Thomas NEWELL

- 1689

• Name	Thomas NEWELL  [1]
  	He is said to have been of Hertfordshire, England; was a settler at Farmington not long after 1640. His name is on the list of Farmington Freemen of October, 1669, and also in the list of 84 proprietors, 1672. United with the church, Jan. 30, 1652/3 and wife joined July 12, 1653. He was constable in 1660 and 1673, he served on the preliminary committee that visited Mattatuck, now Waterbury, to examine the land with a view to making a settlement there, and signed a petition for "liberty of planting the same." He also signed the articles providing for the settlement, but did not go to the new town. His house was just at the north part of the village fronting on the main street. Tradition says an Indian fort was located just back of it. [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Sep 1689  [1]
  Person ID	I82831	Main Tree
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family	Rebecca OLMSTEAD   d. 24 Feb 1698
  Marriage	Between 28 Sep 1640 and Jan 1643  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Rebecca NEWELL,   b. Abt 1643   d. Bef 29 Mar 1700 (Age 57 years)  [Birth] + 2. Hannah NEWELL,   b. 1656   d. 4 Nov 1757 (Age 101 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F33817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2016

  
  

• Sources

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