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Middletown street scenes from early c. 1900 postcards. (SMFSD Middler Collection)
In-depth profiles
of the 23 first settler families
By clicking on the links below you will open PDF files that compile known facts about the 23 first settler families, along with sources to consult and verify. (If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader already on your system, scroll to the bottom of this page for a link to download the software.)
And now . . . hit the links:
Thomas Allen (1650) / Mistress (unknown surname) Allen
Nathaniel Bacon (1650) / Ann (Miller) Bacon
William Blumfield (1650) / Sarah (unknown surname) Blomfield
William Cornwell (1650) / Mary (unknown surname) Cornwell
John Hall (1650)
John Hall, Jr. (1650) / Ann (Wilcox) Hall
Richard Hall (1650) / Mary (Anthony) Hall
Samuel Hall (1650) / Elizabeth (Cooke) Hall
Giles Hamlin (1650) / Hester/Esther (Crow) Hamlin
Daniel Harris (1653) / Mary (Weld) Harris
William Harris (1650) / Edith (unknown surname) Harris
George Hubbard (1650) / Elizabeth (Watts) Hubbard
John Kirby (1653) / Elizabeth (Hinds) Kirby
John Martin (1650) / Mistress (unknown surname) Martin
Thomas Miller (1650) / Isabella (unknown surname) Miller
John Savage (1650) / Elizabeth (Dubbin) Savage
William Smith (1650) / Elizabeth (Stanley) Smith
Samuel Stocking (1650) / Bethia (Hopkins) Stocking
Samuel Stow (1651) / Hope (Fletcher) Stow
Matthias Treat (165?) / Mary (Smith) Treat
Robert Webster (1650) / Susanna (Treat) Webster
Thomas Wetmore (1650) / Sarah (Hall) Wetmore
Nathaniel White (1650) / Elizabeth (unknown surname) White
The in-depth profiles of the first 23 families --- along with time lines, land grant maps, and chapters on the broad context of 17th-century life in Middletown --- are also included in Early Families of Middletown, Connecticut - Volume I: 1650-1654 by R.W. Bacon, published by Variety Arts Press.
The Settlers of Mattabeseck,
by Frank Farnsworth Starr (1900) (Transcription).
We cannot provide too many links to the F.F. Starr transcription on this web site. The Settlers of Mattabeseck is a collection of profiles of the early settlers of Middletown that was published in the Middletown Penny Press on October 11, 1900, as well as in a special supplement to the Middletown Tribune. Starr prepared the profiles for Middletown's 250th Anniversary celebration in 1900.
1655-1700 settler profiles:
A continuing project
Profiles for the remaining pre-1700 first settlers of Middletown will be prepared as time and assistance allows. If you have comprehensive research and sources for one of the Middletown first settlers on the list below, and are willing to prepare a profile in the format of those presented above, contact SMFSD. We will heap thanks upon you.
Links to the In-Depth First Settler Profiles are in Adobe Acrobat format. This file format ("PDF," or Portable Document Format) is an Internet and graphics industry standard, and requires the free Adobe Acrobat reader software. If this software is not already on your system, you can download the free Acrobat Reader software by clicking here.
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