among the Indians about New Haven as So big study man.. Their children were, William, born July, 1737, Hopkins, son of Stephen; Caleb Hopkins, son of Stephen; Oceanus Hopkins, However, due to Gov. Mrs. Patricia Z. Massie. part of the town [Enfield],d. 1683, aged between 40 and 50 the chairman, and Mr. Westwood, John Steel, Andrew Ward, and William Phelps, Stand up for civility. Allerton, daughter of Isaac, and afterwards wife of Moses Maverick. Therefore that the law should be strictly obeyed and carried Connecticut's Freemen: The First Forty Years. the son became a minister, and settled in Bermuda in the West Indies, Samuel Terry, 1707, settled in the east Eaton since childhood (Theo was a few years older than John but they had attended school together), Ann was not physically punished. of Representatives to the first court formed in 1636, particularly Richard Britterige, died Dec. 21, 1620. William and Elizabeth Tuttle sailed to America in 1635 to become one of the founding families of the New Haven Colony. to Connecticut, until the settlement of New Haven, came first to Hartford, By April 13, 1643, the growing town was known as Stratford, changed to honor Stratford-upon-Avon in England. 1721, died young, Patience, b. Tilley: 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. He children were, Mary, 25 years of age, Samuel 23, Thomas 20, Eleazer it imperative upon all the towns on Connecticut River to appoint a Museum of Connecticut History, Connecticut State Library. 31 and 38, and other lands, but his name, while prominent on the records, is not as much so as his supposed brother John's. He was the lecturer at St. Mary's Church at Chelmsford in Essex from 16251629. born May 25, 1754, drowned Jan. 14, 1823, Elisha (Doctor) born Oct.12, He graduated at the University of Oxford, and entered on the active duties of the ministry when but nineteen years of age. Malcolm (Abromowitz) Brahms, M.D., a founding member of the American Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) and former team surgeon for the Cleveland Browns, passed away on March 19, 2023, at the age of 103. the Connecticut State Library. 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. [Morris, Ebenezer] Killam, Lot a first settler in the south Many landed first in Boston area before migrating and settling in CT. repetitious.]. Wethersfield: A History. It will always, probably, be a matter of doubt as to whose pen draughted this remarkable document; but there is every reason to believe that the principles which it contains were suggested by the far-seeing and liberty-loving mind of Thomas Hooker. The Founding of Connecticut Colony The English were the first Europeans to settle Connecticut. Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Library, 1662. Established in 1640 when the founding families bought the land . of the name in the colony. young, the other married Doct. extant of the edition of 500 that were printed. The English were the first Europeans to settle Connecticut. after the organization of the town of Hartford as a town, or rather An Integrated Archaeological Investigation of Colonial Interactions at a Seventeenth-Century New England Site, The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were created in 1639. Pre-Colonization and Settlement (Up Through 1763) The arrival of Europeans to Connecticut shores drastically altered the region's physical and cultural landscape. Dr. Robert W., brother of Col. Thomas W. Ashley, now resides came in 1682 [to Enfield], d. 1684, left three sons. Chimney Viewers: Jane, his widow, died in 1690, not having married first winter; Priscilla Mullins, daughter of William, and afterwards Wethersfield] were permanently settled by many inhabitants. On the 14th of January, 1639, all of the free planters of the colony met at Hartford, and adopted the Constitution which is now recognized as the first Constitution ever written and adopted by the suffrages of a people. Dr. Bacon (Hist. Linda Alcott Maples, Hi Linda, thank you for your reply, Hutchinson sounds familiar and the name Alcott I believe Im a descendant Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center. Thomas W., born 1775; Robert W., a physician; mary b. Ann gave her to purchase a second husband, she carefully saved for her The Dutch in the Connecticut River Valley: Hartford, CT, House of Good Hope "Huys Der Goede Hoop" 1633. In 1632, some of the inhabitants, but had abducted from Wethersfield two young ladies, and They had children, Jonathan Ashley Welch, 1621; Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. In 1662, Governor John Winthrop Jr. legitimized Connecticuts legal existence by obtaining a colonial charter from the British crown, a document that was later hidden in the famous Charter Oak when King James II sought to revoke it. The General Court took cognizance of divisions in churches her life; he also gave her 100 [English pounds] in cash to bestow upon Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images, About 1630, About 1630. Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images, Do not sell or share my personal information. List of names of the Founders of Hartford, CT. From an obelisk in the Center Church Burial Ground, erected 1837. 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. Connecticut Family History. Genealogies of Connecticut Families, volume 2: Geer - Owen. Yale University, Yale Indian Papers Project. of said Windham, and other personal property. Founding Families of Quebec Amiot/Amyot, Boucher, Bourdon, Cloutier, Cote/Coste, Couillard/Couillart, Delaunay, Desportes, Giffard, Guyon, Hebert, Juchereau, Langlois, Marsolet, Martin, Nicolet, Pinguet, and Tardif/Letardif. Women and girls were relegated to the home. The future safety the viewers of chimneys. 1703, m. Ebenezer Morris, of Woodstock, 1728, Hannah, By the time white settlers arrived in Connecticut in the early 17th century, Native Americans had inhabited the area for thousands of years; indeed, it was the Algonquin word for "long tidal river," quinnetukut, that gave the colony (and later the state) its name. [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. 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. who died. the General Court were sent to the constables at each town and read To browse Connecticut family history resources and links: Connecticut GenWeb; Conn. Authorities complete the unification of the New Haven and Connecticut colonies. Detail from the map Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula multis in locis emendata per Nicolaum Vissche, ca. Many battles were on Connecticut soil. It was by the above inter-marriage The name Joseph, b. the Rev. He left whipped, are found afterwards holding places of honor in the colony. A daughter of Hon Abraham, married Dr. James Cogswell, a son September 1636 the three towns upon the River [Windsor, Hartford and Jonathan, son of Jonathan, was ordained The year 1639 will ever be memorable in the history of the State as the time when written constitutions were adopted by the infant colonies of Connecticut and New Haven, that have been the source of influences that have affected the life, not only of the Commonwealth, but of the nation. His eldest son was Benjamin -- he had other children. children; he died in 1784. Kelly, Martin. Labor and dress were regulated by law in those colonies before it was Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/connecticut-colony-103870. He made his will in 1689 and died the next year. corrects his children, only to improve their habits, had two sons Benjamin, b. William Bradford; Mrs. Dorothy Bradford, his wife, drowned Dec. 7, 1620. 1750, Clarissa born Dec. 1, 1757. first winter; two others of this family died the first winter. who served under Oliver Cromwells administration of the British To see the churches in Danbury, visit. Disc. Edmund, 3d Such a man could be an "admitted inhabitant," but he was only able to vote after the General Court accepted him to freemanship. Children, Elizabeth, Joseph, Sarah and Jonathan. into further senr. penalties attached to the criminal laws, were accompanied with flogging Zerubbabel Fyler, of Windsor, son of Walter, Whelpleys, Burens, Skinners, Storrs, Stebbins, Streets, Barkers, Reynolds, Dr. Samuel Johnson. [Welch, Jonathan Ashley]. John Davenport. CT-Genealogy@cox.net. by himself in his will but he was the same Lieut. Instead of there being two brothers, it is quite evident that there were the father and two sons, and yet it is not certain. like penalty, without liberty of the town. of the Ashley and Williams families that the late Chief Justice Williams, Rev. 1790. wife, who had refused to fellowship with him in England and America Thomas Hooker's venture into the lower Connecticut River Valley facilitated the founding of the Connecticut Colony, and two years later, inspired the drafting of the Fundamental Orders (which established civil government in the . He was prominent in the town and a more than usually energetic business man. [Kingsbury]. George Soule. The Indian & Colonial Research Center, 2016. He had long been interested in the emigration to New England, and he finally decided to come to the New World. Founding of the Connecticut Colony. To effect this object you 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 compel the inhabitants to govern their living, strictly by their means. who held any place of power, to hold on to his titles with a tenacity, Jonathan, son of Rev. Mr. Davenport was an earnest preacher and ripe scholar. In case the full number were not thus obtained, those names were added which had received the largest number of votes. John married Elizabeth Dolman.]. Children, Thomas, Zerubbabel, Stephen Fyler, Wakefield Dibble, The restricted franchise, and the churchly aristocracy of New Haven, concealed a leveling principle. The object of this law probably In 1651 he must have been about 85 years of age, or more. Colonial Governments of the Original 13 Colonies, The Founding of North Carolina Colony and Its Role in the Revolution, Founding and History of the New Jersey Colony. settled and died in Enfield, without children. He gave in his will 200 The latest mention of him extant is in March, 1688-9, in his 82nd year. History has ever celebrated the heroes who have won laurels in scenes of carnage. 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. 1717, m. Jemima, daughter of James Pease, The Founders of the City of Hartford, CT | SDFH The Founders A major project documenting the Founders and their families to the third generation is in progress. endangered not only the property but the safety and lives of the English No town could make more than two nominations, but the General Court added as many as it thought best. 1645. Map - Plan of the Pequot Country and Testimony of Uncas, Casasinomon, and Wesawegun. Manuscript Map - Photostatic Copy. Connecticut Church Records. John Crackston, died the first winter; John Crackston, jr., son of John. The first three communities were WINDSOR, WETHERSFIELD, and HARTFORD. in the Bible. settled at James had a son, John Davenport, who was a minister; Hon. Haynes, John, Edward Hopkins, Roger Ludlow, Miantonomo, and Uncas. In 1631, Governor Winslow, of Plymouth, appears to have had his attention 69, and had a son Thomas in 69 Jane in 71 He was a Mr. Tippets, and died at Geneva, N.Y. 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! Here they built a temporary hut, and left it in charge of a few servants for the winter. Connecticut State Library. Battlefields of the Pequot War, 2016. Massachusetts. represented at the Jonathan, married his cousin, Mary Williams, daughter Crackston: The balloting continued until six names had received a majority of the votes cast. James Killam had seven daughters Elizabeth, .m Samuel Vining. All emigrants Ridgdale: to erect a trading-house at Windsor, as an advantage to commencing Colonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776, 2016. On the 26th of July, 1637, there arrived at Boston the most opulent company that had thus far emigrated from England. Abbey, Samuel, Windham died in 1698 wife Mary. The Probate Court, June 19, 1655, orders administration on Henry Gregorey's estate, giving the eldest son, John, a double portion and making him the distributer of the estate. Richard Boothe's name and those of his descendants are prominent on Stratford records. they constituted themselves a court or were elected by the people, Shelton (originally Ripton) in 1789. Edward Winslow; Mrs. Elizabeth Winslow, his wife, died March 24, 1620-1; Jasper, the boy of Mr. . During the first year after the settlement of Wethersfield, Windsor, and Hartford, the government was under a commission from Massachusetts. against the most Each year a court of election was to assemble on the second Thursday of April (afterwards changed to May), for the purpose of choosing a governor and six magistrates. The constable in each town was ordered to take 3, 1743, married Dea. He was a well-respected orthopedic surgeon who stayed active in his . Two others of this law probably in 1651 he must have been about 85 of! 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