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Hartford schools. The family are members
of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, of which Mr. Putnam is a trustee
and chairman of the finance committee.
He is also a member of the Rotary Club.
Personally, Mr. Putnam is an interest-
ing man to meet. He is domestic in his
tastes, preferring his own hearth to the
most brilliant circles of society. He takes
a quiet interest in public affairs, never
shirking any duty as a citizen, but declin-
ing any prominence as a politician.
THRALL, Fred Horace,
Tobacco Grower.
From the founding of the town of
Windsor, Connecticut, the Thrall family
has been prominently identified with its
growth and development. The name ap-
pears in ancient records in a variety of
forms, including Trail, Thrail and Thrale.
The arms of the family in England are:
Arms— Sable, a rose argent; a bordure of the
last.
Crest—A cross, crosslet, fitchee gules.
Motto— In cruce confids.
(I) The ancestor, William Thrall, born
1605-06, was probably a native of England,
as he is found in the England
Colony at Windsor as early as 1640, in
which year he had a grant of land there.
In 1676 he contributed two shillings and
six pence to the Connecticut Fund for the
Relief of the Poor of their colonies. In
February, 1652, he was granted excessive
quarry rights in the Common Hill. This
was known as Thrall's Quarry and was
located on the west side of Rocky Hill,
not far from the present Hayden's Sta-
tion. In 1637 William Thrall served in
the Pequot War under Captain John
Mason. He died October 3, 1679, having
survived his wife three years. Her name
does not appear of record. She died July
30, 1676.
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(II) Lieutenant Timothy Thrall, son
of William Thrall, baptized February 25,
1641, was also a contributor to the Poor
Relief Fund in the sum of one shilling,
six pence. He succeeded his father on the
homestead in "Hoyte's Meadow," where
descendants have continued to reside to
the present time. He was a lieutenant of
militia and was chosen to take care of the
town arms and ammunition during Queen
Anne's War, and in 1654 was a member
of a committee of five to build a new
meeting house. He married, November
10, 1659, Deborah Gunn, who was bap-
tized February 27, 1641, died January 7,
1694, the second daughter of Thomas G.
Gunn, who was early in Windsor and
moved elsewhere.
(III) Thomas Thrall, fifth son of Lieu-
tenant Timothy Thrall, was born July 10,
1676, in Windsor. When Thomas G.
Gunn, his grandfather, removed to Westfield,
he gave his homestead in Windsor
to Thomas Thrall, who resided there. He
married, November 2, 1699, Elizabeth
Hoskins, daughter of John and Deborah
(Denslow) Hoskins.
(IV) David Thrall, second son of
Thomas and Elizabeth (Hoskins) Thrall,
born about 17 10, lived in Windsor, where
he died March 22, 1772. He married, in
1738, Jane Barber, born June 16, 1720,
died February 9, 1789, daughter of John
and Jane (Alvord) Barber, descendant of
one of the early Windsor families. This
family came from England, where it bore
arms as follows:
Arms—Argent, two chevrons between three
fleurs-de-lis, gules within a bordure of the last.
Crest—Out of a ducal coronet a bull's head
gules.
The founder of the Barber family in
this country was Thomas Barber, who
came from England in the ship "Christian"
with the Saltonstall party, and