Esther/Hester COWLES

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Samuel Cowles of Kensington

Esther/Hester married Thomas STANLEY on 2 Jan 1718. Thomas (son of Thomas STANLEY and Anna PECK) was born on 31 Oct 1696 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 13 Oct 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Timothy STANLEY was born on 13 Aug 1727 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 28 Apr 1817.
2. Col. Gad STANLEY was born on 21 Mar 1734/5 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 10 Jan 1815 in New Britain, Connecticut.

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He resided on the southerly side of the old homestead at Farmington; removed to Kensington, 1716; was Deacon of the church there. He inherited the Pitkin place in Farmington subsequently known as the Dr. Carrington place, which he gave to his son, Thomas. He is said to have been a rather small size, spare, brown eyes, light hair, reserved in conversation, steady in mind, of mild disposition, not easily provoked.

Samuel married Rachel PORTER on 17 Nov 1685. Rachel (daughter of Deacon Thomas PORTER and Sarah HART) was christened on 26 Dec 1658; died on 4 Oct 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Dau. of Deacon Thomas Porter and Sarah Hart

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of John and Hannah Cowles of Hartford, Conn.

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He was one of the eighty-four proprietors of Farmington in 1672; inherited his father's estate there and became one of the leading citizens. He was a man of energy, enterprise and possessed what passed for wealth at that time. Joined the church with his wife in 1690; was the progenitor of the Connecticut branch of the Cowles family as his brother John was of the Massachusetts branch.

Samuel married Abigail STANLEY on 14 Jan 1660/1. Abigail (daughter of Timothy STANLEY and Elizabeth ?) was born in Hartford, Connecticut; died in 1736 in Farmington, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Dau. of Timothy and Elizabeth Stanley of Hartford, Conn.

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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.

Thomas married Sarah HART on 20 Nov 1644 in Hartford, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Deacon Stephen HART and ? UNKNOWN) was born in England; died after 1697. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]