1. | Nathaniel FOOTE was born on 21 Sep 1592 in Shalford, Essex, ENGLAND (son of Robert FOOTE and Joan BROOKE); died in Nov 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT; was buried in Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. Other Events and Attributes:
- Emigration: 1630, Watertown, Middlesex, MA
- Note: 1633, Watertown, Middlesex, MA
- Residence: 1634
- Probate: 20 Nov 1644, Hartford, Hartford, CT
Notes:
Note:
Nathaniel Foote's name is in the Records of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, when he took the oath of freeman in 1633.
Residence:
In 1634 the first white settlement in the Connecticut Valley was made in Wethersfield, called by the Indians, "Pyquag" which means "The Dancing Place" or "Place for Games." Nathaniel Foote was one of the first ten who came to Wethersfield in 1636. It was a terrible journey. There was no road, only a narrow Indian trail through the savage wilderness. They walked, driving their cattle before them and were fourteen days on the way. They were in constant danger from wild beasts and Indians and were obliged to wade through streams and swamps, but no hardships caused them to turn back.
Their reasons for going a hundred miles west of other settlements were, so they might "better maintain their minister, find larger accomodations for their cattle and welcome more of their friends from England."
When the land in the valley was distributed, Nathaniel Foote was assigned a house lot of 10 acres, on the east side of what is now Broad Street. He gradually bought more till he owned about 400 acres.
Probate:
Nathaniel Foote died without a will, at a Particular Court in Hartford an inventory of his property and distribution of his real estate were exhibited and an order of court granting administration on his estate and directing a distribution to be made was passed.
Buried:
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Nathaniel married Elizabeth DEMING in Jan 1615 in North Wheatley, Nottinghamshire, ENGLAND. Elizabeth (daughter of Jonathon DEMING and Elizabeth GILBERT) was born about 1596 in ENGLAND; died on 28 Jul 1683 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT; was buried in Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Elizabeth FOOTE was born on 8 Sep 1616 in Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND; was christened on 14 Jan 1617/18 in St. James Parish Church, Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND; died on 8 Sep 1700 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT.
- Nathaniel FOOTE, II was born on 5 Mar 1619 in St. James, Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND; was christened on 5 Mar 1619/20 in St. James Parish Church, Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND; died in 1655 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT.
- Mary FOOTE was born in 1623 in Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND; died in 1684 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT.
- Lieut. Lieut. Robert FOOTE was born about 1627 in Colchester, Essex, ENGLAND; was christened on 8 Dec 1627; died about 1681 in Branford, New Haven, CT.
- Frances FOOTE was born in 1629 in ENGLAND; died on 3 Feb 1678 in Hatfield, Hampshire, MA.
- Sarah FOOTE was born in 1632 in New Haven, New Haven, CT; died in 1673 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT.
- Rebecca FOOTE was born in 1634 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA; was christened on 3 Sep 1634 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT; died on 6 Apr 1701 in Hadley, Hampshire, MA.
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