Deacon Richard PLATT b. 6 May 1604 England d. 13 Feb 1684 Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1604 - 1684 (79 years)

Name	Richard PLATT [2]
	Richard, son of George and Mary Platt, was baptised 6 May 1604 at Ware, Hertford, England. He married 26 January 1628/29 in Roydon, Essex, England Mary Wood daughter of John and Jane Wood. Richard, Mary and children Mary, John, Isaac, Samuel and Sarah came to New England in 1638. They first settled at New Haven, CT and by 1640 had removed to lot #38 West Main and Cherry Street in Milford. Milford is where the rest of Richard and Mary's children were born--Epenetus, Josiah, Hannah and Joseph. Richard was a tailor and joined the Milford church on 19 January 1639/40. He made his will 24 January 1683/84 at Milford and the inventory of his estate is dated 13 February 1684/85. The picture of the memorial stone placed on the Founder's Bridge over the Wepawaug River in Milford shows Richard's name along with that of his wife. The Platt stone on the Milford Memorial Bridge reads: "DEACON RICHARD PLATT Obit 1684 MARY His Wife." Richard was buried in his Orchard in Milford, CT. [1]
Title	Deacon
Birth	6 May 1604	England [1]
Gender	Male
Fact	Buried in his orchard lot #38 W Main & Cherry, Milfordm CT [1]
Death	13 Feb 1684	Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut [1]
Burial	Founders Cemetery Memorial Site, Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut [1]
Notes	"History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Platt, Richard - Among the early settlers of New Haven, he was listed in 1641 with a family of four persons and a good estate. Removed to Milford in 1639 with the founders of that town; chosen a deacon of Milford Church, 1669... Will 4 Aug 1683; son John and four Bibles for his children; son Isaac and three Bibles for his children; son epenetus and three Bibles for his children; son-in-law Christopher Comstock and his wife, and three Bibles for their children; Samuel Beach, referring to what he had already given him; Hannah and Deborah Merwin, two Bibles; aid for eduction of Elder Buckingham's son, and for education of the son of Epenetus; son Josiah and five Bibles for his children; tow Bibles for Josiah Whitmore and his sister; son Joseph and two Bibles for his children. Inv. 13 Feb. 1684.
Person ID	I44583	Main Tree
Last Modified	19 Feb 2015

Family Mary WOOD, b. 1605, Harwich, England d. 1675, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 70 years)

Children

	1. Hannah PLATT, b. 1 Oct 1643, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. Aft 1713, Milford, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Age > 71 years) [Birth]
	2. Joseph PLATT d. Abt 1705, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA [Birth]
	3. Josiah PLATT d. Between 01 Jan 1724 and 1725, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA [Natural]
	4. Epenetus PLATT d. 1693, Huntington, Long Island [Natural]
	5. Mary PLATT, b. 1633 d. 11 Jun 1669, Middletown, Connecticut (Age 36 years) [Natural]
+	6. Sarah PLATT, b. 1634 d. 15 May 1670, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 36 years)
	7. John PLATT, b. Abt 1636 d. 1705, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 69 years) [Natural]
+	8. Isaac PLATT, b. 1638 d. 31 Jul 1691, Huntington, Long Island (Age 53 years) [Birth]

Family ID F22631 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Birth - 6 May 1604 - England

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Headstones

Deacon Richard Platt and Mary Wood Memorial Stone
This stone is a memorial to Deacon Richard Platt and his wife Mary Wood. It is on the Milford Memorial Bridge.

Taken 1981.

Photo added by: B. Freed

Sources

[S02329] Find A Grave Website.
[S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).