Henry Wakley

Biographical Summary:

Henry Wakeley (Walkley), Hartford, 1639, one of those inhabitants who received lands "by the courtesie of the town;" his home-kit was on the west side of the road from George Steel's to the Great Swamp. March 28, 1650, Henry Wakeley, of Hartford, admitted administrator on the estate of his "wives other husband," having given a bond of £60, with Mr. Blackmail of Stratford, for the payment of £20 to the two children, he removed to Stratford; was freeman there, 1669; will dated July 11, 1689.

SOURCE: James Hammond Trumbull, editor, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1 (Boston, Massachusetts: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), page 265. Retrieved: 3 May 2011 from Google Books

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"HENRY2 WAKELEY, HARTFORD FOUNDER (JAMES1) was born abt. 1624 in England, and died bef. 08 Nov 1690 in Stratford, CT (will exhibited). He married SARAH BURT 04 Sep 1649 in Springfield, MA, daughter of HENRY BURT and ULALIA MARCH. She was baptized 14 Jan 1620/21 in Haberton, Devonshire, England, and died aft. 1711 in Stratford, CT.
Henry Wakeley was the son of Hartford founder James Wakeley. He served in the Pequot War of 1637, so he was in Hartford by at least that date. He was voted an inhabitant “onley at The Townes Courtesie wth liberty to fetch wood & keepe Swine or Cowes By proportion on the Common”. In May 1669 he received a Colonial grant of fifty acres for his Pequot War service, and was granted two hundred acres for services in or about Mattebeck (later Waterbury) 1 May 1681, probably for his participation in a punitive expedition of one hundred men in August 1639, as a sequel to the Pequot War.
Nonetheless, he does not have a listing in the land inventory of February 1639/40, probably because he had removed to Stratford about 1650, and the land inventory was actually written up years after 1640. It is only through examination of mentions of his land in the inventories of other founders that an extrapolation of his holdings can be made: two roods on which stood his dwelling house, located on the west side of the road from George Steele’s to the Great Swamp; a parcel of Upland of undetermined size, a parcel in the Great Swamp; and a parcel on the east side of the Great River.
Hinman claimed him to be the Colony’s first lawyer, but no evidence can be found of this, except when his father James had given Henry power of attorney regarding James’ flight from Wethersfield, which duty Henry requested leave of, and which leave was granted. On the other hand, James1 served as an attorney for others multiple times.v.).
His will was made 11 July 1689, a codicil was added 5 April 1690, and the will was exhibited 8 November 1690."
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"Henry Wakeley
Birth: 1620 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Name Var: Wakelee
Military: 1637
Details: Fought in Pequot War.
Military: AUG 1639
Details: Part of a punitive expedition of 100 men sent out to Mattebeseck as a sequel to the Pequot War.
Marriage: 04 SEP 1649 to Sarah Burt Gregory, widow of Judah Gregory
Note: From A history of the old town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport, CT – Henry Wakelee, was, probably an original proprietor of Stratford, and was there before 1650. His home lot was No. 15, indicating him to have been among the first settlers.
Note: 15 MAY 1650
Details: Granted administration on the estate of his wife’s deceased husband.
Birth of Daughter: 1651
Name: Patience Wakeley
Birth of Son: 1652
Name: Deliverance Wakeley
Place: Stratford, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
Birth of Son: 1653
Name: Jacob Wakeley
Birth of Daughter: 1657
Name: Mercy Wakeley
Birth of Daughter: 1657
Name: Mary Wakeley
Place: Killingworth, Middlesex Co, Connecticut
Birth of Daughter: ABT 1660
Name: Abigail Wakeley
Place: Brookhaven, Sufolk Co, New York
Note: In 1660 Henry was appointed to “watch over the youths or any disorderly carriages in the time of public exercises on the Lord’s day or other times and see that they behave themselves comely, and note any disorderly persons by such raps or blows as he in his discretion shall see meet.”
Birth of Son: 1660
Name: James Wakeley
Place: Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut
Note: In 1663 he was attorney before the General Court in behalf of his son James, but the matter was withdrawn from court.
Land Rec: MAY 1669
Details: Colonial grant of 50 acres for service in Pequot War.
Land Rec: MAY 1681
Details: Granted 200 acres for service to the Colony in or about Mattebeseck (Waterbury). Not laid out until 1716, and then assigned by James, son of Henry, to Benjamin Fairweather of Stratford.
Will: 11 JUL 1689
Details: His wife, Sarah, was named in his will.
Codicil to Will: 05 APR 1690
Death: 1690 Stratford, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
Will Proved: 08 NOV 1690
Burial: Old Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
Details: Time and weather has erased the location of this grave.
Will Proved: 08 NOV 1690"
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