Capt Richard LORD, Sr.

1611 - 1662  (51 years)

• Name	Richard LORD  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Captain Richard Lord, bapt. England, Jan. 5, 1611-12, came to America, ahead of his father, in 1632. He settled in Newtown (now Cambridge), Mass. In 1636, in company with his father and mother and brothers and sisters, he traveled with Rev. Dr.Hooker and their party through the wilderness and settled the town of Hartford, Conn. he became a patentee of Connecticut under charter of King Charles II and an Original Proprietor and first settler of hartford, his home lot in 1639 being next west to his father's...... Richard Lord was one of the most energetic and efficient men in the colony. When the first Troop of Horsemen was organized, he was chosen commander, March 11, 1658, and distinguished himself in the Indian Wars. He was constable in 1642, townsman in 1645 and represented Hartford in the General Court from 1656 until his death. He was the captain relied on, in conjunction with John Pynchon, for securing the persons of the regicides Goffe and Whalley, He married, in 1635 Sarah (?). He became a very prominent citizen and addition to being captain of cavalry, was a ship owner in the carrying trade between New London and the West Indies. He found it necessary to have a home in New London, Conn., where he purchased a corner at main and Pearl Streets. He died in New London May 17, 1662, in the fifty-first year of his age, and his gravestone may still be seen there, with the following epitaph: "The bright Starre of our Cavallrie lyes here; Unto the State, a Counselour full Deare And to ye truth a Friend of Sweet Content, To Hartford Towne a silver Ornament. Who can deny to Poore he was Reliefe, And in composing Paroxysmes was Chiefe. to Marchantes as a Patterne he might stand, Adventring Dangers new by Sea and Land." His inventory, taken May 10, 1662, amount to L1539.9.5. His widow died in 1676. [1]
  Prefix	Capt
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	1611	Towcester, Northamptsonshire, England   [2, 4]
  Christening	5 Jan 1611/12  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 May 1662	New London, New London, Connecticut, USA   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I36927	Main Tree
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas LORD,   b. 1585, Towcester, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Dorothy BIRD,   b. 25 May 1588, Towcester, England d. 02 Aug 1675, Hartford, Hartford Co. Connecticut (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	23 Feb 1610/11	Towcester, Northamptonshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F05191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah ?   d. 01 Sep 1676
  Marriage	1635  [2, 4]
  Children	1. Richard LORD, Jr.,   b. 1636, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 05 Nov 1685, Lost at Sea (Age 49 years)  [Birth] + 2. Sarah LORD,   b. Abt 1638, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut d. 15 Nov 1705, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut (Age 67 years)  [Birth]   3. Dorothy LORD,   b. Abt 1640  [Birth]
  Family ID	F19583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S00060] Kenneth Lord, "Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Lord", (Name: Name: New York 1946;;). [S01765] Ancestry.com: Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).