The Hartford Tercentenary Celebration

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

The Hartford Tercentenary Celebration The Hartford Tercentenary Celebration First Seal of the City of Hartford Monday, June 22, 1936 8:30P. M. D. S. T. I-Iorace Bushnell Men1orial Hall HARTFORD TERCENTENARY COMMISSION J. WATSON BEACH, Chairman THOMAS ]. BuRKE MicHAEL A. RITA A~soN T. McCooK w. A. LINNANE C. B.... WHITTELSEY, Secretary f, CONN. STATE LIBRAl\"¥ SEP 10 1949 Tercentenary Hymn "HARTFORD" Tune: "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" Come, ye heirs of noble dower, Now tell o'er your hoarded power, Not with boasts let music ring, But with spirits thankful sing. Bless the choice that gave thy race River, hill and woodland's grace, Oak-tree, spread, a shelter plain, Elm-tree, arched, a living fane. In thy grateful chorus name Sons who brought thy city fame, When the "Hartford Wits" were young, Hallowing still their ancient tongue In the first poetic cry Calling States to unity: Trumbull, Barlow, Humphreys, Dwight, Hopkins,-keep their torch a-light! Hartford, portion of my earth, All enumerated worth From thy Past I sing with pride, Pledge to waft its glories wide. Oh, for him who lifts thy lay Hence three hundred years, I pray From our moment may belong Something wrought shall quicken song! -Inez Temple THE DOXOLOGY Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA JACQUES GORDON, CONDUCTOR THE HARTFORD ORATORIO SOCIETY EDWARD F. LAUBIN, CONDUCTOR Guest Soloist-MISS ANNA KASKAS Programme ADDRESS J. WATSON BEACH, Chairman ADDRESS His Honor J1,1ayor THOMAS J SPELLACY ADDRESS His Excellency Gover:,.nor WILBUR L. CRoss PRELUDE to "Die Meistersingers of Nuremberg" WAGNER HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TERCENTENARY HYMN Sung by the Audience with Chorus and Organ WALTER G. DAWLEY AT THE ORGAN HALLELUJAH CHORUS from "The Messiah" HANDEL THE HARTFORD ORATORIO SociETY ARIA (a) "0 Mio Fernando"-from DONIZETTI "Mi Favorita" (b) Song "Do Not Go My Love" HAGEMAN Mrss ANNA KAsKAS POLOVETSIAN DANCES from "Prince Igor" BORODIN HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ADDRESS by the REVEREND WARREN S. ARCHIBALD CHORUS from the Cantata-"Land of Our Hearts" CHADWICK HARTFORD ORATORIO SociETY AND ORCHESTRA THE DOXOLOGY Sung by the Audience with Chorus Orchestra and Organ In Memory of the First Settlers of Hartford John Haynes Thomas Lord Thomas Spencer Thomas Hooker Matthew Marven Thomas Stanton George Wyllys Gregory W olterton John Baysey Edward Hopkins Andrew Bacon John Hopkins Matthew Allyn John Barnard William Pratt Thomas Wells Richard Goodman Nicholas Clark John Webster Nathaniel Richards Thomas Bull William Whiting John Pratt John Marsh John Talcott Thomas Birchwood William Holton Andrew Warner George Graves Edward Elmer William Pentrey John Clark Francis Andrews William Westwood William Gibbons Richard Church James Olmsted John Crow James Cole Thomas Hosmer Edward Stebbing Zachariah Field Nathaniel Ward James Ensign John Skinner William Wadsworth George Steele Joseph Easton John White Stephen Post Thomas Hale John Steele George Stocking Richard Olmsted Thomas Scott Joseph Mygatt Samuel Hale William Goodwin Nathaniel Ely Richard Wrisley Thomas Stanly William Bloomfield Thomas Alcott Samuel Stone Thomas Judd Robert Bartlett Stephen Hart William Hill Thomas Selden William Spencer Richard Lord Thomas Root John Moody William Hyde William Parker William Lewis William Kelsey John Wilcox William Rusco John Arnold Samuel Greenhill Timothy Stanly Richard Butler Benjamin Burr Richard Webb Arthur Smith Ozias Goodwin William Andrews Robert Day Richard Seymour Samuel Wakeman John Maynard Thomas Bunce Jeremy Adams Seth Grant John Bidwell Richard Lyman William Heyton Clement Chaplin William Butler Thomas Bliss .
Recommended publications
  • Ahnentafel Chart for Weldon Lavon Whipple
    Ahnentafel Chart for Weldon Lavon Whipple First Generation 1. Weldon Lavon Whipple Second Generation 2. Walter LeGrand Whipple was born on 29 Sep 1919 in Roosevelt, Duchesne, Utah. He died on 16 May 2000 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho. He was buried on 20 May 2000 in Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Franklin, Idaho. He married Erline Atkinson on 5 Feb 1943 in Logan, Cache, Utah. 3. Erline Atkinson was born on 11 Jun 1919 in Logan, Cache, Utah. She died on 27 Mar 2005 in Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho. She was buried on 31 Mar 2005 in Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Franklin, Idaho. Third Generation 4. Dewey Albert Whipple was born on 29 Nov 1897 in Provo Bench, Utah, Utah. He died on 25 Oct 1984 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. He was buried on 29 Oct 1984 in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah. He married Jennie Smith on 19 Sep 1918 in Provo, Utah, Utah. 5. Jennie Smith was born on 26 Feb 1898 in Provo, Utah, Utah. She died on 5 Jun 1935 in Lake View, Tooele, Utah. She was buried on 9 Jun 1935 in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah. 6. Earl Joseph Atkinson was born on 29 May 1894 in Dayton, Franklin, Idaho. He died on 30 Sep 1989 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho. He was buried on 4 Oct 1989 in Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Franklin, Idaho. He married Mabel Deem Law twin on 1 Aug 1918 in Logan, Cache, Utah. 7. Mabel Deem Law twin was born on 17 Nov 1897 in Avon, Cache, Utah.
    [Show full text]
  • The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Conn
    hbl.stx i F 104.N9H3 ^ Ancient historicalal records of Norw ^ ^T illllllllll /\ 153 D07bfi51D T «^«^«^«^«^ GAYLORD RG ^ ^ <* PLEASE NOTE It has been necessary to replace some of the original pages in this book with photocopy reproductions because of damage or mistreatment by a previous user. Replacement of damaged materials is both expensive and time-consuming. Please handle this volume with care so that information will not be lost to future readers. Thank you for helping to preserve the University's research collections. ^ •?BV»^ T THE /7 ^ ANCIENT HISTORICAL RECORDS OF NORWALK, CONN. WITH A PLAN OF THE ANCIENT SETTLEMENT, AND OF THE TOWN IN 1847 C O M P I BY EDWIi, HALL, PASTOR OF THE FIR.sT CON'GREGATIONAL CHURCTT. ANDREW SELLECK, NORWALK. C(jNN.: IvisoN, Phinney, Blakeman k Co., 48 AND 50 WALKER STREET, NEW Y R K. 1865. REV. KELSON R. PEARSOH Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by EDWIN HALL, in the Clerk',- Office of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Connecticut. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER. The design of the compiler of this work has not been to -write a History of Norwalk; but to copy from the Records whatever mat- ters appeared to be of any historical interest j and in all cases to let the Records speak for themselves. The genealogical registers are very imperfect ; and if any fami- lies are omitted, it is because they were not put upon the public re- cords and because the ; compiler, after repeatedly advertising, and alter some months' delay, has failed to obtain them.
    [Show full text]
  • The Livermore Roots Tracer Vol VIII No 2 Winter 1988
    155 N 0736-802X The Livermore Roots Tracer Vol VIII WINTER No2 1988 Livermore - Amador Genealogical Society PO 'Box 901 Livermore, Cal ifornia 9455·1 LIVERMORE-AMADOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. BOX 901 LIVERMORE, ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 94551 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ OFFICERS 1988-89 President Shirley TERRY +rrrrr++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + + 1st Vice-president Jon and Gail BRYAN + + + ~ 2nd Vice-president Virginia MOORE + INDEX Vol VIII no 2 4-+ Corres. Sectry. Harriet.ANJERS(}.I + + +t Wish List--------------88 I+ Treasurer Clarence PARKISON + + t Cover------------------88 + Secretary liz MJIR + + +++++ t Editorial--------------88 :t + + C(];MITTEE CHA.IRPERSONS t Corrections------------89 + + + Publicity Marilyn FULl.PM t "Plant a Tree"---------89 + + + Publications Gayyle ELLISON t Deposition-------------89 + + + PffiJrams Virginia MOORE t Querys-----------------90 + + + Cereteries Margaret FAZIO t 1850 census------------91 + + + Cultural Arts Repr. Madge M:OCtW..D t World-wide Bulletin Bd-93 + +++++ + + t Brazi 1??---------------94 + ROOTS TRACER BOARD + + CARTER t Getting to Know--------94 + Dixie NOOURY + + t An Apology-------------94 + Virginia MA.IN MOORE + + t Scottish Records-------95 + George .ANJERSON + + t Founders of Hartford---96 t Beverly SHELL AlES + + BANKS t Ancestor Chart---------97 + Judy WILLIJ1t16 + + t State Agencies--------l04 + Rosemarie STICKNEY WADE + + +++++ t ODISS~----------------104 t ROOTS TAACER DEADLINES: + + t Writing/spelling------105 + 15th of Septerter, Decerter, + + t Puzzle----------------~07 + March, June + . + +++++ +++~~++++++I++++++++++++++++++++~++++++ MEETINGS To be announced +++++ For infonnation call area code 415-­ 447-8316 V. rvm<E 443-2576 M. FAZIO 846-5297 B. ALES 88 Vol VIII no 2 OUR WISH LIST A sincere WELCOME to our The Editorial Board WISH is for newest members: more articles of general interest Ben POPPELL to genealogists-- Francis LLOYD More querys from the membership.
    [Show full text]
  • East Norwalk Historical Cemetery
    Welcome to the Self-Guided Tour of the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery Please take this packet with you as you stroll around this Ancient Burial Ground containing some of Norwalk’s First Settlers, Brave Soldiers, Religious Leaders, Notable Individuals and Generations of Plain Citizen of Norwalk, Connecticut. There is a lot going on here, and a lot of history to be preserved. Please show proper respect and watch your step on the uneven ground. The first thing you may notice is a number of tipped or broken stones: While from time to time there have been occasional acts of vandalism, much of what you see is the result of natural settling, overgrown trees and shrubs, and the effects of the environment on ancient stone. Rest assured that work is underway, through the efforts of the Third Taxing District Commission (TTD) and the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery Association (ENHCA), to right, repair, preserve and maintain these monuments. We are working with experts in the specialized field of Gravestone Preservation to allow these markers to last for generations to come. Also be aware that much of the unevenness of the ground is the result of early burial practices. Unlike modern concrete vaults, as caskets and remains returned to the earth, the soil settled above them leaving uneven ground. Some Cemetery Preservationists believed that the ground should remain as is. Something else that stands out is the American Flags in numerous stones: These flags honor the contribution of the many brave soldiers who have served our country, (some before this was a country) from “Indian” battles down through many wars and conflicts since, including The Revolution and the Civil War.
    [Show full text]
  • Short Ahnentafel of All 1000 Or So of My Own Direct Ancestors
    Ahnentafel of Dora SMITH 27 May 2013 First Generation 1. Dora SMITH: born in Living in Austin, Texas. Second Generation 2. Rev. Russell Drayton SMITH: born on 16 May 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; married in 1955 in Glens Falls; died on 7 Mar 2001 in Diamond Point, Warren, New York. 3. Kathleen Allen LOWE: born on 25 May 1932 in Glens Falls, New York; died about 17 Feb 2006 in Cedar Park, Williamson, Texas. Third Generation 4. William Henry SMITH Jr.: born on 23 Sep 1879 in White Clay Creek, New Castle, DE; married on 5 Apr 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 18 Aug 1942 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. 5. Bessie Mae MOORE: born on 14 May 1884/85 in Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania; died on 5 Dec 1946 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. 6. Allen Arthur LOWE: born on 9 Nov 1893 in Boston, Massachusetts; married on 18 Sep 1920 in Northampton Massachusetts; died on 24 Jan 1964 in Glens Falls, New York. 7. Helen Story READIO: born on 1 Jul 1890 in Florence, Massachusetts; died on 23 May 1977 in Glens Falls, New York. Fourth Generation 8. William Henry Sr. SMITH: born on 14 Oct 1830 in London Britain, Chester, Pennsylvania; married on 15 Feb 1871 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 19 Aug 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 9. Mary Emma THOMPSON: born on 12 Sep 1844/45 in London Britain, Chester, Pennsylvania; died on 19 Apr 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 10. Charles MOORE: born on 3 Aug 1859 in Pennsylvania; married By 1880 in Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania; died on 22 Jan 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    [Show full text]
  • Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America : Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmsted and Covering a Period Of
    i ^^^I^^^^^^^^H CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY GIFT OF Prof. E. W. Olmsted RRNOV 9%^ Due ^^^^^e^§ffr 843 244 3 1924 029 Overs olin Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029843244 If sufficient encouragement is assured, a Revised Edition of the Olmsted Genealogy will be issued probably before the close of 1913. Will you kindly examine your family record, as it appears in this volume, and if mistakes are noted, send correction to the Compiler. If you have later data to add, please send this also, so that all may appear in the new edition. Kindly acknowledge receipt of this volume. GEO. K. WARD, 851 West 181st Street, New York City. a z f^ 5 °° wz X 5 w " go o z o « U h os o u GENEALOGY OF THE Olmsted Family IN AMERICA EMBRACING THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMtS AND RICHARD OLMSTED AND CX^VERING A PERIOD UP NEARLY THREE CENTL'Rii-:^ 16324912 COMPILED BY HENRY KING OLMSTf D, \! D. REVISED AND COMPUETBD »y REV. GEO. K. WARD A M ADVISORY COMMITTKt JOHN BARTOW (U-Vf'^TS.l- RIGHT REV. CHARLES T OLM^rS-J> MRS. HENRY S. STE ARM'S PROF. EVERETT WARD OLMSTiD, t% * A. T. DE LA MARE PRINTJNO AND PI BD'-iJiN. COMPaN NEW YORK 19(2 GENEALOGY OF THE Olmsted Family IN AMERICA EMBRACING THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES AND RICHARD OLMSTED AND COVERING A PERIOD OF NEARLY THREE CENTURIES 1632-1912 COMPILED BY HENRY KING OLMSTED, M.
    [Show full text]
  • A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan
    1 ^^ m # i; -f •-^0^ :%:. ^°<. -^- <^'\ '-.^m: J>\. Ifif.' .• v — p ^3 No. IV. 0^ If an apology is I'equired for publishing, at my own expense, a Fourth Number, after having remarked in No. 3, that it was the last to be published, I have only to say that there were several names left on hand which had cost considerable labor, and the 3d No. had cost all for which the numbers sold, and could be made no larger without a loss— I have, therefore, rather than to lose the labor, ven- tured again to trespass upon the pubhc, by publishing a Fourth Number. The following is a copy of the officers of the first organized Gene- ral Court of Connecticut, under the compact of 1638, viz : Record. " April, 1639. A General Meeting. John Haynes, Esq. was chosen Governor for this year, and until .a new be chosen. Mr. Roger Ludlow, Deputy Governor. Mr. George Wyllys, Mr. Thomas Welles, Mr. Edward Hopkins, Mr. John Webster, Mr. William Phelps were chosen to Assist in the Magistracy for the year ensuing ; and all took the oath appointed for them. Mr. Edward Hopkins was chosen Secretary, and Mr. Welles Trea- surer for the year ensuing. Mr. John Steel, of Hartford, John Pratt, of Hartford, Mr. Gaylord, Mr. Stoughton, of Windsor, Thurston Rayner, of Wethersfield, Geo. Hubbard, of Hartford, Mr. Spencer, Edward Stebbins, of Hartford, Henry Wolcott, of Windsor, Mr. Foard, of Windsor, James Boosey, Richard Crabb" of Wethersfield, were the Committee who composed the House of Deputies. Inscription on the Monument erected by the Ancient Burying Chound Association of Hartford, in Memory of the First Settlers of Hart- ford.
    [Show full text]
  • FIRST Churghl HARTFORD; 11
    y C''^ y ^ g 9-.^' -~X^J'>'.--~ -p?<- :'-: • •-i•.^i.'--^^»'-• nr^t ^ JUL J 8 WK- Historical Catalogue ; -Vi ■.''C- -tC'.? • J," ♦ ,• FIRST CHURGHl HARTFORD; 11 •f-v fc ' '■■ ".--y's ■■ ••'■ •■> -:-■>; _ 1B33-1885. Bring my wns from flir, and my daughtora from the ends of th^ earth. -•£->. A <: /Aikih xliU, 6. genwwgical soaETYji OF-mtCHURCMOFJESUSCHMT I OF UATTCfi.DAY SAINTI ,| PUBtlSMED BY THE OhUROH, . ?s;^ 1885 46845 , M V-»\ i • A. r H ,'-1: ■•. , ■.!" f'SSS^G^i «5?>c -• .• V PREFACE. • This Historical Catalogue of the Mem^rs of the First Churc^. of Christ in Hartford, may be regarded as the concluding portion of the attempt of this Church fitly to commemorate the events of • its origin snd subsequent history. Two previous portions of>this ]!; j c.^ses-sio:-. cf i:-; me!nV>*"us. e-iJ to .seme c..:ent. of the public, in I'm; f L-rni of nvvn.cnftl voluiuc-s. 'I he first of these volumes, entitled Commemoratite ExctcUm of the Fmt Church of Chritl in Hartford, at its Tico Hundred and Fiftieth Cataiogw Annitersary. Octob^ 11 and 12,1883, gives, as its title indicates, 'the proceedings at the celebration of the quarler-millenpml anni-. versary of the earliest definitely ascertainablc date in this Church s V history. - . • , . , ■ The second of these volumes, a History of the First Church tn 'Hartford, by its Pastor, published in May,1884. gathers up mfuller detail the incidents of the founding of the .Church,,the biogra phies of its Pastors, and the events of its long and diversified experience.
    [Show full text]
  • Col. Henry Vassall
    The Proceedings of the Cambridge Historical Society, Volume 10, 1915 Contents: ● Title Page ● Table of Contents ● Thirty-Third Meeting, January 25, 1915 ○ Col Henry Vassall and His Wife Penelope Vassall with some Account of His Slaves By Samuel Francis Batchelder ● Thirty-Fourth Meeting, April 27, 1915 ○ The Beginning of the First Church in Cambridge By Hollis Russell Bailey ○ Note on the Deacon's Books of the First Church by Henry Herbert Edes ○ The Longfellow Prize Essay, 1915: Descriptions of Nature in Longfellow's Poems By Margaret Charlton Black ● Thirty-Fifth Meeting, October 20, 1915 ○ Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Richard Henry Dana ○ Introductory Remarks By Bishop Lawrence ○ Dana as a Man of Letters By Bliss Perry ○ Dana as a an Antislavery Leader By Moorefield Story ○ Dana as a Lawyer and Citizen By Joseph Hodges Choate ○ Appendix: Exhibit in Connection with the Dana Centenary ● Thirty-Sixth Meeting, October 26, 1915. Eleventh Annual Meeting ○ Annual Report of the Council ○ Annual Report of the Treasurer ○ Election of Officers ● Necrology ● Officers ● Committees ● Members ● By-Laws Illustrations ● Portrait of Henry Vassall. By Copley. Frontispiece ​ ● Facsimile of a Page from Henry Vassall's Expense Book ● Portrait of Penelope Vassall. By Copley. ● Facsimile of Penelope Vassall's Writing. (See p. 40 note.) ● Henry Vassall's Bookplate ● Residence of Rev. Thomas Hooker Built in 1633. ● From a Drawing by Miss E. S. Quincy About 1840 ● Portrait of Richard H. Dana (1815-1862). ● From a Photograph Taken in Paris in 1879 THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY was held on the 26th day of January, 1915, at 7.45 o'clock in the evening, at Craigie House, the residence of Miss Longfellow.
    [Show full text]
  • The Hartford Tercentenary Historical Pageant
    974.62 H25ter hp The Hartford Tercentenary Historical Pageant Replica of the Thomas Hooker House Saturday, June 2 0, 1936 2:30 P. M. D. S. T. Bushnell Park HARTFORD TERCENTENARY COMMISSION J. WATSON BEACH, Chairman THOMAS ]. BuRKE MICHAEL A. RrTA ANSON T. McCooK w. A. LINNANE C. B. WHITTELSEY, Secretary CONN. STATE LIBRARY 3 SEP 10 1949 Cast PROLOGUE EPISODE XII CONNECTICUT ... .. .. .. ..... .. ... .... hillian Barlow MusEs: Audrey Creller, Dorothea Keyes, Sylvia Fishman, SPIRIT OF COLONIAL HARTFORD .... ........ Horace Reed Betty Ramino, Mildred Abeloff, Gertrude Sharnik, Libby Handler, Sylvia Baggish, Bernice Wise. SPIRIT OF MODERN HARTFORD ... ... .... Richard Kaplan NATIONALITIES: Rita Paraachi, Betty Ahern, Edna Nor­ EPISODE I mandan, Helen Lewanuk, Emily Ramino, Anna Zawad­ ski, Molly Margolefsky, Frances Fishman, Frances INDIANS: Patricia Dillon, Muriel Sidrane, Libby Anolick, Destito, Frances Ragazzi, Erminia Rolando, Sylvia Dorothy Ragazzi, Anna Ginsburg, Eli Margolin, Irving Kotovsky, Lillian Darling, Betty Rome, Betty Con­ Pinsky, Julius Fegelman, Raymond Jacobs, Benj. nolly, Geraldine Keyes, Beatrice Shafman, Bessie Mar­ Homar, Albert Reffin and Dance Group. golefsky, Dorothy Monahan, Edith Costardo, Edith CHIEF: Raymond Markowitz. Wei!, Charlotte Gorban, Marie Bonadies, Bertha Git­ ScoUTS: Norton Levit, Murray Bower. son, Harriet Kirshinitz. INDIAN SOLOIST: Cliff Loomis. HERALD: Walter Neiman. EPISODE II HARTFORD: Mary Boyce. DUTCHMEN: Paul Bornstein, Harold Margolin, Kenneth SCHOOL CHILDREN PROCESSIONAL: Mary McCullough,
    [Show full text]
  • Thomas Olcott
    TO THE CONNECTICUT HISTORIC.AL SOCIETY, AND TO THE DWELLING IN THE VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR WIDE SPREAD COUNTRY, THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1845. THOMAS OLCOTT, whose descendants in the male line, to and in­ cluding the seventh generation - in the female line, to and including the third generation; and in the lines of the female branche.s from the male lines, to and including the children of each of the first of said branches -are traced in the following pages, was among the first settlers of the town of Hartford, and one of the founders of the trade and commerce of the Colony of Connecticut. From what part of England he emigrated, or what year he arrived in this country, is not ascertained. There is reason to believe he was one of the "goodly company" of men, women and children, who, in June, 1635, left Newtown (now Cambridge), and other settlements on the sea board of Massachusetts, to plant a new colony on "the delightful banks" of the Connecticut. Their route lay through the wilderness, in nearly the present direction of the Western Railroad, 'till they reached the mouth of Chicopee river, and hence down the banks of the Connecticut, to the spot where in the autumn before, the settle­ ment of what is now Hartford, but then called Suckiauge, was com­ menced. Through the agencies which that company, and others similarly constituted, embraced - from the seed, peculiar and pre­ cious, which they scattered over the bosom of the wilderness - what a change has been wrought in: the country which they traversed and in the spot where they rested from their pilgrimage, only to enter upon the severer, ever recurring toils and trials of a pioneer life ! The forests whose tangled depths they penetrated by day with slow and toilsome progress, and in whose shadow they rested by night, with savage beasts and· more savage men, have given place to the cultivated fields, orchards, homesteads and prosperous villages of civilized man.
    [Show full text]
  • The American Genealogist
    Consolidated Contents of The American Genealogist Volumes 9-87; July, 1932 - July/October, 2015 Compiled by, and Copyright © 2010-2021 by Dale H. Cook This file is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material directly from plymouthcolony.net, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact [email protected] so that legal action can be undertaken. Any commercial site using or displaying any of my files or web pages without my express written permission will be charged a royalty rate of $1000.00 US per day for each file or web page used or displayed. [email protected] Revised March 13, 2021 A few words about the format of this file are in order. The first eight volumes of Jacobus' quarterly are not included. They were originally published under the title The New Haven Genealogical Magazine, and were consolidated and reprinted in eight volumes as as Families of Ancient New Haven (Rome, NY: Clarence D. Smith, Printer, 1923-1931; reprinted in three volumes with 1939 index Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974). Their focus was upon the early families of that area, which are listed in alphabetical order. With a few exceptions this file begins with the ninth volume, when the magazine's title was changed to The American Genealogist and New Haven Genealogical Magazine and its scope was expanded. The title was shortened to The American Genealogist in 1937. The entries are listed by TAG volume. Each volume is preceded by the volume number and year(s) in boldface.
    [Show full text]