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Abt 1643 - Bef 1700 (57 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Thomas NEWELL died on 13 Sep 1689. Notes:
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He is said to have been of Hertfordshire, England; was a settler at Farmington not long after 1640. His name is on the list of Farmington Freemen of October, 1669, and also in the list of 84 proprietors, 1672. United with the church, Jan. 30, 1652/3 and wife joined July 12, 1653. He was constable in 1660 and 1673, he served on the preliminary committee that visited Mattatuck, now Waterbury, to examine the land with a view to making a settlement there, and signed a petition for "liberty of planting the same." He also signed the articles providing for the settlement, but did not go to the new town. His house was just at the north part of the village fronting on the main street. Tradition says an Indian fort was located just back of it.
Thomas married Rebecca OLMSTEAD between 28 Sep 1640 and Jan 1643. Rebecca (daughter of Richard OLMSTEAD and Frances SLANY) died on 24 Feb 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
6. | Richard OLMSTEAD (son of James OLMSTEAD and Jane BRISTOW); died on 16 Nov 1641 in Fairsted, co, Essex, England. Notes:
"History and genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Son of James and Jan (Bristow), bapt. at Great Leighs co. Essec Eng., 22 Mar 1579, buried at Fairsted, co. Essec, 16 Nov. 1641. He m. Frances Slany, buried 10 Sept. 1630, sister of Thomas Slany of London, haberdasher, whose will, proved 28 July 1638, gave legacies to joseph, his sister Holmested's youngest son, to his niece Sarah Holmestead, and to his nephew Richard Holmestead. Thomas Slany also gave legacies to the three children of his sister Bazie, one of whom was doubtless John Bazie of Hartford, who was called cousin in the will of Capt. Richard Olmstead of Norwalk.
Richard married Frances SLANY. Frances died on 10 Sep 1630. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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