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Abt 1644 - 1726 (82 years)
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Name |
Thomas HART [1] |
- He inherited part of his father's homestead opposite the meeting-house; Freeman, 1664; ensign of the Farmington Train Band, May, 1678; Lieutenant, 1692; first chosen Deputy to the General Court for the October session of 1690 and Commissioner, May, 1692; Captain, May, 1695. At the May session, 1693, "this Court appoynts Capt Stanley and Lnt Heaet to return the thankes of this Court to the Reuerend Mr Samuel Hooker for his great paynes in preaching the election sermon, and that they desire him to grant a coppy thereof to be disaposed and improved by the Generall Court for the peoples good." (Col. Rec. of Conn., 1689-1706, p. 95) He was Deputy from Farmington to the General Court for many years and for several sessions its speaker, for which service, the Court generally voted him "thirtee" shillings. Commissioner a number of terms and Justice for Hartford County, seventeen years. Member of the Council, June 19, 1697. At the Oct. session, 1699, the General Court appointed him and two others a committee "to take care of the countries interest in the undivided lands and to indevour the preventing and detecting all illegal trading with the natives for land," etc. Appointed on a committee of five to settle the line between Rhode Island and Connecticut in October, 1702, and at the same time he was appointed a committee "to draw a Bill to prevent disorders in Retailers in strong drinks and excessive drinking and to prepare a bill to put in execution the reformation lawes." He and his wife were members of the Church in Farmington, March 1, 1679/80. He was a man of wealth, activity and usefulness. he and John Hooker, grandson of the Rev. Thomas Hooker, were the two prominent men of the town and conspicuous in the Colony. Savage erroneously says his wife's name was Elizabeth, confusing him with Sergt. Thomas hart, who died in 1728, leaving a wife Elizabeth. [1]
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Birth |
Abt 1644 [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Fact |
Son of Deacon Stephen Hart of Farmington, Conn. [1] |
Death |
27 Aug 1726 [1] |
Person ID |
I82937 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
30 Apr 2021 |
Family |
Ruth HOWKINS, b. 24 Oct 1649 d. 9 Oct 1724 (Age 74 years) |
Children |
| 1. Deacon Thomas HART, b. Abt 1 Apr 1680 d. 29 Jan 1773 (Age 92 years) [Birth] |
+ | 2. Rev John HART, b. 12 Apr 1682, Farmington, Connecticut d. 4 Mar 1732, East Guilford, Connecticut (Age 49 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F33872 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
6 Jul 2020 |
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Event Map |
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| Fact - - Son of Deacon Stephen Hart of Farmington, Conn. |
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Sources |
- [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.
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