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http://josfamilyhistory.com/htm/hopkins/bronson/bronson-upson.htm The founder of this family in America was Thomas Upson . '.vho
sailed from London, England in the good ship 'Tncrease."' landing
in Boston in 1635, and who afterward removed to Hartford, CoTin.
I THOMAS.
Thomas Upson was early in Hartford. He was one of those, jiot proprietors, enumerated in 1638, who had a privilege of g^-tti*ig wood and keeping cows on the common. He was an original proprietor and settler of Farmington, and married Elizabeth Fuller in 1646. He died July 19, 1655, ^^'"'^ "'"''^^ widow married Edmuvi Sccti.
Children:
1.
2 Thomas, removed to Saybrook and died there, having no children;
3 Stephen;
4 Mary;
5 Hannah;
6 Elizabeth, died July 20. 1655.
1 ?
2 ?
3 Stephen
4 Mary
5 Hannah
6 Elizabeth, died July 20. 1655
Thomas Upson was born at England.1 He died on 19 July 1655 at Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.1,2 He was buried in July 1655 at Memento Mori Cemetery, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut,, and his stone reads: A Memorial to THOMAS UPSON founder of the Upson Family in America who settled in Hartford Connecticut in 1638, A proprietor of Farmington, Connecticut in 1640 where he died July 19 1655.3
Children of Thomas Upson
o Mary Upson d. 18 Oct 1716
o Thomas Upson d. 9 Dec 1672
Children of Thomas Upson
o Hannah Upson+ b. c 1648, d. 1705
o Elizabeth Upson d. 20 Jul 1655
o Stephen Upson b. c 1650, d. 1735
Notes:
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary states that some of Thomas Upson's children were certainly born in England. What was evidently his second marriage is recorded as follows: "Thomas Upsunn was maryed to Elisibeth Fuller Jenneuary the twenty and three, one thousand six hundred forty and six." The name of the port from which he sailed, the name of his first wife and the record of the births of his children have not been discovered, after much research.
Thomas Upson. Probably born in England. Died July 19, 1655, Farmington, Connecticut. Possibly married , in England. Married January 23, 1646, Hartford, Connecticut, Elizabeth Fuller. She married Edmund Scott. Children, possibly by first wife, birthplace unknown: Mary, 'eldest daughter'; m. John Welton; Thomas, 'eldest son'; d. Dec. 9, 1672, Saybrook; unm; Children, by second wife, born Farmington: Hannah, m. Sergeant Samuel Hickox; Elizabeth, d. July 20, 1655, Farmington; Stephen, b. about 1650; m. Mary Lee.