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Curricomp, Elizabeth, 1768 -

Elizabeth Curricomp, daughter of Andrew and Abigail Curricomp, was born in Farmington, Connecticut in 1768. She married Benjamin Towsey and removed to Brothertown, New York, where they had Aaron, Sarah Ann, and David, and lived on lot 20.

Love, Samson Occom and the Christian Indians of New England, 363-4

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.

Wadsworth, James, 1729 - 1773

James Wadsworth (December 12, 1729-July 9, 1773) son of Samuel Wadsworth, Jr. and Susannah Fenn of Farmington, Connecticut, Horace Andrew Wadsworth, Wadsworth Family in America (1883), 196, 229. Sources for this biography also come from the Related Digital Heritage Items listed below.

Cowles, Isaac, 1756 - 1837

Isaac Cowles was the son of Solomon Cowles and Martha Seymour of Farmington, Connecticut. He served as a sergeant in the 1st Company of Hooker's 15th Colonial Militia from May 1776 to May 1785. In 1776, Cowles served under Capt. John Porter in New York. Quartermaster Jonathan Bull appointed him quartermaster-sergeant, a position he held until the end of the war.

Strong, John, - 1665

John Strong (bp. 1591-November 25, 1665) was baptized at Fairsled, Essex County, England in 1591 and immigrated to Dorchester in Massachusetts by 1630. Strong was part of the advance team who prepared the way to Hartford for Thomas Hooker's congregation in 1635. He viewed Farmington from Talcott Mountain in 1639 and eventually settled at Farmington as early as 1645. Hooker served as the town's clerk from 1646 to 1665.

Strong, Asahel, Jr., 1702 - 1751

Captain Asahel Strong (October 8, 1702-March 30, 1751) was the son of Asahel Strong and Margaret Hart of Farmington, Connecticut, and the husband of Ruth Hooker. He was a lawyer and a prominent man in the town's public affairs.

Dwight, The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, Vol. 1, 284. The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 38.

Goodwin, William, 1591 - 1674

Most likely born in Essex County, England, William Goodwin removed to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1632, where he became an elder of the congregation and deputy to the Massachusetts General Court. Goodwin was a member of the Adventurers Party which explored the land around the Connecticut River that would become Hartford, Connecticut.

Norton, Jedediah, Jr.

Root, Henry, 1792 - 1854

Henry Root (July 27, 1792-September 7, 1853) was the son of Mark Root and Abi Woodruff of Farmington, Connecticut. He served as witness to a deed from Uriah and Lucy Ceasar to to his uncle, Timothy Hart Root in 1806. Root removed to Buffalo, New York where he died in 1850.

Judd, James, 1713 - 1799

James Judd (August 27, 1713-1799) was the son of Daniel Judd and Mercy Mitchell of Farmington, Connecticut. He served as a selectman and commissioner for Farmington. Judd received land at Indian Meadow from his father's will in 1748.