Thomas POST

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 01 Nov 1631, Otham, England

Thomas married Mary ANDREWS in Jan 1656 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. Mary died in Mar 1661 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Rebecca BRUEN in Sep 1663 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Obadiah BRUEN and Sarah ?) died on 15 Apr 1721 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Immigration: 04 Sep 1633, On ship "Griffin" arriving in Boston, Mass.
• Fact: 1634, Came to Newton, Mass.
• Fact: 1636, Removed to Hartford, Connecticut

Notes:

Stephen came from Othem, Kent, England, to Newtowne (Cambridge), Massachusetts about 1634 and then joined the group under REV. THOMAS HOOKER which settled Hartford, Connecticut. He moved from Hartford to the Oyster River Quarter of Saybrook about 1649, where he died.

Excerpt from NEGH Register: Stephen and Elinor had just one child baptized at Hollingbourne, and the Post family appears to have left Hollingbourne altogether by the mid-seventeenth century, given that the burial of Stephen's father in 1639 is the last entry for the surname in the register. Stephen apparently moved to Otham by 1629 when his second child was baptized there. "Stephen Post of Otham, carpenter" was bondsman on 1 Mr 1632 for the marriage intentions of his sister Mary Post with Allen Wenn. Stephen signed the Otham parish register as churchwarden in 1632, and was mentioned in that register for the last time on 3 Sep 1633 when his son Joseph was buried. Stephen Post and his family immigrated to new England between that date and 1 Sep 1634 when he was first mentioned in the records of Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1636 he ws one of the first proprietors of Hartford, Connecticut. About 1649 he moved to sAybrook, Connecticut, where he lived until his death a decade later.

Stephen married Eleanor PANTON on 17 Oct 1625 in Langley, Kent, England. Eleanor was born in 1604/5 in Otham, Kent, England; died on 13 Nov 1670 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ellen (Elinor) was probably living with her son, Abraham when she died. Her death is recorded in the Saybrook land records among the births of Abraham's children, along with the death of Abraham's mother-in-law.