John HART

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All of the family of John with the exception of his son John, who was absent at the time, were burned to death in the night in their house in 1657. (The son John took advise of his father's estate under the will of his grandfather in 1683.) "Mr. Julius Gay gives the date of the burning of John Hart's house as Dec. 15, 1666." (Anderson's History of Waterbury, I., p. 118, note.)

Born in England and married Sarah. They resided in Farmington, where he was made a freeman by the General Court, at their May session 1654. Sarah, his wife, joined the church at Farmington, Oct. 9th, 1653; he was admitted to the church April 2, 1654. he was one of the first settlers of Tunxis, and bought his house lot of the original owners, and among the list of the eighty-four proprietors of 1672, is numbered the 'Estate of John Hart.' At the October session of the General Court, in 1660, a committee was raised to examine 'Thirty Mile Island,' with the view of settlement, when John Hart, of Farmington was elected one of said committee. His sad and untimely death occurred on this wise, wiz; his house, which was located near the center of the village, was fired in the night by Indians, and he and all his family, with the exception of his eldest son, John, who was that night at Nod, or Northington, since called Avon, looking after the stock on a farm they owned there, perished in the flames. What aggravated the public calamity was the burning of the town records at the same time. the General Court made diligent search among the Tunxis tribe for the incendiaries, but this neither restored life nor records. This fire occurred 1666.

Family/Spouse: Sarah ?. Sarah died in 1666. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was one of the appraisers of his uncle Stephen hart's estate in 1689. In May, 1695, he was confirmed by the General Court ensign of the Farmington train-band, and in October, 1703, was commissioned lieutenant, and subsequently promoted captain. He was for four successive years (1702-5) a deputy from Farmington to the General Court, and was appointed in may, 1705, one of the auditors of the colony. When his father's house was burned by the Indians, he was absent from home, and thus providentially saved to be the progenitor of a numerous posterity. the offices and honors thus bestowed upon him indicate that he stood high in the community. Capt. John Hart died in Farmington, Nov. 11th, 1714, aged 60 years; his wife died Sept. 19th, 1738, aged 74 years.

Family/Spouse: Mary MOORE. Mary was born about 1664; died on 19 Sep 1738. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John and Esther Hart were both admitted to the church in Farmington Jan. 31, 1711/2; they lived on his father's place. he was chosen deacon of the church in Farmington, Nov. 19th, 1718, and subsequently removed to Kensington, where he was also a deacon. His wife, Esther, who was the mother of his children, died July 10th, 1743, aged 57 years, when he married second, Jan. 11, 1743/4, widow Hannah Hull, who also died, Nov. 27th, 1760, aged 76 years. Deacon John Hart was for many years Town Clerk, and was twenty-three times elected to the General Court, between the years 1717 and 1743. the will of Deacon John hart, of Kensington, was dated March 2, 1752.

John married Esther GRIDLEY on 28 Mar 1706. Esther was born in 1687; was christened on 15 May 1687 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 10 Jul 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Hannah HULL on 11 Jan 1743/4. Hannah was born about 1684; died on 27 Nov 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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They lived on Hart street, next west of Wothington Village, sometimes called lower lane. The house is still standing, 1873, with the upper story projecting over lower. It is related of him that when at work in Farmington meadows, he observed a bear coming into the lot; he seized his pitchfork and mounted his horse hitched under a tree, and pursued the bear and killed it. This anecdote is related by his great grandson of Candor, NY. He was a deacon in Kensington church, and died Jan. 27th, 1770, aged 84 years. Elizabeth, his widow, died Nov. 14, 1777. He is said to be one of the early settlers of 'Great Swamp Society'. In 11753, April 27th he headed a petition to the General Assembly for a division of this society, and the result was a new society called New Britain in 1754, now 1874, the town and city of New Britain.

Isaac married Elizabeth WHAPLES on 24 Nov 1721. Elizabeth died on 14 Nov 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Dau. of Capt. John Hart

Sarah married Ebenezer STEELE on 15 Feb 1704/5. Ebenezer (son of Lieut. Samuel STEELE and Mary BOOSEY) was born in Apr 1671; died on 6 Oct 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Capt. John Hart (b. 1655), the grandson of Stephen hart

Mary married John LEFFINGWELL on 17 Nov 1730 in Framington, Connecticut. John (son of Thomas LEFFINGWELL and Mary BUSHNELL) was born on 02 Feb 1688/89 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 16 Aug 1773 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judah married Anna NORTON on 20 Feb 1734/5. Anna was born on 15 Jan 1718; died before Sep 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judah married Sarah SEYMOUR on 27 Sep 1759. Sarah (daughter of Sergt Samuel SEYMOUR and Hannah NORTH) was born on 2 Dec 1712; died on 20 Aug 1781. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Job Hart married, Mary 20th 1755, in Newington, by Rev. Joshua Belden, Eunice Beackley; both admitted to the church in Kensington, Dec. 19th, 1756, and from thence to the church in Worthington, at its formation. He removed to Stockbidge, Mass., about 1781, and was received into the church there in 1782, and Eunice his wife in 1792.

Job married Eunice BECKLEY on 20 Mar 1755 in Newington, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hart married Lucy ? on 12 Mar 1761. Lucy was born about 1736; died on 28 Sep 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]