A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut

Brunson, John, Farmington — died in 1680, and left a wudow, and 7 children, viz. Israel, John, Isaac, Abraham, Mary, Dorcas and Sarah. John settled at Waterbury, and died there in 1696-7. Dorcas mar- ried Mr. Hopkins, and Sarah Mr. Kilbourn. The name on the record is generally spelt Brunson, but occasionally Brownson. Jacob, sen'r., of Farmington, died in 1707-8, and left Samuel, Roger, Isaac, Jacob, Elizabeth Harris, and Rebecca Dickinson. (See John, of Hartford, in No. 1.) John moved from Hartford to Farmington. The descend- ants of this family are numerous, and settled in many parts of the State and country. Judge Brunson, of the State of New York, has become the most eminent of the name ; Alvin, of Oswego, N. Y. ; the family at Waterbury, Greenfield Hill, Middlebury, Southbury, and Simsbury, are descendants of John, originally of Hartford and Farmington. Bryan, Alexander, 1664. Buck, Ezekiel, Wethersfield, father of Enoch — was a farmer, and died in 1712 or '13. To liis wife Rachel, he gave a share of his estate for her life-time — at her decease to fall to his grandson Ezekiel, the son of his eldest son Ezekiel. His children were, Ezekiel, Enoch, Jonathan, (Stephen 2 years old at this time,) Hannah, Abigail, Com- fort, Rachel Brunson (was deceased,) Sarah Welton, and Mary Kel- sey. He left a good landed estate to his large family. Samuel, of Wethersfield, died in 1708. Ezekiel, jr. moved from Wethersfield to Litchfield. Henry, of Wethersfield, 1670. This family have gene- rally been farmers or merchants, and uniformly respectable. Buck, Roger and William, with Thomas Kilbourn and family, Mat- thew Marvin, William Payne and James Rogers were fellow passen. gers in the sliip Increase, Robert Lea, master, from England — most of whom settled in Connecticut, as is supposed, from the fact that early settlers of the same names were early settlers here, and most oi them at Wethersfield as early as 1636. 120 Buckingham, Rev. Thomas, sen'r., was a Welchman, and \vas not ordained at Saybrook until 1670. His parents resided at Milford. He was a Trustee of the College at Saybrook — was a strict Puritan in all forms — was one of the Moderators of the Synod which formed the noted Saybrook Platform in 1708 — and died in 1709. Thomas, of Hartford, married Ann Foster, daughter of Isaac Foster, November, 1699. He was a judge at Hartford, and a man of some considerable importance in the colony. Some of the name yet reside in Hartford, and a street is called by that name in honor of the family. Others of the name still reside in Milford. Thomas came to Hartford as early as 1645. Buckland, Thomas, Windsor — had children, Timothy in 1638, Eli- zabeth in '40, another daughter in '42, Mary in '44, Nicholas in '46, Sarah or Tana in '48, Thomas in '50, and Hannah in '54. Timothy married Abigail Ware, in '62, and had Timothy, Thomas, Abigail, Mary, Sarah, Hannah and others. Thomas, (in No. 1,) Windsor — died in '76. Bulkley, Rev. Gershom, the third ordained minister at Wethersfield, 1666 — married Sarah Chauncey — he also preached at New London. He resigned his ministry in consequence of ill health, several years before his death. He was eminent as a divine and scholar. He was the son of the Rev. Peter Bulkley, of Concord, Mass., who had de- scended from an honorable family in Bedfordshire, England. His father was Edward Bulkley, D. D., of Bedfordshire. Rev. Edward was when young, made a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. He married the daughter of Thomas Allen, of Goldington, in England, and she had a nephew who was the Lord Mayor of London. He had by two wives, fifteen children. His son John was a minister at Col- Chester, and father of judge John Bulkley. — Collon Mather, and Rec. Bulkley, Peter, Wethersfield — died in 1701-2 — a mariner. Wife, Rachel — died Avithout issue. His property was quit to the widow, by the children of Gershom Bulkley, by her securing the child of Charles Bulkley, deceased, of New London, if she should demand it. Budd, John, was appointed commissioner for the town of Hastings, and Richard Bowles, constable, in 1663. Buell, William, (in No. 1,) married in 1640, and had children, Sam- uel, Peter, Mary, Hannah, Hepzibah, Sarah and Abigail. His son Samuel, settled in Killingworth, and had a son Samuel. Peter, of Simsbury, in '86, was chosen sergeant of the train-band, in Simsbury, and was orderly proclaimed by the chief military officer there, sergeant of the train-band by 23 votes. He was also, in '87, voted 20s. for his deputyship and expenses. In Simsbury, the deacons published all per- sons for marriage, as late as 1786. Widow Mary Buell, of Windsor, died in 1684. Children, Mary Mills, Hannah Palmer, Hepzibah Wells, and Hannah — grand children, Mary and Sarah Palmer. I'homas Bu- ell and Edward Stebbins were ordered to take the charge and man- agement of the estate of Mr. Hopkins, deceased, in '61. In '62 Sam- uel Buell married Deborah Griswold, and in '63 had a son Samuel. John Buell, moved from Windsor to Killingworth, with his father — then to Lebanon, and afterwards to Litchfield — and not William, .as in No. 1 . 121 Burnhani, Thomas, (in No. 1,) purchased lands of tlic Indians, at Podunk, in 1660. Burden, John, Savbrook, 1664. Burlson, Edward,' 1664. Burrell, Charles. The first of this name I find in the colony, is Charles, 7 years old, and Jonathan 5, wards of Capt. Jonathan West- over, of Simsbury, appointed in 1728, as their guardian. Burr, Jehu, Agawam, (in No. 1.) In 1637, a tax of £520 was imposed upon the colony to defray the expense of the Pcquot war. Hartford was to pay £251 ; Wethersfield, £124 ; Windsor, £158, and Agawam, £86 : 16 — payable in money or wampum at 4 a penny, or beaver at 9s. a pound. Mr. Burr was appointed collector for Aga- wam, (now in West Springfield.) The tax appears to have been laid large enough to cover losses. He was a grand juror from Fairfield in '61. He was a carpenter by trade. Rev. Jonathan from Dorches- ter, also settled in Fairfield county. Jehu first settled at Agawam as early as '37, and received many of the ofiices and honors of the Con- necticut colony in its first settlement, early left Agawam, and removed with his family to Fairfield, where he continued to be favorably known , in the colony. He is supposed to have been the ancestor of those of the name in Fairfield county, viz. Thaddeus, of Fairfield, who during the struggle in the war of the Revolution, ranked with such men as Davenport, Sherman, and Hillhouse in usefulness in that eventful struggle. Rev. Aaron Burr, who was born at Fairfield in 1715, set- tied at Newark, N. J., in the ministry, married the daughter of Rev. Jonathan Edwards, of Noi-thampton, and afterwards became the first President of Princeton College. He was the father of Col. Aaron Burr, former Vice President of the United States. This, hoM'ever, so far as concerns the ancestry of Rev. Aaron, and his son. Col. Aaron, has a different version by M. L. Davis, Esq. in his Memoirs of Aaron Burr. He states, that the grand father of Col. Burr was a German, and by birth of noble parentage ; that he emigrated to this country, and settled at Fairfield — perhaps so, but quere — there is now in the Hall of the Connecticut Historical Society a very ancient and beautiful English chest, Avhich was presented by some one of the Burr family, of Fairfield, to the Society, as an early family relict — supposed to have been brought from England by the family who settled at Fairfield. The workmanship upon the chest has the appearance of English work 200 years since. The name of Burr is an English name, and not German. Jehu was an Englishman, as was Rev. Jonathan, born, educated and licensed in England. Perhaps Aaron was of German extract. Burritt, William, was an original settler at Stratford, previous to 1650. The family have been uniformly respectable. Buttolph, George, Simsbury — died in 1696, and left a small estate, and children, John, David and one other child. David died in 1717, and left an estate of £176. John died in 1692, and his son David was his executor. Bushnell, Susannah, Saybrook — died in 1686. She gave all her estate to her son, John Waddams, as testified by Lieut. William and Samuel Bushnell, of Saybrook. John Bushnell was townsman at Say- 16 122 brook in '86. The relation of the Bushnell family at Guilford and at Saybrook is not known to the "w^riter, (if any.) Richard, of Saybrook, in '48 — married Mary Marvin, sister of Reinold. Francis, of Guilford, '50. William, of Saybrook, sergeant in 'Gl. Butler, Richard, and Josias Bull, of VVethersficld, grand jurors, 1661. Cable, John, Fairfield, 1653. Cadwell, Samuel, had a daughter Mary, born in 1708, and a son Samuel, born in 1710. Calkins, Deacon Hugh — deputy in 1663, two sessions, from New London, with James Rogers. Appointed in '59, with James Morgan and J. Avery, to lay out to Governor Winthrop, 1500 acres of land at the head of Paugatuck Cove on fresh river. Caulkins, G., was one of the first settlers of New London, and an important man there. Hugh, of Norwich, the father of John, might have been the son or brother of Deacon Calkins, of New London, and Hugh resided himself at New London in '54. Those of the name ia Sharon are of the family of Hugh. John, free in '63. Cakebread, Isaac, Hartford — died in 1698, and left a son Isaac, 18 years of age. Isaac, jr. died at Hartford, in 1709. This probably closed the Cakebread family. Callsey, Mark, 1663. Camfield, Matthew. (This name is uniformly spelt upon the record, Camfield or Campfield.) He was an early and original settler at Norwalk. He was soon made a magistrate and judge, and was not only a leading man there, but in the colony. As full proof of his standing in the colony, I need only mention that he was one of the 19 signers of the Petition to King Charles II. for the Charter of the Col- ony ; and his name is mentioned in that invaluable grant to Connect- icut in 1662. (It is signed Camfield.) He was in '62, appointed with Gold and Sherman, to hold courts at Fairfield. Deputy in '62. He was early a magistrate, assistant and judge. Camp, John — son of John and Rebecca, born in 1711.