Families of Ancient Wethersfield

In 1633 John Oldham from Watertown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony explored the Connecticut River. The following year he and some companions built temporary housing and passed the winter at Wethersfield. With the arrival of warmer weather other settlers, many also from Watertown, arrived from Massachusetts Bay.

Wethersfield has its niche in history, being "Ye Most Auncient Towne" in Connecticut, as set out by the Code of 1650 — "Colonial Records of Connecticut."

Bring your "Wethersfield Family" profiles on over and let's document their history. Collaborators, feel free to add to the "resources" list, upload documents and images to "tag" to project profiles.

Please start discussions to help sort genealogical confusions.

From Wethersfield Library:

The Ten Original Settlers (also known as "The Ten Adventurers") were

• John Oldham
• Nathaniel Foote
• Abraham Finch, Sr.
• Robert Seeley
• John Strictland
• John Clarke
• Andrew Ward
• Robert Rose
• Leonard Chester
• William Swayne

Discussions:

In 1672, the following-named persons were treated as West-of-the- River householders, and. (as there were no more of the 52-acre lots remaining) were each given 60 acres of land at "Xayaug," South Glastonbury :
Mr. Richard Treat Son of Richard, the Settler; Mr. John Hollister Son of .John, the Settler, deceased; Richard Smith Son of Richard, the Settler( '{); Thomas Edwards Son of John. Settler; John Wadhams The Settler; had a son John; Sam. Hale, Jun. Removed to Glastonbury; Caleb Benjamin Removed to South Glastonbury; Thomas Loveland Son of 'Widow Loveland' Wethersfield, 1649.

Resources:

• Wethersfield, CT Vital Records 1634 - 1868 From the Barbour Collection as found at the CT State Library
• search Wethersfield Village Cemetery
• Families of Ancient Wethersfield by Henry Stiles - vol 2 only
• The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut : comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington, and of Glastonbury prior to its incorporation in 1693 : from date of earliest settlement until the present time (1904) by Sherman Adams, Henry R. Stiles
• Griswold Family Association
• Foote Family Association of America
• Connecticut History
• Wethersfield Historical Society
• Important Dates in the History of the Settlement of the Colony of Connecticut until Unification with the Colony of New Haven in 1665
• The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut
• Burying Ground Digitization Project (nice essay, great visuals)
• New England Settlements
• [http://archive.org/details/genealogyoflovel01love]