From Wayne Olsen:
From "The Gustin and Carlisle Genealogy", by Lester C. Gustin, 1954,Modern Press, Newton, MA:
George made his home in Poquonoc, CT in 1649 where he purchased land from the Indians. Poquonoc was then about 6 miles from Windsor and those families venturing out to this settlement had no protection from any danger that might come or from the Indians. However, from the records, we find that this family was never molested. Probably from the fact that he dealt honestly with the Indians and treated them fairly, they respected him; he was known to be of a kindly disposition. He was made freeman in 1669; was a large land owner and a man of high respectability. A sturdy active citizen, but he did not aspire to public office. In 1685 he was mentioned in the Windsor Patent and in 1676 he contributed to the poor of other colonies. In 1679 he had a warehouse on the north side of the Rivulet near the ferry and traded with England and the West Indies.
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: 1LV1-S7
From "The Griswold Family: The First Five Generations in America." The Griswold Family Association, 1990:
In 1649 George moved his home to Poquonoc where he had purchased land from the Indians. Being six miles from Windsor, there was no protection from danger. From the records, we find this family was never molested. Probably because he dealt honestly and fairly with the Indians, they respected him.
George was made a freeman in 1669, was a large landowner and a man greatly respected. He was a sturdy active citizen but did not aspire to political office. Records show that in 1676 he contributed to the poor of other colonies; in 1679 he had a warehouse on the north side of the Rivulet near the ferry; and in 1685 he was mentioned in Windsor Patent. He engaged in trade with England and the West Indies.From "The Phelps-Marshall Kinship", by Nancy S. McBride, McClure PrintingCo., Vienna VA 1977:
With his brother Joseph, George inherited land at Elm Grove in the western section of Windsor and purchased land at Poquonock in 1659. Among their issue was a son Daniel and a son Thomas. ...
From the Holcombe Family Assn Website:
She married George Griswold in Windsor, CT, October 3, 1655.(12) George was born Kenilworth, England. George(13) was the son of Edward Griswold and Margaret. George died September 3, 1704 Poquonock, CT, at 71years of age. In 1649 George moved his home to Poquonck where he had purchased land from the Indians. Being six miles from Windsor, there was no protection from danger. From the records, we find this family was never molested. Probably because he dealt honestly and fairly with the Indians, they respected him.
George was made a freeman in 1669, was a large landowner and a man greatly respected. He was a sturdy active citizen but did not aspire to political office. Records show that in 1676 he contributed to the poor of other colonies; in 1679 he had a warehouse on the north side of the Rivulet near the ferry; and in 1685 he was mentioned in Windsor patent. He engaged in trade with England and the West Indies.
His estate is given in Hartford Probate VII:108; IX:10,11; Manwaring II:70. Inventory was taken October 2, 1704. An agreement made by the widow and children for the settlement of the estate is recorded. This agreement also mentions his granddaughter Abigail Griswold and daughters Mary Cooley and Deborah Moore.
From Wayne Olsen:
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: B5G5-CP. First name listed as Domingo.
From "Genealogies of Hadley Families", compiled by Lucius M. Boltwood, 1905. Republished by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, 1996.
Lieutenant, resided in Hatfield, freeman 1690. 11 children.
From " ? ":
He took the oath of allegiance Feb 8, 1669; was freeman in 1690 and was a LT in the militia.
From "Passengers on the Lion 1632", by Sandra Sutphim Olney, Heritage Books, Inc. 1992:
Elder John's third son, Lt. Daniel, born about 1639 in Hartford, was in Hatfield, MA by 1662. He was a farmer, but was frequently called for service to the community. Before the division of Hadley-Hatfield in 1666, he was chosen Constable and in 1670 was a Selectman. Due to the burning of the towns in the Connecticut Valley during King Phillip's War (1675-6) and the burning of Deerfield and Hatfield by renegade Indians in 1677, most all records of the area prior to this time were lost. This has made documentation of births, deaths, and marriages very hard to reconstruct. The title of LT was bestowed on Daniel in 1692 because of his military involvement. Daniel married about 1661 Sarah Crow, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Crow. Elizabeth Goodwin was the daughter of Elder William Goodwin, another passenger on the 1632 voyage of the Lion. Daniel and Sarah were married when Sarah was supposedly 14 yrs and 8 months old. The couple had 11 children. Lt. Daniel died in 1713, leaving a will of record and his widow Sarah died in 1719 at age 72. The inventory of the estate that she left included an extraordinary amount of fine clothes of silk, damask, and linen and many pairs of leather gloves.
Sarah bore 11 children.
Sarah 1662
Mary 1664
Mary 1665
Elizabeth 1667
Daniel 1671
Esther
Hannah 1674
John 1676
Esther
Hannah 1679
Mehitable 1683
From wayne Olsen:
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: 8NT2-W5.Children listed in "The Descendants of Capt John Bessell. Part I - the lst 5 generations"
From Wayne Olson:
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Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: 8K84-M3
From "Colonial Ancestors, 4 Lineal Genealogies of Eastern CT Families", by Reig, Foster, and Little. Penobscot Press, Camden, ME, 1991:
John White was not yet of age when his father wrote his will and died in 1617; assuming an approximate age of 22 years upon his marriage in Messing, county Essex, England,.. to Mary (Lev)it, he could have been born around the year 1600. If so, his age at his death would have been about 83, for his will was dated 17 Dec 1683, and the inventory of his estate was dated 23 Jan 1683/4. His son Nathaniel, active successful and respected like his father, was to live to about this same age.
In the parish register of Messing, the name of John's wife is given as Mary, but the first letters of the surname are illegible; the last two letters, however, are "it." A search for names found locally and so ending produced the surname, "Levit"; additional support for a tie between the two families occurs when a John White is found to have been a witness to the will of a William Levett, yeoman, of Messing, dated 9 Oct 1626 and proved 15 Dec 1626. From such evidence, Mary's maiden name is believed to be "Levit," or "Levett," and the William who died before 15 Dec 1626, leaving an estate of around 500 pounds, to be her father.
John and Mary White lived in England about 10 years before departing for America. In company with William Goodwin and others who would later found Hartford, they sailed on the Lyon on about 22 June, and arrived in Boston on 16 Sep 1632. Joining Hooker followers who had earlier located at Braintree, they settled into their first home across the sea at Newton. In less than a year, on 4 March 1633/4, John White was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; and in Feb 1635, when Newton held its first local elections, John was one of the seven men chosen as "townsmen" or "selectmen."
Then, in the general removal of the Cambridge people to Hartford, John and his young family are believed to have come over to the Connecticut River with Thomas Hooker in June, 1636. He was one of the original proprietors, and his home lot was located next to that of Edward Hopkins, second governor (in 1640) of the Connecticut Colony. By 1642, he had been elected an "orderer," or selectman at Hartford, holding that office again in 1646, 1651 and 1656. He often served also as a juror, or arbitrator in the adjudication of private differences.
After Thomas Hooker's death in 1647, problems developed within the Hartford Church, centering around personal and doctrinal differences between the Rev.. Samuel Stone and Elder William Goodwin. This resulted in attempts to establish a second church in Hartford, and that effort repeatedly failing, a large contingent of Hartford settlers decided to remove and resettle elsewhere. On 18 April 1659, having received permission from the MA General Court, some 59 persons "engaged" to remove and resettle at Hadley in the MA Bay Colony. In this wrenching situation, at about age 60, John White held firmly with his brother-in-law, William Goodwin, and actually made the move to Hadley in about 1660. It meant, ofcourse, breaking new ground and building all over again.
By this time strong in experience and wisdom, John White was even more a prominent leader than he had been before in Hartford. Informally a selectman at Hadley at the outset, he was formally confirmed as such in 1662, 1663 and 1665. In the years 1664 and 1669, he was Deputy from Hadley to the General Court in Boston.
After 1670, John White's name no longer appears on the records of Hadley. What happened was that the people of Hartford who had sought to establish a new church had finally prevailed, withdrawing with the Rev. John Whiting as their minister. Located on the south side of the Little River, this church became known as the "South Church." More or less coincidental with this event, John White returned to Hartford and rejoined the old friends who espoused the same congregational principles which he embraced. Probably, he was then elected to be the Elder of South Church, today an uncommon office, but indicative in that earlier time of enormous respect and love. At length, on 28 Mar 1677, he was elected to the office of Ruling Elder, and having accepted, he was hen formally ordained and installed, just as would be a called minister. It was in this way, during his final years of life, that he took on forever the worthy title of "Elder" John White.From "Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive List", by Charles Henry Pope. Genealogical Publishing Co, 1977:
John, embarked for New Eng. June 22, 1632. Settled at Cambridge. Frm. March 4, 1632-3 Propr. 1633; town officer 1634; sold lands Oct 20,1635; rem. "to the Newe Towne uppo Quinetucquet River", i.e., Hartford,CT. One of the first settlers of Hadley; deputy. Ret. to Hartford; elderin chh. Wife Mary; ch. Mary (m. Jonathan Gilbert,) Nathaniel, John, Daniel, Sarah (m. 1. Stephen Taylor, 2, Barnabas Hinsdale, 3, WalterHickson,) Jacob.
He d. at Hartford, CT, about Dec 17, 1683.From "Genealogies of Hadley Families", compiled by Lucius M. Boltwood,1905. Republished by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, 1996.
Came from England in the ship Lyon, which sailed from London June22, 1632, and arrived in New England Sep 16. He settled in Cambridge, was admitted freeman Mar 4, 1633, and removed probably in Jun 1636 to Hartford, of which town he was an original proprietor. He was one of the first settlers of Hadley, and Representative 1664 and 1669. About 1670 he returned to Hartford, where he was an Elder in the South Church, and died between Dec 17 1683 and Jan 23 1684.
From "The Day Family, Ancestors and Descendants of Dudley Day, Sr,"compiled by his daughter Mary Alice 1940,.. updated 1977.
Some conflicting info:... Elder John White, came from Chelmsford, Eng. and was one of the founders of Hartford, CT. HE lived on Governors Street within the lengthening shadows of the famous Charter Oak. He had a very large number of descendants.
He sailed from London, England in the Lion, June 22, 1632 - was in Boston, Sept 16, settled in Cambridge, freeman 1633, sold his land by June 1636 - moved to Hartford, CT and was one of the original founders there. He removed to Hadley by 1660. He returned to Hartford in 1671. He was Ruling Elder 1677. He was b. 1605, d. 1683. He was representative from Cambridge to the General Court in 1636, and Representative from Hadley to the General Court of Mass. Bay Colony in 1644 to 1649. His wife was named Mary. She d. before he did.
From "Original Hadley Settlers," in the Grafton Magazine, special edition, by Dr. Franklin Bonne and Elbridge Kingsley:
From England, 1632; From Cambridge to Hartford; To Hadley 1659. Removed to Hartford, and died 1684. Married Mary ____. 6 children listed. Lot in Hadley stayed in family through at least 1821. House burned in 1900.
From " ? ":
John White was born in England about 1600. He married there, Mary Leavitt and died in Hartford, CT Jan 1 1684. He sailed for Lion" about Jun 22, 1632 and landed at Boston, MA Sep 16, 1632, bringing with him his wife and at least two children. He settled in Cambridge, MA and was allotted a home lot of about 3/4 of an acre on a street then called Cow Yard Row, together with about 30 acres of outlying farming land. On Aug 5, 1633, 3/4 of an acre additional near his home lot was granted to him for a cow yard. Harvard Library is located on or near this piece of land.He was a prominent man in the settlement, and was a member of the first board of selectmen of Cambridge. In Jun 1636, he joined a company of about 100 men, women, and children who left Cambridge to form a new settlement at Hartford, where he was allotted a home lot of about two acres on the east side of Governor Street , about 10 rods south of Little River, and about 230 acres of farm land. Here he took a prominent part in town affairs. Owing to dissensions in the Hartford church, on Apr 18,1689, a party of 60, of whom John White was one of the leaders, left Hartford to form a new settlement at Hadley, MA. He was allotted a house lot of about 8 acres on the east side of Hadley St. together with a large area of outlying land. About 1670 he returned to Hartford and was elected elder in the South Church which had shortly before been formed by seceders from the First Church.
From "Thomas Lincoln of Taunton and Joseph Kellogg of Hadley and 144 Related Colonial Families", by Ruth Lincoln Kaye, Professional PrintingCo., Wash DC, 1973:
Came in the LION with wife Mary Levit to Boston in 1632. Next year was declared freeman, therefore had joined the church. In 1633 he received a grant of land at Cambridge, was selectman there 1635, but sold most of his land before Jun 1636. His home lot is now occupied by Gore Hall, Harvard University. Describing himself as "of the new town upon the Quinetacquet River" he removed in 1636 with Thomas Hooker to Found Hartford, CT. A proprietor, he is listed on the Founders' monument in Center Church yard. Selectman 1642-46-51-56, deputy to the General Courtand frequently a juror, he left Hartford in 1659, unable to agree with the Halfway Covenant that children of non-church members might be baptized. There, too, he was highly regarded by his townsmen, serving as representative to the General Court in 1664 and 1669 and as elder of the church. In 1675 he moved back to Hartford to spend his last years, and till his death was prominent in old South Church as ruling elder, referee and counsellor on ecclesiastical matters.
From "Passengers on the Lion 1632", by Sandra Sutphim Olney, HeritageBooks, Inc. 1992:
(Much the same info as above)
Thomas William Sr. CONDON U.E.L.
The Thomas William Condon Story
1757 – 1839
February 11, 2004Dear Sarah, Hannah, Timmy, and Becky,
Tonight I'm going to tell you about one of our ancestors who fought on THE OTHER SIDE during the American Revolution. He was a Loyalist. His name was Thomas Condon. We think Thomas was born about 1757 but we only know that because his age at death was written on his tombstone. We don't know if he was born in the colonies or in Ireland. But we think that if he was born in America then either his parents or grandparents came from Ireland.
There was a very famous battle over in Britain called the Battle of Boyne caused by two people who thought they should be king of England. James II had been king and William of Orange wanted to be king. The Royal Regiment of Ireland was fighting for James. So when James lost almost everyone of this Royal Regiment came to America and they liked it here. They were very aware that America was a land of opportunity for social advancement that just didn't exist in Britain. To many of these Irish people life was so much better in the colonies than it had been in Ireland, it was worth fighting to keep it just the way it was - colonies. Perhaps Thomas's people had come with the Royal Regiment, or perhaps later. We don't know yet.
We first hear of him in the colonies fighting with the Pennsylvania Loyalists and later, he became a member of the King's American Dragoons, an elite cavalry unit. He was a valued soldier in Captain William Stewart's troop. Some of the battles he fought in were Staten Island in February of 1782, Foster's Meadow in May of 1782, Camp Ireland Heights in September of 1782, Huntington in Nov of 1782 and February of 1783, Springfield in April 1783, and Jamaica in June of 1783. By the end of June 1783 Thomas was very ill and was sent to New York to get well.
Although the Dragoons were a cavalry unit, they saw very little action on horseback. They did most of their fighting from whaleboats using cannons. By 1782 and 1783 rather than fighting the “rebels”, they were mainly protecting Loyalist families from the “rebels.” As it became more and more obvious that the British would lose, many Loyalists felt they would be safer if they left the colonies.
England gave grants of land in New Brunswick, Canada, to soldiers who had been loyal to her. In June of 1783 a fleet of 32 ships full of Loyalists left New York to go to the wilderness of Canada but Thomas was not able to go with them. He probably went with the fall fleet that sailed in September of 1783. First they were given land grants on the harbor of St. John's River, but other people were already living there and didn't want them. So then King George moved them up the river to the township of Prince William and the King's American Dragoons were the first settler's there. Each family was given 200 acres of land along the river. Thomas had lot #227.
At this point our Thomas was still a bachelor. But he soon married Ruth Stewart, a widow with a child, John Fitz Stewart. Ruth had been married to one of the Stewart brothers that Thomas had served with through the war. Those brothers, William, Alexander, and Brian Lafferty Stewart were the sons of William Stewart and Priscilla Lafferty from Somerset County, New Jersey. Thomas served with them and went to Prince William with them in 1785. There is a little puzzle here. Who is the Ruth Stewart that Thomas married?
Priscilla Lafferty Stewart died in 1785 leaving a will in which she named her three sons and a girl, Ruth Leonard. Some people think Ruth Leonard was engaged to marry one of the 3 sons and this may be the Ruth Stewart that Thomas married. Others think Ruth was a Lafferty, perhaps a cousin of the three Stewart brothers. In those days people did sometimes marry their cousins. The main reason they think she was a Lafferty is, listen to this, the names she and Thomas gave to three of their sons, Thomas Lafferty Condon, Bryan Lafferty Condon, Johnson Lafferty Condon. Perhaps someone will one day find a document that will clear up this history mystery. I hope I live to see it. Ruth's son John Fitz Stewart was born in 1787. Her son Thomas Lafferty Condon was born in 1789 so Thomas and Ruth were married between there sometime. Their other children were Bryan Lafferty Condon born in 1790, Mary Stewart Condon 1795, Johnson Lafferty Condon 1800, and Nathaniel Bloodsworth Condon in 1803. Three sons with the middle name Lafferty seems almost certainly because of an ancestor named Lafferty. Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bloodsworth were neighbors and fellow Loyalists who lived on the other side of the river. Nathaniel Bloodsworth Condon was undoubtedly named for him but we don't know why. Both families were also members of the Baptist Church.
Thomas and Ruth received land grants in 1790, 1792, and 1795, one being on an island in the St. John's River. Then in 1802 they received 500 acres on the Pokiok River. In 1808 they sold all their property and the following spring of 1809, 25 years after Thomas had first come to Prince William, the family moved to the new frontier in Ontario or Upper Canada as it was then called. They travelled by boat; 225 miles up the rivers of New Brunswick, 330 miles up the St Lawrence, then 225 miles across Lake Ontario to Wentworth County. They took land on a high plateau in Binbrook Township. Thomas was granted 300 acres with 500 more in reserve for his sons and step-son. They were the very first settlers in Binbrook. It was the wild frontier where wolves howled at night. The small children had to have home-school because the only school was much too far.
Ruth died in 1830 and Thomas in 1835. They are both buried in the Tapleytown Cemetery in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada.
In the family records, Thomas has the letters U.E.L. after his name. That stands for United Empire Loyalists. In Canada it is considered an honor to be descended from a U.E.L. The loyalists were the early settlers that made Canada British. They are given credit for bringing orderly government, good schools, and high moral standards. But Thomas's children didn't all stay in Canada.
Our ancestor Thomas William Condon was a man of Irish descent. He appreciated America so much he wanted to keep it just the way it was – English. He joined the English side in the fight against the colonial Patriots and is honored today in his adopted country of Canada as a United Empire Loyalist.
Here is how we are related to Thomas: Thomas and Ruth were the parents of Mary Stewart Condon who married John Boslow. They had Harriet Boslow and came to live in Green County, Wisconsin. Harriet married Franklin H. Derrick and they had Mary Lorinda Derrick. Do you remember her? (You're supposed to ALWAYS remember Mary Lorinda Derrick.) She married John Balis and had Flora Balis. Flora married Edmund Stevens and had Harold Stevens. He was Grandpa's dad. Harold married Helen White and had Paul Stevens. Paul married me, Dianne Irene Zimmerman, and had your mom, Dawne Irene Stevens. Your mom married Jason Pamplin and had - you four wonderful children, Sarah, Hannah, Timothy, and Rebecca! And now you know how you were part of the American Revolution.
So Hooray for Thomas William Condon!
Love,
Granny
Some think this may be the woman, Ruth Leonard, named in Priscilla Lafferty's will. Considering the fact that three of her sons were given the middle name of Lafferty, She may have been a Lafferty. R. Cox in his family tree says he believes she was Ruth Lafferty, born about 1754 in New Jersey,
2/24/2005 - I have a new theory. Wayne Olsen said in one of his Emails that he thought Ruth was Bryan Leferty's youngest daughter. But the generations are wrong. That daughter is Priscilla's younger sister. That would make the Stewart boys, one of with whom Ruth had a child, her nephews. This is possible, but not likely. This is what a New Jersey Historical Society article had to say about Priscilla's sister, Ruth "(Bryan Leferty's) children probably were . . . 5. Ruth, said to have been one of the most beautiful and most wayward girls in the county." We know that a Ruth Leonard was named in Priscilla Lafferty's will along with her sons. My theory is that Ruth Leonard is the child of Ruth Leferty and that Ruth Leonard had an illegitimate child with one of her Stewart cousins, John Fitz Stewart. Someone pointed out that in olden days "Fitz" was used to indicate an illegitimate child. So our ancestor Ruth Stewart Condon is quite possibly the girl named in the will as Ruth Leonard. This is my theory. I know of no way to prove it. But it's my Hunch.
DianneDecember 8, 2009
Dear Children
Tonight I'm going to tell you the story of Mary Stewart Condon's mother, Ruth
The Ruth Leonard Lafferty Condon Story
1757 – 13 Apr 1830
This is a mystery story. Who was Ruth? She married our ancestor, Thomas William Condon, Sr.
Here is what we know about her. She had a son, John Fitz Stewart, with one of the sons of William and Priscilla Lafferty Stewart in 1787. In olden times the prefix “Fitz” was used to denote illegitimacy.
Priscilla Lafferty's father, Bryan Lafferty (Lefferty Leferty), was a judge in Somerset County, NJ. He was born about 1705 making him in his early 50's when our Ruth was born. So its not impossible for him to have been the father of our Ruth. Priscilla had a younger sister, Ruth, said to be one of the most beautiful and wayward girls in Somerset County, NJ, the type that might have a love child.
William and Priscilla's sons were William, Alexander, and Brian Lafferty Stewart. They were Loyalists, members of The Kings American Dragoons who went to Canada after the Revolutionary War. William was a captain and Alexander a lieutenant.
Apparently the Stewart boys were real Tories or scrappers when younger, for they appeared thusly in a Newark Journal article, "the notorious Bill Stewart and his brother B. Lafferty Stewart were confined to jail."
Thomas Condon, who married our Ruth, was also in the Stewart brother's Company of The Kings American Dragoons.
Thomas Condon was also a Loyalist and was continuously with the Stewart brothers, both during the Revolutionary War and settling nearby, after the war, so much so he married Ruth (Stewart) when her first husband(or boyfriend, father of her child) died.
Priscilla Lafferty Stewart died 1785 leaving a will mentioning her sons William, Alexander and Brian Lafferty Stewart, and a girl Ruth Leonard, thought to be the affianced of one of her sons.
Thomas and Ruth Condon had Canada land grants in 1790,1792, 1795 and 1802. Ruth as a widow had property before she was married to Thomas Condon.
Now our Thomas Condon & Ruth had 4 sons and a daughter, Mary:
Thomas Lafferty Condon 1789
● Bryan Lafferty Condon 1790
Mary Stewart Condon 1795
Johnson Lafferty Condon 1799
Nathaniel Bloodworth Condon 1803Looking at these names really makes you think she was definitely a Lafferty, doesn't it?
However, there was also a family, the Thomas Leonard family of Somerset County NJ, who were also Loyalists and also had a daughter, Ruth. Perhaps this was the Ruth Leonard mentioned in Ruth Lafferty Stewart's will.
Another researcher found this information, referring to Ruth Lafferty, “her son's half-brother, William McDonald, made a runaway match with a sister of Jennie McCrea, who was murdered by Indians near Fort Edward, during the Revolution.” This would place Ruth Lafferty's birth well before the revolution and in line with our Ruth who was born 1757. However, we don't know of anyone named William McDonald.
Perhaps the wayward Ruth Lafferty married a Leonard, and had a daughter Ruth Leonard who took up with the Stewarts and then married Thomas Condon.
It's intriguing to me. What do you think? Maybe someday you will unravel the mystery of William Condon's wife, Ruth.
Here's how we're related to Ruth: Ruth had Mary Condon, Mary had Harriet Boslow, Harriet had Mary Derrick, Mary had Flora Balis, Flora had Harold Stevens, Harold had Paul Stevens, Paul had Dawne Stevens, Dawne had ... Sarah, Hannah, Timmy, and Becky!
So Hooray for Ruth! She adds mystery to our family.
Love,
Granny
from Wayne Olsen:
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: 8KLF-TD
From "Genealogies of Hadley Families", compiled by Lucius M. Boltwood, 1905. Republished by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, 1996.
Came to New England in 1635, was an early settler of Hartford, and one of the first settlers of Hadley, freeman 1666. He returned as early as 1676 to Hartford. 11 children (John, Samuel, Nathaniel, Daniel, Esther, Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, Mehitable, Mary, Ruth)
From "The Day Family, Ancestors and Descendants of Dudley Day, Sr," compiled by his daughter Mary Alice 1940,.. updated 1977.
John Crow of Hartford, an original proprietor was perhaps there in 1637 or 8. Was one of the early and most respectable settlers of Hartford. Though young when first here he drew 20 acres in the first land division of Hartford in 1639 and had 590 acres in the division of land in East Hartford in 1666. John of Hartford became one of the largest landowners in CT and received many of the honors of the colony. He was Juror at Hartford, May 1647-9. He removed to East Hartford. He and Godwin became dissatisfied and with others moved to Hadley, MA, which town they settled. Goodwin later returned to Farmington where he died, leaving his large property to his daughter and her husband, making them great wealth.
From "Original Hadley Settlers," in the Grafton Magazine, special edition, by Dr. Franklin Bonne and Elbridge Kingsley
John Crow came to New England, 1635. Early settler of Hadley. Returned 1675 to Hartford. Died 1686. Married Elizabeth, dau of William Godwin. 11 children listed.
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From "Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Sons of the First Settlers of CT and MA." by the late Nathaniel Goodwin. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1987.
Name is inscribed on stone monument erected to the memory of the early settlers of Hartford, in the ancient burying-ground of the First Church in CT (Hartford). He was admitted a freeman of MA, at Cambridge, in Nov 1632 and was a member of the first General Court in that province at which delegates attended, held in May 1634. Gov. Winthrop in his journal speaks of him as "a very reverend and godly man, being an elder in the congregation of Newtown" in Cambridge. In 1636 he was commissioned with Mr. Samuel Stone, to negotiate for the grant of the land where Hartford now stands, from Sunchquasson, Sachem of Suckiauge, and grandproprietor of the lands of this region. He was one of the trustees of Gov.Hopkins' will and in the dissensions about church membership, baptism, and discipline which convulsed the church of Hartford and Wethersfield, in 1659, he sided with the Rev. Mr. Russell, of the church at the latter place; and with Gov. Webseter, Mr. Whiting, Mr. Culick, Mr. Barnard and others, removed to Hadley, and founded there a church of which he became ruling elder, as he had previously been in the church at Hartford. He subsequently removed to Farmington, where he died in 1673, leaving one daughter who married John Crow, of Hartford. Mr. Goodwin's homestead, in the original distribution of the town of Hartford among the settlers, in 1639, embraced 3 acres - "abutting on the highway, lying at the Northside of the Riveret, leading from the palisado to Sentinel Hill" and included the site on which Wadsworth Atheneum, with the Library of the Connecticut Historical Society, now stands.
Mr. Ozias Godwin did not sympathize with his brother in his peculiar views as to church membership, and discipline, so far as to feel constrained to go out from his bretheren in the church at Hartford, but continued to reside there, where he became the progenitor of most of the name now in this section of the state. His home-lot was located on the west side of what is now Turmbull street, and on both sides of Church street as since laid out.
From "The Day Family, Ancestors and Descendants of Dudley Day, Sr,"compiled by his daughter Mary Alice 1940,.. updated 1977.
Nothing is known of the birthplace or date of birth of Elder William Goodwin. He probably came from Braintree, Eng. He sailed from London in the Lion in 1632, Jun 22, and arrived Boston Sep 16 of the same year. He was elder of the church before Rev. Thomas Hooker arrived.
Mr Goodwin's allotment of 16 rods of impaled ground in the little village of Newton placed him among the larger proprietors of the little colony. Probably moved with the Newton settlers to CT in 1636. He and Rev Samuel Stone and Stanton were appointed to committee to compose certain difficulties that had arisen between the settlers and Soheagean, an Indian Sachem of Wetherfield. Previous to this, Goodwin and Stone had been appointed a commmittee to purchase land of the Indians.
In laying out the town he was assigned the best lot in Hartford. He and his son-in-law, John Crow, bought 776 acres on the east side of the river and established mills there where Burnside now stands. He bought other land and was one of the largest land owners of Hartford.
Mr. Hooker left him and Mr. Edward Hopkins as executors of his will and also to care for "the education and dispose" of his children.
He moved to Hadley and later to Farmington where he d. in 1673. He had but one child, the wife of John Crow. He was a ruling elder of the church at Newton, Hartford, and Hadley. He was also a Deputy to the General Court from Cambridge, MA in 1634.
From "Original Hadley Settlers," in the Grafton Magazine, special edition, by Dr. Franklin Bonne and Elbridge Kingsley:
Sailed from London 1632. In 1634 Deputy from Cambridge to General Court. Settler of Hartford. In Hadley about 10 years. Returned toFarmington, Conn. Died 1673. Hadley plot was in his name as late as 1686, passed to Samuel Crow. In family until 1770.
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: 8JQS-GC
From "The Goodwins of Hartford, CT, Descendants of William and Ozias Goodwin," compiled by James Junius Goodwin, Brown & Gross, Hartford CT.,1891:
(much of the above)
One para bio contained in "Catalog of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of CT", by R. R. Hinsman, originally published in Hartford 1846, reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, 1968.
This person is dead.
From Wayne Olsen
From "The Goodwins of Hartford CT, Descendants of Willliam and Ozias Goodwin", compiled by James Junius Goodwin, Hartford CT. Brown and Gross Publ. 1891:
Says William Goodwin's only child Elizabeth was born by Susanna. Doesn't mention second wife Elizabeth White at all.
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: 92DH-PC
From Wayne Olson:
From "Thomas Lincoln of Taunton and Joseph Kellogg of Hadley and 144Related Colonial Families", by Ruth Lincoln Kaye, Professional PrintingCo., Wash DC, 1973:
Robert White was a liberal man and a very wealthy one, who gave money to churches on both sides of the great controversy in England. He lived most of his life in Shalford, home of his wife's family. He married Bridgette Allgar.. It is quite possible that Bridgette Allgar is related to Lettye Aggar, mother of Lydia and John Eliot, as the misspelling means nothing for those days, and all lived in the same shire and were from the upper class. Four children of Robert White came to America (John, Mary (who married Joseph Loomis), Anna (who married John Porter and became an ancestor of two presidents of the US, Grover Cleveland and U.S. Grant), sister Elizabeth, who married Wm. Goodwin of Hadley and Farmington. Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: 2VDR-8M