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Here is a partial list of the 163 men and women included in the Book of Distribution of Land as being those who settled in Hartford, Connecticut, before February, 1640.The full list of names is on a monument in the Ancient Burying Ground, beside the buildings of the First Church of Christ in Hartford.
Proprietor and founder of Hartford, Connecticut Jeremy Adams , also known as Jeremiah Adams ( c. 1604/5—August 11, 1683), [ 1 ] was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Connecticut . He was also the founder and first proprietor of Colchester, Connecticut , which was established on land owned by Adams, known as "Jeremiah's Farme".
William Parker (1618–1686) [1] was an early Puritan settler in the Connecticut Colony and one of the founders of Hartford.He arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the summer of 1635 after sailing from London on May 21, 1635, aboard the ship Mathew.
John Skinner (1590–1650) was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. [1] [2] Skinner was a member of Thomas Hooker's party and probably came to New England from Braintree, Essex, England. [3] He married Mary Loomis, daughter of Joseph Loomis. She later married Owen Tudor. [4]
Location of Hartford in Connecticut This is a list of properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Hartford, Connecticut. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude ...
Pages in category "Founders of Hartford, Connecticut" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Thomas Bull on the Hartford Founders Monument. John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony described Thomas Bull as "a godly and discreet man". [10] Thomas Bull died in October 1684. He was interred alongside his wife, Susannah Bull, in the Central Congregational Church burying ground in Hartford, CT. His monument there reads, "Here ...
He was a freeman in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1634, and moved to Hartford in 1637. [2] He served in the Pequot War and was a 'sergeant of the trainband' in 1650. [2] His name appears on the Founders Monument as a Founder of Hartford. He eventually accumulated a substantial amount of property in Hartford. [3]