The history of Waterbury, Connecticut - citizen hylbom blog

138 HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
ton," who collected the rate for "j^Fort at Seahrook," in
1652. May 10th, 1670, " Cherry and will the indian with
three of the milford Indians were adjudged to pay to him for
sider they stole from him twenty shillings." His name is on
the list of freemen of Farmington in 1G69. He died JSTov. 28,
1680.—Estate £312. His children were :—
1. Jacob ; b. Jan. 1641, m. Mary ; left posterity, and d.
170S. He lived in Farmington, in the society of Kensington.
2. John; b. Jan. 16M. 3. Isaac; b. Nov. 1645, baptized
Dec. 7, 1645, in Hartford, by Mr. Hooker. 4. Mary ; m. an
Ellis or Allis. 5. Abraham ; baptized Nov. 28, 1647. He
signed the Mattatuck articles, but declined the responsibilities
of a planter. He removed to Lyme, and m. Hannah, d. of
Mathew Griswold, and d. at an advanced age, (Hinman says
in 1647, which is probably a mistake,) leaving descendants.
6. Dorcas ; m. Stephen Hopkins of Hartford, father of John of
Waterbury, and d. May 13, 1697. 7. Sarah; m. Ebenezer
Kilbourn of Wethersfield.
JOHN BRONSON.
He was one of the thirty original subscribers, in 1674. The
name is written "John Bronson, Jr." The "Jr." on the
Farmington records was usually applied to the son of Eich-
ard; which fact has led to the conclusion that the settler in
Mattatuck was the son of Kichard, and not of John. I believe,'
however, but am not entirely confident, that John of Waterbury
was the son of John of Farmington. I find this language
used on the Farmington records, under date of March 28,
1695— " Land in Farmington belonging to John Browuson
son of John Brownson, at Watterbury." John, the son of
the Waterbury John, lived in Farmington. But John, the son
of Richard, appears also have had a son John.
John Bronson was an early settler of Mattatuck. He is not,
however, named in the second division of fence, whicli fact in-
dicates that he vacillated for a time. He lived on the north
side of West Main street, where William R. Hitchcock now
resides, having a lot of two acres; bounded north and south on
highway, east on Lieut. Judd, west on Thomas Eichason. He
m. Sarah Yentris and d. 1796. His widow d. Jan. 6, 1711-
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