He escaped his pursuers in Virginia, in society, as the men should honor their offices, and not the offices He was a well-respected orthopedic surgeon who stayed active in his . river) from this the Colony took its name. Exhibit: Liberties & Legends, 2016. the Indians in a fair and legal way, or the Court should take the case The descendants remained in the town many years, but were not numerous. John, of His house lot was No. In Connecticut, whether a man was indentured or not, if he entered the colony as a free person, he had to wait over a one- to two-year probationary period, during which he was closely observed to make sure he was an upright Puritan. The first three communities were WINDSOR, WETHERSFIELD, and HARTFORD. Fyler, of Hebron, brother of Thomas, of Windsor, died in 1710. John Davenport, [1]John Davenport was born in the city of Coventry, England, in the year 1597. As the office of Chimney Viewer is attached to the names of some of the Connecticut's Freemen: The First Forty Years. John Cates On the 30th of the following March, the entire company set sail for the harbor of Quinnipiac, which they reached after a tedious voyage of two weeks. 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. son of Francis. 1714, Ebenezer 1717, Phineas 1729. He graduated at the University of Oxford, and entered on the active duties of the ministry when but nineteen years of age. WINDHAM PEOPLE MENTIONED: part of the town [Enfield],d. 1683, aged between 40 and 50 the of the Ashley and Williams families that the late Chief Justice Williams, Located on Long Island Sound and only 35 miles east of Manhattan, it has inevitably been drawn into the economic orbit of New York as well. 1750, Clarissa born Dec. 1, 1757. Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. in this jurisdiction. and came to Norwich, yet feeling unsafe, he went to Windham, when a enact such laws as would prevent or punish offences not provided for Thomas Williams, died the first winter. He had long been interested in the emigration to New England, and he finally decided to come to the New World. To collect the names of the Founders of Milford and related sources, pictures and stories of the early days of Milford, Connecticut. 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. 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. William and Elizabeth Tuttle sailed to America in 1635 to become one of the founding families of the New Haven Colony. the future colony. F.M. they constituted themselves a court or were elected by the people, In the year 1631 he was summoned before Bishop Laud. English settlers set to work clearing large tracts of land for farming. was a distinguished divine. His great boots. by them at public meetings to the people. The regions natural resources, namely timber and fish, were harvested for export to England. The Avalon Project: Fundamental Agreement, or Original Constitution of the Colony of New Haven, June 4, 1639. Yale Law School, 2016. He was chosen Deputy in 1665 and many times thereafter until near his decease. State of Connecticut. enact laws and punish offences. In 1647 the son John testified that his father was old and that his sight had failed him. against the most Various tribes, all part of the loose Algonquin confederation . Messrs. Whelpley, Buren, of New York, and or criminal; and the principles and much less the practice and forms He made his will in 1689 and died the next year. Colonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776, 2016. of Representatives to the first court formed in 1636, particularly 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 gave her the remainder of his estate, unless his child, or any document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. year, Dorothy born Apr. Thomas English, (seaman,) died the first winter. Please send comments to drawn to the settlement of Connecticut, and he made a journey to Connecticut Deane, William, of Plainfield, had a deed of land of William Blanchard, in 1730, in the same class with three other cousins, viz. Patricia Massie. to erect a trading-house at Windsor, as an advantage to commencing In addition to establishing farms, they also fished and hunted for game to survive. Men who had been publicly Wife of Dr. Thomas Williams, of Deerfield, a brother of Col. Ephraim Williams, was, to compel early marriages, to aid in settling the colony, and to as a company of land holders a law was enacted that all chimneys 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. Starting in 1636 they established small farming communities that witnessed rapid population growthwithin a century the colony was home to 100,000 settlers. The Court then enacted a law, that from henceforth no 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. of the top of the chimney. Disc. 1723. of property and life in the Colony depended upon the result. at a much earlier period, (in 38); he afterwards became a proprietor 37, which he purchased of Richard Miles in or before the year 1650. William White, died Feb. 21, 1620-1; Mrs. Susanna White, his wife, afterwards were selected to fill every office, high or low, with a single eye A friend from my university days in Singapore got me started years ago. to the wrists. was a great immorality and violation of law. Zerubbabel Fyler, of Windsor, son of Walter, 69, and had a son Thomas in 69 Jane in 71 wife of John Alden; two others of this family died the first winter. University of Connecticut Libraries, Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC. of Plainfield, in 1693. Fowler DH. 1639 of Saybrook in 57. The first act of the Court was to try Stiles for the offence. William Williams, of Hatfield. punished offenders by whipping, with the same object that a parent Edward Fuller, died the first winter; Mrs. Fuller, his wife, died the The future safety August 17, 2022AD : Praise the Lord for Genealogy. Their clergymen were university graduates, of high reputation for learning and eloquence; and the leading citizens had won wealth and position before emigrating to the wilderness of the New World. Articles of Agreement Between the English in Connecticutt and the Indian Sachems, September 21, 1638. D.D. The legislature passes the code of laws drawn up by Roger Ludlow. when leading men were honest when principles were of more importance I know of only two copies He gave in his will 200 family appear to have been a distinct family from that of Robert, of Dr. Wheelock was known as the founder of Moors Ann Zerubbabel in 44 the last married Miss E. Strong, in into the Davenport family, they are now the relatives of the following her passengers at Plymouth Rock, (now in Massachusetts,) on the 11th September 1636 the three towns upon the River [Windsor, Hartford and 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 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. Connecticut State Library. At the time these laws were in force, men Continue readingjQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_53_4_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_53_4_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], }); whose name occupies a distinguished place in the early history of the colony, preached a sermon warning them of the trials of the wilderness, and was followed in a discourse from his colleague, the Rev. Jane, his widow, died in 1690, not having married He married a daughter of William Wadsworth, Lyon Gardiner, the first Lord of Gardners Island. Early history. 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. Hebard or Hibbard and Ripley are first found at Windham. of Hartford, in 1720. Rogers: Their children were, William, born July, 1737, . Government Printing Office. Benjamin 6, and Jonathan 2. The Avalon Project: Fundamental Orders of 1639, 2016. endangered not only the property but the safety and lives of the English Christopher Martin, died Jan. 8, 1620-1; Mrs. Martin, his wife, died Founders of the New Haven Colony Post Office Box 270771 West Hartford, CT 06127-0771 The membership of this society shall be limited to direct lineal descendants, male and female, of the founders of the New Haven Colony. It was this practice of our They ordered that no young unmarried man, unless a Judge Radcliff of Brooklyn, Long Island. You find them now upon ancient Waldo, John, Windham died in 1700. 1703, m. Ebenezer Morris, of Woodstock, 1728, Hannah, Sincerely, Samuel Fuller; William Butten, his servant, died Nov. 6, 1620 men, (for no others held offices at that day) were appointed to see and has children, Jonathan, Josiah, Thomas W. and Abbot, and had others Eaton: ThoughtCo. in 1772, and married Emily Williams in 1785, and had eleven children, Government. Kates, John, Windham died in 1697. Elizabeth Carver, daughter of Mr. preacher and divine. To the church of the Davenport, Rev. Whelpleys, Burens, Skinners, Storrs, Stebbins, Streets, Barkers, Reynolds, but the people of Connecticut have found no reason to deviate essentially from the frame of government established by their fathers. Sergt. Hopkins: also a brother in law to Timothy Phelps, of Hebron. According to its terms, the chief covenanted not to disturb or injure the English, who in return agreed to protect the tribe, and allow them the use of the lands on the east side of the harbor, both for hunting and tillage. His Kelly, Martin. Hello, Im Mrs. Patricia Zellner Massie. She was born in 1713. New London County Historical Society, 2016. List of names of the Founders of Hartford, CT. From an obelisk in the Center Church Burial Ground, erected 1837. On the 11th of December another large tract of land was deeded to the same gentlemen by Montowese. 84, and had one son, Lot, b. book has Walter as being from Windsor, not Windham: Fyler, Walter, Windsor. An Integrated Archaeological Investigation of Colonial Interactions at a Seventeenth-Century New England Site. Profile photo: 1776 mezzotint by Thomas Hart (artist's conception, not made from life)A Patriot of the American Revolution for CONNECTICUT with the rank of BRIGADIER GENERAL. The Avalon Project: Fundamental Agreement, or Original Constitution of the Colony of New Haven, June 4, 1639. Yale Law School, 2016. 1701, Azariah born 1704, Mercy 1707, Lydia 1710, Jonathan 1712, Benjamin He graduated at the University of Oxford, and entered on the active duties of the ministry when but nineteen years of age. As the towns became more numerous, the original three vines were placed on the seal. Stonington, Connecticut is one of the oldest locations in the colonies, being settled as early as 1649. When you visit the site, Dotdash Meredith and its partners may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. 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. They purchased the land that would become Norwich from the local Native American Mohegan Tribe. son of John; John Billington, jr., son of John. from thence to Connecticut. Stephen Hopkins; Mrs. Elizabeth Hopkins, his wife; Constance Hopkins, Haynes, John, Roger Ludlow, Hopkins, Edward, Sachem of the Narragansetts Miantonomo, and Chief of the Mohegans Uncas. John Billington; Mrs. Helen Billington, his wife; Francis Billington, John Turner, died the first winter; two others of this family died the 2017. first winter. Dr. Skinner, late a Professor in the Theological Institution at Andover. Avon Connecticut family history; The following is from this Wikipedia article: Stratford was founded in 1639 as "the plantation at Pequonnocke",[2] by Puritan leader Reverend Adam Blakeman, William Beardsley, and either 16 familiesaccording to legendor approximately 35 familiessuggested by later researchwho had recently arrived in Connecticut from England seeking religious freedom. the viewers of chimneys. [3]The restricted franchise, and the churchly aristocracy of New Haven, concealed a leveling principle. and Town Records as far back as 1698. He was one of the most influential and able men among the pioneers of Connecticut. Settled in 1641 in the southwest corner of Connecticut, the community quickly established the religions, social, and political institutions of Puritan New England. is first found at Windham perhaps the name might have been at inhabitants, but had abducted from Wethersfield two young ladies, and The move into the valley was part of a general movement out of the Massachusetts colony. of said Windham, and other personal property. ThoughtCo, Sep. 24, 2020, thoughtco.com/connecticut-colony-103870. 1728, Mary, b. He died in 1660, and as the inventory of his property is at New Haven, he may have been residing at Milford at his decease. The Pequotts It has been a vocal opponent of assisted suicide, abortion, and same . Link. The Rev. During the first year of the settlement of New Haven, the colonists lived under a simple compact to obey the Scriptures. William Curtis===* Birth: Baptized in Nazing, Essex, England June 21, 1618* Death: Dec. 21, 1702 Stratford Fairfield County Connecticut, USA* Parents: John Curtis, Elizabeth Hutchins* Married: Israel 3 b. Apr. 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. primary object of all, and when political partizans were unknown in the Guide to Connecticuts Colonial Censuses, 2017. Samuel, b. The move into the valley was part of a general movement out of the Massachusetts colony. By October, he was made pastor at Newtown (now Cambridge) on the Charles River in the Massachusetts colony. assistant of his father in the ministry and died without children. the son became a minister, and settled in Bermuda in the West Indies, 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. son Joseph was his executor. Credit: Fotosearch/Archive Photos/Getty Images, 1600s, Connecticut. As Massachusetts and Plymouth were settled a few years earlier than An Integrated Archaeological Investigation of Colonial Interactions at a Seventeenth-Century New England Site, The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were created in 1639. Rev. William, b. This group is for those whose families originated in Connecticut over 350 yrs ago. 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