Samuel Talcott I (abt. 1634 - 1691)

Born about 1634 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Pynchon (Holyoke) Talcott — married 17 Nov 1661 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1691 at about age 57 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Captain Samuel, son of the worshipful Mr. John Talcott and Dorothy Mott, his wife, was probably born in Newtown, now Cambridge, Mass., about the year 1634 or 35, married Hannah, daughter of the Hon. Elizur Holyoke and Mary Pynchon, his wife (born June 9, 1644), Nov. 7, 1661, and had

• Samuel, b. 1662 ; m. Mary (Ellery?); d. at Wethersfield, April 28, 1698, ae. 85 years.
• John, b. 1663 ; d. y. after 1691.
• Hannah, b. 1665; m. Major John Chester, of Wethersfield, Nov. 25, 1686 ; d. July 23, 1741, ae. 76 years.
• Elizur, b. July 31,1669; m Sarah ______.
• Joseph, b. Feb. 20, 1671; m. Sarah Deming. April 5,1701; d. Nov. 8,1732.
• Benjamin, b. March 1, 1674; m. Sarah dau. of John Hollister, Jan. 6,1699 ; d. Nov. 12.1727.
• Rachel, b. April 2, 1676; m. Peter Bulkley, March 21, 1700; d. Nov. 22, 1702; no ch.
• Nathaniel, b. Jan. 28, 1678; m. Elizabeth _____, March 18 1703; d. Jan. 30,1758.

Hannah, the wife of Capt. Samuel Talcott, died in Wethersfield, Feb. 2, 1677-8, and he married Mary White, Aug. 6, 1679, by whom he had no issue.

Capt. Samuel Talcott died in Wethersfield, Nov. 10, 1691. His widow Mary died Jan. 5, 1710-11, at about 73 years.

Capt. Samuel was graduated at Harvard College in 1658, and made a freeman in 1662. His father settled him upon land, which he possessed, in Wethersfield. From 1669 to 1684 he was Commissioner for Wethersfield; from 1670 to 1684, Deputy to the General Court, of which he was Secretary, in the absence of Col. Allyn, during the October session of 1684.

May 16,1676, he was appointed "one of a standing committee to order measures and dispose of such affairs as shall be necessary to attend to in the intervals of General Court." May 12, 1677, confirmed Lieutenant of Wethersfield Trained band; Oct. 14,1679, Lieutenant of the Troop; Oct. 16,1681, Captain of the Troop of Hartford Co. From 1683, except during Andros' administration, was Assistant till his death.

Capt. Samuel was one of the original proprietors of the town of Glastenbury, and owned the lot which was purchased by his Father, in 1643, of Samuel Sherman and Richard Gildersleeve, "being 44 rods wide, running back from the river three miles to the great wilderness." He was the scholar of the family, and to him, his Father bequeathed all his books, except his "Martyr Book," which he gave to his son John. From these two sons, John and Samuel, are descended all of the name of Talcott in America.^[1]

McQueen-562 Samuel was born about 1635, the son of John Talcott and Dorothy Mott. He was a 1658 graduate of Harvard College. He was married twice. He wed Hannah Holyoke on Nov. 7, 1661 in Hartford. They had eight children:

Samuel in 1662, John in 1663, Hannah in 1665, Elizur in 1669, Joseph in 1671, Benjamin in 1674, Rachel

in 1676 and Nathaniel in 1678. After his wife died, he married the widowed Mary White Rowlandson on Aug. 6, 1679 in Wethersfield. She

had previously been taken prisoner by the Narragansett Indians during King Philip's War, and she wrote

one of America's first bestsellers about her experiences. He was an original proprietor of Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was a farmer. He was appointed Capain of the Troop of Hartford Co. in 1681. He was also a real life judge in Wethersfield, Hartford Co. who became a character in the fictional novel

"The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare. He signed his will on Apr. 22, 1691.

Parents: John Talcott (1594 - 1660) Dorothy Mott Talcott (____ - 1669) Spouses: Hannah Holyoke Talcott (1644 - 1678) Mary White Rowlandson Talcott (1637 - 1711)* Children: Hannah Talcott Chester (1664 - 1741)* Benjamin Talcott (1674 - 1727)* Nathaniel Talcott (1678 - 1758)* Burial: Unknown

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l "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare. She died in 1994. "I do not believe a historical novel should glass over the pain and ugliness. But I do believe that the hero

should on the last page still be standing with the strenghth to go onto whatever the future may hold."

• The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Gershom Bulkeley, who is a historical figure who features in The Witch of Blackbird Pond, is buried in the older part of the cemetery. Grave of Gershom Bulkeley. Sadly, Blackbird Pond no longer exists in Old Wethersfield (it dried up and they built the overpass for Route 3 where Hannah's house would have been), but it still exists in the pages of a great book and the imaginations of readers of all ages.

"At the end, the hero should be left with strength enough to go onto whatever the future may hold."^[2] McQueen-562 Wethersfield Hartford County Connecticut, USA Samuel was born about 1635, the son of John Talcott and Dorothy Mott. He was a 1658 graduate of Harvard College. He was married twice. He wed Hannah Holyoke on Nov. 7, 1661 in Hartford. They had eight children: Samuel in 1662, John in 1663, Hannah in 1665, Elizur in 1669, Joseph in 1671, Benjamin in 1674, Rachel in 1676 and Nathaniel in 1678. After his wife died, he married the widowed Mary White Rowlandson on Aug. 6, 1679 in Wethersfield. She had previously been taken prisoner by the Narragansett Indians during King Philip's War, and she wrote one of America's first bestsellers about her experiences. He was an original proprietor of Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was a farmer. He was appointed Capain of the Troop of Hartford Co. in 1681. He was also a real life judge in Wethersfield, Hartford Co. who became a character in the fictional novel "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare.

He signed his will on Apr. 22, 1691. Parents: John Talcott (1594 - 1660) Dorothy Mott Talcott (____ - 1669) Spouses: Hannah Holyoke Talcott (1644 - 1678) Mary White Rowlandson Talcott (1637 - 1711)* Children: Hannah Talcott (1664 - 1741)* Benjamin Talcott (1674 - 1727)* Nathaniel Talcott (1678 - 1758)* Burial: Unknown

Created by: Mary Jo C. Martin Record added: Mar 02, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 49023962 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49023962

Graduated Harvard College 1658

Sources

1. ↑ From Talcott Pedegree in England and America.
2. ↑ Entered by Elizabeth Loftus.

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• Sebastian Visscher Talcott, Talcott Pedigree in England and America: From 1558 to 1876 (Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1876), p. 94. Available online at https://archive.org/details/talcottpedigree00talcgoog
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