Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameJohn Bronson
Birth21 Sep 1602, Harwich, Tendring District, Essex, England
Death18 Nov 1680, Farmington, Hartford County, Province of Connecticut
FatherRoger Bronson
MotherMary Underwood
Spouses
Birth1605, Halstead, Braintree, Essex, England
Death1691, Farmington, Hartford County, Province of Connecticut
FatherWilliam Hills
ChildrenIsaac (1645-1719)
Notes for John Bronson
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Born in Chelmsford, Essex, England to Roger & Mary Bronson. Married Frances Hills 19 Nov 1626 in Halsted, Essex England.
In 1635, John accompanied his brother Richard and sister Mary aboard the ship Defense, landing in Boston, Massachusetts, on 8 October 1635.
John was a soldier in the bloody Pequot battle of 1637. He is not named among the proprietors of Hartford in the land division of 1639; but is mentioned in the same year in the list of settlers, who, by the "towne's courtesie" had liberty "to getch woode and keepe swine or cowes on the common." His house lot was in the "soldiers field," so called, in the north part of the old village of Hartford, on the " Neck Road" where he lived in 1640. Nov. 9th 164
Children:
Mary Bronson Wyatt Graves *
Sarah Bronson Kilbourn *
John Bronson *
Dorcas Bronson Hopkins *
Isaac Bronson *
Abraham Bronson *
Born in Chelmsford, Essex, England to Roger & Mary Bronson. Married Frances Hills 19 Nov 1626 in Halsted, Essex England.
In 1635, John accompanied his brother Richard and sister Mary aboard the ship Defense, landing in Boston, Massachusetts, on 8 October 1635.
John was a soldier in the bloody Pequot battle of 1637. He is not named among the proprietors of Hartford in the land division of 1639; but is mentioned in the same year in the list of settlers, who, by the "towne's courtesie" had liberty "to getch woode and keepe swine or cowes on the common." His house lot was in the "soldiers field," so called, in the north part of the old village of Hartford, on the " Neck Road" where he lived in 1640. Nov. 9th 164
Children:
Mary Bronson Wyatt Graves *
Sarah Bronson Kilbourn *
John Bronson *
Dorcas Bronson Hopkins *
Isaac Bronson *
Abraham Bronson *