Nathaniel Foote II (bef. 1618 - 1655)

Born before 5 Mar 1618 in Colchester, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Smith) Gull — married 1646 (to Jun 1655) in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died Jun 1655 after age 37 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Nathaniel Foote II immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Birth/Christening

Nathaniel Foote, second of seven known children of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth Deming, was baptized March 5, 1619/20 in St. James Church, Colchester, Essex. ^[1][2] Many of the older genealogies state simply that he was born about 1620. ^[3][4] in England^[5][4] This information predates the finding of his baptismal record.

In 1633 or 1634, young Nathaniel arrived in the port of Boston, Massachusetts with his parents and five siblings. His youngest sister, Rebecca, was born in Watertown, a settlement west of Cambridge in 1634. They were one of thousands of Puritan families who left their homes, family and friends in England in search of a place where they could worship without being "harried" by royal officials or the bishops of the Church of England.

By 1636, Nathaniel's parents and all seven children joined others from Watertown as the first contingent of settlers coming to the area now known as Wethersfield on the Connecticut River.

In the probate record of his father in 1645, Nathaniel is listed as 24 years old and was designated to inherit ten named parcels in Wethersfield. ^[6][7] When Elizabeth Welles, his mother, died in 1683, she mentions the children of son Nathaniel, deceased.^[8]

Marriage

In 1646, Nathaniel married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Lieutenant Samuel Smith. ^{[9] [3][5][4]} She married 2nd William Gull of Wethersfield and Hatfield, Massachusetts and they had four daughters.^[3][5][4] She outlived William, who died in 1701.^[5][4]

Children

1. Nathaniel, b. 10 Jan 1647;^[4][3] m. Margaret Bliss^[3] b. 10 or 14 Jan.^[5]
2. Samuel b. 1 May 1649;^[3][5][4] m. Mary Merrick^[3][4] of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1671. ^[4] He died 7 Sept 1689. ^[4]
3. Daniel b. 1652;^{[3][5] [4]}m. (1) Sarah _____ and (2) Mary ____ ^[3][4] was of Stratford, Connecticut.^[4]
4. Elizabeth b. 1654;^[3][5][4] m. 10 Nov 1670 Daniel, son of Wm. Belden of Wethersfield.^[3][5] Daniel Belden of Hatfield and later Deerfield.^[4]

More information on Children.^[3][4]

Death

Nathaniel died in 1655 at age 34 in Wethersfield. ^[3][5][2]. The inventory of his estate was dated 23 Sept 1655. The inventory was valued at 244.18.00 pounds. Children listed were: Nathaniel 7 years, Samuel 5 years, Daniel 4 years, Elizabeth 3 years. ^{[10] [11]}

Sources

1. ↑ McCracken, George E. "Nathaniel Foote's English Relatives." The American Genealogist. (1977) 53:206.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Bradford, Mildred. Moses S. Curtis Descendants and Ancestors. Baltimore, Md: Gateway Press, 2000. p. 82.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12} Foote, Abram William. Foote family : comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City. Rutland, Vt. : Marble City Press-Tuttle, 1907. Vol. 1, pages 20, 27-28.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15} Stiles, Henry Reed. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families. Vol II. 1904. At HathiTrust p. 328
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9} Savage, James. A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England. Boston, Little Brown & Co. 1860. Vol 2 p. 180
6. ↑ Trumbull, J. H. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut. Hartford: Brown & Parsons, 1850. Volume 1. 1636-1665 p.463
7. ↑ Manwaring, Charles William. A digest of the early Connecticut probate records Vol 1. Hartford, Conn., R. S. Peck & Co., 1904. V 1 p. 12
8. ↑ Manwaring, Charles William (compiler), at Internet Archive.org, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. Vol I Hartford District, 1635-1700, (pp 379/80). Hartford: RS Peck & Co., Printers, 1904
9. ↑ Foote, Abraham. Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Connecticut, and his Descendants. Rutland, Vermont: Marble City Press, 1907. Pages 27-28.
10. ↑ Manwaring, Charles William. A digest of the early Connecticut probate records Vol 1. Hartford, Conn., R. S. Peck & Co., 1904. V 1 p. 113
11. ↑ Foote, Abram William. Foote family... 1907. Vol. 1, page 20.

• Orcutt, Rev Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and Bridgeport Fairfield, Connecticut: 1886. p 1202. this source contains the same information as other cited sources.

See Also:

• Foote, Abram William. Foote family, comprising the genealogy and history of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants; also a partial record of descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City. Rutland, Vt.: Marble City Press-Tuttle, 1907 (v. 1). Pages 27-28. at archive.org;
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985. Copyright 1985 by the New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Ancestral File Number: 3B0B-D7

Several sources list the Foote Family and additional facts may be found in these sources.

• Goodwin, Nathaniel. The Foote family: or, The descendants of Nathaniel Foote, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., with genealogical notes of Pasco Foote, who settled in Salem, Mass., and John Foote and others of the name, who settled more recently in New York. Press of Case, Tiffany and company, 1849. At Google Books.
• Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration Article on Nathaniel, listing information on the children. The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 2001.
• Stiles, Henry Reed. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families. Vol II. 1904. At HathiTrust

• Leonard Frances Day "the Ancient Families of Dees and Days of Wales, Ireland, and England." p. 66. "Nathaniel, b, 1620, = 1646, Elizabeth, dau., of Lt. John Deming."