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the General Court in 1634-35-36, and
selectman in the latter year. He was the
fifth largest landowner in the town, and
sold out in 1636 to remove with Rev.
Thomas Hooker's company to Hartford,
Connecticut, becoming one of the found-
ers of that city. In the previous year he
had sent Nicholas Clark, a carpenter, to
build a house for him there. This stood
on the site of the present North Baptist
Church. He was a member of the com-
mittee which sat with the first Court of
Magistrates, 1637 to I ^39> was deputy to
the General Court from 1639 to 1652
assistant to the Governor from 1652 to
1660; treasurer of the colony from 1654
to 1660, and commissioner of the United
Colonies from 1656 to 1658. He was
called the "worshipful Mr. John Talcott."
His wife, Dorothy, daughter of John and
Alice (Harrington) Mott, of Wiston,
County Suffolk, England, died in February,
1670. They were the parents of Cap-
tain Samuel Talcott, born 1634-35, probably
in Cambridge, graduated at Harvard
College in 1658, and was admitted a freeman
in 1662. He lived in Wethersfield,
where he was commissioner from 1669 to
1684, secretary of the October session in
the latter year. On May 16, 1676, he was
appointed one of the committee to "order
such measures as shall be necessary to
attend to in any intervals of the General
Court." In May, 1677, he was made lieu-
tenant of the Wethersfield train band,
and in October, two years later, lieutenant
of the Hartford County Troop ; two
years subsequent was made captain of the
Hartford County Troop, and commanded
the company of dragoons sent out to
Deerfield at the outbreak of King Wil-
liam's War in 1670. From 1683 until his
death, November 11, 1691, in Wethers-
field, he was an assistant, except in the
year 1688, during the Andros administra-
tion. His estate was valued at £2,181 is.
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6d. He married, November 7, 1661, Hannah
Holyoke, daughter of Captain Elizur
and Hannah (Pynchon) Holyoke, granddaughter
of William Pynchon, the founder
of Springfield, and of Edward Holyoke,
who came from Tamworth, Staffordshire,
England, and died at Springfield, May 4,
1660. She died February 7, 1678, in
Wethersfield. Captain Samuel Talcott
gave to his sons land in Glastonbury, on
which the son Benjamin built a house in
1699, which was fortified as a garrison
house. This was on Main street and
stood until 185 1, when it was torn down.
Deacon Benjamin Tolcott was born
March 1, 1674, in Wethersfield, and died
in Glastonbury, November 12, 1727. He
married, January 5, 1699, Sarah Hollister,
daughter of John and Sarah (Goodrich)
Hollister, granddaughter of John Hollis-
ter, the pioneer, previously mentioned.
Their fourth son, Colonel Elizur Talcott,
was born December 31, 1709, in Glastonbury,
resided on the homestead, where he
was born, was a large land owner on the
Susquehanna river. He became wealthy
for his time, and died November 24, 1797.
He married, December 31, 1730, Ruth
Wright, daughter of Daniel and Ellen
(Benton) Wright. Their seventh son,
George Talcott, was born November 30,
1755, in Glastonbury, married there, February
9, 1786, Abigail Goodrich, born August
1, 1767, died June 22, 1854, daughter
of John and Abigail (Deming) Goodrich.
Her second son, Jared Goodrich Talcott,
was born May 17, 1795, on the paternal
homestead in Glastonbury, and married,
at East Windsor Hill, November 18, 1818,
Electa Bissell, born June 30, 1791, daugh-
ter of Eli Bissell. Their son, Charles
Henry Talcott, was born January 31,
1823, and was a soldier of the Civil War,
commanding a company of the Connecti-
cut Regiment. He married, January 8,
185 1, Cornelia Melinda Bissell, and they