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Thomas Stanton (1616?–1677) was a trader and an accomplished interpreter and negotiator with Native Americans in the Connecticut Colony, one of the original settlers of Hartford. [2] He was also one of four founders of Stonington, Connecticut, along with William Chesebrough, Thomas Miner, and Walter Palmer.
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]
There are later settlers who lived in Hartford in the 17th century, but are not considered Founders of Hartford. Proof of descent from any of these people permits admission to the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, an American hereditary society established in 1931. Adams, Jeremy; Allyn, Matthew; Andrews, Francis; Bidwell, John
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]
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]
Sergeant Thomas Spencer (March 29, 1607 – September 11, 1687) was a notable early settler of Hartford, Connecticut. He was one of the "Four Spencer Brothers" who came from England to the United States. He was born in Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England to Gerard Spencer and Alice Whitbread. [1]
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.