Deacon Stephen HART

1603 - 16

• Name	Stephen HART  [1]
  	Savage says he was perhaps a brother of John and Edmund of Cambridge. HIs first wife's name is not known. He m. (2) Margaret, widow of Arthur Smith; is mentioned as "my cousin", (nephew), in the will of Judith Morris, widow, of Dedham in Essex, England, dated Jan. 25, 1645. (For will, see N.E. Reg., 48, pp. 118, 119.) He is supposed to have come from Braintree, England with the company that settled at Braintree, Mass., then to Newtown (now Cambridge), and constituted the church of Rev. Thomas Hooker. He was of Cambridge 1632; "of the original church formed by Thomas Hooker in 1633.....Steven hart was a deacon." (Porter's Hist. Address at Farmington in 1840, Note g, p. 63.) On May 14 1634, he with John Steele, Hooker and Stone were made Freemen at Cambridge. He went with Hooker's party to Hartford 1636; and was an original proprietor there. His house lot was on the west side of the present Front Street near where Morgan St. crosses it. Andrews says there is a tradition that Hartford was first called from him, "Hart's Ford"; others say it was so named in honor of Mr. Stone's birthplace in England. (Walker's Life of Hooker, p. 97.) About 1640, he with others moved to the present site of Farmington. His house lot on Main St. opposite the meeting house, was four or five times larger than any other; he was a leading citizen of farmington and first Deacon of the church there. He with Mr. Newton, John Cowles, Thomas Thomson and Thomas Judd and two others were the "seven pillars" of the church. He was the first Representative from Farmington and served 30 sessions from May, 1647 to March, 1655 inclusive; was a farmer and land owner and served in the Pequot War. Deacon Stephen Hart in his will mentions his thee sons, John, Stephen, Thomas; daughters, Sarah Porter and Mary Lee, Mehitable who married John Cole was probably dead. He also mentions grandchildren, Thomas Porter and Dorothy Porter, John Lee and John Hart. His wife is mentioned but not named. [1]
  Prefix	Deacon
  Death	Between 16 and 31 Mar 1682/3  [1]
  Christening	25 Jan 1602/3  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I83050	Main Tree
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2022

  
  

  Family 1	? UNKNOWN
  Children	+ 1. Sarah HART,   b. England d. Aft 1697  [Birth] + 2. Mary HART,   b. England d. 1710  [Birth] + 3. John HART,   b. England d. 1666  [Birth]   4. Stephen HART,   b. Braintree, Essex County, England d. Abt 1689  [Birth]   5. Mehitable HART   d. Aft 1708  [Birth] + 6. Capt Thomas HART,   b. Abt 1644   d. 27 Aug 1726 (Age 82 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F33933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret ?
  Family ID	F33934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.