Thomas Hart

 

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Thomas Hart   see FAMILY TREE
Born: 24 Oct 1643 Windsor, Hartford, CT
    
Married: Bef. Apr 1665 Mary Smith
Married: Abt. 1676 Ruth Howkins		    
Died: 27 Aug 1727 Farmington, Hartford, CT   His Will was dated 1721, in which he gives his beloved wife, Ruth.
To his son, Howkins.
To his son, Thomas.
To his son, Hezekiah, all his lands at Great Swamp.
To his son, John.
To his son, Josiah.
To his two daughters, Mary Newell and Margaret Strong, £5 each.
To Richard Negro, our Servant, 15 acres.
He makes his sons, Thomas and John, executors. Inventory taken September 7th, 1726. A large estate—about 2,000 acres.

FATHER

Stephen Hart

WIFE

Mary Smith

Ruth Howkins

CHILDREN with Mary Smith

1. Mary Hart
    b. Bef. 5 Dec 1666
    m 20 Dec 1683 Samuel Newell
    d. Apr 1752 

 On 1 March 1666/7 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Hart, Mary, above a year, daughter of Tho(mas) of Farmington & Sgt. Nash his daughter that was Mary Smith."

Mary Smith was the step-daughter of Sgt. Joseph Nash.

2. Margaret Hart
     b. Abt. 1670
    m. 11 Jun 1689 Asahel Strong

CHILDREN with Ruth Howkins

3. Howkins Hart
    b. 1677
    m 7 Sep 1701 Sarah Royce
    m 30 Jan 1734 Mary Eliot
    d. 24 May 1735

4. Thomas Hart
     b. 04 Apr 1680
    m. 17 Dec 1702 Mary Thompson
    m. 1764 Elizabeth Galpen
    d. 29 Jan 1773

5. John Hart
    b. 12 Apr 1682
    m. 20 Mar 1712 Rebecca Hubbard
    m. 12 Aug 1717 Sarah Bull
    m. 6 Dec 1720 Mary Hooker
    d. 4 Mar 1731/2
   

6. Hezekiah Hart
     b. 23 Nov 1684
    m. Martha Beckley
    d. 29 Sep 1752

7. Josiah Hart
    b. 6 Dec 1686
    m. Sarah Bull
    m. Lois Goodwin
    d. 28 Jan 1758

Thomas Hart, born 1643; died Aug. 27, 1726; 83 years old.  He was an ensign in 1678, a lieutenant in 1693 and a captain in 1695.  When he died he was  buried with military honors. He inherited one quarter of his  father’s farm and according to the Genealogical Notes On the Founding of New England, "He and John Hooker, grandson of the Rev. Thomas Hooker, were the two prominent  men of the town."  When he died his estate comprised 2,000 acres. He married Mary Smith sometime before April 26, 1665 as John Winthrop Jr. treated the "wife" of Thomas Hart on that date.  Mary died about 1675.  She may have given birth to a son named Stephen about that time.  Thomas was left with two daughters, Mary 11 years and and Margaret just 5.  He remarried to Ruth Howkins and fathered five more children.


 

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