He came from England about 1630 and settled in Watertown, Mass, where six of his children were born. He was made a freeman March 9, 1636/37 (Mass Rec., I, 372).
About 1646 he removed from Watertown, Mass to Fairfield, Conn, where he died in 1658. (Bolton’s History of Westchester Co. NY, p 108) He was made a freeman of Connecticut May 20, 1652 (Trumbell’s Conn. Col. Rec., I, 231). He was appointed a Sergeant at Fairfield in May 1657. His name is recorded as a settler at Fairfield as early as 1641 (N.E.H.&G. Reg., 7, 157).
The names and dates of birth of his first six children are printed in nearly all the early historical works of New England. An inventory of his property was made Sept. 11, 1658. He left no will.
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