Wadsworth, William, 1594 - 1675

Born in Long Buckley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, William Wadsworth traveled to Virginia but returned in 1621 when the Jamestown settlement was attacked by Indians.  Eleven years later in 1632, he was brought up on charges of not receiving communion at his parish church, but by that time, Wadsworth, his wife, Sarah, and their four children were on board the Lyon, sailing to New England.

 

After landing at Boston, the family settled at Newtown (Cambridge), Massachusetts. In 1636, the family removed to Hartford, Connecticut in the Hooker Company.  There Wadsworth became the town's collector, Deputy to the General Court  (1652-1675), member of the Committee on Stonington and Indian Bounds (1666), the militia committee (1666), the War Committee (1673), the Committee on Indian Complaints (1674).  Wadsworth was married first to Sarah Talcott, the sister of John Talcott, and secondly to Elizabeth Stone, the sister of Rev. Samuel, Stone.