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Elijah Wadsworth was born in Hartford, Connecticut on November 14, 1747, a member of the wealthy and prominent Wadsworth family of Connecticut and a descendant of one of the founders of Hartford, William Wadsworth. Elijah was the son of Joseph Wadsworth, III and Elizabeth Cook.
Matthew Marvin Sr. (bapt. March 26, 1600 [2] – December 20, 1678) was a founding settler of Hartford and Norwalk, Connecticut.He served as a deputy of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the May 1654 session.
William Wadsworth (26 February 1594 [poss.] Long Buckby, England – 15 October 1675 Hartford, Connecticut) was an early pioneer of New England, a founder of Hartford, Connecticut and the patriarch of numerous and prominent Wadsworth descendants of North America, including the poet Ezra Pound. [1]
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.
In 1638, he was a delegate at the Treaty of Hartford which ended that war. In 1643, the United Colonies of New England appointed him as Indian Interpreter. Following the war, Stanton returned to Hartford where he married and became a successful trader. In 1649, he settled a tract of land alongside the Pawcatuck River in present-day Stonington ...
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". [2] [3] [4]
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]
This is a list of notable hereditary and lineage organizations, and is informed by the database of the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.It includes societies that limit their membership to those who meet group inclusion criteria, such as descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.