Mary HART

Mary married John LEE about 1658. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John LEE was born on 11 Jun 1659 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 24 Apr 1723 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Mary married Jedediah STRONG on 5 Jan 1691/2. Jedediah was born on 7 May 1637; was christened on 14 Apr 1639. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

Stephen married ? UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]