Deacon Thomas PORTER

- 1697

• Name	Thomas PORTER  [1]
  	He settled in Hartford but early removed to Farmington and with his wife joined the Church there, July 19, 1653. Their names stand sixth in the list of members in full communion, which was dated March 1, 1679/80, and which seems to be graded according to rank or dignity, His was a family of Deacons. A Deacon himself, he married a Deacon's daughter; his two sons, Thomas and Samuel were both Deacons. Thomas left but one son, Deacon Timothy, who married Susannah, daughter of Deacon Thomas Bull. Deacon Samuel left two sons, both of whom were Deacons; Deacon Samuel in Farmington and Deacon Joseph in Kensington. He lived on the lot adjacent to the Deacon Hart, his father-in-law, and which remained in the family and was occupied in 1844 by Timothy Porter, his descendant. [1]
  Prefix	Deacon
  Gender	Male
  Death	1697  [1]
  Person ID	I83037	Main Tree
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2022

  
  

  Family	Sarah HART,   b. England d. Aft 1697
  Marriage	20 Nov 1644	Hartford, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	1. Sarah PORTER,   b. Abt 1646, Farmington, Connecticut d. 7 Oct 1725 (Age 79 years)  [Birth]   2. Deacon Thomas PORTER,   b. Abt 1648, Farmington, Connecticut d. 28 Mar 1711 (Age 63 years)  [Birth]   3. Joanna PORTER,   b. 1652, Farmington, Connecticut  [Birth]   4. Dorothy PORTER,   c. Nov 1654   d. Aft Mar 3, 1691 (Age ~ 36 years)  [Birth]   5. Deacon Samuel PORTER  [Birth]   6. Ruth PORTER   d. Bef 4 Sep 1750  [Birth] + 7. Rachel PORTER,   c. 26 Dec 1658   d. 4 Oct 1743 (Age ~ 84 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F33927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.