AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT
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Hyde Genealogy by Reuben H. Walworth, 1864
"Hester m. in March, 1652, at Saybrook, John Post, b. about 1627, in Eng., son
of Stephen Post, who was at Newtown 1634, removed to Hartford 1636, and d. 16
Aug., 1659, at Saybrook."
Post Family, 1903
"POST. This family, to which Mrs. Julia S. Ellis, of Rockville, Tolland county,
belongs, came from England to America at an early day and settled at Saybrook,
Conn., and descendants of these pioneer settlers are still to be found in that
part of the State. One of them located at Hebron and from him descend the Posts
of Tolland county.
Stephen Post, the founder of the family in America, was born in Chelmsford,
County of Essex, England. He crossed the ocean with his wife and four children
in the ship "Griffin," in September, 1633, landing in Boston. He was a devout
Puritan, and was one of the devoted flock which Rev. Mr. Hooker led through the
wilderness in June, 1636, to found the Colony of Connecticut. His name is
inscribed on the monument erected by the citizens of Hartford in honor of the
city's founders, in the ancient burying ground of Center Church. Mr. Post,
however, did not remain in Hartford, but removed to Saybrook where he built a
house at the place called Oyster River some two miles from the fort. There he
died Aug. 16, 1659, his wife, Eleanor, surviving him until Nov. 13, 1670. To
Stephen and Eleanor Post were born four children: John, 1626; Thomas, 1628;
Abraham, 1629; and Catherine, 1631. All were born in England."
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