Lieut. Col. John TALCOTT

Bef 1632 - 1688  (56 years)

• Name	John TALCOTT  [1, 2, 3]
  	"The Talcott Pedgree": He came over from England with his parents and sister Mary (who afterwards married the Rev. John russell) in the ship Lyon, in 1632. He resided in Hartford; was made an ensign in 1650, a captain in 1660; was elected a deputy or assistant magistrate, of the Colony of Connecticut, before it was joined to New Haven, May 18, 1654, and Treasurer to succeed his father, May 17, 1660, which office he held till 1676. He was one of the patentees named in the Charter of Charles the First, granted to Connecticut April 20, 1662; which document was entrusted to Wyllis, TALCOTT,and Allyn for safe-keeping. In 1676, on the breaking out of the Philip war, he resigned the office of treasurer and was appointed to the command of the army with the rank of major, and in June of that year went into the field at the head of the "standing army" of Connecticut, accompanied by 200 Mohigan and "Pequot Indians." In the various battles with the Indians in which he was engaged, he was ALWAYS victorious, and obtained great renown as an "Indian fighter." Many of his official papers are on record in the Secretary of State's office at hartford, and are interesting relics of the memorable Philip war. Early in the war he was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. In March 1662 the General Court granted to him and to John Allyn 600 acres of upland and 100 acres of meadow land, to be laid out in Hammonaset (Killingsworth). Lt.-Col. Talcott died intestate, his property amounting to L2232 3s. 6d., was claimed by his oldest surviving son, Governor Joseph Talcott, who petitioned the General Court May 15, 1691, to give him possession thereof, which he claimed by right of primogeniture. [1]
  Title	Lieut. Col.
  Birth	Bef 1632	Braintree, Essex Co., England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of John Talcott and Dorothy Mott   [1]
  Death	23 Jul 1688	Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I56087	Main Tree
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2013

  
  

  Family 1	Helena WAKEMAN,   c. 23 Dec 1632   d. 21 Jun 1674, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 41 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1650  [2]
  Children	1. Mary TALCOTT,   b. 26 May 1661, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 19 Apr 1723, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 61 years)  [Birth]   2. Hannah TALCOTT,   b. 8 Dec 1663, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut d. 28 Mar 1696 (Age 32 years)  [Birth]   3. Dorothy TALCOTT,   b. 20 Feb 1666, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 28 Mar 1696, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 30 years)  [Birth] + 4. Gov. Joseph TALCOTT,   b. 16 Nov 1669, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 11 Oct 1741, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F20296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Mary COOK
  Marriage	9 Nov 1676  [1]
  Children	1. Rachel TALCOTT,   b. 23 Feb 1681, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. Bef 1753 (Age < 71 years)
  Family ID	F28516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 23 Jul 1688 - Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5172] S.V. Talcott, "Talcott Pedigree in England and America" From 1558 to 1876, (Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company - 1876). [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;). [S4767] "The English Ancestry of Thomas STOUGHTON 1588-1661, and his son, Thomas STOUGHTON 1624-1684, of Windsor, Conn.".