The Greenhill, Adams and Shepard Families and their Land

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Surname/tag: Greenhill, Adams, Shepard

Samuel Greenhill (bef.1591-bef.1637) Rebecca (Taylor) Adams (abt.1608-1678) Jeremy Adams (abt.1604-1683) Thomas Greenhill (bef.1633-aft.1653) Rebecca (Greenhill) Shepard (1630-1689) John Shepard Sr. (1623-1707)

Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Greenhill Family 3 The Adams Family 3.1 Jeremy Adams' Activities 3.2 Jeremy Adams' Debt 4 The Shepard Family 4.1 John Shepard Living in Hartford 5 Sources

Introduction

The Greenhill, Adams and Shepard families are very much connected in their activities in the mid to late 1600's in Hartford. Much of it has to do with land that originated with the Greenhill family. We'll discuss these families one at a time.

The Greenhill Family

An alternate spelling of the name is Grinhill.

It's believed that Samuel Greenhill arrived in New England on one of six ships in May 1634 and settled in Newtown, later Cambridge, joining Rev. Thomas Hooker's company. We don't know if they were associated with Thomas Hooker before coming from England, but they weren't from the same area.^[1]

In 1636 Samuel Greenhill was likely to be one of the families traveling with Rev. Thomas Hooker to found Hartford. Samuel Greenhill's home was built on what is now Main Street, between the Little River and Buckingham Street. His biggest claim to fame is that he died up to 2 years later. By 1639, when land was apportioned to families in Hartford, he had been dead for at least a year. Samuel's daughter Rebecca would have been about 8 years old when he died and Thomas about 5 years old. Therefore they were raised by Jeremy Adams.

Samuel's death must not have been sudden since he had time to write his will and appoint Mr. Thomas Hooker and Mr. Samuel Stone to give his lands to his wife and children.^[2]He also assigned guardians for his children.

In the February 1639 apportioning of the land, the following is assigned to the Greenhill / Adams family in Hertford on the Connecticut River. It was now in possession of Jeremy Addams and two thirds was to go to Samuel's son Thomas Greenhill and one third to Samuel's daughter Rebecca Greenhill when they turned 20 years of age, according to the last will and Testament of Samuell Greenhill there father deceased & to their heires forever." 1. One parcel of 2 acres containing the dwelling house, other outhouses, yards and gardens on the south side of the highway, north of the little river. 2. Ten acres in the South Meadow. 3. Six acres in the Great Swamp, with the Indians' land on the east. 4. Three roods and eight parches in the swamp by the river lying in a greater parcel of five acres, next to the Swamp, the Indians' land and the Great River. 5. Two roods and twenty parches in the little meadow by the little River. Five acres in Hockanum between the Great River on the west and the wasteland on the east. If Rebekka Addoms the mother of Thomas and Rebecka Grinhill is still living when they turn 20, then one third of the houses and the land shall belong to her as long as she is alive.^[3]

The Adams Family

Soon after Samuel Greenhill died, his widow Rebecca married Jeremy Adams, who had been in Cambridge by 1632. Adams received the Greenhill estate by entering into a bond to pay a stipulated sum to Rebecca’s first two children when they came of age. He sold his own home to Thomas Catlin and moved into the Greenhill home. Then in 1651 he bought John Steele’s lot, also on Main Street. He kept a tavern here for many years.^[4] Samuel's son Thomas was apparently to inherit it, but Thomas died in 1653 at the age of 20, right about the time he would have "come of age." About a year after Thomas died Mr. William Goodwin and Edward Stebbing, both guardians of Samuel's children after he died, deemed the Greenhill house’s land to be the perfect place to build the first public school in Hartford. On March 2 1654 they proposed to buy the property for its value at £30, saying it wasn't part of the "thirds or dower belonging to the wife of Jer. Adams."^[5] Jeremy Adams refused to sell it since his wife had a vested interest in the building. The court ruled in Goodwin's favor, advising Rebecca to agree with them. Neither Jeremy nor Rebecca would do such a thing, and in 1655 Mr. Goodwin returned to the town the money he had been given to buy the property.^{[6] [7]}

The idea of building a school on Thomas Greenhill's lot was brought up again on January 30 1666. However, it seems that it was turned down again.^[8]

One problem was solved. But more land issues came their way. On January 18 1655 Jerime Adams' and his wife gave up her right to a parcel of meadow that belonged to her first husband Sam Greenhills. It was to be sold for her son Thomas Greenhill's debts according to his will (he died in 1653). Jeremie Adams testified that there was no more need to sell any more of this land since he had paid all of Thomas' debts.^[9] On March 14 1660 Jeremiah Adams gave his wife all the power to dispose of her son Thomas’ estate.

Jeremy Adams' Activities

Jeremy Adams has a very good and informative profile in WikiTree. Some of his actions mentioned there are given in fuller detail here.

In 1640 Jeremy Addams was given a half year’s liberty more to build on his house lot.^[10]

Adams was very involved with the leadership of Hartford when they first settled there. He was a constable in 1639. On April 5 1638 Jeremy Adams, along with Thomas Stanton, John Gibbs, Sergeant Stares and Thomas Merrick, was ordered to go with Captain Mason to Aggawam during the Pequot War. Thus he was one of the soldiers in this war. The same court ordered Captain Mason and Jeremy Adams to trade with the Indians for corn and settle another trade for corn for a later date.^[11] However, in 1644 he was given a misdemeanor for “unmannerly carriage” towards Thomas Osmor, giving passionate speeches and using lewd language against the officer in a very offensive manner. He doesn’t seem to have held a major office for quite some time after that.^[12]

The town gave Adams some help in the tavern he ran. On December 1 1661 John Gennings was made an apprentice to Jeremiah Adams for 7 years. If he died, his wife could fulfill the terms, and if she died Sarah Adams could.^[13]

Jeremy Adams must have done well with his tavern, for on May 12 1664 the court made him the Custom Master of Hartford, and the privilege was taken from Jonathan Gilbert.^[14]

Jeremy Adams' Debt

Jeremy Adams somehow managed to accrue a huge amount of debt. Many people borrowed money from the town; Adams was the only one to borrow huge amounts and also it seems the only one who didn’t pay it all back. Some of his debts are listed in General Council records. On January 18 1641 Jeremie Adames was found to owe the town of Hartford 10 pounds 8 shillings to be paid in Indian corn. ^[15] On October 24 1643 Jeremy Adams owed the town another 8 shillings 9 pence.^[16] rles Jeremy), 1828-1900 Publication date 1897 as found at [56]</ref> On February 4 1649 a rate was granted to the townsmen of Hartford for 40 pounds 1 shilling; 20 pounds 1 shilling was to be lent to Jerimy Adames for one year, to be paid back in wampum.^[17]

In 1651 the town of Hartford lent Jeremy Adams 20 pounds more to be paid back in current wampum by November 15 1652.^[18] Another 20 pounds was due from him on February 8 1652.^[19]On February 21 1654 Jeramy Addams had to pay only 4 pounds 9 shillings 10 pence left of the 10 pounds he promised to pay that year.^[20] In 1656 Jereme Adams owed John Cockeran 30 shillings.^[21] On May 28 1656 the townsmen received 2 pounds 3 shillings of Goodman Adams’ debt. On January 1 1657 the townsmen were ordered to collect on Jeremy Adams’ debts.

Finally on February 2 1659 Bartholomew Barnard and Nathaniel Barding were chosen to demand and use all lawful means to recover what was due from Jeremy Adams. Obviously this was a very bad experience for the town. At this time the town also decided that they were to prevent just any stranger from breaking in on them. By law they were to take care of the poor and needy who lived among them. Therefore it was ordered in the town of Hartford that no one was to give entertainment or receive any family that wasn’t an inhabitant – no renting anything, including a house to them without consent in a town meeting. And then they were to pay 5 pounds a month to the town.^[22]

It didn’t stop there. It seems that in desperation Adams lent money to a few other people. On March 3 1659 Jeremiah Addams brought Samuel Wright Jr., to court to detain a parcel of land worth 100 pounds.^[23] On December 1 1659 Jeremiah and John Adams brought James Wells to court for 2 shillings 10 pence debt.^[24] But that didn’t help. He needed to borrow more than the town would lend him. On October 4 1660 “The Treasurer and William Wadsworth are appointed to take in Jeremiah Addams his account,” meaning he owed Hartford some money.^[25] In 1660 Jeremiah Adams acknowledged before the court that he owed Mr. Hopkins 20 pounds, and Mrs. Ursula Gibbons was bound to pay it for him. The court freed Ursula from the payment, transferring it back to Jeremiah.^[26]

Jeremy Adams still didn’t pay all his owed money back. So on March 13 1662 the court granted him 300 acres of upland and 40 acres of meadow, but his home lot he was required to surrender to the town. This is what is meant by the phrase “he was embarrassed” in the documents. He could still run his tavern on the property as long as he lived on the property. He also needed to make certain it was capable of giving sufficient entertainment to neighbors and strangers, and that there was always comfortable accommodation and provision – for horses, food, wine and liquors. The General court would appraise the situation from time to time and decide differently as necessary.^[27]

This still didn’t take care of all of the debt problems. In 1662 Mr. Robert Gibbs brought Jeremie Adams to court for owing him 60 pounds 10 shillings. ^[28]

One wonders if Jeremy’s problem was that he didn’t take good care of his land, causing poverty. It seems he didn’t make a very good farmer. And everyone needed to farm in order to survive. On October 8 1668 40 acres of Jeremy Adams’ land on the way to New London was given to John Giddings to care for. He was not to sell it without permission from two of the assistants; two other men were given permission to “lay it out there” as long as it included no more than ten acres of meadow.^[29]

On October 1685, two years after Jeremy Adams died, the General Court audited the treasurer’s account and found that Jeremy Adams’ estate was in debt to them at 275 pounds 4 shillings.^[30]A committee was put together to rent or sell the house and land that Adams mortgaged to them on January 26, 1661-2. The document says he had bought it from John Morrice and he had built a few more buildings since his purchase. Jeremiah had kept the perpetual license the General Court granted him. The town held meetings at this house, including the Committee on Indian Affairs and various summons by the Governor and Council. On January 14 1681-1 the mortgage was foreclosed and it was given to the Colony.^[31] The committee was now commissioned to sell the house and home lot. Serg. Zachary Sandford, grandson-in-law of Jeremy Adams, bought it.^[32]

The Shepard Family

Thomas' sister Rebecca married John Shepard Sr. from Cambridge in 1649. This shows the tight connection between the church in Cambridge and the church in Hartford. How the two, from these 2 different towns, met again 10 years after Rebecca left for Hartford remains a mystery. Perhaps John was visiting Hartford on town business. Their mother Rebecca had several children with Jeremy Adams, but Thomas had none and so the Greenhill name died out. Rebecca was thus the only child of Samuel Greenhill to have children. And so property fights and questions started going through her husband John.

John's father Edward Shepard came to New England by 1642 and bought a house on the north side of Soul Street. He was a mariner.^[33]

There were several other people in New England with the last name Shepard, including Rev. Thomas Shepard of Cambridge, Massachusetts. No connections have been found between Edward and John and these families.

On March 28 1650 the General Court ordered Nathaniel Greensmith to pay goodman Shepheard double of his theft from him of a bushel and a half of wheat. He was also fined 20 pounds. John would have just been married to Rebecca and this would have been one of his first times visiting Hartford.^[34]

John Shepard must have returned home to Cambridge in the next 2 months because he was made a freeman at Cambridge on May 22, 1650. From this point on he seems to have held some influence in Hartford, whether by letter or in person. He was called by at least one writer "a man of consequence in the colony." It would have been quite a feat since Cambridge and Hartford are about 100 miles apart, requiring at least 3 days' travel.^[35]

On August 4 1654 John Shepherd received from his uncle Gregory Winterton 34 pounds for land from Thomas Greenhill that John had sold him. He made his uncle a letter of attourney which he transcribed from the original on March 14 1660.^[36]

It seems that Mr. Will Goodwyn and Edward Stebbing, as former guardians of Thomas Greenhill, decided to sell some of Thomas' land for 40 pounds without consulting the relatives. John Shepard (Thomas' brother-in-law) and Rebecka Adams (Thomas' mother) brought this to the general court in protest on June 5 1656.^[37] Later that day Jeremy Addams presented the court with a letter from John Shephard of Cambridge which they did not read. It contained several strong words such as "I received nothing of him (Mr. Goodwyn) but harsh words not fit to bare as imprisonment and chaines a sore brush but a cloude without raine." Mr. Goodwyn won.^[38]

John Shepard Living in Hartford

While John held some influence in Hartford, he continued living in Cambridge for quite some time. He seemed to be very settled there. In fact, he bought a house from John Bette on the SW corner of Holroke and Winthrop Streets in Cambridge on Dec 6 1662. ^[39] Still, he seems to have spent some time in Hartford. His last child was baptized in Cambridge in 1666, and it would have been shortly after this that he moved to Hartford permanently.

The town always voted on whether someone could become a citizen or not; on June 2 1671 Hartford voted yes for John Shepard.^[40] His house was on Cooper land, on what is now Lafayette Street, on lot 50.^[41]

Now that John was a citizen of Hartford, he could take a position in the town's leadership. Until 1672, Joseph Smith had been voted as packer. His last entry says that it was for every year until a new one was chosen. John Shepard was chosen as repacker on February 13 1672, and he was voted into that position every year until 1982 when it was no longer listed - it was just assumed John had the position. A packer would inspect barrels of pork and been and they would certify that they conformed to colony standards.^[42] Since John Shepard worked as a cooper (barrel maker), this would be a logical extension of work in his shop. Packers are also called repackers.^[43]

In 1672 John Wilson and John Seamore were made the leather sealers for many years - from before 1670 until the 1680's when the position was no longer listed and it was assumed they still held it. Then in 1689 John Shepard Sr. was announced as Packer and Sealer of Measures, and it's assumed he kept right on doing it until December 19 1700 when an announcement was made that his son John Sheppard Jun'r would be sealer of Measures. It's assumed the job of packer went along with it. He was still doing it in 1714, and it's assumed he did it for a long time afterwards.^[44] A sealer of weights and measures inspected tanned leather hides for certification they were up to colony standards. They also certified the accuracy of scales in business transactions. Since there were leather sealers voted in at the same time John was voted in, it can be assumed he only certified accurate scales. Since his father and at least one son were coopers, it can be assumed he was as well, which would put his town work in his barrel making shop.^[45]John Shepard was also chosen as a selectman in 1709 for the south side of Hartford and a grand juryman in 1714.

In November 1674 the lands next to Farmington Highway were laid out once more. John Shepherd's land was in breadth 17 acres and in length 100. His land went along the road all the way to Wethersfield.^[46] At a meeting of the proprietors of the undivided lands in Hartford January, 3d, 1677: Third tier: John Shepherd, to Wethersfield bds. 100 yards. breadth, 64 length 80 acres 32.^[47]

John's father Edward Shepard died in 1680. Once more John returned to Cambridge, this time to sell his father's house that he had inherited to Owen Warland on September 18 1681.^[48]

Sergeant John Shepherd withdrew an appeal from the court on October 13 1681, so the court allowed the defendant 7 shillings sixpence. We don't know what appeal this was. This seems to be the first place he is called Sergeant. He must have risen in ranks during a war.^[49]

In the January 14 1683 town meeting Thomas Greenhill was acknowledged as a proprietor in the undivided lands in Hartford and had been left out of the last division. He was given land next to John Shepherd Senior on the boundary to Wethersfield. It's interesting that at this point Thomas had been dead for 30 years.^[50]

On April 27 1683, just a few months before Jeremy Adams died, he gave as a gift to Sergeant Zachary Sandford a parcel of 19 acres of land, with the agreement of John Shepherd. This was land that originally came from Thomas Greenhill's inheritance. Adams' will also gave Sandford another 8 acres of land on April 18 1684.^[51]

Conflicts over Thomas Greenhill's land weren't over yet. Apparently Sergeant John Shepherd petitioned the court with evidence about the sale of some of Thomas Greenhill's land to Sergent Sandford, who returned an answer. On May 13 1686 the General Court decided they saw no "reason to make any alteration of the settlement of the estate of Thom. Greenhill," and decided there was no cause to nullify Thomas Greenhill's will.^[52]

On May 28 1708 a case held in the court of assistants in Hartford on October 6 1698 by Jonathan Biglow which voided a sheriff's execution on land belonging to the estate of Thomas Greenhill by was voided, and replies by John and Thomas Shepard, sons of Sergeant John Shepard, as administrators of the estate of Serj. John Shepard, deceased, was also made void.^[53]

The same day the General Assembly granted liberty and full power and authority to John and Thomas Shepard, the administrators of their father's estate, to sell enough of his land to pay all debts and to furnish his widow with "necessary moveables to the value of 10 pounds for her own use. They could also make, seal and execute any deeds and conveyances attached to the estate. Their father John Shepard Sr. had died 11 months before this.^[54]

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