Gov. Joseph TALCOTT

Male 1669 - 1741  (71 years)


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  • Name Joseph TALCOTT  [1
    • "The Talcott Pedigree": Gov. Joseph Talcott is first mentioned in public life as one of a committee to lay out the town of Coventry, in 1711. He was the fourth son, but the eldest who survived his father.

      He was the first Governor of Connecticut, born within its limits and occupied the chair, from 1724 to Oct 11, 1741, a period of 17 years, longer than any who succeeded him and longer than any of his predecessors, except Gov. Winthrop. His funeral expenses, amounting to L69 12s. 5d., were ordered paid out of the Colonial Treasury. The second son of the Governor, Joseph, was Treasurer of the Colony, from 1755 to 1769.

      "His wife, Eunice, died suddenly about noon on Thursday, May 25, 1738. There could be no session of the general assembly without the presence of the Governor or Deputy Governor, the latter was absent attending the commissioner's Court, at Norwich, and public business was pressing. Gov. Talcott did not suffer his private grief to interfere with his official duty, but returned and presided in the upper house in the afternoon.

      A joint committee of both houses was appointed to confer on what might be proper to offer to his Honor on the sudden and painful event. The House also appointed the Speaker, the Clerk and Capt. Samuel Willard to draw an address of condolence to present to the Governor." [1]
    Title Gov. 
    Birth 16 Nov 1669  Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Oct 1741  Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I70497  Main Tree
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2018 

    Father Lieut. Col. John TALCOTT,   b. Bef 1632, Braintree, Essex Co., England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1688, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Helena WAKEMAN,   c. 23 Dec 1632   d. 21 Jun 1674, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 29 Oct 1650  [2
    Family ID F20296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Abigail CLARK   d. 24 Mar 1704/05, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1693  [1
    Children 
    +1. Lieut. John TALCOTT,   b. 27 Feb 1698/99, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1772 (Age 72 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F28519  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2012 

    Family 2 Eunice HOWELL,   b. 18 Aug 1678   d. 25 May 1738 (Age 59 years) 
    Children 
     1. Eunice TALCOTT,   b. 26 Jan 1709, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1795, Windsor, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F28520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Nov 1669 - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Oct 1741 - Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5172] S.V. Talcott, "Talcott Pedigree in England and America" From 1558 to 1876, (Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company - 1876).

    2. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).