Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Individual Notes
• The Christian name of the wife of Mr. Hurlbut was Sarah, but nothing further is known; no date of birth, marriage, nor death. [922, p 18]
Spouses
Birth1598, England [78, p 144]
Birthabt 1610 [4354]
Settlementabt 1640, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut [33, p 580], [67, p 358] Age: 42
Death1689, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut [17, p 406] Age: 91
Occupationblacksmith [921, p 17]
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
Individual Notes
• Thomas Hurlbut came across the Atlantic, it is supposed, in the year 1635, for he was a soldier under Lion Gardiner, who built and had command of the fort at Saybrook, Conn. It is supposed that Thomas Hurlbut was one of the 11 passengers above referred to; but who his parents were, or when or where he was born, we have not been able to learn. [922, p 15]
• [Thomas] was wounded by an arrow, in a battle with the Pequot Indians, at Saybrook, Feb. 22, 1637, as appears from a letter written by Gardiner, June, 1660. [78, p 144], [135, p 27]
• Hurlbut was a blacksmith, and after the Pequot war, located and established himself in Wethersfield; and was one of the early settlers, and first blacksmith of the place, clerk of the Trainband, 1640; deputy, grand juror, and constable, 1644. [78, p 146]
• [Thomas] was wounded by an arrow, in a battle with the Pequot Indians, at Saybrook, Feb. 22, 1637, as appears from a letter written by Gardiner, June, 1660. [78, p 144], [135, p 27]
• Hurlbut was a blacksmith, and after the Pequot war, located and established himself in Wethersfield; and was one of the early settlers, and first blacksmith of the place, clerk of the Trainband, 1640; deputy, grand juror, and constable, 1644. [78, p 146]
Marriageabt 1639, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut [17, p 406; marriage only], [2429]