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Hazen Family Tree - Thomas Ford, Politician and Early Settler of Windsor, Connecticut

Thomas Ford - Politician and Co-founder of Windsor, Connecticut
Family Connection - 8th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr. 

Windsor, Connecticut Founders Monument, with Thomas Ford Inscribed

Thomas Ford was born by about 1591 in Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England.  On June 19, 1616, he married Elizabeth Chard, widow of Aaron Cooke in Bridport, Dorsetshire. They had five children:

        Joanna        b. 1617        d. 1695
        Abigail        b. 1619        d. 1688
        Thomas       b. 1623        d. 1623
        Hepzibah     b. 1625        d. 1683
        Hannah        b. 1628        d. 1695

He came with his wife and four daughters to Massachusetts in 1630 aboard the ship Mary & John. He first settled in Dorchester and applied for Freemanship on October 19, 1630. He was granted Freemanship on May 18, 1631. 

He was chosen Selectman in Dorchester (town council) twice, was appointed as Fenceviewer (surveyor) in 1635, was on the committee to collect funds to build a fort, and on the committee to lay out land. 

In 1637, he and his family moved to the new town of Windsor, Connecticut. He was selected as Deputy to the Connecticut General Court (legislature) seven times between 1637 and 1654. He served on at least one jury, and was a member of the Connecticut Committee on Livestock. 

He was a politician, but like almost all men of that time, he farmed his land and owned livestock. In Windsor, he owned over 50 acres of land. 

On April 18, 1643 his wife Elizabeth died in Windsor. Elizabeth was buried in the Palisado Cemetery in Windsor. On November 7, 1644, he married Ann, widow of Thomas Scott. They had one daughter, Ann. 

In 1672, Thomas and wife Ann moved to Northampton. Both Thomas and Ann were around 80 years old, so it is likely that they moved in with Thomas'  daughter  Abigail who was living with her husband and family in Northampton. With no living sons, Thomas likely sold his land in Windsor before moving to Northampton. 

Ann Ford died on May 5, 1675. Thomas Ford died on November 28, 1676. At his death, his estate was valued at £195, with no real estate included. 




Memorial Marker in Bridge Street Cemetery for Elder John Strong, his wife Abigail Ford Strong, and her father Thomas Ford




Thomas Ford > Joanna Ford > Preserved Clapp > Wait Clapp > John Taylor > Betty Taylor > David Hurlbutt > Elihu Hurlbutt > Harriet Augusta Hurlbutt > Edward Elihu Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr. 

Thomas Ford > Joanna Ford > Preserved Clapp > Wait Clapp > John Taylor > James Taylor > Gratia Taylor> Elihu Hurlbutt > Harriet Augusta Hurlbutt > Edward Elihu Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr. 

Charts H-J, H-K, and H-Main


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