Newark, NJ founders from Branford (New Haven) and Milford as well as Founders of Branford, CT. Plan to add Elizabeth, NJ Founders soon.

Founders of Branford

The list below is composed of families who were the first settlers in 1644 or came by 1667 when the New Plantation Covenant was signed after the migration to Newark, New Jersey. In cases where fathers and sons were both here during that period, only the founder of the family is listed. Women were rarely, if ever included in accounts of early settlers in Branford or in any other areas of the New World. Thomas Mulliner and Thomas Whitway were squatters and living here before the Wethersfield group came in 1644.

• + first settlers 1644
• * signed New Plantation Covenant 1667

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• Robert Abbott + [Robert Abbott]
• George Adams *
• Edward Barker * [ Edward Barker]
• Roger Betts + [Roger Betts]
• Thomas Blatchley +* [Thomas Blatchley]
• Lesly Bradfield + [Leslie Bradfield]
• Isaac Bradley * [Isaac Bradley]
• John Charles *
• John Collins *
• Jasper Crane +* [Jasper Crane]
• Daniel Dodd + [Daniel Dodd, I]
• John Edwards +
• John England +
• Thomas Fenner + [Thomas Fenner]
• Robert Foote * [Lt. Robert Foote]
• Edward Frisbie +* [Edward Frisbie]
• Richard Goodrich [Richard Goodrich, of Guilford]
• Thomas Goodsell * [Thomas Goodsell, Jr.]
• Henry Gratwick +*
• Nathaniel Gunn [Nathaniel Gunn, I]
• Richard Harrison + [Richard Harrison, of Branford]
• John Hill + [John Hill, of Guilford]
• William Hoadley * [William Hoadley]
• John Horton +
• Anthony Howd* [Anthony Howard]
• Richard Lawrence + [Dea. Richard Lawrence, of Newark]
• Francis Linsley + [Francis Lindsley]
• John Linsley +* [John Linsley]
• John Lupton +
• William Maltby * [Judge William M. Maltby, Sr.]
• Richard Mather +
• Robert Meeker + [Robert Meeker]
• William Merchant +
• Thomas Morris + [Thomas Morris, Sr.]
• Thomas Mulliner +
• Samuel Nettleton + [Samuel Nettleton]
• John Norton + [Deacon John Norton]
• George Page *
• Micah Palmer * [Micah Palmer, of the New Haven Colony]
• William Palmer + [William Palmer, of the New Haven Colony]
• Rev. Abraham Pierson [Rev. Abraham Pierson]
• John Plumb + [John Plumb]
• Samuel Pond * [Samuel Pond, II]
• Sigismond Richalls +*
• Thomas Richards +
• John Robbins *
• John Rogers * [John Rogers, of Milford]
• Robert Rose+ [Robert Rose, of Wethersfield & Branford]
• William Rosewell * [William Rosewell]
• Thomas Sargent +* [Thomas Sargent]
• Rev.John Sherman [Reverend John Sherman, of Coffe]
• Eleazer Stent* [Capt. Eleazer Stent, Jr.]
• William Swaine + [William Swain]
• Michael Taintor * [Capt. Michael Taintor Sr.]
• Edward Treadwell + [Edward Treadwell]
• Peter Tyler * [Peter Tyler, Sr.]
• George Ward + [George Ward, of the New Haven Colony]
• John Ward * [John "Dish Turner" Ward]
• Lawrence Ward + [Lawrence Ward, of Houghton Parva & Essex NJ]
• Samuel Ward * [Samuel Ward]
• John Waters*
• Thomas Wheadon* [Thomas Wheadon, Sr.]
• John Whitehead +*
• Thomas Whitway +
• John Wilford *
• Richard Williams + [Richard Williams, Immigrant]

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• + first settlers 1644
• * signed New Plantation Covenant 1667

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Source: [http://www.branford-ct.gov/content/149/243/655/default.aspx]

The New Plantation of New-Ark (Newark, NJ)

On October 30, 1666, the following residents of Branford and Milford of the

New Haven Colony signed the agreement to form a common township at New-Ark  on  Pesayack (the number shown is the order in which they signed the   document):

• ALBERS, Hauns (31/Milford)
• BALL, Ed. (15/Branford) [Edward Ball, of Newark]
• BALDWIN, John Jr. (19/Milford) [John Baldwin Jr]
• BALDWIN, John Sr. (18/Milford) [John Baldwin, Sr.]
• BLATCHLEY, Aaron (20/Branford) [Aaron Blatchley]
• BLATCHLEY, Thomas (5/Branford) [Aaron Blatchley]
• BOND, Stephen (41/Milford) [Stephen Bond]
• BROOKS, J.B. (14/his mark/Milford)
• BROWNE, John (9/Milford) [John Brown]
• BROWNE, John Jr. (36/Milford) [Elder John Brown]
• BRUEN, Obadiah (2/Milford) [Obadiah Bruen]
• BURWELL, Ephraim (24/Milford) [Ephraim Burwell, Sr]
• BURWELL, Zachariah (27/Milford) [Zachariah Burwell]
• CAMFIELD, Ebenezer (13/Branford) [Ebenezer Canfield]
• CAMFIELD, Matthew (3/Milford) [Matthew Canfield, Sr.]
• CAMPE, William (28/Milford) [William Camp, of Milford]
• CATLING, John (11/Branford) [John Catlin, II]
• CRANE, Azariah (38/Milford) [Deacon Azariah Crane]
• CRANE, Delivered (19/Branford) [Delivered or Deliverence Crane]
• CRANE, Jasper (1/Branford) [Jaspar Crane, of Newark]
• CRANE, John (17/Branford) [John Crane, Sr. of Newark]
• CURTIS, John (23/Milford) [Capt. John Curtis]
• DALGLESH, Robert (30/Milford) [Robert Douglas, of New London]
• DAVIS, Stephen (11/Milford) [Stephen Davis]
• DAY, George (21/Milford) [George Day, Sr.]
• DENNISON, Robert R. (25/his mark/Milford) [Robert Denison]
• FREEMAN, Stephen (7/Milford) [Stephen Freeman, of Newark]
• HARRISON, John (16/Branford) [John Harrison]
• HARRISON, Richard (12/Branford) [Sgt. Richard Harrison]
• HUNTINGTON, Thomas (18/Branford) [Thomas Huntington]
• JOHNSON, John (22/Branford) [John Johnson]
• JOHNSON, Thom. (22/Milford) [Thomas Johnson]
• KITCHELL, Robert (13/Milford) [Robert Kitchell, of Guilford & Newark]
• KITCHELL, Samuel (4/Milford) [Lt. Samuel Kitchell]
• LAWRENCE, Richard (21/Branford) [Dea. Richard Lawrence, of Newark]
• LINLE, Francis F. (16/his mark/Milford) [Francis Lindsley]
• LYMENS, Robert V. (15/his mark/Milford)
• LYON, Henry (8/Milford) [Henry Lyon, of Newark]
• LYON, Samuel (39/Milford) [Samuel Lyon]
• LYON, Thomas L. (23/his mark/Branford) [Thomas Lyon]
• MORRIS, Thomas (32/Milford) [Thomas Morris, of New Haven]
• PECKE, Jeremiah (5/Milford) [Rev. Jeremiah M. Peck]
• PIERSON, Abra (2/Branford) [Rev. Abraham Pierson]
• PIERSON, Thomas (9/Branford) [Thomas Pierson]
• PENNINGTON, Eph'm (34/Milford) [Ephraim Pennington, II]
• PLUM, Samuel (6/Branford) [Samuel Plumb]
• RIGGS, Joseph (40/Milford) [Capt. Joseph Harvey Riggs, II]
• RIGGS, Edward (12/Milford) [Edward Riggs, IV]
• ROBERTS, Hugh (33/Milford) [Hugh Roberts]
• ROGERS, John (10/Milford) [John Rogers, of Milford]
• ROSE, Samuel (8/Branford) [Samuel Rose]
• SARGEANT, Jona. (37/Milford) [Jonathan Sargeant, Sr.]
• SWAINE, Samuel (3/Branford) [Capt. Samuel Swaine]
• TICHENOR, Daniel (17/Milford) [Daniel Tichenor, Sr.]
• TICHENOR, Martin (35/Milford) [Martin Tichenor]
• TOMPKINS, Jona. (20/Milford) [Jonathan Tompkins]
• TOMPKINS, Michael (6/Milford) [Micah Tompkins, of Milford & Newark]
• TREAT, Robert (1/Milford) [Robert Treat, Governor of Connecticut]
• WALTERS, Joseph (29/Milford)
• WARD, John, Sr. (14/Branford) [John "Dish Turner" Ward]
• WARD, Josiah (7/Branford) [Josiah Ward]
• WARD, Lawrence (4/Branford) [Lawrence Ward, of Houghton Parva & Essex NJ]
• WARD, John (10/Branford) [Jonathan Ward, (died young)]
• WHEELER, Nathaniel (26/Milford) [Nathaniel Wheeler, of Newark]