Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hanford VOLUME ONE Six Generations Compiled by AUGUSTUS C. GOLDING 1936 NORWALK CONNECTICUT Copyrighted 1936 by RUTH GOLDING Designed and Printed at tht Sign of the Stone Book in Hartford, Connecticut, by THE CASE, LocKWOOD AND BRAINARD COMPANY. Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hanford CONTENTS FACSIMILE OF SIGNATURES OF REV. THOMAS HANFORD AND OTHERS Opp. vi FOREWORD vii OLD AND NEW STYLE CALENDAR viii METHOD OF ENUMERATION viii TOWNS AND LOCALITIES viii FIRST GENERATION • ix SECOND GENERATION 1 THIRD GENERATION 2 FOURTH GENERATION 7 FIFTH GENERATION 18 SIXTH GENERATION 38 SEVENTH GENERATION 71 INDEX OF NAMES 127 OWNER'S LINEAGE 154 The location of the second meeting house in Norwalk is the subject of the facsimile P·etition and the signatures should be of interest to descendants of Thomas Hanford, for many of them are also descended from other signers of the document. There being afull. apeareance of the Inhabitants of the Towne of Nor­ walk meett together at a Legall. Towne Meetting the 17 of Decembr 1678, for the Consulting Adgitatting and obtaineing of a Comfortable meeting house that for the holy ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ might be Descently and Comlyly attended upon but there appeareing playnly a great obsticle, in the way by Reason of a strong Diversities of appre­ henssions about the place of the setting Downe the sayd meetting house one part of the Inhabitants probably amounting to the moittee of them: being strongly for the sayd .house to be sett downe upon that place of ground neare the old meetting house the other part of the Inhabitants to have the house sett downe upon the hill usually cald goodman Hoyts hill whearfore for the Desolveing of the sayd Differance and yt the sayd obsticle may be removed to the end that such a Honnorable worke may be carryed on with uninimitie. peace and love. we the sayd Inhabitants Consisting of both parties. doe unanimusly and mutually elect and make choyse of the Honnoured Deputie Governor Maje Treat the Honnoured Major Gold and the Reverend Elder. Buckingam: all whome we Humbly Crave that you would be pleased soe farr to Condesend. for to Come over unto us. and to view the scituation of the Towne: and the Inhabitants therof, and to heare what arguments. and Light. shall be Presented unto you. by ioure persons Deputeed. by the two sayd. parties. and then what Determination. Conclusion and appoynment of ye the sayd three. Elected persons or two of you. given under yor hands for the setting downe the sayd meeting. house either neere the old meeting house or upon the Hill we the sayd Inhabitants. doe firmely and faithfully Engage and promise to abide by and sitt downe Accquiesse in wittness whearof we have sett to oure hands the day and yeere above written. Rich. Olmsted Thomas Hanford Thos. FFitch, Senr. John Gregory: Sr. Thomas Bennydick, sr. nathaniell Richards Walltar Hoyte Mathew Marvin Sr John Platt James Olmsted · Tho. Ffitch Jun. Tomas Betts Jun Mark Sension Samuell Keler edward Nash Robard Stuard. Samuell Belden Samuell Hayes. James Pickitt John Hayt Samuell Bennydick John Ruscoe Judah Gregory William Lees Tho Seamur James Sention John Ffitch Crytopher Comstock Zerubbabel hayt Mathias Sention thomas hyat James miller Sameull Sention John Crampton Ephraim Lokwood John Bell den John Whitnee John gregory, jun. Samuel Smith Nathanil! Hayes John Olmsted George Abbott John Bouton John Bennedict James Bennedick Thomas Taylor Tho Bennydick Samuell Canfeld Richard Holmnes John Keeler Daniell benedick Ralph Keeler Joseph gregorie John nash James Beebe VI FOREWORD Augustus C. Golding, who compiled the genealogical facts in this volume, was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1833. He was the son of Ephraim and Caroline (Morehouse) Golding, who, prior to their marriage, were residents of Fairfield, Connecticut. They were descendants of the earliest families of Connecticut and Long Island. After the Civil War, in which he served three years, Mr. Gold­ ing came to Norwalk, and in 1869, married Jeannette Hanford, a daughter of Joseph Platt and Jane (Collins) Hanford. For considerably" over two centuries, the official and social life of Norwalk was closely identified with that of the Hanford family and those other early families of the town with which it became affiliated by marriage. Mr. Golding, through his marriage, and in the several public offices which he held, naturally acquainted himself with Norwalk's history. Genealogical research became his hobby. Search of records and wide correspondence over a period of years, which lasted until shortly before his death in 1915, enabled him to collect data in some cases to the ninth and tenth generations. He made no effort to learn from whence Thomas Hanford came in England, nor to connect his forebears with the Hanford family of W ollas Hall near Pershore in Worcestershire. Mr. Golding once remarked that, while it would be interesting to establish relationship with that family, his primary purpose was to compile a genealogy of the Hanford family in America. The facts presented are as gathered and arranged by him. He was most careful in these matters, and it is believed any errors will be those of inad­ vertence. To fulfill his ambition that the result of his efforts be perpetuated, and in grateful memory of her parents, this volume is published by one of the daughters of Augustus C. and Jeannette Hanford Golding. RUTH GOLDING Norwalk, Conn., Oct., 1936. Vil OLD AND NEW STYLE CALENDAR During the greater part of the American Colonial period, the year began March 25th and ended March 24th, and so remained until 17 52, when it was abolished by an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Other European countries had ceased to adhere to the Julian or old style calendar at an earlier date. From 1607 to 1752 double dating was a common practice between January 1st and March 24th, which caused some confusion. REFERENCES Reference has not always been made to a particular authority in confirmation of a statement. METHOD OF ENUMERATION The number immediately after the name (I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) indicates the generation. Other numbers, before or after the name, identify the individual. The record of the birth of the individual appears under the head­ ing of his generation; his marriage and children are given under the heading of the succeeding generation. For illustration: the birth of Thomas Hanford, son of Rev. Thomas, appears thus under the Heading SECOND GENERA­ TION "6. Thomas 2 born July 18, 1668". In the THIRD GENERATION, he appears under a sub-heading "Thomas Han­ ford 2 ( 6) m. Hannah Burwell", and the list of his children follows. TOWNS AND LOCALITIES When a locality is mentioned, but not the town, the author refers to the town of Norwalk, Connecticut. When a town is mentioned, but no reference is made to the State, the reader will understand the town is in Connecticut. Vlll FIRST GENERATION The immigrant ancestor, Thomas Hanford, is known to have come to New England as early as 1643. His name stands next to that of Mr. Charles Chauncey of Scituate that year in the "List of all who are able to bear arms in the New Plymouth Colony", and in the same year he witnessed the will of his brother-in-law, Edward Foster. It is believed he completed his studies with the Rev. Charles Chauncey, afterwards second President of Harvard. Cotton Mather, in his "Magnalia" mentions him as of that class of "Young Scholars, whose education for their designed Ministry, not being finished, yet came over from England with their Friends, and had their education perfected in this Country before the College was come into Maturity enough to bestow its Laurels." Persecution of Puritan clergymen and their adherents during this period, forced many to embark secretly from their native England. Thomas Han­ ford may well have been one of these, for there is no record of the ship in which he came, nor of the date. He probably landed at Boston. The mother of Thomas Hanford, was Eglin Hatherly,* a sister of the venerable Timothy Hatherly of Barnstable, in Devonshire, England, and a London merchant. The various enterprises of Timothy Hatherly are elsewhere recorded in the history of Scituate, Massachusetts, of which he was a founder. His will mentions Thomas Hanford. Eglin Hanford, widow, aged forty-six, and her two daughters, Margaret, sixteen years, and Elizabeth, fourteen years, embarked, April 10, 1635, on the "Planter", Mr. Trarice, Master, bound for New England. *Found among the notes of the author and given here for the benefit of those who may be interested: The New England Genealogical Register for Jan. 1898, makes it almost certain that Elinor Mortimer, alias Tanner, widow of William of Freming­ ton, Devonshire (3 mi. West of Barnstable) was, by a former husband, the mother of Timothy Hatherly and Eglin Hanford. The will of Ellinor Mortimore, alias Tanner, was proved at Barnstaple (Barnstable) 30 Aug. 1637. In the will she makes bequests to "son Tymothy Hatherly" and "Daughter Eglin Hanver" (Hanford). Hanford is a name widely distributed in Devonshire. The Widow Eglin Downe and Jeffry Hanford were married 31 March, 16n at Fremington. ix Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hanford Timothy Hatherly deeded to his sister, Eglin Hanford, "5 acres of land in Scituate on the North side of Stoney Brook, the 3 lot from the Brook, bounded on the East with the common path which leads from the Brook to the harbor mouth, on the South by land of Rich­ ard Sillis, west with common drift path, North by land of Gavin White". The widow Eglin Hanford married, Dec.