Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Founder of Hartford Connecticut

After my posting yesterday on the Lee family I was going to write today about the Indians and how my ancestors affected and were affected.  That story is going to have to wait.  After opening the mail last night from my Uncle Arthur Howie and receiving the genealogy sheets on the Smith family I was awake almost all night.  I was first excited by the relationship with Benjamin Wright and his wife Thankful Taylor.  Benjamin was a Captain and son of Samuel Wright who was killed by Indians.  As I researched more, what I have found is Andrew Warner and his wife Mary Humphrey.  Andrew Warner was a maltser, born in Great Waltham in Essex, England.  He and Mary immigrated to Cambridge Massachusetts in November 2, 1631 along with their son John; daughter Mary; son Robert and son Andrew.  He took the freeman's oath in Cambridge in 1632.  On May 14, 1634 he joined Thomas Hooker's trek to Connecticut to found Hartford where Andrew was a surveyor.  Here is a link to the founders of Hartford.  The records show that he owned large plots of land as he went on to help settle Farmington.  He had become a deacon of the church and due to a dispute with other church leaders he removed with his new wife Esther Wakeman to Hadley.  The Warner family were prominent in the area and are listed in the book, "The History of Northfield.  Here is my genealogy connection to the Warner's and the Humphrey's of England and Hartford Connecticut.  They are my 7th Great-Grand Parents on my fathers side:





Here is a page from the book, "History of Northfield"