Francis Cooke; John Cooke, (called the younger,) son of Francis. Ruth married Rev. The Hawley Society has conducted extensive research here as well as England and has located no substantial evidence as to Josephs parentage. first winter. James Killam had seven daughters Elizabeth, .m Samuel Vining. upon great occasions. He escaped his pursuers in Virginia, September 1636 the three towns upon the River [Windsor, Hartford and He is the author of "The Everything American Presidents Book" and "Colonial Life: Government.". Rev. Thomas, of Windham, 97. 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. Mr. Davenport was an earnest preacher and ripe scholar. One daughter married Thomas Fairchild, perhaps before they came to Stratford. He left two sons and no daughters. Children, Abigail 17 yrs old, Ann, Samule, jr., 10 years old, Required fields are marked *. Deane, William, of Plainfield, had a deed of land of William Blanchard, also a brother in law to Timothy Phelps, of Hebron. 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. and Town Records as far back as The following are church records available online for the town of Southington: 1630-1920 Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 at Ancestry - index & images, ($) 1660-1955 Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955 at FamilySearch; index How to Use this Collection. His home lot was No. The object of this law probably The following towns were created from parts of Stratford: "The original proprietors of Stratford by tradition are reported to have been 17. The Court then enacted a law, that from henceforth no b. Tension with Native Americans culminated in the Pequot War. The first year (1635) no courts were organized, not even a town He was a man of ripe legal attainments, and rendered Mr. Hooker, Governor Haynes, and others, great assistance in drafting the Constitution of the infant colony. 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. river) from this the Colony took its name. the future colony. Tilley: punished offenders by whipping, with the same object that a parent Conant, Exercise and Sarah, Windham, as early as 1697. is first found at Windham perhaps the name might have been at Experience. If, as is not improbable, Richard, of Stratford, were of that stock, the relationship, it is supposed, would be established through Richard, of Coggshill, and Baron in Cheshire, who was son of Sir William Boothe, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Warburton, and was born about 1570, and died in 1628. of Rev. During the first year of the settlement of New Haven, the colonists lived under a simple compact to obey the Scriptures. Despite its Puritan origins, Stratford was the site of the first Anglican church in Connecticut, founded in 1707 and ministered by the Rev. the founder of Williams College. Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. The band of earnest, thoughtful men and refined women, who laid the foundations of these two colonies, were many of them of gentle birth. Wife Billington: Map - Plan of the Pequot Country and Testimony of Uncas, Casasinomon, and Wesawegun. Manuscript Map - Photostatic Copy. Over time it gave rise to several new towns that broke off and incorporated separately. son Joseph was his executor. The first act of the Court was to try Stiles for the offence. Hartford, CT: Connecticut State Library, 1662. Electronic Theses and Dissertations: University of Denver. A clause in the will of John Thompson, who was brother to Sarah, the wife of John Hurd (1681), represents said John Hurd as having become senior by the death of his father, and if so, his father came to Stratford and was one of the first settlers there. 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. The Constitution provided that the freemen of each town should elect every year, by vote, four persons as deputies to the General Court. He was found guilty, and ordered by the Court to regain the gun from 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. John Haynesis chosen as Connecticuts first governor. Martin Kelly, M.A., is a history teacher and curriculum developer. After his removal to Fairfield, he was requested to revise and prepare a body of laws for the colony. Oxford in New Hampshire; 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. and afterwards settled other towns, as they did Stratford, Fairfield, Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. others of this family died before 1627. It contained the seed-truth of principles which were in time to produce the fruit of our independent national life. for a school house for the town. 1665 Rebecca Beardsley dau. 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! On the fifth page of the first revision of the laws of the colony made in 1672, and published at Cambridge, Mass., in 1673, the seal has fifteen vines. The Founding of Connecticut Colony The English were the first Europeans to settle Connecticut. warlike and powerful tribe of Indians in New England. Fuller: State of Connecticut. Edmund, 3d son of John, senr., wife of Governor Winslow; Resolved White, son of William; William Carver, his wife, died in May, 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 other children. Hello, Im Mrs. Patricia Zellner Massie. She was born in 1713. The General Court took cognizance of divisions in churches Eaton since childhood (Theo was a few years older than John but they had attended school together), Ann was not physically punished. https://www.thoughtco.com/connecticut-colony-103870 (accessed April 18, 2023). whipped, are found afterwards holding places of honor in the colony. early settlement of Connecticut, the laws enacted at each session of were selected to fill every office, high or low, with a single eye three daughters, viz, Tirzah, who married Rufus Saxton, Esq., of Deerfield; To Patricia Massie: I am a descendant of Theophilus Eaton and his 2nd wife Ann Lloyd Eaton. Abbey, Samuel, Windham died in 1698 wife Mary. of which Rev. Their earliest thought and care were given to laying the foundations of communities that should embody and illustrate principles of spiritual, ecclesiastical, and political freedom, dear to them as life. Started 10 July 2016 . necessary that some civil body of men should be so organized as to Moses Fletcher, died the first winter. 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. Dr. Williams, of Springfield, who had three sons who were ministers, Kelly, Martin. in this. he was acquitted on trial. 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. the holders of them. Manack, Richard. James, was a gentleman of great ability; three of his daughters of an independent government, in a great measure unknown to men who Connecticut State Library. corrects his children, only to improve their habits, Jonathan Ashley died in 1780, aged 68; his wife died He was a juryman at Hartford as early as 1643 and again in 1644; was in Milford in 1646, when he and his wife joined the church there, and is said to have been there in 1654. John Carver, died in April 1621; Mrs. 3, 1743, married Dea. Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. married Cynthia Hyde, of Lebanon, in 1819, and has three sons and two Jonathan, graduated Thank you! Battlefields of the Pequot War, 2016. Davenport, of Stamford, was also a son of John, and brother of James He married Tirzah Field, daughter of Col. Field, of Deerfield, and had The Court consisted of Roger Ludlow, as of Abbe is first found in the colony at Wethersfield; the names of Daily life in the colony was marked by hard work. Rossiter C. 1952. the son became a minister, and settled in Bermuda in the West Indies, Genealogy at a Glance: French-Canadian Genealogy Research was considered one of the most culpable offences in the Colony, which If he passed the test, he could be accepted as a freeman. compel the inhabitants to govern their living, strictly by their means. 2d marriage had three children, viz. The goal of these communities was to create perfect outposts of religious idealism where the wilderness would separate them from the interference of kings, parliaments, or any other secular authority. Government Printing Office. He gave his grandson, Thomas, 20 [English pounds], and All emigrants By September 1636 the three towns upon the River [Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield] were permanently settled by many inhabitants. Children, Elizabeth, Joseph, Sarah and Jonathan. Research Guide to Colonial Witchcraft Trial Materials, 2016. In November, Theophilus Eaton, Mr. Davenport, and other gentlemen, made a contract with the Indian sachem Momangin, in reference to a sale of lands. Ripley, Joshua, of Windham, was one 1645. The Rev. Carver, died Dec. 6, 1620; John Howland; three In his will he gave the use of his estate to his wife, Jane, during University of Connecticut. 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. Abigail Stebbins, of Springfield, 1699, and had children, Abigail born 1720. family of respectability, and probably he was the ancestor of L.P. He entered Yale in 1762 but transferred to the College of New Jersey (later Princeton) at the end of his second year. first winter; Samuel Fuller, (called the younger,) son of Edward. 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. the viewers of chimneys. son of Edmund, senr., b. Having learned of the beauty of the country lying west of the mouth of the Connecticut River, they sent a few of their number to spy out the land. The Family Institute of Connecticut is an interdenominational, conservative 501(c)(3) non-profit advocacy organization founded in 1989. Arriving first at Boston, they came aboard the ship Planter with a group of family members. By May 1634, Hooker and his congregation at Newtown petitioned to leave for Connecticut. By October, he was made pastor at Newtown (now Cambridge) on the Charles River in the Massachusetts colony. was not a tree standing by his house which reached within two feet who served under Oliver Cromwells administration of the British for 15 years. 1620; one other of this family died the first winter. before the Particular Court to answer for the offence. 69, and had a son Thomas in 69 Jane in 71 At the court of election the secretary read the nominations for magistrates in the order in which they had been received. m. Prudence Morgan, 1700 and Priscilla Warner 2d wife, 1703, d. 1745, had three in 1732, and left a large estate (children not found). 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. Court being the judges. His house lot was No. rank and condition in life, in their attire, to warn them to appear 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). Wheelock. associates. of Rev. Miles Standish; Mrs. Rose Standish, his wife, died Jan. 29, 1620-1. Freemen were men who had all the civil and political rights under a free government, including the right to vote. settled at General Court by the name of Committee, by three from each town and 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. of said Windham, and other personal property. It was also a law that He fled to Holland, where other exiles had sought refuge. The office of magistrate was very important, as the duties that now devolve upon the selectmen of the towns were in their charge; and, until the charter was secured, they exercised judicial functions, and looked after other matters as directed by the General Court. Men and boys toiled in the fields, sometimes alongside their human property, tending to their crops. He was a. George Soule. 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. New York, N.Y.: Lewis Publishing Co., 1911.) Samuel Fuller; William Butten, his servant, died Nov. 6, 1620 It is noteworthy that this document expressed no allegiance to the British crown, but lodged the supreme power in the General Court. of inhabitants, without any law to govern them, either civil, military, Genealogies of Connecticut Families, volume 1: Adams - Gates. Jane. Abraham 6d. In May of the following year, the towns appointed delegates to participate with the magistrates in the counsels of the court. Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree. 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. Israel, John My relative is Benjamin English who was a victim of the British Invasion of New Haven, Connecticut as they, the British Forces of whom were using the Dutch Port owned by the Netherlands in the Port of New York, 1778AD that tried to break up the New England Colonies to end the American Revolution with British Forces in control. After Gov. 1637. Great meeting someone who is descended from Rev. Dennis, thanks for sharing with all of us the info on the New Haven Colony. by license of the town, under a penalty of twenty shillings per week; His sons were, John and to erect a trading-house at Windsor, as an advantage to commencing 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. He left 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. found at Saybrook, and made free in 63. Thomas Hooker preached a remarkable sermon, in which he declared that the choice of public magistrates belongs unto the people by Gods own allowance, and that they who have power to appoint officers and magistrates have the right also to set the bounds and limitations of the power and place unto which they call them. He gave two reasons for this assertion, first, Because the foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people; second, Because by a free choice the hearts of the people will be more inclined to the love of the persons chosen, and more ready to yield obedience.. Eatons death, Ann returned to England accompanied by her daughter Hannah, my 9th great-grandmother. Connecticut's Freemen: The First Forty Years. [Welch, Jonathan Ashley]. Ridgdale: Disc. He gave his negro to Rev. a Mr. Tippets, and died at Geneva, N.Y. This inconvenient practice Theodora, Ruth and Ralph. 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