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

HoUoway, John, and Thomas Root, elected chimney viewers of Hartford, in 1648. Holcomb, Joshua, Simsbury — died in 1690. Children, Ruth 26 years old, Thomas 24, Sarah 22, Elizabeth 20, Joshua 18, Deborah 16, Mary 14, Mindwell 12, Hannah 10, and Moses 4. Holly, John and Francis, were important settlers in Stamford as early as 1641-2, with about 40 other families. Hopkins, Gov. Edward, in 1640, aided in purchasing W^aranock, (Westfield,) and erected a trading house there. He married a daugh- ter of Mr. Eaton, of New Haven, but appears to have left no children in America. He procured to be printed in England, the first code of Laws for the New Haven Colony, in '56, and never returned after- wards to New England. He died in 1657. Ebenezer, married Mary, daughter of Samuel Butler, of Wethersfield. Hoskins, John, Windsor, married Deborah Denslow in 1677, and had a daughter Deborah, in '79. Anthony, sen'r., of Windsor, died in 1706-7 — ^left Mary, his widow, and children, John, Robert, Anthony, Thomas, Joseph, Grace Eggleston, Jane Alford, (Isabel Alford died before him.) He was a fanner, and aged at his decease. John had a double portion, and £20 over, as Anthony lived with his son John. He owned land at Simsbury, which he gave Robert — he also had land at Greenfield he gave to Anthony. He entailed his lands to his chil- dren. Was an early settler at Windsor, and left an estate of £984. Hosford, John, Windsor, son of William, married P. Thrall in 1657, and had William, John, Timothy, Hester, Sarah, Samuel, Nathaniel, Mary and Obadiah. John, of Windsor, died in 1683, and left a widow. The eldest son had £225, John £121, Timothy £121, Hes- ter £100, Sarah £100, Samuel £114, Nathaniel £114, Mary £100, Obadiah £122, Widow £85 of personal estate for life. Mr. Hosford was a man of wealth and reputation, and one of the early settlers of Windsor. Benjamin, of Windsor, after 1717, settled at Litchfield. / 149 House, William, Glastenbury — died in 1703. Children, John, aged 30, Sarah Smith 28, Mary Hale 26, Ann 20, William 19, and Joseph 16. Hoyt, Nicholas, married Susannah , in 1G4G, and had Samuel, Jonathan, David and Daniel. Hubbard, George, in 1665, certified before William Leete, at Guil- ford, the consideration paid Lowheag, by the inhabitants of Wethers- field, for six miles in breadth on both sides of the river, and six deep from the river west, and three deep from the river east, in Wethers- field. He was on the committee of the General Court in March, '37, Avith Talcott, Mason and others. While he remained in the colony he was an important man at the General Court, and upon committees appointed by the Court. He was one of the first settlers in the colony — was appointed with two others, in '56, to survey the town of Wethers- field — was a committee to the General Court in '37 and '38, and a deputy in '39 in April, August and September, and was one of the leading men in the colony. He resided at Wethersfield, but remained in the colony but a few years before he removed to Milford, then to Giulford, and afterwards to Middletown, where he died in 1684, aged about 80. Children, Joseph, Daniel, Nathaniel, Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary Ranny, and Richard. (His wife, Elizabeth.) Joseph, of Mid- dletown, died in '86 — his children were, Joseph, 15 years old, Robert 13, George 11, John 8, and Elizabeth 3. Hubbell, Richard, sen'r., Bridgeport. The first settlers of (now) Bridgeport, and members of the church, were, Richard Hubbell, sen'r., Isaac Wheeler, James Bennett, sen'r., Samuel Beardsley, Matthew Sherman, Richard Hubbell, jr., David Sherman, and John Odell, jr., in 1695. It was a part of the town of Stratford. Most of these names are yet familiar in the town of Bridgeport. Howe, Capt., and others, about 1640-1, purchased for Connecticut, of the Indians, a tract of land on Long Island, from the east part of Oyster Bay to the west part of Holmes's Bay, to the middle of what was then Great Plain, upon the north side of the Island, extending south half its breadth, which lands were sparsely settled before '43. Huit, Rev. Ephraim, (in No. 2,) gave in his will, Great Island, at the Flatts, to the Court at Hartford, for the use of the country. Hull, Josias, married Elizabeth Loomis, of Windsor, in 1641. Children, Josias, born in '42, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Joseph, Sarah, Naomi, Rebecca, Thomas, and one other son. Humphrey, Michael, married Priscilla Grant, in 1647, and had children, John, Mary, Samuel, Martha, Sarah, Abigail, and Hannah, (born in '69.) Huntington, Simon, Norwich, 1660, appears to have been'another family from that of Thomas, of Windsor. He was made a freeman in '63, under the Charter, at Hartford. Hunt, Blayach, Wethersfield — died in 1640 — was a cousin of Mary Collins, and a nephew of Mr. Welles — was also a cousin of Mary Baylding. He died unmarried. Hurlbut, Thomas, Wethersfield— died in 1689. Wife, Elizabeth- children, Timothy, 9 years old, Nathaniel 7, and Ebenezer 4. Hutchins, John — died in 1681, and left a widow, and two children, viz. Sarah, 4 years old, and Ann, one. 150 Hyde, William, Norwich, IGGO — was probably the same William Hyde who came into Hartford in '39, and was surveyor of" highways in '41. After a few years residence there, he moved down the river. He had 20 acres in the division of lands east of the river, (in East Hartford) in '40. Timothy, of Hartford, died in 1710 — he was the nephew of Caleb Watson and wife, and of Thomas and John Olcott — was young and unmarried — and a weaver by trade. He gave his propei'ty (jC186) to his uncles and aunts. J. Jeffery, , had daughters, Mary, in 1G64 — Hannah in '70, and afterwards Elizabeth. Jellicoe, Thomas, Middletown — died in 1084 — wife, Mary. Jessup, John, was in Hartford in 1037. On the 30th day of Octo- ber, '40, he with Rev. Richard Denton, Andrew Ward, Thurston Ray- nor, Jonas Wood, jr., John Northend, Thomas Weeks, Matthew Mitch- ell, Robert Coe, Samuel Sherman, Jeremiah Jagger, Vincent Simking, Edmond Wood, Henry Smith, Richard Gildersleeve, Jonas Wood, John Seaman, David Finch, Samuel Clark and Jeremiah Wood, pur- chased the town of Stamford of the New Haven Company — nearly all of whom had been first settlers at Wethersfield. They had previously purchased the Indian right. The above, all came according to the stipulation ; and Avith the first settlers also came the following as set- tiers at Stamford, viz. Richard Law, John Ferris, Robert Bates, John Whitmore, John Renolds, Thomas Morehouse, Francis Bell, Richard Crabb and Robert Fisher, most of whom were also from Wethersfield. The town continued to settle rapidly, and in '6 1-2, as appears by the purchase of lands, and a distribution by a vote of the company, the following became settlers there, to wit : Henry Acerly, John Under- bill, Thomas Slauson, Fi'ancis Holly, John Ogden, John Smith, John Miller, William Newman, Joseph Bishop, Thomas Hoyt, Daniel Sco- field, John Finch and John Holly. Rev. Mr. Denton, Mitchell, Ward, Law, Raynor and Francis Bell and Hollys, were strong, influential men in the New Haven Colony, as some of them had been in the Connecticut Colony. — Minor. Judson, William, (in No. 2,) had sons, Lieut. Joseph, Serg't. Jere- miah, and Joshua, all of whom came from Yorkshire in 1634, to Con- cord, Mass., from thence to Hartford, and in '39 or '40 to Stratford. The christian names of the first family are yet retained in the Judson family at Woodbury. K. Kates, John, Windham — died in 1697. He gave in his will 200 acres of land, by entailment, to the poor of Windham, and 200 acres for a school house for the town. He gave his negro to Rev. Samuel Whiting, of said Windham, and other personal property. To the church of the town he gave £10 in money. He made Mary Howard executrix, and gave her the remainder of his estate, unless his child, or any of his children then in England, should come to New England, i 151 and if so, such as should come shouhl have all his estate. He was the first of the name in the colony. This name is spelt Kates, on record, and by himself in his will — but he was the same Lieut. John Cates who served under Oliver Cromwell's administration of the liri- tish Government. His negro Jo. whom he gave to Mr. Whiting, he procured in Virginia, where he first landed. He escaped his pursuers in Virginia, and came to Norwich, yet feeling unsafe, he went to Windham, when a wilderness, and in '89 raised the first house, where he closed his life in safety from punishment by Charles II. He gave no silver plate to any person, as has been stated by some historians. Keeney, Alexander, Wethersfield, was an early settler, died in 1G80. His children were, Alexander, 18 years old, Thomas IG, Sa- rah 16, twins — Joseph 14, Lydia 11, Ebenqzer 8, and Richard 6. Olive, his widow, died in '83. Kellogg, Samuel, Colchester — died in 1708 — left a w^ife, Hannah, and children, Samuel, Joseph, Hannah and Eunice. Nathaniel, of Colchester, was appointed guardian for Joseph. They were descend, ants of Nathaniel, of Hartford, (in No. 2,) in 1639 — who was an early settler in the colony, and had G acres in the land division east of Con- necticut river, 1G40. Samuel married Sarah Merrills, in 1687. — Ebenezer, resided in Colchester in 1708. He married Mabel Butler, of Hartford, a sister of Elizabeth Clark and Mary Butler, daughters of Daniel Butler then deceased. In 1708 they sold the house of their father to Abraham Merrills, of Hartford. The deed was acknowl- edged before Michael Taintor, justice, at Colchester, where they all resided, except said Merrills, in 1710. Kelsey, Stephen, married Hannah Higginson, of Wethersfield, ia 1672.