Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameNathaniel “The Settler” Foote
Birthabt 21 Sep 1592, Shalford, Colchester, Essex, England
Deathabt 20 Nov 1644, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Province of Connecticut
OccupationFarmer And Magistrate Of Colony Of Ct., 1st Settler Of Wethersfield, 1636/ Deputy To General Court
FatherRobert of Shalford Foote (~1553-<1608)
MotherJoane Brooke (<1555-1634)
Spouses
Birth4 Oct 1595, Shalford, Essex, England
Death28 Jul 1683, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Province of Connecticut
FatherJonathan Deming (1575-1673)
MotherElizabeth Gilbert (1578-1644)
ChildrenNathaniel II (<1620-~1655)
Notes for Nathaniel “The Settler” Foote
Birth: 1593 Shalford Essex, England Death: Nov. 20, 1644 Wethersfield Hartford County Connecticut, USA
Nathaniel arrived in Watertown in 1634. He died after August 1, 1644, but before Nov 20, 1644 when his inventory was presented at Hartford.
He was the son of Robert Foote Jr and Joan Foote of Shalford, Co.Essex.
His wife was Elizabeth Deming. She was a sister of John Deming of Wethersfield. After Nathaniel Foote's death, she married Thomas Welles .
Children: Elizabeth Foote Churchill, Nathaniel Foote Jr, Mary Foote Stoddard Goodrich Tracy, Robert Foote, Frances Foote Dickinson Barnard, Sarah Foote Judson, and Rebecca Foote Smith Cook.
Family links:
Parents: Joan Brooke Foote Spouse: Elizabeth Deming Foote Welles * Children: Elizabeth Foote Churchill * Nathaniel Foote * Mary Foote Tracy * Sarah Foote Judson * Rebecca Foote Smith Cooke *
Calculated relationship
Burial: Wethersfield Village Cemetery Wethersfield Hartford County Connecticut, USA Plot: Buried in Unmarked Grave
Maintained by: Kevin Avery Originally Created by: Ryan Curtis Record added: Aug 07, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 28849438
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Nathaniel Foote "the settler" was born on 21 Sep 1592 in Colchester, Essex, England. Nathaniel arrived at Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA in 1630 and removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he was among the first ten settlers, and was the largest landholder there. He died after August 1, 1644, but before Nov 20, 1644 when his inventory was presented at Hartford.
“This most reputable Conn. family, commenced its American history in Weth., yet, owing to an apparently inconquerable migratory tendency in its earlier representatives, the name had entirely disappeared form the town by the end of the third generation. Through its various early intermarriages with other Weth. families, however, the history of these early generations possess Colchester, Conn., and Hadley, Hatfield, Deerfield and other old towns in Western Mass. The family has also been fortunate in having had its history wirtten by a competent lad, half a century ago. [The Foote Family, by Nathaniel Goodwin, 1849.]
Family
son of Robert Foote of Shalford & Joan Brooke
Nathaniel Foote The Settler resided in Shalford Parish, county Essex and St Mary Bothaw Parish, London. at the age of sixteen was apprenticed on 21 September, 1608 to Samuel Croyle of Colchester, a "Grocer" and "Free Burgess", for a period of 8 years or until his 24th birthday in the year 1616. when he brought a message from Beatrice Barker, Esq., located on East Street, St James Parish, Colchester. He was a grocer himself as of 18 Oct 1619.
A short time after he finished his apprenticeship training, he was married to Elizabeth Deming in Colchester, Essex, England. She was the sister of John Deeming, who was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield Conn. in the year of 1615. John Deeming was for many years the one of the magistrates of the "Colony of the Connecticut" and one of the Patenees named in it's charter. She was the daughter of Jonathan Deming & Elizabeth Gilbert, in Colchester, Essex, Eng. Born in Oct 1595 in Shalford, Essex, England. Elizabeth died between 16 Aug 1682 adn 3 Sep 1683 in Wethersfield, CT.4
That Elizabeth “was a woman of character and a good wife, is evidenced by the fact that her first husband dying intestate, she was by the Particular Court to whom the inventory of his estate was presented, ‘admitted to administer the estate;’ and by the will of her second husband ‘she was to enjoy and improve’ his whole estate, so long as she remained a widow, ... ‘that she may keep the better hospitality.’”167
7 children include:
4031 i. Elizabeth Foote
4032 ii. Nathaniel Foote
4033 iii. Mary Foote
4034 iv. Lieut. Robert Foote
4035 v. Frances Foote
4036 vi. Sarah Foote
4037 vii. Rebecca Foote
Events
Nathanield brought from England his wife Elizabeth and children Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Mary, Robert, Frances, and Sarah; had REbecca, born probably at Watertown. Freeman 3 Sep 1634, then removed to Wethersfield 1636, where he was rep. 1641-44.
Nathaniel was admitted freeman 3 Sep 1634, a proprietor of Watertown in 1642. Previous to this date, he went to Wethersfield, CT, where he was deputy 1641, and juror 1743-1644.11 When Nathaniel was 15 he was an apprentice to Samuel Croyle, grocer of Colchester. He arrived at Watertown, MA, in 1630, a freeman there in 1634. He removed to Wethersfield, CT, in 1636.
“A conspicuous feature in the history of the first generations of the Foote family, is the deaths, sufferings and captivities of its members, and of those connected with them by marriage, at the hands of the Indians.
“>It is by no means certain that Mr. Foote, as some have asserted, was the first settler at Weth., but it is probably true that he was one of the first ten men, known as ‘adventurers,’ who absolutely first settled here; and that he was the largest holder of so-called ‘Adventurer’s lands.’ In the original lay-out of the town, 1640, he received a home-lot of ten acres, at South End of Broad St., East side, and gradually became the owner of other pieces of ld., partly in the Great Meadow, east of his home-lot, amounting in all to over 400 acres. ... In 1641-2-4, he represented the town in the General Court, an evidence of the respect and confidence in which he seems to have been held by his fellow-townsmen. In May 1637, when the little army under Capt. John Mason was being provisioned for the memorable Pequot campaign, it was ‘ordered yt that there shalbe 1 hogg prvided att Wythersfeild for the design in hand, weh. [i.e. the hogg, not the expedition] is conceived to be Nathaniell Footes’—a compliment, certainly form the Col. authorities, to Mr. Foote’s ability in raising good pork!”167
Will
Will: A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS.
1635 to 1650.
Page 461 Name: Nathaniel Foote Location: Wethersfield Invt. £380-17-00. Taken 20 November, 1644, by Richard Tratte, Samuel Smith and Nath: Dickinson. £ s d The Children: Nathaniel Foote, about 24 years, to have 148-00-00 Robert Foote, " 17 " " " 74-00-00 Frances Foote, " 15 " " " 74-00-00 Sarah Foote, " 12 " " " 74-00-00 Rebeckah Foote, " 10 " " " 74-00-00 The Wyddow of sd. Nathaniel Foote Adms. her portion. 212-00-00 £ s d Imprs His purse and apparrell. 7-16-00 It. In neat Cattell and in Hay, 93-00-00 It. in horsse fleshe. 34-00-00 It. in hoggs, 66-60-00 It. in debts, 29-03-04 It. in Englishe Corne. 70-00-00 It. in goats, 3-15-00 It. in Carts, ploughs, etc. 6-00-00 It. in nayles, 1-10-00 Ite. Indean Corne, 8-00-00 It. in old Wheat and pease, 6-06-00 It. for certain things in the chamber. 2-00-00 It. for amunition, 5-00-00 Ite. for fouer beds wth the furniture. 13-06-08 It. in fyne lynen, 5-10-00 Ite. 2 table boards, 2 chests. 1 Trunke. wth other Implts. 5-00-00 It. pewter & brasse and other vseful vessells. 12-00-00 It. in husbandry tooles, 3-00-00 It. in beife, butter, and cheese and other necessary prvision for the howse. 8-10-00 It. in poultry. 1-00-00 somm: £380-17-00 The Land: Ten acres of home lotts wth one dwelling howse and 2 barnes wth other buildings therevppon,-- 4 acres of home lotts,-- 6 acres of meadow wth an acre of swampe, 20 acres of plaine fenced in being 14 ac. broke vp. 7 acres of plaine meadow plowed vp. 20 acres in the great meadow of hay ground. 4 acres in bever meadow. 27 acres of Swampe Ground, 81 Acres of Vpland in the Weste field 32 Rod broad beyond the River, being 3 Miles in length, Richard Trott, Samuel Smith, Nathaniel Dickinson. Court Record, Page 115--11 December, 1644. Mr. Heynes & Mr. Willis are desired to consider of the Estate of Nath: Foote, decd, and to take in what helpe they please fro any of the neighbours to advise how yt may be disposed of, and to report their apprehensions to the next Court.
Sources
Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, Hale, House and Related Families Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1952.
Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Wethersfield.
Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,.
Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, NEHGS, Boston, 1860.
Links
Foote Family Association - Nathaniel Foote the Settler, Our First Ancestor in America
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Nathaniel arrived at Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA in 1630, and was a freeman there Sep. 3, 1634. He had a homstall of 16 acres and 2 acres of Marsh at Watertown but they were acquired by Henry CUTTRIS by 1636. Nathaniel removed to settle at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT in 1636. He was deputy to the CT General Court twice in 1641, and once in 1642 and 1644. Nathaniel's estate was inventoried Nov. 20, 1644 at £380 17s, plus land totaling 211 acres, with distribution to his widow and unmarried children, named as "Nath[aniel] Foote, 24 years," "Rob[ert] Foote. about 17," " Frances, about 15," "Sarah, about 12," and "Rebecka, about 10." Married about 1615, England.
Nathaniel Foote "The Settler" - came to New England with his wife Elizabeth. He was one of the first ten settlers in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Elizabeth was the sister of Mr. John Deming, also one of Wethersfield's first settlers.
In the original layout of the town, 1640, Nathaniel received a home-lot of ten acres, and gradually over the years he became owner of over 400 acres. He represented the town in the General Court - this is evidence that he was held in respect and confidence by his fellow townsmen.
In May 1637, when the little army under Capt. John Mason was being provisioned for the memorable Pequot campaign, it was "ordered y that there shalbe 1 hogg p'vided att Wythersfeild for the design in hand, wch is conceived to be Nathaniell Footes"----a compliment, certainly from the Col. authorities, to Mr. Foote's ability in raising good pork!
From an abstract of the record of the apprenticeship agreement of our Nathaniel Foote from the Court Rolls of the Borough of Colchester is as follows: "Nathaniel Foote aged 16 years, son of Robert Foot of Shalford in Com. Essex yeoman doth put himself apprentice to Samuel Croylye of Colchester, aforesaid grocer and Free Burgess from the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel last past for the term of eight years. Dated 21 Sept. V James I . Sealed and delivered in the presence of me Robert Foot and of me George Lumpkin."
Nathaniel Foote was one of those named in the charter of patentees of Wethersfield. The Foote family became one of the leading families of the little Connecticut Colony. He became a magistrate, a leading land owner, eventually owning more than 500 acres of land in Wethersfield, some of the great meadow, and his home on the south end of the green, next to the present Broad Street.
The family was saddened by Nathaniel's death at age 51. Elizabeth was so respected that she was allowed to be executor of his estate. Elizabeth was left a wealthy widow, but did not remain in that status for long. In 1646 she married Thomas Wells who was a widower with several children from his first marriage. Thomas Wells served as Governor of Connecticut Colony for two terms, 1655-1658. When he was not serving as governor he was a Deputy Governor. He died during his last years of being deputy governor, 14 January 1659/1660.
Walter G. Ashworth 7th Great grandson
Nathaniel arrived in Watertown in 1634. He died after August 1, 1644, but before Nov 20, 1644 when his inventory was presented at Hartford.
He was the son of Robert Foote Jr and Joan Foote of Shalford, Co.Essex.
His wife was Elizabeth Deming. She was a sister of John Deming of Wethersfield. After Nathaniel Foote's death, she married Thomas Welles .
Children: Elizabeth Foote Churchill, Nathaniel Foote Jr, Mary Foote Stoddard Goodrich Tracy, Robert Foote, Frances Foote Dickinson Barnard, Sarah Foote Judson, and Rebecca Foote Smith Cook.
Family links:
Parents: Joan Brooke Foote Spouse: Elizabeth Deming Foote Welles * Children: Elizabeth Foote Churchill * Nathaniel Foote * Mary Foote Tracy * Sarah Foote Judson * Rebecca Foote Smith Cooke *
Calculated relationship
Burial: Wethersfield Village Cemetery Wethersfield Hartford County Connecticut, USA Plot: Buried in Unmarked Grave
Maintained by: Kevin Avery Originally Created by: Ryan Curtis Record added: Aug 07, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 28849438
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Nathaniel Foote "the settler" was born on 21 Sep 1592 in Colchester, Essex, England. Nathaniel arrived at Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA in 1630 and removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he was among the first ten settlers, and was the largest landholder there. He died after August 1, 1644, but before Nov 20, 1644 when his inventory was presented at Hartford.
“This most reputable Conn. family, commenced its American history in Weth., yet, owing to an apparently inconquerable migratory tendency in its earlier representatives, the name had entirely disappeared form the town by the end of the third generation. Through its various early intermarriages with other Weth. families, however, the history of these early generations possess Colchester, Conn., and Hadley, Hatfield, Deerfield and other old towns in Western Mass. The family has also been fortunate in having had its history wirtten by a competent lad, half a century ago. [The Foote Family, by Nathaniel Goodwin, 1849.]
Family
son of Robert Foote of Shalford & Joan Brooke
Nathaniel Foote The Settler resided in Shalford Parish, county Essex and St Mary Bothaw Parish, London. at the age of sixteen was apprenticed on 21 September, 1608 to Samuel Croyle of Colchester, a "Grocer" and "Free Burgess", for a period of 8 years or until his 24th birthday in the year 1616. when he brought a message from Beatrice Barker, Esq., located on East Street, St James Parish, Colchester. He was a grocer himself as of 18 Oct 1619.
A short time after he finished his apprenticeship training, he was married to Elizabeth Deming in Colchester, Essex, England. She was the sister of John Deeming, who was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield Conn. in the year of 1615. John Deeming was for many years the one of the magistrates of the "Colony of the Connecticut" and one of the Patenees named in it's charter. She was the daughter of Jonathan Deming & Elizabeth Gilbert, in Colchester, Essex, Eng. Born in Oct 1595 in Shalford, Essex, England. Elizabeth died between 16 Aug 1682 adn 3 Sep 1683 in Wethersfield, CT.4
That Elizabeth “was a woman of character and a good wife, is evidenced by the fact that her first husband dying intestate, she was by the Particular Court to whom the inventory of his estate was presented, ‘admitted to administer the estate;’ and by the will of her second husband ‘she was to enjoy and improve’ his whole estate, so long as she remained a widow, ... ‘that she may keep the better hospitality.’”167
7 children include:
4031 i. Elizabeth Foote
4032 ii. Nathaniel Foote
4033 iii. Mary Foote
4034 iv. Lieut. Robert Foote
4035 v. Frances Foote
4036 vi. Sarah Foote
4037 vii. Rebecca Foote
Events
Nathanield brought from England his wife Elizabeth and children Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Mary, Robert, Frances, and Sarah; had REbecca, born probably at Watertown. Freeman 3 Sep 1634, then removed to Wethersfield 1636, where he was rep. 1641-44.
Nathaniel was admitted freeman 3 Sep 1634, a proprietor of Watertown in 1642. Previous to this date, he went to Wethersfield, CT, where he was deputy 1641, and juror 1743-1644.11 When Nathaniel was 15 he was an apprentice to Samuel Croyle, grocer of Colchester. He arrived at Watertown, MA, in 1630, a freeman there in 1634. He removed to Wethersfield, CT, in 1636.
“A conspicuous feature in the history of the first generations of the Foote family, is the deaths, sufferings and captivities of its members, and of those connected with them by marriage, at the hands of the Indians.
“>It is by no means certain that Mr. Foote, as some have asserted, was the first settler at Weth., but it is probably true that he was one of the first ten men, known as ‘adventurers,’ who absolutely first settled here; and that he was the largest holder of so-called ‘Adventurer’s lands.’ In the original lay-out of the town, 1640, he received a home-lot of ten acres, at South End of Broad St., East side, and gradually became the owner of other pieces of ld., partly in the Great Meadow, east of his home-lot, amounting in all to over 400 acres. ... In 1641-2-4, he represented the town in the General Court, an evidence of the respect and confidence in which he seems to have been held by his fellow-townsmen. In May 1637, when the little army under Capt. John Mason was being provisioned for the memorable Pequot campaign, it was ‘ordered yt that there shalbe 1 hogg prvided att Wythersfeild for the design in hand, weh. [i.e. the hogg, not the expedition] is conceived to be Nathaniell Footes’—a compliment, certainly form the Col. authorities, to Mr. Foote’s ability in raising good pork!”167
Will
Will: A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS.
1635 to 1650.
Page 461 Name: Nathaniel Foote Location: Wethersfield Invt. £380-17-00. Taken 20 November, 1644, by Richard Tratte, Samuel Smith and Nath: Dickinson. £ s d The Children: Nathaniel Foote, about 24 years, to have 148-00-00 Robert Foote, " 17 " " " 74-00-00 Frances Foote, " 15 " " " 74-00-00 Sarah Foote, " 12 " " " 74-00-00 Rebeckah Foote, " 10 " " " 74-00-00 The Wyddow of sd. Nathaniel Foote Adms. her portion. 212-00-00 £ s d Imprs His purse and apparrell. 7-16-00 It. In neat Cattell and in Hay, 93-00-00 It. in horsse fleshe. 34-00-00 It. in hoggs, 66-60-00 It. in debts, 29-03-04 It. in Englishe Corne. 70-00-00 It. in goats, 3-15-00 It. in Carts, ploughs, etc. 6-00-00 It. in nayles, 1-10-00 Ite. Indean Corne, 8-00-00 It. in old Wheat and pease, 6-06-00 It. for certain things in the chamber. 2-00-00 It. for amunition, 5-00-00 Ite. for fouer beds wth the furniture. 13-06-08 It. in fyne lynen, 5-10-00 Ite. 2 table boards, 2 chests. 1 Trunke. wth other Implts. 5-00-00 It. pewter & brasse and other vseful vessells. 12-00-00 It. in husbandry tooles, 3-00-00 It. in beife, butter, and cheese and other necessary prvision for the howse. 8-10-00 It. in poultry. 1-00-00 somm: £380-17-00 The Land: Ten acres of home lotts wth one dwelling howse and 2 barnes wth other buildings therevppon,-- 4 acres of home lotts,-- 6 acres of meadow wth an acre of swampe, 20 acres of plaine fenced in being 14 ac. broke vp. 7 acres of plaine meadow plowed vp. 20 acres in the great meadow of hay ground. 4 acres in bever meadow. 27 acres of Swampe Ground, 81 Acres of Vpland in the Weste field 32 Rod broad beyond the River, being 3 Miles in length, Richard Trott, Samuel Smith, Nathaniel Dickinson. Court Record, Page 115--11 December, 1644. Mr. Heynes & Mr. Willis are desired to consider of the Estate of Nath: Foote, decd, and to take in what helpe they please fro any of the neighbours to advise how yt may be disposed of, and to report their apprehensions to the next Court.
Sources
Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, Hale, House and Related Families Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1952.
Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Wethersfield.
Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,.
Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, NEHGS, Boston, 1860.
Links
Foote Family Association - Nathaniel Foote the Settler, Our First Ancestor in America
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Nathaniel arrived at Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA in 1630, and was a freeman there Sep. 3, 1634. He had a homstall of 16 acres and 2 acres of Marsh at Watertown but they were acquired by Henry CUTTRIS by 1636. Nathaniel removed to settle at Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT in 1636. He was deputy to the CT General Court twice in 1641, and once in 1642 and 1644. Nathaniel's estate was inventoried Nov. 20, 1644 at £380 17s, plus land totaling 211 acres, with distribution to his widow and unmarried children, named as "Nath[aniel] Foote, 24 years," "Rob[ert] Foote. about 17," " Frances, about 15," "Sarah, about 12," and "Rebecka, about 10." Married about 1615, England.
Nathaniel Foote "The Settler" - came to New England with his wife Elizabeth. He was one of the first ten settlers in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Elizabeth was the sister of Mr. John Deming, also one of Wethersfield's first settlers.
In the original layout of the town, 1640, Nathaniel received a home-lot of ten acres, and gradually over the years he became owner of over 400 acres. He represented the town in the General Court - this is evidence that he was held in respect and confidence by his fellow townsmen.
In May 1637, when the little army under Capt. John Mason was being provisioned for the memorable Pequot campaign, it was "ordered y that there shalbe 1 hogg p'vided att Wythersfeild for the design in hand, wch is conceived to be Nathaniell Footes"----a compliment, certainly from the Col. authorities, to Mr. Foote's ability in raising good pork!
From an abstract of the record of the apprenticeship agreement of our Nathaniel Foote from the Court Rolls of the Borough of Colchester is as follows: "Nathaniel Foote aged 16 years, son of Robert Foot of Shalford in Com. Essex yeoman doth put himself apprentice to Samuel Croylye of Colchester, aforesaid grocer and Free Burgess from the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel last past for the term of eight years. Dated 21 Sept. V James I . Sealed and delivered in the presence of me Robert Foot and of me George Lumpkin."
Nathaniel Foote was one of those named in the charter of patentees of Wethersfield. The Foote family became one of the leading families of the little Connecticut Colony. He became a magistrate, a leading land owner, eventually owning more than 500 acres of land in Wethersfield, some of the great meadow, and his home on the south end of the green, next to the present Broad Street.
The family was saddened by Nathaniel's death at age 51. Elizabeth was so respected that she was allowed to be executor of his estate. Elizabeth was left a wealthy widow, but did not remain in that status for long. In 1646 she married Thomas Wells who was a widower with several children from his first marriage. Thomas Wells served as Governor of Connecticut Colony for two terms, 1655-1658. When he was not serving as governor he was a Deputy Governor. He died during his last years of being deputy governor, 14 January 1659/1660.
Walter G. Ashworth 7th Great grandson