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| Stephen Hart | Immigrant Ancestor | see FAMILY TREE |
| Baptized: 25 Jan 1602/3 Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
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| Married: Abt. 1623 first wife Married: Abt. 1679 Margaret |
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| Died: Mar 1682/83 Farmington, Hartford, CT | Deacon hart's will was dated March 16th, 1682-3. He mentions
the farm he formerly gave his three sons, John, Stephen, and
Thomas, viz:
one-half to John, one-fourth to Steven, and one-fourth to Thomas. Item: I give my grandson, Thomas Porter, and my son-in-law, John Cole, my plow-land and meadow swamp, which was some time Andrew Warner's farm, abits on my son Steven, their agreement to my beloved wife being fulfilled. Item: I give my sons, Steven and Thomas, and my daughters, Sarah Porter, and Mary Lee, my Swamp Lot in the Great Swamp and all my uplands to be equally divided between them. Item: I give my grandchild, Dorothy Porter, 10 pounds Item: I give my grandchild, John Lee, 3 pounds Item: I give my grandchild, John Hart, my eldest son's son, 3 pounds |
CHILDREN with first wife
1. Sarah Hart
b. Abt. 1624
m. 20
Nov 1644 Thomas Porter
2. John Hart
b. Abt. 1627
m.
before 1652 Sarah
3. Stephen Hart
b. Abt 1634
m. Abt 1662 Ann Fitch
4. Mary Hart
b. Abt. 1638
m. 1658 John Lee
m. 5
Jan 1691 Jedediah Strong
d. 10 Oct 1710
| 5. Rachel Hart b. Abt. 1642 m. Abt. 1656 John Cole |
http://www.qozzy.com/ipusers/harts/family/harts/History/overview.html "Rachel, born about 1642; married by 1664 John Cole. The son-in-law John Cole named in the will of Stephen Hart is stated in some sources (such as Andrew's book) to have married a daughter Mehitable Hart, but evidence taken from John Cole's will and from the Winthrop medical records show that John Cole of Farmington instead married Rachel, daughter of Stephen Hart. In late November 1657 John Winthrop Jr. treated "Rachel Hart of Farmington" and "Steven Hart her brother," and on 1 February 1657/8 he treated "Rachel Hart 16 years". She was a frequent patient throughout 1658 and 1659, being treated for an eye problem as a result of which she intermittently lost her sight. Beginning on 12 December 1664 John Winthrop Jr. began frequent treatments of Rachel Cole, wife of John Cole of Farmington, for eye problems and head pains. In his will of 12 September 1689 "John Coale Sr." of Farmington made a bequest to "my beloved wife Rachel," and asked Thomas Hart and Thomas Porter to be overseers; Thomas Hart was brother of Rachel Hart, and Thomas Porter had married her elder sister, Sarah. John and Rachel (Hart) Cole had a son John Cole, Jr. who married Mehitable Loomis in 1691. This may be the source of the incorrect claim that Stephen Hart had a daughter Mehitable who married John Cole." |
Deacon Stephen Hart ended up having all of his children living very near him. John was the eldest of his three sons. He married Sarah and lived next south of his father. He and two of his children lost their lives in the fire that destroyed their home December 1666. Stephen the second son lived on Mountain Road east of the church. The name of his wife is unknown. He died 1689 leaving seven children, Thomas the youngest child, born perhaps in Farmington. He was given his father's homestead on February 24, 1668, where he lived in the north half of the house. Sarah, the eldest child, married Thomas Porter and lived in the second house south of her father. Mary the second child, married John Lee and as her second husband, Jedidiah Strong. She lived next north of her father on what is now property of the Porter School. Rachel married John Cowles and lived across the street from her father, at the corner of present Colton Road. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35679171/stephen-hart
Stephen Hart was instrumental in the planting of a church in Farmington, Connecticut. His first wife, was unnamed in any New England records. She died at Farmington sometime after March 1652/3 when a court action was taken against "the wife of Stephen Hart," and before 1678 when Stephen's 2nd wife, Margaret, was widowed. Margaret, married Arthur Smith about 1644. He died in 1655 and she remarried to Joseph Nash. Sometime after his death in 1678 she married Stephen Hart. Margaret survived Deacon Hart, and was admitted to the church in Farmington, March 17th, 1690/1. She died at Farmington between 18 Feb 1691/2 (date of will) and 1 Mar 1693/4 (probate of will). Margaret, left her property to her sons, John and Arthur Smith, and daughter, Elizabeth Thompson. She had grandchildren: Elizabeth, John, and Ann Thompson and Margaret Orton.On Jan 25 1645 Louise Morris, widow, of Dedham, Essex, England, wrote a will
leaving the bulk of her estate to the children of her "cousin" Stephen Hart. It
was proved 17 Mar 1645. She apparently left no children of her own and in this
will she names many people. She names Joshua Warren as "brother" and she
named his four children:
"Josua, Sarah, Elizabeth and Hester." In another part of the will she mentions
"her goddaughter Mary Warren and her brothers and sisters." Hester married
Samuel Strangeman about 1635 and Louise Morris names "Mr. Strangemane's three
children." Also "Hester, wife of Mr. Strangeman." Louise Morris also
mentions "Sarah Warren the wife of Thomas Beale and her two children."
Thus we know Louise Morris, widow, is somehow related to Joshua Warren.
The father of Joshua Warren was John Warren who died in 1613 and all of his
children are named in his will, including Joshua. But there is no daughter
named Judith Warren. Judith is a widow of someone named Morris and Joshua
Warren was married to Sarah Eastern Morris. Possibly Judith's husband
Morris was a brother to Sarah Morris Warren, wife of Joshua Warren. In those
days a brother-in-law was often called brother. Judith Morris mentions all
of the children of Joshua Warren in her will. However, no one in the first
part of the will was to receive more than £5.
In the first part of her will she bequests "To the iijer children of Stephen
Hart, that is to say, John, Steven, Sarah and the youngest that went with her
father to New England, five pounds apiece." Then, in the last
paragraph she leaves "all the rest of my estate unbequeathed I do give and
bequeath unto my cousin Stephen Harte's children in New England, to be
equally divided between them." She never mentions any wife of Stephen Hart
and she leaves her estate not to her "cousin Stephen Hart" but to his children.
She refers to Joshua Warren as "brother", yet she leaves the bulk of her estate
to a "cousin's" children. A brother-in-law could also be called cousin.
It is possible that the first wife of Stephen Hart was a sister to Judith
Morris. Whatever the relationship, this places Stephen Hart having a relative
near Dedham, Essex, England.
These facts and others lead to a conclusion that Stephen Hart was from the vicinity of Essex, England. A book named "Emigration to New England on the Lyon in 1632 by John Corley, published 1984, claims the passengers were from "The Braintree Co. and others locally who settled in Massachusetts." Braintree, Essex, England is about 35 miles from Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Louse Morris of Dedham, Essex, England, left a will in 1646, naming Stephen Hart as a "cousin." Dedham is only 11 miles away from Ipswich, Suffolk, England where we find a Steven Hart being baptized January 25, 1602/3 with a father named Steven Hart.
For more information see: http://www.qozzy.com/ipusers/harts/family/harts/History/DavidsStephen/dec_stv2.html
Joshua Warren was born April 2, 1594 and died in 1646 in
Colchester, Essex, England, shortly after the probate of the will of Louise
Morris. Colchester is 18 miles from Ipswich. His children were:
1. Hester Warren
b. 10 Oct 1619 Colchester, Essex, England
m. Abt. 1635 Samuel Strangeman
2. Sarah Warren
b. 12 Aug 1621 Colchester, Essex, England
m. Thomas Beale
3. Elizabeth Warren
b. Apr 1627
m. 9 Jul 1645 Robert Valentine in Essex, England
m. 1652 Henry Fuller
m. 1667 Robert Cuppage
4. Marye Warren
b. 21 Nov 1629 Colchester, Essex, England
m. Abt. 1647 Abraham Fuller
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1998, page 118
Judith Morris will
Judith Morris of Dedham, Essex, widow, 25 January 1645, proved 17 March 1645.
To certain preachers of the World, viz Mr. Newcome and Mr. Smith of Deham,
Mr. Stanton of Ipswich, Mr. Edes of Lafford (Lawford?) Mr. Carr of Ardleigh, Mr.
Seaborne of Langham, Mr. Cooke who was sometimes preacher at Boxted and Mr.
Astey, forty shillings apiece. To
Richard Jacomond's son, late of East Marsye, forty shillings. To Richard
Jacomond forty shilings and to his daughter that is blind four pounds.
To Martha and Elizabeth Jacomond, daughters of Richard Jacomond, all my
wearing apparel. To Judith Coffeild
my god daughter twenty shillings and a flockbed.
To the iijer children of Stephen Hart, that is to say, John, Steven,
Sarah and the youngest that went with her father to New England, five pounds
apiece. Anne Willes, my god
daughter, and her brothers. To John
Collens son of the widow Collins of Higham forty shillings, to be paid to his
mother. My goddaughter Mary Warren
and her brothers and sisters. John
Morris. My brother Josuah Warren.
William Morris at four and twenty.
Thomas Morris, servant with Goodman Groome of Colchester.
Sarah Groome my god daughter.
Her father William Groome.
Mary Groome, The four children of
Josua Warren, viz Josua, Sarah, Elizabeth and Hester.
Mr. Strangmanes three children.
The widow Woodward dwelling in St. James Parish in Colchester.
Goodman Chapline of the same parish.
Goodman Munson of Colchester.
Thomas Roofe of Colchester, carrier, and his children.
To the town of Copford five pounds towards the binding forth of two poor
children apprentices. Certain poor
widows in Copford. The eldest son
of Parnell Cutler, somtimes my servant.
Mary Harrison that dwelleth with Mr. Burrowes.
To Rebecca Scolding, my god daughter now in New England, twenty
shillings. The widow Pease of
Colchester. To Simon Stone of New
England forty shillings. The wife
of Nathaniel Baker of Stratford.
William Groome, my girl's father.
Goodman Wood of Dedham, shoemaker, and his children.
The poor of Stratford. The
widow Frende and the widow Beckwaye.
Mr. Nicholas Prigg. I give
unto Joseph Morse in New England twenty shillings if he be living; if he be dead
then my will is that William Stone in New England shall have the twenty
shillings. Thomas Jocomond now
servant to Mr. Barnton of Colchester.
To John Bentley my bible.
Robert Maken of Dedham. Sarah
Warren, the wife of Thomas Beale, and her two children.
Hester the wife of Mr. Strangeman above mentioned.
I nominate and appoint Clement Fenne of Dedham, clothier, and John Morris
of Colchester, merchant, to be my executors and Christropher Vyne of Langham
supervisor.
All that my sixteenth part which I have in a ship wherein John
Haward goes master and all that I lent
to the Parliament, with the profits, if any be, and all my other goods and
chattels etc not before bequeathed and given, except twenty shillings not before
mentioned, which twenty shillings I now give to a kinswoman in Colchester, but
all the rest of my estate unbequeathed I do give and bequeath unto my cousin
Stephen Harte's children in New England, to be equally divided between them,
my funeral being discharged and all other necessaries and expenses being allowed
to my executors. And my executors
shall have power to make sale of that sixteenth part in the ship abovesaid and
send the money to New England to those children to whom it is given.
Witnessed by Isaac Ham and Samuel Deacon.
Probate was granted to John Morris, Clement Fenne, the other executor,
being dead. Twisse, 33
Both Mary Hart and Thomas Hart were great-grandparents of Mary Newell