Stephen Hart

Abt 1599 - 1683  (~ 84 years)

• Name	Stephen Hart  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1599  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 16 Mar 1683 and 31 Mar 1683	Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut   [2]
  Person ID	I18216	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	(Unknown first wife of Stephen Hart)   d. Bef 1678, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
  Children	+ 1. Mary Hart,   b. Abt 1638   d. 10 Oct 1710, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut (Age ~ 72 years)
  Family ID	F11120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Emigrated to New England in 1633. First at Cambridge, then Hartford in 1636. He was among the "Adventurers Party" of twenty-five men led by John Steele who scouted area that would become Hartford in October 1635, before the Rev. Hooker's party departed Cambridge in May 1636, and he was one of sixteen founders living in Hartford in 1635 prior to the arrival of Hooker's party. He served in the Pequot War in 1637. He removed to Farmington by 1647, where he was deputy to the Connecticut general court from 1647 to 1655 and in 1660. He was on the war committee for Farmington May 1653, and on the jury 1647, 1651, 1654, 1659, and 1661. He was also deacon of the church in Farmington.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2066] The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass. by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight. Albany, New York: Joel Munsell, 1871. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.