John Hurlbut (1643 - 1690)

Born 8 Mar 1643 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Son of Thomas Hurlbut and Sarah (Unknown) Hurlbut

Husband of Mary (Deming) Hurlbut — married 15 Dec 1670 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1690 at age 47 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

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Biography

John was born 8 March 1642/3.^[1][2] He learned his father's trade of blacksmith and worked in Wethersfield and Killingworth. On 25 Oct 1669 he joined in contract to settle in Middletown "and do the Town's work of smithing for seven years." They joined the church in middletown 5 Sept 1675.

He was very successful and became a large landholder. After becoming a freeman in 1671, he held the office and title of Sargent among the citizen soldiers.

John Hurlbut married Mary Deming b. 1655, daughter of John and Honor (Treat) Deming of Wethersfield on 15 Dec 1670. ^{[3] [4]}

Children:

John Hurlbut Jr b. 8 Dec 1671 d. 1753

Mary baptized 7 April 1673 (died in infancy)

Thomas b. 10 March 1674 d. 1752

Sarah b. 5 Nov 1676 d. 1765

Mary (2nd) 17 Nov 1678 d. 1738 ^[5]

Mercy 17 Feb 1680 d. 1751

Ebenezer 17 Jan 1683 d. 1766

Margaret Feb 1685 d. 1769

David d. 11 Aug 1688 d. 1773

Mehitabel b. 23 Nov 1690 d. 1744

Property and Positions

Sergeant John Hurlburt2 (Thomas1), was a blacksmith. At age of twenty-seven he entered into contract, Oct. 25, 1669, with the settlers of Middletown to locate there and "do the Town's work of smithing for seven years." He became a large landowner and prominent in Middletown; freeman, 1761; sergeant; m. Dec. 15, 1670, Mary Deming, dau of John Deming and Honor Treat of Wethersfield. He d. Aug. 30, 1690.^{[citation needed]}

Death and Legacy

He passed away in 1690. Town records date it as 30 April 1690 and Probate Court dates it as 30 Aug 1690 at age forty-eight. He left no will but the inventory of his property was presented 9 Sept 1690 and his widow Mary along with Captain Nathaniel White were appointed to administer. But because Mary was pregnant with an unborn heir the court order that "there shall be no distribution now made." The property was later divided on 19 June 1696. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Wethersfield, Page 163: "Hurlburt, John, s. Tho[mas] & Sarah, b. Mar. 8, 1642 Vol. LR1 Page 23"
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP34-9DQC : 21 September 2019), John Hurlburt, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272236.
3. ↑ Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
4. ↑ US and International Marriage Records 1560 - 1900
5. ↑ http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/churchill.html
6. ↑ Hurlbut, Henry H. (Henry Higgins). The Hurlbut genealogy; or, Record of the descendants of Thomas Hurlbut, of Saybrook and Wethersfield, Conn., who came to America as early as the year 1637. With notices of others not identified as his descendants. Albany, N. Y., J. Munsell's Sons, 1888. [1]

• Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• Connecticut Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index
• US Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications 1889 - 1970
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current #146870382
• Adams, Charles Collard. “Middletown Upper Houses, A History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, From 1650 to 1800, With Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and A Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family.” (The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers, New York) 1908. p. 166. https://archive.org/stream/middletownupperh00adam#page/166/mode/1up
• In-Depth First Settler Profile: John Hulbert (1669)/Mary (Deming) Hulbert https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ctsmfsd/HulbertInDepth.pdf
• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Gil Hurlbut, FTDNA kit # 66424, and half his 8th cousin 1x removed, (Living) Holbert, match at a Genetic Distance of 1 on 37 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Thomas Hurlbut, the 7x great grandfather of Gil Hurlbut and 8x great grandfather of (Living) Holbert. No kit #, but (Living)’s ID is FFGZK