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

of Farmington, died in 1G89. His children were, John, 42 years old, Thomas 39, Samuel 28, Rebecca Woodford 46, Mary Bascomb 44, Hester Strong 37, Sarah Smith 34, Hannah North 31 — John Stanley and Thomas North married two of his daughters. He was an early settler of Farmington. Joseph, of Farmington, died in 1689 — was a brother of John, and had five sisters, viz. Rebecca, Mary, Sarah, Esther and Hannah ; he was also a brother of Thomas and Samuel. To Esther Woodford he gave a share of his estate — was a brother-in- law to John Stanley, who had a son Samuel. He died unmarried. The name yet continues within the bounds of what was then Far- mington. Nichols, Siborn, of Witham in the county of Essex, England, Gen- tleman — in 1664 received a deed, executed in London, of a large quantity of land located in Hartford, Conn., on both sides of Connect- icut river, from William Whiting, a merchant then in London, and a son of William Whiting then deceased, of Hartford, which had fallen to him at his father's decease, for which Mr. Nichols paid him £320 sterling. It is doubtful whether the above Siborn ever came to this country. Cyprian Nichols the elder appears to have been the son of Siborn, of Witham, particularly from the fact that the lands deeded by Mr. Wiiiting in London, went into the possession of Cyprian, of Hart- ford, yet the lands were never deeded by Siborn to Cyprian, as appears of record. Cyprian was occasionally called Siborn, but generally Cyprian. There were five Cyprian Nichols in this family in suc- cession. Cyprian, sen'r., died at Hartford, a gentleman of great wealth ; Cyprian, jr., died in 1745 — left his widow, Agnes ; Lieut. James and William were also sons of Cyprian, sen'r. In 1711 land was set out on execution by S. Webster, sheriff, to Cyprian Nichols. Capt. Cyprian, in 1720, had daughters, Mary Turner and Sarah Web- ster, wife of William Webster ; he also had a grandson Cyprian, and a grandson William Davenport, to whom he gave £50. There was a Cyprian Nichols as late as 1750, and the name is yet in the same family in Hartford at this time. Siborn was a gentleman of reputa- tion and wealth in England, and in 1664 had the title of gentleman and Mr. — Cyprian, of Hartford, married Mary Spencer, daughter of Samuel Spencer, May, 1705. In the settlement of estates, the name of Siborn Nichols has appeared, Avhich is supposed to have been used for Cyprian. No person by the name of Siborn Nichols died in the Probate District of Hartford for the first 75 years of the settlement of the colony. It appears there was either a young man by the name of Siborn after the death of Siborn, of Witham, or Cyprian was occa. sionally called Siborn. Adam Nichols of 1681, appears to have been a different family — he had a daughter Hester Ellis — he also had a son and daughter at Haddam. Isaac and Caleb Nichols were located at Stratford as early as 1650. North, John— died in 1690-1. Children, Thomas, Joseph, Mary and Sarah Woodruff. Northum, John, Colchester — died in 1732 — wife, Hannah. He had a son John, and nine daughters ; and a brother-in-law, Nathaniel Pomeroy. Northend, John, an original settler and proprietor of Stamford in 166 1641 — probably the same to whom Mr. Towaey gave 40 shillings ni his will. Noyes, John, Stonington, 1713. O. Olmsted, John, was settled at Hartford, as early as 1639 — he pro- bably was the same Jolin Holmsted that afterwards located at Nor- wich, in 16G0. He was a kinsman of the Richard Olmsted family of Norwalk, who went there from Hartford. Osborn, John, Windsor, married Ann Olday in 1645, and had John, Nathaniel, Samuel, Mary, Hannah, Samuel, Isaac, Sarah, and two other daughters. Ould, Robert, Windsor, married Susannah Sanford, and had Robert in 1670, and Jonathan in '72. Palmer, Timothy, Windsor, married Hannah Buell in 1663, and had Timothy, Hannah, Mary, Sarah, died, John, Sarah, Samuel and Martha. Parsons, Rev. Joseph. In 1700 a church was formed at Lebanon, and the same year Mr. Parsons was ordained there. Several persons settled there from Windsor, Stratford, &c. Thomas, married Lydia Brown, of Windsor, in 1641, and had Betsey, Thomas, died, Abigail, John, Mary, Ebenezer, Samuel, and Joseph. Thomas died in 1680, Isaac, son of John and Phillis, bora in 1699, Jacob in 1701, Moses in 1702, Phillis in 1704, Aaron in 1706, and Ruth in 1711. Ebenezer, of Windsor, had a daughter Abigail, born in 1675, Ebenezer in 1677, John in 1678. John Parsons married Phillis Hills in 1698. Parent, John, Haddam — died in 1686. Children, Mary and Ehza. beth — no sons. Payne, Widow Hannah, Wethersfield — died in 1682, and left chil- dren, Hannah, 20 years of age, and Thomas 9. John, of Middletown, died in '81. His children were. Job, 4 years old, Latierce 3, and Abigail 1. Richard Hall, Samuel Hubbard and John Savidge were appraisers. Peacock, John, settled at Stratford before 1650. Pease, John. It has generally been supposed by the Pease family, that the first of the name settled at Enfield about 1683 ; yet Miss Caulkins, in her History of Norwich, has reported John Pease as lo- cated at Norwich at a much earlier period, with his name and lot registered in the Town Plat, as a proprietor in the N. W. exti-emlty of the settlement, with John Tracy, John Baldwin, Jonathan 'Royce, Robert Allyn, Francis Griswold, Nehemiah Smith and Thomas How. ard. John Calkins, Hugh Calkins, Ensign William Backus, Richard Egerton, Thomas Post and John Gager. Upon the opposite side of the street she locates, with no river land attached to their homelots, Samuel and William Hide ; upon the river, Morgan Bowers, Robert Wade, John Birchard, John Post, Thomas Bingham and Thomas Wa- terman ; around the Plain, Gen. Mason and Rev, James Fitch. Af- ter which she gives with like particularity the locations of Lieut. Thomas Tracy, John Bradford, C. Huntington, Thomas Adgate, John 157 Holmsted (or Olmsted,) Stephen Backus, Thomas Bhss and John Ren- olds. T. Leffingwell, J. Reed, R. Wallis and Richard Hendys, as the first planters of Norwich. Mr. Pease must have been located iu Norwich as early as 1660, as a town book was then commenced, and from that it appears the contract which had been made with John El- derkin in '54, to erect a corn-mill for the town of Mohcgan, was now understood to be erected either " on the land of John Pease, or at Norman's Acre," before Nov. '61. Mr. Pease was afterwards found at New London. F'armer says, John Pease was a member and Cap- tain of the Ar. Co. in '61. He might have returned to the Plymouth Colony, and from thence removed to Enfield, or he might have romov- ed direct from Norwich or New London to Enfield in '83. As the name and age of the man appears to be the same as that of John Pease who had resided at Salem, there is little doubt he was the same man. He was a good surveyor and a gentleman of education. Peck, Paul. The name of Paul in the Peck family continued over 100 years — named after Deac. Paul, of Hartford, in 1639. Paul, son of Paul, a great grandson of Deac. Paul, born in 1702, Elisha in 1704, Thomas in 1709, and Cornelius in 1711. Paul Peck married Loah Morry in 1701. Samuel married Abigail Collier, daughter of Joseph, in 1701. Joseph Hopkins married Hannah Peck, daughter of Paul, in 1699. John and Paul, jr., emigrated to Litchfield after 1717. Perry, Richard, Fairfield, with the following names are found upon the record of Fairfield, as first settlers, viz. Hon. Nathan Gold, Nathan, iel Baldwin, John Tomson, George Starkey, Henry Rowland, Daniel Frost, Robert Lockwood and John Gray, as early as 1641. Fairfield had settlers as early as 1639-40. John Barlow, Samuel Drake, Tho. Sherwood, Richard Bowles, Thomas Dunn and Thomas Sherwington, also in 1650-1. There are no dates of 1650. In 1654, Edward Ad- ams, Hon. Roger Ludlow, John Banks, Andrew Ward, Richard Lyon, Thomas Wheeler, John Nichols, Isaac Nichols, John Cable, Thomas Morehouse and Richard Osborn, (and William Hill and Robert Turney in 1654) ; also in 1654, Philip Pinkney, Thomas Barlow, George Goodwin, Thomas Bearsley ; in 1657, Henry Lyon. Many names cannot be decyphered on the first record at Fairfield. The names ot Rowland, Starkey, Sherwood, Dunn, Sherwington, Lyon, Morehouse, Turney and Pinkney were peculiarly Fairfield county names, none ot which I recollect to have found among the first settlers of the old towns of Hartford, Wethersfield, or Windsor. Many of the above persons emigrated from Wethersfield, and other towns on the Connect, icut river. — <S. A. Nichols. Pettibone, John, Windsor, married in 1664, and had a son John, born in '65, a daughter in '67, and Stephen in '69. Peters, Thomas, at New London in 1645— probably the same Rev. Thomas who came to Saybrook with Mr. Fen wick in '39. Mr. Pe- ters aided Uncas in many respects ; he performed the duty of surgeon in dressing the wounds of his warriors after his battles with the Nar- ragansetts. In 1645 there must have been about 50 families at New London. Pond, Samuel, Windsor, married Sarah Ware in 1641, and had children, Isaac, Nathaniel, Sarah and Samuel. 158 S. Savage, John, sen'r., settled early at Middletown — died in 1G84 — left his wife, Elizabeth, and children, John, 33 years old at his father's death, Elizabeth 30, Sarah 28, Mary 27, Abigail 19, William 17, Nathaniel 14, Rachel 12, and Hannah 9. He left a large landed estate to his family. He was often called upon by the town in various stations. He appears to have settled there as his first location in the colony, and was the first of the name in the colony. Sage, David, sen'r., Middletown— died in 1703. Children, David, John, (two of his daughters married Bull and Johnson,) also Mercy, Jonathan, Timothy — Jonathan died in 1713; David, jr. died in 1712 or '13. His mother resided at Middletown, and owned land there. He left an estate of £7.53. Thomas Stedman, of VVethersfield, mar- ried a daughter of David, jr. Children of David, jr., deceased, Mary and Elizabeth — he had no sons.