Of Interest - Governor Thomas Hinckley (Step Grandfather)

Thomas Hinckley (1618 - April 25, 1706) was the governor of the Plymouth Colony and held several other governmental positions during his lifetime, including that of a representative, a deputy, magistrate, and assistant, among others. A monument, created in 1829 at the Lothrop Hill cemetery in Barnstable, Massachusetts, attests to his "piety, usefulness and agency in the public transactions of his time."

Hinckley was born in England and migrated to Scituate with his parents, Samuel and Sarah Hinckley, in 1635. In 1639, he moved from Scituate to Barnstable, where he assumed multiple positions in the government of Plymouth colony. The following is a list of his roles in government and the time he occupied each:

• Deputy (1645)
• Representative (1647)
• Magistrate and assistant (1658 - 1680)
• Deputy governor (1680)
• Governor (1681 - 1692)
• Commissioner on the central board of Plymouth and Massachusetts colonies (1673 - 1692)
• Councillor (1692 - ?)

Hinckley married twice; first on December 6, 1641 to Mary Richards, and again to Mary SMITH widow of Nathaniel GLOVER on March 15, 1659. He may have had as many as 17 children; different sources disagree on the exact number. One of his children, Samuel Hinckley (whose mother was Mary Richards), was a direct ancestor of Presidents, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush and president-elect Barack Obama, as well as an ancestor of the former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gordon B. Hinckley.

See: Wikipedia

10th great grandmother Mary SMITH GLOVER HICKLEY first married in 1652 our 10th great grandfather Nathaniel GLOVER they had 3 children. They were 1-Nathaniel Glover Jr. who married Thomas Hinckley and Mary Richards youngest daughter Hannah Hinckley, 2- John Glover, and 3- our grandmother Ann GLOVER who married William RAWSON son of Edward RAWSON. (Ann Glover and William RAWSON had 20 children.) Our 10th great grandfather Nathaniel GLOVER died in 1657. His widow Mary SMITH GLOVER then married in 1659 the widower Thomas Hinckley. Thomas and his first wife Mary Richards had 8 children. Mary SMITH GLOVER HINCLEY had 9 more children with her second husband Thomas Hinckley.

Founders of Hartford CT - Part I

To organize my labels I have moved and re posting in three parts the Founders of Hartford, CT. By doing this I can fit the full names of my founding fathers in the Label section for each post. Then the full name will be listed and I can attach other posts that involve each grandfather. This should make it easier for visitors to find all the information posted regarding that grandfather.

Part I Founders of Hartford, CT: Begins with the one grandfather who is an ancestor of Marcy Jane LUCAS (1814-1896) the 2nd great grandmother of Kirt DeMar WOOD (1923-1987). Then our many grandfathers how are the ancestors of Horace Datus ENSIGN (1797-1846). Horace is the 2nd great grandfather of Camilla SMITH (1926-1999).

Keep in mind our grandmothers and their children were founders, working and sacraficing with our founding Grandfathers. Too often their names are not listed on the monuments.

Part II Founders of Hartford, CT: Lists our grandfathers how are the ancestors of Mary BRONSON (1806-1888). Mary is the wife of Horace Datus ENSIGN from Part I.

Note: John WEBSTER is related to both Mary BRONSON and Horace Datus ENSIGN.

Part III Founders of Hartford, CT: Lists the step grandfathers, uncles or cousins who also were among the founding fathers of Hartford Ct.

Part IV Founders of Hartford, CT: Additional grandfathers found after more research.

Also See: Founder's Monument Hartford, Connecticut

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Our Fathers the Founding Fathers of Hartford, CT - Part I

Ancestor of Marcy Jane LUCAS (1814-1896) - 2nd great grandmother of
Kirt DeMar WOOD.

Ancestor of Shadrach ROUNDY (1789-1872) - 2nd great grandfather of
Kirt DeMar WOOD.

And many ancestors of Horace Datus ENSIGN (1797-1846). - 2nd great grandfather of Camilla SMITH.

Founders Monument
“The original brownstone monument erected in 1837 was replaced by this one in 1986.It stands in the ancient Burying Ground, which is located to the rear of the First Congregational Church at the corner of Main and Gold Streets in Hartford. This cemetery is also known as Old Center Cemetery. It lists the original Founders of Hartford.”

See web page of “Society of the Descendant of the Founders of Hartford” Connecticut.

There are 163 men and women listed in the Book of Distribution of Land as being those who settled in Hartford before February 1640. Those listed who are our grandfathers, grandmothers and uncle follow.

Their names are on monuments in Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground.

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The Founders of Hartford

http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/kelsey_william.htm
The Founders of Hartford

11th great grandfather
1-William KELSEY born ab. 1600; Cambridge, 1632; freeman, Mass., March 4, 1635 ; removed to Hartford, where he was an original proprietor ; his homelot in the distribution of 1639 was on the road from Centinel Hill to the North Meadow (now Village St.); removed to Killingworth, ab. 1663; rep. in 1671 from K. ; he was living in June, 1674. - Ch. : i. John ; Killingworth. ii. Abigail, b. April 19, 1645. iii. Stephen, bapt. Nov. 7, 1647; m. Nov. 15, 1672, Hannah, dau. of John Ingersoll; his father gave him his dwelling-house, and he remained in Hartford; d. Nov. 30, 1710. iv. Daniel, b. July, 1650.

TR / Lark / Kirt DeMar WOOD / Laura Elizabeth PARKER / Elizabeth Ann DAVIS / Polly WILLIAMS / Marcy Jane LUCAS / Thomas LUCAS / Marcy KELSEY / Thomas KELSEY / Thomas KELSEY / Thomas KELSEY / Mark KELSEY / William KELSEY and Berthia HOPKINS / George KELSEY and Elizabeth HAMMOND.

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In 1636, Thomas Hooker led 100 of his congregation west to found the new English settlement at Hartford, Connecticut.

10th great grandfather

2-Rev. Thomas Hooker, b. at Marfield, Co. Leicester, 1586 ; son of Thomas Hooker or Hoker, of Marfield, in the parish of Tilton, grandson of Kenelm Hooker, of Blaston, who was the only son of Thomas Hooker or Hoker of Blaston. Co. Leicester, whose will, dated Sept. 2, 1559, was proved Jan. 27, 1561-2 by Cecelia Hooker, his relict and executrix. It is supposed that this Thomas Hooker held some Stewardship, or like office, under the Digby family, who possessed estates in that part of Leicestershire. †Kenellime Digby,” Esq., is a witness, and named as “supervisor” of the will, and the son Kenelm, or Kenellyme, Hooker undoubtedly received his name from Kenelm Digby, who was the grandfather of Sir Everard Digby, executed in 1606 for his complicity in the “gunpowder-plot,” and great grandfather of the learned Sir Kenelm Digby. Thomas Hooker, father of the Rev. Thomas Hooker, occupied in 1586 land in Frisbye and Gaddes by, Co. Leicester. The parish register of Tilton records the burial o1 “Thomas Hooker, of Marfield, July 24, 1635,” and administration on his estate was granted to his eldest son, John Hooker, in the Archdeacon's Court at Leicester, Jan. 11, 1636-7, and he is there described as “Thomas Hooker of Marefield, in the parish of Tilton, gentleman.” Tile Tilton Register under date of April, 1631, gives the burial of Mrs. Hooker, wife to Mr. Hooker of Marfield; probably the wife of Thomas. Rev. Thomas Hooker married in England; and the only clew to his wife's family is obtained from a little book called “Trodden down Strength by the God of Strength ; or, Mrs. Drake revived.” Thus Mrs. Joan Drake, wife of Francis Drake, Esq., was a daughter of William Tothill, Esq., of Shardeloes, one of the six clerks in Chancery. She lived at Esher, in Surrey and Mr. Hooker received, about 1620, from her husband, the cure of Esher, “having his diet and lodging” in Mr. Drake's house. Here lie married Mrs. Drake's “waiting-gentlewoman,” Susan¹, who, according to the custom of the times, was probably a relative of the family. Francis Drake, of Esher, bequeaths in his will, May 13, 1633-4, f30 to Johanna Hooker, “now in New England, to be paid to her on the day of her marriage.” Mr. Hooker was an original proprietor of Hartford, and his homelot was on the highway on the north bank of the little River, now Arch St. ; Samuel Stone, the teacher, and William Goodwin, the ruling elder, having lots between his and file Main St. Mr. Hooker's children were : i. Johanna; m. Rev. Thomas Shepard, of Cambridge; (died April 28, 1646. ii. Mary, m. Rev. Roger Newton, the first minister at Farmington, afterward of Milford ; died Feb. 4, 1676, at Milford. iii. Anne, “dau. of Thomas Hooker, clerk, and Susan his wife;” bapt.at Great Beddow, Essex, Jan. 5, 1626. iv. Sarah, bapt. at Chelmsford, Essex, April 9, 1628; buried there Aug. 26, 1629. v. John, under age at the time of his father's death, 1647 ; in his father's will he was “not forbidden from seeking and taking a wife in England,” but he “was forbidden from tarrying there.” He is mentioned in the will of his uncle, John Hooker, Esq., of Marfield, gentleman, in 1655, as a student at Oxford. In 1660 he became vicar of Marsworth, in Buckinghamshire, and in 1669 lie was presented by Sir Edward Pye, Bart., to be rector of Lechampsted, in the same county. He died is 1684; buried at Marsworth. vi. Samuel, grad. Harvard Coll., 1653 ; Ire preached at Plymouth, Mass., for a time, and m. there, Sept. 22, 1658, Mary, dau. of Capt. Thomas Willet, afterward first mayor of tire City of New York. He was ordained at Farmington, July, 1661 ; he was appointed one of a committee of four persons to go to New Haven and arrange for an amicable union of the two colonies, in 1662. he died at Farmington, Nov. 5 or 6, 1697 ; his widow m. (2) Aug. 10, 1703, Rev. Thomas Buckingham, of Saybrook. vii. Sarah, m. Rev. John Wilson, of Medfield, Mass. He had a numerous family, and is the ancestor of all of the Dame in Hartford County.

1.Rev. Thomas HOOKER (?1586-1647) (called “uncle” by Leonard Chester 1648) & Susan/Susanna Garbrand, m/2 William Goodwin, m/3 John Shepard; Amersham, Bucks, Eng., 3 Apr 1621; Hartford. See: Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990), p. 386.

TR / Lark / Kirt DeMar WOOD / Laura Elizabeth PARKER / Charles PARKER / Almeda Sophia ROUNDY / Shadrach ROUNDY / John ROUNDY / Elizabeth GREEN / Elizabeth TORREY / Sarah WILSON / Sarah HOOKER / Rev. Thomas HOOKER Immigrant.

twice related:
Rev. Thomas Hooker 11th great grandfather and 1st Cousin 13 times removed.
The relationship here follows another line. From Camilla SMITH to her Great Grandmother Mary DUNN the wife of Martin Luther ENSIGN.

Common ancestor is John HOOKER = Rev. Thomas HOOKER / Thomas HOOKER / John HOOKER

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensigh SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Mary DUNN wife of Martin Luther ENSIGN / Adaline RAWSON / Amariah RAWSON / Abner RAWSON / Nathaniel RAWSON / Nathaniel RAWSON / William Rawson / Rachel PERNE / Rachel GREENE / Mary HOOKER / John HOOKER

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/ensign_james.htm
The Founders of Hartford

9th great grandfather
3-James Ensign (Ensigg), Cambridge, 1634; freeman, Mass., March 4, 1635; an original proprietor at Hartford, 1639 ; his home-lot was on the south aide of the highway now Elm St.; chosen constable, 1649, 1662; chimney-viewer, 1655 ; townsman, 1656. He and his wife, Sarah, were original members of the South Church, Feb. 12, 1670. He d. 1670; will dated Nov. 23; inv. Dec. 23, £729. 2. 9. His widow, Sarah, d. in 1676 ; inv. taken May 29, 1676.-Ch.: i. Sarah, m. May 6, 1651, John Rockwell, of Windsor; d. June 23, 1659. ii. David1, b. ab. 1644, Hartford; m. Oct. 22, 1663, Mehitabel, dau. of Thomas Gunn, of Windsor ; she obtained a divorce from him, October, 1682; chimney-viewer, 1666; surveyor of highways, 1669. iii. Mary, m. ab. 1662, Samuel Smith, of Northampton, afterward of Hadley. iv. Hannah, m. Joseph Easton (q. v.). v. Lydia, halt. Aug. 19, 1649.
1 David Ensign m. (2) Sarah, dan. of John and Sarah (Wadsworth Wilcox ; settled in the West Division about 1886 ; an original member of the Weet Hartford Church, 1713; died Dec. 13, 1727.

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Horace Datus ENSIGN and Mary BRONSON / Isaac ENSIGN and Lydia NOBLE / Datus (Datis) ENSIGN and Lucretia SEYMOUR / David ENSIGN and Sarah MOODY / David ENSIGN and Sarah WILCOX / James ENSIGN and Sarah ELSON / Thomas ENSING and Constance PILCHER

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/moody_john.htm
The Founders of Hartford

10th great grandfather
4-John MOODY, second son of George Moody, of Moulton, Co. Suffolk, who #147;#was famous for his good housekeeping and plain dealing,” by his wife, Lydia,1 came in 1633 to Roxbury, says the Church record; freeman, Mass., Nov. 5, 1633; was au original proprietor, Hartford, 1639, and his home-lot was on Main St., opposite to George Wyllys's lot; townsman 1639, 1640; Lieut. in 1640; he d. prob. in 1655 ; will dated July 23, 1655; inv. Dec. 6, 1655; £300. 14: mentions wife Sarah, son Samuel, and leaves £25 to Elizabeth Pepper. Mrs. Sarah Moody d. in Hadley in 1671. - Ch.: i. Samuel; he removed to Hadley in 1659; m. (1) Hannah-; (2) Sarah, dau. of John Deming, of Wethelsfield. He d. in Hadley, Sept. 22, 1689. His widow d. Sept. 29, 1717.2 His eldest son, John, returned to Hartford, m. Sarah Evetts, Apr. 3, 1700, and had descendants in West Hartford and New Hartford.

1 See pedigree in Gen. Reg. xxxix. 69
2 Savage says, 1714

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Horace Datus ENSIGN / Isaac ENSIGN / Datus (Datis) ENSIGN and Lucretia SEYMOUR / Sarah MOODY and David ENSIGN / John MOODY / Samuel MOODY / John Moody and Sarah COX / George MOODY Margaret NEWCE

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/seymour_richard.htm
The Founders of Hartford

11th great grandfather
5-Richard SEYMOUR, Hartford, 1639; one of those settlers who received land “by the courtesie of the town;” his home-lot was on the east side of the road to the Cow Pasture (North Main St.), and was bounded on the north by the Cow Pasture itself; chosen chimney-viewer, 1647; he was one of the signere of the agreement for planting Norwalk, June 19, 1650, and was there soon after, with the first planters; townsman at Norwalk, 1655; d. in 1655 ; will dated July 29, proved Oct. 25, 1655 ; inv., Oct. 10, 1655, £225. 9. He mentions his wife, Mercy, eldest son, Thomas, “three other sons,” John, Zachary, and Richard, the latter three being under age, and left to their mother's guardianship. She m. (2) Nov. 25, 1655, John Steele, of Farmington.-Ch.: i. Thomas, one of the early settlers of Thomas Seymour's Norwalk ; m. (1) Jan., 1653-4, Hannah, dau. of Matthew Heal. Marvin, of Norwalk; freeman, 1668; deputy from Norwalk, 1690 ; one of the patentees of 1686; and in 1687 had an estate of £184. He m. (2) Elizabeth, named in his will. He d. in 1712 ; will dated Sept. 22 ; proved Nov. 7, 1712, sealed with the above coat of arms.1 ii. John, was in Hartford as early as 1664, and m., probably rot long after, Mary, dau. of John Watson, of Hartford ; freeman, 1667. He was a member, though not in full communion, of the South Church, when it was formed, Feb. 12, 1670. He d. 1713; will dated Dec. 10, 1712; proved, Aug. 3, 1713; inv. £1158. 14. 01. iii. Zechariah, b. 1642 ; freeman, Farmington, 1669 ; from the record of law-suits in the County Court proceedings it is evident that he was engaged in trade with Barbadoes; he removed to Wethersfield and m. there, Feb. 9, 1688, Mary, dau. of widow Mary Gritt; d. in Wethersfield, Aug. 1702, a. 60; inv. £200. 4. 3. iv. Richard, freeman, Farmington, 1669 ; one of the 84 proprieton; of 1672; the leader of the Great Swamp settlement in 1686 (Kensington), and captain of the fort. He m. Hannah, den. of Matthew Woodruff of Farmington.2 He was killed by the fall of a trea in 1710; inv. presented Nov. 29, 1710, £416. 15. 3.-Ex-Gov. Horatio Seymour, of New York, the Hon. Origen S. Seymour, of Litchfield, and Gov. Thomas H. Seymour, of Hartford, were descendants of John Seymour, of H., who is the ancestor of nearly all of the name in this vicinity.
1 A “Bishop's Bible,” printed in 1584, now in the possession of one of Richard Seymour's descendants, has on one of the fly-leaves a drawing of the arms of the Seymours of Berry Pomeroy, the Same as those given above with the quarterings granted by Henry VIII., and his name written below, “Richard Seymor, Bery Pomery, heytor bond., in ye corn. Devon. his Book. Hartford ye collony of Conecticot in New England. Annoque Domini, 1640.”

2 Savage says (iv. 58) that he m. Hannah, dau. of Anthony Hawkins, but I have found no other authority for his statement as yet.

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Horace Datus ENSIGN / Isaac ENSIGN / Lucretia SEYMOUR and Datus (Datis) ENSIGN / John SEYMOUR / John SEYMOUR / John SEYMOUR / John SEYMOUR / Richard SEYMOUR and Mercy RUSCOE / Robert SEYOUR and Elizabeth WALLER

Side Note: there is a William Rusco on the list of Hartford Founders. I have not got the information I would need to connect him to our grandmother Mercy Ruscoe.

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6-John Arnold, freeman, Cambridge, May 6, 1635 ; an original proprietor of Hartford, received sixteen acres in the division of 1639-40, when a lot was given him on the south side of the road leading from George Steele's to the south meadow. He died Dec., 1664; inv. Dec. 26, 1664, £105. 10. His widow, Susannah, was one of the original members of the South Church. -Ch.: i. Josiah, Hartford, freeman, 1657. ii. Joseph, freeman, 1658; one of the first settlers of Haddam ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Wakeman, of Hartford ; d. Oct. 22, 1691. iii. John iv. Daniel, freeman, 1665 ; d. May 10, 1691, leaving wife and ch. v. Dam. m. - Buck vi. Dan.

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Horace Datus ENSIGN / Isaac ENSIGN / Lucretia SEYMOUR and Datus (Datis) ENSIGN / Lydia MASON / Hannah ARNOLD / Daniel ARNOLD / John ARNOLD and Susannah.

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/wadsworth_william.htm
The Founders of Hartford

11th great grandfather
7-William WADSWORTH,1 Cambridge, 1632, came in the “Lion” from London, Sept. 16, 1632; prob. bringing with him four children, Sarah, William, Mary, and John; freeman, Mass., Nov. 6, 1632; in June, 1636, removed to Hartford, where he was an original proprietor; his home-lot in 1639 was on the west side of the mad from Seth Grant's to Centinel Hill, prob. extending along what is now the south side of Asylum St., from Trumbull St. to Ford St. He was chosen townsman, 1642, 1655, 1661, 1673; constable, 1651 ; list and rate maker, 1668. He m. (1) name unknown; (2) in Hartford, July 2, 1644, Elizabeth Stone, said to have been a sister of the Rev. Samuel Stone.2 He was deputy nearly every session between Oct., 1656, and May, 1675. He d. in 1675, will dated June 16 ; inv. Oct. 18, £1677. 13. 9. His widow, Elizabeth, died in 1682.-Ch: i. Sarah, m. Sept. 17, 1646, John Wilcock, Jr., of Hartford, afterward of Middletown (q. v.). She d. 1648 or '49. ii. William, d. young. iii. John, settled in Farmington; m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas Stanley, in 1662; he was deputy, 1672-1677; Assistant, 16791689; one of the Standing Council during King Philip's War; d. in 1689, leaving seven sons, one of whom, John, was the father of the Rev. Daniel Wadsworth, pastor of the First Church, Hartford, who m. 1734, Abigail, den. of Gov. Joseph Talcott, and was the father of Cal. Jeremiah Wadsworth, iv. Mary, b. about 1632 (a. 53, 1684-5) ; m. ab. 1656, Thomas Stoughton, of Windsor. v. Elizabeth, b. May 17, 1645 ; m. Nov. 27, 1662, John Terry, of Simsbury ; d. March 12, 1715. vi. Samuel, bapt. Oct. 20, 1646 ; freeman, 1676 ;d. 1682 (s. p.) ; his will, dated Aug. 16, gave his estate of above £1100, to a brother and a sister, a nephew and two nieces. vii. Joseph, b. ab. 1647 ; this was Capt. Joseph, the hero of the Charter, a man of prominence, and some turbulence of character; freeman, 1676; Lieut. in Philip's War, and afterward Capt. of the Hartford trainband. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Bartholomew Barnard, of Hartford ; she d. Oct. 26, 1710, having been the mother of his children ; he m. (2) Elizabeth, dau. of Lt. Col. John Talcott, and (3) Mary, dau. of John Blackleach, of Wethersfield, who had beer widow of Thomas Welles and John Olcott. viii. Sarah, bapt. March 17, 1649-50; m. Jonathan Ashley, Nov. 10, 1069. ix. Thomas, b. ab. 1651 (a. about 36, Sept., 1687) ; m. Elizabeth -; freeman, 1676; d. in Hartford, 1725. His father gave him, in his will, his lands located east of the Connecticut River, and he settled in East Hartford. x. Rebecca, unmarried in 1682.
1 “William Wadsworth, the younger brother of James, was b. in Long-Buckley, Co. Northampton; rem. thence to Braintree, Co. Essex; emigrated to N. E.”-Day's Hist. Discourse 1843. Lt.-Col. John Talcott, in the memorandum book mentioned above, speaks of William Wadsworth as “my Oncle Wadsworth.” 2 He had a sister Elizabeth, bapt. in Hertford, Oct. 21, 1621. - Hist. First Ch. p. 47.

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Horace Datus ENSIGN and Mary BRONSON / Isaac ENSIGN and Lydia NOBLE / Datus (Datis) ENSIGN and Lucretia SEYMOUR / David ENSIGN and Sarah MOODY / Sarah WILCOX and David ENSIGN / Sarah WADSWORTH and John WILCOX Jr. / WilliamWadsworth and Sarah Talcott / William WADSWORTH and Elizabeth
Other history notes:
LYON, William Peirce, Master, sailed from London June 22 [1632] and arrived September 16 [1632] at Boston. 'He brought one hundred and twenty three passengers, whereof fifty children, all in health. They had been twelve weeks aboard and eight weeks from Land's End.'//Emigrants on "The Lyon" which sailed in 1632 with the Rev. Thomas Hooker's 'Braintree Company' on board. It is said that the ship carried 350 passengers. However, many names are missing from the list in The Lyon partly due to the fact that several were members when only the head of the house was mentioned, while others omitted went as servants. In 1635 two "servants" worked their passage for a John Brown.

WILLIAM WADSWORTH
Mrs. . . . . . . Wadsworth
Sarah Wadsworth
William Wadsworth
Mary Wadsworth
John Wadsworth
of Braintree, county Essex/[settled at] Cambridge/WILLIAM WADSWORTH (from Braintree, Essex; went to Newtowne [Cambridge], then to Hartford, Conn.)

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/wilcock_john.htm
The Founders of Hartford

8-John WILCOCK (Wilcox), an original proprietor, Hartford, 1639; his home-lot was on what is now the West Park. He was chosen surveyor of highways, 1643, 1644; townsman, 1650; d. in 1651 ; will dated July 24; inv. Oct. 1, £391. 13. He names his wife, Mary, who d. ab. 1668. Ch.: i. John, m. (1) Sept. 17, 1646, Sarah, dau. of William Wadsworth; who d. in 1648 or 1649; (2) Jan. 18, 1649-50, Retorn (Katherine) Stoughton; (3) Mary; (4) in 1671, Esther, dau. of William Cornwell, of Middletown. He removed to Middletown about 1654 ; removed to Dorchester ab. 1664, but returned to Middletown ; d. May 24, 1676. ii. Sarah, m. John Bidwell (q. v.), of Hartford. iii. Ann, b. ab. 1616; m. John Hall (q. v.), of Hartford, afterward of Middletown.

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Horace Datus ENSIGN and Mary BRONSON / Isaac ENSIGN and Lydia NOBLE / Datus (Datis) ENSIGN and Lucretia SEYMOUR / David ENSIGN and Sarah MOODY / Sarah WILCOX and David ENSIGN / John WILCOX Jr. and Sarah WADSWORTH / JohnWILCOX (WILCOCKS) and Mary BIDDLE / Christopher WILCOX---------------------------------------------------------
http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/woodford_thomas.htm
The Founders of Hartford

10th great-grandfather
9-Thomas WOODFORD, came to Boston in the “William and Francis;” embarked March 7, arrived June 5, 1632 ; settled at Roxbury; freeman, March 4, 1635; m. in Roxbury, Mary, dau. of Robert Blott ; he came to Agawam with Mr. Pynchon's company, where he signed the agreement of May 16, 1636, and bad an allotment of land. Named in the distribution of 1639 at Hartford, when he was one who received land “by the courtesie of the town;” his home-lot was on the west side of the highway now Front St. He was chosen with Arthur Smith, Feb. 10, 1639-40, to attend the townsmen, and to do any special services required by them, as to give notice of tows-meetings, impound stray cattle, etc. Appointed to act as sexton, March 3, 1640, to “attend the making of graves for any corpses deceased;” to “receive for giving notice by ringing the bell, making the grave, and keeping of it in seemly repair, en that it may be known in future time; when such graves have been made for the lesser sort, 2s. 6d., for the middle sort, 3s.., and for the higher sort, 3e. 6d. ;” also appointed town crier, and to be paid 2d. for crying anything lost. His wife probably d. in Hartford; he removed about 1656 to Northampton; there d. March 6, 1667.

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Horace Datus ENSIGN and Mary BRONSON / Lydia NOBLE and Isaac ENSIGN / Samuel NOBLE and Catherine FOWLER / Ruth WRIGHT and Sgt. Luke NOBLE / Ruth SHELDON and Joseph WRIGHT /Mary WOODFORD and Isaac SHELDON / ThomasWOODFORD and Mary BLOTT / Joseph WOODFORD

Other History:
9-Thomas WOODFORD died on 6 Mar 1666/67 in Northampton, Ma. He was born WFT Est. 1587-1617 in Lincolnshire, England. Thomas Woodford, b in England, d. at Northampton came from London in "WIlliam and Frances" 1632; Freeman ;1635; at Roxbury 1632, and belonged to the church of Rev. John Elliot. They later moved to Hartford then to Springfield, where he is mentioned in compact of settlers 1636; to Northampton 1656. He was steward and crier; also made "graves for anie Corpse Desesed, to receive 2 shillings for smallest and 3s 6d for biggest sort"; Thomas Woodford belonged to the Church of Rev. John Elliot.

He was married to Mary Blott on 4 Mar 1633/34 in Roxbury, MA.

Children were:
Hannah Woodford, Sarah Woodford, Mary Woodford.

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See: WEBSTER John Gov, in Part II

Founders of Hartford CT - Part II

I continue to find more grandfathers who are on the Hartford founding fathers list. Newest additions are 12- Richard Church and 15-William WESTWOOD.

Our Fathers the Founders of Hartford CT - Part II

Ancestors of Mary BRONSON (1806-1888), wife of Horace Datus ENSIGN of Part I.
Mary is the 2nd great grandmother of Camilla SMITH.

The Adventurer’s Boulder:

The plaque reads -

In Memory of the Courageous Adventurers Who Inspired and Directed by Thomas Hooker Journeyed Though the Wilderness from Newton (Cambridge) in the Massachusetts Bay to Suckiaug (Hartford) - October, 1635

Matthew Allyn, John Barnard, William Butler, Clement Chaplin, Nicolas Clarke, Robert Day, Edward Elmer, Nathaniel Ely, Richard Goodman, William Goodwin, Stephen Hart, William Kelsey, William Lewis, Mathew Marvin, James Olmsted, William Pantry, Thomas Scott, Timothy Stanley, Thomas Stanley, Edward Stebbins, John Steele, John Stone, John Talcott, Richard Webb, William Westwood.

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The Founders of Hartford

http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/bliss_thomas_sr.htm

11th great-grandfather
10-Thomas BLISS, Sr., was born (according to the Bliss Genealogy) in Okebampton, in the village of Belstone, Co. Devon, son of Thomas Bliss, of Belstone. He settled first at the "“Mount,” afterward Braintree, now Quincy ; rem.to Hartford, where he was one of the proprietors “by courtesie of the town” in 1639-40; his house-lot was on a highway west of the present Lafayette Street, and he possessed fifty-eight acres. He d. in 1650 ; inv. Feb. 14, 1650, £86. 12. 8. His widow, Margaret, removed to Springfield after a time with the larger part of her family ; d. there Aug. 28, 1684.

Thomas BLISS / Thomas BLISS Immigant-b. Abt 1590 / Mary BLISS Immigant-b.1620 / Jonathan PARSONS-b.1657 / Mary PARSONS-b.1688 / Jerusha GRAVES-b.1717 / Jerusha COOLEY-b.1738 / Sylvanus BRONSON-b.1769 / Mary BRONSON-b.1806 / Martin Luther ENSIGN-b.1831 / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN- b.1859 / George Ensign SMITH-b.1898 / Camilla SMITH-b.1926 / Lark / JR

Note: see in part III the history of our Uncle Thomas Bliss Jr. son of Thomas Bliss - listed here.

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/bronson_john.htm

11th great grandfather / brother of Richard Bonson
11-John BRONSON (Brownson, Brunson), Hartford, 1639, a proprietor “by courtesie of the town”; his house-lot was on the road to the Neck, now Windsor St. He served in the Pequot War. He removed to Tunxis about 1641 ; deputy from Farmington, May, 1651 ; one of the original members of the Farmington church, Oct. 13, 1652 ; d. 1680; inv. Nov. 28, £312. 1. 6

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Mary BRONSON and Horace Datus ENSIGN / Sylvanus BRONSON and Esther REMINGTON / Jerusha COOLEY and David BRONSON / Abner COOLEY and Jerusha GRAVES / Elizabeth GUNN and Simon COOLEY / Elizabeth WYATT and Samuel GUNN / Mary BRONSON and John WYATT / John BRONSON (BROWNSON) and Frances HILLS / Roger BROWNSON and Mary UNDERWOOD

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/bronson_richard.htm
The Founders of Hartford

10th great grandfather / brother of John Bronson
12-Richard BRONSON supposed to have been at Hartford, with his brother, John, removed to Farmington, 1653; joined the church there, 1654; d. 1687. Inv., Sept., 1687, £405. 8. His first wife was a sister of the wife of William Pantry, of Hartford, who mentions in her will, Sept 12, 1651, " two children of Richard Brunson, that lie had by my sister, John and Abigail ;" his wife when he died was Elizabeth, widow of George Orvis, of Farmington, and before him, of David Carpenter. She d. in 1694.

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Mary BRONSON / Sylvanus BRONSON and Esther REMINGTON / David BRONSON and Jerusha COOLEY / Joseph BRONSON / Isaac BRONSON / John BRONSON / Richard BRONSON (BROWNSON) and Abigail WILBOUR / Roger BROWNSON and Mary UNDERWOOD

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11th great grandfather

13-Richard Church, Hartford, 1637, was an original proprietor, and received, in 1639-40, a home-lot on the east side of the road to the Cow Pasture (North Main St.) ; freed from watching and warding, etc. March, 1655 ; chosen chimney-viewer, 1648; surveyor of highways, 1655. Removed to Hadley with "the withdrawers," in 1659; d. there, Dec. 16, 166 1. His widow, Anne, d. March 10, 1684, aged 83.-Ch: i. Edward, b. 1628, Hatfield. ii. John, Hartford; b. ab. 1636; freeman, 1658; m. Oct. 27, 1657, Sarah, dau. of Richard Beckley, of New Haven ; died 1691 ; inv. Nov. 9. He was the progenitor of those of the name in Hartford. iii. Samuel, Hadley.

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Mary BRONSON / Sylvanus BRONSON / Jerusha COOLEY / Jerusha GRAVES / Isaac GRAVES / John GRAVES / Mary CHURCH / Richard CHURCH and Anne MARSH

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/day_robert.htm
The Founders of Hartford

11th great grandfather
14-Robert DAY came in the “Elizabeth,” from Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, to Boston, in April, 1634, aged 30, with wife, Mary, aged 28; freeman, Mass., May 6, 1635. An original proprietor at Hartford ; his home-lot in 1639 was on the road from Centinel Hill to the North Meadow, near the junction of the streets now Main and Village streets. He was chosen viewer of chimneys and ladders, 1643. His first wife is supposed to have died before his removal to Hartford, and he m. (2) Editha, sister of Deacon Edward Stebbins. He d. in 1648 ; will dated May 20; ins. Oct. 14, £142. 13. 6. His widow, Editha, m. (2) John Maynard, of Hartford; (3) 1658, Elizur Holyoke, of Springfield. Ch. : 1. Thomas, removed to Springfield, 1658; m. Oct. 27, 1659, Sarah, dau. of Lieut. Thomas Cooper; freeman, 1668; d. Dec. 27, 1711. ii. John, Hartford; received the property of his stepfather, John Maynard, by his will; M.1 Sarah, dau. of Thomas Butler, of Hartford ; in the distribution of Thomas Butler's estate, 1697, John Day's wife was one of the heirs; freeman, May, 1680; d. in Hartford ab. 1730. iii. Sarah; m. (1) Nov. 17, 1658, Nathaniel Gunn, of Hartford; (2) Nov. 24, 1664, Samuel Kellogg, of Hatfield, and was killed with her son, Joseph, by the Indians, Sept. 19, 1677. iv. Mary, b. ab, 1641 ; m. (1.) Oct. 28, 1659, Samuel Ely, of Springfield ; (2) April 12, 1694. Thomas Stebbins, of Springfield ; (3) Dec. 11, 1696, Deacon John Coleman, of Hatfield ; d. Oct. 17, 1725, aged 84. The Hon. Thomas Day, Secretary of State, and president of the Conn. Historical Society, was a descendant of Thomas, of Springfield, as also was the late Hon. Calvin Day.
1 Savage says he m. Sarah Maynard, but he is probably mistaken.- See Hinman, p. 456.

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Mary BRONSON and Horace Datus ENSIGN / Sylvanus BRONSON and Esther REMINGTON / Jerusha COOLEY and David BRONSON / Abner COOLEY / Elizabeth GUNN / Samuel GUNN / Sarah DAY / Robert DAY and Editha STEBBINS (STEBBING) / Ricahrd DAY and Anna KIRBY

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/marsh_john.htm
The Founders of Hartford

10th great grandfather
15-John MARSH was one of the original proprietors of Hartford ; his bome-lot in the distribution of 1639 was on what is now Front St., then the road from the Little River to the North Meadow. Chosen chimney-viewer, 1658; removed the next year to Hadley with the " withdrawers," under the lead of his father-in-law, Gov. Webster. He went from there to Northampton, and united with the church there, June 18, 1661. He m. in Hartford, ab. 1640, Anne, dau. of Gov. John Webster; she d. in Northampton, June 9, 1662 ; and he m. (2) Oct. 7, 1664, Hepzibah, widow of Richard Lyman, and dau. of Thomas Ford, of Windsor; She d. April 11, 1683, and he d. in 1688, in Hartford. He had a brother Joseph, who was a clothier, in Braintree, Cc Essex, England, where lie made his will, May 22, 1676, in which he mentions several of the children of John Marsh.-Ch.: i. John- b. ab. 1643: m. in Northampton, Nov. 28, 1666, Sarah, dau. of Richard and Hepzibah Lyman ; he returned to Hartford ; freeman, 1669 ; lived upon the old homestead ; d. 1727. His eldest Son, John, was much concerned in the settlement of the "western lands," and explored Litchfield, where lie was one of the first settlers. Descendants of this family are still living in Hartford, ii- Samuel, b. ab. 1645; Hatfield, where lie was made freeman, 1690; m. May 6, 1667, Mary Allison; d. Sept. 7, 1728, c. 83. iii. Joseph, bapt. Jan. 24, 1647-8; d. young. iv. Joseph, bapt. July 15, 1649; d. young. v. Jonathan, b. ab. 1650, Hadley; freeman, 1690; m. 1676, Dorcas, dau. of Azariah Dickinson ; d. July 3, 1730, a. 80 ; vi. Daniel, b. ab. 1653 Hadley; freeman, 1690; m. Nov. 5, 1676, Hannah, widow of Sammel Crow, of Hadley, and dau. of William Lewis, of Farmington; d. Feb. 24, 1725, c, 72. vii. Hannah, m. Jan. 28. 1675, Joseph Loomis, of Windsor. viii. Grace, m. Jan- 26, 1672-3, Timothy Baker, of Northampton ; d. May 31, 1676. ix. Lydia, b. Oct. 9, 1667 ; m. Dec. 8, 1692, David Loomis, of Windsor.

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Mary BRONSON and Horace Datus ENSIGN / Esther REMINGTON and Sylvanus BRONSON / Esther SAWYER / Esther MARSH / Ebenezer MARSH / Samuel MARSH / John MARSH and Anne WEBSTER / John MARSH and Grace BALDWIN

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11th great grandfather
16-William WESTWOOD William Westwood, b. about 1606 ; a power of attorney from his daughter, Mrs Cook, and her husband (1707), describes him as “formerly dwelling in the country of Essex, in the kingdom of England, Husbandman alias Yeoman:” He came to New England in the “Francis” from Ipswich embarked the last of April, 1634 (a. 28), with wife, Bridget (a. 32). Settled in Cambridge; freeman, Mass., March 4, 1634-.5; sworn “constable of the plantations at Conecticott,” Sept 3, 1635; one of the committee for onlering affair at Conn., March, 1635-6 ; at the first court, April 26, 1636, and in every one following, until March, 1637. He was an original proprietor of Hartford, and his home-lot in 1639 was on the west side of the "road from Little River to North Meadow," now Front St. He was chosen townsman, 1640, 1647, 1653 ; deputy, 1642-1649; again in 1651 and 1652, and Oct. 1656. He signed the agreement to remove to Hadley, where he held a prominent place among the first settlers, and was one of the first townsmen chosen; Ire d. in Hadley, April 9, 1669, a=,. about 63. His widow, Bridget, d. May 12, 1676, s'. Shout 74. (Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford.)

JR/Lark/Camilla SMITH b.1926/George Ensign SMITH b.1898/Harriett Camilla ENSIGN b.1859/Martin Luther ENSIGN b.1831/Mary BRONSON b.1806/Esther REMINGTON b.1772/Elijah REMINGTON b.1743/Abigail LANE b.1716/Abigail Rebecca HOVEY b.1678/Sarah COOK b.1662/Sarah WESTWOOD b.1644/William WESTWOOD b.1606

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11th great-grandfather
17-Thomas SCOTT Sr., was an original proprietor; his home-lot in 1639 was on the road from the Meeting House to the Landing, now State St., and also extended some distance on Front St. Hinman says that in 1635-6 he kept a bridge over brick-hill brook, at five shillings per annum. He was one of those appointed by the General Court, Jan. 16, 1639, “to view those parts by' Vnxis Sepus' (Farmington), which may be suitable for a plantation.” He d. Nov. 6, 1643, by accident, “John Ewe by misadventure was the cause,” and he was sentenced to pay £l0 to the widow, and £3 to the county. Inv. f174. 12. 4. His widow, Ann, m. Nov. 7, 1644, Thomas Ford, of Windsor, and d. at Northampton, May 5, 1675.-Ch.: i. Elizabeth, b. about 1625; m. Feb. 6, 1648, Dea. John Loomis, of Windsor; d. May 7, 1696. ii. Thomas, d. 1657. iv. Mary, m. Nov. 7, 1644, Robert Porter, of Farmington. v. Sarab, m. Dec. 15, 1645, John Stanley (q. v.), of Farmington; d. June 26, 1661. VOL. 1.-17.

Henry SCOTT / Thomas SCOTT Sr.-b. abt 1594 / Edmund ,Sr. SCOTT-b.1618 / Hannah SCOTT-b.1651/ Issac BRONSON-b.1672 / Joseph BRONSON-b.1708 / David BRONSON-b.1733/ Sylvanus BRONSON-b.1769 / Mary BRONSON-b.1806 / Martin Luther ENSIGN-b.1831 / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN-b.1859/ George Ensign SMITH-b.1898 / Camilla SMITH-b.1926 / Lark / JR

Important information:
The “widow Ann” was not our grandmother and she was not mother of the children mentioned. Their mother was Thomas’ second wife and our grandmother Elizabeth STRUTT. Elizabeth was the mother of Edmund SCOTT Sr. Edmund is mentioned in part III -see Thomas Upson.

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/selden_thomas.htm
The Founders of Hartford

10th great grandfather
18-Thomas SELDEN, Hartford, 1639, an original proprietor; his home-lot was near the present junction of Washington and Lafayette Sts. ; freeman, April, 1640 ; constable, 1650 ; he d. in 1655 ; will dated Aug. 14 ; inv. Dec. 19, £292. 3. 4. He names in his will his wife, Heater, his “brother, Mr. John Wakeman,” and his “cousin Thomas Hoamer.” His wife, who was probably Hester Wakeman, m. (2) Andrew Warner, who went from Hartford to Hadley, where she d. in 1693. -Ch. : i. Thomas, bapt. in Hartford, Aug. 30, 1645; m. Felix, dau. of Capt. William Lewis, of Farmington; removed to Hadley; d. there, Nov. 24, 1734. ii. John, bapt. March 3, 1649-50; d. May, 1650. iii. Mary, bapt. March 26, 1648-9. iv. Esther, bapt. March 3, 1649-50 ; d. May, 165 1. v. Joseph, bapt. Nov. 2, 1651; he m. Feb. 11, 1677, Rebecca, dau. of Deacon Edward Church, of Hatfield; settled in Hadley about 1678; moved from there to Deerfield, in 1684, and prior to 1700 he removed to Lyme, Ct., where he d. July 14, 1724.

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Mary BRONSON and Horace Datus ENSIGN / Sylvanus BRONSON and Esther REMINGTON / David BRONSON and Jerusha COOLEY / Mary TAYLOR and Joseph BRONSON / John TAYLOR and Hannah GILLETT / Mary SELDEN and John TAYLOR / Thomas SELDEN and Hester WAKEMAN / John SELDEN and Mary BALDOCK

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/webster_john.htm
The Founders of Hartford

1) 11th great grandfather through Mary BRONSON
and

2) 10th great grandfather through Horace Datus ENSIGN

19-Gov. John WEBSTER Hartford, 1636; by family tradition he was from Co. Warwick; he was an original proprietor of Hartford, and his home-lot in 1639 was on the east side of the street now called Governor St. He was one of the Committee who for the first time sat with the Court of Magistrates, 1637 and 1638, and a magistrate from 1639 to 1655, when he was made deputy-governor, and the next year governor. He was one of the committee who formed the code of criminal laws for the Colony in 1642 ; a Commissioner for the United Colonies, 1654. He was an influential member of the church in Hartford, took a deep interest in the controversy which agitated that and other churches, was one of the leaders of the Hadley company, and removed thither in 1659 ; he was admitted freeman, Mass" and in May, 1660, made a magistrate. He d. in Hadley, April 5, 1661, leaving a widow, Agnes. Ch. : i. Matthew, freeman, Hartford, 1645 ; Farmington, 1669; d. July 16, 1675. ii. William Hadley, m. Feb. 17, 1670, Mary, den. of Thomas Reeve, of Springfield ; his wife was accused of witchcraft, and sent to Boston for trial, in 1684, but was acquitted, and died in peace, 1696. He d. about 1688 (s. p.). iii. Thomas, Northampton ; m. June 16, 1663, Abigail, dau. of George Alexander, of Northampton ; removed to Northfield in 1674 ; driven away in 1675 by the Indians, and removed to Hadley. He returned again to Northfield, and d. there in 1686. iv. Robert, Middletown; m. about 1652, Susannah, dau. of Hon. Richard Treat, of Wethersfield ; at the organization of the town of Middletown, Feb. 26, 1654, he was chosen recorder; he continued there until about 1660, when he returned to Hartford; chosen townsman, 1664 ; list and rate maker, 1668 ; he d. in Hartford in 1676. v. Anne ; m. John Marsh, of Hartford and Hadley; d. June 9, 1662. vi. Elizabeth, m. prob. William Markham, of Hadley, as 2d wife; d. in 1688. vii. Mary ; m. John (1) Hunt; their descendants lived in Northampton. John, eldest son of Lieut. Robert Webster, was the great-grandfather of Noah Webster, the renowned lexicographer.

1)
JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Mary BRONSON and Horace Datus ENSIGN / Esther REMINGTON and Sylvanus BRONSON / Esther SAWYER and Elijah REMINGTON / Esther MARSH and Jeduthan SAWYER / Ebenezer MARSH and Elizabeth GILLETT / Samuel MARSH and Mary ALLISON / Anne WEBSTER and John Marsh / John WEBSTER and Agnes SMITH / Matthew WEBSTER and Elizabeth ASHTON

2) JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Horace Datus ENSIGN and Mary BRONSON / Isaac ENSIGN and Lydia NOBLE / Lucretia SEYMOUR and Datus (Datis) ENSIGN / John SEYMOUR and Lydia MASON / Elizabeth WEBSTER and John SEYMOUR / Robert WEBSTER Lt. and Susanna TREAT / John Webster and Agnes SMITH / Matthew WEBSTER and Elizabeth ASHTON

Other history notes:
John WEBSTER was the 5th Governor of the state of CT.

http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/hale_thomas.htm

20-Thomas Hale, Roxbury, freeman, Mass., May 14 1634: a single man says the church record; an original prosprietor at Hartford; his home-lot was on the wset side of the road from Seth Gran't to Centinel Hill; had served in the Pequot War; granted fifty acres, Oct. 12 1671, for his services; signed the agreement for planting Norwalk, June, 1650, and was there in Feb., 1651; his name occurs in a list of inhabitants there, 1655, He m. in Feb., 1640 Jane Lord, of Roxbury, Savage suggest that lie perhaps he perhaps died in Charlestown. (From Society of the Descendants of Hartford.)

Thomas Hale was born in England and died in Connecticut.  He was settled in Roxbury, MA by 1634.  While in MA, he married Jane Lord in 1639.  Jane died before 1659 when Thomas married Mary Nash in Charlestown, MA.

Thomas was made Freeman of Mass Bay in 1634. In 1635 he was an original proprietor of Hartford, CT.  When the Pequot War began in 1637, both Thomas and his brother Samuel enlisted.  Thomas moved to Norwalk, CT around 1650.  After Thomas married Mary Nash, he moved to Charlestown, MA - her hometown.  He and his family lived in Charlestown until his mother-in-law died in 1674.  The family then moved to Norwalk, CT where Thomas died in 1678. (History from Ancestry.com)

THOMAS HALE ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: Roxbury
REMOVES: Hartford 1636, Roxbury 1639, Hartford 1640, Norwalk, Charlestown by 1659, Norwalk by 1674
(Thomas Hale - the Great Migration Begins).

JR / Lark / Camilla SMITH / George Ensign SMITH / Harriett Camilla ENSIGN / Martin Luther ENSIGN / Mary BRONSON and Horace Datus ENSIGN / Esther REMINGTON and Sylvanus BRONSON / Elijah REMINGTON and Esther SAWYER / Samuel REMINGTON and Abigail LANE / Hannah HALE and John REMINGTON / Timothy HALE and Sarah BARBER / Thomas HALE Immigrant and Jane LORD maidservant. 

NOTE: to read about 21-Reverend Samuel Stone / 22-John Stone / 23-Geroge Steele see Part IV. 

Founders of Hartford CT - Part III

Early America - Hartford, Connecticut

Family History is always under construction. Governor Thomas Welles has been added he was not part of the older Hartford Founding Fathers post. Rev. Thomas HOOKER has also been added here.

30 Nov 2008 Update: I have added another Step Grandfather - John Maynard.

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The Founders of Hartford - related to our Grandparents

Step Grandpa
Andrew WARNER 1 came from Hatfield, Co. Gloucester, son of John Warner, yeoman in said Shire and Town; Cambridge, 1632, freeman May 14, 1634;2 one of the Commissioners for ordering affair at Connecticut, March, 1635-6 ; an original proprietor at Hartford, where his home-lot in 1639 was on the south bank of the Little River. He m. in Hartford, prob. as second wife, Hester, widow of Thomas Selden; he was chosen Deacon of the First Church, Oct., 1633 ; removed to Hadley in 1659, with Elder Goodwin and the “withdrawers;” took the oath of allegiance at Hadley, Feb. 8, 1679, and d. there Dec. 18, 1684, or possibly the month following, a. almost 90. His widow, Hester, d. 1693.

1 From old acct. book of Jabez Warner, of Middletown, b. 1710, quoted by Andrew F. Warner in letter to R. R. Hinman, May 14, 1849.
2 Savage thinks that the name should be that of Andrew Ward (iv. 418).

Relationship note:
Our Step Grandpa. His second wife Hester was our grandmother with Thomas Selden her first husband. See Part II.

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http://www.foundersofhartford.org/founders/welles_thomas.htm

Step Grandpa
Gov. Thomas WELLES, an original proprietor of Hartford; his home-lot in 1639 was on the east side of the street now Governor St. He removed to Wethersfield, where he was also an original proprietor. He became a member of the Court of Magistrates, March 28, 1637, and continued a magistrate until he was chosen deputy-governor, May 18, 1654 (again in 1656, 1657, 1659) ; he was the first treasurer in 1639, Secretary of the Colony in 1640, and held the office until 1649. In 1649 he was a Commissioner of the United Colonies; Governor in 1655 and 1658. Ho m. (1) in England, Elizabeth Hunt; (2), ab. 1645 or 1646 Elizabeth Deming, widow of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield; d. in Wethersfield, Jan. 14, 1659-60; his widow d. July 28, 1683, c. ab. 88 ; inv. £1069. 9.-Ch.: i. John; settled in Stratford; freeman, 1645; m. ab. 1647, Elizabeth, dau. of John Curtis, of Stratford ; deputy, 1656 ; assistant, 1658-9; d. ab. 1660. ii. Thomas, Hartford ; m. 23 June, 1654, Hannah, widow of John Pantry, and dau, of William Tuttle, of New Haven ; he was quartermaster under Major John Mason, 1658; deputy, 1663; assistant, 1668 ; killed in 1668 by a fall from a cherry-tree. iii. Samuel, Wethersfield ; freeman, 1657; deputy, 1657-1662, and 1675 ; m. 1659, (1) Elizabeth, dau. of John Hollister, of Wethersfield ; (2) Hannah, dau. of George Lamberton, of New Haven; d. July 15, 1675. He was the ancestor of the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. iv. Mary, d. before her father. v. Ann, m. l) April 14, 1646, Thomas Thomson, of Hartfonl, afterward of Farmington; (2) Anthony Hawkins, of Farmington, as his 2d wife ; d. 1680. vi. Sarah, b. 1631 ; m. Feb., 1653, Capt. John Chester, of Wethersfield ; d. Dec. 16, 1698.

Relationship note:
Thomas WELLES, Govenor of Connecticut 1590-1658, was the second husband of our 11th great grandmother Elizabeth DEMING widow of Nathaniel FOOTE. Elizabeth DEMING and Nathaniel FOOTE are ancestors of Mary BRONSON of Part II.

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Step Grandpa - second husband of 11th great grandmother Editha STEBBINS DAY.
John Maynard, Cambridge, 1634, an original proprietor at Hartford ; his home lot in 1639 was on the west side of Main St., about where Christ Church no is; surveyor of highways, 1641, 1648 ; freed from watching, etc., Sept., 164f. m. after May, 1648, Editba, widow of Robert Day, and sister of Deacon Edward Stebbins. He d. 1657-8; will dated Jan. 23, 1657-8; inv. Feb. 24, same year, £450. 4. He names wife Editha, her eldest son Thomas Day, youngest son John Day, dau^. Sarah and Mary Day. John Day received the property of Maynard, and it is probably in remembrance of him that lie named a son Maynard Day. He gives his dwelling-house and lands in Hartford to his wife, and after her decease to go to her youngest son, John Day.

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First husband of our Step Grandmother Elizabeth FULLER.
24-Thomas UPSON, Hartford, 1639, one of the inhabitants who received laud “by the courtesie of the town;” his home-lot in 1639 was on the west side of the present Albany Avenue. He removed very early to Farmington, where he was an original proprietor; he m. in Hartford, Jan. 23, 1646-7, Elizabeth Fuller, who was a second wife. He d. July 19, 1655. Inv. £108. 8. His widow m. (2) Edmund Scott, of Farmington.

Relationship note:
Thomas Upson is in the family but not a known blood relative.
Thomas’ second wife was Elizabeth FULLER was our step grandmother, she is also not a blood relative. Elizabeth was the second wife of our grandfather Edmund Scott Sr. , m. Jan 1665. Our 10th great-grandparents Edmund Scott Sr. first married Hannah BIRD m. 1643, Edmund is the oldest known son of Thomas Scott. See Part II

More Step Grandfathers: Richard Jr. Lyman / Richard Sr. Lyman.

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Also Uncles
The Founders of Hartford

Son of Thomas Bliss Sr., Part II

Uncle
Thomas BLISS Jr., came with his father to Hartford, and was allotted a piece of land south of and adjoining his father's lot. He removed to Saybrook, where he m., Oct., 1644, Elizabeth -; from thence he removed to Norwich, about 1660 ; freeman at Norwich, 1663 ; d. there April 15, 1688.

Our grandparents John Talcott and Anne Skinner are the parents of John Talcott and of Sarah Talcott wife of William Wadsworth. John Skinner is the brother of Anne Skinner Talcott. See Part I



Uncle
John SKINNER, an original proprietor ; his home-lot in 1639 was on the west aide of Main St., a little below the present comer of Pearl St. ; but this was given to Richard Olmsted (q. v.), he receiving in exchange a lot on the highway, now Trumbull St.; juror, 1639; m. Mary, den. of Joseph Loom* of Windsor; d. in 1650, and his widow m. (2) Nov. 13, 1651, Owen Tudor, of Windsor.-Ch.: i. Mary, b. 1637; m. Robert Reeve, of Hartford. ii. Ann, b. 1639 ; m. John Colt. iii. John, b. 1641 ; m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Easton ; d. in Hartford, Sept. 15, 1690. John Talcott, in his will, Aug. 12, 1659, mentions his kinsman, John Skinner, as “living in his service,” and as John Talcott's mother was Anne, dau. of William Skinner, it is probable that John Skinner, Sr., came from Braintree, Co. Essex. iv. Joseph, b. 1643; m. April 5, 1666, Mary Filley, of Windsor; settled in Windsor. v. Richard, b. 1646 ; m. and lived in Hartford, but his descendants removed to Colchester.


Deacon Edward Stebbins (Stebbin) brother of our grandmother Editha Stebbins (Stebbing) wife of Robert DAY. See Part II.

Uncle
Deacon Edward STEBBINS (Stebbin), Cambridge, 1633; freeman, Mass., May 14, 1634; on Committee to consider Endicott's “defacing the color.;” May, 1635 ; an original proprietor of Hartford ; his home-lot in 1639 extended from the Meeting-House Square to the street now Front St. He was constable, 1638; deputy various times from 1639 to 1656; leather sealer, 1659. His will is dated Aug. 24, 1663; inv. Aug. 19, 1668, £669. 2. His widow Mrs. Frances Stebbin's will is dated May 20, 1670, and Nov. 12 1673; inv. Dec. 23, 1673 ; both wills name “son, Mr. John Cheater, now living in or near London.”- Ch. : i. daughter; m. John Chester in England. ii. Mary, m. April 29, 1648, Walter Gaylord, of Windsor; d. June 29, 1657. iii. Elizabeth, m. (1) Robert Wilson, of Farmington, who died in 16.56; (2) 1658, Thomas Cadwell (g. v.), of Hartford. iv. Lydia; m. Deacon John Wilson, of Hartford.


John Talcott and Ann Skinner were the parents of John TALCOTT and Sarah TALCOTT who is our grandmother and wife of William WODSWORTH.
See Part II: William WODSWORTH and Part III: John Skinner

Uncle
John TALCOTT was born in Braintree, Co. Essex, the son of John and Anne (Skinner) Talcott, and grandson of John Talcott, of Colchester, Co. Essex, living there in 1558, died in 1606, who was a son of John Talcott of Warwickshire. The Herald's visitation of Essex in 1558 gives the pedigree and arms of this family.1 John Talcott the emigrant was a minor when his father died in 1604, and not of age in 1606, when he is mentioned in the will of his grandfather, who left him £40 to be paid when he reached the age of twenty one. He m. in England, Dorothy, dau. of Mark Mott, of Braintree, son of Thomas Mott, of Sheme Hall, Co. Essex. He sailed from England, June 22, 1632, in the “Lion,” with others of Mr. Hooker's company, and arrived in Boston Sept. 16, 1632; freeman, Mass., Nov. 6, 1632; deputy, May, 1634; March, 1634-5 ; May, 1635 ; March, 1635-6 ; May,1636 ; removed to Hartford in 1636. His son, Lt. Col. John Talcott, states in his memorandum book : “The kitchen that now stands on the north side of the house that I live in was the first house that my father built in Hartford, in Conn. colony, and was done by Nicholas Clark, the first winter that any Englishman rought or built in Hartford, which was in the year 1635. My father and mother and his family came to Hartford in the year 1636, and lived first in said Kitchen, which was first on the west side of the chimney. The great barn was built in the year 1636, and underpined in 1637, and was the first barn that was raised in the colony. The east side of this house that we live in, and was my father Talcott's, deceased, was built with the porch that is, in the year 1638, and the chimneys were built in 1638.” His bome-lot, in the distribution of 1639, was on the east side of Main St., and his house stood or the present corner of Main and Talcott Sts. Townsman, 1638. He was one of the Committee, who for the first time sat with the Court of Magistrates, 1637, and Deputy every following year until 1654, when he was chosen Assistant, also Treasurer of the colony, 1654-1659; and one of the two Commissioners of the New England Colonies. He d. March, 1659-60; inv. £1645. 8. 4. ; his widow, Dorothy, d. Feb., 1669-70.-Ch.: i. Mary, m. June 28, 1649, the Rev. John Russell, of Wethersfield, afterward of Hadley ; d. between 1655 and 1660. ii. Lt.-Col. John, m. Oct 29, 1650, Helena, dau. of John Wakeman, of New Haven ; freeman, 1652 ; townsman, 1653; deputy, 1660, 1661 ; chosen Treasurer to succeed his father. May 17, 1660, which office he held until 1676, when he resigned, and was appointed to the command of the troops raised for King Philip's War. He was always victorious, and obtained great renown as an Indian fighter. He was one of the patentees named in the Charter of 1662, and that document was intrusted to Wyllys, Talcott, and Allyn, for safe keeping. His wife, Helena, d. June 21, 1674 ; and he m. (2) Nov. 9, 1676, Mary Cook. He d. in Hartford, July 23, 1688, leaving a numerous family. His son, Joseph, was Gov. of Conn., 1724-1741. The Governor's descendants now occupy the dwelling-house on Main Street, built by Col. Samuel Talcott, his son, in 1770. iii. Samuel, b. in Cambridge, about 1635 ; grad. Harvard College, 1658 ; m. Nov. 7, 1661, Hannah, dau. of Elizur and Mary (Pynchon) Holvoke, of Springfield; freeman, 1662; townsman, Hartford, 1665; he settled at Wethersfield upon land given him by his father; Commissioner for Wethersfield, 1669-84; deputy, 1670-84 ; Secretary, 1684, “in the absence of Capt. Allyn.” May 16, 1676, while King Philip's War was raging, he was appointed one of the Standing Council; appointed Capt. of the troop of Hartford County, Oct., 1681 ; Assistant from 1685, excepting under Andros's administration, until his death, Nov. 10, 1691. His wife, Hannah, d. Feb. 2, 1679, and he m. (2) Aug., 1679, Mary -. He is the ancestor of those of the name in Glastonbury and Wethersfield.
1 See Harleian MSS., 1137, p. 148 ; &lea Talcott Pedigree, 7-21.


Samuel Wakeman brother of  9th great grandmother Hester Wakeman wife of Thomas Selden. See Part II

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Samuel WAKEMAN, Roxbury, came in the “Lion,” in Nov. 1631 ; freeman, Mass., Aug. 7, 1632 ; prob. removed to Cambridge; deputy, May, 1635 ; constable for Newtown, April, 1636 ; an original proprietor at Hartford, 1639, when his home-lot was on the south bank of the Little River ; chosen townsman, 1638; appointed with George Hubbard, Senr., and Ancient Stoughton, in 1636, “to consider the bounds and survey the breadth of Dorchester (Windsor) to, wards the Falls, and of Watertown (Wethersfield) towards the mouth of the River.” He was killed in 1641 by a shot from the Spanish fort at Providence in the Bahamas, where he had been sent “to buy cotton.” His widow, Elizabeth, m. (2) Nathaniel Willett, of Hartford, before Jan. 1643, and the estate of Wakeman wag settled on him Dec. 4, 1645, on condition that he pay £40 to the son when he reached the age of 21, and £20 to each of the den's at the age of 18. -Ch.: i. Ezbon, freeman at Stratford, 1669; m. Apr. 1, 1669, at Guilford, Hannah Jordan; removed to Fairfield before 1671, where he d. in 1683. ii. Elizabeth; m. Joseph Arnold, of Haddam. iii. Grace; m. John Kelly, of Hartford. iv. Joanna; m. Francis Hackleton, of Hartford. v. Hannah.


John Steele is the brother of  11th great grandfather Founder George Steele. John Steele married Rachel Talcott sister of our 10th great grandmother Sarah Talcott Wadsworth wife of Founder William Wadsworth, Rachel Talcott Steele was also sister of Founder John Talcott.  See Part I and Part IV.

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John STEELE Leader of "the Adventurers." John Steele emigrated from Fairstead, Essex, England in 1633 along with his brother George Steele, another founder of Hartford, first residing in Cambridge, where he was made freeman 14 May 1634. He owned nine parcels of land in Cambridge, was Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts for Cambridge in 1635, and was appointed Massachusetts Bay Commissioner for new settlements on the Connecticut River 3 March 1635/6.

He was the leader of the so-called “Adventurers Party” of twenty-five men who set out to explore the area that would become Hartford in October 1635, prior to the departure from Cambridge of the Rev. Hooker’s party in May 1636, and was one of sixteen founders living in Hartford in 1635 prior to the arrival of Hooker’s party.

Samuel Hale brother of 10th great grandfather Founder Thomas Hale. See Part II

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Samuel HALE (JOHNA) was baptized 01 Jul 1615 in Watton at Stone, Hertford, England?, and died 09 Nov 1693 in Glastonbury, CT. He married (1) MARY SMITH bet. 1642 - 1643 in Wethersfield, CT, daughter of HENRY SMITH and DOROTHY _____. She died aft. 1667. He married (2) PHEBE BRACY, WID OF JOSEPH DICKINSON & JOHN ROSE aft. 1667, daughter of THOMAS BRACY and PHEBE BISBY. She was born bet. 1633 - 1636, and died 19 Jan 1711/12 in Wethersfield, CT.

The date of baptism and parentage of Samuel Hale, brother of Thomas Hale and Martha Hale, wife of Paul Peck (both Founders of Hartford) is probable but not certain, based on TAG Vol. 38. It is not certain when Samuel Hale emigrated to the American colonies (Jacobus says probably by 1634, but Anderson does not include him in the Great Migration series), however he was certainly in Hartford by 1637, as he served in the Pequot War of that year, and was granted sixty acres of land for that service by the town of Hartford on 11 May 1671. SEE: (Timothy Lester Jacobs, SDFH Genealogist)

Paul Peck brother in-law of  Founder Samuel Hale and 10th great grandfather Founder Thomas Hale. See Part II

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Paul PECK  was born abt. 1620 in England, and died 23 Dec 1695 in Hartford, CT. He married MARTHA HALE, daughter of JOHN HALE and MARTHA _____. She was baptized 16 Dec 1618 in Watton at Stone, Hertford, England?, and died aft. 25 Jun 1695 in Hartford, CT.

The origin of Paul Peck and when he arrived in the American colonies is unknown: he is not featured in the “Great Migration” series. But he was in Hartford, an inhabitant “onley at The Townes Courtesie”, by the time of the Hartford land inventory of 1639/40, at which time he owned: a house lot of two roods on the road from George Steele’s to the Great Swamp; three acres of upland in the Forty Acres; four acres on the east side of the Great River; one acre of swamp lying in the South Meadow in the Great Swamp; four acres of swamp on the east side of the Great River; two acres of upland; four more acres of swamp on the east side of the Great River; an additional ten acres of swamp on the east side of the Great River; three acres of woodland on the highway leading to Farmington; and eleven acres of Woodland on the highway leading to the Great Swamp.

Paul Peck married Martha Hale, sister of Samuel and Thomas Hale, both Founders of Hartford, but her date of baptism and parentage is probable, not certain, based on a TAG article in Vol. 38.

He was surveyor of highways in Hartford in 1658 and 1665, selectman in 1661 and 1668, and chimney viewer in 1667. His will was dated 25 June 1695, he died 23 December 1695, and his inventory was taken 6 January 1695/6. SEE: (Timothy Lester Jacobs, SDFH Genealogist)

Religious Freedom was the reason my ancestors came to America in the 1600s and in the 1800s.

Is it Good or is it Evil that motivates the end of religious freedom?


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November 24, 2008 8:00 AM

Legislating Immorality
By the Editors

Last week in a Denver suburb, someone lit a Book of Mormon on fire and dropped it on the doorstep of a Mormon temple, presumably as a statement about the church’s support of Proposition 8 in California, an initiative that amended the state constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. In a move that may make gay-rights supporters’ heads spin, the incident is being investigated as a hate crime.

The outbreak of attacks on the Mormon church since the passage of Proposition 8 has been chilling: envelopes full of suspicious white powder were sent to church headquarters in Salt Lake City; protesters showed up en masse to intimidate Mormon small-business owners who supported the measure; a website was created to identify and shame members of the church who backed it; activists are targeting the relatives of prominent Mormons who gave money to pass it, as well as other Mormons who are only tangentially associated with the cause; some have even called for a boycott of the entire state of Utah.
The wisdom of hate-crimes legislation aside, there is no doubt that a lot of hate is being directed at Mormons as a group. But why single out Mormons? And why now?
Dozens of church bodies — including the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Christian bishops of California, and a wide variety of evangelicals — supported the proposition. It’s also worth considering that, while gay-rights advocates cannot discuss same-sex marriage for more than 30 seconds without making faulty analogies to Jim Crow-era anti-miscegenation laws, some 70 percent of blacks voted for Proposition 8. While there have been a few ugly racist statements by gay-rights supporters, such vile sentiment has been restricted. Not so the hatred directed at Mormons, who are convenient targets.
To date, 30 states have voted on initiatives addressing same-sex marriage, and in every state traditional marriage has come out on top. But somehow the fact that Mormons got involved during the latest statewide referendum constitutes a bridge too far? In truth, Mormons are a target of convenience in the opening salvo of what is sure to be a full-scale assault on much of America’s religious infrastructure, which gay activists perceive as a barrier to their aspirations. Among religious groups, Mormons are not the biggest obstacle to same-sex marriage — not by a long shot. But they are an easy target. Anti-Mormon bigotry is unfortunately common, and gay-rights activists are cynically exploiting that fact.
There are no websites dedicated to “outing” Catholics who supported Proposition 8, even though Catholic voters heavily outnumber Mormons. And the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is not remarkably strident in its beliefs on the subject. So far, no gay-rights activist has had the brass to burn a Qu’ran on the doorstep of a militant mosque where — forget marriage! — imams advocate the stoning of homosexuals.

Churches oppose same-sex marriage in part because it represents an implicit threat to freedom of conscience and belief. California already had one of the broadest civil-unions laws in the country. There was little in the way of government-sanctioned privileges that a state-issued marriage license would confer. But the drive for same-sex marriage is in practice about legislating moral conformity — demanding that everybody recognize homosexual relationships in the same way, regardless of their own beliefs. Freedom of conscience, or diversity of belief, is the last thing the homosexual lobby will tolerate: In New Mexico, a state civil-rights commission fined an evangelical wedding photographer $6,637 for politely declining to photograph a gay commitment ceremony. In California, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously against two San Diego fertility doctors who refused to give in-vitro fertilization to a lesbian owing to their religious beliefs, even though they had referred her to another doctor. And just this week, evangelical dating site eHarmony, which hadn’t previously provided same-sex matchmaking services, announced it had been browbeaten into doing so by New Jersey’s Division on Civil Rights and the threat of litigation. The first 10,000 same-sex eHarmony registrants will receive a free six-month subscription. “That’s one of the things I asked for,” crowed Eric McKinley, who brought the charges against eHarmony.

Where do they go from here? Gay activists are already using the legal system to try to revoke the tax-exempt status of the Mormon church. If you believe that churches and synagogues, priests and rabbis won’t eventually be sued for their statements on sexuality, you’re kidding yourself. Chai Feldblum, a Georgetown University law professor and gay activist who helps draft federal legislation related to sexual orientation, says that, when religious liberty conflicts with gay rights, “I’m having a hard time coming up with any case in which religious liberty should win.” A National Public Radio report on the conflict noted that if previous cases are any guide, “the outlook is grim for religious groups.”

Given their cavalier disregard for the freedom of conscience, it’s little surprise that the gay lobby is equally disdainful of democracy: They began pursuing legal challenges to Proposition 8 practically before they were done tallying the votes. Lamentably, the state attorney general defending the will of the people will be former Jerry Brown, the liberal former governor who was an open opponent of the measure and tried to sabotage it. The legal challenges will be heard by the same state Supreme Court that overturned California’s previous law forbidding gay marriage back in May. There’s a real possibility the will of the people will be spurned a second time, democracy be damned. They’ve already burned the Book of Mormon. The First Amendment is next.